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WE'LL GET STARTED AND, METRO TV WILL GET STARTED. ONE MINUTE, PLEASE.
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OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ORDER TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, AND IT'S[Call to Order]
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NOW 435. AND WE HAVE WITH US TODAY, I'M THE CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN BLACKWELL, WITH ME[00:15:44]
AS MY VICE CHAIR. COUNCILMAN KRAMER. ALSO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HUDSON AND OWEN AND PIACENTINI ARE IN PERSON AND COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANEY, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND COUNCILMAN ARTHUR ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY. I THINK THAT'S IT'S IN HER. OH YEAH. AND PRESIDENT WINKLER IS JOINING US AS WELL, OR MAY BE JOINING US AS WELL. WE'LL SEE, SO I DID, I ADDED A PIECE ON TODAY WHERE WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS THAT WE WANT. ONE IS WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. TWO ARE BEING, LET ME SEE. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THE SPECIAL DISCUSSION. ONE ITEM IS BEING HELD, AND SO I WANTED TO START WITH THIS, THIS DISCUSSION ITEM, AND IT WILL BE, RELATIVE QUICK DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT IT IS A FOLLOW UP TO, TO OUR LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE, COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY AND THE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, WE HAD, THE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS NEW FORMULA, BUT WE HAD THE NUMBERS WERE FROM THE OLD FORMULA. SO I REACHED BACK OUT TO THEM JUST TO, JUST TO GIVE US A, GIVE ME AN IDEA. AND SHE HAS A REALLY GREAT, PRETTY, PRETTY, QUICK, EXPLANATION, AND SHE CAN SHOW US, WITH THIS, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT IS. WELL, YOU CAN TELL US, LYNETTE, IF YOU'LL JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND THEN YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW US TO BE ABLE TO SHOW US THE CHANGES IN THE, POVERTY IN OUR AREAS, FOR THE COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO READ LANGUAGE. GOTCHA. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE, A READ IN FULL. VERY GOOD. NOW, YOU PROBABLY FEEL BETTER[1. ID 24-0356 REDISTRICTED POVERTY CONCERNS – Linette Lowe, Central Louisville Community Ministries]
ABOUT TESTIFYING. SO NOW, AS YOU KNOW THAT, I DO. AND THEN IF YOU WOULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND THEN THEN THE FLOOR WILL BE YOURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL. I'M LYNETTE LAO, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, AND I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT CENTRAL LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE INVITED TO JOIN YOU. I'M HERE WITH SARAH LANGMEYER, WHO IS AT SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. SHE IS THE TREASURER, VICE CHAIR, ASSISTANT TREASURER, SORRY, AND SECRETARY FOR THE ASSOCIATION, WE'RE HERE AT THE INVITATION OF THE CHAIR SO THAT WE CAN, HELP CLARIFY THE SITUATION WITH THE BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU. SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO SEE A MAP? YES YES. FANTASTIC. OKAY CAN YOU I'M GOING TO. CAN YOU MAKE IT LARGER ON YOUR END? YES THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. THANK YOU. THERE OF WHAT? SO, ON THE MIDDLE, THERE'S A LITTLE SLIDE SHOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN DO IT. CAN WE DO IT? NO. SHE HAS SHE HAS TO DO IT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE A PULL DOWN SCREEN. YES. AND IT MAKES IT FULL SCREEN. AND IT WILL MAKE IT FULL SCREEN. OKAY. WAS THAT IT TO THE LEFT OF THAT. OH, I SEE, I'M SORRY. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. MUCH BETTER. FANTASTIC. OKAY AS YOU ALL KNOW FROM REDISTRICTING, RIGHT. POPULATION HAS SHIFTED IN LOUISVILLE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS SINCE WE HAVE UPDATED THE FORMULA LAST FOR THE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THE STARK MOVE OUT OF WHAT IS SISTER VISITORS AREA, AND INTO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY, AND SEE. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH A FEW OF THESE SLIDES AND TRY TO FOCUS ON JUST THE MOST RELEVANT ONES. OUR FORMULA IS FOCUSED ON ON,[00:20:05]
POVERTY AND ASSOCIATED DEMOGRAPHIC S. AND SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN FOLKS WHO ARE PARTICULARLY, 50% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL OR LESS. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS. ON THE LEFT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SCALE RUNS FROM ZERO TO ABOUT 20. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS MEETING THAT DEMOGRAPHIC FROM ZERO TO ABOUT 8000. AND SO YOU CAN SEE, THE PERCENTAGE WISE, THIS ISN'T SURPRISING, RIGHT? THE WEST AND CENTRAL AREAS HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES, BUT THE NUMBERS OF FOLKS IN POVERTY IN THE EAST AND SOUTH ARE ALSO, SIGNIFICANT. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BALANCE BETWEEN PERCENTAGE AND ACTUAL NUMBERS OF FOLKS IN THE 13 SERVICE AREAS THAT THE ASSOCIATION COVERS.THIS IS THE NEXT LEVEL OF DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THE FORMULA. THAT IS PEOPLE 100% OR BELOW A FEDERAL POVERTY. AND YOU SEE THAT IT LOOKS FAIRLY SIMILAR, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RADICAL DIFFERENCES, EXCEPT THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THE SCALES HAVE ADJUSTED.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 0 TO 40, OF FOLKS. AND THE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE ADJUSTED ON THE RIGHT. