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GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT[Roll Call]
AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE AND COUNCILWOMAN CHAIR FOWLER AND UM COUNCILMAN KEVIN CRAMER, VICE CHAIR HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY, AND COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.UM, WE'RE JOINED BY OUR NEWLY JOINED MEMBER CANCER. WOMAN PARISH, RIGHT? DONNA PURVIS IS WITH US. COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS IS WITH US IN THE IN CHAMBERS. COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER IS IN CHAMBERS. COUNCILMAN DAN SAM IS ONLINE COUNCILMAN RICK BLACKWELL IS ONLINE. COUNCIL AND STEWART, HIS OWN LAND. COUNCILMAN SCOTT READERS ONLINE AND CANCELED WOMAN. JENNIFER CHAPEL IS ONLINE. SO WE HAVE A FULL BOAT AND A QUORUM. WE'VE GOT SIX ATOMS TODAY. UM WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE DISCLAIMER? THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PRESERVE THE CARE IS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A. THANK YOU, SIR. UM ADAM, NUMBER ONE IS A P 1115 TO 3 RC APPOINTMENT OF RONALD
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CARMICHAEL TO THE RIVER PORTS AUTHORITY BORROWERS. BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY. 31ST 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION? SO I MOVED. PERFECTLY MOVED AND SECONDED IS BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON. HELP OUT THE A JACKSON FROM MAYOR GREENBERG'S OFFICE BEFORE I GET INTO RIVER PORTS. I WANT TO GIVE HER OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY. AND SO TODAY FOR DISCUSSION WE HAVE FOR REPUBLICANS TO DEMOCRATS TO AFRICAN AMERICANS. THREE CAUCASIANS, ONE SELF IDENTIFIED AS OTHER TWO FEMALES, AND FOR MALES. UM. RIVER PORTS, UM, IS ESTABLISHED TO MAINTAIN, OPERATE AND EXPAND NECESSARY AND PROPER PROPER RIVER NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP PROPERTY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONS OF THE RIVER PORTS TO ATTRACT RIVER ORIENTED INDUSTRIES. UH RIVER PORTS HAS SIX MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. ALL ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.THESE APPOINTMENTS HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS, AND THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING MR CARMICHAEL TO FEEL A, UM. SEE THAT WAS DUE TO A TERM EXPIRING. AND SO MR RON CARMICHAEL IS REPLACING AND WALES WHO COMPLETED UM, WHO STARTED HER MAXIMUM TIME ON THE BOARD. MR CARMICHAEL IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 18. HE IS A WHITE MALE REPUBLICAN. HE HAS
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OVER 50 YEARS, EXPERIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY. HE IS CURRENTLY A CONSULTANT FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF DISAPPOINTMENT.THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? MR CARMICHAEL IS HERE . GREAT THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD, SIR? IF YOU ARE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RONALD CARMICHAEL. GO BY RON. THANK YOU, SIR. UM COUNSEL. WOMEN SHOULD BE COMPARISON. RIGHT? DID YOU HAVE QUESTION. YES, I DID, UM. I'M NEW AND I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP. THE PROCESS IS I'VE ALSO BEEN THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS, SO I KNOW HOW IT IT CAN BE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM I'VE ALSO ATTENDED SOME RECENT COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR NAME. BUT I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS NAMES ALREADY APPOINTED TO OTHER BOARDS. AND I JUST AS A WOMAN THAT WEARS MANY HATS. I DON'T HAVE A DOUBT THAT PEOPLE CAN DO IT. I'M JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN APPLYING FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO I REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO TELL YOU. I'M GOING TO NOT HOLD UP THE PROCESS AND SUPPORT ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS. BUT I WILL BE LOOKING INTO YOU KNOW MORE PEOPLE. GETTING INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE BEING ENGAGED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, UM ANYONE ELSE? YES COUNSELOR IN RENTAL. WEBER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY. WHAT INTERESTS YOU ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD. I'VE LIVED IN LOUISVILLE SINCE 1971. HELP CUTE LITTLE GIRL THAT I MARRIED 71, AND WE'VE HAD THREE CHILDREN AND I HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN LIVING IN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY AND I HAVE I'VE ALWAYS FELT.
NEED TO SERVE. TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE OF, ACTUALLY SERVED FOR 15 YEARS OF THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR BOARD. SERVED ONE YEAR AS CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE FAIR BOARD . I HAVE SERVED IN CAPACITIES OF MY CHURCH. SCHOOL, OTHER CIVIC AREAS. UH I'M BEGIN. I AM SEMI RETIRED. I DO HAVE 52 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE AH TASK. THAT THAT THAT BEING OVERSEEN BY THE RIVER PORTS AUTHORITY. UM I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE. AND AGAIN I'M SEMI RETIRED. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE THE TIME AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND UM, I AM. I HAVE A I STILL HAVE THIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
VOLUNTEER SERVICE OF ALWAYS HAD THAT AND I FEEL LIKE THIS. UH BASICALLY SUBMITTED MY NAME. FOR CONSIDERATION AND I THINK THIS IS ONE AREA. THAT I THINK THE MY EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE CAN HELP OUT. I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE THE REPORT AUTHORITY MAY BE DEEMED MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS. BECAUSE. YEAH JUST A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF OUTSIDE INVESTORS THAT COME INTO THIS CITY. BRING A LOT OF JOBS. A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M WHATEVER I CAN DO. FOR FEW YEARS TO MAKE IT BETTER. UM I WAS. I FEEL LIKE THIS FITS SOMETHING THAT WHERE I CAN PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF A BENEFIT. THANK THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU. UM I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OF THE SIX APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. FIVE OF THEM ARE FROM EAST LOUISVILLE, UM, NOT PICKING ON ONE SPECIFIC DISTRICT. BUT THE RIVER GOES, IT ISN'T JUST IN USE LEVEL AIR POLLUTION IS A PROBLEM OUR ENTIRE COUNTY DEALS WITH, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE HIS ALL COGNIZANT OF THAT FACT AND ENCOURAGE MORE DIVERSITY. GEOGRAPHICALLY ON THESE BOARDS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. THINK ABOUT THEM SHARE DON'T DISTRICT VERY WITH COUNCILMAN CHAPEL ON THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE AREA. OH BUT
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I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE KNOWN MR CARMICHAEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE SEEN HIM IN ACTION AND A LOT OF BOARDS AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS MUCH OF A REPORT IN MY AREA. I AM THRILLED. HE PUT HIS NAME IN THE HAT AND VERY EXCITED THAT THAT THE MAYOR HAS DECIDED TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. I BELIEVE HE CAN BRING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE BOARD AND SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT HIM AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR COUNSELOR. BLACKWELL HAVE RIVER PORTS SOUTH AND PART OF THE REPORT NORTH AND MY DISTRICT AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE AND WILLING TO SERVE. UM WITH THAT, IF IT'S THERE, IT IS ANYONE ELSE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OKAY. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SO THIS IS AN OUT OF THAT CAN BE A ROLL CALL. VOTE I'M SORRY. VOICE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AH OKAY. NICE BOUND LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GUARD CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, MR CARMICHAEL. NUMBER TWO IS A P 1115 TO 3 WS APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM SUMMERS, THE FIFTH TO THE RIVER PORTS AUTHORITY BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE PURPOSE? NATIVE SECOND THANK ISN'T LIKE WELL.PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. WILLIAMS SUMMERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO REPLACE MR LESTER SANDERS, WHO RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD. WILLIAM IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL 16. HE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT. HE HAS 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BANKING. UH WILLIAM WILLOX ASSIST WITH PLANNING AND FINANCIAL STRATEGY. CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT THAT EXPERTISE ON THE BOARD, SO THE MAYOR IS ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. UM TO BE APPROVED TODAY. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE HITTING QUESTIONS? IS MR SUMMERS HERE? HE'S NOT. UM MR SUMMERS IS ONE OF THE NAMES THAT I'VE HEARD FREQUENTLY ON OTHER BOARDS, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME PROMPTED.
PART OF WHAT PROMPTED MY STATEMENT. I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ON METRO BOARDS, SO I WAS HERE AT A COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE WAS A BOARD THAT DIDN'T NEED OUR APPROVAL THAT THE MAYOR APPOINTED HIM ON. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE I WANT MORE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MR SUMMERS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE NAMES. I'VE HEARD BEING APPOINTED TO OTHER BOARDS.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THAT. BUT WITH THAT YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT.
COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. WERE YOU IN THE QUEUE FOR THIS ONE? I WAS . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT WE HAVE SOME. WELL, I THINK, UM, WHEN THE NEW BUSINESS CAME AND FALSE LAST WEEK, AND I SAW WHO WAS BEING APPOINTED TO RURAL ELEMENTS REALLY EXCITED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THE TWO THAT WE HAVE, UM, BEING BROUGHT BEFORE US TODAY SO BUT ALSO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT MR SUMMERS ON THE BOARD AS WELL. ON THAT NOTE, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE, BUT, UH DO YOU REMEMBER LARRY MCFALL, WHO WAS OVER THE RIVER PORTS FOR YEARS? HE PASSED AWAY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. UM OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS OKAY, THIS, UM, IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE PHONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. TONIGHT NIGHT. AMAZED BY LIKES THAT THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NUMBER THREE IS RP 111523 M. N. REAPPOINTMENT OF MARISSA NEIL TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES. STUDENT 30TH 2026. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION. DONE PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS UP THERE. SO THE AIRPORT THE AIRPORT, THE AIR POLLUTION. I'M SORRY THAT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD IS THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND LOUISVILLE. THIS BOARD HAS SEVEN MEMBERS ON IT. MEMBERS SERVED FOR 33 YEAR TERMS. AND WE, UM. WE LOOKED AT APPLICATIONS ON FILE FOR THE PAST YEAR FROM, UM, AND THERE WERE EIGHT PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND THREE WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY AND SO, MARISSA NEIL, WE'RE ASKING FOR HER RE APPOINTMENT. MS NEAL, UM, HAS
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BEEN A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2021 . SHE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 17. SHE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED BOARD MEMBER, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR HER APPROVAL FOR HER TO BE REAPPOINTED FOR A SECOND TERM. UH MISS NEIL ASSIST BUSINESS OWNERS WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND SHE ALSO CULTURES. HIS CULTURE IS BUSINESSES WITH MARKETING. AND SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THE CONTRACTS AND GRANT REGULATIONS AND RULES. SHE IS ACTUALLY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY, GREAT IF SHE COULD COME FORWARD.WELCOME IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MARISSA MIDKIFF, NEIL. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT TO ASK. I'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR WITH THIS, MIDKIFF. WE'RE PROBABLY RELATED CAROLINE. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE A LOT OF ANYWAY. YOU DON'T SEE THAT NUMBER NAME SPELLED THAT WAY OFTEN. YES, AND I KNOW YEAH. I CAN TELL YOU AFTERWARDS HOW THAT STARTED, SO WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE ALL RELATED. ALL RIGHT, UM SO IF YOU WOULDN'T GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW, AND YOU'RE WHERE YOU WANT IT TO BE ON THE BOARD SHORT . WELL, IS A REAPPOINTMENT OKAY? IN THE NINETIES, I HAD CHAIRED THE WAS THE OZONE PREVENTION COALITION BACK THEN. SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AIR POLLUTION.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RIVER PORT, TOUCHING A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS. AIR OBVIOUSLY TOUCHES EVERYBODY. UM, AND HAVE JUST REALLY BEEN INTERESTED AND INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES MORE FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, QUITE FRANKLY, BUT YOU KNOW, TODAY WE HAD A MEETING. I THINK WE HAD LET'S SAY SEVEN INDIVIDUALS CAME TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS TODAY RESIDENTS, SO I GUESS, UM AND SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUGGLING ALL OF THAT, ALONG WITH THE REGULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE CUBE. UM . IT'S NEW ON THE SYSTEM AND NOT SURE WHO WAS FIRST IN THE QUEUE. CANCEL WOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
MISS NEIL. UM I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT INITIATIVES HAS THE WORKING ON AS OF LATE AND WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED TO CARRY THE TORCH ON? UM SHOULD YOU BE ELECTED AGAIN? MARIA POINTS AND SO SORRY. YEAH, WELL, REEMPLOYMENT. I KNOW, UM THE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE DISTRICT WAS JUST AWARDED A GRANT. THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGES IN REGULATIONS. UM WE ARE WORKING WITH MSD ON AN ORDER THERE, AND THERE'S JUST ALWAYS SOMETHING, UM THAT THAT IS COMING UP AND IT IS A PHENOMENAL I CAN'T STRESS HOW PHENOMENAL THE STAFF IS. UM I'VE JUST BEEN SO SUPER IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THEM ENGINEERS DOWN TO THE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS AND EVEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. SO THERE'S JUST THEY BRING SOMETHING NEW. FOR US TO CONSIDER EACH MONTH.
SO I THINK I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE GRANT THAT WE WERE JUST AWARDED, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED AT TODAY'S MEETING AND HAVE VERY GOOD, MORE DETAILS NEXT TIME. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM LET'S SEE. CANCELED WOMEN PURPOSE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MISS NEIL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE RECENT SMELL EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND WEST LOUISVILLE, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR OPINION ON THOSE ISSUES WE JUST. CAN YOU EXCUSE ME? CAN YOU TALK? YOU HAVE THIS SWEET LITTLE SOUTH SOUTH BOILS. CAN YOU TALKING TO MIKE, PLEASE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A SWEET SO OKAY. HAS THAT BETTER? UM WE DISCUSSED THAT TODAY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE DRY WEATHER. UM BUT I THINK THAT DIRECTOR HAMBLETON MENTIONED TODAY, GOING BACK AND TALKING TO MSD. UM AGAIN. SO THERE WAS A PRESENTATION TODAY AND IT'S IT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. ABSOLUTELY AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CALL AND REPORT AS AS THERE'S AN ODOR CALL REPORTED. DON'T JUST ASSUME THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR IS GOING TO REPORT IT OR THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN CALLED IN LAST WEEK CALL AGAIN. MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE DISTRICT KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ADDRESSING SOME OF THE OTHER EFFECT THERE WAS OF THE AIR POLLUTION IN ADDITION TO MSD THE
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UPPER TOWN. COMPANIES. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW. UM. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY YOU KNOW WHAT THE BOARD IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE REGULATED ENTITIES ARE COMPLYING. WITH THE REGULATIONS AS THEY'RE WRITTEN. WE CAN'T DO.WE CAN'T DO MORE THAN THE REGULATIONS. DO YOU THINK THE BOARD SHOULD BE AS AGGRESSIVE WITH THESE OTHER ENTITIES AS THEY ARE WITH MST? UM I FEEL THAT THE COMPLIANCE SECTION DOES DOES A FAIR JOB GIVEN THE REGULATIONS THAT THEY'RE WORKING UNDER? DO YOU EVER THINK THAT PEOPLE WEST OF NINTH STREET IN THE WEST END NEIGHBORHOODS OR VICTIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE. THEY'RE THE BROWNFIELD ISSUE ALONE. UM I CAN'T. I CAN'T DENY THAT. THAT IS AN ISSUE. UM, ABSOLUTELY. IS IT AN ISSUE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO ADDRESS? UM, YES, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW I'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST. WHEN I WORKED. I WORKED FOR THE CITY.
UM AS AN INTERN WHILE I WAS WORKING. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN URBAN PLANNING. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT , UM, UM, FAMILIAR WITH HERE.
ABSOLUTELY SORRY. GO AHEAD. DO YOU THINK YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD WELCOME A MEETING WITH THE WEST END? OH, I THINK. YOU ALL ARE NORMALLY ON THE CALLS ARE THE UM AREN'T YOU? SOMEBODY IS NORMALLY ONLINE FOR OUR BOARD MEETINGS. AND ABSOLUTELY I'D WELCOME MEETING WITH WITH ANYBODY. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN SEND US A SCHEDULE BE ABOARD MEETINGS? UM THEY'RE POSTED. BUT I AM I WILL ASK ONE OF THE STAFF TO DO THAT. DONALD UP PROGRESS AT LOUISVILLE. OKAY WANAKA? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ONLINE. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK OKAY, SCENE AND THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH LIKE SON. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR, MY NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. OKAY ADAM, NUMBER FOUR IS A P 1115 TO 3 SJ APPOINTMENT AS SAJJAD JAMIL TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES. DECEMBER 31ST 2026 DO I HEAR A MOTION? SOME OF PURPOSE SECONDARY. PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO DR JAMIL CANNOT ATTEND. TODAY HE HAD A FAMILY CONFLICT. WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. HE IS GOING TO REPLACE CARL HILTON CRAWLS TERM. UM. HE'S COMPLETING HIS TERM AND THAT WILL EXPIRE. 1231 DOCTORS THAT SUGGESTED IS A PHYSICIAN, AND HE IS ADAM METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT, 16 HE SELF IDENTIFIES AS OTHER HE IS A DEMOCRAT. THE MAYOR FELT THAT AS A MEDICAL PHYSICIAN THAT DOCTOR SUGGESTED WITH BRING A DIFFERENT LENS, UH TO THIS BOARD, AND THAT WITH THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE AND REVIEW REGULATORY POLICIES AND STANDARDS THAT WE FELT THAT DOCTOR SUGGESTED, COULD HELP SHAPE THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I DON'T SEE ANY BETTING INTO CUBE. OH, YES, UM OKAY, I'M COUNSELING PARIS, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M MISSING THE CUTE PART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS APPOINTMENT AND, UM, JUST WANT TO LIFT UP LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS TALKED ABOUT . EVEN WHEN I MOVED INTO THE NEW OFFICE, I SAW, UM, PAPERWORK AND MESSAGES ABOUT THE SMELLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT THIS THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HAVE A LIST OF THE MEETING SO THAT I CAN ATTEND. SO IF YOU GO ON TO THE AIRPORT POLLUTION CONTROLS. LOUISVILLE KY. DOT GOV WEB PAGE ALL OF THEIR MEETING MINUTES THEIR AGENDAS AND THEIR MEETING DAYS ARE LISTED THERE AND WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET IT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND CANCER WOMAN CHECK HELLO. UM, I WAS GOING TO THINK, UM DR. UH. SO HARD IS THAT HOW IT'S PRONOUNCED THAT, BUT IT'S JIM,
