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REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN FOWLER AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY VICE CHAIR KEVIN CRAMER IN CHAMBERS. WE'RE JOINED 
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BACK. COUNCILWOMAN PARIS RIGHT AND COUNCILMAN BEEN RENO, WEBER AND COUNCILMAN DANCE SOMETIME. 
          UM ONLINE. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN STUART VINCENT. UM. COUNCILMAN SCOTT REED. AND COUNCILMAN RICK BLACKWELL. WE HAVE SEVERAL ADAMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. UM SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN. WOULD YOU READ THE DISCLAIMER, PLEASE. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE 61.826 COUNCIL RULE FIVE A THANK YOU. THE FIRST ANIMALS ARE P 120623 CB REAPPOINTMENT. UH CARL BRAISE LEE TO THE WASTE 
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MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. ONE ON THAT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 22ND 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION? SECOND HAVING NOT LOCKED IN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON. HI ALFIE JACKSON MAYOR'S OFFICE BEFORE WE DIG IN. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING. 
          TODAY WE HAVE FIVE REPUBLICANS 14 DEMOCRATS, TWO INDEPENDENTS. 12 AFRICAN AMERICANS, CAUCASIANS , ONE THAT IS SELF IDENTIFIED AS OTHER 11 FEMALES AND 10 MALES. THANK YOU. WE ARE PRESENTING. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CARL BRAZENLY TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WENT ON NINE BOARD. THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THEY'RE ALL APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR PER THE STATUTE. THEY ARE PRESCRIBED SEATS. ONE SEAT IS FOR WASTE INDUSTRY. REP ONE SEAT FOR THE URBAN SERVICE. REP UH THERE'S AN AT LARGE MEMBER FROM AN UNINCORPORATED AREA. THERE'S ONE AT A DISTRICT A AND THEN THERE'S ONE OUT OF DISTRICT C. WE ARE ASKING FOR MR CARL BRAISE LEASE REAPPOINTMENT HE TOOK CONTINUE REPRESENTING DISTRICT A MR BRYCE LEE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2020. HE IS A DEMOCRAT OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT, 18. HE IS ON THE CALL 
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TODAY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. MR BRAY'S LEE. I'M YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON. THE BOARD LEARNED A LOT FROM MY FIRST TERM AND REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING ENGAGED AND SORT OF BE AN HONOR TO SERVE AGAIN. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ASK ANSWER FOR ANYONE MORE THAN HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO JOIN BACK COUNCILWOMAN JENNIFER CHAPEL AND, UM, LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU ARE, HAVEN'T GOT THAT SCREEN PULLED UP ANYBODY KEVIN YEAH. COUNCILMAN KRAMER. THANK YOU, MA'AM. SURE I'M OF THE SEVEN THIS GENTLEMAN IS BEING I'M SORRY. I SHOULDN'T COME TO GERMANY. MR BRANSON IS SEEKING RE APPOINTMENT, SO HE'S FINISHED HIS FIRST TERM. UM, WHEN HE FINISHES THIS TERM MACHINING, I WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE REAPPOINTED TODAY WHEN HE FINISHES THIS TERM IN 2025. WELL THAT CP OPEN THEN. HE HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE RE APPOINTED PERSON AND YOU MENTIONED WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED? I'M ASSUMING THAT 2022, WHICH IS FIRST APPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD TO SEAT. HE FILLED IT, RIGHT. SO WHICH IS IT WISE, NOT FINISHING FOUR YEARS. IF I RECALL, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. UNFORTUNATELY HE CAN BE . YOU CAN SERVE THE RE CONSECUTIVE TERMS. OKAY, SO THIS WOULD WE WOULD BE APPOINTING INTO HIS SECOND TERM, OKAY, AND HOW MANY OTHER. OPEN HOW MANY OTHER SEATS WOULD BE AVAILABLE, SO THE C DISTRICT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? EVENTUALLY AND STILL WE ARE STILL, UM, THERE IS ANOTHER SEAT AVAILABLE AND THAT'S THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AND THAT ONE'S AVAILABLE NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO FILL THAT RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO FEEL THAT SAFE, THANK YOU. YEAH. 
          OKAY. THANKS THAT. THAT ANSWERS SOME OF MY CONCERNS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'LL BE YES. WELL, IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS CURIOUS OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. MR BRADLEY, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE SO FAR ON THE BOARD AND WHAT? YOU'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON? YES MA'AM. UM, SO ORIGINALLY, MY INTEREST WAS JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL AND HOW WE WERE ADDRESSING WASTE CONCERNS. AND THEN TOO. THERE'S SOME DEGREE JUST, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATED TO COMMUNITY HOW WE WERE APPROACHING, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, AND I CONFESS WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD, IT WAS WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN I EVER IMAGINED. AND BUT BUT IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD LEARNING TERMS. YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN I JOINED IN 2020 20? I WAS IT WAS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID. 
          SO I THINK THAT I GOT APPOINTED AND THEN COVID HERE AND SO ON THE FIRST TIME THAT I EVEN GOT THE PHYSICALLY MEET THE BOARD MEMBERS WAS JUST AS PAST YEAR. UH WHATEVER. DIDN'T WE GET THE WHOLE THING AND ZOOM BUT LEARNED A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES BETWEEN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WASTE HAULERS BETWEEN HOW WE MEASURE AND ADDRESS VARIOUS DIFFERENT WASTE PRODUCTS AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND AREAS AND HOW PEOPLE WANT THINGS TO ADDRESS AS WELL AS AND HOW WE SERVE AS DIFFERENT AREAS. I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW WE INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE ADVANCE HOW DO WE MOVE THINGS FORWARD? SO RECENTLY? I'VE EVEN ADDRESSED THE BORDER ABOUT YOU KNOW AS LOOKING INTO, UH ANOTHER TECHNOLOGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS WE CAN HAVE ABOUT HOW WE CAN EVEN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OR INTERESTED IN IS WITH THE ADVENT OF ALL THE ELECTRIC CARS AND WITH THE BATTERIES AND THINGS HOW WE ADDRESS THAT, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES. THEY HAVE GAINED MY INTEREST IN TERMS OF HOW WE ADDRESS THEM. I THINK AS A BOARD WERE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS, AND YOU KNOW, IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE WHAT I'VE SEEN THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS. SO IT'S DEFINITELY IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LEARNING CURVE IS DEFINITELY BEING INTERESTED. INTERESTING AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, POSSIBLE SERVING A SECOND TERM AND SEEING WHAT BENEFIT NOW THAT I HAVE A BANK OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THINGS WORK. HOW I CAN REALLY BE A BENEFIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION TO A FEW RE APPOINTEES, AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST THOROUGH ANSWERS AND IT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WASTE IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO ELECTRONICS AND BATTERIES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT SEC SECOND TERM. UH SECOND TERM. SHOULD YOU BE ELECTED HERE TODAY AND NEXT WEEK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY HAWKINS AND COUNCIL ONE AFFAIRS. RIGHT? YOU'RE YOU'RE NEXT. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS IN CUTE. I SUPPORT THIS WHOLE HEARTEDLY AND SECOND IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WASN'T 
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CUTE OKAY WITH WE SAW YOU WAVING . WE THOUGHT WAS YES, I KNOW. YEAH. CANCEL WOMAN, HAWKINS. YES WELL, THANKS FOR SERVING ON THEIR BOARDS. HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU DO AND IT'S UP TO YOU ANSWER. DO YOU LIVE A WEST OF NINTH STREET OR EAST OF NINTH STREET? IT IS. EAST. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ONLINE? VIRTUALLY OKAY, SEEN. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT CALLS FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE KNOWS MY LIKE SIDE. 
          THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT COUNTER. THANK THANK YOU, MR BRYCE LEE FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. ADAM NUMBER TWO IS A P 120623 J M APPOINTMENT OF JOHN MILLER TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 12TH 20 22ND DO I HEAR A MOTION SECOND PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THEY ARE ALL PRESCRIBED SEATS. THERE ARE FOUR YEARS TERMS AND THE SEATS ARE TWO MEMBERS ARE FROM THE CANCEL FOR MEMBERS FROM AN ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. ONE MEMBER FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A REGIONAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IS GOING TO BE HEARD TODAY. ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A REHAB PROFESSIONAL, UH. TWO MEMBERS FROM AN EMPLOYMENT OR EDUCATION ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION AND TWO MEMBERS AT LARGE. MR JOHN MILLER WILL SEE, UH, WILL BE APPOINTED TO SORRY. OH, MR JOHN MILLER WILL BE WILL BE FILLING A SEAT FOR THE REGIONAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. DR. MILLER IS THE PAIN OF YOUR BILLS. KENT SCHOOL DOCTOR, MILLER WILL BE REPLACING AN OUTGOING MEMBER, DANIELLE BILLER DEALER. DR MILLER IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 18. HE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT. AND YES, HE IS ON THE CALL. UH, TONIGHT OKAY? THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? DON'T YES. UM YES, MISS DOCTOR MILLER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT'S A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU. I'M EXCITED IF I ACCEPTED POINTED TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COMMISSION, CERTAINLY I'M NEW TO LOUISVILLE MOVED HERE IN JUNE TO TAKE THE POST THAT YOU HAVE L AND CERTAINLY AS DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND FAMILY SCIENCE, THE RIGHTS AND, UH PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ARE AMONG ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF A LOT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AND WORK THAT WE DO HERE WITH OUR FACULTY STAFF AND STUDENTS, BUT AS A NEW MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY, I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO BE INVOLVED. AND SO HOPEFULLY I WILL RECEIVE YES VOTES TODAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? MADAM. HERE THIS IS A COUNCILMAN REED. YES, COUNCILMAN REED. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE DOCTOR MILLER . WELCOME LOUISVILLE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE ONE OF THE TWO COUNCIL REPS FOR AS LONG AS THIS ON THIS COMMITTEE. AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE. AND I CAN TELL YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT I HAVE ONE MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY THAN I EVER DEEMED POSSIBLE. AND WE HAVE SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES COMING UP WITH NEW CONTRACTS COMING UP WITH TORQUE THREE AND JUST IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION OF NOTHING ELSE FOR DISABLED COMMUNITY, SO I WELCOME YOUR INPUT, SIR. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? THE SAME. NONE OF THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE PHONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY AYE KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SIGN. AND THERE'S ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU AGAIN, DOCTOR MILLER FOR BEING HERE. AND THE NEXT FOUR ATOMS ARE ALL FOR THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THEY HAVE THE SAME TERM EXPIRATION. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO HEAR THEM ALL TOGETHER IF THAT IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY HOW MANY ARE HERE? YOU CAN STILL YEAH. NICE. OKAY? OKAY WELL, WE HAVE AN OBJECTION. SO 
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WE'LL GO WITH ADAM. NUMBER THREE, RP 120623 D A REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID ALL GOOD TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 12TH 2027 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU NEED A SECOND. SECOND THANK YOU. UM SO IT IS BEFORE US AND MISS JACKSON. YOU'RE ON FOUR. SO MR ALL GOOD IS ON THE CALL TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS RE APPOINTMENT. HE IS REPRESENTING AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY. HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY IS A DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR DISABLED. PERSONS HE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL EIGHT. HERE IS A WHITE MALE DEMOCRAT. HE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2022. SO WE HE FILLED A VACANCY, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS REAPPOINTMENT ON TONIGHT. THANK YOU. MM. MR ON GOOD. DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. BUT JUST. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HELP BEING RAPED, WENT INTO THIS COMMISSION . I WAS ONE OF ME AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WOULD ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND FORMER COUNCILMAN BRANDON COME TO CREATE THIS COMMISSION. SO IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND, UH, AS A PERSON HAS A DISABILITY ACQUIRED IT WHEN I WAS 16 AND THEN HAVING USING THE WHEELCHAIR FOR 41 YEARS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NEED TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ONE OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE ALSO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING AGAIN AND CONTINUE AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE VISIBILITY STATE FULLY IN THE COMMUNITY. YEAH GREAT. THANK YOU AGREE THIS IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS DONE THAT COUNCILMAN COHEN, DID HE JUST THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A REAL, UM, OPENER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? WAIT A MINUTE. YEAH, I SEE IT NOW. WELL, I DON'T SEE IT NOW. OKAY. WHERE'S IT AT? OKAY? NEVER MIND. THERE WE GO. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, MR ORGAN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION IN THIS BOARD. I THINK THAT UM, AND BECAUSE HER DISABILITY CITIZENS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE'S A PASSIONATE BOARD THAT'S WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. MY QUESTION, UM, ISN'T NECESSARILY TOWARDS THE CANDIDATE. BUT JUST. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. IT SOUNDS GREAT. IT DOES SOUND LIKE A FOR PROFIT ENTITY, AND TWO OF OUR CANDIDATES TODAY ARE FROM THAT ORGANIZATION. IS THAT PROBLEMATIC? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. ADDRESS THAT. THE CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE LIVING. WE'RE NONPROFIT AGENCY. THAT'S WHERE THE FIRST AND LARGEST CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WERE NONPROFIT AGENCY, AND OUR MISSION IS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LIVERS INDEPENDENTLY AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN IN THE COMMUNITY OR SETTING OF THEIR CHOICE, BUT WE ARE NONPROFIT AGENCY. OKAY GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. I'M JUST DRIVING YOUR WEBSITE ABOUT PAGE. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING IT NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT ON THERE. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR CLARIFYING. DID YOU SAY IT WAS THE CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE LIVING? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? UM, MR ALL GOOD. YES, IT IS THE CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE I'M NOT SURE BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT IT IS. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU GREAT WORK. UM. LET'S SEE COUNCILWOMAN PARIS, RIGHT? I UM I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU. THESE APPOINTMENTS TODAY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME AS SOMEONE THAT IS ON HER THIRD PEACEMAKER. I DON'T LEAD WITH MY DISABILITY, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING REPRESENTED UPLIFTED AND I'M I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND I'VE READ ABOUT ALL OF YOU AND ALSO THE APPLICANTS. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO SERVE AND SERVE. WELL WE DON'T WANT LETTERHEAD, PEOPLE. WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE ACTION. THAT WAS MY ONLY COMMENT. THANK YOU, UM. AND WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BACK. CANCER WOMAN DONNA PURPOSE, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. THANK YOU. AND I DID NOT HAVE A QUESTION AND TO HAVE A BRINGING ENDORSEMENT FOR DAVID 
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ALL GOOD. HE'S BEEN DOING THIS WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME HERE AND DOING IT WELL, SO REST ASSURED WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN DAVID, WHO IS NOT ONLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS VERY MUCH A FORWARD THINKER AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND KEEP THEM FOREFRONT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO IT AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR ALL GOOD. I WONDERED IF YOU KNEW DAMIEN IN JAN BARTHEL. YEAH YEAH, YEAH. GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THIS IS A AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE PHONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE KNOWS BY LIKE, SIGN THIS AS WELL . WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU, MR ALL GOOD FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. THE GOVERNOR MUCH FOR THE WORK. 
          THANK YOU. ADAM FOUR IS RP 120623 LM REAPPOINTMENT OF LAUREN MOUNTS TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 12TH 20 22ND DOING YOUR EMOTION. PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LAUREN MOUNTS. MS MOUNT SERVES AS AN EMPLOYEE EDUCATION ADVOCACY. SHE SERVES IN THAT SEAT. LAUREN IS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE LIVING . LAUREN IS OUT OF COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT WHITE FEMALE DEMOCRAT SHE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED AND 2022. TO COMPLETE A TERM DUE TO A RESIGNATION. THANK YOU. UM IS SHE HERE TODAY? I'M HERE. HI I'M LAUREN ANNOUNCED, SO I ACTUALLY HAVE TRANSITIONS THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE LIVING AS DAVID ORGAN SAID, WE ARE INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER, AND I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT LIVING MOVEMENT PHILOSOPHY, WHICH IS TO ELIMINATE THE VARIOUS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES EXIST SO HAD BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND ACTUALLY TRANSITIONED TO A LEADERSHIP POSITION AS WELL. SO I'M VERY EAGER TO WORK. THANK YOU. UM, CANCEL WOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM YOU UNIQUELY HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN TO LOUISVILLE'S. WHICH ONE DO YOU PREFER? COLOR LOUISVILLE, COLORADO AND LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, RIGHT, ACTUALLY, I'M FROM LOCAL EMANATED. YOU'RE SO SORRY. YOUR RESUME SAYS IT'S OKAY FOR YOUR LAST EMPLOYMENT. SO I'M A LIFELONG NATIVE ACTUALLY. YEAH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEING AND THIS IS A, UM, AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE KNOWS ABOUT LIKE, SIGN. UH THIS ALSO WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU. MISS MOUNTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IT'S AN HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY. UM. ADAM NUMBER FIVE IS RP 120623 D E REAPPOINTMENT OF DEA, URBAN BECK TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 12TH 20 22ND, DO I HEAR EMOTION? PROBABLY MOVED AND SECONDED, MISS JACKSON. SO MISS ARVIN BACK IS ONE OF THE SERVING IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SEATS. SHE IS AN ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH KIP TO SHE IS AT A METRO COUNCIL 23. SHE IS A WHITE FEMALE DEMOCRAT. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED AND 2019. SHE IS ACTUALLY ON THE CALLS ALL THAT HER TELL MORE ABOUT HERSELF. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER? YES, PLEASE. DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO, UM GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD THIS, UM , THE LAST TIME, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY VOICE WHO I AM AND WHAT I REPRESENT. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT PEOPLE WITH A DIFFERENT ABEL'S ABILITY. TO HAVE A VOICE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO BE INCLUSIVE AND TO LIVE WHERE THEY ARE TO ACCESS ALL POINTS OF ANYTHING IN LOUISVILLE , WHETHER IT BE EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY BIG PASSION FOR ME. I AM A TRANSPLANT. I WAS NOT BORN IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. I'M FROM WASHINGTON. I SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE FOR FOUR YEARS. UM AND I HAVE THREE JOBS, 
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CURRENTLY NOT ONLY WITH KIP TO TWICE IN TWO DIFFERENT ROLES, BUT I ALSO WORK AS AN SCL, UM, DIRECT SUPPORT PERSON FOR A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS A DISABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS OUT AND GETS TO BE SEEN AND TO SEE THINGS OF LOUISVILLE. I ALSO RIDE ON TARK THREE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WITH A GOOD FRIEND TO, UM KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. EXCUSE ME. 
