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ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE, WE HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR COUNCILMAN CRAMER AND COUNCILMAN[Roll Call]
ANTHONY SANTINI. PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, COUNCILMAN WEBER, WE'VE GOT, COUNCILMAN REED.WE'VE GOT, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS, COUNCILMAN HUDSON AND MYSELF ONLINE. WE'VE GOT, COUNCILMAN BLACKWELL, WE'VE GOT COUNCILWOMAN SHAMEKA PARRISH WRIGHT, AND COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE APPOINTMENTS FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
[2. AP061124JY APPOINTMENT OF JAMES YATES TO THE ANCHORAGE MIDDLETOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
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COME BACK TO THE RESOLUTION BEGAN NUMBER ONE. SO LET'S START OFF ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. AP 061124JW THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES YATES TO THE ANCHORAGE MIDDLETOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND ITEM IS PROPERLY FOR US, MISS JACKSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ALTHEA JACKSON, MAYOR GREENBERG'S OFFICE. THIS IS FOR THIS APPOINTMENT IS FOR THE ANCHORAGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD.AND I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD IS. SO THE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES AND LEVY A TAX FOR SUCH SERVICES. THE BOARD HAS SEVEN MEMBERS. HOWEVER, THE MAYOR ONLY APPOINTS THREE OF THOSE MEMBERS, AND THEN THE BOARD ELECTS ITSELF ELECTS THE FOUR. MISTER JAMES YATES IS FILLING. IS REPLACING, A MEMBER. MR, JAMES YATES IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 18, HE IS A RETIRED LOUISVILLE, ARSON INVESTIGATOR CAPTAIN. AND HE ALSO WAS AN INVESTIGATOR FOR THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, MR. YATES IS HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. MR. YATES, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND ALTHEA LEFT OFF? HE'S ONE OF THE COOLEST DUDES I'VE KNOWN IN A LONG TIME, REAL QUICK, THOUGH, I'VE GOT TO SAY, FOR THE RECORD, THIS MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO KRS 61 826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE, A MR. YATES, IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MY NAME IS JIM YATES, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING ME TO BE APPOINTED TO THE ANCHORAGE, MIDDLETOWN FIRE BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? HEARING NONE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE ANY OPPOSITION HEARING? NO OPPOSITION. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. JIM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YES, SIR. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER THREE AP 061124 AB. THE APPOINTMENT OF
[3. AP061124AB APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY BIEDA TO THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
ANTHONY VITA BEATA BEATA TO THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? I JUST WANT TO FORCE MISS JACKSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND MR. BEATA, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE NAME, PRONUNCIATION. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO DIRECT THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LOUISVILLE METRO AND THE COMMUNITIES THEREIN, AND TO GUIDE SUCH DEVELOPMENT IN SUCH A MANNER TO ASSURE PROSPERITY, HEALTH OF ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS, THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD, NOT, MORE THAN TWO OF THE MEMBERS CAN MAY BE CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE REMAINING MEMBERS MUST BE CITIZENS AND THEY SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM. MR. ANTHONY BEATA IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 19, HISPANIC, MALE DEMOCRAT, HE IS REPLACING A MEMBER THAT COULD NOT BE REAPPOINTED AGAIN, HE IS A FOUNDING PARTNER OF TRANSFORMATION COLLABORATIVE. HE HAS A 40 YEAR, HE HAS 40 YEARS, AS A MEMBER AND LEADER OF AN EXECUTIVE TEAMS, HE WORKS HE HAS WORKED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION. I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON BECAUSE HE IS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. MR. BEATA, IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAD THE FLOOR, SIR. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE NAME. PRONUNCIATION. THANK YOU.NO PROBLEM. IT'S PRONOUNCED LONG. LONG. UAYS BETA, BETA, BETA. YES, THAT'S A DOUBLE APOLOGY. AND NO PROBLEM. MY NAME IS ANTHONY BETA AND, RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ON BOZA IF YOU ALL APPROVE OF THE APPOINTMENT AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN CHAPPELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. HI. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, WHAT LIGHTS YOUR FIRE WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING ADJUSTMENT? WELL, I THINK, SO MUCH OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMIC BALANCE THAT EXISTS IN THE COMMUNITY IS A RESULT OF OR AFFECTED BY EFFECTIVE LAND USE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE POLICIES FAIRLY AND JUDICIOUSLY. SO WHAT LIGHTS MY FIRE IS, IS THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME IMPACT ON ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY BY SERVING ON THIS TYPE OF, OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE DEPLOYMENT HEARING? NONE. THIS IS A POINT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HERE? NO OPPOSITION. THIS PASSAGE AND SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT[4. AP061124TS APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS “CLAY” STINNETT TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
CALENDAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AP 06112, FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS CLAY STINNETT TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION, MOTION, MR. JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO THIS BOARD MEMBERS SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM. THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD, AND THAT INCLUDES THE EX-OFFICIO, SEATS. AND THAT'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LANDMARKS, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, AND A MEMBER FROM METRO COUNCIL. THIS BOARD ALSO HAS PRESCRIBED SEATS. ONE IS AN ARCHITECT. ARCHITECT OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. ONE IS A MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC AMENITIES. FIVE MEMBERS SHALL BE, DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS OR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS PERSON. DOWNTOWN RESIDENT. AND THEY MUST PROVIDE, THAT THAT'S PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD OF THE DOWNTOWN, THE DDC, MR. THOMAS CLAY STINNETT IS, FILLING THE SEAT OF A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS PERSON. HE IS AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 16, WHITE MALE DEMOCRAT AT, HE IS, FILLING THE VACANCY DUE TO A RESIGNATION, OF DAN RIVERS, HE IS THE CFO, FOR STOCKYARDS BANK. HE IS HERE IN CHAMBERS TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF, TO YOU ALL. FANTASTIC MR. STINNETT, IF YOU ABLE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. SURE MY NAME IS CLAY STINNETT, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING MY NOMINATION, I'D BE HAPPY TO SERVE, IF APPROVED. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT, MADAM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, I THINK YOU'RE THE FILLING THE BUSINESS SEAT, FOR THIS. AND SO YOU WORK FOR STOCKYARDS BANK? WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? DOWNTOWN. WE'RE AT 1040, EAST MAIN STREET IS THE HEADQUARTERS. WE HAVE A OUR FIRST BRANCH THAT WE EVER HAD IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON FIFTH STREET. THANK YOU. AND, WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU FEEL DOWNTOWN COULD BENEFIT FROM THE MOST? I MEAN, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY LARGER CITY IS STRUGGLING WITH REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN. AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE AND IMPROVE DOWNTOWN IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. SO SURE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS, COUNCILMAN REED, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND, THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND YOU ARE MY IN MY DISTRICT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, PUTTING YOURSELF UP FOR THIS. AND I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT COMPANY THAT YOU WORK FOR THAT, OUR OUR BUSINESS AND MY PRIVATE LIFE HAS DONE BUSINESS WITH FOR MANY YEARS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT HEARING? NONE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT. IT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. IN OPPOSITION HEARING NO OPPOSITION. THIS PASS UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. SENATE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM[5. AP061124JA APPOINTMENT OF JIM ALLEN TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES APRIL 13, 2026) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