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ILL. SAHA, JAMIL BELIEVE TOGETHER WAY AROUND. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE JAMIL IS THE LAST NAME. I BELIEVE. UM BUT I BELIEVE IT STILL WORKS AT MARY AND ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR SERVING IN MY DISTRICT. UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A PULMONOLOGIST ON THIS BOARD, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT'S A DOCTOR THAT SPECIALIZES IN OUR LUNGS. AND SO THAT'S DIRECTLY TIED WITH AIR POLLUTION. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT FIT. UM AND YOU HAD KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT. BUT IS THIS REQUIRED TO HAVE A MEDICAL DOCTOR SERVING ON THIS BOARD OR THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT MAYOR GREENBERG FELT WAS A GOOD APPOINTMENT. NO IT'S NOT REQUIRED. THIS WAS JUST MAYOR GREENBERG WANTED TO HAVE FELT LIKE HE WOULD BE A GREAT FIT TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE HE COULD LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT APPOINTMENT, SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD TO SAY. AND I HAVE TO CORRECT THAT. IT WE THINK IT'S THE LAST NAME IS SAJJAD, BUT I'M NOT POSSIBLE. LAST NAME IS JAMIL . IT IS JAMIL. DOCTORS PERSONALLY. HIS LAST NAME IS JAMIL. OKAY? ALRIGHT WE STAND CORRECTED. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH NAMES FOUND LIKE SIGN. THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AH ATOM NUMBER FIVE. IS A P 1115 TO 3 CB APPOINTMENT OF CHARLIE BELL TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION SIGN SECOND? PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED CHARLIE BILL TO REPLACE DANIEL GARZA. MR GUARDS DIDN'T WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF MS BAIL. SHE HAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE REPUBLICAN OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR, UM, MISS BAIL WAS RECOMMENDED BY A METRO COUNCIL MEMBER. AH! WITH MS BILLS. UM JUSTICE AND EQUITY BACKGROUND. WE FELT LIKE SHE WOULD TO BRING A DIFFERENT, UH, PERSPECTIVE TO THIS BOARD. UH SHE COULD TAKE. SHE COULD HELP WITH THE STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES ENVIRON. JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE AS IT RELATES TO AIR QUALITY IN THE VARIOUS UNDERSERVED AREAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. AND MISS BILL IS IN THE CHAMBERS. WONDERFUL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD HIGH, I'M CHARLIE BILL. THANK YOU. UM WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVER YOUR RECENTLY FOR WANTING TO BE ON THE BOARD AND GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND? I'M CALLED TO SERVE RIGHT? SO I WANT TO FIND A BOARD THAT I WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR. AND WHAT DOES AIR NOT AFFECT? AIR AFFECTS EVERYTHING. WHETHER IT'S ECONOMIC, WHETHER IT'S EQUITY, WHETHER IT'S WHATEVER WE ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE THE AIR QUALITY IS GOOD IN THE CITY, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I CHOSE THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? BEEN IN THE QUEUE SINCE BEFORE WE GET TO HER. I'M SORRY IT'S NOT SHOWING BUT COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS THANK YOU, BILL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO HOLDING THE COMPANIES AND RUBBER TOWN. ACCOUNTABLE ACCORDING TO THE EPA STANDARDS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT DOING SUCH . OH ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE IS, UH REGULATIONS, BUT WITH THOSE REGULATIONS THERE COMES CONSEQUENCES AND IT'S A PROGRESSIVE ACTION AND I WILL HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIR IS BETTER IN THE CITY FOR EVERYBODY. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT REGULATORY REGULATORY PRACTICES. UM. DO YOU FEEL THAT SOME OF THEM ARE TOO STRICT? SOME OF THEM ARE TOO LENIENT WHEN IT COMES TO UH, COMPANIES THAT THROUGH A LOT OF POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR. CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR OPINION ON THAT? NOT HAVING SERVED ON THE ON THE BOARD YET. I SEE THAT THERE IS, UM SOME ISSUES AND I WANTED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE THINGS. OKAY? SO YOU YOU WOULDN'T BE IN FEAR OF COMPANIES[00:40:06]
SAYING THAT IF YOU MAKE DEMANDS. AH, ON WHAT THEY CAN DO. YOU WOULDN'T FOR THEM SAYING OH, WHERE IF YOU KEEP FOLLOWING KNOWS, WE'RE GOING TO PACK UP AND LEAVE AND GO TO ANOTHER TOWN . IF YOU SAY HEY, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, ACCORDING TO EPA STANDARDS ARE YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS. SHE'S GOING TO BE SUBJECTED TO FIND WHAT HAVE YOU HOW WOULD YOU? HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? I HAVE NO NO FEAR OF HOLDING SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS THAT'S FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THE FINE WHETHER IT IS, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO COME TO A HAPPY MEDIUM BECAUSE WE WANT ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY . BUT IF IT'S AT THE COST OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT'S ALREADY HERE. AND THAT'S JUST NOT OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM I DON'T SEE. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I DID. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. HI UM SORRY. NOT SURPRISED THERE THAT I'M IN THE QUEUE, HUH? COUNCILWOMAN UM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF ALL OF YOURSELF THINKING BUT OUT THERE TOWARDS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY.UM I WAS JUST WONDERING YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN FOR DAN DIANE PORTER SEAT. AND SINCE SHE HAD RECENTLY, UM, RESIGNED DUE TO HEALTH REASONS FROM THE J. C. P S SCHOOL BOARD. IS THAT A POSITION THAT YOU WOULD BE SEEKING IN THE FUTURE? UM AND IF SO, WOULD YOU BE MAINTAINING YOUR POSITION HERE ON THE AIR CONTROL COLLUSION? WORD. SO I WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN MY, UM MY FIRST COMMITMENT WOULD BE TO THIS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. I HAVE CONSIDERED FOR THROWING MY HAT BACK IN THE RING FOR MRS PORTER POSITION, BUT I'M NOT TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. I'M NOT FOR SURE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? YES UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM PARIS, RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN A WESTERN RESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN CHAPPELLE FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I'VE SEEN THAT.
IN YOUR WORK FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. THERE THERE. THERE HAS TO BE VOICES FOR SO MANY IN RUBBER TOWN, AND SO PEOPLE WERE DYING OF CANCER. HEART CONDITIONS, ALL THAT SO I REALLY FEEL CONFIDENT TO HAVE YOU A PART OF THIS POLLUTION BOARD AND JUST JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR HAT IN THE RING FOR IT. THANK YOU. AND MY COLLEAGUE SAID WE HAD A SHORTAGE OF REPUBLICANS, RIGHT SO JUST STORY THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT, CALLING FOR VOICE PHONE. ALL THOSE WHO FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH NICE TO LIKE SIGN. I'VE SEEN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MISS BELL. WE APPRECIATE IT. OUR NEXT ADAM IS ADAM NUMBER SIX. AND THAT IS A P 1115 TO 3 JP APPOINTMENT OF JEFF PARRISH TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. TERM EXPIRES MAY 1ST 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE PURPOSE? SECOND PERFECTLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS BEFORE US AND, UM MISS JACKSON. SO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING UM, BOARD IS SPECIFIC TO HOTELIERS. AH IT PROVIDES THIS THIS DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE, UM PROVIDE AND FINANCE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT UH, SPECIALLY BENEFITS CERTAIN DESIGNATED LODGING PROPERTIES WITHIN LOUISVILLE METRO, AND SO THERE ARE 15 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THEY ALL GO WHILE THEY ALL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SOME ARE APPOINTED BY REPRESENTATIVE OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES FROM LODGING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE 100 AND 50 ROOMS OR MORE. FOUR POINTED BY OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE PROPERTIES WITH LESS THAN 150 ROOMS. THE MAYOR HAS TWO APPOINTMENTS. AH WHOEVER TOURISM UM. AS A NON VOTING SEAT. UH METRO COUNCIL PRESIDENT SITS ON THIS BOARD. THE MAYOR SITS ON THIS BOARD AND THE CFO OF FOR TOURISM SITS ON THIS BOARD, BUT THAT IS A NON VOTING SEAT. UM
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JEFF IS REPLACING, UM AMBER BELLA'S DUE TO RESIGNATION. HE IS OUT OF MARRIOTT EAST, WHICH IS MORE THAN 150 ROOMS. UM JEFF IS THE GENERAL MANAGER. AND HE HAS 19 YEARS OF HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE, SO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD IS REAL SPECIFIC ON WHO WE CAN PUT ON THE BOARD AND WHO WE CAN'T JEFF IS HERE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU. ALSO FOR FUTURE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEFF PARRISH. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A LOT OF REVIEWS OF YOUR BACKGROUND. I MEAN, WE HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US, BUT MAYBE, UM, Y YOUR INTEREST IN THE SPORT IN PARTICULAR. SURE WHY? I'VE SPENT ALL MY HOSPITALITY CAREER HERE IN THE CITY OF GLOBAL SURROUNDING AREAS WITH MY CURRENT COMPANY ON SOME TRAVEL AS WELL. BUT ALL IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, I WAS HERE I WAS AT THE MARRIOTT EAST THROUGH OCTOBER 2020 TO WATCH THE TEAR DOWN OF THE INDUSTRY OF THAT RIDE TO THE COVID AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT BACK UP AND BE INVOLVED WITH 14 COUNTERPARTS THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME MISSION DIVERSITY AND THIS IS REALLY APPEALING TO GET WITH PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT VARYING SIZES LIKE MISS JACKSON SAID.DIFFERENT ENDS OF TOWN AIRPORT EAST END DOWNTOWN AND COLLABORATE ON DRIVING REVENUE.
