[Presentations and Special Recognitions]
[00:00:03]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST START IT WITH MAYOR.
PRESIDENT SHAN, WESTERN BROOM IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE CHANCEL SMITH OF THE BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND A PROCLAMATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK IN BATON ROUGE, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS MAYOR PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN I SAY THAT WE ALL VALUE HIGHER EDUCATION HERE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT BATON ROUGE IS HOME OF ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY.
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS BEEN A PILLAR INSTITUTION SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE HIGH QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE TRAINING PROGRAMS. BRCC IS AN INSTITUTION COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, STUDENT ACCESS AND SUCCESS WITH OVER 70 DEGREES CERTIFICATE AND CERTIFIED TRAINING PROGRAMS. AS A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BRCC OFFERS TRANSFER CAREER AND TECHNICAL TRAINING AND CUSTOMIZE PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
BRCC HAS EIGHT CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE CAPITAL REGION, AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT BRCC DOES TO EQUIP STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND ADVANCE THEIR SKILLS.
THEY ARE AN ASSET IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I AM PROUD TO STAND BEFORE ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE MARCH 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK CHANCELLOR SMITH TO COME ON UP.
AS WE MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING, UH, BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR BEING A PILLAR INSTITUTION THAT HAS SERVED BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR OVER 20 YEARS BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE HIGH QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE EDUCATION COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRESIDENT, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE THIS WEEK.
AND CERTAINLY I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
MY ABERRATION FOR THIS MAYOR HAD BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER OF BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OUR WORK OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK.
IT'S A TRADITIONAL ACROSS COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE THE COLLEGE EMBRACES ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN A FREE ACTIVITY, SUCH AS FILLING OUT FAST WILL VIRTUAL STUDENT FAD, THAT STUDENT CAN EMBARK ON TO A ROLE IN THE COLLEGE.
YOU HAVE A MAGNIFICENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THE FOUNDER, WHAT WE DO AND PUTTING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY COULD NOT BE OVERSTATED.
WHAT WE DO REALLY TRANSFORM LIVES.
SO I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE TOSS TO IT.
AND SO YOU MAY HAVE PUT AS PROXIMAL BASIS.
ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING IN OUR DISTRICTS IS TRASH.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL EFFORTS MADE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DEAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE THAT HAS BEEN LEFT ALL OVER EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
THESE TWO LADIES HAVE TAKEN UP THE CHALLENGE AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING AN ORGANIZATION CALLED KEEP TIGERTOWN BEAUTIFUL.
THEY HAVE SPENT THEIR SATURDAY MORNINGS, UM, PICKING UP COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF CONSTRUCTION SIZE BAGS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY? PROBABLY ABOUT 170 IS THAT ALL I THOUGHT THERE'D BE MORE THAN THAT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE PALLETS THAT WE PICK UP.
WE HAVE CARPORTS THAT WE RIDE.
THEY HAVE LIT THE FIRE UNDER OTHER FOLKS AND ARE TURNING AND THEY ARE TURNING OUT AS WELL, EVERY SATURDAY, SHOWING THE LOVE FOR OUR CITY.
AND, UM, JUST WITH WHAT THESE TWO LADIES ARE DOING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, ALL OVER TOWN, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'LL LIGHT THE FIRE UNDER SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER FOLKS.
UM, EVEN JENNIFER HAS EVEN CHALLENGED US TO PUT GARBAGE PICKER, UPPERS AND GLOVES IN OUR CHILDREN'S EASTER BASKET.
SO MUCH GRANDCHILDREN WILL GET CARPET PICKER AND, UH, GLOVES IN THEIR EASTER BASKETS.
THIS IS, UH, JENNIFER RICHARDSON.
AND I HAVE FOR YOU A CERTIFICATE OF RED RECOMMEND
[00:05:01]
RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION.UH, METROPO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, BARE STATE OF LOUISIANA CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO YOU, UH, FOR YOUR VERY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO KEEP IN TIGER TOWN.
BEAUTIFUL, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT MY BUDDY ALWAYS WANTED TO DO AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE TEARS ANYWAY, AND THIS IS FOR OUR FRIEND GLENDA POLLARD AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING I KNOW YOU'VE ALL HEARD THE TERM, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, IT TAKES A CITY.
WE NEED TO ALL GET INVOLVED AND GET TOGETHER AND CALL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH AND GET THEM OUT THERE AND GET THEM PICKING UP TRASH.
IT'S A PERFECT THING TO DO RIGHT NOW DURING COVID IT'S GREAT EXERCISE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A, UH, A JOB DESCRIPTION.
YOU JUST GET OUT THERE AND GRAB A BAG, GRAB A GRABBER AND GET, GET WITH IT.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR CITY IS, YOU REMEMBER WE'RE SO USED TO LIVING IN A CITY WITH FILTH THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP WITH THIS.
AND UM, I WANT THEM TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY AGAIN.
SO, UM, A CHALLENGE, EVERYBODY, UM, WE HAVE TRASH GRABBERS THAT WE'RE GIVEN ALL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE A VISION AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE, CLEAN LAND, CLEAR WATER.
AND IF WE CAN PASS THAT ON AND INSPIRE THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ALL.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WHY NOT? WHO ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT? AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND IT'S GOTTEN TO A LEVEL WHERE WE ALL NEED TO BE OUT THERE AND JUST THINK LIKE, THERE ARE 3000, I'LL JUST PICK MY FIELD AND, AND, UM, AND DWIGHT'S BILL 3000 REALTORS.
IF WE EACH PICK UP ONE PIECE OF TRASH, THAT'S 3000 OR 3,500 PIECES OF TRASH, HOW MANY LAWYERS COULD THERE BE IN THIS CITY? LET'S CHALLENGE EACH OF OUR FIELDS, ACCOUNTANTS TO PICK UP A PIECE OF TRASH THIS WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHAUNA BANKS.
I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE MR. HARMON, BUSTER JUNIOR PRINCIPAL AND DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL E-SPORTS AND MEDIA PROGRAM FOUND IT IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 BY MR. CHRISTOPHER TURNER, THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY E-SPORTS CLUB IS A HOME TO ALL GAMERS ON CAMPUS, BOTH IN COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE NATURES.
THE GOAL OF THE E-SPORTS CLUB IS TO PROVIDE AN OUTLET TO ALL STUDENTS, TO RELIEVE STRESS YOUR GAMING, AS WELL AS FORMING COMPETITIVE TEAMS. THAT WILL BE PART OF ULI COMPETITIONS, SUCH AS HIGH SCHOOL E-SPORTS LEAGUE PLAY VERSUS AND NISSA.
IT'S A FOUR PILLARS, COMMUNITY COMPETITION, CAREERS AND ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN ECOSYSTEM.
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO LEARN SKILLS AND APPLY THEM IN EACH PILLAR.
THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IS GROWING THIS FIRST YEAR HAS BEEN AWESOME.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL PRESS NATIONAL INTERRUPT TROPHIES, AND TO START E-SPORTS IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US ON THIS JOURNEY OF CREATING THE NEXT THING JOB FORCE YOU CAN DO SO BY MONETARY DONATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.
AND REMEMBER WE ARE THE FEW, THE PROUD MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCILMAN BANKS, AND MEMBERS OF THE METRO COUNCIL.
IS IT ON THE PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE STATE UNIVERSAL LABORATORY SCHOOL FAMILY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE GREATER BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO, THE KITTEN AND JAGUAR FAMILY, OTHER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT RAY BELTON, AND I'LL INSTRUCT THEM MR. CHRISTOPHER TURNER OPEN THE DOORS TO ONE OF THE FIRST EASTERN WEST SLAB AND LOUISIANA DELVING INTO THE EAST COAST AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH MULTIPLE CAREER OPTIONS RANGING FROM PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY BROADCASTING, TV, AND FILM, CODING AND MARKETING.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS IN
[00:10:01]
THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR, WE ARE HAVING OUR ANNUAL CRAWFISH GRABBING GO NEXT FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2021.
TICKETS AND INFORMATION REGARDING E-SPORTS CAN BE FOUND AT ALL SCHOOLS WEBSITE, WWW.SU LAUGH, SCHOOL.COM ALL BY CONTACTING THE SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TALK TO HIM AND BANKS.
THANK YOU, MR. BRISTER, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, UM, PRESENTED TO THE 700 BARS OF YOUR LABORATORY SCHOOL, WHICH WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL ALMA MATER EAST SCORES AND MEDIA PROGRAM FOR BEING THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, REACHING STUDENTS FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN TO POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL, WHOSE GOAL IS TO INCREASE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN STEM RELATED COOLERS, COMPETE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND CREATE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
GIVEN THIS DATE MAY 24TH, AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE YOUR COUNSEL WOMAN COME UP.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF IT BEING MY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO GIVE HER OVER TO YOU.
YOU ARE JOINING US FOR FUTURES AND LET HER GET IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THIS IS FORTUNATELY YOU ALL, IT'S NOT UNFORTUNATE.
AND LET ME JUST SAY, UH, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, UM, HERMAN BOOSTER JANE IS PERHAPS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
AND WE SPEAK EVERY MORNING AT SIX 20, ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION HERE IN THIS CITY, HE IS AN AWARD WINNING SCHOOL LEADER.
UH, HE WAS A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT, UH, HE LED MCKINLEY MIDDLE TURN IN IS A BLUE RIBBON WHEN HE WAS PRINCIPAL AT MCKINLEY MIDDLE.
AND HE WAS ALSO THE PRINCIPAL AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FOR THREE YEARS.
AND NOW HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE LAB SCHOOL.
HE IS ONE OF NOT JUST BATTERIES, BUT THE WORLD'S PREMIER, UH, SCHOOL LEADERS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME EVERY MORNING AT SIX 20 COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOU BROTHER COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE.
UH, JUST SORT OF, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I SAW A NEWS INTERVIEW THE OTHER DAY AND, UH, I GUESS THE, THAT THE COACH OF THE TEAM OR THE LEADER OF THE TEAM AND EVERYTHING, AND I'M WATCHING THIS NEWS INTERVIEW LIKE, WAIT A SECOND.
THERE'S A THING, YOU KNOW, IN COLLEGE AT SCHOOL, ALL IT ALMOST MADE ME FEEL BAD ABOUT YELLING AT MY SON ALL THE TIME TO QUIT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING HIM UP, SHOWING HIM THIS NEWS INTERVIEW, GOING, OKAY, KEEP PLAYING HERE.
I WANT YOU TO START TALKING TO THESE PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO Y'ALL AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED, UH, WITH THE START OF OUR MEETING.
[CALL TO ORDER]
REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU RELOCATE TO THE LIBRARY.IF YOU'RE NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY PARIS, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT VACCINATIONS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT WE ARE STILL IN A COVID POSTURE.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO ADJUST OUR POLICIES AROUND OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO, BUT UNTIL THAT TIME, UH, ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK FOR THE CITY PAIRS ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE CHAMBER AT THIS TIME.
AND IF YOU DO NOT WORK FOR THE CITY PARIS, WE ARE GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
YOU RELOCATE NEXT DOOR TO THE LIBRARY, UH, TO VIEW THE MEETING IN AN EFFORT TO ADHERE TO OUR GUIDELINES AND BE SAFE.
SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO START OUR MEETING AFTER DO WE HAVE A QUORUM AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TO INTRODUCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO LEAD US AND OUR INVOCATION IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
AND THE WORDS OF THEATER ROOSEVELT, HE SAYS, I DO WHAT I CAN, WHERE I AM WITH WHAT I HAVE.
ALSO, THERE IS A SAYING, AND MOST OF YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS, MADE THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE.
A LEGACY LEADER LEAVES A LEGACY
[00:15:01]
TODAY.WE HAVE THE HONOR OF PASTOR PATRICIA MITCHELL, THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF GRACE AND MERCY.
AND THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 2010 TO HONOR TO OFFER HONORABLE PRAYER FOR US.
A TRUE SERVANT WORKS DILIGENTLY AND THE MID CITY AREA WITH THE HOMELESS WOMEN AND THEIR NEEDS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS SHE'S A WATCHFUL EYE IN OUR AREA, IN HER AREA.
I LOVE THAT ALSO TODAY, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE DONE BY CAMERON A SIMPSON.
CAMERON IS THE SON OF CAROL SIMPSON AND GREGORY SIMPSON.
CAMERON IS A SENIOR AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
MY ALMA MATER CAMERON ENJOYS HISTORY IS A MEMBER OF THE 29 11 MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
AND CAMERON IS AN USHER AT THE ST.
LUKE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DISTRICT 10.
SOME OF HIS ATTRIBUTES ARE HE'S JOVIAL ENJOYS COOKING AND A CHEF AT HEART, PASTOR MITCHELL.
