Feb 19, 2025 Appropriations Committee (trimmed)

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START IN 30S. SO. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM CHAIR PARKER OF APPROPRIATIONS. TODAY IS

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[11. CONDF021925SCMm     APPROPRIATING $5000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,500 FROM DISTRICT 25, $1000 FROM DISTRICT 14, AND $500 FROM DISTRICT 12; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR THEIR GIVING BACK GALA FUNDRAISER WHICH RAISES FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Sponsors: Khalil Batshon (R-25), Crystal Bast (R-14), Jonathan ”JJ” Joseph (R-12)]

THIS IS THEIR 41ST YEAR OF OPERATION. THROUGH THE ACM. AND WHAT THEY DO IS JUST TREMENDOUS WORK FOR THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY. WITH THAT FACET, THIS GOES TOWARDS THE GALA, WHICH IS IN THEIR GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET, TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL GOODS THAT THEY CAN PUT IN THE FOOD PANTRY THAT THEY SERVE. I THINK WE SERVE OVER 400 PEOPLE A MONTH OUT OF THE FOOD PANTRY.

WE'VE, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, WE SERVED WELL OVER 300 CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS. TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY. THEY HELP OUR SPONSOR, A FACILITATOR OF THE FUNDING FOR THE ANNUAL COAT DRIVE. WE'VE DONE GREAT ORGANIZATION, GREAT ASSET TO THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY AMONGST DISTRICT 12, DISTRICT 14, DISTRICT 25, AND IN PARTS OF DISTRICT 13 AND OTHER DISTRICTS IN SURROUNDING PARTS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY. SO I LOOK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. I LOOK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, JUST GRACIOUSNESS ON THIS APPROPRIATION FOR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT EXPLANATION. SO BUT QUICK QUESTION. SO THIS 5000 WHAT ALL DOES THAT HOW MANY LIKE HOW MANY CHILDREN. THIS IS FOR A FUNDRAISER CORRECT. YES. IT GOES TOWARDS THE GOAL. SO THIS WILL HELP ALL THE YEARLY ACTIVITIES FROM THE MONEY THEY RAISE. OKAY. AND THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? JUST A POINT OF POINT OF ORDER, MADAM CHAIR. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE PROPER FIGURE. I THINK LAST YEAR AFTER THIS GALA WAS OVER, LAST YEAR, I THINK THEY RAISED UPWARDS OF 50 OR $60,000 TO PUT TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES FOR LAST YEAR'S OPERATING EXPENSES TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT JUST FOOD AND CLOTHING. BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES WITH UTILITY BILLS.

AND THEY WORK WITH LG AND, AND, AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE CARE OF UTILITY BILLS FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND WHEN PEOPLE GET TO THAT POINT, MORE OF A HAND UP THAN A HAND OUT. SO GOOD INVESTMENT. OKAY. SO THIS IS 5000. DOES THIS DO WE DO A ROLL CALL. OKAY. 14.5. OKAY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED. NO. I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A VOTE LIKE PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT JUST I ANYWAY. ALRIGHT. SO THAT LEGISLATION PASSES. NOW WE WILL ITEM NUMBER ONE. ORIGINAL NUMBER ONE WILL BE ITEM NUMBER TWO. SO WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATION OF $188

[1. CIF021925PW04     APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT 4 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CLAY STREET AND LAMPTON STREET TO BE KNOWN AS "SHIRLEY MAE’S WAY" IN HER HONOR. Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ]

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AND OPPOSE. OKAY, PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM NUMBER, THE NEXT ITEM WHICH WILL BE NUMBER THREE IS HELD. OH IS IT STILL NUMBER TWO. OKAY. SO ITEM NUMBER TWO

[3. CIF021925PW05a     APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT 5 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 45TH STREET AND GARLAND AVENUE IN HONOR OF THELMA MAE GOFF. Sponsors: Donna L. Purvis (D-5) ]

LEGISLATION PASSES, AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN APPROPRIATE CIP APPROPRIATING $188 FROM

[4. CIF021925PW05b     APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT 5 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON SOUTHWESTERN PARKWAY AND DEL PARK TERRACE IN HONOR OF CARL R. HINES, SR. Sponsors: Donna L. Purvis (D-5) ]

CHAPEL. THANK YOU. IS THERE NO ONE FROM DISTRICT FIVE TO SPEAK TO THIS OR PUBLIC WORKS? THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF THESE, AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE A GREAT WAY TO HONOR PEOPLE. BUT I REMEMBER LAST YEAR RUNNING, THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY OF SOME HAD ALREADY BEEN NAMED, AND WE'RE GETTING RENAMED. AND YOU KNOW, WHOSE STREET IS THIS? AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY STREET. BUT AT THIS POINT, EVERY CORNER HAS BEEN NAMED FOR SOMEONE. AND SO I'D LOVE TO KNOW FROM PUBLIC WORKS, IS THERE A MAP THAT HAS ALL OF THESE HONORARY NAMES? BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HOW THE COUNCILWOMAN WOULD LIKE TO SPEND HER $188 FOR EACH OF THESE SIGNS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HIT THAT, YOU KNOW, ROADBLOCK LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S ALL. CHAIR PORK. IF I COULD SPEAK TO IT, I WOULD PLEASE. OVER HERE, LATONYA BELL.

