Process Technician Trainee (Wastewater Operator)

Assists in the process operation and routine, corrective & preventive maintenance at the Morris Forman Wastewater Treatment Plant.  Time in this position acts as a training period to become qualified as a Process Technician I.   

For a more detailed position description, pay information, and to apply please visit our website: http://www.louisvillemsd.org/Careers

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/ M / F / DISABILITY / VET

Maintenance Mechanic I (multiple openings)

Under supervision, inspects and troubleshoots mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, components and equipment.  Maintains, lubricates and repairs mechanical equipment associated with Wastewater Treatment, Collections and Storm/Flood facilities (e.g. heating and ventilation, boilers, chlorinators and combustion fired engines).     

For a more detailed position description, pay information, and to apply please visit our website: http://www.louisvillemsd.org/Careers

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/ M / F / DISABILITY / VET

Community encouraged to share feedback, submit topic ideas

Louisville – Metro Council launched a new podcast on Tuesday, January 4. The first episode of District Download can be found on several popular podcast platforms.

District Download is designed for all of Louisville’s 26 Metro Council districts. It’s a chance to connect with your council member and learn about what’s going down in your district.

“I’m very excited to launch this new podcast. This gives all the Metro Council members – Democrats and Republicans – the platform to openly discuss things in a way we don’t always get to during Council meetings. Metro Council is always trying to find more ways to connect with more constituents, so District Download will be another tool we can use to promote transparency and build up our community,” said Metro Council President David James (D-6).

The podcast promotes open, respectful discussion. Each episode will be slightly different, because council members have the chance to make it fit their unique styles. But every episode aims to educate, uplift, and encourage community engagement.

A new episode will be released every other Tuesday, starting January 4.

Episode 1: So, How Does Metro Council Work?

Do you know what district you live in? What does Metro Council even do? If you can’t remember much from your 8^th grade government class, you’re not alone.

President David James is kicking off Metro Council’s podcast with a crash course in local government. The first episode also covers how to contact your council member, what Metro Council is preparing for in 2022, and much more.

The podcast can be found on the following platforms:

Sounder Landing Page - https://district-download-a-louisville-metro-council-pod.sounder.fm/

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/district-download-a-louisville-metro-council-podcast/id1602445599

Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGVyLmZtLzE3OTc4L3Jzcy54bWw

Share your thoughts:

The community is encouraged to join the conversation by commenting on Metro Council’s Facebook page. That is also where people can share ideas for future topics they’d like to hear discussed.

(LOUISVILLE, Ky. January 3, 2022) — Mayor Greg Fischer today announced Louisville Metro Government (LMG) priorities for the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2022 Regular Session, focusing largely on enhancing public safety, instilling Louisville’s Civilian Review & Accountability Board with investigatory subpoena power, allowing for comprehensive local tax reform, boosting equitable economic and land development and strengthening sustainability efforts.

Joined by a bipartisan group of members of Metro Council and community representatives, the Mayor noted that, “In advocating for Louisville, we are a united front and force,” and he called on legislators to similarly come together to build up communities throughout the state.

“Recent tragic events in western Kentucky underscore that the urban-rural divide does not have to exist, and neither does a partisan divide, if we decide to pull together on things upon which we can agree, like putting people and policy before politics and partisanship,” the Mayor said. “If we can overcome differences in bad times, why not for better times?”

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• LMG 2022 State Legislative Agenda.pdf

LOUISVILLE (January 4, 2022)  – Today, the Louisville Zoo announced the “Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies” program partnership as part of Christopher 2X’s Game Changers organization. “Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies” is an initiative created to explore the healing and therapeutic power of animals with young kids in our community who have experienced secondary trauma from violence.

Using the One Health approach — a public health initiative that strives to understand the connection between humans, animals and the environment — the partnership aims to highlight how we are all interconnected with each other, the animals and our planet — and how empathy is at the foundation of that connection. 

“Christopher 2X is building upon the great beginnings of his Future Healers program with an important and unique second step,” said Mayor Greg Fischer.  “Partnering with the Louisville Zoo, some of the Future Healers of varying ages will learn about building relationships with animals and their habitats, forming connections in an experience also designed to foster empathy and self-esteem. For children who have felt the trauma of violence, I cannot imagine a more beautiful and rewarding experience than to explore their place in the world by learning about and working with animals. Well done, all.”

