# Urban County Council - November 20, 2025 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Council · November 20, 2025 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6632 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6632?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2025-11-20 - **Body**: Council - **Last revised**: February 4, 2026 - **Length**: 15,339 words > ⚠️ **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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council met on November 20, 2025, at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers in Lexington, KY, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting's agenda included 2 items, both informational in nature: a presentation on the WUKY 85th Anniversary and an update on the Microtransit Pilot Program. Over the course of the meeting, the Council heard 2 public comments and took 2 votes. No action items or legislative outcomes were recorded for either agenda item, as both were presented for informational purposes only. ## Attendance The following members were recorded for the Council meeting on 2025-11-20. **Present (14 members):** Reynolds, Sevigny, Sheehan, Wu, Beasley, Boone, Brown, Curtis, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Hale, Higgins-Hord, LeGris, Lynch, and Morton. **Absent (1 member):** Curtis. **Late:** None. > *Note: Curtis appears in both the present and absent lists as recorded in the source data. This discrepancy may reflect an error in the meeting record and should be verified against the official minutes.* ## Votes and Decisions The Council took two roll call votes during the meeting, both of which passed unanimously. - **Ordinance 1004-25** [timestamp: 1:06:06] — An ordinance amending Section 13-13(b) of the Code of Ordinances to create a Recovery Residence License. The motion was made by Ellinger and seconded by Sevigny. The ordinance passed 14–0, with all 14 members voting in favor: Reynolds, Sevigny, Sheehan, Wu, Beasley, Boone, Brown, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Hale, Higgins-Hord, LeGris, Lynch, and Morton. No members voted against or abstained. - **Resolution 1033-25** [timestamp: 1:13:35] — A resolution accepting the bid of C3 Mechanical for the Mounted Police Ventilation Repairs. The motion was made by Elliott Baxter and seconded by Sevigny. The resolution passed 14–0, with the same 14 members voting in favor: Reynolds, Sevigny, Sheehan, Wu, Beasley, Boone, Brown, Ellinger, Elliott Baxter, Hale, Higgins-Hord, LeGris, Lynch, and Morton. No members voted against or abstained. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Council considered two financial actions at the November 20, 2025 meeting, authorizing contracts totaling $247,000 across two separate projects. - **Mounted Police Ventilation Repairs (Resolution 1033-25):** The Council authorized a contract of **$25,000** with **C3 Mechanical** to perform ventilation repairs at the Mounted Police facility. This resolution covers the mechanical work needed to address ventilation issues at the location. - **Southland Park Water Quality Improvements (Resolution 1063-25):** The Council authorized a contract of **$222,000** with **Kentucky Stream Restoration** for water quality improvements at Southland Park. This represents the larger of the two financial actions taken at the meeting. ## Public Comment Two residents addressed the Council during the public comment period at the November 20, 2025 meeting. - **Nathel Moore** [timestamp: 38:49] spoke in support of the microtransit pilot program, thanking the Council for its backing of the initiative. Moore emphasized the program's significance for seniors and residents who face transportation challenges, framing accessible transit as an important community need. - **Brian Chenoweth** [timestamp: 43:36] also voiced support for the microtransit program, but additionally raised concerns about the proposed Government Center. Chenoweth urged the Council to prioritize community needs as it considers that project moving forward. Both speakers touched on the microtransit pilot program, reflecting public interest in the initiative, while Chenoweth broadened his remarks to include questions about the direction and priorities surrounding the Government Center proposal. ## Contested Items Two items generated notable disagreement during the November 20, 2025 Council meeting. **Microtransit Pilot Program Funding** The proposed microtransit pilot program prompted a heated discussion among Council members regarding its level of funding. The nature of the disagreement centered on how much financial support the program should receive. An amendment to increase the program's funding was put forward and ultimately passed by a majority vote. The structured data does not specify which Council members led or opposed the amendment, or the specific dollar amounts involved. **Proposed Government Center** The proposed Government Center drew opposition from members of the public during the meeting. Several speakers came forward to voice concerns, with their objections focused on the prioritization of public funds at a time when the community is facing a housing crisis. Speakers questioned whether investment in a new Government Center was appropriate given competing needs. The structured data does not indicate a final vote outcome or Council response to the public comments on this item. ## WUKY 85th Anniversary [timestamp: 09:05] Under agenda item 1100-25, Mayor Gorton issued a proclamation declaring November 20, 2025, as **WUKY Day** in Lexington, honoring the public radio station's 85th anniversary of broadcasting. Mayor Gorton and Bryan Lane were the key speakers during this portion of the meeting. The proclamation recognized WUKY's eight and a half decades of service to the Lexington community through public radio broadcasting. This item was informational in nature and required no vote or further Council action. ## Microtransit Pilot Program **Agenda Item 1078-25** [timestamp: 19:11] The Council received a presentation on the Microtransit Pilot Program. Key speakers during the discussion included **Ellinger**, **Sheehan**, and **Combs**. The item was informational in nature, with council members and public speakers expressing support for the initiative. No final vote or binding action was taken as a result of the discussion. *Note: Additional details about the specific content of the presentation, concerns raised, and the full scope of public comment are not available in the provided data.* --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 1004-25** — passed (14-0): An Ordinance amending Section 13-13(b) of the Code of Ordinances to create a Recovery Residence License. - **Resolution 1033-25** — passed (14-0): A Resolution accepting the bid of C3 Mechanical for the Mounted Police Ventilation Repairs. --- ## Full transcript ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We'll be starting as soon as everyone has a seat. According to our fire marshal, no one can be standing or sitting on the floor. We have plenty of seats out in the mezzanine. Thank you. Let's see. Thank you very much. I would like to go ahead and call to order the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council meeting. And today is November 20th, 2025. And the first item on our agenda is the roll call. 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. Yes, ma'am. Council Member Brown. Here. Council Member Curtis. Yes, ma'am. Council Member Ellinger. Yes, ma'am. Council Member Elliot Baxter. Yes, ma'am. Council Member Haled. Yes, ma'am. Council Member Higgins-Horde. Yes, ma'am. Council Member McGree. Here. Thank you. Council Member Lynch. Present. And Council Member Morton. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have a quorum. So, the next item on our agenda is I would like to welcome Minister Michelle Banks from the Gate Church, who is going to offer our invocation. Welcome. Our Heavenly Father, which art in heaven, your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Father, we come before you boldly upon the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. We look to the hills for we know our help comes from you. Lord, we pray that we trust in you with all of our heart and lean not to our own understanding, but we acknowledge you in all of our ways, God, and you will direct our paths. Lord, I pray that we are not wise in our own eyes, but we will fear you and depart from evil. Father, we honor your word that says if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from wicked ways, then you will hear from heaven and will forgive our sin and will heal our land. Father, we thank you for your word. Lord, we enter into your gates with thanksgiving and into your courts with praise. Lord, we be thankful unto you and we bless your name. Lord, we thank you for the new thing that you're doing in our city. God, the new alignment, the new connections, the new wisdoms, the new endeavors, and the new graces to achieve peace, order, and justice. God, we pray that you release a spirit of wisdom, God, upon our original leaders, our councilmen, and our community members. God, we ask for your wisdom, Lord. You said that all we have to do is ask you and you will give liberally, not withholding, but you will give it to us. Father, we fear you, but we know that it is the beginning of wisdom. Lord, we acknowledge you in your holy way and achieve your understanding. We speak that your wisdom is the principal thing. We will get wisdom and we will get understanding. For we understand, God, that out of your mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Let every thought be brought to the obedience of Christ. Lord, we will not harden our hearts when we hear your voice of wisdom. God, we will proclaim your word and we will make judgments according to your ways and your righteousness. God, we pray for the protection of this city. God, we thank you for the angels that are concerning this city, protect us in things seen and unseen. Father, we pray, oh God, that there is no contention or strife, God, but we depend on your stillness, God, and we know that you're God. Lord, we pray for the peace that surpasses all understanding, that will keep our hearts and our minds through Christ Jesus. Father, your word says that you leave us with peace. Hallelujah. You leave us with peace. You give us the peace and we will not be troubled, nor will we be afraid. Father, we pray for the unity of this city. God, your word says how good and pleasant is it for that the brethren dwell together in unity. Father, we thank you for supplying all of our needs according to your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Lord, we speak these blessings and these prayers in your holy name, and we decree, let it be so. Amen. Thank you very much, Minister Banks. Before we go on, several council members have mentioned how warm it is in here. Is there someone who might turn the heat down, please? I'm not sure who that would be. Somebody else. And in the meantime, while someone is looking into that, we will go ahead with two of our three presentations. All right. I'd like to ask Brian Lane to please join me at the podium. Brian? This is a bit of a big deal that we have coming up here. How are you? Good. Good. Nice to see you. So Brian is the general manager at WUKY, and I really thank you for being here. 91.3 WUKY, which many of us are proud fans of, has long been a catalyst for creating a better, more inclusive and engaged audience in Lexington and Central Kentucky. This year marks an incredible milestone, 85 years of broadcasting. I want to congratulate you and your team, and at this time I have a proclamation which includes a lot of the detail of this, and I'd like to read