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15 SECONDS MITCHELL T V 15 SECONDS.[Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance]
THE REGULAR LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF JANUARY. 4TH 2024 WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 605 PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THEIR ALLEGIANCE. OF THE UNITED STATES OF TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS SAYING. ONE NATION UNDER GOD.AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS MEETING IS BEING PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 COUNCIL RULE FIVE. A
[Member Roll Call]
MADAM CLERK A ROLE CALM, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS COUNCIL MEMBER SHANKLIN. PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER PARISH RIGHT, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, ARTHUR. COUNCIL MEMBER, PURVIS PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MCRANEY PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RINA WEBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OWEN HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. COUNCIL MEMBER CRAMER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKWELL COUNCIL MEMBER SIME HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER FOWLER COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER READ HERE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WINKLER. HERE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER PIACENTINI COUNCIL MEMBER BENSON, PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER, RUI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ENGEL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON COUNCIL MEMBER FLOOD COUNCIL MEMBER BAD SEAN. COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON MR. UH ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT PRO TEM. YOU HAVE 26 PRESIDENT IN A FORUM. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF THE METRO
[Election of Metro Council President]
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND JUST A MOMENT I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. NOMINATIONS DO NOT[00:15:06]
REQUIRE A SECOND. ONCE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, THE CLERK WILL CONDUCT A BOSS ROLL CALL VOTE. THE CANDIDATE. THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO WIN A SIMPLE MAJORITY. 14 VOTES WILL BE OUR 2020 FOR METRO COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN THE EVENT, NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTES. WE WILL REOPEN NOMINATIONS AND CONTINUE TO VOTE UNTIL ONE CANDIDATE HAS RECEIVED THE MINIMUM 14 VOTES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT OF THE METRO COUNCIL 2024. COUNCILWOMAN MADONNA FLOOD. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO NOMINATE MARCUS. AGAIN I KNOW MARCUS WINKLER FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN. THANK YOU.MARCUS WINKLER COUNCIL MEN MARKETS, WINKLER HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL 2024. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OF METRO COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? FOR METRO COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS? YES. YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME WHO YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR. WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY. MARCUS WINKLER SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER, SHANKLIN. SOME MONEY, MARCUS WINKLER.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARIS, RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER MARKUS WINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER, ARTHUR COUNCILMAN MARCUS WINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER PURVIS COUNCILMAN PRESIDENT MARCUS WINKLER.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER COUNCILMAN. MARKETS BE WINKLER PRESIDENT, PRO TIM MCRANEY COUNCILMAN MARCUS WINKLER, COUNCIL MEMBER RENO WEBER COUNCILMAN MARCUS P. WINKLER HOPE SO REMEMBER OWEN, COUNCILMAN WIKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL MARCUS WINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER CRAMER, MARCUS WINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKWELL, PRESIDENT WINKLER, COUNCIL MEMBER SIGN. COUNCILMAN WINKLER, PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER, FOWLER. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPEL. WINKLER COUNCIL MEMBER, READ COUNCILMAN MARCUS WINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT WINKLER. WINKLER, PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER OF PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER P ARGENTINE E. MARCUS WINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER BENSON MARCUS WINKLER, COUNCIL MEMBER, RUINING MARCUS WINKLER, COUNCIL MEMBER INGLE PRESIDENT WINKLER COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, THE HONORABLE COUNCILMAN. MARCUS SPRINKLER. COUNCIL MEMBER FLOOD COUNCILMAN MARCUS WINKLER AND THE GUY THAT HAS THE BEST BACKGROUND OF ALL THE PHOTOS WE'VE HAD TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAT SEAN PRESIDENT WINKLER COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON PRESENT. YEAH MADAM PRESIDENT PRO TIM, YOU HAVE 25 VOTES FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WINKLER AND ONE PRESENT VOTE.
CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMAN MARCUS WINKLER HAS BEEN NAMED THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 2024. CONGRATULATIONS, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SORRY. IT COULD NOT BE THERE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE 2024 MADAM CHAIR WOULD ASK IF YOU COULD RETAIN THE CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF THE METRO COUNCIL CLERK AS PREVIOUSLY STATED NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. ONCE
[Election and Swearing In of Metro Council Clerk]
NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, THAT CLERK WILL CONDUCT A VOICE VOTE. THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO WIN A SIMPLE MAJORITY. 14 VOTES WILL BE OUR 2024 METRO COUNCIL CLERK. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NONE. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER. COUNCILWOMAN FLOOD IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO NOMINATE SONIA HARWARD. SONYA HARWARD HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS OUR METRO COUNCIL CLERK. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATION? ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR METRO COUNCIL CLERK? LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR METRO COUNCIL CLERK. HERRING NOW WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE[00:20:06]
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSE. WITH ONLY ONE NOMINATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SANYA HARWOOD SERVING AS THE 2024 METRO COUNCIL CLERK, PLEASE SAY HE YEAH, YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS SONYA. YOU ARE THE 2024 METRO COUNCIL CLERK. SONJA IF YOU WILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE SWORN IN BY YOUR ASSISTANT METRO COUNCIL CLERK, MS CHERYL WOODS. CHERYL WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH.I. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. I. BACK IN YOUR HARVARD IS ALWAYS WHERE AFFIRMED THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH AND ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND BE FRIGHTFUL AND TRUE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. SO UH, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE AS A CITIZEN, THERE ARE AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, THE OFFICE OF CORK ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND ORDINANCE, AND I DO FATHER, SON, LOUIS SWEAR OUR FIRM THAT SYSTEM REDUCTION OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION ARE BEING A CITIZEN . THIS COMMONWEALTH OF THIS COMMONWEALTH HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH. NO UH OF IT NOR HAVE I SENT ARE ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE TO FIGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS. NOR HAVE I ACTED AS SECOND IN CARRYING A CHALLENGE, NOT AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSONS THAT OFFENDING AND I DO FATHER SOLELY SWEAR OFF FIRM THAT I HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND FREE OF THE DISQUALIFICATIONS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 6 70.143 OF THE KENTUCKY REVERSED AT USE RED BULL. I DO.
CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM CLERK. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING
[Council Minutes]
AT DECEMBER. 1420 23. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? THERE BEING NONE. MAY I HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION APPROVAL. SECOND. THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY? AYE, AYE, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED LIKEWISE. THE EYES HAVE IT THESE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING[Committee Minutes]
COMMITTEE MINUTES. REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE DECEMBER 14TH 2023. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOUR POTION. THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ARE OPPOSED BY LIFE SIGN. THE EYES HAVE IT THESE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. IT'S NEW BUSINESS AS YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS. PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY. SO THE CLERK MAY READ NEW[New Business]
BUSINESS. I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS AND REQUEST TO SPEAK ON YOUR SYSTEM UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEW BUSINESS COMPRISES OF ITEMS WERE 15 WITH THE CLERK READ THOSE ITEMS AND THEIR ASSIGNMENTS TO A COMMITTEE. MHM. THE FOLLOWING WAS LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM THREE AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATED $7500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING THEIR 3750 EACH FROM DISTRICTS EIGHT AND 92 LITTLE METRO DEPARTMENTS OF CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HIGHLANDS COMMERCE SKILLS TO REMOVE DIDN'T NINE ITEM FOUR WHEN IT'S SO MANY ORDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 79 SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR.2023 2024 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $10,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT THREE TO LOUISVILLE, METRO COUNTS COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT THREE ITEM FIVE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 79 SERIOUS 2023 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 80 SERIES 2023 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR. 2023 2024 OPERATING IN CAPITAL BUDGETS RESPECTIVELY BY TRANSFERRING $50,000 FROM DISTRICT CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ONTO THE DISTRICT EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. ITEM SIX AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $60,000 FROM
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DISTRICT 26 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. SIX DIVISION FOR 12 MONTHS OF OVERTIME FUNDS FOR OFFICERS TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AND THAT REDUCTION ITEM SEVEN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $5000 FROM DISTRICT 12 AND 3000 FROM DISTRICT 14 TO METRO PARKS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 11TH ANNUAL RIVERVIEW INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL. ITEM. EIGHT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 79 SERIES. SHE HASN'T 23 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH 2024 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $40,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. DISTRIBUTED TO MOVE METRO GENERAL METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT EIGHT. THE FOLLOWING WAS WAS LEGISLATION ASSIGNED TO EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. AM NINE RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR LOUISVILLE, METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND, WELL, IT'S CONCERNING WASTEWATER MONITORING UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION. INC 471,400 . ITEM 10 THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $121,600 OF FUNDING FROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE FAIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE METRO HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ISLAND 10 OUT OF 11 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT TO $24,976 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT. FOR PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS STOPPED THE BLEED GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS ITEM, 12 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $25,704.80 OF FUNDING FROM THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE SUMMER FEEDING SERVICE GRADE PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS.THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE ITEM 13. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 8816 WEST MAIN ROAD. AND PARCEL. I NEED NUMBER ONE OF 4905540000. AND ONE OF 490070000. CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 11.28 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 23 ZONE 0094. ITEM 14 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF A 13.5 FT. ALI BOUNDED BY ADDRESS YOUR BRIDGE AVENUE AND BIRDIE AVENUE AND THOMPSON AVENUE AND BELMONT AVENUE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 4171.5 SQUARE FEET AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE. METRO CASE NUMBER 23 STR TO CLOSE YOUR 0027 HOLLYWOOD'S WAS WAS LEGISLATION IS ASSIGNED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ITEM 15. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $1999 OR NOT. I'M SORRY, 1,999,004 OF FUNDING FROM THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND RESOLUTE, REVOLUTIONIZING TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM TO BEING MINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. READ IN FULL. NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS . ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BY REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO
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ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR A COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY THE 1ST 2024 AT SIX PM, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS[Adjournment]
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.