[00:07:41]
[00:11:12]
YEAH. UM METRO TV WILL START IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS ARRESTED THE COMMITTEE. WE DON'T HAVE A[00:11:22]
QUORUM TODAY, SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO REQUIRE THAT WE VOTE. UM WE'RE ABOUT TO WHITE NOW. TO GO FORWARD FORWARD. YOU NEED TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY EVERY ITEM AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD ADAMS TWO AND NINE. I'M SORRY. TWO AND EIGHT. BYE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF[Call to Order]
THE GOVERNMENT OLDER OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. I'M COUNCILWOMAN[Roll Call]
FELLER. I'M JOINED BY MY VICE CHAIR COUNCILMAN KEVIN CRAMER IN CHAMBERS AND JOINED THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN APPEARED IN TEENY AND ONLINE. WE ARE JOINED VACUUMING MEMBERS, SCOTT REED.COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN. COUNCILMAN STUART VINCENT. UM WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE WILL BE VOTING TO FORWARD ALL APPOINTMENTS IF THEY HAVE A WELL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH AND SO THEN WE CAN, BUT WE ARE HOLDING TWO AND EIGHT. BECAUSE TWO WAS TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY, AND I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCERNS. UM CAN CAN YOU READ THE DISCLAIMER? THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61, 8, 26 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST ADAM IS A P 080 TO TWO THREE MB. AMENDED APPOINTMENT OF MARK BLEEDING TO
[Pending Legislation]
THE GLOBAL REACH REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY TERM EXPIRES JULY 15 2026, BUT IT'S REALLY 2027, WHICH IS WHY IT'S BACK BEFORE US IF CANCEL. I MEAN, I ALWAYS CALL YOU THAT, UH, THIS HEALTHIER I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED, OKAY? SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BUT ANYONE? MHM EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND ? UM SO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOICE BOAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. NO I'M SORRY. WAIT A MINUTE. FIRST I HAVE TO MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, PLEASE. ANYBODY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM SO NOW IT IS BEFORE US, AND, UM WE DO. WE VOTE FIRST ON. OKAY SO WE'RE VOTING, TOO, SO WE ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE VOTE VOICE VOTE. SO WE ARE VOTING TO FORWARD THIS WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. UM ABOUT LIKE, SIGN. OKAY SO THIS WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL. IS IT OUR BUSINESS OR OUR BUSINESS WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION? AND NUMBER TWO. WE'RE HOLDING ADAM, NUMBER THREE AP 10423 B A APPOINTMENT OF BRANDON ALLEN DORF TO THE KELOWNA FIRE PROTECTION BOARD.TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2027, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PLEASE. SECOND STURBIN. THANK YOU, SIR.
[00:15:11]
PROPERLY BEFORE SMITH, MISS JACKSON. HELP YOUR JACKSON FROM MAYOR GREENBERG'S OFFICE. UM I WOULD SAY THE NEXT THREE. ARE PRESCRIBED SEATS. THEY ARE ALREADY THEY ARE ELECTED BY THE KELOWNA FIRE TRUSTEES, SO THEY JUST COME THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR US TO BRING THEM HERE FOR FINAL APPROVAL, AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS FOR FIREFIGHTER ELECT. HE WAS ELECTED AGAIN THROUGH THE FIRE TRUCK FIRED PROTECTED DISTRICT TRUSTEES. HIS NAME IS BRANDON ALLEN DORF. HE IS ACTUALLY IN CHAMBERS TODAY, HE WILL IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE, UM MR ALLEN DORFF HAS EXPERIENCE AS A FIREFIGHTER WITH KELOWNA FIRE AS WELL AS CAMP TAYLOR. HE IS A CURRENTLY A CAPTAIN WITH THE OAK ALONA. UM BUYER. HE IS ALSO WITH THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD. HE, UM. HE MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS , AND SO I ASKED HIM IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH HIM AGAIN. HE'S HERE. HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND JUST GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW. OH, I'M POINT YOU KNOW? THE REASON YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS BRENDAN ALLEN STATED CAPTAIN WITH THE OAKLAND FIRE PROTECTION. JUST SURE IT STARTED IN 2010 WITH THEM. I WANT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO HAVE A FAIR AND, UH YEAH. OFFER A FAIR, I GUESS. TRYING.TO MAKE POLICIES AND SET BUDGETS FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF OH, KELOWNA , UH, AS WELL AS REPRESENT THE FIREFIGHTERS MAKING SURE THAT ANY POLICY AND IS MET TO THEIR STANDARDS AS WELL, CREATING A FAIR, SAFE, FUN WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR CERTAIN YOUR SERVICE. UM SO, UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE? SEEN IN THIS, UM IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE AND THIS WILL BE TO GO TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. OKAY AND THOSE BY LIKE SIGN, OKAY, SO THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A P 10423. W M. APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MORE TO THE OAK ALONE OF FIRE PROTECTION BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2024, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PLEASE. BENSON. THANK YOU PROPERLY MOVED HIS SECOND AND, UM, MISS JACKSON, SO THIS ONE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ELECTED, BUT WE'RE BRINGING THEM, UM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY FOR A FULL VOTE . THIS ONE IS FOR A PROPERTY OWNER ELECT POSITION. THIS ONE IS FOR WILLIAM MORE, UH, WILLIAM HAS BEEN IN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY. FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS. WILLIAM IS A RETIRED AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AND CURRENTLY AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. SATURDAY DISTRICT 24 AGAIN WE'RE JUST ASKING TO, UM, GET UP FOR VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER ELECT POSITION. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SAYING THIS IS APPOINTMENT THAT CALLS FOR A VOICE VOTE TO GO TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. MHM. WELL KNOWS BY LIKE SIGN. THIS, TOO WILL GO TO, UM THE OLD BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. YEAH IT IS A PS 100423 ML APPOINTMENT OF MELODY LAFAYETTE TO THE KELOWNA FARM PROTECTION BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTIONS TO ADD VINCENT SECOND READ. THANK YOU PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED, MISS JACKSON. THIS IS FOR ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNER. ELECT SEAT. UM MISS LAFAYETTE. UM IS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE WITH DERBY FIRE SERVICES SHE IS AT OF DISTRICT 24 AGAIN. UM SHE HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE. SHE IS CURRENTLY UM , AGAIN CURRENTLY WITH DERBY FIRE SERVICES. SHE HAS WORKED WITH ELLEN IN CREDIT UNION. SHE HAS WORKED FOR LAW OFFICE. SHE HAS BEEN A CO OWNER AND
[00:20:01]
PRESIDENT FOR MERCY, AMBULANCE SERVICES. SO WE, YOU KNOW, THIS POSITION IS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS . SHE MEETS THOSE QUALIFICATIONS . SHE IS OUT OF DISTRICT 24. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR FULL APPROVAL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEN THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT, CALLING FOR A VOICE VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AH! KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SIGN. THIS, TOO, WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ADAM, NUMBER SIX IS A P 1004 TWOS 23. L M NO, I'M SORRY LP APPOINTMENT OF LYNDON. PRIOR TO THE KENTUCKY ANNA WORKS GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH. 2026. DO I HEAR MOTION? BENSON? SECOND READ. THANK YOU PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON . SO LYNDON WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. HE'S ON THE GLIDE TRIP. HOWEVER HE IS FILLING THE SEAT OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION. UH MEDICA REYNOLDS WAS THE PERSON WHO HELD THAT SEAT SHE LEFT NOW MR PRYOR IS NOW THE NEW INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE. HE IS OUT OF DISTRICT 19 . HE HAS A MASTERS OF ARTS AND EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. HE HAS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM TEXAS A AND M WE WERE JUST ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD KENTUCKY AND IT WORKS HAS RECOMMENDED HIS APPOINTMENT BECAUSE AGAIN HE IS FEELING THAT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION SEAT THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES COUNCILMAN, P. ARGENTINA THANK YOU, MADAM SHERIFF WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS TO KENTUCKY AND WORKS HERE FOR A SECOND. UH FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START BY SAYING, UH, THE MAYOR JUST EVERYBODY ELSE IS WHERE THE MAYOR CALLED AS YOU WELL, KNOW ME A LITTLE WHILE BACK ABOUT ONE OF THE APPLICANTS WERE HOLDING CURRENTLY AND TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT HE'S INITIATING RELATED TO THIS PROCESS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS. I WELCOME EVERYTHING, HE SAID. AND BUT WHAT I SAID TO HIM WAS THAT, UM. THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY DILIGENCE. IT WILL JUST BE THAT HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE ALL THE PROGRESS AND THE DILIGENCE WILL BE QUITE SIMPLE. QUITE FRANKLY, I'M INCLINED TO DON'T WANT TO SAY NOT SUPPORT BUT ADVOCATE TO HOLD THESE TWO CANDIDATES. HERE'S WHY UH, FIRST OF ALL, FAR , BE IT FROM ME TO HOLD ANYBODY THAT'S BEING THAT'S APPLYING FROM DISTRICT 19. SO MR PRYOR, ALBEIT BELIEVE THE INTERIM CEO INTERIM CORRECT OF THE URBAN LEAGUE. UH OUT OF THIS. HE'S LIVES IN DISTRICT 19. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DISTRICT 19 PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD WITH THAT SAID FOR SOMEWHERE, AND THERE'S ALREADY A DISTRICT 19 PERSON ON . IT WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING, UM AND, UH, LET ME JUST PUT IT THIS WAY. IT'S A DEMOCRAT AND INDEPENDENT AND YOU KNOW, IN A DISTRICT THAT IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO ME THAT WE COULDN'T FIND ANY REPUBLICANS OUT OF THAT DISTRICT. CONSIDERING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, AT LEAST THE 13 PEOPLE I'M LOOKING AT HERE THAT HAVE THEIR POLITICAL PARTY DISCLOSED. THERE'S TWO REPUBLICANS, WHICH PUTS IT IN ABOUT 15% AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADMIT TO MORE PEOPLE ONCE A DEMOCRAT AND WANTS AN INDEPENDENT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE MAYOR INDICATED WE SHOULD BE SEEING PRETTY QUICKLY IS SORT OF A WAVE OF CORRECTING AT LEAST AT A MACRO LEVEL. WHAT IS A BIG BIG LACK OF POLITICAL DIVERSITY. SPECIFICALLY REPUBLICANS ON THESE BOARDS. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES AND I WANT TO BE EVEN MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT KENTUCKY AND WORKS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KENTUCKY AND WORKS IS IN ADMITTED HARD PARTISAN RIGHT. HE'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH REPUBLICANS WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND TOLD THEM STRAIGHT UP THAT HE COULD QUOTE NEVER SUPPORT. A REPUBLICAN. DIDN'T SAY YOU COULDN'T SUPPORT THEM OR COULDN'T OR MAYBE HE PREFERRED THE OTHER CANDIDATE. HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR. HE HAS A NEGATIVE OPINION, AND THIS IS THE PERSON LEADING THE ORGANIZATION WHICH TELLS ME THAT WE NEED SOME IDEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT. PARTICULARLY OVER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ACTIONS. SO. I DON'T. I'M CURIOUS. NOW. YOU KNOW IT MIGHT BE SWAYED HERE. IF UM, DEPENDING[00:25:03]
ON WHAT THE NEXT WAVE OF PEOPLE COMING IN ON, SO I GUESS CAN WE OPEN UP THAT CONVERSATION IS YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE APPLICANTS? I GET THAT WE NEED COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S REPUBLICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS AROUND THAT OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION LEADERS.LET'S SAY I DON'T WANT THE URBAN LEAGUE ON THINK THE URBAN LEAGUE BEING ON THIS IS TERRIFIC. BUT I'M WONDERING WHY WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO RE BALANCE THIS BOARD AS ONE OF THE INITIAL WAYS TO TAKE THE ACTION OF THE MAYOR DISCUSSED. SO. WHEN THE MAYOR CALLED YOU WE WERE THESE WERE ALREADY IN PROGRESS. SO THE NEXT ON OCTOBER. NINTH I THINK WE'RE ALREADY AT 10 OR 11 REPUBLICANS. EIGHT DEMOCRATS, MAYBE, AND SEVERAL INDEPENDENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THIS BOARD. NO NO, NO. THE NEXT WAVE OF WHAT WE'RE SUBMITTING RIGHT? NOT FOR THIS BOARD. WE HAD ALREADY. WHEN HE CALLED THIS WAS ALREADY IN PROCESS. SO BUT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY STARTED PROCESSING BACK UP ON THAT. HE CALLED ME SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THESE ONLY GOT A FIRST READING PAST THURSDAY, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE ONLY SUPPLIED THE PRIOR MONDAY. HE CALLED ME BEFORE THAT. EXACTLY, BUT WE START WORKING ON THEM WEEKS IN ADVANCE, SO IT DOES WHAT I HAVE TO DO. BEFORE IT GETS TO YOU GUYS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SCREENINGS. WE TALKED TO THEM LIKE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE TALK TO THEM. WE HAVE TO DO BETTING. SO IT TAKES A WHILE. SO WE START THAT PROCESS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT TO YOU GUYS SEVERAL WEEKS IN ADVANCE. I'M LOOKING AT THE APPLICANTS FOR THE BOARD. OKAY.
FOR EXAMPLE. THERE IS A GENTLEMAN ON HERE. AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE FROM DISTRICT THREE. WHO'S A REPUBLICAN? I HAPPEN TO KNOW HIM. COINCIDENTALLY. BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL. I THINK HE WOULD BE OUTSTANDING FOR THIS TYPE OF BOARD. UM THERE'S IF I'M LOOKING DOWN ACROSS THE REST OF THE LIST. I'M LOOKING AT A DOCTOR, PHD, FEMALE REPUBLICAN AND DISTRICT 17. WHEN I LOOK ACROSS HERE DISTRICT 17, FOR EXAMPLE, IS NOT CURRENTLY REPRESENTED. SO IT HELP WITH GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AS WELL AS GENDER AND POLITICAL DIVERSITY. SOME CURIOUS WHY, AND I'M JUST PICKING ON TWO. THERE'S OTHERS IN HERE. THAT A REPUBLICAN, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN FROM DISTRICT 13. BUT YET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, THERE ARE PRESCRIBED SEATS. THERE ARE SPECIFIC PEOPLE WE HAVE TO PUT IN THESE SEATS LIKE THE ONE FOR THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE. THAT IS A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN THAT SEAT FOR THE ONE FOR THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO FOR WILLIAM SUMMERS. HE'S IN THE SEAT FOR UM. HE'S IN THE BUSINESS ONE. I'M SORRY. THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO NOW THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO HE'S IN BANKING. HE'S IN THAT SEAT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC PEOPLE FOR THESE SPECIFIC SEATS. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS. ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT ALL THESE APPLICANTS THAT I'M LOOKING AT? SEVERAL REPUBLICANS, FOR EXAMPLE, NONE OF THEM REPRESENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND NONE OF THEM ARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE DID NOT LOOK AT A DIFFERENT PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY ONE BECAUSE. LONDON TOOK SADIQ A SEAT. SHE WAS ALREADY ON THERE.
WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE HAVING A PLACE ON THE KENTUCKY ANNA WORKS BOARD BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS IMPORTANT. SO WHEN SHE HAD TO RESIGN, HE FILLED HER SEAT. BUT TO BE CLEAR IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT THE URBAN LEAGUE HAS A IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANTED TO GO IN FOR THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE TO HAVE A SEAT ON THIS BOARD. AND SO AGAIN, I COME BACK TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS LIST. DO WE KNOW IN THE GIVE IT TO OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE GOT BY THE WAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE LIST AND THIS IS TRUE ABOUT THE MSD BOARD, TOO. THE LIST OF THE CURRENT BOARD IS NOT COMPLETE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF MIKE HAS SCAF WHO'S ON THE KENTUCKY AND IT WORKS SPORT. NOW HE IS TECHNICALLY THE KENTUCKY AND IT WORKS BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FROM SHELBY COUNTY, RIGHT, SO THE MAYOR DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. SHALL BE COUNTY DO THINK WE NEED TO POST MSD BOARD IS SIMILAR MSD BOARD YOU GIVE US OUR MSD CANDIDATES. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE, AND I'M GONNA HELP YOU OUT HERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK MIKE'S REPUBLICAN, BUT IN ADDITION, THE MST BOARD I BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A REPUBLICAN ON IT, BUT IT'S A STATE IT'S A GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT. MY
[00:30:05]
POINT IN SAYING ALL OF THAT IS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ALL THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THESE BOARDS. EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION OVER THEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BROADER SENSE OF EVERYBODY. THAT'S ON THE BOARD. SO WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT COMES THROUGH THE PORTAL.IF THEY DON'T PUT AN APPLICATION IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT, SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE THEIR INFORMATION. SO I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO EVEN GIVE YOU IF THEY IF THEY ARE APPOINTED BY SHELBY COUNTY MAYOR OR WHATEVER THEY DON'T COME THROUGH US, OR I WOULDN'T HAVE IT. I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE FIGURE OUT A WAY. I'M SAYING NOTHING TO SORT OUT RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD PAINT A GREATER PICTURE OF EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THE BOARD, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE, FOR EXAMPLE, GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEE THAT LIVES IN A GEOGRAPHY THAT'S TO US IS UNDER REPRESENTED, BUT IT IS REPRESENTED BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS APPOINTED THEM. SO I'M JUST SAYING, I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE SIMPLE, BUT IT MIGHT BE. GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF THE ACTUAL BOARD MEMBERS, EVEN IF THEY DON'T COME UNDER OUR JURISDICTION REFLECTED WHEN WE GET THIS LIST SO THAT IT MAY ACTUALLY HELP IN ROUNDING OUT SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DONE SIMPLY ON OUR APPOINTMENTS, OKAY? AND THEN THE OTHER THING. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THIS. I THINK WE CAN CONTROL WHEN WE GET THE APPLICANTS FOR THE BOARD. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THE DATE OF WHICH THEY APPLIED? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING I GET A REGULAR I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES. MOST OF MY DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES SAY THE EXACT SAME THING. BUT I'VE AGGRESSIVELY PUSHED FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN MY NEWSLETTERS AND PUBLIC RIGHT AGGRESSIVELY. AND PEOPLE ARE NOW NOT TAKING ME SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING NOW GETTING, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO VET ALL THIS OUT THERE SAYING THAT THEY'RE APPLYING. AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN SOMETIMES THE MULTIPLE BOARDS AND THEY NEVER GET A CALL BACK RIGHT NOW. NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET A CALL BACK. BUT WHAT ? I AM CURIOUS ON AGAIN LOOKING AT A LIST OF APPLICANTS HERE. DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT MALE FEMALE DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WE MAY WANT TO QUESTION. BUT WHY DID YOU PICK THIS PERSON OVER THAT PERSON? IN SOME CASES THAT PRESCRIBED BOARDS IN SOME CASES THIS PERSON SOMEBODY APPLIED MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOMEBODY APPLIED A MONTH AGO. AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO SAY OKAY, WHY DO WE PICK THIS PERSON AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO APPLIED SIX MONTHS AGO? SO YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR CLERK ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE YOU THAT LIST. I DON'T OKAY. PERFECT CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? THIS IS SONYA HARPER. THE CLERK. CAN YOU TELL ME IS THE DATE THEY APPLY ON THE APPLICATION, THEN WE CAN GET THAT, UM WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEM. WE'LL GET IT DONE. CAN I ASK YOU? THERE'S ONE PERSON ON HERE. THAT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2023. IT'S DR POLIO. IS HE ON THERE FOR AVERAGE CHEW OF HIS POSITION, SO HE WALKS JUST CONTINUE ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE? THIS CALLS FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY AYE, UH, KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SIGN. SO THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE BUSINESS WITH NO RECOMMENDATION. ADAM NUMBER SEVEN IS A P 100423 APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAMS SUMMERS. TO THE KENTUCKY AND A WORKS GREATER LITTLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION TO PROVE PROBABLY MOVED IN THE SECOND AND MISS JACKSON. EXCUSE ME. MR SUMMERS WAS OUT OF TOWN TODAY, SO HE WAS UNABLE TO APPEAR, BUT HE IS CURRENTLY UM, HE IS REPRESENTING THE BUSINESS SEAT. HE IS IN BANKING. UM HE IS CURRENTLY WITH REPUBLIC BANK. HE IS OUT OF DISTRICT 16. HE IS, UM HIS JOB NOW IS WITH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. HE HAS WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF BANKS. UM OVER HIS CAREER, CENTRAL BANK AND TRUST HE WAS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, THEIR OLD NATIONAL BANK, VICE PRESIDENT OF PRIVATE BANKING FIRESTARTER BANK . HE WAS THE BRANCH MANAGER THERE. UH HE HAS, UM APART. HE APPLIED. HE WAS ASKED TO APPLY TO REPRESENT THIS SECTOR. WE ARE AGAIN MOST OF HIS CAREER. HE HAS
[00:35:01]
BEEN IN BANKING. WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS MM. APPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD. IT IS NOTED WHAT COUNCILMAN P ARGENTINA HAS SAID THAT IS I AM TAKING NOTES AND IT IS WILL DOCUMENT I'M SORRY.COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? BUT WHAT COUNCILMAN PH SAYING THAT I WAS TAKING NOTES ON WHAT? UH COUNCILMAN PIACENTINI HAS JUST STATED ABOUT THE URBAN LEAGUE. AND THESE THESE TWO NOMINEES.
OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILMAN, P. ARGENTINE E THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SO THIS IS QUITE SPECIFIC TO THIS CANDIDATE. SO A BY THE URBAN LEAGUE FOR A SECOND. AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR STRATEGY ON THAT IS TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE, SO IT MAKES SENSE. AGAIN I'M THERE. IT'S TWOFOLD QUESTION HERE. ONE IS AGAIN. I'M LOOKING AT THE APPLICANTS. IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY IN BUSINESS, I HAVE TO IMAGINE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE APPLICANT POOL THAT ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE PICKED THIS PERSON OVER ALL OF THEM. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU SAID IT, AND I DIDN'T MEAN IT THIS WAY. BUT WHEN YOU SAY HE WAS ASKED TO APPLY THAT INDICATES TO ME. SOMEBODY FROM ADMINISTRATION CALLED AND SAID HEY, PLEASE APPLY FOR THIS BOARD. AND THEN HE APPLIED AND THEN WE NOMINATED HIM. MEANWHILE PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED AND ARE WAITING TO GET A PHONE CALL AND MAYBE HAVEN'T SO IT WON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS PICKED OVER THEM. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS I AM CURIOUS MAYOR AND I DID NOT TALK ABOUT THIS. WHAT IS THE MAYOR'S POSITION ON? PEOPLE BEING ON MULTIPLE BOARDS. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS AH! IN WORK. I AM. HOW DO I SAY THIS? I AM THANKFUL THAT A GENTLEMAN OF THIS LEVEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE IS IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT IN HIS RESUME, HE IS CURRENTLY ON FIVE BOARDS. SIX BOARDS, CHILD PLACE, OKAY, I'LL PUT THAT ASIDE. THAT'S A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. HE'S THE CURRENT BOY, HE SAYS. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT HIS RESUME SAYS I'M JUST GOING OFF IT. IT SAYS HE IS THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THAT IS SOMETHING WE APPOINT TO THE SPORTS COMMISSION. WE APPOINT TO KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION THAT WE DON'T APPOINT TO THAT THE ARENA AUTHORITIES, THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND THE HOUSING CORPORATION, HE'S THE CHAIRMAN. SO NOW HE HAS PASSED BOARD MEMBER AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF LOOK MORE THAN PAST MEMBER OF THE ARENA AUTHORITY IS NO LONGER ON THERE. HE IS A PAST MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN. THESE ARE HE'S PAST MEMBERS OF THE THINGS OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST HASN'T UPDATED HIS RESIDENCE. HE HASN'T UPDATED HIS RESUME BECAUSE HE'S NOT ON THOSE BOARDS. GOT YOU, UM BY STATUTE, YOU CANNOT SERVE ON TWO BOARDS THAT METRO COUNCIL APPROVED.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY AND SO OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST OUTDATED, WHICH IS GOOD TO KNOW.
UM SO AGAIN, I'LL JUST COME BACK. MY ONE QUESTION IS DON'T WHILE YET THESE OTHER CANDIDATES SO THE WIRES WE TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM KENTUCKY AND WORKS. OF BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MANAGED THAT BOARD . SO WE IF THEY WE TAKE BOTTOM LINE, WE TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM AND, UM WE FELT LIKE. THAT THESE TWO CANDIDATES OR GOOD CANDIDATES THAT WOULD FIT REPRESENT INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD FIT WELL ON THIS BOARD. UNDERSTOOD AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WAS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY HELPFUL, AND I'LL COME BACK TO MY ORIGINAL COMMENT, WHICH I'M NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE, SO I CAN'T VOTE TODAY. BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE FLOOR, I'M JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW I'M INCLINED TO VOTE AGAINST THIS CANDIDATE BECAUSE, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KENTUCKY AND WORKS HAS MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT HE WOULD QUOTE, NOT SUPPORT ANY REPUBLICAN. UM AND THAT'S THAT'S FINE. THAT'S THEIR POSITION, BUT THEN THAT'S THE LAST PERSON THAT I WOULD EXPECT TO RECOMMEND A REPUBLICAN TO BE ON THE BOARD AND I THINK IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AND HE'S PART OF THAT PROCESS, THEN WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HOW ELSE WE CAN GET PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND I'LL TELL YOU THE OTHER THING THAT AGAIN TAKE THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR YOURSELF. I WOULD ARGUE THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE RAN INTO A TARK.
IS THAT YOU HAD A FAR TOO COZY RELATIONSHIP. BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD.
THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AN ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP, THE ONE THAT IS MIRED IN SKEPTICISM, JUST LIKE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I LIKE THE MAYOR VERY MUCH. I HAVE NO REASON TO DISTRUST THE MAN WHATSOEVER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M STILL GOING TO QUESTION EVERYTHING HE SENDS ACROSS THE STREET AND THAT ENSURES THAT WE'RE CHECKING EACH OTHER AND HE'S GOING TO DO THAT TO ME. WE'RE GOING TO SEND STUFF ACROSS. HE'S GOING TO VETO IT. HE'S GOING TO DO THAT SAME THINGS TO US. THAT DOESN'T MEAN
[00:40:02]
WE DISLIKE EACH OTHER. IT MEANS WE'RE DOING OUR JOBS AND I GET VERY CONCERNED WHEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS ANY, FRANKLY SAY AND WHO THEIR BOARD IS WHEN ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY GOALS IS OVERSIGHT OF THEIR ROLE , SO I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WAS ACTUALLY HELPFUL. AND AGAIN. THIS IS NO AND THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER CANDIDATES. ZERO COMMENTARY ON THIS GENTLEMAN HE'S OBVIOUSLY SUPER QUALIFIED SEEMS LIKE A WONDERFUL PERSON AND I THINK SHOULD BE ON SOME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, UM I'M NOW THOROUGHLY CONVINCED, PARTICULARLY IF IT WAS COMING FROM KENTUCKY, AND IT WORKS THAT THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE CURRENTLY 15% AND IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN LESS AFTER THESE TWO APPOINTEES PASS. OF REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION IF THEY ARE PART OF THE RECOMMENDING PROCESS. SO UM, SORRY. THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT. AND I DO WANT TO RAP WITH. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING OF THE AND PARTICULARLY COMING BACK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, SO I KNOW YOU'RE ON A TRACK TO GET THIS ON TRACK, BUT I ALSO TOLD THE MAYOR I WAS GOING TO BE DILIGENT THROUGH MY PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? HEARING THAT THIS IS A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. YEAH. KNOWS BY LIKE SIGN THIS AGAIN WILL GO TO THE FOUR COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE HOLDING NUMBER EIGHT. NUMBER THEN IT IS A P 100423 LW APPOINTMENT OF LONNIE RIGHT TO THE METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT BOARD. TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND PROPERLY.THANK YOU PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO WE HAVE MR LONNIE, RIGHT? SO IN AN ATTEMPT TO BALANCE THIS BOARD, UM WE WERE LOOKING FOR NOT JUST LOOKING AT METRO COUNCIL DISTRICTS, BUT WE HAD TO LOOK AT SENATE DISTRICT ON THIS ONE. AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO, UM, REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MR RIGHT WAS SUGGESTED, UH TO US , UM, MR RIGHT, WAS INTERESTED.
HE WAS A GOOD FIT. AND WE ARE PUTTING HIM FOURTH TODAY. MR RIGHT, IS A RETIRED ENGINEER WITH E. AH HE HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR . HE IS ALSO AN ENTREPRENEUR.
HE'S OUT OF DISTRICT 22. HE IS A CERTIFIED MASTER BLACK BELT. UH SIX SIGMA. HE'S ALSO HERE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. BUT AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A THIS ISN'T A ATTEMPT TO HMM. GET MORE POLITICAL DIVERSITY ON THIS BOARD, FRANKLY AND AGAIN, WE HAD TO LOOK AT SENATE DISTRICTS. NOT JUST YOU KNOW THE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT, SO WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE SENATE DISTRICT LIKE FOR MR RIGHT TO COME UP AND UH, INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO YOU ALL TODAY AND YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR. THANK YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU, LONNIE. RIGHT I'M APPLYING FOR THE MSD BOARD POSITION. AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, UM, NATIVE OF LOUISVILLE, GRADUATED UFL SPEECH SCHOOL 1969. SOME AROUND HORN AND SOME THINGS BEYOND MY RESUME, STARTING WITH THE FAMILY BUSINESS, CUSTOM KITCHEN CABINETS, AND THEN I WAS AN AEROSPACE AND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND THEN YOU PICK UP ON THE RESUME. IF YOU HAVE THAT. IN FRONT OF YOU GOING FORWARD. AND I'VE LIVED FOLLOWING MY PROFESSION AND A NUMBER OF PLACES AND. JUST NEVER ADOPTED ANY OTHER PLACES HOME. SO THE LOVER'S HOME. I CAME BACK AFTER 20 YEARS FINISHED MY CAREER AT G. E SO THAT'S THE THAT PART OF THE REST OF ME AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OUT THERE AND A GOOD PART OF MY EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRODUCT DESIGN PROGRAM MANAGING PROJECT MANAGEMENT. IS, IN FACT CONTROLLING EVERY ASPECT OF IT. FUNDING. PERFORMANCE COSTS. UM AND FIND THE GUILTY. YOU KNOW, AND PURSUE THE INNOCENT AND SO ON. BUT, UM THINGS I DO BRING TO THE PARTY. SHE MENTIONED SIX SIGMA. THAT'S ALL ABOUT DATA BASED DECISION MAKING AND APPLYING THAT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE AND THEN USE COMMON SENSE COURSE BEHIND THAT. UM DO YOU HAVE 4.5 DECADES? LIKE I SAID IN ENGINEERING. EXPERIENCED IN GENERAL, UM BUT. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT ENROLLS IN
[00:45:05]
