The Thank you. All right, thank you very much for waiting. Thank you. I'm going to call to order. Thank you very much. I will call to order the council meeting for June 27, 2024. And when you're ready, can we have a roll call please? Council member Lynch? Present. Council member Minares? Here. Council member Plowman? Here. Council member Reynolds? Here. Council member Sevigny? Here. Council member Sheehan? Here. Council member Worley? Yes ma'am. Councilmember Fred Brown? Here. Councilmember James Brown? Here. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliott Baxter? Councilmember Fogle? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Gray? And Councilmember Legree? Present. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. To give our invocation today, we have our chaplain from our Division of Community Corrections, John Rhodes. Good evening. Let us pray. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, which was and is and is to come. You are Jehovah Roi, the Lord, thy shepherd that leads and guides us. We welcome you in your presence and we pray for the mayor, the city council, and all others in authority. Give the council members and every official wisdom, knowledge, and understanding to help us all meet the needs of your people in the city of Lexington and the surrounding areas. and give the city peace, justice, mercy, and prosperity. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Thank you very much, Taplin. All right, next on our agenda is minutes of the previous meeting. Can I get a motion to approve? Second. We have a motion and a second. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Moving on to presentations, can I please have Angela Justice and Council Member James Brown join me at the podium. All right, Angela here is a special ed teacher at Stonewall Elementary and a point of personal privilege, my wife is also a special ed teacher so I get what you do. And she recently received the district-wide Teacher of the Year Award at the Fayette County Public School Global Awards. The Global Awards celebrate excellence in education across Fayette County Public Schools. Angela is a leader in and out of the classroom. is focused on providing our youth with the resources they need to thrive. And Angela, I know your job is not easy, and on behalf of Mayor Gordon, myself, Councilmember Baxter, and my fellow Councilmembers, we thank you for your dedication to our young people, because we know educators are the real superheroes. So now at this time, I would like to present a proclamation on behalf of Mayor Linda Gordon. Ready? Whereas Angela Justice is an educator at Stonewall Elementary and was recently named a Fayette County Public Schools District-wide Teacher of the Year, and whereas Angela was recognized at the annual Fayette County Public Schools Global Awards, a springtime celebration of excellence in education across Fayette County Public Schools, and whereas Angela helps her students succeed by holding high expectations for all students regardless of life circumstances, And whereas she has led many initiatives both in and out of the classroom that foster leadership and team building, and whereas Angela leads by example by starting each day with a positive outlook and encourages her colleagues and students to do the same, and whereas we thank Angela for her service to our community and our young people and congratulate her on her many achievements. Now therefore, I on behalf of Linda Gordon, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare June 27, 2024, Angela Justice Day in Lexington. Congratulations. Thank you. Is that the first one? Are you sure? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. All right. She's a teacher of few words, but let's have Councilmember James Brown speak. I think you have some words on behalf of Councilmember Baxter. Thank you, Vice Mayor. And Council Member Baxter reached out and asked me to share the statement that she prepared for Angela today. So it says, Angela Justice is not just a great teacher. She is a great person. My family has been blessed to know Ms. Justice for nearly a decade. And when I asked my children to tell me what describes her best, they had a lot to say. My daughter Audrey said she has a special way of connecting with people and that she is a kind person. My son Hank says she makes learning fun and runs around like one of the kids. We know the Stonewall family is lucky to have Ms. Justice, and we are so thrilled that Fayette County Public Schools has acknowledged what we have known for a long time. Congratulations, Ms. Justice, on being named Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Thank you. Sure sounds like it's getting better. Yeah. And you all think we need a new government. Thank you. Exactly. It's literally all. And you all think we need a new government. Something. All right, when you're ready, can I have a second reading of ordinances, please? Yes, sir. Item 1, an ordinance changing the zone from a single-family residential R1C zone to a townhouse residential R1T zone for 0.458 net 0.600 acres for property located at 800802 Gulfview Drive, Anthony Humphries, Council District 11. Item 2, an ordinance changing the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a medium-density residential r4 zone for 13.0 net zero nine net 13.82 gross acres for property located at 2350 remington way denton floyd real estate group council district two item three an ordinance pending the lexington fiat county zoning ordinance is as follows amending article 111 to create definitions for cannabis business card holder medicinal cannabis medicinal cannabis cultivator medicinal cannabis dispensary medicinal cannabis processor medicinal medicinal cannabis product, and medicinal cannabis safety compliance facility. Emitting Article 111 to exclude medicinal cannabis cultivators, producers, and processors from the definition of commercial greenhouse. And many of the following sections to define and allow for medicinal cannabis based businesses under the zoning ordinance. Section 81D and E, 82D and E, 83D and E, 84D and E, 85D, 813E, 814E, 815B and E, 816B and E, 817E, 819E, 820B and E, 821B and E, 822B and E, 823E, 824E. Sections 23A, 9B and E, 23A, 10B and E, and Appendix 23A of the Zoning Ordinance, all effective upon passage of Council Urban County Planning Commission. Item four. An ordinance meeting served in the budget to the Lexington County Government to reflect requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repriming funds, FY 2024, Schedule number 46. Item five. An ordinance approving and adopting revised Lexington Jobs Fund policies and guidelines. Item six. In ordinance meeting the authorized strength by creating one classified position of program specialist grade 514N and creating one classified position of community outreach program manager grade 522E, all in the division of environmental services, effective upon passage of council, item 7. In ordinance meeting the authorized strength by creating one unclassified position of mobile crisis responder, grade 519N, in the division of higher and emergency services, effective upon passage of council, item 8. In ordinance meeting section 1313B of the code of ordinances to recreate five medicinal cannabis business cultivator dispensary processor producer and safety compliance facility special fees license and setting their fees creating section 1383 of the code to define terms regarding the regulation of medicinal cannabis businesses creating section 1384 of the code to require an entity who operates a medicinal cannabis business to obtain applicable special fees licenses as further defined in section 1385 through section 1389 to provide The information required in the application for medicinal cannabis business special fees license and to set the criteria by which the director of revenue may deny an application refused to renew a license or revoke a license, creating section 1390 to require payment of occupational license fees on net profits and on withholdings, creating section 1391 of the code to provide the authority to issue subpoenas to the administrative hearing board, creating pursuant to section 126 of the code to determine whether violations of this ordinance have occurred and setting penalties for violations and specifying the manner of appeal for citations, including Section 1392 of the code to provide the procedure to use before denying an application, revoking a license, refusing to renew a license, and authorizing the Division of Revenue to amend its regulations consistent with this ordinance. Thank you. I'm going to pause for a moment and call on Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Chair. We received yesterday an email from an attorney that said that 10 businesses were being affected by this ZODA and that he would like to speak now that this is not our normal procedure. So I'd like to make a motion to allow public comment on this matter. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No. All right. Can we do a screen vote, please? Looks like it is 7 to 6 yeas, so that motion passes. So Mr. Simpson, I'm going to give you three minutes at the podium. Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and members of the Council. I'm here tonight on behalf of about ten businesses, small businesses that are operating legally in the B1 zone, but they started a number of years ago having U-Haul franchises. Those U-Haul franchises have kept them alive. Now, it's come to the government's attention that they were supposed to get a conditional use permit to do that, and they didn't do it. Many of these folks are not sophisticated. Their principal business is lawful, and they didn't know they were supposed to get this permit. And it all started because one business was complained about, and he turned in all these other folks. I'm simply asking for the opportunity to postpone this until Tuesday to give me the opportunity to craft a text amendment to allow these small businesses, several of whom are immigrants to our country, the opportunity to continue their family business and to keep the family intact so they don't have to relocate. I would ask Tuesday to give me the opportunity to persuade you, and if I'm not successful, obviously you can have a second reading and move the ordinance as is proposed. That's my request. Thank you, Mr. Simpson. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we've postponed this one until number nine, until July 2nd on Tuesday. So moved. We have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments or debate on this motion? Council Member Lynch. Is this normal? This feels a little bit out of order to me, and it could be mine. an experience here, but is this normal course of business? Would you like me to answer that? It's probably not, it's probably an exception to what we normally do, but it's still within our bounds of doing. So we can do it, it's not our normal procedure, but when somebody brings something at the last moment, I'd rather have good legislation than pass something that might negatively affect businesses. But also I'd like to be able to do our due diligence and make sure that we are doing the right thing if we do make any changes. So I think that gives us a little time. I'd also like to hear from planning too to make sure that if we do make some changes that they're in agreement with that too. So this just gives us a little time we can postpone and we still can take care of it on Tuesday. Parliamentarian, do you mind giving a little clarity on this particular move? Sure. And thank you, Vice Mayor. And so I'll try to be as generous to Mr. Simpson and an old friend as I can with this. So it is within our purview at any time to make a motion to postpone legislation on the table or to add or amend legislation on the table even up to its final vote. With zoning ordinance text amendments, the typical process is committee work, then to the planning commission who gives us a recommendation one way or another. that then we take and decide whether we like the planning commission's recommendation which is what we're what we're talking about is the urban growth management zota um so uh to uh to mr simpson's credit that we are making significant changes to the b1 zone which is what he's concerned about um so that is part of what this is in this text amendment um this text amendment has gone through a long process to this point and I think we were all pretty well satisfied with where it is. It would just be a matter of if it's the council's purview to postpone to consider any other changes at this juncture. Thank you for that clarification. I'm in agreement that this has been a very long process and I think we've done the due due diligence and so I'm in favor of moving forward this evening but the majority will rule, so thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Legree. I too may have a question for the parliamentarian. So just to clarify, if this were to be postponed to July 2nd and And it's meant to be up for second reading today, and then changes were suggested. And then if council were to make those changes, wouldn't that be a material change? And then we would have to do a new first reading and then a new second reading? Or how would that process play out? That's generally correct. We would first obviously get the law department to determine whether if we chose to make any changes, whether they were in fact material, it's my assumption that these would be. So, it would be back on the agenda or on the docket if you went along with Council Member Ellinger's motion. It will be back on the docket Tuesday for second reading again. And at that point, it would be incumbent on one of us if we liked the language offered to make a motion to amend the zoning ordinance text amendment again to make those language changes, which would then trigger a second reading that night, then we would either have to suspend the rules and give second reading again that night, or it would get its next reading on July the 9th would be our next council meeting. And whatever we do, I would ask that my colleagues keep in mind that July 9th we then go on break, and the staff really needs that month with this ZODA to work on expansion work. So whatever we do, there is a time frame to still get something done, but it becomes tighter and tighter. Thank you. I appreciate that clarification. This has been quite the long process already, so thank you. I appreciate more information about what would be next. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Vice Mayor. May I ask a few questions in regard to the ordinance? One, if we make a change that's material, does that have to go back, I don't know if Tracy's here, does that have to go back to the planning commission? Or are we allowed to move it forward without sending it back to them? So at this point, I mean, and obviously there would be different interpretations, there could be different interpretations of the law. I believe that since this text amendment that we've dealt with dealt with the B1 zone, that it could be argued that this was still in the purview of what the Planning Commission sent to us. That being said, the Planning Commission did not, I don't believe, directly address U-Hauls and storage and that sort of thing. And the Planning Department may have more on that. But so I think I would argue, yes, that it's still within our purview, would not have to go back to the planning commission. But I could be told differently on that. But I think because we dealt with many changes to that zone, and this would be a change to that zone, that it would probably still be within our purview without going to the planning commission. And somebody from the Department of Law or Planning can correct me. Is there someone from law that can confirm that? I think we'd like to see the proposed change first, but I think generally speaking, in most instances like this, it would still be within your purview to make the change without sending it back to the Planning Commission. Okay, thank you. But not seeing the actual changes, it's hard to give you a firm opinion. Okay, and may I ask Mr. Simpson a question? Mr. Simpson, can I ask you a question? So this has been a long process. Were your clients unaware of this change until just recently, or could we not have intervened earlier? The U-Haul, the company that's, they're actually headquarters out of Phoenix. They actually had submitted a text amendment several months ago. I wasn't involved in that, didn't know anything about it. And then they didn't follow up on it. U-Haul itself will be fine. Okay. They're quite okay. Okay, that's not an issue is U-Haul. These are the franchisees who didn't, you know, have been enforced in terms of the zoning ordinance that they didn't know they were violating until one of their colleagues was informed and then he turned all of them in. It really hasn't generated any complaints for these other businesses in terms of their operation. No one's complained about them to the best of my knowledge. rather unobtrusive use. They have existing business, neighborhood business use, and I'm simply trying to save them from going under because this generates a lot of money for them to keep their families going, several of whom are totally uninformed about the laws of our country. I know ignorance of the law as an attorney for 41 years is not an excuse, But families are families. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Vice Mayor and Parliamentarian for some clarity on this. If we, this has been a long time coming, this ZODA, and I think we entertain, Planning Commission vetted the ZODA that was presented by U-Haul and made their recommendation and this council voted, is what you're asking for time to prepare, is it going to be much different than what was already presented previously, Mr. Simpson? It will be a very minor change that would allow these businesses to exist. It's not going to be more than two or three sentences long, I suspect. And certainly I would run it by the planning staff and the law department and vet it for their feedback. And quite frankly, if we can't come up with something that's reasonably enforceable, I'll withdraw my proposal. I'm not here to delay or waste time trying to save these businesses and that's it. And then I guess my question is to, I got some questions for the planning department. And if it's a conditional use that could allow these businesses to continue their business now, couldn't they just simply submit a conditional use application with the current zoning and start that process as well as opposed to holding up this ZODA? Well, but once this is approved, Council Member Brown, there will not be a conditional use option for those businesses. businesses. So had they, when they were first informed of this, followed through with making a conditional use application to the Board of Adjustment, perhaps they could have been. But that will no longer be available in the B1 zone once this ZODA is passed. Okay. So let me, I just want to get an understanding about the conditional use application. So if the representative submitted an application for conditional use today while the current zoning is in place, would that hold over to go through the conditional use process in the current zoning because he submitted that, because the application would be submitted before this went into effect? Council Member Brown, I'm going to give a bit of a circuitous answer on that because generally the application deadline is the last date of filing, and that potentially falls outside of the approval of this if you were to approve this today. But if they had submitted it yesterday, say for sure, then they would have likely, or by the most recent deadline, they perhaps could have been considered as a conditional use under the existing regulations. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you for that. So it sounds like, and I try to be fair and give folks time, but we've been working on this for a long time and it seems like it's been some opportunity for them to try to come into compliance or submit applications. So I'm not going to support the motion. So thank you, thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Fogel. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Could I ask the question also, a qualifying question? When did they find out that they were not in compliance and they, when? My understanding is that they started getting cited a number of months ago and then U-Haul had filed a kind of a blanket text amendment to try to deal with the whole situation. But for one reason or another, and I'm talking about the company, it got filed by the legal Council's Department, and I'm not trying to throw them on the bus, but they didn't fully appreciate the process of following up with attending subcommittee meetings and things like that, and it went through the Planning Commission and didn't have any support, obviously, even from the applicant in terms of the procedure. So my people, and I'm representing these businesses tonight, these small businesses. They've been looking to U-Haul for support. u-haw tried to put things together to to help them and uh... i met with the staff two weeks ago to see what we could do uh... relative and it would have to be an amendment to this the current zoda uh... i had to go out of town for medical issues and i wasn't able to get something to you before tonight and uh... as i say i'm not here to delay it i know this has been in process for a lengthy period of time if i can't come up with something satisfactory to the planning staff a lot of our men and you are by tuesday then you voted down on tuesday solomon ask well i think my issue is uh... the u-haul in the communication between these businesses and it's been a long time so that's what i'm having problems with understand communication and while we're here and why they need extra time i know they looked at resubmitting a new text amendment but that's a six-month process and these businesses would go under by that time so this is a if you will a Hail Mary attempt to try to save them without having to wait six months I'm not sure that these businesses will be in survival mode within six months and so this was an attempt if we could craft an amendment that would allow them to continue the option is still there to file a text amendment and go through the process all over again. But time wise, that's a constraint. It's always been a constraint. Thank you. Council member Sevigny. Thank you, Chair, and thanks for bringing this up. Just for a point of reference, the one dealer was in District 10. we were notified in october and they were given like all the direction on how to interact how to get you know how to make changes to this so that we're in so i kind of feel like it has been eight months while i supported listening to mister simpson and and his presentation i'm i'm not supportive of delaying and it's mostly because it's been eight months and I feel like what should have been done should have been done. Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments on the motion? So the motion by Council Member Ellinger is to postpone item number nine from second reading of ordinances to Tuesday, July 2nd. Is that correct? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? Nay. All right. Let's get a computer vote there. All right, looks like that motion fails. All right, you can carry on with second reading of ordinances, please. item nine in ordinance many the lexan fair urban county zoning ordinance as follows amending article 111 relating to definitions amending article three six relating to workforce and affordable housing bonuses amending article 811 bce fghim and relating to the mixed low density residential r2 zone amending articles 813 dfghm and relating to the medium density residential r4 zone amending article 814 d g h i and m relating to the high density residential r r5 zone amending article 816 b c d e h m and o relating to the neighborhood business b1 zone amending article 820 b c d e h j k l and o and creating article 820 03 relating to the corridor business b3 zone really creating article 825 relating to the quarter node cn zone amending article 9192 9, 3, 9, 6, including article 9, 8, relating to a group residential project, submitting article 11, 2A, B, and H, relating to the interchange service business B5P zone, admitting article 12, 3G, including article 12, 3I, relating to the commercial center B6P zone, and admitting article 17, 11D, and G relating to a science permitted by specific zones, all in order to modernize the R2, R4, and R5 zone, creating clear delineation between B1 and B3 zones, including new corridor node zone and proposed density bonuses for affordable housing. Item 10. In ordinance pending section 413 of the code of ordinances, prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by pet retail stores, establishing definitions and providing a penalty for the violation thereof, including section 413.1, prohibiting the offering of dogs and cats for sale by individuals in public places and providing a penalty for the violation thereof, effective November 1, 2024. Thank you. Thank you. Can I get a motion to approve? We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All right, let's do a roll call vote please. Where are you? Sorry. Okay. Councilmember Lynch? Yes. Council Member Menares? Yes. Council Member Plowman? Yes. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Council Member Worley? Madam Clerk, would you please reflect me as recusing on matter number 10 to avoid any perceived confluence of interest with my law firm. And then yes ma'am as to one through nine. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Fred Brown? Yes on 1 through 8, no on 9, no on 10. Council Member James Brown? Yes. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Fogle? Yes. Council Member LeGrie? Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. And when you're ready, let's have first reading of ordinances. um item 11. in order submitting the authorized strength by abolishing one classified position of information system specialist senior grade 517 integrating one classified position of software developer grade 523e all in division of computer services effective upon passage of council item 12. in ordinance meeting section 16203 of the lexian fair urban county code of ordinances to update division titles and remove the penalty reduction for failing to contest citations effective on passage of council. Item 13. An ordinance amending section 17B1 of the Lexington-Faylor Urban County Code of Ordinances to define a root zone, amending section 17B2 of the code to remove the recommended spacing between street trees and other trees and reducing the required distance between street trees and the stop and yield signs, amending section 17B3 of the code to remove gendered language and include reference to the street tree stump and the requirements of the section, and amending section 17B4 of the code to include prohibitions on parking a vehicle on otherwise storing materials on the root zone of a street tree in such a way as to compact the soil. Amending section 17B6 of the code to clarify that the appeals of civil citations issued pursuant to section 17B12 of the code are not heard by the tree board. Repealing section 17B11 of the code and amending section 17B12 of the code to increase the administrative fee and penalty for violations of chapter 17B of the code to $150. dollars and an amount not to exceed two two thousand five hundred dollars per violation respectively and to provide factors from which the penalty determination is made all effective upon passage of council item 14 an ordinance makes the budgets of the Lexington urban county government to reflect our requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriate re-appropriating funds FY 2025 schedule number one item 15 an ordinance amending section 2330 B4A the code of ordinances relating to the employee of the division of fire and emergency services who are appointed to the positions of assistant fire chief and fire battalion chief to provide the employees appointed to those positions shall receive a biweekly stipend in the amount authorized by the urban county council authorizing a stipend for the appointed position of fire battalion chief in the amount of 771 biweekly and authorizing a stipend for the appointed position of assistant fire chief in the amount of $1,471 biweekly all effective July 1, 2024. Item 16. An ordinance mending the compensation system salary schedule to provide 1 and 1.5% structure improvement applicable to all full-time and part-time positions in the unified pay plan to the position of council administrator and to positions of police and fire pension benefit specialist providing that all full-time and part-time employees included in the unified pay plan shall receive a 3% pay increase for FY 2025 providing the council administrator and two positions of police and fire pension benefit specialists shall receive a 3% pay increase for FY 2025, providing that sections 21, 29B and 22, 26B, notwithstanding, all employees at or above the maximum of the grade salary range shall receive a 3% pay increase for FY 2025, amending section 2328A to increase the existing step structure for the position of police chief grade 324E and fire chief grade 324E by 3% and adjusting salaries accordingly and increasing the salary by 3% for three positions of law clerk part-time within the Department of Law and one position of park patrol coordinator part-time within the Division of Parks and Recreation, all effective July 1, 2025, or 2024. Item 17, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing 10 classified positions of early child care teacher, grade 512-E, and creating 10 classified positions of early child care teacher, grade 512-N, in the Division of Family Services, thereby changing the Fair Labor Standard Act, FLSA status, of the positions from exempt to non-exempt transferring all incumbents to the non-exempt position and converting the bi-weekly salary of all incumbents to an hourly rate of pay effective July 1, 2024. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any walk-ons? Do we have any suspensions? Council Member Reynolds? Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have one on item 15. This is an ordinance that has to do with employees of Division of Fire and Emergency Services. And so on behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules and give a second reading on item 15. We have a second from Council Member Ellinger. Any questions or comments on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. And then also for the record, I think I did not say the words, but the second reading of ordinances all passed. All right. When you're ready then, let's do second reading of item number 15. Item 15. In ordinance man, section 2330B4A, the code of ordinances related to employees of the Division of Fire and Emergency Services who are appointed to the position of assistant fire chief and fire battalion chief to provide that employees appointed to those positions shall receive a biweekly stipend in an amount authorized by the urban county council authorizing a stipend for the appointed position of fire battalion chief in the amount of $771 bi-weekly and authorizing a stipend for the appointed position of assistant fire chief in the amount of $1471 bi-weekly all affected July 1, 2024. Thank you. Thank you. When you're ready let's do a roll call vote. I need a motion to approve. Vice mayor I need a motion to approve. Sorry. Oh. Thank you. Move to approve and a second. Getting ahead of myself. All right, we have a motion to approve and a second. Any comment or question about the motion? All right, now let's do a roll call vote. Slow down. Hold on. Yes. Councilmember Lynch. Yes. Councilmember Minares. Yes. Councilmember Plowman. Yes. Councilmember Reynolds. Yes. Councilmember Savigny. Yes. Councilmember Sheehan. Yes. Councilmember Worley. Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu. Yes. Councilmember Fred Brown. Yes. Councilmember James Brown. Yes. Councilmember Ellinger. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Fogle. Yes. And Council Member Legree? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. When you're ready, let's do second reading of resolutions, please. Item one, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the government to execute change order number one to the contract with Prom LLC for Town Branch wastewater treatment plant concrete channel repairs to the division of water quality, decrease in the contract price by the sum of $343,177.46, from $2,995,420 to $2,652,242.54. Item two, a resolution authorizing and directing on behalf of every county government execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, delegating responsibility for operation and maintenance costs for traffic signals and electrical traffic control devices on the state primary road system in Fayette County, which shall be reimbursed by KYTC up to $426,000. Item three. Resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of our beginning of government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Bluegrass Community and Technical College for fire personnel to earn college credit at a cost not to exceed $100,000. Item 4. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of our beginning of government to execute an engineering services agreement where pursuant to RFP number 31224 with all four LLC for OSHA compliance program management for the division of water quality at a cost not to exceed $337,000. Item 5. A resolution authorizing and approving the transfer of council capital project funds in the amount of $13,495.36 to the Division of Streets and Roads for the completion of paving work associated with a water quality project at the Castle Gate neighborhood, item 6. A resolution accepted a bid of CNR Asphalt LLC in the amount of $117,200 for pavement repair and additions at community corrections for the Division of Community Corrections. and authorizing on behalf of our mechanic government to execute an agreement with the CNR Asphalt LLC related to the bid. Item 7. A resolution extended a bid of LM Asphalt Partners LTD DBA ATS Construction in the amount of $587,405 for Bernard Drive Stormwater Improvement for the division of water quality and authorizing on behalf of our mechanic government to execute an agreement with L&M Asphalt Partners LTD DBA ATS Construction related to the bid. Item 8. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Jessica McClung Administrative Specialist, Grade 5, 16, N, 24.091 hourly. In the Division of Revenue, effective May 20, 2024. Michael Todd Fuller, Engineering Technician Principal, Grade 5, 19, N, 27.893 hourly. In the Division of Engineering, effective June 4, 2024. Christopher Stone, Administrative Specialist, Grade 5, 16, N, 23.174 hourly. In the Division of Streets and Roads, effective May 20, 2024. Kevin Trowell, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 5, 10, N, 19.688 hourly. In the Division of Streets and Roads, effective February 28, 2024. Jimmy Coutts, Skills Trade Worker, Grade 515N, 21.181 hourly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective April 23, 2024. Nathan Rainey, Skills Trade Worker, Grade 515N, 20.804 hourly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective April 23, 2024. Alfred Godfrey, Public Service Worker, Senior, Grade 510N, 16.180 hourly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective April 16, 2024. Gregory Talby, Operations Supervisor, Grade 519E, 2477.52, Bar Weekly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective May 20, 2024. Brian Beasley, project manager senior, grade 522N, $35 hourly, in the division of streets and roads, effective May 6th, 2024, Dalton Bartram. Heavy equipment operator, grade 516N, 22.113 hourly, in the division of streets and roads, effective May 20th, 2024. Christina Balding, environmental initiative specialist, grade 518N, 29.121 hourly, in the division of environmental services, effective June 18th, 2024. Item nine, a resolution amending section 3.10418 of appendix A, rules and procedures, the the Lake St. Fair Urban County Council relating to the continuing business presentation and employee recognition at council work sessions to provide that the continuing business includes requests for neighborhood development funds, council capital projects, and council committee summaries and to allow up to three presentations per work session with each presentation not to exceed 15 minutes, which presentations may include presentations pursuant to legal requirements, presentations constituting official business proclamations and employee recognition with priority given to presentations pursuant to legal requirements and presentations constituting official business effective on pump passage of council. Item 10, a resolution authorizing the individual waste management to purchase bale or wire from accent wire tie. A sole switch provider and authorizing me on behalf of our beginning government to execute in a necessary agreement with accent wire tie related to the procurement. Item 11, a resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of our beginning government to execute and accept deeds of conveyance and easement from owners of record on property needed for the construction of the Mason Healy Improvement Project at a cost of $369,000. Item 12, a resolution approving and granting an inducement of Infineon Technologies LLC or its successor or affiliate present to Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS Subjector 154.32, whereby the Lix-in-Fair Urban County Government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fee for a term of no longer 10 years from the activation date subject to the limitations contained in the act and any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. item 13. A resolution authorizing and direct to the man on behalf of the beginning of the government to execute a forgivable loan agreement and related documents with Wellington Park Apartments LLC pursuant to the public infrastructure program for construction of an access road and related infrastructure from Wellington Way as well as creation of jobs at a cost not to exceed $500,000 item 14. A resolution authorizing and direct to the man on behalf of the beginning of the government to execute change rule number two to the agreement with Bluegrass Contracting Corporation for construction of Davis Park increasing the grant award by $6,498.25 in the total contract price from from $1,141,801 to $1,148,299.25 and to accept an additional grant funds from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, in the amount of $4,979.25, item 15. A resolution authorizing Crossland PLLC to conduct a financial audit of the Lexington Fair Urbany government funds for fiscal year 2024, in the amount not to exceed $187,250 FY2025, and authorizing and directing the mayor or the commissioner of finance on behalf of the Urbany government execute a letter agreement and any other necessary documents with Crossland PLLC related to the audit. Item 16, a resolution authorizing and directly may on behalf of the government to execute an agreement with Nelson System Incorporated for Entide Logging Recorder at a cost mark to exceed $268,350.21. Item 17, a resolution changing the street names and property addresses 1875 Newtown Pike to 1850 P. the Conno Drive, 3211 Nicholasville Road to 101 Lexington Green Circle, 1016 South Broadway, 2380 Virginia Avenue, 152 Jefferson Street to 161 Bruce Street, 1210 Red Mile Road to 751 Tattersall Way, 544 South Forbes Road to 1307 Versailles Road and 2160 Versailles to 988 Mason-Headley Road, all effective 30 days from passage, item 18. A resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of our beginning government, the executive consultant services degree were pursuant to RFP number 9-2024 with Tool Design Group, LLC, for the complete street design manual project at a cost of $450,000, item 19. A resolution authorizing and directly more, Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in order to accept a grant from the Cabinet and the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, MPO, which grant funds are in the amount of $360,000 for surface transportation block grant Lexington, STBGSLX federal funds for the complete street design project for FY 2024 as part of the MPO's FY 2021-2024 transportation improvement program. the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $90,000 as a local match, and authorizing the marriage to transfer and agree with funds within the grant budget, Item 20. A resolution approving and adopting substantial amendments to the 2019 Annual Action Plan, reallocating funds from the existing CARES Act Community Development Block Grant CDBGCV projects, all decreasing funds from the Community Development Block Grant Administration, $237,328.51, Urban League, $100,000. Lexington Housing Authority, $49,131.27. Food Chain, $5,865.40. National Alliance on Mental Health, $2.18. Refuge Clinic, $9,179.33. New Vista, $40,613.34. And reallocating those funds to the National Alliance on Mental Health, $170,000. And Recovery Supportive Living Assistance, RSLA, $272,120.03. And authorize the mayor to transfer any cover funds within the grant budget. Item 21, a resolution of authorizing and direct command to have every going to get them to execute to number three to the professional services agreement with Gresham Smith for phase three archeological data recovery for the legacy business park increasing the contract price by the sum of $485,094 from $2,548,210 to $3,033,304. Item 22, a resolution of authorizing and on behalf of the government to accept the proposals for FY2025 for excess liability insurance for Marsh McClendon Insurance Agency and to accept necessary contracts and documents on behalf of the urban county government with the following insurance companies and or their respective broker marsh mcclellan agency aviation from westchester fire insurance hc or chubb at across the street fifty four thousand fourteen dollars and six cents general public official auto employer and law enforcement liability from safety national casualty corporation across the university seven hundred seventy nine thousand six hundred fifty five dollars and seventy four cents on the road auto from safety national corporation across at a cost not to exceed $64,341.66. Excess liability from Gemini Insurance Company, at a cost not to exceed $538,850.16. Property from Affiliated Factory Mutual FM, at a cost not to exceed $800,418. Cyber from Access