NUMBER FIVE, AP 061124JA THE APPOINTMENT OF JIM ALLEN TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES APRIL 13TH, 2026. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION.THERE'S A SECOND. SO IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE US. MISS JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THE MAKE UP OF THE BOARD. BUT I WILL SAY THAT MR. ALLEN IS THE VICE CHAIR OF BAIRD, COMPANY. HE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. HE IS FILLING, THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SEAT, HE, HIS BACKGROUND IS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INDUSTRY. HE IS HERE AS WELL. I'LL LET HIM COME AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF. MR. ALLEN, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS JAMES ALLEN, AND I HAVE WORKED IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE FOR 43 YEARS. IN FACT, I'M COMING UP ON MY 43RD ANNIVERSARY WITH THE SAME OFFICE PHONE NUMBER. PREVIOUSLY THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF HILLIARD LYONS NOW A VICE CHAIR OF BAIRD. AND OF COURSE, WE INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2020, AS IT RELATES TO THE 500 W BUILDING TO RENOVATE THE TOP FIVE FLOORS, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR A MORE VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. I WAS ALSO THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORP. AND ACTUALLY, FULFILLED THAT ROLE WHEN WE MERGED THE DDC OR PUT THEM THE DDC AND THE LMD UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA TO CREATE THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. SO I'VE JUST BEEN ACTIVE IN DOWNTOWN FOR A LONG TIME. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? I ONLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY OVER MANY YEARS, INCLUDING AND
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SPECIFICALLY IN HELPING TO KEEP OUR DOWNTOWN VIBRANT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THIS IS A POINT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE IN OPPOSITION HEARING NO OPPOSITION. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. OUT THERE. SOMEBODY. IT'S JAMES, AND I'VE GOT JIM ON MY SHEET. I GO BY JIM. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY WELL IT IS. I GOT ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH NAMES THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY THROW ME OFF, THEY THROW ME OFF. AND YOU SAID, JAMES WHEN YOU CAME UP AND I SAID, JIM, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I WAS JUST BEING MORE FORMAL. SESSION JAMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON MY SHEET, I JUST GO BY THE SHEET. ALL[6. AP061124JL APPOINTMENT OF JAMES LONGACRE TO THE FAIRDALE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ITEM NUMBER SIX, AP061124 JL THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES LONGAKER TO THE FAIRDALE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION A SECOND. I MISS PROPER FOREST. MISS JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO AS I SAID EARLIER, THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARDS ARE ESTABLISHED TO OPERATE A FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS. MAYOR HAS THREE APPOINTMENTS. THE BOARD ITSELF ELECTS WITHIN MR. LONGAKER IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 25. HE IS A WHITE MALE REPUBLICAN. HE IS REPLACING THE CURRENT MEMBER, LARRY HICKS, WHO COULD NOT BE REAPPOINTED AGAIN, HE IS A HE IS RETIRED FROM JCPS WHERE HE WAS A HEAD COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, HE IS ON THE CALL TONIGHT AND HE WILL, INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND. AND, MR. LONGAKER, IF YOU'LL IDENTIFY YOURSELF. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. HI, I'M JAMES LONGACRE, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE, APPOINTED TO THE FAIRDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD, AS, WAS MENTIONED, I GAVE 31 YEARS TO FAIRDALE HIGH SCHOOL . 26, IN THE CLASSROOM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FIVE AS A ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND NINE AS THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH. SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AND SERVE IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? HEARING NONE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HEARING? NO OPPOSITION. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MR.[7. AP061124RT APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT THOMPSON TO THE FERN CREEK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
LONGNECKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, NUMBER 7061124 DT. THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT THOMPSON TO THE FAIR CREEK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION A MOTION WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO ROBERT THOMPSON IS REPLACING A CURRENT MEMBER, SUSAN PIERCE, WHO CANNOT BE REAPPOINTED AGAIN. SHE SERVED HER THREE TERMS. HE HAS 30 PLUS YEARS IN CORPORATE FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND MARKETING, LEADERSHIP. HE IS THE CURRENT SENIOR VICE FINANCE DIRECTOR, FOR INCEPTION. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? INCEPTION CORPORATION, HE IS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU. EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS JACKSON. IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MISS JACKSON, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THIS BOARD? SEVEN MEMBERS, ALL OF THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS. THE MAYOR HAS THREE APPOINTMENTS ON THESE BOARDS. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE TWO ON THIS BOARD. IS. IS THAT RIGHT? OR IS IT JUST TWO APPLICANTS RIGHT NOW ? NO, IT'S NO, IT'S GOING TO BE SEVEN MEMBERS. THIS HE WILL MAKE THE SEVENTH. HE HE'LL MAKE THE THIRD MEMBER THAT THE MAYOR APPOINTMENT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU I SEE IT OKAY. THANK YOU.OKAY. MR. THOMPSON, IF YOU WANT TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR.
THANK YOU. ROBERT THOMPSON, I'VE BEEN IN FERN CREEK FOR 19 YEARS. WOULD LIKE TO, AS I GET OLDER, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOTTEN. AND, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR NOMINATION AND CONSIDERATION FOR IT. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? HEARING? NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I IN OPPOSITION. IN OPPOSITION. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. THOMPSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK
[8. RP061124DL REAPPOINTMENT OF DUANE LIGHTFOOT, SR. TO THE JEFFERSONTOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE NUMBER EIGHT PP 061124 DL. THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DWAYNE LIGHTFOOT, SENIOR TO THE JEFFERSONTOWN FIRE. THIS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY MR. PROPER FOREST? MISS JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO MR. LIGHTFOOT HAD A CONFLICT TONIGHT. SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. THEY HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, THREE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, FOUR APPOINTED WITHIN, ELECTED BY THEIR MEMBERS. MR, THIS IS FOR[00:20:03]
WE'RE ASKING FOR HIS REAPPOINTMENT. HE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT, BUT HE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED MEMBER TO THE BOARD, HE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR. HE IS A RETIRED AS A PUBLISHER AND PRESIDENT FOR THE WHO'S WHO OF LOUISVILLE. WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS REAPPOINTMENT . HE HAS SERVED THIS BOARD WELL. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MR. LIGHTFOOT TO BE PRESENT FOR? THAT WOULD REQUIRE HOLDING UP THIS APPOINTMENT. HEARING NONE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT. THE REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HERE? NO. OPPOSITION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT SHALL BE[9. AP061124KH APPOINTMENT OF KYLE HURWITZ TO THE KENTUCKIANAWORKS – GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JULY 28, 2025) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. AP 06112 FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF KYLE HURWITZ TO THE KENTUCKIANA WORKS GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE TERM THAT EXPIRES JULY 28TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE. PROVOST SECOND MOTION ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. MISS JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO THE KENTUCKIANA WORKS IS OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COUNTIES OF JEFFERSON, BULLITT, HENRY, TRIMBLE, OLDHAM, SPENCER AND SHELBY, THEY PROVIDE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES. THERE ARE UP TO 26 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD, THIS BOARD HAS PRESCRIBED SEATS AS WELL. WE WERE HAPPY TO GET MR. HERTZ BECAUSE THAT IS OUR MILITARY CONNECTION ON THIS BOARD. HE IS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS WITH U OF L.
