[2. R-136-25 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD HARNESS AS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT. Action Required By: April 30, 2026 Sponsors: Brent Ackerson (D-26) ]

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD HARNESS AS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT. MOTION. THANK YOU. PROPERLY. PROPERLY. MOVED IN SECOND. WHO DO WE HAVE HERE TO SPEAK ON MR. HARNESS? REAPPOINTMENT. CRAIG GREENBERG'S OFFICE. AT HARNESS IS RE-APPOINTED FOR HIS SECOND TERM, WHICH STARTED HIS FIRST TERM WAS DECEMBER 6TH, 2021. CORRECT. AND THIS WILL BE FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS. ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK HIM? MR. HARNESS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM? GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO, JUST GIVE US A SUMMARY OF WHAT

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SOME OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN. WE KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T COME WITHOUT CHALLENGES.

SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY JUST TALK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE MOVING AHEAD, MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I THOUGHT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT DIDN'T GET MEDIA ATTENTION.

PERHAPS ALL OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED TIMELY, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR REQUIRED QUARTERLY REPORTS. THEY WERE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. THROUGHOUT OUR TIME SINCE WE BECAME OPERATIONAL, WE HAVE PRODUCED WHITE PAPERS ON SELECTING A COMPARISON BENCHMARK CITY TO COMPARE OURSELVES WITH. THAT ENDED UP BEING CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG. WE PRODUCED A WHITE PAPER ON FIRST RESPONDER ATTRITION FACTORS RESPONSE TIMES WITHIN LMPD. WE PRODUCED A WHITE PAPER, THE BIG PICTURE A VISUALIZATION OF WORK IN THE COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF LMPD. WE ALSO DID AN LMPD USE OF FORCE ANALYSIS. WE DID A PROJECT CALLED THE 1829 PROJECT, WHICH COMPARED THE PRINCIPLES OF ROBERT PEEL VERSUS COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING PRINCIPLES, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ARE THE SAME OF THE COMMUNITY, BY THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE POLICE. AND THEN OUR LAST LARGE PROJECT OUTSIDE OF OUR CRIMINAL ARMS, OUTSIDE OF OUR COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS, WAS A YEAR LONG STUDY REGARDING BEST PRACTICES FOR THE DETECTIVE BUREAU. OUR ANALYST, DOCTOR WHETSTONE, TOOK A YEAR, AND HE EXAMINED THE DETECTIVE PRACTICES AT THE DIVISION LEVEL THROUGHOUT LMPD, ALONG WITH THE. 195 COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED. OF THOSE 195 COMPLAINTS, 27 OF THEM WERE AUTHORIZED FOR FULL INVESTIGATION. AND WE ALSO PROVIDED A REPORT OF THOSE TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL BACK IN SEPTEMBER OUTLINING SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY THESE LAST FOUR YEARS. I WANTED TO ASK YOU, IN YOUR ROLE, ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT? ARE YOU DOING ALL YOUR INVESTIGATIONS SOLELY AS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OR JUST WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU DEPENDING ON FEEDBACK FROM THEM OR GET AND GATHERING INFORMATION? IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. CERTAINLY, CHAIR. WE'RE OPERATING UNDER THE ORIGINAL MOU, WHICH WAS SIGNED IN MARCH OF 2023, WHEREAS WE WILL NOT DO CONCURRENT INVESTIGATIONS. IF THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION THAT IS SOLELY UNDER OUR PURVIEW, WE WILL DO THAT. IF THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT IS DOING AN INVESTIGATION OF THAT MATTER ADMINISTRATIVELY, WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT INVESTIGATION. AND THEN IF IT INVOLVES A CITIZEN COMPLAINT OR CIVILIAN COMPLAINT, WE ASK THAT WE GET THAT FILE TO REVIEW IT, IF IN ANY WAY IT COULD INVOLVE A CRIMINAL MATTER, THEN WE'RE REFERRING THAT DIRECTLY TO PIU.

