[5:47] were.

[5:51] >> Mayor: hello everyone.

[5:53] It's 6:00 and I would like to go

[5:55] ahead and call to order the

[5:56] lexington fayette urban county

[6:02] council meeting.

[6:06] Today is SEPTEMBER 10.

[6:08] It's the council that's chatty.

[6:09] SEPTEMBER 10, and we are going

[6:12] to go right into our agenda and

[6:16] the first item is the roll call.

[6:17] >> council member brown.

[6:18] >> here.

[6:19] >> council member curtis.

[6:19] >> yes, ma'am.

[6:20] >> council member eblen.

[6:21] >> yes, ma'am.

[6:22] >> council member ellinger.

[6:24] >> yes, ma'am.

[6:25] >> council member elliot-baxter.

[6:26] >> yes, ma'am.

[6:29] >> council member hale.

[6:29] >> yes.

[6:30] >> council member higgins-hord.

[6:30] >> yes.

[6:31] >> council member lynch.

[6:31] >> present.

[6:33] >> council member morton.

[6:33] >> yes, ma'am.

[6:35] >> council member reynolds.

[6:35] >> yes.

[6:36] >> council member sevigny.

[6:36] >> here.

[6:37] >> council member sheehan.

[6:38] >> here.

[6:38] >> vice mayor wu.

[6:39] >> here.

[6:41] >> council member boone.

[6:45] >> yes and council member

[6:46] council member beasleyly.

[6:47] >> yes, ma'am.

[6:48] >> Mayor: we have a quorum.

[6:51] I am pleased tonight to welcome

[6:53] council member eblin's pastor

[6:58] and my pastor, DR. John ligitt

[7:00] who is here from second

[7:03] presbyterian to offer his

[7:03] invocation.

[7:04] The podium is yours.

[7:05] >> thank you all for your

[7:13] service and let us pray.

[7:15] We ask for your blessing and all

[7:17] that is best for us and your

[7:18] forgiveness of anything that has

[7:19] fallen short of the better

[7:20] moments of our past.

[7:22] The hopes of the present, and

[7:24] the call to higher things in the

[7:26] future.

[7:27] Guide these members of our

[7:30] council and all others who care

[7:32] about and direct the affairs of

[7:34] our community.

[7:37] Sustain them in their work.

[7:42] Quiet any anxieties within them

[7:43] and strengthen them in their

[7:44] resolve to seek and pursue the

[7:52] well-being of all the people.

[7:53] And their successes and approval

[7:55] of a good conscience in all

[7:57] their endeavors.

[7:58] And work among each of us who

[8:03] call this place home that our

[8:05] community MAY be renewed in

[8:07] pollute beauty and goodness and

[8:08] happiness and peace with deep

[8:14] and abiding gratitude we offer

[8:15] you our prayer.

[8:16] Amen.

[8:26] >> Mayor: thank you very much.

[8:36] Can I have a motion to approve

[8:41] curtis was first.

[8:44] Are there any corrections or

[8:44] additions?

[8:46] All right.

[8:47] All those in favor of approving

[8:48] the minutes, please say aye.

[8:50] >> aye.

[8:51] >> Mayor: is anyone opposed?

[8:52] All right, thank you, that

[8:53] passes.

[8:59] Now we have two special

[9:17] presentations.

[9:18] All right.

[9:21] This evening, we have 3 some

[9:25] very special guests with us.

[9:30] I would like to invite shani ika

[9:32] carter and the girls from the

[9:34] basketball team to join me up at

[9:34] the podium.

[9:35] come on.

[9:45] All of you.

[10:22] [Applause]

[10:28] All right.

[10:30] So, this evening, we are

[10:32] celebrating the police

[10:34] activities league sixth grade

[10:37] girls basketball team.

[10:38] Congratulations.

[10:46] [Applause]

[10:48] Shanikaings one of the coaches.

[10:51] And in JULY, the pal united

[10:52] sixth grade girls basketball

[10:54] team competed in the run for the

[10:56] roses tournament in louisville

[10:58] and won the championship in

[11:07] their division.

[11:08] This is a wonderful

[11:09] accomplishment and I want to

[11:10] congratulate all of you players

[11:13] for your hard work and

[11:15] dedication.

[11:16] Powell does great work to

[11:19] support our community and our

[11:22] young people and I'm very proud

[11:24] of our police for investing in

[11:26] our youth n helping them reach

[11:27] their full potential.

[11:29] Thank you to police officers --

[11:32] there are a few back there,

[11:34] mentors, parents, all of the

[11:36] folks who make this program

[11:37] possible.

[11:40] Chief, I see you back there:

[11:42] your time, your encouragement,

[11:46] your support make a real

[11:47] difference in our community and

[11:49] to the young people involved in

[11:51] pal, keep up the great work.

[11:54] And each of you has a really

[11:57] bright future ahead of you so,

[11:58] at this time, I have a

[11:59] proclamation would I like to

[12:02] read and present.

[12:09] And I will ask sha aki -- shanika

[12:11] if she would like to say a few

[12:11] words.

[12:13] Whereas the lexington police

[12:15] department police activities

[12:16] league girls basketball team

[12:18] recently competed in the run for

[12:19] the roses tournament in

[12:21] louisville and whereas this

[12:25] tournament is the largest

[12:26] women's college basketball

[12:27] recruiting event in the united

[12:31] states, bringing together more

[12:34] than 2900 teams from 15

[12:36] countries around the world and

[12:38] whereas the pal team had an

[12:39] amazing showing, winning the

[12:43] championship in its division and

[12:45] whereas this summer is the team

[12:48] has won a total of six

[12:49] championships.

[12:51] And whereas lexington pal is a

[12:53] crime prevention program for

[12:57] youth ages 7-17 and whereas pal

[13:00] teaches respect and

[13:01] responsibility building bonds

[13:04] through recreation, sports and

[13:09] education, and whereas since 19

[13:11] 5, lexington pal has worked to

[13:12] connect youth and law

[13:14] enforcement providing strong

[13:17] role models for our young

[13:20] people, and whereas we

[13:21] congratulate the pal team on its

[13:23] many accomplishments and

[13:24] celebrate the team members and

[13:26] the coaches who represent our

[13:29] community with pride.

[13:30] Now therefore I, linda gorton,

[13:32] mayor of lexington, do hereby

[13:35] proclaim SEPTEMBER 10, 2026

[13:37] police activities league girls

[13:45] basketball team day.

[13:47] >> all right, all right, all

[13:47] right!

[13:49] [Applause]

[13:53] >> Mayor: y'all are awesome.

[13:55] Do you want to say a few words?

[14:05] Come around.

[14:08] Coach carter is going to speak.

[14:10] >> first of all I want to say

[14:13] thank you mayor linda gorton,

[14:15] thank you for having us, pal,

[14:16] thank you for having us and a

[14:18] big shoutout for these young

[14:20] ladies for working hard and

[14:21] before we start practice, we

[14:23] always pray and we always focus

[14:26] on discipline and character,

[14:26] more than basketball.

[14:27] It's about their future as well.

[14:31] And I want to give a big

[14:35] shoutout to amanda robertson.

[14:36] Amanda read is always helping me

[14:41] with the girls and coach eagley,

[14:43] he always helps me and the

[14:43] parents.

[14:44] So thank you very much for

[14:45] giving us this opportunity and

[14:49] to be part of such an amazing

[14:50] program.

[14:54] Thank you very much.

[14:55] >> Mayor: let's get a photo with

[14:58] the council.

[15:00] We are going to get a picture

[16:08] now with the council.

[17:05] [Applause]

[17:06] We are all about the good

[17:11] tonight I want to invite dora

[17:13] hudson and tanya clark to join

[17:15] me at the podium.

[17:16] Are you in here?

[17:39] [Applause]

[17:40] All right.

[17:43] So, dora and tanya help lead the

[17:45] west end community empowerment

[17:46] project and I want to thank you

[17:51] both for being here tonight and

[17:52] west end community empowerment

[17:55] project works to support and

[17:57] uplift residents in the west

[17:57] end.

[18:01] For over 30 years this

[18:02] organization has invested in our

[18:05] young people through its after

[18:07] school program and summer camps

[18:10] and in programs during school

[18:11] breaks.

[18:13] With their support, they help

[18:15] our young people develop

[18:17] essential life skills.

[18:19] You have all made a lasting

[18:22] difference in the west end and

[18:24] we are grateful for what the

[18:26] west end community empowerment

[18:28] project has done over all these

[18:31] years and continues to do.

[18:32] So, at this time I would like to

[18:33] read a proclamation and present

[18:36] it to you.

[18:38] And then ask you if you have

[18:40] some remarks to make.

[18:42] And here's how it goes.

[18:44] Whereas the west end community

[18:45] empowerment project was

[18:48] established on JANUARY 5, 1995,

[18:51] by a group of dedicated

[18:53] individuals, including tanya

[18:58] clark, melvin cowan sr. And dora

[18:59] hudson and whereas the group

[19:01] works to create a nurturing

[19:02] environment that supports

[19:05] educational growth, health and

[19:06] wellness and economic

[19:07] development to ensure a

[19:08] prosperous future for

[19:11] generations to come.

[19:13] And whereas the power of

[19:15] community involvement can drive

[19:17] positive change, promote family

[19:19] values and enhance the quality

[19:22] of life for all the residents,

[19:23] and whereas the west end

[19:26] community empowerment project

[19:28] offers family support services,

[19:30] community health initiatives,

[19:31] and youth empowerment programs

[19:35] to help families and young

[19:36] people develop essential life

[19:38] skills and achieve their full

[19:39] potential.

[19:42] And whereas we thank the members

[19:43] of the west end community

[19:45] empowerment project for their

[19:47] service and dedication to the

[19:50] residents of the west end now

[19:51] therefore, I, linda gorton,

[19:52] mayor of lexington, do hereby

[19:55] proclaim SEPTEMBER 10, 2026,

[19:57] west end community empowerment

[19:58] project day.

[20:02] Thank you for your good work.

[20:08] [Applause]

[20:09] You want to say a few words?

[20:10] All right.

[20:12] This is dora.

[20:16] >> thank you, mayor gorton and

[20:20] council staff.

[20:21] To come up here today after 30

[20:23] years, I I'd never thought it

[20:24] would happen.

[20:25] One of the things you probably

[20:30] don't know is we this was

[20:31] birthed out of the urban county

[20:31] government.

[20:33] One of our founders melvin

[20:35] cowan, had a vision that the

[20:37] department of youth services

[20:39] needed to go into the community.

[20:41] At that time barbara curry, the

[20:42] commissioner, went along with

[20:42] him.

[20:44] I was a tag along from the

[20:48] community and after much

[20:54] investment in our community,

[20:56] melvin cowan, this was his birth

[21:03] and we are his masterpiece.

[21:04] And we are so proud.

[21:11] [Applause]

[21:12] We are so proud of all those who

[21:14] have not only been a part of us

[21:16] but contributed to our progress

[21:19] and our programs and our parent

[21:20] support is awesome.

[21:22] But you also have a council

[21:25] person, shayla lynch, which is

[21:26] undoubtedly probably one the

[21:27] best I've seen.

[21:29] She shows up for everything.

[21:32] When I don't see her, I I wonder

[21:34] if she's sick.

[21:36] And we do a lot, but she is

[21:38] always there, always supporting

[21:41] us in any way she can and

[21:42] danielle sanders, which is over

[21:44] our building.

[21:46] She is a facilitate personnel

[21:49] there, that's the best that has

[21:51] ever been there and we are

[21:52] better because of her.

[21:54] And so we appreciate all of

[21:55] those who have come out to

[21:56] support us.

[22:06] Can our family stand up?

[22:14] [Applause]

[22:18] And now I can tell you that we

[22:21] serve generation afterien --

[22:23] generation after generation.

[22:24] We are three and four

[22:24] generations.

[22:26] We don't just serve west.

[22:26] We serve lexington.

[22:28] That's the type of program we

[22:28] run.

[22:30] Nobody is turned away.

[22:30] Everybody comes.

[22:31] The opportunity that exists

[22:33] there is the reason they come.

[22:36] So when you say violence

[22:38] prevention, 1995, we were a part

[22:39] of violence prevention.

[22:40] It was the same situation now

[22:42] was in 1995.

[22:44] And that's how melvin came up

[22:48] with the vision that the

[22:49] community had to have the input,

[22:50] that the community had to decide

[22:52] because I thought it was just

[22:53] government coming trying to take

[22:55] over when I first heard the

[22:56] conversation and I worked for

[22:57] the federal government so I

[23:00] understood that.

[23:03] But after I got in there, it was

[23:05] a great vision and I thank you

[23:10] for allowing us to be here

[23:19] today.

[23:27] >> I want to say hello torch.

[23:29] Help MS. Hudson and

[23:30] MS. Clark.

[23:32] We have worked together for many

[23:33] years and worked through the

[23:36] vision and still carry it on

[23:54] today.

[23:58] Shall we have all the west end

[24:55] supporters?

[28:26] >> Mayor: all right.

[28:29] Now it is time for public

[28:32] comment for issues on the agenda

[28:35] and the way that works is I will

[28:37] call your name and you will come

[28:42] to the podium and you will need

[28:43] to restate your name for the

[28:45] record and state your council

[28:46] district.

[28:51] And I would like to a few people

[28:54] are yielding their time.

[28:58] So I would like to ask is jim

[29:01] durhoffsle is here?

[29:01] Jim, are you here?

[29:03] I wonder if he is outside.

[29:07] Jim are you yielding your time

[29:11] to judith humble?

[29:16] Very good and then frank

[29:19] dooring, are you here?

[29:19] >> yes.

[29:21] >> Mayor: are you yielding to

[29:22] don ament.

[29:23] >> yes.

[29:24] >> Mayor: thank you.

[29:28] And then laura ann graves.

[29:28] >> yes.

[29:31] >> are you yielding to dan

[29:31] graves?

[29:33] >> yes.

[29:36] >> Mayor: so the three folks,

[29:37] judith, don and dan will all

[29:38] have six minutes.

[29:42] Everyone else will have three

[29:46] minutes and one of the council

[29:50] rules is that we keep a nice

[29:52] gentle atmosphere in here

[29:54] without clapping and yelling and

[29:56] booing and all of that.

[29:59] So we'll go ahead and get

[30:01] started and first up is kathy

[30:04] clement followed by lane

[30:07] boldman, and then riva russell

[30:15] english.

[30:18] Well on com -- welcome.

[30:19] >> thank you.

[30:22] >> my name is kathy clement.

[30:22] District 5.

[30:24] Thank you for listening today.

[30:28] I'm here again in support of the

[30:29] AUGUST 18 solar zota that is

[30:33] based on hard, thoughtful work

[30:35] that ways multiple priorities.

[30:37] The climate crisis is a

[30:39] humanitarian crisis in the

[30:41] energy we all use every day is

[30:43] the primary culprit.

[30:45] According to the lfucg office of

[30:47] sustainability, our biggest

[30:49] source of greenhouse gas

[30:52] emissions is the electricity we

[30:54] use which comes from coal and

[30:56] gas fire powered plants.

[30:57] This energy is responsible for

[31:00] high bills, climate changing

[31:01] emissions and numerous

[31:03] co-pollutants that have serious

[31:05] health consequences.

[31:07] A recent report scored each

[31:09] state for the health harms from

[31:11] electricity it generates.

[31:12] Kentucky was ranked the second

[31:14] worst in the country.

[31:17] So we have a problem that we

[31:18] can't ignore.

[31:21] At present, two economically

[31:23] viable paths exist to reduce

[31:25] fossil fuel use, increased

[31:27] efficiency and renewable energy.

