# Council Work Session - January 31, 2023 > Auto-transcribed civic record · January 31, 2023 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5747 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5747?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2023-01-31 - **Last revised**: January 31, 2023 - **Length**: 4,004 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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council convened on January 31, 2023, at 3:00 PM in the Council Chamber at the Urban County Government Center in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Linda Gorton presiding. The meeting addressed four main agenda items, including public comment on agenda issues, approval of meeting summaries, budget amendments, and new business items. Council members conducted six formal votes during the session, with all substantive agenda items receiving approval. One member of the public provided comments on issues related to the meeting agenda. The meeting successfully completed its business with the approval of budget amendments and new business matters, demonstrating the council's continued work on municipal governance and fiscal management. ## Attendance The following members were present at the January 31, 2023 meeting: **Present:** • Mayor Linda Gorton • Vice Mayor Wu • J. Brown • Ellinger • Fogle • Lynch • LeGris • Sheehan • Gray • Worley • F. Brown • Baxter • Sevigny • Reynolds • Plomin **Absent:** • Monarrez No members arrived late to the meeting. A total of 15 members were present with 1 member absent. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted six votes during the January 31, 2023 meeting, all of which passed unanimously. **Motion to Move Public Hearing** [timestamp: 00:02] Councilmember Ellinger moved to relocate the public hearing to the start of the meeting, seconded by Reynolds. The motion passed unanimously. **Work Session Summary Approval** [timestamp: 00:03] Councilmember Gray moved to approve the January 17, 2023 work session summary, with Fogle providing the second. The motion passed unanimously. **New Business Approval** [timestamp: 00:04] Councilmember Plomin moved to approve new business items, seconded by Sheehan. The motion passed unanimously with 2 abstentions. Councilmembers LeGris and Sheehan recused themselves from item I. **Police Union Agreement Resolution** [timestamp: 00:05] Councilmember Baxter moved to place on the docket a resolution accepting a Memorandum of Agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police Town Branch Lodge #83, with Ellinger seconding. The motion passed unanimously. **Neighborhood Development Funds** [timestamp: 00:06] Councilmember Ellinger moved to approve neighborhood development funds, seconded by Plomin. The motion passed unanimously. **Meeting Adjournment** [timestamp: 03:08] Councilmember Ellinger moved to adjourn the meeting, with Fogle providing the second. The motion passed unanimously. All votes were conducted by voice vote rather than roll call, with no individual vote tallies recorded. The meeting demonstrated broad consensus among council members on all agenda items presented. ## Budget and Financial Actions The council addressed several significant financial items totaling over $4 million in funding authorizations and contract approvals. **Grant Funding Acceptances** The largest financial action involved authorization to accept $2,891,826.38 from the National Opioid Settlement for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (L0041-23). Additionally, the council approved accepting $447,898 in federal funding from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for the Division of Police to purchase and install a MX10 thermal imaging camera system (L0090-23). **Contract Authorizations** The council approved the fourth and final renewal of an agreement with Advanced Mulching Technologies, Inc. for $59,397.00 (L0070-23). A new Purchase of Service Agreement with Gresham Smith was authorized for $150,000.00, requiring the Mayor's execution (L0075-23). **Intergovernmental Agreement** The council authorized execution of a memorandum of agreement with the University of Kentucky, committing $500,000.00 from LFUCG for the expansion of the Dorotha Smith Oatts Visitor Center at the Arboretum (L0077-23). The combined financial actions represent approximately $4.05 million in expenditures and grant acceptances, with the National Opioid Settlement funding comprising the largest single item at nearly $2.9 million. The approved items span multiple city departments and functions, including public safety equipment, environmental services, professional consulting, and community partnerships. ## Public Comment During the public comment period, one community member addressed the council regarding the National Opioid Settlement funds. **Dottie Bean** spoke about the National Opioid Settlement funds, expressing concerns about how these funds would be allocated and monitored [timestamp: 00:01]. Bean requested that the council provide more detailed information about the settlement before proceeding with a vote to accept the funds. Her comments focused on ensuring proper oversight and transparency in the use of these settlement resources. The public comment period provided an opportunity for community input on this significant funding decision facing the council. ## Appointments The meeting included several appointments and reappointments to various municipal bodies and committees. **Planning Organization** • Reynolds Brown was reappointed to the Planning Organization **Infill and Redevelopment Steering Committee** • Brag Ga was appointed to the Infill and Redevelopment Steering Committee • Phil was appointed to the Infill and Redevelopment Steering Committee The appointments represent ongoing efforts to maintain staffing on key municipal committees that guide planning and development activities within the jurisdiction. ## Public Comment - Issues on Agenda [timestamp: 00:01] The meeting opened with a public comment period where community members could address issues related to items on the agenda. Dottie Bean was the sole speaker during this session, raising concerns about the allocation of National Opioid Settlement funds. Bean's comments focused on how the settlement funds should be distributed and utilized, though the specific details of her concerns were not elaborated in the available materials. The National Opioid Settlement represents a significant funding source for communities affected by the opioid crisis, making the allocation of these resources a matter of public interest. This public comment session served an informational purpose, providing community input on agenda-related matters before the formal meeting proceedings began. No action was taken during this portion of the meeting, as is typical for public comment periods which are designed to gather citizen input rather than make decisions. ## Approval of Summary [timestamp: 00:03] The council considered approval of the summary from their January 17, 2023 work session. The agenda item was presented as a resolution requiring council action. Key speakers during this discussion included Gray and Fogle, though the specific details of their remarks are not available in the provided materials. The council proceeded to approve the summary of the January 17, 2023 work session without apparent controversy or extended debate. **Outcome:** Approved ## Budget Amendments [timestamp: 00:05] The council considered various budget amendments during the meeting. The item was presented as a resolution requiring council approval. Key speakers on this agenda item included Baxter and Plomin, who discussed the proposed budget modifications with the council. The budget amendments were presented to the council for consideration, though the specific details of the individual amendments and their financial impacts were not detailed in the available materials. The discussion appeared to be procedural in nature, focusing on the approval of the amendments as presented. The council ultimately approved the budget amendments as proposed. No significant concerns or objections were raised during the discussion of this item, and the resolution passed without apparent controversy. The approval of these budget amendments allows the necessary financial adjustments to move forward as planned by city staff and administration. ## New Business [timestamp: 00:04] The council addressed several new business items during this portion of the meeting, with key participation from council members Plomin and Sheehan. The new business segment focused primarily on authorizations for various grants and contracts that required council approval. While the specific details of individual grants and contracts were not provided in the available materials, the discussion centered on multiple funding and contractual matters that needed formal authorization. Council members Plomin and Sheehan were the primary speakers during this agenda item, leading the discussion on the various authorizations under consideration. The nature of their specific comments and any debate that may have occurred was not detailed in the source materials. The council ultimately approved all new business items presented during this session. The approval encompassed the various grants and contracts that were brought forward for authorization, allowing the city to proceed with these financial and contractual commitments. No specific concerns or objections were noted in the available documentation regarding any of the new business items. The approval appears to have proceeded without significant controversy or extended debate. The new business portion of the meeting concluded with all presented items receiving the necessary council approval to move forward. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the January 31, 2023 Council meeting docket - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place on the docket for tonight’s council meeting, a resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute any agreements related to the settlement of the National Opioid Litigation, or related to bankruptcy proceedings filed by any of the defendants to that litigation, for the purpose of receiving funds arising from those proceedings or other matters related to the litigation. I also request that this resolution received two readings at tonight’s meeting - **Motion** — passed (0-0): place ordinance #8 (An Ordinance changing the zone from a High Density Apartment (R-4) zone, a Neighborhood Business (B-1) zone and a Light Industrial (I-1) zone to an Industrial Redevelopment Planned Unit Development (PUD-3) zone, for 27.087 net (27.461 gross) acres, for property located at 125 Turner Commons Way and 1409 N. Forbes Rd.) without a public hearing - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the January 24, 2023 work session summary - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve budget amendments - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve new business - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve neighborhood development funds - **Motion** — passed (0-0): approve the Mayor's Report-Price Contract Bid Recommendations - **Motion** — passed (0-0): adjourn