[0:00] e
[0:33] going to ask at this time that Mary
meder who's pastor of the St Thomas
[0:37] Lutheran Church come and uh lead us in
our
[0:53] invocation on of everyone in this room
myself you
[1:00] thank you thank you
[1:08] P join me in
prayer Sovereign God we give thanks for
[1:16] this day the sunshine and the warmth the
city of Richmond that we call home and
[1:24] for all of its many diverse citizens
different yet created in in your image
[1:31] bless this meeting and all who are in
attendance almighty God you have given
[1:38] each of us gifts that differ according
to the grace given to us so that we
[1:44] might live in community with one
another we ask that our mayor and
[1:50] Commissioners be given wisdom and
confidence in decision making so that it
[1:56] might benefit all of us
in your most holy name we pray amen amen
[2:04] Mary my friend you you have such class
you uh you said it's it's awesome to see
[2:11] this many of our officers in in one
place I just said to commissioner Cole I
[2:18] said you know it looks like we're being
besieged it's it's it's not what you say
[2:23] it's how you say it right I feel
protected yes indeed thank you Mary
[2:28] thank you so much
[2:35] we're honored to have local United
States Army service member with us
[2:38] tonight to lead our Pledge of Allegiance
Mr Nicholas winel Mr winel is a longtime
[2:44] Richmond resident serves as the
assistant director of military and
[2:48] Veterans Affairs at
EKU Nick is a captain in the Kentucky
[2:53] National Guard and recently returned
from a deployment in the Middle East
[2:57] thank you Nick for your service and for
leading us tonight in our Pledge of
[3:02] Allegiance please proceed appreciate it
you
[3:10] allise I pledge allegiance to the flag
flag of the United States of America to
[3:17] the rep for stands one nation under God
indivisible withy justice for
[3:25] all thank you sir
[3:39] Madam clerk please call the
road
[3:44] here
here
[3:47] here here here thank
you we have three presentations the
[3:54] first Chief Richardson if you'll help us
out here please we have a police pinning
[4:01] ceremony thank you mayor I appreciate
you all allowing us the time to do this
[4:04] uh it excites me when we get new
leadership at the department the
[4:08] department that you all have seen grow
and is still growing um if uh Master
[4:14] police officer Michael
Martinez his nephew Brian and his niece
[4:19] uh Brianna could come forward
[4:26] please I'm going to put you right up
front in front of everybody everybody
[4:30] yeah come on
up stand right there in the center in
[4:34] front of the
seal thank you all for
[4:39] coming good evening good evening good
evening good
[4:44] evening okay well they're here now
they're dedicating go and get right the
[4:48] center
[4:53] over uh Michael Martinez has been with
our agency just a little over eight
[4:57] years almost eight and a half he joined
in August of
[5:01] 2016 uh of course he started out as a uh
a police officer and has uh moved up in
[5:09] rank to master police officer he's
accomplished quite a few things though
[5:13] while he's been with our agency uh he is
a a certified Advanced traffic crash
[5:19] Reconstructionist an advanced Crisis
Intervention team member and a police
[5:25] training officer uh he's had several
Awards since he joined our agency uh in
[5:31] 2022 he resed he's uh awarded a
meritorious service award for responding
[5:38] to an act of home invasion uh where one
person was unfortunately murdered uh in
[5:44] 2023 he received a distinguished service
award for rendering Aid to an individual
[5:49] at a local business who was in crisis
and stabbed himself multiple times and
[5:54] in 2023 he received as part of the
police training officer team uh they
[6:00] received a unit Citation for outstanding
efforts and training new officers in the
[6:04] field and preparing our agency for the
future uh and I'd like to read a quote
[6:09] from a supervisor of his and I think it
kind of sums it up um Master police
[6:14] officer Martinez has shown sound
judgment administrative ability and
[6:20] trustworthiness in his noo role and
Associated duties now that says a lot
[6:26] when it comes from a supervisor but you
all can tell and I you've made bitching
[6:30] of it by the number of officers that are
here to support him tonight that he not
[6:34] only has the trust of his officers but
he has his community in mind and and
[6:39] serves them and gives them all he has um
ausar Martinez is also fluent in Spanish
[6:46] uh which helps us serve our Hispanic
Community uh and helps with our overall
[6:50] mission here at the agency so I'm proud
and honored uh to have got to work with
[6:55] him but uh it's also great to see him
pin on the rank of Sergeant so uh
[7:01] Brianna Brian if you would do us the
honor of pinning on his new rank
[7:56] ladies and gentlemen let me introduce
Sergeant Michael Martinez just
[8:35] mayor Commissioners thank you thank you
chief
[9:05] want to ask Lisa Foster please to
[9:23] come as they coming the proclamation
reads whereas human trafficking is a
[9:29] public public health issue and crime
that affects individuals families and
[9:33] communities across
Generations exploiting the most
[9:36] vulnerable Among Us and weakening our
Collective
[9:40] well-being whereas human trafficking as
defined by the trafficking victims
[9:45] protection act is a commercial sex act
induced by force fraud or coercion or
[9:53] when a person induced to perform such an
act is not yet 18 years old or the
[9:59] recruitment harboring Transportation
provision or obtaining of a person for
[10:04] labor or Services through the use of
force fraud or coercion for the purpose
[10:10] of subjection to involuntary
servitude whereas an estimated 27.6
[10:17] million people are subjected to human
trafficking globally including cases of
[10:23] human trafficking reported in every
state and territory across the United
[10:28] States whereas human trafficking can
happen to anyone but certain populations
[10:34] are disproportionately at risk including
people affected by prior abuse or sexual
[10:39] violence poverty and unstable living
situations or homelessness as well as
[10:45] those systematically marginalized and
underserved whereas people can be
[10:51] trafficked in person and online in
Industries such as restaurants cleaning
[10:56] services construction and factories
and by strangers or someone they know
[11:03] including Partners parents and other
family
[11:06] members whereas human trafficking is
preventable by building individual
[11:11] community and societal understanding and
resilience reducing social inequities
[11:19] and addressing social determinant of
Health whereas the city of Richmond is
[11:24] dedicated to ensuring anyone impacted by
