# Urban County Council - September 16, 2021 > Auto-transcribed civic record · September 16, 2021 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5437 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5437?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2021-09-16 - **Last revised**: September 16, 2021 - **Length**: 20,364 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 met on September 16, 2021, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting featured two informational agenda items, including Mayor Gorton's 150th Proclamation and the recognition of the 2021 Junior Fire Chief. During the session, the council conducted two motions and votes while hearing from two members of the public during the public comment period. The meeting focused primarily on ceremonial and informational presentations rather than legislative business. ## Attendance The following members were present at the September 16, 2021 meeting: **Present:** • Mayor Gorton • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Kay • Kloiber • Lamb • LeGris • Moloney • Plomin • Reynolds • Sheehan • Worley • Baxter **Absent:** • McCurn No members arrived late to the meeting. A total of 15 members were present, with 1 member absent. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted two roll call votes during the September 16, 2021 meeting, with both measures passing unanimously. **Ordinance 0822-21** was voted on first, which would amend Articles 1-11 and 3-10 of the Zoning Ordinance to modernize the definition of 'Home-based business' and 'Home occupation'. Council member Ellinger made the motion, seconded by Baxter. The ordinance passed with a unanimous vote of 14 ayes and 0 nays. All council members present voted in favor: Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, Kay, Kloiber, Lamb, LeGris, Moloney, Plomin, Reynolds, Sheehan, Worley, and Baxter. **Resolution 0764-21** followed, authorizing the Mayor to execute a Purchase of Service Agreement with the Lexington History Museum, Inc. Again, Ellinger made the motion with Baxter providing the second. This resolution also passed unanimously with 14 ayes and 0 nays, with the same council members voting in favor. Both votes demonstrated complete council consensus on the measures presented. The zoning ordinance amendment represents an effort to update local business regulations to reflect modern home-based work arrangements, while the history museum agreement establishes a formal service partnership with the local historical organization. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed two significant financial resolutions totaling over $1 million in expenditures. **Resolution 0764-21** authorized a Purchase of Service Agreement with the Lexington History Museum, Inc. for $50,000. This contract establishes a service relationship between the city and the local history museum organization. **Resolution 0784-21** approved a substantially larger expenditure of $1,027,786.45 for the purchase of law enforcement equipment and services from Axon Enterprise, Inc. This comprehensive package includes: • Body worn cameras • Tasers • Related accessories • Storage fees • Software licensing • Training services • Maintenance support The Axon Enterprise purchase represents a significant investment in police equipment and technology infrastructure, accounting for over 95% of the total financial commitments discussed. The multi-year agreement encompasses both the initial equipment costs and ongoing operational expenses including data storage, software licensing, and maintenance services. Both resolutions were presented as formal agenda items requiring council approval. The history museum agreement represents a relatively modest community partnership investment, while the Axon Enterprise contract reflects a major capital expenditure for public safety equipment modernization. The combined financial impact of these two resolutions totals $1,077,786.45 in municipal expenditures across community services and public safety sectors. ## Public Comment Two speakers addressed the meeting during the public comment period, both focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on waste management operations and funding needs. **David Jett** spoke about the impact of COVID-19 on Division of Waste Management employees. He requested that a portion of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds be allocated to support the waste management division during the ongoing pandemic challenges. **Javier Perez** also addressed COVID-19's impact on Waste Management employees, emphasizing the need for competitive wages within the division. Like the previous speaker, Perez requested that a portion of ARPA funds be designated for the waste management division to help address these concerns. Both speakers highlighted similar themes regarding the essential nature of waste management services during the pandemic and the financial pressures facing the division and its workforce. Their comments focused specifically on securing federal relief funding to support operations and employee compensation. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps were not available for these public comments.* ## Appointments The board took action on one appointment during the meeting. • **Colleen Hall** was reappointed to the Social Services Advisory Board The reappointment of Hall to the Social Services Advisory Board was approved by the board members present at the meeting. ## Contested Items The primary contested item during the September 16, 2021 meeting centered on the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, specifically regarding compensation for waste management employees. **ARPA Funds Allocation Dispute** Community members voiced opposition to the current proposed allocation of ARPA funds, advocating for a different distribution of resources. Several residents made public comments requesting that a portion of the ARPA funds be redirected to the Division of Waste Management to address two specific compensation issues: competitive wages and Heroes Pay for waste management workers. The nature of the disagreement involved community members who felt that waste management employees had been overlooked in the initial ARPA funding proposals. These public commenters argued that waste management workers deserved recognition and compensation adjustments, particularly given their continued service during the pandemic period. The specific requests focused on: - Establishing competitive wage structures for Division of Waste Management employees - Providing Heroes Pay to recognize the essential services provided by waste management workers during the pandemic The extracted data does not indicate the final outcome of this contested item or whether the governing body took any immediate action on the community requests regarding ARPA fund reallocation. The disagreement appears to have been primarily between community advocates and the existing funding allocation plan, with multiple public comments supporting the waste management workers' compensation needs. This contested item highlights ongoing discussions about how to best utilize federal pandemic relief funds at the local level, particularly regarding essential worker compensation and departmental funding priorities. ## Mayor Gorton's 150th Proclamation Mayor Gorton presented agenda item 0824-21, reading a proclamation declaring September 16, 2021, as Lexington Fire Chiefs Day in Lexington. The proclamation celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Lexington Fire Department, marking a significant milestone in the department's history of serving the community. Fire Chief Jason Wells was present for the proclamation ceremony. The proclamation recognized the fire department's century and a half of dedicated service to Lexington residents, highlighting the department's long-standing commitment to public safety and emergency response. This ceremonial agenda item served an informational purpose, formally acknowledging the historic anniversary and honoring the fire department's contributions to the community. The proclamation represents the 150th such declaration issued by Mayor Gorton during their tenure. The presentation provided an opportunity to publicly recognize the Lexington Fire Department's milestone anniversary and the ongoing service of Fire Chief Wells and the department's personnel in protecting the community. ## 2021 Junior Fire Chief Mayor Gorton presented a proclamation recognizing Ashlynn Stephens as the 2021 Junior Fire Chief and declaring September 16, 2021, as Junior Fire Chief Ashlynn Stephens Day in Lexington. The proclamation was read during the meeting as an informational item, with both Mayor Gorton and Ashlynn Stephens participating in the presentation. This agenda item (0825-21) served to formally acknowledge Stephens' role and contributions as Junior Fire Chief. The proclamation represents the city's recognition of youth involvement in public safety education and community service through the Junior Fire Chief program. No discussion or debate occurred regarding this ceremonial item, as it was presented for informational purposes only. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 0822-21** — passed (14-0): Amending Articles 1-11 and 3-10 of the Zoning Ordinance to modernize the definition of 'Home-based business' and 'Home occupation'. - **Resolution 0764-21** — passed (14-0): Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Purchase of Service Agreement with the Lexington History Museum, Inc. --- ## Full transcript . Thank you. It's 6 o'clock, and if there are any council members in the chamber who can complete our quorum, will you please come have a seat? Thank you. All right, now we have a quorum and I want to welcome everyone to the urban county council meeting of September 16th, 2021. And I'll start by asking our clerk to call the roll. Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Mr. Koiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Here. Ms. LeGreen? Here. Mr. McKern? Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Plowman? Here. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Ms. Sheehan? Here. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you very much. There's a quorum. And before we proceed, Council Member Lamb has a motion regarding the order of our meeting. Thank you, Mayor. I would like to make a motion to suspend the rules and to move our public comment to take place after our presentations, which is item four on our agenda today, tonight. Thank you. Is there, Council Member Reynolds, seconds? Is there any discussion? All right, seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And now I would invite you to stand, please, while Vice Mayor Steve Kaye gives our invocation. Please join me as we pause before we engage in the business of government that has been entrusted to us to remind ourselves that in all that we do, we stand together before the ultimate mystery that is at the center of the universe. We come to this moment from many different backgrounds and many different ways to relate to that mystery, some we have been born into and some paths we have chosen. We recognize the gifts that derive from that diversity and the challenges it presents. We pause each in our own way to seek guidance and sustenance as we strive to see and be seen, to hear and be heard, to understand and be understood. We recognize that within that diversity there is a common thread that unites us. It is in recognition of our common humanity that together we say amen and amen. Thank you very much, Vice Mayor Kay. Next up on our agenda is the minutes of August 17th Zone Change Hearing, August 26th, and August 31st Council Meetings. If I could have a motion to approve, please. Moved, approved. Council member Baxter seconded are there any questions all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes and right now we have some very exciting presentations you'll just bear with me a moment Well, good evening and welcome everyone. This is a very exciting night in our city's history. This year we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of our very own Lexington Fire Department. The fire department and our firefighters mean so much to our city and to the people who live here in Fayette County. Protection Assistance Safety Bravery They are our heroes Here at City Hall, we support them by making them a priority Making sure they have the equipment and training they need to do their jobs We have done that for 150 years Our citizens overwhelmingly support our firefighters, and I know that all the members of this council have heard constituents praise the work of fire. I know it because I hear it everywhere I go. So tonight, we are celebrating the 150th anniversary with six chiefs who have shaped this fire department since 1973. 48 years of leadership. And we're celebrating with the members of our current command staff. So let's start by having the command staff line up right here just in the front so everybody can see your beautiful faces. Come on. Don't be shy. Command staff. Now, as they're getting organized, I think the command staff has the chiefs outnumbered. Now let's have the six chiefs, we have one up here already, come right up here and stand in front of the command staff. So it is my great pleasure to present proclamations to Chief Gary McComas, Chief William Holloran, Chief Robert Hendricks Chief Keith Jackson Chief Kristen Chilton and Chief Jason Wells Let's hear it for the Chiefs applause applause applause applause applause So I'm really proud to say that as either a council member or the mayor, I've worked with every one of these chiefs except Chief McComas. He left a couple years before I came on council, and I proudly wear my Citizen Fire Academy badge today. I was in the inaugural first class, the guinea pig class, and so appreciate all the leadership you have shown and the leadership of the command staff who stand right behind you. Now, with that, I'd like to go ahead and read the proclamation, and each chief has received a copy of this. This is for the 150th anniversary of the Lexington Fire Department, and it's Lexington Fire Chief's Day. Whereas in 2021, Lexington is proudly celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Lexington Fire Department. And whereas our fire department is one of the nation's highest ranked departments. And whereas operating out of 24 fire stations, the Lexington Fire Department, the largest department in the state of Kentucky, has responded to 304,000 local emergencies during the past five years. And whereas the 150th anniversary is an opportunity to recognize the chiefs who have provided excellent leadership for this department. And whereas the Urban County Council is proud to welcome the six most recent chiefs of the Lexington Fire Department. Gary McComas, Chief, August 6, 1973 through January 4, 1997, served 23 years and five months. Chief William Holleran, Chief, he served June 3, 1974 through December 29, 2002. 