LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Metro Council swore in the new members Thursday during their meeting.
Kumar Rashad is the new council member representing District 3, and Phillip Baker is the new representative of District 6.
District 3 is primarily made up of Shively, and the seat was left vacant when Keisha Dorsey left to work for Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg's office. David James vacated the District 6 seat to also work with Greenberg's administration.
During his interview, Rashad said there are "different things that need to be done that we don't have in Shively."
"We don't have the businesses, we don't have the infrastructure, but what we can do is change certain codes in order to make our areas less saturated with alcohol and businesses we don't really need in the south end," he said.
Rashad also pointed to his experience as a teacher and union member, saying he hopes to bring representation to the council.
"I'm gonna use my platform as the cornerstone and make a larger impact on educating our community eradicating homelessness and uplifting our union and labor organizations," he said.
During his interview, Baker said his third initiative would be focusing on youth programs that result in public safety.
"I want to make sure that I impress upon you my main areas of focus. My aim is to support, adopt and introduce greater efforts to shrink the distance between the community, local government and local government partners," he said.
Applicants were called one at a time to sit before council members, made an opening statement, answered questions for 10 minutes and made a closing statement.
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