# Urban County Council - May 6, 2021 > Auto-transcribed civic record · May 6, 2021 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5349 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5349?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2021-05-06 - **Last revised**: May 6, 2021 - **Length**: 16,637 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 Urban County Council held a virtual meeting on May 6, 2021, at 6:00 PM, presided over by Mayor Gorton. The council addressed two main agenda items during the session, including a recognition ceremony and consideration of significant legislation. The meeting featured three public comments from community members and resulted in two formal votes by the council. Key accomplishments included an informational recognition of the UK Rifle Team and the approval of an ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy, marking important legislative action for the community. ## Attendance The following members were present at the May 6, 2021 meeting: **Present:** • Ellinger • Kay • Kloiber • Lamb • LeGris • McCurn • Moloney • Plomin • Reynolds • Sheehan • Worley • Baxter • F. Brown • J. Brown **Absent:** • Bledsoe No members arrived late to the meeting. A total of 14 members were in attendance, with one member absent. ## Votes and Decisions The meeting included two roll call votes, both of which passed unanimously. **Ordinance 0259-21** - Prohibiting conversion therapy to minors [timestamp: 03:00] Motion by Lamb, seconded by Ellinger. The ordinance passed with a vote of 14 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. All 14 council members voted in favor: Ellinger, Kay, Kloiber, Lamb, LeGris, McCurn, Moloney, Plomin, Reynolds, Sheehan, Worley, Baxter, F. Brown, and J. Brown. **Resolution 0328-21** - Water Monitoring at Haley Pike Landfill [timestamp: 05:00] Motion by Ellinger, seconded by Kay. The resolution passed with a vote of 14 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. All 14 council members voted in favor: Ellinger, Kay, Kloiber, Lamb, LeGris, McCurn, Moloney, Plomin, Reynolds, Sheehan, Worley, Baxter, F. Brown, and J. Brown. Both measures received unanimous support from all present council members, with no opposition or abstentions recorded for either vote. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed two significant financial contracts totaling $145,200 in expenditures. **Environmental Monitoring Contract** The council considered Resolution 0328-21 for a $45,200 contract with Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions Inc. for water monitoring services at the Haley Pike Landfill. This contract addresses ongoing environmental compliance requirements for the landfill facility. **Juvenile Services Program** Resolution 0329-21 involved a $100,000 contract with You Matter Ky!, Inc. for the Juvenile Treatment Court Program. This substantial investment supports specialized court services designed to address juvenile cases through treatment-focused interventions rather than traditional punitive measures. Both contracts represent significant financial commitments by the jurisdiction, with the juvenile treatment program representing the larger of the two expenditures. The environmental monitoring contract reflects ongoing regulatory obligations for waste management facilities, while the juvenile program contract demonstrates investment in alternative justice approaches for young offenders. The combined $145,200 in contracted services spans both environmental compliance and social services sectors, indicating diverse municipal responsibilities and spending priorities. ## Public Comment Three community members addressed the council during the public comment period, all focusing on police accountability and reform measures. **April Taylor** [timestamp: 01:00] spoke about the need for police accountability and transparency. She emphasized the importance of releasing body camera footage promptly as a key component of ensuring law enforcement transparency. **Emma Anderson** [timestamp: 01:30] addressed police accountability and funding priorities. Anderson highlighted specific incidents involving police and stressed the importance of funding alternative response programs, specifically mentioning the Paramedicine Program and New Vista Crisis Response Team as essential services that should receive adequate funding. **James Woodhead** [timestamp: 02:00] focused his comments on no-knock warrants. Woodhead expressed strong support for banning no-knock warrants and voiced concern about potential amendments that might weaken the proposed ordinance. All three speakers centered their remarks on police reform and accountability measures, representing a unified public interest in these issues during this meeting period. ## Appointments The meeting included action on two reappointments to municipal boards and commissions. **Board of Health** • Lee Dossett was reappointed to the Board of Health **Environmental Commission** • Mason Bishop was reappointed to the Environmental Commission Both appointments involved reappointments of existing members to continue their service on their respective boards. No additional details about term lengths or voting results were provided in the available meeting materials. ## Contested Items The primary contested item during the May 6, 2021 meeting centered on no-knock warrants and proposed ordinance provisions regarding law enforcement procedures. **No-Knock Warrants Debate** Several members of the public voiced strong opposition to no-knock warrants during the public comment period. Community members urged the council to incorporate a mandatory wait-time provision into the ordinance under consideration. The opposition reflected broader community concerns about police practices and public safety procedures. The disagreement focused on whether the proposed ordinance should include specific timing requirements before law enforcement could execute warrants without prior announcement. Public commenters advocated for adding protective measures that would require officers to wait a specified period before entering premises, even when executing no-knock warrants. The nature of the opposition was characterized as community-driven, with residents expressing concerns about current warrant execution procedures and seeking stronger safeguards in the proposed legislation. The public comments represented a call for the council to strengthen the ordinance beyond its current form to include additional procedural requirements. The outcome of this contested issue was not specified in the available meeting data, leaving the resolution of the no-knock warrant provisions unclear from the provided information. ## Recognition of the UK Rifle Team [timestamp: 00:30] The council recognized the University of Kentucky Rifle Team for winning the 2021 NCAA Rifle National Championship during agenda item 0476-21. Mayor Gorton presented the recognition to the team and coaching staff. Coach Mullins addressed the council on behalf of the team, expressing pride in the championship victory and gratitude for the city's support. The coach highlighted the team's dedication and hard work throughout the season that led to their national title. Team members were present at the meeting to receive the recognition alongside their coaching staff. The presentation served as an informational item to celebrate the team's achievement and acknowledge their representation of the university and community on a national stage. The recognition concluded without formal council action, as this was a ceremonial presentation to honor the rifle team's NCAA championship success. ## Ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy [timestamp: 03:00] The council considered Ordinance 0259-21, which would prohibit conversion therapy practices within the jurisdiction. The ordinance specifically targets mental health professionals, preventing them from engaging in conversion therapy with minors, and includes provisions prohibiting the use of public funds for such practices. Councilmember Lamb served as a key speaker during the discussion of this agenda item. The ordinance addresses the controversial practice of conversion therapy, which attempts to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity through various therapeutic interventions. The proposed legislation focuses on two main prohibitions: first, it would prevent licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion therapy services to minors, and second, it would ensure that no public funds could be allocated toward supporting or funding conversion therapy programs or services. The council ultimately approved Ordinance 0259-21, adding the municipality to the growing number of jurisdictions that have enacted similar protections. The ordinance represents a policy position that conversion therapy practices directed at minors are harmful and should not be permitted by licensed professionals or supported with taxpayer funds. The approval of this ordinance establishes clear legal boundaries around conversion therapy practices while specifically protecting minors from these interventions. The legislation also ensures fiscal responsibility by preventing public resources from being directed toward conversion therapy programs. --- ## Decisions - **0259-21** — passed (14-0): Ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy to minors - **0328-21** — passed (14-0): Resolution for Water Monitoring at Haley Pike Landfill --- ## Full transcript Thank you. Thank you. Welcome, everyone, to the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council meeting of May 6, 2021. And I'll open with the following 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 the meeting. Welcome everyone and I'll ask our clerk to call the roll. Yes ma'am. Mr. Ellinger. Yes ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay. Here. Mr. Kloiber. Yes ma'am. Ms. Lamb. Here. Ms. LeGree. Here. Mr. McCurran. Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney. Mr. Maloney? Here. Thank you. Ms. Plumman? Here. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Ms. Sheehan? Here. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Here. And Mr. James Brown? Here. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have a quorum. And with that, I'll ask Ms. Maynard to let in our pastor for tonight. is reverend shiree there sorry about that i was trying to find him in the list he's coming in now okay it's a long list thank you mayor welcome reverend shirey from central christian church and uh pastor shirey is going to give our invocation tonight i invite you to join me in prayer god of us all thank you for a kentucky spring new life in dogwood and red bud thank you for this city and county, its history and present vitality. May your spirit inform and direct counsel in their deliberations this evening. May they ever seek what is good and just and right. May they be humbly open to new perspectives, accountable to constituents' concerns, preserved from the sting of undue criticism, men and women of character in pursuit of the common good. This we pray in your holy name. Amen. Amen. Thank you very much, Reverend Shirey. Thank you. Yes. And next, we have a special presentation. So I'll ask Ms. Maynard to bring in the UK rifle team. You're on a few zooms. And when you're on members of the rifle team there you go put your video on so we can see you and you can see us welcome do we think you're all here everybody who's coming looks like it well I first want to welcome the University of Kentucky rifle team coach is he on Harry Mullins uh-oh coach are you there yes um yes ma'am there you are we okay very good and members of the national championship team to our zoom council meeting tonight as you may recall council members just a few weeks ago we recognized uk volleyball for their national championship title but they weren't the first UK team to win a national championship this year. This year, for the third time, our UK rifle team won the NCAA Rifle National Championship. Coach Mullins became only the second Kentucky head coach to win a third national title, joining Adolph Rupp. He is also the longest tenured UK head coach, having coached 34 seasons. The team's three titles tie UK with Tennessee Tech and TCU. All three schools have three national championships. In addition to the team's national championship, sophomore Mary Tucker, do I see you there? Where are you? There you are. Yes, thank you. Mary finished first in the Air Rifle Individual Championship, and junior Will Shainer, who's also here, I see you there, Will, finished second. Quite an accomplishment for the two of them. Mary was also named the most outstanding performer at the event. and all nine team members made the SEC academic honor roll. That is awesome. We are very proud of your team and the way you represented UK, Lexington, and the state of Kentucky. And now it's my honor to read the following proclamation. whereas on Saturday March 13th the University of Kentucky Wildcats rifle team claimed the 2021 national championship and whereas the cats earned the team title after posting a 4,731 overall score, which ranks first in NCAA championship history. And whereas sophomore Mary Tucker won the small bore national championship and the air rifle title, becoming the sixth shooter in history to win the gold in both events at the NCAA championships. And whereas UK's three national championships are tied for third among division one programs with Tennessee Tech and TCU. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare May 6, 2021, UK Rifle National Champions Day. Go Cats! And now I'd like to, yes, council's given a round of applause, I'd like to invite Coach Mullins to make remarks. Thank you, Madam Mayor and Councilmembers. It's such a great honor to receive this honor, first of all, and then just to be able to bring this championship back to the City of Lexington and University of Kentucky. This team takes tremendous pride in representing UK and the city of Lexington. Last year, we were actually slated to host the national championships here in Lexington. And everybody always loves to come to Lexington and compete. They love the city, you know, the work that you've done, you know, just to enhance the city and its atmosphere. The only part they don't like is they have to compete against this team at the end of it when they come to Lexington. But, you know, it's, I'm so proud of these young people in doing what they've done and enduring the two years worth of COVID from losing last year's opportunity to win and going all the way through this year and to be able to represent the university and the city of Lexington. Again, this is a great honor and we're greatly appreciative and very humbled by it. And we're looking forward in 2024 being able to host the national championship here and being able to showcase our city and the university as well. But thank you very much. I would greatly appreciate it. You're very welcome and congratulations. Thank you. And I'd like to ask if any of the team members would like to make a remark. If you would like to, just turn your mic on and chime in. We'd love to hear from you. Anybody? How about Mary? Yeah, I'll talk. Okay. So I'm really proud of this team and everything that they have done this year. I know it was pretty hard last year when the championship got canceled, even though we were supposed to host it. But this team definitely bounced back and there was a fire this entire year. And we also were one of the only teams in the country who didn't get COVID, except for Harry. He was our are one who did get it, but the team did very well, and we're really happy to be here today. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Anyone else? I think you may have even picked up a new resident in Haley Sigmundson. She's going to graduate. We're going to try to get her to move from Winchester back here to Lexington. Haley, you want to say anything? I just would like to echo what Mary said. I'm really proud of our team. I've actually seen you this year, like Coach said, and so I've seen a lot of teams come in, and I was on the team that won my freshman year, and so it's a really cool opportunity to be here with all of them and see the cool work ethic that everybody here had to get to this point, and we're really grateful for all of your support, because if we didn't have the support team that we did, we definitely would not have been able to accomplish such a big goal that we had set for ourselves, so we appreciate it, and we're really grateful for this acknowledgement, So thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? They're kind of shy. Well, and next week, our finals, I think, final exams, correct? So good luck to all of you next week. Being the academic SEC team that you are, I think you'll all do very well next week. And congratulations, everybody. Thanks for coming on. Thank you very much. All right. Thank you. Thank you. uh council members the other thing i wanted to tell you is i went out to the detention center earlier this week to read the proclamation for um correction officers and employees week and we do celebrate the folks who work at our detention center um who do outstanding and sometimes dangerous work. So they were happy to be celebrated this week. And then next, and I'll give Ms. Maynard an opportunity to bring in our folks who want to give regular comments for public comment and we have several so we'll wait just a second here mayor everyone should be in they're all numbered we have one individual who signed up to speak Kendra Long and she's not logged in yet but I will watch for her we do have a phone number in the list which may be her but I will keep my eye out for her to log in okay thank you very much and this is regular public comment not comment on the mayor's proposed budget we'll do that next so first I would like to call on April Taylor and if you'll state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes to speak welcome april taylor i live in james brown's district um the last few weeks have been filled with headlines that drive drive home just how much lexington citizens want want council and city officials to act when it comes to implementing changes that will bring accountability and transparency to the lexington police department from the march 30th injuring of leon who lpd was performing a welfare check on when officer nicholas gray weaponized his cruiser against Liam and left him with a brain bleed and other serious injuries. LPD's inability to be forthcoming with information in this and so many other cases underscores why council must implement a rule requiring LPD to release unedited full body camera footage within three days of a critical or use of force incident. Otherwise, council cannot call it a success to have equipped all officers with body cameras. What good is footage that no one but LPD is allowed to see and then edit prior to release. Officer Jervis Middleton has also rightfully filed suit against LPD for his wrongful termination. This lawsuit brings many troubling things to light, including the violation of his rights to due process during the disciplinary procedures, the violation of his and protesters First Amendment rights and uncovering of a deeply racism that the current complaint and disciplinary processes have obviously been unable to adequately remedy. A Herald-Leader article regarding Officer Middleton's lawsuit reveals that the record of complaints about racism from Lexington officers proves this. Only two of 30 complaints from Lexington citizens about racial bias were taken seriously, separating the complaint process from LPD and allowing citizen input in the investigatory phase of discipline would reassure citizens that these complaints are taken as seriously as they should be. LPD's continued employment, racist, and abusive officer Jesse Maskell further erodes any trust the public has in LPD's ability to oversee complaint and disciplinary processes in a fair and unbiased manner. In one year, this officer had 16 different complaints about racism from citizens. 75% of his stops in the two-year period were of black citizens but Lexington's black population is only 14%. He is even still employed after wrongfully imprisoning a black man that the jail told him was not the right person associated with an arrest warrant. Why is he still on the force but Middleton who simply tried to report racism is not? Why was a white chaplain who beat a black autistic teenager on video allowed to retire with a full pension and four different types of open formal complaints against him from multiple citizens, but a Black officer is fired for being tired enough of racism to stand up for himself. Our approach was arrested using faulty affidavits and search warrants as part of LPD's witch hunt. Thank you very much. Next is Emma Anderson, if you'll turn your video on, please, and if you'll state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes welcome hi i'm emma anderson i'm in council district six um i also have um concerns about accountability in the police department and i would like city council to act on that um there have been numerous incidences in the last, you know, historically a long time, but in, in, I've, you know, in the last even two, two months, um, the injury of Liam Long, a black autistic teenager, um, and, um, and, uh, the incident, um, in the Fayette Mall with, um, another autistic black teenager. And I find that not only do these cases highlight the need for accountability in the police department and rebuilding of trust with the public and the police department, but also it highlights how desperately we need to fund paramedicine program and the new VISTA crisis response team. And that would allow them to be more fully support calls for welfare checks and for people that have different or who are in distressed mental states. And that is something that is really important to me in my own experiences, knowing that the people that are called to respond to a situation with somebody who's distressed will not end in injury or death. That is something that should not be happening and the city should prioritize fixing that problem and putting funding into programs like New Vista and crisis response training rather than funding new citizen outreach positions that I don't think will adequately address the problems. Thank you, Emma. Next is James Woodhead. Welcome. If you'll state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes. My name is James Woodhead and I'm in District 3. I'm commenting to voice my support for the ordinance banning the use of no-knock warrants by the Division of Police. While the state provided some restrictions with Senate Bill 4, the ordinance rightly acknowledges that it did not go far enough. With Kentucky being a castle doctrine state, no-knock warrants are at a heightened risk of resulting in tragedy. I believe it is in the best interest of not only civilians, but also the safety of law enforcement officers to follow Louisville's lead and pass Breonna's law. However, I'm concerned about the amendment from Councilmember Bledsoe that removed the provision stating that officers wait 15 seconds after knocking and announcing before entering. I believe Louisville is correct with their language, which states wait a minimum of 15 seconds or for a reasonable amount of time for occupants to respond, whichever is greater. before entering. Without this language, I worry that we leave the door open to loopholes that may be exploited and potentially continue to place people in harm's way. What stops warrants from being knocked and instantly enter? Hypothetically speaking, will the battering ram count as knocking? Since this would also seemingly be exempt from the restrictions found in SB4, what happens if police knock and immediately enter at night while the occupants are sleeping in a castle doctrine state. I was also alarmed by Chief Weathers' comments made at Tuesday's Planning and Public Safety Committee meeting. He was quick to make multiple defensive statements, as have many police chiefs across the country, claiming that his department is accountable, that supposedly history proves these warrants are safe, wanting us to believe that exceptions referring to Louisville are not the rule, and he demanded that we stop focusing on what happened elsewhere and focus and what has happened here. His comments sounded eerily familiar to LPD officer and recent FOP president Jonathan Bastian, who claimed LPD was exempt from calls for accountability and problems with systemic racism. Thanks to now former LPD officer Jervis Middleton, we know that was not true. If we want to focus on what has happened in Lexington, why was the botched no-knock warrant from December of 2015 here in Lexington not mentioned, when LPD smashed through an innocent man's front door with his family, including his children, asleep in the house, tackled him to the ground and placed him in handcuffs. Shockingly, their critical incident report states that the man was verbally non-compliant. After realizing they raided the wrong house, they left a damaged front door and a six-figure settlement for taxpayers. Just three months prior to that botched no-knock warrant, LPD officer Adam Ray received less than a one-week suspension after he illegally entered a dwelling without any search warrant at all. I ask that you listen to the recommendation from the Commission for Racial Justice and Equality, Black faith leaders, and hundreds of your constituents that were in the streets for over 50 days of sustained protest last summer following the murder of Breonna Taylor. Pass Breonna's law, ban no-knock warrants, and include adequate provisions, including the minimum 15-second wait time. Thank you very much, James. Next is Garrett Gabriel. if you'll go ahead and unmute yourself and state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes welcome eric gabriel east 6th street address on file council member james brown thank you mayor gordon i want to thank the council for hearing me now as y'all heard me in february i want to thank council member lamb for extending my time then and council member ellinger for seconding it i was anxious and troubled by what i had read the week leading up to that meeting regarding the collective bargaining agreement as written by the lexington fraternal order police lodge number four in this moment i am no less anxious nor less troubled by the document the difference this time is i came with something typed rather than relying on written notes to be quite honest in getting all my references together i forgot about my time restraint before i get into re-outlining what i outlined before i'd like to remind counsel that mr barbary of the law department suggested there are three collective bargaining agreements one for officers and sergeants one for lieutenants and captains one for chiefs assistant chiefs and the like what i read was a 60 page document primarily regarding the lieutenants and captains with a 30 page appendix focused on employees most generally, which I presumed to be officers. As far as I'm concerned, much of the intricacies of the department was outlined in that document, including benefits and disciplinary practices. But if there are more documents, I invite that they make those documents public, just as I invite that they make formal complaint form 111 public. At Duncan Park's Peace Walk, Chief Weather spoke passionately about, quote, getting on the same page. The public cannot do that if these pages themselves are not public. Just so I don't go over my allocated time, I'd like to remind you of the discriminatory articles. Article 14, Section 4 in Health and Safety, quote, no member shall be required to work in excess of 15 hours consecutively, provided, however, any member may waive this section. This section shall not apply to Roots and Heritage Festival, New Year's Eve events, Fourth of July, and in exigent circumstances or other similar events as designated by the chief. I ran into a lawyer friend of mine not too long ago, and they mentioned how this specific language might be arbitrary and pernicious, a phrase with its own legal precedent in our state. As a side note, I'd like to point out that the continued use of the language in exigent circumstances. I watched the public safety meeting on Tuesday. To me, it sounds like Chief could deny an officer's request off just as easily as he could make a knock warrant. 