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AT THIS TIME, I LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER AFTER DO WE HAVE A FORUM? WE HAVE A FORUM BEFORE WE GET STARTED.I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES.
DID YOU CATCH THAT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE LED IN THE INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAKER AND ALSO A RETIRED ARMY VETERAN OF 27 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE MAYOR, DARNELL WAITS FROM YOUR SOUL DELIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO GET MARRIED WITH SERRANO APPLAUSE.
WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS AND SUBMISSION TO YOU.
AS WE HONOR YOU AS ELECTED COMMUNITY LEADERS DRAW EACH OF US IN A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, HEAD CITY PARISH, EMPLOYEES WHO PLEDGE AND PROVIDE DEDICATED SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
GIVE US ALL A TRUE SERVANT SPIRIT ONE AFTER YOUR OWN HEART OR NEARNESS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER THAT WE MIGHT FEEL YOUR STRENGTH IN EVERY SITUATION.
TURN OUR HEARTS FROM DISTRACTIONS AND TEMPTATIONS THAT WERE BRINGING HARM TO OUR LIFE, OUR FAMILY, AND TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
WHEN WE FACED HIM TATIONS TO EMBRACE ARROGANT POWER, RATHER THAN HUMBLE SERVICE, GIVE US AN UNDIVIDED HEART.
WE'RE A KEFIR TO BEGIN THIS MEETING WITH YOU AND YOUR WORD WITH GRATITUDE AND PRAISE FOR THE HONOR YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
AND WHEN WE CONCLUDE CALM OUR HEARTS WITH THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, AS WE POSSESS TO KEEP TRUSTING AND OBEYING YOU, NO MATTER WHAT THERE WAS OUT, BLESS US WITH JOY WHEN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GOODNESS PREVAIL IN THE NAME OF JESUS, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING YOU GUYS, UH, AND I REALLY, UH, NEED TO SAY THIS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TO HERE TODAY TO DO THIS, BUT TOMORROW YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE VETERANS, MAKE SURE YOU SHAKE THEIR HAND.
UM, AND REMEMBER THAT BEHIND EVERY VETERAN, THERE'S A FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS THAT VETERAN.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
UH, IT'S A LOT COMES WITH THIS.
WE APPRECIATE THAT HONOR, BUT WE'RE NOT HEROES.
AND WE DID, AND WE VOLUNTEERED AND WAS DRAFTED, BUT WE COULD HAVE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW TODAY.
AND IT'S THE THING THAT BRINGS THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
SO WHEN YOU SEE HIM SHAKE THEIR HEAD, GIVE HIM A BIG HUG.
AND SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECITE WITH ME THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
AT THIS TIME, I DO RECOGNIZE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND.
THERE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY PARIS, WHO ALSO VETERANS ARE.
THERE MAY BE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE VETERANS.
IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED AT THIS TIME? IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM? LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO GO APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2021 IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING ABOUT OCTOBER 20TH, 2021, A SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 IN THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021 BY COUNSELOR ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER, PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES, SHOWING NONE COUNCIL.SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOROSA
[INTRODUCTIONS]
ASKING, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, AMENDING TITLE 11 CHAPTER 20.SO AS TO AMEND THE TITLE OF CHAPTER 20, SECTION 11, COLON TO 21, SECTION 11, COLON 2 23, SECTION 11, COLON 2 24, SECTION 11, COLON 2 27, SECTION 11, POLAND, 2 29, SECTION 11, COLON 2 31 SECTION 11, POLAND, 2 32.
AND TO ADD A PROVISION FOR BREAKS ON BICYCLES BY COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN, NUMBER THREE, GRANTING AND RENEWAL OF A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY
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TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $234,853 AND 97 CENTS PER YEAR FOR 3, 3, 3 COMMERCE LLC LOCATED AT 3 33 LAUREL STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, NUMBER FOUR, I'M IN THE 2021 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE BATON ROUGE.SO IS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL JUUL J NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24TH, 2021, DELETE ONE FAMILY SERVICE WORKER AND ADD ONE FAMILY SERVICE WORKER UNCLASSIFIED BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR NUMBER FIVE, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING CERTAIN LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE HARVEST AND ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE BIRDVILLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT ON IMMOVABLE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE HARVEST AND ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT BUDDING THE LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AUTHORIZING THE HARVEST AND RED LIGHTING DISTRICT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE BART DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PROVIDED FOR OTHER MATTERS IS SET FORTH THEREIN.
NUMBER SIX, GRANTING A TAX ABATEMENT TRANSFER AT 6 0 1 SPANISH TOWN, RED ESTIMATED $7,957 PER YEAR FROM S T R ONE, LLC, TO DO PE DO PRE APARTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC.
THE TRANSFERS REFERRED BY THE LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, NUMBER SEVEN, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $750,000 OF SEWER IMPACT FEES COLLECTED WITHIN THE CITY OF ZACHARY, THE LA HIGHWAY 64 REGIONAL PUMP STATION PROJECT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF ALBERTINA DENT FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $114,165 AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER NINE, I'M IN THE 2021 PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED ON CLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO JUST TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4TH, 2021, I'M IN THE CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX ONE AND ITEM 24 1 TIME RETENTION ALLOWANCE OF $1,500 WILL BE PAID TO CURRENT ACTIVE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SUBSTITUTES ON PAYCHECKS DATED DECEMBER 23RD, 2021 NEW EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SUBSTITUTES HIRED BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2022 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ONE-TIME RETENTION ALLOWANCE OF $1,500 UNTIL THE FUNDING IS DEPLETED.
BUT THIS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A 90 DAY SATISFACTORY PROGRAM REVIEW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HEADSTART CLASSIFICATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS COOK COOK 9.5 MONTHS, FAMILY ADVOCATE, FAMILY ADVOCATE, 9.5 MONTHS HEADSTART CENTER SUPERVISOR HEADSTART CENTER SUPERVISOR 9.5 MONTHS, KITCHEN SUPERVISOR KITCHEN SUPERVISOR 9.5 MONTHS, TEACHER 9.5 MONTHS, TEACHER ADVANCED PEDRO ADVANCED ON 0.5 MONTHS, TEACHER AID TEACHER AID 9.5 MONTHS BY THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING THEN READ AND EMOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IS AN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ITEMS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DRAKA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO DAY.
ALL ITEMS ARE HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
COUNCIL MEMBERS.WOULD YOU PLEASE GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS? UH, I AM REMINDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AND A LOVELY LADY ON THE SECOND ROW IN THEY'RE PURPLE AT THE MEETING WE, UH, COUNSELED, BUT WE WERE ALL IN PURPLE IN RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UH, NOW THE CONDEMNATIONS, OUR READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 41 42 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52 53 54 55 56 57, 58, 59, 60 61 62 AND 63 DIFFER 43, DELETE 50 AND 51, THE FOR 43 FOR, UH, 30 DAYS THROUGH THE DECEMBER 8TH MEETING.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, ALL COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
I THINK IT'S, UH, ITEM 50 AND 51 ON YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FROM, OKAY.
WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT EVIDENCE NOW? SOMEBODY FROM DEVELOPMENT.
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SO WE WENT BACK AND WE DISCUSSED WITH VARIOUS ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND IT APPEARS THAT ON THE NUMBER 50, THEY AN ADDITIONAL, UM, PARTY WHO HAS INTEREST IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY CAME FORWARD AFTER NOTICING THE POSTING AT THE PROPERTY.AND SO WE WERE HAVING TO BASICALLY START OVER AND DO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TITLE RESEARCH SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MADE PROPER NOTICE IN ORDER TO CONDEMN THIS PROPERTY.
SO YOU WERE, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT THE NOTICE WENT TO RICK ANTHONY, RIGHT? IT DID.
THAT IS THE HOME THAT NEEDS TO BE CONDEMNED IF I KNOW, BUT HANNAH, THE STATE OF HANNAH NITIN, CAUSEY ALSO HAS INTEREST IN THE TITLE AND WE NEED TO PROPERLY NOTIFY THEM AND WE HAVE NOT NOTIFIED THEM IN ORDER TO CONDEMN IT TODAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START OVER, START OVER.
SO THE ITEMS AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, UM, IT SAYS, IT GIVES YOU THE ORIGINAL AND BUNDLE THAT WAS RECORDED IN THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE.
THAT ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, UM, IN OCTOBER 21ST THAT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CELLS OF THAT PROPERTY SOMEWHERE.
HOW ABOUT HAVING TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS? BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAD REQUESTED TO GET BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO VALIDATE, UM, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
I CAN PULL THE, THOSE CASH SALES THAT ARE RECORDED IN THE COURTHOUSE AND EMAILED TO YOU.
W WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT TODAY? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START OVER WITH THE NEW OWNER IS THE SAME ONE.
TWO CONSTITUENTS FROM DISTRICT 10 47 AND 48 REQUESTING 30 DAYS.
SO I ASKED THAT THAT BE GRANTED, PLEASE.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, I HAD A NUMBER 52.
I MET, APOLOGIES, MET WITH THE FAMILY ON ITEM 52.
THEY HAVE ALREADY REMOVED, UM, THE STRUCTURES, THE REMAINS, THE REMAINS OF THE STRUCTURES AFTER THE FIRE.
AND THEY ARE, UH, CONTINUING TO CLEAN UP.
BUT, UH, WHAT'S REMAINING IS JUST TRASHING NEEDS, GRASS CUTS.
AND THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND A DELETION OF ITEM 52.
I HAVE ONE MORE NUMBER 63, UH, 30 DAYS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION WITH THAT BECAUSE THE NAME'S JUNIOR, SENIOR, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I JUST TALK WITH THE GENTLEMAN OUT FRONT.
SO I TOLD HIM IN 30 DAYS WE OUGHT TO BE STRIPED.
ANYONE ELSE? LET ME READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STATED CHANGES.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 41 AND 42 46, 53 54, 57, 58, 60 61 62.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS 43, 44, 47, 48, 55, 56 63, DEFER FOR 60 DAYS, ITEM 59, DEFER ENTER DELETE ITEMS, 45, 50 51 AND 52.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE GOING ONCE OR TWICE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDOM MAY MOTION BY HUDSON SECONDARY BY ROCCA, ALL ITEMS ON CONDEMNATION LISTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE NOW GO TO ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
[63. 21-01345]
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM 63, AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN CONSTANT TO DECLARE LOTS 42 AND 43 SQUARE 21.FORTUNATE ADDITION SUBDIVISION, MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 5 0 4, 4 STERN STREET AS SURPLUS PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE IN AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SAME PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33, 4 7 1 2 ON TWO NARROW NEURONS, ZOE HUDSON, OR THE SUM OF $21,000 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
HAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOLDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GOING NOW, WHAT ELSE? WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS LORENZO HUDSON.
UM, MY NAME IS LORENZO HUDSON.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN THE POVERTY.
STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.
KILKENNY IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
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HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63, BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.MOTION TO APPROVE BY MOST TO APPROVE BOX BEGGING YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DUNN.