I FEEL LIKE JESUS IS IN FRONT OF HIS DISCIPLES, CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND LET'S GIVE REVERENCE TO THE LORD HEAVENLY AND GRACIOUS FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE THE WOUNDS THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN AND LEADERSHIP, NOT ON RUN.
THAT WHOLE SUPPOSITION HAS NOT BEEN PREDESTINED AND ORDAINED BY YOU FATHER.
EACH ONE THAT IS OVER THERE, DISTRICT LORD.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU WANTED THERE.
SO FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THEM, FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, FATHER.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TEDIOUS JOURNEY THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN ON FATHER, BUT YET IN STEEL, THEY KEPT GOVERNMENT GOING YET IN STEEL.
THEY KEPT HOPE IN OUR EYES AND OUR HEARTS FOR LETTING US SEE THEM FOR THE WORKS THAT THEY DO.
THEIR WORK CERTAINLY SPEAK FOR THEM FOR FATHERS.
THEY MAY NOT ALL AGREE AT ALL TIMES, BUT THEY DO AGREE TO DISAGREE AND FALL A BET MEAN THE HOUSE IS STILL UNITED AND NOT DIVIDED.
SO FATHER, AS I PRAY TODAY, I PRAY FOR YOU TO BE FOR THESE PEOPLE, YOUR SERVANTS, THAT CAN CALL TO SERVE YOUR PEOPLE IN THE MIDST OF GOOD DAYS IN THE MIDST OF HARD DAYS.
AND MISS THE DAYS OF UNCERTAINTY FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND LET THEM REMEMBER THAT THE IS THAT GIVEN TO THE SWIFT, NOT TO THE STRONG, BUT TO THE ONE THAT DIDN'T DO IT FOREVER.
HOLD THEM, KEEP THEM, REVIVE THEM AND RESTORE THEM FOR, THEY HAVE DIFFICULT TASK AHEAD, LORD, BUT FATHER, YOU ARE THEIR KEEPER.
YOU ARE THEIR SHEPHERD AND THEY ARE YOUR SHEEP AND FATHER.
THEY COULD EAT US AS YOU GIVE THEM GUIDANCE.
WE OPENED, THEY ALL OPEN THEIR HEARTS UP TO YOU AND LISTEN TO YOU IF THEY DO SO FATHER, THEN ALL THE BETTER FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME.
UM, I PLEASED WITH THE LEADS
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FOR THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021 AND MARCH 10TH, 2021 AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FOR THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING MARCH 10TH, 2021 BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR.IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES? IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND TO BY MOKE ASHLEY,
[INTRODUCTIONS]
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS[00:20:02]
SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS, AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE HARVEST AND ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT AND DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF, DESIGNATING THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERE TO MY COUNCILOR ROWDY GO DAY.NUMBER THREE, ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING AD ALARM TAX MILLAGE RIGHTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE FOLLOWING TAXING JURISDICTIONS ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY, EXCEPT THAT THE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHALL BE LEVIED ON REAL PROPERTY ONLY TO BE LEVIED DURING THE YEAR 2021 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH OPERATING TAX 3.15 MILLS CITY OF BATON ROUGE OPERATING TAX 5.75 MILS CITY OF BATON THERE'S THREE PLATOON POLICE TAX 0.87 MILLS EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, AND BROKEN CONTROL DISTRICT.
1.06 MILLS EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND BRITAIN CONDOLED CONTROL ADDITIONAL 0.65 MILLS EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH LIBRARY, 10.52 MILS EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH COUNCIL ON AGING, 2.13 MILS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
1.4, TWO MILLS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, 3.13 MILS BATON ROUGE.
6.0 MILLS CONSOLIDATED RED LIGHTING DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, 1.85 MILS ALISON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, 10 MILLS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, ADDITIONAL FIVE, FIVE MILLS BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, 10 MILLS BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL FIVE MILLS BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 10 MILLS BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 10 MILLS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 9.57 MILLS EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, NON MILLS PROD BAR PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, 10 MILS PROD FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, ADDITIONAL 15 MILS CHENEY VILLE FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, 10 MILLS CHENEY VILLE FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, ADDITIONAL 10 MILLS, CHANEY BELL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, ADDITIONAL 10 MILLS BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF JUSTIN GEORGETOWN AND BRANDY HARRIS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A BATON ROUGE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,000 AND $52,000 RESPECTIVELY AND APPROPRIATING $75,000 PLUS SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZED AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED JOSHUA MARTIN TIBIDEAU VERSUS BRANDON BLACKWELL AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,500 PLUS COURT COSTS THE AMOUNT OF $119 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $18,619 AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR THIS PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY AND NUMBER SIX, A RESOLUTION GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $31 MILLION TAXABLE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2020, ONE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO ADVANCE REFUND.
A PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 58 MILLION, $75,000 TAXABLE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2012 OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND PAY THE COST OF ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS PROVIDING CERTAIN TERMS OF SALE OF THE SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS AND AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION OF OFFERS FROM DIRECT PURCHASE OF THE SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, ANY AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.
AND COUNSEL NUMBER SEVEN, EXTENDING THE, THE DEBATE OF THE NORTH BATON ROUGE OPPORTUNITY ZONE ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE ONE SIX TWO ONE FIVE FOUR FOUR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND, JR.
NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND NEBRASKA TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.
NUMBER ONE WITH RHH ARCHITECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW DES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FACILITY DESIGN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $43,000 BY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR NUMBER NINE, AMENDING THE TITLE FOUR E REIMBURSEMENT BUDGET.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $165,934 AND 94 CENTS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, REPRESENTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE UNDER THE FEDERAL FOSTER CARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM BY THE JUVENILE SERVICES DIRECTOR, NUMBER 10, AMENDING THE 2021 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 2 MILLION, $400,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE ON A SIGN FOR A PLACEMENT OF AGING POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND POLICE CHIEF, NUMBER 11, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVES, UH, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE MAYOR PRECEDENT, NUMBER 12, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 FOR EDUCATIONAL TUTORING AND OUTREACH ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS PER SET, SAID PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT
[00:25:01]
NUMBER 13, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, DID YOU GET YOUR PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 14, LOT ONE OH SIX SUBDIVISION DON WOOD COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR MODE NUMBER 15, LOT 27 SOUTH DIVISION PERKIN SOUTH COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE GO DAY NUMBER 16, LOT EIGHT SQUARE 38 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 17, LOT 40 SQUARE D SUBDIVISION DARDY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 18 LOT 10 SQUARE 19.SO DIVISION LELAND COLLEGE ANNEX COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 19 LOT 11 SQUARE 19 SUBDIVISION LELAND COLLEGE ANNEX COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 20 LOT 37 SQUARE 35 SOUTH BATON OR SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 21 LOT 38 SQUARE 35 SOUTH MOUNTAIN OR SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22 LOT TWO SQUARE 20 NORTH HIGHLAND SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 23 LOT T DASH A DASH THREE SUBDIVISION SOUTH PARK FOREST COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 24 LOT 23 SQUARE FIVE NORTH HIGHLANDS ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, UM, NUMBER 25, LOT 30 PLUS SQUARE 44 FORTUNE SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 26, LOT Y THREE SUBDIVISION BRIAN ESTATES, CAPITOL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 27 LOT A ONE EAST RIDGEWOOD SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR MOKE NUMBER 28, LOT SIX SQUARE NON RICHMOND PARK SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 29 LOT THREE EIGHT DASH THREE DASH EIGHT DASH ONE SHENANDOAH BUSINESS PARK SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON NUMBER 30 LOT TENTS WERE THREE UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 31, WHAT? 18 AND 19 SQUARE TO UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 32 LOT 23 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 33, LOT FIVE AND SIX SQUARE TO UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS COMP NUMBERS, ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAS BEEN READ.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY APPEAR TWICE ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE NEED TO DELETE ITEM 72 AND 73.
ALL OTHER ITEMS CAN BE INTRODUCED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IS RED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, MOST OF THEM ARE ALSO SECONDED BY ROCCO.
ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INTRODUCED AS ALWAYS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK FOR OUR CITY PARISH, WHO ARE JOINING US FOR THIS MEETING AND SEE LET'S CELEBRATE ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
MEMBERS.DID YOU GO TO YOUR SECOND SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS PLEASE? CONDEMNATIONS SCORE.
THE SECOND SHEET I'M GOING TO READ ALL STATED RECOMMENDATION FROM DPW STEADY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 77, 78, 79, 80 81 82 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 91 92 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 99.
AND TO DELETE ITEM 76, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANY FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONDEMNATIONS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS, USF, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM AND HERE TO SPEAK.
SO, UH, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET THE HOUSE REMODELED TO LIVE IN.
UH, MY AUNT BARBARA, SHE HAD, UH, APPLIED FOR A DEMO FOR THE HOUSE AND I APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR, TO GET THE HOUSE, UH, TO READ A PERMIT TO REMODEL THE HOUSE.
THE PERMIT WAS REJECTED ON MY BEHALF BECAUSE THE DEMO PERMIT WAS AT THAT TIME IN EFFECT, BUT IT EXPIRED.
SO AT THIS, AT THIS MOMENT, I'M TRYING TO STOP YOU GUYS FROM DEMO IN THE HOUSE.
UM, HOW MUCH TIME, HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE YOU CAN GET A PERMIT? WELL, I TALKED TO THE PERMIT, UH, PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT TODAY AND, UM, THEY SAID THAT, UH, THEY HAVE TO REVIEW IT AGAIN AND, UH, THEY BACKED UP.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY GET TO THE CAR, MY PERMIT.
SO IF HE, UM, APPLIES FOR THE PERMIT, LET'S SAY THE NEXT WEEK, HOW MUCH, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS? IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AT LEAST A MONTH.
[00:30:01]
THANK YOU CARE.SO MR. ALLEN I'LL, UM, DO WE'LL GIVE 30 DAYS AND IF YOU HAVE THE PERMIT IN 30 DAYS, THEN WE COULD DELETE IT FROM THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, 30 DAYS ADD THE PERMIT AND, AND THEN WE'LL JUST DELETE IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONDEMNATION ITEMS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WOULD YOU PLEASE REFER TO YOUR SECOND SHEET IS DONE.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? I HAVE THE ONE, SOME COUNSELING ROOM.
ANY OTHER CHANGES ON CONDEMNATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? YES.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN A RECOMMENDATION TO DELETE THAT ITEM FROM DPW.
SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, COLEMAN, ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? LET ME READ, UH, THE CHANGES CHANGES ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 77, 79, 80 82 83, 84, 87, 88, 90 91 92 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 AND 98.
WE'RE GOING TO DELETE ITEM 76 99.
WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS, 81 85, 78 AND 89.
WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS ITEMS 86.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CON NATIONS? YES, SIR.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M FOLLOWING PROPER PROCEDURE.
UM, BEG YOUR PARDON IF I'M OUT OF ORDER, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS, ONLY AN ADDRESS FROM THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO ME FOR A, UM, DEMOLITION OR CONDEMNATION.
NUMBER ONE, UH, YOU SHOULD BE AT THE LIBRARY, BUT SINCE YOU'RE HERE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY.
IS THAT, IS IT FOUR SIX, TWO, FOUR CLAYTON STREET? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, WHAT IS YOUR KIND OF, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR RECORD REQUEST, UM, THAT THIS, THAT THIS PROPERTY BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST? WELL, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THE, WITH THE PROPERTY.
UH, HOW WERE THEY? THOSE ISSUES BEING ADDRESSED, UH, BEING ADDRESSED BY MYSELF, UM, ALREADY PROCEEDED, PROCEEDED IN ACQUIRING THE INITIAL PERMITS, THE, UM, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING PERMITS I'VE BEEN ACQUIRED ALSO.
AND I'M PROCEEDING WITH, UH, FURTHER CONSTRUCTION.
I GIVE YOU 30 DAYS SO WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND I COULD SEE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED AFTER THAT.
ONCE I SEE THE INFORMATION AND SEE THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO, WE WILL REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.
I'LL GIVE YOU 30 DAYS AT THIS POINT.
SO YOU ASKED FOR, UM, SHITTY PAST EMPLOYEES AND I REMAINED THE, ARE YOU A CITY PARIS EMPLOYEES? CORRECT?
WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, 87.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS? YOU GOTTA BE A BIT, YOU KNOW, LAUGH AT YOURSELF.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, MOVE BY MOLD SECONDED BY ROCCA, ALL KINDS OF MISSION ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[100. 21-00335]
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, ITEM 100 ITEM, 100, REPAIR THEM RESOLUTION FIVE EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, FIVE, FOUR, EIGHT, SEVEN, THREE, AND READING AND STATE AND TITLE NINE LICENSING AND REGULAR REGULATION OF TRAYS AND OCCUPATION.CHAPTER 18, WINE, BEER, AND LIQUOR CODE OF ORDINANCES IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON WAS PERTAINING TO THE SALE AND REGULATION TO BACK ALL THE BEVERAGES LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, MOLT AND COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUESTED A FOCUS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST OF THE FURTHEST ITEM FOR 30 DAYS BY THE SPONSORS OF THE ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS BY DONE SECONDED BY MOTE QUESTION, QUESTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M ALSO JUST ASKING WHY IT'S BEING DEFERRED.
[00:35:01]
DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR ATTORNEYS HERE AND WITH THE STATE, UM, WE HAVE FOUND SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT IS NOT MATCHING UP.WE HAD FOUND SOME, THE LITTLE THINGS.
I MEAN, WE MET FOR PROBABLY TWO HOURS AND KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT, BUT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE MISSED IS A FEW, A LITTLE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WE NEED TO ADD IN.
SO WE JUST REQUESTED ANOTHER 30 DAYS SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING MATCHED UP A LOT OF THIS.
AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, UH, AND Y'ALL TO KNOW A LOT OF THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DEFERRED SOME OF Y'ALL THAT WAS HERE, WE'VE DEFERRED OFF BECAUSE IT DEPENDS DEMEC AND EVERYTHING.
AND LET THE STATE TAKE OVER SOME OF THE THINGS.
WELL, THE ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN DURING THIS PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT REALLY WELL.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MATCH UP AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFULLY COMING TO A CLOSE WITH THIS PANDEMIC STUFF AND EVERYTHING.
AND WE WANT TO KEEP SOME OF THESE THINGS IN PLACE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH MATCHING SOME OF THE STATE RULES.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS, IS MATCHING UP AND ADD IN SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT MATCHES MOTION TO DEFER BY DON SECONDED BY MOLT ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED.
[101. 21-00336]
THE SAME THING FOR ITEM ONE OH ONE.THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THE ITEM MEN AND TITLE NINE CHAPTER 18.
SO AS TO MINNESOTA SECTIONS AND ADD OR DELETE PROVISIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH ONE, ANYONE NEED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE-ON-ONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO DEFER BY MOTION SECONDED BY DONE.
[Items 102 - 110]
MEMBERS ITEMS ONE OH TWO, TWO ITEMS, ONE ZERO, ONE 10, OR SENTENCE.I'M GOING TO READ THEM ALL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.
SO ITEM ONE OH TWO, SENDING IN DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO COUNCIL DECISION IN ORDER, IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS AMNET MARIE WALLACE, SEVEN ONE THREE FIVE POINT SET OF DRIVE HOUSE AND REAL SHED, A REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY OWNER LIVES AT THE HOME, AND THEY STARTED WORKING ON REPAIRED AS WELL AS CLEANING THE YARD BY COUNCILWOMAN GREEN ITEM ONE ON THREE RESENDING IN THE RECORD IN THE CLERK RECORD THE COUNCIL DECISION IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATTERIES VERSUS WHY I NEED A GARDEN IN WASHINGTON, FIVE SEVEN, FIVE, EIGHT ATLANTA AVENUE.
REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TWO CONTACTORS THAT CAN WORK ON THE HOUSE AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD BY MAKING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE HOME, BUT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN PERMITS BY COUNSELOR IN GREEN.
WE'RE SENDING IN A RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, THE COUNCIL DECISION ON THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS JURORS, CHARLOTTE JULIANNE, SUSAN SOPHISTI, CHARLOTTE, UH, FIVE NINE FOR THE WEST MCKINLEY REASON FOR RESCISSION TO BUY THE, A PROPERTY AS A LICENSED CONTRACT AND WILL BE OBTAINING A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE BY COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN ITEM ONE OH FIVE WAS SENDING INTO THE RECTUM CORPORATE COURT.
THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORD IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS VICTORIA WALKER, NINE NINE, NINE FOUR AVENUE D.
READING FOCUSES IN COUNCILWOMAN BANKS MADE AN ERROR BY CONDEMNING THIS PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED AND HAS A NEW OWNER BY COUNSELING IN THE BANKS.
I AM ONE OH SIX ARE SENDING IN THE RECORD OF THE COURT RECORD, THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER AND THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EDWARD TARA MCKNIGHT, THE THIRD ONE, EIGHT 47 NEBRASKA STREET REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENTIAL REMODEL PERMANENT TENDS TO CONTINUE REPAIRS AND RENT PROPERTY BY COUNSELING AND CAROLYN COLEMAN I A ONE OH SEVEN WAS SENDING AND DIRECT IN THE COLLEGIAL COURT.
THE COUNCIL'S DECISION ORDER, THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THERE'S A RED DARLENE AND PRIMUS FOUR ONE NINE TUSCALOOSA AVENUE.
REASON FOR IT WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELETED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 24, 2021.
AND ABOUT A CHAIR ITEM ONE TO WAIT.
WE'RE SITTING IN OUR RECORD IN THE CLERK OF COURT, THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS CHARLES L CROCKETT 16 ZERO SIX, NORTH 29TH STREET.
THE REASON FOR REFUSING THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS A CONTRACT TO REPAIR THE ROOF AND WE'LL BE MOVING BACK INTO THE HOME.
ONCE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED BY THE CHAIR ITEM ONE OH NINE, WE'RE SENDING IN A RECORD IN THE CLERK OF COURT.
THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO ORDER IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS KIMBERLY SINGLETON FOR FOUR 21 AND FOUR, FOUR TO FIVE AND FOUR 42 70 BARRELS ON THE STREET.
THE REASON FOR THE RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BOARDED AND CLEANED THE PROPERTY AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS ON THE HOUSE, BUT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO OPPORTUNITY PAYMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND ITEM ONE 10.
WE'RE SENDING IN A RECORD CLERK RECORD THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS LOW BALL PROPERTIES, LLC.
THE REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE HOMEOWNER HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND THE NEW OWNER WHERE WE HAVE IN RENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN READ OR THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE OH FIVE, EXCUSE ME, YOUR ITEMS. AND ONE OH TWO TO ONE 10.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? ONE OH TWO TO ONE 10.
WE'LL HAVE TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY, CORRECT? NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH TWO MOST TO APPROVE BY GREEN SECOND TO BY AMARILLO SOLAR PASS IS ONE OH THREE MOTION BY ROCCO.
SECONDED BY GREEN MOTION PASSES ONE ON FOUR MOTION BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COLEMAN ITEM PASSES ONE ON FIVE MOTION BY ROCKA SECONDED BY MOLT
[00:40:01]
ITEM PASSES ONE OH SIX MOTION BY COLIN.I'D WANT ON SEVEN MOTION BY ROCKA.
SECOND BY GREEN MOTION PASSES ITEM ONE OH EIGHT MOTION BY ROCCO SECOND.
AND BY DONE MOTION PASSES ONE OH NINE MOTION BY ROCCO SECONDED BY GO DAY.
[111. 21-00268]
I WANTED TO NEVIN AUTHORIZING SEDIMENT AND THE MATTER ENTITLED HELEN WILLIAMS AT ALL IN THE CITY OF BATTLE.OH, YOU WANT TO GET IT ON THE MOTION? ROCKY KEPT MY HAND RAISED, AUTHORIZED IN THE SETTLEMENT THE MATTER, UH, ENTITLED HELEN WILLIAMS AT ALL VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF 41,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $339 AND 50 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $41,339 OR 50 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM AND LEFT ONE 11, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY HUDSON, SECONDED BY ROCKER ITEM ONE 12
[112. 21-00269]
AUTHORIZED AND SEDIMENT AND CLAIM A METLIFE AUTO AND HOME AS A SUB BURGEE OF BANGA DAVIS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATTERIES FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,417 AND 59 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY ONE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, 12.ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? ONE 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ROPPER SEPARATED BY THE CHAIR.
[113. 21-00270]
ONE 13, AUTHORIZE A SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF MARLENE ROBERSON FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN HER HOME FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $15,902 AND 14 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN BRETT GRAY ROME WAS ON THE WAY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYBE Y'ALL CAN ANSWER THIS WITH ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.
I RECOGNIZE THE FACT OF THE, THE OTHER THINGS, BUT I'M READING THROUGH THIS ONE.
IS THIS A COMMON THING THAT EVERY TIME THE SEWER BACKS UP, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE ALMOST GENERALLY.
I, THIS WAS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM ON OUR SIDE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS, BUT THIS WAS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM ON OUR SIDE AFTER INVESTIGATION, WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM ON THE LINE, ON OUR SIDE.
THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN OVER A LOT OF SEWER BACKUPS AND THE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE WILL COVER IT OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I COME ACROSS THIS ONE AND I WONDER WHY IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT VERSUS, AND THIS IS NOT A FLOOD.
THIS IS A SEWER BACKUP WHERE SEWAGE ACTUALLY GOT PUSHED BACK INTO THIS RESIDENCE.
SO IT WASN'T A PARTICULAR LIKE REGULAR RADIO THAT SIR FLOOD IS A SEWER BACKUP.
MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO COME SOME NUMBER OFTEN THE OTHER ONE, JUST FOR THE SEGA NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US EXACTLY WHAT A SEWAGE BACKUP INTO SOMEONE'S HOME LOOKS LIKE? WELL, LET'S DISCUSS THEN I'LL DO IT AS HUMAN FECES BEING PUSHED BACK INTO SOMEBODIES HOUSE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION FOR THE SAKE OF OUR INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE ADJUSTER, MR. PAT LASALLE, WHO DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF GOING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES.
UM, I'VE EVEN ARGUED WITH HIM IN THE PAST AND LAST, UH, ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENTS.
HE IS THAT AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE CITY PARISH FISK IS PROTECTED AND THAT WE'RE TRULY ONLY PAYING WHEN IT'S OUR LIABILITY.
UH, SO I HAVE COMPLETE COMPLETE FAITH IN THAT.
BEEN PROPERLY MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE SECONDED BY ROCCO.
[114. 21-00310]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM WITH STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE AS SUBROGATION THORN.WHEN FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A BATTERY FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,486 AND 15 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 14, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ROCCO SECOND, AND BY DONE MOTION CARRIES
[115. 21-00271]
ITEM ONE 15, APPROVING THE RESPONSIVE PROVIDED TO THE ANNUAL LOUISIANA COMPLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE YEAR OF 2020 AS REQUIRED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR[00:45:01]
FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 15, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY GOTO SECONDED BY HUSSON MOTION CARRIES
[116. 21-00313]
ITEM ONE 16 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH ROSIE'S GOURMET POPCORN, ABATING, UNPAID MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEED PAYMENTS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2020 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,250 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 16 HAVING NON-COUNSELING ITEM MOTION BY DON SECOND BY ADAMS ITEM ONE
[117. 21-00314]
17 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH UNDARA ENTERPRISES, LLC, TO LEASE A 3000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING LOCATED AT NINE TWO ONE ZERO CE WOOLMAN DRIVE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH THE ONE-YEAR MUTUAL OPTION TO RENEW AT A RENTAL RATE FROM $26,250 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS SEVEN ONE 17.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 17 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY DONE.
[118. 21-00315]
18 AUTHORIZATION OF MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ONE-WAY SAFE INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE EMS SUSPENSION AND FIELD STRENGTH TESTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,750 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 18 SHOWING NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY DON SEPARATE DEBYE ADAMS MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE
[119. 21-00316]
19 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELEASE SUPPLEMENT APPROPRIATION TO ACT AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,993,620 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 19 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY DONE SECONDED BY HUDSON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
I HAD A, I HAD A GOOD EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH MIKE REGARDING THIS ITEM, AND I JUST FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ON THESE CORONAVIRUS RELEASE FUNDS.
SO ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD JUST COME UP AND GIVE THE EXPLANATION THAT HE, UH, VERY GRATEFULLY SITTING ME SENT TO ME VIA EMAIL, BUT I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD OUTLINE IT IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THIS IS A PART OF OUR ALLOCATION FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY CONGRESS, UH, ON DECEMBER 27TH OF THIS PAST YEAR, PART OF THE BILL, THEY ALLOCATED $2 BILLION TO GO TOWARDS AIRPORTS.
AND THOSE ARE BEING ALLOCATED BASED ON A STANDARD AIP ENTITLEMENT FORMULA, WHICH IS BASED OFF OF 2019 PASSENGER IN PLANE MINTS.
UM, SO IT'S THE SAME FORMULA THEY USE FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, FEDERAL AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT, AIP GRANTS.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNDING IS TO GO TOWARDS, UH, AIRPORT, UH, RELIEF IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WILL ARE MY SENSE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS COVERING DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, UM, WHICH WE RECEIVED A ALLOCATION 8.4 MILLION FROM CARES, WHICH WE'RE STILL, UM, UTILIZING, UH, FOR 2021, UH, DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT BUDGETED FOR, UH, 20, 23 DEBT SERVICE.
