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CivicLex to run citizens' assembly on Lexington charter review; council asked to commit to formally respond
Summary
CivicLex presented plans for a citizen assembly to review portions of Lexington’s Urban County Charter in early 2026, proposing a 30‑member, compensated, demographically representative panel to deliberate 2–3 public‑selected topics and return recommendations to council for formal response.
CivicLex presented a plan to Lexington City Council on July 3, 2025, to convene a citizens’ assembly in early 2026 to consider targeted changes to the Urban County Charter. The nonprofit told council the assembly would be a lottery-selected, demographically representative panel of about 30 residents who would meet over several sessions to learn about issues, take testimony, deliberate and make recommendations to the council.
Richard Young of CivicLex said the project is intended to increase public trust and participation in local government and that the organization has secured outside philanthropic funding to cover participant compensation, facilitation and accessibility supports. “This is going to be a 30‑person assembly,” Young said, and the group will meet across 7 to 8 sessions in February and March 2026.…
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