I DON'T HAVE LATONYA BELL, THE COUNCIL FINANCIAL ANALYST FOR METRO COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS QUESTION. HOWEVER, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE IN THE PAST, WHEN THAT SITUATION DID COME ABOUT, WHEN I LEARNED OF IT. AND IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER OR THEIR LA TO REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS FIRST, TO INQUIRE ABOUT IF THERE'S ALREADY A SIGN THERE, AND IF THERE IS A SIGN ALREADY THERE. IT'S ACTUALLY UP TO THEM TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT, AND THEN INFORM PUBLIC WORKS EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANT THE SIGN, IF THEY WANT IT ABOVE IT, OR BELOW IT. IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT INITIATIVE. BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL LOCATION, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW ABOUT THE LOCATION OF ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AND OPPOSED? NO. I, I LEGISLATION PASSES. NUMBER FIVE IS APPROPRIATING 188 FROM DISTRICT

[5. CIF021925PW05c     APPROPRIATING $188 FROM DISTRICT 5 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF AN HONORARY STREET SIGN ON 40TH AND WEST BROADWAY IN HONOR OF JERRY L. MACON, SR. Sponsors: Donna L. Purvis (D-5) ]

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED. NAY. I. OKAY. THAT LEGISLATION PASSES, AND I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THE SIGNS. NUMBER SIX IS AN ORDINANCE RESCINDING

[6. O-054-25     AN ORDINANCE RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 203, SERIES 2024, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $50,000 FROM DISTRICT 6 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO THE JACKET NATION, INC. FOR GYM EQUIPMENT FOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Action Required By: August 13, 2025 Sponsors: JP Lyninger (D-6) ]

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SO, YES, OUR OFFICE IS SEEKING AN ORDINANCE TO RESCIND THIS. THE APPROPRIATION FROM LAST YEAR OF $50,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO JACK NATION INCORPORATED FOR GYM EQUIPMENT FOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. THIS ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY DUE TO INCOMPLETE APPLICANT RELATIONSHIP DISCLOSURE INFORMATION IN THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL AND THE NOT FOR PROFIT TRANSMITTAL FORM, AND THE PDF APPLICATION PERTAINING TO THE ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION. ALSO, JACK NATION IS AND HAS BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH KENTUCKY REVENUE COMMISSION, WHICH IS RESULT IN THE FUNDS STILL BEING HELD BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. THE INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS LIST COMPLIANCE WITH THE REVENUE COMMISSION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR APPLICATION. SO THERE WERE ESSENTIALLY SEVERAL ITEMS OF PAPERWORK PROBLEMS WITH THIS APPLICATION. FROM BOTH PARTIES. AND WE CANNOT CURE IT ADMINISTRATIVELY AT THIS DATE.

IT NEEDS TO COME BACK. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD EXPLANATION. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YES. SO IF I COULD ASK. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. THE. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN RESCINDED FOR OTHER ISSUES, BUT THE IDEA WAS $50,000 WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE USED TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH EQUIPMENT IN THE GYM. IT'S FOR ATHLETIC. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT IS, BUT IT'S ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT. AND THE APPROPRIATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S COLLOQUIALLY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL JACKET NATION IS A 500 1C3 THAT YOU KNOW IS CREATED IN ORDER TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS ATHLETIC ENDEAVORS AND DIFFERENT ITEMS IN THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A STANDARD BOOSTER CLUB, I THINK. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE HOUSED WAS WAS PLANNED TO BE HOUSED INSIDE. I BELIEVE A LOT OF IT WAS WEIGHT TRAINING EQUIPMENT.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT WOULD ALL BE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S IF THIS IS A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED TODAY, BUT WHERE IS THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT JCPS IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF WITH THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND WHERE METRO COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO STEP IN? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, SECOND APPROPRIATIONS MEETING WHERE WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, JUST THE PAST TWO, WHERE A PLAYGROUND WAS GOING TO BE HELPED OUT WITH THE AID OF A METRO COUNCIL FUNDS. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A GYM EQUIPMENT POTENTIALLY. IS THERE AN ANSWER TO THAT, REALLY, OF WHERE IS THE LINE WHEN IT COMES TO JCPS AND METRO COUNCIL RELATIONSHIP WITH FUNDS? AGAIN, THIS IS LATONYA BELL, THE COUNCIL FINANCIAL ANALYST.