human trafficking can receive
[11:29] person centered trauma informed and
culturally and linguistically
[11:35] appropriate care whereas during National
human trafficking prevention month the
[11:41] city of Richmond encourages everyone to
visit human trafficking hotline. org to
[11:48] learn more about human trafficking and
ways they can help raise awareness and
[11:53] educate everyone on how they can prevent
and respond to human traffic traing now
[12:00] therefore I as Mayor of Richmond
Kentucky Robert BL do hereby Proclaim
[12:05] January 28th
20125 as National human trafficking
[12:10] Prevention Day and encourage our
citizens to wear blue that day in
[12:15] support to address human trafficking
make resources available to assist
[12:22] individuals and communities that have
experienced human trafficking and build
[12:27] public private Partnerships to increase
capacity to support a comprehensive and
[12:33] strategic response to human human
trafficking uh this is executed on this
[12:40] day and I'm going to ask that Lisa
Foster and others who have come to
[12:44] represent the work in Madison County
against human trafficking come if you
[12:55] will I'm Zen can you hear me I'm Zen
Hensley the vice president of redeeming
[13:01] hope um I'm been a social worker here
since I got out the military a little
[13:06] while ago um I would first like to thank
you for your partnership that and your
[13:10] faith in us
to battle this um epidemic that we're
[13:17] having um I was going to not say evil
but it is an evil um the Department of
[13:23] Community Based Services cabinet of
Health and Family Services have put out
[13:27] a report for last year and just in our
area the only that's been reported for
[13:32] children have been
467 cases Alone um that's 444 sex cases
[13:41] 21 labor cases and two that were both
that's only the reported kind so it
[13:45] happens here as well if you like to know
more about our organization which I hope
[13:51] most of you all know about redeeming
hope now it's redeeming hope ky.org
[13:55] please get on there contact us and we
will
[13:59] um we will get back with you as soon as
we possibly can we have helped at least
[14:04] 15 women um within the last month and a
half from not just our state actually
[14:10] Indiana Ohio they've called and just
wanted resources so please um reach out
[14:15] to us feel free to ask any questions if
you might have
[14:24] any and I would also like to invite you
to our um annual redeeming help blue
[14:29] Hearts dinner it's February 8th at Boon
Tavern you'll get to know a little bit
[14:33] more about our organization our plans um
where we are in progress and the things
[14:38] that are future plans and goals we want
to bring awareness everywhere we go to
[14:41] church groups we do truma informed care
or instruction um for any types of
[14:49] groups School groups all
[14:52] ages where El have you in 59 places 59
places this year so if you have a group
[15:00] and they want to know a little bit more
about bringing awareness for human
[15:03] trafficking in our area please reach out
to
[15:07] us thank
[15:12] you y'all getting tired of hearing from
us yet never anyway I just wanted to
[15:18] remind everybody because if you're like
me three years ago uh when the Lord put
[15:23] me in this I was like Zena gets mad at
me for saying this but I was like I'm
[15:28] just a real Lord why you know I don't
know anything about this world but boy I
[15:32] know now so it really takes a village it
takes all of us to learn what's going on
[15:38] because it is the most inhumane evil
that you could possibly imagine and it's
[15:44] all around you and you don't even know
it so there's some there's a little
[15:48] something that everybody can do to help
and we're hoping to start building our
[15:53] home in March Richmond development's
going to build it for us we've got a lot
[15:57] of Community Support a lot of of um a
lot of in kind donations and a lot of uh
[16:03] fundraisers that we've had so we're
ready to get started but anyway it
[16:07] really takes all of us you and with the
dinner that's coming up 're going to the
[16:13] Berea that's February that's February 8
there will be several from our city that
[16:19] will be there as a part of that event so
uh we're looking forward to offering our
[16:24] support in that way going to ask if you
pause just a moment come over we're
[16:27] going to take picture
[16:37] see are we around
[17:15] and Kelly if you'll come please
regarding the February food
[17:24] drive good evening everyone um I'm
pleased to make the announcement that
[17:30] the city of Richmond Baptist Health
Richmond and EKU Athletics have teamed
[17:35] up for the second time to do a February
food drive to benefit God's Outreach
[17:41] food bank now you can donate food all
month long here at City Hall or to God's
[17:48] Outreach themselves or at the um the
Richmond mall and at every EKU basket
[17:55] home basketball game at Baptist Health
Arena
[17:59] now to kick off the campaign this
Saturday February 1st at 10:00 a.m. at
[18:05] the Richmond Mall we're all going to
become Mall walkers for a little bit um
[18:10] so coach um EKU football coach Walt
wells will serve as our Grand Marshal of
[18:17] the mall Walk we're going to have a mall
walk for heart health awareness Baptist
[18:23] Health will be there to teach Hands-On
handson CPR and to take free blood
[18:29] pressure screenings and to provide us
with other information about heart
[18:33] health and the EKU cheerleaders will be
there to bring their Spirit to the event
[18:38] and um coach wells will will say a few
words and then Inspire us and Coach us
[18:45] to get walking uh for heart health that
Saturday February 1st at 10:00 a.m. at
[18:52] the Richman mall so we hope everybody
will join us get a group of people
[18:56] together your church group um your Civic
group your families and um bring a
[19:02] donation to put in the food barrels for
God's Outreach and then get walking for
[19:08] for heart
health
[19:11] um God's Outreach um there website is
gods outreach.org and they have a love
[19:20] list and I've passed out a few of these
um the things that they need the most
[19:26] every every week and every month at
God's Outreach so things like cereal
[19:30] canned meat vegetables pinto beans Etc
so visit their website and go visit
[19:37] their um locations on East Main Street
and they also have a distri a new
[19:42] Distribution Center that we were happy
to to be at the uh ribbon cutting for so
[19:50] have a heart for your community and uh
learn more about heart health
[19:55] awareness thank you thank you K thank
you
[20:02] [Applause]
we have in our packet the minutes from
[20:05] the regular meeting January 14 6: p.m.
