It's Peloton, thanks for watching! Welcome, everyone! It's 6 o'clock, so we're going to go ahead and I'll call to order the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council meeting, and today is April 30th, 2026, and the first item is the roll call. Councilmember Hale? Councilmember Higgins-Horde? Councilmember Lynch? Councilmember Morton? Councilmember Reynolds? Here. Councilmember Savicny? Here. Councilmember Sheehan? Here. Vice Mayor Wu? Here. Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Boone? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Brown? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Eblen? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Councilmember Elliot Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. All right, thank you very much. We do have a quorum, so at this time I would like to, it's time for our invocation, I'd like to ask Councilmember Hale if he will offer our invocation. I'm going to start with a couple of scriptures, 1 Timothy 2 and 1 through 3 it says, I exhort therefore that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. And Proverbs 11 and 14 says, where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Let us pray. Father we just thank you God, we thank you first for this day and we give you glory God just for who you are. Father God we thank you and we bless you God for this great city God. Father God we cover our leaders God, of this city God, we cover our counselors, our council members God, we cover our mayor God, we cover the administration, our commissioners and everyone in their respective places God. Father God we pray that you would give us wisdom God, even in our decision making God. God our thoughts God, God our hearts God, Father God let us know Father God that leadership is not for the leaders but it's for the progression of the people God. Father we pray Father God that you will cover us and guide us oh God and lead us Father God that we may progress this city, that we may progress our people and that Lexington will be an example Father God for the nation God. We thank you and we continue to give you glory, we pray over this meeting and let it go Father God smoothly, let it go great Father God and Father God and even give us the courage Father God to even make those tough decisions oh God and Father God and just continue just to bless this leadership God and it's in Jesus name I pray, amen. Thank you very much Councilmember Hale. Councilmembers we have the April 16th, 2026 minutes of the council meeting. Thank you Councilmember Sheehan, seconded by Councilmember Savigny. Are there any corrections or additions? All right all those in favor please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. Now it is time for our public health hero day. I would like to ask our Fayette County Health Department Commissioner Dr. Crystal Miller and Dr. Nicholas Van Sickles to join me at the podium. I would also like to ask Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds as well as Social Services Commissioner Casey Allen Bryant who are both members of the health department to join me. Thank you all for being here this evening. So tonight we are honoring the recipient of the 2026 Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero Award. The award is given annually from the Lexington-Fayette County Board of Health to individuals who have demonstrated their dedication to improving the health of Lexington residents. Dr. Van Sickles is an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Kentucky. First I would like us to hear from Fayette County Health Department Commissioner Dr. Crystal Miller. Welcome. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Thank you for taking time to spotlight some important public health work and I'm honored to present the Rice Leach Award. I actually got to work under his leadership so this is very near and dear to my heart. Dr. Van Sickles actually helped us contain the measles outbreak to single family households with his protocol and this is just a really good example of how partnerships help keep our community safe so very appreciative. Thank you for taking the time as well. And I'll present this award to Dr. Van Sickles. Thank you all so much and thank you for this honor. I think I will just say it is one of my greatest honors to be able to work with our leaders in public health here in Lexington and across the Commonwealth of Kentucky together through our work in disease prevention, in public health outreach, in partnering with strong academic universities like the University of Kentucky and our public health leaders like Dr. Miller and so many others at the health departments. We have done so much work together really with a lot of their help I will be honest so this is why I'm embarrassed to get this award because it's them. They are the ones who do such good work and we need to support our health departments here across Kentucky because they are the backbone of health and prevention for our communities so thank you so much. Now I would like to offer a proclamation for Dr. Van Sickles if you will come join me. Here is how this goes. We are proclaiming this Nicholas Van Sickles Day. Well it's well deserved. Whereas the Lexington Fayette County Health Department's Board of Health has selected Dr. Nicholas Van Sickles as the 2026 Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero and whereas the Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero Award is given annually to individuals who've demonstrated their dedication to improving the health of Lexington residents and whereas Dr. Van Sickles is a native of San Antonio, Texas and he found his way to Lexington and graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and whereas in August 2022 he returned to Lexington where he has been an associate professor in the University of Kentucky's Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and whereas Dr. Van Sickles was critical in addressing a recent measles exposure in Fayette County where he created a protocol to mitigate the possibility of a widespread outbreak and whereas we thank Dr. Van Sickles for his many contributions to our community. Now therefore I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare April 30th, 2026 Nicholas Van Sickles Day in Lexington. Thank you very much and congratulations. Yes, we're very proud of you. All right, shall we get a photo? Yes, of course. Is this Casey? Okay, let's get a photo with the council. Of course. We have a whole day named after you, I mean you're such a celebrity. All right, thank you so much. It is time for public comment for issues on the agenda and we have some folks signed up and the way this works is when I call your name, if you'll please come to the podium and then you'll need to restate your name for the record and please state your council district and you'll have three minutes. And so first is Alan McDaniel followed by Blake Spurgeon. Welcome. Hello, I just learned today that I could do this. This is so easy. I wanted to take a brief moment from Thursday Night Live and come and invite you all in person to join us next weekend, Mother's Day weekend at Mayfest, which happens in Gratz Park in the first district. And I hope all of your constituents will also feel welcome to come to this free event we put on for the community. And I wanted to say thank you for the last three years council has funded our family friendly activities and helped us with our public safety. And I appreciate your all's consideration. I think tonight is first reading to do that and continue that tradition again. A fun fact about Mayfest, if it wasn't for COVID when we had two years off, she would be turning 30, but she's not, she's still spry and 28. So that's what we're going with. So this will be the 28th year of Mayfest, which I know is a tradition everybody in here appreciates and we feel honored to be the group to carry that forward. The family friendly activities we normally are able to offer and plan to again this year are a free activity that gives somebody something they can use as a gift for mom, enhanced public safety and additional enhanced children's activities like some extra bouncy houses. Last year had something that as a millennial, I would call legends of the hidden temple, which looked really cool. So I imagine we'll have just as much cool stuff again this year, but thank you all for your support of Mayfest for the last three years. And I appreciate council member Ellinger helped us put up for consideration for the fourth year. So thank you very much. Thank you so much. Blake Spurgeon, welcome. Good afternoon. Blake Spurgeon. I'm with Silicon Ranch. And as a fellow millennial, my favorite show was legends of the hidden temple. So I got you there. But hey, the other night it was implied that the new solar ZOTA was done on our behalf. And so I just wanted to correct the record a little bit there and state that that work group that was put together, we had no part in, we did not participate in any of the discussions. We were not involved in that in any way, shape or form. And so I just wanted to state that here and there's parts of that ZOTA that we plan to make comments on as well, parts of it that we are uncomfortable with, that we plan to tell the planning commission about. And so that's a part of this. There's a give and take on both sides. And we're really, really grateful for the work this council has put in working on this ZOTA, making sure that we can all get this right for Fayette County. And we're really lucky to be able to have those conversations with you and continue to engage in this dialogue. And as always, we're open to answering any questions about our model and what our hopes are for our project here in Fayette County. And I'm just a short email or phone call away. And I'm sure I'll be up here plenty more over the next few months. So looking forward to continuing this conversation with you all. Thanks. All right. Thank you. That concludes our public comment for issues on the agenda. And so now it's time for second reading of ordinances. Item 1, an ordinance modifying the conditional zoning restrictions to allow additional principal accessory and conditional uses in the existing Corridor Business B-3 zone for 1.16 net, 1.88 gross acreage for property located at 532 and 550 South Broadway and 659 Plunkett Street, Kenneth B. Littrell Council District 3. Item 2, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, fiscal year 2026, Schedule No. 27. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Vice Mayor Wu. Thank you. Second by Council Member Curtis. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote. Council Member Hale? Yes. Council Member Higgins-Horde? Yes, ma'am. 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 Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Eblen? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Elliot-Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Those all pass. And now it is time for first reading of ordinances. Item 3. An ordinance changing the zone from an agricultural AU zone to a medium-density residential R4 zone for a 38.998 net, 39.148 gross acres for property located at 3515 Richmond Road, a portion of Hill Point, LLC, Council District 7. Item 4. An ordinance changing the zone from an expansion area residential 1EAR1 zone and an agricultural AR zone to an expansion area residential 2EAR2 zone and a medium-density residential R4 zone for 2.33 net, 2.77 gross acres for property located at 4184 Todd's Road, 4184 Todd's Road, LLC, Council District 12. Item 5. An ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, FY 2026, schedule number 28. Item 6. An ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government for council appropriations for projects from opioid abatement settlement funds, as discussed April 21, 2026, and amended April 28, 2026, and appropriating and reappropriating funds, schedule number 29. And item 7. An ordinance amending the author's strength by abolishing four unclassified positions of treatment plant operator apprentice 1, grade 513N, abolishing four unclassified positions of treatment plant operator apprentice 2, grade 515N, and creating eight unclassified positions of treatment plant operator apprentice grade 511N, all in the individual water quality effective upon passage of council. Thank you. Thank you very much. Council, do you have any walk-ons? All right. Are there any suspensions for second reading? All right. Seeing none. We will take our time for second reading of resolutions. Item 1. A resolution accepting a 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 the Medford Contracting LLC related to the bid. Item 2. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an engineering services agreement awarded 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 Management Project for the Division of Water Quality under an indefinite services contract for future work awarded and funds budgeted on a project basis. Item 3. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an updated mutual aid agreement with Clark County for multi-jurisdictional responses. Item 4. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute change order number 1 final to the agreement with NAC Heavy Highway Incorporated to reflect actual quantities of odorous wastewater process for the Division of Water Quality increase in the contract by the sum of $49,695.52 from $94,686 to $144,381.52. Item 5. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an agreement with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for construction of sanitary sewer infrastructure part of Liberty Road Improvement Project 7-8902.00 for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $556,074.14. Item 6. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute a facility usage and concessions agreement with various youth baseball and softball leagues for the usage of baseball and softball fields for the 2026 calendar year. Item 7. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute Amendment No. 1 to an existing grant agreement with 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 8. A resolution accepting the bid of the following entities in response to RFP No. 6-2026 to scale up equipment and personnel to manage storms, disasters, and emergencies, and establishing price contracts, and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to enter into any additional necessary agreements with each of the following. All contingent upon the appropriation of sufficient funds. LM Asphalt Partners, LTD, DBA, ATS Construction, Clear Path Facility Services, LLC, Concentric Corporation of America, Davis H. Elliot Construction Company, Inc., DRC, Emergency Services, LLC, Ed's Hold Coke, LLC, Integrated Services, Inc., Kentucky, and Woodall Construction Company, Inc. Item 9. 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 10. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an agreement with the Central Bank Center and levy catering for the Police Awards Banquet. Item 11. 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 in the Victim Assistance Formula Grant funded by the Victims of Crime Act to provide any additional information requesting a connection with this grant for hiring a victim's services supervisor. No local matches required. And authorizing the Mayor to transfer an adequate fund within the grant budget. Item 12. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an extension deposit agreement and related documents to the 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 13. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an agreement with Good Maps Incorporated for the implementation and license subscription for the wayfinding technology for the Lexington Senior Center at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 14. A resolution authorizing the Division of Fire and Emergency Services to purchase national background checks from L4 Security Group, a sole source 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. Item 15. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an amendment to an agreement with the Liturgical Publication Incorporated, LPI, for design, layout, and printing of the Lexington Senior Center monthly newsletter, and further authorizing the Mayor, to execute any other amendments with the Liturgical Publication Incorporated, LPI, related to that agreement. Item 16. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute contracts with Uniti 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 17. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute four agreements with the Institute of Police Technology and Management for four training courses, at a cost not to exceed $70,000. Item 18. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute a multi-year services agreement with Metaformers Incorporated for all infrastructure databases 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 fiscal year 2027, subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds, and further authorizing the CIO, as the Mayor's designee, to execute any other documents, including future renewals necessary for the continued implementation, operation support, and maintenance of SAME. And item 19. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute agreements related to Council Capital Project Expenditure Funds with the Food Chain Incorporated at $3,022.56, the Tradition at Parks Edge Townhome Association Incorporated at $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. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Thank you. Council Member Sheehan, seconded by Vice Mayor Wu. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Council Member Hale? Yes. Council Member Higgins-Horde? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Morton? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Reynolds? Yes. Council Member Savicny? Yes. Council Member Sheehan? Yes. Vice Mayor Wu? Yes. Council Member Beasley? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Boone? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Curtis? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Edlin? Yes, ma'am. Council Member Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. And Council Member Elliot Baxter? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Those all pass. Now it's time for first reading of resolutions. Item 20. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with CONA to establish a Food Chain Incorporated at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Thank you. Item 21. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with CONA-ICE for the mobile frozen treat vending concessions at Lexington Parks and Recreation Aquatic Facilities and Splash Pads during the 2026 season at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 21. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to enter into a statement of work with IO Solutions Incorporated for testing applicants with the Division of Police for police promotional processes at a cost not to exceed $81,000. Item 22. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a renewal agreement and related documents with Syntas for lease of automated external defibrillator AED units for the Division of Water Quality at a cost not to exceed $13,716 in fiscal year 2027 subject to sufficient funds being appropriated. Item 23. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change number one to the agreement with Banks Engineering Incorporated for surveying and easement acquisition services for the Division of Water Quality increasing the contract by the sum of $4,500 from $37,900 to $42,400. Item 24. A resolution declaring the property located at 2002 Family Circle as surplus and authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Lexington Urban County Government to execute a deed and any necessary documents for the transfer of the property located at 2002 Family Circle to Liberty Station LLC. Item 25. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a one-year agreement with LM Communications Broadcast Media Group, DBA ESPN Sports Radio, Lexington, Kentucky to provide front rounds of golf at golf courses owned by the Urban County Government at no charge in exchange for radio advertisement for the golf courses from the date of execution through October 31, 2026. Item 26. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a second amendment to the agreement with REACH Incorporated under the Home Investment Partnership Program updating the language of the agreement and further improving affordability for first-time home buyers by increasing the subsidy amount to $50,000 per household and agreeing to fund eligible first-time home buyers in the form of non-payable loans at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 27. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement related to council capital project expenditure funds with the LFUCG Corridors Commission, 7500, LFUCG Division of Trafficking and Engineering, 70,000, and Gatton Park Conservancy Incorporated, $25,000 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Item 28. A resolution accepting a bid of Pace Contracting, LLC in the amount of $424,000 for West Tate Wind and Wastewater Treatment Plant High Flow Diversion Box Replacement for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with the Pace Contracting, LLC related to the bid. Item 29. A resolution accepting a bid of Adams Contracting, LLC in the amount of $337,550 for the Jacobson Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement for the Division of Parks and Recreation and authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Adams Contracting, LLC related to the bid. Item 30. A resolution accepting a bid of Herrick Company Incorporated in the amount of $3,100,250 for the Town Branch and West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant's Final Clarifier Coating for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the Mayor and behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Herrick Company Incorporated related to the bid. Item 31. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Barbie Tapp, Staff Assistant Senior Grade 511N, 20.123 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective April 13th, 2026. Ban Hassan, Staff Assistant Senior Grade 511N, 21.956 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective April 13th, 2026. Marlis Pinto, Staff Assistant Senior Grade 511N, 18.460 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective April 6th, 2026. Kennedy Cole, Customer Service Specialist, Grade 511N, 18.939 hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective April 6th, 2026. Melissa Rice, Administrative Specialist, Grade 516N, 24.819 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective March 22nd, 2026. Zachary Stanley, Code Enforcement Officer, Grade 517N, 24.195 hourly in the Division of Code Enforcement, effective April 27th, 2026. John Mouser, HVAC Technician, Grade 519N, 28.603 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective April 13th, 2026. Carlos Taylor, Public Service Worker, Grade 508N, 16.402 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective May 3rd, 2026. George Robinson, Fleet Operations Supervisor, Grade 525N, 40.720 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective April 6th, 2026. And Aaliyah Combs, Custodial Worker, Grade 506N, 17.500 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective April 2026. Item 32, a resident authorizing the indirect demand, behalf of the county government, to get a memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Club of Bluegrass to provide funding for the implementation of structured youth programming and services at a cost not to exceed $50,000, item 33. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement with RFP number 2, 2026 with Tunnel, Spangler, Walsh, and Associates Incorporated TSW for development of a unified development code at a cost not to exceed $250,000, item 34. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement with Azavis Solutions LLC, a sole source provider for purchase and maintenance of a data collection program for the new senior and therapeutic center, recreation center, at a cost not to exceed $15,600 for FY 2026, subject to an annual maintenance and support fee of $1,800, contingent upon the appropriation of sufficient funds in future fiscal years, and further authorizing the mayor to execute any future documents, included annual renewals necessary for implementation, operation, support, and maintenance of same, item 35. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute change number one to the agreement with Elaine Allen for replacement of a failed septic system and modification to walls and ceilings associated with the Whitney Young Community Building Project, increasing the amount by $31,219.37, raising the total contract amount from $216,700 to $247,919.37, item 36. A resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the urban county government to purchase service and parts for the online process analyzer at the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant from In-Situ, a sole source provider, at a cost not to exceed $54,870, item 37. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute a school year facility on permits and honorariums with the Fayette County Board of Education for use of space in schools with extended school programs, ESP, for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost not to exceed $51,038. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to accept $868,000 in federal coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act funds and $65,600 in federal funds under the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet service. This transportation program for the construction phase of the Wilson Downing Intersection Improvement Project, the acceptance of these funds requires a local match of $16,400. By receiving these funds, the urban county government acknowledges and agrees to ratify and adopt all statements, representation, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in this agreement, item 39. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application to accept this grant if awarded, which is estimated to total up to $400,000 in federal funding under the safe streets and roads for all grant programs for planning and demonstration activities related to the safe routes to school pilot initiative. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of up to $100,000 as a local match. Authorizing the mayor to execute any agreements or amendments related to the grant award, and authorizing the mayor to transfer any refunds in the grant budget, item 40. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute and submit the 2026 consolidated plan grant application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are funds for the FY 2027 Community Development Block Grant, CDBG Program $2,326,430, Home Program $1,250,708.88, and Emergency Solutions Grant ESG Program $197,698. The acceptance of which obligates the urban county government to the expenditure of $362,500 from various funding sources as a local match, and authorizing the mayor to execute agreements for the approved plan, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget, item 41. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 8-2026 with Get Outside Kentucky G-O-K-Y for the provision of non-motorized watercraft rental services at Kelly's Landing Park and Jacobson Park Reservoir, with an annual fee to 10% of gross sales, less applicable sales tax paid to the license of the urban county government, item 42. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an addendum number two to the agreement with Five Stars Break Time Solution Incorporated, ABA Conti Coffee, to add a provision of coffee dispenser and regular maintenance of equipment at the new senior center and therapeutic recreation center, at an additional cost estimated not to exceed $4,320 in FY 2027, item 43. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute an agreement with American Response Vehicles for one 2027 AEV trauma hawk type two custom mobile health unit, at a cost not to exceed $154,727.35, item 44. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute agreements with neighborhood development funds with Carnegie Literacy Center Incorporated, 1200, Community Venture Corporation, 4,275, South Florida Youth Film Workshop Incorporated, 600, KBA Prime Corp, 1,500, Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 1,000, the Black Soil Charitable Fund Incorporated, 1,500, St. Martin's Village Neighborhood Association, 750, Hillandale Neighborhood Association, 500, Stonewall Equestrian Estates Association Incorporated, 1,000, the Open Gates Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 1,500, Garden Meadows Homeowners Association Incorporated, 1,000, Lexington Housing for the Handicapped Incorporated, 1,000, Union Benevolent Society Number 28, 5,000, Meadow Creek Neighborhood Association, $554.82, Project Kids First, LLC, 1,900, Downtown Lexington Incorporated, 5,000, Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association of Lexington, Kentucky Incorporated, 1,400, Lexington Leadership Foundation Incorporated, 1,675, East End Community Development Corporation, 400, Young Men's Christian Association of Central Kentucky Incorporated, 800, Operation BU Incorporated, 1,700, Viana Power Incorporated, 1,025, Gulf U Estates Neighborhood Association Incorporated, 500, and Safe House Kentucky Incorporated, $1,225 for the office of the Urban County Council. It would cost not to see the sum stated, item 45, a resolution authorizing the Director of the Mayor on behalf of Urban County Government to execute an agreement related to council capital expenditure funds with LFUCG Complete Streets, 50,000, the Blue Grass Trust for History Preservation Incorporated, 3,000, Lexington Children's Theater Incorporated, 5,000, and Junior Achievement of the Blue Grass Incorporated, $5,235 for the office of the Urban County Council, and it costs not to see the sum stated, item 46. A resolution approving the FY 2027 budget of the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority, LexPark, as well as proposed fee and rate increases effective September 1, 2026 in part and January 1, 2027 in part, pursuant to KRS 67A 921. And item 47, a resolution initiating zoning ordinance text amendments to Article 31, Solar Energy System amending section 312C, 314, 316D, 316J, creating section 312EFG, 316H23N4, 316I1234, 316J3, 317A1213, and 14. Deleting previous sections 12 and renumbering 318 to provide new definitions, change allowable or permitted uses in various zones, provide clarity in agricultural zones, and address brownfields and community benefit agreements, thank you. All right, thank you. Council members, do you have any walk-ons? Are there motions to suspend the rules for second reading? Council Member Sheehan. Thank you, Mayor. I have two. On behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules for item number 24. This is a resolution declaring property at 2,002 family circle as surplus, and authorizing the execution of deeds in any necessary documents to transfer the property. Vice Mayor Wu seconds. Is there any discussion? All right, all those in favor say aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Okay, thank you. And on behalf of the administration, I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 25. This is a resolution to execute a one year agreement with LM Communications Broadcast Media Group. So moved. Second. Council Member Savigne seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. Council