In Tuesday, January 13th’s Social Services & Public Safety Committee meeting, Jeff Herron, the city's Homelessness Prevention Manager, will present an update on the city’s street outreach services and homeless encampment response.
Council will receive a six-month update on the city’s partnership with Undue Medical Debt, which purchases medical debt from healthcare providers like hospitals.
The 2026 elections will bring big changes to the Lexington Urban County Council, with seven council incumbents not running for re-election, including many council veterans. This means Lexington voters will see lots of new faces on the ballot this year.
The EPA Consent Decree requires Lexington to make major improvements to this pump station.
In Tuesday, August 12th's Environmental Quality and Public Works (EQPW) Committee, Water Quality Director Charlie Martin will give a presentation on proposed improvements to the Mint Lane pump station.
The Mint Lane pump station serves west Lexington in the Beaumont area. Improvements to the pump station are required by Lexington's EPA Consent Decree with the federal government.
In 2006, the EPA and the Commonwealth of Kentucky filed a lawsuit against Lexington for violating the Clean Water Act, arguing that the city had failed to properly maintain its sanitary and storm sewer systems.
These violations caused pollution and flooding of the waterways near the city, costing the state and federal governments significant environmental remediation costs.
This lawsuit resulted in a settlement between the three parties, called a Consent Decree, which mandated that Lexington spend close to $590 million to repair these systems by 2030.
During the discussion around expanding the Urban Service Area in 2023, there was a lot of discussion around potentially moving the Mint Lane pump station to an area further downstream along Cave Creek if the USA expanded in that direction. However, the USA was not expanded in a way that allowed the pump station to be relocated efficiently.
The Division of Water Quality is proposing a timeline to design a new pump station in the same location by 2026. Construction would likely begin in 2027 or 2028.
The 2026 elections will bring big changes to the Lexington Urban County Council, with seven council incumbents not running for re-election, including many council veterans. This means Lexington voters will see lots of new faces on the ballot this year.
By an 8-7 vote, Council narrowly approved a public-private partnership to build a new city hall on West Vine Street.
Why is the city building a new city hall? What's the actual cost? We answer your questions about Lexington's potential city hall deal.
This presentation will mark the final scheduled update in a year-long process that began in January. If adopted, this would be Lexington's new framework for determining how and if to expand the Urban Service Area