ARE YOU THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? ARE YOU JUST INTERESTED IN THE PRODUCT? YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, HOW TO GO ABOUT TO KEEP, WELL, HE'S THE ONE LISTED IN THE ITEM.
HE'S THE ACTUAL PERSON THAT PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD TO AN ITEM.
SO Y'ALL WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE, EVERYBODY GOOD TO GO.
I THINK GREG IS ALSO A TEACHABLE MOM.
AND SO FOR THE PARENTS SHOULD TOURNEY, WOULD YOU CALL COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? YOU SPEAKING ON COUNCIL MEMO, HUDSON'S TIME, YOU WERE HAVING A YIELD THE FLOOR TO THE SENIOR COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER CASE.
UH, THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT AND IT'S A GOOD MOMENT TOO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO GET AS MUCH, UM, ADJUDICATED PROPERTY OFF THE ROAD.
SO WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY, UH, COME UP AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHAWNEE YOU NOTICED IS NOT AN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, CORRECT? NO, IT'S AN AD, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST ACCESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST TERM THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE BILLY AND HE'S NOT RIGHT HERE AT THE MOMENT.
SHE WAS GOING TO GO STICK MY HEAD IN THE BACK TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THAT.
WELL, TO GIVE ME A SECOND, I'LL DO THAT.
WE CAN MOVE ON AND IT'S AND WE APPROVED IT AND WE GOOD.
AND AT THE END, YES, MA'AM NOW SOME OF US, BUT THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY MY SAME QUESTION.
WE OUTLINED A NEW, UH, A NEW WAY OF DOING THIS.
I WAS TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT THROUGH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, UH, WHEN THESE SALES HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME CONTROVERSY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOWED THAT.
UM, YOU DON'T KNOW, WE'LL WAIT FOR, UM, REAL BRIEFLY.
UM, AS, AS MR. COLE STATED, THIS IS NOT ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, THERE'S A PROCESS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW FOR HOW TO DISPOSE A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE ANY LONGER.
AND EXCUSE ME, THAT INVOLVES POSTING ON THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, PROVIDING NOTICE IN THE ADVOCATE, THOSE STEPS WERE TAKEN THE PROPERTY SECTION OF A PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HANDLED THAT, UM, AND THESE ITEMS WERE INTRODUCED ACTUALLY TWO MEETINGS AGO, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THE ADVERTISING.
AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY, UM, OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS.
ALL SECOND COUNCILMEN DONE MOTION PROPERLY.
MOTION IS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY DUNN JR.
BY ANY OPPOSITION ITEM, 603, UH, HAS BEEN APPROVED.
CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, PUTTING A NEW PROPERTY
[64. 21-01346]
ON ITEM 64 AUTHORIZED THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DECLARE A LOT 22 SQUARE FIVE DELMONT PLACE SUBDIVISION MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 4 9, 5, 5 LONG FELLOW DRIVE BARRELS, LOUISIANA 7 8 0 5, A SURPLUS PROPERTY.THEY'RE NOT LEAVING FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE SAME PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA VIA STATUTE 33, CODE A 4 71 2 ON TWO TIMOTHY D WHEELS FOR THE SUM OF $13,000.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, EXACT SAME SCENARIO, BUT WE BACK TO SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, JULIA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO NO OPPOSITION.
[65. 21-01440]
WE GO NOW TO ITEM 65, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINED THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD REGARDING THE TENANT REBORN COMPANY'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTRACT FOR YEARS, 20 18, 20 19, AND 2020 BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, CAMMIE MCGEE, 1 6, 2, UH, COME ON DOWN.
UM, I AM THE OPERATIONS OFFICER AT TIN ROOF, AND WE ARE HERE REGARDING OUR COMPLIANCE WITH I TAB.
UM, AND I BASICALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY SPIEL AS TO WHY I'M HERE.
UM, IN 2018, WE HAD SOME LEADERSHIP CHANGES.
UM, SOME COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CONSULTANT THAT I FEEL WAS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON MY END.
MAYBE YOU KIND OF ME NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.
AND THEN PAPERWORK THAT FELL THROUGH, UM, THE 5.5 BASELINE FOR JOBS.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED THAT AND FILLED ALL OF IT.
IN FACT, WE HAVE MORE OF THAN THOSE REQUIRED.
SO WE ARE MEETING THOSE JOBS PROMISED.
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IN TOTAL AND NINE FULL TIME.UM, AND THERE WAS NO INTENT TO NOT FILE CORRECTLY.
UM, IT'S JUST A CASE OF NOT BEING AWARE OF THE FILING PROCEDURE TO SOME DEGREE, WHICH I, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YES, MA'AM.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD, THERE MAY BE SOME MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN A FEW MOMENTS? SO PLEASE DON'T GO TOO FAR.
ARE, ARE THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65? COME ON DOWN.
SO, SO NO ONE ELSE HERE FOR 65 FOR 65.
MR. MCGEE, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS BROOKE MORELAND.
I'M A MEMBER OF TOGETHER BATON ROUGE.
I LIVE AT 1723 BLUE AND AVENUE HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE METRO COUNCIL FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO WHETHER THESE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN KEEPING THEIR CONTRACTUAL PROMISES PROMISES, AS YOU KNOW, FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN HANDSOMELY REWARDED, NOT JUST 10 ROW, 10 ROOF BREWING AND INTERNATIONAL METSO, BUT ALL THE OTHER COMPANIES WITH INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTIONS, WHO WILL BE APPEARING ON UPCOMING AGENDAS.
SECOND, I ASK THAT YOU HOLD THESE COMPANIES TO THEIR PROMISES, HOLDING THEM TO THEIR PROMISES MAY SOUND HARSH OR EXTREME.
AND YOU MAY HEAR IT DESCRIBED AS A PENALTY OR A PEN OR A PUNISHMENT, BUT IT'S NOT IT'S THE NORM.
IT WOULD MEAN WITHHOLDING A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE THAT THE OTHER 98% OF BUSINESSES NEVER HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
MOST OF THEM ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ALL ALONG.
IN FACT, THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE FOR THESE COMPANIES, EXEMPTIONS.
THESE COMPANIES MAY HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES, BUT SO DID MOST OF THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO REQUIRE TO PAY THEIR TOP PROPERTY TAXES IN FULL, YOU MAY DECIDE TO CONSIDER THESE ITEP COMPANIES ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
YOU MAY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SIMPLE PAPERWORK ERRORS ARE NOT CONFUSED WITH THOSE THAT MAY CONCEAL OTHER KINDS OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND GET THAT IN WRITING, YOU MAY DECIDE ON DEFAULT PAYMENT AMOUNTS THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO KEEP AND EARN THEIR EXEMPTIONS GOING FORWARD.
BUT THE ANCHOR POINT FOR THESE DECISIONS, IT SEEMS TO US, YOUR STARTING ASSUMPTION SHOULD BE THE COMPANIES WHO HAVE NOT FULFILLED THEIR CONTRACTS FOR ITEP EXEMPTIONS IN ANY YEAR SHOULD PAY THE SAME PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THAT YEAR THAT THE OTHER 98% OF BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN PAYING ALL ALONG.
IT'S SIMPLE FAIRNESS TO THEM AND TO THE REST OF US WHO PAY OUR TAXES.
MAYBE CIRCLE MORE DOWN MS. CARLYLE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JENNIFER CAR WHILE 1855 OLD CARROTS LANE.
UM, WHAT I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT IS PRECEDENTS.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT LED HAS STARTED TRACKING NON-COMPLIANCE.
SO THEY ARE SETTING A PRECEDENT THERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE GETTING TO A DECISION.
ARE WE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE OR ARE WE NOT? UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF HOW WE DEAL WITH ITEP.
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS, BUT STILL IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES.
YOU ARE LEARNING HOW TO USE THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO LOOK AT EACH OF THESE CASES INDIVIDUALLY AND DETERMINE ARE YOU, UH, OR NOT? ARE YOU ARE, IS THE BUSINESS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS? ARE THEY NOT? AND IF THEY ARE NOT, THEY NEED TO FACE A PENALTY.
UH, AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS THESE ARE TWO COMPANIES.
THEY'RE SMALL COMPANIES, THEY'RE LOCAL COMPANIES THAT MAY FEEL GOOD TO SAY, OH, IT'S A LITTLE GUY.
WE'RE GOING TO CUT THEM A BREAK, BUT YOU ARE SETTING PRECEDENTS TODAY.
AND WHEN THE BIG GUY COMES DOWN, THE PIKE CO HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE CONTRACT AND THEN WANTS TO SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T MAKE THOSE GUYS DO IT.
SO WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME DO IT? THIS IS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.
SO I JUST, I PRAY THAT YOU TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY, UM, AND, AND USE
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YOUR ABILITY TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.IT MAY NOT BE, IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE, OR IT COULD BE A PAPERWORK SNAFU THAT THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO HEAR IT AND YOU NEED TO JUDGE IT AND NOT JUST PASS ALL THESE BY, BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, UH, WHEN I'M NOT IN COMPLIANCE, I HAVE TO PAY A PENALTY ON MY TAXES.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S REALLY NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WE HOLD THEM TO A STANDARD OR IT'S GOING TO BE MOOD OUT YOUR JOB CREATION, WHATEVER WON'T MEAN ANYTHING.
IF WE DON'T HOLD PEOPLE TO THE FIRE.
ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 65? UH, YES.
MY NAME IS EDGAR CAYCE AND I RESIDE AT 43 0 2 MELBOURNE STREET IN, IN, IN BAKER.
A CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT THAT SHOULD BE ADHERED TO WHEN WE START CHANGING A CONTRACT AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE A CONTRACT.
THAT'S A DOCUMENT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S VERBAL IN THE CONTRACT THAT THESE COMPANIES ARE SIGNING WITH, LED FOR ITIB.
IT TALKS ABOUT NON-COMPLIANCE.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE FAULT PAYMENTS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COUNSEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERING DEFAULT PAYMENTS.
SO WE DON'T JUST REWARD SOMEONE.
WE DON'T JUST IGNORE SOMEONE FOR NOT BEING COMPLIANT WITH A CONTRACT.
THAT TO ME IS ALMOST THE ULTIMATE DISRESPECT.
WE HAVE AGREED TO SOMETHING WE'RE GIVING YOU SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
AND IF YOU DON'T FULFILL YOUR PART OF IT, THERE SHOULD BE PENALTIES ASSESSED TO WHAT HAVE THE POWER GIVEN TO YOU IN, IN THE EXHIBIT A OF THE LED CONTRACT TO ASK TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY, TO AGREE TO A DEFAULT PAYMENT, AND THEN THE CONTRACT CAN BE MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
BUT IN ABSENCE OF DEFAULT PAYMENT, WE ARE TURNING THE BLINDS, I TO, UH, A CONTRACT AND A PROMISE.
AND WE'RE VERBALLY CHANGING THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY MEMORIALIZED IN THAT DOCUMENT IS WRITTEN.
AND I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD ABIDE BY IT.
AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO ABIDE BY TERMS OF A CONTRACT.