          AND I JUST AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. CURRENTLY I AM SERVING AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE AS WELL. 
          UM AND WE TRY EVERY MEETING TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT IS ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES. UM AND ANY ROLE THAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP THEM LIVE BETTER IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DID. IT IS SO NEEDED. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN UM COUNCILMAN RENO RIVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WOULD JUST LOVE YOU HAD JUST A SECOND TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH TARGET THREE. UM, WITHIN THIS ROLE. SHORTLY. SO I'M ALSO THE SUB COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR TAR FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMISSION AS WELL. SO WE SET UM EVERY MONTH EVERY OTHER MONTH. EXCUSE ME AND TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT ARE FACING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WE ARE GETTING READY TO US. START ON THE FOCUS GROUPS FOR THE RFP COMING UP. WE'VE ALL BEEN INVITED FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING TO SERVE IN THE FOCUS GROUPS AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HELP DO THAT AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? COUNCILWOMAN UM PARIS , RIGHT? YES. I GOT YOUR SCOTT. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE OF ACTUALLY RIDING ON THE TART THREE. SURE SO I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WHO ACTUALLY WORKED FOR TARRED. UM, AND SHE IS A PARAPLEGIC. SHE GETS TO RIDE FOR FREE BECAUSE THAT WAS IN HER CLOSET WHEN SHE RETIRED, SO I RIDE. AS FOR ATTENDANCE I HAVE WRITTEN ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT ARE CONTRACTED WITH TARK THREE. AND SO IT'S A VERY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE TO HAVE TO WAIT 45 MINUTES IN THE COLD FOR A BUS WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A WINDOW OF ONLY 30 MINUTES. UM IT IS, UM IT'S BEEN VERY EYE OPENING ON WHERE THEY DROPPED US OFF VERSUS WHERE THEY PICK US UP. AND THE DRIVER IS NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT WHICH LOCATION WAS WHAT THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK ON IN THE FOCUS GROUPS. JUST IT'S JUST BEEN VERY EYE OPENING UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE WRITTEN IN A VEHICLE. UM THAT HAS TO TIE DOWN WHEELCHAIRS. UM AND HAS TO STRAP IN SOMEBODY THAT IS IN A WHEELCHAIR. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE. I ALSO HAVE BEEN A TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR FOR A LOCAL ACTIVITY. UM I'M SORRY. I'M AN A D H D, UM 80 HC. EXCUSE ME, ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE, AND I WAS THEIR TRANSPORTATION. UM GURU OF ALL THINGS. I COULD DRIVE A BUS. I COULD ACTUALLY DO THE FOUR POINT TIE DOWN. I DID ALL THE ROUTES. I DID A LOT OF THAT WITH THE TAKE CARE PROGRAM, AND IT'S JUST IT IS VERY EYE OPENING. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN TRANSPORTATION LIKE THAT, IT'S EVERYBODY NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE TIME. I TOTALLY AGREE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT SO MANY TARK THREE RIDERS HAVE TOLD US FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB. BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT MANY HATS YOU WEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEAH. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SORRY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, I THINK IN 2019 AND IT GOT OFF TO A SLOW START BECAUSE OF COVID AND OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELD IT TOGETHER DEAL WITH THE ONE AND SHE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB, AND I THINK THAT IT'S STARTING TO PICK UP STEAM. NOW. FINALLY. UM I'M ON THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE WITH HER. SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF BRINGING OUT TO LIGHT. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING, UH, ARE HANDICAPPED POPULATION WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, AND I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS UPCOMING RFP, WHICH I THINK HAPPENS WHAT ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS HE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE GET A GOOD SCOPE OF WORK. AS PART OF THIS OPERATION IS 
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PERCOCET. REPEAT BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES OUT GOOD, AND I THINK HE'S FOCUS GROUPS ARE ARE VITAL TO ACHIEVING THAT END, SO IT IS MANY PEOPLE, AS WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY GET INVOLVED IN THE COUNCIL LEVEL. I KNOW THE DEAL WOULD LOVE THEIR INPUT. UM I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, SO THANK YOU, DEAR. FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. AND DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE ABOUT LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GUARD CONSENT CALENDAR . THANK YOU, DEAR. FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL YOUR WORK. THE NEXT ADAM IS ADAM . NUMBER SIX RP WANT TO 0623 D T REAPPOINTMENT OF DESTINY RIDGE TO THE COMMISSION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 12TH 2027, DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION. PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR DESTINY, ETHERIDGE SHE OF FIELDS, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SEATS. DOCTOR ETHRIDGE IS A PHYSICIAN WITH NORTONS HEALTHCARE. SHE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 20. SHE'S AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT . SHE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2022. SHE FIELD SHE COMPLETED A TERM DUE TO A RESIGNATION. AH! DR ETHRIDGE IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE DISABILITIES COMMUNITY, AND SHE HAS SERVED THIS COMMISSION. WELL SHE IS ON THE CALL TODAY TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HERSELF. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON . AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          DR. EDWARDS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REAPPOINTED LIKE THEY SAID, I'M MY DAYTIME JOB. I'M A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. UM IT WAS BROADWAY WITH NORTON AND THEN A ADDICTION MEDICINE ON THE SIDE. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE DAY TO DAY PRACTICE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR MY PATIENTS. WITH DISABILITIES AND HOW WE CAN HELP ON THE HEALTHCARE END. SO I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AS MUCH AS I HAVE ENJOYED SERVING THE COMMITTEE. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM JUST BEING ABLE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT I'M ABLE BEEN ABLE TO BRING BACK TO NOT JUST MY PRACTICE, BUT MY PROBABLY AS WELL SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. AS FAR AS BEING ON THE COMMITTEE, I AM ON THE PUBLIC SPACES AND EVENTS SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE ARE WORKING ON DOING A DIRECTORY TO HAVE SOME CONTACTS WITH DIFFERENT READING FIRSTHAND. SMITH TOWN, IT'S THERE IS FORMACION ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DISABILITIES, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M WORKING ON. AS FAR AS MY SUBCOMMITTEE GOALS ME PERSONALLY. MHM HAVE A LOT OF WOMEN DROVE ME ONE INTERVIEW IS OUTSIDE OF MY PATIENTS IS I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD ON THE SPECTRUM. SO I SIT ON THE BOARD OF REPEAT, SO PROBABLY MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT FEET IS SO FEET IS A LONGTIME ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES ON THE SPECTRUM, SO I SERVED ON THE BOARD AND NECK, REALLY? AND THEN ALSO, I AM THE CHAPTER LEAD OF ENGLISH ANGELS ARE WE PUSH? UM I DON'T THINK CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SO VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE AND HOPE TO BE REAPPOINTED AND OPEN THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR AFTERWARDS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY AND YOUR BACKGROUND. ARE THERE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SAYING NONE OF THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT, CALLING FOR VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE, MAN. LIKE SIGN. UM AND THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR MILLER, DR ETHRIDGE AND MISS HAIRPIN BECK AND MR ALL GOOD AND OUR COUNCILMAN SCOTT REED FOR SERVING ON THIS IMPORTANT BOARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I REMEMBER SIX. YEAH, IT IS. NOPE SORRY. ADAM. NUMBER SEVEN. AP 120623 G W APPOINTMENT OF GARTH WILLIAMS TO THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES MARCH 23RD 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON? SO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT CAN. BE NO MORE THAN 5045 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE WAY IT'S SET UP IN STATUTE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NOMINATES INDIVIDUALS FOR MEMBERSHIP AND THEY SUBMIT THOSE NAMES TO THE MAYOR. AH THERE'S SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ON 
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THIS BOARD. AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE TOTAL BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE PROPERTY OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. UM APPOINTMENT SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS AN OWNER. OR MANAGER OF A RETAIL BUSINESS AND OWNER OR MANAGER OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND OFFICE BUILDING, OWNER OR TENANT , A PARKING FACILITY OWNER OR MANAGER AND OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A RESTAURANT OR FOOD SERVICE FACILITY OR OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A HOTEL OR LODGING FACILITY, MR GARTH. UM. WHICH I WAS SURPRISED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY. AS YOU KNOW, HE IS THAT HE IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DERBY CITY DOWNTOWN, WHICH THEY'RE OPENING AS WE SPEAK, SO HE TOOK THE TIME TO COME OVER TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THIS COMMITTEE. AND WE KNOW THAT CHURCHILL DOWNS IS A GREAT CORPORATE PARTNER, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD. IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. MY NAME IS GARTH WILLIAMS GENERAL MANAGER. WCT GAMING DOWNTOWN. I'VE BEEN A LITTLE RESIDENT NOW FOR JUST ABOUT 2.5 YEARS I MOVED HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHERE I WORKED FOR CHURCHILL DOWNS IS RACETRACK. THEY'RE CALLED HER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MOVED HERE IN JANUARY 2021 TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. FOR THE PROPER LEVEL LOCATION HAVE SINCE BEEN PROMOTED TO GENERAL MANAGER OF THAT LOCATION, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO, WAS MADE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION AND OVERSAW ITS DESIGN, CONCEPTUALIZATION AND ULTIMATELY , THE OPENING THAT YEAR GOING TO SEE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS IS A BIG JOB, ISN'T IT? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S SEE. CANCEL WOMEN CHAPEL. YEAH I WAS ALSO SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS IT'S A VERY BUSY DAY FOR YOU. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TIME PRESS CARD. 