RESPONSIBILITIES YOU DO TO MAKE ANYTHING WORK IS BUILDING TEAMS AND WORKING WITH OTHER THAN INDIVIDUALS. AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. AND THAT THAT'S WHAT I'VE JUST TAKE A JOY IN MAKING THINGS HAPPEN, AND THAT'S ONE REASON I FIND THIS MESSAGE BOARD POSITION IN RESEARCHING EVERYTHING, THE BACKGROUND FASCINATING. THIS IS BIG BUSINESS. IT'S AN IMPORTANT JOB , AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS TO IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I'D LIKE TO HELP WITH THAT AS MUCH AS I CAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MP ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR APPLYING. YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK TODAY ABOUT POLITICAL DIVERSITY ON THESE BOARDS ARE IMPORTANT. THAT IS, YOU WILL BE ONE OF ONE ON THAT BOARD. THERE'S CURRENTLY FOUR DEMOCRATS. THREE INDEPENDENTS. UH AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT AGAIN WE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MAYOR. I DON'T THINK HE WAS AWARE OF IT. ONE OF THE EVEN ONE OF THE INDEPENDENCE ON THAT BOARD WAS NOMINATED A MONTH AFTER THEY SWITCHED THEIR REGISTRATION FROM DEMOCRAT TO INDEPENDENCE. SO AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED. BUT THAT DID, UM, IDEOLOGY IS JUST IMPORTANT AS MANY OF THESE OTHER DIVERSITY THINGS, AND MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS UH UM. WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH MSD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IS NUMBER ONE, THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM RATE INCREASE BEFORE TRIPS VOTE, SO THEY'VE BEEN MAXIMIZING THEIR RATE INCREASED PERCENTAGES EVERY YEAR. AND SOME QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN MY DISTRICT ABOUT, UM YOU KNOW THERE WAS THERE THERE. OPENNESS TO THE PUBLIC. RELATED TO THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THIS, SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE FINANCIALS FIRST. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT? YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE THERE. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ANY CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE OR THOUGHTS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT LIKE DIGGING INTO THE FINANCIALS AND OPERATIONS TO MAKE SURE THESE RATE INCREASES ARE JUSTIFIED. WELL UH, AGAIN DATABASE DECISION MAKING.INVOLVES DETERMINING WERE THE RESOURCES USED IN A PROPER FASHION. DID THEY MEET THEIR OBJECTIVES? COULD YOU HAVE DONE IT BETTER? YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME YOU DO IT, CAN YOU BE SURE ALL THE TRUCKS ARRIVE ON TIME? AND THE JOBS REALLY READY FOR THEM, OR DO THEY SIT THERE? AND YOU PAID A MARRIAGE FOR TWO WEEKS ON A TRAILER? BECAUSE NOBODY WAS READY TO START THE WORK? THINGS OF THAT NATURE NEED TO BE LOOKED AT VERY CLOSELY. EXCELLENT NICKEL DIME, BUT IT ADDS UP COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN JUST AN ADVOCACY POINT IN SOME OF THESE HIGH GROWTH, HIGH DEVELOPMENT AREAS, DISTRICT 19 IS NUMBER ONE. BUT DISTRICT 20 HAS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT 22 EVEN WHERE YOU'RE FROM. A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO SEE THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ALL BAD, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE EVEN MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN HOW MSD PLANS FOR AND EXECUTES IN THESE HIGH GROWTH AREAS, SO MAYBE JUST SOMETHING TO ADVOCATE FOR AND THINK ABOUT IN YOUR NEW ROLE. YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT, I'M SAID, AND THE FEW PEOPLE ARE SPOKEN WITH STOPPED, REALLY TELLING PEOPLE I WAS BEING APPOINTED AS BORDERS. EVERYBODY HAS AN ISSUE NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO. MOST PEOPLE HATE MSD, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW. THEY LOOKED AT BILL AND I GOT $50 WORTH OF WATER THIS LAST MONTH, AND I PAID $150 AND WHAT WATER COMING IN 50 WATER GOING OUT 150. AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THERE'S A GREAT WEBSITE. THEY COULD LEARN A LOT IF THEY JUST GO LOOK. I DID. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE CITY DID NOT HAVE ANY SEWAGE BEFORE 1958. I WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND YOU KNOW I WAS, BUT WE HAD SEPTIC TANKS, BUT I SUSPECT THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WAS JUST RIGHT OUT INTO THE RIVER. OF COURSE, THE OTHER PLACES SO I DON'T KNOW. I THINK TRANSPARENCY MISS JACKSON GAVE ME A WONDERFUL LIST OF RESPONSIBILITY. AND TRANSPARENCY AND. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY WAS A BIG PART OF IT, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THEM. THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME. I DIDN'T WANT TO READ OVERALL, BUT I FELT THEY WERE SPYING ON WELL, AND LET ME JUST COMPLIMENT THAT BECAUSE THE MAYOR DID TALK ABOUT DOING MORE FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND INFORMATION FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING TO SOME DEGREE AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE MAYOR'S FOCUS ON THAT AND PRIMARY INFORMATION TO KEVIN BRADSHER AND JASON AMOS WITH THE LEGISLATORS THAT PUT MY NAME UP TO THE MAYOR AND MAYOR CALLED ME EARLY ONE MORNING AND GOOD MORNING, BONNIE. THIS IS MERE GREENBERGER. I HAD NO IDEA SO WE CONDUCT IN YOUR VIEW. AND I WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT. IT WAS VERY NICE OF HIM. VERY SPECIAL IN THE CONTACT ME THAT WAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR MR RIGHT? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IT'S VERY, UM KIND OF YOU TO COME. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UM THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT CALLS FOR A
[00:50:01]
VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE. KNOWS BY LIKE SIGN . THIS TOO, WILL GO TO, UM, BUSINESS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. UM ADAM NUMBER 10 IS RP 100423 S D. REAPPOINTMENT OF SANDEEP DRAWN A LOT. JOHN. I'M SORRY IF I'M BUTCHERED THAT, SIR. DRAWN WATCH TO THE WATERWORKS BOARD TERM EXPIRES APRIL 30TH 2027, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PLEASE. BENSON PRIVATELY MOVED AND SECONDED IS BEFORE US THIS OUT HEALTHY A JACKSON, PLEASE. THIS IS FOR REAPPOINTMENT. MR DRAWN. AWAD IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF WATERWORLD. AND, UM. HE IS AN EXCUSE ME. HERE'S ENTREPRENEUR.HE IS AT A DISTRICT 17. HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB ON THE BOARD. HE'S HE'S HE HAS SERVED ONE TERM. UM AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR ANOTHER TERM FOR HIM TO START FOR HIM TO CONTINUE TO BE THE CHAIR. HE IS ON THE WEBEX TODAY, AND HE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF HIM. THANK YOU. WELCOME. UM. MR TRYING TO WATCH. UM THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SEND IN THE FI YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. YEAH I'M MY NAME IS SONNY TORONTO.