15 seconds or five seconds or two seconds, as he said to Council Member Reynolds when defending the new edit to the ordinance. A shameful edit proposed by Council Member Bletsoe in the last moment of the meeting, seconded by Council Member Ellinger. Speaking of, I call that the 15 to 20 second accommodation be added back to the legislation. The potential entrapment of men who have sex with men in Article 23, Section 3, paid and unpaid leaves. quote, a member may request that the four hours leave with pay to donate blood during regular work hours at any licensed blood center certified by the FDA. It is still a class D felony for a man who has sex with men to donate blood within three months of the occurrence. All it would take was a group of officers to encourage a group blood donation following a known sexual interaction by a gay or bi officer to entrap said officer. And yet there are allegations of officer Ryan Holland sending lewd images on the job, for instance. Who does this document serve? I'd like to add that I myself a trans woman, if I am granted that, would be discriminated against by Article 40 on gender, but rather than spending the limited time I have advocating on my own behalf, I'd like to point out that these de jure discriminations are essentially our country's racist and homophobic histories being spoon-fed back to us, written by officers in the local officer fraternity. They could be edited out, and they should be, but I'd like to see real and meaningful change, such as LPD's accountability's demands specifically. Thank you very much, Garrett. Next, yes, next is Sarah Williams. Sarah, we'll give your name and address and you'll have three minutes. Welcome. Yes, thank you. My name is Sarah Williams. I live in Councilmember James Brown's district. And I would just second, third, and fourth, and fifth, everybody that went before me and everything that they've said. Number one, yes, city council needs to pass the ban on no knocks. And yes, you do need to consider reinstating the 15-minute pause. You know, Amanda Bledsoe should most likely refuse herself from any future votes when it comes to police accountability in this city, considering her history of very intimate relationships with LPD. And I'm going to leave that at that. Y'all need to look further into that because it's a serious conflict of interest. It speaks to the why of how that amendment got put in at the end of the work session this week. Also, we need to fund a civilian liaison to the police department for the filing of formal complaints. As somebody who has filed multiple formal complaints against various problematic officers, I know that Officer Ingram and whoever else may be in his place at the moment who takes the complaint, they will not even accept a written typed up form of what you bring in. telling your narrative of what occurred. They take whatever you give them and go type it up however they see fit, leaving out important information that has happened to me personally more than once where I've had to handwrite in what it is. I intended to say that it was already appropriately recorded. So that needs to be looked at and addressed. And we also need to deal with the fact that yes, even though all officers are going to have body cam starting July 1st, which I would like to note that that is like, what, five years, four or five years after the fact when you all claim to be you know so ahead of your time in getting body cameras that we're going to actually have every officer equipped with a body camera but we also need to address the policies when it comes to the retention of body camera footage because I know for myself and other people who were arrested over the summer everything that has occurred with those arrests over the summer is equivalent to bluegrass conspiracy 2020 in this city and has more to not has nothing to do with the veracity of charges that have been made against protesters, but has more to do with the obtaining of personal information and communications between myself and Jarvis Middleton, which I'm sure you all are going to find more out about because of the lawsuit that is in play and the appeal that is coming up. But one of the things that is of concern is that the first time I was arrested, knocked to the ground, my glasses knocked off my face, a knee in my back and told, be still or we'll tase you, that body camera footage no longer exists. And that's a problem. That's definitely a problem when LPD has been allowed to publish untrue information about me on the LexingtonKY.gov webpage. So if you already thought that the city of Lexington had enough lawsuits to deal with, get ready, it's not over. You all need to hold the Lexington Police Department accountable like you have the power to do. Mayor Gordon, you have the power within what has been granted you to restructure the entire police department instead of these piecemeals. piecemeals maybe we will take a step back Bledsoe makes an amendment not quite getting their move it's not doing it it's going to cost the city dearly thank you thank you very much is Kendra Long on no ma'am I just checked again okie doke well that ends our regular public comment and next I would like to go ahead and open the public hearing for the mayor's proposed budget and we do have five people who would like to comment on the mayor's proposed budget and if you can let me know when they're all in. They are all in mayor. Okay thanks a lot uh first is april taylor you'll need to state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes same rules april taylor i'm in councilman james brown's district um if the mayor can prioritize funding six new lpd officers a sergeant and five community outreach officers then it can be prioritized to fund the recommendations from the mayor's commission on racial justice that the community is actually asking for. Right now, the proposed budget does not fund any other recommendations from the law enforcement subcommittee that would go a long way in improving relationships, quality of life, and transparency and accountability issues. The law enforcement subcommittee's recommendations provide three different funding scenarios for funding a citizen liaison position that would assist citizens with the complaint process and also help keep statistics about complaints that LPD does not currently choose to keep record of themselves and advise counsel during any discipline they review. The recent lawsuit by wrongfully terminated officer Jervis Middleton shows how the complaint process can be weaponized by those within LPD against officers they choose to blackball. The lawsuit also shows how LPD has not taken citizen complaints of racism seriously. At the very minimum, funding the one recommendation that would show that city officials are serious about creating an unbiased and fair process for citizens to submit complaints. It is only the minimum because until you all prioritize also funding, whatever is necessary to allow for citizen input into the investigatory and adjudication phases of the disciplinary process, fund and execute the recommendation for a study that examines the history of the Fraternal Order of Police, better known as the FOP, because it has become obvious to citizens that the FOP has controlled the city's purse strings and power structure. There must also be a priority placed on funding a 911 diversion program as suggested. While the city has the paramedicine program, it does not offer the extent of support given by the recommendation. The city is obviously not prioritizing providing the resources necessary for people to avoid unnecessary criminalization. This includes the Sobering Center and the Law Enforcement Subcommittee's recommendations, as well as better intentional and direct support to this city's houseless population. In the case of Liam Long, LPD could have contacted New Vista's critical response team and chose not to. If LPD says or claims that this is because of a lack of funding, then one of the things that the council also needs to prioritize is making sure that whatever existing supports there are for LPD when responding to people who are experiencing mental health issues, that those programs are receiving enough funding. providing funding for additional officers when there's no process that holds the existing officers accountable from abuse like what citizens have reported regarding Jesse Mascow is no way to actually meet the demands of the people that we now have been bringing to you for years there's been an increased cry in the last year. Okay I'm sorry your three minutes is up thank you so much. next is james woodhead if you'll state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes james woodhead i'm in district three i if we view a budget as a moral document i'm concerned about the statement that is made by what is currently proposed the proposed budget for 2022 has been promoted as a budget for everyone that is financially responsible while making important investments in our community. However, millions of additional tax dollars are at risk of being used to fund systems that historically have violently upheld white supremacy, ableism, and inequality, while many needed community resources remain underfunded in comparison. I'm glad to see some investments in our community, such as $3 million for the affordable housing fund and $750,000 for homelessness prevention. However, since this is being funded through dollars received from the American Rescue Plan Act, a one-time source, I question what this means for long-term investments. Furthermore, overall funding for housing as well as education are actually down from last year's budget. Additionally, I'm glad to see funding for public health increase from last year, yet family services, social services, youth services, and other forms of public health still account for less than two percent of city appropriations. On the other hand, the majority of the general services district fund is devoted to public safety, which has risen this year to $312 million. The division of police corrections and their officers' retirement account for much of this bloated spending. As it stands, the police department budget will increase by $4.15 million in addition to millions spent for increased pensions. With new vehicles, other mobile command posts, additional classes of officers, and new positions, there's no one in sight. LPD has been working to improve its relationship with neighborhoods, but over-policing these same neighborhoods with known problematic officers like Jesse Masco is depriving its residents of tens of thousands of dollars that could actually be invested in its residents' needs. During Tuesday's presentation on public safety recruitment, it was noted that Corrections is constantly having to hire new officers, yet safety will never be found through mass incarceration. The U.S. is only 5% of the world's population, but one-fourth of the world's prison population, and we are contributing to that. We wouldn't have to worry about the never-ending recruitment of corrections officers if we allocated more of our budget to restorative justice and meeting the needs of everyone. Recently, the six-month progress report for recommendations by the Commission for Racial Justice was released. While the budget for the police department has substantially grown, significant recommendations for law enforcement remain unfunded or have seen no action. This includes the citizen's liaison position to assist residents who want to submit a complaint against LPD officers. Funding is also needed for the program to divert 911 calls to mental health, addiction, or homelessness issues to non-police