          I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE MET YOU ON A TOUR PREVIOUSLY OF THE GAMING FACILITY ON GLOBAL ROAD AND, UM YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND EXPERTISE IS VERY APPARENT. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOU ON THIS BOARD AND ALSO TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH SUCH A HUGE ANCHOR FACILITY IN OUR DOWNTOWN WITH THIS BOARD SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY CONTINUE BUILDING OR DOWNTOWN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE AND DON'T SEE ANY TO LAST ME? I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT ADDITION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. AND LISTEN, IF ANYBODY, UM, IF YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE AND YOU AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I'M RECOGNIZING YOU JUST WAVE, PLEASE. UM SO THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. BAND LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, MR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ADAM NUMBER EIGHT IS RP 120623 MH REAPPOINTMENT OF MARYLAND, HARRIS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026 , DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION? SECOND, PROBABLY MET THE SECOND MISS JACKSON. SO THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS. ON THIS BOARD. UH METRO COUNCIL HAS AN EX OFFICIAL MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THAT IS CURRENTLY COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN. THIS BOARD SERVES THREE YEAR TERMS. THIS BOARD ALSO HAS PRESCRIBED SEATS, ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE, THAT'S HOW IT WAS ESTABLISHED, AND THAT'S A BANKING. REP A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSUMER UM, LOW INCOME HOUSING ADVOCATE MEMBER AT LARGE, A METRO REP NONPROFIT METRO REP. A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER, SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF LOUISVILLE, REPRESENTED FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND A REP OF HOMELESS. AND THEN THERE'S A GREATER LOUISVILLE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS TODAY. WE'RE ASKING FOR MISS HARRIS'S REAPPOINTMENT. SHE IS METRO'S REPRESENTATIVE. MARYLAND IS THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FOR LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR HER RE APPOINTMENT TO THIS SEAT. 
          SHE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. HI HI. CAN YOU LEND HARRIS FOR THE RECORDS? THANK YOU. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS HARRIS TODAY? WHEN I GIVE US ANY BACKGROUND? UM NOPE. BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME? YEAH. UM I DON'T I DON'T. UM YEAH, I'M 
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CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. WE HAVE BEEN SUPER ACTIVE AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE 40 MILLION OF ARCHIVE FANS WAS PROVIDED LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET THOSE PROJECTS ROLLED OUT THE DOOR. HOUSING IS MY PASSION. I'VE BEEN A HAUSER FOR WELL, I STARTED IN HOUSING IN 1992. SO I'M ON 31 YEARS AGO. GOOD MATH. 31 YEARS. UM AND, UH, IT'S MY PASSION. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO. THANKS FOR SERVING IN THAT JUST SERVING I WILL SAY THAT YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO THINK SOMETIMES YOU GO OVER AND BEYOND. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. WE NEEDED. FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CANCEL WOMAN PERISH RIGHT? THAT'S A REAL COMPLIMENT COMING FROM COUNCILMAN HAWKINS, UM AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DONE HOUSED AND ALSO WHILE I WAS IN THE HOUSE MY FIRST TIME I WAS ON WAYSIDE WHEN IT WAS ON MARKET STREET, AND I HELPED ADVOCATE FOR THE LORD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. KATHY KINKO RECRUITED ME, SO IT REALLY FEELS AMAZING TO BE HERE IN THE SEAT. 
          AND I, UM I'M SUPPORTING YOU BEING REAPPOINTED BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOUR WORK OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES EVEN THROUGH CONSTRAINTS, YOU'VE FOUND WAYS TO WORK AROUND AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE PEOPLE. THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE MOST WATCHED, UM, SEATS EVER . AND I HOPE AND I THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THAT. BUT WE NEED GOOD PEOPLE HERE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. IF THERE IS JUST WAVE OKAY. AND THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE AYE KNOWS ABOUT LIKES THAT THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND MARYLAND. WE APPRECIATE IT. UM ADAM, NUMBER NINE IS A P 120623 LJ APPOINTMENT OF ABBREVIATIONS. I'M SORRY IF I BUTCHERED THAT JENKINS TO THE POLICE MERIT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE 1ST 20 22ND DON'T HEAR MOTION. GRADUALLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO THIS BOARD HAS FIVE MEMBERS ON IT. THEY ARE ALL APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THERE ARE TWO ELECTED BY THE F O P THE MAYOR, APPOINTED MEMBERS SERVED FOR FOUR YEAR TES. THIS BOARD WHAT IT DOES CLASSIFYING EXAMINE APPLICANTS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AS OFFICERS SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CHIEF OR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, OR OFFICERS WITH THE RANK ABOVE CAPTAIN. THIS BOARD ALSO HOLDS HEARINGS. WHERE, THERE UM. FOR THE BOARD IF THERE ARE APPEALS TO ANY ANYTHING THAT, UM, THAT IS HAPPENS WITHIN LM P D THAT THEY'RE NOT PLEASED WITH SO THEY CAN APPEAL IT. UM THERE ARE GOVERNED. LET'S SEE. UM THE BOARD HOLDS HEARINGS AGAIN. 
          EXCEPT WHEN PROHIBITED SHELL. UH IF THERE ARE ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE K R S SO THEY CANNOT HOLD IT, UH, IF IT'S NOT CONSISTENT, UM, THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED THE BRAVIA JENKINS TO REPLACE CRYSTAL PETERSON, WHO COMPLETED HER TERM. UM MISS JENKINS IS A RETIRED VOLUNTEER ATTORNEY. SHE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. SHE'S AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE, AND SHE'S AN INDEPENDENT. MISS JENKINS HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE. 
          SHE IS A FORMER COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY OUT OF VIRGINIA. SHE'S A FORMER ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY. SHE IS A FORMER PUBLIC DEFENDER. HER RESUME REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. UM SHE IS VERY QUALIFIED, AND SHE IS WILLING TO SERVE SHE IS ACTUALLY HERE TODAY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LIV BRAVIA JENKINS AND, UM, AS MISS JACKSON SAID, I HAVE RETIRED. I RETIRED FROM MY JOB AS COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND I'VE LIVED IN LOUISVILLE FOR TWO YEARS NOW. 
          I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO BE AND THE POLICE MERIT BOARD BECAUSE IT'S PUTTING TO GOOD USE. I THINK THE EXPERIENCE THAT I GAINED IN MY CAREER. UM I ALSO WELL INTERIOR FOR LEGAL AID, HELPING EVICTION CLIENTS TRY TO AVOID EVICTION, WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM HERE IN LOUISVILLE. AND I WOULD WELCOME 
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ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WELL, WELCOME TO LOUISVILLE, AND IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THAT COUNCILWOMAN PARISH, RIGHT? I WOULD JUST SAY YOU ARE BREAKFAST. FISH AIR. UM I'VE BEEN ON ALL SIDES OF THE LAW, BUT NOT YOUR SIDES. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT. YOU COME WITH A BACKGROUND THAT YOU DO AND THEN AND THIS MERIT BOARD. I WANTED YOU ALL TO HAVE MORE TEETH, BUT WHAT IT HAS IS GOOD REPRESENTATION, AND WE REALLY NEED YOU THERE. WE NEED YOUR EYES AND WE WANT WE'RE JUST ANTI CORRUPTION, SO JUST TO HAVE THE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. THAT'S GOING TO UPHOLD THE LAW. MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE NOTES WERE INDEPENDENT BLACK WOMAN LAWYER AND, UM, AS I READ DEEPER, YOUR RESUME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WELCOME ONE TRANSPLANT TO ANOTHER. THANK YOU HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? DO YOU SEE ONE? HOW LONG YOU DON'T COUNCILMAN KRAMER? THANK YOU. 