I THINK THESE MANUFACTURERS NEED TO DO IT ALSO.
ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65? ALL RIGHT.
WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DO WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE 10 NOVEMBER 30TH OF THIS MONTH TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THESE ITEMS. SO WE DON'T NEED TO BE RUSHED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DECIDE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO BE SURE THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE BODY ARE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR THREE OPTIONS ARE.
UH, AND NUMBER ONE, THE OPTION WOULD BE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR JUST SEND IT BACK TO A BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6, 0 1 BEFORE ONE, EXHIBIT A AND MAKE A REMISSION, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR NON COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE TERM OF THE EXEMPTION AND REDUCE THE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF THE EXEMPTION OR TERMINATE THE EXEMPTION.
CONFIRMING THE COMPANY HAS MADE A DEFAULT PAYMENT.
SO WE DO HAVE OPTIONS AND WE DO HAVE SOMETIMES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, DONNIE, IF YOU'D COME UP REAL QUICK, UH, DONNIE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, TELL US, TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WORK WITH.
AND, UM, AND THEN IF YOU WOULD JUST KIND OF GO INTO, UH, AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THEM ONE AT A TIME.
SO, UM, TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE NONCOMPLIANCE IN THIS, IN THIS CASE WITH 10 ROOF.
DONNIE MILLER WITH THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPER FOR BATON ROUGE.
SO WE HAVE TWO TOPICS TONIGHT, FIRST 10 ROOF, AND I'LL, I'LL STAY IN MY LANE.
AND WE'LL, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT TENDER FOR THIS POINT, UM, COMPANY THAT ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT IN 2017 AND HAS NOT FILED PAPERWORK, UM, AND RECEIVED THREE NONCOMPLIANCE LETTERS ARE NOT FILING THAT PAPERWORK.
UH, THEY'VE ACHIEVED THEIR JOB GOALS.
THEY HAVE, UH, COMPLETED THEIR INVESTMENT OF THE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, LACKING ON THE COMPLIANCE OF THE CONTRACT FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEIR HOMEWORK, THAT THEIR PAPERWORK WAS TURNED IN ON TIME.
SO THAT'S, WHAT'S AT FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.
UM, THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THERE WERE THREE EXAMPLES CASE STUDIES THAT WENT BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY LAST MEETING.
AND TWO OF THOSE ENTITIES LEFT IT UP TO THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THEY'D LIKE TO HEAR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SHERIFF OF HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.
ULTIMATELY THE BOARD OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY CAN MAKE A DECISION TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
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I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO STAY TRUE TO THE WAY OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THESE NON-COMPLIANCE ISSUES.AND LASTLY, THIS IS A BRAND NEW FEAT FOR THE STATE.
IT'S NOT JUST EAST BATON ROUGE.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
UM, AND TODAY'S AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS THESE.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT EVERY ISSUE IS GOING TO BE UNIQUE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE COMPANY IS IN THE RIGHT OR THE WRONG.
IT JUST MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF REASONING OF WHY THERE'S A NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE LOOK AT THESE COMPANIES, ARE THEY VALUED IN THE COMMUNITY? ARE THEY MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO, TO PRODUCE WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ON JOBS AND, UH, INVESTMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE VIEW THEM IN A LIGHT OF, DO WE WANT TO LIFT UP OUR COMPANIES THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT IN THE RIGHT FOR NOT ACHIEVING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ACHIEVING, BUT I HOPE I'M GIVING YOU SOME CONTEXT YOU ARE.
UM, AND IF I CAN HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM 10 ROOF COME UP BECAUSE DONNY, DONNY DON'T GO FAR THOUGH, CAUSE YOU, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS BETTER.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN DID YOU GET YOUR LETTER OF NON-COMPLIANCE AND HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CORRECTED THE ISSUES? NOT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOUR ISSUE IS, IS MOST OF THE PAPERWORK ISSUE, A FILING ISSUE.
WHERE DID YOU GET NOTICE OF THAT? AND, AND HAVE YOU ALREADY LIMITED THE ISSUE? UM, I ACTUALLY GOT NOTICED THROUGH THE CONSULTANT.
I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER SEEN THE LETTER OF NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
THAT WAY YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, SHUT UP ON THAT.
AND DONNIE, IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, I, I, I THOUGHT DONNIE MAY KNOW THIS BETTER THAN YOU.
SO THE LETTER WAS SENT BY LED ON OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE LESS THAN 60 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION AND THE COMPANY WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND DID LED CIN GUIDANCE ORIGINALLY WHEN YOU ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR FILINGS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THEY DID IN 2017, I DID NOT COME ON BOARD IN 2018.
WE HAD SOME CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A PROGRAM I INHERITED.
UM, SO I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT ORIGINAL, THOSE ORIGINAL GUIDELINES, BUT I KNOW THAT JASON, HE HAS, OUR CONSULTANT HAS BEEN ON BOARD SINCE 2017, SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME HE DID GET IT.
SO HE, HE MOST LIKELY DID GET GUIDANCE FROM LED ON, ON THE SUBMISSIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE.
UM, DID YOU MAKE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT YOU PROMISED IN YOUR TAP APPLICATION? YES, SIR.
DID YOU CREATE THE JOBS THAT YOU PROMISED IN YOUR ONTAP APPLICATION? YES, SIR.
UH, BUT YOU'RE STILL JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU'RE STILL YET TO ACTUALLY FILE DOCUMENTATION OF ALL THAT ALL OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
I THINK THAT JASON IS FIRMING UP THE REST OF IT AND CAN FILE WITHIN A WEEK.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GOING BACK THOSE YEARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UH, I'LL TELL YOU, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
UH, I THINK THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY SUBMIT, UH, AND HAVE US GO OVER IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT REALLY WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
UM, WE'VE SORT OF CREATED THIS OR ADDED THIS JOBS COMPONENT TO IT THAT ALSO HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
UM, BUT LIKE SOME OF THE FOLKS MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THERE IS AN EXPECTATION OF TRANSPARENCY.
UH, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF MAKING TIMELY FILINGS AND SHOWING WHERE THOSE, WHAT ULTIMATELY ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS, UH, WHERE THEY GO.
SO, UH, I WANT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW.
UM, I'M ENCOURAGED THAT LED IS NOW SERVING IN THIS FUNCTION.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE BROUGHT UP WHEN, WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY GOT HANDED DOWN TO THE LOCALS AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT HERE LOCALLY.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT IS NOW HAPPENING.
IT'S A LITTLE DISCOURAGING THAT IT TOOK SO LONG FOR IT TO HAPPEN, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO THAT'S THE MOTION MOST OF THE TIME, TWO WEEKS AGO, SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, MS. CAMMIE, YOU, YOU CAME ON BOARD IN 2018 YES.
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AND THAT WAS IN THE TRANSITION OF OWNERSHIP AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT.WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD, WAS THAT YOUR, UH, POSITION OR ONE OF YOUR DUTIES WAS TO, UH, BRING THIS INTO COMPLIANCE AND, UM, UH, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS FOLLOWED BY AND DO THE ASSIST WITH THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING, OR WAS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT UPON YOU? I THINK THAT I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THAT WAS PUT UPON ME.
I WORKED AT 10 ROOF PREVIOUSLY IN MORE OF THE EVENTS DEPARTMENT, MORE OF A LOWER LEVEL POSITION.
AND WHEN OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS OFFICER LEFT AND TOOK ANOTHER JOB, WE HAD OWNERSHIP CHANGE AS WELL.
AND I TOOK HIS POSITION, MAYBE NOT WITH ALL THE TOOLS I NEEDED AT THE TIME.
SO SINCE 2018, I HAVE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST WAS NOT LEARNING.
SO ONCE YOU TOOK DEPOSITION, ONCE YOU FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, UM, AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, DID, DID JOSH GUY OR WHOEVER THE OTHER, I GUESS PERSON IS THEY WEREN'T FOR CORPORATE OR WHATEVER, OR THE ATTORNEY? HE'S A CONSULTANT.
UM, WHEN DID YOU INITIATE THE WORK ON TO GET THIS CAUGHT UP OR QUESTIONED DIDN'T EVERYTHING IN TIDE? DID I INITIATE IT WITH THEM OR THEY BROUGHT IT TO YOU? THEY BROUGHT IT TO ME.
AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO WITH THIS.
HE BASICALLY TOLD ME KIND OF WHAT HE DID FOR THE COMPANY.
UM, HE WOULD REACH OUT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR INFORMATION HERE AND THERE AND I WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AND IT WAS MY IMPRESSION THAT ME PASSING ON THE INFORMATION WAS BASICALLY ENOUGH ON MY END.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU DIRECTLY ON THE SPOT HERE.
I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, UM, THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU.
UM, WHO ELSE DID DONNIE OR WHO IS IT? OKAY.
WHAT'S THAT? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WAS THESE, UM, THE FEES OR, OR, UH, UH, PUNISHMENT REQUIREMENTS, WHATEVER IT IS.
IS THERE ANYTHING SET THROUGH THROUGH THIS, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL AGAIN, WITH THE DEFERRAL AND LOOKING INTO WHAT ALL WAS GOING ON, WE GO, OKAY, WELL, WHAT'S A, WHAT'S A FINE, THAT WOULD BE FOR NOT HANDLING YOUR REPORT.
IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE WAITING ON US FROM US IS, UH, EITHER, YOU KNOW, TERMINATION, UM, REDUCING OR JUST AN OUTRIGHT FINE BOARD OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY IS LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THERE IS NO SET PATH FOR YOU ALL EXHIBIT A, FROM LED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION STATES THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT'S FROM CANCELLATION OF THE ITEP CONTRACT TO NO ACTION PENALTY OF A YEAR, A PENALTY OF A PERCENTAGE.
YOU CAN GET CREATIVE AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EMPLOYEES WERE BLUE FOR MONDAYS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, THERE IS NO SET PATTERN FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT THAT THE BOARD OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL.
UM, I GUESS W ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ALL OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYTHING, AND LIKE HE JUST SAID IS SITTING WAITING ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALL, UM, I, WHETHER I'M GONNA THROW MYSELF UNDER THE BUS WITH THIS OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I LOOK AT THIS AS, YOU KNOW, WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR WHATEVER, AND THE CAPACITY ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK EVERY SO OFTEN AND DO THESE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OR, OR NEXT THING WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THE ETHICS BOARD GIVING US A CALL SAYING, HEY, YOU MISSED YOUR DEADLINE OF PAPERWORK BY X AMOUNT OF DAYS.
THEREFORE IT'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE AND X AMOUNT OF DAYS OVER BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
NOW, WHEN DID YOU GET THAT BILL? YOU HAVE SO MANY DAYS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, APPEAL IT.
YOU GO BEFORE THE APPEALS AND SO ON, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO BASE THOSE, THOSE FEES AND EVERYTHING ON.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO WORK ON ON HERE.
I, I APPLAUD HER FOR TAKING INITIATIVE TO GET THIS DONE.
AND LIKE COUNCILMAN HUDSON SAID, I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN MET IT'S JUST THROUGH CORPORATE OR WHATEVER.