special call with the Planning and
[20:12] Zoning commission January 16 5:30 p.m
have a chance to look at those may we
[20:16] have a motion please to accept the
minutes as presented I move commissie
[20:21] and commissioner Cole is there any
discussion I want to mention just one
[20:26] thing that in those minutes I I will in
my um remarks at the end of the meeting
[20:32] I would like to address a matter that is
in the minutes uh in light of the fact
[20:36] that in the making of a motion uh My
Name by office was invoked so I wanted
[20:43] to make a comment about
that no other discussion Madam clerk
[20:48] please commissioner Brewer yes
commissioner Cole yes commissioner Goble
[20:55] yes commissioner newbie yes mayor blind
yes thank
[21:04] you ordinance 25-1 an ordinance of the
city of Richmond Kentucky renaming
[21:09] Micron way to Maverick way this is the
second reading we will vote tonight Mr
[21:13] attorney please whereas there exists a
street in the Richmond Industrial Park 1
[21:18] known as Micron way after a previous
business and whereas the new business
[21:22] which is now located there has requested
a name change and now therefore be it
[21:27] ordained and enact Ed by the Richmond
City Board of Commissioners that the
[21:32] street known as Micron way in Richmond
Industrial Park
[21:35] 1 in Richmond Kentucky is renamed
Maverick way the city manager is
[21:40] directed to notify all Property Owners
having Frontage on said Street and
[21:44] advise them of said change the director
of streets is advised to make whatever
[21:49] signage is necessary to affect this
ordinance if any section of the or
[21:53] paragraph of this ordinance is
determined to be invalid by a court of
[21:58] competent jurisdiction such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining sections
[22:02] or paragraphs or Provisions this
ordinance shall take effect upon second
[22:06] reading and passage by the Richmond City
Board of Commissioners thank you sir
[22:10] that's ordinance 25- or1 it is a second
reading so we will vote may we have a
[22:15] motion please bring to the floor for
discussion and approval so move
[22:19] commissioner Brewer second and
commissioner Cole is there any
[22:22] discussion I just wanted to add that um
I was pleased to hear that the new
[22:27] company um the My pipe group has already
hired over half of the employees from
[22:34] Micron so it's always such great news to
be able to keep our workers here in our
[22:39] city and you know with a comparable
position so that's definitely good news
[22:44] to
share thank you commissioner any further
[22:50] discussion all right there being none
Madam clerk please commissioner Cole yes
[22:55] commissioner Goble yes commissioner
newbie yes yes commissioner Brewer yes
[23:00] mayor BL yes thank you ordinance
25-2 ordinance of the city of Richmond
[23:07] Kentucky changing the zoning
classification for property located on
[23:10] Brio Road within the city limits this to
is a second reading Mr attorney please
[23:15] we will vote whereas Richmond
development company LLC and Spangler
[23:20] Apartments LLC owners have filed with
the Richmond Planning and Zoning
[23:23] commission an application for a zoning
map Amendment at Berea Road Carriage
[23:27] Place with 5 5.95 acres in Richmond
Kentucky and whereas the property is
[23:32] currently vacant land and the zoning
classification agriculture the
[23:37] requesting change is to r1c single
family residential small lot whereas the
[23:42] Planning and Zoning commission conducted
a public hearing on the requested zone
[23:45] change on November 20th 2024 in the
course of which it received evidence and
[23:50] testimonies from persons in favor of and
opposed to the requested zone change and
[23:55] whereas at the conclusion of the public
hearing the planning and zoning
[23:58] commission voted to recommend that the
zone change be granted and whereas the
[24:02] Planning and Zoning commission at ITS m
meeting adopted written findings of
[24:06] facts as to the zone change and it is
now before the Board of Commissioners
[24:09] for final determination and whereas the
Board of Commissioners believes it to be
[24:13] in the public interest that it adopts
the recommendation of the Planning and
[24:16] Zoning Commission in accordance with the
findings of fact adopted by that body
[24:20] now therefore be it ordained that the
Board of Commissioners does hereby adopt
[24:24] the recommendation of the Richmond
Planning and Zoning commission as to the
[24:27] requested zone change the property in
question located in Richmond Madison
[24:30] County Kentucky as to which the zone
change shall apply is Berea Road
[24:35] Carriage Place 55.9 5 Acres deed book
818 page
[24:42] 786 the Board of Commissioners does
hereby adopt the written findings of
[24:45] fact adopted by the Planning and Zoning
commission as its findings of fact in
[24:49] accordance with those findings the
zoning of said property shall be and
[24:52] hereby is changed from vacant land with
the zoning classification AG agriculture
[24:58] and requesting change to r1c single
family residential the director of
[25:03] Planning and Zoning shall make the
appropriate changes to the official map
[25:06] of the city of Richmond this ordinance
shall be effective immediately upon its
[25:09] enactment following second reading and
publication in accordance with the
[25:13] requirements of
it thank you sir that's ordinance 25-2
[25:17] second reading may we have a motion
please bring the floor for discussion
[25:21] and
approval move second commissioner nuie
[25:25] commissioner Brewer is there any
discussion
[25:31] there being none Madam clerk please
commissioner Goble yes commissioner
[25:36] newbie yes commissioner Brewer yes
commissioner Cole yes mayor blind yes
[25:41] thank you thank you
[25:45] sir ordinance
25-3 ordinance of the city of Richmond
[25:49] Kentucky changing the zoning
classification for property located on
[25:53] Spirit Drive within the city limits this
is a first reading uh we will not vote
[25:58] tonight Mr attorney please whereas SNR
Enterprises LLC owner has filed with the
[26:04] Richmond Planning and Zoning commission
an application for a zoning map
[26:07] Amendment at Spirit Drive Lot B2 with
2.08 acres in Richmond Kentucky and
[26:13] whereas the property is currently vacant
land and the zoning classification B3
[26:17] Highway business and requesting a zone
change to R3 multif family residential
[26:22] Apartments whereas the Planning and
Zoning commission conducted a public
[26:25] hearing on the requested zone change on
December 18 2024 in the course of which
[26:30] it received evidence and testimonies
from persons in favor of and opposed to
[26:33] the requested zone change and whereas at
the conclusion of the public hearings
[26:37] the Planning and Zoning commission voted
to recommend that the zone change be