[31:30] We need both of these but as a

[31:32] city, we have a tough road to

[31:33] ho.

[31:35] The city can incentivize much

[31:36] needed energy efficiency, but

[31:40] they can't easily require it

[31:43] state policy prevents the city

[31:45] from setting city wide energy

[31:47] standards that exceed the

[31:50] outdated codes adopted by the

[31:52] state.

[31:54] The city can also incentivize a

[31:55] small amount of roof top and

[31:57] parking lot solar but a serious

[32:01] buildout of such distributed

[32:04] solar is ham strung by state and

[32:04] utility policies.

[32:06] The upshot of these is that roof

[32:08] top solar is accessible and

[32:10] viable only for wealthier,

[32:11] single-family homeowners, and

[32:13] smaller businesses we won't get

[32:16] it on lower income housing,

[32:18] multifamily housing or larger

[32:20] facilities without policy

[32:23] changes.

[32:25] I hope the city will engage with

[32:26] the long-term battles with the

[32:29] state and our monopoly utility

[32:30] to make these changes.

[32:31] But while we are waiting, there

[32:33] is something the city can do

[32:35] right now to reduce burning

[32:38] fossil fuels the city has

[32:39] control over zoning ordinances.

[32:42] The AUGUST 18 zota provides a

[32:44] reasonable pathway for the

[32:46] generation of a worthwhile

[32:49] amount of clean energy and

[32:51] protects our signature farmland

[32:53] and puts a strict limit on how

[32:55] much ago sewn land can be used

[32:58] for solar.

[32:59] And includes multiple

[33:01] requirements, including

[33:04] agrivoltaics, soil monitoring

[33:06] and decommissioning plans that

[33:08] must be met to receive a

[33:10] conditional use permit we all

[33:14] want what is best for the

[33:17] community please support this

[33:18] zota that does a great job

[33:19] balancing community interest.

[33:20] >> Mayor: thank you, next is

[33:24] lane boldman followed by reva

[33:28] russell english and then dan

[33:29] nolett.

[33:30] >> lane boldman, district 11.

[33:34] I live at 114 woodford drive in

[33:35] cardinal valley.

[33:39] If you read the guardian,

[33:43] european paper, today's headline

[33:45] , a rapid global smift

[33:47] shift to clean energy to trigger

[33:49] a cascade of progress of

[33:51] repairing the damage to the

[33:53] planet by the climate crisis.

[33:55] I know this has been quite the

[33:56] debate here in fayette county

[33:57] but this is also a worldwide

[34:00] issue and it's time for people

[34:03] to lead and the fayette county

[34:05] has been a leader when it comes

[34:06] to development and progress and

[34:08] preserving land, but I want to

[34:12] say in this case, I support the

[34:14] council-based solar zota --

[34:15] zoning ordinance that would

[34:18] allow large scale agrivoltaic

[34:20] solar on no more than 1% of

[34:21] agriculturally zoned land.

[34:23] Fayette county is a major urban

[34:26] core surrounded by significant

[34:27] agriculture, has the opportunity

[34:31] to set the example not just for

[34:32] fayette county but for the world

[34:35] on how to advance solar design

[34:37] with farmland preservation with

[34:38] this thoughtful ordinane and I

[34:39] thank you for that.

[34:41] Most importantly, the zota

[34:41] provides the opportunity for

[34:47] fayette county to control how to

[34:51] develop dual yews solar

[34:51] properly.

[34:53] It has been proven over two

[34:54] decades that solar projects can

[34:58] be responsibly integrated with

[34:59] continued agriculture production

[35:00] and has been happening in

[35:01] kentucky for six years.

[35:04] The dual use of farmland for

[35:05] energy production and crop

[35:08] production is not a new son kept

[35:09] concept and nor should it be

[35:10] seen as an industrial conversion

[35:12] of farmland.

[35:14] It should be seen as smart

[35:15] design that maximizes the

[35:17] commercial value of farmland

[35:19] should the owner choose to do

[35:20] so.

[35:22] The constraints bonding and

[35:23] monitoring requirements that are

[35:25] set in the solar zota provide a

[35:28] responsible approach to the

[35:30] concerns of preserving land

[35:30] quality.

[35:32] Other concerns such as

[35:34] widespread ground water

[35:37] contamination of leaching of

[35:39] heavy metals is not supported by

[35:40] scientific evidence.

[35:43] I really thank this council for

[35:44] being thoughtful taking a lot of

[35:53] time to this and being a leader

[35:55] on what you had should be a

[35:56] win-win.

[35:59] >> Mayor: next is reva russell

[36:06] followed by dan nolette.

[36:06] Welcome.

[36:09] >> my name is reva russell

[36:09] english.

[36:10] I live in the 1st district and

[36:11] farm and forage in the 12th.

[36:13] Thank you mayor and thank you

[36:13] council.

[36:15] I think a lot of us do

[36:17] compartmentalizing of one

[36:17] another.

[36:18] Separate the wheat from what we

[36:20] call the chafe, the sheep from

[36:21] the goats, republicans from the

[36:23] democrats, rich from the poor.

[36:24] And it's true that there are

[36:27] differences among us.

[36:29] It's also true not all of these

[36:30] differences hold hard and fast

[36:32] in a place as small and

[36:33] interdependent as ours.

[36:35] It is common to hear assumptions

[36:36] and stereotypes about some of

[36:38] the districts like the 1st

[36:40] where I'm lucky to live and the

[36:41] 12th where I'm lucky to farm

[36:42] and forage.

[36:44] I could tell you many stories

[36:46] about the people, the animals,

[36:48] the plants in both districts,

[36:51] stories that refuse easily

[36:52] categorization that the 12th is

[36:54] full of rich horse farmers or

[36:56] the if I remember is a hot bed

[36:57] of rampant crime.

[36:59] In the time I have, I want to

[37:00] remind you about the literal

[37:02] farming is which is how all of

[37:04] us eat which happens in the

[37:04] 12th.

[37:06] Seed leaf, which boasts at least

[37:08] half a dozen community gardens

[37:10] in the 1st district stewards

[37:11] 20 acres in the 12th where

[37:13] they provide land access to

[37:14] immigrant farmers and other

[37:16] farmers of color: my family's

[37:18] farm is mostly in the 12th

[37:18] district.

[37:20] Wrut some of it is in the first.

[37:22] And with our efforts and fer

[37:24] fertility and kindness of the

[37:26] soil in both places we feed

[37:27] people in your district, council

[37:28] member hale at the wood hill

[37:30] international market.

[37:31] We display restaurants and

[37:33] groceries in your districts

[37:34] council member morton and

[37:35] council member eblen.

[37:37] Plants we grow and forage in the

[37:40] 12th have eased the aches and

[37:42] pains of your constituents,

[37:43] council member sevigny,

[37:44] reynolds, sheehan and lynch.

[37:46] If I sat down with the map, I

[37:47] could prove that my family has

[37:49] fed or provided medicinal plants

[37:51] to someone or many someones in

[37:53] all your districts that we grew

[37:58] in the 12th.

[38:01] It just isn't true that the land

[38:04] isn't being put to good use and

[38:08] that the land isn't also yours.

[38:11] It's part of the life, the food,

[38:12] the health of all of your

[38:15] districts of all of our lives.

[38:17] I know some of you come from a

[38:18] farming background and I want

[38:20] you to imagine your family land,

[38:22] and I want to you imagine

[38:24] industrial solar on it.

[38:26] Would you do that to it?

[38:27] Please don't I am peril our

[38:29] agricultural zone.

[38:31] The land needs your protection.

[38:32] Farmers like me, like seed

[38:35] leaf's farmers need your

[38:35] protection.

[38:35] -

[38:37] I know you say it's 1% of the

[38:38] land but what about next year

[38:40] and the next council, opening

[38:44] the store threatens a flood of

[38:45] harm.

[38:46] Please don't put industrial

[38:47] solar in the agricultural zone.

[38:49] I believe in climate change.

[38:50] I know we are in an emergency

[38:52] but the land is already on our

[38:52] side.

[38:53] Let's not do anything to harm

[38:53] it.

[38:54] thank you.

[38:55] >> Mayor: thank you.

[38:59] Next is dan nolette followed by

[39:02] eric cop there the stain.

[39:02] Welcome.

[39:03] >> thank you.

[39:04] Thank you, council.

[39:07] My name is dan nolette.

[39:09] I'm a resident of danville

[39:10] kentucky and iemed here speaking

[39:11] as a member of the kentucky

[39:14] solar energy society board.

[39:20] I'm in favor of the solar zoning

[39:21] ordinance amendment that is

[39:21] before you.

[39:24] One of the other hats that I

[39:29] wear is I'm the chair of the

[39:30] danville planning and zoning.

[39:32] I know how hard it is for you to

[39:33] get this right.

[39:36] And to do a good job to balance

[39:38] the needs of your community and

[39:40] I want to congratulate this

[39:43] council because I think you have

[39:45] taken the time to consider this

[39:47] issue and to get it right.

[39:50] There needs to be a reasonable

[39:53] balance between solar

[39:56] installations and reasonable

[39:58] regulations and reasonable

[39:59] accounting and requirements that

[40:01] are placed on that and have you

[40:02] done a good job in trying to

[40:05] make that happen so I support

[40:06] what you are doing.

[40:10] I think those who have opposed

[40:14] this have framed the issue

[40:16] incorrectly this doesn't have to

[40:17] be either or.

[40:18] This can be both and where we

[40:22] can responsibly implement solar

[40:23] across the county, across our

[40:27] state and do it in a way that's

[40:30] environmentally safe and

[40:31] friendly.

[40:34] The particular company that has

[40:36] one proposal in fayette, also

[40:41] has a farm in gehrig county next

[40:42] to me.

[40:44] I have seen it and toured the

[40:44] farm.

[40:46] It has been done well.

[40:48] Kentucky utilities also in mercy

[40:50] county does something similar at

[40:53] the ew brown plant so I think

[40:55] there are examples.

[40:56] You are probably all familiar

[40:58] from your studies, that this has

[41:02] been done and can be done well.

[41:04] There are also academic studies

[41:08] that show that balancing ag and

[41:09] solar actually helps the land

[41:11] and the productivity.

[41:14] Those studies have been done

[41:16] most family at university of

[41:17] tennessee.

[41:19] There is a bunch of studies done

[41:22] to show that.

[41:24] Again, thank you for your

[41:25] commitment and thank you for all

[41:28] that you are doing to try to

[41:29] implement reasonable regulations

[41:31] on this matter.

[41:32] Thanks.

[41:33] >> Mayor: thank you.

[41:35] Next is eric copstain followed

[41:36] by jim coleman.

[41:40] Welcome.

[41:43] >> my nape is eric copstain, a

[41:45] resident of nashville, tennessee

[41:49] here on behalf of silicon ranch

[41:53] corporation.

[41:54] Mayor, vice mayor and members of

[41:55] the council, thank you for the

[41:57] opportunity to speak with you

[41:58] again and more importantly,

[42:01] thank you for the time the

[42:03] diligence and public service you

[42:04] have devoted to this issue and

[42:05] to the people of lexington

[42:07] fayette county.

[42:09] As you can consider the solar

[42:12] zota before you, I want to

[42:15] emphasize that the thoughtful

[42:17] framework you have developed

[42:19] reflects the difficult balancing

[42:24] act inherent in this complex

[42:26] issue it recognizes the

[42:29] importance of agriculture and

[42:31] the rural service area, economic

[42:32] development opportunities,

[42:35] energy needs, environmental

[42:37] stewardship, and the

[42:38] opportunity-for-responsible

[42:39] solar development.

[42:42] We believe and silicon ranch has

[42:43] proven in many other projects

[42:45] that those interests can

[42:47] co-exist.

[42:50] As we have mentioned in prior

[42:53] meetings, silicon ranch takes a

[42:54] fundamentally long-term approach

[42:56] 20 the communities where we

[42:56] operate.

[42:58] We are not simply a developer

[43:01] that builds a project, sells it

[43:02] and moves on.

[43:05] We own and operate our projects

[43:08] for decades.

[43:09] -- and when we enter a

[43:10] community, we expect to remain

[43:12] and be part of that community

[43:13] for decades.

[43:15] That commitment we also reflect

[43:17] in how we manage the land itself

[43:20] you have heard about

[43:21] agrivoltaics which combines

[43:24] solar energy production with

[43:26] active agricultural uses.

[43:27] And as you have heard, rather

[43:31] than viewing farming and solar

[43:33] as mutually exclusive, we

[43:34] integrate management of

[43:38] livestock, grazing in the solar

[43:40] facilities so the land continues

[43:44] to produce agricultural value

[43:48] while also pling energy.

[43:49] Land regenerative practices

[43:52] improve soil health, increase

[43:54] organic matter, support

[43:56] biodiversity, soil retention and

[43:58] help restore the long-term

[44:01] productivity and resilience of

[44:05] so after many months of public

[44:07] discussion and analysis and

[44:08] deliberations, you have

[44:10] constructed a thoughtful zota

[44:12] that I think establishes

[44:15] meaningful standards while

[44:18] allowing responsible projects to

[44:21] be considered on their merits

[44:23] and we believe this zota is a

[44:24] healthy productive balance for

[44:25] the future of lexington fayette

[44:29] county and I respectfully

[44:31] encourage you to continue to

[44:31] move this zota forward.

[44:34] So thank you again mayor and

[44:36] members of the council for your

[44:38] service, your diligence and hard

[44:40] work throughout this process.

[44:41] >> thank you.

[44:43] Next is jim coleman.

[44:45] Jim will be followed by judith

[44:47] humble who will have six

[44:47] minutes.

[44:48] Welcome.

[44:48] >> mayor, thank you so much and

[44:50] to the council for this

[44:51] wonderful opportunity to share

[44:52] my opinion.

[44:55] I am a happy farmer, fourth

[44:57] generation farmer coleman crest

[44:59] farm and I'm pleased to let you

[45:02] know that I'm a farmer who

[45:03] supports solar as well as zero

[45:05] emissions and when I spoke at

[45:06] the last meeting I walked away

[45:08] thinking I've got to be more

[45:09] responsible.

[45:10] In the good spirit of henry clay

[45:13] who was the great compromiser

[45:16] and great at resolving conflict,

[45:18] you guys are faced with an issue

[45:18] that is 50-50.

[45:20] It doesn't have to be 50-50.

[45:21] I went back and I said I've got

[45:22] to be more responsible.

[45:24] So I put together my own

[45:27] analysis by using google and

[45:29] chatgpt and talked to my dog

[45:30] torch to come up with an

[45:31] analysis that I have here and

[45:34] sent you all an email.

[45:35] Just by simply doing my own

[45:37] research, I have found that in

[45:39] fayette county we have over

[45:43] 10,000 acres of non-farmland we

[45:46] have an opportunity to catch

[45:47] 2,000 megawatts of power that

[45:49] could provide power to over

[45:50] 350,000 homes.

[45:52] That's more homes beyond our own

[45:53] county.

[45:54] And when you look at it,

[45:55] everything from our public

[45:57] schools and I learned a lot with

[45:59] algebra and square footage, that

[46:00] when you come up with our public

[46:05] schools, they're 27 acres and I

[46:06] just went into google and said

[46:07] how many parking lots exist at

[46:08] our public schools and it told

[46:10] me a total of 6500 so when you

[46:12] look at it with our planning

[46:14] department, each space has got

[46:16] to be about 180 square feet and

[46:18] all adds up to the number of

[46:18] acres.