it and present it to you and then see if you have a few words. I'm sure you do. Sure. Okay. This is for WUKY Day. Whereas WUKY provides high-quality news, cultural and entertainment content and music to create a more informed and engaged community, and whereas on October 17, 1940, WUKY officially hit the airwaves from Beattyville, Kentucky, making it the first university-owned FM non-commercial education radio station in the United States, and whereas in 1945, WBKY relocated to Lexington, at which time it began broadcasting on the brand-new FM band, and whereas WUKY helped create national public radio and was one of the first stations to broadcast NPR's All Things Considered when it debuted in 1971, and whereas WUKY remains Central Kentucky's most decorated public radio news department, and whereas since just 2009, WUKY's news team has garnered nearly 100 Associated Press, Kentucky Broadcasters Association and other state journalism awards, and whereas WUKY's team has also been honored with approximately six prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards from the Public Media Journalist Association for outstanding journalism, and whereas we congratulate WUKY on 85 years of broadcasting excellence in Lexington and across the Commonwealth, and now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare November 20, 2025 WUKY Day in Lexington. Thank you very much. That says it. Just a few words about, I'm just curious if anything has happened to your organizations this year. We've had a very interesting year when it comes to maintaining our public service to this town, but I pledge you that not only the past 85 years, but the next 85 years and beyond, we will remain a viable media entity. That is my charge. Come January 5th, you're going to see not a substantive change, but a focus change with our particular unit where we focus more on digital outlets for the radio station. We will have a bit of a change in programming, but I want to remind you that this is Lexington's public radio station. I borrow a phrase from the past. We are of the public, by the public, for the public, and we will continue to do so, and this is such a great honor for the radio station, and I thank you, Mayor Gorton, and council members for receiving me here today. Thank you so much. Thank you, Josh. Congratulations. Now, I'd like to ask Kate Hadfield Antonetti to join me at the podium. You have your fan club here. Kate serves as the director of Movement Continuum, and I thank you so much for being here. Movement Continuum was the first contemporary dance company in Lexington 2025 marks the organization's 15th year, and to celebrate, I have a proclamation to present to you declaring today Movement Continuum Day, and then I'd like to read the proclamation and then ask you to say a few words, and then we'll get a photo with you and your dancers and whoever else is here to support. Here's how it goes. Movement Continuum Day. Whereas founded in 2011, Movement Continuum is Lexington's first ever contemporary dance company, and whereas Movement Continuum has become the longest running contemporary dance company in the state of Kentucky, and whereas over the past 15 years, the organization has created 19 original full-length productions, toured the state, housed 80 dancers, made hundreds of pieces of original choreography, and sold thousands of tickets, and whereas Movement Continuum exists to provide exposure and education opportunities in dance and art to the people in our community, and whereas we congratulate Movement Continuum on 15 years of excellence and wish you continued success, now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare November 20th, 2025 Movement Continuum Day in Lexington. Congratulations. Thank you so much. That's pretty cool. You've done a lot. Do you want to say a few words? Yes. Welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mayor Gorton, for your generosity in granting us a proclamation in recognition of our work and service to the arts community in Lexington. Thank you also for your recognition and awareness of the importance of art in our city and in our communities. 15 years ago, at a Thanksgiving Friendsgiving, along with four of my closest friends, we made a decision to found our own dance company. I couldn't imagine a life without Dance Then, and I cannot imagine a life without Dance Now. Thank you to the city who has supported us, a state who welcomed us, and a community who never fails to show up with much applause. We can't wait to perform for you again this weekend. With all my gratitude, thank you so much. Thank you. Let's get a photo. Do you want to come be in the photo? I need a few of those photos. Thank you all. Thank you all. Next, we have Councilmember Fred Ellinger. I don't know who Fred Ellinger is. Chuck, Chuck. Do you know a Fred Ellinger? No, but I know a Fred Brown. Are we starting to look alike? No, Councilmember Ellinger has a presentation motion for microtransit. Thank you, Mayor. On October 21st at the Cal meeting, Committee of the Whole, there was a motion that passed that had a post-movement for the fund balance request that I made for $475,000 for microtransit for a pilot project for Zone 1 of the Northwest. After speaking with the law department, they said to put this on as a presentation, and then from that presentation, the original postponement motion would close, and then I would make a new motion here, and before I make the motion, first, I want to thank all the people who are out here supporting it, and I want to thank the Council who all showed up yesterday. We had a workshop at 2.30 yesterday. All the Councilmembers showed up. We had four speakers come and speak. We had Gail Reese with ITN. We had Patrice Muhammad with Ride United. We had a representative from Detroit and a representative from St. Louis, and I think they did a great job. We also have Fred Combs who got up and spoke, too, with Lextran, and I want to thank Fred for his support. So, with that, Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to place on the docket for tonight's Council meeting under ordinances, first reading an ordinance amending certain of the budget to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 18- to provide $475,000 to the Lextran, the Transit Authority of Lexington, Kentucky, Urban County Government, Lextran, to fund a microtransit pilot program utilizing unallocated general fund balance. So moved. Second. Councilmember Curtis seconds. Are there any questions? Councilmember Brown. I'm sorry. Are you all on for questions? Councilmember Sheehan is first. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Ellinger, we had other proposals yesterday. So there was a two-year pilot proposal from Rides United that they presented to us as an option. Would this $475,000 plus the $250,000 we've already allocated go towards just the Lextran pilot in the feasibility study, or would any of that money be available for other programs? I think Mr. Combs, when he got up and spoke, said that he would work with them to try to get all the Rides United and also ITN to be part of the RFP that they would include. And I can let him come up and speak if he wants to kind of answer that. But it looked like it was going to be a win-win-win for everybody. I still think that Lextran needs to be the one that's going to be running the program, but I think that they would be. The Ride United program is a separate program. It goes across the whole county. Right. I think he can help answer that. Would you be able to, with the funding that we allocate, also do the Ride United program that they proposed? Or do you need all of the funding to do the pilot from your feasibility study? To do the feasibility study as it's written, we would need all of the funds. And there would be a gap between the funds allocated and what Lextran would step up and commit to get as close to that feasibility study as we could. If there is a lower amount of funds that would come to Lextran, we would do the same thing. We would go out for a request for proposals. And depending on what we got back, we would have to modify what was in the feasibility study and change the program to meet the amount of funding that we had. Okay. So it sounds like you need all the funding to move forward? For the whole study, I think so. If there is a lesser amount of funding that does flow to us, we would modify what came out of the study. It could be service hours or other levers that we could pull to change the amount of costs to try to match the funding that we receive. I would like to make an amendment to your motion to allocate the money for the Ride United program for $375,000 to be able to do a microtransit service not only with the Lextran program, but also to the Ride United program that was proposed to us. That would go across the entire county, not just one small area. Because right now with the microtransit pilot, it's great that they've done a feasibility study and they've selected a zone, but that does not touch my district that I represent. So that $375,000 would be for two years. It would go across the county. It would reach those that need transportation to meet basic needs, just like the build folks have asked for. We can set the parameters, as we learned at the presentation yesterday, But they could also collect data for us across the entire county for who calls them, where they're located, what they need, where they go, and that can help us inform a wider microtransit program across the county. Then, in addition to that, when people call 211, they get case management and access to other services. So when we're talking about trying to provide access to services to help the people in the most need in our county, 211 does that. So I'm not saying that we can't fund the microtransit program with Lextran. I'm just saying we should also allocate money to this, too. So moved. Council Member Lynch, second. Now, questions to the amendment only. Council Member Reynolds and then Vice Mayor Wu. Council Member Sheehan, can you clarify? Are you suggesting that we allocate an additional $375,000 to the motion by Council Member Ellinger? I am. So it would make it a total of $850,000. Okay. Thank you for that clarification. Did you say the source? It's just adding it to the unallocated general fund balance that the rest of the motion says. Okay. Thank you. Vice Mayor? Who else would like to speak? Yes, Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I'm in agreement with Council Member Sheehan because yesterday we had a council workshop that was not open to the public. So it was not transparent, which is very important to me, number one, for my neighbors. Number two, we were presented with some really awesome options that are local organizations that are already doing the work. And if they can work with LexTran and come up with a really available service that will meet our neighbors' needs, I think we should do that. I think we should give our local organizations that are already doing the work the opportunity to partner with LexTran and the city to get the needs met of our neighbors. I'm not in favor of spending our neighbors' money based on a workshop we had just yesterday where we still haven't received all the presentations that were made yesterday and that our neighbors weren't able to be here to hear and listen or watch online. I think it's very important that when we're spending our neighbors' money that they be knowledgeable about what's going on and how we're doing it. And we just had the presentation yesterday with new options. New options with United Way and I-10. Those are new local options that should be considered. And I think it would behoove us, since we're voting to spend the public's money, that the public be well informed and involved in this decision. And so I think especially local community partners that are doing the work and that can come to the table to help us with this transportation issue, I think that we should allow them as well. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Councilmember Ellinger, then Councilmember Morton. Thank you, Mayor. Let me correct one incorrect statement. It was open to the public and it was advertised 24 hours in advance. So it was open. You could come into it and it has been. There was a video that's been made of the meeting and it was a public meeting. I'm all for whatever we can do to help increase public transportation. I think it's one of the basic necessities besides shelter and food that we really need to work on. And I'm pleased that you want to add to that. So I'm all for that. Any way that we can help people, I'm all for it. So thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Okay. Thank you very much. Next is Councilmember Morton, then Councilmember Brown. Thank you. I guess I just have one quick question. I know that the proposal highlighted that number for, I guess, going out for two years. Is there any way we can look at possibly, like, one year? What's your thoughts on that? I made my motion for two years. If you want to modify it, you can. But I think we should go with the proposal that they gave us, which was a two-year program. I think it helps the most people. Okay, cool. So actually, I support this motion. And I think that there's two reasons I support it. One, it allows us to address the gaps in transportation through multiple opportunities, whether it be concluding the LexTran pilot project and now knowing that this service is citywide, so even being able to address other gaps, not just in that pilot zone. So I think that would be very impactful to our city. The second thing, I was just talking through this United Way thing. So United Way uses Lyft. Lyft drivers are our local folks. So that is almost a direct investment into our local economy, into our people that are doing Lyft driving. So I think it's a win-win in general. So I actually thank Council Member Sheehan for bringing this forward. And I think it's an innovative idea, and I'll support it. So thank you. Okay, thank you. Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And I'm not going to support this amendment, but I do support it. I do want to support finding a way to find funding to do the United Way program. Yesterday during the workshop, I think I was more focused on comparing the two programs and the initiatives. And though they were similar in some fashions, I just think they're completely different models. But I do think that we can come back and figure out a way to support the United Way program and what it provides for our community and just keep these issues separate. I'm not going to support the amendment, but I would support a proposal to figure out a way to fund them. But I think I just need a little more information about what that funding provides in regards to the services. So thank you. Thank you. Council Member Curtis. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Council Member Sheehan, for bringing this motion forward. I'm really grateful that you did because I have felt, as we've been having these conversations, like the Lextran pilot and the United Way program were being presented as at odds with each other when I do think that they are both feasible ways to serve our community. And I'm excited to support your motion and then support both because I don't think that it's an either-or situation. So thank you. Thank you. Would anyone else like to speak to the amendment? Council Member Hale. Thank you, Mayor. And I will be supporting Council Member Sheehan's motion just on the basis because I do think that microtransit should reach all of the county and not just certain zones. Where it stands, District 7 was not going to be included in that. And so I want to support this motion because I do think that there are folks in District 7 that need this service as well. Thank you. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak to the amendment? Council Member Morton. I just had one more clarifying question. I think this is just maybe procedural. So I guess knowing that moving forward with the United Way program, that that's going to take some conversation and some building, I guess is it open to say that maybe up to that amount of dollars, if it maybe won't cost that amount? I guess we can just reread the motion so we'll be flexible. What they have done in the past with their grants is they give as many rides as they can with the funding that's allocated. So I think they will be flexible on how they spend the money. But I think we will, just like with any other money we grant to the community, there would be a contract for that, and we would be able to have some say in some of the provisions that they outline to us to be able to have a little conversation about exactly what this looks like. So I think we should allocate the funding while we're having this conversation. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. I share a lot of my colleagues' thoughts about this program. I think for us we felt previously that we were kind of trying to make a decision based on incomplete information. And the takeaway that I got from yesterday's workshop, which I think was really, really helpful to all of us to get us a lot of that basic information, especially it took me out of the mindset of trying to compare apples to oranges of the different programs, and it made me think more of the idea that the solution to this problem is a yes and proposition, that the two or three different programs didn't necessarily conflict with each other. So I will be supporting this motion as well. I kind of like the idea of simultaneously trying a couple of different things and seeing what works. And the ultimate answer may not be this works and this doesn't. The ultimate answer might be that this is a really good pairing that can complement each other in terms of services. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Council Member Legere. Thank you, Mayor. I have to admit I've had some conflicting feelings about microtransit in general. I want to make sure that we're meeting the transportation needs of as many people in our community as possible, and I know that we have some big gaps to fill, but I also struggle with the idea of putting many additional cars on the road and the great cost of the program as a whole. That's all to say I'm much more likely to be supportive due to the amendment that Council Member Sheehan has just made. I think something I was thinking about yesterday and then this morning was the fact that we had received a lot of interesting and useful information yesterday during that workshop, and we haven't had a lot of time to process it. And I hope that this addition of the option with United Way, with Ride United, gives us a chance to try out multiple different ways to solve for our transportation needs in our community, and I really hope that we'll continue to build out the transit network with buses and with other means of connection in the process. And I know that this might be quite expensive, and I hope that as we're testing out these options, we can find something that's financially sustainable and that works for our community, and I know that might be difficult. But thank you, Council Member Sheehan, for looking for this solution, and I appreciated that we got the additional information yesterday. Thank you. Thank you. Would anyone else like to speak to the amendment? Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor. It sounds like there's enough support to support both of these initiatives. My question and another comment I was going to make was in regards to the agreement between LFUCG, FlexTran, and then the United Way, those will both come back to us as MOUs or PSAs, and we can weigh into specific language about what we expect for both of those agreements? Yes. Okay. The reason I say that, and just because I think it's an opportunity to say it, and I had this discussion with the group that I met with yesterday, I'm supportive of the pilot program, but one of the things that concerns me is, and I believe it's going to be successful and I hope it's successful, I just want to be clear that whoever provides the services in regards to the LexTran pilot is on board with looking for funding opportunities as well, that that's written into the agreement when the RFP goes out so that agency can help to identify funding sources as opposed to just looking at LFUCG as the sustainer of that as well. And then I also have some interest in what services are going to be provided with United Way and how frequent and that sort of thing. So as long as it comes back to us, I'm fine with it. So thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Anyone else? All right. All those in favor of the amendment to provide $375,000 from the fiscal year 25 fund balance for two years across the county, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? No. We have one nay vote. Council Member Savigny, thank you very much. Now we have the main motion as amended on the floor, and does anyone still wish to speak to that? Council Member Brown, you are still on. Anyone at all? All right. All those in favor of the motion as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Thank you very much. Now, are we finished with the microtransit presentation? Very good. Very good. All right. And thank you, Mr. Combs. Thank you. With that, we have public comment for issues on the agenda. We have quite a few people signed up, and I need to first confirm, is Kenneth Pierce here? And are you yielding your time to Gail Swanson? All right. Thank you. Where is Gail? Right in the front. Gail. Gail. Gail. When your name is called, not right now, you'll have six minutes. Okay? Thank you. Just doing a little business. Okay. The way this works, if you haven't spoken before at public comment, when I call your name, and I'll call two or three of you so you can queue up and we will go a little bit more efficiently, you'll come to the podium. You will need to restate your name for the record and also say your council district for the record. So first up is Nathel Moore, followed by Judy Maxson, followed by Brian Chenoweth. If you can all just kind of queue up, please. Welcome. Thank you, Mayor Gordon and Council. Good evening. My name is Nathel Moore, and I serve as co-chair of BUILD as well as pastor of the First African Baptist Church. The council district one is our district where Tyler Morton is our city council representative. I actually came tonight to urge you to fund the microtransit pilot, which it sounds like you have already done. So thank you. So I will say tonight I am grateful to see you doing this tonight because I came to urge you to move forward in doing this, not because simply I was the pastor of First African Baptist Church who serves a membership that is primarily predominantly of seniors and who could benefit from the microtransit pilot program. I was coming to urge you to move forward in funding, not only because I'm the co-chair of BUILD, the organization that did the research and presented microtransit as an option to address public transportation issues, but I also came tonight to encourage you to provide the funding as a loving father of a 33-year-old lifelong diabetic who because of his severe neuropathy and his feet, he is no longer able now to make it from his apartment to his closest bus stop. And on more than one occasion, because my wife and I both work full-time jobs, on more than one occasion he has had to cancel a