Budget Committee - Regular Meeting

Mitchell TV, 30 seconds please. Good evening. Welcome to the regular meeting of Government Oversight Accountability. I am Chairperson, Councilwoman Donna Purvis. I am joined in chambers by my co-chair, Councilwoman Marie Woolridge, along with Councilman Herndon, Councilman Piagetini, Councilman Bichon. We're joined virtually by Councilwoman Hawkins and Councilman Bratcher. We have a quorum. Ms. Clerk, can you please read the disclaimer?

This meeting is being held pursuant to KRS 61.826 and Council Rule 5A.

Thank you. The first item on the agenda is being held. We are going to move to items two through six. But before doing so, we looked at some of these resumes and Looks like these people are some heavy hitters. I am really impressed. But Ms. Jackson, would you do us the honors and tell us a little bit about this Borschtown Road Overlay District Board?

Althea Jackson, Mayor Greenberg's office. So the Borschtown Road Overlay District Board consists of eight members. And when someone wants to do some type of construction or something in that area, this board looks at the plans. They work with those that are seeking to do some type of work. And they come to some kind of development. And they work with that person or that company. And they advise on it. And this board, they have to, they are specific. You know, I always talk about some, there are specific roles on some of our board. Like they have to have architects. They have to have business owners. That's what this board consists of.

So can you tell me the radius that this covers?

Ooh. It's the entire, the district. Hold on one second. Let me get. Didn't know you were going to ask me that, but hold on. Let me find it. It should be a map. Hold on.

Madam Chairman. I think that may be a certain length, I raised about a length of Bardstown Road from alley to alley, if I'm remembering correctly. Is that right?

I think so, it is.

It's not a confined district, it's the length of the road from point A to point B, and I don't know what those points are.

Well, I know that Bordstrom Road also goes into Nelson County, another county, so I just, even though I know we wouldn't go outside of Jefferson County, I just want to know the radius of this.

I'll have to get that for you because I don't have that readily available, but I can get that for you.

Okay, okay. Let me recognize at this time we've been joined in chambers by Councilman Reed. And so what we're going to do, because we have five apartments for the Boys Town Road Overlay District Board, we're going to do the five together. So I'd like to make a motion.

Second.

Okay. We're gonna do all of them at once. Do what? I am. All right, all right. Okay, so the first appointment is Carol Yochum to the Boys Town Road Overlay District Board term expires August 30th, 2029. The second appointment is Alicia Ariate to the Boys Town Road Overlay District Board term expires April 30th, 2029. the third apartment is the reappointment of aaron given to the boris town road overlay district board term expires april 30th 2029 and please forgive me if i mispronounce your name fourth apartment is the reappointment of joe anthony floyd jackson to the boris town road overlay district board term expires april 20th 2029 The last apartment that I have is the reappartment of Kelly Estep to the Boys Town Road Overlay District Board. Term expires April 30th, 2029. Ms. Jackson.

So our first one is Carol Yochum. She is out of Metro Council District 8. She is an architect, so she is filling one of those prescribed seats that I talked about earlier. She has over 30 years experience as an architect, She has her bachelor's from the University of Kentucky. She has her master's of architecture, history, and theory from McGill University. In her 30 years as an architect, she's worked on many projects in this city. She fits what has been prescribed in the ordinance. She is on the call, so she wants to introduce herself and can tell you more about her experience.

Ms. Yochum, can you turn your camera on, please?

Hello, everybody.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? It looks like, as I said earlier, you guys have a lot of experience and heavy hitter here, but if you'd like to give us a small summary.

Sure. I am an architect of 30 plus years, focused on existing buildings, and I've lived in the Highlands for 30 years now as well, and I'm honored to be able to participate in the board.

Okay. Does anyone have any questions for her? Okay. Thank you. Enjoy your day. Thank you all.

So Ms. Alicia Ariati is here in chambers. She is a neighborhood representative. She is out of Metro Council District 8. She is a program manager with the Abundance Network where she leads strategy. Excuse me. She was an executive administrator with Metro at one time, and that's where she supervised a team of project managers and coordinators overseeing 42 projects with a total of $170 million in federal project funds. I won't go on because she is here in chambers, and I'll let her introduce herself.

Good afternoon, I'm Alicia Ariade. I can tell you a little bit about my background. It's up to you. Sure. I actually just moved to D8 from Schnitzelburg, and I've been in the city for about 17 years and worked with Ken Hillebrand on the ARP projects, standing up $100 million of housing projects I was in charge of. Does anyone have any questions?

