. . Everyone, welcome. I will go ahead and call to order the Thursday, October 14th, 2021, urban county council meeting and I'd like to ask our clerk to call the roll. Mr. James Brown? Here. Mr. Ellinger? Yes ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Mr. Coyburn? Yes ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Here. Ms. Legree? Here. Mr. McKern? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes ma'am. Ms. Plowman? Here. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Ms. Sheehan? Mr. Worley Yes ma'am Ms. Baxter Yes ma'am Ms. Bledsoe Mr. Fred Brown Here Thank you very much We have a quorum And at this time for our invocation I would like to invite Dr. Isan Bagby The Imam from Masjid Bilal And he is here with his grandson Yes sir Welcome to the podium. Thank you. I begin by greeting everybody with God's peace and blessings upon us and all of humanity. Let us pray. We stand here before God, praising and giving thanks to you, O God, for your numerous blessings. You are our Lord, our creator, our sustainer, our nurturer, our refuge, our guide. remembering that we are always in your majestic presence we acknowledge that we strive to be your humble servants in all aspects of life you are the most compassionate help us to be compassionate caring for all creation concern about all people especially the weak, the poor, and the marginalized among us you are the most just help us to be just and fair in all our dealings. You are the most wise. Help us to be wise in all the decisions that we make. Oh God, bless this council and this administration and guide them in making good decisions. Decisions that will be pleasing to you. Decisions that reflect your compassion, your justice, and your wisdom. Amen. Thank you so very much. Thank you. Next on our agenda is minutes of the September 30th council meeting. Do I have a motion to approve? Move to approve. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger, second by Council Member Plowman. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes, and at this time we have two presentations. All right. This first one is very exciting, and it is no secret that small businesses and nonprofits make Lexington very special and are vitally important to our economy. So I'd like to ask to join me at the podium Bob Quick. You're here, I know you are. And then a representative from each of our small businesses. I know Crank and Boom is here. Can somebody join me at the podium? And Guide Realty. Is there anyone here from Lexington Rescue Mission? Yes. and Pier House. Who are we missing here? That's everybody. All right. So we all know how challenging and difficult this 18 months have been. Come on, don't be afraid. Come on. We all know how challenging and difficult this 18 months have been for so many in our community, and that's why I am so excited to honor some amazing people here this evening for their outstanding contributions to Lexington. I want to commend Commerce Lexington for honoring these wonderful members of our community as part of their Salute to Small Business Awards. So first, I'd like to recognize Lexington Rescue Mission for winning the nonprofit award. Jim and Becky Connell began serving the community in 2001. That's 20 years ago. With a Thanksgiving banquet for the poor and homeless. Since then, they've opened their doors to anyone in need of clothing, food, financial assistance, and more. Congratulations. Second, I'd like to recognize Peer House. Yes. Peer House LLC for winning the Entrepreneur Award. Peer House was founded in 2016 by Oslam Davis, an accounting and consulting firm. They serve clients in 55 cities and 29 states around the nation with services such as bookkeeping, internal audits, budgeting, and CFO oversight. Congratulations to Peer House. Thank you. Third is Guide Realty, winning the Minority Business Award. Founded by Phyllis Alexander and Raquel Carter, Guide Realty began operations in 2008 as a small boutique-style real estate office. After Phyllis' death in 2013, Raquel, who also serves on our Board of Adjustment, took over as principal broker. The company has experienced consistent sales growth and expansion. Congratulations. Finally, we have Crank and Boom Kraft Ice Cream, winner of the Business Success Award. I am sure that probably each and every one of you have had Crank and Boom's delicious ice cream, but you may not know how they got their start. Owner Tal Green, who's with us, her family had the family restaurant Thai Orchid Cafe. And they began serving coconut ice cream simply to add a different dessert option to the menu. After they made ice cream for about six months, they noticed a lot of customers returning just for the ice cream. Since then, they've opened two locations, one in our distillery district and another on Clay's Mill Road. Congratulations to Crank and Boom. Now, I'd like to read the proclamation, and I have a copy of it for each of you. So I'll read. They each say the same thing, so no one will get left out. Salute to Small Business Day. Whereas Commerce Lexington has recognized three small businesses and one nonprofit for their contributions to Lexington, their successes and their dedication to our community. And whereas Lexington Rescue Mission, winner of the nonprofit award, has helped feed, clothe, house, and provide job training for Lexington residents since 2001 and has had a positive impact on countless residents in their 20 years of service. And whereas Peer House LLC, winner of the Entrepreneur Award, is an accounting and consulting firm that has served clients throughout the country since 2016. And whereas Guide Realty, winner of the Minority Business Award, has successfully operated since 2008 and continues to expand its footprint in Lexington. and whereas Crank and Boom Craft Ice Cream, winner of the Business Success Award, has become a popular Lexington favorite, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare October 14, 2021, salute to Small Business and Nonprofit Day in Lexington, Kentucky. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now, I'd like to ask Bob Quick, President and CEO of Commerce Lexington, to say a few words. Bob? Maybe. I know. When you wear glasses, the masks are tricky. I had a number of things I was going to say. Mayor, I think you said it very well. What I do want to say is this. Tonight, by recognizing these four individuals and, quite frankly, a number of other employees that stand behind them, you have done, I think, our community a vast service by recognizing the significance of small business, but in particular, these four that have risen to the top. And behind every small business person are a lot of other folks that oftentimes go or are not known. I can tell you the power of these four groups is significant. They represent every segment. And also I just want to point out that Taos Company was ranked as the number one overall small business of the year at our event as well. But these are homegrown. These are our colleagues. These are our friends. These are our neighbors. And so whenever we can frequent their business, eat more ice cream, and many other things, the better we are as a community. So thank you very much for the fortitude and for the vision of being able to recognize these folks. We are honored to Commerce Lexington. 