UH IS A NO BRAINER TO HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE TO DISCUSS DRIVING REVENUE HAS HIS ALSO WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? FOR MR PARISH. LOOKING ONLINE. NO. ONE OKAY, THIS THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS A VOICE OF AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, UM AND NO SPELL LIKE SIDE. THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE TODAY. AND UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WILLING TO COME IN AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE COMMITTEE. UM, WITHOUT FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE
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GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT[05:08:17]
AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE AND COUNCILWOMAN CHAIR FOWLER AND UM COUNCILMAN KEVIN CRAMER, VICE[05:08:25]
CHAIR HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY, AND COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.[05:08:32]
UM, WE'RE JOINED BY OUR NEWLY JOINED MEMBER CANCER. WOMAN PARISH, RIGHT? DONNA PURVIS IS[05:08:40]
WITH US. COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS IS WITH US IN THE IN CHAMBERS. COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER IS IN[05:08:45]
CHAMBERS. COUNCILMAN DAN SAM IS ONLINE COUNCILMAN RICK BLACKWELL IS ONLINE. COUNCIL AND STEWART,[05:08:55]
HIS OWN LAND. COUNCILMAN SCOTT READERS ONLINE AND CANCELED WOMAN. JENNIFER CHAPEL IS[05:08:59]
ONLINE. SO WE HAVE A FULL BOAT AND A QUORUM. WE'VE GOT SIX ATOMS TODAY. UM WOULD YOU LIKE[05:09:07]
TO READ THDISCLAIMER? THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PRESERVE THE CARE IS 61.826 AND COUNCIL[05:09:14]
RULE FIVE. A. THANK YOU, SIR. UM ADAM, NUMBER ONE IS A P 1115 TO 3 RC APPOINTMENT OF RONALD[05:09:24]
CARMICHAEL TO THE RIVER PORTS AUTHORITY BORRORS. BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY. 31ST 2025, DO I[05:09:29]
HEAR A MOTION? SO I MOVED. PERFECTLY MOVED AND SECONDED IS BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON. HELP[05:09:40]
OUT THE A JACKSON FROM MAYOR GREENBERG'S OFFICE BEFORE I GET INTO RIVER PORTS. I WANT TO GIVE[05:09:48]
HER OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY. AND SO TODAY FOR DISCUSSION WE HAVE FOR[05:09:52]
REPUBLICANS TO DEMOCRATS TO AFRICAN AMERICANS. THREE CAUCASIANS, ONE SELF IDENTIFIED[05:10:00]
AS OTHER TWO FEMALES, AND FOR MALES. UM. RIVER PORTS, UM, IS ESTABLISHED TO MAINTAIN, OPERATE[05:10:13]
AND EXPAND NECESSARY AND PROPER PROPER RIVER NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND TO ACQUIRE AND[05:10:19]
DEVELOP PROPERTY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONS OF THE RIVER PORTS TO ATTRACT RIVER ORIENTED[05:10:25]
INDUSTRIES. UH RIVER PORTS HAS SIX MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. ALL ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.[05:10:34]
THESE APPOINTMENTS HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS, AND THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING MR[05:10:41]
CARMICHAEL TO FEEL A, UM. SEE THAT WAS DUE TO A TERM EXPIRING. AND SO MR RON CARMICHAEL IS[05:10:53]
REPLACING AND WALES WHO COMPLETED UM, WHO STARTED HER MAXIMUM TIME ON THE BOARD. MR[05:11:01]
CARMICHAEL IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 18. HE IS A WHITE MALE REPUBLICAN. HE HAS[05:11:09]
OVER 50 YEARS, EXPERIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY. HE IS CURRENTLY A[05:11:15]
CONSULTANT FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF DISAPPOINTMENT.[05:11:22]
THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? MR CARMICHAEL IS HERE[05:11:31]
. GREAT THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD, SIR? IF YOU ARE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR[05:11:37]
THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RONALD CARMICHAEL. GO BY RON. THANK YOU, SIR. UM COUNSEL. WOMEN[05:11:45]
SHOULD BE COMPARISON. RIGHT? DID YOU HAVE QUESTION. YES, I DID, UM. I'M NEW AND I DON'T WANT TO[05:11:54]
HOLD UP. THE PROCESS IS I'VE ALSO BEEN THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS, SO I KNOW HOW IT IT CAN[05:11:59]
BE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM I'VE ALSO ATTENDED SOME RECENT COUNCIL[05:12:03]
MEETINGS WHERE I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR NAME. BUT I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS NAMES[05:12:08]
ALREADY APPOINTED TO OTHER BOARDS. AND I JUST AS A WOMAN THAT WEARS MANY HATS. I DON'T[05:12:13]
HAVE A DOUBT THAT PEOPLE CAN DO IT. I'M JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT TO[05:12:18]
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN APPLYING FOR[05:12:22]
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO I REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME[05:12:27]
TO TELL YOU. I'M GOING TO NOT HOLD UP THE PROCESS AND SUPPORT ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS. BUT I[05:12:32]
WILL BE LOOKING INTO YOU KNOW MORE PEOPLE. GETTING INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE, MORE[05:12:38]
PEOPLE BEING ENGAGED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, UM[05:12:44]
ANYONE ELSE? YES COUNSELOR IN RENTAL. WEBER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I WOULD JUST[05:12:49]
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY. WHAT INTERESTS YOU ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD. I'VE LIVED IN[05:12:54]
LOUISVILLE SINCE 1971. HELP CUTE LITTLE GIRL THAT I MARRIED 71, AND WE'VE HAD THREE CHILDREN AND[05:13:03]
I HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN LIVING IN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY AND I HAVE I'VE ALWAYS FELT.[05:13:13]
NEED TO SERVE. TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE OF, ACTUALLY SERVED FOR 15 YEARS OF THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR[05:13:22]
BOARD. SERVED ONE YEAR AS CHAIRMAN ON THE STATE FAIR BOARD . I HAVE SERVED IN CAPACITIES OF[05:13:29]
MY CHURCH. SCHOOL, OTHER CIVIC AREAS. UH I'M BEGIN. I AM SEMI RETIRED. I DO HAVE 52 YEARS[05:13:42]
EXPERIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE AH TASK. THAT THAT[05:13:52]
THAT BEING OVERSEEN BY THE RIVER PORTS AUTHORITY. UM I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF QUALIFICATIONS[05:13:59]
AND EXPERIENCE. AND AGAIN I'M SEMI RETIRED. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE THE TIME AND I FEEL[05:14:07]
LIKE I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND UM, I AM. I HAVE A I STILL HAVE THIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.[05:14:15]
VOLUNTEER SERVICE OF ALWAYS HAD THAT AND I FEEL LIKE THIS. UH BASICALLY SUBMITTED MY NAME. FOR[05:14:26]
CONSIDERATION AND I THINK THIS IS ONE AREA. THAT I THINK THE MY EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE CAN[05:14:33]
HELP OUT. I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE THE REPORT AUTHORITY MAY BE DEEMED MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS. BECAUSE. YEAH JUST A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF OUTSIDE INVESTORS THAT COME INTO THIS CITY. BRING A LOT OF JOBS. A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M WHATEVER I CAN DO. FOR[05:15:01]
FEW YEARS TO MAKE IT BETTER. UM I WAS. I FEEL LIKE THIS FITS SOMETHING THAT WHERE I CAN PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF A BENEFIT. THANK THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU. UM I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OF THE SIX APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. FIVE OF THEM ARE FROM EAST LOUISVILLE, UM, NOT PICKING ON ONE SPECIFIC DISTRICT. BUT THE RIVER GOES, IT ISN'T JUST IN USE LEVEL AIR POLLUTION IS A PROBLEM OUR ENTIRE COUNTY DEALS WITH, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE HIS ALL COGNIZANT OF THAT FACT AND ENCOURAGE MORE DIVERSITY. GEOGRAPHICALLY ON THESE BOARDS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. THINK ABOUT THEM SHARE DON'T DISTRICT VERY WITH COUNCILMAN CHAPEL ON THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE AREA. OH BUT I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE KNOWN MR CARMICHAEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE SEEN HIM IN ACTION AND A LOT OF BOARDS AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS MUCH OF A REPORT IN MY AREA. I AM THRILLED. HE PUT HIS NAME IN THE HAT AND VERY EXCITED THAT THAT THE MAYOR HAS DECIDED TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. I BELIEVE HE CAN BRING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE BOARD AND SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT HIM AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR COUNSELOR. BLACKWELL HAVE RIVER PORTS SOUTH AND PART OF THE REPORT NORTH AND MY DISTRICT AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE AND WILLING TO SERVE. UM WITH THAT, IF IT'S THERE, IT IS ANYONE ELSE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OKAY. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SO THIS IS AN OUT OF THAT CAN BE A ROLL CALL. VOTE I'M SORRY. VOICE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AH OKAY. NICE BOUND LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GUARD CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, MR CARMICHAEL. NUMBER TWO IS A P 1115 TO 3 WS APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM SUMMERS, THE FIFTH TO THE RIVER PORTS AUTHORITY BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE PURPOSE? NATIVE SECOND THANK ISN'T LIKE WELL.
PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. WILLIAMS SUMMERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO REPLACE MR LESTER SANDERS, WHO RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD. WILLIAM IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL 16. HE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT. HE HAS 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BANKING. UH WILLIAM WILLOX ASSIST WITH PLANNING AND FINANCIAL STRATEGY. CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT THAT EXPERTISE ON THE BOARD, SO THE MAYOR IS ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. UM TO BE APPROVED TODAY. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE HITTING QUESTIONS? IS MR SUMMERS HERE? HE'S NOT. UM MR SUMMERS IS ONE OF THE NAMES THAT I'VE HEARD FREQUENTLY ON OTHER BOARDS, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME PROMPTED.