HE SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, AND HE IS FILLING THE SEAT OF HIGHER EDUCATION BECAUSE HE IS REPRESENTING U OF L. HE IS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TONIGHT AND HE'LL COME AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF . THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING. KYLE HURWITZ, PLEASED TO BE HERE. AND, IF, IF APPROVED, I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT HERE. NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT. REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION IN OPPOSITION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO CONSENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MISS HURWITZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THE NEXT ITEM,
[10. AP061124CN APPOINTMENT OF CHANNA NEWMAN TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 21, 2024) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN AP061124 CN THE APPOINTMENT OF SHAWNA NEWMAN TO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 21ST, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND. MISS JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MISS NEWMAN WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. SHE'S AWAY AT FOR A CONFERENCE, BUT WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER APPOINTMENT. SO THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT POINT, HAS UP TO 45 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. WHILE WE DON'T WANT 45 MEMBERS, BUT IT CAN HAVE UP TO 45 MEMBERS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THAT BOARD GIVES, MAYOR GREENBERG RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, THE MEMBERS SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM, THESE APPOINTMENTS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS AN OWNER , OR A MANAGER OF A RETAIL BUSINESS, AN OWNER OF A OR A MANAGER OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, A OFFICE BUILDING OWNER OR TENANT PARKING FACILITY OWNER OR MANAGER AND OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A RESTAURANT OR FOOD SERVICE FACILITY. WE AND OUR OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A HOTEL OR A LODGING FACILITY, MISS NEWMAN IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 25. SHE'S A WHITE FEMALE REPUBLICAN. HER HER, ROLE WITH THE LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY IS, SHE FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HER OFFICIAL TITLE IS COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER. SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY FOR 14 YEARS, WE ARE ASKING FOR HER APPOINTMENT ON THIS BOARD. OH. SHE DID? OH, SORRY. SHE DID MAKE IT. WELL, I AM HERE. OH, YOU DID MAKE MISS NEWMAN. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MISS JACKSON, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THIS BOARD COULD HAVE UP TO 45 MEMBERS. IT CAN HAVE UP. THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS. HOW MANY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY WE HAVE 20, 20.OKAY. 45 TO ME SEEMS OVER THE TOP DILUTED. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT 45, THAT'S WHY WE STAY AROUND THE 25 I CAN I CAN STOMACH 20, BUT BUT 45 IS JUST AN ASININE NUMBER WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT WAS SET UP IN STATUTE. BUT WE AND IT SAYS UP TO WHICH WHICH AGAIN WE STAY AROUND 20. GOOD ON YOU FOR KEEPING IT REASONABLE, MISS NEWMAN. IF YOU'LL IDENTIFY YOURSELF. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. YES. MY NAME IS SHANNON NEWMAN, I AM A LIFELONG LOUISVILLIAN, AND I HAVE WORKED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. AND IF
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APPROVED, I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? HEARING NONE. THIS IS APPOINTMENT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION HEARING NO OPPOSITION IS PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MISS NEWMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, NUMBER 11 AP 061124 VW. THE APPOINTMENT OF VANESSA WILLIAMS HARVEY TO THE OKOLONA[11. AP061124VW APPOINTMENT OF VANESSA WILLIAMS-HARVEY TO THE OKOLONA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION ITEMS PROPERLY FOR MISS JACKSON? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD WHO HAS SEVEN MEMBERS, THREE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, FOUR ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS, MISS VANESSA WILLIAMS HARVEY IS AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 26. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT. SHE IS, A REGISTERED NURSE. SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF DOS 24. THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD TRAINING PLATFORM FOR HEALTH CARE. IS HER BACKGROUND, SHE IS REPLACING A CURRENT MEMBER THAT COULD NOT BE REAPPOINTED. SHE IS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TO INTRODUCE HERSELF. MISS WILLIAM HARVEY, IF YOU WILL INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VANESSA WILLIAMS. HARVEY, I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE GREAT CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. I ACTUALLY WENT TO OKOLONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I GRADUATED FROM SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT AREA IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT, NO CONCERNS, ONLY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CONTRIBUTE AS A CIVIC AND, ENTREPRENEUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU OUT OF CONTEXT EARLIER. I CHANGED MY HAIR. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR BEING YOU, FOR OFFERING YOURSELF TO SERVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? HEARING NONE. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? YOU'RE NO OPPOSITIONS. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MISS WILLIAMS. HARVEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 12, AP 061124 DM. THE APPOINTMENT OF DWIGHT MITCHELL TO THE PLEASURE RIDGE PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION[12. AP061124DM APPOINTMENT OF DWIGHT MITCHELL TO THE PLEASURE RIDGE PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
MOTION ITEM SPOKE BEFORE US? MISS JACKSON, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? WE ALL KNOW DWIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS DON'T ALREADY KNOW, HE'S AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 25. HE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE DEMOCRAT. HE'S A PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST WITH LMPD. HE IS REPLACING A CURRENT MEMBER, ACTUALLY, THE CURRENT CHAIR. THAT COULD NOT BE REAPPOINTED, DWIGHT, YOU WANT TO COME UP? GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M HIPPOPOTAMI HAPPY TO BE HERE, THIS EVENING, I'M EXCITED TO DO THIS. AFTER 40 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SERVING THIS GREAT CITY, FIRST WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN LATER THROUGH MERGER WITH LMPD, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, ANOTHER CAPACITY. I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN PLEASURE RIDGE PARK AS WELL. AND, I HAVE A GREAT AFFINITY FOR THAT, AREA OF TOWN.AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING, IF YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER ME, WITH THIS GREAT HONOR. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? HEARING NONE. THIS IS A POINT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I IN OPPOSITION. IN OPPOSITION. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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CONTINUED SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THE NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA NUMBER 13, AP 061124 GB. THE APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR GWEN BLUE TO THE SAINT MATTHEW'S FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MOTION ITEMS PROBABLY. MISS JACKSON, THIS IS ANOTHER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD SEVEN MEMBERS, THREE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, FOUR ELECTED WITHIN MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS. DOCTOR GWEN BLUE IS AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 17. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEMOCRAT. SHE HAS HER DOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. SHE IS A REGISTERED NURSE. SHE IS A CLINICAL STRATEGY AND ANALYTICAL ADVISOR FOR HUMANA. SHE IS ON THE CALL TONIGHT SO SHE CAN SHE WILL INTRODUCE HERSELF TO YOU AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY SHE WANTS TO SERVE DOCTOR BLUE. IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM DOCTOR[00:30:06]
