The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council has four standing committees that handle city matters.
Each committee is made up of 10 councilmembers. Each councilmember shall serve on a minimum of two standing committees, with those appointed to the Budget, Finance & Economic Development Committee serving on three.
Each committee shall elect a chair biennially in January to coincide with the two-year councilmember election cycle. The chair shall appoint a vice chair, who will serve in the absence of the chair as needed.
Social Services and Public Safety Committee
This committee oversees all matters relating to the department of social services and its divisions, the department of public safety and its divisions, any related partner agencies, and matters relating to capital improvement projects.
General Government and Planning Committee
This committee oversees all matters relating to the department of general services and its divisions, the department of planning and its divisions, the department of law, any matter relating to the public administration of government and the divisions under the chief administrative officer, any related partner agencies, and any other issues relating to capital improvement projects.
Environmental Quality and Public Works committee
This committee oversees all matters relating to the department of environmental quality and public works and its divisions, including capital improvement projects and related partner agencies.
Budget, Finance and Economic Development committee
This committee oversees all matters relating to the department of finance and its divisions and any related partner agencies, including capital projects, the urban county courts and constitutional officers, fiscal operations of the government, revenues and expenditures of the government, and organization changes which affect the fiscal operations of the government (consideration limited to operational aspects only) and to which shall be referred matters relating to economic development and related partner agencies.
Additionally, this committee shall review the final audit report and management letter of the accounting firm recommended by the mayor and selected by the council to conduct the annual financial audit of the urban county government and shall report its findings concerning the same to the mayor and council for appropriate action.