Lexington public meetings in 2021
10 substantive meetings from 2021, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Budget, Finance & Economic Development (BFED) Committee
The Budget, Finance & Economic Development Committee approved several allocations from the FY2021 fund balance: $403,500 for parking repairs, $125,000 for a compensation consultant, and $150,000 for IT infrastructure at Community Corrections. It also assigned the remaining $26,709,827 to budget stabilization and directed that $1.4M for the COVID Winter Warming Temporary Shelter come from ARPA funds instead of fund balance. All motions passed without dissent. The committee received updates on monthly finances, workforce programs, change orders, and a division review pilot, but took no action on those items.
- Approved $403,500 from fund balance for parking repairs in the Government Center (passed without dissent)
- Approved $125,000 from fund balance for a compensation consultant (passed without dissent)
- Approved $150,000 from fund balance for IT infrastructure at Community Corrections (passed without dissent)
- Assigned remaining fund balance of $26,709,827 to budget stabilization (passed without dissent)
- Directed $1.4M for COVID Winter Warming Temporary Shelter to be funded with ARPA funds rather than fund balance (passed without dissent)
- Removed Local Small Business Economic Stimulus Program 2020 from committee (passed without dissent; Ellinger, Worley, and F. Brown absent)
- Reported out fund balance motions at work session (passed without dissent; Ellinger, Worley, and F. Brown absent)
- Adjourned at 2:48 pm (passed without dissent; Ellinger, Worley, and F. Brown absent)
Budget, Finance & Economic Development (BFED) Committee
The committee voted to support a draft ordinance that would remove the requirement for council approval on certain routine grant budget amendments. Other items, including a remote worker relocation program and the use of MAP funds for salaries, were discussed but no action was taken.
- Approved September 28, 2021, Committee Summary (passed without dissent)
- Supported draft ordinance to modify budget amendments requiring council approval (8-1)
- Approved reporting the budget amendment action to Work Session (8-1)
Urban County Council Work Session
At its October 12, 2021 work session, the Urban County Council received committee reports and a list of neighborhood development fund allocations; the minutes record no final votes on those items. The most substantive action came from the September 14 Special Planning & Public Safety Committee, which amended a proposed Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance to eliminate new detached structures as ADUs, grandfather existing detached structures, and require a review within one year, then voted to report the item to the October 12 work session. The work session minutes themselves are largely procedural and do not record decisions on the new business items listed in the docket.
- ADU ordinance amended to remove new detached structures as ADUs (10-4)
- ADU ordinance amended to allow unlimited size for basement conversions within existing footprint (passed without dissent)
- ADU ordinance amended to grandfather existing detached structures with a date certain (13-1)
- ADU ordinance amended to require review within one year (12-2)
- ADU item reported out to October 12, 2021 Council Work Session (passed without dissent)
- Work session agenda amended to add recognition of Heather Moncrief (passed without dissent)
- September 30, 2021 council meeting docket approved (passed without dissent)
- Ordinance #5 on zoning notification referred to Planning & Public Safety Committee (13-1)
Urban County Council Work Session
The Urban County Council approved the September 21 work session summary, new business items, and neighborhood development funds. Council members placed a proposal to allocate up to $15 million in ARPA funds for front-line employee exposure pay on the docket for the September 30 meeting. Several administrative authorizations, including contracts for the Kentucky Theatre and Town Branch Trail, were presented for approval.
- Approved September 21, 2021 work session summary (no dissent)
- Approved new business items (no dissent)
- Approved Neighborhood Development Funds list (no dissent)
- Placed $15M ARPA front-line pay allocation on Sept 30 docket (no dissent)
- Withdrawn motion for detailed employee payment scenarios
- Referred non-ARPA salary supplement discussion to Oct BFED Committee
- Approved workshop on non-sworn employee recruitment/retention (no dissent)
- Referred police crime reduction tech presentation to Planning & Public Safety Committee (no dissent)
Budget, Finance & Economic Development (BFED) Committee
The committee approved the summary from its August 31 meeting and removed four items from its referral list. Members discussed potential pilot projects to simplify grant-related budget amendments and improve the Capital Improvement Plan process, but no formal action was taken on these proposals.