“Partnerships like this ‘Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies’ and the Future Healers partnership with UofL Health are so very important,” said Christopher 2X. “The healing value to our children and their parents is paramount. Spending time learning about the animal kingdom and our role in planetary health through the lens of empathy will be a balm for these kids who suffer from secondary trauma and help to alleviate some of the challenges these kids face every day. What we envision is for these kids to become humanitarian advocates.”

Seventeen of the 50 Future Healers were handpicked by Christopher 2X to be a part of the “Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies” program. These 17 kids will meet at the Zoo for exclusive educational programs, camps and behind-the-scenes opportunities each year that emphasize this “One Health, One Planet” concept. All 50 Future Healers will visit the Zoo as well.

“Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies” curriculum will engage the “little healer buddies” ages 4 to 8 in focused activities to learn about empathy for each other and for animals. The “big healer buddies” ages 9 to 13 will be working on conservation action projects that exhibit our reliance on each other and our planet for our maximized health and well-being. The umbrella concept is that we have one mind, one body, one life and one planet. 

“We believe ‘Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies’ is the first of its kind,” said Louisville Zoo Executive Director Dan Maloney. “Your Zoo is already a safe resource for all families to connect with nature and animals in meaningful ways, and this program emphasizes inclusion and engagement for everyone. We are all interconnected. We all depend on one another, and we can all positively impact the world we share. We hope these young people grow up with us, become part of our Zoo family, and create a lifetime of memories while learning more about the remarkable value of wildlife and wild places.”

“We all know the therapeutic nature of animals and of being outside and in nature from our own experiences,” said Louisville Zoo Assistant Director for Conservation, Education and Collections Steve Taylor. “This program seems like a very natural, highly emphasized extension of what we already know to be true. Getting to know these kids one-on-one and building these relationships with their families is going to be quite special.” 

“Adding this supplemental curriculum to Future Healers is a perfect complement to our existing Healers medical component, said Dr. Christopher Jones, Transplant Surgeon at UofL Health. “Both arms of the program take different approaches but have a unified goal of helping the kids heal.”

“The Zoo leg of Future Healers takes the kids out of their everyday lives and puts them into a relaxing and natural environment, allowing them to forget their challenges for a few moments and to connect with nature. Our program takes a little bit of a different approach by addressing personal health, safety, and wellbeing but the programs are beautifully complementary,” said Dr. Keith Miller, Trauma Surgeon at UofL Health. “We both share the same overriding goal — helping these kids to be healthy.”

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About the Louisville Zoo

The Louisville Zoo, a non-profit organization and state Zoo of Kentucky, is dedicated to bettering the bond between people and our planet by providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for visitors, and leadership in scientific research and conservation education. The Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Bardstown Road / Baxter Avenue Review Overlay District Committee

The Committee will be meeting on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 12:00 PM. This meeting will be held online via Cisco Webex Video Teleconferencing. You may join the online meeting using a computer, laptop, or mobile device by following the link below:

Event number: 2310 620 0428

• Event Password: BROD011122

• To join this event online, go to https://louisvilleky.webex.com/louisvilleky/j.php?MTID=e66cae69c10908131732ccdbf3dbf73fa

If you cannot participate online via Cisco Webex, you may also participate by phone by calling (415)655-0001 (use the above Event Number as your access code) or by viewing the meeting at the Old Jail Auditorium (514 W Liberty St, Louisville, KY 40202).

Due to staffing shortages related to COVID-19, yard waste collection in the Urban Services District has been temporarily suspended. Yard waste collection is the only service impacted by this. All other sanitation services such as garbage, recycling, and large item collection, litter abatement, homeless encampment cleaning will continue to be provided as scheduled. 

The Christmas tree drop-off sites will remain open and will now also accept all yard waste that is in compliance with curbside guidelines. Containers used to bring yard waste to the drop-off sites must be taken back by residents.

The Hubbards Lane site will also instantly recycle Christmas trees into mulch that will be offered back to residents for home use. Those wishing to receive mulch must bring an appropriate container in which to carry it. All lights and ornaments should be removed from trees before they are dropped off. 

