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METRO TV WILL BEGIN IN ONE MINUTE.

OH,

[Call to Order]

GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE SPECIAL LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILMAN PHILIP BAKER, AND I'M JOINED BY MY VICE CHAIR COUNCILMAN ROBIN EAGLE, JOINING US IN CHAMBERS TODAY.

OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS MADONNA FLOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER DAN SAM. COUNCILMAN CALABASH ON

[Roll Call]

COUNCILMAN ANDREW COHEN. COUNCILMAN BREAD ACKERSON COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY HAWKINS ON AND WE ARE JOINING ONLINE BY COUNCILMAN PACKED MOBILE HILL. BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH THE

[Pending Legislation]

LEGISLATION. MISS BILL OUR FINANCIAL ANALYST, WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FEW REMINDERS ON APPROPRIATION ITEMS. IF YOU WOULD COME, MISS BILL. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS LATANYA BILL ON THE COUNCIL. FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, UM, THE FIRST ONE MINDER FOR NEW A PREPARATION

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

SECTION THREE IN D, F AND C A OF DOCUMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OR REFRESHER OF THE NDF CF PROCESS. THE NEXT ONE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS TO TRANSFER NDFS EXCUSE ME TO TRANSFER DISTRICTS INDIA FUNDS TO THEIR C I F ACCOUNTS OR VICE VERSA. IN THEIR INDIA FUNDS TO THEIR CALL. CENTER COUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING HELD THE THURSDAY OF THE COMMITTEE WEEK. HOWEVER IN DF AND CF PACKETS THAT ARE TO BE CONSIDERED THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TRANSFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING ON TUESDAYS AT THE COMMITTEE WEEK. DISTRICTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT COMPLETELY INACCURATE IN DFC. I HAVE PACKETS TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE BY THE NEW BUSINESS DEADLINE, INCOMPLETE PACKETS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE DISTRICTS TO BE COMPLETED AND RESUBMIT IT. THE NEXT ONE IN 2020 FOR THE PREPARATION ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC IN PREPARATION COMMITTEE MEETING EVERY OTHER TUESDAY. WHICH HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS OR OBTAIN MISSING DOCUMENTATIONS DOCUMENTATION AND DOCUMENTS RESULTING FROM THE FINANCIAL ILLNESS. UM, FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE OF THOSE NDF PACKETS OR CI OF PACKETS. PLEASE RECALL DURING 2020 23. A PREPARATION ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED AT THE BUDGET END OF PREPARATION COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WAS HELD THURSDAY OF THE COMMITTEE WEEK. IN THE PAST, SONIA, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND MYSELF HAD ASKED DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT ANY CORRECTIONS OR MISSING DOCUMENTS BY MONDAY OF THE COMMITTEE WEEK. SEVERAL DISTRICTS DIDN'T MEET THAT DEADLINE. HOWEVER WE HAD SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT DID NOT SUBMIT ANY CORRECTIONS CORRECTIONS ARE MISSING DOCUMENTS THE WEEK OF THE COMMITTEE WEEK THERE WAS BETWEEN MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF COMMITTEE WEEK. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY OF ALLOWING THAT ADDITIONAL TIME FRAME BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT OTHER CORRECTIONS ARE MISSING DOCUMENTS THE WEEK OF THE COUNCIL MEETING WEEK TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT 5 P.M. ANYTHING THAT'S NOT RECEIVED. A CORRECTIONS ARE MISSING DOCUMENTS WITH THE PREPARATION ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA OR HELD ON THE AGENDA. TO THE LIST. DISTRICTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THEIR INDIE F AND C I. F. CARLSON OUR ACCOUNTS AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY FUNDS TRANSFER AMONG THOSE ACCOUNTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO GET YOU THROUGH THE END OF THIS PHYSICAL YEAR IS A GOOD TIME TO START LOOKING AT THAT. FOR FUNDRAISER EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. THE PRIMARY SPONSORS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE A MISSION WILL BE PAID FOR WITH THE NDF FUNDED EVENT OR PROGRAM IS THE PRIMARY RESPONSES TO OBTAIN THE LIST FROM THE OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL. INPUT SUBMIT A COMMAND LIST TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT THE TERM OF THE SUBMISSION OF THE NDF PACKET. THE PRIMARY RESPONSE TO OFFICE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING THE SPONSORS SIGNATURES OF APPROVALS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO AT THE TIME OF EXCUSE ME. DID I CONTRIBUTING AT THE TIME THE PREPARATION PACKAGE IS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. OR THE PRIMARY RESPONSE THAT COULD WAIT UNTIL THE COMMITTEE MEETING IN EIGHT ON ADDITIONAL SPONSORS AT THAT TIME. IF AN ORGANIZATION, UH. IF AN ORGANIZATION REQUESTS FOR A PROGRAM EVENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE COMPLETED INDIA APPLICATION PACKET BEING SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT IN PRIOR TO THE DATE ON THE NDF APPLICATION, THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC END OF PREPARATION COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL ONLY CONSIDER THAT ORGANIZATION NDF APPLICATION IF THE PRIMARY SPONSOR DEMONSTRATES IN EMERGENCY FOR THE REQUEST. AND THEN EXCUSE ME IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE ALSO QUOTED THE EXACT POLICY RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY COMPONENT.

MOVING TO THE NEXT IN ORGANIZATION EVENT, A PROGRAM PROJECT. I MAY MEET THE MAJOR COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SECTION THREE IN THE F REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT IS NOT REQUIRE TO SPONSOR THE ORGANIZATION REQUEST. IF AN ORGANIZATION MEETS THE METRO COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, SECTION THREE INDIA REQUIREMENTS, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE IF HE OR SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THAT NDF REQUEST OR NOT. GIVE A DISTRICT PLANS TO HAVE ROUTINE EVENTS OR PROGRAMS, UM, THAT OCCUR IN MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR. YOU ENCOURAGED TO GO AHEAD AND START WORKING WITH

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THOSE ORGANIZATIONS NOW TO GO AHEAD AND GET THEIR PACK THOSE PACKAGES. UM NDF PACKETS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS IN EVENTS, SO YOU HAVE TIME TO GET THOSE THINGS PROCESS BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN THE LAST THING WE HAVE A PHOTO JOINT PHOTO THAT THE METRO COUNCIL USED IS CALLED THE COUNCIL FINANCIAL REPORTS. BETH REPORTS FOLDER THAT VOTERS BEEN RENAMED TO JUST THE COUNCIL FINANCIAL REPORTS VOTERS, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP ALL OUR HYSTERICAL SPREADSHEETS OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAINTAINING RELATING TO THE DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTS. SO AGAIN, EVERYONE RECEIVED THIS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS THOSE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR BELL. UM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO WE HAVE A SMALL STATEMENT. THEY WILL BE READ BY CLERK MEETINGS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO TERRORIST 61.826 AND COUNCIL WILL FIVE A READ IN FULL . WELL WHILE WE'RE WHILE THOSE TWO SEGMENTS WERE BEING READ, WE WERE JOINING IN CHAMBERS BY COUNCILWOMAN DONNA PURPOSE PURPOSE IN OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATION AGENDA TODAY IS C

[11. CIF012324MP26     APPRORIAITING $142,100 FROM DISTRICT 26 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO METRO PARKS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT FARNSLEY PARK. Sponsors: Brent Ackerson (D-26) ]

