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ATTENDANCE. I HAVE VIRTUALLY TAMMY HAWKINS, MADONNA FLOOD. PRESIDENT WINKLER IN RIED. IN CHAMBERS. WE HAVE COUNSELORS SIGN ON THE HUDSON. IN COSMETOLOGY AND MYSELF. WE BEFORE, UM, SO WE'VE GOT TWO TIMES ON THE AGENDA TODAY. BOTH THE RESOLUTIONS FIRST ONE IS, UH , RESOLUTION R DASH 143-23 OF RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTER LOCAL COOPERATIVE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AMONG WHAT? WHAT? JEFFERSON METRO GOVERNMENT ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL. AND THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN RELATED TO ALCOHOL. BEVERAGE CONTROL ENFORCEMENT IS THEIR MOTION.ITEMS PROBABLY BEFORE US. I THINK WE HAVE OUR ILLUSTRIOUS MR BRAD SILVERA. COME ON DOWN. YES BRAD NEWTON WAS THE CLERK READ THE QUICK DISCLAIMER. OH I COULD DO THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE AT 61.826 AND THE COUNCIL RULE FIVE A WE'RE IN BUSINESS. YOU HAVE THE MIC SURF. YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, AND WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHOULD MAKE A PARISH. NOT SURE OF THE MICROPHONE. DON'T HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS BRAD SOVEREIGN. THE DIRECTOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL FOR LOUISVILLE METRO. I REQUESTED THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PUT INTO PLACE BY MIDDLETOWN AND, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I DO KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERNS, AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY
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THAT I CAN, HOPEFULLY ADDRESSING ALLEVIATE TODAY, FOLKS, HERE'S THE WAY WE'RE GONNA OPERATE, NOT LOOKING AT ANY CUES AND THAT IF YOU GOT A QUESTION LET'S BE GENTLEMAN OR LADY IN CHIME IN AS AS YOU WILL. GUZMAN HUDSON. THANKS CHAIR. UM MY QUESTIONS, UM, CENTER AROUND. UM THE FEES THAT ARE IS A 5050 SPLIT BETWEEN MIDDLETOWN AND METRO LOUISVILLE. I WANT TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE SUBSECTION NUMBER FOUR TO AMEND THE RATE AT A LATER TIME, BUT I WANT TO WAIT SIX MONTHS. NINE MONTHS. SEE HOW THE PEACE PLAY OUT. BUT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS PROBABLY[00:10:07]
ADDRESSED TO COUNTY ATTORNEY UM. OKAY CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME, JERRY? I'M SORRY. I'VE LOST MY NOTES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNS AT THIS MOMENT. HEY, BRAD. THANKS CHAIR. SO CAN YOU SPEAK? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN TO MY COLLEAGUES A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR REASONING FOR WANTING TO APPROACH MIDDLETOWN AND, UM TAKE THIS ON. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND KIND OF EXPLAIN TO US WHY? THAT MAKES SENSE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. YES, SIR. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS UNDERAGE DRINKING. UNDER 21 DRINKING.TAKES PLACE THE STATE ABC WOULD SEND SOMEBODY IN WHEN THEY CAN. THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE OFFICERS THEY HAVE COVERED MULTIPLE COUNTIES. MIDDLETOWN DOESN'T HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY. WE HAVE TO CHECK WITH MINORS IN SIGHT TO DISTRICT COURT FOR CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.
MY THOUGHT, AND MY HOPE IS THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL HELP ERADICATE UNDERAGE DRINKING. AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD IN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY. MIDDLETOWN BEING THE FIRST WHAT I HOPE TO SEE IS OTHER SUBURBAN CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY LIKE LOUISVILLE, ABC HAS WILL ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THE FEE DOESN'T MATTER ME. I'M I'M WORKING ON ERADICATING UNDERAGE DRINKING, AND I GLADLY DO IT FOR LESS, BUT. YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, THE 5050 POINT IS, I THINK FAIR AND COULD BE REVISITED. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE HAVE A COMPLAINT IN MIDDLETOWN OR LET'S SAY I HAVEN'T ENTERED INTO ANY OTHER EVEN VERBAL AGREEMENTS WITH ANYBODY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT ANY OTHER SUBURBAN CITY AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A COMPLAINT. CURRENTLY IT MIGHT GO UNCHECKED.