HOURS & LOCATIONS

Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Waste Reduction Center closes at 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Sites are currently scheduled to be open for Christmas tree and yard waste drop-off through January 29. (All locations will be closed Saturday, January 15 in observance of MLK Jr. Day.)

• East District Recycling Center, 595 N. Hubbards Lane
• Public Works Yard, 10500 Lower River Road (enter from Bethany Lane)
• Shawnee Park, 230 Southwestern Parkway (Athletic Complex)

Waste Reduction Center, 636 Meriwether Avenue 

Clean Collaborative Report

Below is the update on the Clean Collaborative Crew’s actions from December 20, 2021, to December 30, 2021. The crew cleaned approximately 92.08 curb miles and collected 578 bags, 107 Tires, and 157 Other Items. Other items include everything from vehicle wreckage to illegally dumped bulky items. Also, from December 20 to January 02, the Louisville Downtown Partnership’s Clean Collaborative Crew collected 640 pounds of litter and debris in their downtown expanded area. 

Clean Collaborative worked with KYTC’s contractor and they started a litter collection cycle along the interstates on December 16^th and collected 2,576 bags of litter along the interstates. That is a total of 6,382 bags of litter from the interstates from the months of November and December. 

Since February 2021, the Clean Collaborative Crew has removed 13,747 bags of litter, 1,026 tires, and 3,855 other items from 3,642.58 curb miles. In addition, Louisville Downtown Partnership’s Clean Collaborative Crew has collected a total of 17,252 pounds from their downtown expanded area since April 2021.

December 20, 2021

    Fern Valley Rd from Preston Hwy to I-65 Overpass- 10 Bags

    Manner Dale from Breckinridge Ln to Six Mile Ln- 3 Bags

    Watterson Trl from Taylorsville Rd to Bardstown Rd- 21 Bags and 6 Other Items

    Six Mile Ln from Taylorsville Rd to Six Mile Ln- 7 Bags and 2 Other Items

    Chenowith Run Rd from Blankenbaker Access to Taylorsville Rd- 2 Bags

    Tucker Station Rd from I-64 Overpass to Taylorsville Rd- 18 Bags and 4 Other Items

December 21, 2021

    Shepherdsville Rd from Hikes Ln to Outer Loop- 36 Bags, 2 Tires and 9 Other Items

    Blankenbaker Pky from I-64 Overpass to Blankenbaker Access- 13 13 Bags and 1 Other Item

    Billtown Rd from Watterson Trl to I-265 Overpass- 25 Bags and 6 Other Items

December 22, 2021

    Poplar Level Rd from Gardiner Ln to Fern Valley Rd- 66 Bags, 2 Tires and 23 Other Items

December 23, 2021

    Stony Brook Dr from Six Mile Ln to S Hurstbourne Pky- 2 Bags

    Bashford Manor Ln from Newburg Rd to Bardstown Rd- 6 Bags

    Brentlinger Ln from Bardstown Rd to Seatonville Rd- 3 Bags

    S Hurstbourne Pkwy from I-64 Overpass to Bardstown Rd- 35 Bags and 4 Other Items

December 27, 2021

    Seatonville Rd from Bardstown Rd to Billtown Rd- 15 Bags

    Bank St from N 18th to N 15th St- 4 Bags and 2 Other Items

    W Market St from S 15th St to S 22nd St- 6 Bags, 1 Tire and 4 Other Item

    S 41st/N 41st from W Market St to Jewell Ave- 4 Bags and 1 Other Item

    S 26th/N 26th St from W Market St to Slevin St- 6 Bags, 1 Tire and 5 Other Items

    W Market St from S 41st St to Northwestern Pkwy- 5 Bags

    Bank St from N 33rd St to Locher Aly- 4 Bags

    Bank St from N 38th St to N 33rd St- 8 Bags, 1 Tire and 3 Other Items

    W Market St from S 26th St to S 30th St- 6 Bags, 1 Tire and 5 Other Items

December 28th, 2021

    Portland Ave from N 18th St to N 22nd St- 13 Bags, 1 Tire and 3 Other Items

    Portland Ave from N 26th St to N 31St- 13 Bags, 1 Tire and 2 Other Items

    Bank St from Northwestern Pkwy to N 38th St- 11 Bags, 16 Tires and 6 Other Items

    N 22nd St from Griffiths Ave to Northwestern Pkwy- 8 Bags, 3 Tires and 1 Other Item

