Council Work Session - Virtual Meeting Packet

Summary

Meeting Overview

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council held a virtual meeting on January 19, 2021, at 3:00 PM, presided over by Mayor Linda Gorton. The council addressed four agenda items during the session, taking three motions to a vote. No public comments were heard during the meeting.

The council approved the Summary and New Business items, received an informational presentation on Continuing Business, and approved the Capacity Assurance Program Audit Results. The meeting was conducted entirely in a virtual format.

Attendance

Present: - Mayor Linda Gorton - McCurn - Ellinger - J. Brown - Worley - Lamb - Plomin - Kay - Kloiber - Moloney - Reynolds - Bledsoe - Farmer - Swanson - Higgins-Hord - F. Brown

Absent: - Mossotti

Late: None recorded

Votes and Decisions

The meeting included three motions, all of which passed by voice vote.

Approval of New Business 1:03 Plomin moved to approve new business, seconded by Lamb. The motion passed by voice vote. Moloney voted against the motion.

Approval of the Capacity Assurance Plan Audit 3:07 Kay moved to approve the Capacity Assurance Plan Audit, seconded by McCurn. The motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Motion to Place Capacity Assurance Audit on the Docket 4:13 Fred Brown moved to place the Capacity Assurance Audit on the docket, seconded by Kay. The motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Budget and Financial Actions

The meeting included approval of six financial items totaling approximately $2.6 million in contracts and grants:

Training Services - L0046-21: First Aid Training provided by the Red Cross for three Streets & Roads employees — $990.00

Roadway Reimbursements - L0052-21: Reimbursement to Kentucky American Water Company for roadway milling and paving — $57,145.03 - L0052-21: Reimbursement to Columbia Gas of Kentucky for roadway milling and paving — $29,877.48

Federal Grant - L0064-21: Federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to replace and purchase Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs) — $2,000,000

Town Branch Commons Project Services - L0065-21: Additional construction engineering and observation services for Town Branch Commons provided by AECOM Technical Services, Inc. — $402,500 - L0066-21: Construction administration services for the Town Branch Commons Corridor project provided by Gresham Smith and Partners — $127,554

Contested Items

During the approval of new business, a split vote occurred regarding items d and e. Council member Moloney voted against these items, while the remainder of the council supported them. The items were ultimately approved despite Moloney's dissent.

Approval of Summary

The meeting included discussion and approval of the December 1, 2020 work session summary. Key speakers on this agenda item were Plomin and Kay.

The summary was approved by the body.

New Business

During the New Business segment, the meeting addressed new items for discussion and approval. 1:03

Key Participants

Plomin and Lamb led the discussion on new business matters.

Outcome

The new business items presented were approved by the meeting.

Continuing Business/Presentations

Fred Brown presented a summary from the Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee meeting held on October 6, 2020. 1:34

This agenda item was informational in nature, with no formal action or debate recorded. The presentation covered the committee's work and discussions from the October meeting, providing an update to the broader body on environmental quality and public works matters that had been addressed.

Capacity Assurance Program Audit Results

Kay and McCurn presented the Capacity Assurance Program Audit results to the meeting 3:07. The presentation covered the audit findings for the program.

Following the presentation, the audit results were put to a vote and approved by the body.