THEY DIDN'T TURN IN THEIR PAPERWORK.
AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY PULLING THIS OR, OR REMOVING THEM OUT OF THE ITEP PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF A MISS PAPERWORK WITH, WITH DIFFERENT THINGS.
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I AGREE WITH THE DEFERRAL.THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO DO A SECOND FIVE MINUTES.
I JUST, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I READ INTO IT, I PAID MY FINES THROUGH THE ETHICS, YOU KNOW, I MISSED ONE DAY OR WHETHER I MISSED SIX MONTHS AND THEY CALL ME UP AND SAY, YEAH, YOU, YOU DIDN'T FILL OUT THEIR SUPPORT.
AND I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW, I HAD IT SEND ME THE BILL.
LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THEY DID, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT WE ALL GOT AN EMAIL, UM, THAT THEY BASICALLY IN COMPLIANCE AND FINISHING UP THE PAPERWORK THEY HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND HOPEFULLY AFTER THE, THE, THE DEFERRAL, WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE TO SET UP WHATEVER FINES AND ALL THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COUNCIL OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO ON OUR LEVEL TO SUBMIT TO THEM BEFORE WE DO PULLING ANY KIND OF
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, MS. MCKEE, WOULD YOU COME UP? SO I HAVE ONE OF THOSE JOBS AS WELL, WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS THAT I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS? WHAT SHOULD YOU BE WHEN AND WHAT SHOULD YOU BE FILING EVERY YEAR, UM, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND IT'S QUITE AN EXPANSIVE SPREADSHEET, UM, KIND OF A SPIDER WEB OF JOB POSITIONS, WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAID, UM, KIND OF QUARTERLY REPORT PAYROLL.
UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY FILL OUT THAT MYSELF W HENCE THE CONSULTANT.
UM, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE TO MAKING SURE WE MEET THE JOB REQUIREMENTS AND THE PAYROLL, UM, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT HE THERE'S A FORM THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO TURN IN ANNUALLY.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, MOVING FORWARD, MAYBE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT OVER MYSELF, TO ACTUALLY BE THE PERSON TO TURN THAT FORMAT, UM, USING A CONSULTANT, MAYBE TO HELP ME COMPLETE THE INFORMATION, BUT TAKING OVER THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE, VAN TO COME UP, PLEASE.
IT'S JUST LIKE A POINT OF CLARITY BECAUSE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TIN ROOF, AND YOU HAVE STATED THAT THEY'VE MET THE JOB PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT REQUIREMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE PAPERWORK THAT THE CONSULTANTS PUT TOGETHER, THEY HAVE MET THEIR JOB REQUIRES.
SO THAT PAPERWORK THAT HE PUT TOGETHER THAT YOU HAVE NOW SEEN, THAT WAS WHAT SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN FILED PREVIOUSLY THE PAST THREE YEARS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
DO WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, COUNSEL MOMENT.
LET ME ASK 10 ROOF THIS QUESTION THEN, BECAUSE THEY SAYING THIS HADN'T BEEN FILED FOR THREE YEARS AND JASON WAS THE CONSULTANT THEN? YES, SIR.
IS HE STILL THE CONSULTANT NOW? YES.
AND THE REASON WHY HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, UM, I BELIEVE I ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS ONE, THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.
UM, I BELIEVE HE HAD PRIOR COMMITMENTS THIS EVENING.
SO LED NOTIFIES COMPANIES OF ANY KIND OF ISSUE ON AN AGENDA THAT THEY'RE NOTIFIED.
THIS IS NEW FOR OUR COUNCIL, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE EVER DONE.
THE NOTIFY COMPANIES THAT THEY NEED TO HEAR AND SPEAK, UM, SO THAT THEY NEVER GOT A, UH, A NOTIFICATION.
I CAN PUT THAT BURDEN ON MY SHOULDERS, MOVING FORWARD TO HELP YOU ALL DO THAT, UM, A LITTLE BIT OUT OF SCOPE, BUT THAT THAT'S THE REASON THEY WERE JUST NOTIFIED TODAY.
SO CAMMIE SCRAMBLED TO GET HERE TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD ANSWER YOUR, I DO HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION NOW THAT PROVES THEY'VE MET THE REQUIRED I DO NOT.
THEIR CONSULTANT HAS THE PAPERWORK AND THE CONSULTANT WILL TURN THAT PAPERWORK DIRECTLY INTO LED.
YOU SPOKE TO THE FACT THAT THEY MET HIM AND YOU HADN'T RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTATION.
SO YOU DIDN'T JUST HEAR FROM YOU.
UH, COUNCILMAN COLE, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT EARLIER, BUT YOU SAID THERE WERE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD.
I THOUGHT I ONLY HEARD TWO OPTION.
ONE IS TO SEND IT BACK TO LED.
OPTION TWO IS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO LED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES AND OPTION THREE IS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR TIP ITSELF.
THE PERCENTAGE THAT I ATTEMPT TO SELL.
SO, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE OPTION ISN'T TO SEND IT BACK TO LED, BUT TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF COMMERCE
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AND INDUSTRY, UH, THEY JUST HAD FOUR, UM, NON-COMPLIANT COMPANIES AND THEY BASICALLY LET THEM GO THROUGH.UM, I THINK THERE'S A, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SENDING IT THE TWO OF THE THREE, SENDING IT BACK TO BOARD OF COMMERCE, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS REDUCING OUR POWER AND OUR AUTHORITY TO THE REST, TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHO IN GOOD FAITH, UH, THESE COMPANIES SIGNED TO GO FORTH.
UM, JUST AS DIFFICULT AS THE PAPERWORK IS FOR COMPLIANT, THE PAPERWORK IN WHICH THEY APPLIED TO GET THESE TEMPLATES.
THESE ARE TAX BREAKS ARE THREE TIMES, UM, AS DIFFICULT.
UM, AND I ALLUDE TO WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN MOKE SAID ABOUT ETHICS.
IF YOU MISS YOUR, UM, WHATEVER THE PAPERWORK WOULD ETHICS, THEY WILL NOT SAY, OKAY, BECAUSE IF YOU SAY MY, MY, MY PAYROLL CLERK OR MY BOOKKEEPER FORGOT.
ALSO, IF THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT, IF ANY COMPANY SIGNS A CONTRACT WELL, KNOWING WHAT, UM, WHAT THE STIPULATIONS ARE, THEN THEY SHOULD READILY GIVE THE MONEY BACK FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.
IT IS A MYTH THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, THAT WE DON'T HAVE OPTIONS.
WE DO HAVE THOSE THINGS THEY ARE LISTED IN, UM, IN THE, UH, THE INFORMATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
AND SO FOR ME, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO WAIT TWO WEEKS TO SEE IF THEY GOT IT TOGETHER, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER THREE YEARS IN PAST.
IF THEY HAVE, IF THEY GOT IT TOGETHER THE DAY AFTER IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IF THEY HAD THREE, THE THREE IN THE YEAR, ONE, THE NEED TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK.
HOW MANY YEARS WE TALKING ABOUT 20 19, 20 18, GIVE THE MONEY BACK 2019, GIVE THE TAX BREAK BACK 2020, GIVE IT BACK.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S JUST, UH, WHAT, WHAT BUSINESS IS, WE CAN'T TELL HER OUR S OUR ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY, YOU COULD ASK FOR MORE TIME, BUT YOU CAN'T ASK FOR THEM TO FORGIVE IT.
THEY DIDN'T SAY IF YOU COULD DO, IF YOU GET TO IT TWO OUT OF THE THREE, IF YOU, UM, GET, CREATE THE JOBS, BUT YOU DON'T FILE A PAPERWORK, OR IF YOU FILED THE PAPERWORK, BUT YOU DON'T CREATE THE JOBS.
AND WHAT'S THE THIRD THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A TWO OUT OF THREE IS THREE FOR THREE.
SO IT'S NONSENSE FOR US TO EVEN BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S A LESSON, IT'S AN INTERNAL LESSON FOR THE COMPANY.
SO ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN WITH ANY COMPANY, ABC, THAT MEANS YOU GET IT STRAIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE WE HAVE AUDITS FOR.
AND SO WE DO SET A PRECEDENT TODAY, WE TALKING ABOUT TWO, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT'S A BIG COMPANY LIKE EXXON THAT SAY, THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE 40 JOBS.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THIS DAY AND SAY, OH, WHAT ABOUT THE COMPANY SAY, OH, THE WAY THEY GAVE ALL THEM A SLAP ON THE HEAD.
IF WE MISS ONE YEAR, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL.
THAT WHERE'S THE INTEGRITY IN THIS GOVERNMENT AND THIS LOCAL BODY TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
ALI'S, ALI'S TEXT BUSTERS IN ON THIS TO COUNCIL AND TOIL THAT TALKS SO MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S MONEY, BUT ANY LITTLE MOUND.
SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS, THEN IT'S A SLAP.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE TWO, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE'S NOBODY THAT IT, THE BUSINESS, THE CHAMBER, NO ONE IS CONTESTING THAT THIS IS A FACT.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET IT STRAIGHT.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CITIZENS WHO COME AFTER US WITH THESE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BEGGING US NOT TO APPROVE IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE CANNOT GET THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND NOT WHEN THEY DON'T YOU SAY, OKAY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, TOO.
THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I MAY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT FOR EVERY YEAR OF NON-COMPLIANCE, THAT THOSE COMPANIES ARE OBLIGATED TO
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PAY THERE THAT A FULL 100% TAXES, THAT OTHER COMPANIES WHO DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF ITEL.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MT IS, BUT THERE'S NO BETTER LESSON LEARNED.
YOU ALSO NEED TO MAKE A MOTION RELATIVE TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO LED.
I RECOMMEND TO A BOARD AND THAT I ABSOLUTELY, UM, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I DON'T KNOW THE WORDING, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DO NOT SEND IT BACK TO THE BOARD IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A COWARD MOVE.
WELL, NO, WHAT WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I WOULD SAY IS THAT GIVEN THREE OPTIONS, RIGHT? SO MY OPTION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONSIDER ONE AND TWO AT ALL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE A PAIR OF SHOULD TURN IT.
BUT WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IS THAT WE, AS A LOCAL BODY DO NOT HAVE TO INVOLVE BOARDING COMMERCE AT ALL.
WE DON'T, IF YOU RECOMMENDED THEM, THAT'S THE SAME THING AS GIVING IT BACK TO THEM, YOU COULD GIVE IT BACK TO THEM WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION, OR YOU COULD GIVE IT BACK TO THEM WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
I AM REJECTING BOTH THOSE OPTIONS.
AND I'M SAYING THAT THIS BODY WHO APPROVED THIS SAY THESE ARE THE PENALTIES THAT THIS BODY WHO APPROVED THIS ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD.
SO MS. BANKS, IF I CAN, UM, REFER TO THE LETTER THAT, UM, CAME FROM LED REGARDING THE TENDER, IF NON-COMPLIANCE, YEAH, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY THE OPTION TO REQUIRE A DEFAULT PAYMENT.
IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION OF MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OR DEFERRING TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRY.
