[1. R-105-25 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE AN ECO INCINERATOR TO DESTROY AND DISPOSE OF SEIZED NARCOTICS – (ECO CONCEPTS, LLC - $56,760). Action Required By: March 11, 2026 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

WILL YOU READ THE TITLE OF ITEM ONE? A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO PURCHASE AN ECO INCINERATOR TO DESTROY AND DISPOSE OF SEIZED NARCOTICS. ECO CONCEPTS, LLC, $56,760, READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LIGHT EM UP. THING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS? PLEASE JOIN US. WERE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS ERIC.

I'M A DETECTIVE WITH THE. DOES HE NOT HAVE A. OH, YOU GOT IT. YEAH. YOU GOT TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ERIC MCCUE. I'M A DETECTIVE WITH THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE PROPERTY ROOM. EXCELLENT. CAN YOU TELL US WHY WE'RE DOING THIS? THROUGH A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT RATHER THAN THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT'S A LITTLE. SO THE UNIQUE CAPABILITIES OF THIS UNIT IS WHY WE DID NOT SEND OUT AN RFP. SO YES, THERE ARE OTHER INCINERATORS OUT THERE. BUT FOR OUR CAPABILITIES OR FOR THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS ONE, THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED ON THIS ONE. THE CAPABILITIES BEING THE SIZE, THE THE CELL FEEDING TECHNOLOGY. AND IT'S ON A MOBILE PLATFORM. SO IT'S ACTUALLY ON A TRAILER THAT WE CAN MOVE IN CASE THE PROPERTY ROOM MOVES. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO DO IT OVER HERE, NOT OVER HERE. WE CAN ACTUALLY MANEUVER THAT WITHIN JEFFERSON COUNTY TO ACCOMPLISH OUR TASKS. GREAT.

COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE. SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ALL DO. AND IT'S JUST YOU DON'T GET THANK YOU ENOUGH. SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL. SO CAN YOU IS THERE ANY LIMIT TO THE NARCOTICS THAT YOU CAN DISPOSE IN THIS MACHINE? NOT THAT I KNOW OF. AND ALL THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE,

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EVERYTHING THAT WE NORMALLY DESTROY ON A SIX WEEK BASIS IN THE PROPERTY ROOM, WE CAN ACTUALLY DESTROY AND WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ON ANOTHER SERVICE OF WHERE WE'RE DISPOSING OF BIO CLOTHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT NEED TO BE DESTROYED. WE CAN ACTUALLY START DOING THAT AS WELL. AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE REMAINS AFTER YOU DESTROY IT? RIGHT.

YES. SO THE REMAINS WILL ACTUALLY BE WHATEVER WE PUT IN. LESS THAN 2% OF WHATEVER WE PUT IN THERE COMES OUT AS STERILE ASH. SO IT'S ABLE TO BE DISPOSED OF IN A TRASH CAN. SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE BURNING IT. YEAH, WE'RE INCINERATING IT. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO FUMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT GO OFF THAT THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY HAS WHAT'S CALLED AN AFTERBURNER.

AND IT TAKES THE SMOKE THAT'S COMING OUT FROM WHATEVER YOU'RE BURNING AND REGENERATES IT AND PUTS IT BACK IN AND BURNS IT AT LIKE 1200 DEGREES. SO IT DOESN'T COME OUT TO ANYTHING FOR ATMOSPHERE. COOL, AWESOME. I WANT TO WATCH THAT. TODAY HAS BEEN CRUSHED. CARS, AN AFTERBURNER AND INCINERATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN PURVIS, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS. THANK YOU. AND I AM IN THE QUEUE, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T SEE, I DID NOT. COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO THERE'S NO POLLUTANTS BEEN RELEASED IN THE AIR AS OF WHAT YOU ARE INCINERATING. BURNING. AND THESE ARE ALL NARCOTICS THAT YOU ALL CONFISCATE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. MARIJUANA, HEROIN, FENTANYL, FENTANYL, THC PRODUCTS. IN. IN MY RESEARCH, I SPOKE TO OTHER. THERE'S A ONE SOLE SOURCE GUY. THAT COMPANY HE DOES USES THIS MACHINE. AND HE THEY DO CELL PHONES AND AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON DOING. BUT. SO EVERY DRUG THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THAT I'VE BEEN THERE THE PAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS CAN BE BURNED INTO THIS MACHINE.

CAN YOU PULL YOUR SPEAKER TO YOUR MOUTH? I'M SORRY. YES. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL CONFISCATE GOES TO THE PROPERTY ROOM. IS THIS WHERE THIS TAKES PLACE? OR YOU HAVE AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION WHERE YOU DO THIS? WE HAVE NOT SET FORTH THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE WE DON'T HAVE THIS, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES WITHIN METRO GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WOW. THIS IS INTERESTING. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN OWEN. THANK YOU. CHAIR. JUST WONDERING HOW LONG YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE CURRENTLY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH HOW LONG? THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU HAD LASTED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THIS TO. TO LAST? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY ANY. SO YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. SO IN OUR RESEARCH, THE CONSUMABLES FOR IT ARE LIKE THE GRATES FOR IT. AND THEY WITH SPEAKING WITH OTHER COMPANIES THAT HAVE THIS EXACT ONE. THEY LAST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 YEARS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU'RE BURNING AND HOW OFTEN YOU'RE BURNING. AND IT'S AT A RATE OF EACH BURNER.