95% of our membership may look just like this, and they're individuals that give a hard day's work for a hard day's pay and help keep growing our economy. So we are always in honor and in debt of these folks. And the other thing is, if you all have a chance, and you ever have a chance to sit down with them individually, their stories will bring tears to your eyes. Running a business is one of the hardest things to do, and many of you know that. And those who may not run a business, you've been around enough where you do understand that. Find out about their stories, and I'll tell you what, you'll be lifted up in spirit and in belief. But, again, Mayor, thank you. I just said, did you notice? They're all women. Now, I'd like to ask if there are others with these four businesses who are here, would you stand up, please? Excellent. Congratulations. Now, if you will join us up here, we'll do a picture with the council, a photo. Bob? Yes. Thank you. Well, I'm calling. How did I do that? It's hanging on my earring. Okay, well we're not gonna worry about details. Now, we have another very special presentation tonight. And so I'd like for Councilmember Kathy Plowman and for Darlene Thomas to join me at the podium. I did. So October marks Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Unfortunately, too many suffer from domestic violence. It's a crime that can happen to anyone, no matter race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, age, ability, sexual orientation, religion, gender, or gender identity. If you're a victim, you have the right to be protected. In Lexington, we have many resources for those affected by domestic violence, including the City's Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition. In our Department of Social Services, Stephanie Threakston works as the City's Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator. We also have great community partners, such as Greenhouse 17. The nonprofit organization is focused on ending intimate partner abuse and provides shelter on a beautiful 40-acre property. This organization has been recognized many times for its amazing programs, providing a nurturing and supportive environment. And today I have a proclamation to make, and I'll read this and then ask Darlene Thomas, Executive Director of Greenhouse 17, to speak. And Darlene's passion for this is unlimited, as most of you already know. So, Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Whereas domestic violence remains a pervasive issue across Lexington, the United States, and the world, and whereas domestic violence does not discriminate and touches all demographics, regardless of age, race, disability, gender identity, or socioeconomic status, and whereas one in four women and one in ten men will experience sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, and whereas research shows that creating communities where people are connected, supportive, and care for one another can reduce incidents of domestic violence, and whereas Greenhouse 17 provides crisis intervention and stabilization services on a beautiful 40-acre farm in rural Fayette County, and whereas Greenhouse 17 recently won three Purple Ribbon Awards, including National Shelter of the Year, in a competition sponsored by Teresa's Fund, DomesticShelters.org, and Experts in the Field, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare October 2021 Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month and celebrate the important work done by Greenhouse 17. Thank you so much, Darlene. She's going to speak and I'm going to come back. I'm just going to take a few minutes because I know you have a really busy schedule. I just probably need to say that nothing like this gets done alone. I think you all know that's very much how I feel, that it's a community issue issue and that together we're going to solve those and provide safety for survivors. This award that we got is really a big deal and I say that in honor of every staff member that came before and work there currently and every survivor that's come through our doors because that's who makes it work and makes it happen and creates the energy and the environment necessary for families to grow and heal as well as our community members. So it is it is an everyone's effort it's not an individual award. It's a community-wide award for all 17 of our counties in our service area that we serve. It's also really cool that it was experts in the field that selected our organization for Canada and the United States. So I hope those of you here are very proud of what's right here in your backyard and the work that we're doing. And I also give a lot of credit for this body, even 18 years ago when we started. It was United Way and it was this body's commitment, as well as the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence who believed that this work could be done differently and set aside some core dollars to ensure that a new program got started and that's where greenhouse 17 was born and if it weren't for that leadership and that vision and that commitment we wouldn't be here today. And to remember that it is October it is domestic violence awareness month you've all got little purple things that we gave you that says ask me why I wear purple so next Thursday on the 21st I hope all of you wear purple take a little snapshots, send it to our Facebook page. We get it out. We have lots of friends. And it's not just the one day, right? But what it does do is it sends clear messages to this community and to every survivor that you care and that you think of them and they are valued and add value to our community. And that's the most powerful message that we can give a survivor who's felt isolated and disconnected from the very people that care the most for them. And that sometimes is total strangers. So with that, thank you very much for mayor thank you much very much Kathy and all your leadership and helping make greenhouse 17 who it is and who and helping those it serves thank you so much Darlene now I'd like to ask councilmember Kathy Plowman to the podium to say a few words so councilmember Plowman serves on our domestic and sexual violence prevention coalition as well as the board of greenhouse 17 welcome Thank You mayor council members colleagues I had the privilege of meeting Darlene back in the early 2000s 18 years ago when I was at United Way and I'll never forget we brought her in because our domestic violent shelter had to close so we had no center no no refuge for our women in a 17 county area and i'll never forget darlene and i were driving out to see a potential site out on briar hill road which had been a methodist children's home and it sat empty there wasn't anything in it and we walk in and we're going and there's bedrooms there's a kitchen and i mean it was what to this day i will call it a god wink because there it was it was poised on 40 acres and we were able to raise the monies and be able to get them in there and watching watching Darlene her leadership her vision as well as the staff that's been out there and what they've been able to do these past 18 years has been very rewarding and we are lucky and fortunate and I am extremely happy that and on your all's behalf that they have received this national award so So congratulations Greenhouse 17. Thank you Mayor. Thank you very much. Should we get a picture? Thank you, we'll do a picture. Thank you. Thank you. wanted to say something. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to follow up with what Bob Quick said earlier. I was fortunate enough to go to the Small Business Awards dinner and or luncheon, and I was amazed at their story. So if you all have an opportunity sometime to hear the individuals in their stories, they were quite moving and didn't bring a lot of people to tears because they have really done it from their their boots up. They worked hard. They've been very successful, but it was pretty amazing some of the stories on where they started and how they ended up and congratulations for you all for what you have done congratulations thank you very much and now I will ask our clerk to give second reading to ordinances ordinance number one an ordinance changing the zone from a single-family residential R1D zone to a neighborhood B1 business B1 zone for 0.53 net at 0.62 gross acre for the property located at 355 American Avenue, Bluegrass Custard, LLC Council District 3. Number two, an ordinance amending the schematic landscape plan portion of ordinance number 213-83, the Richmond Road landscape ordinance to allow privacy fence along Richmond Road frontage to the properties 3604 through 3672 Green Park Court. Number three, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for the municipal expenditures and appropriating reappropriating funds FY 2022. Schedule number 12. Number four, an ordinance repealing ordinance number 2279 pertaining to the mayor's authority to transfer the unencumbered balance of grants and providing that the mayor may, upon specific authorization of the ordinance or resolution, transfer the unencumbered balance of any account within the same grant budget so as long as the scope and intent of the grant is not significantly changed. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Move approval. Vice mayor approved. Council member Lamb seconded. When you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. 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. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. And Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Thank you. Those all pass. Now, when you are ready, if you'll give first reading to ordinances, please. number five an ordinance submitting certain of the budgets of lexington fair urban county government to provide funds for purchase orders rolling from fy 2021 into fy 2022 and appropriating and reappropriating funds schedule number 13. number six an ordinance submitting certain of the budgets of the lexington fair urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds fy 2022 schedule number 14. number seven an ordinance submitting the authorized strength by abolishing one vacant classified position of social worker senior grade 517e and creating one classified position of the certified social worker grade 518e in the division of youth services effective upon passage of council number eight an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified position of service writer grade 510n and creating one unclass one classified position of fleet parts specialist grade 510n alma division of fleet facilities and fleet management effective upon passage of council number nine number yeah number nine an ordinance amending articles 111 312 a through 0 0 5 4 a 2 8 5 c 10 8 5 d 14 a 9 c 9 8 10 c 9 8 12 c 1 22 b 3 8 23 dash 3 d 23 a 5 c and 23 a 5 d 10 of the zoning ordinance to include general zoning provisions for the incorporation and regulation of accessory dwelling units thank you very much are there any walk-ons council members no all right does anyone have a motion to suspend the rules council member lamb thank you mayor um these masks are a nuisance aren't they um i have a on behalf of the administration i would like to request uh ordinance number eight it's uh um regarding uh fleets uh facilities and fleet management position and it's a timely manner I move to suspend the rules please. All right is there a second? Second. Council Member Plowman seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? All right thank you very much if you will go ahead then please and give second reading to number eight. Number eight, an ordinance demanding the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified position of service writer grade 510 and in creating one classified position of fleet parts specialist grade 510 and all in the division of facilities and fleet management effective on passage of council. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Vice Mayor Kay, is there a second? Council member Lamb seconds and when you're ready if you'll please take a roll call vote. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes ma'am. Ms. LeGree? Yes. Mr. McKern? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. And Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Thank you very much. That item passes. Councilmember Kloiber, did you have a motion or two? Thank you, Mayor. I have two motions to make. The first is at the behest of the administration. I would like to move to remove from tonight's docket item 11 under resolution second reading. This is a resolution accepting the bid of MAC Construction and Excavating Inc. for the Liberty Road Trunk Sewer Wastewater System Improvements Project. So moved. Second. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? Council Member Fred Brown. Yeah, Mr. Martin. What's the reasoning or the explanation there? I guess it's coming from the administration. We learned after the bid opening that there is a supply chain issue with the 27-inch PVC pipe that we would need. So if we awarded this contract, at this point in time, we'd be looking at about $164,000 change order, increasing the cost of the project before we even turned the first shovel of dirt. So we've decided, we're recommending that this be removed from the docket. We're going to go back and talk to the contractor. I'm not so sure that's really in their control either. They've been an excellent contractor for us in the past, so it's not really any of their doing anything. It's really kind of this supply chain issue. But we may wait and see whether or not things will correct themselves a little bit. Any other questions for Mr. Martin? All right. All those in favor of removing number 11, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? Okay, that motion passes. Mr. Kloiber. Thank you, Mayor. I would also like to move to separate docket item number nine under resolution's second reading for further discussion and possible amendment. This item involves ARPA funds and the institution of premium pay. Second. Council Member Maloney, did I hear you second? Okay. All right, the motion is to separate out number nine, and is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? No. All right. We have two no's, Council Member Lamb and Council Member Fred Brown. Were there any other no's? Council Member Plowman, are there any others? Council Member, okay. Let's do this electronically. Can we do this electronically? Okay, if you are in favor of separating out number nine, please vote yes. If you're opposed, please vote no. We need a couple more votes, right? Let's see, we've got one missing, one absent. We're doing an electronic vote, so, yeah. If you're in favor of separating out number nine, vote yes. If you're opposed, vote no. Okay, that motion fails. The vote is 8 nay and 6 yay. Okay. Anything else? Yes, Mayor. Before we go to vote on all of these items as a whole, I was trying to make this procedurally a little easier, but I do have a statement about item number nine that I would like to get out there. So this item involves premium pay, and when the idea of premium or hero pay was brought up, I had a lot of questions. With all the possibilities we had before us, I just wanted to be sure that anything we committed to as a council was going to be an optimal use of these funds. In the last few weeks, I looked into the issue, and what I found is that in everything from federal stimulus checks to the governor's recent $400 million proposal, economists and politicians have agreed that putting money back into the hands of those that deserve it is one of the most effective methods for economic recovery that we have. In just this short time, I found numerous examples of premium pay programs being successfully implemented across the country at both the state and city level. But the programs I found held a few stark differences to our proposed resolution. The most obvious being that in places where these programs have been shown to have success, there's no distinction made between private and public employees who qualify for these funds the arpa guidelines may be strict in determining who is eligible for these funds but the distinction between working for the city or working for a grocery store a hospital a school or any other essential institution is just not made and this was intentional by those who designed the program for a program like this to be truly effective as an economic recovery tool there's a minimum number of participants needed which is far greater than than the average city employee base. If we proceed with this program at the proposed level of funding and participation, it will inevitably fail to deliver any of the economic response these ARPA funds were intended for. But aside from any issues with effectiveness, at the end of the day, we are the government, not a private institution. We don't have the luxury of acting like one by focusing on just our employees and hoping that the private sector will follow suit and take care of their own. When it comes to the welfare of our residents, we were elected to represent everyone, and we can't play favorites. We shouldn't be choosing to honor one group over another when all of them are qualifying. How can we tell our sanitation and public safety workers that they're deserving of this kind of recognition, while our nurses, child care professionals, and retail employees are not? We need to recognize all of the heroes who put their lives at risk, both in and out of our employ. This money was given to us with the express purpose of aiding our recovery from the pandemic, and we need to follow the lead of other established programs. So knowing that we have unanimous support for this program, I'm proposing an amendment to the previous resolution to make sure that when we do implement this, it's done both fairly and equitably so that our residents can truly benefit from a time-tested policy. All of that being said, I wish to amend the resolution, item number nine, on the docket to read as follows. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and the Department of Finance on behalf of the urban county government to set aside and allocate up to $80 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to be allocated equally between qualified employees, both public and private. So moved. Second. Council Member Maloney seconded. Is there any discussion of the motion? Council Member Maloney. I second it for a couple of reasons. And I've been pushing, and I've got streets and roads back here, and I've got these wonderful firemen up here. I've been pushing this for four months when it's first come out. And I've been trying to be fair to everybody. And in the last couple weeks, I have talked about this and how important it is that we be fair to everybody. And I appreciate Council Member Brown, Fred Brown, who I was not here two weeks ago. and I believe I was only council member when I look at the waiting list to put employees as hero money I didn't see anybody else there might have been some people I'm Mary I think you put 10 million in but I don't remember seeing anybody else putting in if I'm wrong please speak up I don't remember seeing it and I commend councilmember Brown but putting the part that I want for the city in there that was the 15 million I also added more in there for the for the citizens of less than the rest of this so I do support this and I do support mr. Brown number nine but appreciate him helping to something that I brought up and not only that I had a couple other things that made the list and they were the top of my list helping the fire department with their equipment and I've been pleased so far of what some of my concerns made top of the list but I just want you all to know I do agree with this and the governor has come out and I I know people are saying, well, the governor's going to put money out, but $400 million is not a lot of money for this whole state. And we're going to be giving out this money for this city, and this is for all of Fayette County. And I do support, and I do thank Council Member Brown again for putting part of my proposal that I asked for, but it's not halfway there yet. I wish it had been more because I really, and I hope my colleagues realize that this has a huge impact and it's for all, every hero. And if you sit here and see those nurses that came down here two weeks ago, and we can't find nurses because they're quit. And these guys here talked about how those nurses were heroes to them too. When they went to the hospital, they worked as a team, and they see that all everybody needs to work together. And to see those Kroger's people, and you all were here, when those shells ran out, and when they had to not only do that, they had to police to make sure you don't take one toilet paper. and you know what we went through that for three months and they really sit there and had to work hard and you got the sheriff department who I just spoke about she was out there giving medicine there are all kinds of heroes here and to me that's why I support this and I and I will support number nine if we if it does fail but it is a good statement to send across the city thank you Thank you. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. The $15 million that we have set aside, number nine right now, and I guess Sally, could you kind of speak on this? How many people and what are we going to give each person on that one? I'm not going to be able to speak in specifics yet, but the $15 million that is set aside, we have been dealing just with the employees, sworn and non-sworn. And we have received, we ask commissioners to give us a list of people non-sworn that they thought would qualify, given the reading of the thing, and we have that. We have a group of us who are going over that, and of course then we have all the sworn. So we are hoping to be able to come back to council on the 28th of, I think Thursday, the 28th of May. And at that time, we would like... October. 28th of May. I should be finished by the 28th of May. We were coming back on the 28th of October. The 28th of October, and at that time we would like to present a compensation package that talks about raises for employees and also gives you our recommendation for what we do with premium pay and also for those people who didn't qualify under the premium pay that you ask us to also look at, and that's the rest of our employees. So with the 15 million, if we talked about 16 to 1700 employees would fall under that initially for the premium pay, that was the number that we talked about? You know, I stood up here and said to you that day that I thought it would be somewhere 1700 employees or so. And somebody said, how in the world did you come up with that? And that's not going to be far off. Somewhere, we've got, if you look at it, we have 1,402 sworn people. So with that number, and if it's at 5,000 per person, say it was 1,700, that'd be 8.5 million. I have to, when I run those numbers, and I'm not going to be accurate with you at this time, because we also have to run pension on that. So it becomes more than, I keep dividing in without that other. So I have to run all the costs that come with that. And I guess my question is, it's 8.5, if it was 1,700 at 5,000, then you add in the pension. Does that include then that $15 million, anybody else outside of that non-sworn then, or the sworn, that would include that? Is that when you come back on the 28th? At this point, I'm going to come back with the figure at sworn and non-sworn. And that's how that will take care of the $15 million then? I don't know my figure yet. Okay. And then I guess, Mr. Kloiber, on your plan, how many people is that going to include with the $80 million? Well, in a similar manner, I can't answer exactly because we would have to follow suit with other programs through the country and figure out who qualifies. A lot of places have put different distinguishing marks. I know that in some states and municipalities they've said if you make over a certain amount of money, like $50,000, you're not eligible, or if your business already has given you a bonus, you're not eligible. So those numbers aren't easily or readily available right now, but the idea is to make sure that the pool is large enough so that everyone can get a meaningful amount of money akin to a stimulus check that we've received in the past that we're all pretty much aware and comfortable with. So you don't know how many, but your estimation is $80 million, and that would be similar to a stimulus check, so about $1,000 is what your expectation would be? That is the intention, yes. So right now we'd be giving $5,000 to the sworn, and then if we do this, for everybody we'd give $1,000. Is that how it would play out then? Well, I can't speak to the details of $5,000. I don't think that CAO Hamilton said a number about how much was going to anyone. I think that the intention of this motion is to make sure that everyone who put themselves out there, everyone who is a hero that is recognized equally, whether they work for us or they work anywhere else in the city, I just want to make sure that we treat everybody the same. Thank you, Mayor. I see my time is running out. Thank you. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to do some clarification here. The motion that we put forth for the $15 million was for those that would qualify under federal guidelines as essential employees. The word and the connotation of hero play was hero pay was never involved in it. And I know the media has come out and called it hero pay. It's not hero pay. It is a way to reward those essential employees of this urban county government with the funds that we can do. And on the other side of that is that we're not leaving out the rest of the employees of the urban county government. That will be dealt with through another avenue of revenue, probably fund balance. But ARPA qualifications allows us to spend money for essential government persons, and that was the intent of the motion all along. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else wish to speak to the motion to amend number nine? Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. There was one other question. Does this go to just Fayette County residents, or what if somebody works out of county, and are we going to be giving them the money then also, say they work as a nurse in Kroger's, and they're from Jessamyn County, Woodford County, are we going to be also giving them money then too? Would they fall within that then in your motion? So all of these distinctions are to be handled in the same way that we put the 15 aside, asking the administration to come back with a plan we would be asking the same thing of our administration to come up with a plan about how each of these balance cases work as it is implemented across the country like I said there are different qualifications but the intention is that this goes out stimulates the economy we put it back in the hands we show people that we honor and respect what they've given to the community as essential workers in in exposure situations as heroes and we we make sure that we get that equally to everyone well i don't think this actually is the administration's this is your motion and it is your motion does is that include outside of county residents that would be involved in this 80 million dollars because this this is an administration bringing this forth this is you bringing it forth and so I want to know how this motion actually is going to be spent all right not an issue I'll clear that up the resolution says that it authorizes and directs the mayor and the Department of Finance to enact this so in that respect it is just making sure that our wishes are known that we want to make sure that all of the nurses all of the grocery store clerks the retail workers the child care professionals that all of the other people who were in these same hazardous situations that they're acknowledged as well equally. So the manner and the exact direction of