BUT WHEN THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE FUNDS TO, TO COVER ANY ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, AND WE CAN USE IT ALSO FOR, UH, OPERATING COSTS, SUCH AS PERSONNEL, UH, CLEANING AND SANITIZATION IN THE TERMINAL.
UM, AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WHAT WE CAN'T USE IT FOR IS A BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE PROJECTS.
UM, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC IN THE GUIDANCE THAT IT CAN ONLY GO TOWARDS OPERATING EXPENSES, DEBT SERVICE, AND, UH, PANDEMIC RESPONSE EFFORTS.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH FINANCE THROUGHOUT THE, UH, BUDGETARY PROCESS FOR 2022 TO, TO IDENTIFY HOW BEST TO ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, EVERYTHING IS FULLY FUNDED AND THE AIRPORT CAN, CAN, UH, MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF, UH, DEBT SERVICE AND JUST, UH, KIND OF PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR.
UH, I WAS ALSO NOTIFIED BY CONGRESSMAN GRAVES' OFFICE THAT THROUGH, UM, THIS LAST BILL, THEY A $1.9 TRILLION BILL THAT JUST PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS WHERE WE'RE RECEIVING ANOTHER, UH, RELIEF APPROPRIATION, VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $4.4 MILLION.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY, UH, IN GOOD SHAPE.
UM, THAT'LL LEAVE US WITH APPROXIMATELY 11.5 AND, AND RELIEF FUNDS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO SEE US THROUGH THE END OF THIS, THIS NEW.
[00:50:01]
VERY MUCH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.UH, THERE'S WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY DON AND IT WAS SECONDED BY HUDSON.
[120. 21-00317]
ITEM ONE 20 AUTHORIZATION FROM MAYOR, PRESIDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO ACCEPT THE NEXT QT GRANTED RUMEN FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION COMMISSION DUE TO CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF FOR $85,582 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 20 COUNCIL MEMBERS BACK TO YOU MOTION BY DONE 70 BY HUDSON ITEM CARRIES ITEM ONE 21
[121. 21-00318]
AMENDING TO 2021 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 150,000 FOR THE EASTBOUND WITH PARIS CORONER'S OFFICE FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE ON ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL OPERATORS, OPERATION, OPERATION, AND KNEES BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 21, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 22, ONE BACK TO THE CHAMBER? I THINK OUR CORNER IS HERE VERY BRIEFLY.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'M DR.
BEAU CLARK ON THE SPANISH PAIRS CORNER.
I'VE BEEN YOUR CORNER FOR SINCE 2012.
UH, THE GENESIS OF THIS REQUEST IS TO, UH, GET, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT WE MAY HIRE, RECRUIT AND HIRE ADDITIONAL FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS, UH, TO DO AUTOPSIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE, UH, TYPE OF PATHOLOGIST WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS CALLED A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST.
THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
UH, SO THESE ARE VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DOCTORS TO DO THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF WORK.
UH, SO THE CHALLENGE OF COURSE WILL BE AHEAD OF US ONCE WE GET THIS MONEY TO GO FIND THAT PERSON AND RECRUIT THEM HERE.
UM, THE, UH, GENESIS FOR THIS REQUEST ALSO COMES IN THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN KEEPING VERY CLOSE STATISTICS WHEN IT COMES TO DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2012, EVERY YEAR, THOSE NUMBERS KIND OF CREEP UP ABOUT A HUNDRED PER YEAR.
UH, LAST YEAR IN 2020, WE HAD 1100 ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
NOW AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT WAS, WAS THIS RELATED TO COVID AND THE PANDEMIC, UH, AND THROUGH FURTHER ANALYSIS, UH, 500 OF THOSE WERE, UH, COVID RELATED DEATHS, BUT THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 600 DEATHS THAT WE INVESTIGATED LAST YEAR, UH, THAT FED INTO OTHER CATEGORIES.
UM, WE SAW A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN HOMICIDES, THREE 30, NINE MORE HOMICIDES THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, WHICH SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE PARISH WE SAW, UH, AT ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, 22 MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS, UH, SETTING ANOTHER RECORD, UH, IN THE PARISH AND ADDITIONAL 115, UH, OVERDOSES RELATED TO OPIOID USE, UH, AGAIN, SETTING ANOTHER RECORD, WHICH WAS REALLY DETRIMENTAL THAT ACTUALLY DOUBLED THE OVERDOSE RECORD FROM THE YEAR PREVIOUS, UH, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 400 NATURAL DEATHS ON THESE ARE NON COVID NATURAL DEATHS.
SO, UM, MY CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE ON A TRAJECTORY LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS, UH, THAT IS REALLY NOT SUSTAINABLE, UH, WITH JUST THE ONE PATHOLOGIST AND THE CONTRACTORS WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WE NEED TWO FULL-TIME PATHOLOGIST TO MANAGE THIS WORKLOAD.
SO, UM, I WANT IT TO BE BRIEF AND THAT'S IT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL.
UH, COUNCILMAN GREEN, JUST LIKE, UM, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, UH, COVID FUNDING IS COMING DOWN, UM, THIS, THE CORONER'S OFFICE, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, THROUGH THE, UM, THE, UM, FEDERAL SOMETIMES.
AND SO, BUT WHEN WE DO SEE THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO DESCRIBE, TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE DOLLARS, THAT A MATTER OF FACT, THE PLEDGE I MADE IN 2012, WHEN I BECAME YOUR CORNER, WAS TO SEEK EVERY SINGLE, UH, SELF-GENERATED REVENUE DOLLAR THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, UH, GATTO SO THAT WE CAN OFFSET THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ITEMIZED IN THE COBRA RELEASE.
NOT TYPICALLY, NO, NOT TYPICALLY.
WHAT KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEMBER DONE MR. CLARK? YOU SAID WE USUALLY HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S POSITIONED CORRECTLY.
SO WE, UH, WE, UH, ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER, WE BEGAN TO SUPPLEMENT WITH SOME CONTRACT, UH, WORKERS.
UH, SOME OF THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS FROM THE WALLINS WERE COMING UP TO ASSIST US BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME HAD GROWN.
UH, BUT WE'VE REALLY REACHED A THRESHOLD WHERE HAVING TWO FULL FULL-TIME FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, SPECIFICALLY FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, UH, BECOME VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THESE TYPES OF CASES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT HAD BEEN SOMETHING LIKE MORE NATURAL DEATH ONLY, UH, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ABSORBED THROUGH THE USE OF REGULAR PATHOLOGIST, BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WORLD WHERE FORENSICS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WITH ADDING THIS POSITION, WOULD THAT ELIMINATE THE CONTRACT AND NOT? YEAH, SO WE, WE WOULDN'T ELIMINATE THEM, BUT WE WOULD USE THEM MUCH, MUCH LESS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO DO THE WORK.
IS THERE A BEST PRACTICES, UM, UH, CASE LOAD PER FOR PATHOLOGISTS AREAS, IT'S PUT OUT BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
[00:55:01]
OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT A PATHOLOGIST SHOULD DO ANNUALLY.UH, THEY USE IT LISTS THAT AT ABOUT 250 CASES A YEAR, UM, AND, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IF WE HAD TWO PATHOLOGISTS, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY WOULD LIVE IN THAT, IN THE, IN THAT BEST PRACTICES.
UH, SO SOMETIMES WE EVEN PUSH OUR, OUR PATHOLOGIST A LITTLE HARDER THAN, UH, WHAT'S RECOMMENDED.
THEY THOUGHT THE CASE LOAD CURRENTLY IS ABOUT FOUR OR 500, UH, FOUR OR 500 FOR OUR PARISH.
AND WE HAD A SELF GENERATING REVENUE MECHANISM CALLED A REGIONAL AUTOPSY PROGRAM WHERE WE DO AN ADDITIONAL FOUR OR 500 FOR THE SURROUNDING PARISHES.
AND WE GATHERED MONEY BY DOING THAT.
SO THAT HELPS AGAIN, OFFSET OUR BUDGET.
THE SURROUNDING PARISHES ARE PAYING FOR THESE SERVICES.
SECOND, THE SURROUNDING PARENTS IS ALL PAYING FOR IT.
THEY DO, THEY CONTRACT WITH US AND THEY'D PAY FOR THAT PAY FOR THE SERVICES.
THEY, OF COURSE THEY HAVE NOTHING IN THEIR PARISH AND WE HAVE SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE MANAGEMENT'S GOOD.
CLARK, THE, SO YOU INDICATED THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN WITHOUT A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST IN THE SPACE, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
THERE'S TWO IN NEW ORLEANS, ONE IN SAINT TAMMANY, TWO IN JEFFERSON, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE.
SO IN RECRUITING, YOU WERE SAYING, YOU MAY HAVE TO RECRUIT OUT OF STATE NATIONWIDE SEARCH, AND THAT'S WHY THE MONEY BECOMES IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, FOR A MARKET, THE SIZE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, YOU'VE GOT TO OFFER COMPETITIVE.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS IT NECESSARY? I KNOW YOU BROKE DOWN THE DATA AS IT RELATES TO THE, UM, INQUIRIES OF DEATH AND THE CATEGORIES OF THOSE, ALL OF THEM IS THEIR MANDATE THAT THEY HAVE NOT A MANDATE, BUT IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A FORENSIC? IT IS BEST PRACTICES LIKE COUNCILMAN DUNGENESS SUGGESTED FORENSIC PATHOLOGY SHOULD BE DOING FORENSIC CASES IN A FORENSIC CASES.
ANYTHING DIVINE DEFINE AS SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER CRIMINAL IN NATURE OR THE SUSPICION OF A CRIMINAL, UH, CAUSE OF DEATH.
SO IN BREAKING, IN LOOKING AT THE DATA, WHEN YOU, UM, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU PIN, IS IT A WAY TO DETERMINE HOW MANY OF OUR FORENSIC FALL INTO THAT FORENSIC CATEGORY VERSUS RIGHT.
SO HOMICIDES WOULD ALWAYS BE FORENSIC A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEM.
SO HOW, WHAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
SO WHAT WAS THAT DATE? AND I DON'T KNOW.
DID YOU GIVE IT ANYTHING RIGHT? I THINK THEY HANDED OUT.
WHAT, WHAT PAID WITH THE BRAIDS? UH, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN, UH, A GLOBAL BREAKDOWN ON PAGE 11 OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE EIGHT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2019 AND 2018 AND THOSE FIGURES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE 39 MORE HOMICIDES LAST YEAR THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO THOSE ARE 39 MORE FORENSIC CASES.
UH, THERE WERE, UH, UH, TWO, UH, THERE WERE 115 ADDITIONAL, UH, OVERDOSES.
UM, WE HAD, UH, FOUR ADDITIONAL UNSAFE SLEEPING DEATHS IN INFANTS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, 22 ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES.
SO YOU CAN SEE MY CONCERN IS NOT THE, OH, THE INCREASE IN NATURAL DEATH THAT WE SAW BECAUSE WE DID SEE THAT, UM, IT'S THE INCREASE IN FORENSIC, UH, AND UNNATURAL DEATH IS THE REASON FOR THIS.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND I'M JUST TRYING TO IN MY MIND AND I MEAN, I'M SURE I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT, BUT I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU, UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE A REGULAR, UM, PATHOLOGIST, BUT YOU WILL USE THAT SPECIALIZED SKILL ONLY WHEN YOU NEED TO.
AND JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS I WOULD, IF I'M READING IT RIGHT.
UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S OVERBURDENSOME IN COMPARED TO NATURAL.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THERE'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MORE NATURAL DEATHS GLOBALLY SPEAKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE HOPE AND INTENTION IS.
WE ALL DIE NATURAL DEATHS, RIGHT? WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING US THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE NON-NATURAL DEATHS, WHICH ARE THE FORENSIC CASES.
I, AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT THRESHOLD IS GOING UP.
AND REMEMBER IN 2020, UH, WE WERE USING ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYED FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, BUT WE WERE ALSO ALREADY SUPPLEMENTING THAT WITH CONTRACT FORENSIC PATHOLOGY.
UH, THE POINT OF THIS IS TO REDUCE THE CONTRACT AND BRING IN A SECOND FULL-TIME PATHOLOGIST, UH, TO THIS SCENARIO.
SO WHAT IS THE AMOUNT YOU'RE REQUESTING 50,000 AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF CONTRACT, UM, AND OF THOSE CONTRACT PATHOLOGISTS, ARE ANY OF THEM FORENSIC? YES, THEY ARE.
