# Urban County Council - 1st Reading of FY26 Budget - June 10, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Council · June 10, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6452 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6452?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-06-10 - **Body**: Council - **Last revised**: March 1, 2026 - **Length**: 162 words - **Speakers**: Chair, Mayor > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council met on June 10, 2025, at 3:00 PM in the Council Chambers of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting's agenda focused on fiscal year 2026 budget matters, with two ordinances receiving their first readings: one appropriating revenues, expenditures/expenses, and interfund transfers for various funds for FY 2026, and a second amending certain budgets to pre-fund components of the FY 2026 Budget. The Council recorded 1 vote and heard 1 public comment during the session. No presentations were noted in the meeting record. ## Attendance The following 14 members were present at the June 10, 2025 Council meeting: - Wu, Beasley, Boone, Curtis, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Gray, Hale, LeGris, Lynch, Morton, Reynolds, Sevigny, and Sheehan **Absent:** Brown No members were recorded as late. ## Votes and Decisions The Council meeting of June 10, 2025 recorded one formal vote: - **Adjournment of the Meeting:** A motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Sevigny and seconded by Mr. Ellinger. The motion passed unanimously. No roll call vote was recorded; individual vote tallies are not available for this motion. No additional motions, resolutions, or roll call votes were recorded in the available data for this meeting. No transcript timestamp is available for this vote. ## Public Comment One member of the public addressed the Council during the public comment period at the June 10, 2025 meeting. - **Lillie Miller-Johnson** spoke on the topics of budget allocations and community services. No timestamp is available for this comment in the meeting record. ## An Ordinance appropriating the revenues, expenditures/expenses and interfund tra **Agenda Item 0537-25** The Council considered an ordinance appropriating revenues, expenditures/expenses, and interfund transfers for various funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 (FY 2026). The ordinance also includes approval of the capital improvement program (CIP) for FY 2026 through FY 2031. - The item was presented by the Council Office (Hall). - The ordinance establishes the formal appropriations framework governing how revenues and expenditures are allocated across various city funds for the upcoming fiscal year, along with the interfund transfers that move resources between those funds. - In addition to the annual budget appropriations, the ordinance encompasses the multi-year capital improvement program spanning FY 2026 through FY 2031, providing a longer-range planning framework for capital projects. - The item received its **first reading** at this meeting. As is standard for ordinances, a second reading and final vote would be required at a subsequent Council meeting before the measure takes effect. No additional details regarding specific fund amounts, debate, or concerns raised were recorded in the available meeting data for this item. ## An Ordinance amending certain budgets to pre-fund components of the FY 2026 Budg **Ordinance 0538-25** This ordinance proposes amendments to certain existing budgets in order to pre-fund various components of the FY 2026 Budget. The measure was presented by the Division of Budgeting, represented by Lueker. The ordinance was brought forward following approval at the Work Session held on May 27, 2025, where the pre-funding components were reviewed and sanctioned prior to introduction at the full Council meeting. No additional details regarding the specific budget line items or funds affected were provided in the materials presented at this meeting. The item received its **first reading** at the June 10, 2025 Council meeting, meaning it will require at least one additional reading before a final vote can be taken. No transcript timestamp was available for this agenda item, and no specific concerns, debate, or additional discussion details were captured in the meeting record. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Adjournment of the meeting --- ## Full transcript สวามพาศะภะณยสาสาทานะ, เมืาผาณเป เพินตัั เหาะස็ง เหาะใ็ง เโเเเเเเเ็เ็เเण็เ็เเเ็เ இப்பட்டம் இப்பட்டம் இப்பட்டம் இப்பட்டம் இப்படம் இப்பட்டம் இப்படம் இப்படம் இப்பட்ட் இபிட் இபிட் இபிட் இபிட் இபிட் இபிட் இபிட் இபிட் એக் એક ಟಾ� solely services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .