Legislation Details

File #: O-296-26    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/9/2026 In control: Metro Council
On agenda: 10/29/2026 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $18,250 $28,750 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $15,000 FROM DISTRICT 13; $2,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 20 AND 22; $1,500 FROM DISTRICT 14; $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 3, 12, 24, AND 25; AND $750 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 15 AND 21; $500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 8, 9, 17, 18, AND 19; AND $250 FROM DISTRICT 16; TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL FOREST FEST TO BE HELD MAY 15, 2027 (AS AMENDED).
Sponsors: Dan Seum Jr. (R-13), Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge (R-24), Crystal Bast (R-14), Jennifer Chappell (D-15), Jonathan "JJ" Joseph (R-12), Andrew Owen (D-9), Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8), Khalil Batshon (R-25), Stuart Benson (R-20), Kevin Bratcher (R-22), Marilyn Parker (R-18), Anthony Piagentini (R-19), Scott Reed (R-16), Betsy Ruhe (D-21), Markus Winkler (D-17)
Attachments: 1. O-296-26 V.2 FAM 102926 NDF for Forest Fest 27.pdf, 2. O-296-26 Supporting Documents MP.pdf, 3. O-296-26 V.1 101526 NDF for Forest Fest 27.pdf

ordinance no. _______, series 2026

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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $18,250 $28,750 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $15,000 FROM DISTRICT 13; $2,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 20 AND 22; $1,500 FROM DISTRICT 14; $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 3, 12, 24, AND 25; AND $750 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 15 AND 21; $500 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 8, 9, 17, 18, AND 19; AND $250 FROM DISTRICT 16; TO LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL FOREST FEST TO BE HELD MAY 15, 2027 (AS AMENDED).

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SPONSORED BY:  Council membERS SEUM, BAST, CHAPPELL, MULVEY-WOOLRIDGE, PARRISH-WRIGHT, RENO-WEBER, OWEN, JOSEPH, REED, WINKLER, PARKER, PIAGENTINI, BENSON, RUHE, BRATCHER, AND BATSHON.

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (“THE COUNCIL”) AS FOLLOWS:

 

SECTION I:  The sum of $18,250 $28,750 is hereby appropriated from Neighborhood Development Funds in the following manner: $15,000 from District 13; $2,000 each from Districts 20 and 22; $1,500 from District 14; $1,000 each from Districts 3, 12, 24, and 25; and $750 each from Districts 15 and 21; $500 each from Districts 8, 9, 17, 18, and 19; and $250 from District 16; to Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation for costs associated with the Annual Forest Fest to be held May 15, 2027.

SECTION II:                     The Council has determined the funds requested in this Ordinance will be expended for a public purpose.

SECTION III:                       This grant is subject to the Council’s Policies and Procedures as adopted and effective at the date of passage of this Ordinance.

SECTION IV:                     This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and approval or otherwise becoming law.

 

 

 

_______________________________ Sonya Harward Metro Council Clerk

_____________________________ Brent Ackerson President of the Council

 _______________________________ Craig Greenberg Mayor

 _____________________________ Approval Date

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Michael J. O’Connell

Jefferson County Attorney

 

 

BY:  ___________________________

 

O-296-26 2027 Forest Fest