No. Thank you.

I had a question, Councilwoman Purvis. Go ahead.

Can you turn your camera back on, please? It's not on.

It's showing it's on. Let me see. I just cut it out. One second. I'm trying to get it back on. I'm hitting it and it's not coming on. I don't know.

Even her name disappeared.

I don't know what's going on. It's not letting me put my... It's not allowing me to... Every time I'm hitting it, it's not letting me pop it on. Go ahead. I'll pass. I'll come back in. I just want to know, are any of those that speak in, do they plan to do any development or are they developers? That's the only question I have for all of them.

I'm sorry. She wanted to know, are they planning to do any development or are they developers?

Neither because that's not what this board is about. They work with those that are developing and that's what the ordinance says. They work with the developers.

Okay. Did you get that councilwoman Hawkins?

Yes.

Okay.

I just wanted to get that clear.

Okay. The next person is Aaron Given. This is for a reappointment. He is a business rep. He is out of Metro Council District 8. He is a real estate broker owner of this particular company, which is Given and Mitchell Realtors. Aaron is a member of the Highlands Commerce Guild. He is with the Greater Louisville Board of Realtors. excuse me, he brings over 34 years of real estate experience to the board. We are asking to move forward with his reappointment. He was unable to be here today, so we are asking to move forward with his reappointment. The next, oh.

Does anyone have any questions? Okay, go ahead, I'm sorry.

The next person is John Anthony. John Anthony Floyd, this is a reappointment as well. He is filling a seat for a architect. He is the senior architectural design coordinator with Tower Pinkster. He is out of Metro Council District 8. He has over 10 years experience as an architect, and he has, again, been on this board for three years. We are asking for his reappointment. He's been committed to this board, so we would like to move forward with his reappointment.

Okay. You have one more.

Oh, I didn't know if you needed.

Oh, does anyone have any questions about him?

No. So the next person is Kelly Estep. She is a business rep. She is at a Metro Council District 8. She is a co-owner of Carmichael's Bookstore. She meets all the qualifications for this seat, and we would like to move forward with her.

Okay. Other questions, comments? No?

Sorry, did you say she owns Carmichael's? Co-owner.

Co-owner.

Yeah, like Carmichael's. I don't get to live near it, so I don't get to see it all the time, but whenever I'm in the neighborhood, I try to stop by, so I love bookstores. Okay, thank you.

Okay, so all those in favor of these appointments say aye. Aye. Any oppositions? The ayes have it. Thank you. Our next apartments, we will combine seven through nine. So we have apartment of Donald Moreland to the Civilian Review and Accountability Board, term expires March 25th, 2029. The apartment of Dr. Rashaun Crowley to the Civilian Review and Accountability Board, term expiring March 25th, 2029. and the appointment of Sarah Provencher to the Civilian Review and Accountability Board. Term expires March 25th, 2029. I need a motion and a second.

Motion.

Donald Marlin.

Did you say Donald Marlin? I said Sarah.

Sarah Provencher.

Yeah. Rashawn Crawley and Donald Marlin.

I said Dr. Crawley and Donald Marlin. Second. Okay. Did I get a motion? OK. I'm sorry.

OK. Ms. Jackson? OK. So the Civilian Review and Accountability Board, the purpose of that is to increase civilian involvement, to increase citizen involvement in the investigation and review of allegations of police misconduct with LNPD. There are 11 members on this board that serve a three-year term. This board was set up very specifically. And so the mayor has three appointments. There are four members that are appointed out from eight entities. that are named in the ordinance, and Metro Council has the other appointments. This first appointment is from one of the entities, GLI. His name is Donald Marlin, and he, again, was nominated by GLI, now One Louisville. Let's see, he is a loan officer and he lives in District 25. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in management and financial services. He has a commitment to community engagement. He has applied and of course is excited about the possibility of being on this board. He is here in chambers to introduce himself to everyone. Mr. Marlin, you want to come up and introduce yourself.

Good afternoon. I'm Donald Marlin. I want to thank everyone for considering my appointment to the board, and I'm here to answer any questions that you all may have.

Does anyone have any questions? Thank you for being here, sir.

Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

The next person is Dr. Rashaun Crawley. He was nominated by the Inter-Ministerial Coalition. He is out of Metro Council District 22. He is a project lead with RX Benefit. He is a senior global sales and account management professional. He is an adjunct professor with Simmons and he is a former strategic Account Executive VP. He too is in chambers to introduce himself.

