so so Welcome, everyone. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the Lexington Fayette-Urban County Council's council meeting, and it's January 22, 2026. And the first item of business is our roll call. Councilmember Beasley. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Boone. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Brown. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Curtis. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Ellinger. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliot Baxter. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Hale. Councilmember Higgins-Hoard. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Lynch. Present. Councilmember Morton. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Reynolds. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Savigny. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Sheehan. Yes, ma'am. Vice-Mayor Wu. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. All right. Thank you. We have a quorum. At this time, I'd like to welcome Father Mark Bentley, who is the Vocations Director at the Catholic Diocese of Lexington, who's going to give our invocation. Welcome. Thank you. Let us pray. God of justice, as we continue to reflect on the prophetic example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we ask that the same spirit that moved him to advocate for civil rights and human dignity might guide the deliberations and decisions of this council and the work of all who serve the people of this city. Grant to this council wisdom, patience, and prudence in the decisions they are called to make this evening and may their work be ordered toward the common good and the dignity of every person in this community. For the good work already done, we give you thanks. For the work that remains before us, we ask your help. In a particular way, we ask your protection for all who will be affected by the incoming winter storm, confident that this council can be an instrument of care, prudence, and concern for the most vulnerable among us. Trusting in the wisdom that calls us to justice and compassion, we say amen. Thank you so much. At this time, council, we have the January 15th, 2026 minutes. I'll entertain a motion. Councilmember Savigny moves. Councilmember Hale seconded. Are there any corrections, additions, anything at all? All right. All those in favor of approval, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Thank you. Now we have two presentations. At this time, I would like to invite the Chair of the Board of Trustees Coach Caleb Joy, and the members of the Lafayette High School Boys Cross Country Team to join me at the podium. I think they're all outside. You saw them here last year. This is a great two years in a row deal. Thank you. I would like to invite the Chair of the Board of Trustees Coach Caleb Joy to join me at the podium. Come on. All right. We want to welcome the team and the coach. We're so glad you're joining us once again. The Lafayette High School Boys Cross Country Team has once again made Lexington proud. They are the KHSAA Class 3A Boys Cross Country State Champs. This marks the second year in a row the team has secured this championship. Several individual team members received all-state honors and ranked nationally. We congratulate each and every one of you. Now I have a proclamation I'd like to read, and then I'll ask Coach Joy if he'd like to say a few words. Here's how it goes. Whereas the Lafayette High School Boys Cross Country Team won the 2025 KHSAA Boys Cross Country State Championship at the 2025 state meet, and whereas the Generals have won back-to-back Kentucky Boys Class 3A Cross Country State Championships, and whereas 2025 marked the fifth consecutive year that the team was named KHSAA's sixth region Class 3A champions, and whereas Head Coach Caleb Joy was named the Kentucky Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year for the second year in a row, and whereas we congratulate team members on their remarkable success and wish them the best of luck. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare January 22, 2026, Lafayette High School Boys Cross Country Team Day. Congratulations. All right, we're going to hear from their coach who has a secret to his success. I wish. I just have incredibly talented kids. These are some of the best athletes in the state. We have the best duo in state history with Xavier Richardson and Van Wymer. Xavier ran 1444 for the 5K this year, and Van Wymer ran 1448 in the 5K this year. Our top five runners this year were all state, and they all finished in the top 20. Statistically, they were a huge underdog going into state meet. Again, same position that they were in last year as well. They continue to prove making the impossible possible. This group of guys has been really close together for the thick and thin from last year, from losing to key seniors to returning. A lot of key role players for us this year. We had one individual, Xavier Richardson, who broke the state course record as well while getting individual runner up. He's the fourth Kentuckian of all time to be able to go and run at Nike Cross Nationals out in Portland this year. We are incredibly proud of this team. Statistically, their performance on the state meet was the fastest average in Kentucky state history, confirming the fact that they are the best team in Kentucky state history. I couldn't be more proud to be their coach. All right. At this time, I would invite Renee Collins Cobb, Warren Cobb, and Council Member Jennifer Reynolds to join me at the podium. We are really privileged tonight to have a couple who are doing their part in our city's diversity. We're honoring the recipients of the Josie Music Awards. The Josie Music Awards honor independent artistry across all genres. The theme of the Josie Music Awards is Chase Your Dreams, Be Part of Something Big. Late last year, a