[46:20] The big part here is for like

[46:22] kroger we've got 12 stores.

[46:25] They've got a total of 25 acres

[46:27] that are for uncovered lots and

[46:29] 27 acres for the roof tops.

[46:30] They could use that savings that

[46:31] they could generate from their

[46:33] own solar power to reduce the

[46:36] cost of hamburger, meat, milk

[46:38] and pampers for our citizens

[46:40] here in fayette county.

[46:42] And that goes also for wal-mart

[46:46] that's got four stores, sames is

[46:48] one university of kentucky has

[46:50] 4,000 parking lots at the kroger

[46:50] stadium.

[46:52] When you convert that over

[46:53] that's a total of 17 acres that

[46:57] could produce 522 megawatts of

[46:59] power: DR. Capilouto could

[47:00] share that with community or

[47:03] take that and have a $10 million

[47:03] savings for the university of

[47:04] kentucky.

[47:05] The bottom line is that I put

[47:07] this chart together and I did

[47:08] this for my own farm on a vision

[47:11] of success and I'm looking at

[47:12] SEPTEMBER 10, 2030 going to be a

[47:15] great article that mar tina

[47:16] barksdale is going to get for us

[47:17] in the new york tiles where it

[47:19] says lexington leads the nation

[47:22] zero emission power without

[47:24] sacrificing one acre of

[47:25] farmland.

[47:26] Mayor linda gorton said it was

[47:27] because of the strategic forward%

[47:29] thinking of our council members

[47:30] combined with the support of our

[47:32] community that made the

[47:32] difference.

[47:33] DR. Capilouto said U.K. Is

[47:36] saving over $10 million with our

[47:39] U.K. Solar power program at our

[47:41] parking lot at the stadium and

[47:44] it has been the best tailgate

[47:45] party ever at U.K.

[47:46] Kroger said we are going to make

[47:47] sure our savings are providing

[47:49] savings to all of our families

[47:49] here in lexington.

[47:51] Thank you so much for this

[47:52] wonderful opportunity.

[47:53] Please put this in the record.

[47:55] Thank you for this opportunity,

[47:55] mayor.

[47:58] >> Mayor: thank you very much.

[48:01] Next is judith humble followed

[48:03] by don who have have six

[48:04] minutes.

[48:04] Welcome.

[48:06] >> good evening council.

[48:07] Mayor gorton and vice mayor wu.

[48:10] My name is judith humble and I

[48:12] live in the 5l1 th district.

[48:13] I am asking for a final time

[48:15] that you support the version of

[48:19] the solar zota with the council

[48:21] text amendment allowing large

[48:22] scale solar on 1% of land in

[48:23] fayette county.

[48:27] The zota language introduces an

[48:28] innovation in its mandate for

[48:31] the use of agrivoltaic solar

[48:33] model for installation.

[48:34] The bluegrass action team,

[48:38] kentucky sear sierra club and

[48:40] bluegrass sierra club see

[48:41] agrivoltaic solar as a model to

[48:42] benefit our community.

[48:44] we have come to this conclusion

[48:45] through diligent research and

[48:47] would I like to summarize our

[48:47] findings for you.

[48:49] I'll start by talking about what

[48:51] it is and comment on things that

[48:52] does not do.

[48:56] It is a conservation-based model

[48:57] developed in partnership with

[49:00] renewable energy and the carling

[49:01] community.

[49:02] It has been in operation in the

[49:05] U.S. Since 2008.

[49:06] With 600 successful renewable

[49:10] energy farming partisanship

[49:12] partnerships around the country.

[49:13] Developers of the agrivoltaic

[49:14] model recognized years ago that

[49:16] the need for large scale solar

[49:18] would increase and that farmland

[49:21] would present minimal obstacles

[49:21] to construction.

[49:23] They also recognize the

[49:25] importance to communities of

[49:27] keeping agricultural land in

[49:28] production and they partnered

[49:30] with farmers to develop a model

[49:32] that would introduce the world

[49:34] to renewable energy with

[49:35] agriculture.

[49:38] The agrivoltaic partnership

[49:39] makes possible two steady income

[49:42] streeps from a single piece of

[49:43] land.

[49:45] This is conservation at its best

[49:47] rather than degradation.

[49:48] And the agricultural community

[49:51] has been a participant from the

[49:52] outset.

[49:53] Farmer buy-in is demonstrated

[49:55] with the endorsement of

[49:57] agrivoltaic solar by the

[50:00] american farmland trust a

[50:01] nationally recognized

[50:02] organization in the agricultural

[50:03] community.

[50:05] Currently aft is providing

[50:06] farmers in several states with

[50:09] training on ways to partner

[50:11] successfully with this model and

[50:12] their website predicts it will

[50:14] have an important role in the

[50:20] future of farming.

[50:22] Agrivoltaic solar differs in

[50:22] important ways.

[50:25] Materials and design are

[50:27] explicitly selected to minimize

[50:29] impact on the land and soil.

[50:31] Ground cover is selected in

[50:32] accordance with standards for

[50:35] regenerative agriculture and

[50:36] never includes gravel or grass

[50:37] only coverage.

[50:40] These arrays are more complex in

[50:41] design more challenge

[50:42] challenging to build and more

[50:45] costly than standard large scale

[50:45] models.

[50:47] The willingness of agrivoltaic

[50:49] companies to embrace these

[50:50] challenges demonstrates

[50:51] commitment to the conservation

[50:56] mission this model does not ruin

[50:56] farmland.

[50:57] It has been shown by research

[50:58] and farmer testimony to improve

[51:01] soil quality and to protect soil

[51:02] in times of drought.

[51:04] I have submitted documentation

[51:06] to council with links to peer

[51:09] reviewed research that supports

[51:11] improvements in soil quality and

[51:11] vegetation, especially with the

[51:16] practice of solar grazing.

[51:19] It will not overrun farmland.

[51:21] Must be tethered to a

[51:22] transmission line.

[51:22] This limits locations in fayette

[51:24] county to a small contained area

[51:27] with low visibilty.

[51:28] The agrivoltaic model benefits

[51:31] farmers with a dependable

[51:32] income.

[51:33] Farmer practitioners have

[51:35] described the model as a

[51:36] lifeline in a time when it is

[51:38] increasingly difficult to make a

[51:41] living in the agricultural

[51:41] coactor.

[51:42] The complaint has been made that

[51:44] large scale solar will change

[51:45] the esthetic of our bluegrass

[51:45] area.

[51:47] This could be true to a limited

[51:49] extend but it doesn't have to be

[51:50] a cause of irreversible harm.

[51:54] We can learn to appreciate a new

[51:54] esthetic.

[51:55] One that is based on the

[51:57] realization that an agrivoltaic

[51:58] installation takes us a leap

[52:01] forward in our renewable energy

[52:03] portfolio and helps us fight

[52:04] climate change.

[52:06] In the long run, sheep grazing

[52:07] underneath the solar array MAY

[52:10] be a welcome site than that of a

[52:12] fossil fuel fired power plant

[52:13] that will generate emissions far

[52:15] in the future, the devastation

[52:18] of eastern kentucky by mountain

[52:21] top removal and nearby community

[52:22] ravaged by tornadoes.

[52:24] It is very important to remember

[52:27] that fossil fuels inflict

[52:28] violence on the environment in

[52:30] numerous ways that we don't

[52:31] witness from a front row seat.

[52:33] In closing, I strongly believe

[52:35] that the version of the zota to

[52:36] be voted on this evening

[52:38] represents an opportunity and a

[52:40] milestone in our battle to

[52:40] mitigate climate change and I

[52:43] ask you to researches the sierra

[52:45] club organizational sign on

[52:47] letter which contains the

[52:48] signatures of several

[52:48] organizations conservation

[52:50] minded from this community and

[52:52] community leaders who support

[52:53] this version of the zota.

[52:55] Thank you for your attention

[52:56] tonight.

[52:59] >> Mayor: thank you.

[53:02] Next is don amond who will have

[53:04] six minutes, followed by dan

[53:07] graves, who will also have six

[53:08] minutes.

[53:08] Welcome.

[53:11] >> thank you, mayor.

[53:13] Greetings council.

[53:15] I'm don ament.

[53:16] A 5l1 th district resident.

[53:18] I have been thinking about the

[53:19] frustrations many of us are

[53:20] having over all the recent

[53:22] delays with the water company's

[53:24] repair work and how we seem to

[53:25] have so little power to get them

[53:26] to do much of anything to get

[53:27] things fixed.

[53:29] It occurred to me there is a

[53:32] parallel there with the rural

[53:33] solar initiative before us this

[53:34] evening.

[53:37] The similarity being the issue

[53:39] of control or lack thereof.

[53:40] We didn't buy the water company

[53:41] when we had the chance and now

[53:44] we seem to be stuck with their

[53:47] timeline and their priorities

[53:48] what will happen in fayette

[53:50] county when kentucky utilities,

[53:54] another public utility ultima

[53:55] thely realizes that solar power

[53:56] generation is cheaper than coal.

[53:59] As a public utility, they MAY

[54:01] well go on to build solar

[54:03] generating capacity in our

[54:04] county wherever they want in the

[54:10] cheapest way possible.

[54:12] If the public service commission

[54:13] grants that kind of permitting

[54:15] I'm afraid we will see the true

[54:16] solar installations that so many

[54:22] of us are rightly afraid of.

[54:24] That could happen if we have no

[54:25] restrictions gade lines in place

[54:27] or you could vote to allow

[54:29] commercial solar installations

[54:32] on agricultural land in fayette

[54:34] county but only if they add

[54:35] adhere to the constraints you

[54:38] have added into the new zota.

[54:39] I hear virtually no public

[54:41] comments about the fact that we

[54:43] are going to eventually get

[54:46] rural solar one way or the

[54:47] other.

[54:48] i know it has been discussed

[54:48] here in council.

[54:51] I have read some of your own

[54:53] reports stating how the psc has

[54:55] indicated they could greatly

[54:57] strive to work within your

[54:59] commercial guidelines before

[55:03] permitting any public utility

[55:04] solar installations and to me,

[55:06] that is the bottom line.

[55:09] The psc would work within your

[55:11] guidelines if you have any.

[55:13] I would do the hear that point

[55:14] discussed out in the wild at all

[55:15] and I have only heard it

[55:17] discussed here by council as

[55:19] something of a peripheral

[55:22] concept; but it is a key point.

[55:25] What I do hear is legitimate

[55:27] concern that I share of

[55:29] industrial scale, unconstrained

[55:32] solar installations that do

[55:32] destroy farmland.

[55:34] We have seen that happen and it

[55:36] could happen here.

[55:38] Therefore, I urge you to pass

[55:41] the new solar zota, keeping your

[55:42] comprehensive guard rails fully

[55:46] in place we can have

[55:50] regenerative agricultural

[55:52] production working cooperatively

[55:53] with solar capacity I. Does not

[55:56] have to be an either or

[55:58] situation.

[56:00] To conclude, I wish to add

[56:02] something to what I shared here

[56:04] in AUGUST on this issue.

[56:06] I spoke then on this solar

[56:11] issue, I mentioned the aerial

[56:12] mountain top coal mining

[56:13] photographs I made in perry

[56:16] county 20 years ago as part of a

[56:19] group effort sanctioned by

[56:20] kentuckians for the

[56:20] commonwealth.

[56:21] I did not mention what happened

[56:23] prior to our flights over those

[56:24] active mining operations where

[56:26] we made our observations from

[56:28] the air.

[56:31] earlier that day we drove back

[56:34] into a holler way out in the

[56:40] county into a small farm house.

[56:42] We met an elderly couple who

[56:44] lived there froabl forever.

[56:46] They took ows a stroll out on

[56:48] their land and chatted about the

[56:49] mining that was happening all

[56:55] around them soon we made our way

[56:57] up a small ridge and when we got

[56:59] to the top, we could see into

[57:00] the valley on the other side

[57:02] into the heart of an active mtr

[57:05] operation, up close and personal

[57:07] as far as the eye could see.

[57:10] If you want to see and hear true

[57:12] environmental desecration, there

[57:15] it was, right over the fill from

[57:16] their farm.

[57:17] The mining we witnessed that day

[57:19] from the air and the ground was

[57:22] the first step, the birth, you

[57:24] could say, of how we make

[57:26] electricity, but it was also the

[57:27] literal death of som of the

[57:31] most ancient fertile and diverse

[57:32] ecosystems on the planet.

[57:35] The elderly couple asked us to

[57:37] tell the that story.

[57:39] If a yes vote from this council

[57:42] on the rural solar initiative

[57:46] keeps just 100 lochs of coal

[57:47] from being dug out of the

[57:50] ground, that will be 100 lumps

[57:51] of coal that will not be dug out

[57:52] of the ground.

[57:54] We need to make every effort

[57:56] possible for that to happen.

[57:58] We owe this to the generations

[58:00] that will follow us.

[58:02] We owe it to our fayette county

[58:04] farmland to protect it from

[58:07] actual industrial solar that I

[58:09] fear will home if you do not set

[58:12] your excellent restrictions in

[58:13] place.

[58:15] With your vote, you can help

[58:16] keep coal in the ground and

[58:19] protect our rural farmland from

[58:20] true industrial development in

[58:21] the future.

[58:23] You can do both.

[58:26] And I would just like to also

[58:28] acknowledge the person who

[58:29] donated three minutes of their

[58:32] speaking time to me, frank

[58:34] during.

[58:36] Frank's street is currently torn

[58:37] up by the water company and also

[58:40] frank, 15 years ago, I had the

[58:44] honor of sitting next to him at

[58:45] the federal courthouse right up

[58:48] the road when he was, he became

[58:50] a newly minted united states

[58:51] citizen.

[58:54] His worldly viewing way beyond

[58:56] anything I could ever hope to

[58:57] approach.

[58:58] So thank you to frank and thank

[59:01] you all for your -- the ability

[59:02] to speak here tonight.

[59:03] >> Mayor: thank you.

[59:05] Next is dan graves, who will

[59:08] have six minutes.

[59:10] And dan will be followed by bob

[59:14] corny and then andy Mcdonald.

[59:15] Welcome.

[59:18] >> thank you.

[59:19] I'm dan graves.

[59:24] 12th district.

[59:26] I would like to say that what we

[59:30] are looking at here as a city is

[59:34] wrong on 27 different fronts.

[59:38] 800 acres and it will likely be

[59:40] more in the tbut if we allow the

[59:42] 800 acres to go.

[59:44] Let me give you an idea about

[59:47] the size of 800 acres.

[59:50] The downtown historic core of

[59:54] this city defined by main,

[1:00:03] church walnut and broadway is 10 acres.

[1:00:04] Commonwealth used to be now

[1:00:11] known as kroger field, is 48,000

[1:00:13] square feet that's football

[1:00:16] field, not the end zones or the

[1:00:17] sidelines.

[1:00:21] 800 acres is almost 35 million

[1:00:22] square feet.

[1:00:25] You do the math on that.

[1:00:28] What we are looking at putting

[1:00:30] in the twefsdz district -- 12th

[1:00:36] district are 726 kroger fields.

[1:00:40] Let that sink in for a minute.

[1:00:43] That's a lot of panels.

[1:00:53] In our ag zone, I have to think

[1:00:55] about that for a minute, welcome

[1:00:57] to lexington, I mean solarville.

[1:00:59] The east side of lexington is

[1:01:02] where all this seems to be

[1:01:09] happening I'm an east side man

[1:01:10] born and raised.

[1:01:14] We have the army depot known as

[1:01:14] bluegrass station now.

