me. I'm Jack Patty and this is the Senior Minute. Successfully serving seniors. Welcome to another episode of the Senior Minute. Today we have with us the Property Valuation Administrator Mr. O'Neill. Welcome Mr. O'Neill. Well thanks for having me. Property Valuation Administrator is a mouthful isn't it? It is sure a mouthful. PVA works too. It's called something different in just about every jurisdiction and here locally it used to be called the Tax Commissioner. I don't know if that would have been better or not but that's what it was. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself please? Sure so I've been in office for about 15 years now. Good evening everyone. It's six o'clock and so I'd like to go ahead and call to order the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council meeting. This is April 17th 2025 and the first item on our agenda is a motion that Vice Mayor Wu is bringing. Thank you Mayor. Under presentations I moved to remove Doug Charles Day. He couldn't make it so moved. Thank you. Any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Thank you very much. Now it's time for roll call. Council Member Morton. Here. Council Member Reynolds. Here. Council Member Savigny. Here. Council Member Sheehan. Here. Vice Mayor Wu. Here. Council Member Beasley. Yes ma'am. Council Member Boone. Council Member Brown. Here. Council Member Curtis. Yes ma'am. Council Member Ellinger. Yes ma'am. Council Member Elliott Baxter. Council Member Gray. Present. Council Member Hale. Council Member Legris. Here. Council Member Lynch. Present. Thank you. Thank you. We have a quorum and I would like to welcome a very special guest to give our invocation, Elder Tanya Hale of the Gate Church, also the spouse of Council Member Joseph Hale. So welcome. We're really happy to have you. Thank you Mayor and it is such an honor and a great opportunity to stand before you all today. I will start off by reading a scripture out of Jeremiah 29 and 7. It says, seek the peace of the city whether I have caused you to be carried away and pray unto the Lord for it for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Let us pray. Gracious and sovereign God we come before you today lifting up our government and the officials of this city which you have entrusted to their care. We ask your hand of wisdom and direction to be upon every leader, every advisor, and every servant who labors for the good of our community and of our city. Father we pray for your divine protection over Lexington, over its residents, neighbors, and the institutions. Father we ask that you cover this city with a peace that surpasses all understanding and let it be a place where righteousness exalts and justice prevails. Lord we ask for unity among our leaders and let division and confusion be far from them. May they be of one heart and mind as they serve the people with integrity, compassion, and courage. Father we also pray for the advancement and flourishing of our city economically and socially and spiritually. May innovation and opportunity and equity rise within our gates and may the decisions made in this chamber lead to lasting change that reflects the heart of the people. We acknowledge our deep need for you and we ask that you build, keep, and bless this city in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Thank you so very much. It's very special to have a couple both in this meeting together so thank you again. Now we have minutes from the March 20th 25 council meeting. I'll entertain a motion. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger. Council Member Curtis seconds. Are there any corrections, additions, questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. Now we have a special proclamation to welcome the Lafayette High School girls wrestling team. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to invite Coach William Green and Council Member Dave Savigne and Coach Green's staff and these wonderful young women wrestlers from Lafayette High School. Yeah. All right. Coach Green is the head coach of the Lafayette High School girls wrestling team and we are joined by members of the team this evening and I want to thank each and every one of you for being here tonight. The Lafayette girls wrestling team has made history. In case you hadn't heard they won the 2025 Kentucky High School Athletic Association state wrestling championship and Coach Green I want to say you have a wonderful team and congratulations on your many achievements. I understand you've coached some others in the room. Let's see maybe these two gentlemen over here one of whom's a former council member Jay McCord and former retired police officer David Ashford. They all learned from you as well as many others. So at this time I'd like to present you with a proclamation and this is honoring the Lafayette high school girls wrestling team. Whereas the Lafayette high school girls wrestling team has achieved a historic milestone by winning the 2025 KHSAA state championship marking the first wrestling state title for any school in Fayette County and whereas the team demonstrated exceptional dedication and skill and whereas individual team members excelled at the state level showcasing their athletic excellence and determination and whereas Lafayette high school continues to be a beacon of academic and athletic achievement. We have to add the band in there right? In Fayette County public schools fostering an environment where students can thrive and succeed at the highest levels. Now therefore I Linda Gorton mayor of Lexington do hereby declare April 17th 2025 Lafayette high school girls wrestling team day. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Do you want to say a couple words? All right coach Green. First excuse me I have to say to God be the glory all right. We had an awesome year. These young ladies they did what they needed to do. We pushed them a lot. I have to thank parents, coaches, friends. Like I said it takes the village. We did not do it just by myself. I did not do it by myself. We all had to take a part. Even you sitting behind that counter you all played a part in this. Again we want to thank you for everything and hopefully we can continue to do this and go the right way but again like I said to God be the glory. Thank you. Thank you so much. Hang on. Council member Svigny. Yeah. Do you have a few words? Yeah just a few words. It's always so you know we we always love to gig each other because we want to have the schools that have the state championships in our districts. So it's I'm very proud of the Lafayette generals again. I'm bringing home another state championship. I can tell you that I have I had three older sisters and they if there was wrestling back then they would have all been probably state champions because they beat the hell out of me. But but I am so proud of you guys and you did a great job ladies and I'm thank and you're coaching like you're you're known as a great coach. You've got and you've got you know great support and and we know parents are are awesome an awesome part of the team. So thank you all and enjoy the rest of this year and you're you're your your state champions for for until the next time. All right. Thank you. Very good. Thank you. Now we'll get a photo with the council. How about that? Okay.  