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT AND STOP ME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. BUT I DO WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF YOUR TIME. THIS IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF 200% AND BELOW, AND NOTICE THAT IN CENTRAL AND WEST LOUISVILLE, WE GET UP TO 60% OF FOLKS AT THAT RATE, AND THAT THE NUMBERS IN THE SOUTH LOUISVILLE AND MUSCLE AREA ARE SIGNIFICANT AT THAT. AT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC LEVEL, WE ALSO ARE INCLUDING IN OUR NEW FORMULA , SOME DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PAST, LIKE SENIORS WHO ARE AT 150% OR BELOW , OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT A CONCENTRATION, PERCENTAGE WISE IN CENTRAL AND WEST, BUT THAT THE NUMBERS IN EAST LOUISVILLE ARE VERY HIGH. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF IN THE FORMULA FAMILY IS AT 150, LOOKS FAIRLY SIMILAR. ALTHOUGH THE CONCENTRATION OF NUMBERS THERE IS HIGHER IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE, THAN IN THE FAR EASTERN EDGES, RENTERS UNDER 30% OF AMI AGAIN, THE PERCENTAGE, UP TO 50% OF FOLKS IN WEST AND CENTRAL LOUISVILLE, MOVING DOWN INTO SHIVELY AND THEN THE NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH IN TERMS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH LOUISVILLE. I'M RUNNING THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO ADD IN SOME COMMUNITY THINGS VERY SPECIFIC TO LOUISVILLE. AND SO WE LOOKED AT EVICTION RATES, NOTICE THAT THE RATE OF EVICTION HERE IS PER 100 PEOPLE. SO IN CENTRAL LOUISVILLE WE'RE SEEING AN ALMOST 1 IN 100 RATE OF, EVICTIONS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY HIGH, BUT NOTICE THAT THE NUMBERS, THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF EVICTIONS ARE VERY HIGH IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE MUSCLE AND IN EASTERN AREA, LG AND DISCONNECTIONS AGAIN, THIS IS PER 112.5 AT THE HIGHEST RATE IN SISTER VISITOR IN WEST LOUISVILLE. AND AGAIN THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY HIGH, UP TO 6000. IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE AND CLOSE TO THAT IN EAST LOUISVILLE. AND THEN THE LAST DEMOGRAPHIC THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS THE WATER DISCONNECTS. AND AGAIN, OUT OF 100, FIVE OUT OF 100 AND WEST AND SISTER VISITOR AND THEN THE NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY HIGH, UP AROUND 3000 IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE AND MUSCLE, I'M GOING TO LET'S SEE, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TOOL, THAT WE ARE USING, TO GENERATE THE FORMULA. AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT USED TO USING WEBEX. ARE YOU SEEING A FULL SCREEN STILL? YES. YEAH. AND THE RIGHT PAGE PULLED UP. OKAY. AND SO ARE YOU SEEING THE SLIDER TOOL? GREAT. SO THIS IS THE TOOL THAT, WAS DEVELOPED FOR US BY NEILSON HARRISON FROM METRO UNITED WAY AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE. THEY HAVE BEEN OUR PARTNERS IN ALL OF THIS WORK. COMING UP WITH THESE MAPS, GETTING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, AND HELPING US MOVE THEM INTO THIS FORMULA. SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THESE SLIDERS THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT
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PERCENTAGES. THESE ARE ALL OF THOSE DATA SETS THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH WITH YOU. AND THE WEIGHT THAT I HAVE SET THEM AT, BECAUSE WE THINK WE WANT TO INCLUDE 0 TO 49% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LIKE THAT. THAT SHOULD WAY MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN OTHER FACTORS. AND THEN WE HAVE WEIGHED THEM IN AT DIFFERENT POINTS HERE, AND AT THE TOP IT SHOWS, THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE APPLYING THE FORMULA TO. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO EACH OF THE MINISTRIES ACCORDING TO THAT WEIGHTING, WITH THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING, THIS IS SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH NO CHANGE. AND SO IF WE WERE NOT TO GET AN INCREASE, WITH THIS REDISTRIBUTION, WEIGHTED THE WAY THAT IT IS HERE AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE TO PUT THESE POINTS, AND THEY WE SEEM TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. THIS IS WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND YOU NOTICE THAT A LOT OF MONEY IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS EASTERN AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE POPULATION IS MOVING. AND THAT MEANS THAT SISTER VISITOR CENTER IS GOING WOULD SEE AN ALMOST 20% CUT IN THEIR FUNDING. AS WITH SAINT MATTHEWS AND UNITED CRESCENT HOME AND WEST LOUISVILLE WOULD ALSO SEE A SMALL CUT, SO THIS IS WHY WE ARE COMING TO YOU AND ASKING FOR AN INCREASE, THAT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE NOT CUT WEST LOUISVILLE IN ORDER TO FUND EAST LOUISVILLE , WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE NEEDS IN WEST LOUISVILLE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE SERVED, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOVING INTO EAST LOUISVILLE AS WELL. SO I'LL JUST SHOW YOU ONE OTHER MAP, AND THEN I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WE HAVE ASKED THIS IS SHOWING THE INCREASE FROM OUR CURRENT FUNDING TO WHAT OUR ASK IS, WHICH IS 2 MILLION. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE. WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT PUTS EVERYBODY IT SHOULD BE IN THE BLACK, WE USE BLUE. IT PUTS EVERYBODY IN THE BLUE, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERYBODY SEES AN INCREASE. ALL THOSE THE 13 MINISTRIES SEE AN INCREASE AT THAT POINT, ALLOWING US NOT ONLY TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO NOW, BUT TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING LEVELS, MAKE OURSELVES SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM IN TERMS OF STAFFING AND SUPPORT THAT WE NEED, AS WELL AS GET MORE MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MEET THE INCREDIBLE RISE IN NEED THAT WE'RE SEEING. SO I'LL STOP AND TAKE A BREATH THERE AND, ASK IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS WORKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. PRESIDENT WINKLER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SORRY, ONE QUESTION I HAD IS.SO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, NATIONAL TRENDS ON POVERTY RATES ARE ARE MOVING, LESS POVERTY.