WE WE JUST HAD A CASE THAT WE REFERRED OVER TO PIU AS A MATTER OF FACT, YESTERDAY REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF. INTERSTATE CUSTODY MATTER, WHICH THE COMPLAINT WAS, IT WASN'T INVESTIGATED PROPERLY. SO WE SENT THAT OVER TO PIU TO INVESTIGATE. LOOKING FORWARD, AS WE ARE NOW OPERATING UNDER THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT, IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE SENT OVER A DRAFT OF A NEW MOU FOR THE CHIEF TO REVIEW SO THAT WE CAN BRING OUR OPERATIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT, BEARING IN MIND THAT WE WILL HAVE A MONITOR IN PLACE, WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT THEY ARE THERE AND WE'RE FULLY READY TO OPERATE UNDER THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT. GREAT. OKAY. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN MCCRANEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MR. HARNESS. I AM VERY GLAD THAT MAYOR REAPPOINTED YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HOPE FOR THE BEST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE. BUT WHAT WAS IN

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THE MEDIA QUITE A BIT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE. IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE TO TRY TO WORK MORE COHESIVELY WITH THE CHIEF? I KNOW YOU WORK WELL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIFFERENT UNITS, BUT HAVE YOU TALKED WITH THE CHIEF AND HAVE YOU ALL DECIDED ON A DIFFERENT ROUTE THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE AND WANTING TO WORK WITH THEM, AND HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP CAN PUBLICLY BE ON DISPLAY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT REGARDING REAPPOINTMENT.

CERTAINLY WE NEED TO STRIVE FOR BETTER. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION.

TAKING THAT FORWARD, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THIS THURSDAY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH LMPD SO WE CAN START TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MATTERS DIRECTLY, ALONG WITH OUR JOINT OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT RELATED TO INFORMATION REGARDING BOTH ENTITIES, AS FAR AS HOW THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS OUR OFFICE. AND MAY I, ALONG WITH THAT, CAN YOU STATE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE LISTENING WHAT YOUR ROLE IS VERSUS WHAT THE ROLE IS OF THE NEW ESTABLISHED MODERATING COMPANY? YES, COUNCILOR, I APPRECIATE THE THAT QUESTION. I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT IF YOU. HOW CAN I BEST DESCRIBE IT? HOW ABOUT A LAYER CAKE. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT LAYERS AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT. THE COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSION, THE CIVILIAN REVIEW AND ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, AND THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSION WILL BE THE ENTITY TO WHICH THE MONITOR REPORTS, AND THE MONITOR IS GOING TO DO THEIR EXAMINATION OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF LMPD ON A A MACRO LEVEL, A 10,000 FOOT LEVEL. THE MONITOR HAS THE ABILITY TO REFER INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS TO OUR OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE THE CIVILIAN REVIEW AND ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, AND THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL STILL MAINTAINS THE ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS, THOSE BEING FORMAL AND INFORMAL. ALSO THE ABILITY TO, AS IT'S CATEGORIZED IN THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT, COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATIONS AND NON COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS. AND THOSE INVESTIGATIONS WILL BE MORE GRANULAR AS OPPOSED TO THE LARGER EXAMINATIONS THAT THE MONITOR WILL DO. SO, WHILE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THERE'S SOME REDUNDANCIES, IT'S ACTUALLY LAYERING OF OBLIGATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT AND LIVING UP TO THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS BODY PASSED. MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, I CAN'T LOG IN. CAN I GET IN THE QUEUE, PLEASE? WE DID THAT ON PURPOSE. SORRY, I DIDN'T REMEMBER HOW TO LOG IN REMOTELY. THAT'S MY BAD. JUST ONE SECOND. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE NOW JOINED BY COUNCILMAN KRAMER, COUNCILMAN RENA WEBER, AND COUNCILMAN LINEKER AND COUNCILWOMAN HOPKINS. AND. YES, SIR, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GOING TO BE A NO VOTE TODAY. I APPRECIATE MR. HARNESS COMING TODAY AND GIVING THE EXPLANATION. I WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS EXPLAINING MY NO VOTE. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE HAVE, HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST, CERTAINLY THE BEST CHIEF OF POLICE THAT WE'VE HAD IN MY TENURE ON METRO COUNCIL. AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ONLY THE VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE SECOND, IF NOT TIED FOR FIRST, MIGHT ALSO BE A VET GENTRY, WHO IS RELATED TO TO OUR CURRENT CHIEF. AND I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH JUST WHAT IS PUBLIC RELATED TO DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE OFFICE, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND LMPD. AND AND IT'S NOT JUST CHIEF HUMPHRIES OPINION IN AT LEAST ONE CASE THAT I'M LOOKING AT WHERE THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL QUESTIONED AN