          MATT IS NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION IS CURIOSITY. SO UM, FULL DISCLOSURE WOULD BE A YES VOTE. 
          UM YOUR RESUME IS OUR RIGHT. WHEN POINTING OUT HIS IMPRESSIVE HOW DID. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO ASK THIS RIGHT TO GO FROM PUBLIC DEFENDER TO PROSECUTOR BACK TO WORKING IN LEGAL AID. UM, THAT'S. THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE CAREER PATH. WELL UM THAT'S A QUESTION OR NOT, BUT WELL OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, I WAS A PUBLIC DEFENDER AND REALIZED THAT I PROBABLY HAD MORE POWER TO DO GOOD AS A PROSECUTOR'S, SO THAT'S WHEN I BECAME A PROSECUTOR. AND UM, I RETIRED AFTER THREE TERMS, ALMOST FOUR TERMS IN OFFICE. I RETIRED, MOVED TO LOUISVILLE AND AS PART OF MY RETIREMENT PLAN THAT I'D DO SOME GOOD AND VOLUNTEERED FOR LEGAL AID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR DECIDING ON LOUISVILLE. THANKS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. VOLUNTEERING AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. EVIDENTLY THIS IS NOT WORKING RIGHT? SO IF YOU ARE WANTING TO SPEAK IF YOU CAN WAVE UM, OTHERWISE WE WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE, BY LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. 
          MISS JENKINS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. ADAM NUMBER 10 IS A P 120623 LM. APPOINTMENT OF LATONYA MCNEIL TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION? PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION. THERE ARE 29 MEMBERS ON THIS COMMISSION. THE MAYOR APPOINTS SIX CITIZEN MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION, WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL. THE CITIZEN MEMBERS, UM. WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. UH THREE MEMBERS REPRESENTING PROVIDERS OR ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TREATMENT, HOMELESSNESS OR VICTIM ADVOCACY. 
          THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP THE 29 ARE KEY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES OR METRO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THEY SERVED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR THEIR JOBS. THE CITIZEN MEMBERS SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS. LATANYA MCNEIL IS A HUD HOMELESS CASE MANAGER WITH WILL SPRING THE TANYA'S AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT. SHE HAS EXPERIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT , CONFLICT RESOLUTION, CLIENT RELATIONS AND PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT. SHE IS FILLING. I'M SORRY. SHE IS FILLING THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WE WANT HER BECAUSE SHE IS AN ADVOCACY FOR THE HOMELESS. OKAY? SHE IS A CASE MANAGER FOR THE HOMELESS SHE HAD INTENDED TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT THERE WAS A COMPLEX, SO WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR HER APPOINTMENT TO BE APPROVED. UNDER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN MY QUEUE. UM THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT COLLEAGUES FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL 
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THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH UH, KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SIGN. AND THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          ADAM NUMBER 11 IS RP 120623 KM DEPARTMENT OF KURT MASON TO THE DECEMBER 31ST 2026 MISS JACKSON. 
          SO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION, UM BOARD IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER BOARDS. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBERS SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM. THERE'S SIX MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THE EXTENSION COUNCIL ACTUALLY SUBMITS THOSE NAMES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR FOR APPOINTMENT THIS JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION BOARD AIDS AND DISSEMINATING AMONG THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY. USEFUL AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON AGRICULTURE. SO THIS IS AN AGRICULTURE, HOME ECONOMICS AND, UH, TYPE BOARD. UM WE ARE ASKING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF UM KURT MASON, WHO WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2020. MR MASON IS RETIRED, BUT IT'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND IN THIS, UH CONSERVATION ARENA. HE'S AT A METRO COUNCIL 22, HE'S AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT. UM HE WAS A DISTRICT CONSERVATION IS SERVING JEFFERSON OLDHAM AND BULLET COUNTIES. HE HAS ALSO MANAGED THE USDA S TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          HE'S IS A VERY WILLING, UH, PARTICIPANT SERVER. UM AND HE IS ACTUALLY ON THE CALL, AND HE CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MR MASON FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE GOT TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. UM WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. AND NOW THAT YOU WEAR MANY HAD HATS AND YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR WORK. NO, THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO MEET, UM AT LEAST VIRTUALLY IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. IF YOU HEAR THE BACKGROUND, I HAVE A I DID TAKE ON A NEW JOB ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO. BECOMING A GRANDFATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO I AM BABYSITTING MY GRANDSON WHO'S RIGHT NEXT TO ME. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SO I RETIRED FROM U S, D A AND 2020 AFTER 44 YEARS OF SERVICE THERE. 
          I WAS IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA FOR 40 YEARS OF THAT 44 YEARS. AND MY BACKGROUND IS I TELL PEOPLE I'M A DARK SKY. I'M A BACKGROUND IS SOIL AND PLANT SIDES. AND. I AM. INFORM OWNER OWN APARTMENT. 
          SCOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY FAMILY FARM AND HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE. NOT ONLY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, BUT IN ABOUT, UH, 18 DIFFERENT COUNTIES, SAYING KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT MY CAREER I HAVE AN ADVOCACY OF WORKING WITH FOLKS TO GET THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LAND WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THEIR FEET? THE VALUE OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND AGRICULTURE IN THEIR LIVES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WALK OF LIFE THAT THEY MIGHT BE, AND UM WITH THAT I. I RETIRED AS THE URBAN CONSERVATIONISTS FOR THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WITH AN ADVOCACY OF INTRODUCING URBAN AREAS. TO AGRICULTURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING OFFERED THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS. UH THAT OTHERWISE WEREN'T BEING UTILIZED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK FARMERS BUT DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE FARMERS. AND WHEN I SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE FARMERS, THEY WERE PRODUCING FOOD AND FIBER IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS. I OVER THE YEARS I HAVE SERVED, UH , ANYTHING THAT TOUCHES LAND OR WATER. I SEEM TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS I HAVE CHAIRED THE BURNINGHAM RESEARCH FORCE AND ARBORETUM IS PAST PRESIDENT FOR TWO YEARS AMONG THE UNDER EXECUTIVE BOARD NOW SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY FORMALIZED, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE SMALL FARMER OR ORGANIZATION. I SERVED AS A AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK FARMER COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY, WHICH DOES ADVOCACY WORK FOR MAD ALREADY FARMERS IN THE STATE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR ROLE OR URBAN FARMERS. SERVICE CHAIR AS JEFFERSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST, WHICH IS THE LAND TRUST ORGANIZATION AND VICE CHAIR OF THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT TO HELP UH, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN AREAS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED WITH GOOD NUTRITION AND WITH, UH 
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, LEARNING ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND ITS OUTREACH AND CAREERS. AND SO THE ONLY BIRTH BOARD THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVE ON THAT'S NOT AGRICULTURAL RELATED, BUT THIS TIME, IT'S A NEW DIRECTION HOUSING BOARD, WHICH I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD, BUT CONNECTING FOOD, NUTRITION, PLACE AND SELF SUFFICIENCY IS ALWAYS BEEN IN MY BACKGROUND, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER TERM OF HOPEFULLY OF SERVING WITH THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE AND SEEING, UH, IF I CAN HELP BRING NEW IDEAS AND NEW COMMITTEE OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO LAUDABLE METRO AREA THROUGH THE CORPORATE EXTENSION SERVICE. THANK YOU, MR MASON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTENSIVE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. PREVIOUS TO MY ROLES ACCOUNTS WOMAN ON METRO COUNCIL SERVED AS A JEFFERSON COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT SUPERVISOR. UM THOSE ARE ELECTED POSITIONS NONPARTISAN. EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES IS REPRESENTED BY SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I WORKED CLOSELY WITH KURT, UM, AS HE WAS STARTING TO RETIRE, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN HE RETIRED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF KENTUCKY LAMENTED ABOUT IT, AND SO I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED THAT HE'S HERE BEING A CHAMPION FOR LOUISVILLE. I THINK HE'S A REALLY FANTASTIC CANDIDATE AND HE COMES OBVIOUSLY WITH THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, SO I'M ENTHUSIASTICALLY VOTING. YES, FOR MR MASON. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN OR THEIR COUNCILWOMAN PARISH, RIGHT? I AM EXCITED AS WE KNOCKED DOORS AND DISTRICT THREE. I WISH YOU WERE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT AS WE KNOCK DOORS, WE FOUND PEOPLE WITH GOATS, GARDENS, GARDENS, GROWING CHICKENS, EVERYTHING GROWING, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE. AND I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT WERE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WANT IT. I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOUR WORK AND DEFINITELY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SO MANY EXTENSION PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT YOU FIELD SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND JUST KEEP GOING ON THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SAYING, AND THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE, PROMOTION. 