RIGHT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. IS THAT CORRECT, THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS, NOR THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT IS DONE NATIONALLY. OKAY. I'LL COME BACK TO THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE? ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I THINK, IF YOU WOULD, LYNETTE, IF YOU CAN SEND THE, THE, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEND THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY THE LAST ONE THAT YOU HAD THERE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY IS A MOVING PARTS, BUT THE ONES THAT WERE NOT THE SLIDES THAT YOU HAD THAT WERE, STATIC. CAN YOU FORWARD THOSE TO, YOU KNOW, SEND THEM TO MY OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM ATTACHED TO THE CONVERSATION FOR TODAY. OF COURSE. AND COUNCILMAN KRAMER HAS A QUICK QUESTION. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE ON FOR THE OTHER THINGS. YEAH. THANK YOU. LYNETTE, YOU SAID THAT THE ASK IS FOR 2 MILLION, AND AT THAT POINT, EVERYBODY WOULD SEE AN INCREASE. YES. SO IF WE'RE TRYING TO READJUST BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT POVERTY ISN'T NECESSARILY WHERE WE ANTICIPATED IT AS COMPLETELY AS WE ANTICIPATED, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE ARE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. WE NEED TO ADJUST THOSE RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY. WE, WOULD IT AND I'M NOT ASKING TO TAKE MONEY AWAY. I UNDERSTAND, BUT WOULDN'T THAT KIND OF SUGGEST THAT THERE IS THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE IS HIGHER AT A RATE HIGHER THAN WHAT OTHERS ARE RECEIVING? ARE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION CURRENTLY OR IN TERMS OF, WELL, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF 2 MILLION, THAT'S MILLION. YES. THAT'S SO THAT
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EVERYBODY SEES AN INCREASE. BUT THE POINT OF THE FORMULA CHANGE WAS TO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME FOLKS WEREN'T GETTING AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS THEY NEEDED BASED ON THEIR POPULATION OF POVERTY, AND OTHER FOLKS WERE RECEIVING, AN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE THAT WAS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE AMOUNT OF POVERTY THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING. SO IT WOULD IT WOULD STAND TO REASON THAT WHILE SOME AREAS WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN IN REVENUE, OTHERS MIGHT SEE A DECREASE BECAUSE THE NEED ISN'T AS, DEMONSTRABLE. BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING.IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S THE HERE'S WHAT THE HERE'S A WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ANYBODY SEEING WITH EVERYBODY GETTING AN INCREASE THAT I'M CURIOUS AND SURE. AND THAT IS OUR ASK. BECAUSE THE NEED HAS ESCALATED SO MUCH ACROSS THE CITY, RENTS ARE UP. MORE THAN 30% ACROSS THE CITY LGA COSTS ARE UP MORE THAN 30, WATER COSTS ARE UP MORE THAN 50% OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE NOT KEPT PACE WITH THOSE INCREASES. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, BECAUSE THE NEED HAS INCREASED SO SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE GETS EVERYTHING THAT THEY ASK FOR.
AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR 2 MILLION, AS THAT WOULD BE A GENEROUS, THING FOR COUNCIL TO DO TO HELP US, MAKE UP SOME OF THE LOSSES BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCREASE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. RIGHT SO THAT ESSENTIALLY HAS SET US BACK ABOUT 30% ACCORDING TO INFLATION. SO IT MAKES THAT UP AND IT ALLOWS US TO, IN SOME CASES GO SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER, BUT IN SOME CASES THE INCREASE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY MODEST, SO, SO EVERYONE DOESN'T GET THE SAME INCREASE. THAT'S IT'S NOT A FLAT INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. MORE OF AN INCREASE IN THE AREAS THAT HAVE PICKED UP MORE OF THE LIKE. FOR INSTANCE, EASTERN AREA WOULD GET AN INCREASE OF LIKE 137% AND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE NOT SEEN A LARGE INCREASE IN POPULATION WOULD GET AN INCREASE AROUND 40. SO IT WOULD JUST MAKE UP FOR THE 30% DROP, ACCORDING TO INFLATION. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THOSE MINISTRIES. SO THE TWO THINGS ARE I DON'T WANT TO SAY UNRELATED, RIGHT? I MEAN, I GET THAT WE'RE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DOING TWO THINGS AT ONCE HERE, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT INCREASE. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, YEAH. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GOALS HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. PRESIDENT WINKLER THIS. AND THEN WE'LL NEED TO MOVE ON. YEAH. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, WHICH I GUESS JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING RELATED TO THE RATE OF HARVARD I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST OF LIVING IS GOING UP. RIGHT. AND SO THE COST OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IS HIGHER. BUT THE GENERAL RATE OF POVERTY I THOUGHT WAS TRENDING NEGATIVELY.