[26:40] granted and whereas the Planning and
Zoning commission at its meeting adopted
[26:43] written findings of fact as to the zone
change and the issue is now before the
[26:47] Board of Commissioners for final
determination whereas the Board of
[26:50] Commissioners believes it to be in the
public interest that it adopts the
[26:53] recommendation of the Planning and
Zoning Commission in accordance with the
[26:56] findings of fact adopted by that body
now therefore be it ordained that the
[27:00] Board of Commissioners does hereby adopt
the recommendation of the Richmond
[27:03] Planning and Zoning commission as to the
requested zone change the property in
[27:07] question located in Richmond Madison
County Kentucky as to which the zone
[27:10] change shall apply is Spirit Drive Lot
B2 2.08 Acres deed book 830 page
[27:18] 669 the Board of Commissioners does
hereby adopt the written findings of
[27:22] fact adopted by the Planning and Zoning
commission as its findings of fact in
[27:26] accordance with those findings the
zoning said property shall be and hereby
[27:30] is changed from vacant land under B3
Highway business to R3 multif family
[27:36] residential the director of Planning and
Zoning shall make the appropriate
[27:39] changes to the official map of the city
of Richmond this ordinance shall be
[27:43] effective immediately upon its enactment
following second reading and publication
[27:46] in accordance with the requirements of
applicable Kentucky law thank you sir
[27:50] this is the first reading of ordinance
25-3 may we have a motion please to
[27:54] bring to the floor for
discussion move commissioner Brewer
[27:58] second commissioner
goo Mr uh city manager anything we need
[28:05] at this point other than what we have
presented before is that sufficient any
[28:10] any discussion so it's a very small
piece of land that we're talking about
[28:14] am I understanding right that it's
literally just a little bit over two
[28:16] acres that's correct it's located right
behind the old Monty liquor store it's
[28:21] adjacent to the mobile home park that's
out there and then it's also adjacent to
[28:25] the
recently uh you all approved uh rezoning
[28:30] it was it was mobile home zoning and B3
on the front to R3 so it backs up to
[28:36] that
zoning any further
[28:41] discussion there being none we'll vote
in the next meeting thank
[28:48] you ordinance 25-4 an ordinance of the
city of Richmond relating to the fiscal
[28:53] year 2024 through 2025 annual budget and
Amendment
[28:58] thereof regarding the Community
Development block grant
[29:03] cdbg for Liberty Place this is a first
reading also Madam clerk please whereas
[29:08] the city of Richmond has received
unanticipated revenues from the Kentucky
[29:12] Department for local government for the
cdbg program now there be it ordered by
[29:18] the city commission that the annual
budget for the fiscal year 2425 is
[29:24] amended to the following increased
receipts of the cdb G fund by
[29:29] $200,000 to include unanticipated
revenues from the Kentucky Department
[29:34] for local government and office of
federal grants increase budget
[29:39] expenditures by account number Public
Services by
[29:43] $190,000 and admin by
$10,000 this ordinance shall become
[29:48] effective immediately upon its enactment
following second reading and publication
[29:53] in accordance with the requirements of
applicable Kentucky law thank you ma'am
[29:58] may we have a motion please to bring
ordinance 25-4 to the floor for
[30:02] discussion so moved commissioner Goble
second commissioner newbie is there any
[30:08] discussion I just want to make sure I
understood it correctly so it's Kentucky
[30:13] Department of local government money
that's just going to flow through the
[30:16] city and then go to Liberty Place right
that is correct okay thank you that's
[30:20] right any further
discussion there being none as this is
[30:25] the first reading we will vote in the
next meeting thank you ordinance
[30:30] 25-5 an ordinance of the city of
Richmond Kentucky amending ordinance
[30:35] 24-02 regulating short-term rentals this
is a first reading Mr attorney please I
[30:42] yes sir mayor in summary uh whereas the
city has adopted ordinance
[30:47] 24-02 on February 15 2024 and whereas
the Planning and Zoning Board has made
[30:53] recommended amendments to the existing
short-term rental ordinance now
[30:57] therefore be it ordained by the city of
Richmond Board of Commissioners uh that
[31:02] and what follows is a uh comprehensive
regulatory scheme that has been
[31:07] discussed at uh um multiple meetings and
at the Joint meeting with the uh
[31:12] Planning and Zoning Board uh I believe
the biggest thing that was still in
[31:16] question that is before you is the fee
schedule uh initially and what is
[31:22] reflected here is a
$500 initial registration fee and a150
[31:27] $50 annual renewal fee and what had been
discussed was potentially doing a
[31:34] $250 uh registration fee and a $100
annual fee and I believe that was the
[31:40] biggest thing uh that was still on the
table for you all to discuss and
[31:44] decide thank you sir we have the reading
of ordinance 25-5 first reading may we
[31:51] have a motion please bring to the floor
for discussion so moved commissioner
[31:56] Goble second commissioner Cole
if it's a consensus of the board we
[32:00] would make those changes to the 250
initial and the $100 annual if that's
[32:07] what everybody wants I think we're more
comfortable with trying to be as
[32:12] business friendly as we can and I
understand that this is a new duties
[32:17] task for some of our employees with the
city but at the same time we want to
[32:21] balance it and be as reasonable as we
can to keep the cost low so I think that
[32:26] several of us I feel like are more
comfortable able with the lower fees in
[32:30] the second reading will reflect those
fees okay thank you so do you have to
[32:34] rewrite that ordinance and no we can do
second reading just edit just edit that
[32:38] 250 and 100 that's right perfect I just
want to be clear about that before
[32:44] are in other words would it require
another first reading no we just make
[32:50] the that's right we modifications
here any further
[32:54] discussion all right there being none we
will vote second reading in our next
[33:00] regular
meeting ordinance 25-6 previously tabled
[33:05] ordinance
[33:08] 24-27 an ordinance of the city of
Richmond Kentucky amending the city's
[33:11] development ordinance relating to
short-term rental zoning this too is a
[33:17] first reading Mr attorney please whereas
the Planning and Zoning Board has
[33:21] recommended the zoning classification
for short-term rentals as permissible in
[33:26] r1a R1 B r1c and conditional in B2 and
whereas the Board of Commissioners finds
[33:33] it to be in the public interest that
they adopt the recommendation of the