[1:01:17] We have mulch, it seems like

[1:01:19] everything the city does not

[1:01:21] want anybody to see in lexington

[1:01:27] goes to the east side of town.

[1:01:32] We are meeting quotas and our

[1:01:32] comprehensive plan and we are

[1:01:35] going about it in the long way --

[1:01:36] in the wrong way.

[1:01:38] I'm all about meeting the

[1:01:39] quotas.

[1:01:42] I'm all about -- I'm for solar in

[1:01:44] fact, I have been looking and

[1:01:48] reading up since I was back here

[1:01:49] in AUGUST and got up here and

[1:01:49] spoke.

[1:01:51] One of the most interesting

[1:01:53] things I've found, and another

[1:01:54] gentleman before me put it

[1:01:56] before me, this man right here

[1:01:58] even said it.

[1:02:04] In our neighboring state, ohio

[1:02:06] J.P. Morgan chase, one of its

[1:02:12] largest offices in the state of

[1:02:17] ohio has 40,000 solar panels

[1:02:18] they put over the top of their

[1:02:19] parking lot.

[1:02:21] This is a multistory building.

[1:02:22] Beautiful.

[1:02:25] Those four,000 solar panels over

[1:02:27] their parking lot, 40,000 solar

[1:02:29] panels are covered cars during

[1:02:31] the heat of the day, during

[1:02:33] rains, during snows.

[1:02:39] And it's providing 75% of the

[1:02:42] building's electric.

[1:02:44] What I would like us to see us

[1:02:53] do as a

[1:02:55] let's not be cheap and let's not

[1:02:58] be quick and a lack of

[1:02:59] foresight.

[1:03:00] We have beautiful countryside

[1:03:03] that is why people come to this

[1:03:04] town.

[1:03:05] Not louisville, not cincinnati,

[1:03:08] but lexington.

[1:03:10] It's not as big as cincinnati

[1:03:12] not as big as louisville but it

[1:03:14] is a great place.

[1:03:17] And I'm not saying no to solar.

[1:03:19] I'm saying put it where if can

[1:03:23] be used by lexitonians for

[1:03:24] lexitonians.

[1:03:27] If we put it out in the middle

[1:03:30] of nowhere, ag zone 12th

[1:03:32] district we're selling it.

[1:03:34] You might as well be selling

[1:03:37] something to the worldwide web.

[1:03:41] Why not do something that's

[1:03:43] innovative, for this town, meets

[1:03:49] the quotas and is a north star

[1:03:52] for other towns of our size

[1:03:54] around the united states they

[1:03:58] can say wow, look what they did.

[1:03:59] That's pretty cool.

[1:04:05] We need to implement that.

[1:04:08] So, I've got a minute left this

[1:04:10] is incredible I went over last

[1:04:10] time.

[1:04:13] What I would like to ask mayor

[1:04:17] gorton is you please, please,

[1:04:18] support the 12th district.

[1:04:20] Stand with us.

[1:04:23] Stand with MR. Boone here.

[1:04:24] Let's not do this.

[1:04:26] There is a different way it can

[1:04:30] be done and meet the quotas and

[1:04:32] we could be a shining star in

[1:04:35] this southeastern united states

[1:04:41] by doing it not the easy way

[1:04:45] kind of like ohio did with the

[1:04:46] J.P. Morgan chase building.

[1:04:47] Thank you.

[1:04:50] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:04:54] Next, is bob corny, bob will be

[1:04:57] followed by andy Mcdonald who

[1:05:01] will be followed by matt party

[1:05:01] miller.

[1:05:05] >> I'm here on behalf of silicon

[1:05:05] ranch.

[1:05:07] I will be short, mayor

[1:05:08] councilmembers, staff, I want to

[1:05:11] thank you for the thorough and

[1:05:14] thoughtful job you've done to

[1:05:17] develop a well thought out solar

[1:05:18] zota that balances the needs of

[1:05:20] the community.

[1:05:21] You've heard good conversation

[1:05:24] over the last months on this

[1:05:24] topic.

[1:05:30] What you've done is you've

[1:05:33] provided clear guidelines on

[1:05:35] decommissions I've seen many

[1:05:36] ordinances and this is a good

[1:05:38] one that balances the needs of

[1:05:40] the community and you've done a

[1:05:42] good job at doing it.

[1:05:45] Solar power renewable power is

[1:05:47] important in this community and

[1:05:51] many communities as it provides

[1:05:54] resilience and it does have

[1:05:54] environmental benefits.

[1:05:55] We need both.

[1:05:58] You need to have large-scale

[1:06:01] solar and in this case in a

[1:06:03] limited way but you also do need

[1:06:06] to look at distributed solar

[1:06:06] options.

[1:06:09] Just the reat is it requires a

[1:06:11] lot of private capital and a lot

[1:06:13] of incentives and a lot of

[1:06:13] support.

[1:06:15] This is a very good step that

[1:06:17] you are taking and we urge you

[1:06:21] to pass the solar zota passed on

[1:06:23] first reading two weeks ago.

[1:06:24] Thank you.

[1:06:25] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:06:29] Next is andy Mcdonald followed

[1:06:32] by matt party miller then susan

[1:06:32] pollack.

[1:06:37] >> hello I'm andy Mcdonald the

[1:06:39] chair of the kentucky solar

[1:06:40] society I work and live in

[1:06:41] franklin county we have

[1:06:43] supporters who are fayette

[1:06:44] county reimbursements.

[1:06:46] We appreciate the city of

[1:06:48] lexington's support for energy

[1:06:49] and sustainability through

[1:06:52] programs such as solarize

[1:06:55] lexington and other initiatives.

[1:06:56] I encourage you to support the

[1:07:00] text amendment to allow

[1:07:01] large-scale solar to be built in

[1:07:05] the agricultural zones in

[1:07:07] fayette county t serves your

[1:07:08] clean energy goals and the

[1:07:10] preservation of agricultural

[1:07:10] land.

[1:07:13] The proposed text amendment

[1:07:14] would require agriculture to

[1:07:15] continue throughout the life of

[1:07:17] the project.

[1:07:19] The company seeking to build the

[1:07:22] 70 megawatt project silicon

[1:07:25] ranch has pioneered the

[1:07:26] integration with agriculture

[1:07:28] with solar energy production.

[1:07:30] Grazing sheep is central to

[1:07:33] their business model as is the

[1:07:34] ownership of the land where they

[1:07:36] operate which illustrates their

[1:07:38] long-term commitment to

[1:07:38] stewardship.

[1:07:41] Lexington is being offered not

[1:07:42] only a local source of clean

[1:07:44] energy but a new community

[1:07:46] member who will be invested in

[1:07:47] the life of the agricultural

[1:07:47] community.

[1:07:50] In garret county where silicon

[1:07:52] ranch developed a solar project

[1:07:54] in kentucky they have provided a

[1:07:56] local farmer with the

[1:07:58] opportunity to expand their

[1:08:00] sheep operation through access

[1:08:04] to hundreds of acres with new

[1:08:05] land.

[1:08:07] A well managed solar project can

[1:08:09] be an asset to the agricultural

[1:08:11] community and beneficial to the

[1:08:16] soils and local environment.

[1:08:17] Additionally, the developing

[1:08:19] solar in the agricultural area

[1:08:21] is not in opposition to

[1:08:23] developing distributed solar as

[1:08:26] others have said distributed

[1:08:29] solar within the urban core is

[1:08:30] extremely valuable and extremely

[1:08:30] important.

[1:08:32] There are however very serious

[1:08:36] and real policy barriers to the

[1:08:37] development of distributed

[1:08:38] solar.

[1:08:40] Things that are beyond the

[1:08:41] control of fayette county

[1:08:42] government.

[1:08:46] Things like limits and net

[1:08:49] metering, the fact that ku can

[1:08:52] impose a limit on anyone

[1:08:54] installing solar through net

[1:08:56] metering.

[1:08:59] And so the zota gives you

[1:09:00] something you can do.

[1:09:02] You can approve the use of solar

[1:09:06] on at a large-scale, in the

[1:09:08] agricultural zone but which will

[1:09:10] also continue to protect

[1:09:10] agricultural land.

[1:09:14] And that's within your power.

[1:09:15] Ku can't stop you from doing

[1:09:17] that.

[1:09:19] And then more solar will

[1:09:20] develop, more clean energy will

[1:09:22] development I encourage you to

[1:09:25] use the powers that are within

[1:09:27] your reach to support clean

[1:09:30] energy in fayette county.

[1:09:30] Thank you.

[1:09:32] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:09:34] Next is matt party miller and

[1:09:37] then susan pollack.

[1:09:38] Welcome.

[1:09:39] >> thank you.

[1:09:41] I'm matt party miller I am a

[1:09:43] resident in the 7th district I

[1:09:45] speak in favor of the solar

[1:09:46] zota.

[1:09:50] About 20 years ago, I moved home

[1:09:52] to kentucky after finishing

[1:09:54] college out of state.

[1:09:57] And was immediately drawn into

[1:09:58] the solar industry by goal was

[1:10:00] to save the world or help save

[1:10:01] the world.

[1:10:02] Still is.

[1:10:04] And I believe about the

[1:10:05] environmental impact we can

[1:10:08] headache with solar in the

[1:10:09] midwest we're transitioning from

[1:10:12] states that are coal powered to

[1:10:14] renewable powered I'm grateful

[1:10:15] this council and the city has

[1:10:19] seen fit to pursue renewables,

[1:10:21] pursue carbon neutrality.

[1:10:25] And the way it's done, at scale,

[1:10:28] and quickly, is with large-scale

[1:10:29] utilities solar.

[1:10:31] And the 20 plus years I have

[1:10:33] been installing solar my company

[1:10:36] is solar energy solutions we

[1:10:38] employ 80 people based in

[1:10:40] fayette and surrounding states

[1:10:43] and subcontractors we build

[1:10:46] everything from ren sal to

[1:10:48] industrial solar but we build

[1:10:52] some of the largest rooftops in

[1:10:55] the U.S.

[1:10:57] Very much benefit from continued

[1:10:59] investment in distributed

[1:11:00] generation here and encourage

[1:11:01] that.

[1:11:04] But the way we're going to make

[1:11:06] tremendous environmental impact

[1:11:08] quickly, is with utility scale

[1:11:12] solar and this zota allows a

[1:11:16] quick path to depoiing a couple

[1:11:18] hundred megawatts they will be

[1:11:20] built inexpensively.

[1:11:22] Built for a lot less than the

[1:11:25] typical rooftop or carport solar

[1:11:26] array.

[1:11:28] Before I came here I was

[1:11:31] reviewing a proposal for one

[1:11:33] acre carport solar array in

[1:11:35] kentucky and I think it will

[1:11:37] build three times what the

[1:11:40] utility scale rate MAY build at

[1:11:42] 'increased cost for energy and a

[1:11:44] timeline that is more

[1:11:45] significant to construct.

[1:11:47] From an environmental standpoint

[1:11:49] and a cost standpoint what you

[1:11:52] are doing is work I've spented

[1:11:54] last 20 years of my life trying

[1:11:57] to get underway which is

[1:11:58] accelerate solar deployment in

[1:12:00] kentucky and I really encourage

[1:12:03] you to pass this zota and

[1:12:05] appreciate all your attention to

[1:12:05] solar.

[1:12:06] Thank you.

[1:12:07] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:12:09] Next is susan pollack and she

[1:12:14] will be our last speaker.

[1:12:16] Welcome.

[1:12:19] >> I just wanted to say thank

[1:12:22] you to the mayor and to all of

[1:12:25] you and thank you for

[1:12:27] considering this and thank you

[1:12:29] also for what you have already

[1:12:32] done to promote solar by putting

[1:12:33] it on the landfill and other

[1:12:35] places where we could.

[1:12:38] I feel like I'm in a funny

[1:12:41] position here as a longtime

[1:12:43] sierra club person but I'm also

[1:12:44] a person who came to this

[1:12:46] beautiful place and have loved

[1:12:47] the farmland around here and

[1:12:50] have seen it chipped away and

[1:12:51] chipped away at.

[1:12:53] And I am here as you all have

[1:12:56] said to try to support the

[1:12:57] development of more solar in

[1:13:00] other places than putting it on

[1:13:01] farmland.

[1:13:04] And in a week that wendell berry

[1:13:06] died I think it's worth

[1:13:08] considering what our land means

[1:13:11] to us as a city.

[1:13:14] I certainly support solar

[1:13:16] energy, but and clean energy,

[1:13:17] but the zota is supposed to

[1:13:19] address the needs of the whole

[1:13:20] community.

[1:13:23] And our own division of planning

[1:13:24] recommended that we amend that

[1:13:27] language to small and medium

[1:13:29] scale companies and that's not

[1:13:31] really what has happened and

[1:13:33] while this company maybe ethical

[1:13:35] and wonderful it's that we set a

[1:13:37] precedent for other companies to

[1:13:39] come in as well.

[1:13:42] There were pore than 400 horse

[1:13:44] farms in the county that

[1:13:46] contribute also to our economy

[1:13:48] and to the beauty of things and

[1:13:52] the construction alone on rural

[1:13:55] farmland of solar does have an

[1:13:58] impact on that that's worth

[1:14:03] considering.

[1:14:04] Mostly, I understand what people

[1:14:06] have said about the limitations,

[1:14:09] but I think that they are like

[1:14:11] ohio there are so many places we

[1:14:14] have so many flat roofs without

[1:14:16] building covers which requires a

[1:14:18] lot of building and money over

[1:14:21] the parking lots we have so many

[1:14:23] large and small and medium sized

[1:14:25] industrial buildings that we

[1:14:28] could put solar panels on that I

[1:14:31] just hope that we can actually

[1:14:34] develop solar but not on fertile

[1:14:36] farmland which we MAY need to

[1:14:37] feed people in the future.

[1:14:39] We have a farmers market that

[1:14:41] relies on agriculture and in a

[1:14:43] world where transportation of

[1:14:45] things is more and more

[1:14:47] questionable, growing our own

[1:14:49] food here is something looking

[1:14:51] towards the food should also be

[1:14:51] a consideration.

[1:14:54] I would urge you to try to

[1:14:56] continue to develop solar but

[1:14:57] not to allow it to happen on

[1:15:00] some of the best and most

[1:15:02] fertile farmland that is still

[1:15:02] here.

[1:15:03] Thank you.

[1:15:04] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:15:06] That concludes our public

[1:15:07] comment for issues on the

[1:15:07] agenda.

[1:15:11] Thank you all for speaking.

[1:15:14] And that brings us to second

[1:15:27] reading of ordinances.

[1:15:28] An ordinance changing the zone

[1:15:29] from a single family residential

[1:15:29] (R-1c) Zone to a corridor

[1:15:30] business (B-3) Zone, for 4.912

[1:15:30] net (6.047 gross) Acres, for

[1:15:31] property located at 1770 and

[1:15:32] 1800 harrodsburg rd. (Plumbers

[1:15:33] and steamfitters local no. 452

[1:15:36] building corporation; council

[1:15:40] district 10). Approval 10-0 (To

[1:15:41] an ordinance of the

[1:15:42] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:15:43] government authorizing the

[1:15:43] issuance of its various purpose

[1:15:44] general obligation bonds, series

[1:15:45] 2026b, in one or more subseries

[1:15:46] in an aggregate principal amount

[1:15:47] of $9,740,000 (Which amount MAY

[1:15:49] be increased by an amount of up

[1:15:51] to ten percent (10%) Or

[1:15:52] decreased by an unlimited

[1:15:53] amount); approving a form of

[1:15:54] series 2026b bonds; authorizing

[1:15:55] designated officers to execute

[1:15:56] and deliver the series 2026b

[1:15:57] bonds; authorizing and directing

[1:16:00] the filing of notice with the

[1:16:03] state local debt officer;

[1:16:05] providing for the payment and

[1:16:06] security of the series 2026b

[1:16:07] bonds; maintaining a sinking

[1:16:09] fund; creating a bond payment

[1:16:11] fund for the series 2026b bonds;

[1:16:13] authorizing acceptance of the

[1:16:14] bid(S) Of the bond purchaser of

[1:16:15] the series 2026b bonds; and

[1:16:16] repealing inconsistent

[1:16:20] ordinances.