Thank you. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. We're good. Thank you. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Called journey. Mhm. All right. Thank you so much. Um now we have public comment for issues on the agenda and it looks like we don't have anyone signed up tonight. So we will move on to second reading of ordinances. Item one in ordinance submitting certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repurposing funds. F y 2025 schedule number 20. Thanks. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve Council member Ellinger second by Council member Morton and when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please. Council member Morton Council member Reynolds Yes. Council member Savickney Council member Sheehan. Yes. Vice Mayor Wu. Yes. Council member Beasley. Yes. Council member Boone. Council member Brown. Yes. Council member Curtis. Yes. Council member Ellinger. Yes ma'am. Council member Gray. Yes. Council member Hale. Yes. Council member Legree. Yes. And Council member Lynch. Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. That item passes and now we're ready for first reading of ordinances. Item two in order to change the zone from an interchange service business B5P zone to a light industrial I one zone for a 0.99 net 1.31 gross acres for property located at 125 Cane Cane Break Drive D and J Realty Incorporated Council District 12 item three in order to many of the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified position of grants manager grade 524 E and creating one classified position of parks recreation superintendent grade 526e on the division of parks decoration effective upon passage of council. Item four an ordinance amending the authorization by abolishing one unclassified position of emergency planning coordinator grade 516 e in creating one classified position of emergency management planning coordinator grip have grade 516 e on the division of emergency management effective upon passing of council item five and ordinance creating section 12 551 of the code of ordinance is related to the Landlord tenant act to prohibit landlord retaliation for tenant complaints to a governmental agency an ordinance creating section 12 5 5 2 the code of ordinances related to the lane another tenant act to allow tenants remedies for retaliation an ordinance creating section 12 5 5 3 of the code of ordinances related to the Landlord Tenants Act for exclusions for retaliation an ordinance creating section 1255 for the code of ordinances related to the Landlord Tenant Act to state landlord liability pursuant to KRS 38 3.6 25 parenthetical 2 in an orange creating section 12 55 5 of the code of ordinances related to the landlord tenant act to specify tenant remedies for retaliation and item 6 and or in submitting certain the budgets at a Lasington Fair Urban County government to reflect her requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repurposing funds FY 2025 schedule number 21 thank you all right thank you very much are there any walk-ons first okay does anyone have a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading all right then we will go right on to first reading of resolutions when you're ready item 1 in a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every kind of government to execute an agreement or in a class B infrastructure incentive grant to fit county public schools for stormwater quality project at a cost not to see three hundred and ten thousand eighty one dollars and fifty one cents item 2 a resistance of the bit of lack of incorporating the amount of one million six hundred and thirty four thousand nine hundred fifty eight dollars for the plan view trunk sewer project for the division water quality and authorizing mayor on behalf of every kind of government to execute an agreement like incorporated related to the bid item 3 a resolution accepting the bit of a BMI LLC DBA BMI builds LLC in the amount of one million seven hundred eleven thousand six hundred six three hundred and sixty eight dollars for the Lexington Detention Center SF RM remediation for the Department of General Services and authorizing mayor on behalf every kind of government execute an agreement with BMI LLC DBA BMI builds LLC related to the bid item for a religion except in a bit of W principles LLC DBA the Walker Company of Kentucky in the amount of eight hundred and forty four thousand dollars for the town branch wastewater treatment plant primary digester roof leak repairs for the video water quality and author the mayor on behalf of every kind of government execute an agreement with W principles LLC DBA the Walker Company incorporated related to the bid item 5 a was just a bit of comfort and process solutions in the amount of 149 thousand four hundred sixty dollars and 72 cents for the Tate Creek HVAC replacement for the Division of Water Parks and Recreation and authorizing me on behalf of every kind of government execute an agreement with comfort and process solutions related to the bid item 6 a resolution except a bit of all safe industries in the amount of one hundred thirty eight thousand five hundred eleven dollars and thirty seven cents for the red wave monitor rebid for the division of fire and emergency services item 7 a resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Alejandro Rostro Medina accounts payable assistant grade 510 and 17.193 hourly in the division of accounting effective April 7 2025 Justin Talbert administrators administrative specialist grade 516 and 23.7 3 0 hourly in the bit of revenue effective March 14 2025 Joe Black program manager senior grade 523 e 2700 and 17.68 bi-weekly in the debate in the Department of Planning and Preservation X effective April 7 2025 Ryan Hughes municipal engineer senior grade 528 east 3576.96 bi-weekly in the division of engineering effective March 9 2025 Carol Flynn engineering technician grade 515 and 23.393 hourly in the division of engineering effective April 7 2025 Jonathan Miller public service supervisor grade 517 and 29.449 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective March 9 2025 Megan Megan Jarrett administrative specialist grade 516 and 23.500 hourly in the division of human resources effective April 1 2025 yes yesenia lumbara via Nueva staff assistant senior grade 511 and 17.215 hourly in the division of police effective March 23 2025 Kelsey Hergert staff assistant senior grade 511 in 17.294 hourly in the division of police effective March 23 2025 delete delenious web utilities data analyst grade 518 and 25.592 hourly in the different environmental services effective March 16 2025 Nicholas Klaus vehicle equipment technician principal grade 521 and 31.112 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management effective April 7 2025 Robert Morgan vehicle and equipment technician senior grade 519 and 31.514 hourly individual facilities and fleet management effective April 7 2025 Bernadette LaChance fish staff assistant senior grade 511 and 19.145 hourly in the division of parks and recreation effective March 9 2025 Adrian black public service worker great 508 and 16.764 hourly in the division of parks