The Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. today. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the urban Lexington Bay at urban County Council work session of November 12th, 2024 and we'll start right out with public comment for issues on the agenda and we do not have anyone with issues on the agenda. So that moves us to docket approval and rezonings and I'll entertain a motion. Second. Councilmember Fogle moved. Councilmember Plowman seconded and ask if there are any walk-ons to the docket or issues with the docket. Councilmember Sheehan. Thank you, Mayor. I have a walk-on motion. I move to place on the docket for the November 14, Council meeting a resolution amending and replacing resolution number 391-2024. To accept the supplemental grant of $1,281,696 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Water Round 2 grant from ARPA for the replacement of, or ARPA. For the replacement of chemical disinfection equipment at the wastewater treatment plants with UV disinfection equipment, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds, to approve the amended and restated supplemental grant agreement, to authorize the amendment of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government's annual budget, and to authorize a representative to sign all related documents. That was a long one. So moved. That's a long one. So moved. Council member Reynolds seconds. Yes, that is long when are there any questions? Could you repeat that? No. It's on the record. It's on the video. Okay, thank you. Okay, any questions? Anyone? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes, thank you. Council member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor, mine's not quite as long. This is a walk on as well. I move to place on the docket for the November 14th, 2024 council meeting, an ordinance directing the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council Clerk to enter the Fayette County Board of Elections certification of the results from the November 5th, 2024 referendum regarding the establishment of a dedicated park fund to be financed by an additional tax levy on all taxable real property into the records of the Lexington Fayette Urban County government. So moved. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu seconded. Are there any questions, comments? This is mostly procedural. Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Is there anything else for the docket? All right. All those in favor of approving the docket as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Thank you very much. And we have an October 29th, 2024 work session table of motions. Could I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Council Member Gray moves. Council Member Sheehan seconds. Any questions, Council Members? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. that motion passes. Next we will move to budget amendments and I'll entertain. Thank you, Councilmember Ellinger, second by Councilmember Gray. Now please log in if you have questions. Oh yeah, excuse me one second. We're gonna go back and you I know I was just barreling right along. And I believe I'm supposed to hold a public hearing for urban service changes. And so I think what I do is declare it open, ask for questions from the public about the urban services changes, which I believe should be on the docket. Is that right, commissioner? And then we'll hear from the public and then we'll close the hearing. So thank you Vice Mayor Wu for catching that. So if I might go back, Councilmembers, and declare the public hearing open for the urban service changes that are on the docket and ask if there's anyone here to speak to the urban services that are coming up. Is there anyone who wishes to speak? No? All right. I'll declare that public hearing closed then. Thank you very much. Now let's go to budget amendments again. And may I hear Motion to approve. Thank you Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you Councilmember Plowman. And please log in with your questions, Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you Mayor. The second one, 151377-78, the million dollars for the medical debt for the ARPA interest. Commissioner Hensley will speak to this. Thank you Commissioner. Now we're putting that million there. Now, will we negotiate with the hospitals then and see if when we do the negotiation, we set a million, but we don't know exactly what that number will be, will it? And with the ARPA, do we have a timeframe on that or has that impacted that at all? So with the direction from Council, that was a million to set aside from ARPA interest. That is interest that has just been earned on ARPA projects. So it has no timeframe that is completely separate from the ARPA that originally had a timeframe. And it is just put aside at this point. The negotiation that will happen is with the undue medical debt company. They will do the negotiations, as I understand it, with the providers, and that is on their side. And then they will come back to us with however much is negotiated, and then will give us an amount at that point. And my understanding is that we have the authority up to a million dollars to absolve that debt. and so then we can continue to work with them until that million dollars is expended. Okay, that's what I thought, but just, and I didn't know, anytime we're dealing with ARPA money, even though this is interest, I didn't know if there was the 24 and 26 timeframe that came into that, but could people then have just put the money and drawn interest on it? Unlike most other federal funds, when Treasury gave the money for the state and local resource funds, we were allowed to earn interest on those federal dollars. And so many municipalities were able to gain a little additional funding and are still able to earn money on those dollars. And so we were able to earn quite a bit. We actually had $6.8 million that was earned and utilized in balancing this year's budget in addition to the million dollars that you all used for the medical debt relief. So we've done quite well over the course of having those ARPA dollars thus far. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Are there any other questions about budget amendments? Okay. You're not showing up. Council Member Civigni, I don't know if you're not showing up on anybody's screen. But we know you're here. I might be on the wrong screen. Thank you, Chair. I might be on the wrong screen. My question is about the budget amendment, $20,000 for the Coldstream conceptual engineering. Why is that a budget amendment? I'm just curious. It seems like it's a... That one's cracking. Coldstream. Okay. You asked about the $20,000 for Coldstream. Yeah, the $20,000. It looks like it's just a revenue recognition for sale in prior years. So what does that mean? Yes, sir. So we're moving land sale revenue from the 50-acre site from the Coldstream 50 over so that we can use that for conceptual engineering and cost estimating. estimating and really what's happening there is there are a couple of the lots along McGrathiana that are bordered by kind of rock wall formations that would be tough to get through for access and so we're looking at getting a cost estimate for what a shared access scenario would look like through one of the other lots while we still own it and we can negotiate those easements and so on. Okay, so it's really, there's an expense that's going to be associated with that work is what I'm hearing. Is that right? Sorry, couldn't hear you. Will there be an expense that's associated with that work? There will be. We're, Gresham Smith will be under contract to actually put together those engineering cost estimates for us. All right, thank you. Yes, sir. And Mr. Benz. Thank you. Craig. It might be good to review in the agreement how the money from the sales on the 50 acres, or the money on the fifth goes back to, would you just briefly? Sure, I'd be glad to, just as a reminder. When we sell land at Coldstream on the 50 acre sites, there's a 50-50 split. The University of Kentucky receives half of that revenue and the LFUCG receives the other half of that revenue. And the revenue that we receive is for both Legacy Business Park as well as for any development costs that we have on our side for the 50-acre site. Thank you for that. Yes, ma'am. All right. Now, is anyone else signed up but not showing up? It's all good. I don't see any other speakers. So all those in favor of approving budget amendments, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. And then you have pages six through nine for information only on budget adjustments. And then that brings us to new business. If I could have a motion to approve. Council Member Gray and second by Council Member Plumman. Oh, Council Member Baxter, I'm sorry. And please log in with your questions. All right, Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Number T, Commissioner Albright. Can you tell us what's going on there? I know we have the two pads and I think one's going to be down and this one we're expanding. So what are we going to be doing here? You just did a fantastic job. Okay, that was a summary. Is that it? Am I good? Yes. R&T are linked for the engineering work and the construction work associated with. We kind of figured out for not a whole lot more money, relatively speaking, we could make what we'll call the new training pad about one and a half times bigger that will allow us to continue to operate two functions simultaneously, whether that's training for the police and waste management or a collection event or HR training. We'll be able to do two things at the same time. What's our time frame? It should be done before the paving season ends. Perfect. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Council Member Gray. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question, or questions. Letter F and it's L and it's all Jamshed. Or, well, actually, excuse that, sorry, wrong letter C and L. It's Jamshed. Or Commissioner? Commissioner Ford. Either one. So in regarding to these, I'm just noticing their major price increases. I know that they're due to improvements, one's with the Black and Williams and the other is with Valley Park. building of renovations and expansions and i'm just curious for these delay or one's a 42 calendar day change and the other is a 56 calendar day increase to the construction contract time and i'm just curious the reasoning or we can take them separately c and then l yes about the rational reasoning for the delays i read the paperwork yep that's yes council member In regards to the outstall of the Black and Williams Center, that project is closely, closely, closely coming to an end. But we have faced some challenges. We have a project team. Our project manager is Josh Ives, and he is working very hard with our design consultant and with our