Council Member, District 7· 2025-01-12 - 2026-12 (sworn in Jan 12, 2025 per WKYT Jan 13, 2025; month-level end: December 2026 (Nov 3, 2026 election pending))
Joseph Hale
Lexington
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 2
- Total speaking time
- 1:24
- Avg per meeting
- 0:42
- Segments
- 15
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Top issues during term (8)(Development)
Mayor's Task Force on Homelessness report
Roughly $25 million estimated for the campus, with existing allocations and loans proposed so the general fund cost is planned at zero.
Downtown master plan engagement concerns
No funding was committed at this meeting, but implementing the plan could eventually involve a housing fund, tax-increment financing and general fund spending.
Neighborhood Development Fund allocations
Roughly $54,600 across all funded organizations.
Privilege fees for shared public infrastructure
Could shift infrastructure cost burdens onto non-participating property owners instead of the general taxpayer.
Vulcan mineral lease on public land
Could bring the city at least $100,000 a year and, per administration estimates, more than $60 million over the lease's life — but it won't be decided until at least the new year.
Ash Tree development sewer extension (Jessamine County)
Terms of the site-specific agreements, including any revenue to the city, are not stated in the minutes.
First-Time Homebuyer Subsidy Increase
No direct cost to the city; federal HOME funds cover the $50,000 subsidies.
Eviction data-sharing MOU
No cost to the city.
Decisions during term (23)
Recorded while Hale was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Neighborhood Development Funds list, October 27 (0931-26)
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an Agreement awarding a Class B (Education) Incentive Grant to Bluegrass Area Development District, Inc., for a Stormwater Quality Project, at a cost…
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute the Memorandum of Agreement with Seven Hills Properties, LLC, to allow grading on LFUCG-owned property, necessary for the development of…
Rezone: 512 and 518 E. Main St. (Cowgill Development, LLC)
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Program Administration Contract with the Bluegrass Area Development District, to accept an additional award of…
Neighborhood Development Fund grants
Neighborhood Development Funds resolutions
0750-26 Authorization to execute an Agreement with EDS Holdco, LLC., pursuant to RFP #33-2026, the final form of which shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Housing Advocacy and Community Development and the Department of…
0770-26 Authorization to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Program Administration Contract (Reso. #039-25) with Bluegrass Area Development District to accept an additional award of $9,444 to include in the Title III B budget for eligible…
Neighborhood Development Funds approved as amended
0683-26 Authorization to submit the FY 2026 Continuum of Care application, as the Collaborative Applicant, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requesting funding in an amount up to $3,866,080.00 for the operation of…
Economic Development zone amendments (Ord. 0575-26)
Neighborhood Development Funds — group one (Res. item 15)
Greater Lex economic development funding (Res. item 33)
Neighborhood Development Funds — group two (Res. item 41)
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute a Purchase of Service Agreement (PSA) with Commerce Lexington Inc., pursuant to RFP #35-2024, to assist with new business development and existing…
E-bike ordinance development referred to committee
Authorization to execute a Purchase of Services Agreement (PSA) with economic development partner agency Commerce Lexington, pursuant to RFP 35-2024. On May 5, 2026, the Lexington Economic Development Investment Board approved contracting…
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute a Site-Specific Agreement with the Jessamine South Elkhorn Water District and Long Ridge Development LLC, to provide sanitary sewer conveyance and…
Neighborhood Development Funds
Voting record (0)(Development)
No votes found matching Development.