LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council is scheduled to consider wide-ranging legislative measures on Thursday, including significant amendments to ethics commission rules and zoning ordinances that would reshape how the government handles conflict-of-interest oversight and economic development, according to the meeting agenda.

The most substantive item would reform the city's Ethics Commission, shrinking its size from nine members to between seven and nine, and relaxing party affiliation restrictions. The proposal would remove the requirement that candidates file financial disclosure statements and would change how the commission determines its jurisdiction over ethics violations.

The ethics measure comes months after a Lexington resident formally challenged the commission's composition in April, alleging that six of eight members were registered Democrats, exceeding the five-member limit from a single political party set by current ordinance.

Three zoning-related measures also appear on the second-reading agenda. One would rezone approximately 7.4 gross acres near Chair Avenue, Hayman Avenue, and South Broadway from industrial and wholesale use to Corridor Node zoning, a designation intended to encourage mixed-use development. Two other ordinances would modify the Agricultural-Residential zone to allow alcohol sales accessory to horse racing operations, and would expand permitted uses in the Economic Development zone.

The council is also set to consider budget amendments rolling unspent funds from the current fiscal year into the new budget year beginning July 1, as well as authorizing various municipal contracts and change orders, including a $62,800 increase for work at Deer Haven Park and a $97,324.79 increase for the New Senior & Therapeutic Center construction project.

Additional items would authorize agreements for inmate medical services estimated at nearly $11.8 million through the Division of Community Corrections and authorize fire monitoring services from Siemens Industry at an estimated cost not to exceed $41,840.22 in the new fiscal year.