Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government  
200 E. Main St  
Lexington, KY 40507  
Minutes  
Tuesday, June 9, 2026  
3:00 PM  
2nd Reading of FY27 Budget ONLY  
Council Chambers  
Urban County Council  
Roll Call  
I.  
15 -  
Present  
Absent  
Amy Beasley; Hilary Boone; James Brown; Emma Curtis; Tom Eblen;  
Chuck Ellinger II; Whitney Elliott Baxter; Joseph Hale; Lisa Higgins-Hord;  
Shayla Lynch; Tyler Morton; Jennifer Reynolds; Dave Sevigny; Liz  
Sheehan and Dan Wu  
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Public Comment - Issues on Agenda  
Ordinances – Second Reading  
II.  
III.  
1.  
An Ordinance appropriating the revenues, expenditures/expenses and  
interfund transfers for the General Services District Fund, the Full Urban  
Services Districts Fund, the Police Confiscated Federal Fund, the Police  
Confiscated State Fund, the Public Safety Fund, the Municipal Aid  
Program Fund, the County Road Aid Program Fund, the Mineral  
Severance Fund, the Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund, the Police  
Confiscated Treasury Fund, the Lexington Economic Development Fund,  
the Affordable Housing and Homelessness Fund, the Parks Fund-Ballot  
Initiative, the FY 2027 Bond Projects Funds, the Sanitary Sewer Revenue  
and Operating Fund, the Sanitary Sewer Construction Fund, the  
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Public Facilities  
Corporation General Fund, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County  
Government Public Facilities Corporation Parks Projects Fund, the  
Water Quality Management Fund, the Water Quality Management  
Construction Fund, the Landfill Fund, the Right of Way Program Fund, the  
Extended School Program Fund, the Enhanced 911 Fund, the Central Ky.  
911 Fund, the City Employees’ Pension Fund, the Police and Fire  
Retirement Fund of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, the  
Medical Insurance Fund, the Property and Casualty Claims Fund, and any  
other funds as provided in Exhibit “A”, on a Divisional level by four (4)  
control levels, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2027, for the  
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and its agencies and  
instrumentalities; approving and adopting the Capital Improvement  
Program for Fiscal Years (FY) 2027 through (FY) 2032, as a portion of  
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Annual Capital Improvements Budget;  
suspending or modifying in full or in part the application and operation of  
any Resolution or Ordinance in conflict with the provisions of this  
Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2027, including, without limitation, Resolution  
No. 326-2023 related to paving funding; approving funding for the  
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Tourist and Convention Commission  
from the Transient Room Tax, said funding to equal 99 1/2% of the  
revenue from the tax; and approving the Budget of the Lexington-Fayette  
Urban County Industrial Authority for the Fiscal Year ending June 30,  
2027. [Council Office, Hall]  
A motion was made by Council Member Wu, seconded by Council Member  
Reynolds, that this Ordinance be Approved.The motion PASSED by the  
following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Amy Beasley; Hilary Boone; James Brown; Emma Curtis; Tom Eblen;  
Chuck Ellinger; Whitney Elliott Baxter; Joseph Hale; Lisa Higgins-Hord;  
Shayla Lynch; Tyler Morton; Jennifer Reynolds; Dave Sevigny; Liz Sheehan  
and Dan Wu  
0
0
Nay:  
Absent:  
2.  
An Ordinance amending certain of the Budgets of the Lexington-Fayette  
Urban County Government to pre-fund various components of the Fiscal  
Year 2027 Budget, as approved at Work Session May 26, 2026, and  
appropriating and re-appropriating funds, Schedule No. 33. [Council  
Office, Hall]  
A motion was made by Council Member Wu, seconded by Council Member  
Reynolds, that this Ordinance be Approved.The motion PASSED by the  
following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Amy Beasley; Hilary Boone; James Brown; Emma Curtis; Tom Eblen;  
Chuck Ellinger; Whitney Elliott Baxter; Joseph Hale; Lisa Higgins-Hord;  
Shayla Lynch; Tyler Morton; Jennifer Reynolds; Dave Sevigny; Liz Sheehan  
and Dan Wu  
0
0
Nay:  
Absent:  
Received First Reading to the Urban County Council due back on 6/9/2026  
A motion was made by Council Member Tyler Morton, seconded by Council  
Member Jennifer Reynolds, that this Resolution be Suspended Rules for  
Second Reading.The motion PASSED by unanimous vote.  
A motion was made by Council Member Sheehan, seconded by Council  
Member Eblen, that this Resolution be Approved.The motion PASSED by the  
following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Amy Beasley; Hilary Boone; James Brown; Emma Curtis; Tom Eblen;  
Chuck Ellinger; Whitney Elliott Baxter; Joseph Hale; Lisa Higgins-Hord;  
Shayla Lynch; Tyler Morton; Jennifer Reynolds; Dave Sevigny; Liz Sheehan  
and Dan Wu  
0
0
Nay:  
Absent:  
Received First Reading to the Urban County Council due back on 6/9/2026  
A motion was made by Council Member Tyler Morton, seconded by Council  
Member Jennifer Reynolds, that this Resolution be Suspended Rules for  
Second Reading.The motion PASSED by unanimous vote.  
A motion was made by Council Member Sheehan, seconded by Council  
Member Eblen, that this Resolution be Approved.The motion PASSED by the  
following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Amy Beasley; Hilary Boone; James Brown; Emma Curtis; Tom Eblen;  
Chuck Ellinger; Whitney Elliott Baxter; Joseph Hale; Lisa Higgins-Hord;  
Shayla Lynch; Tyler Morton; Jennifer Reynolds; Dave Sevigny; Liz Sheehan  
and Dan Wu  
0
0
Nay:  
Absent:  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Council Member Sheehan, seconded by Council  
Member Hale, that the be Adjourned The motion PASSED by unanimous vote.