AND WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS IT'S TRENDING HIGHER ACROSS THE CITY. SO WE HAVE MORE POVERTY IN MORE PLACES IS. THAT QUESTION MARK. SO WHAT THE WHAT THE DATA SHOWS IS THAT, ACCORDING TO THE DECENNIAL CENSUS AND ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE MORE COMMUNITY BASED, THAT HAPPEN ANNUALLY AND CORRECTED FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS, THEY ARE SHOWING THOSE POVERTY LEVELS INCREASING IN LOUISVILLE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING. YES. PRESIDENT WINKLER, JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON MY PART. I'M HAPPY TO, TO SEND YOUR QUESTION ON TO OUR DATA ANALYSTS. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I AM NOT A DATA ANALYST. THAT IS NOT MY BACKGROUND, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH HARRISON AND NIELS AND GET MORE CLARITY ON THAT QUESTION FOR YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I MEAN, I'D JUST BE CURIOUS WHETHER OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES AND I THINK THIS RELATES PROBABLY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY, RIGHT, WHERE YOU MAY HAVE, AN INCREASE IN THE AGGREGATE LEVEL OF WEALTH. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A GREATER GAP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE DISPERSION OF WEALTH.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, DO WE REALLY HAVE AN INCREASING RATE OF POVERTY IN THE CITY BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT AT ALIGN WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS HAPPENING IN THE CITY, BASED ON SOME NUMBERS FROM THE GREATER LOUISVILLE PROJECT AND THEN OTHER JUST SORT OF GENERAL NATIONAL TRENDS AROUND POVERTY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS. YEAH. LET ME CHECK WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A VERY SOLID ANSWER FOR YOU. I DID HAVE A COUPLE MORE HERE, COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL THANK YOU AND, APPRECIATE IT. I'LL GET
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SOMEWHAT SPECIFIC. IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP. I'D BE INTERESTED TO, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT TWO DATA SOURCES. THE FIRST ONE IS, IS, THE DATA SOURCE THAT'S USED BY THE GREATER LOUISVILLE PROJECT, THEY, I MEAN, THEY ACTUALLY COME OUT AND STATE IT. SINCE 2012, LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE'S POVERTY RATE HAS FALLEN BELOW THE PIER MEAN. AND THEY HAVE A GRAFT AND IT'S BEEN COMING DOWN SINCE. AND THEN, I THEN I PULLED UP THE SAINT LOUIS FED THE SAINT LOUIS, FEDERAL BANK COVERS THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR THE POVERTY RATE GRAPH OVER THE LAST DECADE STARTS AT ABOUT 16.5% IN 2012, GOES UP A LITTLE BIT IN 2013, PLATEAUS IN 2014, AND THEN IS CONSISTENTLY COME DOWN TO 13% IN 2020, 13.7% IN 2020 AND 2021. TICKED UP A LITTLE BIT IN 2022, BUT IT'S DOWN A FULL RELATIVE, AN ABSOLUTE TERM'S. IT'S DOWN 2.5. AND, RELATIVE TERMS, IT'S ALMOST A 20% REDUCTION IN OVERALL POVERTY. NOW AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS, AFFORDABILITY AND OTHER FACTORS. RIGHT. BUT YEAH. TO BOLSTER WHAT I THINK PRESIDENT WINKLER WAS GETTING AT WAS THAT HAS BEEN COMING DOWN AT A MACRO LEVEL. NOT NOT A MICRO LEVEL. SO THAT'S THE DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN PARISH.RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN PIAGENTINI JUST COVERED SOME OF WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. WE KNOW ON A MACRO LEVEL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT THAT IT'S DIFFERENT ON A MICRO LEVEL. AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND YOU'RE DOING AND PROPOSING IS FOR OUR LOUISVILLIANS AND PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY WHO ARE DEALING WITH IT ON A MICRO LEVEL. AND THE FACT THAT HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO GROW DUE TO PEOPLE NOT HAVING STABILIZED RENT, AND BEING PRICED OUT AND THEN JOBS NOT PAYING THE WAGES. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST MEETING WITH PEOPLE FROM THE FARMING AND IMMIGRANT AND URBAN FARMING COMMUNITY, AND WANTED TO HEAR THEIR STORY. BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHAT? WHAT, CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME THE GENERAL NUMBER ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES IN FRONT OF ME, AND I WANT TO ACTUALLY RESTATE HERE IT RESTATED ON WHAT YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, SURE, WE'RE CURRENTLY COLLECTIVELY FUNDED AT 1.12 MILLION. AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR AN INCREASE TO 2 MILLION COLLECTIVELY, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TODAY ABOUT WHAT THE FORMULA LOOKS LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT ACCORDING TO THE, NEW DATA THAT WE HAVE AND THAT INCORPORATES OF LOCAL DATA INTO OUR FORMULA, WHICH IS A NEW THING. THANK YOU. AND I REMEMBER READING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE EVIDENCE AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE A LOCAL HOMELESS COALITION THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY DOING THIS WORK. AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN. SO WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WHILE WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. AND I WILL SEND THE SLIDES ALONG TO YOU. GOOD. I MUST MOVE TO ITEM 3223 AND HELD.