28 years and 6 months Robert Hendricks Chief February 3rd 2003 through 8-3 2019 he served 16 years and 6 months Keith Jackson Chief served January 28th 1991 through January 9th 2016. He served 24 years and 11 months. You didn't quite make 25 years. One more month, Chief. Kristen Chilton, Chief. January 11, 1993 through January 2, 2021. Served 28 years. and Jason Wells, Chief, January 22, 1996, through the present. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Lexington Fire Department and of the chiefs who have led our firefighters and kept our people safe, do hereby declare September 16, 2021, Lexington Fire Chiefs Day. Congratulations. We're going to get a photo first, and then I'll ask Chief Wells to join me at the podium, and I'll present him with his proclamation and he'll want to make some remarks. Everybody right this way. Right this way. All right. Thank you, everybody. Thanks for coming. So now it is my pleasure to present this official proclamation to Chief Jason Wells and ask him to say a few words. Congratulations Chief. Thank you. Mayor Gordon, Vice Mayor Kaye and council members and distinguished guests. First, thank you so much for this tremendous honor. It is truly a privilege to stand before you today and to stand beside those with me. The last time that I addressed this body I mentioned that we stand on the shoulders of Giants and today I brought some of those Giants with me. You know I'm one of the senior members of the Lexington Fire Department. I'm the chief of the largest fire department in the state of Kentucky and I'm still just a little bit terrified of Chief Halloran. In all seriousness though I've had the honor of working for and serving with each of these chiefs. Each has taught me so much and served our great city with honor and distinction. Thank you all. For the last 150 years the residents and visitors of Lexington have counted on the Lexington Fire Department to protect lives and property and we have had the honor and privilege to serve. One block west of here is a beautiful granite monument inscribed with the names of Lexington firefighters who've given their lives in service to Lexington. It is in their memory and for our sisters and brothers past, present, and future that we accept this great honor. Now, Mayor Gordon, it is my honor to present to you on behalf of the women and men of the Lexington Fire Department and in honor of this anniversary, a small token of our gratitude. I love surprises. Oh! Oh my God. Oh my God, thank you. Thank you so much. Oh, that is wonderful. Way like a home I'll wear it when I see my husband. Thank you, Chief. Thank you so much, Chief Wells. that's a wonderful surprise. I'm very honored. Now, the Chiefs, you know, this is such a big night. We are not quite finished. So, I want to start talking now about the future. And our Junior Fire Chief Ashlyn Stevens is here, so would you join me at the podium? I'm so glad you're here, and especially to see these six chiefs that we have honored tonight. Our Junior Fire Chief program involves young people in fire safety, helping them understand its importance. Ashlyn, it is my great pleasure to present a proclamation to you. So whereas Ashlyn Stevens has been named Lexington's 2021 Junior Fire Chief, and whereas Ashlyn is a fifth grader at Coventry Oak Elementary, and whereas Ashlyn is the daughter of Morgan Stevens and Sarah Zabawa and the stepdaughter of Jared Zabawa and Amy Stevens and I think some of them are here tonight. Would you stand up? Yeah? Okay. Whereas at school, Ashlyn is part of the Gifted and Talented Program, the band, and Comets Chorus. And whereas outside of school, get ready for this, she is involved in dancing, acting, singing, Girl Scouts, flute, piano, soccer, swimming, and somehow also finds time to enjoy playing with her friends. Now, therefore, I Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare September 16, 2021, Junior Fire Chief Ashlyn Stevens Day in Lexington. Congratulations. Thank you. You're welcome. This is for you. You have a few words you have to say. Okay. And Ashlyn is going to say a few words. Okay. I want to start by thanking all of the firefighters who have. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Do you want to start? Do you want me to stay in my head? Whenever you're ready. So Ashlyn wants to thank all the firefighters who give their dedication and work every single day to help the people who live in our community. And we want to wish her the very best as our junior fire chief. We're so proud of you. Thank you. You're welcome. It's all right. Don't forget that. Thank you. Finally tonight, we have a proclamation to present to a very special firefighter. Orville Cook, who is sitting right here beside the podium, welcome. At age 91, Orville Cook is the oldest living member of the Lexington Fire Department. And Mr. Cook, I have a proclamation I'd like to present to you. Would you like to join me at the podium? Whereas Orville Cook, 91, is the oldest living member of the Lexington Fire Department. And whereas Firefighter Cook served the Lexington Fire Department for 28 years, from January 2, 1957, to January 5, 1985, and retired from the department as a major. and whereas Firefighter Cook began his career at the Scott County Fire Department and he was certified in first aid and through the Red Cross and whereas Firefighter Cook encourages anyone interested in the fire service to devote themselves to learning because knowledge makes the job safer and whereas looking back, Firefighter Cook says his favorite part of the job was saving lives and helping people and whereas he lists his top achievements as leading his men, supporting his men and never sending his men into a situation that he wouldn't go into himself and whereas Firefighter Cook and his wife Maddie Maddie live in Georgetown now therefore I Linda Gorton Mayor of Lexington do hereby declare September 16th 2021 Orville Cook Day in Lexington congratulations and thank you for your service yes of course do you want to say a couple words or not you're welcome to It's the greatest job in the world. I enjoyed every minute. I enjoyed the teaching of it and leading of good young men. You're in good hands now. and I'm sure you'll keep it up. The one achievement, I worked hard on the pension that the firefighter has today. But there are three people that never mentioned, if you ever mention a pension, that you got to mention these folks because they backed us all the way. Speaker of the House Bill. He's passed away. Mike Maloney. was instrumental in having the pension that we have today. And, of course, the governor at that time. These three folks, Bill Kenton was the first, I'm sorry. but you have one of the better pensions in this country. I think most of you know it. I had a little bit to do with it. Thank you. Can we get a photo with you? We'd like to get a photo with Orville Cook and our junior fire chief, Ashlyn, in front of the council. and if you'll just join us up there. All right. All right. All right. Right this way. All right. All right. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much, everyone. Congratulations. There's only one of our fire chiefs who has to stay for the meeting. Thank you all for being here. Thank you so much. Great to see you. Thank you. I appreciate all the work. I'm going to take your helmet. Thank you very much, everyone. Now, next up, we will have public comment. And we have quite a number of people who have signed up. And the way it works is that if you'll come to the podium and state your name and your council district in which you live, and you'll each have three minutes. and so I'm going to read down through the lists. First is Steve Polston. Steve, are you here? We may wait a second until people come. Is Javier Perez here? We'll come back to anybody who I've asked. Is David Jett in the room or Mike Wilson? . Billy Mallory. David Jett, ma'am. Okay, please. The podium is yours if you'll state your name and your council district and you'll have three minutes. My name is David Jett and I live off of Greendale and Citation. Can you lift the mic up just, there you are. Greendale and Citation. Basically, Mayor, I just wanted to address the allocation of the funds that they were trying to pass out, right? I wanted to state that in our Department of Waste Management, we have been affected by 30 people, mainly 30 people that has COVID, and we're still out here getting the garbage each and every day, putting our lives on the line. And we like to be recognized in our division for what we do every day. It's garbage, but people don't recognize us. I've been there for 17 years, and I watch the news every day. And not one time have they mentioned about us. Thank you. Thank you very much. And we'll start back at the top. Is Steve Polston here? What about Javier Perez? if you'll state your name and council district and you'll have three minutes welcome my name is javier prez i'm right here right there right okay there you go i'm here press i'm working in waste management i'm on the 409 79 district okay i'm coming here because Because every year we come in here, it's the same thing with us. We have to waiting, waiting, and waiting, and nothing happened. I mean, we already got one of my best friends on us division get died for the COVID. Okay? When everybody, I guarantee you, everybody here, when the COVID is in the prime, everybody's in home, right? Us, everybody you're looking in here, stayed outside picking up the trash on the whole city. The city never say, we down in trash. We not got the trucks out. Everybody stayed out working. Not playing. So now, coming want money, and then I'm here, one of the you guys say, want to use the money for parks? Who go cut the grass? No, it's unrespectful for us. I mean, these people got family. I got family. What's wrong with if I die? Who take care of my two kids? I got one in 12 and one in 8. Nobody go take care of my kids. And I'm exposed and my coworkers exposed every day on take code. And then we have to come in here and say we need one race, we need that, we need that. And anything happened. Everybody knows we're here. The major knows we're here. Because it's not the first time I'm sitting here. It's not the first time my coworkers come in here. I got people right here working about 20 years in the city, and I make $20 an hour. And you go to McDonald's and you make $18, you start. And everybody right here got a CDL license. You know how much it costs you take one CDL license? Over $7,000 for you to get that, for you to go to school. And maybe you say, why you don't go switch your job? Because you know why I don't go switch your job? Because I love my city. And I put my heart when I go every morning, I wake up 3 o'clock in the morning. For go do my job. Every day. But if I'm take COVID and I go die, what's wrong? Who take care of my family? So sorry. One of my jobs is I have to keep the time. Okay. And so- But I want to know everybody know it. Yes. And please help us, because it's not the first time. We appreciate you coming, thank you. Okay, so one of the things that, it's all right, it's okay. We generally don't. The council's rules are that they prefer there be no clapping or yelling or anything like that, so we can keep hearing from you all. Next is Mike Wilson. Is Mike here? Okay, Billy Mallory, welcome. There are two speakers who were expecting that public comment would be at the end of the meeting as usual. So Mike Wilson and Trip Redford are on their way. We will get to them for sure whenever they're here. The others are going to give their time, including myself. All right. Okay, now who are you giving your time to, Billy? Mike Wilson. Okay. Okay, next is Carrie Berend. I'm sorry if I mispronounce your name. Is Carrie here? Carrie, if you'll come to the podium and give us your name and your council district in which you live, and you'll have three minutes. Hi, Carrie Barron, Council District 5, and I yield my time to Tripp Redford. Where is Tripp? Is he here yet? Where is Tripp? Okay, so you have your three minutes and three minutes from Carrie. Welcome. If you'll state your name and your council district, and you'll have six minutes. Hi, my name is Tripp Redford. Can you hear me through my mask? You're welcome to take it off, and you can shift the mic however you need it. Thank you. My name is Tripp Redford. I'm an attorney in Lexington at the firm of Miller, Griffin, and Marks. I apologize. I can't tell you which district I live in. Uh-oh. I don't know where I live, but I don't know my district. No worries. Ms. Ramsey asked me to stop by and give a few comments about the eviction process that we've seen. I do a significant amount of work for landlords, spend most of my time in litigation, so I spend lots of my time in the courtroom. I've been involved in this since it started, since before it started. I've seen the transitions and wanted to give a couple of comments about the positives of the program. I think one of the positives is the whole process is a great idea, but like many great ideas sometimes it's difficult to implement sometimes it's impossible to implement in the way that people envision it should be implemented I think that even though the process itself has been difficult for everyone another positive is the people who have been involved have been very energetic it is a it is a a unique thing to see the entire process within a courtroom to where everybody in that room seems to be trying to achieve the same end result or same goal that's typically not what goes on in a courtroom so between all the people present in the district court building courtroom third floor courtroom five that we go to 930 Monday through Friday with five different judges for once it's less it was less adversarial now to a couple of points that I think the council needs to hear about about the way the process has worked it was certainly difficult to get rolling difficult for people to grasp difficult to put the square peg in the round hole of having a court system basically be an administrator of funds That's typically not what a court system does. And then to put the burden of creating this project on a handful of people to try and make it go from zero to 100 overnight is a recipe that's difficult for everyone. I have to commend Mr. Wright, Jonathan Wright. He did a yeoman's job for many, many weeks and seemed to be juggling everything. I know there were other people involved, but almost single-handedly, at least in the courtroom, dealing with the situation. Progress was made in May and June. Folks kind of expected things to get rolling in June. They seemed to look like they were going to get rolling, and then they didn't. and I think the folks need to understand that one of the big, wasn't a roadblock as much as a big speed bump was just when things were about to take off with the funding being dispersed, it was the end of the fiscal year for the urban county government. So books shut down, things shut down, things didn't happen. Then you had the July 4th holiday weekend. That stalled it all out. And so in the middle of the summer, when people are thinking this is about to hit and everybody's gonna get the money and things are gonna be better, it slowed way down in July, was a difficult month. July gave the appearance that everybody