# Council Work Session - Virtual Meeting - January 19, 2021 > Auto-transcribed civic record · January 19, 2021 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5280 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5280?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2021-01-19 - **Last revised**: July 14, 2026 - **Length**: 9,895 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council held a virtual meeting on January 19, 2021, at 3:00 p.m., presided over by Mayor Linda Gorton. The meeting took place in the Council Chamber and was conducted via virtual meeting packet. During the session, the Council addressed nine agenda items, including public comment, zoning requests, budget matters, and various reports. The body took 11 motions and votes throughout the meeting and heard 3 public comments. Key actions included approving requested rezonings, a summary of prior proceedings, budget amendments, new business items, and the Mayor's report before adjourning. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on January 19, 2021: - Linda Gorton - Charlie Lanters - James Brown - Josh McCurn - Mary Kay - Lamb - Plomin - Reynolds - Kloiber - Bledsoe - F. Brown - Higgins-Hord - Worley - Mossotti - Moloney - Swanson - Farmer - Ellinger - Baxter - Ford - Armstrong - Stack - Duncan - Jones - Maloney - LaGree - Tyler No absences or late arrivals were recorded. ## Votes and Decisions All motions were passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition or abstentions. **Ordinance 0064-21** [timestamp: 0:07:12] Authorization to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program requesting federal funding in the amount of $2,000,000 to replace or purchase approximately 260 complete Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs) units. Motion by Wells/Armstrong, seconded by Peacher/Scott. The federal funds require a 10% local match of $200,000. **Contract Modification No. 7 to AECOM Technical Services, Inc.** [timestamp: 0:07:12] Authorization to execute Contract Modification No. 7 for additional construction engineering and observation services on an as-needed basis to support oversight of Town Branch Commons construction, at a cost not to exceed $402,500. Motion by Peacher/Scott, seconded by Peacher/Scott. The cost is budgeted for FY21 with no expenses anticipated for future budget years. **Contract Modification No. 7 to Gresham Smith and Partners** [timestamp: 0:07:12] Authorization to execute Contract Modification No. 7 for the Town Branch Commons Corridor project for construction administration services, at a cost not to exceed $127,554. Motion by Peacher/Scott, seconded by Peacher/Scott. The cost is budgeted for FY21 with no expenses anticipated for future budget years. **Resolution 0073-26** [timestamp: 0:23:47] Authorization to execute a sub-recipient agreement with the Community Action Council to allocate $5 million of grant funds for emergency rental assistance services. Motion by Lamb, seconded by Plowman. Funds are from a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury. **Budget Amendment 126817-18** [timestamp: 0:28:14] Adjustment of the Lexington Public Library appropriation. Motion by Fred Brown, seconded by Reynolds. The amendment has a one-time impact of $182,101 on the fund balance. **Budget Amendment 126-986-87** [timestamp: 0:31:04] Adjustment of funding for the Kentucky Pride Program (formerly Adopt a Spot). Motion by Fred Brown, seconded by Reynolds. Funding includes salary and a litter pickup van. **Budget Amendment 126981** [timestamp: 0:32:14] Funding for mobility software for analyzing scooter data. Motion by Lamb, seconded by Reynolds. The amendment allocates $2,500 for a Remix contract, funded by scooter license fees. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting approved the following financial actions and appropriations: **Emergency Equipment and Services** A grant of $2,000,000 (identifier 0064-21) was approved for the purchase of 260 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units, funded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. An appropriation of $5,000,000 under Resolution 0073-26 was allocated for emergency rental assistance services administered through the Community Action Council. **Construction and Engineering Services** Two contracts were approved for the Town Branch Commons project: - $402,500 (identifier 0065-21) to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for additional construction engineering and observation services - $127,554 (identifier 0066-21) to Gresham Smith and Partners for construction administration services on the Town Branch Commons Corridor project **Library and Community Programs** An amendment (identifier 126817-18) adjusted the Lexington Public Library appropriation by $182,101. An appropriation of $10,000 (identifier 126-986-87) was approved for the Kentucky Pride Program, formerly known as Adopt a Spot. **Technology and Data Analysis** A purchase of $2,500 (identifier 126981) was approved for mobility software from Remix to analyze scooter data. ## Public Comment Three members of the public provided comments during the meeting. **Evelyn Knight** [timestamp: 0:10:07] advocated for a fair and open process for public comment on rezoning applications. She emphasized the importance of hearing all voices without pre-judging sides in the zoning process transparency discussion. **Faith Harders** [timestamp: 0:12:36] expressed concern about the impact of a proposed zoning change on her neighborhood. She stressed the need for adequate public input in the decision-making process regarding the neighborhood impact of the zoning change. **Mark Klar** [timestamp: 0:14:15] asked detailed questions about procedural fairness in public hearings. His inquiries focused on the process for future public hearings, including time limits, participation rules, and how evidence will be presented. ## Appointments David Kloiber was appointed to the Commission for People with Disabilities. ## Contested Items **Zoning Process for Blackburn Avenue** Residents raised concerns about the proposed zoning change for Blackburn Avenue, expressing opposition to the lack of a public hearing. Community members emphasized the need for a fair and transparent process before any zoning decision could be made. The specific outcome of this dispute was not documented in the meeting materials. **Public Access to Vaccine Information** Councilmember Plowman identified a procedural gap in vaccine information outreach efforts. The concern centered on reaching older residents who lack internet access, indicating that current distribution methods for vaccine information were not adequately serving all segments of the community. The specific resolution or next steps regarding this accessibility issue were not documented in the meeting materials. ## Public Comment Three residents provided public comments during this agenda item, which focused on the zoning process and related governance concerns. [timestamp: 00:09:36] **Key Speakers and Comments** The following residents spoke during public comment: - Evelyn Knight - Faith Harders - Mark Klar **Themes and Concerns Raised** The speakers emphasized several key priorities in their remarks: - **Transparency**: Residents stressed the importance of transparent processes in zoning decisions - **Fairness**: Commenters highlighted the need for fair treatment and equitable consideration in decision-making - **Public Input**: Speakers underscored the necessity of adequate public input opportunities in the zoning process **Outcome** This agenda item was informational in nature, with no formal action taken. The public comments were received for the record. ## Requested Rezonings/Docket Approval [timestamp: 00:17:54] The Council addressed requested rezonings and docket approval during this agenda item. Key participants in the discussion included McCurn, J. Brown, Lamb, and Bledsoe. The Council approved the docket for the January 14, 2021 meeting and passed motions to place several zoning changes on the docket for consideration. Notably, one of the zoning changes was placed on the docket without a public hearing. The item resulted in approval by the Council. ## Approval of Summary The Council considered approval of the summary from the January 12, 2021 work session. [timestamp: 00:25:25] Key speakers on this item included Plomin and Kay. The Council approved the summary without dissent. ## Budget Amendments The Council approved