          I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE OH, SORRY. UM PROPERTY MOVED AND SECONDED. BUT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE. THEY WILL MISS THAT. SORRY OKAY, UM SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL DO THAT AGAIN. I WAS BAD, LIKE SIGN. UM THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR MASON FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. UM ADAM NUMBER 12 IS A P 120623 CS APPOINTMENT AT CATHERINE CHIC TO THE EXTENSION BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER. 31ST 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PURPOSELY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO UM, MS CATHERINE CHIC WILL BE REPLACING MR FAAN EDWARDS. SHE JUST COULD NOT BE. SHE COULD NOT BE REAPPOINTED. SO WE ARE REPLACING HER. MS. SHEIKH IS RETIRED. SHE LIVES AT A METRO COUNCIL 20. SHE IS A WHITE FEMALE REPUBLICAN. 
          SHE IS RETIRED FROM CITIZEN UNION BANK, WHERE SHE WAS THE SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST. I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO HER BACKGROUND CAUSE SHE'S HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND INTRODUCE HERSELF SO MISSHAPEN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. 
          MY NAME IS KATHERINE. CHIC UM, I AM I LIVE ON A THIRD GENERATION FAMILY FARM IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. 
          WE HAVE 90 ACRES ON THE KENTUCKY VEGETABLE GROWERS BOARD AND I SERVE ON THE CONTENT JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU BOARD. WE SWITCHED FROM TRADITIONAL FARMING TO PRODUCE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SELLING OUR PRODUCE ON OUR FARM IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. SO DO YOU DO JUST. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES WHERE IT'S GROWN WETLAND WATER AND WE DO TRADITIONAL. OOH, HAVE ONE GREENHOUSE AND WE'RE PUTTING UP A SECOND ONE THIS YEAR. THAT'S REALLY LIFE CHANGING TO WAIT AND SEE THE WAY THINGS GROW IN A GREENHOUSE. YEAH THANK YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND HONESTLY. WELL, I'M GLAD BUSINESS IS GOOD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? CANCELED WOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT WITH YOUR HUSBAND. CALVIN. PLEASE BE SURE TO TELL HIM. I SAID HELLO. UM AND YOU KNOW, AS JEFFERSON 
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COUNTY HAS EXPANDED ITS URBAN FOOTPRINT AND THE FARMERS ON OUR FRINGES OF THE COUNTY AND KIND OF GOTTEN PUSHED OUT AND PUSHED OUT, YOU'RE KIND OF A RARITY NOWADAYS IN TERMS OF A FUNCTIONAL FARM THAT'S PRODUCING UM AND SUSTAINING YEAR ROUND. SO WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT YOU'RE HOPING THAT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE CAN BETTER SUPPORT FARMERS WITHIN JEFFERSON COUNTY? IT'S FUNNY, YOU SHOULD ASK THAT I'VE BEEN A BIG PROPONENT FOR SUPPORTING TRADITIONAL FARMERS. CURRENTLY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE IS NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICES NEEDED BY THE FARMERS AND FARMERS AND FARMERS. MARKET VENDORS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY OR HAVING TO GO TO SPENCER AND SHELBY COUNTY. AND OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY TO RECEIVE SERVICES, AND I HAVE BEEN A VOCAL VOICE FOR THAT SINCE I JOINED THE EXTENSION COUNCIL AND ONE OF THE THINGS I BELIEVE IS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH NANCY COX, WHO IS THE DEAN OF UNIVERSITY, KENTUCKY. JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS LOST WAYNE LONG, WHO WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT A TRUE EGG EXTENSION AGENT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. AND WE DESPERATELY NEED ONE. I HAVE BEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF THE MARKET AND EXHIBITORS AT A FARMER'S MARKET. THE VENDORS OF FARMERS MARKET HAVE TO HAVE TRAINING IN WHAT'S CALLED GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. THAT TRAINING IS NOT AVAILABLE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. I HAVE A HOME MICROPROCESSOR AND PROCESSOR LICENSE BECAUSE I SELL CANNED GOODS AT MY MARKET, AND I HAVE TO TAKE TRAINING FOR THAT. I HAVE TO RE CERTIFY EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS I HAD TO GO TO SPENCER COUNTY TO GET THAT TRAINING. 
          JEFFERSON COUNTY DID NOT HAVE IT AVAILABLE. AND THEY'RE JUST THINGS THAT NEED TO CHANGE IN THAT OFFICE. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT URBAN AG BECAUSE THAT'S WHO JEFFERSON COUNTY IS. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN URBAN AND TRADITIONAL EGG AND THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THERE ARE SERVICES THAT THE URBAN EGG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED THAT THEY CAN'T GET RIGHT NOW. SO WE JUST NEED TO CHANGE AND SHIFT AND GET TO WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. WELL HELP. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION. I HOPE SO. I DO TOO. UM SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK NOW, THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. UH HUH. I LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, MISS CHIC. ADAM NUMBER 13 IS A P 120623 S D APPOINTMENT OF SALMON DIVINE TO THE EXTENSION BOARD TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. MISS JACKSON. MR DEVON WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR HIS HIS APPOINTMENT. HE IS REPLACING ABBY RUDOLPH, WHO COMPLETES HER TERM AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          MR. DEVINE IS AN ACCOUNTANT WITH HUMANA. HE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. HE IS A WHITE MALE REPUBLICAN. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR EXECUTIVE ON THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, UM, FOR H EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. WE ARE ASKING, HE WOULD HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE EXTENSION OFFICE, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. AND YOU SAY HE'S NOT HERE TODAY? NO. OKAY TO BE HERE. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? COMMENTS ANYTHING. I'M SAYING THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AH, MY LIKE SIDE. THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ADAM NUMBER 14. SURE. AND I'M NUMBER 16 IS RP 120623 KR REAPPOINTMENT OF KEITH RUNNING INTO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025 DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO PROOF. THE SHACK IS NEXT. OH, DID WE? WE DID. I HAVE DESMOND MARTIN. 
          OKAY? THAT WAS THAT WAS BEING HELD BEING HELD. OKAY OKAY. WELL WE CAN. WE CAN DO 16 AND GO BACK. OKAY, SO WE'RE SORRY. WHICH ONE? ARE WE DOING? RUNYON SORRY. HOLD ON. JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. I DO. ARE YOU READY FOR ME OR I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. UM SO, UM. THE PURPOSE OF THE 
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LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION IS TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, OPERATE AND PROVIDE FOR LIBRARY THAT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT A REASONABLE TIME. THERE ARE NON MEMBERS ON THIS ELABORATE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THEY SERVE. UH, THREE YEARS TERMS, MR . RUNYON WE'RE ASKING FOR HIS RE APPOINTMENT HE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2021. TO THIS COMMISSION. HE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL NUMBER EIGHT. WHITE MALE DEMOCRAT MR. RUNYON IS A VETERAN JOURNALIST AND A CIVIC LEADER. 
          HE IS A RETIRED EDITORIAL AND BOOK EDITOR. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING MUST HAVE COME UP THAT DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND. BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS RE APPOINTMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN MY QUEUE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE KNOWS MY LIKE SIGN. AND THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ADAM NUMBER 15. AP 120623 N B. APPOINTMENT OF NISCHELLE BACK TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. BORROWED TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 15TH 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION? SECOND PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD PLUS THE MAYOR OF THE MAYOR'S DESIGNEE. THE MEMBERS SERVED THREE YEAR TERMS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION. UH OPERATE, MANAGE AND CONTROL, LOW COST AND MODERATE HOUSING. MISS BECK IS COMPLETING A TERM DUE TO A RESIGNATION. MISS BECK IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL ONE. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT . MS BECK WORKS AT HUMANA, UM, AND THE ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT DIVISION. MS BECK IS ACTIVE IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE HAS EXPERTISE IN CLIENT AND EXECUTIVE RELATIONS MANAGEMENT. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SERVICE GOVERNANCE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH L M AJ CHANGE, UM, HER EXPERTISE IN CLIENT RELATIONS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AT THIS TIME. UM, SHE IS, UM, ON ON THE CALL TONIGHT, AND SO I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE HERSELF. AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND. UM AND WHY SHE WANTS TO BE ON THIS BOARD. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MISS BECK. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M SORRY. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, HON. HMM. THERE WE GO. YES. OUR GET EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHELLE BACK. I AM THE WIFE OF ALBERT BACK. I'M A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, CAREGIVER COMMUNITY SERVANT WAS BORN IN FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, ARE BEING MOVED HERE. LORD KENTUCKY WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. AND I WAS RAISED IN A LOWING, UM, SINGLE PARENT HELPS HOSTS. I CURRENTLY WORK AT HUMANA AND BENNETT 27 YEARS AND MY FORMER ROLE WAS ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED. IT STARTED SPEAKING, I WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO HUMANITY. HR DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSOCIATE BENEFITS. I AM A LIFELONG MOM VOLUNTEER HERE AT LOUISVILLE STARTED THE AGE OF 11 CANDY STRIPER AT LOCAL HOSPITALS AND CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD AT THE Y M. C. A SPECIFICALLY THE CHESTNUT STREET Y M C A. AND IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL FOR ME. 