THIS, IN MY MIND WOULD LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD. FOR A BUSINESS IN LOUISVILLE WOULD BE FINED PRETTY HEAVILY FOR SELLING TO A MINOR. AND NOW A BUSINESS IN MIDDLETOWN WILL EQUALLY BE FINED PRETTY HEAVILY FOR SELLING TO A MINOR. IT TO ME IS A WIN WIN SITUATION THAT LIKE TO END THE DAY I SOUGHT OUT I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT, UM, MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS.
FROM A FROM A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT, WE'RE APPROACHING SUBURBAN CITIES WHO TYPICALLY ARE WEALTHIER THAN WE ARE AS METRO LOUISVILLE AND YES, WE DO HAVE CAPACITY IN SOME WAYS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE UM BUT UM, IT SEEMS TO ME AND I APPRECIATE YOU. BEING PROACTIVE IN GOING TO THEM BECAUSE THE REASONING BEHIND IT IS GREAT AND MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND HIS MAGNANIMOUS UM HOW IS THEIR WHAT WAS THEIR INITIAL RESPONSE? WHEN YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM, WERE THEY APPRECIATIVE, HESITANT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME ALSO LIKE IF WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THEM THAT WE OUGHT TO RECEIVE ALL OF THE FEES. UM AND AGAIN I KNOW WE CAN REVISIT THIS LATER. BUT WE DO HAVE ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPACITY IN WITHIN YOUR GROUP. AND I DON'T WANT TO WOULD YOU NEED TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN ORDER TO DO THIS? IF WE TAKE ON MORE CITY ON MORE SUBURBAN CITIES WOULD YOU BE? I JUST WANT TO THANK KIND OF IN ADVANCE ABOUT THOSE THINGS. IF WE TAKE A MORE CITIES IN THIS TURNS INTO A THING WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS. THEY COME THROUGH. IF IT LOOKS TO BE A BIGGER PROBLEM, THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN I MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS BODY AND SAY, HEY, THAT MONEY THAT WE WERE BRINGING IN FROM THE SUBURBAN CITIES. I NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE. WE ARE CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED, AS MOST AGENCIES ARE AS MY INTENTION IS, THIS WILL NOT TAKE AWAY FROM CURRENT DAILY FUNCTIONS. WE WOULD USE A GRANT FUNDING SOURCE AND WORK THIS ON OVER TIME. THIS WOULD NOT CUT INTO OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT'S I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I'M NITPICKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS AND DOING IT. I JUST WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE YOU KNOW, CONSEQUENT PROS AND CONS GOING FORWARD. AND HOW IT MIGHT WORK. THE CLERK OF MIDDLETOWN'S ARE PRETTY GOOD NEGOTIATOR ALSO, RIGHT WELL, SO WE NEED TO HOLD UP OUR END AS WELL. RIGHT THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY THIS. NO, THAT I MADE INCREDIBLE PENNY PINCHER WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETS. UM BUT I KNOW THIS THIS MAN RIGHT HERE HAS THE UTMOST INTEGRITY AND AS THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR ME IN MY OFFICE, AND IF HE SAYS, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY AND SAY, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY AND THEN CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND IF THE NUMBERS AREN'T WORKING OUT, WE REVISIT THE ISSUE. GOOD BUT FOR NOW, I
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WANT TO TAKE A LAKE OF FAITH ON BRAD PLANET. SIMPLE COUNSELOR HUDSON. YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR AGAIN. THANK YOU, SIR. UM I MEAN , WHATEVER YOU WANT, AND IN, UH I WAS PARKED IN THE SAME PLACE AS COUNCILMAN. OH AND SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ON WHERE THE FEES WERE GOING, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH MR SYLVIE ERA. AND HELPING ME TO SEE THE MOTIVATION BEHIND GETTING THIS STARTED, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE WAY YOU'RE GOING FORWARD ON IT. UM THE QUESTION I DID HAVE WHICH I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE DIRECTED TO COUNTY ATTORNEY IS THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED IN IN THE MIDDLE TOWN WORK. CAN THOSE BE DIRECTED TO A SPECIAL FUND? SUCH THAT THOSE FUNDS. THOSE FEES ARE USED TO COMBAT TEENAGE DRINKING. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS OR WHATEVER WAY ABC METRO ABC SEES FIT BEFORE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WAYS AND I WOULD SAY CURRENTLY, THEY FANS THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM ABC ENFORCEMENT CASES GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO I WOULD SAY THAT AS A FUNCTION OF THIS BODY TO DICTATE WHERE THAT GOES, BUT I WOULD SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SPEAK YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY DO GO INTO A GENERAL FUND. I'M SEEING IT IS IF YOU'RE DOING THE WORK TO BRING THAT IN. YOU SHOULD AT LEAST GET TO DIRECT WHERE THAT MONEY IS USED. NO OBJECTION HERE, SIR. SO IS THERE RESPONSE I COULD GET FROM KENNY ATTORNEY ON THAT. THIS IS PAUL RUTHERFORD WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. I DO NOT KNOW I'M COVERING THIS ITEM FOR OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. SHE'S SHE'S HAD TO BE OUT TODAY. I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR, BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND GET BACK TO YOU JUST AS SOON AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL AHEAD. THANK YOU HAVE I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS ESSENTIALLY COULD THESE FUNDS BE USED FOR MORE PROACTIVE? THE FUNDS FROM THE FEES COLLECTED COULD BE USED FOR MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH. IS THAT CORRECT OR INCORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, OK, AND, AS BRAD HAS POINTED OUT WITH HIS DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO DO IS THIS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY WANT. THEY'RE GOING TO SUBMIT IT TO THE ADMINISTRATION. THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO PICK THAT APART. COME UP WITH WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HIS BUDGET IS DRIVEN BY MAYOR GREENBERG AND THE ADMINISTRATION, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. SO HE COULD ASK FOR THE EARTH, THE STARS, THE MOON AND ADMINISTRATION MAY COME OVER AND GIVE US NOTHING. ON THAT PLAN, AND WE COULD AT THAT TIME ADD THINGS BACK IN, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A HELL OF A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY HERE. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR US TO BE HAVING AND APRIL AND MAY GOING INTO THE JUNE BUDGET CYCLE. SO UM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AT THIS TIME? I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AND TELL YOU THANK YOU, BRETT FOR I READ THE NOTES. I KNOW I'M LATE JOINING HERE AND UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DIRECTION TO GO IN AS SOMEONE THAT'S TRAVELED TO COUNTY. WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR. THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP AND, UM, I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT MERGER, THE PROS AND THE CONS THIS IS TO ME SHOWS THAT WE'RE READY TO CONTINUE IN A BETTER DIRECTION. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION ON THIS AND I'LL LET YOU ARGUE OUT THE FINES AND FEES AND 5050. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I WASN'T JUST GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.NICE TO MEET YOU. ALSO COUNCIL IN SIGN UM I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW THE END OF FORMULA FOR THE 5050.
WHAT KIND OF WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THIS PROCESS? UM PART OF THE PROCESS IS THE AGREEMENT IS THEY MIGHT HOLD THE COURT. DEPENDING ON OUR AVAILABILITY. MIDDLETOWN MIGHT HOLD THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OR METRO DEPENDS ON AVAILABILITY SO THEY MIGHT HOST EVERYTHING IN THERE.
CITY HALL. AND THEN WE IF WE WRITE OR PARTICIPATE IN THAT FUNCTION AT ALL, AND WE WOULD STILL ENJOY ONE HALF OF WHATEVER FEES WERE GENERATED SO IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ALL DOWN TOWN IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OR METRO IS GOING TO BE DOING ALL THE WORK. THEY MIGHT DO ALL OF THE WORK AND THEN WE GET HALF OF THE FIELD. SO IT'S AS LONG AS METRO HAS PARTICIPATED IN AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION, THEN WE WOULD RECEIVE HALF OF THE FUN OR FEED THAT WAS GENERATED FROM THE ACTION. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR OUR 50 CENT 50% GOING INTO A GENERAL FUND. WHAT ABOUT MIDDLETOWN'S? THEY WOULD GO TO CHOIR TO THEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY STIPULATIONS ON WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR ME, SIR. AND I'M I MEAN, YOU KNOW ME. UM ONE FINE AGAINST SOMEBODY FOR SELLING DOING UNDERAGE IS AROUND. I MEAN , I HATE TO SAY DOLLAR AMOUNTS ON, UH ON CAMERAS, BUT WHEN YOU GET IN THE $2500 RANGE FOR SELLING BEER TO A MINOR, IT CHANGES BEHAVIOR. AND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE MIGHT BE
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SAVING A LIFE ABOUT BY CATCHING SOMEBODY THAT SELLS TWO KIDS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND STOPPING THAT BEHAVIOR AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT FOR ME. BUT AT YOUR AGENCY IS GOING TO STOP THE BEHAVIOR, NOT MIDDLETOWN'S, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION CORRECT OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DEAL WITH THE JUVENILES. DIFFERENT POWER. YES, SIR. I WOULD BE GETTING 50. IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE GRANTING ME THE MY ASK. I'VE ASKED FOR THIS ABILITY. BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP THEM ERADICATE THIS PROBLEM. OKAY, SO THEREFORE I MEAN, IF THEY JUST GAVE ME THE ABILITY AT THE MOMENT IN TIME, AND I MEAN THAT I'M VERY SINCERE WHEN I SAY IT. I'VE ASKED FOR YEARS WHILE WAS THE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR. I WANTED THE ABILITY TO HELP THEM IN MIDDLETOWN AND HELP THEM AND SHARPLY HELPED THEM IN SAINT MATTHEW'S. THIS WAY. THEY'RE HOPING PAY. SOME MONEY TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ACROSS GLOBAL METRO. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T GET EXTRA EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE FIND SOMEBODY WE CHANGE BEHAVIOR AND SAVE A LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M UP. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. THANK YOU.
YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. HEARING ON THIS RESOLUTION REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE ON SEVERITY. I IN OPPOSITION. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION. HERE IN OPPOSITION, ESPECIALLY UNANIMOUSLY SHOULD BE SENT TO CONSENT COUNTER. THANK YOU, BRAD. NEXT ADAM ON ARE GENERALLY ITEM NUMBER TWO. OR A DASH 146-23 RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR METRO ANIMAL SERVICES CONCERNING A TRAP, NEUTER AND RETURN PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY CATS. ALLEY CATS ADVOCATE INC $70,000 IS THEIR EMOTION. I WAS PROBABLY BEFORE US. I THINK WE'VE GOT MR FRANKLIN HERE TO SPEAK TO IT. MR FRANKLIN. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF THE RECORD, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JUSTIN FRANKLIN AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LOUISVILLE METRO ANIMAL SERVICE. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF A CONTRACT WITH AND, UH SORRY. ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES. UM WE'VE HAD THIS CONTRACT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND WE ARE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY. THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED IN. WE ARE JUST HERE BEFORE YOUTUBE PUSH THIS FORWARD. GOT YOU APPRECIATE THAT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIR, JUMP IN, MR REID. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. FRANKLIN THE CONTRACT IS NOT COMPETITIVE IS THE REASON FOR THAT? IS THIS A PROPRIETY? PROPRIETARY? UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT. NO UM THIS IS THE ONLY, UM.
COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, SO WE PARTNER WITH THEM. THEY PROVIDE A PORTION OF OUR SPAY AND NEUTER SPAY NEUTERING OF CATS. SO AND THEY'RE ON THE SAME PROPERTY AS US, SO IT JUST WORKS OUT THAT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. OKAY THANK YOU. COUNCILOR HUDSON. THANK YOU. CHAIR. SO IN IN DISTRICT 23. I ENJOY A PROLIFERATION OF FERAL CATS IN, UH IN MCNEALY PARK. TO THE POINT WHERE A CAT COLONY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. AND UH, IN MY OPINION, ABUSED. UM, THE AREA THAT WAS DESIGNATED FOR CAT COLONY. WE EVEN HAD TO HAVE PARKS PUT UP A SIGN THAT SAYS THIS IS NOT THE AREA FOR THE CAT COLONY AND YOU WALK IN THERE, AND THERE'S MAYBE 20 CAT SHELTERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE. UM DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON THE NUMBER OF CATS THAT HAVE BEEN. AND HELP ME STEP ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IS THAT TRAP NEUTER? AND THESE TRAPPING RELEASE SO HE WOULD CATCH THEM OR SOMEONE WILL BRING THEM IN. THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH ALLEY CATS GET THEM SCHEDULED FOR A NEUTER, WHICH IS NORMALLY BY THE NEXT DAY. UM AND THEN WE WOULD RELATE THEM BACK TO THE AREA THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH. I DID RECEIVE THE EMAIL ABOUT THIS QUESTION. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO ONE OF MY LIEUTENANTS AND DIRECTOR BOOK BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW , BUT WE ARE GOING TO WORK UP AND GET IT TO YOU THIS WEEK, OKAY? AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHORT NOTICE ON ASKING THAT QUESTION. BUT YEAH, IF YOU COULD GET THAT DATA, AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO UM ADJUST THAT PROCESS TO MAKE IT A BUT THAT TRAP NEUTER AND RELOCATE. WELL THE THING WITH THAT IS CATS BECOME A COMMUNITY AND THEIR AREAS, SO THEY KNOW WHERE THE DANGERS ARE WHERE THE FOOD IS, IF YOU TAKE A CAT OUT OF WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW. YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH SENTENCING THEM TO NOT MAKE IT