several budget amendments during this agenda item [timestamp: 00:26:02]. **Amendments Approved** The Council considered and approved adjustments in three areas: - Lexington Public Library - Kentucky Pride Program - Mobility software for scooter data **Key Speakers** Fred Brown, Reynolds, and Lamb participated in the discussion of these budget amendments. **Outcome** All proposed budget amendments were approved by the Council. ## New Business [timestamp: 0:34:23] The Council reviewed and approved several new business items during this portion of the meeting. **Items Addressed:** - A grant application for SCBAs (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus) - Contract modifications for Town Branch Commons - A partnership with Asbury College **Key Speakers:** The discussion was led by Wells and Armstrong, with additional input from Peacher and Scott, and Ford. **Outcome:** All new business items presented were approved by the Council. ## Continuing Business/Presentations [timestamp: 0:42:12] The council received reports and presentations during this agenda item, which included updates from the Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee as well as a presentation from the Commission for People with Disabilities. **Key Speakers** The following individuals participated in this segment: Bledsoe, Jones, Maloney, and Kloiber. **Presentations** The council heard reports on matters related to budget, finance, and economic development. Additionally, the Commission for People with Disabilities delivered a presentation focused on accessibility and inclusion initiatives. **Outcome** This agenda item was informational in nature, with no formal action required. ## Council Reports During this informational segment, council members provided updates on several community initiatives and services. [timestamp: 0:54:39] **Key Speakers and Topics** Council members Reynolds, James Brown, Lamb, Plowman, and LaGree each contributed to the reports, covering the following areas: - Community centers operations and programming - Vaccine rollout efforts and implementation - Support services for seniors - Assistance programs for underserved populations **Outcome** This agenda item was informational in nature, with council members sharing updates on ongoing community initiatives without formal action items or decisions required. ## Mayor's Report Mayor Gorton delivered a State of the City-County Address during this agenda item. [timestamp: 1:10:38] The Mayor highlighted community achievements that occurred during the pandemic period. Additionally, Mayor Gorton expressed condolences for recent losses of employees and retirees. The agenda item was approved. ## Adjournment The council adjourned the meeting following approval of the mayor's report. Plowman presided over the adjournment [timestamp: 1:12:49]. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 0064-21** — passed: Authorization to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program requesting federal funding in the amount of $2,000,000 to replace/purchase approximately 260 complete Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs) units - **Contract Modification No. 7 to AECOM** — passed: Authorization to execute Contract Modification No. 7 to the agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for additional construction engineering and observation services on an as-needed basis to support the required oversight of Town Branch Commons construction, at a cost not to exceed $402,500 - **Contract Modification No. 7 to Gresham Smith** — passed: Authorization to execute Contract Modification No. 7 to the agreement with Gresham Smith and Partners for the Town Branch Commons Corridor project for construction administration services, at a cost not to exceed $127,554 - **Resolution 0073-26** — passed: Authorization to execute a sub-recipient agreement with the Community Action Council to allocate $5 million of grant funds for emergency rental assistance services - **Budget Amendment 126817-18** — passed: Adjustment of the Lexington Public Library appropriation - **Budget Amendment 126-986-87** — passed: Adjustment of funding for the Kentucky Pride Program (formerly Adopt a Spot) - **Budget Amendment 126981** — passed: Funding for mobility software for analyzing scooter data - **Resolution 0073-26** — passed: Authorization to execute a sub-recipient agreement with the Community Action Council to allocate $5 million of grant funds for emergency rental assistance services - **Ordinance 0064-21** — passed: Authorization to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program requesting federal funding in the amount of $2,000,000 to replace/purchase approximately 260 complete Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs) units - **Contract Modification No. 7 to AECOM** — passed: Authorization to execute Contract Modification No. 7 to the agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for additional construction engineering and observation services on an as-needed basis to support the required oversight of Town Branch Commons construction, at a cost not to exceed $402,500 - **Contract Modification No. 7 to Gresham Smith** — passed: Authorization to execute Contract Modification No. 7 to the agreement with Gresham Smith and Partners for the Town Branch Commons Corridor project for construction administration services, at a cost not to exceed $127,554 --- ## Full transcript Thank you. January 26, 2021, and this is the Lexington Payette Urban County Council work session. So I'll open with our COVID statement. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency, this meeting is being held via live video teleconference pursuant to 2020 Senate Bill 150 and in accordance with KRS 61.826 because it is not feasible to offer a primary physical location for this meeting. Welcome, everyone. And I would like to go ahead and beg your indulgence to open us with a moment of silent reflection. One of the very sad things about the pandemic is all of the people we are losing and who are passing and are not able to have the same kind of service or visitation or it's just all we know it's that way. And we have lost a current employee of the urban county government, as well as a retiree who was also very special. Tim Edwards, who many of you know if you've been out to waste management, had a total of 40 years serving our city. and you know waste management is like a big family and they're distraught over his passing and I understand they're going to do some very special things for him at his funeral on Saturday so we wanted to send our sympathies to his family and to the family of waste management for his loss and then some of you will remember Wes Nakajima. Wes was an urban planner for us for 28 years and everyone liked Wes Nakajima. I never heard anybody say a bad word about him and I used to have the opportunity to sit side by side at the Y on we were on stationary bicycles together and we just talk the whole time and he was a wonderful man and we want to send our sympathies to mary and to his family and uh for his passing so um with that um we have three people who wish to speak to us in public comment so i'll ask stacy to please bring them in and we will hear from them. The first is Evelyn Knight. Evelyn Knight. So, Ms. Knight. Hello. Can you please put your video on? Yes. and maybe if you know how to turn your sound up we can barely hear you okay okay hang on a second here there we go there you are welcome this is public comment and if you will state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes. Thank you. I'm Evelyn Knight. I live at 516 West 3rd Street in area code 40508. Thank you for taking my comments. My understanding is that the agenda item today is about essentially process regarding a rezoning application that's will is before you and that the issue has to do with how we will take public comments in the future. So with that in mind, my comment is that I'm hoping that, and I'm sure this is true for all of you, that we come to all of these issues with an open mind. This particular issue has opponents, you know, there's two sides. And when that happens, it's easy for people to pick a side in advance. And I know you're all very careful about not even hearing from constituents within your districts in order to be fair and open. And really what we're asking for is a fair and open process where we can all be heard. I appreciate being heard and seen today. Thank you for