          I'M ALSO ENGAGED WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAN ON OCCASION. I'M THE TEAM MOM FOR A WEST LOVELIES SPORTS ORGANIZATION. REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM I REALLY HAVE A HEART. FOR THE WORK THAT HAVING AUTHORITY THAT FAR COMMUNITY UM I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST AS WELL, UM, OF BENEFICIAL YEAR SECTION EIGHT HOUSING FROM AGE 724 MY ADDRESS WAS 1109 WEST CHESTNUT BUILDING. 31 I KNOW. FIRST HAND WHAT RESIDENTS ARE SAYING WHEN I READ EXPERIMENTS AND RECENT PRESS REGARDING DR MANNER AND THEN BASICALLY CONCERNING FOR ME, UM, SO I'M HOPING TO BE A STRATEGIC LEADER AND ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN AND SPACE HOUSING, AND, UM THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM YES, COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MISS BECK. UM I'M DEFINITELY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF MS BACK NOT ONLY BECAUSE SHE LIVES IN MY DISTRICT CAME HALLE RECOMMENDED. 
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UH SHE'S DEFINITELY THE PRODUCT OF WHAT EVERYBODY THAT SITS DOWN. THEIR BOARD SHOULD LOOK LIKE SHE HAD EXPERIENCE, BUT HER RESUME IS DEFINITELY SHORT. THE HORRENDOUS AMAZE DEFINITELY SHORT OF WHAT HER HEART IS. AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES A LOT OF PASSION, A LOT OF COMMITMENT STRATEGIES, AND SHE HAS ALL OF THAT IN. ONE I AM SO HAPPY THAT. THE MAYOR HAS TAKING A LOOK. 
          HMM. AND GETTING, UM. MORE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCES EXPERIENCES. GIVES YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLANE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HOPE EVERYBODY SUPPORTS MS BECK. I THINK WITH HER ON THIS BOARD OF SHE WILL STRATEGY HAS A LOT OF THINGS. SHE HAS A LOT OF FORESIGHT. SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM. AND SHE'S BEEN A PRODUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND STILL IS SO SHE KNOWS WHAT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH L M H A ALREADY LOOKS LIKE SO I HOPE THAT TODAY EVERYBODY SUPPORTS HER. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR BAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. UM, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK SEE ANYBODY. UM SO THIS IS, UM, AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. HIGH LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS BECK FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR WORK. ADAM NUMBER 17 IS A P 120623 CG. APPOINTMENT OF CHARITY GARNETT TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS BEFORE US MISS JACKSON, MISS GARNETT, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS CHARITY GARNET, UM, SHE WOULD BE REPLACING AN OUTGOING MEMBER. AH CHARITY IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 21, SHE'S AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT . SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAD CLASS, HOWEVER, MISS, UM GARNETT IS A LOT IS A LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST. SHE HAS HER MASTERS IN LIBRARY, MEDIA EDUCATION, AND SHE HAS 14 YEARS PLUS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR. I THINK WE THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE A GREAT FIT. FOR THIS BOARD. WE ARE ASKING FOR HER, UM, APPOINTMENT. APPROVAL OF HER APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU, UM. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. ANYONE. 
          ONLINE THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. 
          KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SCIENCE. AND THIS IS WELL WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. APPOINTMENT NUMBER 18 OR NUMBER 18 IS A P 120623 D S APPOINTMENT OF THE MISH SOON. TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION. THE TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER. 31ST 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PROPERLY MOVED A SECOND. IT IS BEFORE US MISS JACKSON. MR SOUL IS REPLACING AN OUTGOING MEMBER, MR SOUL IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 22. HE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE REPUBLICAN. HE IS AN HR BUSINESS PARTNER WITH HUMANA. HE HAS A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. HE IS CERTIFIED LEAN SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT. HE HAS EXPERIENCE AND MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, AND IT GOES ON AND ON. SO HE, UM WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR WHAT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION DOES HE COULD, YOU KNOW, HELP? AH STRATEGIZE HELP WITH POLICY HELP WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT. HE'S HERE TODAY, AND HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. EMOTIONS. YES. YES, UM OKAY. UM I MADE A MOTION. YEAH PARISH AND SOME, THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, MR. SO IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE DIMITRI RUBEN STOOL. SORRY I MESSED UP YOUR NAME, DIMITRI. THANKS UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF ABOUT 
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MYSELF FROM A LIFELONG LOUISVILLE, IAN GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA PARK AND REALLY WAS HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE LAB. VERY. THAT'S WHAT SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF INTEGRATING TWO PIVOTAL EDUCATION POINTS, WHICH IS READING AND TECHNOLOGY SHOWING MY AGE A LITTLE BIT LEARNING AND DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM IN THE LIBRARY AND REMEMBER BEING ON THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER ON NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT EVEN UM, BUT THOSE MEMORIES CAME FROM THE LIBRARY. THOSE MEMORIES DON'T FADE AWAY. THOSE MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. SO I'M JUST HONORED TO BE A PART TWO USE THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN ORDER TO HELP. JUST MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE RESIDENTS THAT VISITORS KIND OF GET THAT SAME EXPERIENCE THAT THAT I GOT WITH THE LOUISVILLE LIBRARY. WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. LET'S SEE. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM PARDON ME. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE COMPLAINTS THAT OUR LIBRARY WORKERS HAVE MADE ABOUT THEIR CONDITIONS OF WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND SO, UM, I NOTICED ONE OF THE THINGS ON YOUR THAT'S NOTED IN YOUR RESUME IS THAT YOU HAVE UNION NEGOTIATION, BACKGROUND UNION NEGOTIATIONS IN YOUR BACKGROUND. AND UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE WILLING TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR OUR LIBRARY WORKERS. ABSOLUTELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PIVOTAL ONCE AGAIN TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS. IF THE WORKERS ARE NOT IN A CONDITION WHERE THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES AND BRING THEM BEST SELVES TO WORK THAT DEFINITELY AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE PRODUCT THAT PUTS OUT AND ALSO IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. OKAY THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, UH, LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE, MR SEWELL. UM NUMBER 19 IS A P 120623 H APPOINTMENT OF ANITA HALL TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST 2026, DO I HEAR A MOTION? PERFECTLY MOVED AND SECONDED IS BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON. SO MISS HALL IS REPLACING AN OUTGOING MEMBER. MISS HALL IS AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. SHE'S A WHITE FEMALE DEMOCRAT. SHE HAS HER MASTERS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. SHE IS CURRENTLY A LIBRARIAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. HER RESUME REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF IN TERMS OF LIBRARY EXPERIENCE. WE ARE ASKING FOR HER APPOINTMENT TO BE APPROVED. SHE IS HERE TO SPEAK. ON BEHALF AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE PERFECT. HI MISS HALL. IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI I'M ANITA HALL. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TODAY AND HOPEFULLY TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION. I AM A WOEFUL NATIVE . I GREW UP HERE. I'VE MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT MOVED BACK TO LOUISVILLE IN 2016, A LONGTIME USER AND ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. I GREW UP USING THE MIDDLETOWN BRANCH. NOW I PROBABLY USED THE WESTERN BRANCH MORE THAN ANY OTHER. ALSO, MAIN AND HIGHLAND SHALL BE PARK. UM I STARTED MY CAREER IN LIBRARIES REALLY INTENDING TO WORK IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES, AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT MY CAREER PANNED OUT OF ENDED UP IN ACADEMIA, BUT I HAVE WORKED IN A COUPLE OF LARGE URBAN PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS EARLY MY CAREER AND REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT UM, YOU KNOW LIBRARIES AS A CULTURAL INSTITUTION AS PROVIDERS OF SERVICES TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY , BOTH IN TERMS OF THE COLLECTIONS AND ALSO REALLY EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY, IN TERMS OF THE SPACES. IT SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER. WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STARVING FOR BEING HERE TODAY. COUNCILWOMAN CHAPEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MISS HAN. I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY AND YOUR FAMILY. 
          THANK YOU. I THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR BACKGROUND AND ADVOCACY FOR PLACE MAKING IN OUR IN MAKING OUR STREETS SAFE. 
