Council approves multiple ordinances and dozens of resolutions in omnibus votes; Beasley votes no on ordinances

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council on June 26 approved second reading of a set of ordinances (items 1–6) and passed a large package of resolutions and contracts (items 1–57) in omnibus roll-call votes.

Ordinances (second reading): The ordinances approved on second reading cover budget and personnel adjustments, sick-leave accruals, a uniform pay-plan salary adjustment and specific pay-grade changes for certain positions, a new encampment coordinator position in the Department of Housing, and changes to dumpster/enclosure standards and service requirements. The council took a single roll-call vote on the second-reading ordinances; Councilmember Beasley voted No while the other members recorded on the roll call voted Yes.

Key ordinance items (as read into the record): - Item 1: FY2025 municipal expenditures and appropriation adjustments (spending ordinances). - Item 2: Amend section 21.34a to allow employees hired on or after 07/01/2025 to accumulate sick leave up to a maximum of 600 hours and to continue accumulating without payout for excess hours. - Item 3: Amend salary schedules to provide general pay increases (3% across-the-board for FY2026 and specific grade adjustments for certain positions) and adjust starting pay for traffic school guards to $16.71 per hour, effective June 30, 2025. - Item 4: Create one classified position (encampment coordinator) in the Department of Housing, Advocacy and Community Development effective 07/01/2025. - Item 5: Reallocate and adjust pay grades for various early-childhood and youth-services positions in classified and unclassified civil service, effective 07/01/2025. - Item 6: Amend multiple code sections to define dumpster enclosures and service standards, require inspections, install bollards, change screening heights and set collection rules; effective upon passage.

Vote on ordinances: Roll-call responses recorded in the transcript showed Yes votes from Councilmembers Boone, Brown, Curtis, Ehlinger, Elliot Baxter, Hale, LaGree, Lynch, Reynolds, Savigny and Sheehan; Councilmember Beasley recorded No. The motion to approve carried; the transcript does not indicate further recorded abstentions for these items.

Resolutions and contracts (omnibus vote): The council also approved a long list of resolutions (Items 1–57) including interlocal agreements, procurement contracts, grant applications and acceptances, bid awards, and budget ratifications. Highlights include: - Award of $110,425 bid to NAC Heavy Highway Inc. for concrete flood wall repairs (Division of Water Quality). - $285,295 contract to Del May LLC for North Broadway median greening (Division of Environmental Services). - Multiple grant applications and acceptances, including federal VOCA victim assistance funds ($68,280 federal; $17,070 local match) and Assistance to Firefighters Program application ($100,000 federal; $5,000 local match). - Authorization to accept HOME-ARP funds from HUD ($7,273, acceptance did not require local match as recorded in the resolution list). - Renewal of an asset and maintenance management system for Parks and Recreation (Accuent) at a projected FY2026 cost not to exceed $23,050.20 with future increases capped at an estimated 10%. - Contract renewals and purchase-of-service agreements for community service providers (Jubilee Jobs, Hope Center, Community Ventures, etc.) with stated not-to-exceed amounts recorded in each resolution. - Acceptance of insurance proposals and related contracts for multiple lines of coverage (property, cyber, workers compensation, liability), with projected costs listed in the resolution text.

Recusals and voting notes: The omnibus resolution roll call passed as a package. The transcript records at least two item-specific recusals: Councilmember Lynch recused from Item 13 (a personnel appointment) and Councilmember Sheehan recused from Item 11 (an educational partnership agreement); both indicated Yes to the rest of the package. Councilmember Beasley voted Yes on the resolutions package.

Why it matters: The approved ordinances and resolutions include personnel and pay changes that affect city staffing and payroll, contract awards that affect public-works and environmental projects, and grant actions that obligate matching funds. Several approvals also set the procurement path for IT, parks, and public-safety equipment and services.

Meeting action: The council adopted the second-reading ordinances (Items 1–6) and approved Resolutions/agreements (Items 1–57) by roll-call votes during the June 26 meeting; certain items had recorded recusals and one councilmember voted No on the ordinance package.

Provenance (transcript evidence): The ordinances were read into the record (transcript block starting at 783.21497 seconds) and later adopted by roll call (transcript blocks starting at 1037.2849 and 1051.445 seconds). The resolutions were read (blocks starting at 1141.0901 seconds) and approved by roll call (blocks starting at 1591.9501 and 1605.295 seconds).