I F 0123 TO FOUR. MM P 26 APPROPRIATING 100 AND $42,100 FROM DISTRICT 26 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO METRO PARKS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT BARNSLEY PART MAY HAVE EMOTION IN THE 2ND 2ND. PROPERLY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SIGNED EXECUTIVE BY COUNCILMAN RASHAWN. WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN ACKERSON HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM EXISTS ESSENTIALLY AS IMPROVEMENTS TO FARMS LEE PARK THESE IMPROVEMENTS NOT BENEFIT MY DISTRICT. THEY'VE BENEFITED ALL OF YOU ALL BECAUSE LET'S PUT THIS IN PLAY EARLY LAST YEAR OR LATE LAST YEAR, BUT BEFORE THE FIRST YEAR AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE EXTRA ART MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER THAT NOW IS GOING TO PARKS. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY MONEY ALLOCATED. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT HERE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I AM SEEING NONE IN THE CUBE. THIS ITEM IS CALLING FOR A VOICE VOICE VOICE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE IT. AUTUMN PASSES OR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 202932. IN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 60,000 FROM DISTRICT 26 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE GLOBAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT SIX DIVISION FOR 12. MONTHS OF

[12. O-293-23     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $60,000 FROM DISTRICT 26 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, SIXTH DIVISION, FOR TWELVE MONTHS OF OVERTIME FUNDS FOR OFFICERS TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AND THEFT REDUCTION. Action Required By: July 2024 Sponsors: Brent Ackerson (D-26) ]

OVERTIME FUNDS WERE OFFICERS TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AND THEFT REDUCTION MAY HAVE EMOTION IN A SECOND. MOTION PURPOSE. UM PROPERLY MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SIME. WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN ACKERSON HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS $60,000 IS BEING EARMARKED OVER 12 MONTHS.

THAT'S 6000 OR $5000. A MONTH FOR POLICE OVERTIME IN DISTRICT, 26 TO ADDRESS SPEEDING AND OVERALL POLICE PRESENCE IN THE AREA. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. QUESTION WE HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM VICE CHAIR, ROBIN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WITH REGARD TO OVERTIME, THE QUESTION SEEMS JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT NOT SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I PROBABLY WILL. BUT JUST, UH IS THIS IS THIS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS, AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POLICE BUDGET EVERY YEAR. UM, AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, DOES THIS DOES THIS JUST NOT GET ADDRESSED? UM BY METRO POLICE AND INSIDE THE NORMAL POLICE OPERATING BUDGET, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR THIS JUST JUST A QUESTION. THANK YOU. SURE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. WHO? WE KIDDING OURSELVES.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS UNDERSTAFFED. WE'RE TRYING TO GET UP TO THE LEVELS THAT WE NEED REALITIES. CRIMES ON THE RISE DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S IN THE WEST END THE EAST END OR IN THE HIKES, POINT AREA, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM MY DISTRICT. AT THE END OF THE DAY IF I COULD PAY OVERTIME FOR MORE POLICE PRESENCE IN MY AREA, THAT'S A POSITIVE IF ANYBODY'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW, BUT THEN THE DAY THERE'S LIMITED RESOURCES OUT THERE. WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE WE NEED A STRONGER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BETTER PAID POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE NEED MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET. BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. AS A RESULT OF THAT, NOT BEING THERE YET. WE'RE ALLOCATING $5000 A MONTH OVER THE NEXT YEAR FOR EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE FOR DISTRICT 26. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. FOLLOW UP, PLEASE. SO THE QUESTION THAT THOUGH COUNCILMAN HAS HAVE HAS THIS BEEN IT? HAS THIS BEEN HAS THIS BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE IN THE IN THE NORMAL BUDGET HAS HAS THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. HAVE YOU PURSUED THIS WITHIN METRO

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POLICE? BUT DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE ABSOLUTELY NOT. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THE BUDGET CYCLE BUDGETS WHAT WE COULD BUDGET FOR REGULAR PATROLS WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES. WE HAVE PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THERE'S NO NO SURPRISES HERE. OVER A DECADE. WE'VE BEEN SHORT STAFFED. FOR OVER A DECADE . YOU KNOW, FOLKS HAVE MOVED AROUND MONEY FOR EXTRA POLICE PATROLS IN THEIR AREAS. NO SURPRISE HERE. THIS IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY TO SAY TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE BUDGET CYCLE, WELL, SURE, I'M GOING TO ARGUE FOR MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET.

SURE I WOULD ARGUE FOR BETTER PAY FOR OFFICERS. BUT THEN THE DAY IT IS WHAT IS AT THE MOMENT, SO THERE'S NOT A SURPRISE HERE. I DON'T SEE THE REASON TO DEBATE THIS. START DEBATE. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. MR CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANT YOU TO WHEN IT COMES TO OVERTIME AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND FOR THE POLICE BUDGET. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THIS MONEY WAS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE RESULTS OF THIS PARTICULAR INVESTMENT GOAL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M NO LONGER SEEN ANYONE IN THE CUBE WITH THAT THIS ORDINANCE RECALLING FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE, MADAME CLARK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. DO YOU NEED ME TO YES , COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON. MR CHAIR. YOU HAVE EIGHT YES VOTES. ALRIGHT THE ITEM PASSES, IT WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. OUR NEXT ITEM IS 0287 TO THREE AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 10,000

[1. O-287-23     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 1 AND 8; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO SOWING SEEDS WITH FAITH, INC., FOR SPONSORSHIP OF TWO TABLES AT THE BLOOMING GALA. Action Required By: June 2024 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8)]

FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER, 5000, EACH FROM DISTRICTS ONES AND EIGHT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO SOWING SEEDS WITH FAITH. UH INK FOR SPONSORSHIP OF TWO TABLES AT THE BLOOMING GALA. MAY HAVE EMOTION IN A SECOND. UH PROPERLY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DANCE TIME AND ABOUT CHECKING IT BY COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE. WE HAVE OLIVIA BENNETT, WHO WAS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. WHEN TAMMY HAWKINS IN THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE, THIS ORDINANCE IS A CO SPONSORSHIP BETWEEN COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER $5000. EACH OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PROVIDE TO SEWING SEATS WITH FAITH ORGANIZATION OF THEIR BLOOMING GALA THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR IN FEBRUARY. 10TH 2024 AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER. IT'S TO CELEBRATE THEIR SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS AN ORGANIZATION IN THE BRAIN. THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOR THEIR FIRST ANNUAL GALA. THIS SPONSORSHIP WILL BE USED TOWARDS SOWING SEEDS WITH FAITH MENTORING PROGRAM TO SPONSOR 20 STUDENTS TO HBCU COLLEGE TOUR AND PROVIDE 100 HOURS OF FREE MENTORING AND TUTORING TO THE CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE WITH THAT BEING SAID THIS ORDINANCE CALLING FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER MOTHER HELM. YES THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON. MR. CHAIR. YOU HAVE EIGHT YES VOTES. THE ITEM PASSES. IT WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS C I F 0123 TO FOUR P W 08 APPROPRIATE $2100 FROM

[2. CIF012324PW08     APPROPRIATING $2,100 FROM DISTRICT 8 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS AT 1915 WOODBOURNE AVENUE. Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