recreation effective March 9 2025 Krista Payton accountant grade 518 and 25.581 hourly in the division of grants and special programs effective March 9 2025 and ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Nicholas woodcomb lieutenant grade 317 e 4363 point six six by weekly in the video police effective March 9 2025 Nathan Williams lieutenant grade 317 e 4363 point six six by weekly in the division of police effective March 9 2025 item 8 item 8 a resolution authorizing me on behalf of the McKinney government decks you get an agreement elected freedom train with Lex arts incorporated as fiscal agent to fund a public art project with funds from percent of for art fund through the Public Art Commission's a collaborative grant program in the amount not to exceed two hundred and forty four forty five thousand dollars item 9 a resolution authorizing the division of fire to purchase a Telma brake system install from Atlantic Atlantic emergency solutions as social provider and authorizing me on behalf of McKinney government execute any necessary agreements with Atlantic emergency solutions related to the procurement at a cost of C fifty nine thousand six hundred thirteen dollars and sixty five cents item 10 a resolution authorizing me on behalf of McKinney government execute channel number five to the agreement with Marilia design and construction incorporated for the town branch part access improvement project increasing the contract price by the sum of one hundred twenty nine thousand nine hundred thirteen dollars from five million three hundred fifty three thousand and nine dollars to five million four hundred and eighty three thousand two dollars item 11 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of a kind of government execute change order number one to the agreement Atlantic emergency solution for refurbishment of the ladder fire apparatus increasing the contract price by the sum of two hundred sixty nine thousand three hundred thirty one dollars and eleven cents from one million one hundred fifty one thousand seven hundred sixty nine to one million four hundred twenty one thousand ninety nine dollars and eleven cents item 12 a religion authorizing direct demand behavior because I'm next you can agree with Childs Advocacy Center or the bluegrass for forensic interviews at a cost not to fifty thousand dollars I'm 13 a resolution authorizing direct demand behavior beginning of next you can agree with ESO for incident reporting software at a cost not to seed twenty two thousand five hundred seventy dollars and forty three cents item 14 a resolution authorizing direct demand behavior big net government execute a quote with a ri phoenix incorporated for four mobile vehicle lifts at a cost not to exceed sixty two thousand seven hundred sixty six dollars and sixty nine cents item 15 a resolution authorizing mayor on behalf of a kind of government execute an agreement awarding class B infrastructure incentive grant to CBZ enterprise LLC for a stormwater quality project at a cost not to seed three hundred thirty one dollars and five three hundred thirty one thousand five hundred dollars item 16 a resolution authorizing direct demand behavior because I got him to execute an agreement with Cummins sale and service for generator generators at a cost not to see three thousand four hundred twenty nine dollars and thirty one cents item 17 a resolution authorizing injecting merit to appoint Teresa Reynolds Reynolds as applicant agent for the purposes of obtaining certain federal financial assistance under the disaster relief act item 18 a resolution authorizing director may on behalf of a kind of government execute a lease agreement with the Metro Employee Credit Union for approximately six hundred four square feet of space located in the Phoenix building for an initial term of one year with the option of for a two additional renewals item 19 a resolution authorizing director may on behalf of a kind of government execute an agreement the Commonwealth the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to accept one hundred thousand dollars in federal funding for the citation Boulevard phase 3b project to provide a new route from the proposed intersection of citation below Boulevard and windburn Drive to Russell Cave Road by receiving these funds the urban county government acknowledges and agrees to ratify and adopt all statements representations warranties covenants and agreements contained in this agreement no matching funds are required it required item 20 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of a kind of next you get an award from the Kentucky Justice of Public Safety cabinet 2024 project safe neighborhood Eastern grant in the amount of seventy nine thousand two six dollars for FY 2025 the purchase of an eye for to the purchase and IBI s program subscription no local matches required in authorizing me to train for undergrad fronting the grant budget I'm 21 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of a kind of government execute an agreement with st. Joseph health care systems incorporated for use of the emergency room and it cost up to see three thousand dollars item 22 a resolution establishing BL Anderson as a sole source provider for of replacement parts for the head works bar screen compact are located at the West Hickman wastewater treatment plant for the division water quality and authorizing mayor or her designee on behalf they're beginning I'm next you get any necessary going BL Anderson related to the procurement of these kids at a constant seed fifty five thousand four hundred eighty one dollars plus freight item 23 a resolution authorizing director me on behalf of a kind of government execute change order number two to the consultant services agreement with the Johnson early architects for design services for the Valley Park bill building renovation and expansion project increasing the contract price by the sum of twenty five thousand from two hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred to two hundred forty two thousand five hundred dollars item 24 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every kind of next you get changing over to the agreement with Champlain hot architects incorporated to be a EOP architects for professional services for the new senior therapeutic center increasing the amount by forty two thousand dollars raising the total contract amount from nine hundred and fifty one thousand seven hundred fifty two nine hundred ninety three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars item 25 a resolution authorizing address me on behalf every kind of government executed the waste supply and disposal agreement order pursuant to RFP number 45 2024 with Republic services of Kentucky LLC establishing price contract for waste management disposal and transfer station operations for the division waste management and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf the urban county government and the urban county public facilities corporation to execute a lease and any other necessary documents related to the services provided in the waste supply and disposal agreement item 26 a resolution authorizing the indirect demand behalf every kind of government execute an agreement with Kentucky Blood Center incorporated to supply but blood components and related services at the cost of exceed $10,000 and 27 a resolution a resolution authorizing the division police to purchase a soft background software system from Miller Mandela incorporated social provider and authorizing me on behalf every kind of government execute any necessary agreement with Miller Mandela incorporated related to the procurement at a cost of six thousand four hundred sixty dollars and seventy five cents item 28 a resolution authorizing me on behalf every kind of government execute changer number one to the agreement with the Gresham Smith for the Kelly's landing phase a zero project increasing the contract price by the sum of twenty seven thousand nine hundred dollars from twenty seven thousand nine hundred to fifty five thousand eight hundred dollars item 29 a resolution authorizing indirect demand behalf every kind of government executed professional services agreement or pursuant to RFP number 920 25 with Patrick T Murphy company incorporated for professional design services of the Robert F Stevens district in circuit circuit courthouses roof roof replacement at a cost of exceed $150,000 and 30 a resolution authorizing death remember have her beginning of next year the first amendment to the sub recipient agree with Community Action Council for Lexington fit bourbon Harrison and Nicholas counties incorporated CAC allocating an additional fifty four thousand nine hundred eighty one dollars in order to provide temporary emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families caring for minor children and authorizing merit to execute any other necessary agreements or amendments with CAC related to these funds item 31 a resolution authorizing Mary be happy to get a government execute purchase of service agreements with Arbor Youth Services incorporated $100,000 in Community Action Council for Lexington fit bourbon Harrison and Nicholas counties incorporated $200,000 pursuant to RFP number 520 25 for the administration of the Lex and homelessness housing flex fund at a cost of DC $300,000 for FY 2025 item 32 a resolution authorizing Mary be happy to get a government to execute purchase of service agreement the following for organizations pursuant to RFP number 6 2025 are we use services incorporated $39,999 Community Action Council for Lexington fit bourbon Harrison and Nicholas counties incorporated $39,999 greenhouse 17 incorporated $38,700 and the lighthouse ministries incorporated $39,950 to provide one-time funding to address identified system gaps and barriers to reduce to reducing homelessness at a cost of DC $158,000 six hundred forty eight dollars item 33 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every getting up next you can engineering services agreement are awarded pursuant to RFP number 4124 with strain associates incorporated Palmer engineering stand tech consulting services incorporated GRW engineering prime AE group incorporated and banks engineering to provide design services with the division of engineering under an indefinite services contract for future work awarded and funds budgeted on a project basis item 34 a resolution authorizing and direct the mayor on behalf of beginning government to execute engineering services agreement or pursuant to an pursuant to RFP number 4124 with Lochner Johnson and mere mermer mermer M and Johnson Thompson incorporated in prime AE group incorporated to provide construction inspection services for the division of engineering under an indefinite services contract for future work awarded and funds budgeted on a project basis item 35 a resolution authorizing that the mayor behavior beginning government executed engineering services agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 4124 with Palmer engineering Lochner and strain associates incorporated to provide right-of-way services for the division of engineering under an indefinite services contract for future work awarded and funds budgeted on a project basis item 36 a resolution a resolution authorizing the Department of Law on behalf there beginning government execute a professional services agreement with a law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC for negotiating and other legal services related to the government center project item 37 a resolution authorizing that the mayor on behalf everybody government to execute an agreement within digital incorporated for an MEVO system at a cost not to exceed $20,250 item 38 a resolution expecting this expressing the support of the Urban County Council for a request with this assistance from the urban from the office of the United States representative Andy bar to obtain up to ten million dollars in federal community project funding on behalf of the Central Kentucky Regional Business Park Authority and authorizing and direct the mayor or her designee to submit any necessary forms or documents related to such requests I am 39 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every kind of government except an award from a marathon community investment program first responders grant in the amount of three thousand four hundred five dollars no match no matching funds are required in authorizing the mayor to transfer an income refrigerant the grant budget and item 40 a position authorizing that the mayor on behalf every kind of government execute agreements related to the council capital project expended funds with key assets Kentucky incorporated 25,000 and LF you CG division of parks recreation 2400 dollars for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated thank you all right thank you very much are there any walk-ons council members any motions to suspend the rules if you'll log in councilmember Reynolds Thank You mayor I have three on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item three which is a bid award for the Fayette County Detention Center s FRM remediation project councilmember Morton seconds any questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that passes next on behalf of the administration I also move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item 23 which is a change order for the Valley Park building renovation project vice mayor lose seconds any questions all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give second reading on agenda item 24 which is a change order for the new senior and Therapeutic Center project all right councilmember Morton seconds are there any questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed that motion passes thank you very much thank you councilmember Beasley Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give a second reading to item 5 which is the resolution to replace the HPA system for Tate's Creek some moved councilmember gray seconds are there any questions all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed that motion passes councilmember Lynch Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number eight is the Lexington freedom train and public art project vice mayor Wu seconds are there questions all right all those in favor say aye anyone opposed all right that motion passes councilmember Boone Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to