WHAT THE REAL NAME IS SANDEEP. BUT I GO BY SUNNY TORONTO WENT THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR? YOU WOULD LIKE TO THE COMMITTEE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? OH BUT I'M A LOUISVILLE RESIDENT PROUD TO BE A LOUISVILLE RESIDENT FOR LAST 32 YEARS SPEED SCHOOL BUSINESS SCHOOL. HERE AND HAVE A PHD IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. SO I UNDERSTAND WATER AND. I LOVE BELIEVE IN WATER AND MY DAUGHTER. SHE GOES TO SCHOOL IN INDIANA, AND SHE CARRIES LOUISVILLE WATER FROM HERE. YEAH. AND. YEAH SHE DOES. AND UM, SHE SHE ISN'T THAT I HOLD ROSE HULMAN AND SHE TOOK LIKE BIG FIVE GALLON WATER ONES. LIKE WHY, SHE SAYS, I LIKE TO DRINK THIS SO AND WE GOT WATER AS A BUSINESS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE DIVIDEND EVERY YEAR WHILE KEEPING THE INCREASE OF RATE LOW BECAUSE WATER IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE INCREASING EXPENSES BECAUSE OF CHEMICALS, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, EXECUTIVE TEAM IS AMAZING. UM THE BOARD IS AMAZING. WE HAVE, UH GOOD PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVES WHERE THE BOARD IS HAVING INCOMPLETE OVERSIGHT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND KEEPING THE WATER COMPANY. UH. SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE FOR YOU KNOW, DECADES. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. TO SERVE ON THE TABLE. WATER WATER IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IN MY NEXT TIME I WON'T BE KEEPING THE SAME QUALITY. ARE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T INCREASE THE RATES CRAZY. OH AND KEEP IT KEEP IT AT AT LEAST THE INFLATION LEVEL. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, I WANTED DID I UNDERSTAND MISS JACKSON TO SAY THAT YOU WERE CURRENTLY THE CHAIR? YES I AM CURRENTLY THE CHIP. YES THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE COUNCILMAN, P. ARGENTINE E THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO TURN THE CORNER FROM BEING MR GLOOM AND DOOM HERE FOR FIVE SECONDS. AND FIRST OF ALL, SAY, DOCTOR, IF YOUR MIND, DOCTOR SUNNY. UH YOU CAN JUST CALL ME SONNY. OKAY SONNY? UH WELL, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE BORDERS DOING THERE. I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT BOARD FOR THE WATER COMPANY IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB HERE. YOU, SIR. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY YES, NOW BETTER. YEAH IT'S RARE THAT PEOPLE TELL ME THEY CAN'T HEAR ME SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I AGREE THAT YOUR BOARD IS DOING A GREAT JOB. THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING A GREAT JOB. UM, AND THE REPUTATION AND THE EXECUTION OF OUR WATER COMPANY HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. WHEN YOU KNOW IN PUBLIC WATER COMPANIES RECENTLY , THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SCRUTINY . I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A
[00:55:02]
GREAT JOB IN LEADING THE WAY AND THEN WE ALSO SAY, MISS JACKSON. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A BOARD THAT MEETS JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE CRITERIA ME DOWN THE ROAD. WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT GEOGRAPHY A LITTLE BIT, BUT I MEAN FROM RACIAL, GENDER TO ETHNICITY EXCUSE RACIAL POLITICAL PARTY. I THINK WE DID SORT OF A GREAT MIX HERE. AND YOU KNOW AGAIN, I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES INTO YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A BOARD THAT HAS THE MIXES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP. SO I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE ADMINISTRATION AND I'D LOVE TO SEE REAPPOINTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK, AND THE BOARD IS STRUCTURED PROPERLY. SO THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU, MR JACKSON AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DR SUNNY FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UM AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM I KNOW THAT THE THIS ADMINISTRATION INHERITED A NIGHTMARE. UM FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, AS FAR AS, UM POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS GO, AND I KNOW THAT MARY GREENBERG IS. WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT HE REMEDIES THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE? SAYING THAT THIS IS A THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. OKAY, BYE. LIKE SIGN. OKAY, SO THIS TOO WILL GO TO THE OH, BUSINESS WITHOUT AND RECOMMENDATION. UM SO WITH NO
[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]
FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.