doctor's appointment or reschedule a mental health therapy session because of a lack of a viable and affordable public transportation option for him. So again, I'm here tonight to encourage you, because we've studied the feasibility study and our findings are clear that the community has voiced its support for LexTran and LexTran has recommended microtransit and professionals have hired to evaluate the need. The need has done their job thoroughly, and so therefore we were here tonight to encourage you to move forward and fund the pilot project. So again, we say thank you. Thank you very much. Next is Judy Maxson, followed by Brian Chenoweth, followed by Patricia Cooper. Welcome. Hi, good evening. Judy Maxson, and I've been involved with BUILD from the very beginning, and right now I'm serving on the executive board. And I wrote my little piece thinking that microtransit would be up for the vote this evening, so I'm going to go ahead and read to you what I wrote this morning. Not only within the BUILD community, but all of us have heard a plethora of stories from a multitude of our neighbors in need of reliable, safe, affordable transportation, notably accessible to those with physical and mental health challenges and our elders. Within these past three years, BUILD's diligent, evidence-based research identified this inclusive service, the microtransit, to meet the basic needs of those left in the gap. We all heard Mr. Combs' detailed PowerPoint presentation on October the 12th validate the need for microtransit. The pilot program is ready to go, and for those 26,000 neighbors living in the proposed northwest area of our city, where nearly half of households have no cars and few transportation options, this program would definitely improve the quality of their daily lives. And I know that each one of us desires that for our sisters and brothers. So we at BUILD are standing in solidarity and supporting Mr. Combs and Lextran and Councilmember Ellinger and all our neighbors in need of this service. And we urge you to vote yes, and it's good to know now that you are working with different other entities to make this happen. So thank you for caring. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Brian Chenoweth, followed by Patricia Cooper, and then we'll have Paul Gardner. Welcome. Thank you. I'm the Reverend Dr. Brian Chenoweth, the minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, former vice chair of BUILD, and I live in the 9th District. On my heart this evening is a member of the congregation I serve. She's a tireless, well-educated, and passionate person. Because of circumstances that are beyond her control, her primary source of income is working for the gig economy, Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Grubhub, and many more. I've never met someone who does so many of those jobs. Not long ago, her car broke down and required significant repair. Not only was all of her income immediately cut off, but due to skyrocketing rent and the continual limiting of vital resources in our country, even though she worked enough delivery and rideshare jobs to safely say she was more than full-time, she could not afford to repair her car. To make matters worse, she could not afford a Lyft or Uber ride, the very services she worked for, to go pick her up once the church helped her repair it. The choice for her would have been medicine or food or a ride to get her car. This is just one of many stories in the congregation I serve. And I offer this tonight because I hope the council considers, with one of the additional programs you're considering, Ride United, it will not add good-paying jobs to Fayette County. It will heighten the injustices and exploitation of the gig economy while also continuing to leave our most vulnerable neighbors stranded. And large parts of our city inaccessible, including the congregation I serve. I'm grateful that you voted for the feasibility study because it does show us we have a solution that is within our reach, and it's achievable for all of us so long as this council commits to make that happen. I affirm you for delaying the vote on the nearly $90 million government center, though I know you have something on your docket tonight for that. I would ask you to search your hearts and reflect on what that says about our priorities as a city as you continue to discuss that tonight and also in December. While so many in our city are still suffering, a fraction of that money, 0.5%, covers the cost of the feasibility study that you just passed for microtransit. Our moral and spiritual obligation, echoed throughout countless faith traditions and no-faith traditions as well, is to protect the most vulnerable in our midst, the poor and the forgotten. So thank you for voting yes on the microtransit project. I know you'll continue to hear from my brothers and sisters in BUILD, including me. I know the study has spoken, and I know the whole city is counting on each and every one of you to do the right thing, the just thing. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Patricia Cooper, followed by Paul Gardner. Is Paul here? Yes, I'm here. Okay, so you'll be right after her, and you can just roll right over there. And then Adam Jones will follow Paul. Adam, are you here? Okay, if you can queue up, please. Patricia. Hi. Welcome. My name is Patty Cooper, and I'm in District 11. I'm so blown away by the order of things. So I'm delighted that the pilot project has received this positive vote tonight. I, too, have been worried that there is a lot of people wanting money to do something important. So just a couple things I want to add, and I don't need to say anything else. But my own experience in my own spiritual center is people who don't have cars or who can't drive, and people who need special assistance. That is, their way of being mobile wouldn't fit in a Lyft, for example. So I want to make sure that we have something. And if it can be collaborative, great. But I'm very worried that unless we have a program over which our government, our city government, has some authority and control, we could find ourselves in a very awkward and competitive situation. So I'm looking forward to how this is going to unfold, and I appreciate everyone hearing me tonight. Thank you. Thank you very much. While someone is getting a... Can you use that mic? We have a portable mic. Yeah, I'm a little loud. You were hearing me. We have a portable one, and then we've got Adam Jones after you, and then Joyce Carmouche after Adam. Where is Joyce? There you are. Okay. Paul, we have a microphone right back here for you. All right, good. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. Yes, Paul Gardner, 1st District. Tyler Morton is our council member. I'm here to speak on opposing this new government center, leasing and owning. I think that the work that the council does in this chamber here and other divisions in this building, for the type of work that's been done and that you all do, I feel that this building is sufficient. It's paid for, and the monies that you're allocating or trying to spend over a period of 35 years will be more wisely used to help out the people of Lexington, clean up the neighborhoods, feed the hungry, clothe them, shelter them, because it's the people's money. And I think that we also ought to have an input on whether or not this construction and building of this new building to be able to say no. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next is Adam Jones, followed by Joyce Carmouche, followed by Chuck Heddy. Welcome. And we'll give it just a minute here. Okay. I'm in the shape I need to be. I'm messed up now. That podium will roll forward, Adam. There you go. Okay. Adam Jones. Welcome. My district is District 11. I'm the co-chair of BUILD, also pastor with Open Door Church. First of all, I'm grateful to have a city government and council that allows public comment and still wants to hear from our public. And I want to commend you all on voting yes for the microtransit pilot and for the United Way. I agree with Councilmember Ellinger. We all want better transportation, and I think it's smart to find the best way forward. I think this change could be one of those changes similar to the Affordable Housing Fund. In our experience and from all the people that we've heard from in BUILD that are suffering from lack of transportation, we just had to fix a car this week in my church because that car was the lifeline to work. Without that car, our folks can't get to work. And so I think this is one of the next frontiers on moving our city forward in justice and becoming the best place it can be for everyone in the city. And so I just want to, again, on behalf of BUILD, commend you for voting yes on this motion. And with that, I'll yield my time. Thank you very much. Next is Joyce Carmouche, followed by Chuck Eddy, followed by Catherine Akers. Is Catherine here? There you are. No? There you are. Okie doke. Thank you. Welcome. Thank you. Good evening. Joyce Carmouche, District 12. You can lower the mic if you need to. Thank you for the opportunity to share some thoughts on microtransit. I am also just using my original notes, even though things are kind of over. Along with many of my BUILD colleagues, I've spent the better part of probably the last four years learning about microtransit and how it would benefit our community. Obviously, we have a functioning transit system in Lexington, but we know that there are also gaps in that system. We know that so many Lexingtonians who do not have access to personal vehicles depend on that system for getting them to employment, doctor's visits, grocery shopping, and many other necessary daily errands. However, we are also aware that there are serious gaps in the service, and it's practically unavailable to many of our citizens. We have spent the aforementioned nearly four years doing research, speaking to experts in public transit, and interacting with officials in similarly situated cities who have piloted and are placed into operation a microtransit system. We have spent hours discussing how microtransit has enhanced their public systems, the cost, the public response, and you have been able to hear from city officials or operators of a microtransit system and ask in-depth questions of the officials. You've been presented with other transportation options available in our city, and while providing an excellent, much-needed service, these options do not have the ability to serve our citizens who have mobility impairments. This is a population which cannot be overlooked when we're talking about transportation improvements. Public transit officials in Lexington have indicated their belief that microtransit would fill many gaps in our current system without taking away from its current operation. With all that said, we believe in this system. We believe it would positively affect the lives of our community members, provide them with options for transportation, improve opportunities for employment, for gainful employment, provide access to health care, and improve their connections to the community. So, council members, thank you very much for voting yes. Thank you. Next is Chuck Eddy. Welcome, and followed by Catherine Akers and then Gail Swanson. You're up. If you can queue up. Welcome. Good evening. I'm Chuck Eddy, District 4. Mayor Gordon, Vice Mayor Wu, and council members, it's an honor to speak to you all again. I want to talk about the plans for the new city council. I've got two main concerns. One, with the uncertainty created by the steep federal government cuts and very likely coming Kentucky state cuts, I'm deeply concerned that now is not the time to move forward on this project. We do not know where