THERE'S SIX IN THE MACHINE. THEY COST $200 A PIECE. SO YOU'RE LOOKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 YEARS. YOU'RE SPENDING 1200 BUCKS. AND SO JUST OUT OF ALSO OUT OF CURIOSITY, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE CURRENTLY, WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING PREVIOUSLY.

SO PREVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. GOT TO THE PROPERTY ROOM.

ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE HAD ACCESS TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY OR THE THE POUND, WHERE THEY HAD A CREMATORIUM AND THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO BURN OUR MARIJUANA THERE. THAT IS THE BULK OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THAT WAS AWESOME. BUT WHEN THEY MOVED TO THEIR NEW FACILITY, WE COULD NO LONGER USE IT. THEY THEY HAD NEW STACKS PUT IN AND THEY WERE WE WE LOST THAT ABILITY. WE HAVE SINCE BEEN GOING TO A COMPANY. IT'S CALLED RE WORLD. IT'S OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS AND WE GO THERE ABOUT SIX TIMES OR EVERY SIX WEEKS TO THE TUNE OF. AROUND WITH LABOR AND EVERYTHING, ABOUT $7,500 A RUN. SO WITHIN A YEAR YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $60,000 THAT, GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT, THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON DISPOSAL OF NARCOTICS, THAT THIS WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF. THAT'S GREAT, GREAT CONTEXT, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR US AS A CITY TO ELIMINATE THOSE RUNS. THIS IS AN ITEM REQUIRING A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE

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SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. BY ACCLAMATION. THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CLERK, WILL

[2. R-107-25 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONCERNING CPR, FIRST AID AND CARDIOVASCULAR CARE MATERIALS - (AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC. - $300,000). Action Required By: March 11, 2026 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ]

YOU READ THE TITLE OF ITEM TWO? A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NON-COMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONCERNING CPR, FIRST AID AND CARDIOVASCULAR CARE MATERIALS. AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC. $300,000 READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS? OH, ONLINE? YES, I APOLOGIZE, I AM ONLINE. I NOW HAVE A STOMACH BUG. OH NO, I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN CHAMBERS TODAY. I APOLOGIZE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. SO OUR LOUISVILLE METRO EMS, CPR CENTER, WE ARE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN LOUISVILLE METRO, AS FAR AS AS FAR AS LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT IS CPR CERTIFIED. SO OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE. I'M SORRY, NOT FIRE BECAUSE FIRE HAS THEIR OWN. OUR POLICE METRO SAFE. ALL OF OUR EMS PERSONNEL'S. WE ARE IN CHARGE OF GETTING THAT MATERIAL TO THEM. UNFORTUNATELY, NOW THE IS GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. SO EVERYTHING THAT I NOW HAVE IN MY POSSESSION, I NOW HAVE TO THROW AWAY AND BUY ALL NEW STUFF THAT THE IS BRINGING OUT, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. I APOLOGIZE. SO OUR BUDGET GOES TO. PROVIDING NOT ONLY LOUISVILLE METRO EMPLOYEES WITH THE. AND I AM SO SORRY I DO NOT FEEL WELL TODAY. WITH THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY NEED, BUT WE DO DO OUTSIDE CLASSES AS WELL. I HAVE SEVERAL JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT ARE INSTRUCTORS WITH US. WE OUR CENTER. THERE'S THREE CENTERS IN LOUISVILLE AND WE ARE THE BIGGEST ONES. WE HAVE OVER 750 INSTRUCTORS WITH THAT. SOME OF THEM ARE TRIPLE CERTIFIED, MEANING THAT THEY'RE CERTIFIED IN BLS, ACLS AND PALS. SO I HAVE TO KEEP ALL OF THAT MATERIAL IN MY LITTLE STORAGE AREA THAT I HAVE IN CASE THAT THEY NEED ANYTHING. AND LIKE I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IS GETTING RID OF EVERYTHING AND REDOING EVERYTHING WHICH THEY SHOULD FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. AND THAT'S HOW WE LEARN. BUT THAT'S WHERE OUR BUDGET GOES TO. IT'S FOR LOUISVILLE METRO EMS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CORRECTIONS. METRO SAFE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CERTIFIED AS WELL. GREAT. AND AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS APPROVED BY THEM, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. UNFORTUNATELY, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? SEEING NONE. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES A ROLL CALL OR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SEEING NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA, THIS COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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