THAT EITHER WAY, THIS ITEM IS GOING TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT Y'ALL, WHAT Y'ALL RECOMMEND.
IT WILL GO TO THE BOARD THERE.
I NEED TO GIVE TWO THINGS CORRECT.
IF YOU'RE SAYING MOTION TO HAVE THE COMPANY MAKE A DEFAULT PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX, UNPAID TAXES WERE 18, 19 20, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AS TO WHAT ACTION THEY SHOULD TAKE.
CAUSE IF WE'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS LEFT FOR COMERS TO DO? UH, THEY DO HAVE THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.
THEY CAN, UM, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT? YOU CAN TURN IT DOWN.
WELL, Y'ALL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
THAT'S YOUR MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
I WOULD APPRECIATE ASHLEY ARTICULATING THE PROPER LANGUAGE BY WHICH, UM, I WOULD LIKE WE ALREADY ABOUT THE DEFAULT FOR EACH YEAR AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
SO YOUR MOTION IS TO HAVE TIN ROOF PAY A DEFAULT PAYMENT FOR THE UNPAID TAXES TO THE CITY PARISH FOR 2018, 19 AND 20.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DO WHAT WITH THE, BUT THE THING THAT THEY, THAT THEY IN FORCE, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD OF THE COMPANY TO PAY THE DEFAULT PAYMENT FOR 18, 19 AND 20, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG OR PARISH ATTORNEY.
BUT I THINK THE WAY THAT IS A NEGOTIATED PROCESS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE CITY PARISH, AND THEN THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION CAN SAY, OKAY, TIN ROOF, YOU HAVE PAID YOUR DEFAULT PAYMENT.
NOW HERE IS WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO.
AND THE STAKE IN DO SOMETHING.
ONCE WE DO SOMETHING, WE MAKE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE STATE RELATIVE TO WHAT THEY DO.
SO WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING TO THE STATE? THEY DO.
IT WOULD NOT BE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE THIS THAT I'M RECOMMENDED.
NO, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY TAXES WERE PAID TO THE SH FOR THE SHERIFF, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY.
SO I DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD THEN.
I JUST HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ACCOUNTS, COUNSEL NUMBER ROCKER.
SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, BUT I AM MORE CONFUSED NOW THAN WHEN WE ACTUALLY STARTED.
AND I THINK, UM, THERE WERE SOME KEY WORDS
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THAT WERE USED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHICH THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE COMMENTS AND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.AND THEY WERE DISCERNMENT AND DISCRETION, DISCERNMENT, THE ABILITY TO JUDGE WELL, DISCRETION, THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
AND EACH OF US HAVE THAT HERE TODAY AND BASED UPON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ADEQUATELY DISCERN AND HAVE THE DISCRETION NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION.
SO MR. MILLER, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP? ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WHICH WAS SOMEWHAT ALARMING TO ME IS WHY DID LED SEND A LETTER, UM, IN OCTOBER? WHAT, WHERE WERE THE LETTERS BEFORE THAT? WHAT TOOK SO LONG, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.
WHAT TOOK SO LONG FOR THAT LETTER TO ARRIVE? I WISH I HAD A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK LED, UM, WHY WE'RE WAITING SO LONG TO, TO RECEIVE THESE NOTIFICATIONS.
SO THIS, AND I HEARD YOU SAY THAT EARLIER THAT THIS WAS AT AN ABSOLUTE DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND EACH ISSUE IS VERY UNIQUE AS A FAMILY LAW COURT JUDGE OR A JUDGE IN A DWI CASE, EACH CASE WOULD BE VERY UNIQUE IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF OUR JUDGES.
BUT MY POINT IS WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MERITS EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY, TO MAKE A DECISION ON THOSE.
AND I THINK I TAPPED WE'RE THE JUDGES HERE IN THIS ITEP SITUATION.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH MERIT FOR EACH CASE AND STUDY THOSE AND MAKE A DETERMINATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO TO, AND YOU WERE ONE THIRD OF THE PIE, SO IT'S, THAT'S JUST WHAT THE METRO COUNCILS RECOMMENDATION SCHOOL BOARD WILL MAKE ITS OWN RECOMMENDATION AND THE SHERIFF WILL MAKE HIS OWN RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO HAVE THOSE OTHER BODIES MADE A RECOMMENDATION YET? OR DOES IT COME TO US FIRST AND THEN GO BACK TO THEM? HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT'S BASED ON WHERE AGENDAS FALL ON THE CALENDAR AND IT JUST HAPPENED SO THAT THE METRO COUNCILS MEETING TONIGHT FELL BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO THIS WILL GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD NEXT AND THERE'S NO MEETING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SHERIFF.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
DO YOU KNOW THE AMOUNT OF UNPAID TAX THAT IS BEING DEBATED TONIGHT? I DON'T, I, I CAN GO BACK TO ESTIMATES OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY $15,000 FOR 2018, 19 AND 22, THE CITY PARISH, BECAUSE IT'S A PORTION OF THE RIGHT.
SO THE SCHOOL BOARD TAXES WOULD BE AROUND, UH, $11,000 AND SHERIFF TAXES WOULD BE AROUND 5,000, $5,000.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THIS COUNCIL OR ANY COUNCIL THAT SAID COUNCILS PRIOR TO ME HAVE LOOKED AT AN ISSUE LIKE THIS BEFORE BATON ROUGE, PARISH, PARISH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.
NO, I WANT TO POINT OF CLARITY.
THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD REGARDING TENDER ROOF BREWING COMPANIES, NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTRACT FOR YEARS, 20 18, 20 19, AND 2020.
BASED ON THE WAY THE ITEM IS WRITTEN, SEAN, I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TONIGHT TO REQUEST THEM TO MAKE A DEFAULT PAYMENT BASED ON THE WAY THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WRITTEN.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS MAKE A RESOLUTION TO OFFER A RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY RELATIVE TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE 10 ROOF TO CONTACT THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR CONTACT ASHLEY ABOUT DEFAULT PAYMENT, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
BUT AS FOR THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND BY WAY OF RESOLUTION.
MAY I, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION IS THE PARISH ATTORNEY VERSED IN THIS WHERE THEY COULD COME UP AND ANSWER A QUESTION? I KNOW THAT'S WHY I SAID, I KNOW IT'S NEW, NEW TO EVERYBODY, INCLUDING ME.
EVERYTHING THAT ASKS ME STATED THIS EVENING.
SO I GAVE, I WAS ASKING HIM A DIRECT THING THAT EVERYTHING THAT MS. BECCA STATED TONIGHT IS WHAT WE HAD A MEETING OVER.
AND SO SHE IS, UH, EVERYTHING SHE STATED TO YOU ON THE ADVISE YOU ALL ON IS WHAT WE'VE COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE CAN LOOK INTO THEM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND GET THEM TO YOU.
BUT EVERYTHING SHE STATED TONIGHT AS WELL, WE ALL CAME TO AN AGREEMENT ON, OKAY, SO I HAVE ONE JUNE,
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JUST A GENERAL, UM, ON MY TIME, SEAN, THANK YOU IN DOING, AND IT WON'T, THERE'S ONE QUESTION IN I'M MAKING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATION IS ALL WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, BUT AS IT RELATES TO ANYTIME THERE'S COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAS TO MAKE A DECISION.DO WE HAVE TO PUT THAT ON AS AN AGENDA ITEM? THAT'S A VERY BROAD QUESTION.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DETERMINE IS WITHIN YOUR POWER AND PURVIEW TO CONTROL, THEN YES, IT HAD TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF, IF THIS COUNCIL WOULD DECIDE TO, UM, AND I THINK IT IT'LL ESTABLISH THAT WE HAVE THE POWER AS A LOCAL BODY TO, UM, HAVE THE COMPANY PAY 20 18, 19 AND 20, WHATEVER THE TAX IS.
WOULD THAT BE, HAVE TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM IN ORDER FOR YOU TO ACT, IT HAS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT? SO THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF THE REPORTS YOU GET AND ASK, YOU CAN TALK TO US AND TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF THE REPORTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE PUT ON A DIFFERENT PART OF THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE BY THE COUNCIL.
NO, THEY GOT A DEADLINE BY NOVEMBER 30TH.
SO LET'S SAY THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, A BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TONIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE ABLE TO GO BACK? I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH ALL THIS IS DONE, ARE WE STILL IN A TIMEFRAME WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, OR IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE TIME? THE WAY YES.
MA'AM THE WAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND.
I THINK IT HASN'T CHANGED IS THAT OUR REPORT HAS TO BE MADE TO THE, UH, BCI, THE BORDER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BY NOVEMBER 23RD, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR REQUIREMENTS, TO HAVE THEIR MEETING.
SO DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE BY THIS COUNCIL.
AND IF THERE IS NO DECISION MADE BY THIS COUNCIL, THERE'LL BE DETERMINED AS IF THE COUNCIL HAS NO POSITION.
AM I RIGHT ABOUT ACID? CORRECT.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO, BUT IT STILL WOULDN'T BE TOO LATE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE AN ITEM.
SO ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE DONE, RIGHT? TODAY'S A 10, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
AND THAT'S B THAT'S NOT A GOOD TIME.
I'LL TALK ABOUT US COUNCILWOMAN.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THE DATE THAT IS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S THE 21ST, WHICH WOULD BE TOO LATE.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY, WHAT OUR DECISION HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE, THE, THE BOARD BY THE 30TH AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT THEY HAD GIVEN US AN INTERNAL DEADLINE BY THAT LETTER, NOVEMBER 23RD.
CAN I, CAN I OFFER JUST TWO THINGS FIRST? YOU COULD PUT AN EMERGENCY ITEM ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
ALSO, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE COMPANY FROM APPROACHING THE CITY AND SAYING BEFORE NOVEMBER 23RD, WE WOULD LIKE TO NEGOTIATE OR WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A DEFAULT PAYMENT AND THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
SO, BUT IF Y'ALL WANT IT TO INITIATE SOMETHING REQUIRING IT, YOU COULD HAVE IT HEARD ON NOVEMBER 23RD AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER, DON, AND YOUR QUESTIONING.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO FIND OUT IF IN FACT THEY DID, NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST THE COMPANY OR DONNIE ON, ON STATING WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IF IT WAS A SCENARIO WHERE IT'S DISCOVERED THAT A COMPANY FILED THE PAPERWORK, BUT TO NOT BE THE REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FASTLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
SO CONSOLE WOMAN ROCCO IS CORRECT.
IN FACT, THAT IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THEM AS SUCH.
UM, SO I AGREE WITH THE, UH, PREVIOUS MOTION, THE FIRST MOTION ON DEFERRING, SO WE CAN FIND OUT SPECIFICALLY, OR ARE THEY GOING TO FILE SOMETHING, UH, HAVE THEY MET EVERYTHING? AND THEN, UH, I'D IMAGINE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'LL HAVE THE PAPERWORK FILED PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO WE WILL KNOW THAT INFORMATION HOPEFULLY.