BLUE, I BELIEVE YOU WERE MUTED AT THE MOMENT. OKAY CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY, NOW YOU'RE IN BUSINESS, MADAM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. I AM DOCTOR GWENDOLYN BLUE. I AM JUST SO THANKFUL FOR MAYOR GREENBERG'S APPOINTMENT TO ME ON THIS BOARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT. WE'VE GOT A NURSE, HEALTH CARE AND A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PHD. DOCTOR BLUE, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE VOTE. THIS IS A VOTE THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I ANY OPPOSITION HERE IN OPPOSITION THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DOCTOR BLUE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 14 AP061124AH. THE APPOINTMENT OF ALICE HOUSTON TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY. TARC BOARD FOR A TERM THAT[14. AP061124AH APPOINTMENT OF ALICE HOUSTON TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY (TARC) BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES MARCH 31, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
EXPIRES MARCH 31ST, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION ITEMS PROPER FOR MISS JACKSON. YOU'RE THE FLOOR. SO THE PURPOSE OF TARC IS TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP MASS TRANSPORTATION, THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD. THEY SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM. MISS ALICE HOUSTON, EXCUSE ME, IS FILLING A SEAT DUE TO A TERM EXPIRATION, SHE'S AT A METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 18, AFRICAN AMERICAN, FEMALE DEMOCRAT. MOST EVERYBODY KNOWS HER. SHE IS CURRENTLY THE. SHE IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CO-OWNER OF H J I SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE WAS FORMERLY PART OWNER IN A SERIES OF FAMILY BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE LARGE MINORITY OWNED TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA. MISS HOUSTON WORKS TIRELESSLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, SHE IS ON THE CALL AND SHE CAN REINTRODUCE HERSELF TO THOSE THAT KNOW HER AND INTRODUCE HERSELF TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HER. IS SHE EASTON? IF YOU WANT TO ADDUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MA'AM. YES, I DO, MY NAME IS ALICE K HOUSTON. I'M A NATIVE LOUISVILLIAN PROUD LOUISVILLIAN. AND, WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR NOMINATING ME AGAIN FOR WORK, WHICH AN ORGANIZATION AND AN ACTIVITY THAT I THINK IS SO VITAL IN SO MANY WAYS TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND IF APPROVED, I PROMISE TO SERVE YOU TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE, BUT I JUST GOT BACK FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, TO THIS MORNING. SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? MR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT WHEN? YES, COUNCILWOMAN PARRISH RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, HELLO, MRS. HOUSTON, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR TO SEE YOU AND BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, YOU WERE THE ONLY, APPOINTEE TODAY THAT WE GOT AN EMAIL FOR IN OUR OFFICE, AND I. I DIDN'T KNOW, I'VE KNOWN ABOUT YOUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANT TO. YOU SAID THE WORDS THAT I NEEDED TO HEAR, THE LAST APPOINTEE WE HAD, ENDED UP RESIGNING, AND I JUST, I WE NEED PEOPLE FOR TAHT THAT ARE COMMITTED BECAUSE WE'RE IN A HARD TIME RIGHT NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON. YOU SAID IT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW THE WORK YOU DO WITH, YOUNG PEOPLE AND COLLEGE STUDENTS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS WITH TARC. NO, I JUST THINK WHEN LET ME TELL YOU HOW I WAS REJUVENATED BY BY THE TARC WHEN THE ISSUE WITH JCPS CAME UP . THE MAYOR, FORMED A COMMITTEE, TO HIS CREDIT, AND TARC REPRESENTATIVES WERE THERE, AND WE WORKED VERY HARD. AND OZZY MENTIONED THAT THEY WE HAD GOTTEN, A $1.2 MILLION GRANT TO DO A STUDY, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND HE WE WERE ABLE TO GET AS PART OF THAT STUDY, FOR THEM TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SERVE EVERY SINGLE JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL AND SO I'M JUST EXCITED BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MY INTEREST IN EDUCATION AND EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND OF COURSE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND WORK WORKERS NEED, NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO WORK. THEY WANT TO WORK. BUT THERE ARE POPULATIONS OUT HERE THAT DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION. AND SO THE IMPACT THAT THE LACK OF TRANSPORT HAS AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN, AT THE CORE OF ALL OF THIS IS TRANSPORT STATION, I MEAN, THE EDUCATION,[00:35:04]
HEALTH AND BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE INTERRELATED. AND I THINK THAT OVER THE COURSE OF MY OLDNESS, 77 YEARS, MY LIFE HAS, HAS KIND OF TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THOSE ASPECTS FOR A REASON. I THANK GOD, HAS PUT ME IN THESE PLACES IN THESE SEATS FOR A REASON. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COUNCILMAN CHAPPELL? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TRIP AND WELCOME BACK INTO THE COUNTRY. BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU ARE THE ALICE HOUSTON WHO, LEADERSHIP. LOUISVILLE HAS NAMED THEIR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP, PROGRAM AFTER. SO, HAVING SOMEONE WITH THAT LARGE OF AN HONOR, I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS ARE GOING TO STRENGTHEN, TARC, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED IT THERE.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER. WHEN DO YOU GO? I JUST WANT TO, ECHO MY THANKS TO YOU HAVING SERVED ON A COUPLE OF BOARDS WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENCE WITHIN THE PARK BOARD. I'M SLIGHTLY CONCERNED FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. FOR THE MOMENT WHEN YOU SPLIT YOUR GLASSES IN IN HALF, STARE DIRECTLY AT THEM, AND MAKE EVERYONE REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOUR VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS, THEN. THEN. THANK YOU. MY COUNCILMAN.
MY ONLY CONCERN FOR THIS IS THAT AT THE END OF THIS, WE WERE GOING TO END UP NAMING TARC AFTER YOU. SO I HOPE THAT THAT IS. WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'D BE FINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, MR. REED, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR JUST HAVING COME OUT. COME IN FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I WOULD BE JUST REALLY JET LAGGED AND NOT BE ABLE TO TALK AT ALL. SO YOU'RE COHERENT AND YOU'RE MAKING SENSE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TARC RIGHT NOW. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THAT WHAT WE AS A, AS A COUNCIL HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR, ALMOST AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON METRO COUNCIL IS FULL TRANSPARENCY AND NO SURPSES. WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT WAS, A NIGHTMARE. AND WE HAD A GENTLEM THAT CAME AND TESTIFIED, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT TARC IS, $14 MILLION IN THE HOLE. AND, IT PLOWED THROUGH , ARP MONEY. AND WHAT WE NEED. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL DO THIS FROM THE BOARD IS TRANSPARENT AND TO PUSH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT WE'RE NOT BLINDSIDED AND THE PUBLIC ARE NOT BLINDSIDED. SO I JUST, WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THE, MAYBE GET YOUR YOUR FEELINGS ON IT. AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR MY HEART IS TARC THREE, BECAUSE I SERVE ON THE, PERSONS WITH, COMMISSIONS WITH PERSONSITH DISABITIES. AND WANT TO MAKE ABLUTE SWHER THAT. NO, I FOR THOSE WHO WHO ON HAVEN'T WORKED WITH ME, I BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY. AND IF THE TRANSPARENCY IS NOT THERE, THEN I CAN'T STAND AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BUILD TRUST IN. AND TRUST IS RECIPROCAL, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS . WE'RE ALMOST LIKE A HOSPITAL WHERE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE PATIENTS, YOU HAVE DOCTORS, YOU HAVE NURSES, YOU HAVE, WELL, WE HAVE TARC HAS VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES, AND WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT, HONEST AND BRING PEOPLE ALONG. I MEAN, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY SURPRISES FROM THE BOARD, FROM METRO COUNCIL OR FROM THE PUBLIC, PEOPLE CAN DEAL WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IF THEY TRUST YOU. THEY AND THEY ARE AWARE OF, THE INHIBITORS AND THE BENEFITS OF WHAT'S COMING. SO, I LET ME LET ME SAY THIS. IF YOU SEE ME LEAVE FOR SOME OTHER REASON THAN MEDICAL OR FAMILY, THEN BE CONCERNED AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT HEARING? NOW, THIS IS A POINT THAT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I ANY OPPOSITION HEARING NO OPPOSITION THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SHALL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MRS. HOUSTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED CONTINUED CONTINUED SERVICES COMMITTEE. MR. CHAIR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SEND THAT TO OLD BUSINESS. SO, COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL COULD ABSTAIN FOR THAT BECAUSE HE IS ON THE TALK. YES. SO WE'LL SEND IT TO OLD BUSINESS VERSUS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NOT A PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE ALWAYS PULLED IT AT A LATER DATE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. IF HE DOESN'T SHOW UP THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, STILL ON CONSENT. THERE WE GO. LAST
