The ¶¶ Thank you. Welcome, everyone. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the May 30th Council Work Session. And, Council Members, before we start into our agenda, I wonder if you would give me the privilege of talking just for a minute about Representative Lamine Swan. I don't know that we have done that yet. And, you know, State Representative Lamine Swan was a friend to many people up here at this horseshoe and to many people in our community. and the thing I would like to say about him is that no matter who you were, if you met him for the first time or many times after that, he was the most friendly person you could ever meet who always wanted to know about you. He was the age of my daughter when he passed on May 14th. And he had such a positive, lasting impact in his short life and in his short tenure with the legislature. And I know that many people had high hopes for his service in the legislature. and he was all about social justice and rights for people with disabilities and people who weren't like other people. And I just wanted to take a minute because I didn't think we had done that yet. And I had a wonderful conversation with his mother, Pam, before his funeral. And, you know, he had this great big family, extended family, who just enveloped him in their arms. And he was a wonderful man. And I wanted to take time to talk about him a little bit. And then the other thing that we've all learned recently is the passing of Joe Smith, who was a council member here. And Joe Smith was one of the finest fellows I've ever met. And let's see, he was your district, right? Second district council member. and I know that many people in government and in the community knew Joe and so Joe served, he was very committed to his service as a council member. So I wonder if we might just take a moment of silence for those two wonderful people who have passed. Thank you. Thank you. With that, we'll go ahead and look at public comment for issues on the agenda. And we have one person signed up, and I believe your issue is on the agenda. And you know how this works, Dottie Bean. And so the podium is yours. if you'll state your name and district for the record, please. Welcome. Council members, my name is Dottie Beam. I am from the 8th district. I am disappointed that so many of the mayor's budget recommendations went through with little scrutiny. I attended the link session earlier today and saw the administration ideas seem to be the only ones that have been considered. There were two bright spots, however. Councilman Fogel's idea for a mobile van to provide much-needed personal hygiene opportunities to those living on the street. The other was Councilwoman Jennifer Reynolds' insistence that money allocated for a community center be used for that. Now Council needs to take a close look at what that money is being spent for. It is several million, almost $400,000 has been budgeted for contingencies. Think about that a minute. A half million dollars for contingencies. What that means is that there is no clear idea of how much it will cost for construction material and labor primarily. What's the real purpose here? If it is to let the neighborhood have a gathering place, it needs, if this project goes forward, it needs you council members to make sure that, and someone with construction experience, to take a look at any preliminary plans to figure out how many croissant charges they really need. We see many reasons for the council to consider questioning this and other projects as they go forward. But look, we do want to thank Council Member Reynolds for standing up for people's needs. Thank you. Thank you. There is no docket today, and so that takes us to May 23rd, work session, table of motions. If I could have a motion to approve. Thank you. I heard who seconded it. Council Member Gray? All right. Are there any questions? Anybody? All those in favor, say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. there's no budget amendments, no budget adjustments, and so that brings us to new business. Motion approved. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger, Vice Mayor Wu seconds, and if you have questions, please log in. Does anyone have any questions about new business? Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question about item L, as in Lynch. I am very excited, Director Conrad, to see this moving forward. My only question was, do we have a timeline for delivery of the design? We anticipate that the final design should be ready in late July, and we would go out to bid in August. Exciting. Thank you so much. You're welcome. My next question is for item letter M, as in money, regarding the Professional Services Agreement with Western Skies, LLC. Is Commissioner Bryant here or Tyler? I think Chief of Staff. Well, they're both here and they're both coming to the podium. How about that? i'm repeating this from last week okay my question is uh once we get this assessment how how and where will it be used uh i'll let stephanie talk you through a little more of it but we were looking at it to inform us a lot of ways uh look at uh the way we we fund certain priorities in our own budget um to tell us what in the community does really well where we're maybe overweighted in certain areas where we need to maybe rethink ESR and the way it's allocated. It will help us in one election office, but I think the domestic violence front will really help us inform a lot of things, not just inside government. So I'm really looking at it from a coalition perspective, so community partners. One of the things that we have asked for the assessment to identify are gaps in services and also barriers for underserved communities like LGBTQ immigrant population. But also we've asked for an assessment of how the increase in interpersonal violence cases