KENTON COUNTY FISCAL COURT MINUTES Independence Courthouse 5272 Madison Pike Independence, I<Y 41051

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1 Call to Order KENTON COUNTY FISCAL COURT MINUTES Independence Courthouse 5272 Madison Pike Independence, I<Y October 9, :00 P.M. Judge/Executive Knochelrn.ann called to order the October 9, 2018, meeting of the Kenton County Fiscal Court. Judge Knochelrn.ann led the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Staff: Judge/Executive, Kris Knochelrn.ann Corn.missioner Beth Sewell, District 1 Corn.missioner Jon Draud, District 2 Corn.missioner Joe Nienaber, District 3 County Attorney Stacy Tapke Joe Shriver, County Administrator Scott Gunning, Assistant County Administrator Sue Kaiser, Fiscal Court Clerk Roy Cox, County Treasurer Approval of Minutes A. Approval of the Minutes from the special meeting of September 25, Corn.missioner Nienaber rn.ade the motion for approval; seconded by Corn.missioner Draud. Citizens Address Kathy Donohoue of Staffordsburg Rd. stated that she is speaking on behalf of the zoning corn.rn.ittee of the South Kenton County Citizen Group. She thanked the court for their consideration of the text amendments. One is a revision of the industrial buffer, and the purpose of this testament is to have a buffer between agricultural land and industrial developments. Present regulations only cover residential and commercial land. After discussion with Judge Knochelrn.ann and the building industry, the language now includes a little more flexibility. The second proposal deals with regulations of short term. rentals. Presently, traditional B and Bs are permitted use, and these short term. rentals are a valuable component of agri-tourism. In formulating these text amendments they studied similar ordinances from the Lexington and Louisville areas. They believe that the resulting language allows for a source of additional income for the residents, plus protection for neighboring landowners. She thanked the PDS staff (Chris Schneider) for all of their help. She also thanked the Fiscal Court for all of their support.

2 Judge Knochelmann stated that Ms. Donohoue has put so much time into this, and has been very patient. John Robbins of 3519 Moffitt Rd. stated that he is concerned about the Kenton Fire District running out of money. He and his neighbors attended a meeting last week at the Kenton Fire Station, and a lot of people didn't know about it. A public notice was put out on Face book, and many of the people don't have internet. They were unaware that since June, it has been known that the EMS services were going to be discontinued from Kenton Fire District. The neighboring districts are taking over the work, and it is adding additional response time. He expressed his concern about this situation. Judge Knochelmann stated that there are upcoming meetings addressing this issue, and they have been working with the neighboring districts to come up with a permanent solution. Commissioner Draud asked if it is correct that the only way people can get notice of a meeting is through the computer? County Administrator Joe Shriver answered that they have to follow state law like everyone else in terms of open meetings and open records law. They have to post their agenda and send it to the media. County Attorney Stacy Tapke stated that they would have to follow the same rules as the county government, and post public signs on doors. General Business A. Claim's List-Dated October 5, There were no questions on the Claim's List. B. Presentation of a Citizen Citation in honor of Jessie Eppinghoff. Judge Knochelmann stated that Jessie Eppinghoff's estate donated a little over $37,000 to the Animal Shelter. This has made a huge impact on the Animal Shelter. He pointed out Ms. Eppinghoff' s sisters, Helen Lutes and Ethel Hook He presented the Citizen Citation to the family members. He thanked the whole family. Beckey Reiter stated that she had an opportunity to meet the family, and she appreciates all of them coming to the meeting. The impact that this gift will make on the shelter will help treat and provide a medical suite at the shelter. They are turning the old euthanasia room into a medical suite. She thanked the family for being there. Ms. Eppinghoff' s nephew stated that his aunt was a lover of animals, and she was a wonderful person. C. Update on Transitions from Jim Heiting. Jim Beiting gave the Fiscal Court an update on Project 180, which is the new treatment center at the old Pleasure Isle facility. He showed a short video of the progress on the center. He thanked the Fiscal Cour_t for their support. Without the Fiscal Court's initial investment, this

