Louisville Metro Government  
Action Summary - Final  
Budget and Appropriations Committee  
Chair Rick Blackwell (D-12)  
Vice Chair Kevin Kramer (R-11)  
Committee Member Jecorey Arthur (D-4)  
Committee Member Paula McCraney (D-7)  
Committee Member Cassie Chambers Armstrong (D-8)  
Committee Member Andrew Owen (D-9)  
Committee Member Pat Mulvihill (D-10)  
Committee Member Cindi Fowler (D-14)  
Committee Member Marilyn Parker (R-18)  
Committee Member Anthony Piagentini (R-19)  
Committee Member Jeff Hudson (R-23)  
Thursday, February 9, 2023  
4:30 PM  
Council Chambers/Virtual  
THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD VIA VIDEO TELECONFERENCE  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Vice Chair Kramer called the meeting to order at 4:33 p.m.  
Vice Chair Kramer introduced the committee and non-committee members  
present. A quorum was established.  
*NOTE: All committee members present attended in Chambers, except for  
Committee Member McCraney, Committee Member Hudson, and Council  
Member Reed, who attended virtually.  
10 -  
Present:  
Committee Member Jecorey Arthur (D-4), Committee Member Paula McCraney  
(D-7), Committee Member Cassie Chambers Armstrong (D-8), Council Member  
Andrew Owen (D-9), Committee Member Pat Mulvihill (D-10), Vice Chair Kevin  
Kramer (R-11), Chair Rick Blackwell (D-12), Committee Member Cindi Fowler  
(D-14), Committee Member Marilyn Parker (R-18), and Committee Member Jeff  
Hudson (R-23)  
1 - Committee Member Anthony Piagentini (R-19)  
Excused:  
Non-Committee Member(s)  
Council Member Scott Reed (R-16)  
Support Staff  
LaTonya Bell, Council Financial Analyst  
Beth Stenberg, Council Financial Analyst  
Hollie Hopkins, Jefferson County Attorney's Office  
Kathryn Meador, Jefferson County Attorney's Office  
Clerk(s)  
Sonya Harward, Clerk  
Pending Legislation  
ID 23-0199  
[See the "Unedited Captioning Transcript of Budget and Appropriations Committee  
Meeting - February 9, 2023.pdf" attached hereto for additional information regarding  
discussion of each item.]  
Attachments:  
Unedited Captioning Transcript of Budget and Appropropriations  
Committee Meeting - February 9, 2023.pdf  
O-018-23  
1.  
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON  
COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE  
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY ON BEHALF OF METRO GOVERNMENT OF THE FIRST  
AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG METRO GOVERNMENT,  
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF LOUISVILLE, D/B/A ST. MARY ACADEMY, AND FIFTH  
THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGES AS SET  
FORTH THEREIN AND RELATED TO THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO  
GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING REFUNDING REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2013  
(ST. MARY ACADEMY PROJECT); AND TAKING OTHER RELATED ACTION.  
Primary Paula McCraney (D-7)  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
O-018-23 V.1 020223 Amends Revenue Bonds for St. Mary Academy  
Project.pdf  
O-018-23 ATTACH Exhibit A - First Amendment to Loan  
Agreement.pdf  
A motion was made by Committee Member Arthur, seconded by Committee  
Member Mulvihill, that this Ordinance be recommended for approval.  
The following spoke to this item:  
- Committee Member McCraney  
- Luke Ervin, Stites & Harbison PLLC  
- Vice Chair Kramer  
- Committee Member Owen  
The motion carried by the following vote and the Ordinance was sent to the  
Consent Calendar:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Arthur, McCraney, Chambers Armstrong, Owen, Mulvihill, Kramer, Fowler, Parker,  
and Hudson  
1 - Piagentini  
Excused:  
Absent:  
1 - Blackwell  
Enactment No: Ordinance 017-2023  
CIF020923LMPD19  
2.  
APPROPRIATING $48,150 FROM DISTRICT 19 CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO  
LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURCHASE AND  
INSTALLATION OF NINE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS TO BE PLACED  
THROUGHOUT DISTRICT 19.  
Primary Anthony Piagentini (R-19)  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
CIF020923LMPD19.pdf  
A motion was made by Committee Member Arthur, seconded by Committee  
Member Fowler, that this Capital Infrastructure Fund be approved.  
The following spoke to this item:  
- Chanelle Smith, District 19 Legislative Aide  
- Committee Member Arthur  
- Major Emily Smith, Louisville Metro Police Department  
- Committee Member Mulvihill  
- Committee Member Owen  
- Committee Member Chambers Armstrong  
- Committee Member Parker  
- Committee Member Fowler  
- Committee Member Hudson  
- Vice Chair Kramer  
- Chair Blackwell  
The motion carried by a voice vote and the Capital Infrastructure Fund was  
approved.  
O-004-23  
3.  
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $11,242.80 FROM DISTRICT 16 NEIGHBORHOOD  
DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, TO PUBLIC WORKS, FOR STREETLIGHTS IN THE JAMES T.  
TAYLOR/JACOB SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING A FIVE-YEAR LEASE  
AGREEMENT WITH LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.  
Primary Scott Reed (R-16)  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
O-004-23 V.1 020223 D-16 NDF for Street Lights Near James  
Taylor-Jacob School Neighborhood.pdf  
O-004-23 Supporting Documentation PW.pdf  
** Vice Chair Kramer relinquished the chair to Chair Blackwell at 5:12 p.m.  
A motion was made by Committee Member Arthur, seconded by Committee  
Member Fowler, that this Ordinance be recommended for approval.  
Council Member Reed spoke to this item.  