health and safety professionals, and a sobering center for residents needing to recover from the effects of acute alcohol or drug intoxication. The commission's recommendation to hire a consultant to review the LPD-FOP relationship and present recommendations for changes. Garrett? I'm sorry, your three minutes is over. Thank you very much. Next is Garrett Gabriel. If you'll go ahead and state your name and address and you'll have three minutes. Garrett Gabriel E6. I'd like to see a civilian review board as well as a civilian named as full-time community liaison to aid informal and informal complaints made by the public, funding the new racial equality position is brilliant but not sufficient i'd like to see officers misconduct kept in permanent non-editable public database i'd like to end lfucg being required to pay costs related to police misconduct including but not limited to lfucgs paying legal fees and costs of settlements council member whirley question sheets weathers about clean no knocks has executed in the last five years on tuesday chief weathers said there were none the quote-unquote unclean one only occurred six years ago david rice's home was invaded mr rice did not initially comply with the order to get on the ground, assuming as Kenneth Walker did in Breonna Taylor's case that he was being robbed, so he was forcibly knocked down and handcuffed. The taxpayers had to pay for that settlement. I'm surprised Council Member Worley had not read Beth Musgrave's article in the Herald-Leader outlined in this past November. I was also surprised to hear Council Member Maloney speak about securing police retirement funds in a discussion of police recruitment, but then in the work session immediately following advocate dipping into pensions rather than using federal emergency relief funds because it may take securing a unanimous vote. I've yet to see Mayor Linda Gordon's budget proposal address any of these concerns. My understanding is that there will be an increase in police budget specifically by four million rounding the number off to something in the realm of 70 million dollars total. To put that into perspective, New Vistas Crisis Response Team, a group of people undoubtedly more qualified to handle Leah Long's case than Officer Nicholas Gray and his police cruiser, got a grant for 2.5 million across five counties and it made local news. Standing in the rain during Antonio Franklin Jr.'s memorial peace walk on April 24th put the world in perspective a bit. There were several nonprofits all tabling and there were probably twice as many officers there we should strive to flip those ratios at the very least there are critiques of non-profit industrial complex as well but a penal and criminal industrial complex does not make room for civilians it takes up rooms cells and it disproportionately stuffs people of color into those rooms and in the case of the green river industrial complex just last year those people die in those cells in the name of justice flipping that ratio should be a point of pride and also the bare minimum i did not watch council member blesseau she chaired the council it almost certainly helped mayor gordon draft this document I do know that six new officer positions were announced to full council as being funded, but four officer positions in addition to the six were, quote, frozen positions being brought back. Less public, under-the-table dealings from where I stand. I grew up in Councilmember Bledsoe's district. My stepfather was a Lexington Police Officer. I went to Wilson Parks Elementary the first year it opened as a kindergartner. Mrs. Hammond, my kindergarten and first-grade teacher, is still employed there, I believe. I was in the first inaugural class all the way through the program, and I was the Lexington Junior Fire Chief giving a speech in front of cameras as a fifth grader. My stepfather was a man, I was a better man for not being elected to police officer. My stepfather was a better man for getting a scholarship to law school. My stepfather was a better man for being a teacher at a less privileged school district for the time that he chose to do that. I am asking, I demand that LFUCG and the offers they oversee by proxy are the better people that I expect them to be indeed, but also du jour with this budget proposal, this collective bargaining agreement, and this no-knock ordinance. Thank you for giving me the time and patience to speak. Thank you. Next is Sarah Williams. Sarah, you'll have three minutes if you'll state your name and address for the record, please. Yes, my name is Sarah Williams and I'm in Councilmember James Brown District. And I would like to say that we need to defund the police in the sense that we need to shift the large amount, the astronomical ridiculous amount that goes in to the Lexington Police Department into community-based services that actually provide people the services and the resources that they need. all of the recommendations from the Mayor's Commission on Racial Justice and Equality from the Law Enforcement Subcommittee need to be enacted. Whatever money needs to be come up with needs to be come up with so that those recommendations can be met because those recommendations were determined by a large amount of community input and people who completed in-depth research well beyond what City Council itself by yourself has done. And aside from what Keith horn stands in front of you to say when he really sides with the police department. So we need all of that funded. I would also, you know, caution, as I had previously mentioned in my other comments, that the Lexington, that the Lexington Fade Urban County government has already several lawsuits and more lawsuits to come. And I would question every one of you all on city council that as you go forward with this year's budget and thinking long term, how will this city meet future budgets with million dollar lawsuits, multiple ones, in ways that I think a lot of city council members do not totally grasp the depth of corruption and conspiracy and harm and wrong that has been done by the Lexington Police Department, the Bluegrass Paternary Order Police, Lodge No. 4, and, you know, in some ways by city council by not asking the right questions. I would do some reading and I would do some research because, you know, ignorance is going to end up costing this city quite a bit when it comes to the lack of police accountability. So yeah, fund all of the recommendations from the law enforcement subcommittee from the Commission on Racial Justice and Equality, instead of having a document that you can say, oh, we've done this, but we're not going to follow through. And don't require the clergy in the city to give you a deadline to move before you move. You all are elected by the people for the people. So represent the people. Thank you. Thank you. All power to the people. Thank you. Next up is Brittany Rothmeier. If you'll state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes. Welcome. Good evening, Mayor and Council members. Brittany Rothmeier, Executive Director of Fade Alliance, 603 West Short Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508. Fade Alliance is a nonprofit land use organization founded 15 years ago in 2006, working for smart, equitable growth in Lexington and Fayette County. Fade Alliance appreciates Mayor Gordon and members of the Urban County Council who have spent significant time and energy analyzing our community needs and discussing careful solutions to address them, and will continue to do so over the coming weeks. As our community grows, the need for smart and equitable growth, housing, infrastructure, and as always, the balance of our urban and rural areas has never been more important. Well-planned infrastructure strengthens our community, boosts our economy, expands opportunity, and promotes equitable development. Simultaneously, investing in our rural areas provides economic stability and security to our entire community, as well as enhances our quality of life, both crucial for continued economic development and maintaining our cultural identity. In light of these many priorities, Fayette Alliance commends the mayor's proposed budget and the emphasis on infrastructure, housing, quality of life, economic development, community services, and our rural areas. The investments represent a well-thought-out balance to our city and benefits that offer support for all of our community members. We'd specifically like to highlight support for the following budget items. Those investments in equitable housing and development, including the creation of a housing advocacy and community development department, the new position in the mayor's office to focus specifically on implementing the recommendations of the task force on racial justice and equality, an increase in funding of the affordable housing trust fund from $2 million to $3 million, and increased funds for code enforcement and homelessness prevention. In addition, those investments in our rural land, which is a critical $2.3 billion part of our economy, including funding of the Purchase of Development Rights Program in the amount of $2 million, which has not been fully funded since 2018. In addition, those investments in economic development and jobs for all of our community members, including two of our economic development partners, the local jobs fund and training programs. And lastly, those investments in our community and social infrastructure to improve and enhance quality of life for all of our community members, including the $100,000 to the Neighborhood Grant Match Program, which has been doubled from years prior, $3.6 million to extended social resource programs, and $4.8 million for parks capital improvements, which work to benefit every district throughout the community, increasing quality and accessibility of open space and green space for all. We understand budget conversations and work will continue and we look forward to more information on the process to determine how additional funding to the city from the American Rescue Act will be utilized and how community members will be able to weigh in on those important one-time funds. I know that our city has many, many challenges, but our future is bright. FED Alliance appreciates the work done thus far on the proposed budget and looks forward to being a part of the public conversation about additional investment that can be made in our community. Thank you. Thank you very much, Brittany. I believe that is all the people we have who wanted to comment during the public hearing, so I will go ahead and declare the public hearing closed. Next is minutes of the April 22, 2021 council meeting. If I could have a motion to approve, please. so moved thank you i'm sorry who seconded councilmember mccurran okay thank you are there any questions all those in favor please raise your hand anyone opposed no that passes thank you and now i'll ask our clerk to please give second reading to ordinances I'm sorry Mayor Gorton I'm sorry may I interject and I'm this is probably more appropriate at the very end of the meeting given our the way our agenda is structured but I think it's important to say something now following the public comments that we've heard so I ask for that privilege if that's okay that's fine with me council members is that all right with you So we have council rules about how we conduct ourselves. And I want to read one section that applies to council members but I believe it also applies when we're taking public comment. Every council member shall confine himself or herself to the question, shall not use unbecoming or abusive language, and shall avoid dealing in personalities. While I was listening to some of these comments, I believe that that particular council rule was not followed. And I would like to suggest at this time that take under advisement, and it's certainly up to you, Mayor, as chair, and anybody else who might be chairing, but to remind people that if they use abusive language or if they deal in personalities, that we will interrupt and stop their comments. It's hard to do it when it's happening. And there were a few times in these comments tonight when I felt like that guideline, that rule, was really being abused. But I didn't, you know, and people went on and I didn't say anything. I didn't want to raise a point of order. But I think it might be helpful to remind people that that's not appropriate in this body. and if they want to deal in personalities they need to find another venue thank you for thank you for that i'd like to ask you a question i know that um and not to get into a long discussion about it and i appreciate your bringing that up i know that uh i was mentioned council members were mentioned i'm not sure i heard abusive language i heard repeated what council members had made motions on and done. Is that part of what you're talking about? I believe there was at least two different instances. One was referring to a present police officer and one was referring to a council member where their motives were impugned. And I thought that was inappropriate. Okay. in the future how would the council like to handle that do you want me to just stop the person this is a council meeting so it's up to you how you would like me to handle that and and I'm happy to I can read the council's rule beforehand if you would like for me to do that I don't have a copy of it, but I'll get one. And perhaps that's all we need. I think that, at least for the moment, that might be appropriate so that people commenting understand what the guidelines are, and that if in your judgment they're over the line, that you will interrupt, so they won't be surprised. Okay, I'm happy to do that. You and this will become, I think, even more important when we go back in person. As those of you who've been here previously understand. Thank you for that. Yes. Thank you for bringing it up. Council Member McCurn. Thank you, Mayor. Would it be possible to send our council rules to anybody who registers to sign up ahead of time? Council Member McCurne, I do send an email to everyone who signs up to speak that outlines what is expected of the rules and the process for public comment. That's already a part of what I do when they sign up to speak after we confirm them when they get the link for the meeting. Thank you so much for doing that. I appreciate you clarifying. Thank you, Mayor. All right. Thank you all very much. Okay. Now let's go ahead and I'll ask the clerk to give second reading to ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance number one, an ordinance creating sections 14-107 to 14-112, the code of ordinances prohibiting mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, also known as conversion therapy to minors, and prohibiting public funds from being distributed to any provider that provides conversion therapy to a minor. and amending Section 2-30 the Code of Ordinances to include enforcement of the Prohibition on the use of conversion therapy to a minor in the duties of the Lexington Fair Urban County Human Rights Commission, Item 2. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one bank and classified position of collection and conveyance manager, Grade 530E, and creating one classified position of an engineering section manager, Grade 530E, in the Division of Water Quality, effective upon passage of counsel, Item 3. An ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, fiscal year 2021 schedule number 44 item 4 an ordinance of many certain budgets of the lexington fair urban county government to pre-fund various components of fiscal year 2022 budget as outlined in the fiscal year 2022 mayor's proposed budget document and appropriating reproofing funds schedule number 45 and item 5 an ordinance of many certain of the budgets of the lexington fair urban county government for the small business economic stimulus program as approved at work session april 20 2021 and appropriating reproofing funds schedule number 47 thank you thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? I'll move. Second. Council Member Lamb and Council Member Ellinger seconded. And when you're ready, Madam Clerk, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kuiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. LeGreevy? Yes. Mr. McCurran? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. And Mr. James Brown? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. Now we're ready for first reading of ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Item six, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of Lyssen-A-Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating re-for-preting funds for fiscal year 2021, Schedule number 46. Item seven. An ordinance amending a certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $1,500 for the Division of Parks and Recreation from Neighborhood Development Funds for an additional swing at the Southland Park Playground Schedule No. 48 and Item 8. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of Project Engineer and Coordinator, Grade 525E, creating one unclassified position of Construction Supervisor, Grade 524E, in the Division of Water Quality, effective on capacity of Council. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons, Council Members? Does anyone have a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading? No? Okay. We will go right on then. And Madam Clerk, when you're ready, please give second reading to resolutions. Yes, ma'am. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with UMatter Kentucky Incorporated to support the creation of a juvenile treatment court program at a cost not to exceed $100,000. Item 4. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Tyler Technologies 598-TUPA 2017 for amending maintenance costs upon go live at no budgetary impact. Item 5. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Transit Authority of Lesson and Fair Urban County Government for access to the 800 MHz radio system owned by the government at no budgetary impact. Item 6. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a release of easements releasing two retention easements on the property located at 3101 Craisemell Road. Item 7. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a purchase and service agreement with the Bluegrass Area Development District for fiscal year 2021 local dues payment to support workforce development, aging services, and regional planning, and a cost not to exceed $58,600. Item 8. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor of the Urban County Government to execute master subscription agreement and related order form with Zoom Video Communications Incorporated for video conferencing services for the Urban County Government and a cost not to exceed $18,718.20 and authorizing the Chief Information Officer to execute necessary change orders or renewals of these services of up to an amount not to exceed $25,000 per fiscal year. Item 9. A resolution authorizing the Division of Streets and Roads to purchase manual casings from J.R. Poe & Sons, a sole source provider, and authorizes the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with J.R. Ho & Sons related to the procurement and to cost not to exceed $42,600. Item 10. A resolution authorizes the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute utility easement for Kentucky American Water Company, granting a permanent easement at 1856 Cleasmo Road at no cost to Kentucky American Water Company for the construction, operation, and maintenance of water lines. Item 11. A resolution authorizing the division of water quality on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase two Solcer AVS submersible pumps for the Town Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant from South Southern Sales Company Incorporated, Solcer Provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Southern Sales Company Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost estimated not to exceed $91,900, item 12. A resolution authorizing and directly the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept an award of $134,398 in federal funds and a fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security in partnership with the Kentucky Office of Secretary of State in order to purchase Yubi-Key for cybersecurity for county election officials, the acceptance which does not obligate the Irving County government with the expenditure of funds in authorizing and directing the mayor to transfer to undercover funds within the grant budget, Item 13. A resolution amending Resolution 45-2020 to arrive at account numbers for payment of $3,854,486.96 to LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction for services under a construction contract related to Town Branch Trail Phase 6 and Turn Lane at Manchester and Forbes Project, Item 14. A resolution authorizing and directs from the mayor on behalf of your urban county government to accept an award of $5,200 in Commonwealth of Kentucky funds from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as reimbursement for completed drug recognition expert revaluations in fiscal year 2021, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing and directs from the mayor to transfer to unaccompanied funds within the grant budget, Item 15. I was listening to authorizing and directly on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide any additional information requested in connection with the grant application and accept the grant if the application is approved. grant funds are in the amount of $52,156 in federal funds under the Victim Assistance Formula Grant funded by the Victims of Crime Act, VOCA, for the support of bilingual victims advocates in the Division of Police, the acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government to an expenditure of $13,039 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer to other coverage funds within the grant budget, Item 16. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to accept a grant in the amount of $100,000 in federal funds under the victim's assistance formula grant funded by the Victims of Crime Act, VOCA, for the implementation of the underserved minorities victims advocacy program in the Department of Social Services in fiscal year 2022, the exception which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $65,718 as a local match and $500 in-kind match and authorizing the mayor to transfer the underground refunds to the grant budget, item 17. A resolution accepting the bid of old Kestrel infrastructure establishing a press contract for concrete items for the Division of Water Quality, Item 18. A resolution ratifying the probation and classified civil service appointments of David Reed, Public Service Supervisor, Grade 514N, 24.969 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective May 3, 2021. Kyle Spidey, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 5, 12, and $17 hourly in the Division of Streets and Drodes, effective May 3, 2021, and ratifying the Permanent Classified Civil Service appointments of Michael Wiley, Facilities Manager, Grade 5, 23E, 2,692.31 biweekly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective April 26, 2021. We're in an angle vehicle and equipment technician grade 514 and $21 hourly in the division facilities and fleet management effective April 26, 2021. And Karen Reese, staff assistant senior grade 510 and 15.907 hourly in the division of human resources effective April 19, 2021. Item 19, a resolution authorizing and directly may on behalf of the Urbany County Government to execute an immunization registry participation agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to access or provide immunization data for a permitted use for the Family Care Center at no cost to the urban county government. Item 20. A resolution authorizing the Division of Waste Management to purchase equipment repairs and services from Material Recovery Facility from Industrial Service Solutions, a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban government to execute an necessary agreement with industrial service solutions related to procurement at a cost not to exceed $40,000. Item 21. A resolution authorizing and directly may on behalf of your beginning to execute the second amendment to the agreement with New Life Day Center Incorporated for operation of the Literary Cup Services with Panhandle Participation Program, increasing the contract price by the sum of $30,000 from $120,000 to $150,000 annually. Item 22. A resolution authorizing on directly to execute change order number three to the agreement with PACE Contracting LLC for the 4th Street Corridor Enhancement and Legacy Trail Phase 3 project extending the contract term by 123 calendar days. Item 23. A resolution authorizing on directly to the man on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education to provide environmental education services for 14 months in fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 at a cost of received $319,448 dollars and 91 cents item 24 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor be happy urban county government to execute and submit a 2021 consolidated plan grant application to the united states department housing of housing and urban development hud to provide any additional information in connection with this grant application and to accept a grant if the application was approved which grant funds are in the amount of three million nine hundred thirty six thousand one hundred dollars in federal funds and offer the fiscal year 2021 community development Block Grant Program $2,404,696, Home Program $1,324,387, and Emergency Solution Grant Program $207,017, the exemption of which obligates to urban county government with an expenditure of $363,065 from various funding sources as a local match and $143,952 as an in-kind match and authorizing the marriage to execute agreements for the approved grant and authorizing the marriage to transfer under current funds within the grant budget item 25 a resolution authorizing and direct the man on behalf of the urban county government issued an agreement with lexington community radio 1475 for the office of the urban county council it accounts not to see the sum stated in item 26 a resolution creating the lfucg small business economic recovery program to provide grants of up to two million five hundred thousand dollars cumulatively to qualify to qualifying local small businesses with additional sums for the program requiring a separate resolution providing the program's purpose setting a goal of 50 funds distributed to minority or women-owned businesses or businesses located within lower income areas limiting grants to an amount not to exceed a maximum of 25 000 each with a one-year compliance period setting eligibility requirements and business impact criteria providing for applications and authorization to execute necessary agreements with grantees and authorizing and directly mayor on behalf of the irving county government to execute an agreement with commerce lexington incorporated for a fee in the amount in an amount of 7.5% of the funds distributed, not to exceed $187,500 to administer the program, including application review and compliance, and further authorizing the mayor or her designate to take any other additional necessary actions, all effective upon passage of counsel. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Approval. Second. Thank you. Thank you. Now, when you're ready, I'll ask our clerk to please call the roll. Take the roll call vote. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Koiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. LeGreen? Yes. Mr. McCurron? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. And Mr. James Brown. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. And next up is first reading of resolutions. And I will be asking the clerk to pause before number 49 for an amendment. item 27 a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase parts and services for the material recovery facility from mobile industry supply the sole source provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an NNC agreement with mobile industry supply related to the procurement at a cost factor exceed twenty thousand dollars item 28 a resolution authorizing and directly mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute a contract with populist technologies incorporated for data management services related to dockless vehicles shared mobility for the division of planning at a cost of $5,000 item 29 a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase hardware software and support services for scales from Mettler Toledo a solicitor provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Mettler Toledo related to procurement item 30 a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase hardware software and professional services services cellular data plans and or software maintenance support from Routware Global Incorporated a solicitor's provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an unnecessary agreement with route where global incorporated related to the procurement item 31 a resolution authorizing the division waste management should purchase electronic vehicle inspection reporting software hardware data plans and professional services from zonar assistance llc as social's provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an unnecessary agreement with zonar assistance llc related to the procurement item 32 a resolution authorizing and direct community on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences and Departments of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition for clinical learning experiences from the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, Item 33. A resolution authorizing and directing there to execute a memorandum of understanding with Community Action Council for Lixit and Bourbon, Harrison, Harrison and Nicholas Counties Incorporated for the provision of temporary non-congregate emergency shelter and case management services for those experiencing homelessness in the month of April 2021 at the cost knocked out to exceed $92,521.06. Item 34. A resolution authorizing the Division of Fire and Emergency Services to purchase corrosion repair from Paul Miller, a sole service provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government that we execute any necessary agreement with Paul Miller related to the procurement at a cost knocked out to exceed $65,000. Item 35. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an addendum to the current lease agreement with the Bluegrass Community and Technical College to extend the current Police Academy lease at the McGowan Building for two years. Item 36. a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of your mckinney government to execute an agreement with keeneland associates to provide ems services item 37 a resolution authorizing director the mayor behalf of your mckinney government to execute an agreement with drug enforcement administration provisional state and local task force for an assignment of one detective to the task force item 38 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of your mckinney government to execute a memorandum of agreement with bluegrass community and technical college for college course credits for police personnel and across the doctor cedes 60 000 Item 39. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic to execute first amendment to agreement with Corazon Incorporated to address the change in HIV medication responsibility and amend the per-TM rate at a cost savings of $120,000. Item 40. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic to execute an agreement awarding a class-say neighborhood incentive grant to eldersly at DeLong Homeowners Association Incorporated for strong water quality projects at a cost factor of $100,000. Item 41. A resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Grants and Special Programs to purchase up to three additional neighborly software user licenses under an existing agreement with Benevate Incorporated for use in grants and special programs administration at a cost not to exceed $2,362.50, item 42. Our resolution, authorizing and directing and man on behalf of the Urban County Government is to get in agreement with the Fayette County Extension District Board to use approximately 4.48 acres of land adjacent to Fayette County Extension Center at 1140 Herries-Lex Way for sponsored activities approved by the Department of General Services at New Cross to the Urban County Government. Item 43. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the New Lexington Clinic PSC to lease New Lexington Clinic PSC 35 spaces in the Pickett & Parking Lot for a period of 10 years from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2031. Item 44. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit two grant applications to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security and provide any additional information requested in connection with these grant application with grant funds on the amount of $121,846.50 in federal funds under the 2021 Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Grant Program for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services Special Operations Team in order to purchase 10 self-contained breathing apparatus with air cylinders and remotely operated vehicle for water dive response and also purchase any associated equipment installation and maintenance, item 45. A resolution authorized and direct to the mayor on behalf of your McKinney government to accept an award of $179,400 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department for community-based services in order to support child care expenses in an extended school program in the Division of Parks and Recreation, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds, and authorizing the mayor to transfer and undergarment funds within the grant budget, Item 46. A resolution authorizing the mayor of the county government to execute first renewal of the agreement with Tetra Tech Incorporated for annual program management services for consent to pre-implementation and ms4 permit compliance ed costs not to exceed 719,258 item 47 a resolution authorizing and directly around behalf of your beginning of the executive memorandum agreement with kentucky river watershed watch incorporated to provide services relating to water quality monitoring and a town branch water town branch watershed ed costs not to exceed 4 000 item 48 a resolution authorizing and directly around behalf of your beginning government execute agreements with believing and forever incorporated 850 new life day center incorporated 3000 east end community development corporation 350 pearls of wisdom incorporated 300, Stonewall Community Association 1000, and Lexington Community $500 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost after it's even stated. Thank you very much. Before item 49, I believe Councilmember James Brown has an amendment. Thank you, Mayor. I move to remove from tonight's docket item number 49, Legislature 425-21 under first reading resolutions, which is a resolution accepting the bid of Mailer and Company, Inc., establishing a price contract for hospital PPE kits, and to replace it with the resolution accepting the bid of Armascope, Inc., for the same equipment. So moved. Thank you. Is there a second? and we thank you councilmember plumb and if there are questions um we have people here who can answer them i don't know if council received an email about this or not councilmember lamb i would like to uh understand the the change i understand sometimes with bids things get have to be changed up but I would like to know clarification for public transparency. Thank you Mayor. Thank you. I'm not sure who's on here to answer it. It's my understanding that this first resolution will not work because it had to do with the actual equipment not fitting the specifications. Is that a good way to put it, Dave Barbary? Are you the one? Dave Barbary's on his way in. Okay. Yes, Mayor. The low bidder, which was what you had in front of you tonight, at least part of the equipment they submitted did not meet the specifications when it came in. So they just simply moved to the next low bidder because of that. Okay, thank you. Anybody else have any questions about the motion? All right, all those in favor of that motion, please raise your hand. Is anyone opposed? Okay, that motion passes. Thank you very much. Now, we'll turn it back over to you, Madam Clerk. Okay. Item 49. city street strip striping and marking for the division of streets and roads item 53 a resolution ratifying the probation and classified civil service appointments of janisha cobb customer account specialist senior grade 514 and 18.92 hourly in the division of lex call effective may 10 20 21 hundred pace environmental inspector grade 516 and 19.951 hourly in the division of water quality effective may 6 2021 jared keltner environmental inspector grade 516 and 19.737 hourly in the division of water quality effective May 31, 2021. Erin Miller, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.723 hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective May 10, 2021. Brayden Minton, staff assistant, grade 508N, 16.043 hourly in the Division of Grants and Special Programs, effective May 10, 2021. Kelly Justice Program Administrator, grade 524E, 2,332.96 bi-weekly in the Division of Youth Services, effective June 7, 2021, and ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Ashley Isom, staff assistant senior, grade 510N, 15.757 hourly in the Division of Accounting, effective April 26, 2021. Leangel Drake, Risk Management Accountant, grade 5, 18N, 23.247 hourly in the Division of Accounting, effective April 19, 2021. Hilary Morgan, Revenue Supervisor, grade 5, 20E, 2,287.20, biologically in the Division of Revenue, effective April 26, 2021. Jayla Stone, Administrative Specialist Senior, grade 5, 16N, 19.737 hourly in the Department of Law, effective April 26, 2021. Eamon Trumbo, Public Service Worker, Grade 507N, 12.808 hourly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective April 26, 2021. Ashley Lawrence Simpson, Administrative Officer Senior, Grade 526E, 3,461.54 bi-weekly in the Department of Finance, effective April 1, 2021. And ratifying the unclassified civil service appointments of Deanna Alford, Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice 1, Grade 15N, 16.015 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective April 26, 2021. Item 54. Division of Street and Roads, effective May 24, 2021. Dirk Walker, equipment operator, grade 507N, 14.889, hourly. Individual of Water Quality, effective May 24, 2021. Robert Murphy, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.803, hourly. Individual of Waste Management, effective May 24, 2021. Brian Black, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.829, hourly. Individual of Waste Management, effective 24, 2021. Dylan Campbell, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.797, hourly. Individual of Waste Management, effective May 24, 2021. Clifton Patterson Public Service Worker Grade 507N 12.797 Hourly Individual Waste Management Effective May 24, 2021 Andre Davis Public Service Worker Grade 507N 12.776 Hourly Individual Waste Management Effective May 24, 2021 Kendall Kaiser Staff Assistant Senior Grade Fractant N 15.22 Hourly Individual Police Effective June 7, 2021 Letitia Williams Staff Assistant Grade 508N 14.508507 Hourly Individual Services Effective May 24, 2021 Philip Lewis, Public Service Worker, Senior, Grade 599, 14.062, Hourly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, Effective May 24, 2021. Steve Rollis, Trades Worker, Grade 599, 14.869, Hourly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, Effective June 7, 2021. Paul Hooper, Information Officer, Supervisor, Grade 522E, 2500, Bi-weekly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, Effective May 24, 