resolution 28 relating to an agreement with Gresham Smith for Kelly's landing phase zero project so moved thank you councilmember Morton seconded any questions all those in favor please say aye anyone opposed all right that motion passes councilmember Brown Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 38 this is in relation to the regional business park so move councilmember Beasley seconded I heard it from over there are there any questions all those in favor please say aye anyone opposed all right that motion passes councilmember LaGree Thank You mayor on behalf of the administration I move to give second reading to item number 29 this is for professional design services for the Robert F Stevens courthouse and circuit courthouses roof replacement thank you councilmember Morton seconded are there any questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes are there any other motions to suspend the rules okay so we have three five eight 23 24 28 29 and 38 is that correct all right when you are ready if you'll give those second reading please item 3 a resolution except in a bit of BMI LLC DBA BMI bills LLC in the amount of 1 million seven hundred eleven thousand three hundred and sixty eight dollars for the Lexington detention center FR s FRM remediation for the Department of General Services and authorizing me on behalf there we're going to get from next you can agree with BMI LLC DBA BMI bills related to the bid item 5 a resolution something a bit of comfort and process solutions in the amount of a one hundred and forty nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars and seventy two cents for the Tate's Creek H fact replacement for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing American behalf every kind of government to execute an agreement with comfort and process solutions related to the bid item 8 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every kind of next you get an agreement with the Lexington freedom train with Lex arts incorporated as fiscal agent to fund a public art project with funds from the percent for art fund through public art Commission collaborative grant program in an amount not to exceed two hundred forty five thousand dollars item 23 a resolution a resolution authorizing direct the mayor on behalf every kind of government execute change number two to the consultant services agreement with the Johnson early architects for design services for the Valley Park building renovation and expansion project increasing the contract price by the sum of twenty five twenty five thousand dollars from two hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred to two hundred forty two thousand and five hundred dollars item 24 a resolution authorizing direct the mayor on behalf every kind of government to execute change in our number two to the agreement with the Champlain hot architect architects incorporated DBA EOP architects for professional services for the new senior and therapeutic center increasing the increasing amount by forty two thousand dollars raising the total contract amount from nine hundred fifty one thousand seven hundred fifty to nine hundred ninety three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars and twenty eight a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every kind of government execute change in a number one to the agreement with the Gresham Smith for the Kelly's landing phase zero project increasing the contract price by the sum of twenty seven thousand nine hundred dollars from twenty seven thousand nine hundred to fifty five thousand eight hundred dollars and twenty nine a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every kind of government execute the professional services agreement order pursuant to RFP number nine twenty twenty five with Patrick D Murphy company incorporated for professional design services of the Robert F Stevens district and circuit courthouses roof replacement at a cost not to cede one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in item 38 a resistance person is expressing the support of the Urban County Council for a request with assistance from the office of the United States representative any bar to obtain up to ten million dollars in federal community project funding on behalf the Central Kentucky Regional Business Park Authority and authorizing and directing the mayor or designee to submit any necessary forms or documents related to such request thank you all right thank you very much is there a motion to approve all right councilmember Ellinger councilmember Curtis seconds and when you're ready if you'll take a roll call vote please comes over Morton councilmember Reynolds yes councilmember Savigny councilmember Sheehan yes vice mayor Wu yes councilmember Beasley yes ma'am councilmember Boone councilmember Brown councilmember Curtis councilmember Ellinger yes ma'am councilmember Gray yes councilmember Hale councilmember LaGree yes and councilmember Lynch yes thank you thank you very much those all pass and next up council members our communications from the mayor first is appointments if I could have a motion to approve thank you councilmember Gray second by councilmember Curtis are there any questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes the next communications from the mayor are donations I'll entertain a motion vice mayor Wu moves councilmember Gray seconds and are there questions about this item all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that item passes and the final communication is procurements if I could have a motion councilmember Reynolds and second by councilmember Morton are there questions about procurements all right all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes then you have some pages of communications from the mayor for your information only and that leads us to our disciplines and we have one fire discipline and chief Wells is here to present that welcome chief thank you mayor council on Wednesday December 15th 2024 an internal allegation was made that firefighter Joseph Mouser violated UDG 1.1 1 late tardy a wall at the conclusion of the investigation the employee met with me and accepted a written reprimand this is firefighter Mouser's first documented offense of UDG 1.1 1 since his employment in February of 2003 and it stems from failure to report to an overtime assignment councilmember councilmember Reynolds moves to approve and I heard a few voices over here who's gonna claim the second councilmember Curtis seconds now are there any questions for chief Wells all right all those in favor of approval say aye does anyone opposed all right that motion passes thank you very much thank you very much time for announcements councilmembers councilmember gray Thank You mayor I would like to yesterday was a jam-packed day for me it began at Mary Todd well which one is this one well it ended at Deep Springs Elementary where I was invited to read to the entire third grade there that was my first time at Deep Springs this school year which I told them I loved since the school is down the street for me I would love to come back more and I just enjoyed all the questions that the third graders asked most importantly they want to know why councilmembers