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.
This development would provide single-family detached homes and townhomes for sale at low prices, as well as low rental apartments.
This Tuesday, February 25th at 5:30pm, Council will hold a public hearing and a vote on whether to approve or reject a zone change that would allow a 234 unit affordable housing development to be built on the former Transylvania University baseball field in the Marlboro-Radcliffe neighborhood.
The proposed development would consist of 26 single-family detached homes, 29 townhomes, and 179 apartment units spread across four buildings, with one of those apartment buildings being reserved for senior residents. The single-family attached homes and and the townhomes will be available for homebuyers who make an income of 80% or below the Area Median Income (AMI), and the rental apartment units will be reserved for those who make 80% or lower AMI.
The Planning Commission unanimously approved the zone change in December. However, Council scheduled the Public Hearing in January due to neighborhood concerns around the development.
Neighborhood concerns primarily center on traffic congestion, especially where Haggard Lane and North Broadway intersect. Several neighbors have also requested that the development be limited to exclusively single-family detached homes, which the majority of the neighborhood is made up of.
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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