that. And essentially, that's my comment, is that I feel honored to be able to participate in a community process that recognizes input from citizens and all people who have an interest in the betterment of our community. So thank you. Thank you very much. We appreciate your comments. Next is Faith Harters. Faith, can you put your camera on, please, your video? I am not sure that I can, but you know. If you're on a computer, can you go down to the bottom left, maybe, where it has a video camera? It's harder as I sent you. There you are. There you go. Okay, very good. All right. So if you will please state your name and address for the record, and you'll have three minutes to speak. My name is Faith Harders. I live at 539 West 3rd Street, which is the corner of Blackburn and 3rd. Blackburn is one block long. There's about eight houses, seven houses on it. They're owner occupied. So this is a very, very big issue to us that impacts our neighborhood. And I'm here mainly just to voice my concern that we have a chance to have adequate input into the decision-making process. Thank you. Thank you very much. And next is Mark Klar. Mark, are you on? My apologies, Mayor. He slipped up to the top of the screen. He raised his hand and I lost him for a second. Okay. Mark, can you put your video on, please? There we go. There you are. Welcome. if you'll state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes to speak. My name is Mark Klar, K-L-A-R. I live at 321 Blackburn Avenue here in Lexington. Participating, I was going to listen to the discussion first and then ask some questions at the end of that discussion. Is that a possibility or do I have to sort of make a statement at this point? This is the time for public comment, which is really your opportunity to make any statements or comments you would like to make to the council. So this is my my issue is the same as my neighbor's issues who've just spoken. And that is that this should be a fair process, an open process, and that those council members would keep an open ear to when we actually meet to discuss the issue at hand. My questions are today regarding the process. And I've written several of them. And I'm just going to go through the list. And I hope you will keep this in mind as we go through this. One is, has the procedure for how we will engage in discussion at the meeting, has that been written down yet? How many people will be allowed to attend? Will that be physically or will that be via Zoom? How many people will be allowed to speak? How will the evidence for or against this proposal be presented? and collected? What format will that be? How much time before the meeting? How much time before the meeting will that evidence have to be presented? Questions about, and these are questions that have occurred in past meetings. Who will be seen? And will everyone who wants to speak be seen or will some people just be heard? And how much time will be allowed to, in particular, to the lawyers involved? Those are my questions. Basically, I would rather not be the guinea pig for a new procedure. I would prefer and hope that the procedure would have been tested before we have any sort of official meeting. Thank you very much for allowing me to comment. Thank you very much. And I think it will be important for us to, and I know Councilmember McCurron is very interested in this, this is his district, and to get some of this information out to the neighbors and folks who want to know the answers to your questions. So thank you very much. Thank you. was there anyone else who wished to speak under public comment it looks like that is that is all so we will move on there is a docket and so i will entertain a motion to approve so moved second thank you council member ellinger moves approval. I believe I heard Vice Mayor Kay second. Now, are there questions or any walk-ons for the docket, anything like that? Can you all log in if you have something? Okay. Council Member Lamb? Yes, thank you, Mayor. I have a zone change that is on the work copy docket. I have a motion for that, And it's ordinance number six, and I will be making a motion to place it on the docket without a public hearing for an ordinance changing the zone from a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone to a high-density apartment R4 zone for a .896 net, 1.406 gross acres for property located at 3621 Walden Drive, Walden Land Project LLC. It was approved by the Planning Commission with 11 to 0, and there were no objectors, so I moved to put it on without a public hearing. Is there a second? Second. Okay. Council Member Plumman. Is there any discussion of the motion? All those in favor, please raise your hand. Anyone opposed? Same sign. all right that motion passes i believe council member mckern did you have another one council member lamb my question to you is is would you prefer to go ahead and take council member mckern's motion as it relates to the zoning and then i walk the other um make my motion to for another walk on after his is that your preference thank you yes ma'am thank you thank you council member mckern thank you mary and thank you council member lamb for that um i i do want to uh if i may and if you may indulge me just for a minute. I just want to speak to some of the public comments before and then before I make this motion, just to kind of appease everyone and let everyone's minds, hopefully, a little bit more at ease. I'm going to make a motion here in just a moment to bring this Blackburn Avenue and the zone change to council for a public hearing. And with that, I want to let everybody know that this process is going to be tested beforehand. um i've spoken with uh councilman administrator maynard and the vice mayor will be a part of the process lex tv our attorneys will be a part of the process council members will not be required to attend if you wish to we'll send out the date beforehand so then you are able to attend the practice um but procedural procedural i will be there and i know councilmember lamb is going to be there as well um just because we we both have two zone change that will be i heard through this process. With that being said, this also does work with everybody's schedules. We've reached out to both the applicant and the opposition, reached out to all council members and LexTV attorneys planning, etc. So this should be go from here for a date and time. So I will make motion. I will move to place on the docket item number five, an ordinance changing the zone from a two family residential R2 zone to a high-rise residential R5 zone for 0.655 net acres for property located 325, 329, 333 Blackburn Avenue with a public hearing to be held on March 2nd 2021 at 5 p.m. So I'll second that. Council member Lamb seconds. Are there any questions about the motion? all right uh council member lamb did you have a question what was the time of that again march second at what time please yes ma'am 5 p.m thank you so much thanks thank you uh council member mccern um do you know already that you have a quorum or do we need to establish that we have enough council members to be there no ma'am i believe we will have a quorum um it's been confirmed at all unless a council member has an objection to at this point but i think every council member has responded that they should be there okay very good any other questions council member ellinger thank you mayor have have you set parameters for each um party and a time limit of four hours or have we got to that point yet no we have not set parameters for for limits or anything of that nature? I may. Typically, I have an opportunity to speak with the, if there are attorneys from both sides, to speak with them about the time that they need and how we might regulate that. And typically, if there's not an attorney for the other side, if there is a point person that I can speak to and if they have organized a presentation, talk with them about that or simply to explain to them that they'll have a full opportunity to weigh in with their thoughts. So even in the COVID era, I think we'll do the same thing. Okay, very good. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? All right. All those in favor of the motion to set the zone change hearing, please raise your hand. Is anyone opposed? Same sign. Okay, that motion passes. Now, Council Member Lamb. Thank you. On behalf of the administration, I move to place on the council meeting docket for Thursday, January 28, 2021, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a sub-recipient agreement with the Community Action Council in order to allocate $5 million of grant funds to the CAC for the Community Action Council for the provision of emergency rental assistance services. So move. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Plowman seconds. Are there any questions? All right. Seeing none, all those in favor, please raise your hand. Is anyone opposed? Same sign. Okay, that motion passes. Does anyone else have anything for the docket? Any walk-ons or? Okay. All those in favor of approving the docket as amended, please raise your hand. all right is anyone opposed all right that motion passes okay council vice mayor kay thank you mayor i either missed an opportunity or or wasn't sure where to put this but i have a motion that relates to budget amendments We haven't quite gotten to budget minutes. You're still good. Okay. I didn't know if this needs to be a separate motion. Thank you. I'll come back. Okay. Thank you. All right. Next is approval of the summary for January 19th work session. Could I have a motion, please? Move approval. Thank you. Vice Mayor. Is there a second? Second. I'm sorry I missed who that was. Oh, Council Member Baxter seconded. All right, thank you. Any questions about the motion? All those in favor, please raise your hand. Anyone opposed? Same sign. All right, that motion passes. Now we are ready for a motion for budget amendments. thank you councilmember plowman second councilmember lamb seconds now are there questions amendments etc vice mayor k thank you mayor i move that budget amendments related to the emergency rent relief program be added to the list of budget amendments on page three of the work session packet. This program will be funded by a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury in the amount of $9,668.7. I knew I was going to do this. I'm going to try it again. There's too many numbers in front of me. $9,668,772.30. sense. Thank you. Councilmember Reynolds seconds and council members you will remember that you passed our authority to receive that money which we did. Are there any questions about the motion? Not a question but there's another sentence on this motion that I need to include. This grant will also offset payroll expenses in the general fund and housing and homelessness fund for employees overseeing the administration of the grant. Okay, thank you. All right, any questions? Council Member Fred Brown, did you have a question? No? Not on this, what he brought up. I just got a question on budget amendments. Okay. Any questions, comments? All those in favor of adding this to the budget amendments. Council Member Plowman, did you have a question? No, you're just voting. Okay. Hands up. Thank you. All right. Anyone opposed? Thank you. That much questions or comments. Now, Council Member Fred Brown, this is, we're still on budget amendments. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. First one, first item on budget amendment request list is the adjustment of the Lexington Public Library appropriation. that 182,000 is that additional money that we have to allocate out of the general fund and how did it affect the general fund balance? There's our commissioner Erin Hensley Yes sir that is correct we have a true up that occurs at the end of the year we anticipate what those expenses are going to be and then once they come in we kind of reconcile and so that is an impact to the fund balance of $182,101. It is a one-time impact. So that reduced our fund balance, whatever it is, by that amount. So that was a direct reduction. That's correct. Will that take care of the public library for the year then, based on what we know? Yes, alongside our other previously scheduled payments, yes. Okay, all right. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question about journal entry 126817-18. I think Charlie Lantern may be. Charlie, can you tell me a little bit about what this budget amendment pertains to? Yes, sir. So every year when we create the budget for our federal home program, part of what we have to budget for is program income. And so what we're doing is estimating the revenue that we will generate from the various home loans that we do every year for that program, where we do the single family housing rehab program. And so there's a repayable loans for some of those homeowners. And we have revenue that comes in from that every year. So we budget an approximate or an estimated number. And then every year, at the end of the year, we have to adjust a little bit where we were off either a little too much or a little, we received more or received less. So we're reconciling that particular grant year. We received a little bit less than what we had budgeted for program income. And so this is where we are adjusting. We're taking equal amounts from a couple of programs that had not spent their allocations. And the reason we chose these two programs is because these are not contract-based programs, meaning it's not a fixed price. It's based on how many homeowners they send to us for individual specific applications. And so it's not taking money away from an active program. It's just a smaller pool of funds that are available for that particular activity. Okay. Okay. That makes sense. Then I also have a question about journal entry 126-986-87. Is that, did that used to be the adopt a spot? Is that funding for what used to be the adopt a spot program? Yeah, I believe so. It's the Kentucky Pride Program. I wouldn't want to speak for the division itself, but I believe they've adjusted a little bit how they operate or deliver that project. But, yes, that is that program. It's the same grant. Yeah, I know they changed the model. So does the bulk of the funding go towards the – I forgot the name of the van that does the litter pickup. Is that part of this grant? That is part of it, yes. There's salary in there as well. Okay. All right. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks for the clarification. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. And my question is on Journal 126981. It's a mobility software for analyzing the data related to the use of scooters. My question really is that this made me, reminded me that we haven't really had an update lately on the scooters and the effectiveness and the revenue that we're getting from this. So I would say this, that I don't know if Council Member Bledsoe is planning on having anything in her committee as an update about this to fall into planning and public safety, but this just made me think about it. I believe it's in planning and public safety. Planning and public safety. Okay. Okay. So maybe this will be an opportunity to get an update on. And because this is $2,500. So I guess, is there someone from planning that can speak to? I think Director Duncan is in the waiting room. I'm not sure if he's the one who should speak, but. there he comes welcome director thank you mayor uh council member lamb we first of all we would be happy to give you all an update on the status of scooters but i can tell you that the revenue that we will be the money we'll be using for this uh for the remix contract is has been generated by the license fees for the scooters. So you may recall that each of those is a $5,000 annual license fee. So we currently have two scooter companies. So we have the $10,000, which will more than cover the cost of contracting with Remix for their data collection. All right, I appreciate that clarification and update. And maybe we can put this, if it's not already in planning and public safety, we can put it in there for an update. And thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you, Director Duncan. Are there any other questions about budget amendments? I see none. So all those in favor of approval, please raise your hand. All right. Anyone opposed? Same sign. Okay, that motion passes. Thank you. Next is new business. Could I have a motion? so moved second thank you councilmember plowman's motion and councilmember lamb seconded and if you have questions about new business will you please raise your hand councilmember plowman councilmember plowman okay it didn't work there Okay. This is in reference to letter A. So, Mr. Atkins, I just had to ask you a couple questions. I'm enlightened on this. Actually, I think Craig Benz is prepared. Okay. He's coming in now. Okay. Thank you. Give him a second. There he is. Welcome, Craig. Good