City Council - Regular Meeting

I don't know what the difference between subsection A and B is. The change was referencing, changing the reference, and I don't know what that is.

I assume that's well within the budget we had for that. It is.

It seemed to me in the wording that we just figured out that there was an Army Corps of

OK. So that means that they're going to be done.

I'm good with the relocation of the Ballard Sacrifice to the second floor. I have to say for the plan adjustment for the word again, I've been really worried about putting the word again on a landfill. I've always been very concerned about the potential for a negative connotation to be associated with that. And so I'm actually thrilled to hear that the timing didn't work out and then we're going to put it somewhere else.

Father God, we thank you for this day. We thank you for your blessing us with this wonderful city to live and to work. I pray, Father, for safety for our first responders. I pray also for just your continued blessing on this city. I pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen.

Move to approve the ordinance as set forth.

Move to close the public hearing and take no action.

We're making we need to close public hearing right and then we can have comment Okay, I move to close the public hearing Second I have a motion a second to close the public comment Most just passes five to nothing council any comments I Would just comment that you know, I don't disagree with everything that was just said I You know, one of the hardest things for me personally as a council member to do every year is to decide what we're gonna do with our tax rate. I pay those too. Also the water rates, I pay those too. So I definitely understand, you know, I understand the pressure that everyon

Yeah. I do think that it's fair to, so we had a budget workshop where we talked through all of this for a long period of time, but before it ever got to us, I have seen some comments online about is the city considering what can they cut? Absolutely. That was all considered and reconsidered and reconsidered. And each department had to fight for each dollar they got. So I understand nobody wants to increase the taxes on anybody. Uh, I just don't know how we avoid it.

Okay. So I don't really know how to quantify that as far as specific services, but that's a, that's a lot that we're citizens of Louisville are going to fill that when we When we flush the toilet, we want it to flush. When we turn the faucet on, we want water to come out. When we have an emergency, we want the fire and police to show up. There's a cost to that, and the cost for us to provide that continues to increase at rates that far exceed what we are able to increase as well. you know, the cost of gas, we're paying that too. And to have police vehicles out there patrolling the city, they u

I move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 0.436381, which is effectively a 2.0% increase in the tax rate.

Move to approve the ordinance as set forth in the caption.

Move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Mayor, I move to amend the city attorney's employment agreement effective October 1, 2026 to provide that she will accrue an additional 40 hours of vacation time per year. Also, I move to increase the total compensation effective October 1, 2026 of the city manager by 4.95%, the city attorney by 4.93%, and the municipal judge by 2.88%. All right, I have a motion. Do I have a second?