# Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee - January 17, 2023 > Auto-transcribed civic record · January 17, 2023 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5730 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5730?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2023-01-17 - **Last revised**: January 17, 2023 - **Length**: 465 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee convened on January 17, 2023, at 12:30 P.M. The meeting focused on organizational matters, specifically the election of committee leadership for the new term. The committee successfully completed the election of a Committee Chair and selection of a Vice Chair, with this agenda item receiving approval. The meeting involved one formal vote and heard no public comments during the proceedings. ## Attendance The following members were present at the meeting on January 17, 2023: • D. Wu • T. Fogle • S. Lynch • H. LeGris • B. Monarrez • L. Sheehan • D. Gray • P. Worley • F. Brown • D. Sevigny All members were present for the meeting. No absences or late arrivals were recorded. ## Votes and Decisions The meeting included one formal vote on a committee leadership appointment. **Election of Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee Chair** H. LeGris made a motion to elect L. Sheehan as chair of the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee. The motion was seconded by T. Fogle. The vote passed unanimously with 10 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. All members present voted in favor of the appointment: - D. Wu - T. Fogle - S. Lynch - H. LeGris - B. Monarrez - L. Sheehan - D. Gray - P. Worley - F. Brown - D. Sevigny With this unanimous approval, L. Sheehan was officially elected to serve as chair of the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee. ## Appointments The meeting included appointments to leadership positions within the Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee. L. Sheehan was appointed to serve as Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee Chair. H. LeGris was appointed to serve as Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee Vice Chair. These appointments establish the leadership structure for the Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee for the upcoming term. ## Election of Committee Chair/Selection of Vice Chair The committee conducted its annual leadership elections during this meeting. The process involved selecting both a chair and vice chair for the upcoming term. The key participants in this agenda item were H. LeGris, T. Fogle, and L. Sheehan. The committee ultimately elected L. Sheehan to serve as chair and appointed H. LeGris as vice chair. The outcome was approved, establishing the committee's leadership structure for the term ahead. Both positions were filled through the committee's standard election and appointment procedures. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps are not available for this agenda item.* --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (10-0): Election of L. Sheehan as chair of the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee --- ## Full transcript Oh, there's only just the two of us And here we are still fighting for our lives Watching all of history repeat itself time after time I'm just a dreamer I dream my life away I'm just a dreamer I'm hoping that the dawn will bring a sign A better place for those who will come in for us This time I'm just a great Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ¶¶ Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to our first official business of the new year. And I, for one, I'm pretty excited about this new council. and I think we're all pretty excited to get working with each other and getting some stuff done. So with that said, I would like to call the January 17th, 2023 meeting of the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee to order. Just a quick reminder that council members who are not in this committee can sit and participate but not vote on any items. And as always, sign in to speak and I'll call people in order. We only have one item of business for this meeting, which is to elect a committee chair. You may nominate yourself or someone else to serve as chair of this committee. And at this time, I will open the floor for nominations for chair. Council member Legree. Thank you, Chair. I move to nominate council member Sheehan as chair of the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee. So moved. All right, we have a motion to elect Council Member Sheehan as chair, do I have a second? Second. I'm sorry, let Council Member Fogle have that. Okay, Council Member Fogle seconds. And so we have a second. Council Member, there you are, I got to find where everybody is. Council Member Sheehan, are you willing to serve as committee chair if elected? Yes. Thank you. Are there any other nominations? Hearing none, I will declare nominations closed and call for a vote. All those in favor of Councilmember Sheehan being chair, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes without dissent. Congratulations, Councilmember Sheehan. Your first responsibility as chair is to appoint a vice chair. Thank you, colleagues. I appreciate your support, and I'm excited about serving in this position. I would like to appoint Council Member Legree as my vice chair. Council Member Legree has been appointed as vice chair, and there's no other business at this time. I will entertain a motion to adjourn. Council Member Sheehan, motion to adjourn and a second, please. Second. Second. All right, all those in favor, say aye. Any opposed? Thank you. That was quick. We stand adjourned. And we're not allowed to start stuff early, are we?