PART OF WHAT PROMPTED MY STATEMENT. I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ON METRO BOARDS, SO I WAS HERE AT A COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE WAS A BOARD THAT DIDN'T NEED OUR APPROVAL THAT THE MAYOR APPOINTED HIM ON. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE I WANT MORE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MR SUMMERS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE NAMES. I'VE HEARD BEING APPOINTED TO OTHER BOARDS.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THAT. BUT WITH THAT YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT.
COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. WERE YOU IN THE QUEUE FOR THIS ONE? I WAS . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT WE HAVE SOME. WELL, I THINK, UM, WHEN THE NEW BUSINESS CAME AND FALSE LAST WEEK, AND I SAW WHO WAS BEING APPOINTED TO RURAL ELEMENTS REALLY EXCITED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THE TWO THAT WE HAVE, UM, BEING BROUGHT BEFORE US TODAY SO BUT ALSO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT MR SUMMERS ON THE BOARD AS WELL. ON THAT NOTE, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE, BUT, UH DO YOU REMEMBER LARRY MCFALL, WHO WAS OVER THE RIVER PORTS FOR YEARS? HE PASSED AWAY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. UM OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS OKAY, THIS, UM, IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE PHONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. TONIGHT NIGHT. AMAZED BY LIKES THAT THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NUMBER
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THREE IS RP 111523 M. N. REAPPOINTMENT OF MARISSA NEIL TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES. STUDENT 30TH 2026. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION. DONE PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS UP THERE. SO THE AIRPORT THE AIRPORT, THE AIR POLLUTION. I'M SORRY THAT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD IS THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND LOUISVILLE. THIS BOARD HAS SEVEN MEMBERS ON IT. MEMBERS SERVED FOR 33 YEAR TERMS. AND WE, UM. WE LOOKED AT APPLICATIONS ON FILE FOR THE PAST YEAR FROM, UM, AND THERE WERE EIGHT PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND THREE WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY AND SO, MARISSA NEIL, WE'RE ASKING FOR HER RE APPOINTMENT. MS NEAL, UM, HAS BEEN A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2021 . SHE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 17. SHE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED BOARD MEMBER, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR HER APPROVAL FOR HER TO BE REAPPOINTED FOR A SECOND TERM. UH MISS NEIL ASSIST BUSINESS OWNERS WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND SHE ALSO CULTURES. HIS CULTURE IS BUSINESSES WITH MARKETING. AND SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THE CONTRACTS AND GRANT REGULATIONS AND RULES. SHE IS ACTUALLY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY, GREAT IF SHE COULD COME FORWARD.WELCOME IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MARISSA MIDKIFF, NEIL. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT TO ASK. I'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR WITH THIS, MIDKIFF. WE'RE PROBABLY RELATED CAROLINE. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE A LOT OF ANYWAY. YOU DON'T SEE THAT NUMBER NAME SPELLED THAT WAY OFTEN. YES, AND I KNOW YEAH. I CAN TELL YOU AFTERWARDS HOW THAT STARTED, SO WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE ALL RELATED. ALL RIGHT, UM SO IF YOU WOULDN'T GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW, AND YOU'RE WHERE YOU WANT IT TO BE ON THE BOARD SHORT . WELL, IS A REAPPOINTMENT OKAY? IN THE NINETIES, I HAD CHAIRED THE WAS THE OZONE PREVENTION COALITION BACK THEN. SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AIR POLLUTION.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RIVER PORT, TOUCHING A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS. AIR OBVIOUSLY TOUCHES EVERYBODY. UM, AND HAVE JUST REALLY BEEN INTERESTED AND INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES MORE FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, QUITE FRANKLY, BUT YOU KNOW, TODAY WE HAD A MEETING. I THINK WE HAD LET'S SAY SEVEN INDIVIDUALS CAME TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS TODAY RESIDENTS, SO I GUESS, UM AND SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUGGLING ALL OF THAT, ALONG WITH THE REGULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE CUBE. UM . IT'S NEW ON THE SYSTEM AND NOT SURE WHO WAS FIRST IN THE QUEUE. CANCEL WOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
MISS NEIL. UM I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT INITIATIVES HAS THE WORKING ON AS OF LATE AND WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED TO CARRY THE TORCH ON? UM SHOULD YOU BE ELECTED AGAIN? MARIA POINTS AND SO SORRY. YEAH, WELL, REEMPLOYMENT. I KNOW, UM THE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE DISTRICT WAS JUST AWARDED A GRANT. THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGES IN REGULATIONS. UM WE ARE WORKING WITH MSD ON AN ORDER THERE, AND THERE'S JUST ALWAYS SOMETHING, UM THAT THAT IS COMING UP AND IT IS A PHENOMENAL I CAN'T STRESS HOW PHENOMENAL THE STAFF IS. UM I'VE JUST BEEN SO SUPER IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THEM ENGINEERS DOWN TO THE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS AND EVEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. SO THERE'S JUST THEY BRING SOMETHING NEW. FOR US TO CONSIDER EACH MONTH.
SO I THINK I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE GRANT THAT WE WERE JUST AWARDED, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED AT TODAY'S MEETING AND HAVE VERY GOOD, MORE DETAILS NEXT TIME. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM LET'S SEE. CANCELED WOMEN PURPOSE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MISS NEIL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE RECENT SMELL EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND WEST LOUISVILLE, IF
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YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR OPINION ON THOSE ISSUES WE JUST. CAN YOU EXCUSE ME? CAN YOU TALK? YOU HAVE THIS SWEET LITTLE SOUTH SOUTH BOILS. CAN YOU TALKING TO MIKE, PLEASE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A SWEET SO OKAY. HAS THAT BETTER? UM WE DISCUSSED THAT TODAY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE DRY WEATHER. UM BUT I THINK THAT DIRECTOR HAMBLETON MENTIONED TODAY, GOING BACK AND TALKING TO MSD. UM AGAIN. SO THERE WAS A PRESENTATION TODAY AND IT'S IT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. ABSOLUTELY AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CALL AND REPORT AS AS THERE'S AN ODOR CALL REPORTED. DON'T JUST ASSUME THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR IS GOING TO REPORT IT OR THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN CALLED IN LAST WEEK CALL AGAIN. MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE DISTRICT KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ADDRESSING SOME OF THE OTHER EFFECT THERE WAS OF THE AIR POLLUTION IN ADDITION TO MSD THE UPPER TOWN. COMPANIES. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW. UM. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY YOU KNOW WHAT THE BOARD IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE REGULATED ENTITIES ARE COMPLYING. WITH THE REGULATIONS AS THEY'RE WRITTEN. WE CAN'T DO.WE CAN'T DO MORE THAN THE REGULATIONS. DO YOU THINK THE BOARD SHOULD BE AS AGGRESSIVE WITH THESE OTHER ENTITIES AS THEY ARE WITH MST? UM I FEEL THAT THE COMPLIANCE SECTION DOES DOES A FAIR JOB GIVEN THE REGULATIONS THAT THEY'RE WORKING UNDER? DO YOU EVER THINK THAT PEOPLE WEST OF NINTH STREET IN THE WEST END NEIGHBORHOODS OR VICTIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE. THEY'RE THE BROWNFIELD ISSUE ALONE. UM I CAN'T. I CAN'T DENY THAT. THAT IS AN ISSUE. UM, ABSOLUTELY. IS IT AN ISSUE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO ADDRESS? UM, YES, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW I'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST. WHEN I WORKED. I WORKED FOR THE CITY.
UM AS AN INTERN WHILE I WAS WORKING. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN URBAN PLANNING. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT , UM, UM, FAMILIAR WITH HERE.