Company, at a cost not to exceed $56,745.36. Pollution from Illinois Union Insurance Company, CHUBB, At a cost not to exceed $27,695.96 in workers compensation from Safety National Casualty Corporation. At a cost not to exceed $515,201, also subject to sufficient funds being appropriated, item 23. A resolution authorizing the Division of Waste Management to purchase maintenance to the electrical system at material recovery facility from AE Electrical Solutions. A social provider and authorizing mayor on behalf of the Airbaconic Government to execute in a necessary agreement with AE Electrical Solutions related to the procurement, item 24. A resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase parts and service from machine X technologies as a sole source provider. And authorizing mayor on behalf of the county government to execute and a necessary agreement with machine X technologies related to the procurement. Item 25, a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase professional consulting services from a resource recycling system, a sole source provider. And authorizing mayor on behalf of the county government to execute and a necessary agreement with resource recycling systems related to the procurement. Item 26, a resolution authorizing the division of waste management to purchase parts, repairs, and installation service from Bullock County, belting and supply as sole source provider. and authorizing mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with bullet counting, belting, and supply related to the procurement. Item 27, resolution amending section 3.106 of appendix A, rules and procedures, the Lexington Fair urban county government relating to the public comment during meetings to clarify that the privilege of public comment during council meetings and work sessions is an opportunity for spoken comment addressed to the council and does not include the making of presentations, multimedia or otherwise, and amending section 3.107 of appendix A, rules and procedures of the Lexington Fair urban county council relating to the distribution of information material to clarify how members of the public may distribute information on material to council, all effective upon passage of council in item 28, a resolution ratifying and approving the fiscal year 2025 budget of the License-Fair Urban County Council, or Urban County County, Urban County Industrial Authority. Thank you. Thank you. Can I get a motion to approve? So moved. I have a motion from Council Member Plowman, second by Council Member Menardes. Let's get a roll call vote, please. Councilmember Lynch? Yes. Councilmember Minaris? Yes. Councilmember Plowman? Yes. Councilmember Reynolds? Yes. Councilmember Sevigny? Yes. Councilmember Sheehan? Yes. Councilmember Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Councilmember Fred Brown? Yes. Councilmember James Brown? Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Fogel? Yes, ma'am. And Council Member Legree? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. When you're ready, let's have first readings of resolutions, please. After the end of first readings. Item 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the McKenna Cup and the Executive Purchase of Service Agreement pursuant to RFP 12-2024 with EHI Consultants for Department of Housing and Advocacy and Community Development to conduct a study of shelter and transitional housing feasibility across the under $155,000 and FY2024 item 30. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of our beginning government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the downtown Laketon Management District DLMD providing funding for additional deputies from the office of the Fayette County Sheriff to patrol in and around Tandy Park beginning July 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024 and across the receipt $50,000 FY25 item 31. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of our beginning to execute a fourth and final renewal of the agreement with Tetra Tech Incorporated for municipal separate storm sewer system MS4 program management services at a cost not to exceed $664,223 in FY2025, item 32. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of our beginning government to execute an agreement with LinkedIn Corporation to promote open positions in the Lexington Fair Urban County government on its platform for the Office of the Public Information at a cost not to exceed $18,450, item 33. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of our beginning government to execute a change number three to the contract with Strain Associates for the old Frankfurt Pike Salt Dome, increasing the contract amount by $7,500 and raising the total contract amount to $223,280, item 34. A resolution offers again a direct to the mayor on behalf of the government to amend an existing agreement with management registry and corporate extending the period of performance through September 30, 2025 for the division of emergency management in order for support staff for the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program to close out the project at no additional cost to the urban county government, item 35. A resolution of the authority and direct the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional service agreement with Eva Harrison, Kayla Keeping, and Megan Maxim as contract forensic nursing advocates to provide direct advocacy services to sexual assault victims under the forensic nursing advocacy program for fiscal year 2024 at a cost of $29,302, item 36. A resolution of the authority and direct the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute amendment number one to the agreement with the Bluegrass Area Development District to accept additional award of $41,931.73 in federal funds under the Title 3B of the American Rescue Plan Act ARPA for FY 2025 for the Lexington Senior Center of the Exender, which does not obligate the Urbacani Government to the expenditure of funds, and authorizing the mayor to execute any necessary agreement related to these funds, and authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget, Item 37. A resolution of authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urbacani Government, next to an agreement with Flock Group Incorporated for the purchase of 25 Flock cameras, warranty and implementation of the cameras that have cost over to receive $453,370 in FY20. item 38. A resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement, RFP number 30 to 2024, with the Lexington Fair, Urban County County Housing Authority for operation of a landlord engagement and recruitment program. It costs not to receive $300,000 and further authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments, addenda, and other documents related to these funds, item 39. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with Honey Hill Farm LLC to have Honey Hill Farm Petting Zoo at the Family Care Center at a cost not to exceed $532.50, item 40. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Herbicunny Government to execute an agreement with Republic Services to continue services at the Family Care Center FY 2025 that it cost not to exceed $900 or $75 per month, item 41. A resolution authorizing the division of E911 to purchase a single database for 911 location records from 911 Datamaster LLC as a social provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Herbicunny Government to execute any necessary agreement with 911 Datamaster LLC related to the procurement At a cost that received $46,732, item 42. A resolution authorizing the division of E-901 to purchase web-based queries of 911 statistics from Entrato Life and Safety Solutions, ECATS, a social provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute any necessary agreement with Entrato Life and Safety Solution, ECATS, related to the procurement at a cost that received $7,579.20, item 43. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KYTC, for acceptance of federal funds, which grant funds are in the mind of $480,000 for Intelligent Transportation System, Congestion Management System, ITS, CMS, Traffic Improvement Project for FY2025, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $120,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds from the grant budget, item 44. It was in authorizing the division of E911 to purchase telephone technology from Cross Associates Incorporated, DBA AK Associates, a social service provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Cross Associates Incorporated, DBA AK Associates, item 45. A resolution of authority on the mayor on behalf of the beginning of government to execute a purchase of service agreement with economic development partners of agencies, including Cable Group TSJ Staffing, the Child Care Council of Kentucky Building Institute of Central Kentucky Community Action Council, Stable Recovery, Jubilee Jobs, Lexington Rescue Mission, and IEC of the Bluegrass for Workforce Services at a cost of $400,000 for a year one in FY 2025, item 46. A resolution authorizing and direct command on behalf of the governor executed a health services agreement with CHSTX, incorporated DBA, Yes Care for the provision of medical care and mental health services for the offender population at the Division of Community Corrections at a cost of $10,278,132 in fiscal year 2025. Item 47, a resolution authorizing and direct command on behalf of the beginning of government executed an operating agreement with American Correctional Services LLC for food services for the division of community corrections that a cost not exceed $1,336,608 for fiscal year 2025 and subject to sufficient funds being appropriated for future fiscal years, item 48. A resolution of and restating resolution 221, 2024 and authorizing the mayor or the chief information officer on behalf of the urban county government to execute necessary documents for with the Lixing Fair Urban County government to procure software and related services under the same terms and conditions as RFP 030321 and RFP 0320. Both contracts between Sourcewell and Conica Minolta Business Solutions USA Incorporated, including the statement of work related to the scanning of documents to OnBase for the division of planning, cost estimated not to exceed $21,509, and the statement of work related to the digital transformation of forms for The Division of Human Resources cost estimated not to exceed $51,000 and future statements of work related to the procurement of software and services solutions for various departments and divisions of the urban county and government under either contract as further determined to be necessary, cost effective and feasible by the Chief Information Officer and the Division of Procurement subject to appropriation of sufficient funds, item 49. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Neami Lexington Incorporated related to the operation of the Fiat Mental Health Court at a cost of $100,000 using funds allocated from the FY 2025 general fund item 50. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of our beginning to execute a memorandum of agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for the transition of day treatment program services and the continued operation of day treatment program by Fayette County Public Schools at the Audrey Grievous Center at a cost of $300,000 in FY 2025 subject to and conditioned upon the obtaining of all other approvals necessary to give force and effect to the agreement. Item 51. A resolution of the mayor on behalf of our beginning government to execute a lease agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for the leasing of the property located at 1177 Harry Sykes Way, also known as the Audrey Grievous Center, to Fayette County Public Schools for a period of two years for its exclusive use in the continuing operating of the day treatment program on the premises in consideration of the substantial purposes promoted thereby, subject to and conditioned upon the obtaining of all other approval necessary to give force and effect to the agreement. Item 52. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of our beginning to execute change order number one to the agreement with Champlin Hodge Architects Incorporated DBA EOP Architects for the professional services for the new senior and therapeutic center, increasing the amount by $215,617 and raising the total contract amount from $736,133 to $951,750, item 53. A resolution of authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of the beginning of government to execute an agreement and accept a grant from the Lexington County Health Department in the amount of $356,000 in federal funds and $101,000 in commonwealth of Kentucky funds, including $41,000 in 853 home visiting service grant funds. And a total of $457,000 for a home network program, also known as Kentucky Health Access Nurturing Development Services, hands for the Family Care Center for FY 2025, the extent of which does not obligate the government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant. budget item 54. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Department of Environmental Protection Division of Waste Management which grant funds are in the amount of $4,000 in Commonwealth and Kentucky funds for fiscal year 2025 for the disposal and recycling of waste tires the acceptance of which does not look at the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing mayor to transfer and acre funds in the grant budget item 55. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an amendment to the neighborhood action match program agreement with garden meadows homeowners association extending the period of performance through december 1 2024 at no additional cost to the urban county government item 56. a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the county government executed a memorandum understanding with the u.s department of treasury for access to investigative data item 57. a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the governor to execute a purchase of service agreement with following seven extended social resource esr programs grantee agencies pursuant to administer agreements in RFP 25-2024 or RFP 34-2024, emergency shelter. Hope Center Incorporated, 850,000. Greenhouse 17 Incorporated, 190,000. Community Action Council for Lexington, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties Incorporated, $245,406. Arbor Youth Services Incorporated, $269,116. Hospice of the Bluegrass Incorporated, DBA Bluegrass Care Navigators, 87,650. New Life Day Center Incorporated, 150,715. Salvation Army 125,127 to provide emergency shelter services at a cost of $1,918,014. Item 58, a resolution of authority is directing the mayor on behalf of the next grant award agreements related to the grant awarded under the Lexgrove Trees Grant Program with Andover Forest Homeowners Association Incorporated 100,000, Bluegrass Green Source Incorporated 95,312.50, Bread and Circuses LLC 6,000, Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association LLC 18,271, $271.85. Friends of the Park in the Fayette County Incorporated, $4,172. Friends of the Wolf Run Incorporated, $97,935. Heartland Homeowners Association Incorporated, $76,785.20. Pensacola Park Neighborhood Association, LLC, $6,000. And Trees Lexington Incorporated, $86,655. For the Division of Environmental Services, at a cost not received the sum stated. And Item 59, a resolution authorizing the mayor or her designee to execute sponsorship agreements related to the celebration of Lexington's 250 anniversary, the final form of which shall be subject to approval, inform, and contact by 250 Lex Commission and the Department of Law, and further authorizing the mayor to execute any other needed amendments or agreements related to 250 Lex sponsorships. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any walk-ons? Any suspensions? Please sign in. Council Member Fogel. Thank you, Vice Mayor. The first one is item number 29 on behalf of the administration. I would move to suspend the rules and ask for second reading. Proudly for the advancement of the purchase service agreement with EHI Consultant for the shelter and transitional housing, so move. Second. We have a motion and a second from Council Member Reynolds. Any questions on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Thank you. And item number 38, on behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules and have a second reading with the contract of the Urban County Housing Authority for the Landlord Engagement and Recruitment Program, so moved. Second. We have a second from Council Member Ellinger. Any questions on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Council Member Fogle, is that given? No, sir. I've got a list, but I'm going to let some other council members have a shot at some of this. Okay. I lost the number to it, but I wanted to move, I wanted to suspend the rules and have a second reading on the NAMI. Item number 49. With the contract with NAMI. Second. So moved, yeah, second. And we have a second from Council Member Worley. 49. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. No problem. Councilmember Reynolds. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have six, so please bear with me. On behalf of the administration, I move and give second reading to item 46, which is a resolution. It's an agreement with Health Services for the Division of Community Corrections. Second. We have a second from Councilmember Civigni. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Then on item 47, I move to give second reading on behalf of the administration. This is also about community corrections and is a food service agreement. 47. I have a second from Council Member Savigny. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. On item 50, I move to suspend the rules on behalf of the administration and give second reading. This is a memorandum of agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for the transition of day treatment program services and the continued operation of a day treatment program by Fayette County Public Schools of the Audrey Grievous Center. Second from Council Member Lynch. Any discussion on this motion? Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Vice Mayor and Council Member Reynolds. I just want to ask, I guess my question is, this is such a big deal and I still have some questions about it and actually have a meeting scheduled tomorrow. So if this is not completely time sensitive, I'd like to ask for us not to give it second reading and do it next week when it comes up. I guess I'll ask the administration because I know they've been working on this deal. Would that put anything in jeopardy in regards to timelines or commitments made? The agreement is supposed to go into effect the 1st of July, so I think that would be problematic. Okay. Okay, so I'm not supportive of giving a second reading, but like I said, I know a lot of work has been done, has went into this and I've known about it. So I just have concerns going forward. So I'll get those cleared up and have that conversation in my meeting tomorrow. So thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Any other discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Nay. We have two, Council Member Worley and Council Member James Brown are no's on that. That motion passes. Next is similar. It is for item 51. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item 51, which is a lease agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for leasing the property at Harry Sykes Way, known as the Audrey Grevious Center. Second. Second from Council Member Lynch. Any discussion on this item? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Nay. We have one no. Council Member James Brown. That motion passes. And lastly, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item 52, which is a resolution that has to do with the agreement for the senior center and therapeutic center. Second. Second from Councilmember Lynch. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Thank you Vice Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you Vice Mayor. I would like to, on behalf of the administration, spin the rules and give second reading to number 59. So moved. Second from Council Member Ellinger. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Okay. All the, any opposed? All right, that motion passes. Any other suspensions? All right, so for second readings, we have 29, 38, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 59. Does that sound right? All right, whenever you're ready, we'll do second readings. Thank you. Item 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of American government Executed Purchase Service Agreement pursuant to RFP number 1224 with EHI Consultants for the Department of Housing, Advocacy, and Community Development to conduct a study of shelter and transitional housing feasibility. It costs not to receive $155,000 in FY 2024, item 38. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the McKenna government to execute a purchase of service agreement, RFP number 30, 2024 with Lexington Fair Urban County Housing Authority for operation of a landlord engagement and recruitment program at a cost to receive $300,000 and further authorizing the mayor to execute any other necessary amendments, or other documents related to these funds. Item 46. A resolution on the authority and directly on behalf of every county government to execute a health services agreement with CHSTX, Incorporated DBA, Yes Care, for the provision of medical care and mental health services for the offender population at the Division of Community Corrections. At a cost that received $10,278,132 in fiscal year 2025. Item 47. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the mechanic government to execute an operating agreement with Aramark Correctional Services LLC for food services for the Division of Community Corrections at the cost of the seat $1,336,608 for the fiscal year 2025 and subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years. Item 49. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the mechanic government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Naomi Lexington Incorporated related to the operation of the Fiat Mental Health Court at a cost not to exceed $100,000 using funds allocated from the FY 2025 general fund. Item 50. I was just not a thousand on behalf of the government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Fiat County Public Schools for the transition of day treatment program services and the continued operation of a day treatment program by Fiat County Public Schools at the Audrey Grievous Center. At a cost not to exceed $300,000 in FY 2025 subject to and condition upon the obtaining of all approvals necessary to give force and effect to the agreement. Item 51. I was going to talk to the Mayor and Behaviour of the Government to execute a lease agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for the leasing of property located at 1177 Harry Sexway, also known as the Audrey Grievous Center, to the Fayette County Public Schools for a period of two years for its exclusive use in the continuing operation of a day treatment program on the premises in consideration of the substantial public purposes promoted thereby, subject to and condition upon the obtaining of all approvals necessary to give force and effect to the agreement. Item 52. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute change number one to the agreement with Champlin-Hott Architects Incorporated, DBA EOP Architects for professional services for the new senior and therapeutic center, increasing the amount by $215,617, raising the total contract amount from $736,133 to $951,750. And item 59. I will listen to authorizing the mayor or her designee to execute sponsorship agreements related to the celebration of Lexington's 250th anniversary, the final form of which shall be subject to approval in form and content by the 250 Lex Commission and the Department of Law and further authorizing the mayor to execute any other needed amendment or agreement related to 250 Lex sponsorships. Thank you. Thank you. Can I get a motion to approve? No. Second. Let's see, Council Member Fogle and somewhere over here, Council Member Menardes. Let's get a roll call vote, please. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Council Member Menardes? Yes. Council Member Plowman? Yes. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Sevigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Council Member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Fred Brown? Yes. Council Member James Brown? Yes. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Fogle? Yes. And Council Member Legree? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Before we move on to communications from the mayor, I'll call on Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have a motion to override the mayor's veto of the FY 2025 budget ordinance. I hereby move, pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Urban County Government Charter, to override all of the Mayor's June 18, 2024 line item vetoes of the FY 2025 budget, ordinance number 51-2024, and restore all of these items to ordinance number 51-2024 in their entirety. I have been advised by the Department of Law that such action requires the affirmative vote of at least nine members of the Urban County Council. So move. Second. Second from Councilmember Worley. Any discussion on this motion? Please sign in. All right, let's do a roll call vote, please. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Council Member Menares? Yes. Council Member Plowman? Yes. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Council Member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Fred Brown? No. Council Member James Brown? Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? No. Councilmember Fogle? Yes. And Councilmember Legree? Yes. Thank you. Thank you, that motion passes. And before we go on to communications, we have one more item from Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to amend and communications from the mayor on item number two to remove the name Janice Meyer. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second from Council Member Lynch. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right, that motion passes. So we have an amended communications from the mayor appointment. I need a motion to approve. Second. Second. Motion from Council Member Worley, second by Council Member Ellinger. Any discussion on this motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Next is communications from the mayor for your information only. We don't have any fire or police discipline, so we're on to Council Member announcements. Please sign in. Council member Fogle. I think some birthday wishes is due, but so I'll make this really quick because I think there's a birthday celebration that's going to be going on. Wanted to just bring the attention to, we had a super meeting and I wanted to thank Commissioner Albright and her team for coming out to Elkhorn and Marlboro to talk about the safety of that neighborhood, so I wanted to bring that to the attention. Next, Community Action had a training for the seniors over to Eastside Library. They came down from Northern Kentucky and did a special training, and I wanted to bring that to your attention. The Black Prosperity Initiative honored folks at DV8 Kitchen the other night. And the three recipients of those awards was Mrs. Roz Akins, Father Norman, and LaTanya Jones. So I wanted to lift them up and say thank you for all you do in the community. And it was a great event that we held. Winburn Public Safety, a shout out to the public safety folks, the police, the sheriffs, and everyone that attended. The police department had a challenge last night with the wobble. And I believe the police department won that one because they had some officers that really could move. And it was a great time spending moments out in Wimburn to lift that up. And I think the last thing that we're bringing, we have two more things. We have the Dignity Station. It's set down today at Goodwill. And we're usually getting a turnout of over 50 some people that show up and go into Goodwill and have their services. They have the capability of using the dignity station which contains two bathrooms, two showers, and two washers and two dryers. So to give dignity back to the students, to the community. Now the last one is a little contradictory to what's happening, and it's really the truth as to what's happening. This is some of the folks that are suffering with the 80 degree temperature outside in our community. These are some photos of just some small photos because there's a large presence. But I just want to keep that in the forefront of everybody's mind that we do have people in distress that is out on the streets, unhoused in this type of temperature. And so that's my report, Vice Mayor, thank you. Thank you. Looks like that's all the announcements. We're going to move on to public comment. When I call your name, please come up to the podium. Give your name and council district for the record, and you will have three minutes. We're going to start things off with Zach Skubitz, followed by Patty Drouse. Thank you. I'm Zach Skubitz, District 5. I just wanted to thank the city for passing the ZODA. As a person who pays rent here, I'm excited to have that make it a bit easier for me going forward. I also appreciate the change in the drive-throughs that passed recently. As a person who bikes and walks downtown all the time, it's going to make me feel a little bit safer. Thank you. Thank you. Next up is Patty Drouse, followed by Bram Coffee. Is Patty here? Going once. All right, Bram Coffee. You're up, and after that will be Rabbi Lidman. I'm Brom Coffey. I live in District 1. So I have a fairly limited perspective on local politics. My first time being in this room was last week, and I've kind of had my head in the sand for the last couple years trying to make sure that my mental health was in check and to make sure that my perspective was true to who I am. With that said, I did a little bit of research into this body's lack of a resolution calling for a ceasefire. From my perspective, there's only three reasons that we have not done so yet. one could be a lack of recognition of genocide abroad being our problem. I understand that that's not within our jurisdiction, but it is part of our responsibility. The U.S. is involved. Second, as a body, it's potential that we do not believe that we are meant to represent. Sorry. I believe that it's possible that you all try to represent all of Lexington, maybe not the best of Lexington. And I feel like as leaders, you were called to be an example and try to help people when you can. Last, as a governing body, it's potential that there is dissuasion by larger powers in the form of budget cuts, etc., that might be tempting to allow you to not call for such a ceasefire, especially given your responsibility to take care of the people within your direct jurisdiction. I appreciate that concern, and also no one regrets standing up for someone and getting punched in the face. Thank you. Thank you. Next up is Rabbi Litvin. All right. Rabbi, would you mind in the future being in chambers so when we call on you, you're here? I can try. I appreciate that. First off, is Zev Adelstein here? Hmm? Are you here? Yes. Okay. Are you yielding your time to Rabbi Lippin? Okay. Okay, and then Levi Sandberg. Okay, and you're yielding your time as well? Yes. All right, Rabbi Litvin, you have nine minutes. Good evening, Rabbi Litvin, District 3. I serve as Chairman of the Kentucky Jewish Council as well as Emissary Lubavitch Rebbe and Director of Chabad, the local branch of Chabad Lubavitch, the largest Jewish organization in the world. I've been here a few times in the last few months, particularly