has affected our agencies. And I'm hoping that they will be able to use that then as evidence to go and apply for their own grants, saying that it's proven that we need these services. Thank you. Thank you so much. And thank you Mayor, that's all my question. Thank you. Councilmember Gray? Sorry Commissioner. Did you want to speak? No. She was acting very- Just want to make sure that we know that we are data driven. Data driven. Always evidence based and we want to make sure we have that data. That's all right. Very good. All right, Councilmember Gray. Thank you Mayor. I would just like more information regarding C. Commissioner Lanter. Welcome, Commissioner Lanter. You may recall, I think it was February, we did a presentation at the Social Services Committee about needing to streamline and make our programs more efficient in community and resident services. and expand the eligibility because some of it was really dated. And we had people who should be eligible for programs, but they weren't because the eligibility criteria was too low. And then we had some programs where the benefit amounts didn't match and they didn't align. B, C, and D are all ordinances that clean that up. They make our programs and community resident services all aligned to the same eligibility criteria and the same payment criteria for assistance. and this will help just everyone better understand what those programs do and the important thing is it actually expands the eligibility there will be more people who are able to access these services wonderful and commissioner lanter i also have a question could you give me more information about letter C. It's regarding community action. C? Yes. I mean N. I just asked about C. Director Jeff Heron from our Office of Homelessness is here and I asked him to come and speak on this. Well, thank you. Welcome. Hello. So this funding source is going to be coming to a close. It is coronavirus funding from housing and urban development that the government needs to expend before September 30th of this year. In the interest of trying to utilize all available funding, Director Reynolds has reached out to other organizations that presently have this funding and inquired with them about what amount they anticipate is going to go unspent before the federal deadline. And so we're going to roll that money into extending a project that was previously funded with Community Action Council to provide temporary emergency shelter to individuals experiencing homelessness who would be at increased risk for COVID-19. Since our winter weather program has come to a close, we presently do not have a funding source that can provide flexible short-term hotel stays like that. And that would be something that would obviously be a benefit to us this time of year. We do see a more visible homeless population out in the community, and this would allow us to address that. And for those that would have an increased risk, get them into a short-term hotel stay, provide wraparound services, and attempt to exit them to permanent housing. Wonderful. And I see that it mentions other counties. I know that community action is in many other counties. So will any of these funds, I see Bourbon County, Harrison County, and Nicholas Counties are mentioned. That's just their official name. All services and funding would be towards Lexington Fayette County residents. I thought so. I was just clarification. Thank you so much. Thank you both for all that you do. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Are there any other questions about new business? All right. All those in favor of approving, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Savigny has requested that we go back to the May 23rd work session table of motions. I think he had a, did you have a correction? I'm trying to bring it back. Thank you, Chair. I'm trying to bring it back up. But item number eight, it was a rezoning that was basically removed. It was removed from the docket, and so it was not put on the docket without a hearing. So I just need to adjust that item. I'm sorry, where is that? It was. Page two? I don't print mine off, sorry, so I don't have them in front of me. Is it your motion? Mayor, it's on page one on the table of motions. Thank you. Okay. Motion by Savigny. That's it. And what is the change? The motion was that it was to be removed from the docket because it was withdrawn, the applicant withdrew. Okay, so your motion was to remove from the docket and the rest of it's correct? Yes. Okay. Okay, so your motion is to make that change. Do I hear a second? Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Is there any discussion? Aye. All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? Okay. Thank you very much. That was actually significant. All right. Thank you. Okay. Now we are ready for continuing business presentations. And first up is council capital projects. if I could have a motion to approve. Yes, approved. Thank you. Council Member Lynch seconds. All right, are there any questions? That's page 30. All right, all those in favor of approval, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes, and now it is time for a proclamation. Is Dewey Crow here? Oh, there you are. Come on up. You've got your reinforcements with you. Do you want to have them? Why don't you all come up? If you're with building inspection, come on up here. We brought a guy from code enforcement. We brought a guy from code enforcement. That's all right. We all work together, right? Come on up. Come on up. Come on. So this is building safety month. So that actually includes it all, right? Yes. This month is National Building Safety Month, and building safety is vitally important to public safety. Our employees in building inspection, code enforcement, fire prevention, and many in the private sector