3 wouldn't be possible. This will be a top notch facility, and one of the largest by beds in the country. Commissioner Draud asked that when this is completed there will be no shortage of beds for treatment, correct. Mr. Beiting answered that this is correct. There will be about an 80% increase in the current residential beds in Northern Kentucky, but it will be treatment on demand. There will be no wait for a treatment bed. Commissioner Draud asked when this project will be completed. Mr. Beiting answered that it should be completed in December. The hope is to have the grand opening on December 3 rd, and move the first folks in on December 5 1 h. Commissioner Draud asked if the outside of the building will remain the same. Mr. Beiting answered that they will be doing a lot of landscaping, but the outside will remain the same. There is no change to the footprint, except they are adding 47 windows. There will be 70 men sleeping there, 30 pregnant women, 24 detox beds and about 52 more for other women. D. Discussion regarding the new Administration Building. 1. Request approval for the Contractor 1 s Application for Payment #13. County Administrator Joe Shriver stated that the pay app has been reviewed by the County Engineer and the owner's rep. They find it to be appropriate expenditures pursuant to the contract. Commissioner Draud made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber. Resolutions A. Resolution No.18-01O A Resolution for the Kenton County Fiscal Court concerning Fiscal Year Budget Adjustments. Treasurer Roy Cox stated that the budget adjustments are for the following: $45,000 for the stairwell repair in the parking garage, $37,500 for the medical room at the Animal Shelter for the gift that the court just acknowledged and $521,000 for the jail addiction grant that was received. Commissioner Draud made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Sewell. Judge Knochelmann called for a voice vote, and the motion passed unanimously 4-0. B. Resolution No A Resolution to apply for two text amendments for the unincorporated portion of Kenton County allowing for industrial buffers and short term rentals.

4 Judge Knochelmann stated that this is approval to send the application. Commissioner Sewell made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Draud. Judge Knochelmann called for a voice vote, and the motion passed unanimously 4-0. C. Resolution No A Resolution authorizing, adopting, approvirig, accepting and ratifying the execution of grant agreements between the granting authority and the County of Kenton, Kentucky, and the Kenton County Airport Board that may be received pertaining to fiscal year 2018/2019 federal, state or local grant funding for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Rob Ziegler explained that this is a grant that the airport applies for each year. Commissioner Draud made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Sewell. Judge Knochelmann called for a voice vote, and the motion passed unanimously 4-0. Consent Agenda A. Exhibit No Request approval of the lease agreements between Unified Prosecutorial System and the Kenton County Fiscal Court for parking spaces in the Kenton County Garage. B. Exhibit No Request approval of the lease agreement between Public Advocacy and the Kenton County Fiscal Court for parking spaces in the Kenton County Garage. C. Exhibit No Request approval of the Kenton County Clerk's tax bill. D. Exhibit No Request approval to surplus a metal chair for the Kenton County Public Works Department. E. Exhibit No Request approval to reject all the bids for the Audit Accounts. F. Exhibit No Request approval to ratify the Grant of Easement for 313 Madison Pike. G. Exhibit No Request approval to approve the final payment for the parking lot renovation at the Kenton County Golf Course. All items on the Consent Agenda were voted on together. Commissioner Sewell made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber.

5 Executive Orders A. Executive Order No An Executive Order relating to the Fiscal Court approving the discretionary increases for County Administrator Joe Shriver stated that this is the annual merit increases. The evaluation process is completed in August. Each department head is then expected to go over their recommended increases based on the performance of the employees for the prior year. Commissioner Draud asked who is responsible for making the final decision on these? Mr. Shriver answered that there is a panel that evaluates and questions any recommendations. They try to adhere to what the department heads present, but they also make sure that there is validity to how they gave the awards. The panel makes sure that the employees rating matches the amount that is given to the employee. He complimented the department heads, as they have been very conservative with their ratings and awards. Very few of the suggestions need adjustment. Judge Knochelmann stated that each individual department has been taking training over the last couple of years on evaluations. The process gets better each year. Commissioner Draud made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber. B. Executive Order No An Executive Order relating to the Fiscal Court approving an Order of Affiliation between the Kenton County Fiscal Court and the Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team. Commissioner Sewell made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber. C. Executive Order No An Executive Order relating to the Fiscal Court approving the appointment of Jeremy Willett as a Police Officer for the Kenton County Police Department, with the effective date of October 22, Commissioner Nienaber made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Sewell. D. Executive Order No An Executive Order relating to the Fiscal Court approving the appointment of Patrick Taylor as a Police Office for the Kenton County Police Department, with the effective date of October 22, Commissioner Draud asked if these police officers are new additions, or replacing officers? Judge Knochelmann answered that they are replacements.