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ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GET TO THE BUSINESS IS ITEM NUMBER 15 AP061124 JB THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTIN BROWN TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF RIVER CITY TARC BOARD, A TERM THAT EXPIRES MARCH[15. AP061124JB APPOINTMENT OF JUSTIN BROWN TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF THE RIVER CITY (TARC) BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES MARCH 31, 2027) Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: ]
31ST, 2027. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? I JUST RIGHT BEFORE US, MISS JACKSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND MR. BROWN, SO GET READY TO COME DOWN. MR. BROWN IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT. HE IS WHITE, MALE, REPUBLICAN. HE IS FILLING THE SEAT DUE TO A RESIGNATION. AND, WE ACTUALLY PULLED MR. BROWN FROM ANOTHER BOARD BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH, DEPT FINANCING AND STRATEGY. BECAUSE WE NEED THAT ON TARC AT THIS POINT. MR. BROWN IS HERE, TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AS HE COMES DOWN. I WILL SAY HE'S A HUGE PROPONENT OF MR. BEN RENO WEBER, AND HE IS ONE SHARP POKER PLAYER. THAT'S JUST BECAUSE I KEEP GIVING YOU MY MONEY. CHAIRMAN, MY NAME IS JUSTIN BROWN. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN. ALTHOUGH I DREW THE SHORT STRAW AND HAVE TO FOLLOW ALICE HOUSTON. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ASKED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, I'VE GOT A FINANCE BACKGROUND AND I THINK THERE'S SOME NEED FOR THAT ON THIS BOARD RIGHT NOW , I'VE DONE SOME WORK WITH TRANSIT, AND, WHEN I LIVED IN TAMPA, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN MASS TRANSIT, MASS TRANSIT IS KEY TO A COMMUNITY BEING GREAT. IT'S KEY TO A URBAN CORE. BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP IT IS KEY TO PEOPLE GETTING TO JOBS, AND WE WANT THEM GETTING TO THOSE JOBS, I THINK, HOWEVER, TO HAVE GREAT MASS TRANSIT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GREAT MASS TRANSIT ORGANIZATION.I THINK MAYBE WE'VE FALLEN A LITTLE SHORT OF THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND I'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO MAKING THAT BETTER. ALONG WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND CANDIDLY, ALL OF THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, HEROES THAT WORK THERE AND U'VE GOT A TOUGH JOB AHEAD OF YOU BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS TAKIN ITS PRESENT FINANCIAL SITUATION AND THE MINDSET THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE. YES. AND SO IT'S A NEW DAY DAWNING. AND, IT'S EXCITING THAT YOU GET TO BE PART OF THAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT, COUNCILMAN REED, YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. AND JUST ECHOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED MISS, HOUSTON, HOPEFULLY, PARTICULARLY WITH YOUR FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, YOU'LL PUSH FOR FINANCIAL, DISCLOSURE, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU KNOW, FULL TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING INFORMATION NOT ONLY, TO YOUR, TO OSI, BUT ALSO INTO THE, TO THE METRO COUNCIL SO THAT WE'RE NOT FACED WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING BLINDSIDED AND HAVING TO MAKE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS VERY, VERY QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN MY SORT OF, OPINION THAT THE BOARD IN THE PAST HAS NOT PUSHED BACK ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND HAS NOT ASKED THEM ENOUGH PENETRATING QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO HOW TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THERE'S A YOU GUYS, THERE'S A GREAT DIRECTOR OF TARC RIGHT NOW , AND I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY ISSUES WITH VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MOVING FORWARD, WITH THAT SAID, THOUGH, AS A BOARD MEMBER, ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. WE HAVE TO FACE THE NUMBERS. WE HAVE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS OUT SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS TO THEM, AND AS AN ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW , AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO PUSH THE ORGANIZATION TO BE AS GOOD AS IT CAN. WHERE CAN WE BE A LITTLE BETTER? WHERE IS THERE INCREASED REVENUE? WHERE ARE THERE EXPENSES WE CAN CUT? HOW CAN WE CREATE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DESERVING OF THEM COMING TO YOU ALL AND POTENTIALLY ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE DELIVERING THIS GREAT SERVICE? SO I DOUBT YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE THAT VERY WELL IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRANSPARENT UP FRONT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PURVIS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MR. BROWN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND YOUR SERVICES TO A VERY TROUBLED ORGANIZATION, AS MY COLLEAGUE JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, AND TALK HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR A FEW YEARS, NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY, BUT EVEN IN THE OPERATIONS SIDE. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE HAD TO TALK WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES, ESPECIALLY MR. CHAIR, WOULD AGREE WE'RE JUST NOT REALLY FORGIVING TO TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE OVERLOOKED PROBLEMS AT TALK. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT YOU TO, TO GO THERE AND DO YOUR JOB BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
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IF WE DON'T DO OUR JOB MAKING SURE THAT TALK DOES THEIR JOB, THEY'RE GOING TO LET DOWN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM, I WOULD SAY THAT COUNCILMAN PURVIS IS ONE OF THE FOREFRONT FOLKS AS FAR AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPERATIONAL SHORTFALLS. AND SO YOU'LL LIKELY BE HEARING FROM HER, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL WORK WELL WITH HER. COUNCILWOMAN SHAMIKA PARISH. RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, HELLO, MR. BROWN, I REMEMBER WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT POKER. IT MUST BE REALLY SERIOUS, BEFORE, WHEN YOU WERE HERE AND WE APPROVED YOUR APPOINTMENT, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE, AND I. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST MAKING A STATEMENT THAT YOU SUPPORT MASS TRANSIT AND QUICKLY, MY VISION FOR A NEW TARC, INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, BUS STOPS WITH WI FI, DEPOTS THAT ARE CONNECT ALL 26 OF OUR DISTRICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. CAN YOU QUICKLY GIVE ME A VISION FOR TARC THAT YOU HAVE? MY VISION AND YOUR VISION ARE PROBABLY PRETTY WELL ALIGNED, I THINK GREAT MASS TRANSIT BUILDS A GREAT COMMUNITY, AND IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR GREAT CITIES, THEY'RE ALL LED WITH GREAT MASS TRANSIT AND ACTUALLY, LOUISVILLE WAS AT ONE POINT HAD ONE OF THE BEST URBAN RAIL NETWORKS IN THE CITY. IF YOU GO BACK TO 1929, I DON'T KNOW, CAN WE GET BACK TO THAT? BUT, I THINK IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT VISION BE A REALITY, THOUGH, WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN RUN RESPONSIBLY, AND, AND PROVIDE A REAL RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BASIC THINGS SO THAT WE CAN THEN AGAIN, RESPONSIBLY COME TO YOU ALL, AND ASK FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO PUT WI-FI AT EVERY BUS STOP TO LOOK AT INCREASING SERVICE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, AND TO BUILD A MASS TRANSIT ORGANIZATION THAT CANDIDLY, WE DESERVE IN THIS CITY. WE'VE GOT A JOB TO DO SO THAT WE CAN ASK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP TO BUILD THE BUILD THAT VISION. YES, SIR, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK INCLUDED. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT? COUNCILMAN CHAPPELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THINK THAT SINCE THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT THAT WE'RE ASSEMBLING A REALLY GOOD TARC BOARD. AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE US MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I DO REMEMBER YOU BEING HERE BEFORE QUITE RECENTLY, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU'RE PULLING FROM ONE BOARD TO GO TO THE NEXT. BUT COULD YOU REMIND US WHAT THAT BOARD WAS? JUST SO WE CAN KNOW, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT HAS A COUNCILMAN RITA WEBBER ASKED ME TO SIT ON THE BARDSTOWN ROAD OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND I AGREED TO DO SO, AND I'M IRRITATED TO LOSE HIM ON THAT. BUT THIS IS IN SERVICE OF A BETTER CAUSE. HE HAS PLENTY OF FRIENDS AT BARDSTOWN ROAD, SO I'M SURE THAT HE'LL, FIND PLENTY OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO THROW THEIR HAT INTO THE RING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS APPOINTMENT HEARING? NONE. THIS IS APPOINTMENT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE IN OPPOSITION. IN OPPOSITION. THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND SHALL BE SENT TO OLD BUSINESS. SO THE COUNCILMAN MULVIHILL CAN ABSTAIN . JUSTIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALTHEA, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME TODAY. NEXT AND FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM[1. R-053-24 A RESOLUTION URGING LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE DOCUMENTED HARMS OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT (“LMPD”) AND TO ENCOURAGE THE LMPD TO BUILD TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY. Action Required By: December 2024 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ]
NUMBER 1R-05324 RESOLUTION URGING LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE DOCUMENTED HARMS OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, LMPD AND TO ENCOURAGE THE LMPD TO BUILD TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY AS THEIR MOTION. ITEMS PROPERLY FORCE COUNCILWOMAN SHAMIKA PARISH. RIGHT, THIS IS YOURS AND I TENDER THE FLOOR TO YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES, I'M IN AUSTIN, NEW YORK FOR A DIRECTOR'S RETREAT, SO MY APOLOGIES NOT BEING THERE FOR THIS THIS ITEM AT THIS MOMENT, I WILL BE BACK IN TOWN TOMORROW. I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO AT LEAST MOVE THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE. SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. THIS IS NOT THIS IS A WAY TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED. THE DOJ REPORT. THIS IS YEARS OF WORK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GATHERING SIGNATURES AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND REALLY TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, AS WELL AS WITH THE HISTORY OF POLICING REPORT, WHICH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ACCEPTED AND HAS PUT ON THE WEBSITE. AND ALL OF THESE ARE THE FINDINGS AND WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE SAID. SO SHAMIKA PARISH, RIGHT, DID NOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP OUT OF NOWHERE. AND I WANT TO MOVE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE AND GIVE THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF AN A, THEY BOTH HAVE TOLD ME THAT ONE. THE MAYOR SAID HE FORMALLY APOLOGIZED THROUGH PRESS CONFERENCES, AT THE CLOUT AND ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT THAT HE'S WORKED ON SOME STEPS OF THIS. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND THAT DOESN'T STOP WHAT THIS MEANS. AND I THINK WE CAN ADD THE ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE TO THE LEGISLATION SO THAT IT'S FORMALLY RECOGNIZED THAT,[00:50:06]
YES, THIS HAPPENED. HERE'S WHAT OUR CITY HAS DONE TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL AS THE CHIEF.SHE HAS TOLD ME SHE'S WORKING ON CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, AND THERE'S SOME STEPS SHE'S ALREADY TAKEN TO THAT THAT DEALS WITH SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT ARE IN THIS CONSENT DECREE. I KNOW FOR SOME OF YOU, THE LANGUAGE IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIX LANGUAGE THAT WE NEED TO FIX, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE'S VOICE. I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF YOU OFF GUARD, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE AND THAT WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO WORK THROUGH. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO COME OUT OF COMMITTEE, SO WE COULD DO THE WORK NECESSARY TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THIS, BECAUSE IT IS THERE WHAT THE DOJ IS DOING IS THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF THAT, AND A CONSENT DECREE. THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT CAN TAKE YEARS.
THIS IS JUST US RECOGNIZING THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE ACKNOWLEDGED.
AND IT'S BEEN A LONG HISTORY OF THIS. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. IT'S NOT MY FAULT. IT'S NOT THE CURRENT POLICE OFFICER'S FAULT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS SAYING. SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS TO COME OUT OF COMMITTEE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE EMAIL ME ABOUT IT AND JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES AND VOICES THAT DIDN'T GET HEARD, BUT THIS GIVES THEM A REFERENCE POINT OR SOMETHING THAT IS FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SHOW UP AND PACK THE ROOM, BUT ME NOT BEING THERE TODAY, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO BRING THIS FORTH TO THE COMMITTEE AND JUST AND MOVE FROM HERE. IF THE WHOLE COUNCIL DOESN'T VOTE FOR IT WHEN IT COMES UP FOR THAT VOTE, WE'LL JUST DEAL WITH THAT THEN. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING TO ME THAT SHOULD BE MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS? I DON'T HAVE A QUEUE IN FRONT OF ME. DOES ANYONE WANT TO QUEUE IN? I WOULD LIKE TO. COUNCILMAN. PURPOSE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, COUNCILWOMAN PARIS, RIGHT? I WAS NOT PRIVILEGED TO BE AT YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE THAT YOU HAD A WEEK OR SO AGO IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION, BUT I HEARD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE. SO THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING YOU, I HEARD THAT A STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT COUNCIL PEOPLE, CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT LIKE MINDED, THAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO HELP REPLACE THOSE THAT HAD THE MINDSET THAT YOU HAD AS FAR AS POLICING. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU THAT PUBLICLY, IF THAT WAS SAID, CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER THAT WAS SAID OR NOT? NO, MA'AM. I WOULD NEVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S RECORDINGS OF THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT ARE BEING CIRCULATED AROUND ONLINE FROM NEWS PEOPLE. IT'S ALSO ON MY, COUNCIL PAGE AS SOMEONE WENT LIVE DURING IT. I WOULD NEVER BE DISRESPECTFUL LIKE THAT. I DON'T MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ANY OF YOU, AND I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY. WHAT I'VE AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS WORK I'M LEARNING, I'M. THIS WEEK MAKES SEVEN MONTHS IN. SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESSES AND WAYS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND, AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S WORK STYLE. THAT'S NEVER BEEN MY WORK STYLE. AND I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS A FOLLOW UP FROM WHAT WE DID ON MARCH 13TH, AND I DID INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME. AND I KNOW IT WAS HARD AND SOME OF YOU COULDN'T BE THERE, ALSO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS REACH OUT TO ME ALL THE TIME THANKING ME AND JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR LIFTING UP THESE THINGS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES AND THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP THAT ARE IN THERE. THOSE ARE NOT JUST FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE FOR OFFICERS WHO FEEL STUCK IN THAT WAY. SO IT THIS IS NOT AN EFFORT TO, TO PUT PEOPLE IN A, IN A BAD PLACE OR TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AFTER YOU. I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY FOR THAT. I'M WORKING TWO JOBS AND I'M A GRANDMA. I JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. AND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME TO DO THIS, BUT I WOULD COME TO YOU, MA'AM, AND I WOULD NEVER DO THAT IN THAT WAY. I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ALL OF OUR GOALS, IS TO BE THE WILL FOR THE PEOPLE, AND ALSO, I DID HEAR THAT A STATEMENT WAS MADE AND AGAIN, I DIDN'T HEAR THIS.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU. DID YOU MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU WERE THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE COUNCIL? I DID NOT IF I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BLACK SHEEP, I SAID THAT I WAS THE NEW PERSON OF THE COUNCIL. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER CALLING MYSELF THE BLACK SHEEP. NOW OF MY FAMILY. AT ONE POINT I FELT LIKE THAT GROWING UP, BUT I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I SAY I'M A I'M A NEWER PERSON ON THE ON THE COUNCIL AS THIS IS MY SEVENTH MONTH BEING ON THERE. OKAY THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COUNCILMAN HAWKINS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER, YOU ARE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ. RIGHT. I'M A LITTLE. I WAS REALLY TAKEN BY, THIS. AND I'M REALLY TAKEN BY YOU, SAYING THAT, COLLEAGUES HAD, SPOKEN TO
