Presiding official (speaker 2) brought forward an item to award and distribute funds from the Bluegrass Community Foundation. Speaker 5 moved to approve the distribution with one exception: to table the $10,000 allocation to Greater WEX until a joint city-county meeting can vet partners and budget implications in January.

Speaker 5 explained the motion: the Greater WEX expenditure had been presented earlier in the year but, according to Speaker 5, was not discussed again during budget meetings and an invoice had appeared without a full committee discussion. "I don't know how that came about ... I just can't support that $10,000 until we have that discussion," Speaker 5 said.

Speaker 4 and other members urged the court to consider regional benefits from the regional competitiveness plan coordinated by CommerceLex and neighboring counties. Speaker 4 said surrounding counties had committed varying amounts and that participation could provide recruitment and economic development benefits.

The debate referenced Ordinance 98-13, which Speaker 5 said establishes criteria for community fund grants and limits those distributions to charitable and educational purposes for Clark County citizens. Transparency and procedural concerns—whether the application and committee process were followed—dominated discussion. Speaker 3 and others defended the committee process and said the application and committee vetting had occurred in public sessions.

After several rounds of discussion and a confusing voice vote in which some no-votes were not initially recorded, the court resolved the matter by approving the distribution from the Bluegrass Community Foundation while excluding the $10,000 allocation to Greater WEX (that allocation remained tabled pending the joint meeting). Members expressed frustration over the way the invoice had been handled and asked that the item receive fuller review before funds are released to the program.

The court did not change the overall policy governing the community fund; it instructed staff to coordinate with city partners and bring the specific Greater WEX allocation back for discussion during the joint meeting.