had finally figured out how to put in applications and how to quote unquote complete applications and those were the magic words that we always heard in the courtroom and so then many, many, many of us were down there with the comments of okay, it's how long till the check comes and it was a couple of weeks. The problem in July was a couple of weeks didn't happen, and then three weeks didn't happen, and four weeks didn't happen. And you have to realize that the court system, these cases are starting to add up. There was a period of time when people were, I don't know whether they were scared to file evictions, whether they thought it wouldn't matter, it was just there was a low point that just kept building because cases weren't being disposed of, they were just being piled up and pushed, the can was kicked to two weeks down, three weeks down, four weeks down, as long as the attorney or the party would allow it to happen. I was a little more aggressive with them than most, and I think that became obvious. And so as July finished and we thought things should open up, something happened. I don't know what it was, but something between July was kind of the pinnacle of when everything started to look like it was moving, And then August hit, and it was like the wheels fell off the train. And so August was where frustration started to mount. In the first two weeks you saw it, the courts, the judges were becoming frustrated. You have to realize they had been pushing cases back for six months at this point, and promises had been made about two weeks for a check and two weeks for a check. And so at that point, folks like me, I started asking the courts to compel activity. That's what I do in litigation. I move to compel, and I ask the judges to order compliance with the settlement agreements and to deliver the payments. And I think the message got out, and I think folks were taking that seriously, but it still has been very, very difficult. but I think four out of the five judges that I was in front of during August agreed with my position and entered orders to compel the payments to be delivered I do have to say and I think council should be aware that the position of the city at least on papers they filed over there is this is not don't you can't make the city do it it's not us we're just over here being friends and you know somebody invited us to come help and we agreed to help but hey, it's not us. And I think that was disappointing for a lot of us to hear based on the documents, based upon everything. I understand. Although your time is up, it looks like there may be a couple more people who wanted to yield time to you. Is Deborah Richard here? Where is Deborah? Did you want to yield your three minutes to Mr. Redford? And then is Is Darian Kinder here? Did you want to yield your time? Okay. And then Jenny Ramsey, are you here? Hey, Jenny, did you want to yield your time to trip? Okay. So that is nine more minutes if you need it, and that completes your maximum, 15. So you have nine more minutes if you need it. I think the next thing you need, and by the way, those orders to compel did have an impact and for whatever reason checks were delivered to me. However, I was made to come to court yet again. So I don't think folks understand that, first of all, we have made most landlords, any landlord who has their property in a limited liability company cannot represent themselves, so they have to hire somebody like me and pay money. and there was one matter I had it was continued eight times over the last five months so you can start doing the math on what that costs landlords for us to do the work for them to try to get them paid as you progress now I think what everybody needs to understand is what's going to come in the next month or two I I have filed several evictions at the end of August, probably 20 to 30. In pre-COVID, I would file probably 60 a month in two blocks, two sections, 30 and 30, something like that, to stay within a docket. When I filed in late August, the hearing dates I'm being given are mid-October, so about five weeks out. Pre-COVID, you'd file, you'd get a hearing date about 10, 12 days later. What I think you're seeing now is, and I'm encouraging you to not be overly persuaded by whatever statistics you may be seeing today, because I think what you're seeing today is lots of cases where checks are just now trickling in to satisfy people, and it's a case that has been pending since May or June or earlier. And what's going to happen come October is a lot of folks are going to be in there on brand new evictions with probably much less interest in participating in any program because they have now seen the delay is three months minimum, four, five months, six months is what some have seen. So I think not only are you going to see dockets cycle into new cases over the next month. For example, today on the docket, there were probably five new cases and about 30 old cases that had been pushed and pushed and pushed. They generally go 35 a day, five days a week. So I think you have an opportunity here of about three weeks to maybe try and put some grease in the wheel and get things moving smoothly. Because come mid-October, I think you're going to see a lot more new evictions with people just asking for judgments and probably no further delay in asking for the judgment. The writs or the put-outs, you're going to start seeing more and more of those. as I know eviction judgments have started to be entered in the last two weeks so you're gonna see more and more than those writs being enforced that's that's when the rubber meets the road on these things and so to the extent that council is able to take all that into account I think it would be wise and it it may be helpful for somebody to come watch a day of district court evictions and see exactly how this process works I've never had the opposing party before come over stand with me at the podium support my argument to the judge and the tenant was saying judge he's right I've done everything landlords done everything we just can't get the check and that's a first for me happened multiple times this summer and so I think there was the frustration was tenants were doing everything they could possibly do landlords doing everything they could possibly do and we would make it to yes the application is complete we'll get back to you whenever we figure out how to generate a check and get it to you. That's been our biggest problem, so thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Redford. Now, is, it looks like Ronald James, are you here? Ronald? Oh, did you want to yield your time to Mike Wilson? Okay. Okay, and is, I apologize, is it Jared Paul? Did you want to yield your time to Mr. Wilson? Okay. And Billy Mallory yielded her time to Mr. Wilson, and I think I saw Mr. Wilson here. It's your time. And you, if you'll come to the podium, please. and give us your name and your council district, and you'll have 12 minutes because three other people have yielded their time to you. Welcome. You're welcome if you are comfortable to take your mask off at the mic. No one's close. I think you've spent a few hours in the chamber yourself. One or two. Honorable Mayor, Council Members, to this assembly of persons that are here today, my name is Michael A. Wilson, and I live at 317 Wilson Street. Don't worry, the council didn't do that. I just got lucky. I'm here this afternoon to speak on the behalf of a couple of organizations, the Black Church Coalition of Bluegrass, which I have the pleasure to be the chair, and then also to function in the capacity of chair for Chiki, which of course is known throughout this community for its work as far as homeless, the homeless are concerned. I'm here this afternoon or this evening to, my name is Michael A. Wilson, 317 Wilson Street, okay, here this afternoon just to speak a moment about the work that is being attempted to get done to help those persons who find themselves basically going through what they're going through given the fact that this process is going on to try to help them and in some situations unfortunately they have not received the help that they so badly need. Of course we appreciate the fact that the city and the federal government have placed certain monies aside to help these persons in their rental situations we appreciate that so very much but of course there seems to be some some gaps going on in this process that really are hurting some persons and of course there are a number of persons throughout the community that are working at trying to help these persons and we appreciate that so very much. As a matter of fact, as we appreciate Chiki, which is helping, and of course, which I happen to be the chair of that organization, not that I do the work, there are other persons who do most of the work without a doubt, but we're here to speak on the behalf of those persons that have been through the process and kind of been through the meal as far as getting assistance from the government for those things that are going through. First, just would like to entertain a couple of things, persons that would be willing, more than willing, to come to this chamber or wherever it might be that they might let this government know what they have been through. This young lady whose name I will not mention I will let her I'll give it to whoever I need to this afternoon this lady that basically has gone through a number of things as far as trying to get assistance and of course at this point she is caught up in the court system and of course unfortunately not only caught in the support system but then basically needs help although she has been caught up in the system and she has not received the assistance that she needs so badly that she might hold on to where she lives and of course there are other persons out there as well who have basically gone through so much throughout this pandemic and and and of course need need assistance need assistance although we have some things in place in this government they have been unable to be assisted and of course they they stand ready and willing to come to this arena and to let persons know what they have been through in order to try to get assistance there are persons unfortunately who have been through so very much throughout this situation and they they need this government to assist them there are persons that need you to have a heart and see that it is very difficult for these persons and then of course although the system and the processes have been put in place there are persons that are still being left behind and and they need this government so so very badly persons who find themselves in courtroom settings that need to know that somebody cares that they're going through what they're going through you know I have some some persons that have been kind enough to share themselves and their voices with me that have let me know that they have been through so very much throughout this period as far as this pandemic is concerned and what has been taking place they need your assistance they need your assistance they are hard-working citizens who this pandemic has done so much to just almost destroy their lives and of course at this point they need to feel the security of their own home situation and too many of them are finding themselves behind the eight ball and basically not able to do what is necessary and of course they need your assistance as a government you know they're their persons that have basically been so through so very much so very much there are persons that need you to say we're there for you to help you you know it's it's sad so sad and unfortunate that there are persons out there that have gone through what they've gone throughout the pandemic now at almost the end of everything for them you know they they have been ushered through the court system and not received the assistance that they ought to have and so So thereby their very dwelling place is basically almost being taken away from them. They need you. They need this government. You know, surely you all are doing what you're doing. But then of course, there are still persons that are in desperate need. Desperate need. You know, unfortunately, we hear some things in this arena from time to time. And I'm sure Mr. Sherp has already told you that 108, not 13, I think the last meeting I was here, that sounded like there were 13 persons that have been evicted. But 108 persons have gone through eviction proceedings. They need you. There are persons out there, a grandmother that has, her son is disabled, and she has her grandson. She needs you. there are persons, other persons, a young lady and Selena who basically, and I'll just, I won't say her name, that basically has been trying to get assistance. And unfortunately, time and time again, she has had to sit through a court setting and she has already been approved for funding. but then for a month and a half almost two months she has been back and forth throughout the court system and nothing has taken place no somebody said there was a check but she has not either the landlord has not received the check and then of course there's another mother basically you know that she's there and she has three children three children and then of course a check has been promised on her behalf and she has not received or the landlord has not received a check you know we need to as a government and as a city say that there's something that needs to be done nobody you know unfortunately sometimes what can happen to people in situations like this you can think that those who are advocates are adversary no we're not we're not trying to be adversaries but we're saying that some people are hurting somebody somebody needs to assist them so that they might move through this area in their lives and be be afforded a possible possibility of some safe decent affordable place to live you know we appreciate the what has been bought before you as far as a hotel space and the possibility of helping some persons we can only hope that this government will look kindly on this situation and see what they can do to ensure these persons have some place to live. That is so very important that these persons be afforded an opportunity to be in their own home. You know, I don't know what it would be like to be out there and not know where you're going to lay your head down, to stand in a courtroom setting and then of course go through a forcible eviction that your lifelong goods and property be set on the side of the street. I can only hope that this government understands how important this is for our entire community and will assure these citizens that you're willing to do something today or in some meeting real soon that will help them make it through. Some of us are not as affected as some other persons are, and that's so unfortunate. And then of course you'll have to stand in an arena and of course then have someone say, you've got to get out of where you live. You know, and then of course you can't help but be sympathetic to landlords that one woman talked about her landlord so kindly about how she has done everything that she could to help