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SUPPORTING THIS. I WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOVED TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU AND AS WELL AS SUPPORT IT BEING THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION AT ALL, AND I DON'T ALL THE TIME SEE EYE TO EYE OR AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, BUT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, COMES ABREAST, IT LOOKS AS IF IT'S A SMACK IN THE FACE, WHEN IT COMES, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT ALL, SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I WAS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I MEAN. THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, BUT, I WAS THERE BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SHOW UP. AND AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE RESPECTFUL THING TO DO IS, IRREGARDLESS, IF THIS IS IN MY COMMITTEE OR NOT, WOULD BECOME TO YOUR COLLEAGUE, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE, THAT SITS IN THAT ROLE, I THINK THAT THE TRANSITION WOULD HAVE BEEN, DEFINITELY. HOW WE DO THINGS, BEING THAT YOU ARE NEW ON COUNCIL, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, BEFORE THIS MOVE FORWARD, JUST RESPECTFULLY, FROM A FROM BEING THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST TAKEN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION AT ALL, I HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE FROM, DISTRICT ONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M KNEE DEEP IN IT, THAT HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS THAT I NEED TO SUPPORT IT. YEAH. NO ONE, EVEN WHEN I WAS THERE, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THIS IS A PASSION OF YOURS, AND AS ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PASSIONS, SO I TRY TO TRULY SUPPORT THOSE THOSE, COLLEAGUES WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT YOU, BUT AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK EVERYBODY KIND OF KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF. YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY GO TO THE CHAIR FIRST, HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH YOU AND, MOVE FORWARD, AND KIND OF HEAL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS TRAIN, YOU KNOW, TRANSPIRED, WAY BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL, BUT THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT THIS CITY WILL EVER BE ABLE TO HEAL AND MOVE FORWARD IF WE KEEP LOOKING BACK. SO. SO DEFINITELY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MARINA WEBER, COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT, I, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU AND SO MANY, COMMUNITY GROUPS HAVE PUT INTO THIS, I CERTAINLY I HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN A LOT OF INPUT FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, LARGELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS, I DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE QUESTIONS, AND I HAVE ONE TECHNICAL QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, TO, THE LAWYERS PRESENT HERE ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, WOULD YOU PREFER THE LANGUAGE CHANGES TO BE DONE TODAY OR OR PROPOSED TODAY, OR WOULD YOU PREFER THAT TO BE BEFORE THE BROADER COUNCIL OR IN THE INTERIM IN BETWEEN? I WOULD PREFER IT TO BE BEFORE THE BROADER COUNCIL, JUST BECAUSE THIS IS ONE, PART OF THE BIGGER HURDLE. AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES. I DID DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AND SEND IT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH FOR A WHILE ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE. NOT TOO BAD. JUST JUST SOME TECHNICALITIES. AGAIN, THIS COMES FROM A DOJ REPORT THAT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SUBMITTED WITH THEIR FINDINGS. ALSO, THE HISTORY OF POLICING REPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH ITS FINDINGS, WITH DOCTORS, WITH LAWYERS, WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS FELT THAT WAY. BUT A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT ONE SUPPORT THIS HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS AND THAT DISTRICT IS IMPACTED, BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS THROUGH COMMITTEE AND DO THE WORK THAT IT TAKES BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER HURDLE WITH THE WHOLE BODY, JUST SEEING AS EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS IS NOT ABOUT LOOKING BACK, AS IT IS ABOUT HONORING THE HISTORY, THE PEOPLE'S VOICE THAT'S BEEN A[01:00:01]
PART OF THIS PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING. AND IT IS THE MOST INCLUSIVE PIECE OF THIS LEGISLATION, BECAUSE EVEN IN THE DOJ HISTORY REPORT THAT INCLUDES THE ACCOUNTING OF OFFICERS WHO WERE WRONGED AND AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE I CAN DO THE, THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS OF THIS WORK. AND SO YES, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND ALSO, COUNCILWOMAN RUIZ HAS SENT IN A RESPONSE ON LANGUAGE STUFF THAT WOULD WORK ON THIS. GREAT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE, MISS METCALFE IN THE AUDIENCE. AND IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE HAVING A COMMUNITY OBSERVER OR COMMUNITY GROUPS BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME. YES. THANK YOU, MEGAN METCALFE, I'M DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL FOR MAYOR GREENBERG, THE QUESTION IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN HAVE COMMUNITY OBSERVERS IN THE FOP NEGOTIATIONS. FIRST OF ALL, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, APPROVING THE MOST RECENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR OUR OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS AND FOR OUR CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS, THAT AGREEMENT GOES THROUGH, 2027. SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT TIME THAT WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A STATE STATUTE, 67 C, WHICH GOVERNS METRO OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE POLICE OFFICERS BILL OF RIGHTS AND BARGAINING. METRO IS REQUIRED TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE. SO SETTING, TERMS LIKE THAT, GROUND RULES FOR HOW WE ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATION. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FOP S AGREEMENT TO HAVE, OBSERVERS OR OTHER TERM'S TO MEET TO START NEGOTIATIONS, THEN THEY COULD SAY THAT WE'RE NOT BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH AND WE COULD FACE AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES CHARGE AT THE STATE'S, EDUCATION LABOR CABINET, WE COULD ALWAYS TRY TO ASK THE FOP TO AGREE TO THAT, RIGHT NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE NOT AMENABLE. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE US NEGOTIATING BEFORE THE NEGOTIATIONS. WHAT WHAT THEY WOULD WANT IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT. COUNCIL PURVIS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, THIS QUESTION, I NEED SOME CLARITY. PROBABLY FROM COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW, ANYBODY HERE FROM COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RISKS INVOLVED, FROM THE, ANY THREATS, OR RISK INVOLVED FROM COUNCIL TAKING A VOTE ON SUCH LEGISLATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE? OKAY, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER PURVIS, THIS IS A RESOLUTION. IT'S NON-BINDING AT. THERE'S NOT ANY RISK OF LITIGATION THAT MAYOR GREENBERG HAS ALREADY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT WILL NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH TOWARDS A CONSENT DECREE, SO THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE WE'RE ENGAGING IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, PASSING THIS, THIS, RESOLUTION, WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO IT, WOULDN'T IMPACT NEGOTIATIONS. IT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THE CONSENT DECREE THAT WE ULTIMATELY AGREED TO AS BEING PART OF THAT COURT ORDER. THANK YOU. AND LAST, COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ, RIGHT. ARE YOU LOOKING TO AMEND ANY OF THESE, THE SECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE HERE, THE NINE SECTIONS, ARE YOU LOOKING TO AMEND ANY OF THESE, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. UNLESS ONE OF THE COUNCIL