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OFFICER'S USE OF DEADLY FORCE OR OR JUSTIFICATION IN FIRING WITHOUT VERBAL COMMANDS. IT WAS NOT JUST LMPD WHO BELIEVED THAT THE OFFICER WAS JUSTIFIED, BUT ALSO THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO REVIEWED THEIR ACTIONS AS WELL. SO WE NOW HAVE MULTIPLE EXPERTS, AND I VERY MUCH RESPECT OUR COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I THINK MISS WEATHERS IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN HER ROLE AS WELL IN TACKLING CRIME IN OUR CITY. AND NOW I SEE TWO OF THE THE HIGHEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TWO OF TWO OF THE HIGHEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR, WHO NOW HAVE WHO HAVE NOW DISAGREED WITH THE WITH THE OIG ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AT LEAST, THE CHIEF HAS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND THEN THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEYS AND AT LEAST ONE OCCASION I COULD CITE AND THESE ARE AND AND THEN. AND THEN WHEN AND THESE ARE JUST IN THE ONES THAT ARE PUBLICLY KNOWN. I MEAN, THE CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN MOST CASES WHEN THEY GET THESE REPORTS, IF THEY DISAGREE, THEY JUST MOVE ON. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THESE OFFICES WHEN WHEN I'VE HAD SKEPTICISM OF OF THE GRAB BOARD, SORT OF FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THAT I VOTED AGAINST A COUPLE OF THE ORIGINAL APPOINTEES HAD CONCERNS WITH HOW THAT WAS BEING RUN. AND I THINK SOME OF MY CONCERNS HAVE NOW MATERIALIZED, WHICH IS WE DON'T HAVE A PARTNER IN WORKING WITH LMPD TO IMPROVE THINGS AGAIN. INSTEAD, WE HAVE AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS RECOMMENDING THINGS THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH THE LAW, INCLUDING, IN ANOTHER CASE, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW FORMER MILITARY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO A LAW ENFORCEMENT ROLE, WHO SHOULD BE TREATED, AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY THAT MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH EXISTING FEDERAL LAW. SO AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, IN RESPONSE TO TO MR. HARNESS'S COMMENT ABOUT THE LAYERS OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, WITH RESPECT, I DISAGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS. THE MONITOR, THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR, IN SAYING THAT THEY REPORT TO THIS GROUP THAT THE MAYOR PUT TOGETHER THAT HAS NO OVERSIGHT OF THIS METRO COUNCIL. I COULDN'T POSSIBLY DISAGREE MORE. I'VE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE MONITOR, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULDN'T COME TODAY. THEY'RE COMING HOPEFULLY TO THE NEXT MEETING. THERE WAS JUST A LOGISTICAL ISSUE, BUT I REMINDED THEM, AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY, MY COLLEAGUES HERE, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, THAT THIS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT HAS OVERSIGHT AND SUBPOENA POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THE MONITOR WAS HIRED BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. NO INSIGHT FROM US, NO VOTE BY US THAT COMMIT THE BOARD THAT THE MAYOR CREATED WAS NOT HAD NO OVERSIGHT OF US. SO WHAT WHAT MR. HARNESS JUST INDICATED WHERE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL REPORTING TO EACH OTHER. WELL, THAT'S ALL THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH REPORTING TO EACH OTHER. I COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE. ULTIMATELY, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE MAYOR MAKES GOOD ON THE PROMISES HE'S MADE TO ENSURE WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING IN THIS CITY. AND WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THAT OVERSIGHT, INCLUDING OF THE MONITOR. IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO TAKE ADVICE FROM THIRD PARTIES, HE CAN DO THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY, WE SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT. SO I'VE NOT BEEN SORT OF SOME SUMMARIZE I'M NOT PARTICULARLY I'VE NOT BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK PRODUCT OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. AND FOR THAT REASON, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR FOR MR. HARNESS REAPPOINTMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN LINEGAR. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. INSPECTOR GENERAL HARNESS. REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE FOR YOUR HEARING BEFORE THE BODY FOR YOUR REAPPOINTMENT, WHICH I THINK YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC KNOWS I SUPPORT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. MY FIRST BEING, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL TO AGREE WITH THE CHIEF OF LMPD? COUNCILOR, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK IT'S OUR ROLE TO EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE THAT IS BEFORE US. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NOT MAKE EVALUATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS, OF ANY ASPECT OF AN INVESTIGATION FOR