SO WE'RE NOT ONE OF THESE SEVEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY ACTUALLY COME IN LIKE ON A SUNDAY TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO DO EXTRA.
SO CAN WE, I MEAN, BUT YOU WERE STILL SAYING Y'ALL MIGHT NEED, YOU MIGHT NEED THEM.
WELL, WE PUT THEM ON CONTRACT SO THAT THE CONTRACT IS IN PLACE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE EXECUTED IN THE SENSE OF CALLING THEM TO COME DO AN AUTOPSY.
THAT'S THE ONLY PART I DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
I THINK THIS IS FOR ME AND THE LOOK AT THE TAXPAYERS.
I THINK IF YOU HIRE TWO FULL TIME,
[01:00:01]
BUT THE ALLERGIES YOU NEED TO SPEAK IF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE ON STAFF, RIGHT.UM, THAT, WHAT IS THAT TOTAL CONTRACT? YES, SIR.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A DOCTOR THAT CAME IN, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TOMORROW.
SHE'S FROM NEW YORK, SHE'S A NEW ORLEANS DOCTOR.
UH, SHE'S GETTING PLUS A THOUSAND DOLLARS A CASE AND SHE'S GOT AT LEAST THREE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT DARK YET.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THAT.
CLARK SPOKE A MOMENT AGO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, BECAUSE THESE DOCTORS CAN NOT WORK EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY WOULD QUICKLY EXCEED THE TWO 50 A YEAR AND THEN THEY WOULD GET BEHIND ON THEIR REPORTS.
SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE.
SO IF YOU WOULD HIRE TO WHAT YOU STILL HAVE THAT PROBLEM FOR ME, I WOULD RATHER HIRE TO ELIMINATE THE CONTRACT AND YOU COME BACK IF YOU NEED, RIGHT.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE A DOCTOR WHO'S SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
AND SHE COMES DOWN WITH COVID OR THE FLU, AND IS NOT ABLE TO, ARE THERE SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY TWO WEEKS THOUGH? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE WOULD BASICALLY, THE CONTRACTS WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE WORST HAPPENS, WE HAVE A PLANE CRASH, THESE TWO CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET THROUGH THAT.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SAME SORTS OF BACKUP CON FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE BEGINNING OF COVID, THE CITY PARISH PUT A REFRIGERATED UNIT AT OUR OFFICE.
THANK GOODNESS WE DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT IT'S TOO LATE TO ASK FOR IT.
WHENEVER OUR COOLERS ARE OVERFLOWED.
SO THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTS FOR THESE ADDITIONAL DOCTORS WOULD BE IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY.
THEY'RE TIRED, RIGHT? THEY'RE HELPING US OUT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A BIT OF A STRETCH HERE.
IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S NOT THAT I HA IF I MAY HAVE MY EX, OKAY.
IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE STEPHAN.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND AND THE CON NEVER GET WITH FINANCE FOR ME.
UM, LINDA, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY DON'T GET PAID UNLESS THEY DO AN AUTOPSY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A CONTRACT IN PLACE, IT'S MORE JUSTIFIED FOR ME THAT YOU HAVE, YOU, WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE IN CASE WE NEED THEM, BUT, OKAY.
I WOULD PREFER BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO BE MONITORING WHEN YOU USE THEM.
IF SOMEBODY DECIDED ONE OF THEM DECIDED TO GO TO HAWAII ON VACATION, OH, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE.
AND WE COULD JUST USE SOMEONE FROM THE CONTRACT.
LINDA, HOW DID THEY ADVISE, HOW DID YOU ADVISE THEM AS IT RELATES TO THIS? WELL, THE, THE, THE CONTRACTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE CORONER'S OFFICE THAT WE'RE NOT IN MASS.
RIGHT? SO, UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN THOUGH, IS THE PEOPLE WILL ONLY BE PAID LIKE DR.
CLARK SAYS, IF THEY PERFORM THE WORK ON CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO IF THERE IS A BALANCE, IT WILL REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AND IT WILL BE CLOSED INTO FUND BALANCE.
BUT IN THAT, THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE TO DO, IS THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD TO DETERMINE IF THEY BASED ON THE DATA AND HIRED TWO, UM, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIES IS, DO YOU ARGUE ABOUT THAT? IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT AND KEEP THESE CONTRACTS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU'RE SAYING, COULD YOU NET OFF THE SAVINGS FROM THE CONTRACT? DID YOU, DID YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT DO THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED TO GIVE THE RAISES AND THE BENEFITS TO, TO RETAIN THE TWO.
SO WE DID NOT REDUCE THE CONTRACT, UM, ALLOCATION FOR THEM.
I WOULD THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'LL LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE.
AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AND NOT DO IT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY, UM, ALL OF OUR FIRST BOND WHO ARE NOT GETTING NEARLY THE PAY, AND WE COULD HAVE A CONTEST.
WE HAVE CATASTROPHES ALL THE TIME, AND THERE ARE NO LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE ON CONTRACT.
IF WE HAVE, THERE'S NO VR PD THAT WE COULD CALL ON CONTRACT.
SO IT'S ALL THE SAME IN MY MIND, THERE ARE A LOT OF WHAT ELSE, BUT THEY, IN THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN EMS, A LOT OF THESE FUNDS CAN BE REDISTRIBUTED AMONG THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND SO I JUST THINK IT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE MONEY IS THERE, I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE NOT SUCH THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HIRE TWO, UH, FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS AND KEEP THESE DOCTORS THAT NONE OF US ARE, OUR DOCTORS WOULD BE ABLE TO ARGUE OR JUSTIFY ANOTHER ONE OF THESE GUYS ON VACATION OR STUFF I'VE SEEN EVEN WITH EMS. I MEAN, THEY, THEY DO OVERTIME FOR
[01:05:01]
THE WHOLE YEAR CAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT.WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN IS THAT THE, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FROM THE CORONER'S OFFICE WAS 236.
FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT? WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE DID NOT GRANT THE ENTIRE REQUEST FOR THE OPERATIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER, THERE WERE OTHER SHORTFALLS AND IT'S OUR HOPE THAT THE SAVINGS IN THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SAVINGS IN THE CONTRACT AND THOSE WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT WE WERE NOT OKAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT WE, THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS, BUT THAT THE CARNER WILL COME BACK, UH, ANNUALLY TO LET US KNOW HOW MUCH HAT THAT THESE TWO POSITIONS, UH, HAVE, UM, HAVE, I DON'T KNOW.
THOUGH, THE SALARY AND THEN HOW MUCH EACH YEAR YOU ARE SPENDING ON CONTRACT FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST.
AND SO THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE DATA, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE DEATH AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE STILL SPENDING WHATEVER AMOUNT, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT WE SPENT THIS YEAR ON CONTRACT, BUT RANDOMLY, OH, OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA LET HER SPEAK IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I'M CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
WE DID LOOK AT THE CONTRACT COMPARISON.
HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND? I KNOW I WROTE, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS SUCH, SUCH AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT FORCED US TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REFOCUS THAT MONEY.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT.
IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A LIMIT ON MOTION, THAT'S MY MOTION.
CAN I, CAN I JUST FINISH MY THOUGHT? I AM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO THAT ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR STATEMENTS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE FINISHED WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DOES ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT? I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME.
AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE USE A CONTRACTOR FOR THOSE TYPES OF POSITIONS, WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND WE ONLY USE THEM WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF CASES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PREDICT DEATH.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CASES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT WEEK.
AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT AUTOPSY WHEN IT COMES UP.
AND IF WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE, THESE DOCTORS ON CONTRACT, THEY CAN COME WHEN NEEDED.
IF WE HAVE A FULL-TIME POSITION THAT CAN DO THE WORK, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WILL REDUCE THE CONTRACT USAGE DRAMATICALLY.
UM, SO THEN WE'LL ONLY HAVE THEM ON STANDBY.
YOU ALWAYS WANT A BACKUP PLAN WHEN YOU DEAL WITH UNEXPECTED NUMBERS.
UM, BUT WE WILL REDUCE THE CONTRACT TREMENDOUSLY.
AND USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE A CONTRACTED POSITION AND WE HAVE A CEILING AMOUNT THAT WE CAN NOT EXCEED THIS AMOUNT WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET.
SO IF WE GO OVER THAT AMOUNT, WE HAVE TO KIND OF TALK WITH BUDGETING AND GET APPROVAL FOR THAT, FIND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE AND BALANCE IT.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.
IT WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE THE USAGE OF THAT CONTRACT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE THE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN BECAUSE WE CANNOT, UM, WE CAN'T PREDICT AND PUT IT TO COVID.
THAT'S PART OF FIRST RESPONDERS, JOBS GOING AND WHERE I THINK OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE, PROVIDED TO CORN THAT COMES BACK AND REPORTS TO US.
I'M NOT SURE ARE WE, THAT MOTION IS PROPER BECAUSE THE REPORTING MAY NOT BE GERMANE TO THE ITEM.
I DO KNOW WE CAN REQUEST A CORONER TO COME BACK.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MOTION, UH, IS WHICH WELL LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GERMANE, BUT, UM, THAT'S ADDRESSED.
SO, UM, I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY PURPOSE A SECOND UPON.
NO, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE.
ARE YOU REQUESTING TO REMOVE, I GUESS IT SOUNDED LIKE DURING YOUR SPEAKING AND EVERYTHING YOU WERE REQUESTING TO BASICALLY REMOVE THE CONTRACT COMPLETELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA BASED ON WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA THAT, UH, WHAT KIND OF SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE CONTRACTS THE CONTRACTS DO.
THERE'S A, AN AMOUNT AND TO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE THESE SITUATION AND NOT SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY
[01:10:01]
TO THE CAR AND OF AFRICA, THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN WHERE WE HAVE THE POSITION, BUT WE ALSO UTILIZE THE CONTRACTS.SO THERE'S NO SAVINGS IN THIS.
I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT BOTH OF THEM ARE SAYING THERE, THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE A SAVING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A SAVINGS SAVINGS REALLY EXISTS.
SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD LOOK AT REDUCING THE CONTRACTS THAT WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I JUST, IN LISTENING TO YOU AND EVERYTHING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REMOVING THE I, WHAT I SEE IT AS IT'S BASICALLY A BACKUP MECHANISM, YOU KNOW, FOR MASS CASUALTY EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, I CALL HIM, COUNT THEM IN EVANS, BUT THE SHANE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, EARLIER EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE THOSE CONTRACTS ALL THROUGHOUT CITY PARISH, AND WE HAVE THEM THROUGHOUT OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, JUST LIKE THE, THE DRC CONTRACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REPUBLIC FINANCE, WE HAVE THE CONTRACT OR IN PLACE WHERE EMERGENCY SERVICES AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE THIS AS IS EVEN IF WE HIRED THIS OTHER EMPLOYEE, WE STILL KEEP THE EMERGENCIES, BASICALLY THE CONTRACT IN PLACE SO THAT IF ANY MASS CASUALTY EMERGENCY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT KICKS IN, THEN WE HAVE IN PLACE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT IS AND WHAT IT MIGHT COULD BE REDUCED TO.
BUT I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT REALLY STUDY THAT INTO DETAIL BEFORE WE JUMPED TO IT AND REDUCE IT TOO MUCH.
AND THEN, BECAUSE LIKE HE HAD SAID EARLIER, ONCE THE EVENT HAPPENS, YOU NEED THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT THEN, AND THERE, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF US COMING TOGETHER AND DOING AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
LET'S APPROVE SOME MORE FUNDING.
AND I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER MEANS THAT Y'ALL HAVE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, BUT, UH, LET'S REALLY WATCH BEFORE WE REDUCE TOO MUCH AND GO TOO FAR WITH REMOVING THE SECONDARY CONTRACT TO BRING OTHER PEOPLE IN FOR OTHER EVENTS.
SO CAN I ADDRESS TO ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY REAL QUICK IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO FROM A TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE, YOU DO SEE IT EVERY YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE OUR BUDGET, WHICH YOU GUYS APPROVE EVERY YEAR, UH, AND IN THAT LIST OF THE CONTRACTS AND THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.
SO THE, AND INTENTION WOULD BE, I'M ABLE TO RECRUIT A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST FULL-TIME YOU WOULD SEE NOT ONLY THEIR SALARY, BUT OUR CURRENT FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST SALARY.
IN ADDITION TO YOU WOULD SEE THE NUMBER OF THAT CONTRACT, THOSE EMERGENCY CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEGIN TO REDUCE BECAUSE THEIR USE WOULD BE LESS.
AND WE WOULD WORK WITH CITY BUDGET ON THAT.
AS FAR AS THE DEF NUMBERS GO, TRANSPARENCY WISE, MY ANNUAL REPORT COMES OUT ABOUT FEBRUARY, MARCH OF EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK EIGHT YEARS WORTH OF THEM.