since the aptly named Intifada in Tepton-Lexington began. I want to begin by remarking on how historically wild it is that I'm standing here. For the vast, vast majority of Jewish history, the idea that a rabbi could stand and address the government and bring concerns of the Jewish community and advocate for the safety of his community without fearing backlash from that government was an impossibility. Whether my family was living in Israel under British or Ottoman rule, under Tsarist or Bolshevik rule in Russia, in Ukraine, the idea that a rabbi can do so simple as an act as our First Amendment allows to redress their government was an impossibility. In general, the City Council is a very small part of my perspective on the city. I certainly follow what the City Council does and appreciate the work that you guys put in. However, I don't know that I attended many meetings before this January. I shouldn't have to. We shouldn't have to have Jewish leaders have to counter the voices of those calling for the the murder of Jews in America, in Israel, and around the world. We shouldn't have rabbis have to counter LARPers in hilarious costumes who show up in all kinds of ethnic garb pretending to speak for various communities. I don't think that I need to address the silly demand for a ceasefire resolution when a ceasefire has been on the table, been advocated for by our president, by our Congress already, and has been turned down by one party, which is Hamas, the genocidal terrorist group that began this conflict with their attack on October 7th, raping, killing, and murdering as many people as they can, which they've pledged to do again and again and again if they are able. So instead, I'll remark that we are approaching a momentous day in the Jewish calendar. It's about to be Gimel Tammuz when the Jewish community reflects on the leadership and vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Adel Schneerson, the foremost Jewish leader of the modern era, and the single individual most responsible for the spiritual resurgence of Judaism in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The Rebbe was born in Ukraine under czarist rule and then under Bolshevik rule. He survived horrible anti-Semitism as a child. His father, Rebbe Yitzchak Schneerson, and his mother, Rebbe Sanchanah, were heavily oppressed as Jewish leaders in Ukraine. He married Rebbe Sanchaim Muska Schneerson, daughter of the previous Rebbe, and they He moved to Berlin, where he narrowly escaped Nazi Germany before fleeing to what would become Vichy France and Franco Spain before coming to the United States. The Rebbe arrived in the United States to find a country unlike one that the Jewish community had existed in before. The Rebbe called America a kingdom of kindness. He pointed out the uniqueness that I did as we began. The freedoms that were given to the Jewish community in this country that had never been given to our community before, or to any minority community before. And counter to every single statistician, counter to every single prognosis, he said the future of Judaism in America, even in the aftermath of the Holocaust, was bright. Instead of building an academy of study based off his belief that the love of God, the love of God's word and love of God's people is the same. He sent out his best and brightest students all across the world to reinvigorate Jewish communities from Morocco to Moscow and from Kenya to Kentucky. Half the rabbis in Kentucky were inspired to lead their lives here in Kentucky because of the Lubavitcher. Today the Lubavitcher's emissaries are in over a hundred countries in all fifty states preaching that same message that the brightest days of judaism are ahead of it despite the fact that we see violent outbursts outside synagogues in new york in los angeles like the fact that members of our jewish community have been threatened here in town despite the fact that jewish leaders have had to be escorted out of one of these meetings with police presence i truly believe that the brightest days of the jewish community here in kentucky and the United States are ahead of us. Not only because the fundamental belief of Judaism, on Imam, I believe with total faith in the coming of the anointed King that was promised by God, but also because the legacy and the vision of the Rebbe to set up such communities, to have communities in Prospect and in Lexington and in Louisville and at University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, as well as cities and states and countries all across the world, That wellspring has created a garden of availability of our spiritual community that can't be countered by terrorism, that can't be countered by fear, that can't be countered by hate. Because hate cannot go against light, cannot win a victory over light. Even as we mark the 30th anniversary of Gimel Tamaz, for so many people in the Jewish community, Gimel Tamaz didn't change a thing. The strength of the Jewish community remains. The reason I continue to come to the City Council, whether it's convenient that week or not, is because as the members of our community behind me who spoke up have said, our community is here. Am Yisrael Echai, the nation of Israel lives. The idea that the Jewish people fear the insane ravings of Hamas and Hezbollah and their supporters here in America and here in Kentucky is simply false. The era in which Jews quaked at the rise of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia and the other evils that have fallen, that have risen and fallen, is over. Stalin lost, Hitler lost, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe won. The vision of a strong Judaism, the vision of a vibrant Judaism exists today in no small part due to the Rebbe's leadership. So as the Jewish community recognizes Gimel Tamas, as the Jewish community recognizes that vision that said that despite the darkness, Judaism will flourish, despite the threats, despite the attacks, despite the pogroms, despite the violence, that Judaism will continue, Judaism will be reinvigorated. I want to thank the members of the City Council and the City of Lexington for being a place that Jews have lived for nearly 200 years. A place where the Jewish community has thrived for nearly 200 years. Where we've raised our children, where we've built synagogues, where we've buried our loved ones, and a community that is growing and thriving despite any and all issues. Lastly, I will say to those who came today to speak up for a ceasefire and who admitted, I think quite bravely, that they weren't educated on the issues in the past, I would say the only thing holding back a ceasefire right now is the fact that the Hamas Genocidal Terrorist Group is still holding over 100 Israelis and five Americans hostage for the very fact that they are Jews. If you want an end to the war, if you want an end to the violence, if you want an end to the bloodshed, call on Hamas as President Biden has done, as the United Nations has done, as the International Criminal Court of Justice has done to release the hostages. Bring them home. Bring them home now. I'm Yasser El-Chai. Thank you so much. Next up is Arsh Ansari and is Maus Moose, I'm sorry if I'm mispronouncing your name, Saman here. Yes, and you're yielding your time to Arsh Ansari? Yes. All right. Then you'll have six minutes. Arsh Ansari, 3rd District. Council members, I stand before you today, like many of my colleagues before, to acknowledge the atrocities happening in Palestine. I stand before you today in disappointment about your lack of response for the genocide in Gaza and Raffa by the Israeli Occupation Force. I stand before you today to show solidarity for the Palestinian and Arab community in Kentucky and for the over 30,000 documented men, women, and children that have been killed in this genocide. violence has reached the homes of innocent Palestinian lives these are people who are no different than you and I these are people with jobs these are people with families these are people with hopes and dreams all they want to do is to live their life in peace on the land that is rightfully theirs so I stand before you all today asking for you all to call for a ceasefire It is bizarre to me, it is truly bizarre to me that we are, where we have to beg, where we have to literally beg for the people we put in power, the people that are meant to represent us, the people that are meant to protect us, that we are to beg for you to call for the disapproval of over 30,000 innocent Palestinian civilians that were wrongfully killed by the Israeli government. The Palestinian and Arab community, let alone the rest of the world, has been hurting since when it began, not since October 7th, not five years ago, not ten years ago, but since the Nakba of 1948. And the hesitation, the hesitation to pass a ceasefire resolution by this council and the rest of the world is like the knife twisting into the open wound. We see a genocide, a genocide happening right in front of our very eyes. And there is a wave of hatred, a wave of hatred that is not bound by religion. It is not bound by the color of your skin. And very importantly, it is not bound just to the confines of Palestine. Wadaya El-Fayumi was a six-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed 26 times in Chicago. Hisham Awartani, Kinan Abdul Hamid, and Tahseen Ahmad were three college students of Palestinian descent, and they were shot near the University of Vermont. And as of most recent, as of most recent, there was a hate crime. A three-year-old Palestinian girl was attempted to be drowned in Texas. Let my words be a reminder that this hatred is spreading. Let my words tell you that the Palestinian and Arab community are hurting, and your call for a ceasefire resolution will give our hearts some ease. My words, while they are full of pain, grief, and sadness, are also to offer hope. Hope that it will get better. Hope that the situation will change. But we are united, and we are not afraid. Our eyes are open, and they will never be shut again. my words are to be a reminder that you will keep seeing us until that call for a ceasefire is made you will keep seeing us at your meetings you will keep seeing this cafe yeah this symbol of strength this symbol of hope of resilience you will keep seeing it you've seen it now you've seen it then and you will keep seeing it until the call for a ceasefire is made and I stand before you all today I stand before you all today in disappointment that to let you know that from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Thank you. Thank you. That takes us to the end of our agenda, so we are adjourned. Thank you. Thank you.