# Urban County Council - September 22, 2022 > Auto-transcribed civic record · September 22, 2022 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5649 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5649?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2022-09-22 - **Last revised**: September 22, 2022 - **Length**: 16,485 words - **Speakers**: Mayor > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council convened on September 22, 2022, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting focused primarily on informational presentations and community recognition, addressing two main agenda items related to local awareness initiatives and honoring community contributions. During the session, the Council heard presentations on Hunger Action Month and participated in the recognition of Sharon Land for her community service. The meeting included two public comments from community members and resulted in two formal motions and votes by the Council. Both agenda items were informational in nature, serving to raise awareness about food insecurity issues in the community and to acknowledge outstanding civic contributions by local residents. ## Attendance The following members were present at the September 22, 2022 meeting: • Bledsoe • F. Brown • Ellinger • Kay • Kloiber • Lamb • LeGris • McCurn • Moloney • Reynolds • Sheehan • Worley • Baxter • J. Brown **Absent:** • Plomin **Late Arrival:** • J. Brown J. Brown was initially absent but arrived late to the meeting and was subsequently marked as present. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted two roll call votes during the September 22, 2022 meeting. **Ordinance 0917-22** [timestamp: 03:00] Council Member Ellinger motioned to approve Ordinance 0917-22, amending budgets for municipal expenditures under FY 2023 Schedule No. 12, with a second from Council Member Kay. The ordinance passed unanimously with 14 ayes and 0 nays. All council members voted in favor: Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, Kay, Kloiber, Lamb, LeGris, McCurn, Moloney, Reynolds, Sheehan, Worley, and Baxter. **Resolution 0891-22** [timestamp: 06:00] Council Member Baxter motioned to approve Resolution 0891-22 regarding Supplemental Agreement No. 5 with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the Town Branch Trail Commons Project, seconded by Council Member Kay. The resolution passed with 13 ayes and 1 nay. Council members voting in favor were: Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, Kay, Kloiber, Lamb, LeGris, McCurn, Reynolds, Sheehan, Worley, and Baxter. Council Member Moloney cast the sole dissenting vote. Both items required roll call votes, with the budget amendment receiving unanimous support while the transportation project agreement faced one opposing vote from Council Member Moloney. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed two significant financial items requiring council approval. **Medication History Services Contract** The council considered Resolution 0854-22, which authorizes an agreement with Cerner Corporation for Medication History Inquiry Services valued at $16,800. This contract will provide the city with access to medication history data services. **Town Branch Trail Construction Amendment** Resolution 0893-22 involves Change Order No. Five to the existing agreement with L-M Asphalt Partners for Town Branch Trail Phase 6 construction. This amendment increases the contract value by $240,937.98, representing a substantial modification to the original trail development project. The two financial actions combined represent a total expenditure of $257,737.98, with the trail construction amendment comprising the majority of the financial commitment at approximately 93% of the total amount under consideration. ## Public Comment Two residents addressed the council during the public comment period, both focusing on public safety concerns. **Mike Scanlon** spoke at [timestamp: 10:00] about public safety issues in the community. Scanlon emphasized the urgent need for the city to develop a comprehensive plan to address public safety challenges. He specifically urged the council to take a more active role in budget revisions that would provide additional support for police operations and services. **Rock Daniels** addressed the council at [timestamp: 12:00] regarding critical staffing issues at the 911 call center. Daniels highlighted that the call center is currently understaffed and that employees are receiving inadequate compensation for their essential work. He stressed that these staffing shortages and low pay rates are directly impacting emergency response times, creating potential public safety risks. Daniels urged the council to prioritize increased funding for both higher wages and additional staffing positions at the 911 call center to ensure adequate emergency response capabilities. Both speakers' comments centered on the theme of public safety infrastructure and the need for increased municipal investment in emergency services, whether through police support or emergency dispatch operations. ## Appointments The meeting included two staff appointments that were approved during the proceedings. **New Appointments:** • **Tara Chenault** was appointed to the position of Administrative Specialist Sr. • **Jada Griggs** was appointed to the position of Program Manager Sr. Both appointments represent new staffing additions to support ongoing operations and program management functions within the organization. ## Contested Items The meeting featured one contested item that resulted in a split vote among council members. **Town Branch Trail Commons Project Funding** Resolution 0891-22, which addressed funding allocation for the Town Branch Trail Commons Project, generated opposition from at least one council member. The resolution ultimately passed with a 13-1 vote, indicating that while the majority of the council supported the funding measure, there was notable dissent. The specific details of the disagreement, including which council member voted against the resolution and their stated reasons for opposition, were not captured in the available meeting data. The nature of the funding concerns—whether related to the project's scope, cost, timing, or other factors—also remains unclear from the extracted information. Despite the opposition, the strong majority vote of 13-1 demonstrates that the council largely supported moving forward with the Town Branch Trail Commons Project funding as proposed in the resolution. ## Hunger Action Month [timestamp: 02:00] The City of Lexington recognized September 2022 as Hunger Action Month through proclamation 0779-22. Mayor Gorton and Mike Halligan participated in this presentation highlighting local efforts to address food insecurity in the community. The proclamation specifically acknowledged the work of God's Pantry Food Bank, a key organization serving the Lexington area in combating hunger. The designation of Hunger Action Month serves to raise awareness about food insecurity issues affecting local residents and promote community engagement in addressing these challenges. This agenda item was presented as an informational proclamation without requiring council action or debate. The recognition aligns with national Hunger Action Month efforts that occur annually in September to focus attention on hunger relief initiatives and encourage community participation in supporting food assistance programs. The proclamation represents the city's formal acknowledgment of ongoing hunger relief efforts and the importance of organizations like God's Pantry Food Bank in serving vulnerable populations within Lexington. ## Recognition of Sharon Land [timestamp: 04:00] Mayor Gorton presented a proclamation recognizing Sharon Land for her dedicated service as a school crossing guard in Lexington. The proclamation officially declared September 22, 2022, as Sharon Land Day in the city. The recognition highlighted Sharon Land's commitment to ensuring the safety of students and pedestrians at school crossings throughout her tenure. As a crossing guard, Land played a vital role in protecting children during their daily commute to and from school, contributing to the overall safety of the community's educational environment. Sharon Land was present at the meeting to receive the proclamation. The agenda item was informational in nature, serving as a formal acknowledgment of her service to the community rather than requiring any council action or vote. The proclamation represents the city's appreciation for the often-overlooked but essential work performed by school crossing guards, who serve as the first line of safety for students navigating busy streets around school zones. By dedicating a day in her honor, the city formally recognized Land's contribution to child safety and community welfare. This recognition ceremony was part of the regular meeting proceedings, allowing the community and city officials to publicly acknowledge and celebrate the service of a dedicated public safety worker. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 0917-22** — passed (14-0): Amending budgets for municipal expenditures, FY 2023 Schedule No. 12 - **Resolution 0891-22** — passed (13-1): Supplemental Agreement No. 5 with the Ky. Transportation Cabinet for Town Branch Trail Commons Project --- ## Full transcript Thank you. And I'll ask our clerk to call the roll. Ms. Bledsoe? Thank you. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Mr. Kluiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Here. Ms. Legree? Here. Mr. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Plowman? Ms. Reynolds? Here. Ms. Sheehan? Here. Mr. Worley and Ms. Baxter. Thank you. We have a quorum and at this time I'd like to welcome and introduce Pastor Richard Gaines from the Consolidated Baptist Church and he will offer our invocation. Welcome. Let us pray. Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on us. Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on us. Break us, melt us, mold us, and fill us. Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on us. God, we thank you for the privilege to stand with your people tonight, the mayor and the council. We pray for them, oh God. We pray with them as they are facing many challenges of our city. But God, before we ask you to do anything, we just want to praise you for who you are. You alone are God. We praise you for being holy and righteous. God, we thank you for the many blessings of health and strength and life and liberty and being in our right mind and a reasonable portion of health and strength. God, we thank you for just being faithful toward us. God, we also thank you for your word. For your word tells us we are to come to you and cast all of our cares on you because you care for us. God, our city has many cares, many concerns, many issues, but we know that nothing is too hard for you. So, God, I'm asking, we're asking tonight in unison that you would open up the fountains of heaven and allow your spiritual waters to flow. God, immerse us in your spirit. Grant this counsel and this mayor divine wisdom from on high that every decision that's made would be informed and directed by you. We pray, oh God, you would place them on one accord that they might leave this place not divided but in unison saying, look what the Lord has done. God, we know nothing is too hard for you. So the challenges we face, God, we bring to you. We cast all those cares on you again knowing that you care for us. So continue to lead us and guide us by your one spirit. And God, we'll be careful to give your name all the glory, all the honor, and all the praise. These things we ask in Jesus' name, amen. Thank you so much, Pastor Gaines. At this time, I'll call on Council Member Legree, who has a motion. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place a presentation for tonight's docket for the International Day of Sign Languages. So moved. Second. Second by Council Member Lamb. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Next is approval of the August 30th and September 8th council meeting minutes. We approve. Thank you. Second from Council Member Baxter. Any questions? All right, all those in favor of approving, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And now we have our three presentations. I'd like to ask Mike Halligan to please join me at the podium. How are you? Good to see you. Good to see you. Thank you. This is a really important proclamation that we're doing tonight. And as all of you know, hunger is a problem here in Lexington and throughout Kentucky. God's Pantry Food Bank does an unbelievable job of providing food to hungry people. It's my pleasure to present this proclamation to God's Pantry and specifically to Mike, who's here with us tonight. So if you'll just join me. I'll eat a little bit. Yeah. Thank you. You're welcome. Whereas September is Hunger Action Month, time to take action against the hunger crisis, and whereas for more than 60 years, God's Pantry Food Bank has provided food, nutrition, and hope to thousands of people in 50 counties in Lexington and Central and Eastern Kentucky, And whereas through 475 food pantries and meal programs, God's Pantry Food Bank distributes over 40 million pounds of food a year. And whereas in God's Pantry's service area, nearly 240,000 people face hunger, including 63,000 young people who don't get all the food they need to learn and grow. Whereas September 23rd is Hunger Action Day, a day to drop off your donation to God's Pantry Food Bank or a food pantry near you. And whereas thank you to the hundreds of Lexington residents, it could be thousands actually, and organizations that donate time and resources to God's Pantry Food Bank, Now, therefore, I, Linda Gordon, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare September 2022 God's Pantry Hunger Action Month in Lexington. Thank you for all your good work. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Do you want to say a few words? Yes, I could. Sure. Let's hear from Mike. Mayor Gordon, thank you. And to the council, thank you so much for having me tonight. I'm going to take just a moment to talk specifically about Fayette County. And I come to you and ask that you think about Hunger Action Month, and you think about tomorrow, which is Hunger Action Day, and you ask yourselves, not just the council, but everyone in attendance here tonight in the gallery, what you can do to help a hungry person. And I come to you not as the CEO of God's Pantry Food Bank, But I come to you as a member of the community. There are 36,000 people in Fayette County who are experiencing food insecurity, who may not know where their next meal may come from. Let me say that again. 36,000. That's almost 12%. It's hard to imagine what 36,000 might look like, so I'm going to ask you to help me for a moment. Could I have two council members please rise? And could I have eight people in the gallery please rise? Doesn't matter which eight, just eight people. That's about one in nine. But the numbers get more daunting. Ethnicity plays a role in whether you're hungry or not. If you are a Spanish-speaking descendancy, the numbers go to one in five. Could I ask two more council members to stand, please? And could I ask eight more people in the gallery to stand, please? The numbers get bigger. If you're African American, it's one in four. Could I ask another member of the council to stand? And could I ask four more people in the gallery to stand? Look around you for a moment. Imagine not having enough food in your stomach. Imagine trying to interview for a job and your stomach is growling and you can't concentrate. Imagine going to bed tonight, not being certain whether or not you'll have breakfast in the morning or lunch or dinner. Thank you for helping me illustrate what hunger looks like in Fayette County. I wish I could tell you that it's getting better. It's not. Coming out of the pandemic, I hope so much that we would start to see a decline. In August, across our service area, we delivered a record number of pounds of food, 4.7 million pounds in one month. Now, part of that was our disaster response in eastern Kentucky, but most of it was not. Most of it was our ongoing hunger relief efforts. Here in Fayette County, the Lexington Fayette County Pantry Program, 2,975 households, not people, households, our fourth largest distribution month ever. The higher three were March, April, and May of 2020. And you all may recall, that was the first three months of the pandemic. Right now, food insecurity and those experiencing hunger is as high as it's ever been in Fayette County, outside of the first three months of the pandemic. And you might ask me why. Inflation, loss of federal benefits, loss of economic stimulus, the stimulus packages are gone. Child tax care credit has sunset. Sunset, maximum snap allotments are a thing of the past, but inflation is still here. Imagine living on a fixed income if you're a senior, and all of a sudden your food bill has gone up 20%. We're in a bit of a crisis right now. But I want to take a moment and say thank you. The work that you do as council, the work that all of you do to support through your generous gifts of time, of financial support, of food drives, it makes a difference. It allows us to move over 40 million pounds a year of food. The ASR grants are huge. They allow us to continue to do our work. And not just God's Pantry Food Bank, but every social service organization in Fayette County. The grants that we received from ARPA, from emergency allocations to help us make sure that we were able to provide our services through the pandemic, they made a difference. They made sure that we had the financial support that we needed to be able to buy food, which is more expensive. We used to say for every dollar donated, we could deliver eight meals. It's not anymore, it's seven. that's because our costs are going up just like everybody else's so thank you for your caring thank you for your passion thank you for your compassion to make a difference I want to leave with two thoughts the first if you know of a constituent who is experiencing hunger in your district or if you know of a neighbor who is experiencing hunger in your neighborhood have them go to our website godspantryfoodbank.org all they need to do is type in their zip code and it'll bring up the nearest location where they can go to get food assistance if they don't have internet access dial 2-1-1 the united way has a phenomenal program punch one once you're in and it will help help that person get food assistance and finally i want to leave you with a story a few months ago i met a gentleman at one of our pantries over at Central Christian Church. He had a military insignia on his ball cap. He had a military insignia on his jacket. It was towards the end of winter. It was still a little chilly outside. I thanked him for his service. He thanked me for hours. I asked why. And he said, I was in a dark place. the food that you helped me access changed my life. I'm here today because of that generosity. I'm in a better place, and I thank you for your service. Imagine what a little nutrition can do to help those who might be suffering from food insecurity. Many thanks to all of you in the gallery. Many thanks to everyone who's watching on television, and many thanks to the council and mayor, to your administration, for making a difference in the lives of 36,000 people in Fayette County. Thank you. Thank you very much. I want to get a picture with you. Yeah, we'll get the picture. Awesome. All right. Let's get a picture. I'm going to give you that. It went a little long. Thank you. Thanks again. At this time, I'd like to ask Sharon Land, Council Member Legree, and Council Member Sheehan to join me at the podium. Okay. Okay. Well, this is very exciting and heartfelt. Mrs. Land has worked since 1991 as a school crossing guard here in Lexington. Currently, she cares for children as they cross the streets at three schools, Maxwell Elementary, Cassidy Elementary, and Morton Middle School. Those who know Mrs. Land note one thing in particular, that she ensures the safety of every student with a warmth that doesn't come and go with the weather, and we know that can get pretty crazy here in Kentucky. Her ability to build relationships with those children she protects is a testament to her, not only as a crossing guard, but as a person. Sharon, we thank you for your dedication to Lexington's kids all these years. I have a proclamation to read, and then Sharon will speak, and then Council Member Legree and Council Member Sheehan, who have personal experience with her. It goes like this. Whereas Sharon Land has served Lexington and its children for over 30 years as a crossing guard for schools, and whereas Sharon has worked multiple school posts each morning and afternoon for years, and those who work with Sharon have lauded her for her dependability and have noted that she very rarely ever calls in sick. And whereas at her posts, Sharon protects children who walk to school as if they were her own. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare September 22, 2022, Sharon Landay in Lexington. Thank you very much. I just want to thank whoever thought of this. I enjoy it. And I know I've only missed three days in 15 years. And those three days, my parents were panicking. They were calling the mortuaries to make sure I wasn't there. So, yeah, I do not call in sick because nobody else can take care of my kids. Thank you. Thank you. And now cancel. So, Council Member Legree. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Well, Ms. Sharon, I want you to know that I learned about your impact from one of the families, the Goldstein-Mickler family, whose children use so safely shepherd. every day and I'm so glad that we're here honoring you for your many many years of service to our community you treat your role with such kindness and integrity and there were people of all different ages who are talking about what a difference you've made to them and to their families so I know we have a lot of students and families here who want to appreciate you and I want to thank you for all that you do in your community and I think that councilmember Sheehan has a few remarks to say as well so thank you thank you so much so Sharon Cassidy Elementary and Morton middle school are in my district with council district 5 but what I wanted to share is that you were the crossing for my family and so I have a teenager who started high school this year and she went to Cassidy and Morton Morton Middle School and we would walk my husband and I would walk her in her early school years to Cassidy and so we would cross it at your intersection and we would drop her off at school and then my husband and I would cross again so you are my crossing guard because we would cross as we walked to our jobs at UK. And so I do want to let everybody know this woman is feisty. So if you if she sees someone who is running a red light at that intersection she does not hesitate to yell at those cars. And yes clap for that because she really does get in there. And I apologize if I yell at you. No no you didn't yell I didn't I didn't run any red lights. But I did see you taking your job very seriously. And when my daughter was at the age then where she could walk on her own, I knew she was in good hands and that you would be watching over her. So I did not hesitate to let her do that because I knew she was safe. So I really thank you for all of the families that you help support, get their kids safely to school every day. Thank you. Very nice. Let's see, are there some of your families here? Are there any folks in the audience who are families of Ms. Land? Will you stand up? Let us see you. Oh, Council Member Reynolds. Oh, wonderful. Thank you all for being here. See, there's some of your kids. Thank you all. And we'll get a picture of this. Oh. Oh. Thank you. Let's get a picture. Yeah. Yeah. Let's get a picture. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. You're a hero. Well, last but certainly not least, we have a celebrity with us tonight. And I want to invite Virginia Moore. And is Justin Stanley here? Please come join me at the podium. They're here from the Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. And we all know Virginia, don't we? Hi. Hello. Good to see you. Come on, come on. Okay, I'm right here with you. So Justin is Councilmember Legree's constituent. And we all know Virginia certainly, who helped us get through COVID-19. And I also want to mention two council members who serve on the commission for people with disabilities, Council Member Maloney and Council Member Kloiber, and thank them for their service. Justin contacted Council Member Legree to inquire about this and We're so honored. This is a very important proclamation about International Day of Sign Languages. And so let me read the proclamation, and then I'll ask Justin and finally Virginia to speak. Whereas the United Nations recognizes September 23rd as the International Day of Sign Languages, And whereas approximately 54,000 residents of Lexington are deaf or hearing impaired. And whereas the deaf community in Kentucky utilizes, teaches, and promotes the use of American Sign Language as part of the state's linguistic landscape. And whereas our city is committed to providing access to government to all residents, now therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare September 23rd, 2022 International Day of Sign Languages in Lexington. And thank all of you for your good work. Thank you. Congratulations. You didn't have to come on this time. No, I didn't. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Do you want to say a few words, Justin? You can just say. Let me introduce Justin and then we'll give him just. Again, Virginia Moore here, thank you all so much for your support on this International Sign Language Day. Justin actually came within our Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing family not too long ago. And we actually had our Deaf Festival in Danville approximately two weeks ago, and He got on board two weeks prior to that, so he got thrown right into the deep end. And then Justin on his own decided to contact. And he said, you know, I just wanted to let you know about this. And he did something that we haven't done. And I'm embarrassed to say we haven't done that. Let you all know what's happening with the community and how it's important to recognize the community for what, you know, their sign language, their culture. And he did that and you recognized it right away and I want to thank you for that. So Justin, thank you for reaching out to your council person and doing that. Do you want to say anything? Just thank you to Hannah and Mayor Gordon. I just want to say just a few words. And what I want to explain to you is we talked about the approximately 54,000 deaf and hard of hearing here in Fayette County. There's 700,000 in the state of Kentucky. I mean, that is an amazing number. And that is a number, that is why you saw me every day with the governor. Because the first day he had the briefing, I called the governor and I said, we've got to get the information out. And he said, get on down here. He was the first governor that would actually open the door to having an interpreter on the stage with him. Of course, we had to go off stage and we're now virtual and everything, but the access is there. One in five teenage boys are going to have a hearing loss, or teenagers, not just boys, I'm sorry. Teenagers are going to have a hearing loss. The number one and the number two disability coming back from war, from the army, is hearing loss and tendonitis. We have to address this. It is the third highest health risk in the United States. Now, of course, COVID is up there right now, but normally it is the third highest health risk behind heart and arthritis, and then you have a hearing loss. So without communication, you're lost. You're absolutely lost. Helen Keller was asked, if she had a choice of being deaf or blind, what would she choose? She said, I would choose to be blind and not deaf. And the answer to that is because blindness separated her from objects, and deafness separates you from people. So let's not have that separation happen. And thank you all so much for thinking about International Sign Language Day. And I want to introduce to you Jenna White, who is deaf herself. And she's going to explain to you a question that she's asked all the time. Now I'm sorry, Jenna is fighting a bad cold. Nothing else, we've already checked. I'm sorry about that. My name is Jenna White. Of course, Virginia told you, you know, in other countries, do they use ASL? We are asked all the time. No, ASL means what? American Sign Language. And other countries have many different sign languages of their own. They're not the same. Even here in America, we have different specific regions. We have black people who have different, their own sign language. International is more appropriate for today. So thank you for making the proclamation. Thank you. And that is a surprising answer. Just think about the different languages you have here in Fayette County. The number of different languages you have are the number of different sign languages there are. So thank you all very much. All right. Thank you. All right, thank you very much. And now we're ready for second reading of ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance number one, an ordinance pending certain of the budget to the Lexington Fair Air County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds fiscal year 2023, schedule number 12, item two. An ordinance pending certain of the budget to reflect current requirements for The Division of Environmental Services for funds in the amount of $168 from neighborhood development funds for the tree replacement in the Pebble Creek right of way, schedule number 14. Item 3. In order to mending and reenacting the following sections of Chapter 12, the Felixstown Urban County Government Code of Ordinances pertaining to housing and property maintenance standards. Section 12-1 related to property maintenance code to adopt and incorporate the 2021 edition of the International Property Maintenance Code with certain deletions, revisions, and additions, including matters related to its scope and administration, definitions, general requirements, light ventilation and occupancy, limitations, plumbing facilities, and fixture requirements, mechanical and electrical requirements, fire safety requirements, other codes, penalties, violations, and violations library, section 122C, related to nuisances to create certain exemptions and special provisions related to the excessive growth of weeds, grass, and other vegetation, section 123, related to abatement and of nuisance to reassign certain duties from the commissioner of planning, preservation, and development to the commissioner of housing, advocacy, and community development, and Section 17-162A related to sidewalk replacement financial assistance to reduce the annual income threshold and the definition of qualified property owner, all effective on January 1, 2023. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Move to approve. Second. Council Member Ellinger moves. Vice Mayor Kay seconds. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. And Ms. Baxter? Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. And now when you're ready, if you'll do first reading of ordinances, please. Yes, ma'am. Item four, an ordinance bending the authorized strength by creating one classified civil service position of recreation supervisor, grade 514E in the Department of Social Services, and creating one classified civil service position of administrative specialist senior, grade 516N in the Office of the Mayor, all effective July 1, 2022. Item five. An ordinance changing the zone from an agricultural AR zone to a single-family residential, and a single-family residential R1D zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 5.6879 net, 5.8494 gross acres for property located at 6270 Athens Walnut Hill Pike, Athens Property LLC, Council District 12. Item 6. An ordinance creating Article 22, Appendance C of the zoning ordinance to create a new planned unit development PUD3 zone to allow a mixed-use development that would permit a blend of residential, commercial, entertainment, and industrial uses, Turner Property 4 LLC. Item 7. An ordinance of many certain of the budgets of Lexington for urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reproving funds of fiscal year 2023, schedule number 13. Item 8. An ordinance of many authorized strength by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of life skills program instructor, grade 512N, in the Division of Youth Services, and creating one classified position of recreation supervisor, grade 514E, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, and transferring two vacant unclassified positions of education program aid part-time, along with the funds associated with these positions, in the Division of Youth Services, to the Division of Parks and Recreation, all effective upon passage of council. Item nine. An ordinance admitting section 2137 of the code of ordinances of the Lexington Fair Urban County Room to authorize up to four hours of leave with pay for eligible employees for the purpose of voting. Item ten. An ordinance admitting the unclassified civil service authorized by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of information security engineer, senior grade 532E in the department of information technology effective upon passage of council. Item 11. an ordinance admitting the authorized strength by transferring one classified civil service position of GIS developer, grade 522E, and three classified civil service positions of GIS analyst, grade 516N, along with the incumbents in the position from the Division of Computer Services to the Division of Enterprise Solutions, all effective upon passage of counsel. And item 12, an ordinance creating section 7.6 of the code of ordinances, providing for an alternative process for the acceptance approval and establishment of price contracts for purchases which funds have been budgeted that requires identification of the department or division for which the procurement is being made and a description of the goods or services being procured for inclusion of the Mayor's report for Council approval, effective upon passage of Council. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons, Council Members? All right. Does anyone have a suspension of the rules? Council Member Land? I'm sorry. Oh, yes, sir. can we have law tell us could we do second readings on most of these ordinances since we're going to be gone for two weeks number seven correct because there's a schedule with it well yeah anything that doesn't have a schedule you could give a second so everything except item seven it looks like correct keith i didn't want to take anybody but i'll move that if that's acceptable okay so you have moved to suspend the rules and give second reading to everything except number seven yes okay um and there's a second from council member Reynolds any questions comments all right all those in favor say aye anyone opposed okay thank you for that and when you're ready I'll ask you to give second reading to those. Okay. Okay. Item four. In order to spend the authorized strength by creating one classified civil service position of recreation supervisor, grade 514E in the Department of Social Services, and creating one unclassified civil service position of administrative specialist senior, grade 516 and in the office of the mayor all affected all effective july 1 2022. item seven an ordinance changing the zone from agricultural ar zone to a single family and a single family residential r1d zone to a neighborhood business b1 zone for 5.687 net 5.8494 gross acres for property located at 6270 athens walnut hill pike athens property lc council district 12. item six an order creating article 22 appendix c of the zoning ordinance to create a new planned unit development PUD3 zone to allow a mixed-use development that would permit a blend of residential commercial entertainment and industrial uses Turner property for LLC item 8 an ordinance submitting the author strength by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of life skills program instructor grade 512 in the division of youth services and creating one classified position of creation recreation supervisor grade 514 in the division of Parks and Recreation and transferring two vacant unclassified positions of educational program aid part-time along with the funds associated with its positions from the Division of Youth Services to the Division of Parks and Recreation all effective upon passage of counsel. Item 9, an ordinance amending section 2137 of the code of ordinances elixing for urban county government to authorize up to four hours of leave with pay for eligible employees for the purpose of voting. Item 10, an ordinance amending the unclassified civil service authorized strength by abolishing one vacant unclassified position of information officers engineer so information security engineer senior grade 532 in the Department of Information Technology effective upon passive counsel item 11 an ordinance amending the authorized strength by transferring one classified civil service position of GIS developer grade 522 e and three classified civil service positions of GIS analyst grade 516 in along with the incumbents of the in the positions from the division of computer services to the division of an enterprise solutions all effective upon passive counsel in item 12 an ordinance creating section 7 6 of the code of ordinances providing for an alternative process for the acceptance approval and establishment of price contracts for purchases for which funds have been budgeted that requires identification of the department or division for which the procurement is being made and a description of the goods or services being procured for inclusion on the mayor's report for council approval effective upon passage of council. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Move to approve. So, Council Member Ellinger and I saw Council Member Lamb second. All right, when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. And Ms. Baxter? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Those all pass. And now we're ready for second reading of resolutions. Item 1. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Tara Chenault, administrative special senior grade 516 and 21.562 hourly in the division of revenue effective august 28 2022 jada griggs program manager senior grade 524 e 3010.80 bi-weekly in the division of environmental services effective august 28 2022 zachary pruitt arborist grade 517 and 25.875 hourly in the division of environmental services effective august 28 2022 item two a resolution specifying the intention of the urban county council to expand and extend full urban services as district number one to provide street lighting, street cleaning, and garbage and refuge collection, finding a need for the service in the area included, and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide this service in the area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets, Bay Springs Park, Buttermilk Road, Caseway, Cattle Path, Fetler Sound Way, Foster Drive, Haley Roseway, Hollow Creek Road, Huntley Place, Mount Joy Place, Knight Heron Way, Silver Springs Drive, Squire Circle, Squirrel Nest, Lane, Stolen Horse Trace, and Tankstley Way. Item three, a resolution specifying the intention of the urban county council to expand and extend partial urban services district number three to provide garbage and refuse collection, finding a need for the service in the area included, and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide the service in the area which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets. Cocos Way, Silver Springs Way, and William Astro Lane, item four. I resolution specifying the intention of the urban county council to expand and extend partial urban service district number five to provide street lighting and garbage and refuse collection, finding a need for the service in the area included, and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide the service in the area which area is defined as certain properties of the following streets, Lansdowne Drive, Pendell Court, Vicksburg Road, and Wedgewood Court. Item 5. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement with Cerner Corporation for medication history and inquiry services for the inmate population for the Division of Community Corrections at a cost to exceed $16,800. Item 6. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a memorandum of understanding with ohio task force one national urban search and rescue to add three new division of fire members item seven a resolution establishing henry p thompson company as a sole source provider for a borger replacement parts for sludge pumps for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the urban county government execute any necessary agreement with henry p thompson company related to the procurement of these goods and it costs knocked to see 22 715.34 item eight a resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of the urban county government to execute a lease agreement with AVOL Kentucky Incorporated for the lease of urban county government property located at 851 Todd's Road. Item nine. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of urban county government to execute supplemental agreement number five with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in order to move remaining funds of the construction phase of the town branch trail commons project. Item ten. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of urban county government to execute a change in order number five to the agreement with LM Asphalt Partners, CBA, ATS Construction for the town branch trail phase six, Increasing the contract price by $240,937.98 and raising the total contract price from $4,633,109.27 to $4,874,047.25, item 11. A resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of the government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD under the HOPEWASCV Housing Opportunity for Persons with AIDS Grant Program in order to shift funding from one eligible program activity to another, further authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to this agreement. Item 12, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a first addendum to the agreement with Mackey Group LLC, DBA Wiser Strategies for Creative Design Services for the Public Outreach and Media Campaigns for the Division of Environmental Services, expanding the scope of the agreement to provide for additional services for public outreach related to the Vacuum Leaf Collection Program and increasing the contract price by the sum of $10,000 from $50,000 to $60,000. In item 13, a resolution authorizing the Department of General Services to purchase a Furnow INX stretcher from Furnow, a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Furnow related to procurement at a cost of $41,460. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Council Member Baxter moves approval. Vice Mayor Kay seconds. When you are ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kuiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. LeGreen? Yes. Mr. McKern? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Okay, no on nine, no on ten, and no on twelve. Yes on the rest. Thank you, sir. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. And Ms. Baxter? Yes. Thank you. Thank you, all of those passed and now it's time for first reading of resolutions. Item 14, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute and submit an application to the Kentucky Department of Education for provisional of preschool education services at the Family Care Center for the 2022 and 2023 school year. A resolution authorizing the Division of Fire and Emergency Services to purchase a hand-heavy pediatric emergency standards system from hand-heavy pediatric emergency standards, a sole source provider, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute any necessary agreement with hand-heavy pediatric emergency standards related to the procurement at a cost of $30,785.35, item 16. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute an agreement with the Bureau of Prisons Federal Medical Center for Reciprocal Fire Assistance, item 17. A resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of the urban county government as a collaborative applicant to execute and submit the 2022 continuum of care grant application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which seeks up to $2,432,934 in federal funds for the operation of programs by the community nonprofit organizations to reduce homelessness in Lexington Fayette County and to accept an amount up to $166,115 of grant funds. If the application is approved for project planning and data management expenses related to the monitoring programs funded by the grant, the acceptance of which obligates the Irving County Government for the expenditure of an amount up to $41,520 as a local match in authorizing the mayor to transfer and income funds within the grant budget. Item 18. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Irving County Government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to accept a grant of $177,000 of federal funds from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Transportation Alternative Program, the design tap for the design phase of the alumni drive shared use path project, the acceptance of which obligates the urban government to the expenditure of $44,250 as a local match. And authorizing the magnitude transfer to undercrumber funds within the grant budget. Item 19, a resolution accepting a bid of Bluegrass Contracting Corporation in the amount of $720,476 for construction of the Davis Park. For the division of grants and special programs and authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban government to execute an agreement with Bluegrass Contracting Corporation related to the bid. Item 20. A resolution accepted a bid of advantage auto leasing incorporated DBA advantage trailers and hitches in the amount of $169,901 for a trailer for the division of facilities and fleet management and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban government to execute an agreement with advantage auto leasing incorporated DBA advantage trailers and hitches related to the bid. Item 21. A resolution accepting the bid of worldwide equipment incorporated establishing a price contract for a rear loader for the division of facilities and fleet management. Item 22. A resolution of general parts distribution LLC, DBA advanced auto parts, CarQuest, the Alton E. Blakely Company, Inc., DBA Alton Blakely Ford, Bachman Auto Group Inc., Duke's A&W Enterprises, LLC Fleet Pride Inc., Kentucky Auto and Truck Supply LLC, Napa Auto Parts, NTN028, Paul Miller Ford Inc., and Smith Automotive Inc., establishing price contracts for light duty auto parts for the division of facilities and fleet management. Item 23, a resolution accepted a bid of LACO Incorporated in the amount of $594,900 for the government annex mechanical system replacement for the division of general services and authorizing mayor on behalf of every kind of government to execute an agreement with LACO Incorporated related to the bid. Item 24, a resolution accepted a bid of accent wire tie establishing a price contract for bailing wire for the division of police. Item 25, a resolution accepted a bid of green wave computer recycling LLC establishing a price contract for e-waste operation for the division of waste management. Item 26, a resolution accepted a bid of Fouser. Environmental Services, LTD, and PACE Analytical, LLC, establishing price contracts for laboratory testing for water quality and the division of water quality. Item 27. A resolution of the bid of SI Incorporated in the amount of $514,230 for Campbell Lane and Bobblink Drive. Improvements for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with SI Incorporated related to the bid. Item 28. A resolution of the bid of Central Indiana Truck Equipment Corporation, J. Ettinger and Sun Incorporated, Municipal Equipment Incorporated, establishing price contracts for refuse body repairs for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 29. A resolution accepting the bid of General Parts Distribution, LLC, DBA Advanced Auto Parts, CarQuest, the Alton E. Blakely Company Incorporated, DBA Alton Blakely Ford, Bachman Auto Group Incorporated, Bluegrass International Trucks, buses, RVs, and Ideal Lease, Cummins Incorporated, Fleet Pride Incorporated, Kentucky Anna Auto and Truck Supply, LLC, Napa Auto Parts, NTN 028, Paul Miller Ford Incorporated, and Truck Pro LLC, establishing price contracts for filters for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. and fleet management, item 30. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Stephen Rowlett, producer, grade 15N, 20.911, hourly in the Division of Government Communications, effective July 24, 2022. John Burrell, human resources analyst, grade 520E, 2341.20, biweekly, in the Division of Human Resources, effective August 22, 2022. Amy Truong, safety and law control specialist, grade 520E, 2620.80, biweekly in the Division of Human Resources, effective September 28, 2022, and ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Donnell Gordon, police lieutenant, grade 317E4001.90, biweekly in the division of police, effective July 17, 2022. Elizabeth Canis, police sergeant, grade 315N, 36.644, hourly in the division of police, effective July 17, 2022. Michelle Patton, police sergeant, grade 315N, 36.644, hourly in the division of police, effective July 17, 2022. And Matthew Laney, police sergeant, grade 315N, 36.644, hourly in the division of police, effective August 14, 2022. Item 31. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the government to execute a third amendment to the subrecipient agreement with the Community Action Council, CAC, in order to allocate $6,921,202.20 of federal emergency rental assistance grant funds awarded under section 501A of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 ERA1 to CAC for the continuing operation of the housing stabilization program and authorizing the mayor to execute any other needed agreement or amendment with CAC related to the use of these funds. Item 32. A resolution authorizing Dr. Mayor on behalf of your mechanic to execute change order number one to the Greenwood Strain Associates Incorporated for investigation and design services for improvement to the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant and remedial measures project required with consent decree. Increasing the contract price by $53,870 from $179,000 to $232,870. Item 33. A resolution establishing Burdine Security Group as a sole source provider of electronic access systems for the division of facilities and fleet management and authorizing merit or her destiny on behalf of the Urbana government to execute any necessary agreement with Burdine Security Group related to the procurement of these goods. Item 34. A resolution authorizing the division pleased to purchase a gray key license premier from Grayshift LLC, a sole source provider and authorizing merit on behalf of Urbana government to execute any necessary agreement with Grayshift LLC related to the procurement at a cost of $46,570. Item 35. A resolution authorizing Dr. Mayor on behalf of your mechanic to execute an agreement with Environmental Enterprises Incorporated EEI in order to apply an award of $102,000 in commonwealth of Kentucky funds received from the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet for fiscal year 2023 to pay disposal costs associated with the fall 2022 Fayette County Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event. Item 36, a resolution authorizing on behalf of the American government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services of $10,000 in common with the Kentucky funds for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services for fiscal year 23. The exception of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer undergarment funds within the grant budget. Item 37, a resolution authorizing on behalf of the American government to execute an amendment number four to the Tiger Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, which will modify the budget for the Town Branch Commons Project, move funds to different phases, clarify the use of funds in all zones, and extend the budget period and date. Item 38. A resolution authorizing and directly mayor and behavior of the government to execute the second amendment to the grant agreement with the Bluegrass Area Development District Incorporated to include an updated budget with eligible expenses and incorporate an increase of $91,341.60 in federal funds for the Senior Citizen Center in Fiscal Year 23 and authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds in the grant budget. Item 39, a resolution authorizing and joint the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition, seeking $79,000 in federal funds for their participation in the United States Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program for provision of breakfast, lunch, and supplements to the children at the Family Care Center in FY 2023, and to provide any additional information and request in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, The exception which does not obligate the urban government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer and undergar funds within the grant budget. Item 40. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban government to execute neighborhood action match grant program contracts with Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association 320, Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association 1800, Garden Meadows Homeowners Association 8000, Griffin Gate Community Association 8000, Heatherwood Homeowner Association 7500, Home Place, the Savannah HOA Incorporated 4886, Kenwick Neighborhood Association 5651, McConnell's Trace Homeowners Association, 5,190. Palomar Hills Community Association, incorporated 4,000. Piccadam Neighborhood Association, 600. St. Martin Village Neighborhood Association, 7,500. Tate's Creek Mansionettes, incorporated 8,000. The Fairways at Lakeside Community Association, 8,000. The Garden of Heartland HOA, 7,500. The Oaks Condominiums of Lexington, Kentucky, 8,000. Walnut Hill Club at Childsburg Owners Association, 5,311. West Wind Homeowners Association, 7,095. Willow Oak Homeowners Association, 3042, and Windham Meadows Homeowners Association, $583 for the purpose of carrying out various neighborhood activities and improvements for fiscal year 2023 at a cost not to exceed $100,978. Item 41, a resolution authorizing on the Director of Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit four grant applications to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and to provide any additional information requested in connection with these grant applications, which seeks $2,175,200 in federal funds under the congestion mitigation air quality CMAQ program for the town branch trail mid block crossing, 376,000 Mount Tabor Road improvements, 904,000 Mason Healy multimodal improvements, 295,200, and fiber optic cable along Manowar and Versailles Road, 600,000, item 42. A resolution is establishing Everbridge incorporated as a sole source provider for the alert notification system for the division of emergency management and authorizing mayor or her designee On behalf of the election for urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Everbridge Incorporated related to the procurement of these goods, and it costs an act to exceed $114,978.44. Item 43, a resolution amending section 2.102 of appendix A, rules and procedures of the election for urban county council, to realign the standing committees of the urban county council by creating the following standing committees. Social services and public safety committee, general government and planning committee, environmental quality and public works committee, and budget, finance, and economic development committee, all effective January 1, 2023. And item 44, a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of Irving County to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet seeking an award of $96,994 in federal funds from the 2020 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant, which shall be used for the purchase of equipment and payment of overtime for targeted enforcement and surveillance in prioritized areas in FY23. To provide any additional information request and in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved. The exception of which does not obligate the Irving County Government to the expenditure of funds in authorizing the mayor to transfer an undergarment of funds within the grant budget. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons, Council Members? All right. Do I hear any motions to suspend the rules? Council Member Lamb. I always hate to do this to you, but I would suggest that we suspend since we're at a break. Suspend the rules for... Oh, excuse me. One second. All right. Oh, you have a walk-on. Okay. Okay. Well, we don't have a second for your motion yet, so we'll go ahead and take the walk-on. All right. Thank you, Mayor. I moved to suspend the rules. Well, I moved to place on tonight's docket a resolution authorizing the mayor to accept a grant award of $4,216,394.70 in federal funds from FEMA provided through FY21 staffing for adequate fire and emergency response safer grant program for the hiring of 21 new firefighters. So moved. Thank you. Councilmember Reynolds seconds. Any questions about the motion? Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you mayor and we got an email earlier but it'd be nice if we could have somebody come speak about it it's a pretty big deal here that we got chief wells looks like it will fund 21 firefighters for the next three years so that's a big deal and it increases our authorized drink from 599 to 620 i believe in it but well i don't want to take all your thunder but that's no no that's correct council member that yes sir and if it pleases the mayor and the council i'd like to ask president blitzky just to stand alongside me up here this was a great joint effort so please This is a big deal. It is. So the SAFER grant is designed to increase staffing for fire departments. We've recognized the need as our community grows that it was going to be important for us to increase our staffing. And so in discussions with our leaders and fellow leaders in the city, we decided to apply for it. and we're extremely fortunate that lots of folks through the LFUCG, LFD administration, and LFD labor put a lot of work into this grant application, and we were awarded the grant. Thank you. That's all, but it's a big deal, and I want to thank you all for applying and for getting it because this is going to be great for the City of Lexington. Thank you all. Thank you. Yes, Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you. Chief, this is going to be 21 officers that we're going to train for this, I mean for firefighters? Yes, sir. They'll increase our authorized strength of firefighters from 599 to 620. All of those individuals will be firefighters. So is that, you say that's a three-year program, that dollars covers that three-year? That is correct. It covers 100% of salaries and benefits for three years. So I guess what we'll have to look at is, and with our growth in our community and our fire stations, was any of that money used, was it all officers and nothing was for capital improvements? No, no, the Safer Grid is specifically for personnel. Yes. Thank you. All right. Does anyone else have questions? All right. All those. Thank you, Chief. Thank you, Kevin. All those in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there any other walk-ons? Seeing none, if you'll go ahead and give that first reading, please. Yes, ma'am. A resolution authorizing and directly mayor on behalf of McGann to accept a grant from the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, which grant funds are in the amount of $4,216,394.70 federal funds under the FY21 staffing for adequate fire and emergency response safer grant program for the hiring of 21 firefighters, the exception of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer and undercurrent funds from the grant budget. Thank you. Thank you very much. Now, Council Member Lamb. Thanks, and I was starting to say I hate to do this to our wonderful council clerk, but since we're going to be on break, I think that it probably is best to go ahead and move forward with proving all these resolutions that can all be approved. So I move to suspend the rules on resolution number 14 through 45 because we're going to be on break. So move. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Any questions, comments? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. Thank you very much. If you'll go ahead and give all those second reading, please. Yes, ma'am. Item 14, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute and submit an application to the Kentucky Department of Education for provision of preschool education services at the Family Care Center for the 2022 to 2023 school year. Item 15, a resolution authorizing the division of fire and emergency services to purchase hand heavy pediatric emergency standards system from hand heavy pediatric emergency standards as sole service provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of the American government to execute any necessary agreement with hand heavy pediatric emergency standards related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $30,785.35. Item 16, a resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of the American government to execute an agreement with the Bureau of Prisons Federal Medical Center for Reciprocal Fire Assistance, item 17. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the American government as a collaborative applicant to execute and submit a 2022 continuum of care grant application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which seeks up to $2,432,934 in federal funds for the operation of programs by community nonprofit organizations to reduce homelessness in Lexington Fayette County and to accept an amount up to $166,115 of the grant funds if the application is approved for project planning and data management expenses related to the monitoring programs funded by the grant, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of an amount of up to $41,529 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer undercurrent funds to the grant budget. Item 18, a resolution authorizing on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to accept a grant of 177,000 federal funds from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Transportation Alternative Program. TAP for the design phase of the alumni drive shared use path project, the incentive to which obligates the county government for the expenditure of $44,250 as a local mansion authorizing manager transfer adequate funds within the grant budget. Item 19, a resolution accepting a bid of Bluegrass Contracting Corporation in the amount of $720,476 for construction of Davis Park. For the division of grants and special programs and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Bluegrass Contracting Corporation related to the bid. Item 20, a resolution accepting a bid of Advantage Auto Leasing Incorporated DBA Advantage Trailers and Hitches in the amount of $169,901 for a trailer for the division of facilities and fleet management. and authorizing mayor on behalf of the American Committee to execute an agreement with Advantage Auto Leasing, Incorporated, DBA, Advantage Trailer, and Hitches related to the bid, item 21. A resolution accepted a bid of worldwide equipment, Incorporated, self-checking price contract for a rear loader in the division facilities and fleet management, item 22. A resolution accepted a bid of general parts distribution, LLC, DBA, Advance, Auto Parts, CarQuest, the Alton E. Blakely Company, Incorporated, DBA, Alton Blakely Ford, Bachman Auto Group, Incorporated, Dukes A&W Enterprises, LLC, Fleet Pride Incorporated, Kentucky Auto and Truck Supply, LLC, NAP Auto Parts, NTN028, Paul Miller Ford Incorporated, and Smith Automotive Incorporated, establishing press contracts for light duty auto parts