afternoon. This has to do with a company and it's Water Warriors. And I have no idea who they are, what services they provide to our community. Could you, like I said, enlighten us? certainly so water warriors is uh they have been a a cincinnati-based company they're relocating to lexington they now have a lexington address and i believe they have filed as a lexington corporation as well so they have that completed they manufacture i'll say it the technical way and then the way i understand it they manufacture biomedia product to treat phosphorus and ammonia upon contact and in English what that means is they have a product that removes nutrient pollution from stormwater runoff so they manufacture a pellet that is spread on the ground that collects nutrients from stormwater that can otherwise cause algae blooms as I understand it and at the end of the day once those pellets are used up they can then be used for fertilizer as well so they have they have two uses. So they actually are headquartered in Cincinnati, and this is an expansion into Lexington. They don't exist now here. They were previously headquartered in Cincinnati. They've relocated. They have a mailing address in Lexington, and their intent is to relocate to Lexington and create jobs, which is what made them eligible for this funding. And is there, do we foresee any more additional expansion? I guess if they grow here, that would make sense, but we're good. I just wanted to know what these water warriors were all about. So thank you so much. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I guess my question may be for Commissioner Ford. It's on item E. It looks like this is an agreement between Asbury College and the Division of the Department of Social Services. Commissioner Ford will take it. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner, can you tell me a little bit about this, I guess, this program and how it came about? Well, it's just a formal agreement. Our agreement with Asbury dates back to 2010. Our department and our divisions, we have a practice of working with our local area colleges, UK, UofL, EKU Kentucky State. But as it pertains to Asbury, we now have one intern. We have a pool of three that's going to be stationed at the family care center, and they are practical students. And so they are working alongside our social workers and some of the case management and other service deliveries that we offer. And they get that experience as a student and as a future social worker, and we get the benefit to our program participants. So, Council Member, long story short, it's just a formality. we bring this to the council to make sure that the mayor and the council support these agreements and partnerships. Okay thanks for that commissioner it's always good to learn about some of the programs and opportunities that we have out there and we all know that we need more social workers so it's good that we can be a part of helping bring them along so thank you thank you commissioner thank you mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Kloiber. Yes just real quick Commissioner Ford I wanted to specify I know you were just running away um that memorandum it's it's not exclusive right we have other other groups that we are also working with similarly in those kind of programs uh yes sir but what we would do council members we would bring back uh an agreement specific to the uh to the university or the college that we're working with from memory we recently brought an agreement with UofL that allows us to enter into a similar partnership as well so each uh school or college that we engage will have an agreement specific to their faculty, to their students, and what we expect and what we intend to offer their students. No, that's great. I love working with more people. I do have one question on F. This is not for you. Sorry, you can shuffle off. Sorry, I didn't mean to call you back. But on F, we have this grant number. I was wondering if we could get a little bit of clarity about the full expense costs on this because it's requesting a grant for half of it to come out of the E911 fund and I just wanted to get clearly stated what the full cost of this was going to be and maybe what would happen if we were unable to get this grant. I know we have Director Stack and Commissioner Armstrong both available. Ma'am if you can bring Director Stack into the room he can fill he can answer the question more thoroughly. Hello everyone. Welcome director. Hi there. So the amount that you see there is 50 percent of the cost of the purchase. So I'll take my calculator here and so you're looking at, our portion of it is $241,000. So Lexington Police would fund $241,862 as well. Our approach is here in 9-1-1 is we go after the state funds first before we start spending 9-1-1 funds locally. And that's what we're doing here. We're going to at least make an attempt to get the grant funds. If we don't, we have sufficient money in our 9-1-1 fund balance, which are dedicated funds to cover this expense. And that grant, it looks like it would cover 90% of the total cost that would be for 9-1-1? All right. That is correct. We could go 100%, but we would lose points on the scoring process and run the risk of losing the grant by not putting a match on it. All right. Well, that sounds good. Let's go get state money. Thank you. Thank you, Director Stack. Are there any other questions about new business? All right. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving, please raise your hand. Okay. Is anyone opposed? Same sign. Okay. That motion passes. Next, we have continuing business and presentations. First, I'll need a motion for the council capital projects, please. Move approval. Second. Vice Mayor Kay moves approval. Council Member Plowman seconds. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Anyone opposed? Same sign. Okay. That motion passes. Next up, I believe we have Councilmember Bledsoe for a Budget, Finance, and Economic Development report. Thank you, Mayor. This is a summary of the December 1st Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee of which all Councilmembers were present as voting members. The first item is we approved the October 27, 2020 Committee Summary. We also had the monthly financial information for October included in the packet for informational purposes. Elodie Dickinson presented the local small business economic stimulus program, summarizing the program's outcomes and successes. $2.3 million was awarded to 168 applicants. The committee discussed the application process and the partnership with Commerce Lexington's Access Loan Committee and Traditional Bank to make the program successful. Arthur Lucas presented a proposal on behalf of the administration for all city employees to receive implicit bias and diversity training, a recommendation made by the Mayor's Commission on Racial Justice and Equality. Later that day at work session, the council approved $120,000 for the training and moved the committee item to the General Government and Social Services Committee. The council's budget review process for fiscal year 22 included a breakdown of LINC's assignments and questions in the budget calendar. It was confirmed that LINC committees would be assigned ahead of the mayor's budget hearings. A motion by Kaye, second by Plowman, to approve the calendar in the 22 budget process passed without dissent. Lastly, Vice Mayor Kay reviewed the report produced by the Mayor's Finance and Economic Advisory Work Group that provides a pre-pandemic analysis of the city's financial position while outlining three proposed uses for additional revenue. No action was taken. Lastly, in the packet, there was a document that pulled together the items in the charter, ordinances and resolutions to impact the budget, as well as state legislation. This document will return to committee in early 2021. The committee adjourned at 2.56. Thank you very much. Are there any questions for Councilmember Bledsoe? Seeing none, we'll move on to our presentation. And I believe we are welcoming Jason Jones, who's the chair for the Commission for People with Disabilities. And he'll be in the meeting in just a second. Welcome, Jason. Thank you all very much for having me. Yes. I'm Jason Jones. I'm with the University of Kentucky's Human Development Institute and with the Southeast ADA Center, which is a project out of Atlanta. And I am the chair of the Commission for People