those funds, just like in the previous resolution, would be up to the administration to figure out how that goes out. You're welcome. Does anyone else have a comment to the amendment? All right. you have something councilmember clover okay thank you i understand that this may feel like a departure from what we had planned to do originally and you know that i have put as much time as anyone into looking into all of these projects and when you look at all the projects reasonable minds can disagree about what's going to be the best course of action but what we really don't know is what the cumulative effect of all of our choices is going to be and how that's going to benefit our city but right here before us we have a time tested process we have seen stimulus checks in work we've seen this happen in our community and the fact that we can get this money into the hands of the people that helped prop us up to make sure that it's out there giving us that effect I think that it's one of the greatest uses we can do with this money and I'm imploring you to vote alongside side with this so that we can make a good use of a large chunk of this money that people will actually see the effects in short order. So thank you. Thank you very much. Anyone else wish to speak before we vote? So the motion on the floor is to amend number nine to change it basically to up to $80 million for public and private. And so let's go ahead and do this electronically, please. All those in favor of the motion to amend, please register yay. And those opposed, no. Okay. All right, everybody's weighed in. This motion fails. 12 nay, 2 yay. Go back, and I believe we're ready for second reading of resolutions. Thank you. Number one, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend the full Urban Services District Number one to provide street lighting, street cleaning, and garbage and refuse collection, finding a need for this service in the area included, and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide this service in this area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets. Angus Trail, Barley's Pass, Bob White Court, Calendula Road, Case Way, Clematis Way, Cosmio Way, Dawn Springs Way, Feathersound Way, Feliciano Lane, Forest Hill Drive, Foster Drive, Haley Rose Way, Hollyhock Drive, Lorenzo Way, Peninsula Way, Pierrow Way, sandersville road silver springs drive snowy egret way squire circle sunny landing trail tanksley way and wildflower way windflower way number two a resolution specifying the intention of the urban county council to expand and extend the partial urban services district number three to provide garbage and refuse collection finding a need for this service in the area included and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide this service in this area which the area is defined as certain properties on the following street livingston lane number three A resolution specifying the intention of the urban county council to expand and extend partial urban services district number five to provide street lighting and garbage and refuse collection. Finding a need for this service in the area included and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide this service in the area which the area is defined as certain properties on the following streets. Aberdeen Drive, Brigadoon Parkway, Brookview Drive, Greenbrier Road, Jessalyn Drive, Starling Drive, Wallace Court and Woodstock Circle. Number four, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Bluegrass Disc Golf Association to formalize the partnership between Bluegrass Disc Golf Association and LFUCG Division of Parks and Recreation that provides volunteer maintenance services to Lexington's disc golf courses at no cost to the urban county government. Number five, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Lexington Fayette County Health Department for the first responders and community partners overdose prevention program project funded under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first responders comprehensive addiction and recovery act grant program at a cost not to exceed $261,000. Number six, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for the provision of evaluation services for year four of the first responders and community partners overdose prevention project at a cost note to exceed $102,109. dollars. Number seven, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair County government to execute a five-year maintenance agreement with GL tracker for maintenance to the inmate information management system at a cost not to exceed $100,836.01 in the fiscal year 2022. Number eight, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with the East End Development Corp, $300 and Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame, Inc., $650 for the office of the urban county council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number nine, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and the department of finance on behalf of the urban county government to set aside and allocate up to 15 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act for certain qualified employees. Number 10, a resolution accepting the bid of the environmental remediation contractor LLC in the amount of $143,753 for the cane run bank stabilization program for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Environmental Remediation Contractor LLC. Number 12, a resolution accepting the bid of Judy Construction Company in the amount of 3,427,000 for the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant Dewatering Improvements to centrifuges for the vision of water quality and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Judy Construction Company related to the bid. Number 13, a resolution accepting the bid of Foster Supply Inc. establishing a price contract for the tactile warning tiles for the division of streets and roads. Number 14, a resolution accepting the bid of MAC construction and excavating Inc. in the amount of $2,800,000 for the Peachtree Road, Woodhill Drive, Stormwater Improvements for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to execute the agreement with MAC construction and excavating Inc. alluded to the bid. Number 15, a resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Everett Hampton skilled trades worker grade 515N 21.737 hourly in Division of Facilities and Fleet Management effective September 29th, 2021. Christopher Lalumdier, skilled trades worker, grade 515 N, 22.660 hourly, and division of facilities and fleet management effective September 22nd, 2021. Daniel Sanders, Division of Community and Resident Services, grade 527 E, $3,106.08, biweekly in the Division of Community and Resident Services effective August 16th, 2021. Number 16, a resolution authorizing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the agreement with central kentucky sprinkler in order to update the fire suppression system at the tate creek community center increasing the price contract for by the sum of two thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars from one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars to one hundred and eighteen thousand dollars and eight one hundred and eighteen and eighty eight hundred and thirty number 17 a resolution establishing the birdine security group as a sole source provider for establishing and performing repairs on the security systems for lfucg owned buildings for the division of facilities and fleet management management and authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreements with the bird and security group related to the procurement of these goods and services. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Fayette County public schools for transportation services with the family care center at a cost note to exceed $91,662.99. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Lexington housing authority, except authorizing the acceptance of a sanitary sewer and storm sewer infrastructure for the bluegrass Aspendale development and providing for payment for the sum of $399,000 for the urban county government for remediation of sanitary sewer and storm storm sewer infrastructure. Number 20, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the drug enforcement administration for participating in the tactical diversion squad task force. Number 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the drug enforcement administration for participation in the program funded state and local task force. Number 22, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with drug enforcement administration for the participation in the provisional state and local task force. Number 23, a resolution authorizing the ban on behalf of the urban county government to accept a donation of $3,500 from Michael and Allison Johnson for the memorial branch in Harrods Hill Park for Michael Johnson and $40 towards a memorial tree. Number 24, a resolution authorizing the ban on behalf of the urban county government to execute a management agreement with the Friends of the Kentucky theater for the operation and management at the Kentucky and state theater for a term of one year renewable for four years, four additional one year terms. Number 25, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order. Number two, to the contract with ATS construction from the town branch trail phase six, increasing the contract price by the sum of $239,388.75 from 3,908,798 to $25 to $4,148,187. Number 26, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of 79,000 in this federal funds for the provisions of breakfast, lunch, and supplements at free and reduced rates to infants and toddlers attending the Family Care Center's child care and preschool programs and the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Moved, approved. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger moved. Council Member Plumman seconded. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. LeGrie? Yes. Mr. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No on 25. Yes on the rest. Ms. Plumman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes ma'am. Ms. Baxter? Yes ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? And Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Thank you. Those all pass and now we're ready for first reading of resolutions. Number 27, a resolution accepting the bid of Cleary Construction Inc. in the amount of $1,017,865 for Southland Park Stormwater Improvements for the Division of Water Quality. Number 28, a resolution accepting the bid of Matt Construction and Excavating Inc. in the amount of $935,000 for the River Park Pump Station Replacement Project for the Division of Water Quality in authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair, Urban County Government to execute the agreement with Matt Construction and Excavating Inc. related to the bid. Number 29, a resolution accepting the bid of Alliance Comfort Systems in the amount of $116,670 for the Walk-In Cooler System Replacement Project for the Division of Community Corrections in authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair, Urban County Government to execute the agreement with Alliance Comfort Systems Inc. related to the bid. Number 30, a resolution accepting the bids of AccuPrint Inc., Copy Express, Warner's Printing Service, LLC, Elite Graphics, LLC, Thoroughbred Printing, Innovative Business Concepts, Inc., Print Lex, LLC, and Southeast Printing and Mailing, establishing price contracts for printing services for the Division of Environmental Services. Number 31, a resolution accepting the bid of All Pro Lawn and Landscaping, establishing a price contract for snow removal for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 32, a resolution accepting the bid of Brownsfield Development LLC establishing a price contract for the mowing for Haley Park for the Division of Waste Management. Number 33, a resolution accepting the bid of Olympic Construction LLC in the amount of $174,400 for Fleet Services Heavy Duty Concrete Replacement for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management authorizing the mayor on behalf of Lexington, Fay, Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Olympic Construction LLC related to the bid. Number 34, a resolution accepting the bid of Duke's Root Control Inc. We're establishing a price contract for the sewer line chemical root control for the Division of Water Quality. Number 35, a resolution accepting the bid of Midland Radio Corporation establishing a price contract for the weather alert radios for the Division of Emergency Management. Number 36, a resolution initiating for Planning Commission review and recommendations the rezoning of approximately 200 acres of property located at 2850 Georgetown Road and 1490 Bull Lee Road from the agricultural urban AU 56.33 acres net 63.17 acres gross zone from the agricultural rural AR 136.26 acres net 172.26 acres gross zone and a university research campus P2 7.41 acres net gross zone to the light industrial I1 zone Number 37, a resolution changing the property names, street names of 1917 Westmeath Place to 1937 Westmeath Place, 413 to 415 Johnson Avenue to 415 Johnson Avenue, 1665 Margate Drive, PVA 19302460 to 1667 Margate Drive, 1681 Margate Drive, PVA 19302500 to 1683 Margate Drive, and changing the street name and property address of 407 Douglas Avenue to 705 Charles Avenue, 373 Linden Walk to 307 Euclid Drive, all effective 30 days from this passage. Number 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a partial release of easement, releasing a utility easement for the properties located at 406 Gibson Avenue, 410 Gibson Avenue, and 1207 South Broadway. Number 39, a resolution ratifying the mayor's prior execution of an agreement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, for the acceptance of an award of $4,865,246 in the federal funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in order to provide housing and support services to vulnerable populations, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to expenditure of funds, and