[33:36] Planning and Zoning Board now therefore
be it ordained that the city's
[33:40] development
ordinance be and hereby is modified in
[33:44] the particular set forth below and what
follows is the table that will be
[33:48] reflected in our development ordinance
showing permissible use in R1 a 1B and 1
[33:55] C and conditional in B2
this ordinance shall be effective
[33:59] immediately upon enactment following
second reading and publication in
[34:02] accordance with the requirements of
applicable Kentucky
[34:05] law thank you sir this is again a first
reading as the first was
[34:13] tabled may we have a motion please to
bring to the floor for
[34:17] discussion a move second commissioner
nby commissioner Brewer is there any
[34:21] discussion anything Mr city manager you
want to add attorney I think so in one
[34:25] of these we cleaned up the language of
two and a half Vehicles you remember
[34:28] that just a two vehicle so we fix that I
think yeah and this lays out just these
[34:34] zones where these can be as a right you
can be and then those where you have to
[34:40] come to the board of adjustment for the
conditional use in a B2 and it also
[34:45] clarified some of that parking concern
that we had in terms of using driveways
[34:49] and paved areas to park in and trying to
avoid parking in the road and the
[34:54] streets and yeah I think there was also
a 500 foot distance between two units or
[34:59] something that's correct so yeah we
finally cleaned this up and got it right
[35:03] I know we've been beating this one to
death
[35:07] yes any further discussion this is a
first
[35:10] reading all right there being none thank
you we have ceremonial order
[35:17] 25-15 an order of the city of Richmond
accepting retirement by an employee in
[35:21] the section 8
[35:24] Department Madam clerk please whereas
Vicki Pickins in the section 8
[35:30] Department as Inspector has submitted
her retirement notice to the city now
[35:35] therefore be it ordered that the
Richmond City Board of Commissioners
[35:38] accepts the following retirement from
the Section 8 Department Vicky Pickins
[35:43] effective 12
3124 the city would like to thank Miss
[35:48] Pickins for her service and dedication
to the department since 2010 the Board
[35:53] of Commissioners wish her the best in
her future endeavors in Endeavors this
[35:58] order shall be effective immediately
upon its adoption by the city of
[36:02] Richmond Board of Commissioners thank
you madam clerk that's order
[36:05] 25-15 ceremonial order 25-15 may we have
a motion please bring the floor for
[36:11] discussion and approval so moved second
Mr Cole commissioner newbie is there any
[36:17] discussion there being none Madam clerk
please commissioner newbie yes
[36:22] commissioner Cole yes commissioner Goble
yes mayor BL yes thank you
[36:28] order 25-16 in order of the city of
Richmond hiring
[36:32] firefighters Madame clerk
please whereas the city of Richmond is
[36:37] in need of firefighters to meet the
needs of the citizens of Richmond
[36:41] whereas testing was completed by all
candidates and interviews conducted by a
[36:46] selection panel which resulted with them
being placed on a waiting list until
[36:50] availability became open whereas a
recommendation for hiring has been made
[36:55] by the city manager
therefore be it ordered by the city of
[36:59] Richmond Board of Commissioners that the
following individuals are hired as
[37:03] firefighter one for the City of Richmond
contingent on a satisfactory completion
[37:08] of all requisite background checks and
pre-employment process effective
[37:13] February 10th
2025 at the annual rate based on the
[37:17] fire pay scale 2425 at pay grade three
Kobe Rogers Joshua Ebert jayen lamb
[37:27] these individuals will serve a 12-month
probationary period this order shall be
[37:33] in full force and effect upon reading
and adoption by the city of Richmond
[37:37] Board of Commissioners thank you madam
clerk that's order 25-16 may we have a
[37:41] motion please to bring to the floor for
discussion and approval so moved
[37:46] commissioner Goble second commissioner
newbie um is there any
[37:55] discussion or uh are post persons here
tonight
[38:00] Chief all
right there is no discussion Madam clerk
[38:05] please commissioner Brewer yes
commissioner Cole yes commissioner Goble
[38:10] yes commissioner newbie yes mayor BL yes
thank you order 25-17 in order of the
[38:16] city of Richmond hiring candidates for
the police department Madam clerk
[38:22] please whereas the city of Richmond is
in need of police officers to meet the
[38:26] needs of the citizens of Richmond and
whereas a recommendation for hiring has
[38:31] been made by police chief Richardson now
therefore be it ordered by the city of
[38:35] Richmond Board of Commissioners that the
following individuals are hired as
[38:39] police officers for the City of Richmond
contingent on a satisfactory completion
[38:44] of all requisite background checks
effective at such time as they report to
[38:50] docjt at the
rate at the rate that will be based on
[38:55] fiscal year 2425
police pay scale pay grade four
[39:00] effective February 10th
2025 these individuals will complete a
[39:05] 20we training course at docjt when slots
become available and will will serve a
[39:12] probationary period for 18 months River
farell James Beasley Alejandro nahara
[39:20] disorder shall be in full force and
effect upon reading and adoption by the
[39:24] city of Richmond Board of Commissioners
thank you madam Clerk order
[39:29] 25-17 may we have a motion please bring
to the floor for discussion and approval
[39:34] so moved commissioner Goble second
commissioner Brewer is there any
[39:39] discussion first of
all uh Chief Richardson those three are
[39:44] here yeah I'd like to introduce yes sir
thank you mayor U and if you all would
[39:49] stand when I call your name
uh Alejandro nahara uh we'll call him
[39:55] Alex uh Al is uh 21 years old he's uh
comes from UK hospital working in
[40:02] security and uh I I think this is
important to mention because I I myself
[40:07] have a background in fast food I think
it should be mandatory everybody works
[40:10] fast food at least one one year in their
life right but uh it it teaches you how
[40:14] to deal with customers and uh customer
service and and deal with problems so uh
[40:20] and uh uh he's at EKU uh working toward
his bachelor's degree but uh Alex comes
[40:26] from Cuba he he immigrated here uh in
his early teens he's fluid in Spanish
[40:32] and he enjoys uh physical fitness and
watching and playing soccer and baseball
[40:37] and you're currently engaged is that
correct yes sir awesome thank you uh
[40:43] next is River Pharaoh River uh river is
25 years old he's a current resident of
[40:49] Richmond uh he comes from us from the
fet county sheriff's office so uh he