with Disabilities. And Richard Maloney, Councilmember Maloney, is part of our group and has been for many years. And Peggy Henson was before she retired two years ago, which seems like two months ago. Crazy enough. But I've also been involved with the Town Branch Park Project and many other things involving the city and accessibility. And I just want to talk to you a little bit today about what we do. Again, we're called the Commission for People with Disabilities. It used to be called the Mayor's Commission, but at some point the mayor didn't want to come anymore. So I'm just joking. Linda, we would be more than happy to have you, Mayor Gordon, at any point if you'd like to join us. We'd love to see you. So, but we, and I'm from the 09, as we like to call it over here, which is, I think, David Klober's, he's our new council member, and our wives know each other day. Our kids both go to Liberty. So, I think we've met before, and I've worked closely with Angela Evans before now. So just real quick, the purpose of the commission is to promote the inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities within the Lexington Fayette Irby County community to advise the mayor and the council on issues that impact persons with disabilities. And we are a group that's made up of community advocates, public safety as a representative, Roger Damon, the city's ADA coordinator, somebody from Fayette County Schools, United Way, the University of Kentucky, Lex Tran, and two council members. And that is one of the reasons why I want to talk to you today, because we've had a vacancy for two years on that commission. I've always felt like, and I think most of you all do too, that Lexington is probably one of the most progressive cities in the United States. I've lived a lot of places and I really I love Lexington. I've been here for 20 plus years now. And that we should be the model for accessibility and for all things that involve any members of our community and especially people with disabilities, which is where my focus is. So we need another council member. We need one one of you all to step up. I presented to you all a couple years ago. We had formed a ADA task force, which did some really exciting things. And over the years, we've done, we had the sidewalk cafe ordinance. We've talked about curb cuts, snow removal, accessible parking and signage, and the ADA task force, which puts out there a lot of good things for people with disabilities and to make the community a lot more accessible. So I'm looking for somebody. We need another council member. So I think Councilman Maloney has asked and hopefully one of you all. We only meet once a month. It's the second Monday of each month. And we meet at 11 o'clock. We used to meet at the Senior Center before what's going on right now, which I will not mention because everybody's sick of hearing it. But until we're back live, we'll be on soon and we get to read the same awesome disclaimer that you all did before you started your meeting anyway so we offer a lot of training we've trained on dealing with law enforcement we've trained on the human rights commission and how to file a claim if you have been discriminated against because of disability we've worked with developers to ensure accessibility and we've trained post office workers. And we do all this all free of charge as part of my job at UK. We try to make sure that that everybody gets a say and we try to make sure that the community is as accessible as possible. We practice person first language. I am a person with a disability. I'm actually quadriplegic and I have been for the last 30 years. Came through Cardinal Hill and UK and all those things many years ago and it really felt like I was a big part of the community since then. So again, I really appreciate your time. I won't keep you for long, but if you guys at a later point would like us to come back and do some disability awareness training, I think it's always good. And more than anything, just on behalf of people with disabilities in Lexington, always consider us. I know that there's a task force now for the vaccine and the rollout on that kind of stuff. And there's all these programs that come up and really, if nothing else, just look at us as a sounding board or as a group that can give some direction on how things will affect people with disabilities. We've done a much better job of that over the last four or five years with all the park projects and those kinds of things. And I just want to say thank you. And David, I'm looking forward to working with you and I appreciate you all's time today. Jason, thank you very much. I have been pushing on a few council members about serving and maybe this, your presence here and talking about the commission will encourage a council member to step up, I'm hopeful. So first is Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to give a comment. Jason, I appreciate everything you've done. We've done a lot in the last three years. And I've been on a lot of commissions. And this is one of the best ones I've ever been, not because of what our needs are, but how we get things done. And, for instance, we've been waiting for 30 years to get some new language and code enforcement changed for new constructions and restaurants in places like that. and we never could do it. So you and I went down to Frankfurt and we were able to get that done. And not only did we get that done, there was some language put in in the housing that I got in trouble for that, which I had nothing to do with it. So anytime I see a home builder, I get blamed because they wanted to make the bathrooms a certain size every house built. So I didn't ask for that, but they call that the Maloney's. And they were able to fix that. So even though I still think someday I'm going to need a bathroom that wide, because as I get older like I am right now, but I do want to tell my colleagues, there's a lot of great things that go on there. We've accomplished a lot. We did, with y'all's help, we did be able to hire somebody in building inspection to deal with these issues. And he comes in every three, four months to give us an update on everything. for the because Rogers Rogers you all know he didn't play in uh planning I mean in um John Chee's office and he doesn't know much about buildings but he was doing that for two years so finally we got somebody certified that understands the building laws so I want to thank my colleagues for helping me that a couple years ago and it's been a big help so if you can't get on there we'd love to have you and and it's a it is a lot of good things that happen thank you thank you Councilmember Kloiber. Thank you, Mayor. Hi, Jason. It's good to see you again. I'm glad you came in. I've talked with Richard Maloney about this in the past, and I don't know exactly what the protocol would be, but I would love to serve on this board if that is at all possible. I think what you guys do is great, and I'd love to be a part of it and see how we can help more in the community. So, again, I don't know the process here, but I'll throw my hat in the ring because I think I really enjoy that. We volunteer. It happens, man. That's all it takes. I'll have Melissa in my office reach out to you, Council Member Kloiber, so that you can fill out the form and we'll get it moving. Thank you. Thank you all. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Mr. Jones, for coming and speaking to us today. I know that I personally am very appreciative of every opportunity for education and awareness as it relates to being able to get around town and access no matter what situation you're in. And I personally, with my mother, who's been in a scooter for over 20 years, I have learned so much from other communities about what they don't do well. And so the fact that we have such an awareness in our community is outstanding. And I, Peggy had asked me to serve on this commission and I really it was hard for me to turn her down but I really want you to know how much I appreciate each and every one of you all in this commission of the work that you all do for our community we're very lucky to have you all and to be able to advance our city and to be more acceptable and to be more accessible you never know you don't think about the little things until you're actually walking in the shoes or you're walking next to someone that's walking in those shoes. And so I just really, I just want you to know how much I appreciate everything you all do. So thank you, Mayor. Thanks, Kenneth. Thank you. Does anyone else want to speak to Jason or to the subject matter? All right. Well, Jason, thank you so much. Great to see you. And you soon will have your newest council member. Thank you very much. Okay, you too. Next is council reports, if y'all will please log in. Council member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to just mention there is a new community center in Cardinal Valley and it's on the corner of Alexandria Drive and Devenport and I've gotten a lot of questions and comments about it. It's privately owned by a retired couple that wanted to give back to the Hispanic community. And this Saturday, they are having some free things. They're doing free flu shots, blood pressure and glucose testing from 12 to 3. And that's open to everybody. And I'm sure they're going to have people there that speak Spanish as well. So I hope people can take advantage of that. The address is 1389 Alexandria Drive. And then I will be filming a council comment there next week. So I hope that I can share more information about their plans and what they want to do and offer to the community. So thank you. Thank you. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Let me first start by congratulating Councilmember Bledsoe on being elected chair of Budget and Finance. And then thanks for running an efficient meeting today. We had a pretty packed agenda, but you were able to get through it. And we appreciate that. And then also let me thank Councilmember McCurn, Josh McCurn, for his diligence with working with those folks in regards to that zone change. it's scary we're in uncharted territory but the fact that you've been responsive to those neighbors that have reached out and are doing your due diligence to make sure that they're getting their voices heard I think is important and appreciate your efforts in that and then mayor I appreciate your comments today with the state of the city address especially how you focused on a lot of the positives coming out of this pandemic or while we're in the midst of this pandemic. It's easy for people to get depressed and kind of get down just because it's always so much bad news that we continue to hear on the news. But I think you reiterated a lot of positive things that are happening in our community and gave a real positive message today. And then also the recognizing the city employees that have fallen to COVID. I know Tim Edwards. I know the type of mentor he's been in our community coaching basketball to a lot of our young people. And then also, you know, a friend of his, a very close friend of his actually lives on the same cul-de-sac that I live on, and he passed from COVID as well, William Mays. So we in our community continue to lose people, but we have to be diligent about wearing our mask and doing all the safety protocols that we're called on to do. If Tyler is in the chamber, if he could come and speak to efforts surrounding the city's medical facility and working to get them certified to do vaccinations. Talikin, I know we talked about it last week. Can you speak a little bit about your efforts with that and what some of the challenges that exist with getting that done for our employees? Sure. I think where we left last week was everyone's aware that we do have our clinic certified as an authorized administrator of the vaccine that does not guarantee them the actual shipment of doses though. So if you look at the way the state strategy is right now is a shift to really only focusing on the doses themselves on the high volume providers. So here in Lexington right now that is primarily UK. UK site will be the primary source of providing vaccines to the community as we work through the prioritization process for now. We knew there'll be a regional site that'll be launched in two days. That'll help a lot as well. And that'll allow us to a little bit of time and relieve some of the pressure off of the health department, assuming they continue to receive their doses. That is a constantly evolving conversation, but allow them to shift their efforts to more localized, hard to reach community members in the process. So what that may allow us to do is work on the conversation with them on getting more of those doses from the health department over to our clinic, potentially, to look at how we can look at servicing some of our essential employees there. That's the best plan we could come up with at the moment to get vaccine to the clinic that we run. But it's just a constantly evolving conversation. And, of course, you see the uncertainty out there every day on how the flow of vaccine comes and it starts and stops. But right now, you saw the memo we sent out to all our employees. We're encouraging them to get signed up at the high-volume facilities that we know with certainty that are going to receive the vaccine. And every bit of new information we have will be as transparent as we possibly can about it. Yeah. No, I just think it's important that we continue to advocate to try to get our employees vaccinated because, you know, as we know, there's a lot that that can't work from home. And there are, you know, some that are public facing. So, no, I just think we just got to be continue to be advocates for our employees to make sure that they we do everything we can to try to get them vaccinated. We are. And I've had the conversation with the health department to make sure that as soon as that becomes available, that we can make an arrangement like that work. I hope you all can join us on Thursday morning for the first one of the year, the council COVID update. We've got a lot of updates coming from the task force members and the work groups there that I think would be really beneficial for you to hear on the communication education side. Some of the things they're working on, database and programming and things like that, that are slowly working their way towards the surface. But it would be really beneficial for everyone to hear and for you to be able to share with your constituents. All right. Thanks for the update, Tyler. And thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thanks, Tyler. Next is Councilmember Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. And there has been an uptick. I mean, there has been an even more of an uptick of drive-by shootings in my district. And of course, I know there continues to be across the city, too. And when I'm talking to my constituents about this, and it still blows my mind when people think that they should not call the police as soon as they hear the shots being fired. And I just want to urge the constituents that are listening and to talk to your neighbors and my fellow colleagues to reiterate the importance of calling 911 when you hear shots being fired on your street or near your home. because if you contact the police immediately, then they're going to be more apt to be able to have success in finding out what's going on. So then even last night, I believe there was a shooting over in one of the parks. So I just want people to know it's OK to call 9-1-1. Don't be fearful. You can call and be anonymous, but you're still going to need to tell the area of town. because the police need to be made aware of when these are happening immediately. So the other thing is, I do appreciate the conversations about the vaccine. I know that there have been some people that have taken some information that you've sent out, mayor, and sent it out to larger groups. I saw where Fayette County Neighborhood Council had sent out an email copying the information and the links to what you were talking about. with the vaccine. So I do look forward to Thursday's update as we continue to learn how this is going to roll out and how we can advocate and what we need to tell our constituency to keep them apprised of it. And I too wanted to compliment you on your address today. You know, oftentimes we think about the things that we're going through and the bad things, but I think it's very important that we focus on the good things as well. And I do appreciate that And congratulations to Councilmember Bledsoe and Councilmember Ellinger for your all's appointment today as chair and vice chair. Thanks, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Plowman. Thank you, Mayor. I know you've announced this and you mentioned it today, but from a council standpoint, I wanted to applaud and recognize