DISTRICT CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR CYBER SIDEWALK REPAIRS AT 1915 WOODBOURNE AVENUE. MAY HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEAN BASHAN SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MISS, UH, FOSTER TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM THAT WAS A TEST AND BETSY FOSTER I'M AT THE LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER. THIS IS ACTUALLY A HOLDOVER FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, REQUEST TO FIX THE SIDEWALK AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. I THINK IT'S PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY. OTHER THAN THAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? BARRING THERE'S NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE ? THIS ITEM IS CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. HI. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE EYES. HAVE IT. ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I GET THE NEXT. TO ALRIGHT, SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS 027723 IN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 15,000 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO LOUISVILLE. ARMSTEAD PARK'S CONSERVATIVE SEEING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE PATIO TO BE USED AS A PUBLIC MEETING SPACE ON THE EASTERN PARKWAY, BUT I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. MOTION ABOUT COUNCILWOMAN FLOOD

[3. O-277-23     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $15,000 FROM DISTRICT 8 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY, INC., FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE PATIO TO BE USED AS A PUBLIC MEETING SPACE ON EASTERN PARKWAY. Action Required By: June 2024 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BUT SEAN, WE ALSO HAVE WHICH HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOTION AND SECOND. WE ALSO AGAIN HAVE MISS FOSTER HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. SO THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF EASTERN PARKWAY AND BROADWAY TOWARDS WHERE WHEN THEY BLOOM BARS. PIZZA IS THERE IS A LITTLE PATCH

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OF LAND THERE AND WE ARE DONATING MONEY TO CREATE THE PLAZA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BARRING NO SPEAKERS IN THE CUBE? THIS ORDINANCE IS CALLING FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE AS WELL, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING? COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. YES. REMEMBER ACKERSON? MR CHAIR. YOU HAVE A S BUT IT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT VOTING. THE ITEM PASSES, IT WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. OUR NEXT ITEM IS APPROPRIATING. ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE WE ARE HOLDING IT. THE NEXT ITEM. WE'RE GONNA SKIP THE ITEM. 76 WE'RE HOLDING SEVEN. OKAY WE ARE. WE ARE GOING SORRY

[4. O-290-23     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,750 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 8 AND 9; TO LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HIGHLANDS COMMERCE GUILD TO REMOVE GRAFFITI IN DISTRICTS 8 AND 9. Action Required By: July 2024 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8)]

ABOUT THAT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $3750 EACH FROM DISTRICT EIGHTS AND NINE TO THE LIBERAL METRO DEPARTMENT OF CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HIGHLANDS. COMMERCE GUILT TO REMOVE GRAFFITI AND DISTRICT EIGHT AND, UH, MAY HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND PURPOSE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SYMES SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOTION TO SECOND AND AGAIN. WE HAVE MISS FOSTER HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL $7500 FOR THE GRAFFITI FUND THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THE GREEK GRAFFITI BETWEEN DISTRICT EIGHT IN DISTRICT NINE. WE DIDN'T QUITE GIVE HIM ENOUGH MONEY THIS YEAR LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO, SO THIS IS TO PUT IT BACK WHERE IT SHOULD BE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? BARRING THAT THERE IS NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE? THIS ORDINANCE CALL IS FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAME CLARK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. YES. REMEMBER ACKERSON? MR. CHAIR YOU HAVE EIGHT YES PASSES AND IT WILL GO TO THE CALENDAR COMMUNICATED. WE ARE SKIPPING OVER. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 8029623 AND ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $5000 FROM DISTRICT 12 AND $3000. FROM DISTRICT 14 TO METRO PARKS COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE 11TH ANNUAL RIVERVIEW INDEPENDENTS FESTIVAL MAY HAVE A MOTION IN SECONDED MOTION BY

[6. O-296-23     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $5,000 FROM DISTRICT 12; AND $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 14; TO METRO PARKS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 11TH ANNUAL RIVERVIEW INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL. Action Required By: July 2024 Sponsors: Rick Blackwell (D-12), Cindi Fowler (D-14)]

COUNCILMAN SAM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BASHAR HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOTION THIS SECOND. UH, DO WE HAVE COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL OR MISS BLAZES THERE? I'M SORRY. ALRIGHT WE'LL HAVE COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE DONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THIS IS THE 11TH. ANNUAL UM OVER 13 YEARS. I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS WE WERE SHUT DOWN THERE WITH COVID. UM, SO IT'S JUST A FUNDING THAT GOES TOWARDS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO WE STARTED WITH IT BEING TOTALLY FUNDED WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND TURNED IT INTO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE SPONSORS WHO HAVE COME ON BOARD AS WELL AS GOING TO THE EVENT. SO, UM A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR BY YOUNG FOLKS TO DO WHILE THEY'RE THERE AND LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND WE END THE SHOW WITH FIREWORKS SHOW, WHICH TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN IT'S ALL RIGHT DOWN THE RIVER AND TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN AN HONOR ON A BARGE ON THE RIVER. WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PULL THAT ONE OFF EXPENSES CONTINUE TO INCREASE, SO WE'LL SEE. BUT WE WILL HAVE THE SHOW WILL HAVE THREE ACTS AND, UM.

AND THEN THE FIREWORKS AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE FOURTH, WHICH IS HIS TRADITIONAL TIME. APPRECIATE YOUR I THINK WE HAD LAST YEAR WE HAD A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE HAVE JOINED US LAST YEAR AND, UH AND SHIPPED IN SO, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPONSORS, OR IF NOT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND COMMITTEE AND WE'LL TAKE IT TO FOR METRO COUNCIL NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FOLLOWING DISCUSSION ON SOUTH UP C COUNCILWOMAN, FLAT DISTRICT, 24 WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT WITH $1000 PLEASE FROM OUR INDIA.

COUNCILMAN MOBILE HILL. DISTRICT 10 WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE $1000 TO. ANY COUNCILMAN ELWIN.

DISTRICT 9 500. BARRING THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, AND THERE ARE OH, SORRY, COUNCILMAN BERSHAWN. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL 25 DISTRICT, 25 DOWN PUT ANOTHER $1500 FOR IT. ANYONE ELSE GOING WITH GOING TWICE. BORING THERE'S NO SPEAKERS IN THE Q AND THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. THIS

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ORDINANCE IS CALLING FOR A REAL CAR. WE'RE GOING TO THE MOTION. MOVE THE AMENDMENT SORRY TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT SECOND. ALL THOSE THE PAPERS SAY, I AH, ALRIGHT. THAT'S THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED THEY NAME. WHY THAT THERE ARE NO KNEES. ALL THOSE THE EYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU.

