# Urban County Council Special Meeting - August 31, 2021 > Auto-transcribed civic record · August 31, 2021 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5424 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5424?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2021-08-31 - **Last revised**: August 31, 2021 - **Length**: 504 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 convened on August 31, 2021, at 3:02 PM in the Council Chambers at 200 E. Main St, Lexington, KY 40507, with Vice-Mayor Kay presiding over the session. The meeting focused on a single agenda item regarding municipal tax levying, with the council taking one vote during the proceedings. The primary business addressed was "An Ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes," which was approved by the council. No public comments were heard during this session, and no presentations were given, making this a focused legislative meeting centered on the tax ordinance consideration. ## Attendance The meeting on August 31, 2021 had strong attendance with 15 members present and one absence. **Present:** • Worley • Baxter • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Kloiber • Lamb • LeGris • McCurn • Moloney • Plomin • Reynolds • Sheehan • Kay **Absent:** • Mayor Gorton No members arrived late to the meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted one formal vote during this meeting. **Ordinance 0812-21** [timestamp: 00:00] Ms. Plomin motioned to approve An Ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Mr. Ellinger seconded the motion. The ordinance passed unanimously by roll call vote with 15 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. Council members voting in favor: • Worley • Baxter • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Kay • Kloiber • Lamb • LeGris • McCurn • Moloney • Plomin • Reynolds • Sheehan No council members voted against the ordinance or abstained from voting. ## An Ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes [timestamp: 00:00] The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government considered Ordinance 0812-21, which establishes ad valorem tax rates for municipal purposes for the fiscal year running from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The ordinance applies to the assessed value of all taxable property within the taxing jurisdictions of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Ms. Plomin and Mr. Ellinger served as key speakers during the discussion of this tax levy ordinance. The ordinance represents the annual process by which the local government establishes its property tax rates to fund municipal operations and services for the upcoming fiscal year. Ad valorem taxes, which are based on the assessed value of property, constitute a primary revenue source for local government operations. This ordinance formally sets the tax rates that will be applied to property assessments throughout the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's jurisdiction. The council approved the ordinance, enabling the collection of property taxes at the established rates for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. This approval ensures the local government has the necessary tax authority to fund its operations and provide municipal services to residents throughout the fiscal year period. --- ## Decisions - **0812-21** — passed (15-0): An Ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. --- ## Full transcript Music Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. We have two meetings. The first is a special called council meeting. Thank you. And then we will, after, as soon as we adjourn from that, we will go right into the council work session. So this is a special meeting Tuesday, August 31st, 2021, Lexington Fayette, Urban County Government. And the first item on the agenda, Madam Clerk, if you'd please call the roll. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Here. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Here. Ms. Legree? Here. Mr. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Plowman? Here. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Ms. Sheehan? Here. Thank you. And now if you would give a second reading of ordinances. an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the fiscal year july 1st 2021 through june 30th 2022 on the assessed value of all taxable property within the taxing jurisdictions of lexington fair urban county government all taxes on each 100 of assessed valuation as of the january 1st 2021 assessment date as follows general services district 0.800 on real property including real property of public service companies 0.0890 on personal property property of public service companies, including personal property of public service companies, non-commercial aircraft and non-commercial watercraft, .1500 on insurance capital, .0150 on tobacco and storage, and .0450 on agricultural products in storage. Full urban or partial urban service districts based on urban services available on real property, including real property of public service companies, .1423 on refuse collection, .0212 for street lights, .0096 for street cleaning, .0920 for insurance companies, capital, .0150 on tobacco and storage, .0450 on agricultural products and storage, abandoned urban property $1 and levy an ad valorem tax on municipal purposes at the rate of .0880 on each $100 of assessed value on all motor vehicles and watercraft within the taxing jurisdiction of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government as of the January 1st, 2020 assessment date. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the Motion. Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kuiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. That vote reflects passage of the motion, and that's the only item on our agenda. I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. Without objection, we stand adjourned. And now we'll move right into our work session. And the first item on the agenda is public comment for issues. Vice Mayor, they might need a few seconds to transition the two.