Budget Committee
Regular MeetingLouisville, KY · October 3, 2017
Minutes
601 W. Jefferson Street
Louisville Metro Government Louisville, KY 40202
Action Summary - Final
Budget Committee
Chair Person Marianne Butler (D-15)
Vice Chair Kevin Kramer (R-11)
Committee Member Mary C. Woolridge (D-3)
Committee Member Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D-5)
Committee Member David James (D-6)
Committee Member Angela Leet (R-7)
Committee Member Bill Hollander (D-9)
Committee Member Rick Blackwell (D-12)
Committee Member Cindi Fowler (D-14)
Committee Member Scott Reed (R-16)
Committee Member Marilyn Parker (R-18)
Committee Member Dan Johnson (D-21)
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 6:00 PM Council Chambers
THIS IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL MEETING
Call to Order
Chair Person Butler called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m.
Roll Call
Chair Person Butler introduced the committee members and non-committee
members present. A quorum was established.
Committee Member Blackwell arrived at 6:05 p.m. and Committee Member
Leet arrived at 6:07 p.m.
Present: 7- Chair Person Marianne Butler (D-15), Vice Chair Kevin Kramer (R-11), Committee
Member Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D-5), Committee Member Angela Leet (R-7),
Committee Member Bill Hollander (D-9), Committee Member Rick Blackwell (D-12),
and Committee Member Dan Johnson (D-21)
Excused: 5- Committee Member Mary C. Woolridge (D-3), Committee Member David James
(D-6), Committee Member Cindi Fowler (D-14), Committee Member Scott Reed
(R-16), and Committee Member Marilyn Parker (R-18)
Non-Committee Member(s)
Council Member Barbara Sexton Smith (D-4) and Council Member S. Brandon
Coan (D-8)
Support Staff
Nick Lococo, Jefferson County Attorney's Office
Clerk(s)
H. Stephen Ott, CKMC
David B. Wagner, Assistant Clerk
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Special Discussion: Soccer Stadium Project
Chair Person Butler announced that while the committee waited for a quorum
of committee members to arrive, she would allow the discussion to begin. The
discussion covered both Items 1 and 2 on the agenda.
Jeff Mosley, Mayor's Office, and Daniel Frockt, Office of Management and
Budget, spoke to Items 1 and 2 and gave a presentation. Michael Mountjoy,
Louisville City Football Club, also spoke to Items 1 and 2.
Chair Person Butler then announced that a quorum was established and the
committee would first consider Item 2 on the agenda.
Pending Legislation
1. R-137-17
A RESOLUTION OF OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY
METRO GOVERNMENT TO FINANCE THE BUTCHERTOWN STADIUM DISTRICT
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION AND
REDEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELDS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
BUTCHERTOWN STADIUM DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AREA FROM THE PROCEEDS
OF ONE OR MORE PROPOSED ISSUES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND
GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTES.
Sponsors:Primary Barbara Sexton Smith (D-4)
Attachments: R-137-17 V.1 092817 Finance Capital Improvements in Butchertown
Stadium District Development Area.pdf
1032017 Soccer development deal for council.pdf
A motion was made by Committee Member Hamilton, seconded by Committee
Member Johnson, that this Resolution be recommended for approval. The
motion carried by a voice vote and the Resolution was sent to Old Business
due to a non-unanimous vote.
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2. O-345-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT,
PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE METRO GOVERNMENT IN ONE OR MORE
SERIES TO FINANCE THE COSTS OF THE ACQUISITION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF
BROWNFIELDS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN THE BUTCHERTOWN STADIUM
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AREA; SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON
WHICH THE BONDS AND NOTES ARE TO BE ISSUED AND PROVIDING FOR A
COMPETITIVE, ADVERTISED SALE THEREOF; DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE
RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE BONDS AND NOTES AND PROVIDING FOR THE
APPLICATION OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF; AND TAKING OTHER RELATED
ACTION RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE BONDS AND NOTES.