for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 23. A resolution accepted a bid of LACO Incorporated in the amount of $594,900 for the government annex mechanical system replacement for the Division of General Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the every county government to execute an agreement with LACO Incorporated related to the bid. Item 24. A resolution accepted a bid of Accent Wire Tie establishing a price contract for bailing water for the Division of Police, item 25. A resolution accepted a bid of Green Wave Computer Recycling, LLC, establishing a price contract for e-waste operation for the Division of Waste Management, item 26. A resolution accepted a bid of Fouser Environmental Services, LTD, and Pace Analytical, LLC, establishing a price contract for laboratory testing for water quality for the Division of Water Quality, item 27. A resolution accepted a bid of SI Incorporated in the amount of $514,230 for Campbell Lane and BoboLink Drive improvement for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to extend an agreement with SI incorporated related to the bid, item 28. A resolution of the bid of Central Indiana Kentucky Incorporated, J. Ettinger & Son Incorporated, and Municipal Equipment Incorporated establishing parts contract for refuse body parts for the division of facilities and fleet management, item 29. A resolution of the bid of General Parts Distribution, LLC, DBA, Advance Auto Parts, CarQuest, the Alton E. Blakely Company Incorporated, DBA, Alton Blakely Ford, Bachman Auto Group Incorporated, Bluegrass International Trucks, buses, RVs, and Ideal Lease, Cummins Incorporated, Fleet Pride Incorporated, Kentucky, Indiana Auto and Truck Supply LLC, Napa Auto Parts, NTN028, Paul Miller Ford Incorporated, and Truck Pro LLC. Establishing price contracts for filters for division facilities and fleet management item 30. A resolution ratifying the apartment classified civil service appointments of Stephen Rowlett, producer, grade 515N, 20.911 hourly, in the Division of Government Communications, effective July 24, 2022, John Burrell, human resources analyst, Grade 520E, 2341.20 biweekly in the Division of Human Resources, effective August 22, 2022. Amy Truong, Safety and Loss Control Specialist, Grade 520E, 2620.80 biweekly in the Division of Human Resources, effective September 28, 2022. And ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Donnell Gordon, Police Lieutenant, Grade 317E, 4001.90 biweekly in the Division of Police, effective July 17, 2022. Elizabeth Canis, Police Sergeant Grade 315N, 36.644 Hourly, individual police affected July 17, 2022. Michelle Patton, Police Sergeant Grade 315N, 36.644 Hourly, individual police effective July 17, 2022. Matthew Laney, Police Sergeant Grade 315N, 36.644 Hourly, individual police effective August 14, 2022. Item 31. A resolution authorizing on Dr. Mirren, on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a third amendment to the sub-recipient agreement the Community Action Council CAC in order to allocate $6,921,20 of federal emergency rental assistance grant funds awarded under the Section 501A, Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 ERA1 to CAC for the continuing operation of the housing stabilization program and authorizing the mayor to execute any other needed agreement or amendments with CAC related to the use of these funds. Item 32. A resolution and authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of your brigadier government to execute change order number one to the agreement strained associates and corporative for investigation and design services for improvement to the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant, a remedial measure project required by the consent decree, increasing the contract price by $53,870 from $179,000 to $232,870. Item 33. A resolution establishing Burdine Security Group as a sole source provider provided of an electronic access system for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management and authorizing the mayor or her designee on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Burdine Security Group related to the procurement of these goods. Item 34. A resolution authorizing the division of police to purchase Gray Key License Premier from Gray Shift LLC, a solstice provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of the American County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Gray Shift LLC related to procurement. And it costs $46,570, item 35. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the American County Government to execute an agreement with Environmental Enterprises Incorporated, EEI, in order to apply an award of $102,000 in commonwealth of Kentucky funds received from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for fiscal year 2023 to pay disposal costs associated with the fall 2022 Fayette County household hazardous waste recycling. Item 36, a resolution authorizing on the Mayor on behalf of the American government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services of $10,000 in commonwealth and Kentucky funds for the division of Fire and Emergency Services for fiscal year 23, the extent of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the Mayor to transfer out of cover funds within grant budget. Item 37, a resolution authorizing on the Mayor on behalf of the American government to execute amendment number four to the Tiger Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, which will modify the budget for the Town Branch Commons project, move funds to different phases, clarify the use of funds in all zones, and extend the budget period and date, item 38. I have resolution authorizing and directly mayor on behalf of our beginning to execute a second amendment to the grant agreement with the Bluegrass Area Development District Incorporated to include an updated budget with eligible expenses and incorporate an increase of $91,341.60 in federal funds for the Senior Citizen Center in FY23 and authorizing mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget, item 39. A resolution authorizing to the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition seeking $79,000 in federal funds for participation in the United States Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program for provision of breakfast, lunch, and supplements to the children at the Family Care Center in FY 2023 and provide any additional information requests in connection with its grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved. The exception of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing to transfer the funds from the grant budget. Item 40. A resolution authorizing mayor on behalf of American government to execute neighborhood action match grant program contracts with Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association, 320. Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association, 1,800. Garden Meadows Homeowners Association, 8,000. Griffin Cate Community Association, 8,000. Heatherwood Homeowners Association, 7,500. Home Place, the Savannah HOA Incorporated, 4,886. Kenwood Neighborhood Association, 5,651. McConnell's Trace Homeowners Association, 5,190. Palomar Hills Community Association Incorporated, 4,000. Pickett-up Neighborhood Association, 600. St. Martin Village Neighborhood Association, $7,500. Tates Creek Mansionettes Incorporated, $8,000. The Fairways at Lakeside Community Association, $8,000. And Gardens of Heartland, HOA, $7,500. The Oaks, Condominiums of Lexington, Kentucky, $8,000. Walnut Hill Club, Childsburg Owners Association Incorporated, $5,311. West Wind Homeowners Association, $7,095. Willow Oaks Homeowners Association, $3,042. And Windham Meadows Homeowners Association, $383. for the purpose of carrying out various neighborhood activities and improvements for fiscal year 2023. It costs not to exceed $1,978. Item 41. A position authorizing directly on behalf of your beginning of next year and submit four grant applications to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to provide any additional information requested in connection with these grant applications, which seeks $2,175,200 in federal funds under the congestion mitigation air quality CMAQ program for the town branch trail mid-block crossing $376,000, Mount Tabor Road Improvement, $904,000. Mason Healy Multimodal Improvements, $295,200. And fiber-operated cable along Manowar and Versailles Road for $600,000. Item 42, a resolution establishing Everbridge Incorporated is a sole source provider for the alert notification system for the Division of Emergency Management and Authorizing Mayor or her designee on behalf of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Everbridge Incorporated related to the procurement of these goods that it costs not to exceed $114,978.44. Item 43, a resolution amending Section 2.102 of Appendix A, Rule 3. and procedures elected for the urban county government to realign the standing committees of the urban county council by creating the following standing committees. Social services and public safety committee, general government and planning committee, environmental quality and public works committee, and budget finance and economic development committee. All effective January 1, 2023. Item 44. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice of Public Safety Cabinet seeking an award of $96,994 in federal funds from the 2020 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant, which shall be used for the purchase of equipment and payment of overtime for targeted enforcement and surveillance in prioritized area in FY23 to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer an out-of-cumber fund to the grant budget. In item 45, a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, which grant funds are in the amount of $4,216,394.70 in federal funds under the FY21 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Safer Grant Program for the hiring of 21 firefighters, the exempted which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing the man to transfer it out of government funds within the grant budget. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Move to approve. All right. Motion by Council Member Ellinger, second by Council Member Baxter. Mr. when you are ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Mr. Kloiber? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Legree? Yes. Mr. McCorm? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No on 37, yes on the rest. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Ms. Sheehan? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. And Ms. Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. All right, thank you, those all pass. Council members, there are communications from the mayor for your information. And the next item after that is we do have fire disciplines and I'll invite Chief Wells to the podium. Welcome. Thank you and good evening. I have three disciplines for you this evening. The first on Saturday, May 7, 2022, an internal allegation was made that Captain Nathaniel Cornelius 43881 violated UDG 2.02 reporting for duty. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with me and accepted a written reprimand. This is stemming from a failure to report first offense. All right. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Member McCurn moves, Council Member James Brown seconds. Are there any questions for the chief or discussions? All right, all those in favor of approving the discipline, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you, Mayor. The next two are very similar. On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, an internal allegation was made that Firefighter Daniel Burton, 58376, violated UDG 2.03 dereliction of duty. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with me and accepted a 24-hour suspension without pay. The firefighter documented completion of an assigned clinical rotation. Investigation revealed that he was only at his assigned location for a portion of the documented time. Thank you. Council Member McCurn moves approval. Is there a second? Second. Vice Mayor Kay seconds. Is there any discussion? Questions for the Chief? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. On Wednesday, May 25th, 2022, an internal allegation was made that Firefighter William Biddle 57369 violated UDG 2.03, dereliction of duty. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with me and accepted a 24-hour suspension without pay. The employee documented completion of an assigned clinical rotation investigation revealed that he was only at his assigned clinical location for a portion of the documented time. Thank you. Council Member McCurran moves approval. Council Member Baxter seconds. Is there any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion is approved. Thank you, Chief. Next, council members, time for announcements. Council member Lamb. Whoops, council member. Okay, we'll, council member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to first mention that yesterday we had an agriculture day. And this is something that we've done for three years. several groups have gotten together to put on an agriculture day. And I want to thank the Fayette County Farm Bureau for that. And also Fayette Alliance and the 12th District Council Office. We went to a lot of really great places. We went to some farms. We went to an equine hospital and then to the horse park. And so I just want to say thank you to everyone. We learn a lot on these ag days because oftentimes we're sitting behind computers and that's fine. You can leave that up. I'll talk about that in a second too. We sit behind computers and we don't get to get out and see a lot of Fayette County. So I just want to thank everyone that was involved in that. It was very rich and I'm sorry I don't have any photos because there were a lot of really great photos for that as well. What's up on the screen right now is a Tree Week event that will be held on October 8th at 1 PM in Valley Park. Trees Lexington has been giving away a tree to each council member. And I'm honoring my predecessor, Peggy Henson, with the tree in Valley Park. And there will also be a tree giveaway so people can come and get free trees and we can kick off Tree Week. So I hope that everybody will join me then. I'm advertising it now since we will not have a meeting for two weeks. And then something happened today that was very unfortunate. There was supposed to be a public hearing with the state for an air quality permit for the incinerator that we've been talking about at CNR Asphalt. And at 2 PM, that ended up not being able to happen because One of the links that the state sent out and had posted was incorrect for the Zoom. And so people, including myself, were all trying to log in and could not do that. So I know some people were concerned that they did that on purpose. I really do think it was human error. They, by law, have to give us 30 days notice before they have another hearing. So they will be doing that. they will be having another hearing and posting it. So I wanted to give you the website that you can check on that. If you're interested, it's www.eec.ky.gov slash air public notices. And so they will be rescheduling that hearing. I will be sharing that information once I have that. And I just want to say how frustrating and disappointing this was because a lot of people were involved and were ready to give their comments, and some people even took the day off work. So I hope that this state will have it organized for the next time. And I think that's all, thank you very much. Thank you. Councilmember Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. We had a colleague that died today, former colleague. Bobby Flan used to sit over there. Well, you're sitting, I sat with him when I first came on the council. And he was Mr. Everywhere. He was at Kentucky High School for many years, helping with the time clocks. He was at Rupp Arena, and he did the legends. He did Keeneland, and he was the nicest guy you ever met. And I don't think there would be another Bobby Flynn in this town because he was everywhere. But he always had candy, and he always passed it around to everybody, and everybody loved him wherever he went. And my heart goes out to his wife, Ellie Richie, Brad, and Doug. So I'll ask you all to keep them in their prayers so he'll be missed. Secondly, Mayor, last night I went to the E911, and I went there about 10 o'clock, and I was sitting there. I got to talk with everybody. And there were five call takers there, and it was amazing. We were watching everything, and they were telling me a lot of things that can be better, and I commend that lady back there, the director, who's done a tremendous job. Your staff is very professional, even with the shorthand. But the thing that really amazed me, if you can look up there, those were the five people, and you can see up on top there's no lights on there, but if you go to the next screen, there's a red light up on top. The guns went off. I was there when those guns went off. Everything lit up. Those people were working, and that red light up there just popped up. There was about 10 blocks. All of them were full. There were people that had been placed on hold for 911. I started wondering. I started saying, is somebody having a heart attack? Is somebody a fire? And these people here, and as I watched them control themselves, I would have freaked out. I mean, that's why I'm not in that job. But to see those people on hold that need an emergency, and these people are right now dealing with people being shot, many 911 calls coming in. It just shows you how hard this job is and how we've got to fix it, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. But I've got to commend you, and I mean your staff is so professional. I could sit there. I'd be freaking out if I saw all those red lights up there, knowing that somebody may be having a heart attack, but while I'm on the phone talking to someone else. We've just got to fill these spots up, guys. This is scary times, especially when I was a commissioner of housing, building, construction. I was a fire marshal. My guys, you all went, and you saw how long it takes for a fire to destroy a house. If you have 10 minutes on a call with a fire, I think my mind was just freaking out. I was just thinking of all that. So this is really, it was an eye-opener, and I do want to, like I said, my heart goes out to you guys. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you. director patton and her crew do a great job thank you council member lamb thank you mayor um and i too wanted to uh speak briefly about the passing of bobby flynn he served on the urban county council in the six districts from 1988 to 1995 and he was of the the good old boys school school that's what I when I first came into the council clerk's office in 92 that's I learned a lot from from what I'm referring as the good old boys so but he will be missed he always had a smile on his face and I passed my condolences on to his family and I appreciated learning a lot him when he was on council so the other thing is i wanted to share with you all uh um next week lexington will be hosting a non-profit non-partisan um entity civic genius uh thanks to the partnership with civic lex and unify they are hosting three different uh events next week uh they it's a three hour short three hour event where you work with people in your community to learn how to actively listen, connect, find common ground, and brainstorm recommendations for how the government, tech companies, and individuals can address digital disinformation while respecting free speech. I personally signed up for Wednesday night. If you're interested in this, it really is interesting to me, and I hope that a lot of people will join into this and participate. They're going to have about 50 people. They're hoping to have about 50 people for each session. And as you can see, it's at Limestone Hall. And if you're interested, you can go to the website, O-U-R-C-I-V-I-C-G-E-N-I-U-S dot O-R-G, ourcivicgenius.org, and then this event should be on there. I think it's really a unique opportunity for our community, and I would love to see every one of these sessions full of 50 people in Lexington and so that from all backgrounds so that we can have really unique conversations. So I'd appreciate it. And I, too, will say that I appreciate all of our government workers, everybody that does such an amazing job. LFUCG really does have some amazing workers. And I appreciate every single one of you all for everything you do every day for our community because we're very lucky to have such good employees who really care. So thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Kloiber. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to make one more quick reminder about next Saturday's event, October the 1st. It's called Step Up for Kids. It's going to be at the Whitaker YMCA. We're going to be walking around in circles, 100,000 steps in one day, raising money for the black achievers and the power scholars program it is uh the equivalent of two marathons it will take a very long time we can get teams together so bring you know nine of your closest walking buddies uh put to put a team together walk for an hour and try and raise some money for a good cause so again it's going to be on october 1st all day long the whitaker ymca come down we're going to have swag and goodies and all sorts of other things to entice you to walk so Hope to see you guys there. Thank you. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Council Member Reynolds, for bringing up our Ag Day yesterday. I do have some photos to share by my wonderful aide, Rob Bolson. He is our unofficial photographer for council. So a big thank you again to Fayette Alliance and Kentucky Farm Bureau. We started our day at Carter G. Woodson Academy. That's over at the Frederick Douglass campus where they have an app harvest container. farm which is amazing if you're not familiar with app harvest you should look it up they're really they're doing some really amazing things and those young gentlemen there are our future so they they really were impressive young men and then we moved on to barton farm and learned about custom drone spraying they had the largest drone i have ever seen in my life that they used to spray fertilizer and pesticides and things like that. And that was very impressive as well. At Golden Age Farm, this is inside the container farm. Isn't that the prettiest lettuce you've ever seen? It was so pretty. They use it for their, they take it inside for their salad bars every day for lunch. It was really impressive. There's that drone. It's huge. It took off and it blew my hair. It was like a tiny helicopter. It was really cool. So then after that, we went to Golden Age Farm to see their Wagyu cattle operation, which was really impressive as well. And then we went to Haggard Equine Medical Institute to learn about their industry and how they serve our equine community from everything from foaling to surgeries to a myriad of things. It's really, really impressive. And we wrapped up at the horse park, and they were really gracious out there to host some of us for a trail ride. So that was a really great day to see our community, some of the community that we don't get to see inside city limits. So it's always a very educational day. And if you don't get a chance to drive our rural areas, you really should, because we are lucky to call Lexington home. And with all the farms that we have around, it really was a refreshing day. So I thank everybody for the educational opportunity, and it was nice to spend some time with colleagues. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. I asked her if there wasn't a trail ride picture of the council members riding. Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, just to follow up on that, I got to finally ride a horse living here. I haven't ridden one in a long time. There are no jockeys that have to worry about losing their job with me. I am not going to make weight, but it was fun. At least he never got more than just about two miles an hour, so I felt pretty safe. But if you do want to go ride, go out to the horse park because you can do a trail ride out there. I wanted to thank the E911. I've only had to call, fortunately, three times for emergency, twice for my dad, and then once yesterday, actually, I was coming down Broadway, heading south, and there was a person in the walkway that had been hit by a driver, and I called and said there's been an accident here, and within one ring, a very professional person answered and said, we've already received that call and thank you, and I got off. But it was very refreshing to see how professional that caller was and how quickly you all responded. I know you're all short staff. I've been out there. I plan on stopping out again, but I just want to thank you all for how quick you all answered and how quick you do your job. So thank you all. Thank you. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member James Brown had to leave for a neighborhood meeting, and because I am his constituent, he entrusted me with his announcements tonight. So I have three. The first, Green Acres, Hollow Creek, and Breckenridge neighborhoods will come together to host their annual Neighborhood Day this Saturday, September 24th from 2 to 8 p.m. And secondly, Oakwood Neighborhood will host their Neighborhood Day this Saturday, September 24th from 12 to 4 p.m. And thirdly, the Lexington African American Sports Hall of Fame Gala will honor local African American sports legends on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at the Central Bank Center. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. Now, we have several people signed up to speak for public comments. So the council rules are that when you come to the podium, you'll need to state your name and your council district for the record, and you'll have three minutes to speak. First is Dottie Bean. Welcome. My name is Dottie Bean. I am in the 8th District. I have decided tonight to withhold my comments and pursue my complaints through the Citizens Advocates Office and other avenues instead. Thank you. Next is Mike Scanlon. Welcome. Good evening. I'm Mike Scanlon, and I live in the 5th District. I get the pleasure of knowing most of you, and let me promise you, it's a little more nervous standing here looking at you than it was sitting there looking at me. And I will admit I'm a little nervous because it's a passionate topic that I've got today. Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council Members, first of all, thank you for your service and thank you to the public safety folks that are here today. The challenges that you folks are facing are far greater than the challenges I faced when I was here. The public safety crisis right now is of incredible proportion. It's kind of like the earthquake that won't quit happening. We have 30 some people dead so far this year and it just keeps and keeps happening. It's a terrible challenge for everybody, and the solution is not easy. Speaking difficult facts is difficult to do and it's difficult to hear. And if I seem a little raspy or a little harsh, it's because I really don't want to step on toes, but there's some important messages that I'd like to get across that comes from my experience from having been there and being on this side of it too. that with all the good intentions and great person, the mayor has not come up with a plan for public safety yet that's working. And we don't have a lot of hope in the election because her opposition isn't coming up with a much better plan. So we're faced with what are we going to do with what's going on. And we're all kind of looking at each other, kind of scared, wondering what we're going to do. And despite the best efforts of good people, the plan just isn't there. So my challenge is that the members of council can grab this by their hands and they can take charge of this and they can do the plan. They don't have to wait for anybody to come up with their own plan. You guys have the authority by charter and by council rules to revise the budget whenever you want. You go in and you have your budget analysts and your council aides look at the budget and find the money to give the public safety officers to give the police a raise to make their pay competitive or greater than the people that are in the surrounding areas and make this a better place to work you have the power to do that you don't have to wait for the next budget some things will have to be sacrificed and some people will have to get irritated and And some people will have to get mad. But it's better than people getting dead. Second suggestion is that council meets regularly with the police chief and support him. And if you can't support him, which I really think you should, you need to replace him so we have a plan. And thirdly, Vice Mayor Kay, you can appoint a committee to come up with a plan in the next 60 days to give the incoming council a better chance of success. I'm out of time. I had a lot more to say, but time being what it is, thank you. And I apologize if I stepped on good people's feet. I do respect the work you do, and I do thank you for it. Thank you. Next is Ed Yancey. Welcome. Thank you, Madam Mayor. My name is Ed Yancey. I'm from District 11, and I'm here to provide Mr. Daniels my time because he has some suggestions that may help you folks address this public safety issue. Thank you. Next is Rock Daniels, and you will have six minutes. Welcome. Hey, everybody. I don't want to step on any toes either, I promise. So, because nobody else did, let's take a moment. Excuse me, I'm sorry. Rock Daniels, 11th District candidate. Thank you. I am a candidate. So nobody else did, but let's take a moment to think about the loss of life that we had today. Another tragic murder in our city. Let's also think about the kids at Frederick Douglass School, that a gun was found, an ammunition was found. And we sit here and we say that we're not in a public safety crisis. We truly are in a public safety crisis right now. Our city is in crisis. Today I'd like to talk about 911, get a little bit what Richard was saying, what Mike was saying. As reported by WKYT, in 2019, five calls had ring times of more than two minutes. Five. So far in 2022, more than 1,000 calls had ring times of more than two minutes. That's someone calling 911 to come save a life. And these ring times are just exorbitant, you know, over and over again. So I got the opportunity not to go visit 9-1-1, but to talk to several people who are on staff at 9-1-1 and people who are, who have retired recently. What I didn't realize was these 9-1-1 call takers, they're also taking the calls, the overflow calls of our non-emergency calls. So they can sit there and be taking 9-1-1 calls and have it fully lit up and they're taking non-emergency calls. They're also answering after-hours calls of anything 3-1-1 related from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Everyone there, they work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Half of the shift, they work Thursday and Friday. Half work Saturday and Sunday, and then they switch that. But as they're taking those extra 3-1-1 calls, that third shift, there's only three call takers. Three. 24, every third shift, there's three. That's it. We're below half-staffed. We need another 30 call takers. We have 10 call takers total working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for a city of 322,000 people. Supervisors who are on salary are having to answer the phones. That's not their job. Their job is to supervise, not to answer the phones. They're not call takers. Our call takers starting pay is $19 an hour. In smaller communities, smaller than us, they're starting out at over $23 an hour. Again, we're half staffed. We need 30 more call takers. We need to pay them more immediately. It's not much money. We need to pay them more. We had COVID. We all know that people deserve more money, as I said before. We need to allow easier lateral moves. If you were to go from Lexington to Louisville doing the same job, you'll just go through a couple of things and you'll be working within two to three weeks. If you try to do the same thing from Louisville to Lexington, you've got to go through the entire process. It's not a seamless thing going back and forth. The other thing is we can pay supervisors by the hour. Because these supervisors are saying they'd be willing to work these overtime if they could get paid for it. They're on salary right now. But if we pay them the overtime, they'd do it. The other thing is get someone else to answer those non-emergency calls. You know, you don't have to be trained the way the men and women that take the 911 calls to answer a call on, hey, somebody's parked in front of my house and it's been there for two weeks. You know, you can get somebody else to take that call. They don't have to be trained to do it. On another thing, of course, you know, we're 118 corrections officers short, 115 sworn police officers short, 151 of our police officers could retire tomorrow. and where would we be? A couple of weeks ago, you said that you were going to meet with the FOP. And while that meeting took place, I think with someone with the mayor's staff, nothing's come from it. I don't even think that, I mean, if you guys have received word or a report from the mayor's staff on that, I don't think it's gone anywhere. On the police, We pay just over $48,000 to our police officers. That's before they receive the $4,300 for the extra training that they do. Louisville just sent out. $48,000 is us. Louisville just sent out. They are offering $75,552. They're offering an $8,000 hiring bonus. and they're offering a $3,000 moving expense. We're at $48,000. Louisville's at $75,000. We've got to do something. We've got to pay these guys and gals more money. We've got to start taking public safety serious in this city again. We are in crisis. We know it's here. Now we've got to do something about it. And like Scanlon said, we've got to make some cuts somewhere. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Billy Mallory. I'm sorry. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Next is Shaheen, I believe, Janan. Welcome. shahean ganan and i'm district six and i'm totally out of my comfort zone but here we go i want chief weathers to know that we heard him speak the other day and we want to make a difference. He totally moved me. From 2018 to 2022, the safety of Lexington has become a catastrophe. Imagine what it will be in the next four years if we don't do something now. We need to bring back respect and honor to our community. We need to increase pay for our first responders. Criminals must be swiftly be held responsibility for their actions. It will take all of us to make a difference. My friends that are here with me and I are willing to do what it takes. I work, I'm a wife, a mom, and I've worked with kids for the last 14 years. We tell our children to look for the helpers in if they find themselves in a harmful situation. I fear that there will be no helpers to be found if we continue down this path. It's really important. And I want to thank all of the first responders, the firefighters, the police officers, the EMT, the 911. Thank you so much. thank you thank you and our final speaker is jim coleman welcome mayor to the council thank you for this opportunity first of all i want to thank you for what you've done for me i'm a farmer out there in uttinger town and when i came here returned back home in 2020 i know what it's like to receive the love of the mayor and the council and our city needs a lot of love at this time. As you all know, we're going through a lot of challenges, both with public safety as well as with our officers. And so instead of pointing fingers, which is not what we need, we need to all come together in our beautiful city. We've all been through a lot in the last three years, and I've got five recommendations that won't cost a lot of money, Mayor, which I think you'll be pleased with. The first one is- Excuse me for interrupting. And you're 12th district, correct? Yes, Kathy Pullman. Thank you. This is new to me. The first suggestion is that I think we need to end the divisiveness in our city. And what I would like to suggest is that we declare that Lexington and in our beautiful city, that all lives matter, including the lives of our police officers. The second is that we would provide our police officers the authority and the protection they need to issue warrants to dangerous criminals by reinstating no-knock warrants. President Obama would have never sent our Navy SEALs to take out bin Laden and to ask them to ring the bell at his compound to see if he would come out on the front yard and have a discussion. I think we need to be able to provide that same support as President Obama did to our Navy SEAL team to be able to provide that same coverage to our police officers. The incidence of using no-knock warrants is not very high, but it does send a message to our police officers that they are going to be fully supported and that we would never send them into a situation to where their own lives would be at risk. It also sends a message to criminals that they can continue with their behavior and the police won't have support. The next is include our police officers in annual police department budgeting processes to make sure that we're getting feedback from the front line that as we allocate precious dollars that we know exactly those funds are going to go towards fighting crime. I also would recommend that we use what the federal government uses, which is the viewpoint employee survey process that we would use it, and not only just for the police department, but for all of our employees in city government, but to start it with our police department so that we can get unvarnished feedback. And within the federal government, each department in the federal government, they make that information available to the public. So I would recommend that we would have a very transparent process in being able to receive that feedback and making it available to everyone. And then the last, as you all know, Lexington was founded on May 6, 1782. My recommendation is that we would make May 6, going forward, Hug a Cop Day in Lexington, Kentucky. Thank you very much, Mayor, and God bless you all for all the hard work that you all are trying to do for all of us. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. With that, counsel, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. Thank you, Councilmember Legree and Councilmember Baxter. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you all for coming. Thank you.