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BECAUSE THE NEGRO INTO A FERAL MODE WHERE THE EVENTUALLY THEY WILL JUST GET KILLED. OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ARGUE THESE ARE FERAL WILDCATS. RIGHT SO THEIR COMMUNITY CATS I CAN SPEAK TO THAT THEY'RE FERAL OR NOT. OKAY, BUT THEN RESULT IS THEIR LIVING OUTSIDE, RIGHT? YES KILLING RODENTS. I'LL TAKE IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CHAIR. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEFINITION OF A COMMUNITY CARE AND A FERAL CAT? WELL, COMMUNITY CAT IS I LIVE WHERE I LIVE. I HAVE THREE OR FOUR CATS WHO COME INTO MY HOUSE AND I FEED THEM. UM THOSE ARE COMMUNITY CATS MEAN IF YOU NEIGHBORS, WE ALL KIND OF PITCH IN AND TAKE CARE TOGETHER. A PHARAOH CAT IS ONE THAT WON'T LET YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. THAT IS, YOU KNOW, NOT APPROACHABLE COMMUNITY. CATS WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, AND THEY'RE VERY FRIENDLY. THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE SKITTISH, BUT IN THE END OF THE DAY. THEY KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE FOOD AND THE DRINK AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE. THANK THANK YOU. COUNSELING FLOOD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.I MEAN, MR CHAIR PROMOTIONS. YEAH, THE PROGRESSION AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE I GOT A COMPLAINT THE OTHER DAY FROM SOMEONE, UM, WHERE THEY WERE TRAPPING AND RELEASING A LOT OF CATS TO THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE AFRAID OF THESE CATS BECAUSE THEY DON'T STAY ON THEIR PROPERTY. BUT THEY SEEM TO COME TO HER PROPERTY IS THERE UM, ANYTHING THAT ANIMAL CONTROL DOES ONCE THESE CATS BECOME AN ISSUE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT LIVES CLOSE TO THAT AREA OR NEXT TO THEM. SHE'S SAYING SHE HAS, LIKE 10 CATS THAT AND SHE'S DEFINITELY AFRAID OF HIM TO GO IN AND OUT OF HER HOUSE. WHEN SHE SEES THE CANCELING STAY ON HER CAR, THEY STAY ON THE LEDGE OF OUR WINDOWS. SHE DOESN'T FEED THEM OR ANYTHING. UM, WELL, THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE IF I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD BE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH SOME ANSWERS TO THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING ABOUT THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO ASK THAT WE, UM WATERSON TRAIL WHEN I VISITED THEM, UM, SO THAT THEY HAD A RAP PROBLEM AND SAID, I BROUGHT IN CATS TO TAKE CARE OF THE REP PROBLEM, AND THEN THE CATS HAVE TAKEN OVER AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT. I SAW SEVERAL RESIDENTS. IN AT THAT MEETING, SAY THAT AND EVEN THE COUNCIL SAYING THAT THEY FEED CATS OR THEY DELIVER FOOD AND DONATE FOOD, SO, UM, THEY ALSO NEED HELP, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE SERVICE IS GO OUT THERE. I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN THE DATA TO SEE WHERE WE'RE THE MOST SERVICES ARE. I KNOW I LIVE IN SHIVELY. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THREE DOORS DOWN FROM ME WHO TRAPS THE CATS. GETS GETS THEM FIXED AND RELEASED THEM AND MY HUSBAND AND I SWEAR THAT OUR HOUSE WAS OWNED BY A CAT LADY BECAUSE THEY STAY IN OUR YARD. BUT WE DO HAVE DOGS IN THE BACK SO THAT DETERS THEM AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT AROUND THE YARD TO HELP DETER THEM. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. BUT AS FAR AS THE OUTREACH HOW FAR DOES THOSE SERVICES GO? AND WHAT A PLACE LIKE WATERSON TRAIL BE ABLE TO GET SUPPORT. WELL WE COVERED JEFFERSON COUNTY, SO AS LONG AS THE CAT'S BEEN CAUGHT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WE WILL DO THE TNR PROGRAM. AND THEN IN YOUR SPECIFIC AREA, I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AND SEE. BUT OUR SERVICES ARE FOR ALL JEFFERSON COUNTY, SO IT'S SOMETHING I COULD DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. HAVING DONE THIS RESOLUTION THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY. AYE AYE, OPPOSITION. YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND SHOULD BE SENT TO CONSENT CALENDAR. JUSTIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A SUPER EVENING. THANK YOU. AGENDA WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE ARE
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