[00:00:10] ABOUT IT. AND HIS OFFICE. IS. METRO TV. WE WILL START IN 30S. [Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance] THE REGULAR LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026 WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS CURRENTLY FOUR MINUTES AFTER SIX. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A [Member Roll Call] MADAM CLERK. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HAWKINS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHANKLIN. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARRISH. RIGHT. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNDON PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. PURVIS PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. LININGER PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCRANEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. RENA WEBER PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OWEN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYMOND HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRAMER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOSEPH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SYME HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHAPPELL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. READ. COUNCIL MEMBER. WINKLER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER. BENSON. PRESENT. [00:05:01] COUNCIL MEMBER. RUIZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRATCHER HERE. COUNCILMEMBER. HUDSON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MULVEY. WOOLRIDGE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. VACHON. PRESIDENT. ACKERSON. PRESENT. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAD 26 AND A QUORUM. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HERNDON, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A GUEST. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. IS THAT ON? OKAY. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, [1. ID 26-0003     Council Member Herndon will recognize Men Against Gun Violence Ky Inc. for their efforts in keeping the community safe.] TODAY WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MEN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE KENTUCKY, INC. AN ORGANIZATION BORN FROM TRAGEDY BUT DRIVEN BY PURPOSE. FOUNDED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2021 AFTER THE HEARTBREAKING LOSS OF 16 YEAR OLD TYREE SMITH, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY WAITING FOR HIS SCHOOL BUS, THIS GROUP OF DEDICATED MEN CHOSE ACTION OVER SILENCE. EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEY STAND AT JCPS BUS STOPS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARRIVE AT SCHOOL SAFELY AND RETURN HOME WITHOUT FEAR. THEIR WORK EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE BUS STOP. THEY BUILD TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUTH, MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY, AND SERVE YEAR ROUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS MOST IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. MEN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE KENTUCKY LEADS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OPERATES SUMMER AND WEEKEND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PEACE AND SELF-WORTH, AND COLLABORATES WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS ARMED AND EDUCATED, A HAND UP, THE ACE PROJECT, METRO UNITED WAY, MOMS DEMAND ACTION, THE BISHOPS TABLE, AND MANY OTHERS. WHAT MAKES THEIR SERVICE EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS WORK WITHOUT FORMAL FUNDING, POWERED SOLELY BY COMMITMENT, FAITH, AND THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD IN LOUISVILLE DESERVES SAFETY, DIGNITY AND HOPE. TODAY, THE METRO COUNCIL PROUDLY RECOGNIZES A MEN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE KENTUCKY FOR THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PROTECTING OUR YOUTH, STRENGTHENING OUR, STRENGTHENING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND BUILDING A MORE PEACEFUL LOUISVILLE. I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SENATOR RAND PAUL'S OFFICE CALLED US AND WANTED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE, MISS WHITNEY MEADOWS, TO REPRESENT HIM IN THEIR HONOR AS WELL. AND WE WELCOME THAT SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO. OKAY. OKAY. REPRESENTING REPRESENTING MEN OF MEN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE IS MELISSA GROVES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HERNDON TAYLOR, FOR ASSISTING US AND SEEING US ON THE BUS STOPS AS WELL. THANK YOU, METRO COUNCIL, FOR HAVING US HERE. THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE FAMILY AND WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT THEM. THEY GET UP IN THE MORNINGS AND ARCTIC COLD AND RAIN AND HEAT. THEY STAND ON THESE CORNERS AND THESE RISK AREAS FOR THEIR OWN RISK OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIVES, BECAUSE THEY EITHER HAVE CHILDREN GETTING ON THESE BUS STOPS, OR THEY CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS ONLY WORKS BECAUSE WE'RE AUTHENTIC. WE DON'T TALK AT THESE CHILDREN. THEY KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WORK IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY SEE THEM WASHING THEIR CARS, SHAKING THEIR GARBAGE OUT, GETTING THEIR OWN KIDS OFF THE THING. AND THAT'S WHAT WORKS IS AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS. YOU CAN'T PAY SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE STREETS. IT DOESN'T WORK. THEY WON'T LISTEN. CARMEL WELLS, HE GREW UP. THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, THEY GREW UP, AND THEY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BEAT THE ODDS OF THE STRUGGLE. I ASK FOR ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER. FROM WHAT I'VE SAW FROM STANDING ON A BUS STOP, IS THEY'RE DARK, THEY'RE POORLY LIT, THEY'RE DANK, THEY'RE BLIGHTED. OUR KIDS ARE IN DANGER ONLY FROM TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. I ALMOST GOT HIT STANDING ON A CURB AT AMY AND ALLEY, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING FLICKERING WAS A LIGHT AT A CHURCH THAT WAS NOT INHABITED AT THE TIME. SO I ASK YOU, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO HELP US MAKE THESE PATHWAYS BETTER AND SAFER FOR THESE KIDS TO WALK TO SCHOOL, IS THAT YOU GIVE US THE FUNDING FOR BETTER LIGHTING AND MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO DO IT ON THEIR OWN, WITHOUT PAYMENT, CERTIFIED IN CPR, FIRST AID AND STOP THE BLEED TRAINING, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO ARRANGE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT. BUT IF YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE, YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WE GET CALLS EVERY DAY TO EXPAND OUR BUS STOPS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN, WE GET CALLS FOR MORE STOPS AND PARK HILL PARK LAND. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE BIG GOALS. WE DON'T HAVE THEM YET. SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR IS YOU HELP US MAKE THEIR WALK A SAFER, WALK TO THE BUS STOP AND HOME AND THANK YOU EVERY ONE OF YOU. WE TELL YOU EVERY DAY, WE COULDN'T DO THIS [00:10:05] WITHOUT YOU, CARMEL WELLS. WE COULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. YOU LEAD THE WAY, YOU LEAD THE CHARGE. AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO SENATOR PAUL'S OFFICE. I JUST WANT TO READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT EVERYONE WILL GET WITH THEIR OWN NAME ON IT, AND THEN WE WILL HAND THEM OUT AND GET A QUICK PICTURE TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIMS YOU AS A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY, FOSTERING PEACE, TRUST AND YOUTH, MENTORSHIP THROUGH MEN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE KENTUCKY, AND ENSURING THE SAFETY OF JC STUDENTS BY SHOWING UP AT BUS STOPS EACH MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WE HEREBY CONFER THIS HIGHEST HONOR WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO APPERTAINING. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF WE HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE, AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE TO TO BE HERE UNTO AFFIXED ON THIS DATE, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026. SO. BY NAME AND IN ORDER, CARMEL WELLS. MICHAEL CAINE I KNOW EVERYBODY ISN'T HERE. MICHAEL CAINE. NO. OKAY. BRIAN VOLTS, RICHARD WHITLOCK, JUNIOR ABEL SANCHEZ, BRIAN BRITT, JUNE WELLS, THEY'RE ALL WORKING. GOOD FOR THEM. ADOLPH TOMPKINS. OKAY. JESSE HALL, COME ON. CONGRATULATIONS. RICH. RICK BANKS. NO. OKAY. FRANK LENTI. DAVON. COWARD. COWARD! COWARD. SORRY, CIARA. POSEY. IS IT CIARA SIERRA? YEAH. AND BROCHURES THAT WERE PAMELA JOHNSON. BEN CARTER. ANTONIO BROWN. MELISSA HOPE, MELISSA. IS IT OKAY? BRUCE SWEENEY. ADRIAN. SORRY. LET'S GO. JABRIL MCMURRAY. ADRIAN. SANCHEZ. ALBERT. ARKADY. JEFF. GILL. OKAY. IF THERE ARE OTHER AND IF THERE ARE OTHERS, WE WILL MAKE WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATES FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T CALL THAT NEEDS TO GET UP HERE. COME ON UP HERE. THANK YOU. ALL THESE ARE THESE FOLKS ARE WHAT I CALL ORDINARY HEROES. THERE'S REGULAR FOLKS WHO SEE A NEED AND STEP IN. AND YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR FIVE YEARS, AND AND WE WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HONOR YOU TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. [00:15:23] I BELIEVE YOU GOT EITHER A SPECIAL GUEST OR A PROCLAMATION OR SOME SORT TONIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU. OKAY. [3. ID 26-0065     Council Member Shanklin will recognize some individuals for their work with Metro Council. ] I DON'T KNOW. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE THREE OF THE OUTSTANDING PEOPLE THAT RUN AROUND THIS BUILDING ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE NOT COUNCIL PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. I ACTUALLY HAD TO TRY TO HOLD THEM OVER THERE IN THE CORNER SO THEY. THEY WOULDN'T GET AWAY. BUT YESTERDAY WAS IT. YESTERDAY. I DON'T LOST THE TIME. TUESDAY WE HAD 120 KIDS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU SAW THEM RUNNING WELL NOT RUNNING, BUT ALL IN THE BUILDING. AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BY MYSELF. STEVE HAD A PROGRAM AND I MEAN IT WAS ABOUT THIS THICK. EACH ONE OF THEM HAD A PACKAGE AND THEY KNEW ALL ABOUT METRO COUNCIL. WE HAD A MOCK MOCK COUNCIL MEETING. I MEAN, HE HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE TYPED UP THAT MUCH STUFF. THEN WE WENT ACROSS THE HALL, I MEAN, ACROSS THE STREET, TO LET THE KIDS VOTE, AND THEY ALREADY HAD QUESTIONS WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE ON. I MEAN, THEY HAD THE WHOLE THING FOR THESE KIDS. AND, YOU KNOW, OUT OF 120 KIDS, YOU EXPECT THEM TO JUST GO WILD DOWN HERE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE ONLY HAD ONE TIME WHEN THEY WERE SORT OF LOUD WHEN THEY GOT IN THE STAIRWELL, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR YOURSELF ECHO. AND SO OF COURSE, ONE PERSON HOLLERED AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THEM STARTED HOLLERING. SO WHEN THEY GOT OFF FOR THE OFF OUT OF THE STAIRWELL, THEY WERE QUIET AS SOON AS THEY GOT OUT. BUT I MEAN, THEY MADE THEIR NOISE IN THERE. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE. OWEN. ANDREW OWEN, HE CAME OUT AND SPOKE TO THE KIDS. AND I MEAN, IT REALLY MEANT A LOT. AND THEY LISTENED. THEY KNEW. HE EXPLAINED ALL ABOUT THE LEGISLATION, EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND ALL OF THAT. AND, I MEAN, THEY REALLY WERE INVOLVED. AND THERE WAS BETSY. BETSY SHOWED UP AND SPOKE TO THE KIDS, AND IT WAS JUST PEOPLE THAT WERE STOPPING IN. TAMMY STOPPED IN AND THERE WERE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE STOPPING IN JUST TO HELP OUT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GOT THAT MANY KIDS, IT'S A LOT OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON COULDN'T HANDLE THEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THESE GUYS A LITTLE SOMETHING, AND I HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO GET THESE LITTLE THINGS BECAUSE WE JUST HAD THE HAD IT TUESDAY. AND WHEN I CALLED EACH PERSON TO GET ME A LITTLE AWARD, THEY SAID, OH, YOU WAIT TWO WEEKS. SO I HAD TO PLAY THE THIS IS BARBARA SHANKLIN, GET THESE THINGS DONE. SO, CAL, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT THEY'RE NOT BIG, BUT IT MEAN IT MEANT SO MUCH. AND THE TEACHER CALLED AND SAID CAN THEY BRING THEM BACK? IN MARCH, THE EIGHTH GRADERS, I SAID, NO WAY. SO WE'LL ONLY DO IT MAYBE ONCE A YEAR. YEAH, SURE. STEVE AND I'M THE THE GOOD PART ABOUT IT, THEY WERE THEY NEVER NOT ONE TIME SAID A NEGATIVE SOUND TO THOSE KIDS. AND THEY ACT LIKE THEY REALLY ENJOY THEIRSELVES. AND SO I KNOW STEVE HAS YOU DO FOOTBALL OR SOMETHING WITH KIDS ALL THE TIME. ONE OF THEM IS YOURS, AARON. THANK YOU. ONE OF THOSE SPORTS. I KNOW HE'S WITH THE KIDS ALL THE TIME, SO. BUT IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING NICE TO KIDS, LEARN A LOT AND JUST HAPPY THAT WE METRO COUNCIL COULD SHOW THE KIDS THAT. BECAUSE ONE DAY, ONE OF THOSE KIDS IS GOING TO BE THE MAYOR, ONE OF THEM'S GOING TO BE A COUNCIL PERSON, NO TELLING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, BUT I [00:20:05] GUARANTEE YOU THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE SOMETHING AROUND HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. [2. ID 26-0047     Council Member Chappell will recognize Karen Little, Alley Cats Advocates, in honor of her retirement. ] COUNCILMAN CHAPEL, YOU GOT A GUEST. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO. HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AS THE PERSON WITH THE MOST CATS ON METRO COUNCIL, IT IS MY HONOR TONIGHT TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHOSE COMPASSION HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR COMMUNITY. KAREN LITTLE'S NAME HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH DEDICATION, ADVOCACY AND UNWAVERING CARE OF LOUISVILLE'S COMMUNITY. CATS, THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP WITH ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES, KAREN HAS SHOWN US WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN PERSISTENCE IS PAIRED WITH COMPASSION. AND I'M SURE IN WHAT IS A COMPLETELY RANDOM, IF NOT AT ALL PERFECTLY TIMED COINCIDENCE. KAREN IS RETIRING IN FEBRUARY THIS MONTH, WHICH IS ALSO SPAY AND NEUTER AWARENESS MONTH. SO IF THERE IS EVER A PERSON WHOSE LIFE WORK EMBODIED THE VERY PURPOSE OF THIS MONTH, IT IS KAREN LITTLE. THE NUMBERS ALONE TELL A VERY POWERFUL STORY. IN THE LAST YEAR, ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 7800 CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS NEEDING HELP WITH CATS, AND ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES FACILITATED FACILITATED 7000 SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES IN 2025 ALONE. I STARTED TO DO THE MATH, AND THEN MY COMPUTER EXPLODED WHEN I WAS LIKE, HOW MANY CATS DID THAT PREVENT? BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE TO THE NTH DEGREE CATS THAT WERE PREVENTED FROM BEING BORN IN OUR STREETS. AND BEHIND EVERY SPAY AND NEUTER IS A LIFE MADE BETTER, A NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTED, AND A CAREGIVER WHO FOUND HOPE AND GUIDANCE. AND KAREN UNDERSTANDS THE WORK IS NOT JUST ABOUT STATISTICS, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT DIGNITY AND COMPASSION. I'M PERSONALLY GRATEFUL TO KAREN FOR THE ROLE THAT SHE'S PLAYED IN SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND I NEEDED A PLACE TO GATHER AND ORGANIZE AGAINST AN ANIMAL ABUSER IN THE COMMUNITY, KAREN OPENED THE DOORS OF ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES WITHOUT HESITATION AND WELCOMED US WARMLY. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY BACK BEFORE YOU ALL WERE ON THE CAMPUS, AND YOU WERE ACTUALLY HEADQUARTERED OFF OF EASTERN PARKWAY IN DISTRICT 15. SO WE WERE SAD TO LOSE YOU IN THE DISTRICT, BUT GLAD YOU GAINED A MUCH BETTER SPACE. KAREN WAS WITH US, THAT LITTLE GROUP, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SHE EVEN WENT TO COURT WITH US IN BULLITT COUNTY, AND SHE ADVOCATED FOR CATS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN SHE WAS NORMALLY WITH SPAYING AND NEUTERING. BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE KIND OF COMPASSION THAT KAREN HAS. AND IN THE YEARS SINCE, I'VE TAKEN MANY CATS, INCLUDING A BELOVED CAT, T.C. TRASH CAT, OVER TO ALLEY CATS TO GET FIXED SO THEY COULD BE GOOD MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. KAREN HAS BECOME A HAS BEEN A BEACON AND ALLY, AND A STEADY SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MANY. FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, KAREN'S STEADFAST LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED MAKE LOUISVILLE A MODEL FOR HUMANE AND EFFECTIVE TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE PROGRAMS, AND WE ARE A NATIONAL MODEL FOR THAT. BECAUSE OF HER EFFORTS. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CATS. AGAIN, I'M NOT DOING THE MATH ON THAT, BUT IT'S A LOT. I WOULD EVEN VENTURE TO SAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, BUT MAYBE EVEN MILLIONS. OF CATS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE HEALTHIER LIVES. AND SO HER LEGACY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT SHE HELPED BUILD, BUT ALSO THE CULTURE OF COMPASSION THAT SHE'S HELPED FACILITATE. KAREN, ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 15 AND THE ENTIRE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR [00:25:04] YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, YOUR TIRELESS ADVOCACY, AND YOUR EXTRAORDINARY HEART. AND I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE'VE WRITTEN TO YOU. AND IT KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE STATS ABOUT ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES. AND I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'LL HAVE A MOMENT TO SPEAK IN A SECOND. AND ALLEY CATS ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. THERE'S A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I'VE YET TO MEET THEM, BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE IN GREAT HANDS, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE THERE ALL THE TIME. SO TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. KNOW YE THAT THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZES KAREN LITTLE IN HONOR OF HER DEDICATION AND CAREER AT ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES. WHEREAS KAREN LITTLE CO-FOUNDED ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES 27 YEARS AGO WITH HER HUSBAND HOYT, TO ADDRESS CONCERNS SHE HAD FOR COMMUNITY CATS. AND WHEREAS KAREN LITTLE HAS SECURED FUNDING AND RESOURCES, EXPANDED SERVICES AND DEVELOPED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. AND WHEREAS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOUISVILLE METRO ANIMAL SERVICES, THE ORGANIZATION BUILT THE KAREN AND HOYT LITTLE COMMUNITY CAT COMPLEX, PROVIDING A SPAY NEUTER CLINIC, MEDICAL REHAB SPACE, AND A SPECIAL NEEDS SPACE WITH HOSPICE CARE. WHEREAS UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SPAYED AND NEUTERED OVER 70,000 COMMUNITY CATS, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE STRAY CAT POPULATION AND EUTHANASIA RATES IN LOUISVILLE. AND WHEREAS KAREN LITTLE HAS ADVOCATED FOR THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT ALL CATS ARE SUITED FOR INDOOR LIVING, RECOGNIZING THAT MANY COMMUNITY CATS PREFER TO LIVE OUTSIDE IN ROME, OFTEN HAVING MULTIPLE HOMES FOR SLEEPING AND MEALS. AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL FOR KAREN LITTLE'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ALL FELINES AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT SHE HAS MADE THROUGH HER TENURE AT ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL DOES HEREBY HONOR AND COMMEND KAREN LITTLE FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES AND FOR HER DEDICATION TO THE HUMANE, HUMANE TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY, CATS AND WISHES. AND WE WISH HER A WONDERFUL RETIREMENT. WE HEREBY CONFER THIS HONOR WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO APPERTAINING, AND TESTIMONY THEREOF, AND WHERE THE METRO GOVERNMENT SEAL HAS BEEN AFFIXED. SO. AND THEN IT'S GOT MY NAME. I'M ANDREA LITTLE CAT ON THERE, WHICH ISN'T TYPICAL OF MY SIGNATURE, AND IT HAS A LITTLE EAR TIP ON IT AS WELL. SO AND JUST ONE MORE THING. I THINK THAT YOU ORGANIZING ALL OF THOSE SPAY AND NEUTER, I THINK THAT IT ALSO GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU'VE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH SO MANY VETERINARIANS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY OUT THAT WORK, AND WE HAVE A VETERINARIAN SHORTAGE. AND SO FOR YOU TO DO 7000 SPAY AND NEUTER LAST YEAR ALONE IS INCREDIBLE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THAT BUY IN TO YOUR ORGANIZATION. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVE WATCHED IT BE TRANSFORMED, NOT JUST BY MY VISION, BUT BY THOSE WHO SUPPORTED OUR WORK, BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE DONE BY ONE PERSON. IT HAS TO BE DONE BY A WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO YES, WE'VE ALTERED LOTS OF CATS, WE'VE CHANGED LOTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I'VE SPENT THE LAST SIX YEARS PLANNING FOR A SUCCESSION THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT THE ORGANIZATION NOT ONLY SURVIVES MOVING FORWARD, BUT ALSO THRIVES. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PERSON WHO STARTS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON MONDAY. TOMORROW IS MY LAST DAY. I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HER FOR THREE MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE CAN CARRY ON THE TRADITION AND THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE VERY MUCH HELPED SUPPORT. THIS COMMUNITY HAS TRANSFORMED ITSELF TO ONE OF CARING THAT WAS NOT EVEN IMAGINED. WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I FOUNDED THE GROUP IN 1999. AND AGAIN, IT WASN'T JUST ME. IT WAS ALL OF YOU AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PEOPLE CARING FOR THE CATS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND PLEASE KEEP DOING THAT GOOD WORK. I WILL BE MOVING OUT OF STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GROUP IS SUCCESSFUL AND I DON'T MEDDLE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH AND DO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK HELPING OUR ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [00:30:02] GREAT. [Addresses to the Council] MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADDRESSES OF THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THERE ARE. LET ME REMIND THOSE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANITY OR MAKING DEROGATORY STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE ALLOW THREE PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON ANY ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC. IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK BEYOND THE THREE ON THAT SAME TOPIC, I REGRETFULLY WOULD HAVE TO TO GAVEL YOU DOWN FROM THE CHAIR. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, JOHN ANDERSON. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU. I AM JOHN ANDERSON. I AM A RETIRED LOUISVILLE RESIDENT, AND I AM A 27 YEAR US AIR FORCE VETERAN. I ALSO SERVED TEN YEARS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON, DC. I'VE WORKED WITH ACROSS NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ACROSS THE INTERAGENCY. SO I SPEAK WITH A LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, AT LEAST AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, REGARDING DHS, CIA, AND OTHER AGENCIES. AND WHAT I WANT YOU, THE METRO COUNCIL, TO DO IS TO INITIATE AND APPROVE AN ANTI-MASK MEASURE TO PREVENT LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES FROM WEARING MASKS DURING OPERATIONS IN THE METRO AREA. THIEVES WEAR MASKS, ROBBERS WEAR MASKS, MURDERERS AND TERRORISTS WEAR MASKS. THEY WEAR MASKS TO HIDE THEIR IDENTITY TO AVOID THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS, THEY WEAR MASKS DELIBERATELY TO INTIMIDATE AND TO CREATE FEAR. MASKS EMBOLDEN THE PERSON AND SUBCONSCIOUSLY ENCOURAGE BEHAVIOR AND ACTIONS THAT THE PERSON WOULD NOT ORDINARILY DO IF THEY WERE NOT WEARING A MASK. AND THIS IS WHY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL DO NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WEAR MASKS, BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ARE EXPECTED TO BE PERFORMING A LEGITIMATE AND LEGALLY AUTHORIZED ACTIVITY, AND THUS THERE SHOULD BE NO VALID REASON TO HIDE THEIR IDENTITY OR TO HAVE A NEED TO PURPOSELY EVADE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES UNLESS, UNDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, SHOULD THEY BE PREVENTED FROM WEARING MASKS. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THAT VIOLATE THE LAW COMMIT UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE AND EXCEED COMMUNITY NORMS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIABLE, AND THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO FACE APPROPRIATE CONSEQUENCES. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A HARD JOB. I SALUTE THEM, I APPLAUD THEM, AND I RESPECT THEM, BUT THEY STILL MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IF THEY CROSS THE LINE AND MASKS PREVENT THAT, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND STABILITY IS A TEAM EFFORT. EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPENDS UPON THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY TO DO THEIR JOBS. A SAFE COMMUNITY IS THE RESULT OF THIS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES ASSIGNED TOTECT THEM, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNOT AFFORD TO THREATEN THAT COMMUNAL TRUST BY WEARING MASKS. MASKS SENDS A BAD MESSAGE. MASKS? YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND I SEE THE FLOOR TO THE NEXT PERSON. THANK YOU, BARBARA HALL. HI. MY NAME IS BARBARA HALL, AND I'M FIRST OF ALL, LET ME DO THAT. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 15. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS HOMELAND SECURITY'S USE OF FACE COVERING. I'M HOPING [00:35:04] THAT LIKE OTHER STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL WILL TAKE STEPS TO ADOPT COMMON SENSE ORDINANCE AND A COMMON SENSE ORDINANCE RESTRICTING THE USE OF FACE COVERING FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. ICE AND CPB ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE ENFORCING IMMIGRATION RELATED OFFENSES, NOTHING MORE, SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO LOOK LIKE THE MILITARY OR SECRET POLICE. WHEN FULLY MASKED, THEIR APPEARANCE IS MENACING, AND IT MAKES THIS OLD LADY FEARFUL. RECENTLY, I SAW SEVERAL OLDER PROTESTERS AT THE GENE SNYDER FEDERAL BUILDING. THREE ICE VEHICLES QUIETLY PULLED UP AND PARKED ON A SIDE ROAD. FIVE OFFICERS GOT OUT AND STOOD BY THEIR VEHICLES. THEY WERE UNMASKED. EVENTUALLY, ONE OF THE ELDERLY WOMEN PROTESTING WALKED OVER AND TALKED WITH THE OFFICERS. WITHIN MINUTES, THEY WERE SMILING AND LAUGHING. IT WAS A RELIEF. I ASKED THE LADY WHAT SHE SAID TO THEM. SHE ASKED THEM WHAT THEIR FAVORITE ICE CREAM WAS TO BREAK THE ICE. HER PUN AND YES INTENDED. SHE THEN ASKED THE OFFICERS IF THEY WERE THERE TO INTIMIDATE THE PROTESTERS. THEY SAID NO, THAT WAS NOT THEIR INTENT. IF THE OFFICERS HAD BEEN MASKED, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE FELT AS COMFORTABLE APPROACHING THEM. SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM SMILE. AND THAT'S EVERYTHING WE NEED TO SEE EACH OTHER AS HUMANS. I THINK IF WE START THERE, WE CAN DEFUZE A LOT OF UNWANTED CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. ALL THE BEST TO EACH OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARY. FLEDGE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. IT IS TRUE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE, EVEN NECESSARY, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO WEAR PLAIN CLOTHES. DON A FACE COVERING OR HIDE THEIR IDENTITY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHEN SOMEONE MAY BE WORKING UNDERCOVER, PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM ILLNESS OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, SUCH AS FIRE OR A CHEMICAL SPILL, OR WORKING ON A CASE RELATED TO AN ORGANIZED CRIME ENTITY WHERE THERE IS A CREDIBLE THREAT OF RETALIATION. HOWEVER, THESE CONCERNS TYPICALLY DO NOT ARISE IN THE TYPES OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THAT MANY ICE OFFICERS ARE NOW ENGAGED IN, WHICH OFTEN INVOLVE APPREHENDING PARENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH NO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OR CONNECTIONS TO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. IN FACT, THE PRACTICE OF MASKING AND HIDING IDENTIFIERS CAN JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF ICE AND OTHER FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY MAKING IT HARD FOR OTHER OFFICERS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY THEM AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTERACT WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY. SOME CLAIM THAT MASKS ARE USED BY OFFICERS TO PROTECT AGAINST DOXING, A PRACTICE WHEREBY PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SHARED, OFTEN ONLINE, AS A PRECURSOR TO HARASSMENT. WHILE ANY REAL THREATS TO OFFICER SAFETY SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, THERE ARE THANKFULLY ALREADY MECHANISMS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AIMED AT PROTECTING OFFICERS FROM THESE HARMFUL ACTS. ONE OF THE MOST TROUBLING TRENDS THAT HAS FOLLOWED THIS WAVE OF UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THE RISE OF VIGILANTES AND DANGEROUS IMPERSONATIONS. PEOPLE WITH INSIDIOUS MOTIVES HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WIDESPREAD DEPLOYMENT OF MASKED IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AS COVER TO ALLEGEDLY HARASS CIVILIANS OR COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES SUCH AS KIDNAPING, ROBBERY, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, AS RECENTLY OCCURRED IN NORTH CAROLINA. EVERY DAY, LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY GET DRESSED IN THEIR UNIFORMS TO FULFILL THEIR DUTIES AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES STATE AND LOCAL OFFICERS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN WORK THAT MAY INVOLVE GREATER RISKS THAN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD OF GOOD POLICING AS THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AND LOUISVILLE METRO, TO ENSURE THAT POLICING IS SAFE, TRANSPARENT, AND ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANTHONY MEINSTEIN. THANK YOU COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANTHONY MEINSTEIN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOUISVILLE FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS, LOCAL 11, 637 OF THE [00:40:01] AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. EVERY YEAR I APPEAR IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. THERE IS A PROGRAM CALLED THE COMMUNITY MUSIC PARTNERSHIP. THE CMP. THAT'S $30,000 IN