Good evening you all. My name is Dr. Rashawn Crawley. I do want to thank you all for the opportunity to serve and I do welcome any questions or comments you might have.

Does anyone have any questions for Dr. Crawley?

Chair, I have a question or a comment.

Go ahead, sir.

Kevin Bratcher, Metro Councilman. I ran my race against Dr. Crawley the last two years ago, and I've been around politics for a long time, and he was a real gentleman. We had a very clean race in the community, and I appreciate him, and I wholeheartedly recommend him for another term.

Councilman Bratcher, thank you for your comments and your acknowledgement in today's climate. That's very unusual. Thank you. Does anyone else have any? Thank you all so much. Thank you.

Our next person is Sarah Preventure. She is a Metro Council nominee. She is out of Metro Council District 26. She has 25 years of experience in public relations, marketing, community relations, and advocacy. She's here. So if you want to come up and I'm sure most of them know you.

Hello. I'm Sarah Prevancher, thank you for considering me for the board. Happy to say I just finished a law degree this past weekend, so fresh off of criminal law review and criminal procedure. So, no, but I'm happy to serve on this board. Well, happy to take any questions.

What type of law are you looking to practice?

Currently, I am actually the executive director of the Jefferson County Republican Party. Say that again, please. Jefferson County Republican Party. Okay. And I'm very, I will probably stay in that role for another year and then move into lobbying. So I may not even practice law, but...

Have a degree we'll take the bar and we'll continue in probably the field of politics and election work Okay Thank you any other questions Thank you Okay, so I think we are ready to vote on these appointees all those in favor say aye aye any oppositions the eyes have it and The last two that we have is the appointment of Liz O'Sullivan to the Human Relations Commission, Commission Advocacy Board. Term expires September 30th, 2028. We need a motion and a second.

Second.

Thank you. Ms. Jackson.

So the Human Relations Advocacy Board has 10 members that are appointed by the mayor. And the purpose of this board is to promote and secure mutual understanding and respect among everybody. Ms. Liz O'Sullivan is filling a seat due to a vacancy. She is the Associate Dean of Admissions with Bellarmine University. She is out of Metro Council District 17. She has a Master's of Education and a Bachelor's of Science. She has certificates with training in anti-bias, bystander intervention, and it goes on and on. She is well suited for this position, for this seat on this board, and so we'd like to move forward with her appointment, but she is here in chambers to introduce.

Okay. Hello, my name's Liz O'Sullivan. Thank you all for considering my appointment. I'm happy to answer any questions if you have them.

Does anyone have any questions?

All right. Thank you so much.

Thank you for being here. We're ready to take a vote on this appointment. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposition? The ayes have it. Our last apartment is the apartment of Lisa Height to the Jefferson County Extension Board. Term expiring December 31st, 2028. I need a motion and a second. Second. Thank you. Ms. Jackson?

So with the Jefferson County Extension Board, the board sends the mayor members a list of members to choose from. And they serve a three-year term. The purpose of this board is really to promote agriculture in the Commonwealth. Lisa Height, this is a reappointment for her. She is out of Metro Council District 8. She is a retired certified planner of over 40 years, and she's now a consultant. She's very civically engaged, civically and community engaged. She has volunteered with the Jefferson County Environmental Trust, the Kentucky Land Trust Coalition, Equine Trails Advocate and the Tyler Park Neighborhood Association. We do want to move forward with this reappointment because she is the perfect person to be on this seat. She is here in chambers to reintroduce.

Do you mind if I ask a question, Ms. Jackson?

You want to ask Ms. Jackson a question?

Yes. Just because it's listed as an appointment, you are confirming this is a reappointment, though?

This is a reappointment. Does it say appointment? No, no.

It's listed on the agenda as appointment as opposed to reappointment. That's why I'm- It's a reappointment. Yeah. Okay. No problem. No problem. I just want to make sure it's clear that Ms. Height is continuing to serve on the committee.

Yeah.

Good afternoon. It's all right. I'm Lisa Height. I'm happy to be here and excited to hopefully get another chance to work with the wonderful folks at the Extension Office. And I might add just a sentence or two to what Althea said. Not only is it agriculture, education about agriculture, but it's health and nutrition and a whole wide variety of activities with youth throughout the community. It's a really wonderful organization and I've been happy to be involved with it and looking forward to, I hope, to have another few years with them. Any questions, happy to take.

Are there any questions? Thank you for being here. All of those in favor of this appointment say aye. Aye. Any opposition? The ayes have it. That concludes our agenda for today. This meeting is over. Thank you all.

Thank you.

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