6 Commissioner Sewell made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber. E. Executive Order No An Executive Order relating to the Fiscal Court approving the appointment of Tonya Judy as an Animal Control Officer for the Kenton County Animal Shelter, with the effective date of October 16, Commissioner Nienaber made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Sewell. F. Executive Order No An Executive Order relating to the Fiscal Court approving the appointment of Daniel Mathew as Assistant Director for the Kenton County Emergency Communication Center at an annual salary of $65,000.00, effective October 16, Dan Mathew stated that he has almost 22 years in public safety in Kenton County. He is thankful for the opportunity to continue service to Kenton County. He feels that Kenton County has a good team, and he hopes to continue to serve the citizens efficiently and effectively. Commissioner Sewell made the motion for approval; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber. Administrative Reporting Animal Shelter Beckey Reiter thanked the Fiscal Court for the Citizen Citation that they gave tonight. It was an honor for her to meet that family. Also, she thanked the court for the approval of her Animal Control Officer tonight. This gets the Animal Shelter to a full staff. Beckey Reiter stated that she is giving the rd quarter update. The year to date animal intake is 2189, and euthanasia is down 70% from the same period last year. The live release rate for the first three quarters of 2018 is 95%. Ms. Reiter then stated that they are working to fine tune shelter operations, and will begin the process of reviewing animal control services. Also, the animal shelter was able to provide emergency sheltering services for two dogs belonging to a homeless military veteran. His case worker was able to get him into the shelter and on to more permanent housing. The dogs have since been reunited with their owner. Commissioner Draud thanked Ms. Reiter, as they had an influx of coyotes in Edgewood and she provided him with information on how to deal with the coyotes. Emergency Communications David Leonard stated that there is a punch list of little things that have to be fixed with the CAD upgrade. There is nothing major, and overall, it has gone well. The training has gone well for the staff, and the upgrade has features that the other one did not have. It has geo-fencing,

7 which is when your computer is on and you have gotten into a crime scene where an outside perimeter has been set up, the computer pulls that call up with all the information related to the call. They are still reaching out to some of the cities to get physical copies of their records management on their computers. Mr. Leonard then stated that the deadline for applications for the Infrastructure Technology Manager position is this Friday. They hope to interview the following week, and have someone to present to the court by the next meeting. They are interviewing eight candidates for open dispatch positions as well. Lastly, Mr. Leonard stated that the In-Digital contract is set, and the install is next week It was supposed to be installed in November, but because Kenton County is the largest they want to get it in first. They should be up and running by November 1 st, and training will be finished with the staff before the holidays. Commissioner Draud asked what is the average length of service for a dispatch worker? Mr. Leonard answered that there are a couple that have been there over 25 years. The average is around ten to fifteen years. It is getting more difficult to get people into the profession due to the stress. Kenton County has a good staff, with a lot of experience. Tech/Knowledge-Based Econ. Development Patrick Henshaw stated that there is an exciting announcement of Cintrifuse' s new CEO Pete Blacksha, and at high level, it is a "coming back to Cincinnati" story for a high powered entrepreneur and Global Executive - from early days as a P&G brand manager, to starting his own company that sold to Intelliseek and then again for Nielson BuzzMetrics. Mr. Blackshaw currently serves at the Global Head of Innovation for Nestle at their headquarters in Switzerland, and will be "officially" starting November 1st. Mr. Henshaw then stated that on the risk capital front, they hosted Elizabeth Yin from Hustle fund this past week Ms. Yin and her team lead an $11.5 million early stage fund, as well as Paul Martino from Bullpen which is a $250M fund both out of San Francisco. They also hosted Flare Capital out of Boston, connecting them with the marketing and innovation arms of St. Elizabeth. Flare is a $200M fund aiming to reinvent the business of healthcare, which is so important to our region and partners at all levels. These venture funds visiting are important as they are working to help startups right here in Kenton County raise almost $60 million in venture capital. Mr. Henshaw then stated that on September 28th they hosted what is called an InnovationOps Workshop focused on Radical Creativity for Problem Solving for companies. The objective is to share best practices and industry standards in being creative under pressure through a case study in the process. For the innovation ops and tech frontier series as a whole: "The Cintrifuse InnovationOps Series is designed to help growth leaders do innovation. Capturing bleedingedge technology and leveraging emerging talent sets can be like catching lightning in a bottle. Mr. Henshaw then stated that they are working with both the new UpTech cohort as of their launch AND the new inkubator class, which had their demo day recently. They have also recently partnerd with the local Louisville chapter of a global organization called Endeavor which has offices in 20 different countries. They are looking at targeting and working with the