FUNDING ALLOCATED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE EVERY YEAR FOR ONE PURPOSE, ONE PURPOSE ONLY, PRESENTING LIVE MUSIC AROUND OUR CITY AND COUNTY. THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THE MUSIC MUST BE FREE, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND NOT IN SUPPORT OF ANY POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR BUSINESS ENTITY. WHY AM I HERE? EVERY YEAR? AND YOU'LL SEE THIS ON ONE OF THE PAGES. EVERY YEAR WE END THE YEAR WITH ANYWHERE FROM A HALF TO A THIRD OF THE MONEY UNSPENT. THAT'S MUSIC THAT COULD BE PRESENTED IN NURSING HOMES, IN PARKS, ON STREET CORNERS, FESTIVALS, NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MUSIC AND MAKE LOUISVILLE A TRUE MUSIC CITY. IN FACT, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN BARDSTOWN ROAD PAST MY OFFICE DURING THE WEEK PRIOR TO DERBY, I HAVE LIVE MUSIC IN FRONT OF OUR UNION HALL BECAUSE I WANT LOUISVILLE TO BE ANOTHER MUSIC CITY. WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE TO DO? VERY LITTLE. ERICA IN ERICA TAYLOR, IS IT? I'M SORRY, I I'M DRAWING A BLANK. SHE'S LET ME SEE HERE. ERICA TURNER IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE METRO COUNCIL. SHE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH MY UNION, PRESENTING MUSIC ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE HANDOUT. I'VE GIVEN YOU MY MY PHONE NUMBER, MY EMAIL ADDRESS, THE EMAIL ADDRESS OF OUR LOCAL AND MY OFFICE. IF YOU WANT TO PUT MUSIC, WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS TO PERFORM THAT MUSIC. WE HAVE PUT MUSICIANS UNDER THE CMP PROGRAM AT THE TYLER JAZZ FEST, TYLER PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL, BARDSTOWN ROAD AGLOW. WE HAD LIVE MUSIC AT THE BELLE OF LOUISVILLE ON SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR PEOPLE WAITING TO BOARD THE BOAT. FOLKS, WE GOT THE MONEY. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS HELP ME SPEND IT. WILL IT PUT MY MUSICIANS TO WORK? ABSOLUTELY. IS THAT A BAD THING? I DON'T THINK IT IS. THERE ARE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE VOTERS TOO. THEY'D BE JUST AS HAPPY TO GET THE GIG FROM YOU AS THEY WOULD FROM ME. ONE IDEA I HAD, AND I RECOMMEND THIS FOR CONSIDERATION BY YOU GUYS AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, LET'S CALL IT MARCH 1ST. LET'S CALL IT APRIL 1ST. IF THE MONEY ISN'T SPENT IN A DISTRICT. AND YES, THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT NEVER SPEND THEIR MONEY YEAR AFTER YEAR, LET'S PUT THAT INTO ONE FUND THAT EVERY DISTRICT CAN GET TO. I'M SORRY, MY TIME IS UP. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE THEATER TICKETS AND I JUST HAVE TIME TO GET TO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL [Council Minutes] MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF JANUARY 29TH, 2026. CERTAIN CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS. SECOND, MR. FORREST, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES, THE I, I ANY OPPOSITION. THE MINUTES [Committee Minutes] ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MINUTES ALL [6. ID 26-0050     Special:  Committee of the Whole – January 29, 2026] IN 2026. THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE JANUARY 29TH. THE REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING [7. ID 26-0039     Regular:  Planning and Zoning Committee – February 3, 2026] [8. ID 26-0040     Regular:  Labor and Economic Development Committee – February 3, 2026] COMMITTEE MEETING. FEBRUARY 3RD. THE REGULAR LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FEBRUARY 3RD. THE [9. ID 26-0041     Regular:  Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee – February 3, 2026] [10. ID 26-0042     Regular:  Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health, and Education Committee – February 4, 2026] REGULAR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS. FEBRUARY 3RD. THE REGULAR [11. ID 26-0043     Regular:  Appropriations Committee – February 4, 2026] EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION. FEBRUARY 4TH THE REGULAR [12. ID 26-0044     Regular:  Public Safety Committee – February 4, 2026] [13. ID 26-0045     Regular:  Parks and Sustainability Committee – February 5, 2026] APPROPRIATIONS. FEBRUARY 4TH THE REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FEBRUARY 4TH, THE REGULAR PARKS [14. ID 26-0046     Regular:  Budget Committee – February 5, 2026] AND SUSTAINABILITY. FEBRUARY 5TH THE REGULAR BUDGET. FEBRUARY 5TH. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS? SECOND MISS PROPER BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY [Communications to the Council] COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THERE ARE. PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD. [15. ID 26-0058     Hazardous Materials Ordinance Appeals and Overseers Board – Rick Wardrip (New Appointment) Metro Council approval is not required.] DEAR PRESIDENT ANDERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ORDINANCE, APPEALS AND OVERSEERS BOARD, I AM APPOINTING THE FOLLOWING RICK WARDROP. A NEW APPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 1ST, 2029. THIS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS APPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR. DEAR [16. ID 26-0057     Brightside Board of Directors – George Fischer (Reappointment) Metro Council approval is not required.] PRESIDENT AKERSON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHAPTER 273 ON NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS, I'M REAPPOINTING THE FOLLOWING TO THE BRIGHT SIDE. BOARD OF DIRECTORS GEORGE FISHER A REAPPOINTMENT TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 15TH, 2028. THIS WILL BE READ INTO RECORD. ONLY METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS REAPPOINTMENT IS NOT REQUIRED. SINCERELY, CRAIG GREENBERG, MAYOR. READ AND FOR THOSE ITEMS NEEDING APPOINTMENTS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE [Consent Calendar] TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMPRISES ITEMS 17 TO 35. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MADAM CLERK, A SECOND READING OF THOSE ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING [Legislation forwarded from BUDGET COMMITTEE] [17. O-012-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 101, SERIES 2024, AND ORDINANCE NO. 091, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $50,000 FROM THE DISTRICT 3 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO THE DISTRICT 3 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. 2/5/26  Budget Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ] [00:45:07] LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 101, SERIES 2024 AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 1091. SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $50,000 FROM DISTRICT THREE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO DISTRICT [18. O-016-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 091, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $30,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND (DISTRICT 03) TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS (DISTRICT 03). 2/5/26  Budget Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ] THREE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. ITEM 18. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0910 2025 RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $30,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT THREE TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL. [19. O-017-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 092, SERIES 2025, AND ORDINANCE NO. 091, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $35,000 FROM THE DISTRICT 15 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO THE DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. 2/5/26  Budget Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ] GENERAL APPROPRIATION OPERATIONS DISTRICT THREE, ITEM 19, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 092, SERIES 2025, AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 091, SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $35,000 FROM DISTRICT 15 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO [20. O-018-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 091, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $30,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND (DISTRICT 15) TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS (DISTRICT 15). 2/5/26  Budget Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Jennifer Chappell (D-15) ] DISTRICT 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND. ITEM 20, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 091, SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE BY TRANSFERRING $30,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 15 TO [21. O-019-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 092, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 CAPITAL BUDGET BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO THE PROJECT TITLED EAST END INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 2/5/26  Budget Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Kevin Kramer (R-11) ] THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 15, ITEM 21. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 092, SERIES 2025 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO THE PROJECT TITLED EAST END INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FUND [22. R-003-26     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $612,309.57 FROM THE STOCK YARDS BANK & TRUST COMPANY FOR THE SALE OF KENTUCKY HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS FOR THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE PARKLAND BRANCH LIBRARY TO SUPPORT THE MAIN LIBRARY RENOVATIONS PROJECT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 2/5/26  Budget Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ] ITEM 22, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $612,309.57 FROM STOCKYARD BANKS AND TRUST COMPANY FOR THE SALE OF KENTUCKY HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS FOR THE PROPERTY, KNOWN AS THE PARKLAND BRANCH LIBRARY, TO SUPPORT THE MAIN LIBRARY RENOVATIONS. PROJECT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE [Legislation forwarded from EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE] FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND [23. R-164-25     A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. RUDELL STITCH BY NAMING THE CORNER OF HANCOCK STREET AND DR. BRUCE WILLIAMS WAY AS “RUDELL STITCH WAY” IN HIS HONOR. 