Music Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to go to the next slide. Thank you. Welcome everyone. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the Urban County Council meeting of July 7th, 2022 and ask our clerk to call the roll please. Yes, ma'am. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Ms. Sheehan? Here. Mr. Worley? Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Here. Ms. Legree? Here. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Plumman? Thank you. Thank you very much. And I'd like to welcome Pastor Travis Fox from Emanuel Baptist Church, Armstrong Mill Campus. He's going to offer our invocation. Welcome. Let's pray. Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this day and for the breath in our lungs and for holding us together. I thank you that you sit enthroned in heaven, ruling over all things justly every moment of every day. We can rest today knowing that you are in control and nothing surprises you. I thank you, Father, for your son, Jesus Christ, for sending him to this earth to live the life we were supposed to live, to die the death we were supposed to die, but also to rise again so that through him, Father, we know that death no longer has its hold over all those who trust in him. And I thank you, Father, that you appointed these leaders for our city. I ask that there would be unity in this room tonight as you, Father, are one with the Son and the Spirit. and I pray that your kingdom would come for your good and perfect will would be done in and through this meeting. I ask that you would lead them not into temptation and deliver them from evil. Protect their hearts and their minds of these leaders from the divisive schemes of the devil. May they be one and have no division, hatred, or lies or evil thoughts. And may the fruit of your spirit be evident here tonight. I ask that you would bless their families, their households, for your glory and for the name and the glory of Jesus. We pray that the knowledge of the glory of who you are will cover Lexington as the water covers the seas. And we love you, Father, and we thank you for this grace, and we pray all this in your name, Jesus. Amen. Thank you very much, Pastor Fox. Now, I'll ask our clerk to give second reading to the ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Item 1, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, fiscal year 2023, Schedule number 2. Item 2, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to provide funds for purchase orders and prepaid expenses rolling from FY 2022 into FY 2023 and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, Schedule number 4. Item three, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government for Council Appropriations for Hope Center from American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA, State and Local Recovery Funds, as approved February 17, 2022, and appropriating repropriate funds fiscal year 2023. Schedule number three, item four, an ordinance of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government authorizing the issuance of its various purpose general obligation bonds, series 2022B, in one or more sub-series, in an aggregate principal amount of $44,500,000, which amount may be increased by an amount up to 10%, or decreased by an unlimited amount, approving a form of series 2022 B bonds, authorizing designated officers to execute and deliver the series 2022 B bonds, authorizing and directing the filing of notice with the state local debt officer, providing the payment and security of the series 2022 B bonds, creating a sinking fund, creating a bond payment fund for the series 2022 B bonds, authorizing acceptance of the bids of the bond purchaser of the series 2022 B bonds, and repealing inconsistent ordinances. Item number five. an ordinance amending the unclassified civil service authorized strength by creating one unclassified part-time position of licensed clinical social worker grade 519e in the division of family services with the term expiration date of july 31 2024 unless extended effective upon passage of council item six an ordinance amending the unclassified civil service service authorized strength by creating two unclassified positions of information security engineer senior grade 532e in the department of information technology with the term expiration of july 31 2025 unless extended effective upon passage of council item seven An ordinance amending the classified civil service authorized strength by abolishing one vacant classified position of administrative specialist senior grade 516 and in creating one classified position of administrative specialist principal grade 518 in the division, all in the division of emergency management effective upon passage of council. Item 8. effective upon passage of counsel. Item nine, an ordinance repealing sections 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2331, 2332, 2333, and 2334, the code of ordinances related to the green space commission. Item 10, an ordinance implementing section 1410F5 of the code of ordinances related to citation officers to add enforcement of the article 18 of the zoning ordinance in section of the land subdivision regulations. In item 11, an ordinance submitting section 2335 of the Code of Ordinances related to the Green Space Trust to delete the existing section and replace it with the definitions of application, comprehensive plan, conservation easement, green space, green space management plan, and green space trust staff. Amending section 2336 of the Code of Ordinances related to the Green Space Trust to delete the existing section and replace it with the creation of the organization and the list of the purposes of the trust. Amending section 2337 of the Code of Ordinances related to the Green Space Trust to delete the existing section and replace it with a board of membership structure and all qualifications. Amending section 2 through 3.8 of the code of ordinances related to the Green Space Trust to delete the existing section and replace it with a term length, vacant position, and removal of board members. Amending section 2 through 3.9 of the code of ordinances related to the Green Space Trust to delete the existing section. Replace it with the officer quorum and staff requirements of the board. Amending section 2.3.40 of the code of ordinances related to the Green Space Trust to delete the existing section and replace it with a listing of board powers and duties. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Second. All right, council member Baxter seconded. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Yes, ma'am. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Blitzo? 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. McCurron? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. And Ms. Plowman? Yes. Thank you that those items pass. Now we're ready for second reading of resolutions, please. I did that. Okay, item number one. On the screen it shows Councilmember Plowman not voting. She took it off. It's not, we've noted it, we've noted it. I don't know why it's not recording, but we did note it. We noticed that, thank you. Item one, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Erbicone government to execute purchase of service agreements with the following six extended social resources. Yes, there is. Okay. Forgive me. Apparently I need to make a motion now, not later. I apologize. I move to place on tonight's docket under first reading of ordinances. An ordinance amending certain of the budget to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures appropriating and reappropriating funds fiscal year 2023, schedule number 0005. Is there a second? Second. Vice Mayor Kay seconds. Are there any questions? All right, all those in favor of walking that on, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Thank you, and what number will that be please? Item 12. Item 12, thank you. Item 12, an ordinance admitting certain of the budgets for the Lacington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repropriate funds fiscal year 2022 or 2023, Schedule number five. Thank you. Thank you very much. And since that's a budget amendment, it cannot be given a second reading. So now we'll go on with second reading of resolutions. Yes, ma'am. Item one, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a purchase of service agreements with the following six extended social resource ESR program grantee agencies pursuant to the administrative agreements and RFP 7-2022. Emergency Overnight Shelter, Hope Center Incorporated, $850,000. Greenhouse, $17,000, $190,000. Community Action Council for Lexington, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties Incorporated, $137,700. Arbor Youth Services, $194,562. Hospice of the Bluegrass Incorporated, DBA, Bluegrass Care Navigators, $88,448. And the Salvation Army, $125,128 to provide overnight shelter services at a cost not to exceed $1,585,838. Item 2. A resolution accepted a bid of Mountain Comprehensive Care Center to RFP No. 162022 and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Mayor to execute a subrecipient agreement with Mountain Comprehensive Care Center in order to allocate $1 million of federal grant funds awarded pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, for a permanent housing transition in place program and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary agreements or amendments with Mountain Comprehensive Care Center related to the use of these funds, Item 3. A resolution accepting a bid of untold content to RFP No. 15-2022 and authorizing and directing me on behalf of the government to execute a subrecipient agreement with untold content in order to allocate $380,172 of federal grant funds, what are pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, for the Online Learning Management Program, and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary agreements or amendments with untold content related to the use of these funds. Item 4. A resolution accepting the bid of untold content to RFP number 14, 2022, and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of your beginning government to execute a subrecipient agreement with untold content in order to allocate $171,898 of federal grant funds or to pursue into the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, to continue an expanded public awareness campaign on the impacts of COVID-19 on homelessness and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary agreements or amendments with untold content related to the use of these funds. Item 5, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American County Government to execute change order number one to the grant award agreement with Dalton Court LLC for stormwater quality projects, decreasing the grant award by the sum of $550 from $132,000 to $131,450. Item 6, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American County Government to execute a two-year subrecipient agreement with each of the following organizations using federal grant funds awarded pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA. Awesome U LLC 100,000 Bluegrass Community and Technical College 100,000 Home Builders Association of Lexington Incorporated 100,000 Community Action Council for Lexington, Fiat, Burman, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties Incorporated 100,000 Food Chain Incorporated 100,000 Jubilee Jobs of Lexington Incorporated 100,000 Lexington Rescue Mission Incorporated 100,000 and Opportunity Workshop of Lexington Incorporated 100,000 for a total amount not to exceed $800,000, $400,000 in FY 2023 to support workforce development in Lexington, Fayette County and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary agreements or amendments with the organization related to the use of these funds. Item 7. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a three-year lease agreement with the Kentucky Medical Service Foundation incorporated for approximately 8,543 square feet in space at the Family Care Center located at 1145 Harry Sykes Way in consideration of anticipated revenue in the amount of $165,050.76 in year one. Item 8. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Becadagum to execute a sales contract and any other necessary documents with Commonwealth of Kentucky for the transfer of properties located at 139, 141 to 143, and 145 to 149 Main Street, the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, at a cost not to exceed $98,300 using funds awarded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA. Item 9, a resolution authorizing, Director May on behalf of Herbie County to execute it and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice Award, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $153,791 in federal funds for FY 2023 for the Division of Police. Item 10. A resolution authorizing that in directing the mayor on behalf of Herbic County Graham to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice Cabinet under the Violence Against Women Act program to provide any additional information requested in the connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $57,756 in federal funds and $12,000 in Commonwealth of Kentucky funds and offer the continuation of the sexual assault nurse exam program for fiscal year 2023, the acceptance of which obligates the Lexington Fairburn County Government to the expenditure of $22,252 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the grant budget. Item 11. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with the Lexington History Museum, Incorporated to aid in the fulfillment of its business plan for a term not to exceed three years and at a cost not to exceed $705,500. Item 12. A resolution accepted to Bluegrass International Trucks, Clark Power Services Incorporated, Cummins Sales and Service, Lexington Auto Spring Company, and Paul Miller Ford Incorporated, establishing price contracts for heavy-duty truck repairs for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 13. A resolution accepted to Bluegrass Business Services Incorporated, DBA Bluegrass Integrated Communications, establishing a price contract for printing and mailing services for the Division of Revenue. Item 14. A resolution accepted a bid of BCD Incorporated in the amount of $436,098 for the Ecton Park Concession and Restroom Building for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Oregonian government to execute an agreement with BCD Incorporated related to the bid. Item 15. A resolution accepted a bid of Bluegrass Contract Incorporation, G&G Paving and Construction Company Incorporated, LM Asphalt Partners LTD, DBA HTS Construction, Sensible Design and Construction LLC, and Tom Chestnut Excavation and Construction LLC, and Woodall Construction Company Incorporated, establishing of price contracts for parks construction upc for the division of parks and recreation item 16. a resolution of interborough packaging corporation lab source incorporated and unipat corporation establishing price contracts for janitorial chemical and supplies for the division of community corrections item 17. a resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of sarah donaldson environmental compliance coordinator grade 523e 3036.64 by weekly individual environmental services effective July 3, 2022. Item 18. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a health care compliance monitor agreement with the C. Cesario Medical Consulting LLC to monitor the offender medical services at the Division of Community Corrections at a cost not to exceed $14,575. Item 19. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to accept a donation from the Home Depot of 132 smoke alarms for use at the Division of Fire at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 20, a resolution authorizing on directing the mayor on behalf of the government to execute food services agreement award pursuant to RFP number 25, 2022, with Keefe Commissary Network, LLC, to provide commissary services at the Division of Community Corrections at New Cross to the urban county government. Item 21, a resolution of the Lexington-Faylor Urban County Government authorizing the advertisement for bids and the distribution of a preliminary official statement for the purchase of the principal amount of its various purpose general obligation bond series 2022B in an aggregate principal amount of $44,500,000, which amount may be increased by an amount of up to 10% or decreased by an unlimited amount. Item 22. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change number one to the grant award agreement with Neighbors United for South Elkhorn Creek Incorporated for thermal water quality projects decrease the grant award by the sum of $261.52 from $1,890 to $1,628.48. item 23. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Erbicone to execute change order number one to the agreement with Strand Associates Incorporated for the town branch wastewater treatment scum facility improvement project for the division of water quality increasing the contract price by the sum of $60,000 from $215,000 to $275,000 item 24. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Erbicone to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice which grant funds around the amount of $100,790 in federal funds under the fiscal year 2020 state criminal alien assistance program for reimbursement of cost related to the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens, which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds. And authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the grant budget. Item 25. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with leak eliminators LLC for annual sanitary sewer system rehabilitation and maintenance, increasing the estimated contract price by the sum of $665,850. from $1,857,370 to $12,523,228, item 26. Declaration of official intent with respect to reimbursement of temporary advances made for capital expenditures to be made from subsequent borrowings with respect to various capital improvement projects of the Lasinosa Urban County Government. Item 27. A resolution authorizing and direct to mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with MetaWare Anthem for sharing information for the community paramedicine program. Item 28. Of resolution authorizing and directly mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a professional services agreement effective July 1, 2022 with the law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC for collective bargaining negotiations for the division of community corrections at an estimated cost not to exceed $110,000. Item 29. Of resolution authorizing and directly mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a purchase service agreement with Front Runners Lexington for the annual pride run 5K at a cost not to exceed $1,000. Item 30. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Bicotton Government to execute an agreement with the Gilbert Hunt International LLC to provide training and consultation to staff in the early child care program for Family Care Center at Costan Doctor at Sage $14,300 to be paid using funds awarded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, item 31. A resolution authorizing and direct to the mayor on behalf of your beginning government to execute an engineering services agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 27-2022 with Stantec Consulting Services Incorporated for evaluation of the Town Branch 5 sub drainage area, which includes a sanitary sewer service area for remedial measures project TB14 for the division of water quality at a cost of $241,268, item 32. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your beginning government to execute an agreement with the Benchcraft Company to supply all LFUCG golf courses with custom scorecards and Lakeside and Tays Creek golf course with T-signs, which shall contain sponsored messages in consideration of anticipated revenue in the amount of $2,000 per year. Item 33, a resolution authorizing the Division of Police to purchase ESOF background software system from Miller Metal Incorporated and Experian Information Solutions Incorporated and establishing Miller Mendel Incorporated as a sole source provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreements with Miller Mendel Incorporated and Experian Information Solutions Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost of $14,000. Item 34, a resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a subrecipient agreement with Hope Center in order to allocate $2 million of federal funding. federal grant funds awarded pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA for the construction of a second floor to the emergency shelter and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary agreements or amendments with the Hope Center related to the use of these funds. Item 35, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your beginning government to execute certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds from owners of record for property interest needed for the Clay's Mill Road Sanitary Realignment Project at a cost to exceed $7,000. Item 36, a resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of your beginning government to execute change order number four to the agreement with LM Asphalt Partners DBA ATS Construction for the Town Branch Trail Phase 6, increasing the contract price by the sum of $194,604.26 and raising the total contract price from $4,438,505.01 to $4,633,109.27. Item 37. I resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an amendment to an agreement with the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency, extending the period of performance for the flood markers project through June 30, 2024. Item 38. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a purchase of service agreement or to pursue into RP number 26, 2022 with Commerce Lexington Incorporated $300,000 and the Urban League of Lexington Fayette County Incorporated $150,000 for economic development services for the urban county government. Etacoste Nocteo, see the sum stated with renewal subject to the budgeting of sufficient funds and future fiscal years effective upon passage of council. Item 39. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Fayette Fiscal Court accepting and establishing funding for fiscal year 2023 court road aid projects in the rural service area. Item 40. A resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf of the government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, for turf mowing and vegetation management services for the Division of Environmental Services on state-owned right-of-way, for which the urban county government shall be compensated at the rate of $36 per acre on the area along Citation Boulevard and $66.88 per acre on all other areas. Item 41. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Irving County Government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky State Police for the acceptance of federal funds in the amount of $20,000 under the ticket and arrest of cars and trucks grant program FY 2023, the extent to which obligates the Irving County Government to the expenditure of $3,450 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget. Item 42, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your county government to contribute $25,000 from the percent of art funds to the Lansing Center Corporation for the Installation of Public Art at the Central Bank Center and to execute any related agreement deemed necessary by the urban county government related to the contribution. Item 43, a resolution authorizing Director Mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an amendment to the Home Investment Partnership Program Agreement with the Fayette County Local Department Corporation to extend the period of performance through March 31, 2023 and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to that home agreement. Item 44. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an amendment to the Home Investment Partnership Program Agreement with the Fayette County Local Development Corporation to extend the period of performance through July 31, 2022 when authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to that home agreement. Item 45. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Reagan and government to execute a change runner number two to the agreement with Tribute Contracting and Consultants LLC for the Wolf Run Trunk D&E Project for the Division of Water Quality and an increase in contract price by the sum of $706,800.06 from $3,250,119.96 to $3,956,920.02. Item 46. A resolution authorizing on the director of the mayor on behalf of the governor to execute an agreement of sale and any other necessary documents for the purchase of properties located at 206, 208, 214, and 218 East 3rd Street and 213 to 215 East Noble Street. At a cost of not receiving $929,500 plus usual and appropriate closing costs. Item 47. A resolution authorizing on the director of the mayor on behalf of the governor to execute an agreement with the Wyndham Meadows HOA 500 for the office of the urban county council at a cost of not receiving the sum stated. Item 48. A resolution authorizing on the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to a home investment partnership program agreement with Ballard Departments, LLC, extending the period of performance through September 30, 2022, and authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to that home agreement. Item 49. A resolution authorizing on the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a letter of agreement with the NAFCAIR Incorporated related to the payment of emergency medical services at the federal bureau of prisons at no cost to the urban county government. Item 50. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your beginning government pursuant to the jobs fund program to execute a 10-year forgivable incentive agreement and related documents with Ralph VR Incorporated in the amount not to exceed $100,000 for creation and retention of at least five new jobs with an average hourly wage of at least $41 exclusive of benefits. Item 51, a resolution authorizing the Division of Streets and Roads to purchase GPS monthly services from Routware, a sole source provider, and authorizing and directing me on behalf of your beginning government to execute any necessary agreement with Routware related to the procurement at a cost of $35,736.72. And item 52, a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with the Woodfield Home Association Incorporated, 1200, Heritage Youth Neighborhood Association, 2000, First United Methodist Church, 550, The Plantary, Get On Board, 1200, and Bluegrass Green Source, $1,050 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost of not to see this unstated. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Council Member Baxter seconds. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call, vote, please. Ms. Reynolds? Yes on all except no on 24. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? No on 11, yes on the rest. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. LaGree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No, I'm 36, yes on the rest. Lots of different. And Ms. Plumman? Yes. Thank you. All right, thank you. Those all are approved. Now we're ready for first reading of resolutions, please. Item 53, a resolution authorizing the Department of Law on behalf of the Urban County Government to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Kentucky Utilities Company related to the tree cutting practices to dismiss the government's injunction lawsuit against the company Fiat Circuit Court Case 21-CI-03574 and to take any other additional necessary related actions. Thank you. Council member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I move to add to the docket a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Lexington Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission for the performance of its duties authorized by state law and local ordinance at a cost not to exceed $373,800. So moved. Thank you. Council member Plowman seconds. Are there any questions? Yes, the Human Rights Commission. Mm-hm. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there any other walk-ons? All right, thank you. Will you give that first reading, please? Item 54, a resolution authorizing and directly mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with the Licenton-Fair-Urban County Human Rights Commission, HRC, to support the operating costs of the HRC for fiscal year 2023 at a cost not to exceed $373,800. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any motions to suspend the rules? Council Member Bledsoe? Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules on item number two. 54? Thank you. 54. I knew it wasn't 53. So 54 to give second reading before the break. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? No. All right. One no vote. And when you're ready, if you'll give number 54 a second reading. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Item 54, a resolution authorizing and direct to the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Lexington Fair Urban County Human Rights Commission, HRC, to support the operating costs of the HRC for fiscal year 2023 at a cost not to exceed $373,800. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. Council Member Reynolds seconded. Council Member McCurn moved. When you're ready. If you'll take the roll call vote, please. Yes, ma'am. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kaye? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McCurum? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. And Ms. Plowman? Yes. passes and now I believe Councilmember James Brown has a walk on for the mayor's report. Thank you, Mayor. I move to add to the docket a mayor's report regarding the appointments of Linda Tucker and Kerlin Plumlee to the Board of Adjustments. So move. Vice Mayor Kay seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Plowman, I heard, but I saw the lips of several. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. There are no police or fire disciplines tonight, and so now it's time for council announcements. Councilmember Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Just wanted to bring up a concern here since this is our last meeting. In reference to the memo email we got from Tyler Scott as to the special monies that we put five million that we put aside in the budget for retention and recruitment of public safety. I just wasn't clear on this as far as how this was going to be going out in the future as to how it would be paid, and if there was any restrictions on that, especially retention. As I read the memo, I didn't get specific information on that as to the whole idea, I think, was when we passed it or when I voted for it was that we would have retention, but we wanted to retain somebody, generally you pay them over a certain period of time. So we can have an answer to that or some info. Yes, sir. So the administration had conversations with the different unions that are represented, as well as representatives from E911, since they are not a union. And each one of them determined a time schedule that they thought was most appropriate for their operations. So E911 and police actually requested two different payments, one in the fall and one toward the end of the fiscal year. Corrections actually asked for theirs to be spread out quarterly over that same period of time. It's all the same amount of money for retention. The schedules just look different based on the group that is being discussed. That answers my question, but if anybody else is getting concerns. Okay, thank you. Does anyone else have a question about this? I have a question. Council Member Maloney, this is for Commissioner Hensley. I made this motion to move to $5 million because the reason why I brought it up in 1999, we were losing a lot of police officers to other counties surrounding us. I asked that we look in to try to raise their payrolls so they won't leave again. And looking at a bonus, I mean, that's great, it seems like to me. But they can just take that bonus and then three months later leave and go to where I just saw a big raise in certain counties surrounding us where they make more money than they will here. On top of it, they can get the bonus and go work at other counties. And my intent was not to get bonuses. My intent was to get our pay structure up like we did in 1999 afterwards to keep people from leaving. And it seems like to me we're going to bonus. If everybody agrees with it, I'll be glad to listen to the union. But my intent was we have the best police, the best fire, the best correction officers in 911. I don't want to lose them, we're losing them as we speak every day. And I just saw something, a county surrounding us real close to us. going to pay a lot more than what we're paying. And we're going to train these people. And what hurts is the first five years, they leave. Because if they stay five years or longer, they're an investment, they won't leave. But we're losing a lot of people between first and five years. So I do have concerns about how you all are doing this. And I mean, I thought when we did this bonus, I had people came up to me who took the bonus and want correction officers and want to Louisville to work and make more money in Louisville. I don't think we're fixing the problem here. I think we just may delay them from leaving for a little while. It's just the problem is I want to pay the best and make sure we're better paid than anything around us. So that was my intent. And everybody concerned about how we're going to keep paying it, where I had brought it up. I worried about the money for the next three, four years, it sounds like we're going to have money. And to me, this is the time that we got to keep our police force and our 911 and our correction officers and fire from leaving. And that was my whole intent, was not to do bonuses. And I do have some concerns about it. I would like, and I know my colleagues may have a different stay on it, but to me, This is not helping the problem. It's going to make people get the bonus and leave. And I've already seen that. And I just think it's the wrong message we're saying. And so that's not what my intent was when I made this motion. Thank you. Does anyone else, would you like to respond? The only thing that I will say is the $5 million was allocated from one time funding for a one time expenditure. Unfortunately, that does not lend itself to increasing a pay scale, which we obviously do in bargaining and we have done for every unit but the fire majors over the last, well, since I've been here, so less than two years. All of those include step increases, they include their COLAs that they've gotten, as well as we've had several additional pays at this point. Unfortunately, in our position, every time we increase a pay, a smaller municipality around us can leapfrog that. That's not going to be something that we can prevent from happening. I don't know how we address the situation, but in answer to the $5 million, that was not something that we could create as an ongoing expenditure and not something that we could do outside of negotiations anyway. And I understand what you're saying. But I was worried $5 million, but now that I've been told that we're going to have more money going in the next three, four years. I think to me, the intent we need, they wanted to come back and open these contracts up. The union did to talk about because they're losing too many people. And to me, I thought this was a golden opportunity that we could open these contracts back up and try to keep. I don't want to see these other counties making paying more than we are and taking our folks away from us after we do all the training which costs us anywhere from $150 to $200,000 to train these people. And then we turn around a year later, two years later, losing them because they're making a lot more money. And that's what happened in 1999. That's why they collected a bargain with the form and it helped. So to me, I just think this bar isn't going to work. And I appreciate it, but I think it's going to be the same problem we had when your correction officer took the bonus and then they went on on Frankfort and got them more money than take the $4,000. And I mean, I can show a bunch of people doing that. Thank you. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to piggyback on that and kind of reaffirm what you just said, which is this is one time money for one time use to stop the bleed. Period. Stop the bleed. And future conversations about contract pay or recruitment pay, three year commitments should be on the table moving forward. Things like we invest in resources to train, people should buy out our contract or they stay. Those things should all be things we're talking about long term but are not on the table today with one time use funds outside of the contract. And I think they're important distinctions. So I think those issues have to start being addressed and talked about. We're going to have exactly the problem, the commissioner said, and we've all noticed. Which is we have, in theory, over 600 officers in the counties around us have 10, 20, 30. They raise it $10,000 a person, it's $300,000. We raise that cost, we're talking about millions of dollars. And it's of course something we'd love to do, but playing that kind of a game, I don't think it's very strategic and one we're not going to win. And so I think long term moving forward, this council, this community administration is going to have to come up with different ways of thinking about recruitment and retention in all areas, quite frankly, of government to be competitive. Any other questions while we have the commissioner at the podium? I will say it would be good to highlight what the commissioner said. These all were discussed with the union representatives. And normally, this would have been bargained. So the council chose to spend $5 million. There will be a fund balance discussion. If the council wants to put another amount of money in for another round, that's up to you. Yes, Councilmember Brown. same topic. The reason I brought it up really was when I look at retention is the spreading the dollars out. It wasn't not to give the dollars, but it's spreading it out. And what I saw there was that it would be by the end of the year, we would be given the total amount to police. I mean, it was the fall and the end of the year, I think two payments. And my question was, is, you know, Now, when you want retention, you'd like to at least have somebody commit to at least a year or two based on giving them this money. So I don't know how the legal ramification is there. And maybe we can't do that legally, but that was kind of the intent was when you retain somebody, you want to have something that says, okay, you have to stay here for a certain amount of time. And I think we're doing that down in a little bit more in corrections. So that was kind of why I wanted to bring it up. It wasn't necessarily that we weren't giving them the money or anything, but it was how we were paying it out. Thank you. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. So to follow up on Council Member Fred Brown's comment, Was it considered at all that the retention bonus would be phased out, as Council Member Brunner suggested, over a certain number of years? And typically when you talk about retention, now I'm thinking about, I have to use a sports metaphor. They have a retention bonus for a coach if they'll stay for X number of years. We get it at the end of that term, not at the beginning. So is that possible to do? Was it considered? So $5 million sounds like a lot of money until you understand that it has spread over 700 people with the benefit structure that we have. And we do have to pay all benefits and pension on this. So we wanted to, and I think the unions also wanted to, spread that out as far as possible, but we didn't want to spread it so far as to make it inconsequential. And so the further, or the number of times that you divide that and the longer that you spread that out, it may not be as incentivizing as you might want it to be, just based on the total that we had to work with and the number of people that are represented in that. And I guess a follow on. was some consideration given to keeping the bonus at the scale that it's at, but timing it differently so that if it's retention, that in fact people stay for X number of years, and when they do that, then they get the retention bonus. I think this would address some of Council Member Maloney's concerns about the way in which this is being handled. So I actually wasn't in the conversations with the union representatives or the representatives from E911. I think that in order to provide a larger incentive that would be a further out, you know, this is two years, this is three years, it would have to be a much larger amount of money than what we would be talking about. So that obviously was not part of this discussion, to my knowledge, because that's not something that we can commit future councils to, and that's not something that we have at this moment. So that's why both the union and the administration, we took a look, and what they kind of came to is we don't know what the amount of money is going to be, but we think approximately 30% should be at this point in time and 70% should be at this point in time or 40, 60, or whatever it happens to be. It's different for each group. But they looked at their individual division to try and determine what they thought would be best for recruitment for them. Or, I'm sorry, not recruitment, but retention for them and the challenges that they were facing. But in all cases, the timeline is no more than a year. That's correct. The $5 million was budgeted for the FY23 budget for one year expenditure. Thank you. There may be some residual on the recruitment side of it if we don't meet the recruitment numbers. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Any other questions or comments about this? All right. Thank you, Commissioner. I have one person signed up for public comment, and I'm not sure she's in the room. Dottie Bean? Okay. Okay. She's gone. Okay. Thank you very much. I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Thank you. All those in favor, say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. Thank you.