Council member Legree reported to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council on March 11 about the Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee’s Feb. 11 meeting, which reviewed updates to the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) and the city’s odor-control work.

NTMP has been Lexington’s traffic-calming program for 25 years, staff said. The city is working with a consultant to streamline and modernize how NTMP notifications are processed and intends to launch a Citizen Connect portal that will let members of the public submit traffic-calming concerns, track projects and view active and past projects via a map.

Director Martin summarized the city’s odor-control program in response to a recent increase in sewer-odor complaints. Under an emergency declaration, the city hired Webster Environmental Associates to advise on corrective actions; 2024 work included equipment upgrades, evaluation of odor-control chemicals and a shift from reactive to proactive monitoring. The committee introduced Rick Bowman as an odor-control manager to assist with monitoring.

Legree told council members that no committee action was taken on those items and that microtransit, recycling practices and division and program reviews were removed from the committee’s annual review list. Committee members adjourned at 2:12 p.m.

Legree encouraged residents to file odor complaints through the city’s Lex Call system and said the committee will continue reviewing program updates.