help ensure that our buildings are safe. So I know this is hard work that you do, and I want to thank each and every one of you and all of the city employees who are involved in this. Our community relies on your vigilance and your experience to be sure buildings are safe. And so it is my pleasure to present this proclamation. Dewey, you're going to have to come up here beside me. That's not a problem. Glad to, Mayor. Oh, I met Dewey about 25 years ago. He's been hard at it ever since, haven't you? Yes, I have. So whereas during National Building Safety Month, we renew our commitment to strengthening our buildings so our residents are safe, and whereas modern building codes include safeguards to protect the public from natural disasters and hazards such as snowstorms, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes, as well as man-made disasters caused by substandard construction practices. And whereas confidence in the structural integrity of the buildings that make up our community is achieved through building inspectors, code enforcement officers, fire prevention officials, architects, engineers, builders, laborers, and others in the construction industry. And whereas our local code officials assure us of safe, sustainable, and affordable buildings that are essential to our prosperity, and whereas Building Safety Month encourages everyone to raise awareness about planning for safe, sustainable construction, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare May of 2023 Building Safety Month in Lexington. Thank you for all you do. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, of course. Thank you. Can I talk to you? Bob, this is Bob Carpenter. He's the president of the Code Administrator of Social Nations Kentucky, and I will let Bob say a few words for the industry as a whole. All right. Bob, the microphone is yours. Mayor Gordon, I think you have said everything that I had planned on saying. I just want to personally thank you and the council for supporting building inspection, code enforcement, and fire prevention in our work in continuing building safety, not only for the residents of Fayette County, but also the visitors of Fayette County. Very good. Thank you very much. Anybody else? Bob said it all. Okay. Let's get a photo with council. Oh, Dewey does want to talk after all. I will talk just a little. I do want to thank each and every one of the council members for their support and in for building safety, particularly with the divisions in in Lexington. It's it is a tough job. And without your support, it's even tougher. And we do appreciate everything you do for us. Thank you. Very nice. Thank you. Do you want to get some? Sure. All right. Come on. Oh, OK. Thank you. Thank you. it's time for council reports council members if you'll log in council member baxter thank you mayor um i have some photos so last week our fire department welcomed welcomed council members and council aides out to our annual field day where we got to repel and put out a fire. Oh, there's me. We, what else did we do? We, oh yes, we got to use the jaws of life. Splitters and cutters, we got to drag mannequins that weighed a lot of money, a lot of money, I got money on the brain that weighed a lot. Anyway, it was just a great opportunity for us to go out and experience a little bit, get a little taste of what our fire department does every day and gives us a greater appreciation for the tools that they use. And it was really just a nice day in general. So I just wanted to thank our fire department for all of their hard work every day and for their hard work in putting together this awesome event for us. It's such a good educational event and we all truly enjoyed it so thank you so much thank you mayor thank you councilmember james brown thank you mayor and uh i just want to say thank you to everybody that helped with today's budget cal and i think aaron actually has a i mean the commissioner hensley has a presentation about the changes that were made today um commissioner do you are you going to need more time than my five minutes and i have some motions to be made yes yeah likely i know this is out of the norm can i ask if i can get an additional how much minutes do you need five another five and then i got motions afterwards so okay an additional seven minutes so move there's a There's a motion to give the commissioner seven more minutes and a second over here. Who? Preston? Worley. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anybody opposed? There you go. Seven more minutes. Okay. So based on today's conversations in the budget cow, council asked the administration to come with a proposal of how we would fund the items that were approved today. So I'm sorry it's not a presentation per se, but we'll just go through some thoughts of how that could possibly work. So in order to free up funding in 24 for personnel and ongoing expenditures, we will need to move some items off of 24. Fortunately, 23 has been a really good year. We've continued to see that. So we do have some room to be able to create a second pre-fund list for those capital items or things that could be done encumbered by the end of the year that were requested by council. So it's going to be a little bit messy going through this, but I want to kind of give an idea of what that might look like. So in 24, what would be needed would be $6,702 for the environmental services position, general fund portion, $10,000 for the Fayette County Clerk, the additional cost for four safety officers of $263,000, the additional cost for community implementation coordinator of $58,998, the senior emergency assistance fund of $30,000, Human Rights Commission, additional allocation of $56,000, a traffic radar trailer of $21,000, the LexArts additional allocation, the Dignity Station for the partner