Legislation Details

File #: O-158-26    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/2/2026 In control: Metro Council
On agenda: 6/25/2026 Final action: 6/25/2026
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,000 $5,250 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 9; $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 7 AND 26; AND $250 FROM DISTRICT 8; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO ST. MATTHEWS FIRE AND RESCUE BENEVOLENCE FUND CORPORATION FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS FIRST ANNUAL FREEDOM FEST TO BE HELD JULY 3, 2026 (AS AMENDED).
Sponsors: Andrew Owen (D-9), Brent Ackerson (D-26), Paula McCraney (I-7), Ben Reno-Weber (D-8)
Attachments: 1. O-158-26 V.2 FAM 062526 St. Matthews Fire and Rescue Freedom Fest NDF.pdf, 2. O-158-26 Supporting Documents SMFR.pdf, 3. O-158-26 V.1 061126 St. Matthews Fire and Rescue Freedom Fest NDF.pdf

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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,000 $5,250 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $3,000 FROM DISTRICT 9; $1,000 EACH FROM DISTRICTS 7 AND 26; AND $250 FROM DISTRICT 8; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO ST. MATTHEWS FIRE AND RESCUE BENEVOLENCE FUND CORPORATION FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS FIRST ANNUAL FREEDOM FEST TO BE HELD JULY 3, 2026 (AS AMENDED).

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SPONSORED BY:  Council membER OWEN, MCCRANEY,

RENO-WEBER, AND PRESIDENT ACKERSON

 

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

 

SECTION I:  The sum of $3,000 $5,250 is hereby appropriated from Neighborhood Development funds in the following manner: $3,000 from District 9; $1,000 each from Districts 7 and 26; and $250 from District 8; through the Office of Management and Budget, to St. Matthews Fire and Rescue Benevolence Fund Corporation for costs associated with its first annual Freedom Fest to be held July 3, 2026.

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 AND LEGALITY:

Michael J. O’Connell

Jefferson County Attorney

 

 

BY:  ________________________________

 

O-158-26 St. Matthews Freedom Fest