authorizing and directing the mayor to submit an allocation plan to HUD and to provide any additional information requested by HUD in connection with that allocation plan and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 40, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky for paramedic clinical training. Number 41, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement and or to amend an existing agreement with Management Registry, Inc. in order to continue providing support staff for the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program at a cost not to exceed $223,000 in FY2022. Number 42, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with Saddle Club Subdivision HOA $500, FDHS Swim and Dive Boosters Inc. $600, Georgetown Street Area N.A. Inc. $500, Sheriff's Center Lexington Inc. $1,600, Kentucky Refugee Ministers Inc. $1,175, the Larry Gilbert Dave Bonau Foundation $950, and Casa of Lexington $1,000 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons, Council Members? Does anyone have a motion to suspend the rules? Councilmember Lamb? Thank you, Mayor. Again this is on behalf of the administration. I would like to ask for resolution number 33. It's a bit of Olympic construction for Fleet Services heavy duty concrete replacement and it's a timely manner. So thank you. I so move. Councilmember Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there other motions to suspend the rules? No? All right. I'll ask our clerk to go ahead and give second reading to number 33. Number 33, a resolution accepting the bid of Olympic construction LLC in the amount of $174,400 dollars for the facility for the fleet services heavy duty concrete replacement for the division of facilities and fleet management and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the lexington fair county government to execute an agreement with olympic construction llc related to the bid thank you and thank you vice mayor k seconds when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please 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. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. And Mr. Fred Brown. Yes. Thank you. That passes. The first communications from the mayor requires a motion, please. I'm approved. Second. All right. Vice Mayor Kaye moves approval. Council Member Plowman seconds. Are there any questions? No. All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. that motion passes. Council members, the next communications from the mayor are for information only. And we do have a police discipline and Chief Weathers will present it. Welcome Chief. How's everybody doing? Just fine, thank you. I'm going to try to come up here one day without discipline and without something heavy, okay? That's my goal, to come before you on something. I'll jump right into it. On May 27th to 2021, an internal formal complaint was made that Officer Daniel Hemple violated General Order 1973-02K, Disciplinary Procedures of Sworn Officers, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.35, violating any rules of the department, specifically General Order 2011-08F, Emergency and Pursuit Driving. That's the conclusion of the investigation. The employee met with me and has accepted a one-week suspension without pay and a one-month suspension of home fleet. On May 27, 2021, Officer Daniel Hemple engaged in a vehicle pursuit of a known violent offender wanted for multiple shootings in Lexington. During the course of this pursuit, Officer Hemple violated the General Order 2011-08F, Emergency and Pursuit Driving. No members of the police department or the public were injured during this pursuit. Council members, is there a motion to approve? Second. Council Member Baxter moved approval. Council Member James Brown seconded. Is there any discussion? All right, all those in favor of approving, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you, Chief Weathers. Thank you all. You all have a good evening. Thank you. All right, Councilmembers, this is time for announcements. If you'll log in, please. Councilmember Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. Earlier, we honored Crank and Boom for winning the Commerce Lexington Small Business Award. Award of the Year, and not only has Crank and Boom been ranked one of the 10 favorite ice cream shops to visit in the entire United States, it's also a favorite in the 9th District and of my family as well. So I just wanted to give Tao and her whole team a huge congratulations, and I look forward to seeing you soon. And then also I wanted to tell kind of a quick little feel-good story. A couple months ago, I received a hand-typed, well, it was typed, but she signed it, a letter from a nine-year-old little girl in my district. And she had pointed out some areas within her neighborhood that needed some attention on the sidewalks and with some ramps and access into Shillitoe Park. So myself and Rob Allen in Streets and Roads, we worked together and we addressed the majority of her issues. and I'm proud to report that we now have a full connection from our neighborhood surrounding Shillitoe Park into the park so both the Brunswick Road entrance and the retrack road entrance you can now walk safely from the neighborhood into the park and we are very proud of that so I want to give a huge shout out to Rob Allen Streets and Roads for helping with that project and also wanted to thank my little new friend for her civic engagement and really bringing some some good change to the neighborhood so that everybody could use a feel-good story thank you mayor that's a great story thank you councilmember McCurn thank you mayor I also wanted to echo the same congratulations for the Commerce Lexington award recipients the three businesses and the nonprofit with Lexington rescue mission who is also located in the second district and the other Crank and Boom location, the Distillery District. They also, Crank and Boom was recognized for one of their awards tonight, but they actually received two awards, their Business Success Award and Small Business of the Year Award, so that's excellent for both of them, for all of them, excuse me. And last but not least, tomorrow night at 6 p.m. will be our third Freaky Friday Flicks, I said it correct that time, at Master and Station Park. Activities will begin at 6 p.m. and the movie and the show will kick off at 7.30. So I look forward to seeing everybody there. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else have an announcement? Okay. Next we have public comment. And we have two people signed up, one of whom is yielding his three minutes to the other. I need to be sure you're both here. Is Kyle Spivey here? Thank you. And you are yielding your three minutes to Greg Talby. Is that correct? Okay. Is Greg here? Okay. It's your turn at the podium. Okay. You've decided not to speak. All right. Thank you. Thank you for being here. And if there's nothing else, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Thank you. all those in favor say aye we are adjourned thank you all for coming