don't get paid that much so and I said I don't know so that's something for the children are really concerned about and next I yesterday my day actually began at 8 in the morning at Mary Todd Elementary where I was invited to be part of the fourth and fifth grade career fair many of the students they're very excited about what they're gonna do when they grow older and I always told I told them all who had aspirations of being basketball players or soccer players to always have a backup plan because what if you get injured and so that's something that they didn't think about so many of them are thinking about three other careers they could do on top of that so it's always great to engage engage our next generation of leaders and as always to my Mary Todd Bulldogs I will see you soon thank you thank you councilmember Reynolds Thank You mayor I wanted to mention that yesterday the police department invited us out for council field day to the police academy and we had a wonderful time I want to especially thank councilmember Baxter who helped facilitate this we had a conversation with many of the chiefs and talked about how we wanted to be you know more engaged and they invited us to do this really eye-opening experience I think some of us learned a lot yesterday I know I did so if for my colleagues who have not done the citizens police academy I highly suggest it it was wonderful and we just got a taste of it yesterday it really helps us to understand what our police go through every day and what they're trained to do and so we got to do the mounted we got to see the mounted police and a canine unit and ballistics and we had some very eye-opening simulations that I will not go into right now and I just really wanted to thank the leadership the chiefs and everyone that was involved I know that you all spent a lot of time on this and being with us yesterday and I'm just really appreciative and to those of my colleagues and aides that came out so thank you thank you councilmember Lynch Thank You mayor I just have a few announcements first beginning April is fair housing month if you are a victim of housing discrimination here in Fayette County or in Kentucky please contact the Kentucky Fair Housing Council at 859 971 8067 we are federally protected state protected and locally protected in your housing here in Kentucky so if you face housing discrimination even source of income housing discrimination please contact the Kentucky Fair Housing Council and they will advocate for you their legal services are free next I want to give a special thank you to our Lexington Police Department our fire department a division of waste management partners for youth in the Georgetown area Neighborhood Association for a great adopt-a-park last week there were tons of kids that got to see how up close and personal how our C divisions work and speak with our fire department our waste management department and our police department so thank you all for participating once again this year and thank you to partners for youth for hosting another great adopt-a-park week for our kids next I'm just to remind my matching station neighbors that we're going to be doing a neighborhood clean up on Saturday April 26 beginning at 10 a.m. please meet in the parking lot of the clubhouse and we'll have all the trash bags and tools there for you to clean up our our neighborhood next don't forget about kite fest is coming up next weekend April the 26th at Madison Station Park please come and bring your family and your kites and if you do not have one the parks recreation will have kites there for you to purchase so please come out next weekend and then lastly to my neighbors reminder that our next district-wide meeting is on Monday April the 28th at 6 p.m. we'll be meeting in the library of Sandersville Elementary School thanks so much mayor thank you councilmember Morton Thank You mayor so before the recess I had a privilege of meeting and taking a tour with selected work group with a selected work group and community members and stakeholders to help shape the vision for the grand reopening celebration of Douglas pool including the discussion of programming exploring ways to engage neighborhood residents for staffing opportunities and many different other topics I'm following discussion we tour the facility alongside project managers to learn more about the progress of the upcoming of the upcoming project I'm excited about what's ahead and committed to making sure that the space reflects the needs and prides of our community and with that I would like to give a the latest update for Douglas pool so as of right now the pool is slated to be finished and ready to open in early July my office and park team understands that this is not the news the community wants to hear nor is the news that I'd like to hear needless to say I can assure you that parks will continue to work with the contractor and design team to have the center I'm open as soon as possible there's understanding that understanding that our kids in the west the end of town and on the north side of town deserve and need access to a swimming pool while the construction is being complete due to this parks and rec will be working with the neighborhood associations and schools and affected areas to provide free pool punch passes which are able to be used at other parks and rec pool locations in Lexington until the the pool is finished I'm so I look forward to seeing our kids and youth back at Douglas pool and I can assure you that I'll keep my finger on the pulse and provide you with updates and information as it comes and a special thank you to the parks and rec staff for their continued work on this project and then moving on also during the recess I had the pleasure of attending the BMW chamber trip and I want to thank the black male working Academy for the opportunity to join their youth chamber trip to Charleston South Carolina it was an honor to travel alongside these young scholars share my experience and witness their growth throughout the trip investing in our youth is one of our most important things we can do the investment put the investment put into these youth young men from the BMW organization is outstanding and a blessing directly providing them with a platform not only to see success but also providing them with pathways for them to reach success and this is what I mean when I say that our kids deserve a platform and a chance to dream I'm so I'm grateful to be able to be a part of that trip of the in the powerful experience that it brought to me and the powerful experience it brought towards the kids these young men's are change agents and future leaders and I can't wait to see what is next for them and then lastly I just have and that's a picture of councilman James Brown and Jordan who went on the trip as leaders as well so thank you councilman James Brown for always investing the youth as well and then lastly um I'd like to share two upcoming events in the first district the first being the windburn community partner partners and the windburn every social association is hosting a community health fair Friday May 16th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the community action campus one one six nine windburn