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AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE NOT EVER DISAGREED WITH A COMMONWEALTH'S WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S ASSESSMENT IN A CRIMINAL MATTER. WE HAVE CONCURRED WITH THAT. IN PREVIOUS CASES REFERENCED HERE TODAY. THAT WAS AN EVALUATION OF POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION. AND SO THAT WAS THE EVALUATION THAT WE MADE. SO NO, IT'S NOT OUR AIM TO FIND POINTS OF AGREEMENT. IT'S OUR AIM TO EVALUATE IT AND COME TO AN INDEPENDENT CONCLUSION. THANK YOU. MY NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS ARE MORE RELATED TO THE PURVIEW OF THE OFFICE, AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE PURVIEW OF THE OFFICE IN SPECIFIC MATTER. DOES YOUR OFFICE HAVE PURVIEW OVER ALLEGATIONS OF LMDC OR LMPD OFFICERS ACTING IN VIOLATION OF THE SEPARATION ORDINANCE? COUNCILOR, WE DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE CORRECTIONS FACILITY AND THEIR ACTIONS. AS FOR THE SECOND ITEM, IT WOULD BE WE WOULD HAVE JURISDICTION IF IT INVOLVED AN LMPD OFFICER AND THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR POLICY VIOLATION. HAS THERE BEEN ANY ITEMS BROUGHT TO YOUR OFFICE REGARDING SPECIFIC OFFICERS OR ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS MADE THAT WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE SEPARATION ORDINANCE? COUNCILOR? NOT NOT TO THIS DATE, NO. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. I DO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT AGAIN. VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE. I HAD SURGERY THIS MORNING, BUT I HAVE DRAGGED MYSELF TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOU HERE BEFORE THE BODY AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT. I WILL, OF COURSE, BE VOTING. YES. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'M IN THE QUEUE. OKAY. GO AHEAD. MADAM CHAIR, DID YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, MR. HARNESS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE THUS FAR. I KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN THE MOST EASIEST POSITION TO HOLD. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR BOLDNESS AND A LOT OF YOUR HONESTY. THAT POSITION, DEFINITELY, NO MATTER WHO SITS IN IT, IS GOING TO RUB A LOT OF PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY. WHEN YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH, WHEN YOU'RE VERY BOLD, AND WHEN YOU GO AGAINST THE GRAIN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC BEING WRONG, WHETHER IT'S OFFICERS BEING WRONG, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE CHIEF IS WRONG, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU BELIEVE IN ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHEN HE STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DID SET THESE BOARDS UP WITHOUT ANY. WITHOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS OR COMING TO THE METRO COUNCIL WHO THESE PARTIES AND THESE BOARDS WOULD HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF ANYWAY, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT HAS SUBPOENA POWER. SO I DO AGREE WITH THAT. I DO BELIEVE THAT IN THE EVENT THAT IF THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, THEN IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT EASIER FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY, OKAY, WE DO AGREE WITH EDITOR HARNESS STAIN, BUT WE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS. I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU NOT A GOOD FIT FOR THE ROLE. I THINK THAT THAT WAS A GREAT MOVE THAT THE MAYOR MADE WITH WITH KEEPING YOU, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN WITH A NEW PERSON COMING IN, THEN IT WOULD HAVE SET US WAY BEHIND WHEN IT CAME TO THE MONITOR, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE IN ANY OF THAT, AND THAT

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IS NOT YOUR FAULT. SO I WANT TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, MOVE US FORWARD WITH GETTING THE WORK DONE. AND I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE. CLERK. CAN WE DO? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. VOTING IS OPEN. VICE CHAIR. PIACENTINI. NO. COMMITTEE MEMBER. HAWKINS.

YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. REED. NO. COMMITTEE MEMBER TO VOTE. YOU HAVE TO BE. HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON, PLEASE. I'M CLICKING THE BUTTON, BUT IT'S NOT. THERE WE GO. OH, YES. THERE YOU GO. CHAIR. YOU HAVE FOUR YES AND FIVE. NO VOTES. THIS WILL GO BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL. IT WILL BE ON OLD BUSINESS THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JASMINE TATE TO THE NULU REVIEW OVERLAY. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE.

HOLD ON. OVERLAY. DISTRICT COMMITTEE. TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 26TH, 2028. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION, MOTION. PROPERLY MOVED, MISS MONROE, I HAVE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN.

[3. RP110425JT REAPPOINTMENT OF JASMINE TATE TO THE NULU REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE. (TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 26, 2028) Action Required By: April 30, 2026 Sponsors: ]

COUTURE. MONROE MAYOR GREENBERG'S OFFICE. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT.

REAPPOINTMENT OF JASMINE TATE. SHE IS A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT FOUR. SHE WORKS AT BROWN-FORMAN. SHE REPRESENTS THE PHOENIX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A PRESCRIBED SEAT. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2022. WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER APPOINTMENT AND SHE IS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. HELLO. HI.

HI, I'M JASMINE TATE. DO YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF OR. YEAH, SO I AM A LOUISVILLE RESIDENT. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY. I HAVE LIVED IN THE PHOENIX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH OVERALL AND WITHIN THE NULU OVERLAY FOR TEN YEARS NOW.