BECAUSE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A TAXING DISTRICT. THERE IS CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY ARE OBLIGATED BY STATUTE TO PROVIDE TO THE SCHOOL ITSELF FISCALLY. AND THEN ALSO AS FAR AS EDUCATIONAL WISE FOR THE STUDENTS, ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, THEN THE COUNCIL IS ALLOWED TO ASSIST WITH THOSE ITEMS. HOWEVER, IT'S USUALLY GOING THROUGH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION. EVERY NOW AND THEN WE MAY HAVE A PTA THAT MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. IN THE JACKET NATION DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED, IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN ONE OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP THEM RAISE FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS. MY QUESTION HAD NOTHING TO DO AT ALL WITH YOUR ASCENSION. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE LINE. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO MENTION TODAY I'VE ALSO CONFIRMED WITH OMB GRANTS MANAGEMENT AGAIN. AS OF TODAY, THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS STILL NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REVENUE COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. AND JUST A QUICK WAY THAT I'VE ALWAYS USED FOR MYSELF TO THINK, THINK ABOUT HOW WE FUND THESE THINGS OR NOT FUND THEM. JK THEY'RE REQUIRED TO FUND EDUCATION. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING CAPITAL LIKE A PLAYGROUND, THEN WE CAN DO IT THROUGH THE FOUNDATION. SO ANYWAY, SO OKAY, THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO ALL THOSE ROLL CALL VOTE. ON THE SECOND SEVEN. COUNCILWOMAN FRANKLIN.

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[7. O-018-25     AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $11,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, AND 21; AND $500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 7, 15, 16, AND 20; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO FRIENDS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRESH START EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM. Action Required By: August 13, 2025 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8), Tammy Hawkins (D-1), Barbara Shanklin (D-2), Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3), Donna L. Purvis (D-5), Paula McCraney (D-7), Andrew Owen (D-9), Kevin Kramer (R-11), Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13), Jennifer Chappell (D-15), Scott Reed (R-16), Stuart Benson (R-20), Betsy Ruhe (D-21)]

AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE FOR FUNDING OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY, INCORPORATED FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRESH START EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM. THESE FUNDS ARE TOTALLY USED FOR NON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THE PROGRAM. IT'S I MEAN FOR THE PROGRAM ITSELF. SELF $200 GOES TOWARDS EXPUNGEMENT FOR A PERSON WHO IS QUALIFIED BY STATE LAW TO RECEIVE EXPUNGEMENT. THAT $200 WILL BE WHETHER THEY HAVE ONE CASE THREE OR MORE. IT COVERS THE ATTORNEY'S FEES, THE COURT COSTS, AND IT COVERS THE CERTIFICATE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET FROM THE STATE. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS TO DATE, AND WITH YOUR APPROVAL, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GET APPROVED TODAY. I'M ALSO WANTING TO AMEND THE AMOUNTS. OKAY. AMEND THE AMOUNT AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE DOLLARS. I HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY AGREED. THEY'RE JUST NOT LISTED ON HERE. OKAY.

AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL THAT WE WILL ALSO ASK FOR MORE. THE GOAL WAS 25,000. OKAY. SO. IF IT'S AN THIS IS AN ARE YOU WANTING TO AMEND THEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OKAY. THE WHAT? OH, JEFF HUDSON COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON AND COUNCILWOMAN JENNY MULVEY. WOODY. WOODRUFF. RICHARD.

REPRESENTATIVE MULVEY WOULD. I'M SO SORRY. I WROTE IT, AND I CAN'T READ IT. WELL. THANK YOU.

IS DOING 3000. AND REPRESENTATIVE, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON IS DOING 1000. CAN I MOVE THE AMENDMENT? I'M SORRY. CAN I MOVE THE AMENDMENT? YES. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY I OPPOSED. NO. I OKAY. AND NOW WE CAN VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. VOTING IS OPEN. COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN. YES. I GUESS COUNCILWOMAN CHAPPELL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. COUNCILMAN SIMON. YES. ALL RIGHT. THE LEGISLATION. THERE ARE SIX YES VOTES. PASSES AND IT WILL GO TO OLD BUSINESS SINCE IT'S AMENDED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE ROOM WHO ACTUALLY DONATED. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A APPROPRIATING $1,488 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT

[8. CIF021925PW08     APPROPRIATING $1,488 FROM DISTRICT 8 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SIX SIGNS WHICH READ “OFFICIAL PARKING ONLY 10 PM TO 6 AM” TO BE PLACED ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ON BARDSTOWN ROAD AND BAXTER AVENUE. Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

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I. ALL. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ITEM NUMBER NINE. THE SPONSORSHIP IS WITHDRAWN. ITEM NUMBER TEN IS BEING HELD. AND WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED ITEM 11. SO WITHOUT

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