# Urban County Council - April 16, 2026 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Council · April 16, 2026 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6748 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6748?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2026-04-16 - **Body**: Council - **Last revised**: April 16, 2026 - **Length**: 7,041 words - **Speakers**: Mayor Gorton > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council met on April 16, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, with Linda Gorton presiding. The meeting included 3 agenda items, covering routine administrative business, a recognition ceremony, and a budget matter. The Council approved the minutes of the March 26, 2026 Council meeting and passed an ordinance amending budgets for municipal expenditures, resulting in 1 vote taken during the session. Members also received a presentation of the CASA Service Awards, which served as an informational item. The meeting included 1 public comment. ## Attendance All 15 members were present at the April 16, 2026 Council meeting. No members were absent or late. **Present:** Elliot Baxter, Hale, Higgins-Horde, Lynch, Morton, Reynolds, Savigny, Sheehan, Vice Mayor Wu, Beasley, Boone, Brown, Curtis, Eblen, and Ellinger. ## Votes and Decisions The Council took one formal vote during the April 16, 2026 meeting. - **Ordinance 0269-26** — *An Ordinance amending certain of the Budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures, and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, FY 2026 Schedule No. 26.* The motion was made by Savigny and seconded by Curtis. The ordinance passed unanimously on a roll call vote of **15–0**, with no abstentions. [timestamp: 0:19:11] All fifteen members voted in favor: - Elliot Baxter - Hale - Higgins-Horde - Lynch - Morton - Reynolds - Savigny - Sheehan - Vice Mayor Wu - Beasley - Boone - Brown - Curtis - Eblen - Ellinger No members voted against the ordinance, and no abstentions were recorded. ## Budget and Financial Actions The Council approved two contract resolutions at the April 16, 2026 meeting, authorizing expenditures totaling $553,275 across separate construction and improvement projects. - **Resolution 0304-26** authorized a contract with **Davis H. Elliot Construction Co., Inc.** in the amount of **$127,375** for the installation of concrete tee pads and sign posts for a Disc Golf Course. - **Resolution 0305-26** authorized a contract with **Mefford Contracting, LLC** in the amount of **$425,900** for the **Town Branch Exterior Window Replacement Project**. ## Public Comment [timestamp: 18:39] No members of the public offered comments on issues appearing on the agenda during the April 16, 2026 Council meeting. ## Appointments The Council approved appointments and reappointments to several boards and commissions during the April 16, 2026 meeting. - **Anita Britton** was reappointed to the **CASA of Lexington Board of Directors**. - **Erin Soard** was appointed to the **CASA of Lexington Board of Directors**. - **Anna Ellis** was reappointed to the **Emergency Medical Advisory Board**. - **James Dickinson** was appointed to the **Human Rights Commission**. - **Ashley Wagers** was appointed to the **Human Rights Commission**. - **Kip Cornett** was reappointed to the **Lexington Center Corporation Board of Directors**. - **Anitrea Burks** was appointed to the **Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center Board of Directors**. - **Ryan Foster** was reappointed to the **Parking Authority Board**. - **Hannah Crepps** was appointed to the **Public Arts Commission**. - **Sammy Shores** was appointed to the **Tree Board**. In total, the Council confirmed ten actions across eight boards and commissions, including four reappointments and six new appointments. ## Minutes of the March 26, 2026 Council Meeting [timestamp: 06:47] The Council considered agenda item **0307-26**, the approval of the minutes from the March 26, 2026 Council meeting. The item was brought forward with **Baxter** and **Reynolds** identified as the key speakers during this portion of the meeting. No significant debate or concerns were recorded in connection with the minutes, and the item was handled in a straightforward manner consistent with routine approval of meeting records. The minutes were **approved**. ## CASA Service Awards **Agenda Item 0176-26** | [timestamp: 07:17] The Council received a presentation recognizing CASA volunteers for their service to children in Fayette County. Key speakers for this item were **Melinda Jameson** and **Mayor Linda Gorton**. The presentation honored CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteers through the conferral of service awards. CASA programs recruit and train community volunteers to serve as advocates for children involved in the court system, and the awards recognized the contributions of those volunteers to children in Fayette County. This was an informational item, and no vote or further action was taken by the Council. ## Ordinance amending budgets for municipal expenditures **Agenda Item 0269-26** [timestamp: 19:11] The Council took up Ordinance 0269-26, an amendment to certain municipal budgets to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures. The item was presented and discussed with Savigny and Curtis identified as the key speakers during deliberations. The ordinance addressed adjustments to existing budget allocations, bringing them in line with the municipality's current operational and expenditure needs. No additional detail on the specific funds or departments affected is available from the meeting record. The Council approved the ordinance. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 0269-26** — passed (15-0): An Ordinance amending certain of the Budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures, and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, FY 2026 Schedule No. 26. --- ## Full transcript ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Welcome, everyone. It's 6 o'clock, so I'll go ahead and call to order the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Council meeting of Thursday, April 16, 2026. And the first item on our agenda is the roll call. We have 6 members standing at each corner. We'll begin with councilmember Higgins-Horde. Councilmember Higgins-Horde. Members. Councilmember Morton. Councilmember Reynolds. Councilmember arrives. Councilmember Brown. Thank you. We have a quorum. At this time I'd like to welcome Jeff LeBond. Who is clergy at the Unitarian Universalist Church. He will be offering our invocation. Welcome. Good evening. Let us pray. Lord of life, God of many names and of no name at all. Source of love and justice that binds us all together. We gather tonight in gratitude and resolve. We are grateful for this city. For its rolling hills and its vibrant heart. We are grateful for the opportunity of community. For the shared aspiration to create a home for all who dwell here. Thanks for those who have answered this call to serve before us. For the councilmembers and city staff who bring their time. Their intellect and their care to this chamber. We recognize the weight of their responsibilities. The countless voices, the competing needs. The truly complex challenges that land upon their desks. May this space be filled tonight with a spirit. Not of intention, but of curiosity. Not of rigid ideology, but of creative problem solving. Not of personal gain, but of profound public service. And so we pray tonight with a particular intention. For the people. By the people, liberty and justice for more than just a few. But rather liberty and justice that's actually for all. We pray for the marginalized, the oppressed and the overlooked. For those whose voices are too often drowned out by the noise and the money of the powerful. For those who have been told in a thousand subtle ways and increasingly not so subtle ways that they do not belong. We call upon this council to hear them. To remember that the measure of a great city is not its wealthiest citizen, but its most vulnerable. That justice is not an abstract ideal, but a practical mandate. In zoning decisions that create affordable homes, not isolate poverty. In policies that protect our trans siblings and affirm their sacred worth. In a commitment to fairness that requires looking past our own experience to see the world through the eyes of another. May this government be a living testament to our highest values, not our deepest fears. A testament to compassion over convenience. To courage over complacency. To the bold audacious belief that we could create a community where every person is treated with inherent dignity and respect. May those who lead be granted the wisdom to see the path. The strength to walk it. The unwavering compassion to ensure no one is left behind. With humble hearts and determined spirits we offer this prayer for the work that lies ahead. May it be so. Amen. Thank you very much. Council members, we have the March 26th minutes of the council meeting to approve. Council member Baxter, I mean and council member Reynolds seconded. Are there any corrections or additions? All right. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That passes. Thank you. Now we have a special presentation. All right. At this time I would like to invite CASA Executive Director Melinda Jameson to join me at the podium. Tonight I want to welcome some very important volunteers. Our appointed special advocates or CASA volunteers. I also want to welcome some of Fayette County's family court judges. Tiffany Yar and Judge Tracy Brislin. Welcome. Applause Our family court judges work very closely with our CASA volunteers and so I do appreciate very much that you are here tonight. We are also joined this evening by many of our CASA of Lexington board members. I've talked with several folks. They're out recruiting volunteers, she said. So we welcome them. Kentucky, unfortunately is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to the number of new child abuse and neglect cases every year. Our Fayette County, our Fayette family court system is filled with cases of children who deserve a stable loving home but are instead navigating a world filled with chaos and uncertainty. In 2025 alone CASA volunteers served 434 Fayette County children. And so tonight we are honoring our CASA volunteers with Serve Kentucky Awards. Now, before we get to the awards, I have something special I would like to present to Melinda and the team. I don't know if you know about this. I don't but we're always willing to take donations, Mayor. I know this about you. So this year marks CASA's 40th year of serving Kentucky and so I have a proclamation I'd like to read and present to Melinda and to honor all of you who work with CASA. There are not any dollar bills with it but they may come in the future. So here's how it goes. Whereas the court appointed special advocates program has been serving Lexington Fayette County children for 40 years and whereas CASA of Lexington volunteers advocate for abused and neglected children in seven central Kentucky counties including Bourbon, Fayette, Garrett, Jessamine, Lincoln, Scott and Woodford and whereas CASA of Lexington is the largest CASA organization in the Commonwealth and one of the largest in the nation and whereas volunteers support children who are going through the court system and provide them with a sense of hope for the future and whereas in 2025 alone, CASA volunteers serve more than 400 Fayette County children and whereas we thank Lexington's many CASA volunteers for their selfless service to our children and our entire community. Now therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare April 16th, 2026 CASA day in Lexington. Thank you. Do you want to do your awards now? She's going to do her awards now. And once Melinda calls your name, if you'll just please come and stand in the front of the room. And we'll do one picture all together. Alright, so I do want to say thank you before I jump into the awards to every member of Council, to the Mayor for your financial support of this organization. I think many of you know we could not continue serving over 400 children and putting the majority of our resources in Fayette County if we didn't have equitable financial funding. So I'm glad to see we're in the Mayor's budget and when we get that second reading, I'm confident we're going to serve even more children next year. So I did want to say thank you and also to say you really should be commended because we had a lovely invocation, but you've shown your commitment to serving some of the most vulnerable through CASA services. The children we serve find themselves not knowing where they may sleep that evening, if they have a next meal, and unfortunately don't always get to go to a safe home that evening. And so we hear stories from teenagers that say oh, I knew that I had a bed to sleep in last night. I knew that I wasn't going to be hungry. A young man thanked us for a fleece blanket he received and said I'm so tall could I get a second one to cover my toes? And I thought wow, hearing a teenager thanking a volunteer for a blanket, that doesn't always happen. So I wanted to say thank you because it is a collective effort with a regional program and we have to have all city counties supporting the way to serve the children. So thank you for not just saying yes, we believe in the vulnerable, but putting your money and support where your words are. So thank you for that. As Mayor said, the Serve Kentucky words are provided through a partnership with AmeriCorps, the Office of the Governor, and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. And these certificates acknowledge volunteers that logged at least 100 hours or more in 2025 here in Kentucky. They're signed by the Serve Kentucky Commissioner, the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and Governor Andy Beshear. And in addition to the regular certificate, there are also top CASA volunteer medals. Those are given to volunteers that logged 300 or more hours in 2025 serving our community. So some quick statistics. Unfortunately, we had 950 new children here in Fayette County that entered the court system last year with substantiated cases of abuse and neglect. But let's celebrate that was down from 1,060 the year before. So I will take 110 less children, so that's great. But that means there's a little over 2,000 children at any given time in Fayette County with open, active cases of abuse and neglect because the case runs a little over two years. We had 159 volunteers in Fayette County alone giving their time to ensure that these children have a safe and permanent home. And we served 434, which unfortunately was only 22%. But in the last 10 years, we've went from 1% to 22%. So with this continued support, we're going to get to 100. So we do need more volunteers, so if anybody watching or listening has a heart for children, you don't need any educational background, just a willingness to serve and we'll help you get there. We have 31 Fayette volunteers receiving a Serve Kentucky Award, and of those, five received the top honors of having over 300 hours logged. So I'm going to start with reading the names of those that could not be in attendance, and then I'll read those that are here, and as Mayor said, if you'll just come up and stand in front, we will continue from there. But we do want to recognize those that could not be here either. Kathy Edwards, Lisa Travis, Glenda Dees, Pat Riddell, Fawn Torkelson, Mikkel Sarantokos, Kara Duggan, Meredith Veritag, Kim Mosley, Barbara Phipps, Anne Flynn, Susan Pope, Jan Rill, Terry Potter, Elizabeth Weston, Ava Crowe, Sally Snyder, Sally Bruner, Cynthia Phillips, Jane Bennington, and then two of our top earners also could not be here, Brittany Thomas and Cindy Budeck. Now we'll start with those that are here, and again, if you will just come forward, and then we will hand out, oh, you know what, I've read them all, but none of you came up. So we're going to do this again, so we'll start with our, we have three of our top volunteers here, Deborah Gabbard, Jan Colbert, and Jane Crickard. So if you all move to the front, and I'll continue with the other Serve Kentucky volunteer recipients here, Renee Sanner, Todd Johnson, Pat Dugger, Jennifer Dishman, Evelyn Mitchell, Jackie Washburn. And so these volunteers here today represent 6,042 hours that were given in Fayette County last year. Okay, we want to thank Melinda and all the volunteers, and now we'll get a photo. Would our judges like to join the group? Okay. Applause Oh, yeah. So imagine 6,032 at minimum wage, how much money that is. We're a bargain. All right, thank you for that. Now, we have public comment for issues on the agenda, and actually, it looks like we have no one signed up. So, that brings us to second reading of ordinances. Item one, an ordinance amending a certain of the budgets of Lexington for urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating funds. FY 2026, schedule number 26. Thank you. All right, is there a motion to approve? Council Member Savigny and Council Member Curtis seconded. And when you are ready, if you will take a roll call vote, please. Council Member Elliott Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Hale? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Higgins-Horde? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Lynch? Yes. Council Member Morton? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savigny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Beasley? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Boone? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Brown? Yes. Council Member Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Eblen? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. All right, thank you very much. That item passes, and now it is time for first rating of ordinances. Item 2, an ordinance modifying the conditional zoning restrictions to allow additional principal accessory and conditional uses in the existing corridor business B3 zone for 1.16 net, 1.88 gross acres for property located at 532 and 550 South Broadway and 659 Plunkett Street Kenneth V. Littrell Council District 3. And item 3, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating re-publishing funds, FY 2026, Schedule Number 27. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons, Council Members? How about motions to suspend the rules? All right, we have none, so we'll move on to first reading of resolutions. Item 1, a resolution accepting the bid of Davis H. Elliott Construction Company incorporating the amount of $127,375 for the concrete T-pads and signposts for the disc golf course for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Davis H. Elliott Construction Company related to the bid. Item 2, a resolution accepting the bid of Medford Contracting LLC in the amount of $425,900 for the Town Branch Exterior Window Replacement Project for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Medford Contracting LLC related to the bid. Item 3, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a site-specific agreement with the Jesmond South Elkhorn Water District, FUQUA Acquisition 2 LLC and Gateway Lofts Stonedale LLC to provide sanitary sewer conveyance and treatment capacity to portions of property in Jesmond County. Item 4, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an engineering services agreement or pursuant to RFP number 40-2025 with Hazen & Sawyer Banks Engineering, Palmer Engineering, Tetra Tech, Strand Associates Incorporated, and Stantec Consulting Services Incorporated for stormwater quality projects for the Division of Water Quality and under an indefinite services contract for future work awarded and funds budgeted on a project basis. Item 5, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an updated mutual aid agreement with Clark County for multi-jurisdictional responses. Item 6, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change number one final to the agreement with NAC Heavy Highway Incorporated to reflect actual quantities of odorous wastewater processed for the Division of Water Quality increase in contract by the sum of $49,695.52 from $94,686 to $144,381.52. Item 7, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for construction of sanitary infrastructure part of the Liberty Road Improvement Project 7-8902.00 for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $556,074.14. Item 8, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a facility usage and concessions agreement with the various youth baseball and softball leagues for the usage of baseball and softball fields for the 2026 calendar year. Item 9, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute amendment number one to the existing grant agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet KYTC bringing the grant agreement into compliance with current KYTC policies and extending the period of performance for the Complete Streets Design Manual Project to December 31, 2026. Item 10, a resolution accepting the bids of the following entities in response to RFP number 6-2026 to scale up equipment and personnel to manage storms, disasters, and emergencies in establishing cross-contracts and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to enter into any additional necessary agreements with each of the following. I'll contingent upon the appropriation of sufficient funds. LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction, Clear Path Facility Services LLC, Concentric Corporation of America, Davis HLA Construction Company Inc., DRC Emergency Services LLC, Ed's Hold Co., LLC Integrated Services Incorporated of Kentucky, and Woodall Construction Company Incorporated. Item 11, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the placement of missionary volunteers with the Department of Social Services at no cost. Item 12, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Central Bank Center and Levy Catering for the Police Awards Banquet. Item 13, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a federal award if offered from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in the amount of $100,526 under the Victim Assistance Formula grant funded by the Victims of Crime Act to provide any additional information requests in connection with this grant for hiring of a victim's services supervisor. No local matches required in authorizing marriage or transfer of unregistered funds within the grant budget. Item 14, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the KY-911 Services Board to provide any additional information requests in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if awarded, which grant funds are in the amount of $253,714 to purchase items of the Solacom Guardian System, the exemptions of which obligates the Urban County Government to the expenditure of $28,109 as a local match, and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unaccounted funds within the grant budget. Item 15, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an extension deposit agreement and related documents with Kentucky American Water for installation of water main infrastructure, water main relocation, and a master meter at a legacy business park at a cost not to exceed $1,410,240. Item 16, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Fister Distribution Incorporated for warehouse storage and handling for the receiving storage and delivery of equipment and new purchases for the new Senior and Therapeutic Recreation Center at a cost estimated not to exceed $20,000. Item 17, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Good Maps Incorporated for the implementation and license subscription for wayfinding technology for the Lexington Senior Center at new cost to the Urban County Government. Item 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute changer number 40 to the agreement with Calhoun Construction Associated with the new Senior and Therapeutic Center construction, increasing the amount by $547,828.28 raising the total contract amount from $16,561,019.91 to $17,108,848.19. Item 19, a resolution authorizing the Division of Fire and Emergency Services to purchase national background checks from L4 Security Group, a social service provider, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with L4 Security Group related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed $11,430.20. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an amendment to an agreement with Liturgical Publication Incorporated, LPI, for the design, layout, and printing of the Lexington Senior Center monthly newsletter and further authorizing the Mayor to execute any other amendments with Liturgical Publication Incorporated, LPI, related to that agreement. Item 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a contract with Unity Solutions for bandwidth expansion at 115 Cisco Road and 151 North Martin Luther King Boulevard at a cost not to exceed $32,201.76. Item 22, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute four agreements with Institutional Police Technology and Management for four training courses at a cost not to exceed $70,000. Item 23, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Program in FY 2027 to purchase an interview and interrogation course to provide any additional information in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if awarded which grant funds are in the amount of $300,000 in federal funds. No local match is required. And authorizing the Mayor to transfer unaccompanied funds with the grant budget. Item 24, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute a multi-year services agreement with Metaformers Incorporated for all infrastructure, database, and administration of the PeopleSoft platform in the Oracle Cloud enabled by Oracle Certified Technology Experts at a cost not to exceed $492,499.80 in FY 2027 subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds and further authorizing the CIO as the Mayor says a need to execute any other documents including future renewals necessary to continue implementation, operation support, and maintenance of same. And Item 25, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute agreements related to Council Capital Project expenditure funds with Food Chain Incorporated, $3,022.56 the tradition at Parks Edge Town Home Association Incorporated, $4,000 and Northside Common Market Corporation, $2,186.63 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? Are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading? Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. I have three. The first is item number three. This is the resolution for the Jesmond-South Elkhorn Water District Agreement that was walked onto the agenda for tonight. So I'd like to suspend the rules and have second reading on that. So moved. All right. Council Member Curtis seconded. Any questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. Thank you. Thank you. Also item number 16 on behalf of the Administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading on this time-sensitive agreement. Second. Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. Thank you. Thank you. The last is item number 18. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 18. This is a resolution on a change order for the Senior and Therapeutic Center. Second. Council Member Reynolds seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. All right. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I have two. One is item 14 and it is an authorization to submit a grant application to help the Kentucky 911 Service Board and to purchase hardware and media servers and project management. So on behalf of the Administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item 14. Second. Council Member Ellinger seconds. Are there any questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. The second is item 23 and this is a resolution that has to do with a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice and this is for hate crimes. If you could please or I move to suspend the rules and give second reading on behalf of the Administration of item 23. Thank you. Council Member Curtis seconds. Are there questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give a second reading to item 1 under resolution's first reading. This is for the Disc Golf Course project in my council district that needs to keep on moving forward. Second. All right. Council Member Baxter seconds. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? All right. I think we have 1, 3, 14, 16, 18, and 23. All right. When you are ready if you'll give those second reading please. Item 1. A resolution submitted by Davis H. Elliott Construction Company Incorporated in the amount of $127,375 for the concrete tee pads and sign posts for the Disc Golf Course for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with Davis H. Elliott Company Incorporated related to the bid. Item 3. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute a site specific agreement with the Jesmond South Elkhorn Water District FUQUA Acquisition 2 LLC and Gateway Law Stonedale LLC to provide sanitary sewer conveyance and treatment capacity to portions of private property in Jesmond County. Item 14. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky 9-1-1 Services Board to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if awarded, which grant funds are in the amount of $253,714 to purchase items of the Solacom Guardian System, the assistance of which obligates every county government to the expenditure of $28,190 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer an unagreed fund from the grant budget. Item 16. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with Pfister Distribution Incorporated for warehouse storage and handling for the receiving, storage, and delivery of equipment and new purchases for the new Senior and Therapeutic Recreation Center at a cost estimated not to exceed $20,000. Item 18. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute change order number 40 of the agreement with Calhoun Construction associated with the new Senior and Therapeutic Center construction increasing the amount by $547,828.28 and increasing the total contract amount from $16,561,019.91 to $17,108,848.19. And item 23. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Program in FY 2027 to purchase an interview and interrogation course to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if awarded grant funds are in the amount of $300,000 in federal funds. No local match is required and authorizing the mayor to transfer and approve funds with the grant budget. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Council Member Sheehan. Second by Vice Mayor Wu. And when you are ready, if you'll take a roll call vote please. Council Member Elliot Baxter. Yes ma'am. Council Member Hale. Yes ma'am. Council Member Higgins Hoard. Yes ma'am. Council Member Lynch. Yes. Council Member Morton. Council Member Reynolds. Yes. Council Member Savigny. Yes. Council Member Sheehan. Yes. Vice Mayor Wu. Yes. Council Member Beasley. Yes ma'am. Council Member Boone. Yes ma'am. Council Member Brown. Yes. Council Member Curtis. Yes. Council Member Eblen. Yes ma'am. Council Member Ellinger. Yes ma'am. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Those all pass. And now we have a few communications from the mayor. First is appointments. Thank you. Council Member Baxter. Second by Council Member Sheehan. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? Thank you. That passes. Next communication is for donations. Move to approve. Vice Mayor. And then second by Council Member Baxter. Questions. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. And the final communication from the mayor is procurements. Council Member Sheehan moves. Council Member Curtis seconds. Are there questions? All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Next we have the communications for your information only. And that brings us to the police and fire disciplines. We have none tonight. And it's time for council announcements. Council Member Reynolds. I would like to mention the Adopt-A-Park that took place last week in Valley Park. I think there's some pictures for them. I really want to give a huge shout out to my legislative aide, Isabel Ballard. She did a lot of work on this. And I want to also thank police and fire and waste management. I think environmental services was also out there. I can't explain what this program means to the kids of Cardinal Valley except to say that I worked with the kids from Cardinal Valley for six years in that park. And sometimes the only thing that they have to look forward to on breaks and spring break, summer break, is something like this Adopt-A-Park program. And I'm really thankful to Partners for Youth that they started it. I was part of the team that started it. And just them getting to interact with government and other organizations that donated their time for other days of the week is really special. Are there any more photos? Oh, okay. They must not have gone through. I think we sent a few, but that's okay. And I just want to thank everyone involved. Some of us get to go places on breaks and do things, but some of these kids barely get out of their house, so it's really meaningful for them. So I just wanted to thank everyone involved with that. And then tomorrow night from 6 to 9 is the opening of Tilt at Gatton Park. So if you've seen anything about that, these are giant light-up flowers that are going to be at the park for several weeks. And I'm always intrigued with the creative things that they're doing there. And so if you want to come out for some fun, there's going to be activities and vendors and stuff tomorrow night. Please check that out at Gatton Park. And then on Saturday from 11 to 2 p.m. is the Dia del Nino, or Day of the Child, at Marksbury Family Branch Library. And they're going to have all kinds of activities for the kids and different things for them to do to celebrate that. In Latin America, it's a big holiday to celebrate children. So we often celebrate our moms and our dads here, but I think it's really neat that they also celebrate children. They have their own special day. So head out to that and take your families. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Baxter. Thank you, Mayor. Earlier this week in my district, we had a really bad accident with one of our officers. Officer Kevin Van Wert was involved in a really bad accident after a routine traffic stop and currently is in critical condition. So I just wanted to offer my thoughts and prayers for him and his family and hope that he has a speedy recovery and just know that we all are thinking about you right now and hope for the best. So that's all I have. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Lynch. Thank you, Mayor. I have a few announcements for my neighbors. First, I would like to thank everyone that came out to the Landlord-Tenant Workshop at Black & Williams on Monday evening. A big thank you to the following people. Director Danielle Sanders of Community and Resident Services and her team, the Division of Code Enforcement, the Kentucky Fair Housing Council, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, Global Lex, the Human Rights Commission, the Housing Advocacy and Community Development Office, and Judge Donocha Gunther. Thank you all for coming out on Monday night. My neighbors were few in number, but they had all the questions. We were there the entire two hours. So it was a really, really great event. So thank you all for that great Landlord-Tenant Workshop that happened on Monday evening. Also, don't forget, this coming up Saturday is Reforest the Bluegrass in Coldstream Park. It is a tree planting festival. It starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. Come out to Coldstream and help us plant lots and lots of trees for the Second District because we need them desperately. It's going to be a lot of fun. So please come out this Saturday to Coldstream Park for Reforest the Bluegrass. Also, on Sunday, there's a movie screening, The Lexington Resilience in the Red Line. It's happening at the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center. The movie begins at 3.15 and there will also be dinner served. So come a little bit early to have some dinner with everyone and then watch the movie. Also happening next week is our next district-wide meeting on Wednesday, April 22nd at 6 p.m. at the STEAM Academy. So please come out and bring a friend. Don't forget, next Saturday, April 25th, is KiteFest in Mashin Station Park. There will be face painting, there will be children's games, and if you don't have a kite, there will be a limited number that you can purchase if you show up on that day. So come out for KiteFest. Next week is always a lot of fun. And then lastly, I just want to thank I've read the weather response after action report. Director, I just want to say publicly, thank you to Director Larkin and your team. It was an excellent, excellent report. And so I'm really appreciative of the Mayor for making sure that we have that document. And I think we're going to be able to do some really, really good things because it was extremely detailed. It covered a lot of bases and I think it's lots of actionable things in that report. So thank you, Director Larkin, publicly, and your team. It was a great, great report. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Beasley. Thank you, Mayor. So I wanted to thank Councilmember Morton for letting us add the Tate Creek Community Center to Hunger Doesn't Take a Spring Break. We served over 250 meals and snack bags from the center over spring break. A special thank you to Parks, the Lexington Police Department, Grace United, Laborers 189, Kroger, Adina, and Jayden from District 1's office, and Mason from our District 8 office. There were a lot of happy, full children when they left from there. The police officers showed up every day. So hopefully we'll be able to do that again next year. And next I want to talk about the 8th District Youth Council put on their very first spring fling slash Easter egg hunt at Heartland Park. Those younger people did an amazing job. They had over 500 people show up for this egg hunt. It was crazy. They could have done it without some help, and it's going to be a long list so give me just a second. The people who came and helped them was Grace United, Valvoline, the Lexington Philharmonics, Engage Lexington, the Girl Scouts, the Lexington Police Department's Copsicle Truck, the Fire Department Station 16, Living Arts and Science Center, Live Green Lex, the United Way, Western Pennsylvania Search and Rescue, Employment Solutions, and not to mention all of our park staff that helped those kids make that event memorable. It was a lot of kids. It was a lot of kids. And then I got to spend some time at Tades Creek Middle School while we were on break. We cut the ribbon on their greenhouse slash outdoor classroom. It started as a vision from a 7th grader who wanted to plant a garden in a piece of land they had. They applied for a grant. They built a greenhouse that has aquaponics in it. They have chickens. They have raised garden beds. Those kids did an amazing job out there. If you haven't had a chance to go see it, go see it. Their goal is to start their own farmer's market in Tades Creek by the fall of next year. So let's hope they see that come true. We also did the amazing shake at Tades Creek Middle. It started with 540 students. It ended with one winner and three finalists that are going to their global competition. These kids had to hold conversations with grown-ups, look them in the eye, shake their hands. I'm pretty sure one of them will be replacing me here. Hopefully he waits until he's 18, but we'll see. And then I just want to take a moment to thank everybody who came out today for the ribbon cutting at Berry Hill Park. It was a lot. But we have a fence and we have some new sentry equipment. I'd like to thank my current district aide. Okay, Mason. Our current district aide, Mason Sims, as well as Renee Buckles. We started this project a year ago and today we finally cut the ribbon. Thanks to the council members who showed up and the mayor for coming out and cutting the ribbon. It was a lot of work and it's going to be great for our community. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I started making a list of some things I wanted to say and it turned out to be a lot, so I'm going to try to be brief and not hit everything. I just want to kind of echo the sentiment that Council Member Baxter shared about Officer Van Ward and knowing that our prayers are going to continue to be with him, his loved ones, and his family as he recovers and to also let the whole department know that we appreciate and recognize the service that they provide and the risk that they take and value what they give and do for our community. Just to say that we'll continue to be praying and thinking about them. Then I'll talk about Partners for Youth. What the council members shared about Partners for Youth and Adopt-A-Park and what Council Member Morton and Council Member Beasley did to provide services and food to young people during the spring break is important and impactful and to make sure that that's not overlooked. I also want to talk about one of the things I don't like or that it's hard to get used to in this position is people in this government come and go. I think everybody knows that Sharon Murphy is not in my office anymore and I just want to wish her the best in her next endeavors and thank her for the service that she provided to the people of our city and in our community. Then also Commissioner Albright. I've seen her name in the packet tonight. I just want to thank her and recognize her publicly for her contributions and all the projects and all the initiatives that she worked on here. She's a very talented and impressive person and I'm pretty sure that both of them are going to land other places and have opportunities to give back. Then I want to touch base on Council Member Beasley and the project that she did today at the park. She got emotional when she was sharing her remarks and I think that just goes to show and attest to the work that we do on a daily basis. Some of the projects that may seem like a small project that doesn't really seem like it's going to impact a lot of people but provides opportunities for folks in our communities that don't always have opportunities to participate. So that was a big emotional project and I just want to say congratulations to her for that accomplishment and getting that done and who it's going to provide services to in our community. And then I'll just say Ed Holmes. I think a lot of us have dealings with Ed Holmes and have worked with him on various projects and he interacts with us on various levels. The recent passing of his wife and what he's going through. I just want to say that our prayers and thoughts are with him and his family as they move forward and move on. But I just wanted to publicly acknowledge some of those things. So before I get off the microphone I'll just try to pause and bring it up just a notch. We launched that LexRide Downtown Connector pallet before we went on spring break. Or were we on spring break when we did it? Was it right before we went? I just want to say that that initiative has the potential to really impact downtown and the way we move people around the city. It also has the opportunity to impact how people view and use public transportation. So I just want to thank you councilmembers. Y'all have really done a good job of sharing that information. It's gotten good coverage. But we needed to have more coverage and more exposure to make sure that people utilize that so we can use the information that we gained from that pallet to better improve public transportation in our community. I felt like it was going to get better and lighter but it still feels kind of heavy. Maybe it's just my tone. Alright. Thank you Mayor. Thank you. Now we are ready for public comment for issues not on the agenda. And we have one speaker signed up. And is Gary Jones in the room? Okay. Perhaps he left. He was our only speaker. So not seeing him in here. We'll go ahead then and I will ask for a motion to adjourn. Alright. All those in favor say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you all for coming.