UM, BUT IN A SCENARIO SUCH AS THIS, IF YOU, IF YOU BELIEVE IN, IN THE MERITS OF OD TAP ON THE MERITS OF THESE APPLICATIONS, WHEN THEY COME THROUGH AND THE, UM, POWER AND BENEFITS BEHIND THE INDIRECT DOLLAR, WHICH I DO, I THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER, AND THIS IS A PERFECT SCENARIO THAT WHERE THEY MET EVERYTHING TO, UM, POTENTIALLY TO, UM, UH, IMPACT THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT I TAP WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
UM, BUT DIDN'T FILE THE PAPERWORK THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT, THAT TO ME IS A, IS A FAR BETTER SCENARIO THAN SOMEBODY CAN FILE THE PAPERWORK AND DIDN'T DO IT AS THEY STATED.
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SO, UM, YEAH, I'D APPRECIATE MORE TIME TO FIND OUT, TO SEE IF THEY GET THEIR PAPERWORK TOGETHER AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID DO IF THEY DID IN FACT, MEET IT AND VERIFY THAT, AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, UM, WITH YOU ALL ON HOW WE PROCEED, WHAT WE RECOMMEND AND, UM, WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT WE'RE GOING TO SET ON, UH, WHETHER IT'S A FINE OR A, A PAYMENT OF SOME SORT WHEN THE SCENARIO OCCURS, BECAUSE THE PRECEDENT WE SAID HERE IS GONNA, UM, SEND A MESSAGE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNSELING DONE HAS BEEN SAID BY MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AND ON HIS BODY, WE STILL LEARNING ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE KIND OF BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE FLY IT, AS THEY SAY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO ERR, ON THE SIDE OF COUNSELING ON MY BANKS ABOUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME REPERCUSSIONS TO THE SITUATION, UH, HAS BEEN STATED BY OUR PARISH ATTORNEY AND OUR COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR THAT 10 ROOF CAN APPROACH THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS BODY AND NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT, A PAYMENT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT WITH EACH LOCAL, UH, ENTITY, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHEREAS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS OR WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, OF THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF A SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS IN ORDER OR NOT, BUT I LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION, THAT TIN ROOF, THAT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY IS THAT TIN ROOF MEET WITH EACH LOCAL ENTITY AND NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT OR A PAYMENT.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN HUSTLED WHO MADE THE MOTION FOR THE TWO WEEKS.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO AGAIN IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS? UH, THERE WOULD HAVE YOU BETTER PREPARED TO MAKE A DECISION IN TWO WEEKS VERSUS TONIGHT.
I WANT TO SEE THEIR FILING PAPERWORK WITH THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO CERTIFY THAT THEY MADE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND MADE THE, MADE THE JOBS CREATIONS.
CAN THAT BE DONE IN TWO WEEKS DINING? UH, ANDY, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE COMPANY.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR HOPE SO IF YOU PUT HIM ON CHARGE TO GET THIS DONE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR THEIR COMPANY.
THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUSH AS HARD AS THEY CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND IF NOT, PROBABLY COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION OF IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE AND MAYBE THEY NEED 15 DAYS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO WORK ON IT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING IT NOW OR DOING IT IN TWO WEEKS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATE.
WHETHER WE DETERMINE THAT NOW IN TWO WEEKS COUNCIL MEMBER DONE, SHE HAS BEEN COUNCIL MEMBER, LOADER MR. MCGEE.
WE SOMETIMES ON THIS BODY, WE MOVE FAST AND THROW THINGS AROUND.
THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER THIS FOR TWO WEEKS.
UM, THAT'S BEEN OFFERED AND, AND I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT.
IT, BUT YOU'VE NOT MADE AN ASK OF ANY KIND.
IF YOU CAN COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK, UM, DO YOU FEEL INCLINED THAT YOU COULD WITHIN THAT TWO WEEK WINDOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE ON A TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD? YES, SIR.
WITHIN THAT TWO WEEK WINDOW, WILL YOU COMMIT TO COMMUNICATING WITH THIS BODY IN THE INTERIM? AND THERE'S TWO GENTLEMEN SITTING OVER THERE WHO CAN HELP WITH THAT PROCESS ABOUT WHERE YOU STAND, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING, UM, SOME, SOME COMMUNICATION IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IF YOU CAN COMMIT TO THAT AND THEN AGREEING TO BE HERE ON THE 23RD WITH A BIT MORE CERTAINTY AND THE, AND THE ANSWERS.
UM, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT, AS LONG AS YOU CAN COMMIT TO THOSE THINGS, TO FILING THE PAPERWORK, BEING IN COMMUNICATION AND RETURNING ON THE 23RD.
AS I, AS I SIT HERE, I HEAR THAT, UH, 10 ROOF HAD 17 EMPLOYEES, NOT ALL FULL TIME, BUT THAT'S EXCELLENT.
AS I SIT HERE, I HEAR REDUCED TERMINATE HOLD TO PROMISE.
AS I SIT HERE, I HEAR THAT, UH, THAT WORD PRECEDENTS SETTING A PRECEDENCE AS TO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR THE NEXT PERSON THAT COMES WITH AN EYE? AND, AND, AND THIS IS IT.
AND, AND, AND CAMMIE, COME, COME BACK, PLEASE.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU INHERITED SOME STUFF HERE
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AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, WE CAN INHERIT GOOD AND WE CAN INHERIT NOT SO GOOD.AND SO IT'S UP TO US WHETHER WE RECEIVED THAT INHERITANCE.
AND SO THEN WHEN I HEAR ABOUT ELLIE D YOU KNOW, AND I SAY TO MY, YEAH, MY PEOPLE UP HERE, WE MUST, WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME THINGS IN PLACE FOR THIS.
I TELL BECAUSE WE SHOULD NOT BE AT THIS POINT HERE TODAY.
WE SHOULD NOT BE, UH, THAT CONSULTANT WHO DID NOT COME REALLY NEEDS TO BE GONE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.
I JUST THINK THAT ELLIE LED NEED TO HAVE SOME TRUE OVERSIGHT AND SOME TRUE AS WE CALL THEM, STOP GAPS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESS IS, ARE DOING WING, WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND SO EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOWS THAT THERE HAS TO BE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE, OR EVERYBODY'S JUST GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
NOW, MY QUESTION IS, AND MS. KIM, AND MAYBE YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS.
AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN, WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THAT $30,000, 609 AND NINE $30,699, WHERE ARE YOU ALL? AND SEE IF YOUR MAN, YOU GOT TO PAY HIM, THAT'S ALL TO IT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS STRESSFUL FOR YOU, AND IT AIN'T WORTH $30,699 WORTH OF STRESS, BUT YOU I'M GOING TO BE REAL WITH YOU.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS 10 ROOF? OR CAN YOU MAKE THAT DECISION TO SAY THAT THAT $30,699, WE'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO YOU CAN GO ON BABY WITH YOUR LITTLE OLD LIFE.
ARE YOU ASKING ME IF I CAN CUT A CHECK FOR $30,000 RIGHT NOW? NO, I'M NOT ASKING YOU THAT BECAUSE EVEN IRS WILL GIVE YOU A PAYMENT PLAN.
YET, WHAT I AM ASKING IS ABOUT THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING WRONG LIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SAY, NOT BEING AWARE OF SOMETHING, DOESN'T REMOVE YOU FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT.
AND YOU STEPPED IN SOME SHOES THERE.
I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOU STEP, YOU INHERITED A MESS.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GO ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE THAT SAY, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN EXXON COME BACK UP HERE, THEY BETTER HAVE ALL OF THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING, WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU IN THAT POSITION AS THE PERSON THAT TIN ROOF TO MAKE, TO SAY THAT YOU WILL, THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU WOULD THAT TO BE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE, LIKE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
I'M ASKING, CLEANING UP THIS BY PAYING IT BACK AND THEN MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE BEEN LABELED THIS THING A LONG TIME, AND THE LADY SAY, SHE'LL PLAY.
I WILL MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR THAT THROUGH OUR BUSINESS WAS SHOT.
OUR CUSTOMERS WEREN'T OPEN DISTRIBUTORS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE JOBS IN ORDER TO OPERATE AT 10% OR A HUNDRED PERCENT.
DO I HAVE $30,000 TO GIVE YOU 100% NOT? UM, I'M NOT EXXON.
WHENEVER SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE ON THE CANNING LINE, I'M THAT PERSON, WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO FILE ITEP PAPERWORK, I'M ALSO THAT PERSON.
AND I DO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME OF IT.
AND THIS SAYING, I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU, YOU, IN, UH, YOU GOT SOME BIG SHOES OR, AND SO WANT TO MAKE SURE, YES, SIR.
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CAN YOU TALK MORE COUNSELING? ALL RIGHT.THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT OAKS, I'M GOING TO YIELD MY TIME TO COUNCILMAN MILK.
MOVING ON THIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR.
AS FAR AS THE REPORTING BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND, UM, KAMIE.
THIS IS SOMEBODY, THIS IS GOING TO BE UP TO YOU.
I THINK, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BEFORE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET ON TUESDAY OR, UH, OUR PACKET.
AND WE HAVE LIKE ONE DAY TO REVIEW THIS THING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IF YOU CAN GET IT TO AS QUICKER, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY MOTION OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT HOW QUICK, HOWEVER QUICK, YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS YOUR ACTUAL REPORTING OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TURN IN.
I KNOW I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION BEFOREHAND AND JUST RECEIVING IT THAT DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE IN A TIME CRUNCH.
WITH THAT OTHER PART BEING SAID THAT WE KEEP DISCUSSING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN NOLAN BROUGHT IT UP A WHILE AGO, THAT WE WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT I FEEL IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONCE WE GET THIS REPORT, I CAN SEE IT.
WE KEEP COMPARING IT TO EXXON.
AND WHAT'S THIS GOING TO DO TO ALL KINDS OF OTHERS.
THAT'S ABOUT MAKING A REPORT, DOING A REPORT OR NOT TURNING IN A REPORT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS NOT COMPLYING WITH ANY OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
AS FAR AS ACTUALLY SPENDING THE TAX DOLLARS TO BUY THE EQUIPMENT, TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I SOUND WHATEVER ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH POLITICAL WITH THE ETHICS BOARD OR NOT TURNING IN MY REPORTS TO THE IRS, THROUGH MY BUSINESS.
AND I HAD AN OFFICE MANAGER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
AND THEN THEY CALLED ME UP ONE DAY AND THEY ACTUALLY WORK WITH ME.
IT WASN'T ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I OWED OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FROM THAT SITUATION ABOUT REPORTING, NOT FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS.
THE OTHER THING IS, AS FAR AS, UH, WORKING WITH THE COMPANY AND WHAT WE CAN DO, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A STICKLER OF AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES IN PLAY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINES OR SPECIFIC THINGS SET FORWARD FOR THIS TYPE OF THINGS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL SHOULD CREATE SOME OF THESE RULES.
IF THE REPORTING'S NOT DONE, IT'S AN XYZ THING.
IF THEY HAVEN'T MET THE PHYSICAL PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS OR HIRING REQUIREMENTS, IT'S ANOTHER THING.