COLLEAGUES KNOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE FULL VOTE. THIS ORDINANCE IS CALLING FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. YES COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON. MR CHAIR. YOU HAVE EIGHT. YES FOLKS. THE ITEM PASSES, IT WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR BUSINESS BUSINESS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS C I F 0123 TO FOUR P W 18

[7. CIF012324PW18     APPROPRIATING $8,376 FROM DISTRICT 18 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORSK TO INSTALL TYPE 1 SPEED REDUCTION MARKINGS ON MOSER ROAD AND TYPE 2 SPEED REDUCTION MARKINGS ON DORSEY LANE AT WARD AVENUE. Sponsors: Marilyn Parker (R-18) ]

APPROPRIATING $8376 FROM DISTRICT 18 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO INSTALL TYPE ONE SEED REDUCTION MARKERS ON MOSUL ROAD IN TYPE TWO SPEED REDUCTION MARKETS ON DORSEY LANE AT WARD. AVENUE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND? MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHINE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN. UH SAM. WE HAVE MR LUCKETT, WHO'S HERE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM? THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY DAN. LUCKY JUNIOR METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT. 18 COUNCILWOMAN, MARYLAND PARKER'S OFFICE. WE'RE ASKING FOR 8300 AND $76 APPROPRIATING FOR LIKE LIKE IT SAID SPEED REDUCTION MARKINGS. WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS FEEDING IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE CALL I GET, BELIEVE IT OR NOT OVER 100 CALLS, AND MOST OF THEM ARE FROM DORSEY LANE. BUT SOME MOTOR ROAD TO AND COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND HER ONGOING EFFORT ONLY BEEN IN THIS OFFICE FOR A YEAR. BUT WAS SHE TRIES REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE GET CALLS ABOUT THIS. AND I BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE A TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX TO USE IT, LET'S TRY. UM, THEY WON'T YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S SPEED HUMPS YOU CAN ON A 35 MILE AN HOUR ROAD, BUT WHETHER IT'S MORE SHOP SIGNS, WHETHER IT'S FLASHING LIGHTS, STOP LIGHTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, LET'S JUST TRY TO DO TO STOP THIS SPEEDING. UM PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS ALL THE TIME. I PASTOR OF THE TAR OUT OF THEM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME BACK WITH ME. TYPE ONE. IT'S A THERMAL PLASTIC THAT THEY PUT DOWN ON THE ROAD. TYPE ONE IS A LESS INTRUSIVE. IT'S VERY NOT VERY TALL AT ALL. BETTER TO GET YOUR ATTENTION A LITTLE BIT. NO, IT WON'T DAMAGE YOUR CAR OR ANYTHING. TYPE TWO IS A LITTLE LITTLE HIGHER. IT'S MADE OUT OF THERMAL PLASTIC THAT'S PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THIS CAN'T BE INSTALLED UNTIL SPRING. THERE'LL BE TWO SETS OF THEM GOING NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST. YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYONE BE WITH A SIGN AT THE BEGINNING OF IT? UM SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO TRY THIS TYPE ONE. THERE IS AN EXAMPLE IN FAIRGROUNDS ROAD. UH I HAVE A HOME IN SPENCER COUNTY. ALSO THAT'S ALL OVER THERE, AND IT DOES GET YOUR ATTENTION. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, NOT DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO NOTICE IT, WILL IT STOP EVERYBODY. I'M NOT NAIVE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO TRY EVERYTHING WE CAN TYPE TWO. THERE IS NONE IN LOUISVILLE. THEY CAME TO ME WITH THIS. THEY TRY IT OUTSIDE OF THE IN KY TC. HIS TRIED THIS AND THEY SUGGESTED FOR DORSEY LANE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PERVASIVE PROBLEM ON DORSEY LANE . SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU, MR LUCKY FOR BEING HERE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING THERE. THERE IS NO DISCUSSION AND NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. THIS ITEM IS CALLING FOR A VOTE, BOY VOICE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE IT ITEM PASSES. THANKS SIR. NEXT ITEM IS IN D F 0123 TO FOUR L M A S M APPROPRIATING $550

[8. NDF012324LMASm     APPROPRIATING $550 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $184 FROM DISTRICT 18; AND $183 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 11 AND 20; TO LOUISVILLE METRO ANIMAL SERVICES FOR A LOW-COST RABIES CLINIC AT JEFFERSONTOWN FIREHOUSE ON MARCH 30, 2024. Sponsors: Marilyn Parker (R-18), Kevin Kramer (R-11), Stuart Benson (R-20)]

FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $184 FROM DISTRICT, 18 AND $183 EACH FROM DISTRICT 11 AND 20 GLOBAL METRO ANIMAL SERVICE FOR A LOW COST RABIES CLINIC.

JEFFERSON TOWN FIREHOUSE ON MARCH 30TH. 2024 MAY HAVE EMOTION IN SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ASYLUM SECONDED BY. COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN FLOOD HAS BEEN PROPERLY EMOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IT'S PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY. WE'RE PET LOVERS WERE DOG LOVERS, AND THIS IS A GREAT SERVICE. WE'VE DONE IT ONCE LAST IN OCTOBER. NOW WE'RE PARTNERING WITH TWO WONDERFUL OTHER COUNCIL OFFICERS AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I AGREE. THIS ITEM IS CALLING, BARRING THERE'S NO DISCUSSION AND THOSE SPEAKERS AND THE QUEUE. THIS ITEM IS CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ARE THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE IT ITEM PASSES. THIS ITEM WILL GO TO THE CONSENT. THANK YOU ALL

[9. O-270-23     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $6,000 FROM DISTRICT 21 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO BEECHMONT YOUTH SPORTS, INC. FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO ELECTRICAL POLES AT THE BEECHMONT YOUTH COMPLEX. 12/07/23 Budget and Appropriations Committee Held Action Required By: May 2024 Sponsors: Betsy Ruhe (D-21) ]

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VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT ITEM IS 027023 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $6000 FROM DISTRICT 21 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO BEACH, MY YOUTH SPORTS INC FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO ELECTRICAL POSE AT THE BEACH MMA YOUTH COMPLEX MAY HAVE EMOTION IN SECOND MOTION PURPOSE MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SAM WE HAVE, MR AND I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER BUT MR REZA IS THAT CORRECT? HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND MY NAME IS ASHKAN RASIAH DISTRICT 21, LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR CASTLE BETSY RUI. THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A BEACH MONTH YOUTH SPORTS, AND THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THEM AT $6000 TO INSTALL TWO RODENTS ELECTRIC POLES THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH CARRIES ELECTRICITY TO THEIR SPORTS FACILITIES. THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO PLAY AND NOT ONLY FOSTER THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BUT ALSO TEACH THEM DISCIPLINE, ATHLETICISM AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO CONSIDER THIS NDF AS WE ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN CONTINUE TO GROW, LEARN AND PLAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR REEVES. I IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN BASHAR. IS THIS FOR THE BASEBALL FIELDS TO GET LIGHTS OR WHAT? EXACTLY YES, SO THAT THE TWO POLES, THE ELECTRIC POLES. THEY'RE COMPLETELY ROTTEN, AND WITHOUT THEM, THEY CANNOT. OPERATOR. I MEAN, IT CARRIES ELECTRICITY TO ALL THE BUILDINGS SO THEY NEED TO INSTALL TO REPLACE THEM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PUT LIGHTS FOR THE FIELD SO CHILDREN CAN PLAY AND I ASSUME MOST OF THE GAMES OR LEAKS HAPPENING AT THE EVENING, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER WITH WHEN THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE THOSE LIGHTS. THANK YOU.