Drive there will be on-site health screenings that are free and quick resources games and activities and free food and then on to the the peace walk the the annual Antonio Franklin jr. peace walk is Saturday April 26 at 1 30 p.m. taking place at Duncan Park please join us as we pay homage to mr. Franklin and miss Franklin while also shedding light on the long-lasting impact gun violence has on our community and city there will be many guest speakers including myself and others from the city a community resource fair music food games activities followed by the peace walk throughout the heart of the first district in the East End so a special shout out to mr. Ricardo Franklin for carrying on the legacy please join us April 26 it'll be a great day and thank you thank you councilmember Hale yes thank you mayor last night I graduated from the eight week long citizens fire Academy for those who don't know the citizens fire Academy is a free dynamic eight-week program designed to give participants an inside view of the Lexington Fire Department's organization operations the program includes lab demonstrations classroom learning and hands-on experience all intended to give the participants a true sense of the Lexington Fire Department I've never experienced anything else quite like it it was exciting fun and above all it was very informational it gave me the opportunity to see up close and personal I see me hanging upside down a little bit of what the life of a firefighter is truly like I already had great X a great respect for Lexington firefighters but this experience provided me with an invaluable perspective I want to thank them for their service and for doing this program for the community and a special thank you to councilwoman gray for attending the graduation and also to councilmember Beasley for showing up for meals and support of the program through the citizens fire Academy Alumni Association I encourage at anyone in our community who has not taken advantage of this program to do so the citizens fire Academy is open to anyone 18 or older who lives or works in Fayette County or surrounding counties and has no felony convictions they offer a class in the spring and a class in the fall with each Academy last in eight weeks for more information you can email LFD dash community services at Lexington KY gov or call 8 5 9 2 3 1 5 6 6 2 oh yeah that's our airplane that's that scene is cool yeah that's fun day also today councilmember Reynolds and I visited the bluegrass pace care pace stands for program of programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly bluegrass pace care falls under the umbrella of bluegrass care navigators and is a program that helps individuals aged 55 or over who needs a specific level of care that might otherwise require a nursing facility aged safely at home we met with Jerry Stewart the pace outreach coordinator who explained the program and gave us a tour of the day center and clinic facilities thank you to Jerry for inviting us to and extending such hospitality if you or a loved one is interested in more information about pace visit BG care nav org for slash pace thank you mayor thank you congratulations councilmember Curtis Thank You mayor I just wanted to take a moment to remind folks that tomorrow morning it's time is doing their annual wake up Lexington event to bring awareness to sexual assault and domestic partner violence throughout our city this is something that oftentimes goes unnoticed and it doesn't have any sort of age gender religion socioeconomic status zip code it unfortunately happens everywhere and it's something that there is a lot of stigma around so this event is a good opportunity to raise awareness of this and also awareness of the resources that we have here in the city of Lexington for folks who have found themselves in that unfortunate situation so I hope that y'all will go out and support some great local businesses which is also something that I think we want to encourage in this body and participate post a selfie you know hashtag it's time Lex and I hope y'all will participate it and participate in it and show some support for that initiative thank you so much thank you vice mayor Wu thank you mayor congratulations councilmember Hale welcome to the club I'll second what he said about CFA it's a lot of fun and you really do get a good appreciation about what what our firefighters do in the city my only question for you councilmember Hale is when you were doing hands-only CPR what song were you humming baby shark okay that tells us a lot about you okay on to my real announcement as you all know we are in the beginning stages of working on Lexington's preservation and growth management program we've had a public survey up on our engage website for a couple of weeks now but in an effort to give our residents of all districts a chance to really weigh in we're extending that survey through May 1st council members I have already emailed you all about helping us kind of spread that message and reach out to your constituents in your districts as we know a lot of times with public engagement that we do in the city all things are not quite equal when it comes to participation and input from our different districts so there are certainly a lot of districts that could use your help and kind of putting that message out so I wanted to put that out and then for the public if you want to weigh in on this which I think again is going to be a very transformative way of rethinking how we grow as a city you can go to engage dot Lexington KY gov that survey will be up through May 1st and to kind of get your thoughts and opinions about how we continue to grow as a city and there will also be future engagement opportunities as well thank you mayor thank you councilmember Savigny thank you mayor today I want to take a moment to honor the the life and legacy of mr. Vaughn Drake jr. he's a Lexantonian and he's the oldest survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack and he died last week at the age of a hundred and six I had the privilege of meeting him last year and I really had a great conversation with him about Pearl Harbor his time in Hawaii and his time in World War two as a fellow engineer we spoke of his years at General Telephone of Kentucky which most of you might not even know that that existed but it did a long time ago and his lifetime commitment to the engineering profession he's a longtime resident of the Pasadena Neighborhood Association in the 10th district and he talked about all the changes he saw over the decades he'll be laid to rest he was laid to rest today with military honors at Winchester Center cemetery and our community state and nation are forever grateful for his service his wisdom and the example he's set we extend our deepest consoled condolences to his family his son Sam lives in Pasadena in the Pasadena neighborhood and I want to thank them and him for his extraordinary legacy thank you mayor thank you councilmember Sheehan thank you mayor I have a couple neighborhood announcements neighborhood meeting announcements to make on Tuesday at 7 p.m. the fairway neighborhood association is having their meeting that will be at the hearing and speech center again that's