    Portland Ave from N 22nd St to N 26th St- 4 Bags, 8 Tires and 3 Other Items

    W Market St from S 34th St to S 41st St- 6 Bags and 1 Other Item

    Northwestern Pkwy from Jewell Ave to Bank St- 2 Bags and 1 Other Item

    22nd St from Griffiths Ave to W Market St- 4 Bags and 2 Other Items

    16th St from Bank St to W Market St- 2 Bags and 3 Other Items

    Bank St from Locher Aly to N 22nd- 4 Bags and 1 Other Item

    Northwestern Pkwy from N 39th St to Bank St- 3 Bags

    W Main St from N 15th St to 22nd St- 20 Bags

    W Market St from 30th St to 34th St- 10 Bags and 1 Tire

    W Market St from 22nd St to 26th St- 8 Bags and 3 Other Items

    Bank St from 22nd St to 18th St- 4 Bags

December 29, 2021

    Northwestern Pkwy from 31st St to 36th St- 6 Bags, 6 Tires and 3 Other Items

    Northwestern Pkwy from W Market to Jewell Ave- 8 Bags, 14 Tires and 8 Other Items

    Slevin St from 26th St to 30th St- 7 Bags, 2 Tires and 4 Other Items

    34th St from W Market St to Alford Ave- 3 Bags, 7 Tires and 4 Other Items

    29th St from Portland Ave to Bank St- 5 Bags, 2 Tires and 2 Other Items

    30th St from W Market St to Slevin St- 6 Bags, 5 Tires and 1 Other Items

    44th St from W Market St to Bank St- 6 Bags, 2 Tires and 1 Other Item

    34th St from Alford Ave to Bank St- 7 Bags, 2 Tires and 1 Other Item

    18th St from W Main St to Duncan St- 2 Bags and 1 Other Item

    23rd St from Portland Ave to Northwestern Pkwy- 20 Bags and 4 Tires

    Duncan St from 17th St to Northwestern Pkwy- 7 Bags, 6 Tires, 1 Other Items

    19th St from W Market to Bank St- 4 Bags

December 30, 2021

    Portland Ave from 15th St to 18th St- 3 Bags and 2 Other Items

    Northwestern Pkwy from 36th St to 39th St- 3 Bags and 1 Other Items

    41st St from Jewell Ave to Bank St- 4 Bags, 1 Tire and 5 Other Items

    26th St from Slevin St to Portland- 5 Bags, 2 Tires and 3 Other Items

    15th St from Garland Ave to W Oak St- 5 Bags and 1 Tire

    W Kentucky St from 9th St to 15th St- 10 Bags, 2 Tires and 4 Other Items

    Virginia Ave from 26th St to Beech St- 6 Bags

    Dumesnil St from 38th St to 32nd St- 7 Bags

    Dixie Hwy from W Broadway to Garland Ave- 5 Bags

Major Shannon Lauder

Major Shannon Lauder joined the Louisville Metro Police Department in 2008. She served as a patrol officer in the 4^th Division, primarily in the Old Louisville neighborhood. She also spent 6 years as a hostage negotiator and team leader for LMPD’s Hostage Negotiation Team. She was a detective in the Crimes Against Children Unit (CACU) investigating physical, sexual and internet crimes against children across Louisville Metro.

She was then promoted to sergeant in 2015, where she served in the 6^th Division before becoming a Professional Standards Unit investigator. She was promoted to lieutenant in 2018 and served as a patrol lieutenant in the 4^th Division. Most recently she was assigned as the Commander of the Special Victims Unit. The SVU consists of the Sex Crimes Unit, the Domestic Violence Unit and the Crimes Against Seniors Unit. In 2020 Major Lauder was promoted to the rank of Major and serves as the Commander of the 4^th Division.

Major Lauder holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Louisville. She is a graduate of the 143rd Session of the Southern Police Institute’s (SPI) Administrative Officer’s Course at the University of Louisville.

Visit http://mapit.louisvilleky.gov/  and type in your address to find out when your junk pick-up date is as well as street cleanings and additional information.

Visit at https://lge-ku.com/outages/report/streetlight to report a street light outage in your neighborhood. When reporting a street light outage, be sure to have the pole number, which can be found on a metal plate on the pole.