8 11 companies specifically from Louisville today, but in the future gaining deeper access to the other high growth companies they work with globally on providing them value and moving them here to our region. Of note, this week is Startup Week here in the region, and there are over 60+ speakers and over 4,000 attendees across the week this week. This includes venture funds from Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco. He is headed out to San Francisco next week to dive more deeply in with funds there, and talking more about Kenton County and the great corporations and startups we have here, as well as talking through having their existing portfolio understand the assets of our region. Finally, Mr. Henshaw stated that he anticipates that by the next time he reports to the court again, he expects they will have a response from the state on the Tri-Ed led regional entrepreneurial application that will work to bring together and coalescence many of the entrepreneurial resources and assets available to entrepreneurs. Judge Knochelmann asked Mr. Henshaw to speak about the $750,000 state grant. The state has increased their investment. Mr. Henshaw stated that $750,000 is the working capital award, and there is also an additional one million dollars of capital expenditures that can be awarded. They are working through how and where this will be put physically into the ground. This is another opportunity for increased involvement from the state for entrepreneurship. Judge Knochelmann stated that the message that they got from the state was that as much as we aren't perfect, the state is telling everyone to do it like Northern Kentucky does. Commissioner Sewell asked how competitive this is? Mr. Henshaw stated that there used to be 13 different regional innovation networks that were awarded sub-grants from the state. The state basically said that they were tired of handing out 13 grants, and then 500 others. So, they said come together and be collaborative, and Northern Kentucky was one of the only regions that only contributed one proposal for Northern Kentucky. The intent was to show that we are a collaborative environment. There were probably different proposals statewide. Police Department Chief Jones stated that the QRT Team had 3 visits for the previous month, and responded to one fatal overdose situation. Chief Jones then stated that it gives him great pleasure to present the Kenton County Police Department's 2017 Annual Report. He is certain that everyone will find the information contained in the report informative of the highly accomplished organization that is the Kenton County Police Department. He has had the pleasure of being a part of many great organizations, but working alongside the men and women of the Kenton County Police Department has been a true honor. It is humbling to witness the commitment that the officers and staff exhibit in their daily service to the community."

9 Treasury Roy Cox asked that the records reflect that the August, 2018, and September, 2018, financial reports have been submitted. Commissioner Draud commended Mr. Cox for doing such a great job. County Attorney's Report County Attorney Stacy Tapke had nothing to report. Commissioners' Reports Commissioner Jon Draud Commissioner Draud had nothing to report. Commissioner Beth Sewell Commissioner Sewell had nothing to report. Commissioner Joe Nienaber Commissioner Nienaber had nothing to report. Judge/Executive's Report Judge Knochelmann stated that the he wanted to update the Fiscal Court on Tri-Ed, everything from board structure, the mission task force and the entrepreneurship work that has been led by a new council. Tri-Ed is continuing to be led by Karen Finan, and there is a search committee chaired by Candace McGraw. All three Judges have been very involved, and the board is more active than ever. Judge Knochelmann then stated that the site readiness report will be revisited in a future meeting. Executive Session A. Pursuant to KRS (1) (B) potential sale or acquisition of real property that may affect the value of the property. Commissioner Nienaber made the motion for approval of Executive Session; seconded by Commissioner Sewell. Judge Knochelmann called for a voice vote, and the motion passed unanimously 4-0. Commissioner Sewell made the motion for approval to return from the Executive Session; seconded by Commissioner Nienaber. Judge Knochelmann called for a voice vote, and the motion passed unanimously 4-0.

10 Adjournment Having completed all business before the Court, Commissioner Draud offered a motion to adjourn which was seconded by Commissioner Sewell. Commissioner Sewell requested a voice vote whereupon all members present voted in the affirmative with a 4-0 vote. Text for all proposed and recently passed ordinances may be acquired by accessing the Fiscal Court web page at or by contacting the adminish ative offices at CLERK CERTIFICATION I, Sue J. Kaiser, having been appointed to the office of Fiscal Court Clerk, do hereby certify that this is a true and accurate record of the actions taken by the Kenton County Fiscal Court at the meeting of October 9, ::::_-~ J; :( ~ Sue J. ser Fiscal Court Clerk