♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's three o'clock, and so I will go ahead and call to order the January 13th, 2026 Urban County Council Work Session. And the first item on the agenda is public comment for issues on the agenda. And it looks like no one has signed up at this time. And then next we go to the docket. And so I'll entertain a motion to approve the docket. Second. Thank you. Are there any additions? Yes, Council Member Boone. Thank you, Mayor. Move to place item number 16-26 under ordinances. First reading in ordinance changing the zone from agricultural AR zone to a medium density residential R4 zone. And a light industrial I1 for 65.69 net, 73.72 gross acres for properties located at 200, 250, 251, and 301 Cane Break Drive on the docket without a public hearing. All right. We have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? All right. All those in favor of that amendment say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket for the January 15th, 2026 council meeting, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Office of Local Programs to provide any additional information requested in connection with this application and to accept this grant if awarded. Which grant funds are in the amount of $4,700,000 in federal funds from the Transportation Alternatives Program TAP for the Town Branch Trail Phase 4 and 5, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditures of $1,175,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer uncumbered funds with a grant budget. Is there a second? Second. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Is there anything else for the budget? I mean for the docket. We're not to the budget yet. Nothing else? All right. All those in favor of approving as amended, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Thank you very much. Next up, Council, we have the December 2, 2025 Council Work Session Motions. Could I have a motion to approve? Motion approved. Second. Council Member Sheehan, seconded by Council Member Curtis. Are there any corrections, additions, anything at all? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Thank you. Next, I would like to entertain a motion to approve the budget amendments. Motion approved. Second. Council Member Whitney, Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Are there any questions, additions? No? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. We do have some budget adjustments for your information only. And then that brings us to new business. And I'll entertain a motion. Motion approved. Second. Council Member Savigny, seconded by Council Member Curtis. Now, please log in with your questions for new business. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Let me do it quicker than I was ready for. Okay. The one I want is do you want us to come back? Yeah, come back. Okay. I'm ready. I'm sorry. Okay. F and G, please. All right. Director Burton, welcome. Hello. Yes, sir. We just had a walk-on, but could you tell us where we stand on this? It's going to be connecting the two and what all is going to happen and what's the timeline here? So what's on the docket today, including the walk-on, is for segments four and five. And that goes from Bazell Drive to just in front of the fire training center. And that gets us all the connection except for three. We're still working on the design for that. The two items, F and G, today are for utility relocations that are in utility easement, so we have to pay for the move. They're not in the public right-of-way. And that will involve Kentucky American's work on Old Frankfort Pike, as well as KU's work over near our treatment center and near New Circle. So that's going to take place, obviously, this spring, with our goal being with the additional TAP funds that the application was walked on today for will allow us to put this out to bid for construction, hopefully as soon as this fall, like with the construction starting next spring for four and five. And then that will be probably a two-season construction project. Can you explain to me what's going to happen on New Circle Road? We're going under New Circle and over the railroad and Town Branch just past that. So as soon as we come inbound from New Circle, we'll have gone under it and then we'll go over the railroad and basically tie into where the old landfill is before we work our way back towards Old Frankfort Pike. Looking forward to it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question for Commissioner Hensley on item C. Thank you, Commissioner. Welcome, Commissioner. This is the I think this is our annual issuance of bonds? Yes. Is that correct? So I'm just going to ask you a few questions. Sure. Just to kind of understand where we are. Since we do have a council resolution on a 10 percent debt level, where does this one put us in again at that? What percentage will we be at with this particular one? Sure. This will bring us to 10.41 percent. And that is taking into account our revenue growth. As you well know, this depends on our revenue growth and then what new bonds are issued. So we're also we'll be bringing on the partial year debt service for this year. Got it. And then how does the how will and could you just remind us again how City Hall, the lease will affect the number now and in the future, I