[1:16:22] An ordinance amending section

[1:16:23] 16-1(C)(19), section

[1:16:25] 16-1(F)(70), and section 17-1(1)

[1:16:27] Of the code of ordinances of the

[1:16:29] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:16:29] government, adopting and

[1:16:30] incorporating the complete

[1:16:32] streets design manual as an

[1:16:32] engineering manual for

[1:16:32] infrastructure development in

[1:16:35] lexington-fayette county.

[1:16:36] An ordinance amending article 31

[1:16:38] of the lexington-fayette county

[1:16:39] zoning ordinance, relating to

[1:16:40] solar energy systems, as

[1:16:42] follows: amending section 31-2

[1:16:43] to redefine the footprint of

[1:16:45] solar energy systems (Ses) And

[1:16:47] provide new definitions relating

[1:16:50] to farmland of statewide

[1:16:52] importance, prime farmland, and

[1:16:54] brownfield property; amending

[1:16:56] section 31-4 to expand the zones

[1:16:58] where ses is an allowable use;

[1:16:59] amending section 31-6 to provide

[1:17:01] additional guidance regarding

[1:17:03] the siting, screening, usage

[1:17:05] and decommissioning of ground

[1:17:07] mounted ses, to encourage

[1:17:08] community benefits plans

[1:17:09] relating thereto, and to further

[1:17:10] provide specific requirements

[1:17:12] for any large scale ses located

[1:17:14] in certain agricultural zones

[1:17:15] including requirements for a

[1:17:17] land management plan, vegetative

[1:17:19] cover, stormwater management

[1:17:20] and agricultural production

[1:17:22] requirements; amending section

[1:17:24] 31-7 to clarify conditional use

[1:17:26] permit application requirements

[1:17:27] and to provide considerations

[1:17:28] for the board of adjustment when

[1:17:29] reviewing conditional use

[1:17:32] permits for ses; and creating

[1:17:33] section 31-8 to provide an

[1:17:34] exception for ground mounted ses

[1:17:39] on brownfield properties. (Urban

[1:17:41] an ordinance amending certain of

[1:17:42] the budgets of the

[1:17:44] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:17:45] government to reflect current

[1:17:46] requirements for municipal

[1:17:46] expenditures, and appropriating

[1:17:47] and re-appropriating funds, fy

[1:17:50] 2027 schedule no. 6.

[1:17:50] An ordinance amending certain of

[1:17:51] the budgets of the

[1:17:51] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:17:52] government to correct funds for

[1:17:53] purchase orders rolling from fy

[1:17:54] 2026 into fy 2027, and

[1:17:55] appropriating and

[1:18:00] re-appropriating funds, schedule

[1:18:01] an ordinance creating chapter 28

[1:18:02] of the code of ordinances of the

[1:18:02] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:18:03] government (Privilege fees for

[1:18:04] public infrastructure

[1:18:05] improvements), as follows:

[1:18:07] adopting definitions for

[1:18:07] privilege fee, participating

[1:18:08] owner, non-participating owner

[1:18:09] public infrastructure, shared

[1:18:10] public infrastructure, acreage

[1:18:11] and interest; authorizing the

[1:18:12] allocation of costs of

[1:18:13] construction of shared public

[1:18:14] improvements to

[1:18:15] non-participating owners in the

[1:18:17] form of privilege fees;

[1:18:18] authorizing the execution of

[1:18:19] privilege fee agreements by the

[1:18:20] mayor or the chief

[1:18:22] administrative officer as

[1:18:22] mayor'

[1:18:23] s designee for

[1:18:23] construction of shared public

[1:18:24] infrastructure and for

[1:18:26] reimbursement of costs

[1:18:27] associated therewith from

[1:18:28] privilege fees remitted by

[1:18:30] non-participating owners;

[1:18:31] requiring competitive bidding

[1:18:33] procedures for construction of

[1:18:35] shared public infrastructure

[1:18:37] unless waived for good cause

[1:18:38] shown; providing for notice to

[1:18:40] all non-participating owners and

[1:18:47] a public hearing regarding

[1:18:48] proposed construction of shared

[1:18:50] public improvements and the

[1:18:52] allocation of costs to

[1:18:53] non-participating owners by way

[1:18:54] of privilege fees; establishing

[1:18:55] minimum requirements for

[1:18:57] privilege fee agreements;

[1:18:58] authorizing administrative fees;

[1:18:59] and authorizing the collection

[1:19:10] of interest on privilege fees.

[1:19:11] >> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

[1:19:12] ellinger we have had a lotted of

[1:19:14] cullings on number 4 and for

[1:19:15] record keeping it would be

[1:19:17] helpful if we separated that

[1:19:19] from the rest of them.

[1:19:21] I make a motion that we separate

[1:19:24] 4 from the rest of the vote.

[1:19:26] >> Mayor Gorton: I heard a few

[1:19:27] seconds.

[1:19:28] Is that councilmember eastbound

[1:19:30] help.

[1:19:33] Is there any discussion?

[1:19:35] All those in favor say aye.

[1:19:38] Is anyone opposed?

[1:19:40] All right that passes.

[1:19:44] So I will ask for a motion to

[1:19:47] approve on all of the items

[1:19:48] except number 4.

[1:19:52] >> so moved.

[1:19:53] >> Mayor Gorton: seconded by

[1:19:54] councilmember ellinger and if

[1:19:57] you will take a roll call vote,

[1:20:01] please.

[1:20:03] >> councilmember brown?

[1:20:04] >> yes.

[1:20:05] >> councilmember curtis.

[1:20:06] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:20:07] >> councilmember eblen.

[1:20:08] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:20:09] >> councilmember ellinger.

[1:20:11] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:20:14] >> councilmember baxter.

[1:20:14] >> yes.

[1:20:17] >> councilmember hale.

[1:20:17] >> yes.

[1:20:20] >> councilmember lynch too.

[1:20:21] >> yes.

[1:20:23] >> councilmember reynolds.

[1:20:26] Councilmember sevigny?

[1:20:31] >> [Inaudible] Thank you.

[1:20:34] >> councilmember sheehan.

[1:20:34] >> yes.

[1:20:36] >> vice mayor wu.

[1:20:36] >> yes.

[1:20:39] >> councilmember boone and

[1:20:41] councilmember beasley.

[1:20:44] No on two and yes on the rest.

[1:20:45] >> Mayor Gorton: those will all

[1:20:48] pass I will entertain a motion

[1:20:50] to approve on number 4.

[1:20:51] Councilmember sheehan and

[1:20:53] seconded by vice mayor wu and

[1:20:54] when you are ready if you will

[1:21:00] take a roll call vote.

[1:21:01] >> councilmember brown?

[1:21:03] >> no.

[1:21:04] >> councilmember curtis.

[1:21:06] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:21:07] >> councilmember eblen.

[1:21:09] >> no.

[1:21:10] >> councilmember ellinger.

[1:21:12] >> no, ma'am.

[1:21:15] >> councilmember elliott baxter.

[1:21:16] >> no.

[1:21:18] >> councilmember hale.

[1:21:18] >> yes.

[1:21:20] >> councilmember higgins-hord.

[1:21:22] >> no, man ma'am.

[1:21:25] >> councilmember lynch.

[1:21:25] >> yes.

[1:21:26] >> councilmember morton.

[1:21:28] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:21:29] >> councilmember reynolds.

[1:21:31] >> no.

[1:21:33] >> councilmember sevigny.

[1:21:33] >> yes.

[1:21:37] >> councilmember sheehan.

[1:21:37] >> yes.

[1:21:38] >> vice mayor wu.

[1:21:38] >> yes.

[1:21:41] >> councilmember boone.

[1:21:41] >> [Inaudible].

[1:21:44] >> and councilmember beasley.

[1:21:45] Yes, ma'am.

[1:21:47] >> Mayor Gorton: that passes

[1:21:47] 8-7.

[1:21:51] Thank you.

[1:21:53] Now, it is time for our first

[1:21:56] reading of ordinances and vice

[1:21:59] mayor wu has an amendment for

[1:21:59] number 8.

[1:22:02] >> thank you, mayor I move to

[1:22:04] amend item number 8 under

[1:22:05] ordinances this is our council's

[1:22:07] schedule of meetings.

[1:22:10] First read to change the meeting

[1:22:12] times for council meetings

[1:22:13] specifically from 5:00 P.M. To

[1:22:15] 6:00 P.M. On the dates of JULY

[1:22:18] 1, JULY 6, DECEMBER 1, and

[1:22:21] DECEMBER 2, 2027 so moved.

[1:22:22] >> Mayor Gorton: all right is

[1:22:25] there any discussion?

[1:22:27] All those in favor say aye.

[1:22:29] Is anyone opposed?

[1:22:32] All right that motion passes.

[1:22:35] So if you will please give that

[1:22:44] the new first reading.

[1:22:48] 1.

[1:22:49] An ordinance pursuant to section

[1:22:49] 2-1(A) Of the code of ordinances

[1:22:50] of the lexington-fayette urban

[1:22:51] county government, adopting a

[1:22:51] schedule of meetings for the

[1:22:52] council for calendar year 2027.

[1:22:53] An ordinance amending certain of

[1:22:54] the budgets of the

[1:22:54] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:22:55] government to reflect current

[1:22:55] requirements for municipal

[1:22:56] expenditures, and appropriating

[1:22:57] and re-appropriating funds, fy

[1:22:59] 2027 schedule no. 7.

[1:23:00] An ordinance amending certain of

[1:23:01] the budgets of the

[1:23:01] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:23:02] government to correct funds for

[1:23:03] purchase orders rolling from fy

[1:23:03] 2026 into fy 2027, and

[1:23:04] appropriating and

[1:23:04] re-appropriating funds, schedule

[1:23:07] no. 8.

[1:23:07] An ordinance amending section

[1:23:08] 16-1(F)(17) Of the

[1:23:09] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:23:10] government code of ordinances to

[1:23:10] revise the definition of

[1:23:11] "

[1:23:11] stormwater control device"

[1:23:11] by

[1:23:12] removing the term "

[1:23:12] drainage

[1:23:14] way."

[1:23:16] an ordinance amending the

[1:23:17] authorized strength by

[1:23:17] abolishing three (3)

[1:23:19] Unclassified positions of refuse

[1:23:20] & recycling worker sr., grade

[1:23:20] 510n, and creating three (3)

[1:23:21] Classified positions of refuse &

[1:23:24] recycling worker sr., grade

[1:23:25] 510n, all in the div. Of waste

[1:23:26] management, effective upon

[1:23:30] passage of council.

[1:23:30] Thank you.

[1:23:33] >> are there any walk ons,

[1:23:35] councilmembers?

[1:23:36] All right are there any motions

[1:23:38] to suspend the rules and give

[1:23:42] second reading?

[1:23:43] All right.

[1:23:46] That brings us to second reading

[1:23:56] of resolutions, please.

[1:23:57] A resolution ratifying the

[1:23:58] permanent classified civil

[1:23:59] stamper, safety and loss control

[1:23:59] specialist, grade 520e

[1:24:00] $2,564.80 biweekly in the div.

[1:24:02] Of human resources, effective

[1:24:03] AUGUST 23, 2026, and ratifying

[1:24:05] the permanent sworn appointments

[1:24:06] of lukas catron, police officer

[1:24:08] grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

[1:24:09] the div. Of police, effective

[1:24:11] JULY 27, 2026, cezanne coca

[1:24:12] police officer, grade 311n

[1:24:14] $29.226 hourly in the div. Of

[1:24:19] police, effective JULY 27, 2026

[1:24:19] truman galusha, police officer

[1:24:20] grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

[1:24:21] the div. Of police, effective

[1:24:22] JULY 27, 2026, caleb goldey

[1:24:24] police officer, grade 311n

[1:24:26] $29.226 hourly in the div. Of

[1:24:27] police, effective JULY 27, 2026

[1:24:29] geraldyn navarro, police

[1:24:31] officer, grade 311n, $29.226

[1:24:32] hourly in the div. Of police

[1:24:33] effective JULY 27, 2026, jacob

[1:24:37] reitz, police officer, grade

[1:24:39] 311n, $29.226 hourly in the div.

[1:24:42] Of police, effective JULY 27

[1:24:42] 2026, zachary schoolmaster

[1:24:43] police officer, grade 311n

[1:24:45] $29.226 hourly in the div. Of

[1:24:47] police, effective JULY 27, 2026

[1:24:49] justin shelton, police officer

[1:24:50] grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

[1:24:51] the div. Of police, effective

[1:24:53] JULY 27, 2026, landon smith

[1:24:54] police officer, grade 311n

[1:24:55] $29.226 hourly in the div. Of

[1:24:58] police, effective JULY 27, 2026

[1:25:00] padhraic sweet, police officer

[1:25:01] grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

[1:25:02] the div. Of police, effective

[1:25:04] JULY 27, 2026, brodie thompson

[1:25:06] police officer, grade 311n

[1:25:07] $29.226 hourly in the div. Of

[1:25:09] police, effective JULY 27, 2026

[1:25:11] jacob wright, police officer

[1:25:13] grade 311n, $29.226 hourly in

[1:25:14] the div. Of police, effective

[1:25:19] JULY 27, 2026.

[1:25:21] A resolution authorizing the

[1:25:22] div. Of water quality, on behalf

[1:25:23] of the urban county government

[1:25:25] to purchase service and parts

[1:25:26] for the online process analyzer

[1:25:27] at west hickman wwtp, from

[1:25:28] in-situ, a sole source provider

[1:25:32] at a cost not to exceed $54,870.

[1:25:32] A resolution authorizing and

[1:25:33] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:25:34] of the lexington-fayette urban

[1:25:35] county government, to execute a

[1:25:36] professional services agreement

[1:25:37] with kenya ballard to serve as a

[1:25:39] survivor liaison, to act as the

[1:25:40] point of contact for those

[1:25:42] seeking gun violence survivor

[1:25:43] support from one lexington, and

[1:25:44] from referral sources, and to

[1:25:47] liaise with appropriate one

[1:25:50] lexington staff in determining

[1:25:51] the status of application

[1:25:51] process and payments, at a cost

[1:25:52] not to exceed $20,000.

[1:25:53] 4.

[1:25:54] A resolution authorizing the

[1:25:55] div. Of police to purchase

[1:25:56] magnet axiom from magnet

[1:25:57] forensics, llc., a sole source

[1:25:58] provider, and authorizing the

[1:25:59] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:26:00] county government, to execute

[1:26:01] any necessary agreement with

[1:26:02] magnet forensics, llc., related

[1:26:02] to the procurement at a cost not

[1:26:03] to exceed $26,320.

[1:26:04] 5.

[1:26:05] A resolution authorizing the

[1:26:06] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:26:07] county government, to execute

[1:26:08] and submit an application to the

[1:26:09] ky. Dept. Of education, for

[1:26:09] provision of preschool education

[1:26:10] services at the family care

[1:26:11] center for the 2026-2027 school

[1:26:13] year.

[1:26:14] 6.