the efforts of Ann Bacchus and her fundraising team for getting to that, what is it, 24.5, 25.4, 80% of a $30 million goal. And that is a private financed project for the park. And that's just outstanding. And as I mentioned today, we really have a caring community. We really get things done. And I think this is just one more example. And Anne, you've been great in that shared seat. And Mayor, also, you did a super job. Sometimes I think in council, we're like, ah, bad news, bad news, bad news. it was uplifting and I can't wait to share that on my on my Facebook page and on my my web page and council page because I think people need to hear it I think they'll be I think they'll be excited about knowing that what great things are going on in our community so thank you again thank you council member Maloney thank you mayor I too want to send my condolences out to Mr. Henry, being a former commissioner and used to go there at 430 in the morning, he was always there first and he would always tell me what needs to be done and I will miss him. And then, like you say, Mayor, that is like a family out there. And to be there that long, it's amazing. And then Wes Knuckstein, I knew Wes from a long time ago. Wes and I worked together when I worked for REACH and Community Ventures and Affordable Housing. And he was involved with the Oliver Lewis Way and Davis Bottoms. So he was an amazing guy, and he would be missed. And I want to, to their family, I'm thinking about him and their in my prayers. And finally, Mayor, and I appreciate I will be on the meeting Thursday, but there's one question that I need. A lot of my constituents who call me do not have computers, and they're over 70 to 75 years old. And they are not, they don't know what to do. I tried to encourage them to call their doctor's office. I've tried to encourage them. I think that's a population that I think that are being left out. And and they just I mean, you'd be amazed how many people do not have this kind of technology. And I took me forever to get used to it. And I imagine some of those other folks will never do it. But when we talk about this Thursday, I think you need to put a committee to look in. the committee needs to look in how we're going to get out to those folks that do not have computers, that do not have any kind of source. And I assume you already have, but I just wanted to be sure because a lot of people are asking me that question. Yes, and it's a great question, which we've been working on. Tyler walked up here to probably update you on that. If you don't mind real quick, we do have a lot of folks working very hard on that. And it's not just a matter of, Unfortunately, just turning on a phone line or redirecting everyone to one particular place. Of course, the health department is already completely overwhelmed with other calls related to just getting tested and getting contact trace and everything else. So it's not as simple as just converting part of 311 to something like that. It's a monumental challenge, just like so many other things in this. But I can assure you a lot of people are working very hard to just try to come with the best answer for that. because everyone recognizes that internet access is not everyone's forte or the best way for them to communicate. So I think we'll have a little better discussion on that on Thursday, but like I said, an answer is not right there in our reach at the moment. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member LaGree. Thank you so much, Mayor. And I want to echo the sentiments that some of my colleagues have shared. I really appreciated your message of hope and safety and perseverance and coming together as a community. And I almost took my hand down because it sounds as though this question may be addressed on Thursday as well. But, you know, first off, I want to thank everybody who's working really hard in our community and in our city and in our state to get everybody tested and vaccinated. And this is a question that comes from a place of advocacy because I've received constituent questions from independent senior living homes like Ashland Terrace, for example, about their options. Some of these communities are not connected to nursing homes or assisted living facilities, and they were curious about the option for in-house vaccinations or the best options that they should pursue. And Mr. Scott and I talked about this, but I just wanted to check in as I am talking to these folks and trying to point them in the right direction with some of these independent living homes for seniors. What is the best way that we should direct them as we're receiving inquiries of this sort? Tyler, we have had multiple conversations on this. He's back to update you, and this is a big issue. Yeah, so this is obviously one of those areas that falls sort of in the cracks, per se, where these aren't the groups that got picked up by the federal contracts with CVS and Walgreens, but also aren't the first ones in Priority 1A to be able to get to the front of the line with our larger volume clinics. But what we've done is we've talked with our Director of Aging Services of the Senior Center, Krista Stanbaugh. She has been working with every one of the known independent senior living facilities in town to try to get an understanding of what their needs look like. How many of them have not been able to independently go to a vaccination site and get scheduled and get vaccinated? Are there transportation issues? Are there communication scheduling issues? What that might be. And so I put her directly in contact with those who have been coordinating the same efforts that we went through with all our first responders two weeks ago to get every one of them that wanted vaccinated. We put them in the same process as we do with them. And so they are working through her office, essentially, to try to work through those issues, make sure they can get an appointment and anything else that might come up that's just a little abnormal. That's how we're handling it right now. And I think she's trying to play traffic cop for those facilities, knowing that we've got to be very honest. There's not going to be a short-term fix unless something drastic at the federal level comes down. We will not be pulling healthcare workers off the high volume clinic lines to go to door-to-door vaccinations. Okay, thank you so much. And thank you to you, Tyler, and to Christy and everybody working really hard on this. I hope that we can find some solutions. Yeah, like I said, it's a constantly evolving process. Please copy me and Christy as well, and we'll work with any one-offs or any peculiar situations we have. will make it work. Thank you so much. All right. Thanks. Thank you. Does anyone else have a council report? All right. Next is the mayor's report, which is a little lengthy. If I could have a motion, please. Move to approve. Second. We've got Vice Mayor Kay and Council Member Lamb. We'll split the difference on that. Are there any questions about the mayor's report? Councilmember Cloiber, you will come through on the next mayor's report for the commission that you just graciously volunteered for. All right. All those in favor of approving the report, please show your hand. Anyone opposed? Same sign. Okay. That motion passes. I wanted to thank those of you who commented about my State of the City-County Address. It's very easy, as all of us know, to get focused on the things that are negative. And this past year has been full of sadness and some real negative going on and the issues that our community members are facing. And so, you know, each of us, I think, always can look at the positive. And it was amazing when we started gathering the list of things that our employees had accomplished and our community had accomplished. It was amazing. All of that happened during COVID. And it, you know, it shows what someone else mentioned, perseverance, what perseverance and positivity can bring to our community. And our community is a very generous community. and so it really was great to be able to highlight that and to be able to hope highlight the hope that we will have in a few months when we've got our level of vaccination up and we can all come back outside it'll be a grand day so if there's nothing else I would entertain a motion to adjourn come on Councilmember Plowman all those in favor please show me your hand thank you we are adjourned thank you mayor thank you thank you