- Approved June 29, 2021 Committee summary (passed without dissent)
- Approved August 31, 2021 Committee summary (passed without dissent)
- Removed assessment of LFUCG owned property, industrial revenue bond fee schedule amendments, coronavirus relief fund proposals, and economic development partnership services RFP from referral list (passed without dissent)
Urban County Council Work Session
At its September 21, 2021 work session, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council reviewed a Finance presentation on the life cycle of an ARPA project and took up several new business items, including a $261,000 agreement with the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department and a $102,109 agreement with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for the overdose prevention grant program. The docket also listed a $1,500 Charter Communications donation for the Black & Williams Neighborhood Reading Room, a five-year JailTracker maintenance agreement with a FY2022 impact of $100,836.01, a Bluegrass Disc Golf Association MOU, and $950 in Neighborhood Development Funds. The minutes text provided does not record final votes or outcomes on these items, so they are shown as listed on the work session docket rather than as decided.
- Docketed $261,000 agreement with Lexington-Fayette County Health Department for naloxone distribution (outcome not recorded in provided minutes)
- Docketed $102,109 agreement with University of Kentucky Research Foundation for grant evaluation services (outcome not recorded)
- Docketed acceptance of $1,500 Charter Communications donation for Black & Williams Neighborhood Reading Room Google licenses (outcome not recorded)
- Docketed five-year JailTracker inmate information system maintenance agreement, FY2022 impact $100,836.01 (outcome not recorded)
- Docketed MOU with Bluegrass Disc Golf Association for volunteer course maintenance, no budgetary impact (outcome not recorded)
- Listed $300 for East End Community Development Corp. and $650 for KY Veterans Hall of Fame, Inc. in Neighborhood Development Funds (outcome not recorded)
- Reviewed presentation on the life cycle of an ARPA project by Finance Commissioner Erin Hensley (no action recorded)
Urban County Council Work Session
At its August 31, 2021 work session, the Lexington Urban County Council reviewed a docket of new business items, including ARPA-funded amendments for homeless services and a $271,178.22 pavement management agreement. The minutes are a docket and packet; they record items placed before the Council but do not record any votes or final decisions on these items at this meeting. The only recorded votes in the supplied text are from the August 24, 2021 work session, which the August 31 docket includes as an approval-of-summary item.
- No substantive decisions recorded in the August 31, 2021 work session minutes; docket items were listed for review
- August 24, 2021 (included summary): Approved adding $150,000 in ARPA funds for Woodland Park restroom renovation (13-1, Moloney no)
- August 24, 2021: Approved increasing Neighborhood Development Fund allocation to Kentucky Humanities Council from $2,300 to $2,800
- August 24, 2021: Approved pavement management plan as presented at June 22, 2021 EQPW meeting
- August 24, 2021: Referred issue of attracting remote workers to Fayette County to Budget, Finance & Economic Development Committee
- August 31 docket item: Authorization to execute ARPA amendment with Community Action Council for Intensive Street Outreach, not to exceed $392,000
- August 31 docket item: Authorization to execute second amendment with Welcome House Inc. for Lexington Payee Program, not to exceed $276,663
- August 31 docket item: Authorization to enter agreement with Applied Research Associates for Pavement Management System, $271,178.22
Budget, Finance & Economic Development (BFED) Committee
The committee voted to recommend that the full council provide an additional $2.5M for the Small Business Economic Recovery Program. Other agenda items, including financial updates and economic development plans, were discussed but no action was taken.
- Approved recommendation to full council for additional $2.5M for Small Business Economic Recovery Program (passed without dissent)
- Approved June 29, 2021, Committee Summary (passed without dissent)
- Approved motion to report the small business funding action out immediately (passed without dissent)
Environmental Quality & Public Works (EQPW) Committee
The Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee met August 24, 2021 and took up four items. The committee approved a motion to send to full Council a resolution requesting the Mayor negotiate an agreement with Kentucky Utilities about clear-cutting or removing trees in certain areas of Lexington-Fayette County. The committee also received updates on the annual storm water drainage program, 5G small cell wireless, and abandoned shopping carts; no action was recorded on those three items. The minutes also include the summary of the committee's June 22, 2021 meeting, which was listed for approval on the August agenda.
- Approved motion to move to full Council a resolution requesting the Mayor negotiate an agreement with Kentucky Utilities on clear-cutting or removing trees (passed without dissent)
- June 22, 2021 committee summary listed for approval on the August 24 agenda (0844-21)
- Annual Storm Water Drainage Program Update received; no action recorded (0845-21)
- 5G Small Cell Wireless Update received; no action recorded (0846-21)
- Abandoned Shopping Carts update received; no action recorded (0847-21)
- Items Referred to Committee listed; no action recorded (0848-21)
Budget, Finance & Economic Development (BFED) Committee
The committee approved the summary of its March 16, 2021, meeting. Other agenda items, including financial updates and economic development reports, were presented for information or as updates, but no further substantive decisions were recorded.
- Approved March 16, 2021, Committee Summary