contractor. Both of these are unforeseen. When you have projects to the scale that we've had the success and opportunity to work on, things may arise. And on the Black and Williams, it's the front facade, and that's what this change order represents. represents. We're hoping our very, very best to get things completed in the next few weeks to get the facility open. Once it's open, I think the neighborhood and the folks that come to Black and William Center will be very much impressed. It'll be worth the wait. But we're working very, very hard to keep that project. We're very thankful for the funding that the council has provided. Going over the valley, Lisa Grover is our project manager there, and we had unforeseen conditions on site. Council member Reynolds, we've hit some issues out on the site itself and as well as water replacement. So we have a solution to address those and through transparency, we always bring the change orders and the request of funding to the administration, to the council. Both good projects. We're going to just work hard to get them done as quick as we can. So in regards to see, do you foresee any future, any, foresee any, any other reasoning to come and let us know of another change order? We do not. We are at the, we are at the top of that budget. When that project is completed, it'll be a $1.9 million, give or take investment there. We're at the end of our budget cycle and we think we don't foresee any change orders on Black and Williams. Valley is still in works and all in all our project team has done very very well to manage costs try to keep things on scheduling under budget well thank you sir thank you thank you Councilmember Reynolds thank you I just wanted to highlight B if either Chief Wells or Commissioner Armstrong could come down and explain that program with Voices of Hope and how this is going to help the paramedicine program. Welcome, Chief Wells. Thank you all very much, and thank you, Council Member, for the opportunity to discuss this. So this is an MOU and actually a continuation of an MOU that we already have. Voices of Hope is an incredible resource in our community. and our community paramedicine team works so closely with them that it really is just a very natural connection so these recovery coaches that have been identified by voices of hope integrate seamlessly into our community paramedicine team and i just can't tell you how many times our team has said that they are able to open doors that they otherwise would not have had and build connections with those people who are in recovery so it's a very very valuable program and we're grateful for Voices of Hope. And so they will be responding with the paramedicine team after overdose. Is that correct? They do. They work side-by-side with our community paramedicine team, and they are an integral part of that team. I'm really excited about this expansion and grateful for Voices of Hope as well. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Does anyone else have questions on new business? Council members? All right, all those in favor of approval, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. We do have communications from the mayor appointments. If I could have a motion. Thank you. Council Member Fogel, who seconded? Council Member Plowman. Are there any questions? You would have gotten that separately. Okay, all those in favor of approval say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Next is communications from the mayor donations, and we do have some. May I have a motion to approve? Second. Council Member Gray, thank you. Council Member Savigny, are there any questions? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And final communications from the mayor is procurements, page 46. Are there any, or could I have a motion first? Second. Council Member Plowman, is there a second? Second. Council Member Lynch. Any questions about that one? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes, and that moves us to continuing business and presentations. And first, we have Council Capital Projects. If I could have a motion to approve. Council Member Baxter, and second by Council Member Fogle, and I'll call on Council Member Sheehan. Thank you, Mayor. I have an amendment. I move to amend the council capital project list to add an allocation to the division of parks and recreation in the amount of $7,308.83 for construction of drainage devices at Lansdowne Merrick Park located near the property line of 920 Monta Vista Circle. So moved. Thank you. Councilmember Plowman seconded. Are there questions about the motion? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Is there anything else about Council Capital Projects? All right, all those in favor of approving Council Capital Projects as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. and now I'll call on Council Member Reynolds to give her Social Services Public Safety Committee report. Thank you, Mayor. The meeting was called to order at 1 p.m. on October 8, 2024. The first item on the agenda was approval of the September 17, 2024 Committee Summary. There were no additions or corrections, and the summary was approved without dissent. First, we had our presentation from Roxanne Chaney with a caring place to speak about the Villages Model Initiatives for Lexington. Cheney described a caring place as being like a village with community-based, nonprofit, grassroots organizations formed through a network of caring people who want to change the standard of aging. The most common structure of a village is a hub and a spoke, with a hub being nonprofit and a spoke being a neighborhood group. And there is potential to expand the program throughout Lexington. 