[1:26:15] A resolution authorizing and

[1:26:17] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:26:18] of the urban county government

[1:26:20] as the collaborative applicant

[1:26:21] to execute and submit the 2026

[1:26:21] continuum of care grant

[1:26:23] application to the united states

[1:26:23] dept. Of housing and urban

[1:26:24] development (Hud), to provide

[1:26:26] any additional information

[1:26:26] requested in connection with

[1:26:28] this grant application, which

[1:26:30] seeks up to $3,866,080 in

[1:26:31] federal funds for the operation

[1:26:32] of programs by community

[1:26:33] nonprofit organizations to

[1:26:35] reduce homelessness in

[1:26:36] lexington-fayette county, and to

[1:26:37] accept an amount, up to

[1:26:40] $153,932, of the grant funds, if

[1:26:42] the application is approved, for

[1:26:43] project planning expenses

[1:26:44] related to monitoring programs

[1:26:45] funded by the grant, the

[1:26:47] acceptance of which obligates

[1:26:47] the urban county government for

[1:26:49] the expenditure of an amount, up

[1:26:50] to $38,483, as a local match

[1:26:51] ratifying the prior execution of

[1:26:52] an application or any other

[1:26:54] necessary documents related

[1:26:55] thereto, and authorizing the

[1:26:56] mayor to transfer unencumbered

[1:26:58] funds within the grant budget.

[1:27:00] 7.

[1:27:01] A resolution approving the

[1:27:02] fayette county sheriff'

[1:27:02] s

[1:27:03] settlement-2025 property

[1:27:04] taxes, for taxes collected as of

[1:27:06] APRIL 15, 2026, and granting the

[1:27:07] sheriff a quietus.

[1:27:09] 8.

[1:27:10] A resolution authorizing the

[1:27:11] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:27:12] county government, to execute a

[1:27:13] memorandum of agreement with

[1:27:14] nami lexington (Ky), inc.

[1:27:17] Related to the operation of the

[1:27:18] fayette mental health court, at

[1:27:20] a cost not to exceed $270,000

[1:27:20] using funds allocated from the

[1:27:21] fy 2027 general fund.

[1:27:23] 9.

[1:27:25] A resolution authorizing and

[1:27:26] directing the mayor, or her

[1:27:27] designee, on behalf of the urban

[1:27:28] county government, to execute

[1:27:29] the clinical education agreement

[1:27:30] with the university of ky., and

[1:27:31] any necessary documents, for the

[1:27:32] implementation of educational

[1:27:33] experience opportunities for

[1:27:35] university students in various

[1:27:36] fields of healthcare related

[1:27:37] studies, with global lex, at no

[1:27:37] cost to the urban county

[1:27:38] government.

[1:27:39] 10.

[1:27:39] A resolution of the

[1:27:40] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:27:42] government authorizing the

[1:27:43] advertisement for bids and the

[1:27:44] distribution of a preliminary

[1:27:45] official statement for the

[1:27:46] purchase of the principal amount

[1:27:47] of its various purpose general

[1:27:49] obligation bonds, series 2026b

[1:27:51] in an aggregate principal amount

[1:27:52] of $9,740,000 (Which amount MAY

[1:27:54] be increased by an amount of up

[1:27:55] to ten percent (10%) Or

[1:27:56] decreased by an unlimited

[1:27:57] amount).

[1:27:58] 11.

[1:27:59] A resolution authorizing and

[1:28:00] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:28:01] of the urban county government

[1:28:02] to execute an agreement related

[1:28:03] to council capital project

[1:28:04] expenditure funds with lfucg

[1:28:05] div. Of parks and recreation

[1:28:07] ($500), at a cost not to exceed

[1:28:07] the sum stated.

[1:28:08] 12.

[1:28:09] A resolution authorizing the

[1:28:10] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:28:11] county government, to execute an

[1:28:12] agreement with the U.S.

[1:28:13] Geological survey, for the

[1:28:14] continuing and ongoing

[1:28:15] maintenance and operation of

[1:28:16] existing stream flow and

[1:28:18] precipitation gauges, for the

[1:28:19] period of JULY 1, 2026, through

[1:28:20] JUNE 30, 2027, at a cost not to

[1:28:22] exceed $127,000.

[1:28:23] 13.

[1:28:25] A resolution authorizing the

[1:28:26] div. Of traffic engineering to

[1:28:27] renew maintenance and support

[1:28:29] with q-free america through

[1:28:31] traffic control products, the

[1:28:33] sole-source vendor, for software

[1:28:35] to manage the centralized

[1:28:36] traffic control system, at a

[1:28:37] cost not to exceed $62,000.

[1:28:38] 14.

[1:28:39] A resolution authorizing and

[1:28:40] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:28:41] of the urban county government

[1:28:42] to execute a purchase of service

[1:28:43] agreement and vehicle lease

[1:28:43] agreement, with

[1:28:44] lexington-fayette animal care

[1:28:45] and control, llc, for animal

[1:28:47] control services, at a cost not

[1:28:49] to exceed $2,512,545.

[1:28:51] 15.

[1:28:52] A resolution authorizing the

[1:28:52] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:28:53] county government, to accept a

[1:28:54] grant from the ky. Energy and

[1:28:55] environment cabinet, dept. Of

[1:28:57] environmental protection, div.

[1:28:58] Of waste management, which grant

[1:28:58] funds are in the amount of

[1:28:59] $4,000 in commonwealth of ky.

[1:29:01] Funds for fiscal year 2027, for

[1:29:02] the disposal and recycling of

[1:29:03] waste tires, the acceptance of

[1:29:04] which does not obligate the

[1:29:05] urban county government to the

[1:29:06] expenditure of funds, and

[1:29:08] authorizing the mayor to

[1:29:09] transfer unencumbered funds

[1:29:09] within the grant budget.

[1:29:11] 16.

[1:29:12] A resolution authorizing and

[1:29:12] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:29:13] of the urban county government

[1:29:14] to execute change order no. 3 to

[1:29:15] the services agreement with grw

[1:29:16] inc., for professional design

[1:29:18] services, for the dept. Of

[1:29:19] environmental quality and public

[1:29:22] works, increasing the contract

[1:29:22] by the sum of $22,205, from

[1:29:24] $508,318 to $530,523.

[1:29:32] 17.

[1:29:32] A resolution authorizing and

[1:29:33] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:29:34] of the urban county government

[1:29:34] to execute the memorandum of

[1:29:35] understanding with university of

[1:29:36] louisville research foundation

[1:29:37] for participation in the ky

[1:29:38] coast pilot project (Centers of

[1:29:38] activity sequencing and

[1:29:39] testing), for the div. Of water

[1:29:39] quality, at no cost to the urban

[1:29:40] county government.

[1:29:42] 18.

[1:29:43] A resolution authorizing and

[1:29:44] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:29:45] of the urban county government

[1:29:46] to execute and submit a grant

[1:29:47] application to the ky. Justice

[1:29:47] cabinet under the violence

[1:29:48] against women act program for

[1:29:49] the continuation of a sexual

[1:29:51] assault nurse examiner program

[1:29:52] to provide any additional

[1:29:53] information requested in

[1:29:54] connection with this grant

[1:29:55] application, and to accept this

[1:29:56] grant if awarded, which grant

[1:29:56] funds are in the amount of

[1:29:57] $65,000 in federal funds and

[1:29:58] $12,000 in state funds, the

[1:29:59] acceptance of which obligates

[1:30:01] the urban county government to

[1:30:02] the expenditure of $24,667 in

[1:30:05] fy27, as a local match, and

[1:30:06] authorizing the mayor to

[1:30:06] transfer unencumbered funds

[1:30:07] within the grant budget.

[1:30:09] 19.

[1:30:10] A resolution authorizing and

[1:30:11] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:30:11] of the urban county government

[1:30:12] to execute an agreement with

[1:30:14] photoshelter, inc., to upgrade

[1:30:15] the current photoshelter

[1:30:16] subscription to add new alt text

[1:30:18] capabilities, ai functionality

[1:30:19] and significant accessibility

[1:30:20] compliance benefits, for the

[1:30:23] office of public information

[1:30:24] increasing the cost by $4,500

[1:30:26] for an annual cost not to exceed

[1:30:27] $9,815, subject to sufficient

[1:30:28] funds being appropriated in

[1:30:30] future fiscal years.

[1:30:30] 20.

[1:30:31] A resolution authorizing and

[1:30:32] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:30:33] of the urban county government

[1:30:34] to execute an agreement with

[1:30:36] linkedin corporation, for

[1:30:37] advertising services to promote

[1:30:38] open positions with the

[1:30:39] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:30:40] government on its platform, for

[1:30:41] the office of public

[1:30:42] information, at an annual cost

[1:30:44] not to exceed $20,925, subject

[1:30:45] to sufficient funds being

[1:30:46] appropriated in future fiscal

[1:30:47] years.

[1:30:48] 21.

[1:30:49] A resolution authorizing and

[1:30:51] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:30:52] of the urban county government

[1:30:53] to execute an agreement related

[1:30:54] to council capital project

[1:30:54] expenditure funds with garden

[1:30:55] meadows homeowners association

[1:30:56] inc. ($2,000), at a cost not to

[1:30:59] exceed the sum stated.

[1:31:00] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you is

[1:31:00] -

[1:31:04] there a motion to approve.

[1:31:05] Councilmember ellinger and

[1:31:06] councilmember kurtdties.

[1:31:08] When you are ready if you will

[1:31:13] take the roll call vote.

[1:31:15] >> councilmember brown.

[1:31:15] >> yes.

[1:31:17] >> councilmember curtis.

[1:31:18] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:31:19] >> councilmember eblen.

[1:31:20] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:31:21] >> councilmember ellinger.

[1:31:22] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:31:24] >> councilmember baxter.

[1:31:25] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:31:27] >> councilmember hale.

[1:31:28] >> yes.

[1:31:30] >> how many hilling hilling.

[1:31:30] >> yes.

[1:31:32] >> councilmember lynch.

[1:31:33] Yes.

[1:31:35] >> councilmember morton.

[1:31:35] >> yes.

[1:31:37] >> councilmember reynolds.

[1:31:37] >> yes.

[1:31:39] >> councilmember sheehan.

[1:31:40] >> yes.

[1:31:41] >> vice mayor wu.

[1:31:44] Councilmember boone and

[1:31:44] councilmember beasley.

[1:31:46] Yes, ma'am.

[1:31:47] >> Mayor Gorton: now it's time

[1:31:50] for first reading of

[1:31:53] resolutions.

[1:31:53] 22.

[1:31:55] A resolution specifying the

[1:31:56] intention of the urban county

[1:31:57] council to expand and extend the

[1:31:57] full urban services district #1

[1:31:58] to provide street lighting

[1:31:59] street cleaning, and garbage and

[1:32:00] refuse collection; finding a

[1:32:01] need for this service in the

[1:32:01] area included; and finding the

[1:32:02] ability of the urban county

[1:32:03] government to provide this

[1:32:04] service in this area, which area

[1:32:05] is defined as certain properties

[1:32:06] on the following streets:

[1:32:07] advantage way; cavalier way;

[1:32:09] dockside park; feathersound way;

[1:32:11] leanndra park; letcher DR.;

[1:32:12] lupine lane; and shady curve;

[1:32:13] and scheduling a public hearing

[1:32:13] for NOVEMBER 10, 2026, at 3:00

[1:32:14] p.M.

[1:32:16] 23.

[1:32:19] A resolution specifying the

[1:32:20] intention of the urban county

[1:32:21] council to expand and extend

[1:32:22] partial urban services district

[1:32:23] #3 to provide garbage and refuse

[1:32:24] collection; finding a need for

[1:32:25] this service in the area

[1:32:26] included; and finding the

[1:32:27] ability of the urban county

[1:32:27] government to provide this

[1:32:28] service in this area, which area

[1:32:29] is defined as certain properties

[1:32:30] on the following streets: landry

[1:32:31] way; liberty circle; waldorf

[1:32:32] lane; weston park; and malabu

[1:32:34] court; and scheduling a public

[1:32:35] hearing for NOVEMBER 10, 2026

[1:32:36] at 3:00 P.M.

[1:32:37] 24.

[1:32:38] A resolution specifying the

[1:32:40] intention of the urban county

[1:32:41] council to expand and extend

[1:32:43] partial urban services district

[1:32:43] #5 to provide street lighting

[1:32:44] and garbage and refuse

[1:32:45] collection; finding a need for

[1:32:46] this service in the area

[1:32:47] included; and finding the

[1:32:47] ability of the urban county

[1:32:48] government to provide this

[1:32:49] service in this area, which area

[1:32:50] is defined as certain properties

[1:32:50] on the following streets:

[1:32:52] brunswick rd.; cardiff lane;

[1:32:53] crestwood DR.; greenbriar rd.;

[1:32:53] lamont court; shirlee court;

[1:32:55] traveller rd.; weber way;

[1:32:56] wedgewood rd.; and wilson

[1:32:57] downing rd; and scheduling a

[1:32:59] public hearing for NOVEMBER 10

[1:33:00] 2026, at 3:00 P.M.

[1:33:02] 25.

[1:33:04] A resolution authorizing the

[1:33:05] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:33:06] county government, to execute a

[1:33:06] purchase of service agreement

[1:33:07] with roots & heritage festival

[1:33:08] inc., for the roots & heritage

[1:33:11] festival, planned for SEPTEMBER

[1:33:13] 11-13, 2026 at a cost not to

[1:33:14] exceed $35,500, plus additional

[1:33:15] in-kind services.

[1:33:16] 26.

[1:33:17] A resolution authorizing the

[1:33:19] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:33:20] county government, to execute a

[1:33:21] lease renewal agreement with ky.

[1:33:23] Community and technical college

[1:33:23] system, extending the lease for

[1:33:24] classroom space at the detention

[1:33:25] center, at no cost to the urban

[1:33:26] county government.

[1:33:28] 27.

[1:33:28] Mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:33:29] county government, to execute a

[1:33:30] purchase of service agreement

[1:33:31] (Psa) With casa of lexington

[1:33:32] inc., for child advocacy

[1:33:33] services in fayette county at a

[1:33:35] cost not to exceed the sum of

[1:33:36] $278,000.

[1:33:36] 28.

[1:33:38] A resolution authorizing the

[1:33:38] div. Of waste management to

[1:33:39] purchase electronic vehicle

[1:33:40] inspection reporting services

[1:33:42] from zonar systems, llc., a sole

[1:33:44] source provider, and authorizing

[1:33:45] the mayor, on behalf of the

[1:33:46] urban county government, to

[1:33:47] execute any necessary agreement

[1:33:48] with zonar systems, llc.

[1:33:49] Related to the procurement at a

[1:33:50] cost not to exceed $85,000.

[1:33:51] 29.

[1:33:53] A resolution authorizing the

[1:33:54] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:33:55] county government, to execute a

[1:33:56] site-specific agreement with the

[1:33:57] jessamine south elkhorn water

[1:33:59] district and ball homes llc, to

[1:33:59] provide sanitary sewer

[1:34:00] conveyance and treatment

[1:34:01] capacity to ash tree property in

[1:34:02] jessamine county.

[1:34:05] 30.

[1:34:06] A resolution authorizing the

[1:34:08] div. Of water quality to

[1:34:10] purchase service and field

[1:34:12] support at west hickman wwtp

[1:34:14] from siemens industry, inc., a

[1:34:14] sole source provider, and

[1:34:15] authorizing the mayor, on behalf

[1:34:16] of the urban county government

[1:34:17] to execute any necessary

[1:34:18] agreement with siemens industry

[1:34:19] inc., related to the procurement

[1:34:19] at a cost not to exceed

[1:34:20] $444,705.