UH, AND CERTAINLY Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO CALL ME PERSONALLY, ANYTIME.
HAPPY TO GO OVER ANY OF THIS INFORMATION COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. CLARK, MR. EVAN, MS. BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONVERSATION.
I THINK YOU NEED TO BACK UP IF YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO EMPLOYEES, BUT I THINK IT'S LOGICAL TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN, ONCE YOU BRING ON THE SECOND ONE, THAT THE CONTRACT EXPENDITURES SHOULD BE DECREASED.
SO I KNOW YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT, BUT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO COME BACK BEFORE US.
WE NEED TO KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER THAT YOU SPENT ON CONTRACTS AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND AS YOU COME BACK WITH YOUR ANNUAL REPORTS OR A SPECIFIC REPORT ON THIS ITEM, THAT SHOULD BE IN DECLINE.
UH, DURING THE BUDGETARY HEARING PROCESS, NO, WE WANT YOU TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY AND NOT WAIT TILL THE BUDGETARY.
NO, WE DO KNOW THAT, UM, WE DID A LONG RANGE PROJECTION WITH BUDGETING AND WRITING IT BEFORE WE LOOKED AT REQUESTING THIS AMOUNT WE HAD, WE WERE UP TO ABOUT 250,000 IN THE CONTRACT SPENT EXPENDITURES.
AND IF WE HIRE ANOTHER PATHOLOGIST, WHICH, UH, WE, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO A SEARCH.
THEY'RE LIKE NEEDLES IN THE HAYSTACK, BUT WE WOULD REDUCE THAT CONTRACTUAL HOPEFULLY EXPENDITURE TO ABOUT 36,000.
WE DID A FIVE-YEAR LONG RANGE PROJECTION, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD REDUCE THAT.
AND NOT THAT WE WOULD SPEND THAT MUCH, WE JUST PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.
IF WE SAY THAT WE CAN MOVE IT OTHER PLACES, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ITEM SECURED IN CASE WE NEED IT.
AND THEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE DON'T USE IT, THEN IT GOES TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
AND THE OTHER AREAS YOU GO, THAT'S 2020 NUMBERS.
THAT WAS THE PROJECTION FOR 2021 TO 2022.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU SPENT AT 20, 20, 20, 19 AND PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
I DON'T NEED THAT NOW, BUT YOU NEED TO COME BACK AND GIVE IT TO US.
COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER, AMAROSA CLARK.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT I'M LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND SOME OF THESE ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
DO YOU THINK SOME OF THESE DEATHS ARE RELATED TO THE EXTRA ORDINARY SITUATION WE WERE IN THIS TIME LAST YEAR? YEAH.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT, WAS IT A COVID DEATH WAS COVID A CONTRIBUTOR TO IT, YOU KNOW? AND CERTAINLY WE TEASE OUT THE ONES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COVID, MEANING YOU CAUGHT IT AND DIED AS A RESULT OF IT.
[01:15:01]
UH, YOU'VE GOT 400 NATURAL DEATHS AND THIS NUMBER, UH, WHICH POTENTIALLY COULD BE PEOPLE NOT SEEKING NORMAL HEALTHCARE, LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD HAVE OUTSIDE OF A PANDEMIC.UH, SO THEY HAD THAT CHEST PAIN ONE NIGHT AND I DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE ER, SEEMS LIKE A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COVID GO.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET THAT ADDRESSED.
AND THEN THEY ULTIMATELY HAVE A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT THAT ADDRESSED.
AND THAT'S A BIT ANECDOTAL, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, IS, IS THERE'S A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT THERE'S A COOLER IN THERE.
THE HOMICIDES AND THOSE SUICIDES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WELL THEN DO YOU, IN LIGHT OF THAT, DO YOU SPEC EXPECT THESE NUMBERS TO GO DOWN AT ALL THIS YEAR? I W WELL, IT HELPED IT WOULD GO DOWN CERTAINLY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF BEING THE CORONER, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE EVERY YEAR, A WHILE, BE IT A SMALL INCREASE OVER MOST YEARS LAST YEAR, A HUGE INCREASE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, AND WE TALKED JUST ABOUT HOMICIDES, UH, JANUARY 20, 21 TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY DEADLY MONTH AND HE'S SPANISH PARISH.
UH, SO WE DIDN'T EVEN START 20, 21 ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
WELL THEN IF THESE NUMBERS DO, UM, DECREASE, LIKE YOU SAY, HOPEFULLY THEN WILL THAT REDUCE THE NEED FOR THE CONTRACT, UM, EMPLOYEES.
AND, UM, WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR, IT'S VERY FLUID AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ANALYZE THE NUMBERS THE BEST WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M TRYING TO PREDICT DEATH FEAR.
I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT IT CERTAINLY ISN'T SOMETIMES IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
DID YOU USE THE CONTRACT, UM, PATHOLOGIST MORE LAST YEAR THAN YOU DID IN THE PAST? CORRECT.
IS A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE RELATED TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
I'LL WAIT UNTIL THIS ITEM IS DONE.
UM, SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE'VE HAD A, UM, YOU SAW THE INCREASE AND YOU'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S AN ANOMALY OR NOT.
TOM WILL TELL FOR THE LONG RANGE PROJECTIONS THAT YOU ALL MADE, UH, ANALYZING THIS.
IS IT A TRAJECTORY BASED OFF OF LAST YEAR'S INCREASE? YES.
SO IT IS BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO GO ON.
AND SO AS WE GO, IF THAT CHANGES IN A CERTAIN WAY, WE HAVE TO ADAPT TO IT.
UM, BUT WE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEW NORMAL WOULD BE IS AS IT'S SAID OFTEN NOW.
SO, UH, SO, UH, ASSUMING, UH, POTENTIAL INCREASES THAT, THAT, UH, AND FIRST OFF, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND HAVING THAT BACKUP PLAN.
UH, YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT WHEN IT MIGHT BE NEEDED AND WHEN IT'S NEEDED, IT'S NEEDED.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU COMING BACK AND REPORTING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO DICTATE WHETHER, AND WHEN THEY HAPPEN IS JUST AS IMPORTANT ON NEEDING THOSE CONTRACTS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S, IF IT ALL HAPPENS AT, AT ONE TIME, THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACT WILL KICK IN.
IF IT'S SPREAD OUT, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T BE AS BURDENED.
SO BE HERE, WE HAVE TWO FULL TIME PATHOLOGISTS AND THE WORKLOAD WAS SPREAD OVER TIME AND CERTAINLY THEY COULD HANDLE IT.
WE WOULD NEVER NEED A CONTRACTOR.
UH, BUT IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A BUS ACCIDENT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK AT THAT SCENARIO BECAUSE YOU, THEN YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF, OF DECEASED CONSTITUENTS THAT NEED OUR SERVICES.
UH, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO EXPAND ON IT IF YOU CAN, NOT HAVING THAT.
AND, AND, UH, W I WOULD ASSUME, WOULD LEAD TO OVERWORK AND THAT COULD LEAD TO A MYRIAD OF ISSUES.
SO, I MEAN, IF WE OVERWORKED OUR CURRENT PATHOLOGIST AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T LIVE IN BATON ROUGE ANYMORE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY PATHOLOGIST.
UH, AND CERTAINLY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET MY OBLIGATION AS THE CORNER, WITHOUT THESE FOLKS BASED ON STATE LAW.
MA'AM OR AN I D I SEE SOME NUMBERS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WHERE ARE WE WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES IN THIS CITY? IS IT, IS IT THE SAME? IS IT GROWING? IS IT DECREASING? HEY, IT'S GROWING IN A BAD CATEGORY, WHICH HAPPENS TO DO WITH PEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT HALF THE CASES WE WORK ON KIDS, WHICH IS VERY TERRIBLE TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, WE, IN 2017, I WORKED WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BUT IT AFFECTED OUR REGION AS WELL.
AND SO INSTEAD OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT, ASSAULT RESPONSE, BEING A SIMPLE LOCAL PROCESS IS ACTUALLY A REGIONAL PROCESS.
AND SO WE MANAGE THE ENTIRE REGION, UH, WHICH, UH, IRONICALLY ENOUGH IS FUNDED A LOT THROUGH MONEY.
WE GET THROUGH CRIME VICTIMS, REPARATION THROUGH THE STATE.
UH, SO WE HAVE A BIT OF A FUNDING MECHANISM THERE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A NICE THING COMPARED TO SOME OF THESE OTHER CATEGORIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE IT'S JUST THE PARISH, UH, BUT WE'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS DRO.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT, I THINK COVID PLAYS A ROLE IN THIS.
[01:20:01]
IN AND TAKING A LOT, UH, AND THAT CREATES SOME ISSUES.UH, BUT WHAT'S REALLY DEVASTATING IS THESE CHILDREN.
SO, UM, YOU SAY THAT'S INCREASING, ARE WE CURRENT ON THOSE CASES ARE IN INVESTIGATION? SO WE ARE, SO WE HAVE NURSES ON, UH, ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY.
THEY RESPOND TO THE VICTIMS. SO WHEREVER THE VICTIM PRESENTS, UH, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL, UH, EMERGENCY ROOMS TYPICALLY, UH, AND THEN THEY MANAGE THE CASE FROM THERE.
UH, OUR, THE WAY WE'VE DESIGNED OUR SYSTEM IS, IS REALLY KIND OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTIFICIALLY.
SO Y'ALL ARE LITERALLY PART OF THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM THAT GATHERS EVIDENCE AND THEN RIGHT.
IS COLLECT WE'RE THE COLLECTORS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RAPE KIT, WE'RE THE ONES THAT DO THE MEDICAL EXAM TO COLLECT THAT KID.
AND WE USE, UH, EXPERTS MUCH LIKE THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST DO AUTOPSIES.
WE USE SEXUAL ASSAULT, NURSE EXAMINERS, THEY'RE CALLED SANE NURSES.
AND THEN THAT'S, WHAT'S USED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROSECUTE THE CASE.
I'LL WAIT TILL THE ITEM ITEM IS DONE AND WE'VE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN BANKS.
YOU GOT THREE MINUTES OF MY TIME.
B I'M STILL STUCK ON THE, THE CONTRACT.
WHAT, UM, I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THE COMMENTS JUSTIFYING.
I'M NOT, I, I CONCUR WITH YOUR JUSTIFICATION, BUT I DO WANT, UM, TO KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO WHAT I AM ASKING TO SEE, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT, UM, COUNCILMEN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE ADMITTED, THESE HELPED ME IN THIS AREA.
UH, NO ELSE NO SAID LIKE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
SO LET'S JUST SAY DURING A NORMAL NOTHING'S GOING ON, IT'S JUST REGULAR.
THEN IF NOTHING NEW IS GOING ON IN, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE.
THEN WE AS COUNCILMAN, UM, DONE SAYING THAT SHOULD BE COULD SIGNIFICANT DEGREES OR NOTHING.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF REPORTING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
NUMBER TWO IS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, PUTTING, HANGING OUR HAT ON A HUNDRED ON A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST.
AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AND HAVING THIS NATURAL, THIS NATIONWIDE SEARCH, AND YOU'RE THERE ONLY SEVEN IN BATON ROUGE, WE'RE STILL RUNNING UP THE CONTRACT DOLLARS VERSUS KNOWING WHAT IS, UM, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET A REGULAR PATHOLOGIST.
AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE ABLE TO ASSIST ENOUGH IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO, AND I'M NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO CHANGE IT, BUT I WISH WE HAD WHERE WE WERE NOT CLOSING THE DOOR ON A REGULAR PATHOLOGIST IN CASE IT TAKES SIX MONTHS FOR YOU TO FIND NEGOTIATE, INTERVIEW A PATHOLOGY OF PERIPHERAL PATHOLOGIES.
AND BEN, WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THESE CONTRACTS, OR THEY GOT, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY GET BURNED OUT AND DONALD'S FOAM, WOULDN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO ALSO CONSIDER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN APPROVE THIS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GO BACK AND GET, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE, I GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
SO WITH THIS, I DON'T K YOU JUST GET, IF YOU, IF IT COME TO WITH THIS, WHEN WE APPROVE THIS, DO YOU STILL HAVE AN OUT IN CASE YOU HAVE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND GET ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IF YOU APPROVE THIS TOMORROW AND START LOOKING FOR FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST IMMEDIATELY, THAT COULD, UH, WE COULD GET LUCKY AND I CAN FIND ONE IN A WEEK.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
UH, BUT, UH, EVENTUALLY WHERE THE, THE PLAN WOULD BE DEFINED AT CARSON, OBVIOUSLY INTERVIEW THEM, NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, GET THEM IN PLACES AND THE EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE'D BE AT A VERY GOOD POSITION BECAUSE OF THE PARISH.