Member Morton. Thank you. I'll make a motion to suspend item number 32 under first reading to give it second reading just for time's decisive reasons. Thank you. So moved. And I heard a second. Who's second? Council Member Beasley seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Hale. Yes on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules for item number 29 this is a resolution accepting the bid of Adams contract LLC with the amount of 337 thousand five hundred fifty for the Jacobson Park pedestrian bridge replacement so move councilmember Baxter seconds are there questions all those in favor say aye does anyone opposed all right that motion passes council I got I got like two more go ahead also on the behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules to give second reading to resolution 0 3 2 4 26 it's a resolution authorized the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute the agreement with get outside KY for the provision of non-motorized watercraft rental services at Kelly landing and at Jacobson Park Reservoir so move and that is number 41 I believe all right and councilmember Baxter seconded is there any discussion all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes councilmember Ellinger and I'm sorry you aren't done yet I apologize you're on a roll the last one on behalf of the administration I make a motion to suspend the rules for item number 44 this is just for for time restraints and this is for our neighborhood development funds I heard council vice mayor Wu first as a second are there any questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed that motion passes thank you thank you all right councilmember Ellinger Thank You mayor I was going to do number 44 but councilmember Hill beat me to it so okay all right thank you council councilmember Sheehan Thank You mayor I we can still stick with 25 but I was actually supposed to read 35 okay well they're both good guys I wrote down the wrong one so on behalf of the administration I move to suspend the rules and do second reading for item number 35 that is a resolution for the execution of a change order for the agreement with Elaine Allen for the replacement of a failed septic system and modification to the walls and ceiling at the Whitney Young community community building project thank you councilmember Reynolds seconds are there any questions all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that item passes are there any others all right so I believe we have 24 25 29 32 35 41 and 44 okay when you are ready if you will give those second reading please item 24 a resolution declaring property located at 200 to family circle as surplus and authorizing mayor on behalf there Lexington for every kind of government to execute a deed and any necessary documents for the transfer of the property located at 200 to family circle to Liberty Station LLC item 25 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf every kind of government execute a one-year agreement LM communication broadcast media group DBA ESPN sports radio Lexington Kentucky to provide rounds of golf at golf courses owned by the urban kind of government at no charge in exchange for radio advertisement advertising for the golf courses from the date of execution through October 31 2026 item 29 it was a bit of Adams contracting LLC in the amount of three hundred thirty seven thousand five hundred fifty dollars for the Jacobson Park pedestrian bridge replacement for the division parks recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban kind of government to execute an agreement with Adams contracting LLC related to the bid item 32 a resolution authorizing director mayor and behalf every kind of government exceed a memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Club of the bluegrass to provide funding for the implementation of structured youth programming services at a cost not to receive $50,000 item 35 a resolution authorizing director mayor and behalf every kind of government execute change order number one to the agreement with Elaine Allen for replacement of a field septic system and modification to walls and ceilings associated with the Whitney Young community building project increasing the amount by thirty one thousand two hundred nineteen dollars and thirty seven cents reason the total contract amount from two hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred to two hundred forty seven thousand nine hundred nineteen dollars and thirty seven cents and forty one a resolution authorizing the mayor and behalf every kind of government execute an agreement order pursuant to RFP number eight twenty twenty six with get outside Kentucky go ky for the provision of non-motorized watercraft rental services at Kelly's Landing Park and Jacobson Park Reservoir with a fee equal to ten percent of gross sales less applicable sales tax paid to the Lexington Fair Urban County government in item 44 a resolution authorizing and director mayor on behalf every kind of government to execute agreement related to neighborhood development funds with the Carnegie Carnegie Literacy Center incorporated 1,200 Community Ventures Corporation 4,275 South Florida Youth Film Workshop incorporated 600 KBA Prime Corporation 1,500 Eastland Parkway Neighborhood Association for 1,000 the Black Soil Charitable Fund incorporated 1,500 St. Martins Village Neighborhood Association 750 Hill and Dale Neighborhood Association 500 Stonewall Equestrian Estates Association incorporated 1,000 the Open Gates Neighborhood Association incorporated 1,500 Garden Meadows Homeowners Association incorporated 1,000 Lexington Housing for the Handicapped incorporated 100 Union Benevolent Society number 28 incorporated 5,000 Meadow Creek Neighborhood Association corporate 544 dollars and 82 cents Project Kids First LLC 1,900 Downtown Lexington Corporation 5,000 the Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association of Lexington Kentucky incorporated 1,400 Lexington Leadership Foundation incorporated 1,675 East End Community Development Corporation 400 see where my Young Men's Christian Association Young Men's Christian Association of Central Kentucky incorporated 800 Operation BU incorporated 1,700 Fiona Power incorporated 1,025 Gulfview Estates Neighborhood Association incorporated 500 and Safe House of Kentucky incorporated 1,225 dollars for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to see the sum stated thank you thank you is there a motion to approve councilmember Reynolds second by councilmember Ellinger and when you're ready if you'll do a roll call vote please councilmember Hale councilmember Higgins Horde councilmember Morton councilmember Reynolds yes councilmember Savigny councilmember Sheehan yes vice mayor Wu yes councilmember Beasley councilmember Boone councilmember Curtis councilmember Eblen councilmember Ellinger yes ma'am and councilmember Elliot Baxter thank you all right thank you those all pass councilmembers we have communications from the mayor donations could I have a motion to approve councilmember Savigny second by councilmember Curtis are there any questions all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed thank you that passes communications from the mayor procurements could I have a motion councilmember Savigny councilmember Reynolds seconds are there any questions all those in favor say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes and then we have I think I missed the appointment yeah thank you rushing through communications from the mayor appointments could I have a motion councilmember Savigny councilmember Curtis seconds are there questions all right all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right that passes we have communications from the mayor for your information only and that brings us to disciplines and we have one fire discipline fire chief Jason Wells is here to present that welcome Thank You mayor good evening council on Tuesday January 20th 2026 an internal allegation was made that firefighter Zachary Fisher six two nine nine one violated UDG 1.1 one late tardy and AWOL at the conclusion of the investigation the employee met with me and accepted a written reprimand this is firefighter Fisher's first documented offense of UDG 1.1 one since his employment employment in October of 2023 and stems from failure to report on time to a scheduled assignment councilmember Reynolds moves councilmember Curtis seconds councilmembers do you have any questions for chief Wells all right all those in favor of approval say aye is anyone opposed all right that motion passes thank you chief that brings us to council announcements councilmember Morton thank you I've got a decent amount to start so it was an honor to attend and help celebrate the inaugural class of the Lexington after excuse me the most recent class of the Lexington African-American Sports Hall of Fame this moment marked recognition of individuals whose excellence resilience and impact have shaped not only athletics but broader community the official gala is an induction ceremony will be take place in September on where these trailblazers will be formally honored this initiative is more than a celebration of sports it's a preservation of history and a tool for community empowered empowerment when we uplift these stories we remind future generations that greatness lives within our neighborhoods and that their potential is limitless when rooted in purpose and opportunity and then moving on we had the annual Antonio Franklin peace walk and as an honor to attend the peace walk at Duncan Park and event centered on raising awareness and addressing gun violence in our community this issue is not abstract it is personal many have directly or indirectly have felt the impact of violence on gun violence and that reality continues to shape how we show up for this work events like the peace walk create a space for reflection healing and unity they allow us to come together not only in remembrance but resolve at the same time they call us for action to move beyond awareness and towards real tangible solutions that means investing investing in prevention supporting our youth strengthening families and ensuring that community voices are at the center of strategies when we advance and then moving on the Sea Leaf Garden Party had the privilege of attending on the Sea Leaf Garden Party and want to commend the organization for its continued impact across our district in our city Sea Leaf is doing some incredible work by maintaining community gardens increasing access to fresh and healthy foods and creating a meaningful and meaningful educational opportunities for residents of all ages and then the bringing back the bluegrass pilot project at Marlboro Park I wanted to thank our Marlboro Radcliffe neighbors Geomancer Mr. Naki my youth council my staff and then Parks and Recreation just for their dedication throughout this these last several weeks for the bring back the bluegrass pilot project which was wrapped up the first phase this weekend together we planted over 500 plants in Marlboro Park this is what community investment looks like neighbors showing up activating shared spaces and building pride beyond beautification this work is about creating environments where people feel safe connected and invested in their surroundings continued investment in this project like this helped transform our public spaces into places of gathering wellness opportunity I mean we're excited to see these on this space bloom this summer and to move towards next steps I want to take a personal privilege and I just wanted to give a shout out no congratulations actually to my brother he just committed to UK basketball last night and you know just growing up with Jerome you know running Florence Avenue in the West End to windburn off the Russel Cave Road Corridor you know we have these conversations about misunderstood youth youth and undervalued communities and Jerome is a living example of resilience of a hard work of faith but also he's an example to our youth that you can reach your dreams no matter what obstacles are in front of you so I just wanted to give a shout out to Jerome I look forward to watching you play in the blue and white and coming to those games and I also look forward to you serving our community you know Jerome's a community guy and I know that he will be out in the community mentoring our youth showing up for our youth coaching our youth all those good things so I look forward to bringing Jerome seeing Jerome come back home and then lastly as I close I want to take a moment to honor two trailblazers in our community that who have recently passed former representative Jesse Crenshaw and then also mr. PG people these were men of vision strength and unwavering commitment to uplifting others their leadership and service have left an indelible mark on this city their lives remind us that progress is built on sacrifice courage and a deep belief in community it is now our responsibility to carry that legacy forward to continue the work they began and remain steadfast in our mission to serve as it's written in 2nd Timothy 4 and 7 I have fought the good fight I have finished the race I have kept the faith may we honor them not only in words but in action by continuing the fight the good fight and keeping the faith in the work ahead so my condolences to their family and thank you thank you vice mayor Wu Thank You mayor we just saw PG people's like a week and a half ago at a affordable housing dedication and and he's always there and in classic PG style I believe he passed away at work just literally working for the city of Lexington until the very end and if any of us could have even a fraction of the kind of impact that he's had on this city I think we'd be doing really well so yeah we lost a lost a great one there I've got a couple of slides here this week at the Carnegie Center I was very delighted to be a part of a panel called talking China in the bluegrass discussing some of the connections between China and Central Kentucky along with some really smart folks from UK Transy and Center College it was a really enlightening conversation about the complexities of geopolitics global economics and for me personal identity the next day as it happened I got to welcome a delegation from the Chinese Embassy in DC including minister tongues the one I was joined there by representatives from UK BCTC Asbury University Berea College along with LF you see G folks from global X and social services including Commissioner Alan Bryant wanted to thank global X director dr. Basel to Sean for arranging such a terrific meeting and it was great conversation and it really demonstrated that in spite of whatever is happening internationally in terms of friction or conflict we can still really bridge gaps people to people and also got to practice my rusty Mandarin and lastly in celebration of Keeneland this week I went to the Keeneland library to check out a terrific new exhibit and I will let the video speak for itself hey y'all it's your vice mayor Dan Wu and today we're here at the Keeneland library with library director Rhoda Ferraro and we are checking out this great new exhibit called raices Latino legacies in racing so Rhoda what is this exhibit yes so raices is a an amalgam of years worth of work to showcase the lives and contributions of more than a hundred men and women from across the Americas working at every level of the sport hmm and raices means roots it does and we worked hard to assemble an advisory panel of folks from six different countries and they were weighing in heavily like at every part of the decision-making process including the title of the exhibit and there were so many potential titles on the table but in the end people kept coming back to raices you know that concept of roots not only like those individuals you can check out the whole thing on Lex TV's YouTube channel it was such a great visit and learning about the just the roots of Latinos in this in this sport and in this region and that we would not have this industry without a lot of our immigrant and refugee neighbors and workers so appreciate Haley and Steve and the Lex TV team for all their work on this video the exhibit will be up until November I believe thank you thank you councilmember Reynolds thank you mayor and thank you vice mayor for highlighting that important exhibit I am NOT the best at remembering to send photos so I don't have photos but Saturday was a lovely day I started off in Valley Park for the annual Valley Park Wolf Run Creek cleanup with people from Cardinal Valley Elementary from the park board from Friends of Wolf Run and then lots of other volunteers and we had Columbia gas come out and also st. Joseph CHI health and so it was really a wonderful day it's a very important cleanup to clean up a large portion of the watershed once a year and to keep trash out of the watershed and then I went to the Antonio Franklin jr. VIP peace walk something that I've really enjoyed doing every year with my time on council and for me what really spoke to me were the stories of the survivors including a family that from my district where an incident took place and then I spoke to the family afterwards and it was really moving and I think sometimes we need to hear those stories to be in touch with reality and and what what happens in our community so I really appreciate that peace walk every year and then I wanted to mention that this Monday May 4th is International Firefighters Day and I want to take this moment to really recognize our brave firefighters and for all they do to protect our community especially this calendar year we have had a lot of emergencies large ones and and some major structure fires and as always they respond quickly with bravery and I'm just really appreciative of them and so want to celebrate them for International Firefighters Day and then I just wanted to mention on a personal personal note my condolences to PJ people's family and mention that he was a person that was an encourager he reached out to me personally during my time on council in a very positive encouraging way and I and sometimes in ways that like I didn't even expect at all and so we don't realize I think how far his reach was in our community as a cheerleader and a champion for others and so I just wanted to say that I'm sorry that he will not be around but that his memory will live on for a long time so thank you. Thank you. That concludes council announcements so this brings us to public comment for issues not on the agenda and we have several people signed up so I first need to check to be sure Paige Hensley is here okay and then is Quinn Troia here and are you giving your time to Paige? Okay so Paige you'll have six minutes when your name is up and we'll begin with Isaac Looney followed by Paige Hensley who Paige will have six minutes. Welcome. Good evening my name is Isaac Looney resident of Lexington Council District 3 and I'm coming off of a very long day at work so my apologies but I'm here to talk tonight about an issue that's really important to me and that is the use of flock cameras here in Lexington. Keeping up with the news regarding flock safety can be kind of overwhelming because there's a seemingly constant flow of new stories breaking about problems, exploits, and shady practices revealed about that company and their products from cities across the country and so I want to briefly highlight a few of those issues in front y'all tonight. One of which is a man in Colorado has had his vehicle flagged by the flock system and has been recurring traffic stops as a result but the problem is they have the wrong person. This is a situation where the cameras made an incorrect assessment of the vehicle and license plate resulting in a false flag and this is a situation that is not easy to fix because even if a particular county removes you from that flag list that does not apply everywhere. So now this person is unable to travel in his own personal vehicle outside of his general area without being stopped by law enforcement in those different places. So this is a personal safety issue for him and also a resource issue when time and energy from law enforcement are dedicated to chasing these automated false flag issues. Also just this past month in Dunwoody, Georgia records were released that indicated employees of Flock Safety, the company itself, were looking at camera feeds in gymnastics rooms, pools, and fitness centers in a public facility in Dunwoody, Georgia and this happened despite their contract agreement with Flock stating that only the local police department would have that kind of access to the camera feeds. And so this is obviously a massive invasion of privacy which has still not been addressed. In fact the city moved to renew their contract with Flock Safety despite this scandal and that's where I think Lexington can really stand above its peers. This technology is unpopular, it's invasive, it's impossible to really control and I think that Lexington ending that contract with Flock Safety will be better for Lexingtonians. I think it will show the nation that our city has strong principles and cares about the people that live here and will be us making a step forward in many cities will follow. That's all I have. Thank you. Alright, next. Excuse me, I will have to ask you to leave the chamber because the council rules say no clapping or yelling or booing or anything like that. So if you'll please honor that next after the next speaker please. I think the rules are posted out there. So Paige you're next and you will have six minutes and you'll be followed by Cassidy Child. Welcome. Hi, my name is Paige Hensley. I'm a citizen of District 4. Today I'm also here to talk about Flock cameras also known as ALPRs. This is mostly in regards to data transparency from the Lexington City Government. The first page that you check out about Flock cameras in the city of Lexington is severely out of date at this point. It references most recently November of 2022 and there's several inconsistencies across how the data is compared to pre-Flock traffic data and police ability to recover vehicles. So for example, data from the full years of 2020 and 2021 is compared to only eight months of data post-Flock. There's obviously and even displayed within this web page itself large seasonal variations in crimes related to stolen vehicles and their recovery. So this kind of inconsistent timescale can have large impacts and especially you know it's we're several years out at this point and I do believe that this is a common case of something scraped together for a presentation kind of the debut of a new technology not being followed up with and not being followed up and kept up to date even if the data is still being collected. There's also a line chart in there where the text above says that it compares data from several years pre and post Flock but the image is very small it's a static embedded image in the website and it only seemingly displays data from December 2019 up until February 2022 indicating that it is all entirely from before the Flock cameras first Flock cameras were installed in Lexington. This line graph also already seems to indicate a slight downward trend in time for time to recovery for stolen vehicles. A claim that is being made about Flock cameras is that they are responsible for this decrease or additional decreases but when the historical data prior to their installation already shows that downward trend I think that makes it even more important to show the full up-to-date range of data that we would currently have so that we can show that this isn't just a blip or it isn't just seasonal or some kind of artifact of the time scale. That's my main request is that I think we probably have this data I don't think that it's intentional malice or intentional deception on the city government's part to not have it be up-to-date. I'm a data engineer I know that getting things point A to B is not as simple as it always looks especially when you're debuting something new you're figuring out the processes. There's similar concerns I have with some of the police auditing reports that are linked on this page. They seem to pull different sample sizes wildly different sample sizes depending on the two kinds of audits that seem to be displayed. Some also seem to say it's a random some say that it's more comprehensive. So I just think that it's been a few years and I think that since there are concerns about how Flock is being used across the country in various cities that it's important that we are as up-to-date and upfront as possible about what actually is going on. Thank you. All right next is Cassidy Child followed by Trevor Knudson and then Jessica Saxton. Welcome. All right hello I am Cassidy Child I am a citizen of District 6 and last summer I was part of a small push to better regulate the Flock cameras here in Lexington. This involved petition that gained 230 signatures on Action Network and the call is as follows. We believe that Flock cameras should be accessible only by local and federal law enforcement and only with the issue and only with the warrant issued by a judge. This includes but is not limited to preventing the use of this data in machine learning and facial recognition software. To enforce this fair usage we are also asking for quarterly external audits of the Lexington Police Department's use of the Flock camera systems. We also believe that the Flock camera systems program should not be expanded unless with the approval of the Lexington Fayette Urban County government. That's the end of the petition call. Unfortunately this push fell short and the share of signatures we collected in person on paper were lost. This year I'm part of a new push to revitalize this effort but with the increase in Flock's presence and the growing national spotlight on Flock and the low negative opinion our goal has escalated to removing the cameras from Flock I mean sorry the cameras from Lexington entirely. This isn't a small issue as proven from the 230 signatures that we got just on regulating them but it's not and it's not just a few people speaking today who are worried about this. There's a good portion of people in Lexington that are worried about Flock in their neighborhoods their support for the removal of these cameras and our goal is to prove that. We hope to get a proper petition to City Council sometime this year hopefully before fall. Thank you all that's it for me. Okay thanks. Next is Trevor Knudson followed by Jessica Saxton. Welcome. Hi my name is Trevor Knudson. I'm a citizen of district 3. I'd also like to speak regarding the Flock cameras. Two points regarding it that I'd like to speak to. One is that the notion of informed consent you know a lot of times when you you have to like sign off to have your picture taken or used in somewhere in some purposes you know and you know I have to go through that process in a number of situations but so many people walking around Lexington don't even know that they're being filmed. I mean I've spoken this is my random sampling but to be all of the people I've talked to and brought this up with we're not even aware that these exist and I think that you know filming them without their knowledge or consent is inappropriate and I think that a if this was going through at all it should be more publicized and notification much better for the public but I am also against the in principle I don't think these should be exist at all. I think that by their very nature they're subject to abuse. I think that you know beyond the mistakes and problems that come with it the abuse this potential for abuse and the potential you know to be used to target in certain individuals or certain groups of people is just too strong of a temptation so no matter how many tried of safeties or you know regulations we try to put on it to stop it from being abused I think by its very nature it will eventually be abused won't be an issue of when it does it will be I mean if it does it will be when it happens and I think that that danger is just too much and unacceptable and I would like to register my objection to their use in Lexington and finally just one other quick topic this is my first city attendance and I found it very interesting and enlightening I would like to express my concern about the starting it with a religious prayer I think separation of church and state does not coincide with that practice and I would like to register my objection to it thank you our final speaker is Jessica Saxton welcome thank you so much my name is Jessica Saxton I'm not a resident of Kentucky but I would like to draw to your attention something that is happening in your state and that is the trafficking of children through CPS through your family courts through your juvenile court your dependency courts it has come to my attention that Kentucky is one of the worst states in America for trafficking through the system as a matter of fact when I was preparing for this I found out that back in 2024 you guys funded 37 partner agencies a total of almost nearly 4.8 million dollars now when I looked into these organizations many of them deal specifically with children and when I look further into that there are some discrepancies and possibly some conflicts of interest between them their funding and who are leaning leading those organizations also in 2019 excuse me through 2019 and 2022 CPS in Kentucky was using pre-signed judicial orders in order to remove children well I found many of those families who had their children removed during that time and many of those children have not been returned why not you cannot have a CPS agent go out and remove a child without an order but this was just a produce and stamp type of situation and now children are just gone and what makes it worse is that your state and your county is profiting off of the removal of these children as a matter of fact it's under title 4d and title 4e if you look that up that is federal funding that the state receives for unlawfully removing children unlawfully kidnapping children from loving healthy fit parents putting them into CPS custody and then not giving these parents an option an opportunity for these children to return you cannot continue to be okay as a body of counsel that you yourself swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution you cannot be okay with the fact that our parents and our children's rights are being deprived you actually have a duty to report these crimes that I'm telling you tonight now I was here back in in August of 2026 and I provided you guys a notice this was regarding an indictment by a grand jury or the lack thereof in violation of amendment 5 of the United States Constitution I haven't seen anything change I still think that you guys are issuing orders and warrants for arrests for felony charges without an indictment by a grand jury that being said we have a lot of families that have come forward they're able to produce evidence of crimes federal crimes that are occurring in this county by your judges your CPS workers your attorneys your clerk of courts and a lot of other people in between I would like to say this the next time I come here it will probably not just be us as a notice there will probably be some filings as far as a lawsuit our children are not for sale and I thank you longer revenue streams for all of you guys to sit up here and just thank you very much that concludes our public comment we thank all of you who attended tonight and I'll entertain a motion to adjourn all those in favor say aye we are adjourned thank you again