SEEING THOSE NO. ONE IN THE QUEUE AND NO ONE THERE'S NO CHAIR SO SORRY. COUNSELING MOBILE I'M GONNA NEED TO ABSTAIN DUE TO MY LIFE'S EMPLOYMENT REBEL JANEY AT THE END OF THIS, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUPPLYING THE ELECTRICITY TO THOSE POLLS WILL BE UPSTANDING FROM THIS PART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I LOOK UP TO MAKE SURE I GET YOU DOWN, COUNCILMAN BARRING THERE ANY. THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION. THIS ORDINANCE IS CALLING FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE MADAM CLERK. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. LET'S DANGER. THE REASON, JUST GIVING COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER ACKERSON. MR. CHAIR YOU HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION. THE ITEM PASSES THAT WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THE EXTENSION. OUR NEXT ITEM IS C I F 0123 TO FOUR LMP D 25 APPROPRIATING $3349.50. FROM DISTRICT 25 CAPITAL

[10. CIF012324LMPD25     APPROPRIATING $3,349.59 FROM DISTRICT 25 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 3RD DIVISION FOR GYM RENOVATIONS THAT INCLUDE FLOORING AND A FAN. Sponsors: Khalil Batshon (R-25) ]

INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO LOCAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT THIRD DIVISION FOR GYM RENOVATIONS THAT INCLUDE FLOORING AND A FAN. MAY HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND BLACK, ASSIGNED SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE BEEN PROPERLY MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I WOULD SAY YES, BASHAR. YES THANK YOU. JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY SUPPORT TO VOTE. YES TO THIS INDIE F, UM OR C, I F ON THIS FACILITY. THEY PUT A NEW GYM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE THIRD DIVISION LAST YEAR. UM GREAT FACILITIES. GREAT OPERATION. THEY WERE SHORT ON FLOORING AND A INDUSTRIAL FAN TO KIND OF KEEP CAUSE AS OFFICERS WORKED OUT AND GOT THEIR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FOR THE DIVISION, SO UM, AND SUPPORT OF THE THIRD DIVISION POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM I JUST LOOK FOR EVERYBODY'S YES, ON THIS. THANK YOU. SEEING THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THOSE SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. THIS ITEM IS CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE SUPPOSED. THEY NEE. THE ODDS HAVE IT PASSES, THE ITEM WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE WILL NOW TRANSITION TO THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 13 OR

[13. R-163-23     AN RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (JULY 1, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028) RELATING TO WAGES, BENEFITS, AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND LOUISVILLE METRO TRAFFIC GUARDS ASSOCIATION CONCERNING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. Action Required By: June 2024 Sponsors: Pat Mulvihill (D-10) ]

16323, A RESOLUTION RATIFYING APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FROM JULY 1ST 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 RELATING TO WAGES, BENEFITS AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN GLOBAL JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND LOUISVILLE METRO TRAFFIC GUARDS ASSOCIATION. CONCERNING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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MAY I HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEN SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE WE HAVE DIRECTOR, UM WE DO HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. SORRY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, ERIN JACKSON WITH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. THIS AGREEMENT THAT BEFORE YOU COVERS APPROXIMATELY 100 AND 20 POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES TRAFFIC GUARDS ONCE TWOS AND THREES. IT IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT COVERING FISCAL YEARS. FY 24 THROUGH FY 28. IT INCLUDES COLA'S OF 5% IN FY 24 1% IN FY, 25 AND 2% COLA'S IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND 28. THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONTRACT IS $12.9 MILLION WITHOUT FRINGES AND 16.5 MILLION WITH FRINGES. AND WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANY COUNCILMAN OWEN SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONTRACT IS ASSUMING HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WERE NOW VERY LOW IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CARDS THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO HOW MANY WE NEED OR HOW MANY ARE ALLOTTED SO THAT TOTAL COST IS BASED UPON WHAT NUMBER SO IT'S UH AS OF THE CURRENT THE CURRENT FIELD POSITION WAS ROUGHLY 80. SO IT PROBABLY RANGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 8100 DEPENDING ON WHEN POSITIONS ARE FILLED OR VACANT. OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. SORRY SIR. SAY THAT AGAIN. THAT'S HOW MANY DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY? WORKING THERE'S ROUGHLY 81 AS OF A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, OKAY? AND THAT NUMBER COULD CHANGE BETWEEN, UH, OVERTIME BECAUSE POSITIONS ARE FILLED AND VACANT, SO THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON ROUGHLY 280. OR SO POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FAILED. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DO HIRE 20 MORE OR WHATEVER GOING FORWARD THAN THEN IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE 12.9 THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE. IT WOULD BE MORE YES.

OKAY? UM AND I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. HOW? HOW UM IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING THESE POSITIONS, PHIL. SO DO WE KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE SALARY? THAT'S THE PROBLEM OR WHETHER I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM MORE BROADLY AND METRO GOVERNMENT BUT AS IT RELATES TO THIS SPECIFIC POSITION WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO? WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS UP HEREN COUNCIL RECENTLY ABOUT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO GET KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. AND SO I'M WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A BODY. TO MAKE THIS A MORE ATTRACTIVE PHYSICIAN. UM SO WE DON'T GET A LIST EVERY SINGLE DAY OF SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE A TRAFFIC GUARD . THAT'S AN EXTENSIVE LIST. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY MY QUESTION . THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO LMP D STAFF TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. I'M AMANDA CARPENTER AND I'M ONE OF THE TRAFFIC GUARDS SUPERVISORS, AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A SLIGHT CORRECTION RIGHT NOW. WE CURRENTLY EMPLOY 78 TRAFFIC GUARDS. UM WE ARE PUSHING OUT EXTENSIVE RECRUITMENT OR DOING SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST OR DOING NEWS MEDIA. I'M WORKING A LOT OF RECRUITMENT ESPECIAL EVENTS. AND THE CONSENSUS THAT COMES BACK TO ME IS THE LACK OF PAY ONCE, UM THE BENEFITS ARE GREAT. THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SCHEDULES ARE GREAT, BUT ONCE I START TALKING ABOUT THE PAY, I NOTICED, I START LOSING INTEREST. BEFORE I DEFER TO COUNCILOR BASH ON WHAT IS METRO'S CURRENT DEFINITION OF A LIVING WAGE. OR DO WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF A LIVING WAGE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY? AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT? UM BECAUSE RECRUITMENT IS A REAL THING, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK IN THESE METRO POSITIONS, AND SO JUST FROM A SLIGHT GOOGLE SEARCH, IT SAID IN, UH, THATAS DONE BY M. I T THAT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY THAT WAS JEFFERSON COUNTY SPECIFIC, IT SAID IT WAS $16.19. AND SO WHEN I SEE POSITION OF $15.10, HOW WHAT IS METRO GOVERNMENTS? YOU KNOW, VIEWPOINT OR DEFINITION AS IT RELATES TO THOSE STUDIES, OR DO WE HAVE OUR OWN DEFINITION OF A LIVING WAGE? CAN ANYONE RESPOND? HI DANA MATAN DEPUTY MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE A WORKING DEFINITION OF THAT. I

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CAN CERTAINLY CHECK WITH HR TO SEE IF THEY'VE DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THAT. UM I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM. IT'S THE STUDY. MY QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE IS THAT JUST BASE PAY IS THAT INCLUDING WELL, THAT'S THAT'S BASED ON ONE PERSON. NO CHILDREN. OKAY BUT IS THAT JUST THE SALARY OR IS THAT WITH BENEFITS INCLUDED? BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IT EXCLUDES BENEFITS AND FRINGES BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU GET INTO THIS TOTAL COMPENSATION DEBATE VERSUS JUST HOURLY WAGE.