AND YES, THOSE ARE SITUATIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
NOT ONLY EACH COMPANY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT EACH VIOLATION INDIVIDUALLY AND HAVE SET RULES AND GUIDELINES THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN GO BY.
SO THAT WHEN THEY DO COME BEFORE US, WE SAY, YOU DIDN'T TURN IT IN YOUR REPORTS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT HERE.
WELL, WHAT IS IT, TWO 40 A DAY FOR ETHICS OR WHATEVER, OR HOW MUCH IT IS.
UM, THIS IS X AMOUNT PER DAY THAT YOU HAD A REPORTED THANK YOU FOR MEETING AND KEEPING ALL THE EMPLOYEES ON, THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL YOUR PURCHASES AND, AND, AND STUFF AND, AND YOUR TAX PAYMENTS, BUT YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR REPORTS IN.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING US AS A COUNCIL TO LOOK FOR.
I THINK JUST DEFERRAL IS THE BEST THING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH KIMMY.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GET THE INFORMATION TO US, GET WITH THE GUY THAT AS, AS LIKE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COLEMAN SAID THAT THE GUY THAT NEEDS TO PROBABLY GO GET WITH HIM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE HE GOES AND GET THAT REPORT TO US, PEOPLE NEED THEIR JOBS.
BUT, UM, TWO THINGS, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ROCCA AND I COUNSEL OF IRAQ.
AND I WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, ASHLEY, IN REGARDS TO PROCEDURALLY, IF WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH OUTLINES, IT, IS THERE A WAY THAT THE COUNCIL CAN CONVENE TO DO THAT? OR, I MEAN, I KIND OF LOOKED UP EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT CAN'T HAPPEN FOR IT FOR THAT.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S, SO A SMALL GROUP OF Y'ALL COULD GET TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME PROPOSED, UM, RULES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE, UM, WITH THE ITEP PROGRAM.
UH, IF Y'ALL RECALL THE WAY THESE WERE PAT, THE ORIGINAL ITEP GUIDELINES WERE PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, IT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS, UM, LOTS OF INPUT AT THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE THE BEST BET OR YOU CAN HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE A WORKSHOP, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND, NOT NECESSARILY SPEAK IF Y'ALL AREN'T TAKING ANY ACTION, BUT YOU CERTAINLY COULD HOLD SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP.AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WELL, MORE OF A STATEMENT TO DANI IN REGARDS TO, UM, I GUESS YOUR, YOU ARE OUR LIAISON WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO IS, ARE YOU AWARE IF LED IS PREPARED TO DO ANY PRESENTATIONS TO ANY OF THE THREE AGENCIES? OR IF YOU CAN ASK THAT FOR US, I CAN MAKE THE REQUEST.
NO, THEY'RE NOT PREPARED AT THIS TIME.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US AS WELL, IF WE'RE NOT ASSUMING WHAT THAT COMMISSION IS DOING, BUT BRINGING THEM IN, OR MAYBE A BOARD MEMBER OF THEIRS TO COME TALK TO US IN THAT MAYBE THAT SESSION.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, OR DO YOU STILL NEED YOUR TIME? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, NO, MA'AM MISS BANK
I REMEMBER WHEN WE APPROVED THE
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, I TIP THE PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX, UH, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND FOR THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, TO NOW MAKE A DECISION TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THIS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, IT'S REALLY UNFAIR TO THE BUSINESSES.
NOW, THERE IS A SAYING, AMONGST A GROUP OF FRIENDS I HAVE, WHICH SAYS YOU HAVE TO TEMPER JUSTICE WITH MERCY.
AT TIMES, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT 10 RULES HAS DONE WHAT THEY AGREED TO DO IN 2017.
IF YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT, YOU'VE AGREED TO DO.
I THINK WE HAVE TO TEMPER JUSTICE WITH MERCY, AS IT RELATES TO THE PAPERWORK, WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT DROPPING A HAMMER, BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE BIG COMPANY COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON A SMALLER COMPANY WE DEALING WITH TODAY BECAUSE THE SMALLER COMPANIES ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU COME BACK, GET YOUR PAPERWORK AND YOU COME BACK.
AND IF YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO WHEN YOU, UH, WHEN WE AGREED TO EXTEND THE ITEP TO YOU, THEN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING SURE GOING FORWARD.
THERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES AND PARAMETERS IN PLACE RELATIVE TO PAPERWORK.
I DON'T THINK MANY OF THE COMPANIES, PARTICULARLY THE SMALL COMPANIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF GUIDANCE RELATIVE TO PAPERWORK WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
AND WHILE WE MIGHT SAY THIS, THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, WE HAVE TO ALSO THINK ABOUT TO GIVE THEM THE RESPONSIBILITY AT THE LAST MINUTE IS REALLY UNFAIR TO THE COMPANY.
ESPECIALLY SMALL COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE LARGE, UH, EMPLOYMENT ON THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO WORK WITH THEM, TO DO VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK CAMMIE HAS TOLD US SHE HAS TO DO IT ALL WORK THE LINE INTO THE TRASH, POUR THE BEER, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR AN INDIVIDUAL.
SO WHAT I AM ALL FOR ME AND FROM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO FORWARD, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE FAIR IN HOW WE GO FORWARD.
AND FAIRNESS IS ABOUT LOOKING AT EACH INDIVIDUAL SITUATION.
SO WHAT HAVING SAID THAT I WAS ON A VOTE ON A MACHINES.
WE DON'T HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
THAT MOTION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND I WOULD PRAY AND HOPE THAT IF I SUPPORT THIS DEFERRAL CAMMIE AND GET THIS PAPERWORK TO US IN A TIMELY FASHION SO THAT IT CAN BE CIRCULATED PRIOR TO US COMING TO THE MEETING.
I, SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MACHINE TO DEFER THIS ITEM, UH, FOR TWO WEEKS, I JUST WANT CAMP MAY SEE WE ALL SUPPORT A MOTION CARES.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S FLOWN IN, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS MEETING AND DID NOT KNOW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE ITEP ITEMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TIDE OF 97 BECAUSE THIS PERSON NEEDS TO CATCH A FLIGHT DISCUSSION OF THE CASE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA VERSUS AMERISOURCE BERGEN DRUG CORPORATION ON THE DOCKET OF THE UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO BY THE PARIS ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY FIRST, BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND AGAIN, GOOD EVENING.
UH, MR. UH, UH, MARK
THERE ARE OUTSIDE COUNSEL DEALING WITH THIS LITIGATION.
THEY HAVE SOME INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DISCUSS WITH US THAT IS VERY SENSITIVE AND CONFIDENTIAL AND SUBJECT TO THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC YET WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS MATTER, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC MEETING UPON.
BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK
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REVEREND ANDERSON AND MR. F FOR FRANKLY, UH, UH, REVEREND AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK MR. FRANKLY, IS HE? NO ONE KNOWS TO SPEAK.ALL RIGHT, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AT 97? WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT AND SET OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST MADE BY, UH, MR. DAWSON TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN
WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL BE IN RECESS UNTIL WE RETIRED.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
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PAY ATTENTION TO ITEM, FOCUS, YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM 66, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINED IN METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD REGARDING INTERNATIONAL METAL TECHNOLOGY, INKS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTRACT FOR THE YEAR 2019 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.DOES ANYONE HERE SPEAK ON ITEM 66, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 66, COME ON NOW, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
PLEASE PRESS THAT GREEN BUTTON.
IF YOU DON'T MIND AT THE BOTTOM.
OUR TESTING, MY NAME IS KEVIN KELLY.
I LIVE AT 5 0 7 1 GREENSIDE LANE, BATON ROUGE.
I WISH THESE THINGS WERE A LITTLE TALLER.
SO WHEN I HAD TO BEND OVER, IT LOOKED LIKE A DORK.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES AND I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE REASON FOR MIZZOU'S NONCOMPLIANCE IN 2019.
UM, IN GENERAL, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE.
UH, 2019 WAS, UH, AN EXCEPTION I WILL TALK ABOUT NOW AS THOSE REQUIRED TO THERE'S, THIS THING, MEZZO IS REQUIRED TO CREATE TWO NEW JOBS IN 2019.
AND WE DID IN ADDITION TO THE EQUIPMENT WE BUY.
UM, AND THAT WAS TRUE UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2019.
UH, IN OCTOBER, WE LOST FOUR EMPLOYEES OVER A MONTH PERIOD FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UH, WE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO THE TASK OF REPLACING THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND BY THE END OF 2019, WE HAD, UH, MADE FOUR HIRES.
TWO OF THEM WERE ON THE PAYROLL PRIOR TO 2019.
UH, THE OTHER TWO DID NOT ACTUALLY BEGIN EMPLOYMENT UNTIL JANUARY 6TH, 2020.
SO, UM, I THINK, UH, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE, IN THE, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD HERE, THEY WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BUT I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THE RULE WAS THAT WE WERE, UH, THE ATTEMPT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE OR BACK IN COMPLIANCE WAS, UH, WAS, WAS, WAS, WAS SHOWN.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO, IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS ISSUE LIGHTLY, WE, WE, WE DO CONSIDER COMPLIANCE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND TO THE DEGREE THAT WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, WE WE'D LIKE SOME LENIENCY OR SOME UNDERSTANDING WITH WHAT THE, UH, THE SPECIFICS THAT I'VE JUST DESCRIBED.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO STICK AROUND THERE, PERHAPS IS I KNOW FOR SURE IT'S GOING TO BE SOME QUESTIONING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 66, ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 66? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, DANI, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND JUST SHARE AS IS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE NATURE OF THE NON-COMPLIANCE AND WHERE ARE WE STANDING? SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH 10 ROOF, 10 ROOF HAD PAPERWORK ISSUES.
UH, THEIR ISSUE WAS FALLING BELOW A WHAT WE CALL THEIR BASELINE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT'S A NUMBER THROUGH ALL INCENTIVES, NOT JUST ITEP THAT A COMPANY, ONCE THEY SIGN A CONTRACT, MUST HAVE THE HERE TOO.
WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE IS NOT ONLY DID THEY HIRE BACK TO EMPLOYEES AND TRY TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL TWO HIRES.
UM, BUT ZERO LENIENCY IS GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WHEN YOU FALL BELOW, BELOW YOUR BASELINE.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, AND I, I WANT TO DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK WITH LED.
I BELIEVE THEY GIVE YOU SIX MONTHS OF LENIENCY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE NEW JOBS PER THE APPLICATION ABOVE THAT BASELINE.
UM, SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT BEING SIX DAYS OUT OF COMPLIANCE STILL MEANS YOU'RE NOT COMPLIANT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WHAT KEVIN SAID THIS IN THE SPIRIT OF
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AN EFFORT TO BE BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN.AND THIS WENT FOR THROUGH THE END OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A TOUGH CONUNDRUM.
AND I THINK WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS, AS WE LOOK AT THESE CASES, EVERY SINGLE COMPANY IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO JUDGE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON ITS FACE.
SO I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU SOME CLARITY, JUST SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR.