guess, in the future? Sure. The way our debt calculation is written, the way that you all had made that goal, that council had made that goal, the lease payment wouldn't actually be calculated into that 10 percent. However, since it is a capital lease payment, our bonding agency will look at that equivalent to long term debt when they do our analysis. That payment in the way that it's structured right now won't come on fully until probably fiscal year 29 once the construction is complete. And we have a decent amount of debt that is falling off between now and then. So actually, while we are looking at 10.4 percent right now, it's likely that we will be under 9 percent at that point, depending on the issuances between now and then and depending on our revenue growth as well. Thank you very much. Thank you for all your hard work. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Morton. Thank you. And I just had, I guess, a quick question for item B. And it's just, I guess, can you just talk a little bit about just the benefits of this position that it will have for our officers? And I will leave it at that. Welcome. So what this is, is renegotiate or just amending the lease with this facility so that we can have two mental health professionals in the same space. Okay. And can you just speak towards like the benefit that it will have on our officers, just this position in general? About mental health care for officers? Correct. Yeah. So what we have started doing is an in-house mental health professional as part of our Bureau of Training and Wellness for the officers who deal with trauma on a daily basis. But it also deals with family counseling, deals with issues of counseling of after a traumatic incident, after some sort of a work-related event, but it's available for officers and their families. Great. Thank you. I think it's very important. I just wanted to, for public transparency, share what it's like. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anything else for new business? All right. All those in favor of approval, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Thank you. We do have communications from the mayor. First are appointments. Move to approve. Vice Mayor moves approval. Second. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. There are no donations, and there are communications from the mayor for procurements. I'll entertain a motion to approve. Move to approve. Second. Council Member Reynolds. Second by Council Member Curtis. Are there questions? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. This brings us to continuing business and presentations, and first up is social services and public safety, and I'll ask Council Member Reynolds to give that report. Thank you, Mayor. This is about the Social Services and Public Safety Committee from October 14th, 2025. The committee meeting was called to order at 1 or 2 p.m., followed by unanimous approval of the August 26th, 2025 regular and special committee meeting summaries. Next, the committee received a presentation from Roxanne Chaney, Chair of a Caring Place, who reviewed the steps to implement the village model, a community-driven approach to supporting older adults who are aging in place. Lexington is being considered as a village location since the area has a growing senior population with nearly 15% of Fayette County residents age 65 and older. Several Lexington neighborhoods expressed interest in joining the village initiative. Chaney confirmed the feasibility study is expected to be completed by the end of the month. No action was taken on this item. Jeff Heron, Homelessness Prevention Manager, provided the committee with an update on the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention, which was established in 2014 in response to the Mayor's Commission on Homelessness. While the office does not provide direct support services, its responsibilities include coordinating homelessness services, managing encampment removal, preparing annual updates, and conducting strategic planning. In 2025, the homeless encampment response included 22 cleanups at 19 locations, at a total cost approximating $65,500. The office is nearing the end of its five year strategic plan, with 36 of 55 recommendations completed. No action was taken on this item. And finally, Michael Cravens, Managing Attorney in the Law Department, provided a summary of proposed amendments to the revised draft ordinance for recovery residents, also known as sober living homes. This item was reported out at the work session on October 21, 2025. The meeting adjourned at 2.56 PM, and that concludes my report out. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Are there any questions for Council Member Reynolds? All right, thank you very much. Next up is the Medical Debt Relief presentation, which will be by Victoria Cruz-Folk. Welcome. Thank you, Mayor. Good afternoon, Council Members. As you know, my name is Victoria Cruz-Folk. I serve as Legislative Aid to Vice Mayor Dan Wu, and today I will be giving you all an update on the Medical Debt Relief Initiative. And for public transparency, I've included a brief timeline of how we got to today's presentation. Medical Debt Relief was an item that Vice Mayor Wu placed into committee in September 2023. The following year, Undue Medical Debt gave two presentations, one to community partners and stakeholders in June, and another to the Budget Finance and Economic Development Committee in August. During fund balance conversations in October 2024, the council unanimously approved a $1 million allotment to medical debt relief from interest earned from American Rescue Plan Act funds. The contract came before council at the May 27th work session where Council Member Ellinger made an amendment to include a six month update to a work session. In June, the contract was unanimously approved by the council. This is a three year contract administered by the Chief Administrative Officer and her staff. Thank you to Jennifer Sutton for all of your work on this, and much thanks to Council Member Ellinger for giving us the opportunity to update you all on this work today. Undue Medical Debt is a 501c3 national non-profit that acquires and abolishes medical debt for people burdened by financial hardship. The city of Lexington is partnering with Undue Medical Debt to acquire and abolish medical debt from local healthcare systems, hospitals, and the secondary market. Lexington is the 24th city in the country to partner with Undue Medical Debt. Some other jurisdictions include Orange County, Florida, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Through this partnership, Undue Medical Debt will negotiate with providers in Fayette County to purchase in bulk and abolish outstanding medical debt for qualified Fayette County residents. On average, $1 relieves more than $100 of face value medical debt. To be eligible, residents must be residents of Lexington, Fayette County, and either have income between 0 to 400% of the federal poverty guidelines or have medical debt representing 5% or more of their annual household income. This eligibility is determined by Undue Medical Debt. I would like to note that when Undue Medical Debt negotiates with a provider and purchases debt for pennies on the dollar, they may purchase a file that includes non-Lexington residents and use private donations to abolish the debt for those residents outside of Fayette County. Again, any debt abolishment using LFUCG funds only benefits Lexington, Fayette County residents. In this program, approximately 66% of the total budget is used to purchase medical debt directly. However, purchasing the debt is only one part of the process. To permanently eliminate medical debt and notify residents, Undue Medical Debt must also purchase and analyze data to identify which residents qualify for relief, obtain updated address data and pay for printing and mailing thousands of letters. Maintain secure technology systems and cyber security protections to meet HIPAA requirements. Conduct legal review and contracting with hospitals and health systems. And dedicate staff time exclusively to qualifying debt, processing files, and reporting to the city. These are required program costs, not optional overhead. They ensure that the debt is legally abolished, cannot be resold, and that residents are properly notified. Even with these necessary costs, the program delivers an unprecedented return on investment. On average, every $1 spent eliminates more than $100 in medical debt for residents. Undue Medical Debt follows federal guidance and applies a 15% indirect cost rate to cover basic organizational needs such as office infrastructure, administrative support, compliance, and oversight. This equates to about 13% of the overall budget. On November 18th, 2025, the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Council announced that the first debt abolishment relieved $12.6 million in medical debt and benefited 6,484 residents. The first round of debt abolished is from one hospital system who has opted to remain unnamed. The total size of the file undue medical debt purchased from this provider impacts just over 60,000 people. Totaling $127.6 million in medical debt. They're still working to secure donations to fund the non-Lexington resident portions of the file and cannot disclose any current or future private donors. On the next two slides, you'll see the demographic breakdown of the first medical debt abolishment for Lexington, Kentucky. Council members, please note that you also have this information available to you in the program update from Undue Medical Debt, and you should also have the FAQ sheet from them. You can see here the first abolishment broken down by age, race, income, federal poverty level, household size, gender, and insurance. Some items of note, 68% are between ages 31 and 60. 52% are white, 10% African American, 37% unknown. 82% of impacted individuals make between zero and $50,000, which is below Lexington's area median income, which is just over $67,000. All but 178 of the impacted individuals are at or below 300% of the federal poverty level. More women owe than men, but men owe more on average. 82% of individuals live in single person households, and about one-third of impacted individuals are uninsured or unknown insurance status. This chart shows the cumulative grant expense summary through September 30th, 2025. As of this first abolishment, we have expended $90,254.49 and relieved over $12.6 million, which is about a 140 to 1 ratio. To combat the stigma of medical debt, undue medical debt is committed to centering the voices and stories of real patients. The following testimonials are from six Fayette County residents that benefited from this relief and have consented to share their stories publicly. You'll notice that the amount abolished ranges widely, and hear from Lexington residents how great an impact even $273 of relief can have. Elizabeth R, amount abolished $7,777. I can't even begin to describe the relief I feel to know that some of my medical debt was paid. That's debt that I don't have to stress about paying. As a mom of three, this honestly was the best gift I could have gotten. CL, amount abolished $6,336. This has been a blessing for me, because I have a lot of medical bills and student loans. This has taken some stress off of me. I just want to say thanks to everyone who was involved in this amazing project. I know this will help a lot of other people like me. Thank you. May God bless all the good this work is helping people with and the people who donate to this program. Anonymous, amount abolished $273. I'm sharing my story because medical debt can happen to anyone, even when you're doing everything you can to rebuild your life. After leaving an abusive marriage, I was already starting over from scratch, emotionally, physically, and financially. The medical bills that followed came at a time when I was simply trying to survive and regain stability. Between those unexpected costs and the fallout from years of hardship, I ultimately had to file bankruptcy. It wasn't because I was irresponsible. It was because the weight of those bills made it impossible to keep up, especially while rebuilding my work, home, and sense of security. The support I received from undue medical debt lifted a burden I had carried for a long time. These weren't old debts from the marriage. These bills came after the divorce, during the stage where I was trying to move forward. Having them forgiven has given me room to breathe and the space to keep rebuilding stronger than before. I'm grateful and I hope that by sharing my experience, others can understand how medical debt impacts real people. People who are doing their best to heal, recover, and start again. WF, amount abolished $38,252. I was diagnosed with kidney cancer when these debts accumulated. This is such an amazing blessing and I'm in remission now. This program lets my wife breathe a little easier, knowing the debt is now forgiven. I cannot thank you enough for relieving this huge stress. Anonymous, amount abolished $2,217. I'm very grateful for this debt being erased. I got very sick a month before COVID, which landed me in the ER. I'm happy to see this debt go away, as I was never going to be able to pay it. And finally, Jeremy, amount abolished $881. Because of you, one major source of stress has been lifted from my shoulders. Clearing my past medical debt has given my family room to breathe. It has allowed me to focus on paying down the bills from my wife's complicated pregnancy and our son's NICU stay, instead of drowning in fear over how we would ever catch up. You didn't just erase numbers on a page, you gave us relief, hope, and the chance to move forward without feeling buried. That concludes my presentation. I'll take any questions you all have, and ask Vice Mayor Wood to jump in as needed. Thank you very much. Please log in with your questions. Council Member Boone. Thank you, Mayor. Do we know the breakdown of how, I guess, each district is, kind of, counts for the people helped out? We don't have the numbers for council districts, but we do have zip code. I can share that with you all, and I would recommend that after this work has concluded, that we work with Undue Medical Debt and the GIS Department to create a map of the zip codes that, and the number of individuals, the amount abolished by zip code, overlaid with council districts. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. All right, thank you, Council Member Lynch. I'm sorry, I missed Council Member Hale. Excuse me. Thank you, Mayor, and thank you for the presentation. I just got a couple of questions. Do we know what the average debt that was abolished per person, and what was the largest amount of medical debt that was abolished? Thank you for that question, Council Member. The average debt abolishment per person was $1,949, so just about two grand. And the largest amount abolished for one individual was $230,000. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Ms. Cruz-Falk, for your presentation. The details are great. This is the information I was hoping to hear, so this is great. Will we receive an update like this every time that there's some debt abolished? I think that is up to you all. I do have a recommendation. We get quarterly reports in quarters in which there was a debt abolishment. And so, if you all think it makes sense, we could do them at quarterly reports or quarterly CALs. We could also do them in budget finance and economic development committees. I think that's entirely up to you all. Yeah, I would like to continue to get updates about how things are going. Vice Mayor, if you would do that at CALs or however you think is appropriate, it would be great to continue to get updates. I think that's it. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Sheehan. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation, and thank you, Vice Mayor Wu, for leading on this. I was a supporter of this when it came to council. And for the testimonies that you're seeing right there, I think medical debt and debt in general really weighs on people, and it doesn't just affect their mental health. Then it feeds back into their physical health, the stress of that feeds into their physical health. So then it kind of starts this cycle all over again. So I think we, some of my constituents would ask me, like have asked me about the program and is this an efficient use of taxpayer funds. And when you look on the return on investment that we're getting and the just sheer amount of relief that has happened already even as we're getting started, I think the answer is yes. So thank you to everyone who has supported this and to Vice Mayor Wu again for bringing this to us. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Curtis. Thank you, Ms. Cruz-Falk, for your presentation and Vice Mayor Wu for the initiative that you've taken on this project. I just wanted to state again my appreciation for what this program has done, what it continues to do, and the transparency you all have shown in executing it. This is one of the rare opportunities that we have around this horseshoe to do something that can directly and tangibly improve people's outlook on a day-to-day basis within the city of Lexington. So often what we are doing up here is hindered or limited by state and federal legislation and we have to find different ways to creatively maneuver through that maze. And I think what you all have done here is genuinely impressive. You've done it in a way that has been not only impactful but has been transparent, has been to the point. And I'm just deeply appreciative and so I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you and to say that I'm excited to continue seeing what this program does for the citizens here in Fayette County. Thank you so much. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Tori, for all your work on this. And thank you to CAO's office and Jennifer Sutton for helping us administer this. Thank you, Council Member Ellinger, for giving us this opportunity to talk about this work. I think it's been eye-opening for me when I first got the reports of not just the amount of relief that we were able to do. And the folks that we affected, the demographics were very interesting and enlightening to me. And those testimonials ultimately make us, I think, remember that these are not just a bunch of statistics and numbers, that these are actually real folks. And to some of us, a couple hundred dollars may not feel like a lot. But for some of these families, it's a huge impact and a huge relief that they're receiving. So I want to again thank my fellow council members for your continued unwavering support. And I look forward to sharing our ongoing success with this program. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Tori, for this update. I did request it. I was kind of hoping that Undo Medical might be able to come too, just to, I'm trying to understand the process. Could you go through what they do, how they go about contacting the hospitals, how they go about doing what they do, just so I know the exact process, how it is, just because I'm trying to get it in my head. And then at the end, would any of these individuals ever had to pay anything, or had that been taken off the books of their requirement with the hospitals? Had they written that off as bad debt and it would never have been, ever had to be paid? Or, that's what I'm trying to figure out. So, I don't know, because the provider that they have worked with for this first abolishment has opted to be unnamed. I don't know if it's a debt collector or a hospital system, but Undo Medical does the negotiating for us. And so they reach out to hospitals, healthcare systems, and they buy that debt for pennies on the dollar. And part of what I think the conversation about the cost of this program is, there's your typical overhead that you see with any non-profit. And then also, everything I listed on, if we can pull it up, slide five, which is page 76 in your packets, of searching through the qualifying debt. I know a council member had a question if deceased individuals would also benefit from this. All of that research that they're doing on the front end is to make sure that this debt is going to qualified individuals. And so they have to, then also by the, can I have it back now? Go ahead. Thank you. They have to obtain updated address data and so that they can pay for printing to send all of the mail to impacted individuals so it goes to who it's supposed to go to. There we go. And also conducting the legal reviews and executing contracts with hospital systems and dedicating all of the staff time to do the reporting that Undo Medical Debt, while they are not physically here present today, a lot of the information is from that staff time that they are dedicating to making sure that their government partners have transparent information. I guess my question, would any of the individuals that we are taking their, they're eliminating their medical debt, would they have to ever had paid that or had that already been written off? Or was that still outstanding? It was still outstanding debt. So it hadn't been written off on the hospitals? If it was sent to a hospital system can sell their uncollected debt to a collections agency. And at that point, it's written off from the hospital's mind, but the debt collectors are still reaching out to residents and hounding them for that debt. And so at this point, the letter that people received shows that this debt has been abolished and is paid in full. So they've contacted the debt collectors besides the hospitals and had the debt collectors to then write that off too on pennies on the dollar too? If they're working with debt collectors. If they're working with hospitals directly, they take the information that the hospitals have as far as outstanding debt. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Does anyone else have another question? All right, thank you very much for your presentation. Thank you, Mayor. All right, it's time for council reports. Council Member Savigny. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a quick clarification for our clerk. I need to recuse on the board and commission vote for the library board since my wife is on that. Thank you. That's all, Mayor. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Council Member Beasley. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place the meet and confer between the Lexington Urban County Government and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Worker Employees ASPE 64468 into the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee for review and consideration, including terms related to workforce conditions and operation impacts. So moved. Second. Who was first? Okay. Council Member Morton. Council Member Morton seconded. He, although he wasn't quite as loud. Thank you. Is there any question about the motion? Council Member Reynolds. Could you elaborate a little bit, Council Member, on what this is going to look at? Yes, ma'am. Part of it's going to be we're going to look at the legality of whether we can even have a collective bargaining agreement with this body, as well as their working conditions, and the entire meet and confer. Okay, thank you. Does that answer your question? Sorry. I think so. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Okay, any other questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Morton. Thank you. I also have two things for the committee. But the first, I'll give a little information. So, early this year, concerns were raised from some Johnson Avenue neighbors regarding lack of adequate restoration after some utility work. So, following a site visit and some great work within our engineering department to come up with some solutions, it became clear that our current code of ordinances does not require documentation of conditions before and after utility work in the right of way. Initiating this update will help protect public infrastructure, improve restoration outcomes, and create clear expectations for utilities working in our neighborhoods. So, I'll make a motion to put 17C, Code of Ordinance, right away into the Environmental Quality Public Works Committee. So moved. Second. Council Member Beasley seconds that. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. And then the next, so the Housing Rehabilitation Program continues to serve as an important resource for our community. I'll be working with the administration to tighten up some internal policies and make the program as effective as possible. So, I'll make a motion to place the Housing Rehabilitation Program into the BFED Committee. So moved. Second. Council Member Beasley seconds. Are there questions? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that passes. And then, I just have a couple quick updates. So, first I want to give my gratitude and thanks to my former aide, Sarah Brown. She is truly a gem, has truly been a gem in my office for the last year. She's moving on to bigger and better things, and doing what her passions are. So, we have a new aide, and her name is Jayden Norris, and she has a strong background in public service, a strong background in mental health, community service, all those things. So, I just want to give a shout out to Jayden, which is she's going to be pretty much spearheading constituent services within our office. So, if you need anything, you contact 311 Tyler Morton, or you can reach out to our office at 859-280-8254. Or jaydennorris at lexingtonky.gov, and she'll help you out. And then, lastly, I just wanted to give a thanks to all the neighborhood associations, all the community partners, community organizations, over the break for hosting so many community events, toy drives, food drives, all those great things. It truly represented community, and I had a great time attending a lot of those events. And it truly shows that we are brothers keepers, we are sisters keepers here in Lexington. So, I just want to give gratitude to all the folks that helped our seniors, helped our youth throughout the holiday season, and thank you. Thank you. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor, and Happy New Year. Happy New Year, everyone. I have a few announcements. Just a reminder to the whole community that the Lexington History Museum, in partnership with the League of Women Voters, are sponsoring Her Story, Stand With Her Story. You can submit and nominate women that have done dynamic things here in the community, whether behind the scenes or out in public. And Her Story will be, if selected, Her Story will be archived in the History Museum forever. So, please nominate your favorite woman, Lexington woman, for this incredible honor, and the deadline is January the 31st. Second, there's going to be a laptop giveaway, Laptops for Learning Program is the name of the program. And that will be in partnership with an online class to teach folks. Before you get the laptop, you have to go through a short class happening January 21st and 22nd at the Black and Women's Neighborhood Center. So please, neighbors, come out and learn how to use these laptops and all the amazing technology, and then you'll be able to take it home with you. So this is an awesome program that is being offered, and so please come out January 21st or 22nd and get your free laptop and take your free online learning class as well. Also, I'd just like to remind everybody that our Clean Slate Clinic is coming, our expungement clinic is coming up in February. It will be February 19th from 1pm to 4pm at the Davis Park Workforce Center. And then lastly, the Lift Conference that is hosted by the Urban League here in Lexington will be happening on March 7th from 8.30am to 1pm in the 2nd District at the Success and STEAM Academy on Georgetown Road. This conference is a youth conference. It is free and available to all youth K through 12 as well. There's also classes for parents. This conference is very important to me because I was on the planning committee for the very first Lift Conference many, many, many years ago. And it's been still thriving and meeting needs and empowering our students and our families throughout Fayette County, so please come out. You can register online, and the event, again, is Saturday, March 7th, 8.30am to 1pm at the STEAM Success Academy in the 2nd District. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Hale. Thank you, Mayor. Well, I had a great time this past Friday serving as a judge for the Panther Shake Society networking event at Edith J. Hayes Middle School. I actually learned that this type of event, they go global, actually, for this event. So it's an actual global competition. The Panther Shake Society is a wonderful program that helps students master real world professional skills, from confidence and leadership presence to the perfect handshake. To say I was impressed would be an understatement. These students were so polished that, look, they taught me a couple of things. But thank you so much to Edith J. Hayes for the invitation to participate. I truly loved encouraging these bright young leaders and look forward to more opportunities to support them in the future. So I just wanted to thank you and also I want to say we're going to continue our quarterly district wide meeting. So look forward to those. We have one actually coming up real soon. So that's going to be, that date will be determined in time. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. Are you back on, Council Member Lynch? Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Last but certainly not least, I would like to extend a wonderful warm Founder's Day to my sororities of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. Today we are celebrating our 113th Founder's Day. We have been serving not only this community, but around the United States and around the globe for 113 years. So happy Founder's Day to all my sororities of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and we have some of those sitting right here in the council chamber. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Vice Mayor Wood. Thank you, Mayor. Those tuning in and if you haven't been reading newspaper articles, you may see that we have an empty seat at our horseshoe. And I just wanted to give a quick shout out to former council member Hannah LaGrie, who is still with LFUCG, working in a different capacity. But in my three years of working with her, I just want to say I've really appreciated her dedication to her district, her thoughtfulness, and her willingness to put in work. I think for members of the public, a lot of times what you see of what you think of as our work is us here listening to things, talking about things, asking questions, making decisions. There's so much more to what we do on the policy side, especially that people don't get to see that take a lot of meetings, a lot of research, a lot of writing, a lot of negotiating, a lot of politicking. And she was always willing to put in that hard work and stand on her principles. So she will be missed, both for her experience and her thoughtfulness, and how well she represented her district. Thank you. Very well said. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. I want to congratulate our city. We were just recognized by a national magazine as the eighth best small city, but number one friendliest city, so keep being friendly out there, people, and doing a good job. Thank you. Thank you. Any other council reports? All right. This brings us to public comment for issues not on the agenda, and we don't have anyone signed up. So that brings us to adjournment. Is there a motion? Second. Council Member Savigne, seconded by Council Member Beasley. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All right, we are adjourned. Thank you for being here.