else there will be cuts resulting in gaps that we here in Lexington will need to fill. I think we need to carefully evaluate the timing on this investment. Please delay consideration of this project. Now, number two, when we do move ahead with this project, I believe we need to do it in tandem with some other local needs. I think we need to do it in tandem with a badly needed homeless shelter. I think that it's very important that we weigh both a city building and something that directly impacts the homeless community. Thank you very much. I appreciate your time. Thank you. Catherine Akers, Gail Swanson, and then finally Emma Anderson. Is Emma here? Emma? Can someone find out if she's outside, please? Okay. Emma Anderson. Welcome. Hi, welcome. I'm Catherine Akers, Cabby Akers, and I'm in District 9. I have been a part of BUILD for about 18 years, and we've been working in this community solving serious community problems for 22 years now. Almost every issue that we take on when we talk to the experts about the root causes of that particular problem, almost always affordable housing and lack of transportation are lifted up as the top two needs of people who are struggling. The city has addressed affordable housing with the Affordable Housing Fund, making good progress, but we still, of course, need more quality housing, and we now have the opportunity to address the need for reliable public transportation with the microtransit solution. LexTran studied the need and agrees that microtransit is a good solution to start to fill in the gaps we have in Lexington. I want to reiterate, we're just starting with a pilot program. We can't jump in and do the whole city at once. We're going to learn from a pilot and learn as we go, so that's important consideration. The transportation providers in Lexington that presented yesterday do excellent work and provide necessary services, but I'm concerned that they're not professional transportation experts, and I appreciate you voting to approve the 475 from the fund balance so that professional transportation experts can get a microtransit pilot up and going efficiently and in the right way. They know what they're doing, so thank you all so much for your support. Thank you, Cathy. Gail Swanson, you will have six minutes, and is Emma Anderson here yet? Okay, you're after Gail if you'll queue up, please. Welcome. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Gail Swanson, and I live in Council District 7. You guys moved too fast, and you've approved this, and now I don't want to beat you over the head with more information about microtransit, but there are some things that I want to say to you tonight. So if I stumble, it's because I'm trying to rewrite this as I go. But I want you to know that for over 20 years, build leaders like the people here tonight and myself have come into this chamber to name serious problems and then present evidence-based solutions. We don't come here to make your work harder. You may not believe that, but we don't. We are here to ask you to live up to what you were elected to do, which is to make Lexington a place where everyone has an opportunity to thrive. We do this because we feel like we are called to do justice and to love our neighbors, a call many of you likely felt when you chose to run for this office. Tonight you faced a choice. I'm glad we were able to move from an either-or kind of proposition to a both proposition. Several months ago, eight of you, that's council members Hale, Lynch, Brown, Ellinger, Reynolds, Council Member Morton, Curtis, and Savigny, made a commitment to 1,000 constituents at our assembly. You pledged at that time to hold LexTran accountable to the feasibility studies findings if it recommended a pilot as the next step. That has happened, and I would like to commend you for the pledge that you made, the commitment that you made to try to make this happen, to try to make it come to fruition. It happened much more easily than I think any of us anticipated. Tonight we've seen all the pieces fall into place. The funds are available. LexTran has moved quickly, putting the groundwork in motion to launch this pilot. Their leadership has come before you more than once to ask for support that they need from council to make it all happen. And now you have approved $475,000 from the balance fund that will be matched by LexTran, and this is such a wonderful opportunity to move forward on a longstanding problem in our community. Yesterday's presentations were eye-opening. The leaders from Detroit and St. Louis were clear about the successes they've seen with microtransit. The local programs, United Way and INT, are doing important, compassionate work, and their dedication is unmistakable. But the very reason those programs exist points to something deeper. Our transit system is not meeting the needs of this community. I want to be clear that this is not about blaming LexTran. They've openly acknowledged the challenges they face, and we believe they're doing the best they can with the resources and the charge that they've been given. What matters is that everyone, council, the public, United Way, and LexTran itself, has recognized the same reality, and that is that the system as it stands is not enough to meet the tremendous need in our community. When everyone agrees there's a problem, the question shifts to what support is required to fix it. And at this moment, that support has to come from council. The local programs we heard about yesterday didn't emerge by accident. They emerged because riders need more options. Just as the city has acknowledged that the current government center can't be patched together forever, we have to apply that same understanding to transportation. Short-term fixes can help, but only real investment leads to a real change. Thank you for voting yes. And I don't know what else to say, so I still have time, but I'm going to sit down. Thank you very much. Just to, before Emma speaks, just to be clear, what happened tonight is that the council voted to put the item on the docket for first reading. So the second reading and approval, if there's approval, will be December 2nd. Just I want to be sure everybody understands everything gets two readings, and the second reading is approval. Welcome. Hi. My name is Emma Anderson, and I work in Lexington. I actually don't live here, but the organization I work for, Kentucky Tenants, represents tenants in all council districts in the city. And I'm here actually commenting about some concerns I have with the city hall proposal. First of all, the decision feels pretty rushed to me. It's been difficult for us to get a clear understanding on what the proposal is and then, like, figure out what we think about it and respond. The first public statement I heard was released on Sunday. This combined with my primary concern about the political and economic moment we find ourselves in, my Halloween candy was, like, $25 a bag, y'all, makes it really hard to support or, like, gives me a lot of concern. Every day I get calls from tenants who don't have food, who are facing eviction, who are moving out of Lexington because they can no longer afford housing here. I am one of those tenants. According to the 2025 housing supply gap report, Lexington Fed is short almost 18,000 rental units and, like, almost 13,000 for sale housing units. And to me, clearly our city funds should go towards addressing that gap. We're also 500 beds short for our unhoused neighbors. I know that we need a new city hall. I know that there's a lot of problems with this one, but it does feel a little bit out of touch to spend $30 million on a new city hall in the middle of this crisis. To me, our priority should be laser focused on making sure everyone is housed before we pursue less essential major projects. And I'm also, like, worried about what next year is going to be like. I don't have a super clear understanding of what the fallout from the federal stuff is going to be. It's just, like, hard to know everything that's going to happen with that. And, like, for example, today HUD announced that funding for permit supportive housing is getting cut by 30%. You know, like, what's that going to look like on the local level? So I just feel like having a large chunk of money for capital projects to fall back on could really benefit us as gaps inevitably arise. Yeah, so I'm here mostly just to maybe I'm asking for a slowdown in the process a little bit. Maybe when everything's before us, it will make sense from a money standpoint to go with the project or not, but we just haven't had enough time. So I'm just asking for more time. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes our public comment for issues on the agenda. And thank you for all of those who came out to speak and listen. And that brings us to second reading of ordinances. Item one. An ordinance amending Section 1313B of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban-County Government to create a recovery residence license and establishing fees relating thereto, creating a new Article of Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban-County Government, Article 7, recovery residency, adopting state law requirements for certification of recovery residency, exercising concurrent local authority regarding recovery residences by requiring individuals or entities operating recovery residences to obtain a recovery residence license for each recovery residence and to provide the information required for a recovery residence license, including proof of certification adopting enforcement procedure by authorizing civil citations and civil penalties for violations establishing appeal procedures, abatement requirements, and rehousing requirements designated to the Administrative Hearing Board as the Code Enforcement Board with jurisdiction to hear appeals, authorizing liens, and such other relief as may be appropriate to enforce compliance with the requirements for recovery residences and authorizing the Division of Revenue to adopt any amended policies or procedures to effectuate the purposes of this ordinance, all effective at the behest of Council as amended. Item 2, an ordinance modifying the conditional zone restriction in a commercial center B6P zone relating to the maximum gross building area limitation for 56.27 net, 71.45 gross acres for property located at 2300, 2350 Greylag Way, 2320, and 2344 Elkhorn Road, and 2200 to 2277 War Admiral Way, War Admiral Place, LLC, Council District 6. Item 3, an ordinance amending the Lexington Fair County zoning ordinance as follows, amending Section 313B and Appendix Section 22A3D and creating Appendix Section 22A3C5, 22B5B11, 22B5C11, and 22C4A23, all in order to allow short-term rentals in planned unit development PUD1, PUD2, PUD3 zones. Item 4, an ordinance amending some of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures in appropriating reappropriating funds FY2026, Schedule No. 15. Item 5, an ordinance amending some of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government for committee of the whole appropriations as approved during FY2025 fund balance discussions and appropriating reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 16. Item 6, an ordinance amending the author's strength by abolishing one classified position of systems analyst, Grade 523E, and creating one classified position of technical architect, Grade 528E, all in division of computer services effective on positive counsel. Item 7, an ordinance amending the author's strength by creating one classified position of security officer, Grade 511N, in the Department of Public Safety and creating two positions of recreation specialist, Senior Grade 516N, and creating one