[3. O-096-24 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY AWARDED TO LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PAYOUTS. Action Required By: November 2024 Sponsors: Jecorey Arthur (I-4), Phillip T. Baker (D-6), Jeff Hudson (R-23)]
SO ITEM THREE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE. NO. HOLD ON. IS IT TWO TWO BEING HELD OR THREE HELD? TWO IS BEING HELD. SO AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MONEY AWARDED TO LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PAYOUTS. IS THERE A MOTION MOTION. WHO IS THAT MOTION? THANK YOU. MISS AN AND A SECOND. SECOND THANK YOU. ITEM IS BEFORE US. AND SINCE YOU JUST STEPPED UP I ASSUME THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. YES. THANK YOU, CONNIE MENDEL, INTERIM CHIEF HEALTH STRATEGIST, LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE ARE HERE TODAY ALONG WITH MY TEAM, BEN GOLDMAN, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPERT AND DOCTOR KALISHA CONLEY, RECENTLY WITH US HELPING US WITH THE EVALUATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS. SO LOUISVILLE METRO, ALONG WITH MANY COMMUNITY IS RECEIVING SETTLEMENT DOLLARS FROM, DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF OPIOID PAINKILLERS. SO WE ARE SET TO RECEIVE $57 MILLION, WHICH BEGAN IN 2022. OVER THE COURSE OF 18 YEARS. SO WE MET LAST FALL WITH COUNCIL, AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 1.8 MILLION.[00:40:02]
SO THAT WAS OUR FIRST DISTRIBUTION. AND OUR GOAL AT THAT POINT WAS SAVING LIVES, WE ALL KNOW, JUST HOW DISASTROUS THIS OPIOID EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN, THE CRITICAL POINT BEING LOSING LIVES, WHETHER THROUGH OVERDOSE, SUICIDE AND DEATHS, BUT THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, PIECES THAT COME INTO PLAY AS WE LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS, WE LOOK AT JOB LOSS. WE'VE LOOKED AT JUST THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILIES, GRANDPARENTS RAISING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, AND FURTHER SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. SO, THIS DISTRIBUTION AND YOU SHOULD HAVE HIM EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT IT, WE, AN OPIOID, ADVISORY BOARD WAS CREATED, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS IN OCTOBER OF 23, AND WITH THE DEADLINE BEING DECEMBER 23RD OF LAST YEAR, FROM THE HAT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE RECEIVED, 60 APPLICATIONS FROM 58 ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE AND REQUESTING OVER $25 MILLION. SO THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS INFORMATION, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE PRIORITIES OF OUR GRANT, WHICH IS PREVENTION STRATEGIES, SERVICES, INCLUDING A PRIMARY YOUTH PREVENTION TREATMENT AND LONG TERM RECOVERY, HOUSING, COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND SUPPORT AND TREATMENT AND RECOVERY FOR THOSE , AND THEN ALL OF THESE WITH THE BOARD REVIEW. WE WERE, CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE APPLICATION AND BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS, BUT ALIGNING, THOSE APPROVED USES AND ALIGNING THAT WITH LOCAL PRIORITIES, SPECIFICALLY EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES OR EVIDENCE INFORMED STRATEGIES, FOCUSING ON METRO LOUISVILLE, FOR THE FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CLIENTS THAT THEY WERE SET TO SERVE WITH, YOU KNOW, A DEMONSTRATED NEED, CLARITY, MEASURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT.SO FROM THAT, I THINK EVERYONE HAS THE GRAPH, WE OF THE 60 THAT WE RECEIVED, WE HAD TEN APPLICATIONS RELATED TO PRIMARY PREVENTION. AT 1.1 AT 1.3 MILLION, 32 APPLICATIONS, WERE DIRECTLY WAS TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT HOMELESS NESS SIX APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND THEN OTHER. SO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ARE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVICES. OF THESE PROJECTS, OF WHICH THERE ARE 21 FOR 20 DIFFERENT AGENCIES TOTALING 4.8 MILLION, IF LOOKING AT THE FUNDING, THIS WILL DIRECTLY ENGAGE MORE THAN 18,000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, IT INCLUDES NEARLY 9000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO WILL RECEIVE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT, OVER 1400 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE UNHOUSED RECEIVE ASSISTANCE. NEARLY 8000 INDIVIDUALS, PRIMARILY YOUTH, WILL BE SERVED THROUGH PRIMARY PREVENTION EFFORTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS 80 PROFESSIONALS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH LIVED AND LIVING EXPERIENCE , IT INCLUDES, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSING SUPPORT, LEGAL SUPPORT, PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM CARE, YOUTH EDUCATION , MENTORING, MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER, AND HARM REDUCTION. SO VERY GOOD. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. COUNCILWOMAN PIAGENTINI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT THE FIRST TWO STRATEGIES YOU TALKED ABOUT WERE, YOUTH PREVENTION. AND THEN THE NEXT WAS RECOVERY AND LONG TERM RECOVERY. AND WITH THAT, JUST QUICK SIDEBAR, I WANT TO SAY, APPRECIATE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE OVER THE PAST YEARS. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A YEAR OR TWO, BUT PUT ADDICTION HELP RIGHT UP ON THE FRONT SCREEN, A LOT MORE LINKS TO RESOURCES THERE. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. MY QUESTION FOR YOU HERE IS HOW THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