2021. Authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following provision of community correction officer appointments. Christina Plowman and William Rowe, Jr., all community correction officers, grade 109, 15.384, hourly in the division of community corrections, effective upon passage of counsel and authorizing the Division of Human Resources. To make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments, Greenville Lewis, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.903, hourly in the division of waste management, effective May 24, 2021. Charles Covington, public service worker, grade 507N, 14.207, hourly in the division of waste management, effective May 24, 2021. Item 56. A resolution authorizing and directly to the mayor on behalf of the urban community government to accept the grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which grant funds are on the amount of $1,441,081 in federal funds for the continuation of the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS HOPE web program, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban community government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccommodate funds within the grant budget and authorizing and directly to the mayor to execute a subrecipient agreement with AVOL, Kentucky, incorporated for the continuation of the project at a cost map to exceed $1,000,003,000. $297,849, item 56. Amending Resolution No. 269-2020, which placed $6,400,000 of federal reimbursement funds received from the Department for Local Government into the Contingency Designation Fund, Ordinance No. 50-2016, to reduce the amount to $1,800,000, with a difference of $4,600,000 to be placed into the general fund budget stabilization, item 57. A resolution authorizes the mayor or the commissioner of finance on behalf of the Irving County Government to articulate a letter of agreement and any other necessary documents with Strothman Company certified public accountants and auditors for preparation of the share of settlements for the 2020 property tax year at a cost not to exceed $8,500 item 58. A resolution authorizes Strothman and Company certified public accountants and advisors to conduct a financial audit of all Exeter Fair Irving County Government funds for fiscal year 2021 for an amount not to exceed $158,000 fiscal year 2022 and authorizing the mayor on behalf of Irving County Government to execute a letter or agreement and any other necessary documents with Strothman and Company related to the audit item 59. A resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor on behalf of the McGinnis-German Institute professional services agreement awarding pursuant to RIP number 32-2020 with BBC Research and Consulting for Disparity and Availability Study and Relating Services to add a cost to exceed $389,910, item 16. A resolution authorizing the Division of E911 to purchase maintenance and parts for audio and video equipment as a public operations center from M3 Technology Group, incorporated a still source provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American Government to get any necessary agreement with M3 Technology Group, incorporated related to their procurement, item 61. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American Government to accept donations from various individuals totaling $900 for memorial trees for Ken Ross and Jim Grant, item 62. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your McKinney government to accept donations from Charles E. and Mary Robbins Duncan, Kenneth C. Nash, and Jerry N. and Mary Ann W. Mosley, totaling $200 for therapeutic recreation program use, item 63. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your McKinney government to execute a public acquisition minor plan to accept deeds of easement and to execute any other documents necessary for the acquisition of property interest for the River Park Pump Station project at a cost of $25,000, item 64. A resolution authorized on the man on behalf of the McKenna government to execute change ordering number one to the grant award agreement with Community Montessori School Incorporated Restore Water Quality Project, canceling the grant award in its entirety in the amount of $88,704, item 65. A resolution authorized on the man on behalf of the McKenna government to accept agreements with Jubilee Jobs of Lexington Incorporated, 1,900. 16th District PTA, care of Hayes Middle School, 1,150. Bryan Station Alumni Association Incorporated, 1,300. Squires Elementary PTA, 500. sandersville elementary pta incorporated 500 food chain uh 1500 lexington community radio incorporated 1 1500 and steam leave 1000 for the office of the urban county council across the country to some stated item 66 a resolution affirming the priority of issues related to housing scarcity and affordability and urging the division of planning to consider any and all tools available to address housing scarcity in lexington county when developing recommendations for goals and objectives for the 2023 comprehensive plan update thank you Thank you very much. Council members, do you have any walk-ons? No? Okay. Are there motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? Council Member Lamb? Thank you, Mayor. And I have been asked to suspend the rules on number 55, which has to do with the grant from the U.S. Department of HUD for the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS. And I so move to have it given second reading tonight. Thank you. All right. Is there a second? Second. uh council member james brown seconded is there any discussion all those in favor please raise your hand all right anybody opposed okay that motion passes council member warley thank you mayor i uh move to spin the rules give second reason by item number 65 uh these are neighborhood development funds so moved second council member ellinger seconds are there any questions all right all those in favor please raise your hand anyone opposed no that passes thank you council member james brown thank you mayor i make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 54 these are conditional offers of employment so move thank you okay council member i'm sorry was it council member warley seconded okay uh any questions all those in favor please raise your hand anyone opposed okay that motion passes uh any other motions to suspend the rules Okay, we have numbers 55, 54, 55, and 65. Is that correct? Okay, if you'll go ahead and give those second reading. Yes, ma'am. item 54 a resolution authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probation and classified civil service appointments victor anis engineering technician grade 514 and 19.245 hourly in the division of engineering effective may 17 2021 jesaya grand public service worker senior grade 509 and 14 15.664 hourly in the industry to noise effective May 24th, 2021. Chris Garnett, public service worker, senior. Grade 509N, 15.664 hourly, individual streets and roads, effective May 24th, 2021. Derek Walker, equipment operator, grade 510N, 14.889 hourly, individual water quality, effective May 24th, 2021. Robert Murphy, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.803 hourly, individual waste management, effective May 24th, 2021. Brian Black, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.829 hourly, individual waste management, effective May 24th, 2021. Dylan Campbell, public service worker, Grade 507N, 12.797 Hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective May 24th, 2021. Clifton Patterson, Public Service Worker, Grade 507N, 12.797 Hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective May 24th, 2021. Andre Davis, Public Service Worker, Grade 507N, 12.776 Hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective May 24th, 2021. Kendall Kaiser, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 507N, 15.220 Hourly in the Division of Police, effective May 7th, 2021. Letitia Williams, Staff Assistant, Grade 501, 14.506 Hourly Individual Youth Services, Effective May 24th, 2021. Phillip Lewis, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 509, 14.062 Hourly Individual Parks and Recreation, Effective May 24th, 2021. Steve Rollins, Traits Worker, Grade 509, 14.869 Hourly Individual Parks and Recreation, Effective June 7th, 2021. Paul Hooper, Information Officer, Supervisor, Grade 522E, 2500 Byweekly Individual Parks and Recreation, Effective May 24th, 2021. and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probation of community correction officer appointments. Christina Plowman and William Rowe, Jr., all community correction officers, grade 109 and 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon pass of the council and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. Greenville Lewis, public service worker, grade 507 and 12.903 hourly in the Division of Wastemate and effective May 24, 2021. Charles Covington Public Service Worker, 507 and 14.207 hourly in individual waste management, effective May 24, 2021. Then, let's see. Item 55. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban Community Department to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in which grant funds are in the amount of $1,441,081 in federal funds for the continuation of the housing opportunities for a person with AIDS in the TOPA program, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds in authorizing the mayor to transfer other government funds within the grant budget, and authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a subrecipient agreement with AVOL, Kentucky Incorporated, for continuation of the project at a cost of not to exceed $1,397,849. And then item 65. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county to execute agreements with Jubilee Jobs of Lexington, incorporated $1,900. 16th District PTA, Care of Hayes Middle School, $1,150. Warren Station Alumni Association, incorporated $1,300. As far as elementary PTA, $500. Sandersville Elementary PTA, incorporated $500. Food Chain, $1,500. Lexington Community Radio, incorporated $1,500. And Seedleaf, $1,000. For the Office of the Urban County Council, added to the cost amount to see the summit stated. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Move to approve. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. All right. When you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Yes, ma'am. Sorry, my system's being kind of slow. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kuiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. LeGree? Yes. Mr. McCurran? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. And Mr. James Brown? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. Council members, next are communications from the mayor. could I have a motion please? So moved. Thank you. Let's see. I think I heard Vice Mayor Kay. Are there any questions? Okay. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Is anyone opposed? Okay. That motion passes. And then we have communications from the mayor for information only. And we do have several disciplines. So first, I will call on Chief Wells of Fire. He's coming on right now. welcome chief wells good evening mayor thank you all on wednesday september 16th of 2020 an external allegation was made that firefighter greg schroyer violated udg 4.02 courtesy and 2.01 conduct unbecoming at the conclusion of the investigation the employee met with me and has accepted a 48-hour suspension. All right, council members, could I have a motion to approve, please? Move approval. Second. Thank you, Councilmember McCurn. Is there any discussion or questions for the chief? Okay, I don't see any. All those in favor, please raise your hand. is anyone opposed okay that motion passes thank you chief wells thank you and next we'll have chief chief weathers i believe he has three Welcome, Chief Weathers. There you are. Welcome. Hello, Mayor, Council. I do have three. I'll get started with the first one here. All of these are internal complaints. On March 15, 2021, an internal formal complaint was made that Officer Ray Asbury violated General Order 1973-02K, Disciplinary Procedures of Sworn Officers, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.35, violating any rules of the department, specifically General Order 2011-02J, Weapons Policy. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Weathers and has accepted a one-day suspension without pay. The allegation is on the above-listed date, Officer Ray Asbury was in a cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee with a group of fellow officers. Officer Asbury was consuming alcohol while off-duty and was armed with a firearm. This is Officer Asbury's first formal complaint since being employed since October 19, 2015. All right. Council, do you have a motion? I'm sorry. Who moved? Councilor Worley, Mayor. Move approval. Thank you. Second. Thank you, Council Member McCurron. Now, are there questions or comments on the motion? All right. I see none. All those in favor, please show your hand. okay anyone opposed all right that motion passes okay chief on february 23rd 2021 an internal formal complaint was made that detective andrew strong violated General Order 1973-2K disciplinary procedures, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.35, violating any rules of the department, specifically General Order 2011-0F, Emergency and Pursuit Driving. That's the conclusion of the investigation the employee met with Chief Weathers and accepted a written reprimand. The allegation is on February 17th, 2021 at approximately 0 to 13 hours. Detective Strong attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling the wrong way or wrong direction on the outer loop of New Circle Road at Harrisburg Road. In the course of affecting the traffic stop, Detective Strong engaged in a brief vehicle pursuit while traveling the wrong direction on a limited access hallway or highway, I'm sorry. Members of the police department or the public, no members of the police department or the public were injured during this incident. Detective Strong is an eight-year officer, and this is his first substantiated formal complaint. All right. Council members, is there a motion? Move for approval. Thank you, Council Member Worley. Thank you, Council Member Plowman, I think I heard. Now, are there questions or comments? Okay, I see none. All those in favor of approving, please show your hand. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Chief? And the last one. On March 9th, 2021, an internal formal complaint was made that officer Michael Dick violated General Order 1973-02K, disciplinary procedure, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.40, Preventable Collisions. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Weathers and has accepted written reprimand and two-week suspension of home fleet. The allegations, Officer Dick has been involved in three at-fault collisions within a 12-month period. The collisions occurred on July 16, 2020, December 24, 2020, and February 5, 2021. The collisions resulted in property damage and no members of the police department or public were injured. Officer Dick completed driver retraining on February 26, 2021. This is Officer Dick's first formal complaint since being employed on April 15, 2019. okay is there a motion to approve move for approval thank you councilmember mccurran is there a second second thank you councilmember baxter are there any questions or comments all right seeing none all those in favor please raise your hand is anyone opposed all right that motion passes thank you very much chief weathers thank you y'all have a good night thank you you too all right uh council members do you have any announcements council member plowman thank you mayor uh this week was a milestone for um an organization we all work very closely with and that's fate alliance i believe mayor on monday um executive Director Brittany Rothmeier and two board members came over to your office and there was a proclamation made but what they formed 15 years ago and for smart equitable growth and protection of our unique bluegrass farmland and so what they're going to do with the celebration they're going to be profiling their impact with 15 greatest their 15 greatest accomplishments over the past 15 years and these are going to involve videos from the board and from different community members, and they're going to be launching a celebratory bourbon this fall. I don't have any more details except celebratory bourbon, so I'll fill you in later. But then also what they're going to do is they're going to pledge to support Black Soil, which is very timely because we just heard about it this past Tuesday, and it's a 15,000 three-year grant. So that's part of their 15-year celebration. So we want to thank Fade Alliance for all they do, for all they continue to do, and wish them a happy 15th anniversary. That's it. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. And I just wanted to say that tonight, you know, we passed another very important piece of legislation for our county, the LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Protection Ordinance. And I just want to thank my colleagues for their support. And also, I want to thank all of those in the community that sent letters of support. And clearly, we are following our charter because it states that it is our duty to protect the mental health of our youth and the well-being of our youth also. And so I just wanted to say how proud I am of our community and to get to work with and collaborate with my colleagues on such an important effort for our community. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Sheehan. I also want to echo some of what Councilmember Lamb has said, but I'd like to thank the mayor and her administration, Councilmember Lamb and Attorney Evan Thompson and Craig from the mayor's office for working so diligently on this effort with me. I'd also like to thank the faith leaders, community members, mental health professionals, scholars, and local state legislators who wrote letters of support or spoke out in support of this ordinance. And finally, I'd like to thank all of my fellow council members for their votes this evening. Our children deserve to live in a world that accepts and embraces them for who they are. And by supporting these protections, you are sending a clear signal that our local leaders value the well-being of our young people. again thank you all for your support and your leadership tonight thank you councilmember mccurran thank you mayor i'd like to invite the community and some of my colleagues out tomorrow morning there's going to be a new center over on georgetown street for the fatherhood initiative tomorrow morning at 10 a.m hopefully y'all can make it i know it's a little bit last minute but i want to at least extend the invitation it's going to be at 436 georgetown Street. This is going to be a good addition to the area and a great addition for Lexington. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I know we've had a rough week and looking back at the histories of the things that have come up, like from the fairness ordinance you on there, I worked with the mayor at that time, Pam Miller, and she told me how she felt about that, passing that ordinance, and she worked with the new college. We had a lot of new council members came on. Then I look at the mayor, Teresa Isaacs, when she came in and wanted to collect the bargains, and she talked to all the council members about that and took that leadership. And then Jim Gray, Mayor Gray, came in with the statute. Now we're coming into a fork in the road that I think may be the most important decision we made in my lifetime and that I've been on a lot of things. When I heard what Lawrence Weathers said the other day, how important this no-knock ordinance is to his police, and I listened to your task force, which is your number one priority that we make, and they come in with a totally different direction. And then we have a lot of new council members on here. And a lot of times they look for experience and guidance over. And Mary, you've been here. And I asked this question last year and you said you've got a more term and you're going to look into it and study. We the state came in with Senate Bill four, which kind of followed our rules. I think we're still a little bit tricker. But I sit here at the fork right now and my colleagues, new council members. and I listened to their concerns and questions. I asked you, and I don't mean to put you, but do you support your chief on this or do you support your task force? Because it really has an important meaning for some of these council members because we have less than 30 days left and our phones are born off the hook. And sometimes as your leadership as a mayor and as Pam Miller was, all them. I think this is the time that we need a direction. And I mean, I'm not going to, I mean, if I, it doesn't convince me, I know where I am on this, and I'm going to probably bring that comment. But there are some new council members that I worry that have never seen this before. And I think they rely on your leadership to find out which way we go on. Are you going to support your chief? Are you going to support your task force? And I think it's really important that we We know this so we all can sit here for the next 30 days to make the most important decision that I've seen in a long time. And I just want to know how and I know I don't mean to put you on the spot. I did this a year ago. I gave you a chance to study this. I just like to know which one are you going to? You're going with the chief or you're going to go with the task force? Are you are you hoping I'll vote with the count? No, I'm not asking. I'm asking for your guidance, Mayor. Pam Miller could not vote on the fairness, but she did come out and spoke how important the fairness was. Jim Gray could not vote on the statute. He said how important it was. They knew how important this was, and they knew how much pressure was on council, and they were there to help them, guide them with this mayor or any mayor, help them through it, and that's what I'm asking for. Well, quite honestly, I think I pretty thoroughly understand no-knock warrants. I don't know how many of you have had a chance to individually discuss it with the police, not in committee, but individually, so that you understand exactly what it means. So last summer, in June, you know I put my moratorium on, and it added one more layer to the approval process. and I believe we have a very strong system in place right now and I do have lots of faith and trust in our chief and I talk with our chief regularly sometimes daily and I totally understand his perspective. So I am, you know, I'm supportive of, you know, council members have weighed in on this pretty heavily. So I support the police having the tools. Okay, thank you. Well, let me just say one other thing. I want to remind you of when your chief told you they use this, which is very rare, but what the circumstance was. He gave you an example or two. I appreciate that, Mayor. I think it has an impact on us. We're going to be spending the next 30 days. I think you telling us, I think it may help open up some of my colleagues who are concerned about this. I appreciate it. Thank you again, Mayor. Thank you. All right. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Last week was a short week, and I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to a couple of folks that left city government, one of them being my predecessor, Andrea James. I just wanted to wish her the best as she leaves your office and looks to reinvent herself and do something different going forward. And so I wish her the best of luck. And then also Maddie Morton. I think Commissioner Ford had mentioned her during links earlier this week. I think she's had 30 years in city government. She did a lot of work with our families and ran the summer youth job, summer youth employment program until it became the summer youth job training program, which benefited a lot of our young people during the summer and got them ready for future employment. And so I just wish her the best in her retirement and appreciate the service that she provided to the city. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Maddie's very special. Thank you for mentioning those two folks. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. I want to follow up a little bit on the question that Councilman Maloney raised and that the mayor answered. And I guess what I want to do is frame it a little differently. I don't think it's a question of whether we support the chief or we support the recommendations from the mayor's commission. I think that's a false choice. I think what we do is our best thinking about what's in the best interest of the community at this time. The chief's responsibility, and he fulfills it in this particular question, is to make the case from the police perspective. I respect him for that, and I think he makes a good case. We've also heard from the faith leaders and from the mayor's commission about their concerns on this issue. and I think when we first started having this conversation I basically admitted to being conflicted because there's not an easy answer to this question but we've had this conversation council unanimously supported the no not ban and to put it on the docket. And that does not mean that we have to then support it when it comes up the first read or second read or that we can't do more thinking about it. But I would urge my colleagues to think about this as a question not of whether we support the chief or the police or whether we support the mayor's commission, but what we think is that in the best interest of the community, balancing these two concerns. I end up thinking that at the moment, banning no-knock warrants is in the best interest of the police, even if they don't see it that way, and it's in the best interest of the public. I'm open, as always, to further discussion and consideration, but I would hope that in thinking about this, that all of you, my colleagues, will frame it differently and not feel whichever decision you make, that you're aligning necessarily with one faction of the other. Our job is to look at all the size of the question and to, in our heart of hearts, make a decision about what we think is in the best interest of the community. so thank you mayor thank you are there any other announcements i don't see any all right uh would someone like to make a motion to adjourn so move council member lamb thank you for a second council member plowman all right thank you all those in favor show me your hand all right anybody opposed thanks everybody have a great weekend thank you mayor