EASTBOUND REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TWO FULL-TIME FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, IF IT TAKES TOO LONG, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU STILL WILL BE IN A POSITION TO CHOOSE A REGULAR PATHOLOGISTS THAT WENT OVER YOUR SO, SO THERE'S, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU.
THERE'S NOT REALLY EVEN REGULAR PATHOLOGIST OUT THERE.
A LOT OF PATHOLOGISTS NOW ARE GOING INTO WHAT'S CALLED HOSPITAL-BASED WORK AND NOT AUTOPSY WORK.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT JUST JUMPING THE HIGH JUMP JUMPING THE HIGH TIMES UP.
THIS IS JUMPING THE HIGH JUMP REALLY HIGH IS WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IS THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE UNDER CONTRACT ARE ONLY PAID WHEN THEY COME TO WORK.
SO WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM TO SIT IN NEW ORLEANS AND ALL THESE OTHER PLACES.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE BY HUDSON
[01:25:01]
SECOND 17TH BY NORMAL.IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES, WE CAN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION FIRST? NO.
MAX DON'T QUESTION, HAVING NONE.
MAKE SURE YOU GET COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, PHONE NUMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, SIR.
WE, WE RECENTLY COMMEMORATED THE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST COVID RELATED DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, UH, UH, HARKEN BACK TO THOSE EARLY DAYS WHEN DR.
PARK, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, WERE CRITICAL AND PROVIDING A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DATA.
AS WE, AS A COMMUNITY WERE A YEAR AGO, TRYING TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND WHAT ALL THIS WAS.
I SIMPLY WANTED TO COME IN YOU AND THE TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR, UH, RELATED TO THIS COVID RESPONSE.
[122. 21-00320]
ITEM ONE 22, AMENDING THE 2021 CURRENT AND BUDGET FOR INFORMATION SERVICES.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 30,000 FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN INFORMATION SERVICES NEAR MAP US INCORPORATED BY INFORMATION SERVICES, DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 22, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 22.
BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM ONE 22, MOTION TO APPROVE BY GREEN.
SECOND OBAMA ALSO MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 23,
[123. 21-00267]
AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BRADLEY BOOSTER AND ASSOCIATES, APAC ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCOTLAND BRANCH LIBRARY, RENOVATION DESIGN, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $605,000 BY THE BUILDING AND GROUND DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 23, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 23 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY DONE 70 BY COLEMAN ITEM CARRIES ITEM
[124. 21-00319]
ONE 24, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT WITH DOMAIN ARCHITECTURE, APAC FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIBRARY.I USED FACILITY RENOVATIONS DESIGNED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $84,000 BY THE BUILDING AND GROUND DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 24, COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM ONE 24 MOTION BY DON SECONDED BY COLEMAN
[125. 21-00321]
ITEM ONE 25, AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH DOMAIN ARCHITECTURE, APAC FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, THAT CONNECTION WITH DBR BRANCH LIBRARY, ROOF REPLACEMENTS DESIGN, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $95,207 WHILE THE BUILDING AND GROUND DIRECT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 25.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 25 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY
[126. 21-00324]
ITEM ONE 26 ADOPTING THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IS DISPARITY STUDY REPORT COMPLETED BY KING INDEPENDENT RESOURCE TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY PARISHES PROGRAM TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS, TO THE GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.SO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 26, BACK TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY DONE.
SECOND ABOUT COLON MOTION CARRIES ITEM
[127. 21-00325]
ONE 27 IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY LONG.SO BEAR WITH ME AMEND THE 2021 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE, APRIL 10, 2021, AND APPROPRIATING $2,809,350 FOR SAID PURPOSE AND NEW CLASSIFICATIONS ASSISTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION.
OFFICER PAY GATE INCREASE OF 6% AIRPORT POLICING ARFF CHIEF AND AIRPORT POLICE AND ARFF AND SENATE, AIRPORT POLICE, AND ARFF SERGEANT AIRPORT POLICE AND ARFF OFFICER CHIEF, DEPUTY DEPUTY, CONSTABLE, AND CAPTAIN DEPUTY.
HE WANTS TO BE A LIEUTENANT DEPUTY CONSTABLE SERGEANT DEPUTY CONSTABLE AMENDMENT TO DECLASSIFIED, AND UNCLAMP ON CLASSIFIED APPENDIX A 2021 THAT'S EQUIPMENT ALLOWANCE OF $1,750 WILL BE PAID TO ACTIVE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES HIRED BEFORE DURING THE PAY PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 10, 2021 AND A 2022 EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH A 1,750 WILL BE PAID TO ACTIVE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES HIRED BEFORE OR DURING PAY PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 9TH, 2022 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
FRONTLINE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS ADVANCING T ASSISTANT EMS ADMINISTRATOR, ASSISTANT EMT, UH, TRAINING OFFICER CHIEF EMS OPERATIONS, OFFICER DEPUTY CHIEF IN EMS OPERATIONS, OFFICE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, ASSISTANT SHIFTS, SUPERVISOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION,
[01:30:01]
CHIEF AHPRA ROB'S OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, OFFICER EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SHIFT, SUPERVISOR EMS, ADMINISTRATOR EMS, DEPUTY SHIFT SUPERVISOR EMS SHIFT, SUPERVISOR AND EMS UNIT COMMANDER EMT, BASIC EMT PARAMEDIC AND EMT TRAINING.OFFICER MUNICIPAL POLICE PAID PLAN INCREASED 3% ALL MUNICIPAL POLICE CLASSIFICATIONS AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL FIRE APPENDIX A 2021 EQUIPMENT ALLOWANCE OF $1,750 WILL BE PAID TO ALL ACTIVE MUNICIPAL FIRE EMPLOYEES HIRED BEFORE DURING THE PAY PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 10, 2021 AND THE 2022 EQUIVALENT ALLOWANCE OF 1,750 WILL BE PAID TO ACTIVE.
MUNICIPAL FIRE EMPLOYED IS HIGH BEFORE, BUT DURING A PAY PERIOD, BEGINNING APRIL NINE, 2022 BY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 27? AND WE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 27 BACK TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY HUDSON SECONDED BY, UH, RAPA MOTION CARRIES ITEM
[128. 21-00326]
ONE 28, 2020 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.SO AS IT CHANGED THE ALLOTMENT OF THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE APRIL 10, 2021, AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF THEIR APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,830 FOR SAID, PURPOSE MET PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.
ADD ONE PUBLIC INFORMATION, OFFICER UNCLASSIFIED, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE DELETE PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST, AND ONE ASSISTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFER OFFICER BY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR DOES A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 28 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAMS SECONDED BY THE BANKS.
[129. 21-00327]
THERE'S A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM ONE 29, UH, AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES TO AMEND THE STATEMENT OF WORK WITH THE CASEWORTHY IN CASE MADAM ASSISTANT TO ADD OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WITH SERVICES TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND COMMISSIONING THROUGH YOUR CONTRACT FROM ONE OF THE 52,325 TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $256,175 FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS CONNECTED THERE WITH THE APPROVAL OF GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND REVIEW COMMITTEE BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DIRECTOR.THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DILUTED.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 29 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? THERE ARE MOTION TO DELETE MOTION BY ADAMS. SECOND OBAMA ROSSO, OR ANNOUNCED
[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES]
AN ADJUDICATED PROCESS.I'M GONNA READ THEM ALL TOGETHER.
34 SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION DAYTON, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN BLOCK, 19 SQUARE THREE SUBDIVISION BABIN, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN KOHL'S LOT, ONE 18 DASH A SUBDIVISION SHADY ACRES.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, LOT 24 SQUARE, 15 SUBDIVISION SMILEY HEIGHTS.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, ONE 34, A LOT THREE SUBDIVISION WOULD THEIR METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TURNED HOLEMAN ITEM ONE 35, LOT FIVE OR SIX SUBDIVISION DEGAS, LOTS, MUCH OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS BANKS.
I HAD A ONE 36 62 SQUARE 35 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLON ONE 37, LOT FIVE, FIVE, FOUR SUBDIVISION MURALS EAST METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
ONE 38 LIVE IN B3 SUBDIVISION PARK CONDITION.
MR. COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN CODE ONE 39, LOT SIX SAY SUBDIVISION BATTERIES, TERRORIST, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COAL LOT FOUR SQUARE 38 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
ONE 41 LINE D SUBDIVISION, TRAVIS TRACK.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE KNOLL ONE 42 LOT THREE SQUARE AT TWO 94 SUBDIVISION LAKE PARK AND METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TURNED TO COLEMAN.
I HAD A ONE 43, LOTS FROM A 10 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION BABIN, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD ITEM, ONE 44, A LOT.
15 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION BATMAN METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, ONE 45 PLOT FIVE SQUARE, ONE SUBDIVISION MERICO METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS ITEM ONE 46, LOTS SIX SQUARE, FIVE SUBDIVISION, SCOTLAND, HIGHEST METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS ITEM ONE 47, LOT 17 SUBDIVISION COLLEGE PARK, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
I HAD A ONE 48 LOTTERY SQUARE.
TWO SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLAYS MR. COUNTS WITH DISTRICT 12 ROCCO, LOT 16 SQUARE 35 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT TURNING TO COLEMAN ITEM 50 LOT 23 AND 24 SQUARE 40 THREES SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY
[01:35:01]
PLAYS METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO LENGTHS.I WORKED AT THE ONE LOT C SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISIONS IRON CITY, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, CORINNE BLOCK FOUR SUBDIVISION, SHADY GROVE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
I HAD A ONE 53 TO 70 SUBDIVISION, BELFAIR HOMES.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN CODE.
I HAD A ONE 54 LOT 16 PLUS SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION VALLEY, PROV ANNEX, METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 ROCCO.
I HAD A ONE 55 LOT SEVEN SUBDIVISION, SHADY GROVE METRO COUNCIL, JUST 10 COLEMAN.
I HAVE A ONE 56, LOT 51 SUBDIVISION, CYPRESS HEIGHT AS MUCH A COUNCIL DISTRICT, TWO BANKS.
I HAVE A ONE 57 LOT FOUR PLUS SQUARE 47 SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLAYS MUCH A COUNCIL DISTRICT SOON BANKS ITEM ONE 58, LOT 10 Z DASH ONE SUBDIVISION SUNNY BROOKS ANNEX, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE PURINE.
I HAD A ONE 59 LOT 45 SQUARE AT 31 SUBDIVISION EVEN PARK.
ONE, TWO AND THREE SQUARE AT 32 SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE ITEM ONE 61 LIKE 10, 11 AND 12 SQUARE, SIX SUBDIVISION FORTUNE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN, EITHER ONE 62, LOTS 16 D SUBDIVISIONS SHOW.
AS FAR AS TOWN HALL CONDOMINIUM THREE COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR MOTION TO DEFER ITEMS. ONE 32, ONE 62 TO THE APRIL 14, 2020 FIRST MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? ONE 30 TO ONE 62 BACK TO COUNCIL? THERE ARE MOTION TO DEFER ITEMS. ONE 30, ONE 62 MOTION BY MO SEGMENTED BY MORNING ITEM CARRIES ITEMS ONE 30, ONE 62.
HAVEN'T BEEN DEFERRED TO THE APRIL 14, 22, NO, ALL 32 OF THE ITEMS. UM, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD THE AUCTION IN FEBRUARY AND IN MARCH BECAUSE OF WEATHER ISSUES.
UM, MOTION CARRIES
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.IF YOU GO TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS SHEET, A 21 DASH ZERO ZERO FOUR, TWO THREE, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH COCKFIELD JACKSON, A PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURE CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKER BRANCH LAUER, EVERY RENOVATION DESIGNED AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $385,000 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUND DIRECTOR.
I MADE A MOTION TO ARRANGE THE ROUTES, TO ALLOW THE ITEM, TO BE INTRODUCED AS THEIR MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE OF MOTION BY MOLT SEVEN, BY BARAKA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION, ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION, HAVING NONE OF THEM WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
AND IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO WAIVING THE RULES SHOWING NONE? NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOST NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM MOTION BY ROCCA SECONDED BY MOLT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE ITEM B THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ITEM.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO READ THAT ITEM ALONE.
MOVING ON TO CHANGE ARTISTS, MOVING ON TO CHANGE ORDERS.
PAGE 34 FOR BUILDERS YOU WERE FOLLOWING.
[163. 21-00386]
63 SHERWOOD FAR AS GOODWOOD BOULEVARD, PIPELINE, PROJECT CONTRACTS AND BILLING SERVICES, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, 1 MILLION, $282,841 AND 40 CENTS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 61 63 SHOWING NON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HAD A ONE 63 MOTION TO APPROVE BY MOST SECRETARY BY RAPA MOTION CARRIES ITEM
[164. 21-00387]
ONE 64, SPANISH TOWN, GRAVITY SEWER RELOCATION CONTRACT TO BOONE SERVICES.CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS $35 AND IT IS A CREDIT.