2/4/26 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: June 4, 2026 Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ] HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ITEM 23 A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. RUDELL STITCH BY NAMING THE CORNER OF HANCOCK STREET AND DOCTOR BRUCE WAYNE WILLIAMS WAY AS RUDELL STITCH WAY IN HIS [24. R-001-26     A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. RAYMOND O. PARKS, SR. BY NAMING THE CORNER OF 26TH STREET AND HALE STREET AS “RAYMOND O. PARKS, SR. WAY” IN HIS HONOR. 2/4/26 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Tammy Hawkins (D-1) ] HONOR. ITEM 24 AND RESOLUTION HONORING MR. RICHARD O. PARK, SENIOR BY NAME IN THE CORNER OF 26TH STREET AND HILL STREET, AS RAYMOND O. PARKS SENIOR WAY IN HIS HONOR. ITEM 25 A RESOLUTION [25. R-005-26     A RESOLUTION HONORING MR. JOSEPH HAMMOND BY NAMING THE CORNER OF 18TH STREET AND JEFFERSON STREET AS “JOE HAMMOND WAY” IN HIS HONOR. 2/4/26 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Ken Herndon (D-4) ] HONORING MR. JOSEPH HAMMOND BY NAMING THE CORNER OF 18TH AND JEFFERSON AS JOE HAMMOND WAY IN [26. R-007-26     A RESOLUTION HONORING REVEREND CHARLES WILKERSON BY NAMING THE CORNER OF 2914 SOUTH 6TH STREET AND AN UNNAMED ALLEYWAY AS “REV. CHARLES WILKERSON WAY” IN HIS HONOR. 2/4/26 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) ] HIS HONOR. ITEM 26 RESOLUTION HONORING REVEREND CHARLES WILKERSON BY NAMING THE CORNER OF 2914 SOUTH SIXTH STREET AND AN UNNAMED ALLEY AS REVEREND CHARLES WILKERSON WAY IN HIS [Legislation forwarded from GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT/AUDIT AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE] HONOR. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, AUDIT [27. AP020326DT     APPOINTMENT OF DONOVAN TAYLOR TO THE CHICKASAW ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. (TERM EXPIRES JANUARY 15, 2029) 2/3/26 Government Oversight/Audits and Appointments Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026] AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE. ITEM 27 APPOINTMENT OF DONOVAN TAYLOR TO THE CHICKASAW [28. AP020326FS     APPOINTMENT OF DR. FRANK M. SMITH, JR. TO THE CHICKASAW ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. (TERM EXPIRES JANUARY 15, 2029) 2/3/26 Government Oversight/Audits and Appointments Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026] ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. TERM EXPIRES JANUARY 15TH, 2029. ITEM 28 APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR FRANK M SMITH, JUNIOR, TO THE CHICKASAW ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. TERM EXPIRES JANUARY [29. AP020326LS     APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS STRAUB TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2028) 2/3/26 Government Oversight/Audits and Appointments Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026] 15TH, 2029. ITEM 29 APPOINTMENT OF LEWIS DROPPED TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION. TERM EXPIRES JUNE [30. AP020326BR     APPOINTMENT OF BEN ROBINSON TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION. (TERM EXPIRES APRIL 29, 2028) 2/3/26 Government Oversight/Audits and Appointments Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026] 30TH, 2028. ITEM 30 APPOINTMENT OF BEN ROBINSON TO THE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE COMMISSION [31. AP020326AB     APPOINTMENT OF ANTONIO BROWN TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 109 BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JUNE 22, 2027) 2/3/26 Government Oversight/Audits and Appointments Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026] TERM EXPIRES APRIL 29TH, 2028. ITEM 31 APPOINTMENT OF ANTONIO BROWN TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD 109 DISTRICT 109 BOARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE THE 22ND, 2027. ITEM 32 [32. RP020326RM     REAPPOINTMENT OF RICKY MASON TO THE METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT BOARD. (TERM EXPIRES JULY 31, 2028) 2/3/26 Government Oversight/Audits and Appointments Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By: July 29, 2026] REAPPOINTMENT OF RICK MASON TO THE METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT BOARD TERM EXPIRES JULY 31ST, [Legislation forwarded from LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE] 2028. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [33. R-006-26     A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO PAY FOR DEFLECTION SERVICES TO DECREASE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT RUNS AND INCARCERATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES (SEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES, INC. - $5,500,000.00). 2/3/26 Labor and Economic Development Committee  Recommended for Approval  Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ] COMMITTEE. ITEM 33 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL OPERATING BUDGET. APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO PAY FOR DEFLECTION SERVICES TO DECREASE. THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT RUNS AND INCARCERATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS. SEVEN COUNTY SERVICES, INC. $5,500,000. ITEM 34 A [34. R-011-26     AN RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (FROM THE DATE OF ITS APPROVAL THROUGH JUNE 30, 2029) BETWEEN LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 2629 (“AFSCME”) RELATING TO WAGES, HOURS, AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF ITS CIVILIAN SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. 2/3/26 Labor and Economic Development Committee  Recommended for Approval  Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Ben Reno-Weber (D-8) ] RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FROM THE DATE OF ITS APPROVAL THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2029 BETWEEN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO LOCAL 2629 AFSCME RELATED TO WAGES, HOURS, AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF ITS CIVILIAN SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS [Legislation forwarded from PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE] [35. O-014-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 36.03 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE THE LOUISVILLE PARKS POLICE AND TO ENSURE LOUISVILLE METRO’S ORDINANCE COMPLIES WITH 503 KAR CHAPTER 5:090, SECTION 4. 2/4/26 Public Safety Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By:  July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13), Tammy Hawkins (D-1)] DEPARTMENT. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS FORWARDED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ITEM 35 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 36.03 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE THE LOUISVILLE PARKS POLICE AND ENSURE LOUISVILLE METRO'S ORDINANCE COMPLIES WITH 503 CHAPTER 5.05090, SECTION FOUR READ IN FULL SECOND. MOTION BE MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26 YES VOTES. THE CONSENT CALENDAR [Old Business] [00:50:05] PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OLD BUSINESS. MADAM CLERK, A READING NUMBER 36. AN [36. O-296-25     AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 916 PALATKA ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.32 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 25ZONE0021). 2/3/26 Planning and Zoning Committee  Recommended for Approval 1/20/26 Special Planning and Zoning Committee  Tabled Action Required By: Feb 18, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ] ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT 916 PALATKA ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.32 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0021 READ IN FULL. SECOND ITEM IS NOW PROPERLY BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ATKINSON. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED. IT WAS KIND OF A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD REQUEST TO ACCOMMODATE THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND SIX PARKING SPACES. BUT THEN THERE WAS IT WAS KIND OF LEARNED THAT THERE WAS. THERE WERE VIOLATIONS FROM METRO GOVERNMENT THAT WERE PUT ON, PLACED ON THIS PROPERTY, SOME BEING RELATIVELY EGREGIOUS, INCLUDING LACK OF EGRESS FROM STRUCTURE. AND SO IN THE END, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE CHANGE IN ZONING. 7 TO 1 CAME OVER TO OUR COMMITTEE AND WAS THE DENIAL WAS AFFIRMED AT OUR COMMITTEE WITH A 6 TO 1 VOTE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN BATON BECAUSE IT'S IN HIS DISTRICT. IF HE WANTS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THIS. BUT JUST BEFORE HE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HIM, A YES VOTE HERE WOULD BE CONFIRMING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DENIAL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN OWEN. I ECHO MOST OF WHAT YOU SAY, SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE DENIAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU. FOLKS, I GOT NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL. GOTCHA. AND FOR SOME REASON, THE VOTE IS NOT COMING UP ON MY SCREEN. RECORD ME AS A YES. YES, SIR. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 26 YES VOTES. ALL RIGHT. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED, MADAM [37. O-010-26     AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING AND FORM DISTRICT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10507 WEST MANSLICK ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 6.5 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 25ZONE0042). (AS AMENDED) 2/3/26 Planning and Zoning Committee  Amended; Recommended for Approval Action Required By: April 7, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ] CLERK, ITEM NUMBER 37. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING AND FORM DISTRICT A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10507 WEST MANSLICK ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 6.5 ACRES AND BEING LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25 0042, AS AMENDED, RUNNING FULL THE ITEMS PROPER BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT NIXON. SO THIS IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R4 TO C-2 TO ACCOMMODATE 746 STORAGE UNITS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WERE NEEDED. CHANGES FROM VILLAGE VILLAGE FORM DISTRICT TO VILLAGE CENTER THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AT OUR COMMITTEE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHANGES AS WELL. AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE THAT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED. THE ZONING FOR THIS WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SEVEN NOTHING. SAME WITH THE CHANGE FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE CENTER 7 TO 0 AND CUP WAS APPROVED FOR MANY WAREHOUSES 7 TO 0 AS WELL. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED. 6 TO 1. IT CAME OVER TO US AND IT'S IN COUNCILMAN DISTRICT. AND HE WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL BINDING ELEMENTS, WHICH WE WERE APPROVED BY ACCLAMATION. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TO COUNCILMAN SYME IF HE WANTS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I WANT TO ADD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY NO VOTE. WE HAD OVER 400 OF MY CONSTITUENTS SIGNED A PETITION TO HAVE THE MEETING HEARD AT NIGHT, AND WE TRIED TO GET IT IN THE SOUTH END FOR THE CONSTITUENTS, BUT THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT, BUT TO NO AVAIL. I AM GOING TO BE A NO VOTE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AND I THANK YOU. NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL, PLEASE. YES, YOU GOT ME BACK UP, MAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRATCHER, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 22 YES VOTES, TWO NO VOTES AND TWO PRESENT VOTES. THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED, MADAM CLERK, A READING OF NUMBER 38, [38. O-011-26     AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DETAILED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5405 NEW CUT ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.43 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 25DDP0081). 2/3/26 Planning and Zoning Committee  Recommended for Approval Action Required By:  July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ] AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5405 NEW COURT CUT ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.43 ACRES AND BEING A LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, DD 0081, READ IN FULL MOTION. SECOND ITEM IS BEFORE US AGAIN. COUNCILMAN OWEN, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT JACKSON. ANOTHER ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ODD AS WELL. PRIMARILY HERE. THERE WAS A CHANGE REQUESTED TO BRING THIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IT'S SLATED TO BE AN EAGLE TIRE [00:55:06] PROPERTY. IT WAS REZONED IN 2024, WITH A BINDING ELEMENT STIPULATING A ONE YEAR PERIOD FOR COMPLETION OF ALL SIDEWALKS AND REMOVAL OF CURB CUTS. THAT TIMETABLE WAS NOT MET AND EXTENSION WAS NOT REQUESTED. LONG STORY SHORT, THEY CAME BACK AND REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO TO TO GET THOSE ITEMS TAKEN CARE OF. IT CAME. OUT OF THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, CAME OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY, AND I KNEW NOTHING AND CAME OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE WITH SEVEN YES VOTES AND ONE PRESENT VOTE. IT'S IN COUNCIL WOMAN WHOSE DISTRICT IS IN COUNCILWOMAN VACHON'S DISTRICT. SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM IF HE HAD SOMETHING TO ADD. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN OWEN. YEAH. SO EAGLE TOWER AND NEW CUT ROAD WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND REZONED IN 2022, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. POSSIBLY LATE 22, EARLY 23. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW. THEY HAD CONSTRUCTION MEMBERS AND COMPANIES COME IN TO LOOK AT DOING THE WORK THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE DONE. ON THE BINDING AMENDMENTS, HE DECIDED TO GET ANOTHER OPINION FROM ANOTHER ZONING ATTORNEY AND FOUND MANY FLAWS IN WHAT HAD BEEN DONE BY THE PREVIOUS ZONING ATTORNEY AND THE PLANNING STAFF, AND THEY REWORKED AND ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO REWORK EVERYTHING ACCORDINGLY. TRAVIS MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD A LITTLE CONTEXT TO THAT AS WELL, BUT I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR EAGLE TOWER. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN RUBY, YOUR NEXT TO MY Q AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU. I WILL BE VOTING PRESENT ON THIS AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY REASONING. SO PRIOR TO EVEN BEING ELECTED DURING COVID, I SAT IN ON NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING REGARDING THIS PROPERTY. AT THAT TIME, THE PROPERTY OWNER SAID THAT HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ZONING RULES. HE WAS MAKING MONEY. ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD AT A LATER DATE, AND THEY HAD PEPPERED THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR FRIENDS, AND THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE IN THERE FELT INTIMIDATING. HE HAS HAD, AS NOTED, A YEAR TO DO THIS, AND HE DID NOTHING. AND NOW HE'S ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DO NOT TRUST HIM. I CANNOT VOTE, CANNOT VOTE YES ON THIS. I WILL SIMPLY BE VOTING PRESENT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL OR COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IS IT OKAY IF WE HAVE TRAVIS? MAYBE PUT A LITTLE CONTEXT AROUND THE TRAVIS SWING AWAY. HAPPY TO TRAVIS, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. SO THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE SORT OF FIRST PAGE OF THE STAFF REPORT IF ANYONE WANTS TO FOLLOW ALONG HERE OR AT HOME. BUT THE SHORT VERSION IS THERE WAS A BINDING ELEMENT PUT IN PLACE WHEN THIS WAS REZONED THAT READ WITHIN ONE YEAR, FINAL APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CHANGE. ALL SIDEWALKS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND REMOVED AND RESTORED TO CURB AND VERGES SHOWN IN THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THAT WASN'T DONE IN TIME, SO THEY HAD TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR THAT BINDING ELEMENT TO BE AMENDED. AND IN DOING SO, THEY ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED, HAD A FAULTY SURVEY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO THEY HAD TO FINALLY SHIFT SOME LINES ON THE EXTERIOR, NOT ENOUGH TO REQUIRE A WAIVER OR VARIANCE, BUT ENOUGH THAT SOME FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES HAD TO BE MADE FROM THE INITIAL PLAN. SO THOSE THINGS WERE CORRECTED AND A NEW BINDING ELEMENT WAS ADDED BY STAFF NUMBER 16, WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THE MINUTES THAT HAS ONE YEAR. SO I THINK ENFORCEMENT'S GOT A CLOSE EYE ON THIS ONE. WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIFIC DATES TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE IF THEY'VE COMPLIED BY. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE. HEARING NO QUESTIONS MADAM CLERK. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL. VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. OWEN. NO WORRIES. FREAKING SURE I GOT THEM ALL. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 15 YES VOTES AND TEN NO VOTES. THE ORDINANCE PASSES. MADAM CLERK, READING ITEM NUMBER 39, A RESOLUTION [39. R-008-26     A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT CERTAIN PARCELS OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2301 LEXINGTON ROAD AS SURPLUS AND NOT NEEDED FOR A GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING THEIR TRANSFER. 2/3/26 Labor and Economic Development Committee  Recommended for Approval  Action Required By: July 29, 2026 Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9) ] DETERMINING THAT CERTAIN PARCELS OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2301 LEXINGTON ROAD AS SURPLUS AND NOT NEEDED FOR A GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING THEIR TRANSFER, READ IN FULL MOTION. THE ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. COUNCILMAN WEBER, THIS CAME OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A LIKE FOR LIKE, TRADE OF PROPERTIES, WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO GET BOTH INTO THE PARK AND INTO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S IN COUNCILMAN OWEN'S DISTRICT, SO I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO IT. COUNCILMAN OWEN? YEAH. YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD TOO MUCH OF ME TONIGHT. I'M SURE. SO, AS COUNCILMAN WEBER SAID, THIS IS LONG BEEN IN THE WORKS. THERE'S. I THINK IT'S SIX PARCELS TOTAL, [01:00:05] AND EACH PARCEL IS, LIKE 0.01 ACRES. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITTLE SLIVERS OF LAND. BUT JUST THE WAY THE ONE PARK DEVELOPMENT AND THE ACCESS TO THE PARK THAT WILL BE BEHIND ONE PARK ALONG BEARGRASS CREEK, THE WAY THEY WILL BE ACCESSED WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND AND WILL WORK BETTER IF THIS LAND SWAP TAKES PLACE. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO SAY HERE IS THAT ORIGINALLY THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A LIKE FOR LIKE LAND SWAP. AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING LIKE 0.03 ACRES BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THREE PARCELS. WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING? AND I TALKED TO METRO PARKS TODAY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TODAY ABOUT WHY THIS ENDED UP HAPPENING, INSTEAD OF DOING AN ACTUAL LAND SWAP OR METRO TOOK OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND THAT THE DEVELOPER CURRENTLY HAS. WE BASICALLY, IN THE END, DECIDED TO GET THE LEGAL RESULT WE WANTED OUT THROUGH THROUGH EASEMENTS. SO WE GET EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO THE PARK. BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND AND THEREFORE WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT GOING FORWARD AS WELL. SO THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE WANTED LEGALLY. WE'RE GETTING THE ACCESS TO THE PARK WE WANTED. WE'RE NOT TAKING ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS ALONG WITH WITH IT. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TO ANSWER THEM. BUT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. I SEE NO ONE IN MY QUEUE WITH ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN. YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT. I VOTED NO IN COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHY THIS IS HERE AT OLD BUSINESS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT PATTERN IN OUR CITY OF GIVING AWAY OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR PRIVATE GAIN, OUR LAND, OUR TAX REVENUE. IF I COULD AMEND THIS, THAT THE LAND SWAP IS INSTEAD, THEY CAN KEEP THOSE PARCELS OF LAND AND WE'LL TAKE THE LAND BACK. I WOULD DO THAT. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD BE FROWNED UPON BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IF I MADE THAT MOTION, SO I CAN'T. SO INSTEAD I VOTED NO AT COMMITTEE AND I WILL BE VOTING NO AGAIN TONIGHT. I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE NO ON ONE PARK. AND BY GOD, HERE'S MINE. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY IN OPPOSITION? OKAY. THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR IS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, I BELIEVE YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. ON ITEM 38, THE VOTE FOR 0-11- 26. THE VOTE WAS 15 YES AND TEN PRESENT. I INCORRECTLY SAID NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, EXERCISING MY DISCRETIONARY FUNCTIONS BEFORE READING NEW BUSINESS ITEM 54, ORDINANCE 02526 CURRENTLY VIOLATES [54. O-025-26     AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 130.01 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES (“LMCO”) REGARDING WEARING MASKS. Sponsors: JP Lyninger (D-6) ] COUNCIL RULE 7.03. LOOKING TO ROBERT'S RULES FOR A LITTLE CLARITY ON THE QUESTION, 38 FIVE, SUBSECTION 138 COLON. SEMICOLON. COLON FIVE. SUBSECTION ONE PROVIDES IN PERTINENT PART A MAIN MOTION OR A MOTION FOR THE SAME AMENDMENT TO GIVE TO A GIVEN MOTION CANNOT BE RENEWED AT THE SAME SESSION UNLESS THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE WORDING OR CIRCUMSTANCES SUFFICIENT TO PRESENT SUBSTANTIALLY A NEW QUESTION. THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR IS THAT ITEM 54 VIOLATES 7.03, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PRESENT A SUBSTANTIALLY NEW QUESTION. POINT OF ORDER. JUST A SECOND, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. WHEN I FINISHED RULE 7.03 DEALS WITH REJECTED LEGISLATION NOT TO BE REINTRODUCED. ALL PROPOSITIONS, ORDINANCES, ORDERS OR RESOLUTIONS REJECTED BY THE COUNCIL SHALL NOT BE REINTRODUCED DURING THE TERM OF THE SITTING COUNCIL DESCRIBED IN RULE 1.02, UNLESS BY SPECIAL REQUEST GRANTED BY A VOTE OF THE MAJORITY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THE RULES HERE ARE SILENT ON HOW A SPECIAL REQUEST IS MADE FOR REJECTED LEGISLATION. LEGAL ARGUMENTS CAN BE MADE, THOUGH, THAT THE FILING ALONE BY THE COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT SIX OF ITEM 54 IS A MOTION FOR RENEWED, A REQUEST ESSENTIALLY, THAT WE ALLOW THIS TO BE RENEWED. AS SUCH. ITEM 54, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT SIX THAT IT BE RENEWED. THE QUESTION WOULD BE IN A SECOND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A SECOND FOR THAT RENEWAL, AND FROM THERE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE 14 MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL DECIDE UNDER THE RULE THAT ITEM 54 WOULD BE READ INTO NEW BUSINESS. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE REQUEST MADE BY COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT SIX? SECOND, THE ITEM IS PROPERLY BEFORE US. THEN [01:05:02] IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A VOTE OF 14 OF US. POINT OF ORDER, MR. PRESIDENT. POINT OF ORDER, SIR, I. I REGRET TO INFORM THE PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING THAT HE IS IN PROCEDURAL ERROR. THIS IS NOT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ROBERT'S RULES. DO NOT ENTER INTO THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE SAME SESSION. WE ENDED SESSION. WE'VE RENEWED SESSION. THIS IS A NEW MEETING OF THE SAME BODY. FURTHERMORE, THE RULES STATED DO NOT CITE IT BEING THE PURVIEW OF THE CHAIR OF A MEETING OR THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE. BECAUSE A CHANGE TO THE LEGISLATION WAS MADE, IT WOULD DEVOLVE TO THE BODY TO DETERMINE IF A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE OR NOT. IT WOULD THEN THEREFORE REQUIRE A MOTION AND SECOND, AND VOTED UPON BY THE BODY TO CONSIDER REMOVING AN ITEM FROM THE AGENDA AN ITEM HAS BEEN AGENDIZED. TO REMOVE IT, THE BODY MUST MAKE A VOTE. WELL, SIR, I WOULD SAY THIS. I'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO THE BODY MY POSITION ON THIS. EXPLAIN THE RULES. I'VE EXPLAINED HOW I BELIEVE ROBERT'S RULES WOULD APPLY HERE. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY. I FROM THE CHAIR AM RULING THAT WE ARE GOING TO. WE'VE GOT A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE TO SEE IF THERE ARE 14 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY THAT ARE WILLING TO HEAR IT. NOW, IF, SIR, I KNOW YOU WANT TO TALK AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR CHANCE WHEN I'M FINISHED. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRULE THE CHAIR, MAKE THAT MOTION, AND WE'LL SEE IF YOU CAN GET 14 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY TO DISAGREE WITH MY RULING. DO YOU CARE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL TO THE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF THE BODY. HOLLY HOPKINS, JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WITHOUT THE COUNCIL RULES STATING, MAY I ADDRESS YOU? MAY THANK YOU. WITHOUT THE COUNCIL RULES STATING A MECHANISM FOR RULING WHETHER OR NOT AN ITEM HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED ENOUGH IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED AFTER THE FAILURE OF A PREVIOUS ITEM, WOULD NOT. THE RULES DEVOLVE TO THE BODY AND NOT A RULING OF THE CHAIR? IF IT'S IF THE RULES ARE SILENT, ISN'T THIS A DETERMINATION OF THE BODY AND NOT SOLELY OF THE CHAIR? COUNCILMAN LINNEGAR, OUR RULES ARE RULES STATE TO CLARIFY THE RULES DO STATE THAT THE BODY DETERMINES ITS RULES. THE RULES DO STATE THAT THE BODY DETERMINES ITS RULES IN THIS BODY INTERPRETS ITS OWN RULES. YES. AND AS SUCH, I HAVE INTERPRETED THE RULES. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES, I INVITE YOU TO CHALLENGE MY INTERPRETATION OF THE RULE, AND THEN I WILL STEP DOWN FROM THE CHAIR. THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM WILL TAKE OVER, AND WE'LL SEE IF 14 OR MORE PEOPLE AGREE WITH MY POSITION ON THE RULES. I SO CHALLENGE IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, MADAM PRO TEM. ALRIGHT. THE RULING OF THE CHAIR HAS BEEN CHALLENGED THERE. THIS IS NOT A DEBATE, OKAY? ONLY COUNCILMAN LINDINGER MAY EXPLAIN HIS CHALLENGE TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO BE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION. IF. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AGAIN. I BELIEVE THAT THE THE RULING BY THE CHAIR HAS BEEN MADE IN ERROR OF THE RULES AND IS THEREFOREN ILLEGAL. WHAT WAS THE WORD I WOULD LIKE TO USE HERE? I'M SORRY. WELL, I'M SORRY, CNCILMAN, IT'SOT ILLEGAL. YOU WOULD S IT'OUT OF ORDER. WELL, I WLD SAY CONSTITUTEDODY. BUT I DO THINK IT IS OUT OF ORDER. AND I DO BELIEVE THIS IS AN OPPRESSION OF THE MEMBERSHIP IN DETERMINING THE RULES. POINT OF ORDER, MADAM PRO TEM. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. POINT OF ORDERS AREN'T DEBATABLE. POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. SO THEY CAN BE INJECTED AT ANY TIME. AND YOU'RE CORRECT. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT CLARITY FOR THE COUNCIL. WHAT A YES VOTE IS AND WHAT A NO VOTE IS. THANK YOU. YOU ARE [01:10:04] READING MY MIND MADAM. DO THAT. I WANT TO GIVE COUNCILMAN LEININGER AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH HIS CHALLENGE. AND IF YOU'RE DONE, THEN I'LL PROCEED. I WOULD, I WOULD SIMPLY ADD THAT. FURTHERMORE, REGARDLESS OF THE RULING OF THE BODY, IT IS NOT THE DETERMINATION OF THE CHAIR, AND IT DOES REQUIRE A POSITIVE MOTION. I MAINTAIN THAT THAT IS A LEGAL FACT AND THAT I, I WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WHATEVER MOTIONS ARE NECESSARY OVER WHATEVER TIME PERIOD IS NECESSARY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE, OKAY? A NO VOTE MEANS THAT AGREE. YOU AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN LEININGER. A YES VOTE MEANS THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE RULING OF THE CHAIR. A TIE VOTE AGREES WITH THE RULING OF THE CHAIR. POINT OF ORDER. AND EITHER THE CLERK OR IT'S JUST A POINT OF ORDER. FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE, THERE IS A CHALLENGE TO THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. A YES VOTE AGREES WITH THE CHALLENGE. A NO VOTE REJECTS THE CHALLENGE. IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SAID FROM THE CHAIR. A YES VOTE IS YOU ARE AGREEING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION? NO, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION IS BEING CHALLENGED. RIGHT. A YES VOTE IS AGREEING WITH THE CHALLENGE. THIS IS A SUPERSEDING MOTION. POINT OF ORDER, MADAM CHAIR. SURE. SO ESSENTIALLY, A YES VOTE MEANS YOU AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN LEININGER. A NO VOTE MEANS YOU AGREE WITH ME. THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, MADAM. OKAY. IS THERE THE MADAM PRO TEM? CAN WE ALLOW THE CLERK TO READ WHAT SHE HAS IN FRONT OF HER? JUST TO MAKE SURE? EXPLAINED TO HIM. BECAUSE WE WANT TO SAY IT IN A IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO SHALL THE DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT STAND. THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON. SHALL YOUR DECISION STAND? PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH COUNCILMAN LEININGER. DO YOU WANT SO I DON'T CARE HOW WE WORD IT, LET'S JUST GET TO A VOTE. DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT'S STAND. AND THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE THING. SO A YES VOTE WOULD BE FOR HIM, AND A TYPEKIT WOULD BE FOR A NO VOTE WOULD BE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR SIDE. OKAY. THEN I THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. DO WE NEED TO RELY ON THE COUNTY THAT SHE THAT IS WHAT SHE HAS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM, FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESIRE FOR THE MOTION. AND I CONCEDE, AS COUNCILMAN LEININGER POINTED OUT, THAT ALL OF OUR MOTIONS NEED TO BE STATED IN A POSITIVE MANNER. SO TO SAY THAT IN A POSITIVE MANNER SHALL THE DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT STAND AS THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL. SO YOUR ANSWER, IF YOU VOTE YES, THEN YOU ARE VOTING THAT PRESIDENT ACKERSON IS CORRECT. IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU ARE STATING THAT COUNCILMAN LEONARD IS CORRECT. IF IT IS A TIE VOTE, IT GOES IN TOWARDS CORRECT? YES. YOU WANT ME TO OPEN UP THE. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. OH, YOU'RE OVER HERE NOW. OH, OKAY. YES. NO, NO, I GOT HIS. YES, I GOT YOU I GOT YOURS AS A YES. YES. MAKING SURE YOU DO THAT. ALRIGHT. HE'S NOT IN THERE. ALRIGHT. MADAM PRO TEM YOU HAVE 15 YES VOTES AND TEN NO VOTES. PRESIDENT'S DECISION STANDS. I'M GOING TO RELINQUISH THE CHAIR. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. GETTING BACK ON TRACK. WE'VE HAD A MOTION. WELL, ACTUALLY, THE MOTION IS NOT REALLY A MOTION. IT'S. IT'S THE REQUEST. FOR GRANTING THE VOTE TO PUT THIS ONTO THE AGENDA ON OLD BUSINESS, BE READ INTO NEW BUSINESS, I BELIEVE HAS BEEN MADE. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. THE QUESTION NOW IS. I THINK THAT [01:15:07] WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE IF THERE'S 14 VOTES. POINT OF ORDER, MR. PRESIDENT. GO AHEAD. SIR. MAY I ASK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHAT IS ON THE RECORD? WHAT IS THE REDRESS FOR MOTIONS THAT ARE IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE RULES? WELL, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HERE. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND THEN FROM THERE, GIVE THEM THE ADEQUATE TIME TO RESEARCH AND RESPOND TO YOU. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO DENY THAT REQUEST. ALRIGHT FOLKS, AT THIS POINT I WOULD SAY LET'S SEE IF THERE'S 14 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY PURSUANT TO RULE 7.03 OF THIS BODY. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE A QUESTION, JUST MAYBE A POINT OF ORDER CLARIFICATION. CAN WE AGAIN EXPLAIN WHAT A YES VOTE IS AND WHAT A NO VOTE IS ON THIS, I BELIEVE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. A YES VOTE IS TO PUT THIS ON NEW BUSINESS, PUT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON NEW BUSINESS AND HAVE IT CALLED UP AND IT'LL GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS. A NO VOTE WOULD MEAN THAT THIS THAT PERSON BELIEVES THAT THIS IS TOO SIMILAR AND IT'S NOT GETTING REREAD. CORRECT. YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. THANK CLERK. YES. SO A YES VOTE IS TO PUT ITEM 54 ON A NEW BUSINESS. A NO VOTE MEANS THAT WE WILL BE STRIKING ITEM 54 AND IT WILL NOT BE READ INTO NEW BUSINESS. MADAM CLERK, OPEN THE ROLL, PLEASE. SO THE MOTION IS SIMPLE. IT IS. IT IS SIMPLY TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO ADD THIS TO NEW BUSINESS. THAT IS THE MOTION. IF YOU VOTE YES, YOU'RE VOTING TO GRANT THAT REQUEST. IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU'RE NOT GRANTING THE REQUEST TO ADD IT. SO YES IS TO PUT IT ON NO IS TO TAKE IT OFF. CORRECT. LEAVE IT OFF. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YES. A YES VOTE IS TO GRANT IT BEING ADDED TO NEW BUSINESS. A NO VOTE IS TO DENY IT FROM BEING ADDED TO NEW BUSINESS. OKAY? MADAM CLERK, RECORD A NO. YES, SIR. I AM. WAIT A MINUTE. ONE MOMENT. I THINK I'VE GOT THEM ALL. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE 14. I MEAN 11 YES VOTES AND 14 NO VOTES. ITEM 54 WILL BE STRICKEN AND NOT READ INTO NEW BUSINESS COLLEAGUES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. AS YOU LEAVE CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO [New Business] SO QUIETLY SO THE CLERKS MAY READ THE NEW BUSINESS. ALL THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. STICK AROUND AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. MADAM CLERK, NEW BUSINESS COMPRISES OF ITEMS 40 THROUGH. AT THIS POINT. HOW 40 THROUGH 53 AND 5540 THROUGH ITEMS 53 AND 55. WILL THE CLERK READ THOSE ITEMS IN THEIR ASSIGNMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE? THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM 40, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $13,750 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $5,000 FROM DISTRICTS SEVEN AND 25, $1,500 FROM DISTRICT 24, AND 750 EACH FROM DISTRICT TEN, 12, AND 13 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY VOTER OUTREACH PROGRAM, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS LICENSE TO VOTE ART CONTEST AND AWARD CEREMONY. ITEM 41, AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $20,000 FROM DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE DISTRICT. FIVE PARKS ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT TO FUND THE SHOOT BALLS, NOT GUNS BASKETBALL EVENT AND CUT OUT THE BEEF HAIRCUT EVENT ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2026 AND EXPUNGEMENT THE CLINIC ON MARCH 23RD, 2026, AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE PARKS IN 2026. ITEM 42 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING $28,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $1,875 FROM DISTRICT 15 1500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, AND 26 $1,250 FROM DISTRICTS 22, 750 FROM DISTRICT, 2500 EACH FROM DISTRICT 23 AND 24, AND $375 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 21 AND 25 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2026 KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. ITEM 43 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $16,765.20 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER $8,382.60 EACH FROM DISTRICTS TWO AND 21 TO LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC WORKS TO FUND 18 STREETLIGHTS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ALONG PRESTON HIGHWAY BETWEEN EAST INDIAN TRAIL AND FERN VALLEY ROAD, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR LEASE WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. ITEM 44 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7,500 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER 2500 FROM DISTRICT THREE, AND 1000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, NINE, AND 15 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TWO FADERS CAMPAIGN, INC. FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2026 FAIRNESS DINNER. THE FOLLOWING [01:20:04] LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 45, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 91, SERIES 2025, RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026. OPERATING BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $25,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND DISTRICT 21 TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL GENERAL OPERATIONS DISTRICT 21. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ITEM 46 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SECTION OF LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER 35 TO OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO NEW EMPLOYEES BEGINNING THE FIRST DAY OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ITEM 47 RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES. APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY. NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PAY FOR SOFTWARE THAT ANALYZES POLICE INTERACTIONS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BIAS AND IMPROVE OFFICER TRAINING AND POLICE PERFORMANCE. SIGMA SQUARED, INC. $325,000. ITEM 48 A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL OPERATING BUDGET ORDINANCES APPROVING THE OPERATION APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING NONCOMPETITIVELY NEGOTIATED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION $45,000. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. ITEM 49 ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 330 AND 326 EAST OAK STREET AND 333 STONE COURT CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.46 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0030. ITEM 50, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6205 MASON BOULEVARD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY FOUR POINT OR 2.4 ACRES AND BEING LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25. ZONE 0129. ITEM 51 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5045 PRESTON HIGHWAY, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.16 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO. CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0126. ITEM 52 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5417 VALLEY STATION ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.38 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0024. ITEM 53 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 7402 BEULAH CHURCH ROAD AND 7903 EAST LAKE ROAD, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2.17 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO CASE NUMBER 25, ZONE 0098. THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ITEM 55 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $503,738 FROM THE KENTUCKY CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ACCELERATING NEEDED TRANSFORMATION GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. READ IN FULL. GO AHEAD. COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, MA'AM? YES. [Announcements] THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT, I AM JUST LIFTING UP THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL TAKING DONATIONS IN THE HALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR CLOTHING, GENTLY USED CLOTHING, NEW CLOTHING THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE IN NEED. WE'LL BE DOING THIS ALL YEAR. IT WAS SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR. I AM HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH OUR LOUISVILLE METRO STAFF AND CLERKS ON THIS ISSUE. JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO PLEASE DONATE YOUR GENTLY USED ITEMS AND OTHER ITEMS. THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE IN NEED. THEY'LL BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH EXCITED TO KEEP DOING THIS. I WILL DO REMINDERS EVERY OTHER MONTH, SO PLEASE DONATE WHAT YOU CAN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE AND FIVE. YOU CAN BRING IT RIGHT INTO INTO METRO HALL. THANK YOU. OR CITY HALL. WELL METRO CITY. RIGHT? WE NOW HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. WE STAND ADJOURNED. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.