          BUT I THINK THAT YOUR BACKGROUND LOOKING AT YOUR RESUME, I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE ASKED A I TO WRITE A BETTER OR MORE QUALIFIED RESUME, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOUR CAREER IS IN LIBRARIES, SO I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO PLUG INTO THIS BOARD. AND I HOPE THAT YOUR APPOINTED SO THANK YOU FOR BEING 
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HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY, IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING TO YOUR QUESTION TO THE PREVIOUS APPOINTEE, UM I HAVE A PERSONAL RESEARCH INTEREST IN LIBRARY WORKFORCE ISSUES AND ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THE KENTUCKY LIBRARIES JOURNAL LAST YEAR FOR RESEARCH THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM SPALDING UNIVERSITY AND I DID ABOUT, UM THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE LIBRARY WORKFORCE IN KENTUCKY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS WELL. COOL. THANK YOU. ARE THE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? NO, NO QUESTION. BUT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IT LIBRARIES ARE KILLER. SO I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. IF IT WASN'T FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES. I ALSO HAVE DONE UM CERTIFIED CULTURAL AWARENESS CHINESE FOR LIBRARIES. AS DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED. YOU'RE SEEING AN INFLUX OF OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS JUST THEY'RE JUST THE PILLAR THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO GO TO. 
          SO I REALLY HOPE I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS. UM BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CULTURE AWARENESS IS BUILT IN WE HAVE A LIBRARIANS ARE OFTEN IN THEIR POSITION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR SHIFT. SO JUST SEEING THE FRESHNESS COME. I'M REALLY EXCITED. I HOPE THAT SPILLS OVER INTERNALLY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. DO I SEE ANYONE ELSE? I THINK SO. UM, SO THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE, AND KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SIGN. THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          THANK YOU, MISS HALL FOR BEING HERE. ADAM NUMBER 20 IS 81 TO 0623 S S APPOINTMENT OF SIBANDA DAVIS STONER TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION EVER SEABOARD TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION? SECOND PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO THE HUMAN RELATIONS ADVOCACY BOARD IS TO PROMOTE THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO PROMOTE AND SECURE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT. AMONG ALL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC AND SO AND SOCIAL, UM AREAS. THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THEY HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS. THE MAYOR, UM, WANTED TO APPOINT NOMINEES WEST OF NINTH AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE GIVING AND WE ALSO WERE GIVEN A COUPLE OF NAMES FROM COUNCIL RENTS. MISHA BONDED DAVIS STONER IS FILLING A VACANCY ON THIS BOARD. SHE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE SHE SUFFERED IDENTIFIES AS OTHER SHE'S A FEMALE AND SHE'S AN INDEPENDENT. MISS DAVIS STONER IS A CLAIMS WRAPPED WITH HUMANA. 
          SHE HAS AN INTEREST IN ADVOCATE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE IN NEED SHE IS WILLING TO SERVE. SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT SERVING AND SHE IS ACTUALLY ON THE CALL TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO EVERYONE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR JACKSON. MR MR DOWNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . UM FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE. UM IT'S AN HONOR TO BE, UM, PUT CENTRAL CANDIDATE OF THIS BOARD. IT KIND OF GOES WITH MY WELL NOT CANADA DOES COVER MY CORE VALUES OF CERTAIN THAT COMMUNITY. UM BUT SUCH DIVERSITY THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY. UM I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF PROMOTING EMOTING. THE SOCIAL JUSTICE IS FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY UM, THE MISPLACED, UM , BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING TO PLACE THEM, UM, WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. UM YES, COUNCILWOMAN. PARIS RIGHT? I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE SERVICE. I HOPE YOU PULL OUT OF HERE WILL I AM A FORMER COMMISSIONER ON THE ADVOCACY BOARD. I WAS RECRUITED BY CAROLYN MILLER COOPER. IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION TO BE A PART OF ACTUALLY NOMINATED BY MAYOR FISHER, FORMER MARY FISHER . SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT ROLE FOR YOU. I'VE SEEN YOU IN COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE. I WAS JUST WHISPERING. DOES SHE KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE? NO YOU? UM BUT I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ABOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SAYING NONE OF THIS IS AN POINTMENT CALNG FOR A VCE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR S AYE.M KWS AUT LE SN. THIS WILGO TE EN CAND YGA U FOR HAVING ME. YES. ADAM NUMBER 21 IS A P 120623 W E. 
          APPOINTMENT OF WAYMAN EDDINGS TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. ADVERSITY BOARD TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025, DO I HEAR A MOTION? SECOND PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED MISS JACKSON. SO MR 
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EDDINGS IS FILLING A VACANCY DUE TO A RESIGNATION. HE IS AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE. HERE'S AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE REPUBLICAN. HE CURRENTLY WORKS FOR THE NEW ALBANY BROADCASTING COMPANY AS AN ANNOUNCER. HOWEVER UM MR EDDINGS IS VERY CIVICALLY ENGAGED. UM EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS HIM BECAUSE HE'S EVERYWHERE, BUT HE IS REALLY INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION. UM AS AN ADVOCATE, HE'S HERE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO EVERYONE TONIGHT, MR ADAMSON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. CAN YOU END IT DOWN? FRY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HELLO? YES. MY NAME IS WAYMAN EDDINGS. IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I FEEL LIKE I'M AMONGST FRIENDS FEELS LIKE A LOT OF SUPERSTARS IN THIS ROOM AS WELL. NOT ONLY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SERVE IN ELECTED OFFICE ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTER, BUT THERE WAS SOME REMARKABLE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, AND, UH IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE SEEN THEM IN THE QUEUE? CANCEL WOMAN'S PARIS, RIGHT? TIRED OF ME. I TOLD YOU THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS WHY I DO THIS WORK. UM, MR EDDINGS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR HAT IN THE RING, AND WE BELIEVE YOU AND DRE DAWSON AND I SERVED ON THE KENTUCKY ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL REPRESSION BOARD. ALWAYS SEEN YOU CIVICALLY ENGAGED. AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY A DISTRICT THREE. I'VE BEEN ROOTING FOR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVES AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR. YESTERDAY HE WAS SAYING THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF REPUBLICANS. UM A LACK OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND THEN APPOINTMENT PROCESS SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE YOUR NAME. AND SO YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN A RING AND, YEAH, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. WE NEED YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU, UH KUDOS FOR THE SERVICE I'VE SEEN YOU GIVE TO THE GRASSROOTS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR VOICE FALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AH KNOWS ABOUT LIKE SUN AND THIS WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR . THANK YOU, MR EDDIE'S FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE NEVER 22 IS A P 120623 M S APPOINTMENT OF MAURICE. WE NEED TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BOARD TERM EXPIRES SEPTEMBER. 
          30TH 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION SECOND? PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED IS BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON. MR SWEENEY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT WE STILL WOULD LIKE FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS BOARD HAS SEVEN MEMBERS ON IT. THEY SERVED THREE YEAR TERMS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS HRC ENFORCEMENT IS TO ENFORCE THE WHILE, UH AND ANY ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS. MR SWEENEY IS ADAM METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 21. HE'S AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT. HE IS RETIRED. HE IS, UM, COMMUNITY INVOLVED. HE IS INTERESTED IN SERVING. HE'S WILLING TO SERVE. 
          HE HAS THE TIME TO SERVE. WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. FROM ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE? I MEAN, JUST QUICKLY? YES. I KNOW IT'S GOING ON A BIT LONG, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE OR COUNCIL IN PARIS RIGHT WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT I KNOW AS A PERSON WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADVOCACY OR UM, ADVOCACY AND ENFORCEMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF THESE TWO BOARDS, UM, THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ADVOCACY BOARD AND THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BOARD. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? ADVOCATING FOR EDUCATION RESOURCES? THAT'S WHAT EVER THEY PROMOTE. UM ENFORCEMENT. THEY'RE ENFORCING THE LAWS, THE ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS THERE. YEAH. FOR THE UNDER STAR FOR SOMEONE WHO THEY WORK TOGETHER A LOT, BUT THEY'RE AT OF HR THERE OUT OF HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION THAT IS UNDER VERNET GOALIE, SO THEY'RE BOTH ARE MANAGED OUT OF THAT. THERE IS SOME CROSSOVER. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'VE DONE TRAINING FOR BOTH AS WELL AND THEY DO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN OUR ACTIVE TOGETHER. 
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THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. ARE YOU FINISHED? YEAH ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I'M SEEING AND THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE, AYE, LIKE SON. AND THIS WILL GOVERN CONSENT CALENDAR AND NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON NUMBER 13 THE APPOINTMENT OF US SALMON DIVINE. 
          THERE WAS A PRESENT VOTES, SO THIS WILL GO TO, UM, BUSINESS INSTEAD, THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          [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.]
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, MISS JACKSON. IT WAS A LONG DAY. THANK YOU. IT WAS AND IT'S OUR LAST ONE, REALLY, FOR THE YEAR. IS IT GOING? THAT'S WHY YOU HAD SO MANY TONIGHT.
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