OR ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES DECIDES THAT THEY HAVE A WORTHY AMENDMENT. THE ONLY SMALL AMENDMENT I HAVE THAT'S ALREADY ONLINE IS THAT ANOTHER GROUP, FORWARD JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK, SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED, ALONG WITH ONE OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HELP PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS OF BRINGING IT TOGETHER. AND I TRIED TO GET IN THE QUEUE. MR. CHAIR, I WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE QUEUE, AND I REALLY WANTED A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO IT, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS RESPONSES, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK RESPONSE TO THAT. OKAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.MADAM NUMBER TWO IS IF YOU DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT MOTION. YOU HAVE TO NEED A SECOND, AND THEN IT'LL BE A VOICE VOTE. ANY POTENTIAL DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY. SO LET'S START OFF WITH IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AMENDMENT. THUS WHY DON'T WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF NOW AS A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER. WILL THAT WORK FOR YOU? THAT WORKS FOR ME, MR. CHAIR. I DIDN'T GET TO GET IN AFTER COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, SO I JUST WANTED TO DO IT. ACTS PROPERLY. SO, YES. LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. IN THE QUEUE. CORRECT? I HOPE SO, YES, I TRIED TO REQUEST IT IS. IT IS IN THE QUEUE. SO WE HAVE THAT
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AMENDMENT BEFORE US, IF YOU WILL MAKE THE MOTION, I WILL SECOND IT. WE'LL GET IT BEFORE US.OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MY AMENDMENT IS TO INSERT FORWARD JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK, INTO THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE THEY WERE ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT HELPED WITH THIS WORK. AND I WILL SECOND THAT AMENDMENT AMENDMENTS NOW BEFORE US. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT? THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I IN IN OPPOSITION IN OPPOSITION. THAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE, MADAM. NOW SO THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT. YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR RESPONSE, I, I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THAT. THIS IS A SLAP IN YOUR FACE BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO DO THAT. THE I EMAILED EVERYONE ABOUT THIS, ABOUT MY INTENTIONS MOVING FORWARD. ON MARCH 13TH, I ALSO MADE EVERYONE AWARE AND ALSO IN OUR CHAT THREAD, AS WELL AS THROUGH EMAIL, THAT THAT IT HAD BEEN FILED AND I WAS LOOKING FOR SUPPORT. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WAS ABOUT THIS. AND IN THAT, I DIDN'T EVEN SEE YOU UNTIL I SAW FOOTAGE AFTERWARDS. BUT IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, I STATED THAT I HADN'T, THAT ONE OF THE REPORTERS HAD ASKED ME A QUESTION, AND I SAID THAT I NEEDED TO TALK TO MY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS OF THAT. BUT THIS WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO YOU . I AM IN CONTACT WITH CONSTITUENTS. I ACTUALLY WENT JUST MOVED TO YOUR DISTRICT. SO I'M VERY WELL CONNECTED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT. SINCE WE BEFORE WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN MY IN MY DISTRICT. SO I AM IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FOLKS AND THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF NOT ONLY THE DOJ MEETINGS, THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN A PART OF THE PETITIONS, THEY'VE SIGNED PETITIONS. THE PETITION TO FOR THIS. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN A PART OF THE HISTORY OF POLICING REPORT. THEY'VE ALSO HAVE REACHED OUT AND EMAILED IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNEW THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT I'VE FILED AS A LOAN SPONSOR, BECAUSE I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THE WORK, AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET WITH THE BUDGET AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON. IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THE FACT FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SO THIS WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A SLAP IN THE FACE, THIS WAS ALL ABOUT DOING THIS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COMMITTEE IT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO. SO MY THINKING WAS, ONCE IT'S ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE, I WILL CONTACT THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE. SO I HOPE THAT MY ANSWERS ARE CLEAR TO YOU. THIS WAS NOT ANYTHING TO DO IN SPITE. THIS WAS LITERALLY ME TAKING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN THIS ROLE.
COUNCILMAN HAWKINS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. BUT LET'S KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO VOTE HERE SHORTLY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN, PRESSURING, AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET TOGETHER, BUT , AS FAR AS YOU'RE NOT, THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS TAKES THE COMMUNITY FIRST, AND AS FAR AS DISTRICT ONE, ANYBODY THAT TRULY KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I GO HARD ABOUT MY DISTRICT AND ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT. AND I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WORK REALLY CLOSE WITH ATTICA SCOTT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST ATTICA. I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'VE GOTTEN A CALL FROM NOBODY? OR NOBODY ELSE. I MOVE HOW MY DISTRICT ASKED ME TO MOVE , AND NOBODY FROM MY DISTRICT HAS CONTACTED ME ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS. SO IF YOU WOULD, COULD YOU PLEASE FORWARD ME THOSE EMAILS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN MOVE HOW MY COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO MOVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO IT'S ABOUT. NOT ME, NOT YOU, YOU KNOW, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S THE BAD THING OF THE DAY. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU CLEARING THAT UP.
THANK YOU. HAVING NO ONE, COUNCILMAN CHAPPELL. I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU HAD MENTIONED AND LANGUAGE CHANGES FROM COUNCILMAN RENA WEBBER AS WELL AS, COUNCILOR RUY, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THAT LANGUAGE CHANGE WAS SO I COULD GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT IF IT WAS SMALL FRIES, THAT WE COULD WAIT FOR IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, TO BE AMENDED INTO SOMETHING NEXT THURSDAY OR. OR. I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JUST HOPING SOMEONE COULD GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. WELL, LET ME SAY THIS IF I IF I COULD. SO WE STAY ON POINT. THERE'S NO OTHER AMENDMENTS. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR AMENDMENTS, I WOULD SAY THE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY SHOULD EMAIL EACH OTHER AND DISCUSS THOSE. BUT THE DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT AREN'T REALLY AMENDMENTS AT THE MOMENT TURNED US MORE INTO A WORK GROUP. AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON A COMMITTEE FOCUSED, NOT A WORK GROUP, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MADAM. I MEAN, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO GAUGE HOW MUCH IF IT'S GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE OF THE RESOLUTION OR IF IT'S GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING MUCH LARGER BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING TODAY ON HOW IT STANDS BEFORE US. AND THAT'S THE ONLY VOTE WE HAVE
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TODAY, IS HOW IT STANDS BEFORE US, NOT ON THE IF COME. AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, COULD IT CHANGE? POTENTIALLY IT COULD CHANGE NIGHT AND DAY. IT COULD CHANGE A LITTLE. BUT NONE OF US KNOW BECAUSE NO ONE HAS A FORMAL AMENDMENT BEFORE US. AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE BACK TO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'RE ALREADY TEN MINUTES OVER SCHEDULE, UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE IS IN THE QUEUE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS UP FOR A, ROLL CALL. VOTE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE? NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.COUNCILWOMAN. PARISH RIGHT? YES COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. YES BLACKWELDER. COUNCILMAN.
ACKERSON. MR. CHAIR, YOU HAVE FOUR. YES THREE. NO AND ONE PRESENT. VOTE THAT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE OLD BUSINESS. YES AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
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