ABSOLUTELY SORRY. GO AHEAD. DO YOU THINK YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD WELCOME A MEETING WITH THE WEST END? OH, I THINK. YOU ALL ARE NORMALLY ON THE CALLS ARE THE UM AREN'T YOU? SOMEBODY IS NORMALLY ONLINE FOR OUR BOARD MEETINGS. AND ABSOLUTELY I'D WELCOME MEETING WITH WITH ANYBODY. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN SEND US A SCHEDULE BE ABOARD MEETINGS? UM THEY'RE POSTED. BUT I AM I WILL ASK ONE OF THE STAFF TO DO THAT. DONALD UP PROGRESS AT LOUISVILLE. OKAY WANAKA? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ONLINE. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK OKAY, SCENE AND THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH LIKE SON. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR, MY NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. OKAY ADAM, NUMBER FOUR IS A P 1115 TO 3 SJ APPOINTMENT AS SAJJAD JAMIL TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES. DECEMBER 31ST 2026 DO I HEAR A MOTION? SOME OF PURPOSE SECONDARY. PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO DR JAMIL CANNOT ATTEND. TODAY HE HAD A FAMILY CONFLICT. WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. HE IS GOING TO REPLACE CARL HILTON CRAWLS TERM. UM. HE'S COMPLETING HIS TERM AND THAT WILL EXPIRE. 1231 DOCTORS THAT SUGGESTED IS A PHYSICIAN, AND HE IS ADAM METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT, 16 HE SELF IDENTIFIES AS OTHER HE IS A DEMOCRAT. THE MAYOR FELT THAT AS A MEDICAL PHYSICIAN THAT DOCTOR SUGGESTED WITH BRING A DIFFERENT LENS, UH TO THIS BOARD, AND THAT WITH THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE AND REVIEW REGULATORY POLICIES AND STANDARDS THAT WE FELT THAT DOCTOR SUGGESTED, COULD HELP SHAPE THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I DON'T SEE ANY BETTING INTO CUBE. OH, YES, UM
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OKAY, I'M COUNSELING PARIS, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M MISSING THE CUTE PART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS APPOINTMENT AND, UM, JUST WANT TO LIFT UP LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS TALKED ABOUT . EVEN WHEN I MOVED INTO THE NEW OFFICE, I SAW, UM, PAPERWORK AND MESSAGES ABOUT THE SMELLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT THIS THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HAVE A LIST OF THE MEETING SO THAT I CAN ATTEND. SO IF YOU GO ON TO THE AIRPORT POLLUTION CONTROLS. LOUISVILLE KY. DOT GOV WEB PAGE ALL OF THEIR MEETING MINUTES THEIR AGENDAS AND THEIR MEETING DAYS ARE LISTED THERE AND WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET IT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND CANCER WOMAN CHECK HELLO. UM, I WAS GOING TO THINK, UM DR. UH. SO HARD IS THAT HOW IT'S PRONOUNCED THAT, BUT IT'S JIM, ILL. SAHA, JAMIL BELIEVE TOGETHER WAY AROUND. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE JAMIL IS THE LAST NAME. I BELIEVE. UM BUT I BELIEVE IT STILL WORKS AT MARY AND ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR SERVING IN MY DISTRICT. UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A PULMONOLOGIST ON THIS BOARD, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT'S A DOCTOR THAT SPECIALIZES IN OUR LUNGS. AND SO THAT'S DIRECTLY TIED WITH AIR POLLUTION. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT FIT. UM AND YOU HAD KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT. BUT IS THIS REQUIRED TO HAVE A MEDICAL DOCTOR SERVING ON THIS BOARD OR THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT MAYOR GREENBERG FELT WAS A GOOD APPOINTMENT. NO IT'S NOT REQUIRED. THIS WAS JUST MAYOR GREENBERG WANTED TO HAVE FELT LIKE HE WOULD BE A GREAT FIT TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE HE COULD LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT APPOINTMENT, SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD TO SAY. AND I HAVE TO CORRECT THAT. IT WE THINK IT'S THE LAST NAME IS SAJJAD, BUT I'M NOT POSSIBLE. LAST NAME IS JAMIL . IT IS JAMIL. DOCTORS PERSONALLY. HIS LAST NAME IS JAMIL. OKAY? ALRIGHT WE STAND CORRECTED. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH NAMES FOUND LIKE SIGN. THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AH ATOM NUMBER FIVE. IS A P 1115 TO 3 CB APPOINTMENT OF CHARLIE BELL TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION SIGN SECOND? PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED CHARLIE BILL TO REPLACE DANIEL GARZA. MR GUARDS DIDN'T WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF MS BAIL. SHE HAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE REPUBLICAN OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR, UM, MISS BAIL WAS RECOMMENDED BY A METRO COUNCIL MEMBER. AH! WITH MS BILLS. UM JUSTICE AND EQUITY BACKGROUND. WE FELT LIKE SHE WOULD TO BRING A DIFFERENT, UH, PERSPECTIVE TO THIS BOARD. UH SHE COULD TAKE. SHE COULD HELP WITH THE STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES ENVIRON. JUSTICE SOCIAL JUSTICE AS IT RELATES TO AIR QUALITY IN THE VARIOUS UNDERSERVED AREAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. AND MISS BILL IS IN THE CHAMBERS. WONDERFUL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD HIGH, I'M CHARLIE BILL. THANK YOU. UM WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVER YOUR RECENTLY FOR WANTING TO BE ON THE BOARD AND GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND? I'M CALLED TO SERVE RIGHT? SO I WANT TO FIND A BOARD THAT I WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR. AND WHAT DOES AIR NOT AFFECT? AIR AFFECTS EVERYTHING. WHETHER IT'S ECONOMIC, WHETHER IT'S EQUITY, WHETHER IT'S WHATEVER WE ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE THE AIR QUALITY IS GOOD IN THE CITY, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I CHOSE THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? BEEN IN THE QUEUE SINCE BEFORE WE GET TO HER. I'M SORRY IT'S NOT SHOWING BUT COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS THANK YOU, BILL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO HOLDING THE COMPANIES AND
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RUBBER TOWN. ACCOUNTABLE ACCORDING TO THE EPA STANDARDS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT DOING SUCH . OH ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE IS, UH REGULATIONS, BUT WITH THOSE REGULATIONS THERE COMES CONSEQUENCES AND IT'S A PROGRESSIVE ACTION AND I WILL HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIR IS BETTER IN THE CITY FOR EVERYBODY. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT REGULATORY REGULATORY PRACTICES. UM. DO YOU FEEL THAT SOME OF THEM ARE TOO STRICT? SOME OF THEM ARE TOO LENIENT WHEN IT COMES TO UH, COMPANIES THAT THROUGH A LOT OF POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR. CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR OPINION ON THAT? NOT HAVING SERVED ON THE ON THE BOARD YET. I SEE THAT THERE IS, UM SOME ISSUES AND I WANTED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE THINGS. OKAY? SO YOU YOU WOULDN'T BE IN FEAR OF COMPANIES SAYING THAT IF YOU MAKE DEMANDS. AH, ON WHAT THEY CAN DO. YOU WOULDN'T FOR THEM SAYING OH, WHERE IF YOU KEEP FOLLOWING KNOWS, WE'RE GOING TO PACK UP AND LEAVE AND GO TO ANOTHER TOWN . IF YOU SAY HEY, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, ACCORDING TO EPA STANDARDS ARE YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS. SHE'S GOING TO BE SUBJECTED TO FIND WHAT HAVE YOU HOW WOULD YOU? HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? I HAVE NO NO FEAR OF HOLDING SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS THAT'S FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THE FINE WHETHER IT IS, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO COME TO A HAPPY MEDIUM BECAUSE WE WANT ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY . BUT IF IT'S AT THE COST OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT'S ALREADY HERE. AND THAT'S JUST NOT OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM I DON'T SEE. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I DID. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. HI UM SORRY. NOT SURPRISED THERE THAT I'M IN THE QUEUE, HUH? COUNCILWOMAN UM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF ALL OF YOURSELF THINKING BUT OUT THERE TOWARDS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY.UM I WAS JUST WONDERING YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN FOR DAN DIANE PORTER SEAT. AND SINCE SHE HAD RECENTLY, UM, RESIGNED DUE TO HEALTH REASONS FROM THE J. C. P S SCHOOL BOARD. IS THAT A POSITION THAT YOU WOULD BE SEEKING IN THE FUTURE? UM AND IF SO, WOULD YOU BE MAINTAINING YOUR POSITION HERE ON THE AIR CONTROL COLLUSION? WORD. SO I WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN MY, UM MY FIRST COMMITMENT WOULD BE TO THIS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. I HAVE CONSIDERED FOR THROWING MY HAT BACK IN THE RING FOR MRS PORTER POSITION, BUT I'M NOT TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. I'M NOT FOR SURE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? YES UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM PARIS, RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN A WESTERN RESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN CHAPPELLE FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I'VE SEEN THAT.
IN YOUR WORK FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. THERE THERE. THERE HAS TO BE VOICES FOR SO MANY IN RUBBER TOWN, AND SO PEOPLE WERE DYING OF CANCER. HEART CONDITIONS, ALL THAT SO I REALLY FEEL CONFIDENT TO HAVE YOU A PART OF THIS POLLUTION BOARD AND JUST JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR HAT IN THE RING FOR IT. THANK YOU. AND MY COLLEAGUE SAID WE HAD A SHORTAGE OF REPUBLICANS, RIGHT SO JUST STORY THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT, CALLING FOR VOICE PHONE. ALL THOSE WHO FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH NICE TO LIKE SIGN. I'VE SEEN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MISS BELL. WE APPRECIATE IT. OUR NEXT ADAM IS ADAM NUMBER SIX. AND THAT IS A P 1115 TO 3 JP APPOINTMENT OF JEFF PARRISH TO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. TERM EXPIRES MAY 1ST 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE PURPOSE? SECOND PERFECTLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS BEFORE US AND, UM MISS JACKSON. SO THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING UM, BOARD IS SPECIFIC TO HOTELIERS. AH IT PROVIDES THIS THIS DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE, UM PROVIDE AND FINANCE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT UH, SPECIALLY
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BENEFITS CERTAIN DESIGNATED LODGING PROPERTIES WITHIN LOUISVILLE METRO, AND SO THERE ARE 15 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THEY ALL GO WHILE THEY ALL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SOME ARE APPOINTED BY REPRESENTATIVE OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES FROM LODGING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE 100 AND 50 ROOMS OR MORE. FOUR POINTED BY OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE PROPERTIES WITH LESS THAN 150 ROOMS. THE MAYOR HAS TWO APPOINTMENTS. AH WHOEVER TOURISM UM. AS A NON VOTING SEAT. UH METRO COUNCIL PRESIDENT SITS ON THIS BOARD. THE MAYOR SITS ON THIS BOARD AND THE CFO OF FOR TOURISM SITS ON THIS BOARD, BUT THAT IS A NON VOTING SEAT. UM JEFF IS REPLACING, UM AMBER BELLA'S DUE TO RESIGNATION. HE IS OUT OF MARRIOTT EAST, WHICH IS MORE THAN 150 ROOMS. UM JEFF IS THE GENERAL MANAGER. AND HE HAS 19 YEARS OF HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE, SO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD IS REAL SPECIFIC ON WHO WE CAN PUT ON THE BOARD AND WHO WE CAN'T JEFF IS HERE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU. ALSO FOR FUTURE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEFF PARRISH. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A LOT OF REVIEWS OF YOUR BACKGROUND. I MEAN, WE HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US, BUT MAYBE, UM, Y YOUR INTEREST IN THE SPORT IN PARTICULAR. SURE WHY? I'VE SPENT ALL MY HOSPITALITY CAREER HERE IN THE CITY OF GLOBAL SURROUNDING AREAS WITH MY CURRENT COMPANY ON SOME TRAVEL AS WELL. BUT ALL IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, I WAS HERE I WAS AT THE MARRIOTT EAST THROUGH OCTOBER 2020 TO WATCH THE TEAR DOWN OF THE INDUSTRY OF THAT RIDE TO THE COVID AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT BACK UP AND BE INVOLVED WITH 14 COUNTERPARTS THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME MISSION DIVERSITY AND THIS IS REALLY APPEALING TO GET WITH PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT VARYING SIZES LIKE MISS JACKSON SAID.DIFFERENT ENDS OF TOWN AIRPORT EAST END DOWNTOWN AND COLLABORATE ON DRIVING REVENUE.