total of 14 Kentuckians won these awards on the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville, and four of the 14 are from Lexington. Tonight, we're joined by two of those recipients, Renee and Warren Cobb, the co-hosts of the Overtone's Live Radio Show, which has aired on MediaLex for the last nine years. Renee and Warren, we congratulate both of you. That's awesome. I have a special recognition I'd like to read for each of you. It's not often we have a couple here to be recognized. This is Warren Cobb Day. I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, in celebration of Warren Cobb, executive producer and host of the radio show Overtone's Lex, and winner of the 2025 Josie Music Awards Radio Show of the Year, do hereby declare January 22, 2025, Warren Cobb Day in Lexington. Congratulations. Yes. Yes. Now, this is Renee Collins Cobb Day. I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, in celebration of Renee Collins Cobb, executive producer and host of the radio show Overtone's Lex, the winner of the 2025 Josie Music Awards Radio Show of the Year, do hereby declare January 22, 2026, Renee Collins Cobb Day in Lexington. Congratulations to both of you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Now, would one of you like to speak? He always points it in my direction. Okay. Renee's going to say a few words. We want to thank Councilperson Jennifer Reynolds and all of you for recognizing the 14 Kentuckians, and more specifically, the four Lexingtonians who did such a fantastic job in the year 2025 to be recognized on the Grand Ole Opry stage and really representing their art and their music that they've worked on so hard, especially since the year since pandemic. So they've had to really work hard to overcome a lot of circumstances with their ability to be even able to perform out in public. So we are so grateful for this honor, and I'll just accept it for the other two Lexingtonians, which is Dr. Tedrin Blair-Lindsay and Chase Bush as well. Thank you all so much. Thank you. And now I'd like to invite Councilmember Reynolds to say a few words. Thank you, Mayor. I have had the privilege of knowing Renee for a little while in different projects, in the Ricochet Project, and she is really a treasure. And these are my constituents, but they're making just big news. I don't think people realize that the Josie Awards are actually a really big deal, and it's amazing that we have four people from Lexington that got those awards this past year at the end of the year. But I can truly say that the work that they do in the community beyond their music, both at Media Lex and in the community, is amazing. And I can say that Renee is one of those women that just is a cheerleader and encourages other women. And I've been so honored to know you and your all's work. And so congratulations and thank you for the wave that you make, not only on radio waves, but in your music and in your community outreach. Thank you. Alright, thank you guys. Alright, now it is time for public comment for issues on the agenda. And it looks like we do not have anyone signed up tonight. So that brings us to second reading of ordinances when you're ready. Item 1, an ordinance changing the zone from an agricultural rural AR zone to a medium density residential R4 zone and a light industrial I-1 zone for 65.69 net, 73.72 gross acres for property located at 200, 201, 250, 251, and 301 Cane Break Drive, Scotty Basler Council District 12. Item 2, an ordinance amending some of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, FY 2026, Schedule No. 21. Item 3, an ordinance of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government authorized the issuance of its various purpose general obligation bonds, Series 2026A and one or more sub-series in an aggregate principal amount of $18,040,000, which may be increased by an amount up to 10% or decreased by an unlimited amount. Approving a form of Series 2026A bonds, authorizing designated officers to execute and deliver the Series 2026A bond, authorizing and directing the filing of notice with the state local debt officer providing for the payment and security of the Series 2026A bonds, maintaining a sinking fund, creating a bond payment fund with the Series 2026A bonds, authorized acceptance of the bids of the bond purchaser of the Series 2026A bonds, and repealing inconsistent ordinances. Item 4, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing six classified positions of refuse and recycling collector, formerly Resource Recovery Operator Grade 518, and in creating six classified positions of refuse and recycling worker senior, formerly public service worker senior, Grade 510N, and all in the division of waste management effective upon passage of council. Item 5, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified position of recreation special senior grade 516 and in creating one classified position of recreation special senior grade 516N on the division of parks and recreation effective upon passage of council, item 6, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing SEPP manager grade 521 and in the division of emergency management effective upon passage of council, item 8, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified position of accountant, grade 518N and including one classified position of accountant. Grade 518N, all in the division of grants and special programs effective upon passage of council, item nine, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified position of code enforcement officer, grade 517N and including one classified position of code enforcement officer senior, grade 518N on the division of code enforcement effective upon passage of council. Item ten, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified position of ERP analyst, grade 522E and creating one classified position of ERP senior analyst, grade 525E on the division of enterprise solutions effective upon passage of council. And item 11, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one classified position of behavioral health and wellness coordinator, grade 523E in the division of police effective upon passage of council. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Now, are there any, is there a motion to approve? Motion approved. All right. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote. Councilmember Beasley? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Boone? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Brown? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliott-Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Hale? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Higgins-Horde? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Lynch? Yes. Councilmember Morton? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Councilmember Reynolds? Yes. Councilmember Savicny? Yes. Councilmember Sheehan? Yes. And Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. And now it's time for first reading of ordinances. Item 12, an ordinance changing the zone from a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone to a medium density residential R4 zone. For 0.585 net, 0.793 gross acreage appropriately located at 401 Woodland Avenue, Anderson Midtown Apartments, LLC, Council District 3. Item 13, an ordinance changing the zone from a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone to a corridor business B3 zone for 0.658 net, 0.885 gross acreage appropriately located at 2788 Ruby River Drive, a portion of Anderson Village at Great Acres, Council District 2. Item 14, an ordinance amending some of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating repurposing funds, FY 2026, schedule number 22. And item 15, an ordinance amending the Lexington Fair Urban County Government Code of Ordinances as follows. Amending chapter 20, creating section A, relating to preservation and urban growth management, adopting sections relating to intent, definitions, applicability, and general requirements applicable to the preservation and growth management plan, all effective upon passage of council. Thank you. All right, thank you. Are there any walk-ons, council members? Any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? All right, I see none, so that brings us to second reading of resolutions. Item one, a resolution extended a bit of Duke's Root Control Incorporated in the amount of $172,600 for the flow monitoring for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Duke's Root Control Incorporated related to the bid. Item two, a resolution extended a bit of a Shunar Concrete and Construction in the amount of $522,422 for the Constitution Park Concessions and Restroom Building for the Division of Parks and Recreation. And authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Shunar Concrete and Construction related to the bid. Item three, a resolution extended a bit of Elaine Allen LLC in the amount of $216,700 for the Whitney Young Community Building renovation for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Elaine Allen LLC related to the bid. Item four, a resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Teresh and Old Revenue Compliance Auditor, grade 521N, 30.165 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective October 21, 2025. Elaine Gilliam, Environmental Enforcement Specialist, grade 518N, 30.141 hourly in the Division of Environmental Services, effective November 26, 2025, Adeel Azeem, Environmental Program Manager, grade 522E, 2,683.12 biweekly Division of Environmental Services, effective December 23, 2025. Cui Shelby, Environmental Enforcement Specialist, grade 518N, 31.207 hourly in the Division of Environmental Services, effective November 26, 2025, Richard Jones, Attorney, grade 526E, 2,988.24 biweekly in the Department of Law, effective December 23, 2025, Kurt Buderbar, Emergency Planning Coordinator, grade 516E, 2,307.76 biweekly in the Division of Emergency Management, effective January 7, 2026. Joy Himmelsbach, Radio Electronics Specialist, grade 517N, 25.065 hourly in the Division of Fire, effective December 16, 2025, David Malk, Facilities Manager, grade 526N, 36.597 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective January 14, 2026, Callie Dickman, Recreation Supervisor, grade 514N, 22.279 hourly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective November 5, 2025, item five. A resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf of the county government to execute a quick claim deed and any other documents necessary to subdivide and transfer surplus tracts located adjacent to the property at 4046 Ashgrove Road and 4050 Ashgrove Road, Nicholsville, Kentucky to the abutting property owners at a cost not to exceed $100, item six. A resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf of the county government to execute a second amendment to the lease agreement with Richfield Investments LLC for approximately 1,836 square feet of office space located at 4671 Tate's Creek Center Drive at no additional cost in fiscal year 2026 with annual rent increases subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years, item seven. A resolution of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government authorizing the advertisement for bids and the distribution of a preliminary official statement for the purchase of the principal amounts of its one various purpose general obligation bond series 2026A in an aggregate principal amount of $18,040,000, which may be increased by an amount up to 10% or decreased by an unlimited amount, item eight. A resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf of the county government to execute a professional services agreement or pursuant to RFP number 43-2025 with the facilities commissioning group for commissioning services for the Division of Water Quality Facilities Renovation for the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works at a cost not to exceed $46,740, item nine. A resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf of the county government to execute any and all documentation necessary for the reallocation of awarded Kentucky Cleaner Water Grant funding, ARPA. Reallocating excess project funds from completed grant projects to grant projects not otherwise fully funded and further authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the grant budget, item ten. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and behalf of the county government to execute amendment number five to the agreement with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in order to alter the scope of town branch trail, phase five to transfer the remaining funding from phase four to phase five and to accept additional federal funds in the amount of $810,000 for the utility phase of the town branch trail project phase five, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $162,000 and authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the grant budget, item 11. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute agreements with the Kentucky American Water and Kentucky Utilities for the relocation of utilities for the town branch trail phase four and five project at a cost estimated not to collectively exceed $768,475, item 12. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Urban County Government to execute professional services agreement with Christian Beers, Kayla Keeping, Marina Beasley, Megan Maxim, Angela Wallace, and Larissa Huey to serve as sexual assault nurse examiners to provide on-call forensic examinations and services under the sexual assault nurse examiner program in 2026 at a cost not to exceed $96,667, item 13. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a professional services agreement in order of pursuant to RFP number 33-2025 with Pathmaster Incorporated for traffic signal timing and optimization along Tate Creek Road for the Division of Traffic Engineering at a cost not to exceed $161,500, item 14. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to accept an award of $10,000 from the Jesmond County Fiscal Court for the support of planning activities and operating costs related to the Office of the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, NPO, for Jesmond County located within the division of planning, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to the expenditure funds. Authorizing the mayor to execute any necessary agreements related to this grant and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccounted funds within the grant budget, item 15. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with REACH Incorporated under the Home Investment Partnership Program, extending the period of performance through December 31, 2026 at new cost to the urban county government, item 16. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a professional services agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 44-2025 with Calhoun Construction Services Incorporated for the installation of a roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system on police sector east at a cost not to exceed $56,067, item 17. A resolution approving the granting of an inducement to NEOGEN Corporation for its successor or affiliate pursuant to Kentucky Business Investment Act KRS subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington Urban County Government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fee for the term of no longer than ten years from the activation date subject to the limitations contained in the act. Any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the urban county government related to the project and taking other related action, item 18. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the county government to accept grant funds in the amount of $161,050.22 from the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet for the continuation of the litter abatement grant funding program in Fayette County for calendar year 2026. The acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccompanied funds within the grant budget, item 19. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute certificates of consideration and other documents and to accept deeds for property interest needed for the Southview Drive storm water improvement project for the division of water quality at a cost of up to $2,500, item 20. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to enter into an agreement with Health First, Blue Grass Incorporated, authorizing the use and disclosure of protected health information consistent with HIPAA regulations at no cost to the urban county government in item 21. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement in order pursuant to RFP number 46-2025 with Davis H. Elliott Construction Company Incorporated for underground utility locating services for the division of traffic engineering at a cost not to exceed $150,000. Thank you. All right, thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Council Member Baxter, seconded by Council Member Curtis. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Council Member Beasley? Cues on number two, yes to the rest. Okay, thank you. Council Member Boone? Council Member Brown? Yes. Council Member Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Elliot Baxter? Council Member Hale? Council Member Higgins-Horde? Council Member Lynch? Yes. Council Member Morton? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savigny? Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Thank you. All right, thank you. Those items all pass. And now we're ready for first reading of resolutions. Item 22, a resolution to modify the permanent classified civil service appointments of LeAngela Drake, accounts payable manager, grade 524E, 2,933.52 bi-weekly in the division of accounting. Effective January 14, 2026, Jessica McClung, revenue compliance analyst, grade 518N, 28.114 hourly in the division of revenue. Effective December 30, 2025, Sherita Jackson, staff assistant, grade 509N, 18.364 hourly in the division of revenue. Effective December 23, 2025, Nathan Diaz, mailroom clerk, grade 510N, 18.816 hourly in the Department of General Services. Effective January 14, 2026, Kyle Coyd, vehicle and equipment technician principal, grade 521N, 32.093 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management. Effective January 28, 2026, item 23. A resolution expressing the support for the work of CivicLEX in organizing a Lexington Civic Assembly for the purpose of examining the urban county government charter, affirming the intent of the Lexington Fair Urban County Council to collaborate with CivicLEX and the Lexington Civic Assembly on public engagement efforts to elicit diverse and inclusive perspective regarding same and committing to receive and to consider recommendations from the Lexington Civic Assembly relating to the urban county government charter upon a presentation made to the council general government and planning committee, item 24. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a participating addendum, cooperative purchasing master agreement with Safari Land LLC through NASPO Value Point, establishing a price contract for the purchase of body armor and ballistic resistant products, and further authorizing the director of procurement or his designee to execute any other necessary documents related to the price contract, item 25. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a release of claims agreement with Officer Pat Murray Jr. for care of retired canine Echo, item 26. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government or the chief information officer as the mayor's designee to execute a renewal agreement with RecTrack LLC, DBA Vermont Systems for RecTrack and WebTrack, software for the division of parks and recreation. At a cost estimated not to exceed $30,000 in FY 2026, and further authorizing the mayor or the chief information officer as the mayor's designee to execute any other documents, including the future renewals necessary for continued implementation, operation, support, and maintenance of same, subject to annual increases in the amount not to exceed 5% contingent upon appropriation of sufficient funds in future fiscal years, item 27. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a professional services agreement or to pursuant to RFP number 38, 2025 with Tetra Tech Incorporated for services related to North Elkhorn PSWWS Tank Northeast 1, required by the consent decree at a cost not to exceed $1,495,000 contingent upon the approval of pending budget amendment, item 28. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a multi-year pay for output agreement with Lynn Imaging to lease a large format printer and related supplies for the Department of General Services at a cost not to exceed $960 in FY 2026, and with increases of up to 10% annually thereafter, item 29. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute change order number two to the consultant services agreement with GRW for professional design services for the Division of Water Quality Headquarters and Operation Building Project, increasing the contract by the sum of $64,353 from $443,965 to $508,318, item 30. A resolution authorizing and directing mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to execute a first amendment to the purchase of service agreement with the Lexington Fair Animal Care and Control LLC to add enforcement of sections 413 and 413.1 of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government revised code of ordinances related to the prohibiting of sale of cats and dogs in certain areas at no cost to the urban county government effective upon passage of council, item 31. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement with the Hyatt Regency Lexington for catering services for the senior intern alumni luncheon at a cost not to exceed $8,000, item 32. A resolution approving and adopting substantial amendments to the 2019, 2020, and 23 annual action plans reallocating funding from the existing community development block grants projects and decreasing funding for 2019 Community Development Block Grant Care Act Administration, $3,600.11. 2020 Community Development Block Grant Care Act Administration, $3,431.72. Office of Homelessness Intervention and Prevention, $7,031.83. Radio Eye, $8,910.47. Application fees and deposit assistance, $88,763.27. And Meadow Northland Arlington Public Improvement, $57,790.26. And reallocating those funds to Arbor Youth, $155,464. And authorizing the mayor to transfer undercover funds within the grant budget. Item 33, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of Urban County government to execute agreements related to council capital project expenditure funds with Common Good Community Development Corporation, 2,000. The Living Arts and Science Center, Incorporated, 1,000. Sierra Christian Village Nursing Home, Incorporated, $3,483.65. LFUCG Division of Parks and Recreation, 5,000. Keeping Lexington Beautiful, Incorporated, 5,000. The Black Soil Charitable Fund, Incorporated, 5,000. And LFUCG Complete Streets, $50,000 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons, council members? Are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? All right. That brings us to communications from the mayor. And the first is appointments. I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Council Member Savigny, seconded by Council Member Curtis. Are there any questions? All right, all those in favor, say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that passes. We have communications from the mayor for procurements. Vice Mayor Wu moves. Council Member Curtis seconds. Are there questions? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. We do have quite a list of communications from the mayor for your information only. And then I have two other items. I have Director of Emergency Management, Rob Larkin, here. And as you all probably know by now, we are anticipating a major snowstorm. And he will give a brief update so that you all can hear it and our folks at home can hear it. Welcome. Good evening, Mayor, Council Members. Pleasure to be here. Maybe not with these circumstances, but I'll give you the latest and greatest that we've been able to get from the National Weather Service. So we are or will be in a winter storm warning, and that'll be in effect from Saturday morning from 1 in the morning until Monday morning at 6 in the morning. There's still a little bit of uncertainty with this storm, but there'll be further updates and we'll certainly keep you aware. I understand this is a major storm. Literally, it extends from the eastern part of Arizona all the way up to New Hampshire. Right now, the majority of the state is in this warning, and I would assume that the rest of it will fall into place as time passes. As far as snowfall, right now we're looking here in Lexington and Fay County area, 80 to 90% probability of receiving 8 inches of snow. So looking a little bit further down the line, there's also, again here in Lexington and Fay County, a 40 to 50% chance of receiving up to 15 or exceeding 15 inches of snow. We're not really looking at a ton of ice right now, really just a glaze for our area. This will initially start off as a nice white powder snow, but towards Sunday, we look to it to go to kind of a heavier weather type snow. A little bit on timing, and again, these are ballpark estimates. We can probably start seeing our first snowflakes, I'll say, between noon and 1 p.m. on Saturday, and that snow will continue through to Sunday, and we'll call it somewhere between 8 p.m. and midnight on Sunday. Now, the snow's bad enough, but what follows is not too heartening as well. We're going to have daytime highs that'll probably just be in the double digits, but below freezing. Minimum temperature at night, we're looking in the low teens to negative. When you put the windchill on with that, we're going to have several nights, early mornings, that we could reach minus 10 to minus 15 degrees with windchill. But, I mean, basically the bottom line from emergency management, we need to take this storm seriously. So, anything you can do to help prepare your constituents and our residents, right now we're just kind of putting out. Make sure they have food, water, advertised to them, food and water for at least 96 hours, four days, post the storm. So, we're looking into Thursday of next week. I understand the snow will last about 30 hours, but it's going to take several days for us to get back to some semblance of normal. There will be a news conference tomorrow at 1 p.m. here, and all these slides we've provided to you as council members and to your staff, as well as most of the leadership here at LFUCG. We provided those earlier today, and we'll provide an update tomorrow after the 3 o'clock weather brief. I'm open to any questions that you have at this time. Any questions, council? All right, thank you very much. Thank you all. Be safe, and you've got my number. Thank you, Director Larkin. Yes, ma'am. All right, and then my final piece is that I want to welcome Cori Curl, who teaches at the Martin School at the University of Kentucky, and she is here with several students back there who are members of the Rising Civic Leaders Program, and we welcome you. Thank you. All right, there are no police or fire disciplines, and it's time for council announcements. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a couple of announcements just to remind my District 2 neighbors. Teen Talk is happening at the Black & Williams Gymnasium on Monday, January 26th, weather permitting, from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. It's free to attend. Dinner is served to all teens that are there, and the topic for this month is Pathways to Medical Fields. Also, next happening in the Black & Williams Gymnasium is on February the 1st, Resilient in the Red Line will be shown. The local documentary will be shown for free at the Black & Williams Gymnasium. Doors open at 2.30, and the film begins at 3.15. You must call to register, and they will have food. Free food will be provided for that screening as well. And then lastly, I just would like to thank everyone for coming out for the Laptops for Learning event at Black & Williams Gymnasium. Black & Williams is just popping, y'all. Just popping in my district. We had a beautiful event. Thank you, Mayor, for being there. Thank you, Council Member Brown, for being there as well and giving remarks. This is just an awesome program that provided free laptops for those in our community that needed them, and they got some free technology training to go with the free laptop. So it was a great event. The classes was full and packed and had a waiting list. So very excited for this new initiative to hit our second district and our neighbors. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Hale. Thank you, Mayor. So our office has teamed up with Council Member Sheehan's office and LFUCG's community and resident services to schedule attendance and landlord's rights and responsibilities workshop. That's supposed to be from Monday, January 26th from 6 to 8, 30 PM. Of course, due to the recent announcement of weather, if that is canceled, we will post on our social media sites and let you all know an updated date. Lexington Leadership Foundation has been kind enough to provide space at the Woodhill Community Center at 422 Kodell Drive. This will be a great opportunity for tenants and landlords in Fayette County to be informed and educated on their housing rights and responsibilities. The program will consist of short presentations from partnering agencies, followed by plenty of time for Q&A with each of them. The workshop is hosted by LFUCG Community and Resident Services in partnership with Fayette District Judges, Kentucky Fair Housing Council, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, LFUGC's Code Enforcement, and the Human Rights Commission. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Morton. Thank you. So I just wanted to shout out. So the Men in Christ Community Choir will celebrate its eighth anniversary on Saturday, January 25th at 4 PM at First African Baptist Church, which is 465 Price Road. The choir is under the direction of Minister Holland and continues to be a powerful ministry through music in our community and has one of our own, Deputy CAO, Mr. Glenn Brown. So if you've got time, come on out Sunday and listen to some great music from our great community folk. And then moving on, just coming up this week, community engagement continues. Next week, the two neighborhood association meetings on Monday, January 26th, the Marlboro Radcliffe Neighborhood Association, which will start at 6 PM at the Marlboro Shelter, and then Oakwood Neighborhood Association meeting, which starts at 7 PM at the Oakwood Park Neighborhood Association. Both meetings are great opportunities for residents to stay informed, share concerns, and remain engaged in their neighborhoods. And as always, my office shows up, so someone from my office will be there, or myself, so thank you. Thank you. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I'm going to ask Commissioner Lanter to come up. While he's doing that, I just wanted to remind my constituents who, during storms, often go without power and often call me. And I just want to remind people that the city is separate from our utilities, that we're all working together to try to keep people safe. But please come up with a plan to stay warm and maybe work with your neighbors or friends if you need to go to someone else's house. I remember doing that back in 2003 when I was without power for many days. The city is working really hard to keep everybody safe from public safety to streets and roads. But my office is not going to be going out cutting down trees or getting your electricity back on. And so please be in contact with KU and make sure that they have a new system for signing up for regular notifications. So you can do that about when your power will be back on. And then often, we get questions about, is the city going to have warming places or not, and all of that. So first of all, I want you to call 911 if it's an emergency, 258-3600. If it's a non-emergency, for police, 311, if it's a city issue. But then I wanted Commissioner Lanter to share a little bit about a plan that we have for those in need. Thank you, Council Member Reynolds. I appreciate the opportunity to share. We already have a seasonal shelter on Mercells Road that most folks are familiar with, with capacity for 216 men and women. That, as you might imagine, given what's coming, and folks know what's coming, so they're already starting to move in. That's starting to reach capacity. Hope Center, Salvation Army, all of our standing permanent shelters are also at or very close to capacity. A lot of that's because folks are already starting to move in and get ready. We've had street outreach out all week, getting ready. They're still going to be out again tomorrow. We actually have got it down to just a handful of folks that we're aware of that are out, but there will always be others. What we have done, and the concern is if shelters start to get full, where do folks go? We've partnered with Catholic Action Center. Everybody knows Catholic Action Center, Jenny Ramsey. They're a huge partner and contributor to this work in our community. They are going to open up on Saturday at noon, and they're going to stay open until at least noon on Tuesday. And that will be evaluated based on the conditions after that. But we, as the city, are going to support that by providing snow clearing around their property and make sure there's access. And then anyone who can't go to an existing shelter, or just it's easier to get there, can go to the Catholic Action Center on Industry Road. They're going to use their rear entrance in the back for this, and it will have a warming space, and it will be essentially a triage center where folks will come, and they will work with you to get you to whatever the solution is. So it's going to be different for everyone, men versus women, but they are going to help get folks where they need to go, which is a huge, huge help for us in this situation. Thank you so much. I appreciate it, and thank you all for doing that. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. Director Larkin, can you come up? I have one more question for you. Obviously, if someone's having an emergency, they're going to call 911. If there's downed trees or other items, things like that, they'll call 311. What is your best suggestion for individuals who have medical needs? If the power's out and they have oxygen tanks or that kind of stuff. What's the best course of action for those individuals? So obviously, preparation is the best thing, but if they should find themselves running short, 258, 3600, and 311. Both of those are conduits to the Emergency Operations Center. ESF6, which is healthcare, will have some operators in there, and we can help address their needs individually if needed. Okay. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Yes, ma'am. Get some sleep tonight while you can. This might be my last one. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else have announcements? All right. That brings us to public comment for issues not on the agenda, and we do not have anyone signed up. So I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Thank you all for coming.