agency, and the Valley Park Community Center design. So those items would need to be in 24 based on the fact that they are either personnel ongoing or just an item that we can't get into this year. So those would need to come out from savings. So we would propose for the additional four safety officers reducing overtime for police to offset that cost. With the number of trainings that we have going and the number of folks that we've had in the classes that have been coming, we think that we'll have some savings and the safety officers are traditionally filling the roles that we are asking overtime of our other officers. So that would be the proposal there. In order to free up the remainder of the funds, we are proposing moving the Family Care Center flooring and painting as well as the wireless update over to a second pre-fund list. So the second pre-fund list would then include those two items, the Family Care Center flooring, the wireless update, the Greenway Master Plan general fund portion of $125,000, parks additional ADA considerations and elevators, the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center roof, and the two small area plans. The 23 items would be funded through primarily personnel savings. We have seen approximately $8 million of additional personnel savings through the month of April, so we would be using a good portion of that. We also have small savings in HR and professional services. So that would be the proposal to try and accommodate the requests that Council has made today. Okay. I guess what I would want to know is if there are questions for Commissioner. Do you all, there's a lot of big eyes around here. Do you all understand this? Council member Fred Brown. Um, am I to understand, because I think, I wasn't here at the meeting, but there was a bond item put in there, over a million dollars for that roof. You're not going to bond that now? It is proposed to be cash funded out of this year. Okay, that's great. As long as it's not in the bond, I'm okay. Wait, that's on record. Thank you. Okay, who else had a question? Council Member Reynolds. Thank you. For the safety officers, I guess I would just want to ask the commissioner if they're comfortable with that over time, cutting over time to fund the officers. Welcome, commissioner. Thank you for the question. My answer to it would be much along the lines of what Commissioner Hensley said. It is somewhat of a short-term cost savings because these safety officers, if they get them hired very quickly, they have a shorter turnaround on training. They can come out and fill some spots that would normally be overtime associated with officers at a reduced cost or no cost at all. Okay, so you're comfortable with it? When I say no cost at all, I mean just regular personnel costs, not overtime, yes. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Sevigny. Thank you, Mayor. So you kind of ran through that very quickly, which I do kind of appreciate. It's probably not the best way to do it. So will we see this in writing at some point before it's actually really approved? Yes. So because we are at the end of May, the next opportunity to have a budget amendment come through, which would be required to make this plan work, would be June 13th at the first reading of the budget. So we would need to go ahead and prepare that budget amendment. It'll have all the lines that you're used to seeing. We're just trying to get it together in a short time frame. But it would have the full, all the different funds, because we just primarily discussed general fund. The other funds would also be on there if they were pre-funded. And so those would come to you for the 13th and the 25th, first and second reading, or 15th, sorry, 15th. Thank you. Thank you. That answers my question. Thank you, Mayor. Okay. Other questions? Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And, Commissioner, so we would see something before the 13th. You could probably get us something in the next few days that has it actually lined out that we can kind of comb through and ask questions about. Absolutely. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions? Council Member Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. I wasn't able to attend earlier, but I think I would have made this statement, even though it has been pre-funded. I just don't understand what the rush is for the $20 million senior citizen. And I guess I'm still salty because I know what Dunbar Center and Charles Young Center looks like for our elderly people. And I don't know why this building can't be put on hold if we have all of these other issues that we need to address. I'm not asking you a question, I'm just making a statement. And that's only because I serve first district. I'm the servant of the citizens in the first district. These questions are coming to me. And so I continue to put them out there because I want it to be on record. Compared to the senior citizen so-called buildings that we have in the north side and Eastside versus this new building that's being pushed through in the Shileto Park area, which actually means that our folks, if we want to go over there, they're going to have to either catch a bus, get on the bus, get an Uber, someone take them to enjoy this beautiful luxury building. And I'm listening to all of these other funds that need, that are really important. And so for me, if we're not giving the money to the police, then we have another big ticket. And I just wanted to go on record for saying that because my citizens that I serve, they're watching this and they want me to stand up for them. So I just wanted to put it, I know you've done a good job. I know that they did a good job earlier sitting in that room for such a long time. And I just wanted to put that on the record. I just don't understand, and I guess as I stay here, I'll get to understand better as I'm here in this seat for as long as they want me here. So I just wanted to put that out there. It doesn't make common sense to me, and that's my statement. Thank you. Are there other questions for the commissioner? Thank you, commissioner. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Commissioner, for working so hard the last few minutes to get us that information and make sure we get our priorities funded. So with that, I'll make a motion. I hereby make a motion to ratify the Mayor's proposed budget for FY 2024 as amended by the Council in its Committee of the Whole meeting regarding the budget and at the work session on May 30th, 2023. So moved. Second. Council Member Ellinger seconded. Are there questions, comments? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. And Mayor, also further move to place under the FY 2024 budget, also further move to place the FY 2024 budget on the docket for first reading at the Urban County Council meeting at 5 p.m. on June 13, 2023, with the second reading scheduled for the Council meeting on June 15, 2023. So move. Thank you. Council Member Gray seconded. Are there questions? Comments? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And then I also move to place on the docket for the council meeting scheduled for June 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. 2023. June 13, 2023 at 5 p.m. a budget amendment or amendments consistent with the items preliminarily approved by the council and its committee of the whole meetings regarding the budget at the work session on May 30th, 2023. A summary of those amendments will be shared. So moved. Second. All right. Council Member Ellinger seconded. Are there questions, comments? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you, Mayor. And I just can't thank folks enough and council members enough for sitting through that long meeting and helping us get through that agenda expeditiously. And then also our staff for making sure that we had lunch and were taking care of today. So thank you. Thank you. Next up is Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. I'm going to start off by thanking Council Member James Brown for sitting in the chair seat for me in this last however many hours that was. I missed that committee of the whole for a very good reason. Both my kids graduated high school today, so I wanted to give out a shout out to all the graduating seniors in Fayette County. Rupp Arena area, avoid it if you can. It is stacked up with three high school graduations today and three high school graduations tomorrow. So kudos to all those teachers and administrators who have gotten our kids through and through high school. It was very moving and encouraging to watch our young people moving on and moving up. I wanted to also say a few words about Representative Lamine Swan. I didn't know him that well. I ran into him quite a bit on the campaign trail last year. It seemed like we were at all the events together. And every time I saw him, it was like a long lost friend or somebody I hadn't caught up with in months, but somebody I had known for really longer than what it would seem like. And we not only lost a really great human being, but a much needed voice for the people in Frankfurt. I actually had a couple of pictures up. And so it was obviously very sudden, very unexpected, very tragic, and really just a loss for his family, a loss for anybody who's ever known him, and a loss for the community. We were avid supporters of each other, both for the things we stood for and for kind of what we represented, that very important notion of representation. And as you can see, he had plenty of friends and supporters. So we will miss him, and there will not be another like him. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I would just like to uplift a couple of items. Last week, I had the pleasure of joining our One Lexington team in the second district. The second district has recently experienced gun violence. And so we wanted to reach out to the neighbors. And so I joined our One Lexington team, Devine, Larry, and Kenneth, as well as several volunteers who volunteered with our One Lexington program. And just going out in the neighborhood in the second district to not only provide some fresh vegetables and groceries to folks, but just to do a check-in to see how few people are doing because with violence comes trauma. And so just checking in with folks just to make sure they're okay was what we were doing that day and providing resources and connections to city resources for whoever needed them. So it was a really, really good time to be out in my district and to talk to my neighbors and to connect them with resources. So a special thank you to our One Lexington team. They're doing a dynamic job, and I appreciate them doing the neighborhood engagement walks in the second district. and I look forward to continuing to walk with them as they do them in the 2nd District. Secondly, the Bluegrass Fair is coming up on June 8th. I will be cutting the ribbon. I'm excited to do that in the 2nd District's Madison Station Park. So I hope you all are making your plans to come attend the fair. It'll be June 8th through 18th at the park. It'll be a really fun time for kids of all ages. So please do come out and enjoy the Bluegrass Fair. Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Gray. Did you have a council report? Yes, I do. I just didn't realize it went so fast. Thank you, Mayor. So we have been speaking numerous times about Lamine Swan, or Representative Swan. He was actually a close friend of mine. He was like a brother of mine. And I miss him dearly. I'm surprised that I'm not bawling by the mentioning by the mayor and by Vice Mayor Wu. He was special. Although he was disabled, he didn't let his disability change his expectations or dreams. He was a seamstress. I don't know if many of you all know that he could design and sew anything. He would go places in canvas like New York City in a wheelchair. Imagine how hard that is to get around the city flying up there for one and then just getting on the subway. You know, Lamine did everything that he sought to do. and I just want to make sure that I live out, live in a way that he would be pleased of. Of course, he'd be pleased of me. You know, I was pleased of him, and he was pleased with me. We supported each other 100%. And since Lamine was a board member of all things, you all get this. The Bluegrass, let me pull out the name. the Bluegrass Skater Coalition Outreach, which is an organization about disrupting violence, drug abuse, and gangs throughout the Bluegrass through skateboarding. And this weekend, I was invited to be a guest judge at this organization's first skateboard competition at Woodland Park, which is, I believe, Councilmember LeGree's district. If Lamine were here, as many of them know, he wanted to skateboard, believe it or not. And actually there was some extreme wheelchair skateboarding and he was going to do it. Disability means nothing. And you can keep going through the skateboarding pictures. But it was just a great time to give back and to help this organization reach youth that have been forgotten through skateboarding. And every ethnicity was there that you can think of. Age groups are teenagers to young adults. This organization is reaching these people where they are who have been forgotten through numerous other organizations. Keep going. Keep going. There's many pictures that I sent. Oh, well, skipping on through the pictures then. There were others, like 10 pictures. There were some magnificent skills that were done. But moving on, lastly, on Monday, I had the privilege of speaking at the fifth grade promotion at Mary Todd Elementary School. My goal was just to be there to support the students. But the guest speaker had an emergency, and on the spot, I became the guest speaker. And I'm so honored that I had a chance to motivate these students, for them to see someone that actually attended Mary Todd Elementary School, who went on, who was in Winburn, grew up in Winburn, before I moved on to where I live now, Rickwood, so they could see someone that is exactly like them go on to law school, go on to become a city councilwoman, and they can do the same thing or even better. So my goal for them was to read at least two books this summer, at least, the minimum. And my goal for the parents was not to leave the children at home, to give them a camp to go to and make sure they're not idle, because idle minds bring about all sorts of things. So let's keep our kids busy. And to everyone that's graduating or promoting to the next grade, I wish you nothing but success. You were made to do great things. You were made to do difficult things. When you see something that is difficult, that means you just need to work harder until you can achieve the goal that you hope to achieve. So I wish you nothing but the best. Be safe this summer and keep striving. Thank you. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Just a brief announcement. This Saturday, the Lexington Police Department has the cops and bobbers at Gainesway Pond, and it's at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. We've been doing this for several years, and it's been a real good activity. We have a lot of the area in the 8th District, a lot of area around the Gainesway Community Center, the school system. And we have a lot of kids come out there, and James even comes and visited last year. and so we've got a pond out there and then the police will be there and they'll have some they'll have some food and drink and so it's a real good outing for the police department to really function and get acquainted with the youth in in the eighth district there so I just wanted to announce that thank you thank you council member Reynolds thank you mayor last week I also surprisingly spur of the moment was a speaker at the Family Care Center's graduation. And I always loved going to that event and supporting those women that have gone through a lot to be able to graduate. And so that was a wonderful event, and it was a beautiful day for it as well. And then I got to speak at James Lane Allen's fifth grade graduation bilingually, which was so much fun. And for one time in my life, I can say that that audience was really paying attention. And it was super exciting. And they were nodding their heads when I was talking. And it was a lot of fun. And so I was a real honor to be able to speak with them as well and their families. And then we have a unique situation that will be happening on Oxford Circle. some members of our community got a grant and are going to be having goats to help clear away the invasive plants that are on the creek bed there that runs through Oxford Circle. So this Saturday between 1 and 4 we're going to get together and clear the trash up out of that area to prepare a way for the goats. And then hopefully the goats will arrive on the 10th. We don't have exact time frame yet. But then there will be a big ceremony around the goats. So this is a very unique thing that some of the community members really wanted to do. And so we hope that it goes well and people can come out and look at the goats. They're really cute, and they like to eat everything in sight, so hopefully they will clear out the invasive species of plants that we have there to help the erosion and everything along the creek bank. So that's it. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Luguri? Thank you, Mayor. I just have two items to share or to talk about. First and foremost, I want to say thank you to everybody involved with our tree board visit to Heisel Park. A number of my colleagues were able to attend, and there were so many people who worked really hard behind the scenes to make it an informative and fun afternoon. We were out there for about two hours, and I know that it took a lot of work from Environmental Services and from parks. So I want to say thank you to Jennifer Sanchez, Jennifer Carey, Angela Poe, to Heather, to Kent Slesher, to Nathan, to Fred, to Crystal, to my legislative aide, Hannah, Iden, and then to our tree board members who thought of this idea and made it happen. And especially to Dan and Michael who presented to us. We had a really positive and productive conversation where we got to talk about the work of tree board and to hear council members thoughts about trees and questions and they gave us a lot to work on. With our policy work and with our charge forward with that board and I really, really appreciate everybody who came together to make that event happen. We had some great photos including one with council member Savigny climbing a tree. So I'm so sorry that I know. I'm so sorry I don't have them up there but it was fantastic. And then the other thing I wanted to note was a really special event that we had on Friday afternoon. And Mayor, you were there along with our friend the Pirate and Monica and all of our fantastic Parks employees together. We opened Paradise Lagoon, our new SS Woodland. Council member James Brown and council member Sheehan, you all were there too. And I just have to say, Mayor, you saw the kids waiting at the ribbon to bust through and run to the ship and they were so excited and happy and I received messages from constituents about how cool they thought the pirate ship was. So it's really, really rewarding to see our ARPA funds spread throughout the community and to get to cut the ribbon to a lot of fanfare on projects like this. So I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who worked hard to make that extra special. Thank you, that's it. It was really fun, wasn't it? It was fun. Councilmember Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner Lantern, as you make your way to the podium, let me announce that on June the 2nd, there will be food fun. Everything's free at Green Acres Park. It is the end of the school year celebration. And so they're going to hold that and also I wanted to give a shout out to the Voices of Hope. It is so difficult to be in recovery on some days and so for the fight that they continue to make and the strides that they make. We know that it's one day at a time. Sometimes it comes down to one minute at a time to stay in sobriety. One question, just to let y'all know, we got some things going on. Don't be jealous about our chemistry. Can you give, is there an update with the court system and the eviction? And is there an update? Throughout the new program that we were working on? Yes. So it's actually, your question is very timely. Tomorrow, we have an all-day sort of implementation meeting with the judges, the two partners, Legal Aid and Kentucky Equal Justice, and of course our staff. I guess anybody else who was involved. It's like an all-day work through how it will work so that we can start doing it. And so once they get through that day tomorrow, they should be getting very close to start rolling that out. And you'll see it day to day in court. Okay, thank you. I know you and I and some other partners have been working really hard on people who are unhoused and like trying to find a chemistry and a formula that will work to keep people from calling the police and having people arrested and cited. So thank you for your hard work. I just want to say that from this seat here. And we're going to make this work. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Savigny. Thank you, Mayor. This is a report from the probably music capital of Lexington, the 10th District. This past Friday, we had the other brothers performing on Friday night at Moondance. And there's a guy name Gabe from Water Quality who's their lead singer and hip rocker. He's awesome. Then on Sunday we had Tall Sound and then this tonight we have big band and jazz at Moondance at 7. So come on out and join us there. It's going to be a pretty night. And we have Southland Jamboree kicks off on Thursday at 7 with Fast Track. And then since we don't have a meeting for a week and a half. We've got the Southland Street Fair next Saturday, June 10th from 3 to 8, and Tulsan will be back there again, and we'll have vendors, food, music, and a lot of fun. So hope to see you all as many times as I possibly can. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. Because Council Member James Brown ran such an efficient meeting, It looks like we got through all the budget business during the Committee of the Whole today. So I move to cancel the budget cal scheduled for Thursday, June 1st. Is there a second? Second. There's a lot of seconds. Council Member Focal. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Anything else for council reports? All right. There is no mayor's report, although I asked Chris if he would put up Joe Smith's information. His visitation and funeral are, I believe that's tomorrow. I'm looking for a date. It doesn't have the date, but I believe it's tomorrow. and I just wanted you and the public to see that. And so that's all I really had. We also have no price contract bids, and so there's no one signed up for public comment for issues not on the agenda. So that brings us to a motion to adjourn. So moved. There are several and there are several seconds. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All right. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. I'm never ever gonna stop, stop the way I feel about you, girl, I just can't.