YES WE DID MAKE REFERENCE TO THE FACT WE DO HAVE A ROBUST BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT WHAT 30 TO 40% OF THE SALARY. WE HAVE TO ADD ON TOP OF SALARIES, SO BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH HR AND GET BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU AND JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. I SAW THAT IT STARTED FIVE WAS THERE WHAT WAS THE MEANINGFUL TO DROP TO ONE? AND THEN I SAW IT. GO TO TUBE AND BACK TO ONE WAS THERE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE BEHIND? THAT AS WELL BY BY EACH YEAR CAN LET SOMEBODY ELSE EXPLAINED THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THEEGOTIATIONS. BU UM , WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT BANNED THE COUNCIL IN OUT YEARS TO BUY A LARGE AMOUNT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ECONOMICALLY. SO IN SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A GOAL OF OVERALL GIVING X PERCENT. BUT MANAGED BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, LIKE FOR THE YEAR THAT WE'RE IN AND WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE FOR NEXT YEAR WITHOUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BACK LOAD IT AND THEN BOND THE COUNCIL TO SOME PERCENTAGE THAT MIGHT BECOME ECONOMICLY IN THE ECONOMY, AND IT'S LIKE,RN OKAY, NOW YOU'RE BOUND TO THIS CONTRACT ON A UNION BIS. BUT THENE HA TO LFFUN EMEE TO UWI THE MOY IT. LL, WLD S ERE WERE CERTAINON THATF CONSIDERATIONS FOR CERTAIN YEARS , I COULD LET THESE FOLKS SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BASHAR. THANK YOU. CHAIR. UM. QUESTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE BOARD. BUT I'M GONNA START WITH THIS ONE. SO WE NEED 155. TRAFFIC CARDS CORRECT.

RIGHT NOW. WE'RE CURRENTLY A LOT AT 112 IS OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH. HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE HAVE THAT SO WE NEED 100 AND 12 TO COVER THE SCHOOLS. DO WE HAVE 100 AND 55 SCHOOLS CORRECT. SO RIGHT NOW WE COVER 306 SCHOOL POST THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR DAILY THAT ACQUAINTS TO 113 SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR OKAY. WHICH GIVES YOU THE 112? 113 NUMBER? YES. SO THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS IT $12 MILLION. UM 16 MILLION WITH THE FRINGE AND ALL THAT WITH THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES WE HAVE AT 78 CORRECT. SO THAT NUMBER WOULD GO UP AS AND REQUESTS WOULD GO UP AS YOU HIRED ANOTHER. 40 PEOPLE.

CORRECT THAT'S THE NUMBER I'M PROVIDING IS A SNAPSHOT AT A POINT IN TIME, BUT AS THEY HIRE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC GUARDS, WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THAT INTO THE BUDGET FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS, AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A RETENTION ISSUE. IN TRAFFIC GUARDS, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOSE THEM. SO WOULDN'T IT BE WISE TO US TO GO BACK AND REALLY HONE IN ON THESE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO BE AT THE 112 NUMBER WITH PROPER, YOU KNOW, PAY WAGES SO WE CAN RETAIN YOU KNOW, AS UH AS SHE JUST SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT PAY. SO HOW DO WE FIX THAT PROBLEM? LET'S GO BACKWARDS AND FIX THAT PROBLEM AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND SAY WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS. SO WE, UH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR FY 25 AND BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM L AND P D. WE WILL, UH WE MAY BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UH TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ART THAT WILL NEED FOR 25 AND WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS. JUST FOR JUST FOR THE RECORD AND FOR CLARITY. I SUPPORT IT ON PD, 1, MILLION% AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IN THEIR EFFORTS. BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT. THIS AGREEMENT WITH WITH WHAT'S IN HERE, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND LOOK AT THINGS AND SAY , LET'S LOOK AT IT FROM WHAT CAN COME FROM THE FUTURE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THESE OTHER. PEOPLE RETAINED AND THEN MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE COME TO

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COUNSEL REQUESTING. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY THE UNION ALREADY, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, BUT WE HAD TO VOTE YES OR NO COLLEAGUES AND TO ESSENTIALLY SHOW. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR CITY AND OUR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR TRAFFIC GUARDS AND OUR LM P D POLICE. AND MY STANCE IS I'D LOOK FOR A NOTE A NO VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AND FOR THEM TO RETAIN THE STAFF THAT THEY NEED. COUNCILWOMAN FLOOD. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM. YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A GREAT UPON BY THE UNION AND BY THE ADMINISTRATION UNION AGRD TO THIS AND I'M SORRY, MA'AM. I FORGOT WHAT YOUR NAME IS, UM, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS RECRUITING, WERE YOU PART OF ANY OF THE NEGOTIATION TO PUT FORTH THAT INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY TURNING YOU DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PAY. WE DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES OF THE RETAINING DUE TO THE PAY? YES. AND WHAT WAS THE UNION'S STANCE ON THAT? UM THEY AGREED. TO VOTE. THE NUMBERS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY BASE PAN NEW HIRE RIGHT NOW IS HOW MUCH RIGHT NOW IT'S 1530. SO THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A 5% SOUTHERN SALARIES GOING UP 5. IMMEDIATELY. WELL I GUESS IT'S UH, WHAT'S IT'S ASSUMING IT'S APPROVED BY METRO COUNCIL? IT DOES HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY HR SO I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING OF THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. VICE CHAIR, ENGEL. I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE STATED IT DOES. IT WILL BE RETRO BACK TO JULY 1 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. HMM WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT THAT LITERALLY DO NOT HAVE SAFE, SAFE CONDITIONS GOING ON HERE. UM THERE WAS A DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH WHAT? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE POLICY FOR? FOR EXAMPLE, IF A JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WOULD, UH. WOULD STEP UP AND FILL THE VOID AT 3 P.M. TO 4 P.M. SHIFT. AS A CROSSING GUARD.

I'M SURE THERE'S LIABILITY. BUT YOU KNOW, SO ARE WE THINKING OUT OF THE BOX HERE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW AT THE FIRST OFF. I'M NOT THINKING I'M NOT IN THE UNION AND THAT VOTE WAS, BUT THAT VOTE WAS VERY INTERESTING. I MEAN, WE ARE. WE'RE AT $15 AN HOUR. HOW MANY COMPANIES CAN WE NAME RIGHT NOW? THAT START AT HIGHER THAN THAT, AND THEY'RE NOT OUT IN THE STREET. UM WE'VE SEEN TRAFFIC GUARDS GET RUN OVER AND THAT THAT HAZARD HERE IS SIGNIFICANT. ARE WE THINKING OUT OF THE BOX ON HOW WE CAN FILL THIS VOID? SO A MAJOR JAILBAIT AND I'M OVER SPECIAL OPERATIONS, WHICH FALLS ON THE TRAFFIC CARDS FALL UNDER MY DIVISION, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO COME UP WITH IS ASKING PARENTS TO VOLUNTEER ASKING TEACHERS TO VOLUNTEER. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP OR WHAT HAPPENED. WHERE DOES THE LIABILITY FALL? WHEN YOU KNOW THE PARENT GETS RUN OVER? WE HAD OUR TRAFFIC GUARD GERTRUDE JEFF LYNNE, WHO IS 85 YEARS OLD AND LOST HER LEG JUST THIS PAST FALL, SO AND SHE WAS OUT THERE FOR $15 AN HOUR AND SACRIFICED, SACRIFICED HER LEG AND WANTS TO COME BACK TO WORK. BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE THEY LOVE THEIR CHILDREN. THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY PUT THEIR HEART AND SOULS INTO THIS JOB, AND SO WE TRY AND SUPPORT THEM. YEAH BUT IT IS WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THE SHORTAGES, WE IT'S TIME AND DISTANCE. SO HOW CAN THEY GET FROM? WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY CHANGING THE SCHOOL TIMES. IT WAS TIME AND DISTANCE TO THE SCHOOL. SO HOW COULD WE FILL ALL THOSE? I MEAN, WE WOULD. WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FILL AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL AND NOT HAVE THAT ISSUE, BUT WE JUST THE RECRUITING EFFORTS. AMANDA IS THE FACE OF THE UNIT. SHE IS THAT EVERYTHING SHE IS PROMOTING IT TO THE COMMUNITY. SHE'S PROMOTING IT. EVERY COMMUNITY EVENT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH INTO THE SCHOOLS. FOR THAT. I HAVE, LIKE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS THAT THIS IS A FOOT IN THE DOOR. WHERE IF YOU START OUT AS A TRAFFIC GUARD, WHEN YOU TURN 21, YOU CAN GET HIRED ON TO THE DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING AT THOSE AVENUES, SO IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING. WE ARE OUT THERE PUSHING IT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE QR CODES THAT WHEN WE SEE SOMEBODY IN OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY HEY, SCAN THIS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING US,

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WHETHER IT'S AS A PLATE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT POLICE AS WELL. BUT UM AS A TRAFFIC CARDS, A LOT OF THEM. THIS IS A SECOND JOB THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THIS IS THERE TO SUSTAIN THEIR LIVING, SO SOME OF THEM ARE DOING IT AS A SECOND JOB. A LOT OF THEM ARE ELDERLY.

UM SO I HEAR I HEAR YOU WITH THE PARENT. BUT I'M JAKE MCNERNEY GET MY QUESTION BACK TO THE TWO AJ CPS TEACHER. ARE THOSE THOSE FACILITIES? J C. P S. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY, UH NOW THOSE ARE NOT FACILITIES THAT ARE ON J. C. P S PROPERTY. I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY IN A LOT OF CASES, BUT ACTUALLY OR ARE THEY ARE ARE THOSE J. C P S FACILITIES THAT ARE TRAFFIC CARDS TYPICALLY ARE ARE ON PROPERTY TRAFFIC CARDS USUALLY WORK OUTSIDE OF THE J.

C. P S PROPERTY. UM AND THAT COMES BACK TO THEM. SORRY SO TYPICALLY ARE TRAFFIC GUARDS ARE WORKING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY. UM, THEY'RE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE ROADWAY AND THEY'RE TAKING CONTROL. SO THE TOPIC ABOUT THE TEACHERS TAKING OVER HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION.

BUT WE RAN INTO THE ROAD BLOCKS OF WHO'S GOING TO PAY THEM. UM BECAUSE NOW IT'S THEY'RE PAYING INTO THE SAME PENSION SYSTEM. SO IT WAS THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH IF THEY'RE DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL DUTIES. AND THEY'RE PAYING AND TO THE SAME PENSION. IS IT DOUBLE DIPPING? WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THEM FOR COVERING THE SCHOOL OR, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THERE WAS JUST SOME ROADBLOCKS WE ENCOUNTERED IN FUTURE TALKS WITH TRYING TO USE TEACHERS OR EVEN SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. WE WERE RUNNING INTO THAT TWO SEPARATE PAYS TWO SEPARATE JOBS, BUT BOTH PAYING INTO THE SAME PENSION SYSTEM. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS TRAINED CONSISTENTLY SO THAT YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE A TEACHER, STEPPING OUT THAT THEY FOLLOW THE SAME TYPE OF RULES THAT ARE GUARDS ARE FOLLOWING SO THERE'S NOT THAT, YOU KNOW. ONE SCHOOLS DOING THIS WAY, AND SOMETHING HAPPENS SO THAT THAT LIABILITY AGAIN. WOULD BE RIGHT NOW. GO BACK TO THAT. AND THEN ANOTHER ISSUE WITH OUR TRAFFIC GUARDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BET ON SCHOOLS. SO UNLESS WE'RE CONTROLLING THOSE SCHOOLS FROM A CONTROLLED APPROACH, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON ANY VACANT SCHOOLS. SO IF I HAVE A TEACHER THAT'S TRAINED AT CONWAY MIDDLE, AND THEN A TRAFFIC GUARD DECIDES THEY WANT TO BID ON CONWAY. UNLESS THAT THAT TEACHER IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO A DIFFERENT POST. SO THEN WE WERE LOOKING AT HALF AND A HALF TRAINED TEACHERS OR TRAINED SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE COVERAGE BECAUSE WE DO OPEN UP THE BID PROCESS FIVE TIMES A YEAR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE. UM THE YOU KNOW THE WORK THEY TRAFFIC GUARDS TOUR IS INCREDIBLE WORKING AT SCHOOL AND, UM, UNFORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TRAFFIC GUARD RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. BUT UM. WHICH IS WHY I THINK WE ALL AGREE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE EQUIPPED WITH BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE A QUICK QUESTIONS BEFORE I DEFER TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER, THOUGH, ON THE ONES THE TRAFFIC GUARDS I KNOW IT'S TIERED BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THEY WORK BELIEVED HERE. ONE IS, UH THEY WERE I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD, OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO YOUR TEARS SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC GUARD CLASSIFICATIONS.

WE HAVE A TRAFFIC GUARD, ONE THEY COVER TWO SCHOOLS A DAY CAN BE MORNING OR AFTERNOON. THEN WE HAVE A TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATION TO THEY COVER HAITIAN. THAT COVERS FOUR POSTS A DAY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROJECT AT OUR PROGRAM. I APOLOGIZE THAT WE DON'T JUST COVER SCHOOLS. WE COVER SCHOOL POST. I HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOL POST DUE TO THE NATURE OF ENGELHARDT, FOR INSTANCE, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF FIRST STREET AT OAK AND SAINT CATHERINE. UM YOU'VE GOT KIDS WALKING FROM THE NORTH KIDS WALKING TO THE SOUTH. I CAN'T JUST HAVE A CENTRALIZED. TRAFFIC GUARD IN THE MIDDLE OF FIRST STRAIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE CROSSING MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROGRAM, IT'S NOT BY THE SCHOOLS. IT'S ABOUT THE SCHOOL POST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOL POST IN FROM THE THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAKING WORKING MULTIPLE POST IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON WHY IT WOULD BE THE SAME PAY? FOR EACH TIER. WHAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT INCENTIVIZE IS WHAT IT LOOKS TO ME EXPLAIN THAT THERE'S SOME UNIQUENESS TO OUR TRAFFIC GUARD PROGRAM, AND THE FLEXIBILITY WORKS OUT A LOT OF OUR TRAFFIC GARB, ONES THAT COVER UP TO SCHOOLS A DAY. THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE DRAWING, UM, SOCIAL SECURITY AND THEY GET PENALIZED IF THEY MAKE

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A CERTAIN AMOUNT. AND THEN OUR TRAFFIC GUARD. TWOS AND THREES ARE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS ARE TRAFFIC GUARD ONES, THEY DO NOT GET THE MEDICAL VISION DENTAL THERE BASICALLY.