YEAH. GOING TO A LOT OF GREAT RECOVERY PROGRAMS. WHAT AND THIS IS LIKE OUR HOME. I KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THIS RELATED TO. I'VE TALKED TO, DEPUTY MAYOR GEORGE ABOUT OUR HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY. RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR EYE IS ON THE PRIZE RIGHT. WHAT'S THE END GOAL? WHAT'S SUCCESS? SO DO WE HAVE A DEFINITION OR A MEASUREMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS IS ALL SPENT. RIGHT. AND MAYBE THERE'LL BE ANOTHER WAVE OR TWO OF THIS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE MEASURING, YOU KNOW, CURRENT
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RIGHT. ADDICTION RATES AND THEN SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WE'RE MEASURING BY QUARTER BY YEAR TO SAY, OKAY, WE SEE THE TREND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE DATA POINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS THE END GOALS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THESE PROGRAMS? YEAH, I MEAN, THE BIGGEST DATA POINT WOULD BE FEWER DEATHS RELATED TO OVERDOSE. SO OVERALL, KENTUCKY DID SEE A REDUCTION FROM 22 TO 23, ALTHOUGH OUR, BY OUR BLACK AND BROWN POPULATIONS INCREASED. SO WHAT THAT TELLS US THAT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE SERVICES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE POPULATIONS. RIGHT. MAKES SENSE. SO THAT'S ALWAYS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE SAVING LIVES. SO SAVING LIVES. AND CAN WE BACK UP. BECAUSE SAVING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE I TALK ABOUT THIS RELATED TO THE HOMICIDE RATE. WE TRACK SHOOTINGS, WE TRACK HOMICIDES, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT OUR, OUR SHOOTINGS NOT CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW, OUR HOMICIDES ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE UP, OUR SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN, BUT A LOT OF THE HOMICIDE RATE IS ALSO PREDICATED ON EMERGENCY SERVICES AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE AT SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES ONCE THEY'VE BEEN SHOT, SIMILAR HERE. RIGHT? WE MIGHT GET REALLY EFFECTIVE AT SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES WHILE THEY'RE OVERDOSING, BUT WE SEE A HUGE SPIKE IN OVERDOSES. BUT WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST ADMINISTERED A WHOLE LOT OF A LOT OF NARCAN, RIGHT? SO ARE WE ALSO MEASURING A LITTLE MORE UPSTREAM, MAYBE OVERALL ADDICTION RATES OR NARCAN USE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? LIKE I ALMOST WANT TO GET I DO WANT TO MEASURE DEATHS, BUT CAN WE ALSO MEASURE SOMETHING BEFORE DEATH AS WELL? IF YOU WANT MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, THIS IS BEN GOLDMAN. HI. SO WE DO ALSO TRACK NON-FATAL OVERDOSES. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH EMS WHERE WE RECEIVE DAILY REPORTS FROM THEM OF THEIR RUNS. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL INDEPENDENT, FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT SHARE THEIR NALOXONE ADMINISTRATION RATES.SO THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE'RE KIND OF CAPTURING OKAY, THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, BUT NOT THE WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF BROADER NUMBERS OF FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING LINKED TO SERVICES, EACH OF THE PROPOSALS, THAT WE RECEIVED HAD DELIVERABLES. SO THEIR OUTPUTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE SUCH AS NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES RELATED TO TREATMENT. ONE THING WE KEEP SEEING IS, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TREATMENT AVAILABLE, BUT THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH LIKE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING THAT PEOPLE NEED IN PLACE TO HAVE SUCCESS WITHIN TREATMENT, ARE WHAT KEEP THEM FROM ENTERING INTO TREATMENT. SO WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF THAT, AND WE'RE WORKING ON WAYS TO SHARE THAT MORE PUBLICLY. THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILWOMAN PARISH. PARISH. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I, WENT OVER YOUR LIST AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD LIST TO SEE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT. IT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO SAVE EVERY KENTUCKIAN AND EVERY LOUISVILLIAN. IT'S NOT PHILANTHROPY EITHER. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO WRITE A BUNCH OF WRONGS BY PROFESSIONALS WHO PRESCRIBE THESE ADDICTING, MEDICATIONS AND OTHER THINGS TO AND PREYED ON POOR PEOPLE. AND THE FACT THAT YOUR, THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND. EVERY ONE OF THESE FOLKS LISTED HERE, EVERY ONE OF THESE GROUPS ARE DOING HARM REDUCTION. THEY'RE REDUCING THE STIGMA, THE IMPACT SAVING LIVES. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT YOU DO THAT. I, HAD TALKED TO COUNCILMAN BAKER EARLY ON ABOUT SEEING THE LIST OF APPLICANTS SO THAT THOSE OF US WHO DO OTHER WORK COULD, SEE WHAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO BE APPROVED FOR THIS MONEY. I KNOW IN OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AND STATES, WE HAVE A LOT OF, DIFFERENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO WHO HAVE BEEN GOING AFTER THIS FUNDING. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY GETS CLOSEST TO THE GROUND, TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED, REALIZING THAT AT NO GIVEN POINT, NO ORGANIZATION IS DEALING WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY USING AND DON'T HAVE ISSUES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE SYSTEM AND GOT CAUGHT IN THIS DOWNWARD PATH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LIST OF ALL OF THE APPLICANTS IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT. AND JUST AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION AND INTENTIONALITY IT TOOK TO DEVELOP THIS LIST. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL SHARE THAT LIST IN ADDITION TO TT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOCTOR CONNOLLY HAS BEEN DOING IS REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO WERE NOT NOT, HER NOT IN OUR RECOMMENDED LIST, AND HELPING THEM TO, JUST DEVELOP THEIR APPLICATION WRITING SKILLS, RECOMMENDING THEM FOR OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO WE'RE IDENTIFYING THOSE AND ALSO
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WE'RE, OFFERING AND WRITING SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT AS THEY APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS. YEAH PRESIDENT WINKLER, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. DOCTOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE A LIST LIKE THIS AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT IT IS, I KNOW ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO GREAT WORK, BUT IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF SORT OF WE'RE IN THE BUDGET SEASON, RIGHT. AND WE HAVE SIMILAR LISTS ON, ON LOTS OF OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO I'M CURIOUS, SORT OF PIGGYBACKING A LITTLE BIT OFF COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT'S QUESTION, WHO WANT TO SEE THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MUCH THESE ORGANIZATIONS ACTUALLY ASK FOR VERSUS HOW MUCH THEY'RE BEING FUNDED. OKAY, AND I'M CURIOUS, IN THE APPROACH THAT YOU TAKE IN MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OF AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PHRASE THIS IN, IN A, IN A GOOD WAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE. YOU'RE ALLOCATING FUNDING TO LOTS OF GROUPS HERE, RIGHT? AND EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE SOMETHING. OKAY. OR A LOT OF SOMETHING. HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT DETERMINATION VERSUS SAYING, LOOK, HERE ARE THE THREE WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY BEST AT SOLVING, YOU KNOW, X, Y AND Z PROBLEM. AND WE ARE GOING TO FULLY FUND THOSE THREE AND EVERYBODY ELSE. NOT SAYING YOU DON'T DO GREAT WORK, BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS OUR PRIORITY, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO STOP ALL DEATHS, RIGHT. OR MINIMIZE DEATHS OR WE'RE GOING TO MINIMIZE UPSTREAM PREVENTION. RIGHT. AND THEN ADEQUATELY FUNDING AT THAT LEVEL AND THEN SEEING WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER. SO I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU SORT OF MAKE THAT TRADE OFF. IF MY QUESTION IS SURE. YEAH, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WAS A DIFFICULT PROCESS , I'M SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THE, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING COUNCILMAN BAKER, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ARDUOUS REVIEW OF ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS, AND SO WE LOOKED AT OUR PRIORITIES. SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, WAS CAME TO US VERY CLEARLY WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST ROUND OF PRIMARY PREVENTION. AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR 60 APPLICATIONS, ONLY TEN OF THOSE WERE PRIMARY PREVENTION, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU DIG FURTHER, YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY KNEW THAT WE WANTED FUNDING THERE, BUT WE WANTED IT TO BE SUSTAINABLE, WE WANTED THEM TO HAVE KEY MEASURES AND OUTCOMES, WE WANTED THEM TO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE POPULATION THEY WERE WORKING WITH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT CAME ALONG. SOME OF THEM WERE PROVIDED THE FULL FUNDING THEY WERE REQUESTING. OTHERS THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OFFERED. AND WITH SPECIFICS TO CASE MANAGEMENT OR TRANSPORT NATION, WHERE WE GET INTO THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT IS WHEN SOMEONE'S ASKING FOR LIKE CAPITAL FUNDS. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE LOOK AT INVESTING? WHAT KIND OF AGREEMENTS DO WE NEED TO SET UP TO ENSURE THAT THAT, AGAIN, IS SUSTAINABLE, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN BUSINESS, THAT THEY'LL STILL BE OPERATING 2 OR 3 YEARS FROM NOW? SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. DOES THAT HELP SOME, I CAN GET YOU MORE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CALL FOR ROLL CALL. VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COMMITTEE MEMBER MCCRANIE. YES. MISTER CHAIR, YOU HAVE NINE YES VOTES. THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES WILL GO TO CONSENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 168. SERIES 2021, ORDINANCE NUMBER 143, SERIES 2022, ORDINANCE NUMBER 201, SERIES 2022, ORDINANCE NUMBER 22, SERIES 2023.