I'M ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE SERVED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ENJOYED MY TIME AND THE INPUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ON THE OVERLAY COMMITTEE THUS FAR. OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS TATE? NO. OKAY. NONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OUR NEXT OPPONENT IS CAITLIN MAYNARD TO

[4. AP110425KM APPOINTMENT OF KAITLYN MEINHART TO THE NULU REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE. (TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 26, 2028) Action Required By: April 30, 2026 Sponsors: ]

THE NULU REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE TERM. TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 26TH, 2028.

NEED A MOTION. MOTION. MISS. MONROE, MAYOR GREG GREENBERG'S OFFICE. CAITLIN KATIE MAYNARD IS A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT. SHE IS THE OWNER OF SIX SISTERS BOUTIQUE AND PAXTON'S MEN BOUTIQUE IN NULU. SINCE 2017, SHE IS COMMITTED TO SMALL BUSINESS IN THE NULU COMMUNITY.

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COMMUNITY REPRESENTS NULU BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND SHE IS IN THE AUDIENCE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. I'LL JUST DO A QUICK INTRO IF YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT. KATIE MAYNARD I HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE NULU BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST EIGHT OR MORE LIFELONG LOUISVILLIAN AND WORK ALONGSIDE QUITE A FEW WITHIN METRO AS WELL AS WITH LDP ON MY BOARD WITH REBECCA FLEISCHAKER. MIKE MALONEY IS MY NEIGHBOR AND METRO MAYOR'S OFFICE EMPLOYEE ALSO ON OUR BOARD. SO WE ARE. REALLY THRIVING IN NULU IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT ALSO HURTING IN A LOT OF WAYS. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE NEW DEVELOPERS COMING IN, BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL DEVELOPERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES THERE MAINTAINED. SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS SEE ALL THE GOOD THAT'S HAPPENING THERE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF IT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? FOR MISS MAYNARD? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS. WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. POSITION. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF NAOMI ROSE POLAND TO THE REVENUE TO THE REVENUE COMMISSION. TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 1ST, 2028. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION. OKAY,

[5. RP110425NP REAPPOINTMENT OF NAOMIROSE PAULIN TO THE REVENUE COMMISSION. (TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 1, 2028) Action Required By: April 30, 2026 Sponsors: ]

MISS MONROE, MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG'S OFFICE. NAOMI ROSE POLAND HAD A CONFLICT TODAY, SO SHE'S NOT HERE. BUT SHE IS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF LOUISVILLE. SHE IS A RETIRED METRO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, PAST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE REVENUE COMMISSION, AND ALTHOUGH SHE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH HER REAPPOINTMENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. OUR LAST PIECE

[6. AP110425SM APPOINTMENT OF STEPHENY MINYARD TO THE REVENUE COMMISSION. (TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 1, 2028) Action Required By: April 30, 2026 Sponsors: ]

OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE MINYARD TO THE REVENUE COMMISSION. TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 1ST, 2028. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION. THANK YOU, MISS MONROE. MAYOR GREENBERG'S OFFICE. STEPHANIE MINYARD IS THE FORMER CFO WITH THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND PAST CEO AS WELL. SHE IS OUT OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 18. SHE HAS EXPERTISE IN STRATEGIC FINANCING AS A CONTROLLER WITH BROWN-FORMAN.

SHE IS IN THE CHAMBERS AND YOU CAN ASK HER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND SHE'S READY TO TALK.

GO AHEAD. MA'AM. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL. COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME ATTEND TODAY AND APPRECIATE THIS APPOINTMENT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME IS I'VE LIVED IN LOUISVILLE SINCE I WAS SINCE 2004, MOVED HERE. MY WIFE IS BORN AND RAISED HERE, SO I DECIDED TO COME HERE INSTEAD OF STAYING IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IN LOUISVILLE, I'VE ALWAYS I'VE ALWAYS GIVEN BACK IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH BROWN, WITH THROUGH BROWN-FORMAN IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEERING. AND IN THAT I'VE WANTED TO DO MORE, CONTINUE TO DO MORE. SO THROUGHOUT MY CAREER I LOVE I'VE LOVED WHAT I'VE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCE AND STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING, CONTINUOUS OVEMENT AND ULTIMATELY OPERATIONS AS WELL. AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A SERVANT LEADER, AS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN MY CAREER, BY ULTIMATELY SERVING THE PUBLIC IN A DIFFERENT FACET, AND MY SKILL SET REALLY FITS THIS COMMISSION WELL. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MINYARD? NONE. OKAY, IT'S TIME TO VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I ANY POSITIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU

[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.]

APPRECIATE IT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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