Several members of Lexington’s Urban County Council expressed frustration about how the city responded to Winter Storm Fern during a work session Tuesday, the first in-person work session since the storm dumped several inches of snow and ice onto Central Kentucky.
Lexington has struggled to dig out from the storm. Fayette County Public Schools haven’t had in-person class in nearly two weeks, it was unclear Monday how many small residential streets have been plowed, and Mayor Linda Gorton has addressed the need for more preparedness when it comes to ice.
Two points came up again and again in the Tuesday meeting: what were once considered rare weather events are becoming normal for the city, and neighborhood streets may need more attention in the next winter storm…