ACCRUING LEAVE, AND THEY WERE AWARDED A $15,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, BUT THEY DO NOT GET ANY MEDICAL VISION, DENTAL BENEFITS. OKAY THAT'S WHERE TRAFFIC GUARDS TWO AND THREE COME INTO. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE $15,000. UM LIFE INSURANCE POLICY THAT THAT EACH TRAFFIC CAR GETS. HOW IS THAT EQUITABLE OR HOW IS THAT COMPARED TO OTHER L MPD POSITIONS. BECAUSE AS WE SPOKE ABOUT THE YOU KNOW IF THAT WOMAN HAD NOT SURVIVED THAT SHE IS STILL RISKING HER LIFE, UM IN THOSE INCIDENTS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? I GUESS HOW IT COMPARES TO THE OTHER LMP D POSITIONS, NOT ANYONE. THANK YOU. AND HOW THAT NUMBER WAS CAME UP. HELLO MY NAME IS CHERYL SNYDER, EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES FOR ELLEN PD. AS FAR AS LIFE INSURANCE GOES, WE HAD DIFFERENT UNION GROUPS. WE HAVE NON UNION. UM SO A NONUNION PERSON WOULD MAKE ONE TIMES THEIR ANNUAL SALARY NOT TO EXCEED 50,000 FOR LIFE INSURANCE. UM FOR THE POLICE.

IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE SWORN ACTUALLY FOR THE CIVILIAN TEAMSTERS AS WELL AS THE MASTER CIVILIANS. UH TEAMSTERS. THEY DO ONE TIMES AROUND YOUR SALARY NOT TO EXCEED THE 50,000. SO THEY CHOSE TO GO WITH THE 50 UNION CHOSE TO GO WITH THE 15 AND SAID THAT THE 50 UM, IT HAS BEEN MAD AMOUNT SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH L MPD OVER 18 YEARS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WOMAN FLOOD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, SHAWN AND THEN COUNCILMAN ACKERSON. AND I THINK MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED WHEN SHE WOULD WAS TALKING ABOUT FOUR POST TO POST THAT THEY MAKE. BUT I JUST DO HAVE A STATEMENT BECAUSE WHEN THE UNION AND THE MINISTRATIONS HAVE AGREED TO THIS CONTRACT. UM EVEN THOUGH I DON'T AGREE, PROBABLY WITH THE AMOUNT THAT YOU ALL RIGHT? THEY'RE BEING PAID. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE ARE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE BECAUSE YOU ALL ALL THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED. TO THIS AND IT'S KIND OF DISAPPOINTING TO ME BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD STAND OUT IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY, AND I WENT TO A POLICE OFFICER'S JOB BECAUSE I JUST I'M A COWARD. LET'S JUST FACE IT, BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A STRETCH TO MAKE 15 SOMETHING AN HOUR AND STAND OUT AND THE RAIN, THE SLEET, WHATEVER AND CARS FLYING AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF GLOBAL IS SPEEDING. THAT'S THE COLLEGE YOU GET THE MOST ON SO JUST TO COMMENT. JUST AN OBSERVATION. WE'RE GONNA NEXT WILL BE COUNSELING NATIONAL COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER ACKERSON, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE WE IN THE COMMITTEE MEANS UP FOR, UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. I'LL ASK MY QUESTIONS QUICKLY. SO, UM, FIRST QUESTION. THIS CONTRACT. WILL IT FIX THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO RETENTION AND YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR POST COVERED I CAN'T. I CAN'T SPEAK IF IT WILL, OR CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIKE? I'M SORRY. I CAN'T. I CAN'T PREDICT IF IT WILL FIX IT OR NOT. YEAH. IF IT'S NOT WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED IN THIS CONTRACT? UM TO FIX THE ISSUE. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE TRAFFIC GUARDS DAY TODAY AND I'LL JUST GO BACK TO LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST TALKING TO THE TRAFFIC GUARDS AND TALKING WHEN I'M PUSHING OUT RECRUITMENT. IT ALL LEADS BACK TO THE PAY. UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO FAST FOOD TO HOBBY LOBBY AND THEY CAN MAKE EQUAL AMOUNTS WITHOUT STANDING OUT IN THE IMPLEMENT WEATHER DODGING VEHICLES. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO BACK TO THE PAY. THANK YOU. WILL ANY RULES WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT MAKES SOLVING THE PROBLEM MORE DIFFICULT. SO ANYTHING IN THIS WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION . WILL IT FIX IT OR NOT, OR MAKE IT ANY MORE DIFFICULT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING? I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT ANY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING WEST LIKE PAY INCREASE. BUT I CAN'T PREDICT IF IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH RECRUITMENT. AND RETAINING THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ACKERSON. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO BRING US BACK TO GROUND ZERO AND THAT IS THAT THE SITUATION WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE

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UNION REPRESENTS THE WORKERS HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH THEY BELIEVE TO BE A FAIR DEAL. YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH IT, BUT WE WEREN'T AT THAT TABLE. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE TODAY SIMPLY TO RATIFY THE DEAL HAS BEEN CUT BETWEEN THE WORKERS AND ADMINISTRATION. FROM THERE.

IN THE FUTURE. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT GREATER PAY, IN WHICH CASE THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OTHER BUDGETARY ISSUES. BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO WANT. BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR A LATER DAY. I'D SAY LET'S CALL THE QUESTION AND GET THIS THING ROLLING. THANK YOU. WE ARE WE HAVE EMOTIONAL TOO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION QUESTION BY COUNCILMAN AGRA SEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PURPOSE. ALL IN, UH, REQUIRES A VOICE BOOK ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AH! UH THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED? NO. MAY MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU OPEN UP A ROLL CALL VOTE. EXCUSE ME, UH, CHAIRMAN. I WAS IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK. SORRY, BECAUSE IT WAS HE CALLED THE QUESTION WE MUST TAKE A VOTE. COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BET, SEAN. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, ACKERSON. YES? MR. CHAIR. YOU HAVE THREE YES, VOTES AND I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. YOU GO BACK TO MY ROLLING PAGES. SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. AND, UM, I ALSO DID. NO. I MEAN, MR. CHAIR. YOU HAVE FOUR YES VOTES AND FOR NO VOTES OF THE MOTION OR THE CALLING. THE QUESTION FELL, SIR. ALL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE CALL THE CALL INTO QUESTION HAD FAILED. NOW WE OPEN UP FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSE YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE. YES I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS. DO I HAVE A 2ND 2ND? WELL. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECONDED. WE ARE NOW TAKING VOTE. ROLL CALL BOOK. YEP. AND WE'RE TAKING A ROLL CALL VOTE TO TABLE. COUNCIL MEMBER MULVIHILL. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER ACKERSON. MR. CHAIR YOU HAVE FIVE YES. VOTES IN THREE NO VOTES. ALRIGHT THE ITEM. THE MOTION TO TABLE HAS BEEN PASSED. UM THERE IS NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS, SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE REGULAR

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SCHEDULED LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT WAS WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANKS 18 YEARS.

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