[40:53] attended the basic training academy
already he actually went to the academy
[40:57] with with one of our current officers um
he uh moved here with his family from
[41:02] Florida and uh decided that Richman is a
place that he wanted to
[41:07] work
welcome uh James Beasley is 24 years old
[41:13] um he comes from uh you just got out of
the military right yes sir yeah he just
[41:18] finished his service with the US Army
where he was an MP and uh he decided to
[41:24] uh give us a try and come down here and
has made it through our process so uh I
[41:30] think uh I think what he said was he
researched where the best place to work
[41:34] at and he found the Richmond PD yes sir
so that's uh that's good to hear sir but
[41:39] uh James also enjoys dirt track uh
go-kart racing so that's a story itself
[41:45] um not sure what his life insurance
thinks about that I know it's fun but uh
[41:50] thank you guys and welcome to the family
thank you
[41:55] all uh just before we ask for a uh poll
to be taken um Mr uh Mr Pharaoh River do
[42:06] you realize that you are an elder I was
just looking over at commissioner Brewer
[42:12] and I said but they're so
young and he's 25 Alejandro when 20 21
[42:19] is that right yeah wow mayor if I may
yes sir please Chief and I were talking
[42:25] earlier and we can't remember the last
time we were fully staffed in the police
[42:29] department this puts us at 71 so that
that's that's a monument in excellent
[42:36] excellent
excellent uh thank you chief for your
[42:41] commitment to doing just
that well let's see the Motions on the
[42:47] floor any further discussion there being
none Madame clerk please commissioner
[42:52] Cole yes commissioner Goble yes
commissioner newbie yes commissioner
[42:56] Brewer yes yes mayor blind yes thank you
order 25-8 in order of the city of
[43:02] Richmond approving a memorandum of
agreement between Madison County Fiscal
[43:06] Court City of Richmond for geographic
information systems GIS Mr attorney
[43:11] please whereas Madison County and the
City of Berea have already have an
[43:16] agreement for sharing GIS hosting
services and now the city of Richmond
[43:21] would like to also enhance the
cohesiveness between all three local
[43:24] governments by entering into a
memorandum of agreement with Madison
[43:28] County Fiscal Court's GIS infrastructure
and whereas in an effort to best serve
[43:34] our citizens the city has requested
Madison County Fiscal Court to enter
[43:38] into a memorandum of agreement and now
therefore be it ordained by the city of
[43:43] Richmond Board of Commissioners that the
city of Richmond does hereby approve the
[43:47] mo MOA and authorize the mayor to sign
any in all required documents on behalf
[43:51] of the city funding for the services
will be through planning and zoning
[43:55] departmental expens indes fund by fiscal
year 2025 budget ordinance this order
[44:02] shall be in full force and effect upon
reading and adoption by the city of
[44:06] Richmond Board of Commissioners thank
you sir that's order
[44:09] 25-18 may we have a motion please bring
to the floor for discussion and approval
[44:14] so moved commissioner Goble second
commissioner Cole is there any
[44:19] discussion I just want to say this is
something I've been talking about for
[44:22] about a year and I think it makes
perfect sense I want to thank the county
[44:26] for
you know coming to the table to help
[44:29] with us um in this collaboration I'm
always going to be for collaboration
[44:33] where we can save money and be better at
technology and Emergency Management and
[44:39] um cost savings so I think it's
wonderful thank you thank commissioner
[44:44] where is it going to be H at the
EOC uh the county will house it and is
[44:50] that at the
[44:52] EOC
yes I just wanted to add I know this is
[44:56] one of the things that commissioner
goal's worked on for a long time and I
[45:01] just really appreciate the fact that um
the county and the City of Berea want to
[45:06] work with us I always feel like as a as
an entity it's an honor you know when
[45:10] any other um group comes to you and
wants to collaborate and try to do
[45:15] things more efficient and effective to
me it really comes down to two questions
[45:18] when another group approaches us and one
is is it mutually beneficial you know is
[45:23] it good for us is it good for them and
the second question is is it good for
[45:27] our people is it good for our community
and so I've reviewed all the information
[45:31] I think that this is um you know as we
sometimes we probably use this phrase
[45:35] too often but it really is a win-win I
think it'll help us to be more effective
[45:39] more efficient and um another example
where Madison County and the City of
[45:46] Richmond and the City of Berea can work
together it's kind of interesting when I
[45:50] was reading this I thought about my
specific example I actually live on a
[45:53] street that has the exact same street in
and so over the past 20 years there's
[45:59] been all kinds of weird you know just
little things that will happen and
[46:03] you're like how'd that happen and you
start digging and it's the street in
[46:06] Berea that's spelled exactly the same
and everything so I feel like with this
[46:10] sort of united front that we're doing
now that probably won't happen in the
[46:14] future like it did 20 or 25 years ago so
um anyway I just appreciate the partners
[46:20] that are willing to partner with us and
make things better for our community it
[46:24] it overlaps our information all our map
in information with the county and Bria
[46:29] it downloads it every night and updates
it for for real time and we looked at
[46:34] the cost of you know upgrading our
software uh the initial cost was about
[46:41] 30,000 and then the the annual licensing
fee was about
[46:47] 15,000 with this partnership there is
some startup cost of about
[46:52] $2,200 but it'll cost us about 6,000 a
year um um and it makes sense to do and
[46:58] so you know I've reached out to Bria and
the county about overlapping our
[47:03] comprehensive plans and have received a
response from Bria but haven't heard
[47:06] back from the county yet too because I
think it's information I think it's the
[47:10] overlapping of those comprehensive plans
is just like the mapping you know it
[47:14] when it when it goes across boundaries
everybody needs to be on the same page
[47:18] of what needs to happen there thank you
thank you any further
[47:23] discussion there being none Madam clerk
please Commission Goble yes commissioner
[47:28] newbie yes commissioner
Brewer
[47:34] commissioner yes mayor blind yes thank
you we have another
[47:40] ceremonial order
25-19 an order of the city of Richmond
[47:46] accepting resignation by an employee in
the recycle Department Madam clerk
[47:50] please whereas Brandon lions in the
recycle department has submitted a