AND WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 64 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCA.
[165. 21-00388]
ITEM ONE 65 C WWTP DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT CONTRACT AND MAGNOLIA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS $130,296 AND 42 CENTS.AND WE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 65 MOTION TO APPROVE MY ROCKER SECONDED BY HIM.
ALSO FINAL ACCEPTANCES ITEM ONE
[166. 21-00390]
66, SPANISH SOUNDS GRAVITY, SEWER RELOCATION, CONTRACTOR BOOM SERVICES, FINAL COSTS $389,400.I HAVE ONE 66 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAM.
[167. 21-00391]
I WANT 67TH ST.WWTP DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT CONTRACTOR MIGHT KNOW YOU.
FINAL COST IS 500, 501 FIVE $17,296 AND 42 CENTS.
[01:40:01]
AND WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 67.COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY MOAT.
SECOND BY ADAMS ACCEPTANCE OF LOW V IS
[168. 21-00405]
ITEM ONE 68 PEACH TREE STREET DRAINAGE RENOVATIONS GREATLY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED $232,392 AND 63 CENTS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 68 SHOWING NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCA.
SECOND BY HUDSON MOTION CARRIES
[169. 21-00406]
ITEM ONE 69 REPLACEMENT OF THE BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD BRIDGE OVER BY YOU FOUND IN BRIDGE, RECALL ONE CONSTRUCTION LLC, $1,048,827 AND 75 CENTS.AND WE NEED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 69.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 69 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY LACA.
[170. 21-00409]
I HAVE A ONE 70 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT STREETS IN NEW DAYTON.FAIRWOOD BABIN THE LAKES AT STONE GATE SHARE WITH MAINER BOCARD'S BOX COUGH, SUBDIVISIONS ADAMS ST.
JOSEPH AND PONDEROSA, RJ DAIGLE AND SONS, ALL J BEG AND SONS CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED 4 MILLION, $179,761 AND 27 CENTS.
AND WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 70 BACK TO THE COUNCIL MOTION BY ADAMS SET IN BY ROCCO
[171. 21-00322]
ITEM.ONE 71 WAS SAVING THE FOURTH QUARTER 2020 LAND BANK REPORT FROM BILL BATON ROUGE BY THE COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR AND TREASURER.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT? UM, I GOT A MESSAGE FROM MR. TYSON, UH, DURING THE MEETING ACTUALLY THAT HE, UH, HAD SOMETHING COME UP AND HE DIDN'T REQUEST THAT WE DEFER THIS FOR TWO MOTION TO THE FIRST.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ISLAND? ONE 71 BACK TO COUNCIL THERE, MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS MOTION BY THEM.
ALSO SECOND BY ADAMS, UH, ITEM ONE 72,
[172. 21-00397]
AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,159,567 AND 2 CENTS TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION DEALT WITH BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY AND RESPONSE TO THE URGENT NEED TO DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO THE CITIZENS OF THESE MARYLAND'S PARIS OFFICES OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS STREAMLINED PROCESSES PROCESSING AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM, ALLOW OCD TO EXPEDITIONARY, TO WORK WITH PARTNERS, BUT CONTINUED PROGRAM ROLLOUT.
UH, THIS ITEM, I GOT AN EMAIL THAT THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
UH, THE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 72? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 72 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, QUESTION OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GO TO MORE OF A POINT OF CLARIFICATION IT'S IF IT'S ON THE EMERGENCY ADOPTION SECTION OF THE AGENDA AND IT'S DEFERRED TWO WEEKS, IS IT DEFERRED TO BE INTRODUCED? IT'LL BE ON FOR PUBLIC UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IF IT'S DIFFERED FROM THE, UM, OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED EMERGENCY THIS THEN SERVES AS ITS INTRODUCTION.
THIS BASICALLY SERVES AS AN INTRODUCTION.
COUNSELOR, MADONNA MOTION TO DEFER TO ME.
SECOND ABOUT HUSTLING MOTION CARRIES ITEM
[173. 21-00420]
ONE 73, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER MATERIAL TO A SUB RECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH URBAN RESTORATION AND HASSMAN CORPORATION ON THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.AND THEN TOTAL AMOUNT AGREEMENT OF 3 MILLION, $205,420 AND 3 CENTS.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDES $250,000 FOR HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND $2,955,423 AND 3 CENTS FOR THE RECORD SYSTEM TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC BY MAYOR'S OFFICE REASON FOR EMERGENCY EXPEDITE ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 73, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 73 BACK TO COUNCIL COUNCIL NUMBER COLON.
AND IF THIS IS EMERGENCY AND THE FOLK ARE NEEDED MONEY TO, FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHY ARE WE DEFERRING THIS FOR TWO WEEKS? WE'RE NOT THE FURNACE ITEM.
I'LL USE YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT? AND WHAT DID YOU EVER WON? ALL OF THEM.
WHY DIFFER IN ANY OF THEM? AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOLK NEEDING RENT.
YOU FOLLOW ME, AM I CORRECT? I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE 72 DRAFT PERMISSION TO GO BACK TO THAT.
FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE 72, THAT IS FOR A FULL LEGISLATIVE ITEM IN THE TOTALITY OF THE PROGRAM.
[01:45:01]
FROM PARISH ATTORNEY AROUND, UM, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE NOT.SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT TO BRING THAT FORTH, THAT WILL NOT STOP THE PROCEEDING OF THE PROGRAM.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. AM I ABLE TO GO TO THAT ONE? GO TO THE NEXT THREE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE.
YEAH, ONE 73 AND THE SAME, UM, UNDERSTANDING APPLIES TO THE NEXT ITEM ONE 74 AS WELL.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR 6.5 MILLION.
IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THE DOLLARS ARE SPLIT UP INTO TWO, 6.5 MILLION CAME TO THE CITY, THE REMAINING APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION SITS WITH THE STATE.
WE DID AN RFP FOR PUBLIC BID LAW PROCESS FOR THE 22 MILLION THAT CLOSED ON MONDAY.
WE'RE DOING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR THAT.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR THE 6.5 MILLION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WE CAN START WITH.
WE'RE, UM, PROPOSING TO DO THAT WITH URIC, WHICH IS THIS ITEM.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, AND THAT WILL START THE PROGRAM FOR THE WAITING LIST THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND WE'LL GET STARTED IN MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 73? I NEED A MOTION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY MOTION BY MARK 17, BY DONE ANY OBJECTIONS.
THE ITEM HAS BEEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY MOTION TO APPROVE BY MOLT SECONDED BY, UH, ROCCA MOTION CARRIES.
[174. 21-00421]
WE GO ON TO ITEM ONE 74, AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTO A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH MID CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE UNDER THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT OF 3 MILLION, $205,423.THE TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDES 250,000 FOR HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO, TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UH, THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS IS $2,955,420 AND 3 CENTS.
THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY EXPEDITE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, I WAS PUBLIC HEARING ANYWAY, WHO IS SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 74, HAVING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, PUTTING A MOTION TO HAVE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY MOKE, SEPARATED BY ADAMS AND THE OPPOSITION SMITH DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY MOST SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOST OF THEM, WE DO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN MYSELF, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OTHER THAN MYSELF, I LIKE TO ANNOUNCE, UH, SOME EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A, UH, POWER COUNTS OFFICE IN THE BATTER'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLOTHING BUYER FOR THE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL FOR AUTISM.
AUTISM IS IMMEDIATELY CLOSE TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
IF YOU CAN DONATE, YOU USED ONLY OR USE CLOTHES, WE PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY ARE CLEAN.
YOU HAVE TO DROP OFF LOCATIONS.
ONE IS THAT, UH, IN THE LOBBY OF THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT A 9,000 AIRLINE HIGHWAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM.
AND THE SECOND LOCATION IS AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY SENT US 4,000 GUSTS RUNG AVENUE.
I'M CHALLENGED ALL OUR EMPLOYEES AND CITY PARIS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY CLOTHING FOR AGES FIVE TO 10, PLEASE BRING THE CLOTHES.
I WILL PICK THEM UP PERSONALLY AT CITY PARIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
SO IT'S JUST OFFERED UP THE NEWMAN CENTER, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SCHOLAR TO DROP OFF CLOTHES.
WE'VE REALLY WANT TO HELP THE SCHOOL WANT WHEN WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THESE YOUNG CHILDREN, UH, WHERE WE CAN AND WHEN WE CAN.
AND SO WE NEED TO EXTEND, UH, THE CLOTHING DRIVE ANOTHER WEEK WE CAN DO SO TELL SOME NUMBER MORE.
UH, WE STARTED TO CLOSE THE CLOTHING DRIVE MONDAY, SO IT'S ALL THIS WEEK, BUT IF WE NEED TO EXTEND TO NEXT WEEK, WE CAN, UH, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL POSSIBLY PUT THEM UP OR HAVE SOMEBODY TO PICK THE CLOTHES I WAS THINKING I COULD.
I MEAN, I'M HERE ON WEDNESDAY.
SO IF I GET PEOPLE, BRING THEM TO ME, I'LL GET THEM DOWN HERE FOR WEDNESDAY.
YOU CAN PUT THEM IN THE AREA, LET ME KNOW, SEND ME A TEXT AND I'LL COME PICK THEM UP AND PUT THEM TO COUNCIL.
BUT YEAH, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND PICK THEM UP.
AND THEN MY SECOND, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
THOSE OF YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IT.
UH, WE WILL, WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THIS POPULATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THE MERGED SCHOOL WHERE WE CAN.
AND THEN, UH, THIS WEEKEND, THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM 4,000 GUSHING AVENUE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL EASTER BASKET GIVEAWAY FOR CHAIRMAN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DRIVE THROUGH.
WE WILL THAT HE WAS ALL COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINES AND EFFORT TO REMAIN SAFE WITH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM, WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING, UH, EASTER BASKETS TO CHILDREN AT 4,000 QUESTIONING AVENUE AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER CITY WILL BE A DRIVE THROUGH EVENT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO DISTRIBUTE FIVE, UH, HUNDRED EASTER BASKETS TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
[01:50:01]
CHILDREN MUST BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AN EASTER BASKET.WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF SPONSOR.
SO I AM THANKFUL TO SCULPT ENTERTAINER PROJECT SEVEN OH FIVE, GO CRUISE AND CARE SOUTH REPUBLIC SERVICES.
UH, THE LAMBDA KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER, WHERE
UH, SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN'T COME OUT THOUGH, THE NEAR THE CITY OF DISTRICT SEVEN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US ON SATURDAY MORNING FOR A FUN FIELD DAY OR ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN.
I, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT AND AS ALWAYS PARENTS BUILD A VIEW IN OUR VIEWING AREA.
WHEN SHOULD YOU READ TO YOUR CHILDREN? BUT AS COUNCILWOMAN BANKS WAS SAVED, MAKE SURE THEY READ BACK TO YOU WHAT YOU READ TO THEM.
YEAH, I LIKE THEM ALSO SAY AT THE M B O S BUTLER CENTER, WE WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED IN A BAG.
NOT BASKETS, BUT BACK LET'S BE VERY NICE.
AND SO TO BUILD, DRIVE THROUGH ACTIVITY, ALL SHOW, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE DIXIE AREA, WHICH WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AND, AND THE KNOW OF THE DAY, ALL THEY ARE, YOU'LL BE THE SAME DAY.
PARENTS BRING YOUR CHILL AND THIS IN THE BILL'S AVENUE AREA, UH, SISTER BANKS, THEY ARE, AND I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE ONE ON THAT SAME SATURDAY ON SATURDAY, UH, OVER THERE IN THE MILLSAP IN THE BERRY I USE ARE UP EVERY WAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
HOW'S YOUR HOUSING BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE EBR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND NEED OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT, I HOUSING YOU'RE HERE TO HELP THEIR FOOD, THE INTERNET ACCESS TO VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, VARIOUS LIBRARIES MOVE ON IT.
NINE 9,200 BLUE MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD.
DELMON GARDENS 33 35, ONE LORRAINE STREET GOODWOOD 77, 11 GOOGLE BOULEVARD AND WYNWOOD SPRINGS.
ONE ONE THREE ZERO LINGUAL SPRING ROLL SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.
COMPLETE YOUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION BY VISITING WW DOT EBR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS.COM.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BILL BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BUT SO MUCH.
AS SOON AS EVENING, WE HAD OUR CONSTABLE HERE WITH ASSISTING ME.
ALL OF YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US AND MOST OF YOUR JOURNEY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TO SEE ME.