at 3:29pm --- ## Full transcript Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the January 31st, 2023 Urban County Council Work Session meeting. And the first item on the agenda is public comment for issues on the agenda. and I'll ask back there if there's anyone signed up to comment on the agenda. Okay. Mayor Gordon. Yes, ma'am. As they bring the agenda, if you would please allow me to ask everyone for a moment of silence for Tyree, who was murdered in Memphis. if we could just have a moment of silence on that behalf as Lexington Council and representing mayor and vice mayor and the rest of the council, please. I think that's a really good idea if there are no objections to start our meeting that way. Thank you, Council Member Fogel. So we will have a moment of silence. Thank you. Thank you. Now, we have one person here to speak for items not on the agenda, or on the agenda, I'm sorry, and just to remind everyone in the chamber that the council sticks to the three minutes without extensions, and if you'll come to the podium and state your name and your council district for the record, and you'll have three minutes. Welcome. My name is Dottie Bean. I'm from Council District 8. We see that Lexington has received national opioid settlement funds of about $3 million to use for costs associated with drug abuse and mental health. I think this is the first of 18 payments, if I read the packet right. We wish to ask that this be addressed more fully before a vote is taken to accept it today. We see that it is the second of 18 disbursements that Lexington is expecting from the settlement with the drug firms. We'd like to know, for instance, who is responsible for deciding where these funds go, who will be monitoring the expenditures of them, and are any of them supposed to go to private groups or citizens rather than government, and what are the main restrictions on allocating these monies, what they can be used for. Please address these questions before you vote on this new business item B on the administrative synopsis and on page 10 of today's product. Pack it, I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you very much. Did anyone not get to sign up who wishes to speak? All right, thank you. I would like a motion to approve the docket. Let's see, who did I hear over here? Council Member Plowman and Council Member Gray seconded? Okay. Now, if you have an item for the docket or a question, please log in. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. I moved to place on the docket for tonight's council meeting a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any agreements related to the settlement of the national opioid litigation or related to bankruptcy proceedings filed by any of the defendants to that litigation for the purpose of receiving funds arising from those proceedings or other matters related to the litigation i also request that this resolution receive two readings at tonight's meeting. So moved. Is there a second? Second. Councilmember Baxter. All right. Questions. If you have questions, raise your hand since others are in the queue for something else. Councilmember Ellinger and then Councilmember Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. How is this different than what is actually on the docket right now under first read or in our work session today? Commissioner Specker, welcome. Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council Members. So this, the matter that is matter B on the docket is for acceptance of disbursements in a settlement agreement with four defendants that has already been executed. it. The walk-on motion that the vice mayor just made is for any additional settlement agreements that come down or bankruptcy proceedings that come down. And the impetus for this is that there are two other pending or proposed settlements that are still being negotiated, so I can't discuss them in an open meeting. But we have documents that need to be returned by the end of this week. And we were just informed about it at the end of last week. So as those of you who have been involved in litigation know sometimes these things can happen fairly quickly. So we want to be able to get the documents executed in return. And when the funds come down, of course, you all will know about that. We also, I believe that we'll be coming to you all shortly with a fuller presentation about the litigation and also about plans for forming a commission to award funds here locally and what the parameters are for their uses. But I am happy to answer any other questions that you all may have. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Mayor. That helps explain it. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Fred Brown. I think that answered my question really is do we have a plan or we're going to do a plan or have a plan, just like the lady adhered to as to how we're going to spend the money. So right now all we're doing is authorizing to get it. Yes. But then we'll put that in motion, make sure the community has an input in that and go that way. Yes, so this is the first settlement prior to the settlement with the four defendants that is the subject of item B on your docket. The General Assembly passed a bill that sort of outlined how the funding can be used and how it will be distributed between municipalities in Kentucky and the state. So this is sort of analogous to tobacco, but one of the significant differences is that municipalities are receiving direct funding, unlike in tobacco. So the statute that was passed by the General Assembly sort of laid out and created a commission, parameters for how the funds will be distributed. And we're doing something very similar to that that will be managed out of Commissioner Alan Bryant's office. And as I said, we've been drafting an ordinance to bring to you all for consideration on that. What this is, is it's the complete payments that are owed to Fayette County from Johnson & Johnson and the first two of 18 from the three big distributors. So, you know, as these settlements come through, this will be a long-term process. So we're mindful of the need to put a process in place that can manage these funds over that period of time. Does anyone else have a question about the motion? All right. Thank you. Thank you. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Now we're still on the docket. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on tonight's docket an ordinance changing the zone from a high-density apartment R4 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone, a light industrial zone to an industrial redevelopment planned unit development PUD3 zone for 27.087 net and 27.461 gross acres for property located at 125 Turner Commons Way and 1409 North Forbes Road, Turner Property 4. LLC Council District 11 approval was 8 to 0. So moved. Second. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger seconded. I'm sorry, without a public hearing. Thank you. Without a public hearing, Council Member Ellinger seconded. Are there any questions or comments? all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes is there anything else for the docket all right all those in favor of approving the docket as amended please say aye anyone opposed all right that motion passes and could i please have a motion to approve the January 24th Council Work Session Summary. Council Member Vogel and Vice Mayor Wu seconded. Are there any questions? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Now, could I please have a motion to approve the budget amendments? So approved. Second. Councilmember Baxter moved and Councilmember Plumman seconded. If you have a question about a budget amendment, please log in. No questions? All right. All those in favor of approval, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. and for your information only on pages 6 to 8 are the budget adjustments. And next is new business. Could I have a motion? Council Member Plowman moves to approve. Is there a second? Council Member Lynch seconds. Now, if you'll log in, please, for your questions. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner Alan Bryant for number B, please. Welcome. Commissioner Specker talked about, could you just talk about what's happening with this? And if there's some, if you heard some of the questions earlier, if there's any response that we can make to those that might be helpful just for the general public. Right, because they didn't get the email. So I sent you an email yesterday kind of outlining our next proposed steps. The first one would be for a permanent commission to be made by ordinance. this commission we're still working on what that makeup will be but it will be experts in the field as well as people with lived experience related to substance use disorder and and the consequences so that commission will be charged with looking at the data making forth recommendations sending it to the mayor and then the mayor will send forth her recommendations from those to the council for approval. Additionally, we have decided on one step that we will go ahead and take, and that's to complete a needs assessment. Looking for updated data, the last one we did was in 2018, and as we know, a lot has changed in our environment since then. There was a little thing called COVID that happened. We've had increased opioid deaths. We've had the fentanyl crisis, and so the landscape of substance use disorder has changed and so we need that updated data to make informed decisions for our recommendations to use the opioid abatement money. Do you have any? I think that answers and and these are going to come in disbursements so this is the first one's about 2.9 and we've got and I guess these are the first two and we've got 18 total coming in is that and how's that going to happen? No sir we had 2.9 million dollars come in and we expect a variety of payments in different amounts over the next 18 years. And so considering that, I mean, I don't know about you, but I probably won't be around in 18 years. And so with others, we thought that having a permanent commission so that this can be stayed on top of and we have that continuity of taking care of the money and deciding on how that's being used would be in place. What's the total amount that we'll be receiving over the, we don't know that? No. And Commissioner Spector just stood up, so I think she wanted to respond. Yes, absolutely. So the item B just relates to a settlement with just four of the defendants. Right. So when the settlements, so we have. That was like $14 million or something, wasn't it? With these, about 15. With these, right, just for these. Right, right. Right. And so all of the various settlements will have their own unique terms. So we could have a settlement come down that a defendant will pay over 20 years, over 25 years. We don't know that yet. What we do know right now is 2.9 coming in and about 15 million and more to come, hopefully. Yes, that's right. Okay. That's all I have, Mayor. Thank you. I'm sure there might be other questions about this. Thank you. Council Member Legree. Thank you, Mayor. This is simply a statement along with Council Member Sheehan. I will have to recuse on Item G, but I do want to say on behalf of the Third District, and I see former Council Member Lamb in the back there, I'm very excited about this progress with this Visitor Center project. So, that's it. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question about Item H. if I can get Commissioner Armstrong or Chief Weathers to answer this one. Chief Weathers, I think, will. Yeah. So this is for accepting a state Homeland Security grant in the amount of 447898 for an MX10 thermal imaging camera system. So I'm just curious as to what this product is and how you all intend to use it. It is a thermal. Sorry. Hello, everybody. It is a thermal imaging camera used on the helicopter. What we mainly use it for is, what it has been mainly used for is for life-saving purposes. If we have a missing person or missing juvenile lost in a wooded area, we can highlight that. And it's affixed to the helicopter, so it works in the daytime and the nighttime. I assume the thermal imaging part of it is where you all use it during nighttime? Yes. Would you say, because I know you all have a, and I might be simplifying it, essentially sort of a no-pursuit policy when it comes to stolen vehicles, with this, with the helicopter, with this imaging system, does it kind of take the place of that? Is this what you would use to track stolen cars? No, sir, it's not necessarily a no-pursuit policy. As we gauge the dangers associated with pursuits, and what we've found is that the helicopter actually keeps us out of pursuits and minimizes that danger. What I think a lot of people see is when they see on TV that the helicopter flies directly over the vehicle and is following the vehicle, and that's not what happens. What happens is the helicopter is probably offset many miles away, so the person in the vehicle doesn't know that anybody's watching them. When you're that many miles away, you can coordinate with the officers on the ground to be in the area unseen. And what happens is when that person parts the car and gets out, you can use that thermal energy to make sure we're actually going after the person who was actually involved with that vehicle that's associated with criminal activity. Thank you, Chief. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else have new business questions? All right. All those in favor of approving new business, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? And we have two recusals on G. Okay. You got that. Thank you. All right. Now we're ready for continuing business. And first, I'll entertain a motion to approve neighborhood development funds. Council Member Ellinger and second by Council Member Gray. Are there any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. And at this time, I'll ask Councilmember James Brown to give the November 29, 2022 BFED report. Thank you, Mayor. Budget Finance and Economic Development Committee, November 29, 2022, report out summary of motions. The meeting was started at 1 p.m. The approval. First, the committee approved the October 25, 2022 committee summary. The second item on the agenda was the Lexington Public Infrastructure Program. Chief Development Officer Kevin Atkins presented on the Public Infrastructure Program. Atkins explained the program is intended for large and small developers to help fill the gap in community infrastructure needs. Council allocated $3 million in FY23 to assist with privately funded infield and redevelopment projects within the urban service boundary. Funding must go towards the public infrastructure portion of the project and construction costs. Funding is distributed as reimbursements for approved expenditures. No pre-funding will occur. The Chief Development Officer and Commissioner of Environmental Quality and Public Works will manage the application process for the program and then must be approved by the Economic Development Investment Board and Council. A motion by McCurn, seconded by Ellinger, to approve the proposed Lexington Public Infrastructure Program. The motion passed without dissent. Item three was the Tech's District Work Group Report Out. This item was reported out at the November 29, 2022 work session. And then item four was the Compensation Study Update. This item was reported out at the November 29, 2022 work session. And then the meeting was adjourned at 2.37 p.m. And that concludes my report. Thank you very much. Does anyone have any questions for Council Member Brown about the report? All right. Thank you so much. It's time for Council reports. If you'll log in, please. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I have kind of a feel-good story to share with everyone. Over the weekend, our fire crews responded to a non-injury accident involving two vehicles at the intersection of Georgetown and Capstone Drive. Thankfully and miraculously, no one was injured. However, our firefighters did rescue one very important passenger. This is eight-week-old Arlo, and he was underneath the brake pedal of the SUV. our firefighters bravely crawled into the wreckage to pull out this sweet friend and he walked away all in one piece which is wonderful and he's so cute so thank you to our firefighters for a job well done thank you vice mayor woo thank you mayor my report is much less cute unfortunately um i would like to it's hard to follow that one um i would like to uh reappoint council members Reynolds, Fred Brown, and Baxter to the Transportation Policy Committee of the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. That's a really long one. And I would also like to Is this the same board? A different one. I've got two different ones. Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. Is there a second? Thank you. All right. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. Thank you. I don't, yeah, you might be right. I am also appointing Naki Braga and Phil Hollaback to the infill and redevelopment steering committee. I don't think we need a motion. Yeah, okay. No. Okay. All right. That's it. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. Councilmember Sheehan. Thank you, Mayor. So I know in a week or so ago, I talked about the Kenwick Community Center collecting neighborhood feedback about things that they want to happen there. I do want to let everybody know that that survey is still open, and they're particularly looking now for input from youth. And you can find the survey at lexingtonky.gov slash Kenwick. But tomorrow evening from 4 to 7 p.m. they are having an open house over at Kenwick, at the Kenwick Community Center on Owsley where you can take a tour of the building, share your ideas for what activities you'd like in that space, and then also meet the new recreation supervisor, Sam Garcia. So welcome, Sam. I'm happy to have you in that community center and working with our neighborhood there. And then finally, I just would like to draw everyone's attention to the updates to the construction website, where the public can see construction projects that are going on throughout the community. There's been a new addition where you can see utility permits as well. So if you go to lexingtonky.gov slash construction, you can see all the projects that are from our environmental quality and public works division. So streets and roads, things, stormwater things, sanitary sewer, all of those. But now there's also a portion and a map where you can see if utility work is going on in your area. So if you have someone digging around you, you can go to that website and see what might be going on. So thank you. Thank you. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to publicly announce that my legislative aide, LaShawn Barber, has started. This is her second week, and so I want to thank her for joining the team to help and support the second district. And I hope everyone gets to meet her because she's a dynamic individual and will bring a lot to this position and to the second district. And then lastly, I just want to thank Commissioner Casey Allen Bryant and all of her team and the Department of Social Services for putting on a phenomenal tour. Last week, we toured all the different agencies around the city that do so much for our community. So I just want to thank you all publicly for a great tour and all of the information that you shared. Thank you. Council Member Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. Can Chief Weathers come back up really quickly? I just have a question about this utility terrain. I'm sorry. We were going so fast. I missed it. I wanted to ask about this. Item I. Item I. What is the utility terrain vehicle? and can you give just a brief description? And I can say that the police department is having a phenomenal year. You've got a raise. You've got the flock cameras. We've got MX-10 on it. And now I'm looking at a utility train. I feel like I'm in law and order. Yeah, thank goodness all of those items are asked for to protect the citizens of Fayette County. We have typically had all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles, some of them in battery-operated. and have not worked as well for us, but we've got an increased number of walking trails and bike trails that we have to patrol. Plus, we've got Braven Run that we have to patrol. So that type of vehicle comes in really handy for us, especially when we need to get to places where our cars can't go and where the terrain is just too rough for a vehicle to go. Is it bombs or just difficulties getting in certain areas? Like I say, going on the trails, you can't have one of our SUVs or one of our Ford Taurus going on one of the trails going up through there. So we use the utility vehicle for that. And it doesn't have any armament on it or anything like that. Usually what we're doing is we're transporting people in there to maybe provide first aid or something like that or to pick somebody up and take them out. Okay, thank you. And I would like to, if they have Mr. Peter Bourne, I don't know if they have that photo of him. He is one of my constituents. I just want everybody to know and realize this man has worked for the city government for 51 years without leaving 51 years straight. In April, it'll be 52 years, and I think he's the longest-serving employee of FLUCG, and I just wanted to honor him in this moment. And so there he is, and I know we can't clap, but can we snap? I don't know. There you go. Thank you. Thank you. That's a great shout-out for one of our employees. Thank you. All right. Now, were there any more council reports? All right, there is no mayor's report today. We do have the price contract bid recommendations. I'll entertain a motion to put those forward. Thank you, Council Member Fogel, and second by Council Member Plowman. Are there any questions? Those are on page 25. All right, all those in favor of approving? say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Now, it's time for public comment for issues not on the agenda. And do you mind to look back there and see if anyone signed up? No? Okay, thank you very much. All right, that brings us to a motion to adjourn. Thank you, Council Member Baxter. Second, Councilmember Gray. All those in favor say aye. We are adjourned and we'll have our five o'clock meeting, council meeting. Thank you.