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File #: 0225-26    Version: 1 Name: MIAAC Membership Update
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 3/10/2026 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 3/26/2026 Final action: 3/26/2026
Enactment date: 3/26/2026 Enactment #: O-027-2026
Title: An Ordinance amending Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances to reduce the membership of the Mayor's International Affairs Advisory Commission to twenty-three (23) members by decreasing the number of members from Africa; Asia; Europe; the Americas; and the Middle East, from three (3) to two (2) each. [Mayor's Office, Scott]
Attachments: 1. MIAAC Membership Update, 2. Decreasing MIACC membership .1 . 4898-5665-0900, 3. ORD 0225-26 MIACC membership 4930-9786-1787 v.1.pdf, 4. O-027-2026
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An Ordinance amending Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances to reduce the membership of the Mayor's International Affairs Advisory Commission to twenty-three (23) members by decreasing the number of members from Africa; Asia; Europe; the Americas; and the Middle East, from three (3) to two (2) each. [Mayor's Office, Scott]
Summary
Authorization to amend Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances to decrease the membership of the Mayor's International Affairs Advisory Commission; specifically decreasing the number of foreign-born members from three (3) to two (2) from each of the following areas: two (2) representatives from Africa; two (2) representatives from Asia; two (2) representatives from Europe; two (2) representatives from the Americas; two (2) representatives from the Middle East. No Budgetary impact. (L0225-26)(Scott)
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Law: { Select Yes, Completed by [Evan Thompson, 3/10/2025]}
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-496. - Membership.
(a) The commission shall consist of twenty-three (23) members, seventeen (17) of which shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Council.
(b) The seventeen (17) appointed members shall consist of the following:
a. two (2) members from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council;
b. fifteen (15) members shall be selected from Lexington-Fayette County foreign-born residents who shall be from and represent the following international geographic areas:
i. two (2) representatives from Africa;
ii. two (2) representatives from Asia;
iii. two (2) represen...

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