UH IS A NO BRAINER TO HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE TO DISCUSS DRIVING REVENUE HAS HIS ALSO WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? FOR MR PARISH. LOOKING ONLINE. NO. ONE OKAY, THIS THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS A VOICE OF AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, UM AND NO SPELL LIKE SIDE. THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE TODAY. AND UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WILLING TO COME IN AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE COMMITTEE. UM, WITHOUT FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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THANK YOU. THIS IS EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE.[06:38:11]
MY NAME IS STUART BENSON. I'M VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. UH TODAY WE HAVE ANDREW COHEN'S,[06:38:18]
UH, BETSY. REALLY, UH, J. CORRY, AUTHOR. DAN SYMES. AND MARYLAND, MARYLAND, PARKER. WE HAVE A[06:38:33]
COMMITTEE. I MEAN, WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND SO AND BARBARA SHANKLIN, UH AND TAMMY HAWKINS[06:38:40]
HAS GOT EXCUSED ABSENCE. NOTHING IS LOUD. UM SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH NUMBER THREE. AH! TAYLOR[06:38:49]
INGRAM. WOULD YOU WANT TO, UM THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ORGANIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT[06:38:58]
$100,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THROUGH THE JOHN[06:39:02]
HOPKINS MM POX GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND[06:39:10]
WELLNESS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. PLEASE. OKAY, TAYLOR, IT'S ALL YOURS.[06:39:19]
HEY GOOD AFTERNOON, TAYLOR. INGRAM AND I SERVED AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF[06:39:23]
PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. UM OUR SPECIALTY CLINIC PROVIDES SERVICES, INCLUDING SCREENING FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, TREATMENT OF SUCH INFECTIONS AND PRIMARY PREVENTION METHODS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IN 2022 NATIONAL OUTBREAKS OF IMPACT, OR ALSO FORMERLY KNOWN AS MONKEY POX, UM , A VIRUS SIMILAR TO SMALLPOX WAS IDENTIFIED. UM WE CONTINUE TO SEE CASES HERE LOCALLY, ALTHOUGH AT A MUCH LOWER RATE THAN THE INITIAL OUTBREAK. THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR SPECIALTY CLINIC IN REACHING PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO BE AT HIGH RISK FOR EM POX AND[06:40:05]
ENCOURAGING THEM TO GET A PREVENTATIVE VACCINE. TO PREVENT FUTURE CASES. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR THIS GRANT INCLUDES INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE SPECIALTY CLINIC SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SERVING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HIGHEST RISK FOR GETTING IMPACTS OR CONTRACTING. IT UM, OFFERING VACCINES AT COMMUNITY BASED EVENTS AND IMPROVING THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF OUR SPECIALTY CLINIC TO PROMOTE STREAMLINED SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR EM, POX HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT. THAT'S PRETTY VERY INTERESTING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. SURE YOU'LL FIND THIS. UH YOU KNOW, UH, DEFINED GRANTS TO HELP. UH BETTY ATKINS WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HER. SHE USED TO WORK FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WROTE GRANT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT LADY GOT FOR US AND, AND THAT'S A GIFT TO WRITE GRANTS, AND, UH I'M GLAD YOU ALL FIND THESE. AND, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS CHOSE YOUR TALENT. WE HAVE HELP US OUT. OKAY THIS IS A THIS IS A VOICE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? IT GOES TO CONSENT COUNT. UH, CHERYL, WOULD YOU READ ABOUT THE MEETING? THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN HELPFUL SORT OF KRS 61.826 AND COUNSELOR 58 RED AND FULL THANK YOU, UM OUT OF SYNC. I'M NOT USUALLY CHAIR SO NUMBER FOUR SHARE. WOULD YOU READ THAT SURE. ITEM FOR A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMERICA EXCEPT $75,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THROUGH THE JOHN HOPKINS STD HIV GRANT PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND FULL DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.TAYLOR IT'S ALL YOURS AGAIN. TAYLOR INGRAM, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS, THIS GRANT WOULD ALSO BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH OUR SPECIALTY CLINIC, WHICH PROVIDES THE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED IN SCREENINGS AND TREATMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC TO HIV. SO WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT STRIDES IN HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, THEY'RE STILL INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR CURRENT STATUS AND WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TREATMENT. SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY WHO IS WORKING WITH OTHER LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE, UH DIFFERENT WAYS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM THE GRANT AND THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD, UM. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS SO WE WOULD BE EXPANDING DATA COLLECTION, UM OF HIV TESTING AND TREATMENT THROUGH OUR NEW ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. THIS WOULD SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR NURSE PRACTITIONER WITHIN THIS SPECIALTY CLINIC TO ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL SCREENING EFFORTS AND EDUCATION ON HIV TESTING FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT HIGHEST RISK.
THE GRANT WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT WILL ALSO HELP US SUPPORT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SPECIALTY CLINIC, INCLUDING STAFF TRAINING. UM, AND NEW TESTING METHODS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET MORE PEOPLE TESTED UPON THEIR VISIT TO THE CLINIC. SO THAT THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. CHICORY. COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY? I SEE THE BUDGET PERIOD START DATE. IT APPEARS THAT IT WAS IN APRIL. SOME OF THIS WILL BE REIMBURSED. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. I'M GLAD YOUR NOSE AND THINGS AND, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE BOY. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT'S A PROBLEM IS UNTIL YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM AND HELP SOMEBODY WHO'S IN HAVING PROBLEMS THIS THIS IS REALLY GOOD. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, UH , A VOICE VOTE FOR ACCEPTANCE. VOTE. OKAY THANK YOU. ANYBODY OPPOSE? BUDDY ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO CONSENT. NUMBER FIVE. I DON'T FIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN AMERICA EXCEPT $8000 OF THE FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR HELP PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH THE HOME HARM REDUCTION. OUTREACH SUPPORT SUPPLIES GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND POOL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. TAYLOR ONE LAST TIME TAILORING GRAND CHIEF OF STAFF,
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THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS THIS GRANT IS ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED THROUGH OUR HARM REDUCTION OUTREACH SERVICES PROGRAM. UM SO AS YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN ZILLA SCENE IS AN ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER THAT IS STARTING TO SHOW UP IN OUR DRUG SUPPLY, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND IT HAS MANY ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. UM INCLUDING, UM, TOXIC DRUG EXPERIENCES AND OVERDOSES. SO THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW US TO PURCHASE ZILLA SEEN TEST STRIPS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FENTANYL TEST STRIPS THAT WE ALREADY DISTRIBUTE IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE WOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG THE OTHER LIFE SAVING SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THROUGH OUR HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM AT GRAY STREET, INCLUDING NARCAN AND HEALTH EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS. WHO ARE EITHER USING DRUGS DIRECTLY OR WHO ARE LOVED ONES. UM THE FUNDS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE TEST STRIPS TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SO THAT COULD INCLUDE THE EIGHT ADDITIONAL HARM REDUCTION LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. UM OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ALREADY PROVIDE FITNESS TEST STRIPS AND NARCAN IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE UNDERSERVED BY HARM REDUCTION RESOURCES. IN ADDITION, WE WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE IN, UM TRAINING, HEALTH FAIRS AND OTHER COMMUNITY BASED EVENTS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR HOW TO TEST UM, AND ACCESS TO OTHER HARM REDUCTION SERVICES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COREY. SCORED. THANK YOU. THE HARM REDUCTION. AVERAGE SUPPORT. COULD YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT INITIATIVE AND IF IT'S ALL YEAR ROUND OR NOT? ABSOLUTELY SO, UH, THAT IS WHAT WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE SYRINGE X STRANGE OR THE SYRINGE SERVICES PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN REBRANDED IN RECENT HISTORY TO TRY TO REFLECT THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF THE SERVICES AND THE EDUCATION WE PROVIDE. SO AT OUR GRAY STREET LOCATION, WHICH IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS. WE OPERATE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. ALL YEAR LONG. WE WORK WITH THE KENTUCKY HARM REDUCTION COALITION AS WELL AS UK TARGET FOR TO BE ABLE TO OFFERS SERVICES THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL SITES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE OFFERED ALL YEAR ROUND. BUT MOST OF THOSE LOCATIONS ONLY HAPPENED ONE DAY A WEEK. JUST BECAUSE OF THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES.UNDERSTOOD I KNOW IN JULY WHEN THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS WERE ANNOUNCED, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM THE KENTUCKY HARM REDUCTION COALITION ABOUT THERE BEING A GAP IN SERVICES. IF THOSE FUNDS WEREN'T DISPERSED FAST ENOUGH. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS A GAP IN SERVICES OR HAS EVERYTHING CONTINUED? OKAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF . I WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO GET THOSE FUNDS OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD. UM THEY WERE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE ONE OF THE INITIAL GRANTS. UM AND I IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. THEY HAVE STARTED THAT WORK NOW. THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA BY ANY CHANCE? HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OUR AREA HAS DIED FROM FENTANYL OVERDOSE? I WOULD. I CAN PULL THAT FOR YOU. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND GIVE THE WRONG YOU KNOW, I DON'T THE ONE THING I WILL SAY I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET SO SPECIFIC AS TO IT WAS THE COT LIKE FITTING ALWAYS THE SPECIFIC CAUSE I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATA SET TO BE SURE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAVE ON OVERDOSE TESTS. INTERESTING, UH, THAT FENTANYL.
