# Urban County Council - June 11, 2024 > Auto-transcribed civic record · June 11, 2024 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6130 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6130?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2024-06-11 - **Last revised**: June 11, 2024 - **Length**: 490 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 June 11, 2024, at 5:00 PM in the Council Chambers of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting focused primarily on budget-related ordinances for the upcoming fiscal year 2025. The council conducted first readings of two ordinances: one appropriating revenues, expenditures, and interfund transfers for various funds for FY 2025, and another amending certain budgets to pre-fund components of the FY 2025 Budget. The council took one vote during the session, heard no public comments, and addressed two agenda items in total. ## Attendance The following members were present at the June 11, 2024 meeting: **Present:** • Gray • LeGris • Lynch • Monarrez • Plomin • Reynolds • Sevigny • Sheehan • Worley • Wu • J. Brown • Ellinger • Elliott Baxter • Fogle **Absent:** • F. Brown No members arrived late to the meeting. A total of 14 members were in attendance, with one member absent. ## Votes and Decisions The meeting concluded with a single motion and vote. **Motion to Adjourn** Mr. Sevigny made a motion to adjourn the meeting, which was seconded by Ms. Gray [timestamp: 03:00]. The motion passed unanimously with no opposition or abstentions recorded. ## An Ordinance appropriating the revenues, expenditures/expenses and interfund transfers [timestamp: 01:00] The council considered Ordinance 0565-24, which appropriates revenues, expenditures, and interfund transfers for various municipal funds for fiscal year 2025. The ordinance covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and includes approval of the Capital Improvement Program spanning from FY 2025 through FY 2030. This comprehensive budget ordinance addresses multiple city funds and establishes the financial framework for the upcoming fiscal year. The Capital Improvement Program component provides a six-year planning horizon for major infrastructure and capital projects. The ordinance received its first reading during the meeting, which is the initial step in the legislative process for budget adoption. No specific speakers were identified during the discussion of this agenda item, and no particular concerns or debates were noted in the available meeting materials. The first reading represents the formal introduction of the budget ordinance to the council. Following standard municipal procedures, the ordinance will likely require additional readings and potential public hearings before final adoption, allowing time for further review and public input on the proposed budget allocations and capital improvement plans. The timing of this first reading aligns with typical municipal budget cycles, as governments prepare their annual budgets in advance of the new fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. ## An Ordinance amending certain budgets to pre-fund components of the FY 2025 Budget [timestamp: 02:00] The council considered Ordinance 0566-24, which amends certain budgets to pre-fund various components of the FY 2025 Budget. This ordinance implements decisions that were previously approved during a work session held on May 28, 2024. The ordinance represents a pre-funding mechanism that allows the city to allocate resources in advance for specific budget components that will be part of the upcoming fiscal year 2025 budget cycle. By pre-funding these elements, the city can ensure continuity of operations and services as it transitions between fiscal years. No specific speakers were identified during the discussion of this agenda item, and no particular concerns or debates were recorded in the available materials. The ordinance appears to be a procedural measure implementing previously agreed-upon budget decisions rather than introducing new policy initiatives. The ordinance received its first reading during this meeting, which is the standard initial step in the legislative process for municipal ordinances. Following first reading, the ordinance will typically require additional readings and formal approval before taking effect. The pre-funding approach reflected in this ordinance demonstrates the city's proactive budget management strategy, allowing for smoother implementation of FY 2025 budget priorities by establishing funding mechanisms in advance of the new fiscal year's official start date. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Motion to adjourn the meeting --- ## Full transcript Music Welcome everyone. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the June 11th, 2024, Urban County Council meeting and I'll ask the clerk to call the roll please. Council member Gray? Present. Council member Legree? Here. Council member Lynch? Present. Council member Minaris? Here. Council member Plumman? Here. Council member Reynolds? Here. Council member Sevigny? Here. Council member Sheehan? Here. Council member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council member Fred Brown? Council member James Brown? Here. Council member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliott Baxter? Yes, ma'am. And Councilmember Fogle? Present. Thank you. Thank you. We have a quorum, and I'll ask our clerk to go ahead and give first reading to ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Item 1, an ordinance appropriating the revenue expenditures, expenses, and interfund transfers for the general services district fund, the full urban service district fund, the police confiscated federal fund, the police confiscated state fund, the public safety fund, the municipal aid program fund, the county road aid program fund, the mineral severance fund, the miscellany the police confiscated treasury fund, the Lexington Economic Development Fund, the affordable housing and homelessness fund, the FY2025 bond projects fund, the sanitary sewer revenue and operating fund, the sanitary sewer construction fund, the Lexington Fair Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation General Fund, the Lexington Fair Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation Project Fund, the water quality management fund, the water quality management construction fund, the landfill fund, the right away program fund, the extended school program fund, the enhanced 911 fund, the central Kentucky 911 fund, the city employee pension fund, the police and fire retirement fund of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government, the medical insurance fund, the property and casualty claims fund, and any other funds as provided in exhibit A on the divisional level by four control levels for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 for the Lexington Fair Urban County Government and its agencies and instrumentalities. Approving and adopting the capital improvement program for fiscal year FY2025 through FY2030 as a portion of the fiscal year FY2025 annual capital improvement budget. Improving funding for the Lexington Fair Urban County Tourist and Convention Commission from the transient room tax said funding to equal 99.5% of the revenue from this tax. Item 2. In order to amend the budget to the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to pre-fund various components of the fiscal year 2025 budget as approved at work session May 28, 2024 and appropriating reported funds. Schedule number 47. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons? All right, before we adjourn, I'd like to recognize we have four of our North Carolina scholars, five of them, all five of them, with us tonight. Thank you for being here. All right, may I have a motion to adjourn? All right, all those in favor of adjourning, please say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. Thank you.