her. And then of course, the city, whoever's in charge of checks, has not made sure that the landlord gets a check. We've got to look at this situation real closely and with an open heart and say there's something that we've got to do as a city. We have a responsibility, we have a moral responsibility to help those that cannot help themselves. And we know throughout the scripture we are told that even that we have done it unto the least of these my brethren you have done it unto me by the same token you need to understand that what you do you have done for him so you know it's it's most unfortunate that a lot of people don't understand the pain that so many persons are going through and it's most unfortunate and we can only hope that this government understands how they need to rise to the occasion and help those persons who otherwise cannot help themselves it's so unfortunate you know there are people out here that are doing what they can and we appreciate what they're doing we're the landlords that are working these tenants and we appreciate what they're doing we can understand how important it is the work that is going on here in the government to try to help these persons but this body this body can take a stand and say that there are some things this government has to do to help the citizens of this community that have been so affected by this pandemic and this work environment that has been created as a result of what has come upon these persons thank you so much mr wilson i'm sorry i have to be the time keeper thank you very much. Now, we have, I need to explain something. The council's rule is that no one person can speak longer than 15 minutes. Normally, each person is given three minutes. So there are many of you who are wanting to yield your time to Dion Henry. However, only four of you can do that. because that would be 12 minutes plus his three minutes. So as I call your name, the first four of you who want to yield your time, we will accept that. And the rest of you will have the opportunity to speak on your own. And so first is Tamara Hernandez. If you'll join us at the podium, welcome. and give us your council district and your name, and you'll have three minutes. District 11, my name is Tamara Hernandez. District 11, and I'm Tamara Hernandez. Thank you. I'm with the Division of Sanitary Sewer, Sewer Line Maintenance, and I was coming to speak on our behalf about allocating the funds for the hero pay. I'm not good at this. Apologize. It's okay. Every day we're subjected to sewer water. And as you know, COVID lives in sewage. 80% of us got COVID back last year. It's scary, but we all continue to come to work and serve the community because, as Javier Waste Management said, we love this city. We could work a million other places, but I wouldn't want to work anywhere but here. it's like we're forgotten as well until there's sewage coming up in your yard or in your basement or until it's out in the street there's only so much PPE that you can wear when you're faced with liquids I don't know what else. I just feel like the fact that the council addresses us as the public also needs to be addressed because I don't feel as though we're the public when we serve the city alongside you guys. I would like to say thank you for your time, and I'm really nervous, and have a good evening. Thank you very much for speaking with us. Larry Green. Is Larry here? Welcome. If you'll state your name in council district, if you know it, and you'll have three minutes, welcome. I'm going to give my time to Dionne Harry. Okay, you're going to give your time to Dionne. Okay. Okay. James Mason. I want to yield my time to Dionne. Okay. Three minutes of your time to Dionne. All right. Priscilla Owens. First institution, I would like to yield my time to Dionne Henry. Okay. All right. Raymond Toussaint. Yes, please. All right. the podium is all yours for three minutes and if you'll give us your district if you know it well I live in Wilmore so I ain't got a district really I just want to put a personal touch to what's going on right now Tim Edwards he was an employee for Solid Ways for 40 years he retired he came back because we asked him to because we were shorthanded. He came back and he lost his life over COVID. That's in 40 years. So imagine that. You retire when you're going to enjoy his life. He come back because we asked him to because we are shorthanded. Like every time we come to the council for help, we're not getting no help. And he lost his life when he could be spending time with his grandkids. He was a friend. He was a father. He was a grandfather. You have kids, his grandkids growing up now not knowing their grandfather. You know, it's just painful. The next thing I want to say, like, we work every day. We come here, we don't know who we working with. We got people from labor ready. We don't know what it been. We taking chances every day. We got to go back home to our family. We could bring stuff back to our family. to a family, infect a whole family, then what? The next thing I want to say about Tim, you know, is unfortunately he lost his life like that. It's painful. And the bad part of it, when he lost his life, I wasn't even here. I was on vacation. I was in the hours. I couldn't even go to his funeral. So that was painful for me. everybody talking about this and that but it actually happened in our department it's all the waste that's him right here i know most of the council members met him mr k i know you met him mayor i know you may met him mr maloney i know you met him edwards so we just asking for help we can't just keep waiting and waiting and just put this stuff on the back burner we gotta move We can't go backwards. We got to go forward. We got to compete with other companies. We can't keep people. We just can't. People got to do two routes. Some people got one man on the back of the truck. And the way the guys are going to get treated here today, you know, the companies should be embarrassed. They should apologize to this man. This is the man that they've got picking up your garbage every day, day in and day out. So that's just what I want to say. We got to do something. We just got to keep talking, talking, talking. We need action. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Toussaint. Next is Seanetta Thomas. you're giving your time to dion okay that is the maximum dion can have according to the council rules um and so next is donald shanks welcome i am well thank you you'll have three minutes District, Nicholas D. L. R. Okay. Uh, I've been here 22 years and we've been down here fighting for 22 years. For some odd reason, we almost like a second class citizen to public safety. I appreciate what public safety do. They police this town, but we clean it up. come right behind and clean it up. We are probably the only department here that is given a test every day and completed. As Raymond said, we are, we shorthanded. I'm on the truck by myself on a two-man's route every day. And you know, we get some complaints sometimes. We might miss something, but I might set it out late too. So you know, it's a give and take. But sometimes we get more complaints about some nonsense that's not even our fault. Like if residents put a whole house out and we got one person on the truck. Are we supposed to spend an hour there just cleaning up your house? I don't think so. And I mean, Dion, He's fought for us, but we all fought, but he fought harder. And we've been coming down here, I would say we've been begging, but we ain't begging no more. It's time for y'all to treat us right, the same way that we treat y'all right. We have never disrespected this counselor. We have never said nothing out of the way. We have never said anything wrong to a customer out there. We come and do our job every day. no regrets even though that allies are in danger because we working with labor work people that most of them is homeless some of them live at the Hope Center so we don't know what we catch it every day we don't I got shots but we don't know what they get so we taking a chance every day and as he said about him he worked here for 40 years, but I've known him for 50. So I didn't lose the co-work. I lost a friend and it hurt me to the core and it ain't been the same since then. And since this COVID started, we showed up at work every day. Regardless, when most people were sitting home getting paid, we had to work. So it's, it's not fair for y'all to just put public safety ahead of us every time give us some respect too we're a different division i know we're 90 black but we need that respect too and i'm not using the right state but maybe i am but you know just give give us some consideration that's all i got to say thank you may i enjoy you thank you very much for coming next and I apologize if I do not pronounce this correctly it looks like I L B E R he uh Javier okay um let's see Javier spoke earlier and so Javier would you like three more minutes go right ahead of your prayers again when I'm continuing the first part these like my Co-workers say, we dispose every day. So now, I mean, it's not right when you see another cities, another garbage company starting in 22, 23 dollars an hour. What's going on with us, fleet service? We don't get mechanics, cuz UPS take everyone's. Go UPS and check the half of mechanics in UPS, go ask and say, why are you working before here? I work in the city of Lexington. Why you leave? Because no pay. I mean, it's not possible. We get the, if I'm correct, it's the four more dangerous having in the world. And you tell me McDonald's pay more than us? McDonald's. So, I mean, it does not make sense. So, we come in here every time, and we come in and talk. We're going to expose what dangerous is. We come in for everything. And never we got to respond back. Everything is excused by excuse every time. So, guys, I know everybody here go to school. I'm proud of you guys. but all schools is in the street and we try to do the best thing. And we are taking one license for doing the right thing. And we pick it up working here. I'm sad. I'm real proud when I'm working. But right now, I feel we don't treat us like we post. Because every time coming here, before us coming firemen, clapping and everything, I never see called the waste management coming here. Never. So what's wrong with us? Because let me tell you something, police and fire department, the city have to pay. Us division produce money for the city. Everybody knows that, right? So we don't pick it up trash for free. Because we got commercial and we got on the houses. So it's not free. People pay for that service. So we produce money. The other departments you have to pay and don't produce nothing. So this is what I'm saying. Thank you. Thank you. Next is William T. Jones. Welcome. If you'll give us your council district if you know it, and you'll have three minutes. Yes. I'm William Jones. I live on Sundar Drive. I've been working in this division for 19 and a half years. A lot of these guys have been alongside of me. Now, I will say this right here. you made a statement earlier about the fire department being your hero and I'm not here to pit one department against the other that's not what I'm here to do but I will say you made the statement that fire department that's our hero okay I'll put this on your head tonight picture at your house mayor your trash is full it's 95 degrees outside your lineage is full you got company coming over it's flies it's maggots it's stuff everywhere we do that every day not just at your house at over 36 000 houses a day with all the commodities that we do we pick it up in the rain the snow storms and guess what even doing this covet a whole pandemic But when you got that company coming to your house and you don't want that trash stinking, you don't want the maggots all over the house, you don't want the rats and the coons and stuff all over your house, will you then picture me if I pick it up as your hero? Because any other time I'm not. Any other time I'm not. I'm just a regular garbage man until I'm needed. Once I'm needed, then I'm everybody's hero. If it doesn't get picked up, you're calling. I need to be a hero on more than just when you need me, because we do this every day without question on a dying fleet of trucks that we have. And we come down here every year, every time to beg for something that you all said you all would provide for us, equipment, men, to do the job that we signed up to do voluntarily. No one asked anybody to come here and work for solid waste. We all did it voluntarily. And we're doing it for the city of Lexington. But we have to beg every time to get men and equipment to do a job that you all want us to do. and we are totally forgotten about every time until you all have y'all's dinner party and that trash is running over or that Lenny didn't get picked up because you decided to do yard work that weekend. But I'm always your hero once I pick it up. So if I'm your hero, just like the fire department, take care of us like the fire department and the police department. That's all we ask. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Dion Henry, and you have 15 minutes, Dion. Dion Henry, Preston Wally is my man, living in this district. First of all, I want to start this off by apologizing to some of y'all because I lost my temper earlier because when it comes to the division of solid waste, we take this thing serious. We take our lives serious as everybody else in Lexington. I take Parks and Rec's employee series. I take sanitary sewers people series, streets and roads. You know, just like I forgot who said, when y'all called us, the public, we was offended about it. And I took it personal because like I said, every day since this COVID started, 2019, 20, whatever, we've went out and put our lives on the line. Tim was not only a friend to me. He was my big brother. He walked me through this. We had another guy named David Spurge. They found him in his room, in his own apartment, in his uniform, still ready to come work. Dad. We don't know what COVID caused or not. Each and every one of y'all sat with suits and dresses and everything. That's fine and dandy. When the stuff hit, we got told we were, if y'all can turn around and see who I'm talking about, that's David Spears. He was found in his apartment with his uniform still on and his mask ready to come work and do a service for y'all that y'all consider us part of a public. But this man gave his 20 years of service and lost his life during COVID. You changed to the next thing, sir. You changed to the next thing, sir. This man here is everybody that y'all just heard of. Tim Edwards. Deion, stay sort of close to the mic. No, I really talk loud. Well, we get you on the TV there. This man here is one of my true friends, Tim Edwards, and he lost his life and gave over 40 years of service. Man walked with me in Tucson every day. I know we don't look like it, but he did. This man was in fit of shape. He got up every morning. Well, I know, Mr. Brown, I know you only said you only wanted one of us to speak, but he gave it, got up every morning and walked and gave his life to the service of the city of Lexington during the COVID, even though he was scared and afraid. He had three daughters to take care of and plenty of grandkids and the man is no longer with us. That's our coworker. That's our brother in this fight. And we take it serious. So that's why we want our voices to be heard. We don't want to come down here and feel like we bagging. I give props to the police department, fire department, walking around in these uniforms, you know, and y'all clapping and standing up at everything. We have a junior garbage man day. Have y'all ever called any of us down here and said, why don't y'all bring a little guy from that really wants to grow up and be a garbage man? I tell you who does. Preston Worley's assistant, Renee Buckles. Barry Thomas took a picture with him. That's what he wants to be one day. Bring him down here in his helmet and vest and let him just be a garbage man. But we understand that. When we left this room earlier and y'all told us we was public and not y'all personnel that's putting our lives on the line, that's dying every day when it lost two in this COVID thing. I looked around this room. There was not a minority in this room. All we seen was police and fire and all white people besides me. And I brought that to y'all's attention. Not to be racist, but don't treat us like the stuff we pick up. Garbage. Don't treat us like that. We're being a human first. I'm going to stand in front of every one of you. So the way when I lost my temper early, it was a reason because you get tired of, well, we ain't going to talk to you or this here and this there. No, we're not here to put up with that. We're human beings too. And we want the same respect everybody else get. Could you change the thing? I sent this to y'all. I sent the page raised retro. I've met with the mayor. I met with other people in the city. And we went back. I got a lady here all the way from Washington, D.C., Lisa Mark, can you just stand? She's one of the people that put this program together in Washington, D.C., flew in here. She's one of the big bosses. And she's actually put this funding together, the art fund that y'all sitting around ready to spend money on, on other projects. If you read in the art fund, the number one thing it talks about is people like solid waste, sanitary sewer, streets and roads. These people that touch it every day. not the people got to sit at home and watch Netflix while we was out there putting our lives on the line can't breathe we don't know whether we're going to live to tomorrow no it's for us first so when y'all say well we're going to build a park or we're going to build a church or we're going to build some sidewalks well who's going to sweep it because we ain't going to be here and I'm tired of putting my life on the line for every one of y'all that don't want to listen to what we got to say this is hurtful stuff y'all said at home and named as Essentials. If you go through this hero's pay, and if you do what it actually says in the ARPA that this lady can quote you on, it says that each one of us should have got $13 extra per hour while we was working, and y'all were sitting at home. Not y'all per se. Y'all could have been telemarketing. $13 extra per hour we should have got that year. And once I do the math of the people, garage, sanitary sewer, the handful that was called heroes and made essential, that essentially mounted up to almost $25,000 a person. So let's get real about it. And it's supposed to go to us first before y'all set and decide to spend money on other people. So you look at that $25,000 and the $13 an hour that we were supposed to get that year. Y'all knew this. When this money came here, don't put it in the paper like all this money is ours. We y'all's heroes. I know today y'all celebrated firefighters or police officers. I ain't got nothing against there. You know, it's it is what it is. We know who we are. We know our position in life, but we're proud of who we are. I'm a proud son of a garbage man. Forty, forty one years he picked up garbage and my clothes, food, everything came from right. So, a lot of people forgetting where they come from. They're sitting around in this room. So, what I'm here to say, if we deserve the extra thirteen dollars an hour that we supposed to get, where's it at? It ain't time for y'all to sit back and say we're gonna talk about it at the end of December in November because you know what? Y'all won't have a sanitation. I told half these guys to bring their vests and helmets in here so we can get some of y'all get on the truck because that's what's going to happen. Y'all going to need to learn your arm signals and everything. Be ready. Back us up because we are running out of manpower. We're running out of everything. We averaging three to four people a week catching COVID. Y'all know how serious that is? We got one of my good friends, Jeff Clay, that worked over here 20-something years. He's on a respirator over the UK. Y'all know how serious he is? He's a garbage man. And y'all putting our lives on the line and talking about negotiating the money that's for us, that's for sanitary sewer, that's for the garage, the people that work doing the hero pay. We deserve that money. And we sat and worked out the exact amount. We went through it time by time. And this was the amount that we came up with. We're not trying to be greedy. But we want what's ours. Don't sit here and talk about a something coming up that we need to get this done. I'll build a park, our church. No, this is our hero's pay. Our union fought like crazy to get this law passed and this bill and this money sent to all these counties. So don't deny us that. When we bring y'all stuff like this, we can't go another two or three months on the money we're making out of pay. Y'all can't understand where people walk in there and there's phone calls and people's e-mails. There's people offering them $2,500 sign on bonus, $28, $30 an hour. And it just don't work. Then we hear about y'all going to vote tonight on the guards. They're going to get a big raise. Y'all going to negotiate with the police officers, the firefighters next month. They're going to get their money. I understand, like you told me, Councilman Lamb, they're under that collective bargaining. But we got collective lives. We want to live. And y'all going to take it from us by putting us on the back burner and holding out to December? January, talk about us because you want to build a park or sidewalk? this heroes fund is for us to get help immediately. Immediately, not play around with this thing because we're losing our lives every day. If I lose my life today, how's my wife's going? I'm all she's got. I am her providing a lot of this room. That's all our family's got is us. We're making pennies. They're paying us $17, $18 an hour. When Louisville up the road is making $44,000 minimum. We make $37,000 minimum. And y'all not taking it serious. Half of us getting breathing problems. You know, we're picking up stuff that's got blood and crap on it. Sanitary sewers climbing through the holes. Streets and roads is out there putting their lights on the line where y'all sit behind the TV where we're going to have another meeting in four more weeks, about five more weeks. Well, what if one of us die again like Tim did tomorrow? That money is gone. You're going to share that he was paid with some more police officers, firefighters? Nothing for us. Then we also talked about a raise. We talked about a raise across the board because not only do I love my department, I love every department in the city. So we went, and we just almost did the same raise that we was talking about that y'all are going to give corrections. We just asked for another 4.5. So let's do the math. If our average pay is $19.50, if we do it across the board for Lexington, Louisville's sitting about $23. 61 employees, we got 221 employees. Pick up and do twice as much as that city does. A lot of us are still only going to $20, $21, $22 at the most. We're not asking for much. We're still way below the line. We lost six drivers to FedEx that started them off at $28 dollars with way better benefits in three weeks vacation and sick time. Kroger's took, what, four of our drivers? And this is what we asked for. But I forgot we're public. No, we're y'all employees. We're dying every day. And we're taking this serious. If things don't change, I guarantee everyone of y'all is, if things don't change in the next month, there won't be a sanitation department. If we don't get this fixed in the next 60 days, these guys are going to walk. I personally ask people to say, Ooka Ooka, can you stay in the house? You say your name? Mooka Fooka, say no. He's called me every day and said he's going to quit. I mean, just every day we got people that's leaving. Javier is going to quit. He's got off at 2,500. Bird's going over to the Santa. We can't cover the trucks. so now you got one driver out there picking up tree limbs boxes and garbage by himself Tim Jones who spoke earlier is a supervisor we work four days a week three days a week he's on the truck other three days the other supervisor on the truck George Cummins in here no you see it at we on trucks and we're scared for our lives and the way we felt disrespected earlier, and I'm glad Ms. Amanda explained it to me. Everybody reached out to me. Liz, Whitney. I mean, that's why I wanted to get close. Because I want to apologize to y'all. Because it really hurts us that we do feel that we're actually trash. And I sent all this to y'all over a month ago. And I mean, I started emailing and everything. I've worked diligently. I've talked to Ms. Mayor. I've talked to Ms. Sally Hamilton. I've worked out everything they say and I said this would be we're going back in 2019 asking for 1.5 increase we only got what 20 cents a year 20 cents is what the sanitation workers got a 3% so if you make $15 an hour you got 40 cents so we asked him for 1.5 increase on 2019 then 2020 do retro another 1.5% and then if we did 4.5 this year that's gonna put us right there where we need to be to keep some employees about twenty twenty two dollars not you know that crazy stuff come at the bus is hard at thirty dollars not which they are but it's temporary i get it they didn't get the benefits that we got it is thirty dollars not i mean let's just keep it real that thirty we're eighteen i mean i know it's this the philly drivers but this right here once i did the math and i did it across the whole nation at nine percent increase which is in another four point five you're really studied is it's going to put us back there we're gonna be there because y'all gonna bring our wages up a normal driver wage will be around twenty-two unless you are a setting above at the mountain. So we're not going above the industry. The industry's twenty-eight, thirty dollars an hour. We're still at twenty-three, twenty-four dollars an hour. Okay, so we're not asking for much. Are we asking to get it done? Don't play around with it. You know, everybody in the city wants this done for because they know we y'all's heroes. This money's for us first. Us sanitary sewer, streets and roads, the people that went out there and worked. I don't know if all them was out there together, but I know them, them three was. And y'all told us we was essential. Y'all basically told us our lives on the line. All I'm here to let y'all know that this has been well thought out. It's been dealt with. We've done the numbers. The money's there. We know the money's there. Don't get a hundred twenty million and all y'all fighting over these what we're gonna do what we're gonna do here like I said build all you want but find somebody to get the garbage and let your sewers back up because we ain't gonna be there we just ain't gonna last another sixty days we're just losing too many bodies we don't we can't get labor world come over they're getting ten dollars an hour that gave us this temporary crap starting them at twelve dollars an hour who wants to come over here and put your life on the line for twelve bucks an hour riding on back of a truck, picking up garbage. Really? Twelve dollars an hour, and then the labor world makes ten, and our guys make seventeen? Really? And y'all want us to continue this job? But any of us that stay here? Come on. We're losing our lives. So with all that being said, we broke it down. Y'all made us essential workers. And if y'all read that opera, Miss Liz, remember, you read it from head to toe. it clearly says in rich maloney that that money goes to read what the president of america and everything says it says right here rule defines essential workers as work involving regular in-person interaction and regular physical handling of items that are handled by others that's us and it's clearly states this is from the federal government now y'all remember what you're playing with here you're playing with somebody that really studies and everything. And if you read this whole program, even right here, what was wrote out in the bill, janitors and sanitation workers first on the line. It does. No problem to get shot, because I know y'all pulled me over police officers. Don't say police and fire. Sanitation workers, clearly. And who touches it? It is what it is. So y'all can sit and talk about the money going everywhere you want to go. Charlie, look at us first, because you know what? 60 or 90 days, y'all ain't going to be able to look at us, period because we're not going to be here. Dion. Yes, ma'am, but I didn't see no time up there. I'm so sorry. The timing has been, it's been 15 minutes. When you, I'll tell you what happens when there's a presentation on there, the time goes off. I'm so sorry, but you did have a good 15 minutes and we appreciate you very much. Thank you. Thank y'all so much for your time, all jokes aside. We love each and every one of y'all. I didn't mean to to go off but we just want what's what's ours and what's done right for us and i really appreciate y'all thank you very much we appreciate it i do not have anyone else who signed up was there anyone who didn't get a chance to sign up who wanted to speak all right all right if you'll give your name and your council district if you know it and you'll have three minutes james cowan james cowan my council district okay i live out taste creek but okay that's fine resource recovery operator uh 21 years in the business um like dion said tree dust fair uh there is 120 million dollars laying there on the table you can't deny that and don't treat us like the public because if the tables were reversed you all would feel the same way you all would be in your feelings and I mean anybody would yeah when you brought the fire department up here and y'all called them y'all's heroes I mean come on we're I mean we're heroes here everybody's here We all work for the same people at the end of the day. It's the small things that can hurt you. When you talk about, let's talk about, for example, the city clinic. They say when we retire, we can't use the city clinic anymore, but the police, fire, and corrections can use it. So what's the difference? I don't understand that. Health insurance. ours is sky high through the roof. Police, fire, and corrections, they get a big discount. Their families get a big discount. Now, what's the difference in our families than in public safety's families? Again, I don't have nothing against public safety. But at the end of the day, tree dust fire too. As far as to pay, I went to a job at Lex Tran I got turned down of course because I was looking for part-time work okay two and a half years okay starts out at 1494 after two and a half years is 2495 that's basically 25 bucks an hour that's two dollars every six months okay here at three percent where's our top out pay at the end of the day it I mean do we have to be here 35 years to top out I mean I don't even know what the top out pay is tank transit Authority of Northern Kentucky starting out 18 and some change an hour now I live here in Lexington I don't want to I don't want to have to move all the way up north just to make a decent living. I don't want to have to drive all the way to Covington, Kentucky, just to drive a bus. But at the end of the day, I feel like we need to be treated fair to. Essential workers, we didn't get the luxury to, I didn't get the luxury to draw $600 a week. I've been here 21 years, and I still don't draw $600 a week. All we ask is that you treat us fair to. at the end of the day thank you thank you very much and is there anyone else who didn't get to sign up who wishes to speak thank all of you for coming um i don't know that i can speak for council but i suspect i can in this because i know that we all appreciate you and we do think of you as heroes. You know, the 150th anniversary for fire was something special. You are special, and we can't do without you. We all know that. We cannot do without your service to our community. We know that. So I appreciate that you all came tonight. Thank you. We heard you. Thank you. So, council members, next up on the docket is second reading of ordinances. And I'll ask our clerk to go ahead and start the reading. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance number one, an ordinance mending articles 111 and 310 of the zoning ordinance to modernize the definition of home based business and home occupation to better comply with the established state regulations item two. An ordinance mending to start the budget, the license for urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reappropriating funds of fiscal year 2022, Schedule number seven. Item three, an ordinance many certain of the budgets of license for urban kind of government to amend budget related to purchase orders, expense to fiscal year 2021 and appropriating reappropriating funds. Schedule number eight, item four, an ordinance amending certain of the budget, the license for urban kind of government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $800 for the division of traffic engineering for the installation of two pedestrian cross crossing signs at the intersection of Kennesaw and Woodfield Circle Schedule number nine and item five. An ordinance amending section 2114A, the code of ordinances, providing that after the appointing authority receives hiring recommendation from the chief administrative officer for classified civil service appointments, an appointing authority may authorize the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offers requiring the Division of Human Resources to submit a report of all appointed appointments within 30 days after the appointment is made. amending section 2213 of the code of ordinances authorizing the division of human resources to submit a report of all appointments made to the unclassified civil service positions to the urban county council within 30 days after appointment effective upon passative council. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Move to approve. Thank you council member Ellinger and second was council member Baxter and when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please. Did we vote? Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Le Green? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Baxter? Thank you. Thank you very much. Those all passed. I have been requested by council to have a brief break. and so council members 10 minutes does that work if you'll come back at about 7.55 7.55 alright thank you very much we'll take a brief break We'll be right back. We'll be right back. Thank you. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. The End Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. First reading when you're ready, thank you. Okay, item six, an ordinance amending certain of the budget for urban county government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $280.50 for the parks and recreation for costs associated with the stage rental for the EJ Hayes annual back to school event, schedule number 11, item seven. An ordinance amending certain of the budget for urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and appropriating funds, fiscal year 2022, schedule number 10, and item eight. In ordinance amending section 12 to C4, the code of ordinances to provide an exception for native plantings cultivated for the purpose of intentional naturalization from the prohibition on excessive growth of weeds, grass, and other vegetation as a nuisance. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry I'm not myself paying attention. Are there any walk-ons? Any motions to suspend the rules? If not, we move to resolutions for second reading. Thank you. Item one, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute a purchase of service agreement with the Lexington History Museum, Incorporated for placement and storage of its collection, special exhibits, and other programs to provide community outreach and education opportunities that cost not to exceed $50,000. Item two, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute a release of claims agreement with the officer Derek Smith for Karen retired canine diesel Sergeant Brian Martin for care of retired canine Miko and officer Scott Bart for care of retired canine Vic item three. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the government to execute a purchase of service agreement child's advocacy center of the bluegrass for forensic interviews at a cost knock to see $50,000 item four. A resolution amending resolution number 298-2021 authorizing the acceptance of deeds for property interest in needed needed for the Liberty Road trunk sewer project and remedial measures project required by the consent decree increasing the cost of acquisition of eases by the sum of $5,023.15 from $18,264 to $23,287.15. Item five, a resolution authorizing and directing the traffic of engineering to install four speed tables on DePorse Avenue between Price Road and Don Anna Drive per guidelines in the neighborhood traffic management program at a cost market at $18,000. Item six, a resolution authorizing division police to purchase body worn cameras, phaser's accessory storage fees, software licensing, training and maintenance from Axon Enterprises Incorporated, a solicitor provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Airbnb can I go to execute any necessary agreement with Axon Enterprises Incorporated related to the procurement of the cost to exceed $1,027,786.45, item 7. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of Airbnb can I go to accept a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services with grant funds are in the amount of $510,594 in federal funds. Under the first responders comprehensive addiction and recovery act program year for continuation grant for the purpose of reducing opioid overdose fatalities. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the order to transfer undercumper funds within the grant budget item eight. A resolution authorizing and directing their behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, division of emergency management in order to accept $1,997,523 in federal funds awarded under the fiscal year 2021 chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program for The purpose of protecting the community enhancing emergency response in case of chemical accidents during and after destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile at the Bluegrass Army Depot, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban kind of government for the expenditure funds and authorizing their transfer under come refund from the grant budget. Item nine, a resolution accepting a bid of Crawford, Murphy and Tilly incorporated to RFP number nine dash 2021 to retime traffic signals on new circle road at a cost not received $100,000 and authorizing on behalf of your being kind of government executing unnecessary agreements with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly incorporated related to the project. Item 10, a resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the agreement with NABVET State Command Council, $950. Kentucky Black Pride Incorporated, $1400. Music for Mission, Care of First Presbyterian Church, $1300. Exhilarating Incorporated, $350. William Wells Brown Neighborhood Association Incorporated, $350. Artistic Handshaping a New Society Corporation, $500. And Saddle Club Subdivision, HOA, $500. For the Office of the Urban Kenning Council to cost-nuck to see the sum stated. Item 11, a resolution accepting a bid of Schaefer Systems International Incorporated, establishing a price contract for universal roll carts for the division of waste management item 12. A resolution accepting the bid of applied information incorporated establishing a price contract for school zone flashing beacon for the division of traffic engineering item 13. A resolution accepting the bid of EC Matthews Company incorporated in the amount of $119,700 for the fleet services ventilation upgrade for the division of facilities and fleet management item 14. A resolution accepted in a bid of pro-lift Toyota material handling in the amount of $30,984 for a forklift for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, Item 15. A resolution accepted in a bid of RCN Communications, LLC, establishing a price contract for Panorama, Sharkey, and Tenacable for the Division of Police, Item 16. A resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of Shannon Godfrey, technical specialist, Grade 515, and 19.173 Hourling, the division of community computer services effective august 30s 2021 amanda cobb recreation assistant grade 514 and 19.222 hourly in the division of aging and disability services effective september 20th 2021 matthew holmes service writer grade 510 and 17.510 hourly in the division facilities and fleet management effective august 30 2021 dion smither skilled trade worker grade 515 and 19.173 hourly in the division facilities and fleet management effective august 30 2021 and ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of john castle municipal engineer senior grade 528 e 3155.44 bi-weekly individual engineering effective august 22nd 2021 matthew hughes engineering bond officer grade 514 and 19.499 hourly in the division of engineering effective august 22nd 2021 tina collins staff assistant senior grip 510 and 18.579 hourly in the division of aging and disability services effective august 15 20 21 and ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of rangel combs police lieutenant grade 317 e 3346.89 bi-weekly in the In the division of police effective July 18, 2021. Jeffrey Jackson, police lieutenant, grade 317 E, 3,346.89 biweekly. In the division of police effective July 18, 2021. Larry Kennard, police lieutenant, grade 317 E, 3,346.89 biweekly. In the division of police effective July 18, 2021. Joseph Baker, police sergeant, grade 315 N, 32.408 hourly. In the division of police effective July 18, 2021. Jeffrey Howard, police sergeant, grade 315 N, 32.408 hourly. In the division of police effective July 18, 2021. Philip Johnson, police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division of police affected July 18, 2021. Robert Sennett, police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division of police effective July 18, 2021. Item 17. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a fifth amendment to the agreement with Aramark Correctional Services LLC with the price per meal charge increase mandated in the agreement at an additional cost not to receive $1,462,260 in fiscal year 2022. Item 18. A resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase two solar ABS immersible pumps for the Town Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant from Southern Sales Company, Inc., a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an unnecessary agreement with Southern Sales Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost estimated not to exceed $91,900. Item 19. A resolution accepting a collective bargaining agreement by and between the Lexington Urban County Government and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 2785 on behalf of the lieutenants and captains in the Division of Community Corrections, Item 20. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American County Government to execute change order number 7 to the agreement with Banks Engineering Incorporated for the Southland Area Stormwater Improvement Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $49,200 dollars from 674,815 to 724,015 dollars item 21 a resolution authorizing your behalf here being kind of going to execute a multi-year amended and restated agreement Kentucky American Water Company to provide water usage data for the calculation of sanitary sewer bills and water disconnection services on delinquent sewer accounts for the amount estimated not to exceed $305,000 in fiscal year 2022 item 22 a resolution authorizing directly man behalf here beginning government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security which grant funds are in the amount of $47,700 federal funds in the fiscal year 2020 homeland security grant program in order to provide structural collapse specialist training for the division of fire and emergency services special operations team the extent of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the grant budget item 23. a resolution authorizing and directing on behalf of urban county government to accept an award of additional 100 in federal funds from the cabinet of health and family services for the purpose of enhancing the quick response team within the community paramedicine program as part of the kentucky opioid response response effort the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the uh within the grant budget established for this grant and item 24. a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with kentucky distinguished young women's scholarship program 1300 kentucky humanities council 2800 stonewall equestrian neighborhood association 500 and a caring place incorporated 500 for the office of the urban county council eticost not to see the sums stated thank you Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. I have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Baxter? Thank you. Thank you. I believe that reflects passage of the motion and we can move to resolutions for first reading. Yes, sir. Item 25. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County to execute an agreement with Steadleaf Incorporated $250 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost to receive the sum stated, item 26. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County to execute a subrecipient agreement with Community Action Council CAC in order to allocate $392,000 of federal funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to CAC to continue operation of the intensive street outreach program and authorizing the mayor to execute any other needed agreements or amendments with CAC related to the use of these funds, item 27. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of Herb and Kinnegan to execute a subrecipient agreement with Welcome House Incorporated in order to allocate up to $276,663 of federal grant funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to Welcome House Incorporated to provide financial management benefit to people incapable of independently managing payments and authorizing the mayor to execute any other needed agreements or amendments with Welcome House Incorporated related to the use of these funds, item 28. A resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a subrecipient agreement with Mountain Comprehensive Care Center Incorporated in order to allocate $95,335 of federal grant funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the continued operation of the permanent housing intensive care management program in partnership with the Catholic Action Center Emergency Shelter and authorizing the Mayor to execute any other needed agreements or amendments with Mountain Comprehensive Care Center Incorporated related to the use of these funds. item 29 a resolution authorizing the department of environmental quality and public works to purchase services for the payment management system for applied research associates incorporated social provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of her to execute any necessary agreement applied research associates incorporated related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed 271 178.22 item 30 a resolution authorizing Dorothy mayor behalf here we can accept the donation of a new owl box from the central kentucky audubon society for the barn at high school farm park item 31 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with gresham smith and design for design and construction administration services for splash at charles young park at a cost to exceed 166 400. item 32 a resolution authorizing directly on behalf of urban county government to accept a grant from the kentucky transportation cabinet in the amount of 29 500 in federal funds for continuation of the urban county government's traffic safety programs in fiscal year 2022 the exception which doesn't obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing mayor to to transfer undercrumbs within the grant budget item 33 a resolution authorizing jordan's remand behalf here we can accept an additional grant award from the united states department of housing and urban development hud for the community development block grant program thirty five thousand four hundred thirty six dollars and the home investment partnership program eighteen thousand dollars in fiscal year 2021 the exception which does not obligate the urban kind of government for the expenditure of additional funds as a local match and authorizing the magic transfer undercrumbs within the grant budget m34 a resolution authorizing directly may have here being going to accept an award from the kentucky council on child abuse incorporated dba prevent child abuse Kentucky incorporated in the amount of $13,519 for year two of the family care centers contract to provide a self help parent education and support group the exception which obligates urban kind of government to a $6,840 in kind match and authorizing married transfer other current funds within the grant budget item 35. A resolution accepting a bid of guaranteed pest control incorporated and terminates commercial establishing price contracts for pest control for the division of purchasing item 36. A resolution accepting a bit of TNVC incorporated establishing a price contract for bomb disposal response equipment supplemental for the division of police, item 37. A resolution ratifying the probation and classified civil service appointments of Catherine Reed, administrative officer, grade 523E, 2530.56, bi-weekly in the Department of Information Technology, effective September 27th, 2021. Kenna Johnson, administrative specialist senior grade 516N, 20.62 hourly in the division of revenue effective September 27th, 2021. Donna Jones, equipment operator senior grade 512N, 17.997 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective September 20th, 2021. Lisa McFadden, administrative officer senior grade 5206E, 3,110.10 biweekly in the division of water quality effective September 20th, 2021. In a matter of fact, the permanent classified civil service appointments of Kimberly Hardy, administrative specialist senior grade 516N, 22.701 hourly in the division of revenue effective September 1, 2021. William Hill Trades, Worker Senior, Grade 511N, 16.512 Hourly Individuals of Streets and Roads, effective August 16, 2021. Robert Elkins, Heavy Equipment Technician, Grade 518N, 24.187 Hourly Individuals of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective September 8, 2021. And ratifying the probationary sworn appointments of Jacob Crawford Community Corrections, Captain Grade 115E, 2761. Bi-weekly Individuals of Community Corrections, effective September 6, 2021. Adam Moss Community Corrections, Captain Grade 1 15E, 2,761. Bi-weekly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective September 13, 2021. Bradley Baker, Community Corrections Lieutenant, Grade 1 14E, 2,289. Bi-weekly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective September 13, 2021. Joseph Price, Community Corrections Lieutenant, grade 1 14E, 2,289. Bi-weekly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective September 13, 2021. And ratifying the probationary swore performance of Brian Martin, police lieutenant, 317 E 3346.89 biweekly in the division of police affected September 27 2021 Daniel Burnett police lieutenant grade 317 E 3346.89 biweekly in the division police affected September 27 2021 Jeremiah Davis police police lieutenant grade 317 E 3346.89 biweekly in the division police affected September 27 2021 Robert Holland police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division of police effective September 27 2021 James McCullough police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division police effective September 27 2021 Daniel Raleigh police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division of police effective September 27 2021 Brian Baker police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division of police effective September 27 2021 Ross Collins police sergeant grade 315 and 32.408 hourly in the division of police effective September 27 2021 Byron Creekmore, Police Sergeant Grade 315 and 32.408 Hourly, Individed Police Effective September 27, 2021, and ratifying the unclassified civil service appointment to the Office of the Mayor, Larry Johnson, Administrative Aid to the Mayor, Grade 523E, 2692.32, Bi-weekly, in the Office of the Mayor, Effective September 27, 2021. Item 38. A resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probation and classified civil service appointments. Daniel Stamper, Equipment Operator, Senior, Grade 5, 12 in 18.494. Hourly in the division streets and roads effective October 11, 2021. Terry Baker vehicle and equipment mechanic. Grade 5, 12 in 16.962 hourly in the division streets and roads effective October 4th, 2021. Brandon Davis vehicle and equipment mechanic. Grade 5, 12 in 17.226. Hourly in the division streets and roads effective October 4th, 2021. Lindsay Nicholas, municipal engineer senior grade 528E 2,909. 3.52 bi-weekly in the division water quality effective November 22nd, 2021. Robert Kirstead, maintenance mechanic, grade 515 and 19.365 hourly in the division of water quality, effective October 11, 2021. Eric Hodgson, recourse recovery operator, grade 513 and 17.62 hourly in the division of waste management, effective October 4, 2021. Curtis Gannon, resource recovery operator, grade 513 and 19.419 hourly in the division of waste management, effective October 25, 2021. Calvin Johnson, resource recovery operator, grade 513 and 17.593 hourly in the division of waste management, effective October 11, 2021. Jack Burns, telecommunicator senior, grade 517N, 23.605 hourly in the division of Enhanced 911, effective October 11, 2021. Dakota Farrington, telecommunicator senior, grade 517N, 21.508 hourly in the division of Enhanced 911, effective October 11, 2021. Jennifer Mays, staff assistant senior, grade 510N, 16.451 hourly in the division of building inspection, effective October 4, 2021. James Forsyth, heavy equipment technician, grade 518N, 24.785 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management, effective September 20th, 2021. Chastity Klein, administrative specialist, grade 513N, 19.419, hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective October 11th, 2021, and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probation and community correction officer appointments. Sean Shelby, Angela Vance, and Alex Vickers, all community correction officers recruit, grade 109N, 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 still in anderson public works apprentice grade 504 in 11.209 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective september 7th 2021 robert lewis public works opponents grade 504 in 12 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective october 4th 2021 cheryl sanders program supervisor part-time grade 504 in 14 hourly in the division of aging services effective october 4th 2021 brenda ramsey educational program and grade 508 in 14.307 hourly in the division of youth services effective october 4th 2021 and authorizing the the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments to the Office of the Mayor Tiffany Brown administrative aid to the Mayor Senior grade 524E 2884.64 bi-weekly in the Office of the Mayor effective October 4th 2021 item 39 a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Irby County Government to execute an agreement with Kathy H. Witt Sheriff of Fayette County for the collection of the ad valorem urban service district taxes for the 2021 property tax year at the cost of $350,000 with the payments to be treated as a commission and the urban county government to receive and accept any related payment $87,500 from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, item 40. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanical government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Arbor Youth Services Incorporated to provide an alternative to detention for certain youth offenders at a cost not to exceed $5,000, item 41. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanical government to execute an addendum to the agreement with the wiser strategies for media planning and placement services for the Division of Environmental Services, providing for public outreach services relating to vacuum leaf collection at a cost not to exceed $60,000, item 42. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a renewal agreement with Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Incorporated for administration, administrative services, rights, and fees within the agreement for the period beginning January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, item 43. A resolution authorizing the Division of Environmental Services on behalf of the urban county government to administer composting pilot program providing composting workshops and partially funding home composters for workshop participants in order to promote waste reduction and sustainability at a cost of $9,000. Item 44. A resolution authorizing the Reckon Mary Behar for a mechanical day as a collaborative applicant to execute and submit a 2021 continuum of care grant application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application with grant funds on the amount of $2,548,668 in federal funds and offer the the operation of programs by community nonprofit organizations to reduce homelessness in Lexington and Fayette County and to accept $167,394 of grant funds. And if the application is approved for project planning and data management expenses related to monitoring programs funded by the grant, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $41,850 of the local match and authorizing management for under comer funds within the grant budget item 45. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with 39 community partners in the Lexington County Continuum of Care, COC, to ensure consistent participation in the COC for the purpose of future planning and funding decisions for the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention, Item 46. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Mechanic Government to execute a change to run a number fund to the agreement with all four LLC for the audit of the wastewater treatment plant safety program and post-audit implementation service project increasing the contract price by the sum of $337,888 from $980,862.25 to $1,318,750.25. Item 47. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your American government to execute an agreement with Pictometry International for the lease of oblique aerial photography, viewing software, and hosting services, traditional aerial photography, and supporting maintenance for the term of six years at a cost not to exceed $53,814 per year. Item 48. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your American government to execute and submit an application to the Kentucky Department of Education for provision of preschool education services at the Family Care Center for the 2021-2022 school year, item 49. A resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Veteran Affairs for entrance into the VA online educational benefit system, item 50. A resolution authorizing the Division of Waste Management to purchase transportation and reuse of recycled glass and strategic materials, a sole service provider, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute any necessary agreement with strategic materials related to procurement, item 51. A resolution authorizing Director of Mayor on behalf of Hermine Canigra to execute a consultant services agreement ordered pursuant to RFP number 23-2021 with Brandestetter, Carroll Incorporated for professional design services of the new Police East Sector Roll Call Station at a cost not received $168,000, item 52. A resolution authorizing the execution of an amendment to the unexisting agreement with Benevete Incorporated, which authorizes unlimited users and extends the contract term through March 3, 2023, in order to aid in an administration of federally funded grant programs at a cost not to exceed $45,879. Item 53. A resolution authorizing and directing me on behalf of the American Government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet for a tire disposal event at a cost not to exceed $9,928.08. Item 54. A resolution authorizes the mayor on behalf of the Virginia Government to accept deeds and to execute any documents necessary for the acquisition of property interest between Lyle Industrial Avenue and 1631 Old Frankfurt Pipe for Phase 5 of the Town Branch Trail Project at a cost of $50,000. Item 55, sorry. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Republican government to execute contract modification number two with Strand Associates Incorporated, establishing the price contract for $42,100 for additional design services for town branch trail phase six, raising the total contract price from $1,030,774 to $1,072,874. Item 56. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Republican government to accept a grant from the Consumer Product Safety Commission of $5,000 in federal funds in order to purchase supplies for fire safety and prevention project, the exception of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the man to transfer under coverage funds within the grant budget, item 57. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute professional services agreement with Miranda Beasley, Kristen Beers, Angela Begley, Alexis Hatfield, Megan Maxim, Lindsay Pollenbitt, and Nicole Jean Perkins as sexual assault nurse examiners to provide on-call forensic examinations and services under the sexual assault nurse examiner program for fiscal year 2021 at a cost of $51,466. Item 58. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your bank to execute contract modification number one with Aculean Consulting LLC increasing the contract amount by $49,602.28 for archaeological monitoring services for the Town Branch Commons Construction Project, raising the total contract price from $160,233 to $209,835.28. Item 59. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your bank to execute amendment number three to the Tiger agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation to modify the budget for the Town Branch Commons Project, item 60. A resolution ratifying the mayor's prior execution of an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Office of Highway Safety accepting a grant in the amount of $97,070 in federal funds for the participation in the traffic safety program in fiscal year 2022, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer an outcome refund within the grant budget, item 61. A resolution ratifying the mayor's prior execution of an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Office of Highway Safety accepting a grant in the amount of $20,000 in federal funds to impaired driving services, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Lexington Fair Urban County Government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the energy transfer and undercomer funds within the grant budget, Item 62. A resolution authorizing the direct command of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Environmental Enterprises Incorporated, EEI, in order to apply grant funds in the amount of $102,000 in common with the Kentucky funds received from the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet for fiscal year 2022 to pay disposal costs associated with the fall 2021 Fayette County Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event. Item 63. A resolution establishing Everbridge Incorporated as sole source provider for the alert notification system for the Division of Emergency Management and authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreements with Everbridge Incorporated related to the procurement of these goods at a cost not to receive $110,233.94. Item 64. A resolution authorizing the payment of an additional $63,999 to Adapt Pharma Incorporated for the purchase of Narcan nasal spray for the comprehensive opioid abuse site-based program in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, increasing the total contract price from $64,925 to $128,924 and authorizing the mayor to execute any documents necessary for the purchase of these goods. And item 65, a resolution authorizing and direct to the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit two grant applications to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, and the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, MPO, and to provide any additional information requested in connection with these grant applications. The grant funds are on the amount of $2,920,000 of federal funds under the Transportation Alternative Program tab, and are for the Alumni Drive Shared Use Path Project, $2,400,000, and the Citation Trail Phase 2 Project, $520,000. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons? I think people have signed up for suspensions. Suspensions, Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I'd like to suspend the rules and give secondary number 65 for Council Member McCurran. Going to be here, he asked me to do that along with the administration. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Councilmember Baxter. Thank you, Vice Mayor. On behalf of the administration, I'd like to suspend the rules and give a second rating to number 32, accepting a grant from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. So moved. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Councilmember Fred Brown. Thank you Vice Mayor. On behalf of the administration, number 29, a resolution authorizing the Department of Environment Quality and Public Works to purchase services for the pavement management system, etc. Spin the rules to have that have a second reading. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Council Member Degree. Thank you, Vice Mayor. On behalf of the administration and because this is a time-sensitive issue, I'd like to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 43. This is for a workshop that will occur this Saturday. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I would like to ask on behalf of the administration for Resolution 42, it's a renewal agreement with Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, so move. Second. We have a motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 31. This is a professional service contract in regards to Charles Young Park. So moved. Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. And Vice Mayor, I'd also like to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 38. These are conditional offers of employment. So moved. Second. A motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. And Vice Mayor, I'd also like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 51. This pertains to the East Sector roll call station. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And that motion carries. And I believe that's all. Madam Clerk, when you're ready, if you'd give second reading to those that have been proposed. Item 29, a resolution authorizing the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works to purchase services from the pavement management system from Applied Research Associate Incorporated, a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanical government to execute any necessary agreement with Applied Research Associates Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost of not received $271,178.22. cents. Item 31, a resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional service degree with Gresham Smith for design and construction administration services for splash at a Charles Young Park at a cost that received $166,400. Item 32, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in the amount of $29,500 in federal funds for the continuation of urban county government's traffic safety program in fiscal year 2022. The exception to what does not obligate the urban kind of government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer undercomer funds within the grant budget. Item 38. A resolution authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probation and classified civil service appointments. Daniel Stamper, equipment operator senior, grade 512N, 18.494 hourly in the division of streets and roads, effective October 11, 2021. Terry Baker, vehicle equipment mechanic, grade 512N, 16.962 hourly in the division of streets and roads, effective October 4, 2021. Brandon Davis vehicle and equipment mechanic. Great 512 and 17.2 to six hourly in the division of streets and roads effective October 4, 2021. Lindsay Nicholas municipal engineer senior great 528 E 2,200 2,900 93.5. Two biweekly in the division of water quality effective November 22nd, 2022. Robert Kirstead maintenance mechanic, 15 and 19.365. All in the divider water quality effective October 11, 2021. Eric Hutchins resource recovery operator, Grade 5 13 and 17.62 alien individual waste management effective October 4th, 2021 Curtis Gammon resource recovery operator great 513 and 19.419 hourly individual waste management effective October 25 2021 Calvin Johnson resource recovery operator group 13 and 17.593 hourly individual waste management effective October 11 2021 Jack Burns telecommunicator senior grade 517 and 23.605 hourly individual enhanced on one effective October 11 2021 Dakota Farrington telecommunicators in a group of 17 and 21.5. Oh, eight hour and the video enhance on 9 1 1 effective October 11, 2021. Jennifer Mays staff assistant senior group of 10 and 16.451 hourly individual building inspection. It's like the October 4th, 2021 James fourth size, heavy equipment technician grade 518 and 24.785 hour and the division facilities and fleet management effect of September 2020, 2021 chastity Klein administrative specialists. Great 513 and 19.419 hourly in the division facilities and fleet management effective October 11, 2021 and authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probation and community correction officer appointments. Sean Shelby, Angela Vincent, and Alex Vickers, all community correction officers, grade 109 N 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. Dylan Anderson, public works apprentice, grade 504 N 11.209 hourly in the division of streets and roads, Effective September 7, 2021. The Robert L Lewis public works apprentice grade 504 and $12 hour in the division of streets and roads. Effective October 4, 2021. Cheryl Sanders program supervisor part-time grade 504 and $14 hour in the division of aging services. Effective October 4, 2021. Brenda Ramsey educational program aid grade 508 and 14.3 of seven hourly in the division of youth services. Effective October 4, 2021. And authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified field service appointment to office of the mayor. Tiffany Brown administrative aid to the mayor senior grade 524E 2884.64 biweekly in the office of the mayor effective October 4th 2021. Item 42. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your beginning to execute a renewal agreement with Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky Incorporated for the administration's administrative services rates and fees within the agreement for the period beginning January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Item 43. Resolution authorizing the Division of Environmental Services on behalf of the urban county government to administer a composting pilot program, providing composting workshops and partially funding home composters for workshop participants in order to promote waste reduction and sustainability at the cost of $9,000. Item 51. A resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of your bank and government to execute a consultant services agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 23-2021 to Brandstetter Carroll Incorporated for professional design services for the new police East sector roll call station at a class matrix seat $168,000. And item 65. A resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of your bank and government to execute and submit two grant applications to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, and the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, NPO, and to provide any additional information requests in connection with these grant applications, which grant funds are in the amount of $2,920,000 of federal funds under the Transportation Alternative Programs tab, and are for the Alumni Drive Shared Youth Path Project $2,400,000, and the Citation Trail Phase 2 Project $520,000. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kluiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. That vote reflects passage of the motion. The next item on the agenda is communications from the mayor. I need a motion to approve. Aye, ma'am. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Next is communications from the mayor for information only. And then we do have a discipline issue. Welcome, Chief. Thank you. On Sunday, June 6, 2021, an internal allegation was made that Lieutenant Terrence Gatewood violated UDG 1.11, tardy, late, absent, without leave. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with me and has accepted a written reprimand. This was regarding a no-show for an overtime assignment and is a first offense. Thank you. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the recommendation. Any discussion? Council Member Reynolds. Chief, is the normal discipline for a no-show like that a reprimand, a written reprimand? It is. We have the progressive discipline process, and since it was a first offense, that is what is standard. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you, Chief. Next is announcements. If you have an announcement, please log in. Council Member Maloney. Mine's going to be short. I know that the gentlemen and the folks come up to talk about the tenants. I want to clarify something here. Back in September, Sally Hamilton took this over, and there were a lot of numbers way behind. Since Sally Hamilton took this over and the staff that she has brought on who have other jobs have done a tremendous job of putting a dent into this problem. It is tough. It is rough. But I just want to go on record to let you know that that group has done an unbelievable job for not even having any of the experience in low-income housing. And learned this in three weeks, four weeks. And able to get a lot of numbers done. I think they got $200,000 worth today done. I just want to, there are some good folks here that are doing tremendous jobs. I want everybody to go on record to know that because I walk around Fridays and I see these folks, what they're doing, the files are up there. I think Sally has a plan that's going to help out. We'll hope to get things back. I just want everybody to know that the staff has done a tremendous job. Glenn, I hope you will forward that on for me. Thank you. Thank you. I see no one else signed up for announcements. I believe is there anybody who has signed up for public comment who is not here earlier in the evening? Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion and a second without objection. We stand adjourned.