[1:34:22] 31.

[1:34:23] A resolution authorizing and

[1:34:24] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:34:24] of the urban county government

[1:34:25] to execute the memorandum of

[1:34:26] agreement with the united states

[1:34:27] dept. Of justice, drug

[1:34:28] enforcement administration

[1:34:30] (Dea), allowing one (1) Officer

[1:34:31] to be assigned to a task force

[1:34:32] related to illicit drug

[1:34:35] trafficking from OCTOBER 1

[1:34:35] 2026, to SEPTEMBER 30, 2031, at

[1:34:36] no cost to the urban county

[1:34:37] government.

[1:34:38] 32.

[1:34:40] A resolution authorizing the

[1:34:41] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:34:42] county government, to execute a

[1:34:42] deed of easement with ky.

[1:34:44] Utilities co., granting

[1:34:45] permanent easements across a

[1:34:46] portion of the property located

[1:34:47] at 1900 leestown rd. And 301

[1:34:48] lisle industrial avenue, and

[1:34:50] further authorizing the mayor to

[1:34:52] execute any other documents

[1:34:52] easements, at no cost to the

[1:34:54] urban county government.

[1:34:54] 33.

[1:34:55] A resolution authorizing the

[1:34:56] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:34:57] county government, to execute an

[1:34:58] agreement with eds holdco, llc

[1:34:59] the final form of which shall be

[1:35:00] subject to the approval of the

[1:35:01] dept. Of housing advocacy and

[1:35:02] community development and the

[1:35:04] dept. Of law, to provide winter

[1:35:05] emergency shelter services

[1:35:06] inclusive of rental

[1:35:07] installation, and removal of

[1:35:08] structures as well as daily

[1:35:11] operations, for persons

[1:35:11] experiencing homelessness

[1:35:13] located at 1306 versailles rd.

[1:35:14] And to operate from OCTOBER 29

[1:35:16] 2026 to APRIL 1, 2027, at a

[1:35:20] total cost not to exceed

[1:35:20] $3,081,732.03.

[1:35:23] 34.

[1:35:24] A resolution authorizing the

[1:35:25] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:35:25] county government, to execute an

[1:35:26] agreement with community action

[1:35:27] council for lexington-fayette

[1:35:27] bourbon, harrison, and nicholas

[1:35:28] counties, inc., for the

[1:35:29] operation of winter motel

[1:35:30] shelter services for families

[1:35:32] with children experiencing

[1:35:33] homelessness, at a cost not to

[1:35:35] exceed $300,000.

[1:35:37] 35.

[1:35:39] A resolution authorizing the

[1:35:40] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:35:40] county government, to execute an

[1:35:41] agreement with hospice of the

[1:35:42] bluegrass, inc. D/b/a bluegrass

[1:35:43] care navigators, for the

[1:35:43] operation of motel-based winter

[1:35:44] shelter services for

[1:35:45] elderly/disabled persons

[1:35:46] experiencing homelessness, at a

[1:35:48] cost not to exceed $234,977.

[1:35:50] 36.

[1:35:50] A resolution authorizing the

[1:35:52] div. Of fire and emergency

[1:35:54] services to purchase iapro and

[1:35:55] blue team software from

[1:35:57] versaterm public safety us

[1:35:58] inc., a sole source provider

[1:35:59] and authorizing the mayor, on

[1:36:01] behalf of the urban county

[1:36:02] government, to execute any

[1:36:03] necessary agreement with

[1:36:04] versaterm public safety us

[1:36:04] inc., related to the procurement

[1:36:06] at a cost not to exceed

[1:36:07] $42,749.30.

[1:36:09] 37.

[1:36:10] A resolution authorizing the

[1:36:11] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:36:12] county government, to execute a

[1:36:12] site-specific agreement with the

[1:36:14] jessamine south elkhorn water

[1:36:15] district and ball homes llc, to

[1:36:16] provide sanitary sewer

[1:36:17] conveyance and treatment

[1:36:18] capacity to ash tree unit 3

[1:36:19] phase 1 property in jessamine

[1:36:19] county.

[1:36:21] 38.

[1:36:22] A resolution authorizing the

[1:36:23] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:36:24] county government, to execute

[1:36:25] certificates of consideration

[1:36:26] and other necessary documents

[1:36:27] and to accept deeds of easement

[1:36:29] from owners of record, for

[1:36:30] property interests needed for

[1:36:31] the greenbrier 2 pump station

[1:36:32] replacement project, a remedial

[1:36:34] measures project required by the

[1:36:34] consent decree, at a cost not to

[1:36:36] exceed $17,000.

[1:36:37] 39.

[1:36:37] A resolution authorizing the

[1:36:38] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:36:39] county government, to execute an

[1:36:40] agreement awarding a class b

[1:36:42] (Education) Incentive grant to

[1:36:42] avol ky., inc., for a stormwater

[1:36:43] quality project, at a cost not

[1:36:47] to exceed $18,126.72.

[1:36:47] 40.

[1:36:48] A resolution authorizing the

[1:36:49] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:36:50] county government, to execute an

[1:36:51] agreement awarding a class a

[1:36:52] (Neighborhood) Incentive grant

[1:36:53] to friends of the parks in

[1:36:54] fayette county, inc., for a

[1:36:54] stormwater quality project, at a

[1:36:58] cost not to exceed $41,590.

[1:36:58] 41.

[1:36:59] A resolution authorizing the

[1:37:00] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:37:02] county government, to execute an

[1:37:02] agreement awarding a class a

[1:37:04] (Neighborhood) Incentive grant

[1:37:05] to waterwayslex, inc., for a

[1:37:05] stormwater quality project, at a

[1:37:07] cost not to exceed $26,810.

[1:37:09] 42.

[1:37:10] A resolution authorizing the

[1:37:12] mayor, on behalf of the

[1:37:13] lexington-fayette urban county

[1:37:13] government, to execute change

[1:37:14] order no. 1 to the stormwater

[1:37:15] quality projects incentive grant

[1:37:16] with the ky. American water co.

[1:37:17] For stormwater quality projects

[1:37:18] increasing the grant award by

[1:37:19] the sum of $60,000, from

[1:37:20] $300,000 to $360,000.

[1:37:23] 43.

[1:37:24] A resolution authorizing and

[1:37:24] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:37:25] of the urban county government

[1:37:26] to accept additional award of

[1:37:27] $28,180 from kentucky state

[1:37:28] police commercial vehicle

[1:37:31] enforcement div., the

[1:37:33] application was for $71,820 with

[1:37:35] a match of $3,780 for the

[1:37:36] continued operation of the motor

[1:37:37] carrier safety assistance

[1:37:38] program for fy 2027, the

[1:37:40] additional award obligates lfucg

[1:37:42] to provide an additional match

[1:37:44] of $1,220 for a total match of

[1:37:45] $5,000 and authorizing the mayor

[1:37:46] to transfer unencumbered funds

[1:37:49] within the grant budget.

[1:37:49] 44.

[1:37:50] A resolution authorizing and

[1:37:50] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:37:51] of the urban county government

[1:37:53] to execute amendment no. 2 to

[1:37:55] the program administration

[1:37:55] contract with the bluegrass area

[1:37:57] development district, to accept

[1:37:58] an additional award of $9,444.00

[1:38:00] to include in the title iii b

[1:38:01] budget for eligible reimbursable

[1:38:03] expenditures for fy27 senior

[1:38:04] center operations, which

[1:38:05] obligates the urban county

[1:38:08] government to increase the total

[1:38:10] local match by $1,666.59 for a

[1:38:13] total match of $9,890.12.

[1:38:14] 45.

[1:38:14] A resolution authorizing the

[1:38:15] div. Of police to purchase dna

[1:38:16] testing from dna labs

[1:38:17] international, a sole source

[1:38:18] provider, and authorizing the

[1:38:19] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:38:19] county government, to execute

[1:38:20] any necessary agreement with dna

[1:38:22] labs international, related to

[1:38:22] the procurement at a cost not to

[1:38:24] exceed $45,000.

[1:38:25] 46.

[1:38:25] A resolution authorizing and

[1:38:27] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:38:27] of the urban county government

[1:38:28] to execute change order no. 1 to

[1:38:29] the agreement with lagco, inc.

[1:38:31] For the final adjustment in

[1:38:32] quantities, for the div. Of

[1:38:33] water quality, decreasing the

[1:38:35] contract by the sum of

[1:38:38] $167,839.07, from $1,634,958.00

[1:38:42] to $1,467,118.93.

[1:38:44] 47.

[1:38:44] A resolution authorizing and

[1:38:45] directing the mayor, on behalf

[1:38:46] of the urban county government

[1:38:47] to execute agreements related to

[1:38:49] council capital project

[1:38:50] expenditure funds with northside

[1:38:51] common market corporation

[1:38:52] ($5,196.05); and high point at

[1:38:54] woodland park condominium owners

[1:38:55] association, inc. ($8,000.00)

[1:38:56] At a cost not to exceed the sums

[1:39:06] stated.

[1:39:06] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:39:10] Are there think walk ons,

[1:39:12] council?

[1:39:14] No walk ons.

[1:39:18] New suspensions to give second

[1:39:18] riding?

[1:39:19] Reading.

[1:39:20] Councilmember brown?

[1:39:21] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:39:22] On behalf of the administration

[1:39:24] i make a motion to suspend the

[1:39:26] rules and give second reading to

[1:39:28] number 25.

[1:39:29] So moved.

[1:39:29] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:39:32] Councilmember morton seconds.

[1:39:35] Are there any questions about

[1:39:36] that one?

[1:39:40] It is this weekend for roots and

[1:39:42] heritage we are just in time.

[1:39:45] All right all those if favor say

[1:39:45] aye.

[1:39:47] Is anyone opposed?

[1:39:48] All right that passes.

[1:39:51] Are there any other motions to

[1:39:54] suspend the rules?

[1:39:56] All right.

[1:39:58] When you're ready if you will

[1:40:02] give it second reading that is

[1:40:11] number 25.

[1:40:13] 25.

[1:40:13] A resolution authorizing the

[1:40:14] mayor, on behalf of the urban

[1:40:15] county government, to execute a

[1:40:15] purchase of service agreement

[1:40:16] with roots & heritage festival

[1:40:17] inc., for the roots & heritage

[1:40:17] festival, planned for SEPTEMBER

[1:40:18] 11-13, 2026 at a cost not to

[1:40:18] exceed $35,500, plus additional

[1:40:21] in-kind services.

[1:40:21] Thank you.

[1:40:22] >> Mayor Gorton: is there a

[1:40:24] motion to approve.

[1:40:26] Councilmember reynolds and

[1:40:27] seconded by councilmember

[1:40:27] curtis.

[1:40:30] If you are ready will you take a

[1:40:31] roll call vote.

[1:40:33] >> councilmember brown.

[1:40:33] >> yes.

[1:40:34] >> councilmember curtis.

[1:40:35] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:40:36] >> councilmember eblen.

[1:40:37] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:40:38] >> councilmember ellinger.

[1:40:40] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:40:43] >> councilmember bactster.

[1:40:44] Councilmember hale.

[1:40:44] >> yes.

[1:40:46] >> councilmember higgins-hord.

[1:40:48] >> [Inaudible].

[1:40:49] >> councilmember lynch.

[1:40:50] >> yes.

[1:40:52] >> councilmember morton.

[1:40:53] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:40:54] >> councilmember reynolds.

[1:40:55] >> yes.

[1:40:57] >> councilmember sheehan.

[1:40:57] >> yes.

[1:40:59] >> councilmember boone.

[1:40:59] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:41:01] >> and councilmember beasley.

[1:41:03] >> yes, ma'am.

[1:41:04] >> Mayor Gorton: that item

[1:41:04] patses.

[1:41:05] Councilmembers we have

[1:41:08] communications from the mayor

[1:41:08] appointments.

[1:41:10] Could I have a motion.

[1:41:14] Councilmember curtis do I have a

[1:41:14] second?

[1:41:15] Councilmember eblen.

[1:41:19] Are there any questions?

[1:41:21] All those if favor please say

[1:41:22] aye.

[1:41:24] Is anyone opposed?

[1:41:25] All right that passes.

[1:41:27] And the nens communications from

[1:41:29] the mayor is donations.

[1:41:30] Could I have a moths?

[1:41:32] Thank you vice mayor.

[1:41:35] >> second I heard councilmember

[1:41:35] hale.

[1:41:38] All right.

[1:41:45] Any questions of the donations?

[1:41:48] All those in favor say aye?

[1:41:50] Is anyone opposed.

[1:41:52] And the last communications is

[1:41:54] procurements can I have a

[1:41:54] motion?

[1:41:56] Councilmember sheehan seconded

[1:41:57] by councilmember curtis.

[1:41:59] Are there any questions?

[1:42:02] All right all those in favor say

[1:42:03] aye.

[1:42:05] Is anyone opposed?

[1:42:06] All right that passes.

[1:42:07] Thank you.

[1:42:10] There are no police disciplines

[1:42:11] or fire disciplines.

[1:42:15] And that brings us to council

[1:42:17] announcements.

[1:42:17] Councilmember hale.

[1:42:19] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:42:21] So I want to remind everyone

[1:42:22] about our community celebration

[1:42:24] happening at wood hill park on

[1:42:29] tuesday SEPTEMBER 22 at

[1:42:30] 4:15-5:45.

[1:42:32] We can't wait to celebrate the

[1:42:33] renovation of the basketball

[1:42:35] court and ada parking lot with

[1:42:37] the community and this event is

[1:42:38] open to everyone in lexington.

[1:42:41] We will have ice cream, games,

[1:42:42] special activities by on the

[1:42:44] move art studio.

[1:42:46] We're grateful to lexington

[1:42:47] leadership foundation for

[1:42:49] partnering with the council

[1:42:51] office to make this free event

[1:42:52] happen.

[1:42:54] I want to invite my council

[1:42:56] colleagues we would love to have

[1:42:58] you to sell prime rate with us

[1:43:01] see you on tuesday SEPTEMBER 22

[1:43:06] and the 30th will be our ribbon

[1:43:06] cutting.

[1:43:07] Thank you.

[1:43:08] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:43:09] Councilmember reynolds.

[1:43:10] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:43:13] First I want to congratulate

[1:43:14] everyone at the senior center

[1:43:17] and aging services that they had

[1:43:20] a lovely celebration yesterday

[1:43:22] on 10 years.

[1:43:23] And it was really exciting and

[1:43:25] it had a great turnout.

[1:43:27] I want to congratulate all of

[1:43:29] our city staff and everyone that

[1:43:30] worked so hard to put that

[1:43:31] together.

[1:43:33] So I want to echo my

[1:43:35] congratulations for the police

[1:43:37] activities league and the girl

[1:43:39] the basketball team.

[1:43:41] They accomplished a huge feat.

[1:43:44] So I wanted to echo my

[1:43:45] congratulations for that.

[1:43:49] I want to invite everyone to

[1:43:51] celebrate with our mexican

[1:43:53] community here in lexington for

[1:43:55] mexico's independence day on

[1:43:56] SEPTEMBER 15th beginning at 5:00

[1:43:59] P.M. At the lexington legend

[1:44:01] stadium.

[1:44:04] This is a night of celebration

[1:44:06] that actually started in the

[1:44:09] 11th district and grew and is

[1:44:11] now at the stadium for the first

[1:44:12] time this year.

[1:44:14] Check that out if you want to

[1:44:16] experience mexican culture and

[1:44:20] food and music and dancing.