[47:54] resignation notice to the city
now therefore be it ordered that the
[47:59] Richmond City Board of Commissioners
accepts the resignation of Brandon lions
[48:03] from the recycle Department effective
January 14th
[48:08] 2025 the Board of Commissioners would
like to thank Mr lions for his service
[48:12] since
2021 this order shall be effective
[48:16] immediately upon its adoption by the
city of Richmond Board of Commissioners
[48:20] thank you madam
clerk that's um ceremonial order 25-9
[48:26] may we have a motion please bring the
floor for discussion and approval so
[48:30] moved commissioner Goble second
commissioner newbie is there any
[48:36] discussion there being none Madam clerk
please commissioner newbie yes
[48:40] commissioner Brewer yes commissioner
Cole yes commissioner Goble yes mayor BL
[48:45] yes thank you order 25-20 in order of
the city of Richmond Kentucky entering
[48:50] into a an agreement excuse me with an
architectural firm for the design of a
[48:55] recovery housing project Mr city manager
please whereas the city of Richmond has
[49:01] advertised a request for qualifications
for architecture design and Engineering
[49:05] Professional Services for the City of
Richmond New Vista the Fletcher group
[49:09] and Bluegrass area development District
project for the development and
[49:12] renovation of the existing Belleview
School building on B Belleview Drive in
[49:17] Richmond Kentucky and
whereas five proposals were received by
[49:23] a selection committee and a company has
been determined the best propos proposal
[49:27] for the city now therefore be ordered by
the city of Richmond Board of
[49:31] Commissioners the design and Engineering
phase one for 300 Belleview Drive
[49:36] Richmond Kentucky property is awarded to
Integrity
[49:40] architecture of Lexington Kentucky for
the roar facility project the phase one
[49:45] scope of the project includes
preliminary design research
[49:49] presentations and stakeholders and
finalized schematic design compensation
[49:55] for the phase one project will be
allocated from the Eda Grant
[49:58] reimbursement fund the the submitted
proposal is hereby attached to the order
[50:04] the order shall take effect upon reading
and passage by the city of Richmond
[50:07] Board of Commissioners thank you sir
that's order
[50:10] 25-20 may we have a motion please bring
to the floor for discussion and approval
[50:15] a move commissioner newbie second
commissioner Goble is there any
[50:19] discussion Mr city manager anything you
want to mention regarding no I would
[50:22] just say it's nice to finally get our uh
A&E Services in place for for the men's
[50:27] Treatment Center this is the phase one
of that project so we're moving along
[50:30] with it thank you
sir any further discussion that being
[50:35] none Madam clerk
please commissioner Brewer yes
[50:40] commissioner Cole yes commissioner Goble
yes commissioner newbie yes mayor blind
[50:46] yes thank you order
25-21 order of the city Richmond
[50:50] awarding of bid for the Gibson Bay Golf
Course Tree Project Madam clerk please
[50:55] whereas the city of rich man has
advertised on January 4th 2025 and
[51:00] accepted bids for the Gibson Bay Golf
Course 58 tree removal project whereas
[51:07] seven bids were received and one bid was
determined the best proposal for the
[51:11] city now therefore be it ordered by the
city of Richmond Board of Commissioners
[51:17] the Gibson Bay Golf Course 58 Tree
Project bid is awarded to ABC tree
[51:22] service for a total of $29,900
the scope of the project includes tree
[51:29] removal grinding all stumps and removal
of wood chips the following will be
[51:34] allocated to non-department contingency
funding and then reallocated in upcoming
[51:40] budget amendments the submitted bid is
hereby attached to the order this order
[51:45] shall take effect upon reading and
passage by the city of Richmond Board of
[51:49] commission thank you madam clerk that's
order number
[51:52] 25-21 may we have a motion please bring
the floor for discussion and approval
[51:57] so moved commissioner Goble second
commissioner newbie is there any
[52:01] discussion mayor I would just say this
is a project that we didn't budget for
[52:06] but as you know we'll be hosting the
Kentucky open in June these are old pin
[52:12] oak trees that have died and rotted and
look horrible on the course we want to
[52:15] get cleaned up prior to that golf
tournament so we'll take the money out
[52:19] of contingency and adjusted in our
budget amendment in February or March
[52:24] thank you sir any further discussion
there being none Madam clerk please
[52:30] commissioner Cole yes commissioner Goble
yes commissioner newbie yes commissioner
[52:35] Brewer yes mayor blind yes thank
[52:43] you order
25-22 this is a previously tabled order
[52:50] number 24-1 183 order of the city of
Richmond Kentucky amending order number
[52:55] 21 O2 establishing Personnel policies
for the City of Richmond relative to the
[53:02] med medicinal cannabis Mr attorney
please whereas the Board of
[53:06] Commissioners has adopted a Personnel
policies and procedures manual which
[53:10] sets forth various policies and
procedures applicable to city employees
[53:15] and whereas the city's Personnel
policies and procedures manual sets
[53:19] forth in section 7D the procedures which
govern drug and alcohol free Workforce
[53:24] policy and it is need needed to be
amended at this time whereas the Board
[53:28] of Commissioners wishes to amend its
policies pursuant to KRS uh
[53:34] 218b
040 the city of Richmond opts to
[53:38] prohibit the use of medicinal Canabis by
employees by adding the following
[53:43] language to section 7 paragraph D of the
drug and alcohol-free workplace policy
[53:49] now therefore be it ordered by the city
of Richmond Board of Commissioners that
[53:54] section 7D of the manual will be and
hereby is amended as follows and
[54:00] inserted in 7D is pursuant to KRS 218
b040 the city exercises its right under
[54:09] the statute to not permit or accommodate
the use of medicinal cannabis therefore
[54:14] an authorized card holder is prohibited
from utilizing medicinal cannabis while
[54:18] employed by the city this order shall be
in full force and effect upon reading
[54:23] and adoption by the city of Richmond
Board of Commissioners thank you sir
[54:26] that's order
25-22 may we have a motion please to
[54:30] bring to the floor for discussion and
approval so moved commissioner Goble
[54:35] second commissioner Cole is there any
discussion anything we need to mention
[54:39] Mr city manager I just think everybody
got the presentation session
[54:48] Andy dry
[54:58] thank you sir right because I had
several people you know that would reach
[55:01] out for and against and I understand and
this is kind of new territory that we're
[55:06] all kind of entering um but it was