[4. O-103-24 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 168, SERIES 2021, ORDINANCE NO. 143, SERIES 2022, ORDINANCE NO. 201, SERIES 2022, ORDINANCE NO. 022, SERIES 2023, ORDINANCE NO. 119, SERIES 2023, AND ORDINANCE NO. 177, SERIES 2023, RELATING TO VARIOUS ROUNDS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (“ARP”) LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ECONOMY, PUBLIC HEALTH, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INDIVIDUALS, AND BUSINESSES, BY REALLOCATING SELECT ARP PROJECTS TO FUND FINAL AUDITED EXPENDITURES FOR THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE INNOVATION COALITION PROJECTS. Action Required By: November 2024 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 19. SERIES 2023 AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 177. SERIES 2023 RELATING TO VARIOUS ROUNDS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ARP LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON THE ECONOMY, PUBLIC HEALTH, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES BY REALLOCATING SELECT ART PROJECTS TO FUND FINAL AUDITED EXPENDITURES FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE INNOVATION COALITION PROJECTS. YOUR MOTION. MOTION. THANK YOU.SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT IS BEFORE US, MISTER HILLEBRAND. YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. KEN HILDEBRAND, DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL ACCELERATOR TEAM, WHICH IS PART OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON READING THAT TITLE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
THAT WAS A THAT'S A WORDY TITLE WITH A LOT OF NUMBERS IN THERE. FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENTS WITH LOUISVILLE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF 2023, LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT INITIATED AN AUDIT TO DETERMINE THE ELIGIBLE AMOUNT OWED TO CAC AND THE SUBRECIPIENTS. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS THAT HAS LED TO THIS ORDINANCE BEING FILED. I WANT TO
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THANK THE CAC AND THE SUBRECIPIENTS FOR THEIR TIMELY RESPONSES TO OUR, TO PROVIDING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT WERE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT. UPON PASSAGE AND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE CAC IN THE SUBRECIPIENTS FOR THE AMOUNTS IN WHICH THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. ACCORDING TO THE AUDIT. THESE REIMBURSEMENTS COVER THE TIME PERIOD JANUARY 1ST, 2023 TO NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023. IN SOME CASES, IN THE CASES OF THE SUBRECIPIENT, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REIMBURSED FOR ANYTHING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, I PROVIDED A BRIEFING DOCUMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, REGARDING THAT BRIEFING DOCUMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.SIR. COUNCILMAN PIACENTINI, THANK YOU. SO, I SENT A LETTER TO MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ORDINANCE. I'VE BEEN ABSTAINING FROM VOTES RELATED TO THIS ARP ORDINANCE.
AS I HAD A CONTRACT RELATED TO MY CONSULTING BUSINESS WITH THE LOUISVILLE HEALTHCARE CEO COUNCIL. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ABSTAIN TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? LET'S SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. YES OH YES YES YES. THERE WERE, TWO TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE SINCE THEY WERE NOT AMENDMENTS, ONE WAS IN THE TITLE. THERE WAS A WRONG YEAR LISTED FOR ONE OF THE ORDINANCES. AND THEN IN THE ATTACHMENT THERE WAS ABOUT A 54 CENT CHANGE. JUST SO THAT THEY HAD MORE ACCURATE ACCOUNTING. THAT'S RIGHT. WE WERE 50. THANK YOU. BETH $0.54 OFF, COUNCILWOMAN PARRISH RIGHT. JUST JUST BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER. I MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT DID EVERYTHING ADD UP, ESPECIALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE WENT THROUGH BEFORE WITH THIS GRANT AND THIS WHOLE OPERATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR BREAKING IT DOWN AND SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES . I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY ONE OF THE GROUPS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AND THE FUNDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST FOR THE RECORD, SO THIS DOES THIS PAYS ALL OF THOSE DEBTS IN FULL. THAT'S CORRECT. EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THIS IS IT. EVERYTHING THAT'S ELIGIBLE ACCORDING TO THE LAST HURRAH ON THIS ONE, I BELIEVE SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. I DON'T LIKE THAT ANSWER I LIKE YOU. YES. CORRECT. FOR BETTER. THAT'S CORRECT. I BELIEVE SO OKAY. GOOD. LET'S GO BACK TO THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHERS, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CALL FOR ROLL CALL VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COMMITTEE MEMBER MCCRANIE. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. FOWLER. YES. CHAIR. BLACKWELL. YOU HAVE, SORRY. YOU HAVE NINE YES VOTES AND ONE ABSTENTION. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WILL GO TO STILL OLD BUSINESS, RIGHT. OR OLD BUSINESS BECAUSE OF. YES OKAY, AND THAT IS THE LAST ITEM THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS SECTION. WE
[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.]
WILL ADJOURN. WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE'LL ADJOURN FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THEN, START THE BUDGET HEARINGS AS SOON AS WE CAN GET FOLKS DOWN FROM PARKS AND REC AND BE READY TO ROLL.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.