AH I MEAN, SINCE THIS GOT HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, THEY HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 100,000 OR MORE OR SOMETHING. UH, OF AND I THINK MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE, JUST NAIVE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S A DEATH DEATH SENTENCE THAT THE WHATEVER THEY THINK THEY MIGHT BE GETTING THEY THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT AND, UM WHERE PEOPLE BEFORE. I THINK IT COULD HAVE SOME RICE SOME PROBLEMS. BUT NOT REALLY DEAF OVERDOSE LIKE THIS FENTANYL DOES. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. PLEASE. I'M SORRY. WAS THIS DUE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE. THANKS OKAY. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AND AT $100 A BOX. THAT'S 80 BOXES, RIGHT? SO HOW MANY TEST STRIPS IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET THAT FOR YOU. YEAH, I'D BE CURIOUS. AND THEN HOW PREVALENT IN SILENCE SCENE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WHATEVER IS JUST STARTING TO COME IN. HOW MUCH ARE WE SEEING? INCREASINGLY SO, UM, WE LOOK TO SOME OF OUR OTHER LARGE CITIES TO SEE WHAT
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THE TRENDS ARE IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY, BECAUSE INEVITABLY IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE'VE BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PHILADELPHIA. AND WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE DRUGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVING VIOLENCE SEEN IN THEM, AND THEN WE ARE GETTING REPORTS FROM PEOPLE HERE LOCALLY THAT IT'S PART OF IT, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE EXHIBIT IF THEY'RE USING IT IN SMALL QUANTITIES, SO I COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER OF HOW MANY, BUT I WOULD SAY. WE KNOW THAT IF WE CAN TAKE MEASURES NOW TO HELP PEOPLE PREVENT THAT EXPOSURE THAT WE CAN SAVE LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE? IF SOMEBODY'S GOTTEN SILENT SCENE? HOW IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME, AND I'M ALSO NOT A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. UM, BUT IT IT KIND OF LIKE EATS AT YOUR SKIN. IT'S A IT'S A REALLY BAD RASH THAT CAN GET INFECTED PRETTY EASILY. UM I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL AND MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT. IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WRONG. I NEED TO BE WATCHING. SO YES, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. HAPPY TO THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAMMY'S JOINED US AS TAMMY. HOW CAN HAS JOINED US AND, UH, MARILYN, I HAVE NOT BEING ATTENTION, YOUR HEALTH PERSON, DO YOU? DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MISSED. YOUR PHONE IS NOT ON OUR YOUR SPEAKER. HEAR ME NOW I DO. OKAY UM, NO, THAT'S A NEW ONE ON ME. UM LIKE COUNCILMAN WOMAN RUE I'D BE CURIOUS TO I'M ALONE. I'M GONNA LOOK UP THE SYMPTOMS WHEN WE GET WHEN WE GET OUT OF THE DATING HERE. SO UM, BUT, YES, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT DEFINITELY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. THAT'S GREAT. TAMMY. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THIS IS GOES TO, UH THAT GOES TO CONSENT CALENDAR. OH, OKAY? WELL NUMBER TWO. WE'LL JUST KEEP IT TABLED LIKE IT WAS ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT. Y'ALL, UH UH, UNLESS ANYBODY'S GOT ANYTHING ELSE, THAT MEETING IS ADJOURNED. WELL TAMMY DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE WAS REALLY THE SPECIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, I MEAN, TAYLOR. I'M SORRY, TAMMY. TAYLOR I'M HAPPY TO TALK IT LIKE A SUPER HIGH LEVEL, BUT, UM DID NOT COME CLOSER TO YOUR PHONE INTO THE MICROPHONE. I'M HAPPY TO TALK AT A HIGH LEVEL WITH Y'ALL TODAY.BUT AS FAR AS SPECIFICS WASN'T AWARE WE ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT. SO YOU LET ME KNOW. WHAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU LIKE? OKAY, THAT'D BE GOOD. GO AHEAD. I'M HAPPY CHIEF. OKAY SO MY QUESTION IS REALLY TWO QUESTIONS. BUT THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC AND IT'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME IN THE HEALTH EQUITY REPORT WHEN WE WERE STUDYING MERGER WITH THE STATE COMMISSION, I WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE UPCOMING HEALTH EQUITY REPORT AND I FOUND OUT THAT WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT IS THAT STILL THE CASE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE EXCLUDED IN THIS ONE? AND I'M KIND OF A NERD WITH THE REPORT, BUT I JUST APPRECIATED IT BECAUSE YOU PRESENT ALL OF THESE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THESE PROBLEMS. BUT YOU ALSO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE CAN ADDRESS IT WITHOUT THAT PIECE. ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DUMPING A NIGHTMARE IN OUR LAPS. AND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, BECAUSE YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE UPCOMING ONE. SURE ABSOLUTELY. UM I WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL TEAM THAT DEVELOPED THE OUTLINE FOR THE REPORT SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE EARLY STAGES. I DO KNOW THAT THE TEAM PUT IN A LOT OF THOUGHT AROUND WHO SHOULD BE MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WHAT DOES THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD IT SOLELY COME FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE AND KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY BEST. HOW DO WE HELP LIFT UP THEIR VOICES TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY ARE? PRIORITIES ARE UM AND HOW WE CAN BEST ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES, SO THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS THAT THE HEALTH EQUITY REPORT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP TO ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN THIS MUCH LONGER CONVERSATION. IN 2024. WE WILL START OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS. UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ENGAGED WITH US BACK IN 2017 WHEN WE DID THIS THE LAST TIME AND IT'S A MULTI STEP PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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IT INCLUDES A SURVEY THAT PEOPLE CAN FILL OUT TO HELP US BEST UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THERE GAPS TO ACHIEVING THEIR ULTIMATE HEALTH OUTCOMES. UM AND THAT CAN BE THINGS AS IMMEDIATE AS ACCESS TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR PHARMACY , OR IT COULD BE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS. SO IT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF DATA TO THE HEALTH EQUITY REPORT OF HOW ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING AND UM, THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND WHAT IS LEADING TO THE HEALTH OUTCOMES THAT WE SEE IN THE REPORT? THERE ARE ALSO FOCUS GROUPS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER FOR US TO DIVE EVEN DEEPER INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THAT LEADS TO A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE CURRENTLY HAVE HEALTHY LOUISVILLE 2020. THIS WILL DEVELOP HEALTHY LOUISVILLE 2025. SO THAT WILL BE WHERE WE MAKE MORE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF HERE. THE TOP NUMBER OF PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME. THESE ARE THE PARTNERS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ENGAGED FOR US TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THIS WORK AND REALLY ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A STRONGER VOICE IN THAT PROCESS, INSTEAD OF BEING SOLELY DRIVEN BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU AND NOT JUST ASK AS YOU ALL WORK ON THE UPCOMING REPORT.COULD THERE BE SOME SORT OF CHECK PIECE THAT REFERENCES THE PAST RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SHOWS WHAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, AT LEAST FROM A GOVERNMENT LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL CONVERSATIONS WE HAD EVEN SOME OF MY STUDENTS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT OLD HEALTH EQUITY REPORTS AND LOOKING AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED. VERSUS WHAT STILL JUST PENDING OR HASN'T EVEN BEEN STARTED YET.
SO I'M HOPING WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATE WITH THAT AS WELL. YEAH THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. I'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE TEAM AND SEE THE BEST WAY TO FACILITATE THAT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS. WELL THANKS TO COREY. THAT'S SOME GOOD INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE SOMETIMES DOES JUST BRINGS OUT INFORMATION THAT SOMETIMES EVERYBODY ELSE'S IGNORANT TO AND MAKE SOME CONSCIOUS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. MAKES ME MORE CONSCIOUS OF HOW MUCH I DON'T KNOW. UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS VERY GOOD. WE TALKED EARLIER TO CORY. SHE WASN'T REALLY SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS ON ON THE NUMBER ONE AND, UH AND I DIDN'T TAKE IF SHE WASN'T PREPARED. IT'S NOT. I DIDN'T WANT TO EMBARRASS, YOU KNOW. BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SOMEBODY BRINGS UP AND THE DISCUSSION CAN REALLY BE ENHANCED. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A GOOD THING. I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S FLEXIBILITY WITH US, AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS MORE OFFLINE AND IF MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION WOULD BE HELPFUL, HAPPY TO PREP FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IF ANYBODY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WILL BE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
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