Council discusses ice storm gaps in city's winter weather response
Environmental Quality and Public Works Commissioner Nancy Albright said that the city was prepared for a normal snow event, not an ice storm.
The Urban County Council is the legislative branch of Lexington's city government. Council controls the city budget and adopts laws for the city. There are 15 members of the Council, 12 of which are elected from individual Council Districts and 3 of which are elected At Large.
Lextran could get an additional $475k form Council to fund a microtransit pilot.
The Office has hired an Encampment Coordinator and will soon be creating a new Strategic Plan.
Most of the revisions added since the first draft from March add or adjust definitions of terms mirror state laws regulating sober living homes, or add points of clarification regarding how LFUCG would enforce the ordinance.
A "village" system is a neighborhood-based system of senior care where neighborhood residents volunteer to care for their elderly neighbors and help them age in place.
These recommendations vary widely, from studying new roundabouts to lobbying the state legislature to allow red light cameras.
After an intense winter storm in early 2025, the City plans to spend a lot more money on equipment and personnel this winter.
Several Lexington nonprofits are quoted in the presentation, sharing how federal funding cuts have affected their organizations.
The new shelter will be hosted at LFUCG's electronic recycling facility.
The former BB&T Bank at 200 W. Vine Street is the proposed home for Lexington's next City Hall.
The new draft adds more information for how LFUCG will calculate new acreage to be added to the USA.
The new tax rates will raise revenue by 4% from last year for the General Fund and Urban Services Fund.
Currently, there are no restrictions on how many roosters are allowed to be kept on properties within the USA. That may change.