public service worker, Grade 508N, both in the division of aging and disability services, all effective retroactive to July 1, 2025. Item 8, an ordinance amending the author's strength by creating one classified position of accountant, Senior Grade 524E, in the division of accounting effective on positive counsel. Item 9, an ordinance amending the author's strength by adopting revised pay grades, job codes, job classifications, job titles, and salary ranges for positions in the divisions of engineering, streets and roads, water quality, waste management, environmental services, community corrections, police, fire and emergency services, aging and disability services, family services, youth services, facilities and fleet management, and parks and recreation, based on a market study performed by the Division of Human Resources in directing the administration to treat their incumbents as appropriate and to implement any recommended salary adjustments for classified and unclassified civil service employees in these positions effective the first payroll Monday following the passage of counsel. Item 10, an ordinance amending the author's strength by abolishing one classified position of code enforcement officer, Grade 517N, and creating one classified position of code enforcement officer, Senior Grade 518N, on the division of code enforcement effective upon passage of counsel. And item 11, an ordinance of the council of the latest urban county government authorizing and approving the execution of a 10th supplemental lease agreement between the Lexington Fayette Urban County Airport Board as the lessor and the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government as the lessee in connection with the issuance of the line of credit agreement dated as December 10, 2025, bind between Lexington Fayette Urban County Airport Board and Pinnacle Bank. With respect to 1, Lexington Fayette Urban County Airport Board general airport revenue obligation 2025 Series A credit note. Lexington Fayette Urban County Government general obligation pursuant to a 2025A credit note in a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25 million for the purpose of providing interim financing for certain airport facilities at the Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky. And 2, Lexington Fayette Urban County Airport Board general airport revenue obligation 2025 Series B credit note, federally taxable. Lexington Fayette Urban County Government general obligation pursuant to 2025B credit note in a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40 million for the purpose of providing interim financing for certain airport facilities at the Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? And do I have a second? Second. Council Member Svigny, if you'll do a roll call vote, please. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Svigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Beasley? Yes. Council Member Boone? Yes. Council Member Brown? Yes. Council Member Curtis? Yes. Council Member Elleinger? Yes. Council Member Elliott Baxter? Yes. Council Member Hale? Council Member Higgins-Hoard? Yes. Council Member Legré? Yes. And Council Member Morton? Yes. Thank you. I'm so sorry. It's time for first reading of ordinances. I didn't have my mic on. Item 12. An ordinance related to the constructing and releasing to own a new government center or were to pursuant to RFP No. 51-20-4 Government Center Development and Lease Proposal to be located at 200 West Vine Street and 260 West Vine Street, Suite 400 and authorize the Mayor or her designee on behalf of Urban County Government to execute the following documents and any additional necessary documents related to this project with LOF Development, LLC and or What's in an Opportunity Fund, LLC or their affiliates and or a to be formed Kentucky Nonprofit Corporation or Limited Liability Company. 1. Development Agreement. 2. Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement. 3. Ground Lease. 4. Facilities Lease with an initial payment of $30 million towards the purchase of the properties and the construction of the project and the terms of the ground lease and the facilities lease not to exceed 35 years from the issuance of the lease obligations and or an estimated annual payment of $3.5 million per year. 5. Authorizing the taking of an additional necessary action related to this matter and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 17 with the final closing and full notice to proceed with the project contingent upon the approval of the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board pursuant to KRS 65.02812, if applicable. And Item 13. An ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and re-approving funds, FY 2026, Schedule No. 18. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons? Council? Are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? All right. We will move on then to second reading of resolutions. When you're ready. Item 1. A resolution accepting a bid of C-3 mechanical on the amount of $25,000 for the Mounted Police Ventilation Repairs for the Division of Facilities and Flight Management and authorize the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with C-3 Mechanical related to the bid. Item 2. A resolution accepting a bid of Kentucky Stream Restoration in the amount of $222,000 for the Southland Park Water Quality Improvement for the Division of Environmental Services. Item 3. A resolution accepting a bid of Meyers Fence Incorporated in the amount of $110,000 for the Veterans Park Net Backstop Replacement for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorize the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Meyers Fence Incorporated related to the bid. Item 4. A resolution ratifying the Preliminary Classified Civil Service Appointments of Michael and Master Project Manager Grade 520 and 32.391 Hourly in the Division of Environmental Services effective September 30, 2025. Sharon Bogner, Administrative Specialist Principal Grade 520 and 31.620 Hourly in the Division of Environmental Services effective October 7, 2025. Brandon Eades, Vehicle and Equipment Technician Grade 517 and 25.696 Hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management effective November 5, 2025. Lauren Scherer, Heavy Equipment Technician Grade 519 and 30.755 Hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management effective November 19, 2025. Desiree Willis, Grants Administrative Aide Grade 518 and 26.422 Hourly in the Division of Grants and Special Programs effective October 14, 2025. And ratifying the Permanent Sworn Appointments of Bayes Towery Police Sergeant Grade 315 and 42.968 Hourly in the Division of Police effective September 30, 2025. Item 5. A resolution authorizing the Mayor or the Chief Information Officer, as the Mayor says it may, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Brisk Master Accelerator AWS Software as a Service SAAS Access Agreement with Computer Science Corporation CSC, extending the term of work order No. 8 for 36 months from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, at a cost estimated not to exceed $60,039.30 annually, and further authorizing the Mayor or the Chief Information Officer, as the Mayor says it may, to execute any other documents, including future renewables necessary for the operation, support, and maintenance of the same, while subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds in future fiscal years. Item 6. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Atlantic Emergency Solutions for a Custom Pierce Enforcer Custom Pumper at a cost not to exceed $1,150,000.00. Item 7. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with CASA of Lexington Incorporated Fayette County Family Courts and the Fayette County Attorney's Office for the provision of statutorily required services for children who enter the Fayette County Court System as a result of dependency, neglect, and or abuse. Item 8. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute the grant agreement with Blue Grass Ag Tech Development Corp for challenge grants to improve agricultural technology at a cost not to exceed $250,000.00. Item 9. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Lexington Christian Academy to host the annual Kitty Capers holiday show at an estimated cost not to exceed $1,500.00. Item 10. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept an additional award of $12,577.96 from the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition and Federal Funds for participation in the United States Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program for provision of breakfast, lunch, and supplements at a free or reduced rate to infants and toddlers attending the Family Care Center's Child Care and Preschool Programs in FY 2025, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds from the grant budget. Item 11. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to the agreement with A Caring Place Incorporated to revise the audit requirements and further authorize the Mayor to execute any other necessary amendments with A Caring Place Incorporated related to the agreement. Item 12. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a 2026 general term order with the County Clerk establishing the number of deputies and assistants allowed to the County Clerk and their respective compensations subject to the limits for each category as specified in the general term orders and the requirements established by law. Item 13. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky State Police Vehicle Enforcement Division to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved with grant funds on the amount of $64,864.10 in federal funds for the continued operation of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program for the FY 2025. The acceptance of which obligates the Urban County Government to the expenditure of $3,413.90 as a local match and authorizing the Mayor to transfer adequate funds in the grant budget. Item 14. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept an award of $200,000 in federal funds for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policy Services, COPS, under the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Grant Program, LEMHWA, for FY 2026 through FY 2028 for the expansion of the wellness unit in the Division of Police, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the Mayor to transfer adequate funds in the grant budget. Item 15. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant award of $33,500 for the Bluegrass Community Foundation to support programming along Town Branch Commons, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the Mayor to transfer adequate funds with the grant budget. Item 16. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change 101 to the agreement with Tribute Contracting and Consultants, LLC, for Blenheim Waste Sewer Replacement Project, decreasing the contract price by the sum of $140,380.57 from $999,451 to $859,070.43 to delete bid items that were not necessary to complete the project. Item 17. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement awarding a costly infrastructure incentive grant to 1,000 Delaware, LLC, for a stormwater quality project at a cost of $231,984.38. Item 18. A resolution authorizing the Mayor or her designee on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a non-binding letter of intent with Social Impact Solar, LLC, setting forth the party's mutual intent and process for negotiating and drafting definitive agreements for the development, construction, and operation of a solar photovoltaic project located on a portion of Haley Pike Landfill at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 19. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway Company for preliminary engineering services regarding quiet zones for the Division of Traffic Engineering at a cost not to exceed $30,000. Item 20. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to the Federal Equitable Sharing Agreement with the Department of Justice to reflect changes in the equitable sharing funds spent. Item 21. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a sub-recipient agreement with Lexington Habitat for Humanity, Incorporated Habitat, and LHH. Transformation Housing Affordability, LLC, LHH, Habitat's wholly owned subsidiary, to pass through $10 million in Commonwealth of Kentucky funds to LHH for payment of costs related to a housing project proposed by Lexington's Transformational Housing Affordability Partnership and authorizing the Mayor to execute any other needed amendments, agreements, or amendments with Habitat and or LHH related to these funds. Item 22. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a new grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services which grant funds on the amount of $461,997 in federal funds under the First Responders Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Support Services Act grant to support year four continuation of the expanded First Responders and Community Partners Overdose Prevention Project, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government to the expenditure of funds and authorizing the Mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget. Item 23. A resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA Scitec Historian Support Services for the Town Branch and West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plants and Pump Stations from ATR Distributing Company Incorporated, a social service provider, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreements with ATR Distributing Company Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost not exceeding $61,171.90. Item 24. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet KYTC for acquisition of a former state right-of-way located near the intersection of KY 92 Oliver Lewis Way and Manchester Street and further authorizing the Mayor to accept a deed and to execute any other documents related to the transfer. Item 25. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Cathy H. Witt, Sheriff of Fayette County for the collection of the ad valorem urban service taxes for the 2025 and 2026 property tax years at a cost not to exceed 1% in the amount of fiscal year 2026 ad valorem urban service district taxes collected, 2% of the amount in fiscal year 2027 ad valorem urban service district taxes collected, and 4.25% of the amount of ad valorem park taxes collected with the payments to be treated as a commission in the Urban County Government to receive any related payment from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Item 26. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute contract modification No. 1 to the agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, to increase reimbursement to the Urban County Government by $60,000 from up to $426,000 to up to $486,000 for operation and maintenance of traffic signals and electrical traffic control devices of the state primary road system. Item 27. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute volunteer site information sheet and any related documents for the provision of the 2026 volunteer income tax assistance program at the Charles Young Center at New Cross for the Urban County Government. Item 28. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute modification No. 1 to the agreement with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, to extend the performance period. Item 29. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute amendment No. 1 to the agreement with New Beginnings Bluegrass Incorporated Related to the Housing Navigation Permanent Supportive Housing Program to extend the period of performance to April 30, 2026 and further authorizing the Mayor to execute any other necessary amendments related to the use of these funds. Item 30. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute the 2026 General Term Order for the Fitt County Sheriff establishing the number of WDs in assistance allowed to the County Sheriff and their respective compensation subject to the limits of each category specified in the General Term Orders and the requirements established by law. Item 31. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement awarding a Class B infrastructure incentive grant to BBPH Properties, LLC for a stormwater quality project at a cost exceeding $113,800. Item 32. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement awarding a Class B infrastructure incentive grant to Endover Neighborhood Association, Inc. for a stormwater quality project at a cost exceeding $36,900. Item 33. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order No. 8 to the agreement with the Morelia Design and Construction Incorporated for the Town Branch Park Access Improvement Project increasing the contract price by the sum of $341,948.32 from $5,483,002 to $5,824,950.32. Item 34. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order No. 5 to the agreement with LM Asphalt Partner Ltd. DBA ATS Construction for the Clay's Mill Road Section 1 project increasing the contract price by the sum of $1,085,012.44 from $12,056,925.97 to $13,141,938.41. Item 35. A resolution authorizing the Division of Police to purchase FARO 3D Crime Scene Scanner from FARO Technologies Incorporated, a social service provider, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with FARO Technologies Incorporated related to the procurement at a cost exceeding $5,973.73. Item 36. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Rum Cave Kentucky Incorporated for trash collection services at Raven Red Nature Sanctuary at a cost estimated not to exceed $5,000.00 in FY2026 and $8,000.00 for future fiscal years. Item 37. A resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase field service repairs and parts for a rebuild of the fine screens and wash presses from Huber Technologies Incorporated, a sole service provider, and at an estimated cost not to exceed $123,628.57. Item 38. A resolution authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to purchase an outdoor warning siren from Federal Signal, a sole service provider, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Federal Signal related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $40,692.00. Item 39. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute change order number 6 to the agreement with LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction for repair to the mainland road at Cardinal Run North Park at a cost not to exceed $175,885.00, raising the contract total to $7,773,960.94. Item 40. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Lexington County Health Department for the expanded First Responders and Community Partner Overdose Prevention Project funded under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services First Responders Comprehensive Action and Recovery Act Grant, FRCARA, at a cost not to exceed $165,000.00. Item 41. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Morehead University offering a 35% tuition waiver for any online course for full-time Lexington County Government employees at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 42. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an amendment number 3 to the agreement with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for the provision of evaluation services for year 4 of the expanded First Responders and Community Partner Overdose Prevention Project at a cost not to exceed $99,998.00. Item 43. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Standard & Associates Incorporated for a police officer selection test for LFUCD police recruit candidates at a cost not to exceed $5,000.00. Item 44. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Baptist Healthcare Systems Incorporated for the use of their helipad. Item 45. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute agreements related to the Council Capital Project Extended Funds with LFUCD Division of Traffic Engineering $30,000.00, LFUCD Division of Environmental Services $15,000.00, LFUCD Division of Environmental Services $632,000.00, Gardening Meadows Homeowners Association Incorporated $1,500.00, Voices of Hope Lexington Incorporated $1,381.00, Hope Center Incorporated $850.00, LFUCD Division of Traffic Engineering $9,000.00, LFUCD Division of Parks and Recreation $30,000.00, LFUCD Division of Environmental Services $2,570.00 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Item 46. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute agreements related to the Neighborhood Development Funds with the Center for Women, Children and Families Incorporated $7,000.00, the Friends of Park and Fayette County Incorporated $1,392.00, and 16 District PTA Incorporated Care of Britain PTSA $800.00 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Item 47. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a First Amendment to the Purchase of Services Agreement with the following extended social resource ESR program grantee agencies authorizing additional funding for the services provided to the public pursuant to RFP No. 2024, Food Insecurity and Nutritional Excess, Food Chain Incorporated $24,184.00, Glean Kentucky $4,000.00, God's Pantry Food Bank Incorporated $108,480.00, Greenhouse 17 $10,000.00, Lexington Gay Services Organization, DBA Lexington Pride Center $15,561.00, Moveable Feast Lexington Incorporated $23,000.00, and Nathaniel Mission $22,800.00 at an additional cost not to exceed $208,025.00 in fiscal year 2026. Item 48. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a Purchase of Services Agreement with Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Incorporated DBA Legal Aid of the Bluegrass to extend the provision of housing stability services through August 31, 2026 at a cost not to exceed $150,000.00 contingent upon approval of a necessary budget amendment. Thank you. Thank you so much. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Councilmember Baxter, seconded by Councilmember Savigny. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Councilmember Reynolds? Yes. Councilmember Savigny? Yes. Councilmember Sheehan? Yes. Vice Mayor Roux? Yes. Councilmember Beasley? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Boone? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Brown? Yes. Councilmember Curtis? Yes. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliot Baxter? Yes. Councilmember Hale? Yes. Councilmember Higgins-Horde? Yes. Councilmember Legree? Yes. Councilmember Lynch? Yes. Councilmember Morton? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you very much. Those all pass. Now it is time for disciplines and we do have police disciplines. Welcome Chief Weathers. Welcome. Hello, Mayor. Hello, Councilmember Russell. I have one discipline to read for you tonight. On September 4th, 2025, an internal formal complaint was made that Officer Brandon Nichols violated General Order 1973 disciplinary procedures of sworn officers, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.15, dissemination or interference with written or electronic information. At the conclusion of the investigation, an employee met with me and has accepted a one-day suspension. On January 30th, 2025, Officer Brandon Nichols accessed information from his mobile data computer for a non-law enforcement purpose. He used the NDC to gather information from a license plate and then provided a first name to a citizen who thought the vehicle was trespassing on their property. The information he accessed was not used against the individual whose information he gathered, nor did any incident occur because of it. But his actions violated policies involving the use of NCIC files. Officer Nichols has been employed with the Police Department since May of 2022 and this is his first formal complaint. Thank you. Councilmember Reynolds moved. Councilmember Baxter seconded. Does anyone have questions for Chief Weathers? Councilmember Morton. Yes, ma'am. And this is merely public transparency. I just have a couple. So I guess, and this is similar to the similar questions I think last time. Is there any system level control or firewalls currently in place or being considered that would technically prevent any officer from accessing footage they have no operational need to see? This doesn't involve any footage. Or any technology information? That they didn't have authorization? Say that again. I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. So basically, is there any system firewalls in place that would not allow access to information that is not needed to be used for their case? So in this case, basically he accessed information that was not needed? Let me see what I can. I have to see what I can say. Okay. And how to actually phrase it. As you know, we have limitations on what we can discuss. Okay. I think sometimes an officer might think there's a criminal nexus, but in reality it's not. So what we do, they have access to vehicle information. So when we discover that it's happened, we bring the officer in, talk to them and offer them training and then proceed with discipline. Okay. Let's see. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Are there other questions for Chief Weathers? All right. All those in favor of approving the discipline, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Thank you very much. Thank you all. All right. That brings us, Council, to announcements. Please log in. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. District 2 neighbors, we have a few things going on this weekend that I would like to remind you about. First, the LexTran is changing the Route 2, which is the Georgetown Road route. And so they're having a couple of community engagement meetings that they've invited the community to, to come and learn about the changes to Route 2 that will be along Georgetown Road. They're having their first community engagement meeting on tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center. And they're having the second one on Monday, November 24th at 1 p.m. at Oasis at Kearney Ridge. I'm excited that they are going to be adding a bus stop out in Kearney Ridge. This is a long time coming, and I'm just thankful for LexTran for us working together on getting this bus stop so that my neighbors out in Kearney will have access to the bus now. So please come out on either Friday, November 21st at 10 a.m. at Black and Williams or on Monday at 1 p.m. at the Oasis at Kearney Ridge to learn about the new bus stop coming to Kearney Ridge. I'm very excited about this update and service on Route 2. Then also on Sunday, the Farm to Faith black soil market will be at Bracktown Church from 12 to 2. Please stop by to shop. And then at 3 p.m. we're having our district-wide tree lighting on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Fire Station 24. Please come out for some good holiday fun, as well as bring a toy for the fire department's tour drive. Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank you very much. Council Member Savigny. Thank you, Mayor. I've got a few pictures. There we go. Okay. We've got some great things happening in District 10 on Sunday, the 30th, which is the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We will kick things off with the tree lighting at Fire Station 20. They're the station that has all the music and all the funky lights on Arrowhead Drive. So that lighting will happen once it's dark. There's going to be some hot cocoa and a chance to meet with Santa. So afterwards, you can continue the holiday celebration and you can go downtown to the downtown tree lighting. Then on Friday, December 5th, we have the other great event in District 10, the Southland tree lighting event, which is always very popular. We've got folks coming from Lexington, the High School Madrigal Singers, and there's musicians. We have some hot cocoa from the co-op. And our own Mayor Gordon will be flipping the switch there for that tree lighting around 6.30. So please join us there. And then lastly, in District 10, the Bluegrass Youth Ballet that same evening, since they do the Nutcracker every year, they're going to have a group over at their studio that's across the street. It's a free way to get into the holiday spirit and celebrate some kids doing parts of their performance. So I hope you can join us there. And then the two firefighter events also will be places where you can support the local firefighters toy program. I appreciate it. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. I want to take a couple of minutes and talk about the only thing that I like better than a zone change hearing. Oh, that's pickleball. We made a council comment video and we've got a short clip, a little teaser version of it here. Hopefully. Hey, it's your vice mayor, Dan. We're here in beautiful Cardinal Run, North Park, and we're here today to talk about pickleball. Pickleball as a sport has been around for decades, but it's only been in recent years where it has just blown up. And we here at the city obviously fully support pickleball. We have so many courts in so many of our parks. And today I'm going to show you a few of the basics of how to play pickleball. So first, let's talk about the court and the equipment. The court itself is about half the size of a tennis court. And it's laid out sort of similarly. The net is a little bit shorter than a tennis net. The ball is essentially a wiffle ball and the paddle kind of a giant ping pong paddle. And like any sport, you want to dress for athletic gear, tennis shoes or these days, pickleball shoes, or you could dress like Mac, I guess. So in recreational play, you play to eleven and you have to win by two. In singles play, one side starts serving. If they score a point, then they continue serving. They have to switch sides to the other side to serve. If the server gets a side out, then the other side starts serving, etc. And you kind of go back and forth until somebody gets to eleven points, win by two. In doubles play, the first server gets to serve one time. And if they keep scoring, they can continue to serve. That side will switch sides. If they get a side out, the other side starts to serve. The server always starts on the right and they have to serve diagonally to that opponent. To serve the ball, you have to hit it from below your waistline. You can't hit it up here and no overhead smashes like in tennis. You can do it one of two ways. You can bounce it and then hit it. Or you can just hit it straight out of your hand. I usually like to point my opposite foot towards my opponent. And you're always going to be serving diagonally like this. So there you go. That was probably the most fun council comment I've ever done. I'll give you a spoiler alert. One of the things that I talk about at the end of that video. Did you all know that Lexington has 62 pickleball courts in our public parks? 62 courts in 14 of our parks. So while the weather isn't super cold yet, I would encourage everybody to go out and get some exercise. Go out and play. Our newest parks that have pickleball are Shillitoe, Pickle Dome, and Cardinal Run North. So, thank you. Thank you, Council Member Morton. Thank you. I've got a couple of photos. All right, we'll start with that. I think this is the most important one anyway. So as we look for meaningful ways to give back this holiday season, I'm excited to share an opportunity for us to make a direct impact on teens right here in Lexington, right from our own Partners for Youth. So Partners for Youth has officially launched the Be an Elf Holiday Initiative, a program created with the support of several council members. So Council Member James Brown, Council Member Amy Beazley is helping out myself, to fill a critical gap for young people ages 13 to 18 who are ineligible for most existing holiday gift programs. These teens are full-time Fayette County public school students whose families are experiencing financial hardships. The magic of the holidays doesn't end when a child becomes a teenager. And with your help, we can ensure that that does not take place. So how can you make a difference? You, your department, your division can become elves by selecting a team and helping fulfill their holiday wish list. To make participation easy and budget-friendly, groups can sign up together, allowing multiple staff members to contribute without strain. So becoming an elf is pretty simple. There's a little flyer. You just hit that link, and I'll also be sending those out via email. So please feel free to share the attached flyer widely with anyone who may want to join. With your support, we can brighten the season for teens who often fall through the cracks of traditional holiday programs. So my challenge is that our council members take part and be elves. I know that several of us have signed up already, and anyone can be an elf as long as you're financially – if you can take it, take the financial. It's about, I think, about $20 to $30, and I encourage all to sign up. There's only 30 kids left that need elves, and I think we can fill that void. So I just encourage all to take part in that. And it's pretty simple. Just hit that QR code. So then moving on, I'll go to that one. So tomorrow, our neighbors at Radcliffe Marlboro are launching – we're launching the Bring Back the Bluegrass kind of a community pilot initiative just to keep folks informed on, one, what that Bring Back the Bluegrass, the mission of it was, and two, the importance of investing in naturalized neighborhood spaces, educating residents, and strengthening community connections. So I encourage anyone that has some time, and that's in your lane, and that's your values, to come on out. And they'll be at 530 tomorrow at Marlboro. So the initial session is just a clean-out, give information about the Bring Back the Bluegrass, and to talk about the spring sessions where we're going to go in and do some investments in that area and make that as beautiful as possible and serve the purpose it was supposed to serve. So that'll be pretty cool. Moving on, just a couple things. I had the opportunity to speak on behalf – with Ms. Maddie Morton of Azzillerati, Inc. at the Marksbury Library where I engage with youth who are transitioning into adulthood. It's meaningful to pour into these young people and encourage them as they prepare for their next chapter, knowing that they are present in our future. And another thing that stuck out was the Aesop Cemetery dedication. I had the honor of attending the Aesop Cemetery dedication, and I'm grateful to see our historic communities honored, preserved, and uplifted for their contribution. And I just wanted to thank – she's out of here, so I'll leave that. She don't get the thank you for that. Thank you. All right, that brings us to public comment for issues not on the agenda. And we do not have anyone signed up, so that concludes our meeting. I'll ask for a motion to adjourn. Council Member Hale, is there a second? Second. Council Member Higgins-Horwitt, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Thank you so much for coming. We are adjourned.