[1:44:23] And then in addition, for coming

[1:44:26] up next weekend, is festival

[1:44:28] latino and that will be friday

[1:44:31] SEPTEMBER 18th from 5-11:00 P.M.

[1:44:33] And saturday the 19th from 4-11

[1:44:37] and that will be at our

[1:44:37] courthouse plaza.

[1:44:39] Come on out for that.

[1:44:41] If you need some extra mulch

[1:44:46] there is going to be giveaway at

[1:44:50] the old landfill pad at 1631 old

[1:44:54] frankfort pike on SEPTEMBER 19th

[1:44:55] starting at 8:00 A.M. Get there

[1:44:57] early because when the mulch is

[1:44:58] gone it's gone.

[1:45:00] Thank you very much.

[1:45:01] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:45:01] Councilmember lynch.

[1:45:02] >> thank you.

[1:45:04] A reminder to the community that

[1:45:06] the boards and commissions fair

[1:45:10] is monday SEPTEMBER 14th from

[1:45:13] 4-6 people at the steam academy.

[1:45:15] Check outboards and commissions

[1:45:16] because we want you to apply to

[1:45:19] be on them we want to create

[1:45:21] pathways to all the boards and

[1:45:23] commissions come out monday from

[1:45:26] 4-6:00 P.M. At steam academy on

[1:45:28] georgetown road.

[1:45:29] We hope to see you there.

[1:45:30] We have a video.

[1:45:33] >> it's your vice mayor dan wu

[1:45:35] and I'm here with shayla lynch

[1:45:39] and we with the entires boards

[1:45:40] and subcommittee we invite you

[1:45:41] to the fair.

[1:45:41] >>.

[1:45:43] >> many of our boards and

[1:45:44] commissions will be there to

[1:45:46] share their work what they are

[1:45:47] doing in the community.

[1:45:49] >> and we want you to join a

[1:45:51] board of commission join us.

[1:45:53] >> we will have food, games and

[1:45:54] fun for the entire family.

[1:45:55] >>.

[1:45:57] >> help us say good-bye to the

[1:45:58] summer and how you can get

[1:46:00] involved with boards and

[1:46:00] commissions.

[1:46:04] >> join us at steam academy on

[1:46:06] georgetown road from 4-6:00 P.M.

[1:46:08] For the boards and commissions

[1:46:08] fair.

[1:46:14] See you there.

[1:46:14] [

[1:46:19] ]

[1:46:29] >> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

[1:46:32] higgins-hord I know you've

[1:46:32] waited.

[1:46:34] >> thank you I wasn't sure what

[1:46:36] was getting ready to happen

[1:46:36] there.

[1:46:39] We're going to show you pictures

[1:46:42] before and after photos of a

[1:46:45] detention basin at 1610 bryant

[1:46:46] station road.

[1:46:48] I learned about this area within

[1:46:50] the first few months of being

[1:46:52] appointed and it has been an

[1:46:53] issue for years.

[1:46:55] And I want to thank the director

[1:46:58] of code enforcement lee steal,

[1:47:00] resource officers donna shepherd

[1:47:02] and robert jackson.

[1:47:03] The office of homelessness

[1:47:05] prevention and intervention

[1:47:08] outreach team steve and jeff.

[1:47:10] Acting director of water

[1:47:12] quality, mark sanders and

[1:47:13] members of the bryant station

[1:47:14] neighborhood association who

[1:47:16] worked with me and my

[1:47:18] legislative aide rene.

[1:47:21] This was not an easy clean up.

[1:47:22] But by working together, we were

[1:47:24] able to address it and we've

[1:47:26] also already heard from our

[1:47:28] neighbors that they love the

[1:47:30] space that is cleaner, it's

[1:47:30] clear.

[1:47:32] I do want to thank everyone for

[1:47:34] being a partner with this and

[1:47:36] making this request a reality.

[1:47:37] So thank you all.

[1:47:40] Sometimes people don't get

[1:47:40] thanked.

[1:47:42] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:47:42] Vice mayor wu.

[1:47:44] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:47:47] First off I echo councilmember

[1:47:48] lynch do come out to the boards

[1:47:50] and commissions fair and I

[1:47:53] challenge my colleagues to

[1:47:54] challenge councilmember lynch

[1:47:56] and I to a game of cornhole.

[1:48:00] One of the perks of my job is

[1:48:01] getting invited to do cool stuff

[1:48:04] and last week, I got invited to

[1:48:08] radio I to be a celebrity reader

[1:48:11] and what radio I does they get

[1:48:12] folks to record news articles

[1:48:14] and other items of interest from

[1:48:16] newspapers and magazines to

[1:48:18] folks who are blind or print

[1:48:19] disabled.

[1:48:23] So I spent 30 minutes last week

[1:48:25] reading articles specifically

[1:48:27] from kentucky living magazine.

[1:48:30] I think we have a couple more

[1:48:31] photos and it's super simple and

[1:48:33] they are always looking for

[1:48:35] volunteers there are lots of

[1:48:37] ways for folks to listen and you

[1:48:41] can learn more at radio I.Org.

[1:48:42] Thank you.

[1:48:43] >> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

[1:48:45] curtis?

[1:48:49] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:48:52] I am going to echo what vice

[1:48:55] mayor wu and councilmember lynch

[1:48:58] said and invite you all on

[1:48:59] behalf of the boards and

[1:49:01] committees to our fair.

[1:49:04] I think that is a wonderful

[1:49:06] opportunity to make government

[1:49:10] more accessible to folks without

[1:49:13] having to create a particular

[1:49:14] high barrier to entry.

[1:49:18] I would like to take a moment of

[1:49:21] personal privilege to

[1:49:22] acknowledge something in this

[1:49:24] chamber that we don't have

[1:49:26] control over but it affects all

[1:49:26] of us.

[1:49:31] Which is that today the

[1:49:33] lexington herald-leader was

[1:49:35] gutted.

[1:49:38] Absolutely gutted.

[1:49:40] And we are all worse for it.

[1:49:43] This is part of a larger shift

[1:49:45] towards the corporatization of

[1:49:47] our news media from the national

[1:49:49] level to the local level.

[1:49:53] You know this was not a decision

[1:49:55] necessarily that would have been

[1:49:57] made were it not for the

[1:49:59] acquisition of the herald-leader

[1:50:06] by Mcclochy and the

[1:50:08] acquisition by a hedge fund and

[1:50:12] they decided hey, you know what?

[1:50:13] It's actually better if we

[1:50:16] invest in a shift towards A.I.

[1:50:18] Content towards news that flairs

[1:50:21] people up gets people angry.

[1:50:23] It provokes the worst in us

[1:50:27] rather than focusing on

[1:50:30] fact-based local focused

[1:50:30] journalism.

[1:50:33] It's making us all dumber.

[1:50:35] We are all worse for it.

[1:50:37] It is a devastating loss for

[1:50:39] lexington for kentucky and for

[1:50:41] anybody who cares about

[1:50:43] transparency.

[1:50:44] And that should be everyone in

[1:50:45] this room.

[1:50:49] All of us who sit up here have

[1:50:51] been held accountable at one

[1:50:53] point or another by the

[1:50:54] herald-leader.

[1:50:56] Not everything that they have

[1:50:58] ever written about me is stuff

[1:51:00] that I've liked but our

[1:51:01] community is better for it we

[1:51:03] are smarter more informed

[1:51:05] citizens because of it.

[1:51:10] One of the journalists let go,

[1:51:14] alex, said earlier, I'm quoting

[1:51:17] her here that journalism at its

[1:51:18] best holds power to account

[1:51:20] sheds light on corruption and

[1:51:22] equips us with information to

[1:51:23] make the most informed decision

[1:51:25] in our communities.

[1:51:28] Gutting one of kentucky's oldest

[1:51:30] newsrooms threatening our

[1:51:32] ability to do that and it should

[1:51:34] be concerning to everyone.

[1:51:37] I echo her sentiments and on a

[1:51:38] personal level I know for a fact

[1:51:43] that reporters like alex,

[1:51:45] reporters like the herald-leader

[1:51:47] has employed throughout the

[1:51:54] years can do something that is

[1:51:55] irreplaceable.

[1:51:58] No A.I. Agent, assistant

[1:52:00] whatever, is going to be able to

[1:52:02] sit with somebody in their most

[1:52:03] vulnerable moments and protect

[1:52:05] them and use the power of the

[1:52:07] press to hold powerful people

[1:52:08] accountable.

[1:52:09] Some of the most vulnerable

[1:52:11] moments of my life have been

[1:52:14] spent in the herald-leader

[1:52:18] building speaking about a state

[1:52:20] representative who did some very

[1:52:22] vial things to me and a lot of

[1:52:24] other women.

[1:52:27] And our only avenue towards

[1:52:31] justice was reporters like alex

[1:52:34] and austin horn who took us

[1:52:37] under their wing and protected

[1:52:37] us.

[1:52:41] And did a thorough new answered

[1:52:42] investigation over a period of

[1:52:46] years that brought some

[1:52:48] semblance of justice and

[1:52:52] accountability to a horrible

[1:52:52] situation.

[1:52:55] And we are losing that here.

[1:52:57] We are all less accountable and

[1:52:59] we should all be worried about

[1:52:59] that.

[1:53:03] And I would like to extend my

[1:53:06] personal apologies and gratitude

[1:53:10] to adrian bryant who all of us

[1:53:12] know and know well.

[1:53:16] Who all of us have probably had

[1:53:17] some gripe with a line in an

[1:53:19] article at some point.

[1:53:21] That he wrote.

[1:53:23] But he is a good man.

[1:53:25] He is a good journalist.

[1:53:27] And we are all better here in

[1:53:31] lexington for his service.

[1:53:33] And so though the herald-leader

[1:53:35] MAY exist in name, know that

[1:53:37] after this decision it exists in

[1:53:37] name only.

[1:53:42] We are all worse off as a result

[1:53:43] of this.

[1:53:44] I have no words.

[1:53:48] Thank you, mayor.

[1:53:49] >> Mayor Gorton: councilmember

[1:53:49] sevigny.

[1:53:52] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:53:55] One of those journalists and

[1:53:58] editors was the honorable tom

[1:53:59] eblen.

[1:54:01] And I just wanted to say that

[1:54:02] today we got to celebrate him a

[1:54:03] little bit.

[1:54:07] He is the newest lexington

[1:54:09] isabella gates community

[1:54:09] champion.

[1:54:15] It is an award that is a great

[1:54:19] honor to receive and I'm so

[1:54:21] excited for someone that I work

[1:54:24] with to get it and I've known

[1:54:26] tom for a longtime I'm very,

[1:54:30] very happy for you and

[1:54:31] congratulations.

[1:54:39] [Applause]

[1:54:41] Vice mayor wu I'm doing radio I

[1:54:43] as well next week.

[1:54:46] I've been told I have a face for

[1:54:48] radio.

[1:54:50] [Laughter]

[1:54:54] And I wanted to reinvite it will

[1:54:56] be a little bit rainy tomorrow.

[1:55:00] But 25 years ago tomorrow wasn't

[1:55:02] it was really a beautiful day.

[1:55:05] I remember it distinctly.

[1:55:08] It was just a clean and crisp

[1:55:09] and clear blue sky.

[1:55:11] Tomorrow won't be that.

[1:55:16] But at 2:00 P.M. We are

[1:55:18] celebrating the folks that lost

[1:55:21] their lives in the global war on

[1:55:22] terror.

[1:55:24] At 2:00 P.M. At veterans park.

[1:55:26] I know the mayor will be there

[1:55:29] and councilmember curtis and her

[1:55:31] and several of us will be there.

[1:55:36] I encourage you if you can, come

[1:55:39] honor the folks that lost their

[1:55:40] lives that are local people.

[1:55:42] Thank you very much.

[1:55:43] >> Mayor Gorton: thank you.

[1:55:46] That brings us to public comment

[1:55:49] for issues not on the agenda.

[1:55:53] And I will invite michael searcy

[1:55:56] to the podium.

[1:55:56] Welcome.

[1:55:58] >> thank you.

[1:56:00] I'm michael searcy.

[1:56:03] And I'm in district 1.

[1:56:06] And I hold the same values as

[1:56:09] everyone in lexington, faith,

[1:56:12] family, hard work and horses and

[1:56:13] wildcats.

[1:56:14] My father dedicated over 33

[1:56:16] years to the urban county

[1:56:19] government and my grandmother is

[1:56:20] sitting receptionist for the

[1:56:22] governor of kentucky on two

[1:56:24] terms burton jones.

[1:56:27] So I have a great respect for

[1:56:28] government.

[1:56:32] I had this I was going to read

[1:56:34] but I my issue is that first of

[1:56:36] all I commend our police

[1:56:36] department.

[1:56:40] The have a hard job to do.

[1:56:42] Some of the scenes they have to

[1:56:45] go to I can not fathom nor would

[1:56:47] I be the same if I had to go to

[1:56:47] them.

[1:56:49] But the thing is we want to

[1:56:51] ensure our police is doing the

[1:56:52] right thing.

[1:56:54] we want to make sure their stops

[1:56:55] are legitimate.

[1:56:57] And we're not talking about

[1:56:59] racial profiling I've seen

[1:57:03] plenty of my white brothers and

[1:57:06] sisters [Inaudible] I have just

[1:57:09] heard how it's spending 20,

[1:57:11] maybe 30 million here doing

[1:57:12] this.

[1:57:14] Well I've been speaking to

[1:57:18] sergeant north cut, lieutenant

[1:57:21] anderson with public integrity.

[1:57:23] About dash-cams.

[1:57:24] Some of these individuals feel

[1:57:26] like they are being stopped by

[1:57:29] race or they have some exotic

[1:57:31] sports car and that is both

[1:57:33] racist or political.

[1:57:35] Whether these things are true or

[1:57:36] not I have no idea.

[1:57:39] I cannot ascertain why that

[1:57:40] would occur but then again I'm

[1:57:43] not an officer.

[1:57:45] But dash-cams play a vital role

[1:57:48] in ensuring that the good guy is

[1:57:49] good.

[1:57:52] And the bad guy is caught being

[1:57:54] bad.

[1:57:56] Georgetown police department now

[1:57:58] has a dash-cams, louisville

[1:57:59] police department and other

[1:58:02] police departments now have

[1:58:03] these dash-cams.

[1:58:06] You have D.U.I. Cases that are

[1:58:08] being fought in courts wasting

[1:58:09] taxpayer money when they can be

[1:58:12] caught on dash-cam.

[1:58:14] I have discussed these issues

[1:58:18] with the sergeants including

[1:58:20] sergeant glessner.

[1:58:23] And I'm hearing budget, budget,

[1:58:24] budget, budget.

[1:58:27] If we can build parks that I see

[1:58:29] only a handful of people go to a

[1:58:32] year I'm sorry and statues that

[1:58:34] people drive by after they get

[1:58:37] used to seeing them we can

[1:58:38] invest in dash-cams.

[1:58:40] Making sure that these stops are

[1:58:41] legitimate they are not

[1:58:43] political, they are not racist,

[1:58:46] they are not because someone has

[1:58:49] some type of exotic whatever.

[1:58:53] We want legitimacy in all

[1:58:55] equilibrium around the board and

[1:58:55] I think that is fair.

[1:58:57] Thank you.

[1:58:58] >> Mayor Gorton: councilmembers

[1:59:00] that brings us to adjournment.

[1:59:02] Could I have a motion?

[1:59:05] >> all those in favor say aye.

[1:59:06] We are adjourned.

[1:59:11] Thank you all for coming.

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