150,000 is requested for a feasibility study. The help minimizes the risks, optimizes resources, and increases the likelihood of success. Christy Stambaugh, Director of Aging and Disability Resources and Services, said Villages performs an assessment to find out what the needs are to be successful. Council Member Lynch closed by saying, A caring place is asking for help to do this. She will make a fund balance request to support the request for a feasibility study. No action was taken on this item. Next, Kendra Thompson, Council Research Analyst, presented the report out of the work group that was formed under the Gun Violence Task Force. She reviewed the list of recommendations that came out of the Community Pillars Group and the City Leaders Group. Some of the recommendations included define gun violence as a public health crisis, recommend a month-long violence awareness campaign in June, and expand the scope to address gun violence for all ages, ages 13 to 29, and to communicate more fully with the community about the work surrounding gun violence. A FY2026 budget request of $75,000 was requested from this group to create a new position for social services for a gun violence program coordinator who would work with all divisions on gun violence. And a $75,000 budget to come from fund balance was requested for the implementation of the recommendations. Note that $100,000 was approved and allocated from fund balance for the implementation of recommendations. There was a motion by Councilwoman Fogle to approve the gun violence task force. Report out recommendations as presented to the committee and included in the committee packet, seconded by Councilwoman Gray. Motion passed without dissent. On behalf of the committee, I so move. Is there a second? Councilmember Baxter. Is there a discussion? Councilmember Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Chair. During that discussion, I acknowledged the work of Winn-Lexington, but I was remiss because I did not ask them to give any comment on their input. And I think it's important that we do hear from Winn-Lexington because they are literally our experts here with the city and nationally. I know they've been recognized by others to come speak to them. So I would like to, if you could, give your brief input on what you think. And this is, you know, a public health epidemic and crisis. We put the $100,000 fund balance, and I think we made it more flexible. But I would still like to get some of your input because you are the people that we have put in charge of the gun violence issue and for the city. And just get your input, if you would, please. So this is Divine Karama, director of One Lexington, and you'll introduce your team. Nah. Wait, wait, wait, Kenneth. We only have four minutes. Our community outreach coordinator, Larry Johnson, and crisis response coordinator, Kenneth Payne. So thank you, council member, for the opportunity. Always good to be able to come up here in the spirit of partnership. And so while we do believe this is a public health crisis, this is an issue where we all need to be working together, I don't feel like we need to reinvent the wheel, and I believe there's an opportunity for partnership here. One, Lexington and its community partners have seen quite a bit of progress over the last couple years, along with public safety and the rest of the city. I feel like there's three reasons behind some of the progress we've seen over the last couple years. Obviously, that post-pandemic leveling, but then also the coordinated efforts of public safety, when you look at what they're doing with technology, community policing. But on the ground, the frontline work, I think the work that our community partners have been doing has been amazing. And that work has been informed by the community. So in my opinion, and this is where hopefully this can be a great partnership, I don't think any major implementation should go down in regards to gun violence without community input. That is how we formed our plan. We've been operating under the last two and a half years, and I would love to see if that strategic planning session can be a part of the recommendations of this task force. Our plan that we're operating under was not four or five people in a room figuring this thing out. We brought over 40 or 50 community partners in. And if many of you remember, we did in partnership with you, we did a series of community forms. But then also we had a survey of over 200 youth that we were serving at the time as well. And all of those opinions, experiences played a part in the implementation of our strategy. We do look to update that in February. And we would love for these recommendations in this process to be coupled with that strategic planning session in February. So all the experts across the city, all the people that are a part of this incredible community can be a part of how that is implemented. And so that is just my advice. I don't think there's a right or wrong way here. that is literally just a responsible way that I think could help get the best out of these recommendations thank you and once again I just want to thank you for all your hard work and the contribution you've made to our community because we've seen the numbers go down and and that could be a law attributed to a large impact of what you all have done so thank you and we look forward to partner in and going forward so thank you definitely thank you all appreciate Thank you. Are there any other questions for Council Member Reynolds or to the motion? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Anything else, Council Member Reynolds? The meeting was adjourned at 2.49 p.m., and that concludes my report. Okay, did anyone have any further questions for her about her report? All right, thank you very much. Next up we have a very special presentation. I would like to ask Cody Wood and Director Sheila Horton Holt, is she here? Is Sheila here? Yeah, there you are. And to please join me at the podium. and jump sheet would you like to to join us I think you have a little bit to do here with these folks oh my goodness this is the time for the spoke award which I am very proud to present and this is always a surprise to an employee and the SPOKE Award is short for skilled professional outstanding knowledgeable exceptional and it honors city employees who exhibit a high level of commitment initiative and dedication to their job responsibilities and this year's recipient is an individual who is a very important part of our government I think John she'd you would agree right and someone who truly knows what it means to be a public servant it's my honor to present this year's spoke award to Cody would a facilities management project manager in the Department of General Services. Cody was nominated for the Spoke Award by staff at the Family Care Center, and that is why Sheila is here, where he oversaw renovations and building improvements. Cody went above and beyond the scope of his duties throughout the entire project and dedicated personal time to ensuring the staff could continue providing services and care to clients this is exactly what the award is about leadership productivity and service to others and I would like to add this is a recognition that is always voted on by our employees and that makes it even more special so Cody this is a well-deserved recognition. You are a great member of our team and I appreciate the passion that you have for your work and want to congratulate you and present this award. Congratulations. I don't really have much to say. Thank you. He says thank you. Well, let me ask Director Horton Holt if she would like to say a few words. We're not going to let you get away with that. Yes, we are. Well, I just want to again say thank you. We call him Cody. It was my first year as a director, and we were getting ready to do this $440,000 renovation project and I had no idea what I was doing. And I was trying to do some paperwork and Cody came over and helped me with the initial stages. And at that point, I'm like, he's the one, this is the one. And so I talked to Deputy Arnold and asked if he could be our project manager. And he went, like we said, he went above and beyond anything that we could have asked for. He was in the office, we're both early birds. Seven o'clock in the morning he would debrief every day to give us an update and it is just so appreciated and we're getting ready to go into another project and so he was the first person I asked if he could be our project manager again so thank you for all that you've done for us at the Family Care Center it is greatly appreciated. Thank you. All right. Thank you so much. And let's get a photo. All right? So we'll go right up here. Mark, you want to join us? Come on. Thank you. And that was the... Thank you. Thank you again. It's so wonderful to be able to honor our employees. So it's time council members for council reports and there we go. Council member Fogle. Nope, you disappeared. Okay, council member Fogle. Thank you. I think I have some photos. So much was going on. First I want to say I want to honor our veterans from yesterday since we're just coming in. Thank you for your services. And it was a wonderful breakfast that was held here at the government center last week. So I want to say thank you. This is Mr. Stowe and I at the BUILD meeting. They held the build meeting at Consolidated Baptist Church last week and could have been a week before last. So the next photo is just some folks there in the churches. I believe there's about 34 churches that participate and build and so we were at Consolidated, hosted by Reverend Richard Gaines. And so they have three new items to present to council. Y'all going to get it next year. So I wanted to make sure that I honored them. And that is some of our seniors. We went to the Connie Griffin Manor, that is the Lexington Housing Authority. And so it's such a complication for them to get to the voting booth in the 11th district. They're doing construction over at Harrison Elementary. So the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth spent the day making sure that our seniors got to the polling to vote that day all across the city and the state of Kentucky. So that's what those photos are from. And we have some more photos. That's Izzy. She turned nine years old on Sunday, and she was able to go to the U.K. women's basketball game as part of her present. I just wanted to put her up on screen because she's a future U.K. basketball player. It's in the genes. And so I wanted to say that. But also that day, the reason why we went is that Jenny Ramsey was honored for her work. They were honoring women, and she was honored for her work that she does in the city. So we went to support that effort. So I believe that's my council report. Oh, no, where are we? We're at the veteran breakfast. That is the veteran breakfast that I put up. Director Holton, Director Sheila Holton. I am sorry, Sheila. Anyway, she's a veteran. Yes, she was a veteran and we was honoring the veteran women, they came out. And so maybe that could be a good contact to make sure that veteran women are put at the Hope Center for any services. That really is my report, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Plumman. Thank you, Mayor. I believe Chris, we've got a graphic with us, don't we? There's easy. All right. There we go. So I wanted to share this with my colleagues and the public. A Sense of Place is hosting an oral history training at 6 PM on November the 20th at the Lexington History Museum. You can join us to discover how to capture and preserve the untold stories of Lexington's historic black hamlets. This hands-on training is perfect for community members, storytellers, who want to learn oral history techniques. And especially for those who have a rich legacy with connection to Fayette County's historical rural black hamlets. Part of our programming plans are to tell a lot of storytelling at the cultural center. So we're trying to capture those. So if you know folks, please encourage them to join us at night and we'll just get a bunch of great memories for our community so that we can recognize these hamlets. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. First up, I have a referral to the Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee. As you all know, we have recently had the parks referendum passed and so I would like to refer a presentation of the policy and procedures surrounding that tax for early next year. And then finally, I, oh, so moved. Yes, we, I was going to say, is that a motion? Yes, it is. Councilman, are she in seconds? Thank you. Okay, any discussion? Sorry. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All right, anyone opposed? That motion passes. Thank you. Second, I would like to invite everybody out to Shelatoe Park this Friday at 2.30. We will have the groundbreaking for the new Senior and Therapeutic Recreation Center, and it will be right there next to the fire department. So I invite everybody to come out and shovel some dirt with me and the mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to piggyback on the Veterans Day, hoping that all our veterans had a good day yesterday and the weekend and the week of valor that preceded it. And I just want to say, you know, Mayor, I think your administration does a good job, a great job of recognizing our veterans, and I think this council has worked to do more, and I just appreciate the council members that serve on the commission, council members Sheehan, Sevigny, and Gray. I hope our veterans in our community really feel the love and feel supported by local government. Next, I just want to say that, or give notice that I'm not going to be, available to attend the meeting, the zone change meeting tonight. After researching the proximity of the property near a family member's property that's in the neighborhood, and I've been advised by law to recuse from the zone change hearing. So I just wanted to make that statement. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you, Mayor. Appreciate it. Council Member Reynolds? Thank you, Mayor. I have a few things to share. First, I just wanted to say that Saturday was the rescheduling of Festival Latino. It was supposed to be in September, but Hurricane Helen came through and messed up the whole weekend for having a festival. So it was rescheduled, and it was held at Masterson Station Park on one day instead of the several days that it usually is. And this festival is a partnership between FLACA and Parks and Rec. And I want to thank Parks and Rec for their partnership and all their hard work. There's Juana. She works with Wemlex. And I just wanted to express that this festival is extremely important for the Latino and Latinx community. It means a lot to them. We have a very large population of Latino immigrants in Lexington. There was amazing food, and Council Member Gray and Council Member James Brown were also there. It was good to see them. I enjoyed being a part of the opening ceremony and just wanted to say that it went really well, and glad that we could have a rescheduled festival. And then today, I don't have any pictures about this, but there was an LFUCG job fair at Marksberry Family Branch of Lexington Public Library today. And it was amazing. I stopped by there this morning, and there were so many people that I couldn't even walk around and say hi to everyone. It went very, very well. I want to thank Arthur Lucas and everyone else that worked so hard. It was a lot of different divisions that worked really hard on this job fair. I think it was a huge success and that we should do it multiple times, maybe in different parts of town. So thank you to everyone in LFUCG for putting this together. I think it meant a lot to the people that were there, lots and lots of people. Wanted, since I might not get a chance before next week, there is going to be a ribbon cutting for the relocation of the Blues statue. and that is going to be on Manchester across from the U-Haul building on Tuesday at 10 a.m. I hope that my colleagues can join me. We're going to go across the street and get some coffee at Brevarday afterwards. So I'm really excited about that project. And then on Thursday, the 21st, the Lexington Community Land Trust, we're having a ribbon cutting along with the city for the community center there at Davis Park. And some of the money from ARPA money that we all voted on went to that community center. So I hope that you can come out on the 21st at 11 a.m. for that. I think that's it. Thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Savigny. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to, we left the SSPS meeting without acknowledging. I want to acknowledge and thank our chair, Jennifer Reynolds, for a great job the past couple of years, and our vice chair, Whitney Baxter, also a great job. It's not always the most fun work, chairing, but you guys have done a great job, and I really do appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Does anyone else have a council report? All right, I wonder if I might take a moment and ask Commissioner Albright to come to the podium and introduce our new director of waste management. Good afternoon again. I just wanted to thank you very much, Mayor, for the opportunity to introduce you all and put a face with the name. You've seen a couple of emails introducing his background and experience before he came to the city of Lexington, but now you can actually put a face with Mr. Antonio Balden. He started officially last Monday, so he's all the way in week two, and he keeps coming back. So we're really excited about that. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you all. I would like to thank you all for your warm welcome. Many of you all offices have reached out, and I know we have a lot of work to do. So I'm excited for the opportunity. I'm excited for what waste management will be within the next year. And I think that we're tackling, even before I arrived here, I think that you all as a leadership had started tackling a lot of the things that many municipalities such as ourselves this size are tackling. whether it be from organics to litter, homeless encampments. So it's exciting to be here. I'm a Louisville fan, so I know that may get some people riled up, but I don't really care no more. But I do look forward to working with those that are bleed blue. So thank you all for the opportunity. Thank you, Commissioner Albright, Deputy Chief. as well as you, Mayor Gordon. So thank you all and look forward to working with you all for many years. All right? All right. Well, we welcome you. And I just want to tell you, I just want to tell you, I overheard Council Member Ellinger say, as long as you don't say Duke. Well, there will be a nice matchup tonight. But, you know, I'm going to root for those down here in Big Blue Nation. It's great to have you. Welcome aboard. All right, council members, we do have someone signed up for public comment for issues not on the agenda. And the way this works is when I call your name, you'll come to the podium, and you'll again say your name and your council district for the public record, and you'll have three minutes. so I'd like to welcome Brian Hussman okay welcome aboard so come on cooperate please so for the record Brian Hussman district 7 Richmond Road Copelic area the thing that came to my attention was actually in the previous meeting for social services and public safety it was something that was brought up by Councilwoman Gray about why despite the fact that the Hope Center does have five allocated beds for female veterans that in the years that's been operating there hasn't seemed to be a means to to get them filled the thought that came to mind during the meeting was perhaps this is a perception question or PR. Women unfortunately, reportedly, one in three suffer from sexual assault, rape, and it's entirely possible that a variety of traumas and marginalizations that befall women, which just compile upon each other, the more demographics you fall under that it's entirely possible that these traumas and these separations are what's causing this this inequity the thought that came to mind a potential solution i would hope is perhaps a a woman-led initiative to try to reach out to various female veterans to essentially provide hope to provide a face and a voice for a means in which to move forward as well as just simply as well as you just simply say there is a safe space for you because that is what various initiatives whether it's what's the Hope Center or Social Security or even special needs education it's the whole point of it is to provide a face to a problem and to provide a means in which to move forward as well is actually with a project that Councilwoman Fogel was very happy with, the Junior Juvenile Treatment Court. The motto was, meet them in the middle, or meet them where they are. And yes, I know I'm mostly at this point just rambling. This is my first time here. So but yes, the thought that came to mind was perhaps put a face to the issue, allow for representation to bridge the gap. So that perhaps there may be more women who clearly do need help able to get them. Thank you for your time. Thank you very much for your comments. All right, that brings us to adjournment council. Is there a motion? So moved. Thank you. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All right, we are adjourned. Thank you all for coming.