Sponsors:Primary Barbara Sexton Smith (D-4)
Attachments: O-345-17 V.1 092817 General Obligation Bonds Property in
Butchertown Stadium District Development Area.pdf
1032017 Soccer development deal for council.pdf
A motion was made by Committee Member Johnson, seconded by Committee
Member Hamilton, that this Ordinance be recommended for approval.
The following spoke to the item:
- Jeff Mosley, Mayor's Office
- Michael Mountjoy, Louisville City Football Club
- Daniel Frockt, Office of Management and Budget
A motion was made by Committee Member Johnson to call the question. Vice
Chair Kramer objected to calling the question. Without objection, Chair Person
Butler allowed discussion to continue on the item.
Charles Musson, Law Firm of Rubin and Hays, and Head Coach James
O'Connor, Louisville City Football Club, spoke to the item.
A motion was made by Committee Member Blackwell, seconded by
Committee Member Kramer, that this Ordinance be tabled until after the
Special Labor and Economic Development Committee meeting on Thursday,
October 5. The motion to table failed by the following vote:
Yes: 3- Kramer, Leet, and Blackwell
No: 4- Butler, Hamilton, Hollander, and Johnson
Excused: 5- Woolridge, James, Fowler, Reed, and Parker
The motion to recommend for approval carried by the following vote and the
Ordinance was sent to Old Business:
Yes: 4- Butler, Hamilton, Hollander, and Johnson
No: 1- Kramer
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Present: 2- Leet, and Blackwell
Excused: 5- Woolridge, James, Fowler, Reed, and Parker
Adjournment
Without objection, Chair Person Butler adjourned the meeting at 7:55 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 October 12, 2017.
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Agenda
Louisville Metro Government
601 W. Jefferson Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Meeting Agenda - Final
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
6:00 PM
THIS IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL MEETING
Council Chambers
Budget Committee
Chair Person Marianne Butler (D-15)
Vice Chair Kevin Kramer (R-11)
Committee Member Mary C. Woolridge (D-3)
Committee Member Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D-5)
Committee Member David James (D-6)
Committee Member Angela Leet (R-7)
Committee Member Bill Hollander (D-9)
Committee Member Rick Blackwell (D-12)
Committee Member Cindi Fowler (D-14)
Committee Member Scott Reed (R-16)
Committee Member Marilyn Parker (R-18)
Committee Member Dan Johnson (D-21)
Budget Committee Meeting Agenda - Final October 3, 2017
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pending Legislation
1. R-137-17 A RESOLUTION OF OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE
LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT TO
FINANCE THE BUTCHERTOWN STADIUM DISTRICT
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION
AND REDEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELDS AND ADJACENT
PROPERTIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BUTCHERTOWN
STADIUM DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AREA FROM THE PROCEEDS
OF ONE OR MORE PROPOSED ISSUES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS AND GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTES.
Sponsors: Primary Barbara Sexton Smith (D-4)
Attachments: R-137-17 V.1 092817 Finance Capital Improvements in Butchertown Stadium District Development Area.pdf
1032017 Soccer development deal for council.pdf
Legislative History
9/28/17 Metro Council assigned to the Budget Committee
Action Required By: March 2018
2. O-345-17 AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO
GOVERNMENT, PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
OF CERTAIN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE
METRO GOVERNMENT IN ONE OR MORE SERIES TO FINANCE THE
COSTS OF THE ACQUISITION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF
BROWNFIELDS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN THE
BUTCHERTOWN STADIUM DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AREA;
SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE
BONDS AND NOTES ARE TO BE ISSUED AND PROVIDING FOR A
COMPETITIVE, ADVERTISED SALE THEREOF; DEFINING AND
PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE BONDS
AND NOTES AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE
PROCEEDS THEREOF; AND TAKING OTHER RELATED ACTION
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE BONDS AND
NOTES.
Sponsors: Primary Barbara Sexton Smith (D-4)
Attachments: O-345-17 V.1 092817 General Obligation Bonds Property in Butchertown Stadium District Development Area.pd
1032017 Soccer development deal for council.pdf
Legislative History
9/28/17 Metro Council assigned to the Budget Committee
Action Required By: March 2018
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Adjournment
Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair Person. While an item may be listed, it
does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.
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