Committee Member Mulvihill stated that he would be abstaining due to his  
wife's employment with Louisville Gas and Electric Company.  
The motion carried by the following vote and the Ordinance was sent to Old  
Business:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Arthur, McCraney, Chambers Armstrong, Owen, Kramer, Blackwell, Fowler, Parker,  
and Hudson  
1 - Piagentini  
Excused:  
Abstain:  
1 - Mulvihill  
Enactment No: Ordinance 016-2023  
O-005-23  
4.  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 083, SERIES 2022 AND ORDINANCE NO.  
084, SERIES 2022 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 OPERATING AND  
CAPITAL BUDGETS, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $100,000.00 FROM THE  
DISTRICT 2 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE DISTRICT 2 CAPITAL  
INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.  
Primary Barbara Shanklin (D-2)  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
O-005-23 V.1 020223 D-2 Transfer from NDF to CIF.pdf  
A motion was made by Committee Member Arthur, seconded by Committee  
Member Chambers Armstrong, that this Ordinance be recommended for  
approval.  
Caleb Howard, District 2 Legislative Aide, spoke to this item.  
The motion carried by the following vote and the Ordinance was sent to the  
Consent Calendar:  
10 -  
Yes:  
Arthur, McCraney, Chambers Armstrong, Owen, Mulvihill, Kramer, Blackwell,  
Fowler, Parker, and Hudson  
1 - Piagentini  
Excused:  
Enactment No: Ordinance 006-2023  
O-006-23  
5.  
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7,168 FROM DISTRICT 18 NEIGHBORHOOD  
DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO  
WINDEMERE PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR AND  
MAINTENANCE.  
Primary Marilyn Parker (R-18)  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
O-006-23 V.1 020223 D-18 NDF for Windemere Place Homeowners  
Assoc.pdf  
O-006-23 Supporting Documentation WPHA.pdf  
A motion was made by Committee Member Arthur, seconded by Council  
Member Owen, that this Ordinance be recommended for approval.  
Committee Member Parker spoke to this item.  
The motion carried by the following vote and the Ordinance was sent to the  
Consent Calendar:  
10 -  
Yes:  
Arthur, McCraney, Chambers Armstrong, Owen, Mulvihill, Kramer, Blackwell,  
Fowler, Parker, and Hudson  
1 - Piagentini  
Excused:  
Enactment No: Ordinance 007-2023  
O-008-23  
6.  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 083, SERIES 2022 AND ORDINANCE NO.  
084, SERIES 2022 RELATING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 OPERATING AND  
CAPITAL BUDGETS, RESPECTIVELY, BY TRANSFERRING $75,000.00 FROM THE  
DISTRICT 17 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE DISTRICT 17 CAPITAL  
INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AND BY TRANSFERRING $30,000 FROM THE DISTRICT 19  
NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE DISTRICT 19 CAPITAL  
INFRASTRUCTURE FUND (AS AMENDED).  
Primary Markus Winkler (D-17)  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
O-008-23 V.2 CAM 020923 D-17 Transfer from NDF to CIF.pdf  
O-008-23 V.1 020223 D-17 Transfer from NDF to CIF.pdf  
A motion was made by Committee Member Arthur, seconded by Committee  
Member Fowler, that this Ordinance be recommended for approval.  
THe following spoke to this item:  
- Kip Eatherly, District 17 Legislative Aide  
- Vice Chair Kramer  
- Chanelle Smith, District 19 Legislative Aide  
A motion was made by Vice Chair Kramer, seconded by Committee Member  
Arthur, that this Ordinance be amended to include the transfer of $30,000 from  
District 19's Neighborhood Development Funds to District 19's Capital  
Infrastructure Funds.  
The motion to amend carried by a voice vote.  
Enactment No: Ordinance 015-2023  
The motion carried by the following vote and the Ordinance was sent to Old  
Business:  
10 -  
Yes:  
Arthur, McCraney, Chambers Armstrong, Owen, Mulvihill, Kramer, Blackwell,  
Fowler, Parker, and Hudson  
1 - Piagentini  
Excused:  
Enactment No: Ordinance 015-2023  
O-374-22  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS UNDERBUDGET COUNCIL-APPROVED AMERICAN  
RESCUE PLAN (“ARP”) PROJECTS THROUGH REAPPROPRIATIONS OF ARP  
FUNDING.  
Sponsors:Primary Kevin Kramer (R-11), Primary Robin Engel (R-22), Additional Rick Blackwell  
(D-12) and Additional Cindi Fowler (D-14)  
Attachments:  
O-374-22 V.1 121522 Addressing Underbudget Council-Approved ARP  
Projects.pdf  
20033 - Starks HUD Storyboard - 2022-04-05 (002).pdf  
This item was held.  
Chair Blackwell stated that the Administration would attend the Committee of  
the Whole on February 16, 2023 to provide an update regarding American  
Rescue Plan (ARP) funds and spending, and that this item would be heard at  
the next Committee meeting.  
NDF080322YMCA05  
8.  
APPROPRIATING $1,100 FROM DISTRICT 5 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS,  
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO THE YOUNG MEN'S  
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) OF GREATER LOUISVILLE FOR 22 YOUTH FROM  
DISTRICT 5 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAFETY AROUND WATER PROGRAM.  
Primary Donna L. Purvis (D-5)  
NDF080322YMCA05.pdf  
This item remained held.  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
Adjournment  
Without objection, Chair Blackwell adjourned the meeting at 5:21 p.m.  
Note: Items sent to the Consent Calendar or Old Business will be heard before the full Council at  
the Metro Council meeting on February 16, 2023.