abundantly clear when we had Kentucky
[55:11] League of cities do our presentation
that if we're going to receive federal
[55:14] money we have to maintain our drug- free
workplace and at the federal level it's
[55:18] still very prohibited so we get a chunk
of federal money and hopefully going to
[55:22] get
more any further discussion
[55:28] there being none Madam clerk please
commissioner Goble yes commissioner
[55:32] newbie yes commissioner Brewer yes
commissioner Cole yes mayor blind yes
[55:37] thank
[55:40] you order
[55:43] 25-23 in order of the city of Richmond
Kentucky promoting an employee in the
[55:47] fire department to firefighter three
Madam clerk please whereas it is the
[55:53] intention of the mayor and City
commission to have have highly qualified
[55:57] Personnel within All City departments
whereas the firefighters one two and
[56:02] three classifications provide
firefighter Personnel an opportunity for
[56:07] personal growth and education while
improving the workforce itself and
[56:12] whereas notice and opportunity was given
to all eligible interested Personnel
[56:16] within the fire department to test or
qualify for firefighter 3 now therefore
[56:22] be it ordered by the Richmond City Board
of Commissioners that the following
[56:26] promotion effective for the February 7th
2025 payroll as part of the approved
[56:33] fiscal year fire pay scale for 2024 25
budget firefighter 3 pay grade four
[56:41] Dylan
Rogers hired January the 8th
[56:46] 2022 promoted to firefighter 2 august 19
2022 this order shall be in full force
[56:54] and effect upon reading and adoption by
the city of Richmond Board of
[56:57] Commissioners thank you ma'am that's
order
[57:00] 25-23 may you have a motion please bring
the floor for discussion and approval a
[57:05] move commissioner newbie second
commissioner Goble is there any
[57:11] discussion any discussion anything
cheat all right Madam clerk please
[57:17] commissioner newbie yes commissioner
Brewer yes commissioner Cole yes
[57:22] commissioner Goble yes mayor blind yes
thank you is there anyone here here
[57:26] tonight in the audience to give public
[57:32] comments all right there being none Mr
city manager please I just have two
[57:38] items tonight the first one is I wanted
to let you know that we will have our
[57:42] first training for department heads in
our March department head meeting uh so
[57:47] we're getting that scheduled the second
thing I have is the work session in
[57:52] February we will get the phase two
feasibility ready for the Glendon Hotel
[57:58] so you know it's been a long time coming
that's kind of drug on for a while so we
[58:02] will get the conclusions from the phase
two and hopefully see that project move
[58:07] forward that's all I have thank you
[58:21] sir commissioner newbie I don't have
anything all righty
[58:28] commissioner Goble nothing for me
commissioner Cole just one real quick
[58:34] thing I just want the uh city manager if
you can just help me to keep it on the
[58:39] radar screen in terms of trying to
secure That Sidewalk for God's Outreach
[58:42] food pantry going down is that East
irvan uh Street East M East Main I knew
[58:48] that wasn't right when I said it going
down East Main but we just um you
[58:52] there's a lot of people that go to that
food bank and everyone doesn't have a
[58:56] vehicle so you get some pedestrian
traffic there and it can get dangerous
[59:00] so anyway I know it's harder than
replacing an existing sidewalk because
[59:04] there's not one there Josh and I have
looked at it and we think it's very
[59:07] doable so okay uh it'll probably be the
first one on our list this spring so oh
[59:12] good thank you if we don't run into I'm
sure we will some utilities and some
[59:15] other things it's never as easy as it
seems to I know thank
[59:22] you see
that's everybody is it um let me mention
[59:29] one thing as I noted earlier in the
minutes for the uh last meeting the
[59:35] January 14
16 he uh selected a mayor
[59:42] proen when the motion was made and this
is for clarification when the motion was
[59:47] made uh the note also was made that the
two times and may have been more
[59:55] actually a long time ago but the two
times more recently that the top vote
[1:00:00] getter in the commission race did not
was not selected as the mayor
[1:00:06] protm uh and the the comment was made in
the making of the motion that both of
[1:00:12] those times involved the
mayor for clarification I would not want
[1:00:19] uh any of our citizens and of our voting
citizens to uh get the wrong idea there
[1:00:28] when I was um selected as mayor protim
in fact the more more recent of the two
[1:00:35] I can't remember the other but uh there
was a commissioner who was elected for
[1:00:41] the first
time that commissioner made the
[1:00:45] statement I'm
new and I'm not sure how some things are
[1:00:51] done so she said and we were here in the
uh conference room she said said so
[1:00:57] Robert has been here longer than the
rest of us at the table and if he is
[1:01:03] willing to serve in that capacity I want
to offer a motion that he would serve as
[1:01:09] the mayor protim I said that because
again commissioner Goble simply because
[1:01:14] I would not want the people to think
that there was any kind of coup or
[1:01:18] anything like that back then when I was
selected uh it was simply by the
[1:01:24] suggestion and the request of the person
who actually was the
[1:01:30] Durham they made the
statement well I chose not to refer to
[1:01:35] either one of them but it was
commissioner be who who uh made that
[1:01:40] statement she said I'm new and uh I
prefer that Robert
[1:01:47] would all
right we have on the agenda an executive
[1:01:53] session I'll ask for a motion please
that we will go into executive session
[1:01:57] according to KRS 61810 subsection 1f
regarding Personnel so Mo commissioner
[1:02:05] Cole second commissioner newbie Madame
clerk
[1:02:08] please commissioner Brewer yes
commissioner Cole yes commissioner Goble
[1:02:14] yes commissioner nby yes mayor BL yes
thank you anyone who chooses to do so
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[1:19:53] e
[1:20:23] e
[1:20:53] e
[1:21:23] e
[1:21:53] e e
[1:22:43] that is a c you got
[1:22:48] now oh Lord
[1:23:01] right oh
[1:23:06] I'll maybe have a motion please that we
will return from executive session to
[1:23:12] regular session I move commissioner
newbie second commissioner Cole is there
[1:23:18] any further business Madam
clerk commissioner Cole yes commissioner
[1:23:24] mble yes commissioner newbie yes
commissioner Brewer yes mayor blind yes
[1:23:30] thank you all Hearts Minds clear any
further business or announcements that
[1:23:34] we need to make there being
[1:23:39] none for
[1:23:43] adjournment commissioner Brewer and
[1:23:48] commissioner
Goble all right
[1:23:56] out