on Tuesday at 7 and then on Wednesday April 23rd if you are interested in the renovations going on at the Henry Clay High School we are having a meeting about that with Fayette County Public School representatives from 6 to 7 p.m. at the school in room 104 and then on April 29th if you were in the Ashland neighborhood area at 6 p.m. on April 29th we will be having a meeting at the Lexington Senior Center on 195 Life Lane for projects in that area and then finally we've mentioned the community academies for police and fire and I've graduated from both of those they were great but we also have a community environmental Academy that is returning for this year and I have participated in that and it was definitely a learning experience you get to experience all of the learn about all of the different departments in our environmental quality and public works area and the applications are open for that program currently until April 28th so if you go to our Lexington KY gov website and type in the little search bar community environmental Academy all of the information will come up there we're excited to have that Academy return this year so that's everything thank you mayor thank you councilmember Reynolds thank you I forgot one important announcement every year in Valley Park there is a clean street cleanup Earth Day event to clean up the creek and that Creek oftentimes doesn't get cleaned up any other time throughout the year and so oftentimes people from the neighborhood the Neighborhood Association and Cardinal Valley Elementary come together to clean up so I want to invite everyone to join me it's one of my favorite events to go to every year it's this coming Saturday from 9 to noon in Valley Park thank you all right thank you councilmembers it is now time for public comment for issues not on the agenda and we have two speakers tonight and the way this works I think you both know how it works but when I call your name you'll come to the podium and you'll restate your name and say your council district for the record so first will be Phoenix Barry followed by Rory Hefner Templar welcome hi my name is Phoenix Barry my pronouns are they them and I'm from district 6 a constituent of Denise gray Eric Altman great sorry about that I wanted to start off by sharing my story as a renter I'm a young adult renter I've been renting since I have been 18 years old I started off houseless living in hotels until I moved to the student housing that's off of Angley Anna and then I had to move out of there to where I started to look at more local like landlords and then from then I was able to get into the apartments that I'm in now still struggling don't get it wrong don't get it twisted but we making it we driving I wanted to talk about the federal cuts that are affecting our neighbors the cuts to HUD Medicaid and Medicare things that Kentuckians and a lot of Lexington Ian's rely on to stay healthy and housed I know that there is a lot of focus on the federal government and told in being told that we have to hold them more accountable than our state and local governments I feel like that is absolving you all of your power which I feel like it's not fair state and local governments are just as powerful if not more powerful than federal government to my opinion I'm one of many that are struggling with rental the rental crisis food crisis the health crisis the everything crisis as I like to call it I didn't want to just talk about my story I consider myself one of many a representative of many who don't have the privilege to be able to come up here or time to come up here and speak and not even because they don't have the privilege or time but there is a lot of people that are disabled that don't have the capacity to do what I am sacrificing my time to do so I'm asking counsel to keep in mind those that we cannot see those that we can't hear those we can't smell all of that at the end of the day I feel like we have to let them up and help them so I'm urging you all to continue to fight for renters continue to fight for the unfortunate and the dispossessed thank you thank you our next speaker is Rory Hefner Templar welcome hello my name is Rory pronouns are she they I'm district 10 and I feel like I always have something to come up here and talk about in this current climate so some of you may have heard that the Lexington Public Library intends to roll back its LGBTQIA plus programs it has already taken them off of their website notably the teen pride prom the queer car workshop and board game night also notable the library has chosen to not host a booth at Lexington Pride Festival this year all of these are in direct correlation to what is trickling down from the federal government as a Lexingtonian I am frustrated devastated and I'm concerned for as long as I've lived in Lexington the library has always been a safe place for people of all orientations and backgrounds it is one of the oldest standing organizations in our state's history the first Lexington library opening only three years after Kentucky became a state we should take a lot of pride in our libraries and I do but I cannot stand by and watch an entire group of people face erasure you may say I'm being dramatic but this is how it starts and I can tell you right now if it was really about interest surveys these programs would be flourishing and thriving but at the end of the day it's not up to us a 2023 CDC census found that 4.9 percent of Lexington's population identified as a member of the LGBTQIA plus community if you do the math that's roughly fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty seven people only six months ago the human rights campaign conducted a study that found Lexington to be the thirteenth best city in the country for LGBTQIA plus rights so why do we not feel like that right now I would like to urge you the City Council of Lexington and Mayor Mayor Linda Gordon to use your positions of privilege and power to speak out against these program cuts the people of Lexington have showed up time and time again to make our voices heard we saw what we could do when it came down to keeping Lexington's DEI officer now it's time for all of you to get a little uncomfortable and support the 15,000 Lexingtonians who rely on the library for its services sanctions and programs to live their authentic lives I get up here almost every meeting this year and ask you know demand you to use your elected official titles to stand up for something bigger than you the library will have its monthly board meeting on May 14th at 4 30 p.m. at the Central Branch I hope to see you there and maybe you will stand at the podium like I'm standing here now and tell them how you feel because our voices do matter thank you thank you councilmembers that concludes our business so I'll entertain a motion to adjourn thank you all those in favor say aye we are adjourned thank you thank you all for coming I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee when I hear you went up to San Antonio and your horse naturally won you flew your leotard up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun when you're where you should be all the time and when you're not you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend