Music Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I forget what I tap. Is it focus? Thank you. Welcome, everyone. Welcome. We have, looks like we have a quorum. So I'd like to go ahead and call the meeting to order. This is the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Council meeting of November 14, 2024. And welcome to everyone. And we will start out with the roll call. Council Member Fogle? Here. Council Member Gray? Council Member Legree? Here. Council Member Lynch? Present. Council Member Menards? Council Member Plowman? Here. Council Member Reynolds? Here. Council Member Sevigny? Here. Council Member Sheehan? Council Member Worley? Vice Mayor Wu? Here. Council Member Fred Brown? Here. Council Member James Brown? Here. Council Member Ellinger? ma'am and council member elliot baxter thank you thank you very much and i want to welcome tonight reverend leon slatter the pastor at cadentown baptist church and he's going to offer our invocation welcome thank you mrs mayor and council members i want to thank you for the privilege of sharing with you in this way let us pray heavenly father and all wise god the creator and the sustain of all the universe. Heavenly Father, we thank you for allowing us to come into your presence at this time. Lord, I ask you, if it's your will, that you bless this meeting this evening. We pray for the mayor and each council member. We pray, Heavenly Father, for each group of persons that might come before this council, Lord, that all things will be done in decency and in order. We pray most of our Heavenly Father, when we all have finished and gone down from this place, all the things that have been done will have been done according to your will. We love you, Lord. We pray for each person here. All these things we pray and ask in the name of our darling love, Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Thank you so much, Reverend Slatter. now at this time council members we have the minutes of october 24th regular council meeting second thank you council member ellinger and council member fogel seconded are there any corrections or additions anything any comments council All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. One opposed. All right, that motion passes. Thank you. And at this time, I have two special presentations. All right. We just have to adjust a few seconds. I would like to ask Shelley Ryan, Jennifer Masati, and Kathy Wieshoff, along with Councilmember Shayla Lynch to join me at the podium. Okay, this is perfect. So, Shelley Ryan is the president of the Masterson Equestrian Trust and former council member Jennifer Mathotti is an honorary board member and Kathy is the vice president. Yes, ma'am. Yes. So welcome to all of you. And the Masterson Equestrian Trust, known as The Met, was formed in 2004 by a group of individuals seeking to preserve Masterson Station Park. The Masterson Equestrian Trust Board works to enhance and protect the equestrian facilities at Masterson, including everything from mowing and arena maintenance, to repairing and maintaining jumps, galloping lanes and trails, to hosting events and fundraising. Shelly, Jennifer, and Kathy, I want to thank you for your service to our community. And at this time, it's my pleasure to present this proclamation. It's called Masterson Equestrian Trust Day. I feel like you're way back. Get up here. Whereas in 2004, a group of individuals saw the need to conserve and protect Masterson Station Park Park as an equestrian facility and formed the Masterson Equestrian Trust and whereas the Masterson Equestrian Trust Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Masterson Station Park for use by all equestrian enthusiasts and to the improvement and enhancement of facilities and services available to the equestrian public and whereas with this rolling hills, cross-country fences ranging in sizes from starter to preliminary, water complexes, banks and ditch complexes, schooling arena, open riding areas, trails and more, Masters and Station is a training, schooling and competition destination for equestrians of all disciplines, both locally and throughout the Bluegrass region. And whereas the park is one of a handful of equestrian municipal parks in the United States that is open to the public, and whereas the Masterson Equestrian Trust partners with the city and acts as an advocate for all Masterson Station Park equestrian enthusiasts, strengthening Lexington's distinction as the horse capital of the world. Now therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare November 14th, 2024, Masterson Equestrian Trust Day in Lexington to celebrate your 20th anniversary. Congratulations. Thank you. Ladies, you can share. Yeah. Now, who wants to speak? You can all speak. Shelly's going to speak. I'll say a few words. Hi, Council Member. It's good to be here. nice to see you I'd like to introduce Shelly Ryan who is the president of Masterson Station Equestrian Trust most the time you'll see her out there on a tractor so today she looks pretty good and Kathy Weishoff who is an acclaimed equestrian internationally in an acclaimed course designer as well and you'll see her on a backhoe so today they look pretty good first of all I would like to thank Mayor Gordon and all of her office staff I would like to especially thank councilmember Shayla Lynch for opening doors for us She came and visited upon our invitation and she's toured the facility And she has come on board with us and helped us open doors so that we could sit down with parks and recreation staff and also the LFU CG Office officials so that we are making some headway and moving forward with improvements at the park We are so thrilled this year that we have been able to completely redo the four dressage arenas that are there, which have been in place for over 20 years and hadn't been touched much. We did get a bigger tractor and a better drag, which helped them, but this summer we had a guy come in and do all of those. and just this past week we've started to break ground to completely redo the jumping ring, which is something that we've been trying to get to for many years. So we are so excited about that. We have a total volunteer board. We just put a lot of time out there. During COVID is when I really got started with it. I retired from my day job in 2018, and then during COVID I couldn't sit still at home. so I just thought I can socially distance and I can mow lanes so that our friends can bring their horses out and ride and still be socially distanced and that's what we've done and we've just continued with it and the park looks great so I just want to thank you so much for this this is wonderful I really appreciate it again I'm Kathy Wieshoff oh you get to have okay cool I don't get to press the button well you could no that's okay yes you could I'm good I'm good hang on there you go Anyway, again, Shayla has been amazing. Shelly's been amazing. I first came to Lexington, Kentucky from California as part of an eventing pony club team and rode at the park in 1977, so that dates me just a little bit. And then I came on the board. I don't keep track of how long I've been on boards, but it's just been an amazing journey of the whole board which is volunteer, the fundraising that we do, maintaining the arenas, and just being out there like Shelly's on the tractor, I'm on a tractor, or a backhoe, or a big piece of equipment which we have purchased in order to maintain the areas of riding. And it's just so fun because people come from all over. I mean, you said the bluegrass, but people drive down from Ohio and come up from Tennessee and they know Masterson Station park is a place that they can come to train their horses to get ready for the big competitions even horses and riders that come here for the kentucky three-day event will go to masterson to give them their last gallop so it's just it's just been a great journey and i thank all of you and especially shayla and linda for letting us do this and just be so supportive that's great thank you Thank you. Councilmember Lynch? I know you'd like to say a few words. Just a few. I am humbled and honored to and proud to have the Madison Equestrian Trust in Council District 2. The dedication of the organization, as you've already heard, they're a group of volunteers and they are doing some phenomenal things back there in Madison Station Park in the back in the equestrian part of the park. People travel from far and wide to come to them, participate in their events that met offers. And what I love about their events is that they're so inclusive. They just had their Hunter Pace a couple weekends ago. And you will see riders of all ages, of all genders. And the one rider that truly impressed me, she was probably no more than six years old. And she was masterful on her horse, just masterful. I was so impressed. And so they're having these awesome events, bringing people from all over the United States. to Lexington, Kentucky to participate in these equine activities and it's just amazing that we have all of this here in Lexington, right nestled in the 2nd District. So I'm excited to work with MET and I want to continue to work with you all because you're doing great things in the 2nd District and I want everyone in Lexington to please come to District 2 and do some equestrian things because it's a great place to do it. So congratulations to MET and congratulations on your anniversary. Very good. Now, former Councilmember Jennifer Massotti would like another word with you. You know, once you're a politician, it never gets out of your blood. So I just want to invite you all to Masterson Station sometime if you can. We had Councilmember Lynch on a horse a couple weeks ago, and she had a big smile on her face. She had a lot of fun. So we can put you on a horse, we can put you on a gator, we can put you on a golf cart. a golf cart. Whatever you want to do, we'd love to have you come, but it's a gem. It really is. And for someone who's an Emmy rider like me, I couldn't ask for a better place to have a good day. But, you know, the whole goal of Masterson Equestrian Trust is to keep the equestrian part in perpetuity. So we want to make sure that we are a part of the horse capital of the world in perpetuity. And with your help, I think we'll succeed. Thank you all. Thank you. Let's get a photo. Okay? Do you have other members here? No. Okay. bring your proclamation oh they've done this Thank you. Oh my goodness. Okay. Good to see you. All righty. Now, I would like to invite a few people to join me up here. Christian Postel. You can bring anybody you want. Do you want to come? Violet? Theodore? And I'd like Councilmember Baxter and Councilmember Worley to join me at the podium. Just kind of crowded. We're gonna fill the whole space. John, will you kind of stand by me? Nobody else will. We'll get in there. Okay. Okay. Christian serves as the CEO of the Lexington Leadership Foundation. And I want to thank you very much for being here with your crew. This year, the Lexington Leadership Foundation is celebrating its 25th year. And most of you also know John Withers, who's been, have you been with him for 25 years? I think so. Yep. And the Lexington Leadership Foundation has one goal. It's to serve people. And that is also our mission here at the city. Lexington Leadership Foundation offers programming that focuses on violence prevention, youth support, fostering spiritual connections, and many resources for families and children. With these resources and spiritual guidance, this organization is fostering a future of safety, joy, hope, and peace for everyone in our community. Christian, you have a wonderful team. I've heard lots about your team. And I thank all of you for your dedication to bettering our community. At this time, it's my pleasure to present this proclamation, declaring today Lexington Leadership Foundation Day in Lexington. So crowd around. Come on. And this is your 25th anniversary, as I said before. Come on, there you go. Whereas the Lexington Leadership Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary and has been committed to city-wide transformation since 1999. And whereas the Lexington Leadership Foundation is dedicated to providing resources and programming that will have an impact on the future success and cohesiveness of our city. And whereas programming is designed to engage the community through collaborative efforts of Lexington's faith, business, government, and education sectors. And whereas programming includes the Fatherhood Initiative, Leadership Academy, Urban Impact, and the Prayer Room, among many others. And whereas the organization partners with a diverse range of community groups to develop strategies that tackle the toughest issues in our community. And whereas we thank the Lexington Leadership Foundation for the many services they provide our community and wish the organization continued success. Now therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare November 14, 2024, Leadership Lexington Foundation Day in Lexington. Thank you to all of you. Thank you. Thank you, Violet. Would you like to say a few words? I would love to. Thank you. You can stand right here with you, Debbie. Mayor, thank you so much. That was so kind of you. She really said it. You know, an organization is only as good as its people. I was a volunteer for 11 and a half years and came on staff three years ago, and I jumped on a moving train. So the credit to this and all the kind words really goes to Marcus, to Damon, to Maggie, to Tommy, and to Jared, and to Sally, who's been here since the beginning, and to John and Carol, who founded the Lexington Leadership Foundation. It's a privilege to get to steward it for a while. I feel very honored. And as much as an organization is only as good as its people, I think a city is only as good as its leaders. And I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. We love working with you. We have been a recipient of the ESR funds since 2015 from the beginning. I don't know whose idea it was, by the way, to make that a two-year cycle, but thank you for doing that uh and on a on a personal level um sorry i want to thank council member brown council member fogel preston my council member whitney i want to thank everybody who just decided to give resources to the robert h williams cultural center it means the world to those of us who invest in a formerly redlined district in a low-income neighborhood and believe that every child deserves a chance so thank you genuinely those resources matter and they're going to do more than I can even begin to tell you. And I think God's just getting started with that place. So thank you. Thank you so much. And I think probably Council Member Baxter and Council Member Worley would like to say a few words. So as Christian said, he came on three years ago and that was a year into my first term. And he reached out because I was his council member. and he wanted to meet me and little did i know that me meeting him was going to be a greater blessing not only is he a constituent but so is john the visionary behind this wonderful foundation and i am personally so thankful to have them not only in my district but in this community because i know that they fill a gap that is so very needed and i'm fortunate to call you friends and i'm so thankful for you and your work in this community so thank you for being here so council members I guess before long I'm gonna have to get used to speaking to this body from here as opposed to up there but one of the hardest parts of that transition is going to be not working in the same capacity and as regularly as a group like this. This has been a fantastic partnership. My friend Marcus Patrick is right here. He gave us our invocation a couple weeks ago and I told you when I got to this office seven years ago he and his wife Audra were one of some of the first partners and friends that I ever made in this work. And this group by bringing together community partners like the MAP Foundation, Valvoline, also reinvigorated the work that's being done in the Woodhill community we have the Woodhill Community Center and and and they've just been wonderful partners what they do in this community is just invaluable and I'm so thankful that they're my friends so congratulations thank you and we're going to get a big picture now you want to be in a picture Why don't you go get Theodore? Thank you. Thank you. All right, thank you so much. Now I'll ask our clerk to give second reading to ordinances. Item 1, an ordinance creating subsection 653 of the code of ordinances related to pensions other than police and firemen, specifically pensions on retirement to provide an increase of 3% to each retiree's base annuity or the annuity paid to the retiree's widow or dependent to an effect of January 1, 2025. Item 2, an ordinance minding section 21-37.3 of the code of ordinances of the license fair or mechanic government relating to paid parental leave as follows. Amending section 2137.3A to define qualifying event to include placement for adoption of a newly adopted child with the employee amending section 2137.3B to authorize up to four weeks of paid parental leave. For placement for adoption of a newly adopted child or for foster care placement or kinship placement of a child with the employee amending section 2137.3C to require appropriate documentation of creating a new section 2137.3D. To authorize the director of human resources on the recommendation to and with approval of the chief administrative officer. find that special circumstances exist to authorize the use of paid parental leave consistent with the goals and objectives of paid parental leave all effective upon passage of council item three an orange change the zone from a planned neighborhood residential r3 zone to a neighborhood business b1 zone for 0.602 net 0.913 gross acre property located at 2094 and 2098 herdsburg road brook property llc council district 10 item 4. an orange change the zone from a planned neighborhood residential r3 zone to a neighborhood business b1 zone for 0.16 net 0.28 gross acre property located Item 5, an ordinance submitting civil service authorized by abolishing one classified position of staff assistance in your grade 511 and creating one classified position of administrative specialist grade 516 in all individual planning effective upon passage of council. Item 6, an ordinance submitting the civil service authorized by creating one classified position of planner senior grade 523 in individual planning effective upon passage of council. Item 7, an ordinance creating chapter 8A of the code of ordinances related to notice requirements for construction or demolition blasting operations creating section 8A1 of the code to define terms creating section 8A2 of the code to require blasters to provide notification to director of the division of engineering before commencing blasting operations creating section 8A3 of the code regarding preemption creating section 8A4 of the code to set penalties for violation of chapter 8A of the code to amend section 14-10 of the code to include employees within the division of engineering as citation officers for the enforcement of chapter 8A of the code and directing the council clerk on behalf of the urban county government to provide a certified copy of this ordinance to the Kentucky Department of the of Natural Resources for its approval with section 8 of its ordinance effective on passage of council and the remaining provisions effective upon receipt and approval thereof from the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources pursuant to KRS 351.335. And item 8, an ordinance meeting certain of the budgets of the Lasington Fair and McKinney government to reflect current requirements, three municipal expenditures, and appropriate reopening funds, FY2025, schedule number 11. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Thank you, Council Member Baxter. Council Member Plowman seconds. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Council member Fogle? Yes. Council member Legree? Yes. Council member Lynch? Yes. Council member Plumman? Yes. Council member Reynolds? Yes. Council member Savigny? Yes. Council member Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council member Fred Brown? Yes. Councilmember James Brown? Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. And Councilmember Elliot Baxter? Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. And now it's time for first reading of ordinances. Item 9. An ordinance amending the authorized by abolishing one classified position of HVAC technician, grade 519, and abolishing one classified position of industrial mechanic, grade 517, and including two classified positions of public service supervisor, grade 517, and abolishing one unclassified position of staff assistant senior, grade 511, and creating one unclassified position the position of administrative specialist principle, Grade 520, and expiring December 31, 2030. All in the division of water quality, effective upon passage of council, item 10. In order submitting the civil service, authorizing by creating 13 classified positions of firefighter, grade 311 in the division of fire and emergency services, effective upon passage of council, item 11. In ordinance directing the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Clerk to enter the Fayette County Board of Elections certification of the results from the November 5, 2014 referendum authorized by KRS 97.590 and KRS 67A.160 regarding the establishment of a dedicated park fund to fund public parks in Fayette County to be financed by the levy of an additional 2.25 cents, 0.0225 per $100 valuation on all taxable real property into the records of the Laketon Fair Urban County Government, item 12. In ordinance making certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fitt Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repurpating funds FY 2025, Schedule number 12, Item 13. In ordinance submitting certain of the budget of the Lexington-Fitt Urban County Government for committee of the whole appropriations as approved at work session November 12, 2024, and appropriating repurpating funds Schedule number 13, Item 14. In ordinance submitting the authorized strength by extending the term of two unclassified positions of overdue prevention coordinator, 519 and to be renewed through June 30, 2025 in the division of Fire and Emergency Services effective upon passage of Council. Item 15, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing and creating positions in order to conform to the Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, changing the following positions. A position of social worker, social services worker in the divisions of aging and disability services, youth services, community resident services, and family services. One position of emergency planning coordinator in the division of emergency management. Three positions of extended school program coordinator in the division of parks and and recreation, three positions of procurement officer in the division of procurement, four positions of social worker senior in the divisions of youth services, aging and disability services, and family services. Five positions of information officer in the divisions of government communications, emergency management, and council office, and one position of technical specialist senior in the division of computer services, one position of safety specialist in the division of water quality, and one position of community re-entry coordinator in the division of community corrections, two positions of certified social worker in the division of youth services, three positions of historic preservation specialist in the division of historic preservation, Two positions of safety loss control specialist in the division of human resources. And one position of pump station supervisor in the visual water quality, thereby changing the fair labor standard act FLSA status. Of the positions from the 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 December 30, 2024. Item 16. An ordinance meaning the civil service authorizing by abolishing four classified positions of heavy equipment technician grade 519 in the division of fire and emergency services. Abolishing two classified positions of vehicle and equipment technician, grade 517, and division facilities and fleet management effective upon passage of council. Item 17, in order submitting the civil service authorized by creating one classified position of administrative officer, grade 523E, in the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, creating one classified position of intelligence specialist supervisor, grade 521E, in the division of police abolishing one classified position of affordable housing specialist, senior grade 518, and in the division of grants and special programs abolishing one classified position of information security engineer, senior grade 533E, In the Department of Information Technology, in one unclassified position of Victims Advocate, Grade 518N. In the Division of Police, abolishing one unclassified position of Program Specialist NE, Grade 514N. In the Department of Social Services, and transferring one unclassified position of Community Reentry Advocate, Grade 517N, to the Office of the Chief Development Officer, and transferring the incumbent expiring December 31, 2026, all effective July 1, 2024. And item 18, an ordinance pursuant to Section 612 of the Charter of the Lichtenfee Urban County Government to reorganize the Division of Waste Management. At the request of the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works as follows. Amending the classified civil service authorized by abolishing 120 positions of resource recovery operator, grade 515, and creating 120 positions of resource recovery operator, grade 518, and transferring the incumbents and amending the classified civil service authorized by abolishing nine positions of public service supervisor senior. Grade 518, and creating nine positions of resource recovery operator supervisor senior, grade 520, and transferring the incumbents. And amending the unclassified civil service authorized by abolishing one position of resource recovery operator, 515 and a creating one position of resource recovery operator rate 518 and transferring the incumbent all changes should be effective december 30 2024. thank you all right are there any walk-ons no walk-ons how about rule uh motions to suspend the rules and give second reading council member baxter thank you mayor um i moved to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 11. This has to do with the parks tax and how state statute reads. Okay thank you. Is there a second? Second. Council member Worley seconds. Any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that passes. Are there any other motions? Council member Fogle? Yes ma'am. Thank you mayor. Hope my notes are right. I'm going to read it from my notes item number 31 the mou oh hang on oh i'm not there yet hang on just be patient and we'll get there i'm always jumping the horse it's a second i'm excited about moving this we're excited we we will get there okay anything else all right all the uh well let's see you've already voted on the one so if you'll go ahead and give that second reading please item 11 an ordinance directing the lexington fair urban county council clerk to enter the fayette county board of election certification of the results from the november 5 2024 referendum authorized by krs 95.590 and krs 67 8.160 regarding the establishment of a dedicated park front of fund public parks in fayette County to be financed by the levy of an additional 2.25 cents, 0.0225 per $100 valuation on all taxable real property into the records of the Lexington Fair Urban County government. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger, thank you, has a question before we get into the vote. Thank you, Mayor. I think by stature we have to do it at a certain time. Is that right from law? That's why we recommend you do it tonight. It's supposed to be at the next meeting after it's been certified. Right. And we did put something in committee. I think it's how we were going to go about doing it. It was at the process. But I know we have to go ahead and vote on this tonight. Yeah, this will have no impact on what you all are doing in the committee. This is just a technical procedural matter under the statute. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Okay, thank you. All right, now, is there a motion to approve? Second. Thank you. Council Member Fogel, second by Vice Mayor Wu. And if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Council Member Fogle. Yes. Council Member Legree. Yes. Council Member Lynch. Yes. Council Member Plowman. Yes. Council Member Reynolds. Yes. Council Member Savigny. Yes. Council Member Worley. Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu. Yes. Council Member Fred Brown. Yes. Council Member James Brown. Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. And Councilmember Elliott Baxter? Thank you. That item passes and now we're ready for second reading of resolutions. Item 1, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC for the purchase of two new rescue pump apparatus at a cost not to exceed $2,216,911. Item 2, a resolution amending resolution number 629-2023, authorizing the acceptance of deeds for property interest needed for the Floyd Drive Trunk Sewer Project, increasing the cost of acquisition of easements by the sum of $6,000 from $51,000 to $57,000, item 3. A resolution of authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute certificates of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept deeds for property interest located at 139 Elam Park needed for the Wolf Run Main Trunk G Sewer Project, a remedial measures project required by the consent agreed to cost up to $10,000, item 4. A resolution of authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Standard and Associates Incorporated for the Police Officer Selection Test for LFUCG police recruit candidates at a cost not to receive $9,500, item five. A resolution on behalf of the urban county government as a collaborative applicant to execute and submit the 2024 continuing of care grant application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, to provide any additional information request in connection with this grant application, which seeks up to $3,890,327 in federal funds. For the operation of programs by community nonprofit organizations to reduce homelessness in Lansing and Fayette County, And to accept an amount up to $141,269 of the grant funds if the application is approved for a project planning expenses related to the monitoring programs funded by the grant. The extent of which obligates the Irby County Government for the expenditure of an amount up to $35,318 as a local match. And authorizing the mayor to transfer etiquette funds within the grant budget, item six. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irby County Government to execute a professional services agreement with a law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC for collective bargaining negotiations with the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and Police at an estimated cost to exceed $120,000 in FY2025. Item 7, it was an authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a plan renewal agreement with Anthem and Medicare Advantage plan for the police and fire retirement fund for the period beginning January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Item 8, it was an authorizing and approving the transfer of council capital funds to the Division of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $5,000 for sense of place Hamlet initiative project $50,000 for elevated signage for the Phoenix Park Reimagined project $2,000 for planting four memorial trees in the ninth district parks and $50,000 for the Davis Park basketball courts project item nine. It resolution accepting a bit of Cleary Construction Incorporated in the amount of $12,000,004,030 for the new circle road trunks A and B for the division of water quality authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government execute an agreement with Cleary Construction Incorporated related to the bid item 10. It resolution accepted a bit of Herrick Company Incorporated in the amount of $13,700,000 for the town branch and and West Taekman Wastewater Treatment Plant UV Disinfection Process Replacement for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Herrick Company Incorporated related to the bid. Item 11, amending resolution number 506, 2024, authorizing and direct the mayor to execute a member of agreement with the Stonewall Questrian Estates Association Incorporated for various property owners within the said association for the Blanheim Sanitary Seward Trunk Sewer Project. reducing the cost to the urban county government to the amount not to exceed in a collective amount of $32,250. Item 12. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with ScyTrade Systems Incorporated for three software licenses and database at a cost not to exceed $18,750. Item 13. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with Dr. Patricia Howard for the EMS training coordinator at a cost not to exceed $28,900. And item 14, a resolution authorizing a director of the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for use of 450 Park Place during a disaster event. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Thank you. Council Member Baxter, second by Council Member Fogle. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Council Member Fogle? Yes. Council Member LeGree? Yes. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Councilmember Plowman? Yes. Councilmember Reynolds? Yes. Councilmember Savigny? Yes. Councilmember Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Councilmember Fred Brown? Yes. Councilmember James Brown? Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliott Baxter? Yes. Thank you. All right, thank you those all passed and now it's time for first reading of resolutions. Item 15, a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with Commonwealth Inspection Bureau for Electrical Inspection Services. Item 16. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with the UMAT or Kentucky Incorporated to maintain and support the juvenile treatment court program and a cost to receive $50,000. Item 17, a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute change number one final total contract. The agreement with LICO Incorporated for the completion of Metathorpe Area Stormwater Improvement Project Phase 1, increase in contract by the sum of $96,727.62, from $564,239 to $660,966.62, item 18. A resolution authorizing on the Mayor on behalf of the government to accept an additional award in the amount of $21,083 in federal grant funds under the FEMA's hazard mitigation grant program for subrecipient management costs. On the Jordan area storm water improvements project phase two portion, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget. Item 19. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair urban county government to accept a proposal from Kentucky American Water Company to install an eight inch water line and master meter at 2075 Parker's Mill Road for Cardinal Run Park North at a cost of $91,244. Item 20. A resolution of authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to accept an additional award of $50 in federal funds into the state homeland security FY 2024 DHS FEMA grant program. From the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for the division of police to support training courses for bomb technicians. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds in authorizing the mayor to transfer other cover funds within the grant budget item 21. A resolution of authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair urban county government to execute the first amendment to the purchase service agreement with the Lexington Fair Animal Care and Control LLC increasing the contract price by an estimated cost not to exceed $18,776 effective upon passage of council. Item 22, a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with Studio 46 for creation and production of a public safety recruiting video at a cost not to exceed $36,260. Item 23, a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Kentucky State Police for participation in a task force regarding predators exploiting miners via electronic means. A resolution of authorizing the division of water quality on behalf of the Urban County Government Purchase Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions, Cytec, Historic Support Services for the town branch and West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plans and Punt Stations from ATR Distributing Company Incorporated, a social provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with ATR Distributing Company Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost of $56,622.30, And item 25. A resolution to authorize and direct the mayor on behalf of the Kentucky American Waters Firefighting Support Grant Program in order to accept a grant from the Kentucky American Water. Which grant funds are in the amount of $500 for purchase of personal protective equipment for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer out of cover funds within the grant budget, item 26. A resolution to authorize and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute agreements related to the neighborhood development funds with historic South Hill Neighborhood Association, Incorporated 1500, Tates Creek Boards, Varsity, Cheerleaders, Incorporated 500. The Salvation Army 2500, Center for Women, Children and Families, Incorporated 2100. And Greenhouse 17, Incorporated 6954, Community Action Council for Lexington, Fiat, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Incorporated 400, Project Ricochet Incorporated 1400, Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center, Corporation 500, Wise Guys Urban Uplift Foundation, LSE 600, and Friends of the Park in Fayette County, Incorporated $500 for the Office of the Urban County Council. And it costs to see the some stated, item 27. A resolution authorizing and approving the transfer of council capital project funds to the division of parks and recreation in the amount of $25,000 for Davis Park basketball court project and the division of traffic engineering in the amount of $12,650 to install flexible delineators at McCubbin driving Clays Mill Road, item 28. A resolution to accept an event of Cecil Heating and Air Conditioning Incorporated in the amount of $27,333 for the Phoenix WSHP installation for the division of facilities and fleet management, item 29. A resolution of the Lexington-Fed Urban County Government amending and replacing resolution 391-2024 to accept the supplement grant of $1,281,696 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Round 2 grant ARPA for the replacement of the chemical disinfection equipment at both Town Branch and West Tickman Wastewater Treatment Plant with ultraviolet disinfection equipment. which doesn't all but get the Erbicone County government to the expenditure of funds and approving the supplemental grant assistance agreement, authorizing the amendment of the Erbicone County government's annual budget and authorizing a representative to sign all related documents, item 30. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Erbicone County government to execute an agreement with five star break time solutions and corporate DVA Conti coffee for the provision of coffee, coffee dispenser and regular maintenance of equipment at the Lexington Senior Center at a cost to exceed the sum of $2,000 in FY2025, item 31. A resolution authorizing that indirect the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Voices of Hope, Lexington Incorporated to provide recovery coaches to the community paramedicine program, item 32. A resolution authorizing that the mayor on behalf of urban county government execute change order number three to the contract with Omni Commercial LLC for the gymnasium improvement project increasing the contract amount by $101,112.22 and raising the total contract amount from $1,478,434.11 to $1,579,546.33 with a 56 calendar day change to the construction contract time, item 33. A resolution amending resolution 312-23 authorizing the acceptance of deeds for property interest needed for the Merrick Trunk Sewer Project and remedial measures project required by the consent decree, increasing the cost of acquisition of easement by the sum of $62,000 from $58,000 to $120,000, item 34. A resolution to authorize the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a renewal agreement with Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky Incorporated for administrative services, rates, and fees within the agreement for the period beginning January 1, 2025 through January 31, 2025, item 35. A resolution to authorize the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Shard, Snyder, and Associates Incorporated for the purpose of allowing LFUCG employees to elect an HRA plan on a pre-tax basis within the meaning of section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, effective upon passage of council, item 36. It was just an authorizing and direct them on behalf of the urban county government to execute change number one to the agreement with BMI LLC for the Valley Park building renovation and expansion in the amount of $157,384. And 38 seems increasing the total contract amount from $1,514,024.88 to $1,671,409.26 with a 42 calendar day change to the contract time, item 37. It was just an authorizing and direct them on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to accept a grant in the amount of $25,650 in federal funds under the Homeland Security Grant in order to further the Community Emergency Response Team. Program for the Division of Emergency Management, the exception of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds. As a local mention authorizing measure transfer out of cover funds within the grand budget, item 38. A resolution of authorizing and indirect the mayor on behalf of the Lake Sanford urban county government to accept a grant from the Consumer Product Safety Commission 2024, Fire Safety Program of $5,000 in federal funds in order to purchase supplies for a fire safety and prevention project. the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing marriage to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget, item 39. It was looked into authorizing and directed the man on behalf of urban county government, execute an agreement with the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition to accept an additional award of $16,221.72 in federal funds for participation in the United States Department of Agriculture's child care food program for provision of breakfast, lunch and supplements at free and reduced rates to infants and toddlers attending the Family Care Center's child care and preschool program in FY2045. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds and authorizing major traffic on income refunds within the grant budget, item 40. A resolution to authorize and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with Miranda Beasley for forensic nursing advocate. At a cost of $46,816, item 41. A resolution to authorize and direct the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a release of claims agreement with officer Jarvis Harris for care of retired canines Roxy and Tilly, item 42. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change written number four to the contract with Strain Associates for the old Frankfort Pike Salt Dome contract number 642023. Increasing the contract amount by $32,200 and raising the total contract amount to $255,480, item 43. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement and accept a grant award of $21,966.42 from the Bluegrass Community Foundation for the Department of General Services Division of Parks and Recreation for lighting enhancements at Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, the exceptional which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing mayor to transfer any funds in the grant budget, item 44. It was listed in authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change number one to the contract with LM Asphalt Partner, LTD DBA ATS construction for the Salt Dome and Associated Improvement, improvements old Frankfort Pike contract number 58,2024 increasing the contract amount by $838,494.60 and raising the total contract amount to $4,887,177.60. And item 45, a resolution authorizing and approving the transfer of council capital project funds to the Bluegrass Community Foundation incorporated in the amount of $48,611.06 for essential equipment for the State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, the Lexington Theater Company in the amount of $7,911 for a lighted sign for a building located at 2323 Alexandria Drive. The division of parks and recreation in the amount of $60,000 for shelter at Spiegel Heights Park. $35,000 for future District 10 Park improvements and $7,308.83 for construction of drainage devices at Lansdowne Merrick Park. The division of traffic engineering in the amount of $35,000 for future District 10 traffic engineering projects. The Bluegrass Council of the Blind Incorporated in the amount of $3,706 to update telecommunications infrastructure. The Division of Environmental Services in the amount of $324 for Eastland Neighborhood Tree Replacement and $8,000 to assist with completion of the Loudoun Avenue green space project. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons? Any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? Councilmember Legree. Thank you, Mayor. At the request of the administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 29. So moved. Second. Thank you. Council Member Baxter seconded. Are there questions? That is a grant. All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item 36. This is a change order for the Valley Park building renovation and expansion. Is there a second? Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Any questions? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I have one. I only be at the request of the administration I move that we suspend the rules and give second reading to item 32 it is the change order for the black Williams gymnasium improvements thank you councilmember Reynolds seconds any questions on that one all right all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes councilmember Plumman thank you mayor on On behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 19, which is item 1068-24. And this is for the water utility infrastructure at Cardinal Run North. So moved. Second. Council Member Baxter seconded. Any questions on that one? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Are there any other motions? Council Member Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. The first one will be item number 16, a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute UMatter Kentucky to maintain support for juvenile treatment court program. So moved. Second. Council Member Reynolds seconds. Are there questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Also, Mayor, on behalf of the administration, item number 18, additional award for federal grant funds in the amount of $21,083 to go toward the Joyland Area Stormwater Improvement Project, so moved. Thank you. Second. Council Member Plowman seconds. Are there questions about that one? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. That passes. And I have only two more. On behalf of the administration, item number 31, an MOU with Voices of Hope, I ask to suspend the rules and give a second reading. So moved. Thank you. And Council Member Reynolds seconded. I was struggling. Are there questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. And for my last one, Mayor, on behalf of the administration, Item number 43, agreement to accept a grant award for the lighting and enhancement of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Garden. So moved. Second. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? All right. I believe we have 16, 18, 19, 29, 31, and 32, 36, and 43. Okay. When you're ready, if you'll please give them second reading. Item 16. A resolution authorizing a directly-married on behalf of the Urban Clinic government to execute an agreement with UMatter Kentucky Incorporated to maintain and support the juvenile treatment court program and a cost not to receive $50,000. Item 18. A resolution not authorizing the mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to accept an additional award in the amount of $21,083 in federal grant funds under the FEMA hazard mitigation grant program for subrecipient management costs on the Joyland Area Stormwater Improvement Project Phase 2 portion, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer out of cover funds in the grant budget. Item 19. a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the lakes and urban county government to accept a proposal from kentucky macron water company to install an eight inch water line and master meter at 2075 parkers mill road for cardinal run park north at a cost and active seat 91 244 dollars item 29 a resolution of the lake sanfait urban county government amending and replacing resolution to accept the supplemental grant of $1,281,696 in federal funds from the Kentucky Cleaner Water Round 2 Grant ARPA for the replacement of chemical disinfection equipment at both the town branch and West Tapeman Wastewater Treatment Plant with ultraviolet UV disinfection equipment. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure of funds, approving the supplemental grant assistance agreement and authorizing the amendment of the Lake San Jose Urban County Government's annual budget and authorizing a representative to sign all related documents. Item 31. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Voices of Hope Lexington Incorporated to provide recovery coaches to the community paramedicine program. Item 32. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number three to the contract with Omni Commercial LLC for the gymnasium improvements project, increasing the contract amount by $101,112.22 and raising the total contract amount from $1,478,434.11 to $1,579,546.33 with a 56 calendar day change to the construction contract time. Item 36. A resolution authorizing under the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change in order to the agreement with the BMI LLC for the Valley Park building renovation and expansion In the amount of $157,384.38, increasing the total contract amount from $1,514,024.88 to $1,671,409.26, with a 42 calendar day change to the contract time in item 43. A resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of the Urbacana government to execute an agreement and accept a grant award of $21,966.42 from the Bluegrass Community Foundation for the Department of General Services Division of Parks and Recreation for lighting enhancement at Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing mayor to transfer etiquette or refunds in the grant budget. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger and Council Member Fogle seconded. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call, vote, please. Council Member Fogle? Yes. Council Member Legree? Yes. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Councilmember Plowman? Yes. Councilmember Reynolds? Yes. Councilmember Savigny? Yes. Councilmember Worley? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Councilmember Fred Brown? Yes. Councilmember James Brown? Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. And Councilmember Elliott Baxter? Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. Those all pass, and we will move on to communications from the mayor. First, we have appointments. If I could have a motion to approve. Second. Council Member Fogle and Council Member Plumman seconded. Are there questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Next, we have procurements. If I could have a motion. Senator. I'm sorry, who made the motion? I wasn't. Oh, Council Member Baxter? Second. All right. Council Member Worley seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. The next communications from the mayor is donations. I'll entertain a motion. Council Member Plowman and Council Member Legree seconded. Are there any questions? Aye. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council members, you have a few pages of communications for your information only. And that brings us to, there's actually a lot of pages. And that brings us to disciplines and Chief Weathers with police does have two disciplines to bring. Welcome, Chief. Hello, Mayor, Council. Let's see. This is my first one. On September 25th, 2024, an internal formal complaint was made that Lieutenant Jesse Palmer violated General Order 1973-02L, Disciplinary Procedures for Sworn Officers, Appendix B, Operational Rule, 1.04, Body-Worn Camera Procedures. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with me and has accepted a 20 hours, two day suspension without pay. On or about July 25th, 2024, Lieutenant Jesse Palmer failed to activate his body camera per policy on a traffic stop. Between the dates of November 25th, 2023 and July 25th, 2024, Lieutenant Palmer had six incidents involving BWC errors or issues. Of the six incidents, four were failures to activate and two were attempt to activate. The list of incidents where Palmer failed to activate his BWC did not involve critical incidents or arise from a complaint filed by a citizen. Thank you, Chief. Could I have a motion to approve? Council Member Worley moved. Council Member Reynolds seconded. And please log in if you have questions for the chief. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Chief, is this discipline consistent with the escalation on discipline for this issue? I mean, per policy and kind of your discretion, is it? Typically, for an officer, it's a written reprimand, but he is a lieutenant, so he goes from a written reprimand to two days. Okay, so the lieutenants, were they part, they didn't originally have body cameras when they were issued, were they? They did, but they usually don't do, or when we issued them, weren't doing standard officer work all the time. Mm-hm. Now that they can, sometimes if they're not used to it, they might forget. But they still have to be held accountable. Okay. All right, thank you, Chief. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Fogle. Thank you, Mayor. Hey, Chief Weathers. Yes, ma'am. Was there an arrest made from any of these not turning on the devices? No, ma'am. They were all just traffic stops where citations were either issue or warning citations were issue. Warning citations was issue. Either traffic citations or warning citations. I don't have that information, I know which was which. Because the body camera wasn't initiated? It's not listed in the report. It's not listed in the report? Not here, not what I have here. Okay, okay sir, I was just wondering if anyone went to jail with an officer not having his body cam on? It's not indicated in here. All right, and this is a lieutenant? Yes. Thank you sir. Thank you ma'am. Thank you, are there any other questions for Chief? All right, all those in favor of approving the discipline, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. And this is my second one. On September 12, 2024, an internal formal complaint was made that Officer John Gibbons violated General Order 1973-02L Disciplinary Procedures for Sworn Officers, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.11, Unsatisfactory Performance Inefficiency. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with me and has accepted a 40 hour suspension, one week without pay, and six months suspension of his home fleet privilege, and attending the employee assistance program. On August 31st, 2024, Officer John Gibbons was operating a division-owned vehicle when he struck a roadway curb, causing damage to the vehicle's driver's side, rims, and tires. Officer Gibbons also experienced separate collisions on January 14th and July 27th of 2024, where he was deemed to be at fault. This is three at-fault collisions within a 12-month period. This is his second time Officer Gibbons has been formally charged for having three at-fault collisions within a 12-month period. This is Officer Gibbons' second sustained formal complaint since his appointment on April 12, 2021. Council Member Worley moves approval. Council Member Reynolds seconds. Are there questions for Chief Weathers? Council member Fogle. Chief Weathers, was your officer breathalyzed at the conclusion of crashing, bumping, whatever it was that he did? To use a breathalyzer we have to have suspicion. It didn't seem to indicate here that there was suspicion or the damage has to raise to a certain level for us to do critical incident testing and none of the damage raised to that level. Maybe I didn't hear you, I thought you said he hit something that caused damage to the vehicle. Right, but the monetary damage has to be a certain amount before it raises to a critical incident level. He's in the cruiser, he causes damage, But it has to be a certain amount after you take it to the body shop to see what that amount was. But you don't breathalyze anyone that has several, I think you gave us a few incidences. Right. We can only do that. He doesn't lose his rights as a human being or as a citizen. No, he's an officer. We have to have reasonable suspicion before we can test somebody for intoxication. That's the same as anybody who's driving. I'm pretty sure if I'm driving my vehicle and I hit a curb and damaged some stuff and the police is behind me, he's going to pull me over. He's going to breathalyze me to make sure I'm sober. No, you are incorrect. If he suspects that you have been drinking or suspects that you are under the influence, then he may issue you some tests. And then you have a right to either take a breathalyzer or refuse it. Okay, Chief Weathers, I'm going to pass and I'm done. Okay, are there any other questions for the Chief? All right, all those in favor of the motion for discipline, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? Aye. Okay, there's one nay vote, Councilmember Fogle. Thank you very much, Chief. Thank you. All right, Councilmembers, it's time for announcements. Council member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a one to announce for my district two neighbors about an event that we are hosting. This will be the inaugural event that I hope we'll have every year. We are going to have the second district Christmas tree lighting on Sunday, November 24th from 4 PM to 6 PM. This is an event that- I'm sorry to interrupt you, but we just lost our quorum. So we, I think, legally are not permitted to go on with the meeting. If somebody can round up one more, don't, yeah. We have to have 10. Yeah, we need 10. They're going to maybe round up some more. I'm so sorry to interrupt you. You can have your time back. It's fine, it's fine. There we go. All right, we're back. Thank you, Councilmember Fogel. The second district in partnership with Fire Station 24 is having our first Christmas tree lighting. So I want to invite all of my second district neighbors to come out to Fire Station 24 on Sunday, November 24th. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. we're going to have light refreshments, some hot chocolate, and a lot of festivities for the whole family. So please come out to our first tree lighting on Sunday, November 24th. Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank you very much. Council Member Legree. Thank you, Mayor. Colleagues, I know that you have done a really good job helping to push this out, but I just want to remind everybody that our second round of grant openings is live right now with the Lexgro Trees Initiative, which you all help fund. So right now we're looking for grant applicants for people who want to do planting projects all across Fayette County with a special focus on high areas of need in districts one, two, and seven. And we encourage people to partner up, neighborhood associations, nonprofits, for-profits, people who want to work together to get more trees in the ground and to help educate each other about the importance of trees. We would love for them to apply. We have several hundred thousand dollars to give out in tree-oriented money. So that deadline is November 27th. People still have time. If you have questions, if you need anything, look on the website, www.lexgrowtrees.com. And if I can help answer your questions, I would be glad to. We really want to make this successful and have another great round of applications. And people should hear back by December 31st about the status of their grant applications. So thanks so much for your help in spreading the word. Thank you. Council Member Fogel. Thank you, Mayor. I have a quick one. I just want to give a shout out. My hospital is St. Joe, but I need to give a shout out to the University of Kentucky and the paramedicine team here in Lexington for their quick response. I got really deathly ill the other night after we finished our public forum. And so I just want to give a shout out to Dr. Sam and his crew out at the University of Kentucky. They responded so quickly and I just want to say thank you to them. And I appreciate it fully because it was what it was. And so I wanted to give them a shout out. And I don't have any photos today, but we had an awesome time at St. James today, a lot of people interested. There was NAMI had a table and the Oak Street Medical Services was present and New Vista folks were at St. James and they had, this was their field day, Mark Johnson is doing an excellent job at St. James. And so we all were there. There's probably 15 vendors and they were given flu shots and AIDS tests and just given information about how people can maintain sobriety and Voices of Hope was there and so, and for the ones I've left out, please forgive me. But St. James was awesome today and I just wanted to give them a shout out for the work that they did. And to Nida Gerton over to Bryan Station High School. They had a graduation today of their JAG class and their officers. So for that, I'm truly grateful. Thank you. Thank you very much. Any other council member with an announcement? Yes, so much. All right, that brings us to public comment. And we have several people signed up tonight. And the way this works is I will call your name and you'll come to the podium. here and for the record you need to restate your name and also state your council district and then you'll have three minutes and the buzzer goes off when your time is up so first up will be Barbara Hatton followed by Diane Gregory. Welcome. My name is Barbara Hatton and I'm from the 6th district. Denise Gray is our council person. I'm a resident of Eastland Parkway neighborhood and I'm here tonight to talk about the deteriorating condition of the northeast side of Lexington. Recently we learned that vouchers would be given out to the homeless individuals for Motel 6 and Super 8, which are two motels out Winchester Road next to the interstate. We feel like that the northeast side of Lexington already has its share of businesses, services, and shelters that are detrimental to positive growth in our area, our safe environment, and robust business revenue. These include just on a small two-and-a-half-mile stretch of New Circle Road between Paris Pike and Liberty Road, 30-plus used car lots, six to eight pawn shops, numerous gentlemen's clubs, just to name a few. The interstate corridors of Paris Pike and Winchester Road currently do not reflect the beautiful face of Lexington that we want visitors to see as they exit and come into our city. Paris Pike has beggars at the stoplight at the bottom of the exit. There's more at the intersection of Paris Pike and New Circle Road. Winchester Road has beggars at the Speedway as people exit the interstate there. This week I spoke to two managers at the Speedway and at Sonny's Barbecue which are both on Winchester Road close to the motels that I mentioned earlier. They're both already seeing increased homeless people in the parking lots, increased amounts of trash on their grounds including needles, syringes, and yesterday I witnessed an argument between two homeless individuals that honestly would have anybody blushing with the filthy language they use. All of that is right there as our visitors are coming into Lexington stopping for barbecue or gas or what have you. It's the combination of all of these things that's bringing down our property values on the northeast side, increasing crime, drug trafficking, and honestly it puts our safety and the safety of our children in jeopardy. We can't even go to Eastland Shopping Center and shop anymore because people are always begging for something. Money, cigarettes, lighters, They argue, they fight with each other, and they use the bathroom right out in public. They'll squat down right by a tree that's in the landscaping of Eastland Shopping Center. Diane Gregory, you're back there, and Susan Acton, are you both giving your time to Barbara? Okay, so you'll have six more minutes. Okay. Also, the vacant Eastland bowling lanes has been broken into multiple times. The homeless set it on fire a year, maybe two years ago, and it's still an eyesore that's used repeatedly by the homeless in our area. We understand, we're sympathetic to their needs, And we understand that Catholic Action Center and the motels are providing overnight shelter for homeless people. But in the morning when these people are leaving those areas, they walk directly into our neighborhoods, our shopping centers, our gas stations. And we've got seven public schools right in this little pie shape of northeast Lexington. Douglas, Station, Crawford, Dixie, Deep Springs, Yates, and Northern, all right in walking distance of where these shelters and motels are. So here's my question. questions, excuse me. Are you aware that there are so many of these services and businesses, shelters, and they're all right there in that little small area of northeast Lexington? And if you do know, do you care? What kind of extra police presence or protection are we going to be getting with the influx of the people who are staying at these motels. Is there priority given to families with children? To seniors with disabilities? How is that going to be operated? I'd like to know where the other motels are in Lexington that's on this list. and lastly is anyone planning to check up on these motels or houses whatever they're giving these vouchers for who's going to be responsible for doing this and making sure that everyone is kept safe thank you for your time thank you our next speaker is josh buckman Josh will be followed by Rabbi Litvin. Welcome. Yes, my name is Josh Buckman. I live in Council District 6. I am speaking in defense of the State of Israel in opposition to any ceasefire resolution. While I adhor the tragedy of seeing innocent Palestinians killed, wounded, and displaced, the primary cause for this tragedy lies with Hamas. Hamas is a brutal terrorist regime that was elected by the citizens of Gaza and has refused to relinquish power. They have used aid money not to build a better society for their people, but instead built tunnels under schools and hospitals that lay the death traps. Hamas, of course, committed numerous atrocities against Israel on October 7th in 2023, including the murder of men, women, and children. This provoked Israel into a retaliation that Hamas knew would lead to the death of many Palestinians in Gaza. A ceasefire resolution would only encourage Hamas, which has called for the murder of Jews, death to Americans, oppression of women, and murder of members of the LGBTQ community. Hamas would only use that as further propaganda. The council passing a ceasefire resolution would not end the conflict. Again, it would be used as propaganda in order to defend Hamas's horrific rule, which has brought numerous death and destruction. It would further encourage violence and anti-Semitism that we have seen in Amsterdam, Paris, and even on American university campuses such as UCLA and Columbia. I ask the council work to create a safe community for Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and people of all faiths or creeds or people lacking them do something that realistically can benefit the people of Lexington. All right. Now, before we go to our next speaker, I want to ask if Musa Saman is here. I'm sorry if I mispronounced that. Are you yielding your time to Alyssa Rigney? Okay, so after Rabbi Litvin will be Alyssa Rigney, who will have six minutes. Welcome. Rabbi Litvin, District 3. Firstly and it should be the only thing I have to say today, as Chief Weathers spoke before me I want to say how much our community trusts in and appreciates and has full faith in Chief Weathers and his leadership at the Lexington Police Department and how grateful we are for the remarkable service the Lexington Police Department gives to our city. I shouldn't have to speak about anything else because, as we've talked about this many times, the next topic of discussion is not something that is in the city council's purview. The state of Israel is not waiting to hear what Lexington has to say before they plan their next operation, and the terrorists of Hamas are not wondering what Lexington thinks before they rape and kill more innocent Jews. In addition, a ceasefire is already on the table. A ceasefire was offered on October 8th, immediately after the rapes and slaughters and murders of October 7th. The terms are simple. Return the hostages where 101 hostages are still being held in horrible conditions in Gaza today, including five Americans and the disarmament of the Hamas terrorist group. The idea that anything the city council could do could bring an end to this war, or in fact anything Israel can do can bring an end to this war, is simply silly. The ones who started this war are the ones who can end this war, and that is the terrorists of Hamas. Return our hostages and put down your arms. So why are they here? Why do we have people here again and again wearing terrorist flags and calling for a ceasefire? And it's very simple. Like every other city where a ceasefire resolution has been made, it is an attempt to intimidate the Jewish community and will lead to violence against the Jewish community. The anti-Semitic slogans you are going to hear as soon as I get down, the vicious blood libels against the Jewish community, are meant to intimidate the Jewish community and to give reason for violence against the Jewish community. In last week's portion, God said to Abraham, Al-Tira, do not fear, the most repeated command in the Torah. And their threats and their violence have no effect on our community. In this week's portion, we talk about the binding of Isaac. This week's portion is part of the era, and God commands Abraham to bind his son Isaac as a sacrifice. And yet when he approaches to slaughter him, God says, don't do that, that was a test. I would never ask you to sacrifice your children. The real answer to how we can end this war, as Golda Meir said 50 years ago and is still true today, when they love their children more than they hate ours, there'll be peace in the Middle East. So they're coming here to ask for a ceasefire, but with apologies to Rabbi Dovid Beshevkin, like someone swinging their hands in a synagogue in Baltimore, their argument hits a snag. And that is we just had election results. And whether here in our local elections where Heather Hottie, who ran with anti-Semitism as a platform, lost horribly, or nationally where Jill Stein, who made support for Hamas a center point of her platform, lost worse in Kentucky than she did eight years ago and a million less votes nationally than she did eight years ago. The fact is America rejects their hate, and they're only here to try and spread fear, and it will not work. Free the hostages, bring them home, bring them home now. Am Yisrael Chai, the people of Israel live, and we do not fear. Thank you. All right, our next speaker is Alyssa Rigney, who will have six minutes. Welcome. Hello, council members. Good evening. My name is Alyssa Rigney. I am from District 11. Now that election day has come and went, and we see the end of our council members' terms, of some of our council members' terms, the continuation of others, and the beginning of new ones come January. For those council members leaving us soon, know that your choice to either sit silent in the face of genocide or speak up and stand on the right side of history will be part of your legacy. For those council members who will continue serving the city of Lexington, specifically those who have yet to show their support for a ceasefire resolution, just know there is still time to change. It is not too late to join us to want peace and for the end of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and the bombing of innocent men, women, and children. For those council members who are yet to join us, who may be here today or watching on their screens at home, we await your support in January and we hope that you can be better than the council that currently sits in front of me. It has been almost a year to date since my friend Jenna Shalash read to you a ceasefire resolution. A resolution that has already been carefully created by your constituents and shared with you all in hopes that you might join the many other US cities and cities around the world calling for peace. I will be reading that resolution again for you today on behalf of Lex for Palestine. Whereas the preamble of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace around the world. And whereas Article III of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of the person. And whereas Article 33 of the fourth Geneva Convention states, No protected person may be punished for an event he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation are prohibited. And whereas more than 43,000 Palestinians have been murdered in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including over 10,000 children and more than 100,000 Palestinians have been injured in the same period. Whereas 70% of those who have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023 are women and children. Whereas more than 85% of the population in Gaza has been displaced since the Israeli attacks began on October 7, 2023. Whereas on January 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice, herein referred to as the ICJ, ruled the provisional measures must be taken to ensure that violations of the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide do not occur while the court adjudicates charges against Israel over the current conflict in Gaza. And whereas the ICJ ruling states the state of Israel shall immediately suspend its military operations in and against Gaza. And whereas the ICJ ruling states, the state of Israel shall ensure that any military or irregular armed units which may be directed, supported, or influenced by it, as well as any organizations and persons which must be subject to its control, direction, or influence, take no steps in furtherance of the military operations. And whereas the ICJ ruling makes it abundantly clear that no action or appearance of aggression shall take place while the court further investigates charges relating to the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. And whereas cities across the United States, including but not limited to Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco, California, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Seattle, Washington, St. Louis, Missouri, Detroit, Michigan, Atlanta, Georgia, Akron, Ohio, Wilmington, Delaware, Providence, Rhode Island, and Richmond, California have passed resolutions calling for a ceasefire. And whereas members of the Lexington community have persistently advocated for members of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council to call for a ceasefire in the current hostilities in Gaza. And now, therefore, be it resolved that the Office of the Urban County Council… I have five things. Five words, please. Five statements. Very brief. Well, your time is up. I will send this to you all. Thank you. Yes, thank you. members that was our final speaker and so that takes us to adjournment thank you those in favor say aye we are adjourned thank you all for coming