UM, THEY DID MAKE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT WAS PROMISED IN THEIR APPLICATION.
THEY DID, AND THEY DID CREATE THE JOBS THAT JUST HAD AN ISSUE WITH RETAINING EMPLOYEES AND HIRING BACK NEW ONES AS WE'VE SEEN ACROSS.
AND, AND PROOF OF THAT IS THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL JUST PASSED ANOTHER ITECH APPLICATION LAST WEEK AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THEY HAD TO MEET ANOTHER STANDARD, ANOTHER THRESHOLD OF NEW JOBS TO, TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE MET THEIR PREVIOUS INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I AGREE, I, I, I I'VE LIKED SO MUCH THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PRECEDENCE TONIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO I TAB.
I THINK THE PRECEDENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SET HERE ON THE COUNCIL THAT WE SHOULD BE SETTING HERE ON THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE WILL TAKE THESE ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND LOOK AT THE MERITS OF EVERY SINGLE CASE.
UM, SO, UH, IN THIS CASE, LIKE I, I THINK THAT THEY KEPT THEIR PROMISES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM.
UH, THEY SIMPLY RAN INTO AN ISSUE THAT NEARLY EVERY BUSINESS IN THE COUNTRY, UH, HAS HAD OVER THIS CORONA VIRUS, PANDEMIC AND HIRING EMPLOYEES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND NO ACTION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK? DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK PRIOR TO US TAKING A VOTE ON THAT ITEM, BUT COUNSELOR MOLT? YEAH.
UM, COUNSELING AND PROVIDES THAT NIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GO BACK TO MY PREVIOUS ARGUMENT AND WHAT I WAS SAYING AS FAR AS BEING A ONE DAY VERSUS SIX DAYS AND CORRECT ME HOW YOU SAID THEY WERE ONLY SIX DAYS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
UM, I MEAN, IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO VOTE ON THIS OR WHATEVER, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT GOES BACK TO OUR STANDARDS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AS AN ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, I APPLAUD THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ON TWO MORE EMPLOYEES AND GETTING CAUGHT BACK UP.
AND, AND I, I HATE THAT THE FACT THAT IT'S SIX DAYS OUT OF COMPLIANCE, UH, THAT THEY WAS IN.
BUT AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS OR WHAT I DISCUSSED WITH THE ORDINANCES AND EVERYTHING, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO, AS A COUNCIL, LOOK INTO THE SPECIFIC METRICS IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY TO S SO MANY DAYS IN FINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GETTING BACK IN TROUBLE LIKE THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE'S SIX DAYS, THE NEXT ONE MIGHT BE 30 DAYS OR SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO WE REALLY LOOK AT THE METRICS AS FAR AS ASSIGNING FINES, EITHER THROUGH ORDINANCE OR SOME OTHER WAY TO, TO LOOK AT THESE.
AND AGAIN, SIR, I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR CATCHING UP AND EVERYTHING, AND IT SUCKS.
BUT, UM, SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK INTO FOR LATER ON, THANK YOU ALL.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT, SAY IT AGAIN, SAY IT AGAIN, COUNSELING AND MUSCLE MOTION THAT WE TAKE.
MOTION TO RECOMMEND NO ACTION TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ANY OPPOSITION TO THAT MOTION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION AGAIN.
FOR THE GENTLEMEN, FROM, FROM MYSELF, BECAUSE WE WERE APPROVED, I TIP FOR YOU LAST WEEK, YOU MET THE JOB REQUIREMENTS IN 20, 19, ONLY SIX DAYS OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AND YOU'VE MADE NEW JOB REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW ITEM WE JUST APPROVED LAST WEEK, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
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LOU HAVING NONE.ITEM 67, AMENDING A PRELIMINARY CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
BUT DO YOU HAVE 2020 SUBMITTED BY THE MAYOR? PRESIDENT ADOPTED THE FINAL CURRENT EXPENSE BUTTONED THE CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARIS OF HE'S BEEN WITH THE 2022 BY MAYOR.
PRESIDENT ITEM MUST BE RECESSED TO DECEMBER 7TH, 2021 SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67.
WE GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST UNTIL RECESS RECESSED ITEM TO THE DECEMBER 7 24.
SO MOBILE HAS A SECOND ABOUT ROCCO AND THE OPPOSITION.
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WE NOW GO TO THE ITEM.68% OF THE KATHLEEN WAS DECISION AND ORDER ISSUED ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BUT IT'S IN ATLANTA, THOMAS 30, 34 MONROE AVENUE.
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STRUCTURE WAS TAKEN DOWN BY THE OWNER BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING 10 20 BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68, GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOES SECOND.
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AND BY THE CHAIR, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 69.WE'RE SENDING HIM DIRECT IN THE CLERK OF COURT.
THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER IN A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS JARED SHARLAY JR.
WE HAD THE FULL RESCISSION, THE FRONT STRUCTURE WAS REMOVED.
THE GRASS WAS CUT, AND THE REHAB HAS TO BE DONE ON THE EXISTING STRUCTURE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69, THAT TO THE COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN SECOND BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE WITHOUT
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ANY, WITHOUT OPPOSITION, GO TO ITEM.NUMBER 70 AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM ON GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY AS SEPARATE G OF ANNIE GIBSON AND DAMAGES RESULTING IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,107 71 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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DOWN ITEM 71, AUTHORIZED A SEVEN AND A MATTER OF NORMAL SANS VERSUS TRENT WITH JULIO IN THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 200 AND $900 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $15,299 BY PARIS ATTORNEYS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71? WHEN I GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL ABOUT THEM.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE, NO OPPOSITION.
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THIS ITEM 72, AUTHORIZING A SEVEN, THE WITH LOTTO RIVERO, DOING BUSINESS AS LRB TRANSPORTATION, LLC FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATON WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYED IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,034 AND 50 CENTS BY THE PARIS ATTORNEY.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72.
WHEN I GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MATTER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, NO OPPOSITION.
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GO TO ITEM 73 IN ORDER TO SCREEN THE COMPETITIVE POSITION FOR THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATION, CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE VETERANS FIRE DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33, CODE 2, 4 8 1 DESK, ONE DOT SIX BY THE BATTERY'S FIRE DEPARTMENT.AND WHEN HE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73, WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, NO OPPOSITION
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WOULD GO TO ITEM 74 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS STARTED PROGRAM FOR SUBMIT A CONTINUATION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE HEADSTART IN THE AMOUNT OF 11,400, EXCUSE ME, $11,400,290.AND BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVED BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, 11 MILLION, HUH? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE NOW GO TO ITEM
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75 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED AN AMENDED REINSTATED INTO GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THESE BARRELS PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE AGREEMENT BY MERE PRESIDENT AND THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICT BOARD.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75.
NOW I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN SECONDED BUCK POLL.
EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER GO DATE.
IS ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT PRESENT? NO ONE LOOKS AS IT WHAT'S THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE'S HERE FROM THE, YEAH, I, WE HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION FROM JIM BERLIN AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, AND I DID SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THE COMMS DISTRICT BOARD AND HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO CALL JIM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
SO, UM, I'LL ASK YOU IF WE CAN DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS, I'LL GET A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND CONNECT WITH HIM AND THEN COME BACK ON THE 23RD, SHE DID DIFFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
THEY SEGMENT BY COUNCIL MEETING NUMBER MARK, ANY OPPOSITION SHOWING NONE THE ITEM CARRIED.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 76, AUTHORIZING THE MERIT PRESENT ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $61,404 AND 72 CENTS ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76? WE GOT, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOROCCO, NO OPPOSITION.
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TO ITEM 77 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,706 AND 45 CENTS ON THE STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM FOR THESE MEMBERS PERISH BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
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GO TO ITEM 78, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENTS ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,758 TO ENHANCE COLLABORATIVE PLANNING FOR MASS DISPENSING RESPONSE AND THE COORDINATION WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH BUREAU OF COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
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ROCKER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. NO OPPOSITION WOULD GO[79. 21-01481]
TO 79 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT XQ TO SUPPLEMENT REUBEN.NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACTOR, PROFESSING ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES WITH GC, BUT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BEYOND CAPACITY PROJECT BLUE MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD, PERKINS ROAD TO BACARDI AVENUE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $406,473 AND 34 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND JOINING US DIRECTOR ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79, WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY ROCKEFELLER AND BY ADAMS, NO OPPOSITION
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WOULD GO TO ADT, AUTHORIZED AN INCREASE IN THE DUMPING FEES OF THESE MEMBERS, NORTH LANDFILL FOR COMMERCIAL AND OUT OF PARIS CUSTOMERS ONLY BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80 AND GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, YOU GOT A QUESTION COUNSELING AND PERSONAL COUNSELING MIMOSA.
I WAS JUST HOPING THAT RICK WOULD COME UP AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, OR SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION JUST COME UP AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE FEE INCREASES ARE AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY THEM.
UH, I'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THIS FOR YOU PLEASE.
UM, THE FEE INCREASES ARE, UH, TO COVER THE INCREMENTAL COSTS THAT WE WILL INCUR FOR POST CLOSURE COSTS.
THOSE POSTCODES WILL COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO GO ABOUT $1.5 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
ALSO COVER THE COST OF A SLUDGE POND CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHICH IS A MILLION DOLLAR, UH, INCREASE.
UM, THESE FEES WILL BE PAID BY COMMERCIAL TONNAGE THAT BROUGHT TO THE LANDFILL.
WE'RE ESTIMATING THE COMMERCIAL TONS TO BE 284,436 TONS OUT OF PARIS.
TONS TO BE ABOUT 70 1025 TONS THAT WILL GROW THE REVENUE BY ABOUT $2 MILLION TO COVER THE INCREMENTAL COSTS AND BALANCED THE BUDGET FOR AN HBCU.
BOTH OF YOU APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 81, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT OF RAYMOND FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH CIVIL SOLUTIONS CONSULTING GROUP, INC, BUT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITHANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SOME WILL BUY ROCKERS SECONDED BY ADAMS
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WHO NOW GO TO ITEM 82, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE FRESHMAN ENGINEERING SERVICES, FINAL DESIGN WITH FORTE IN BLADE.
IT INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER,
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 83, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF PRESENCE.ACTUALLY THE CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH FORTE IN THE BLOTTER INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE ANY NEW SERVICES TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND REPORTS, BUT DAWSON CREEK AT A HUNDRED OAKS AND BRUCE ARE BRITISH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $877,787 BY THE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM MAYBE THREE? WHEN I GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOSTLY TO RULE BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS. WHEN OUT
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WITH NO OPPOSITION, GO TO ITEM 84 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENTS ACTUALLY THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT.NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH MCC LANDSCAPE AND LAWN LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, MOWING EDGING, PLANT TRIMMING AND CITY PARISH ON THE FEMA PROPERTIES TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $34,620 BY THE MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN SECONDED BY THE CHAIR, NO OPPOSITION.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH DOWNTOWN GREENWAY FOR COST UP TO $385,000 WHILE THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 85? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, CIVIL BARAKA SECONDED BY ADAMS. NO OPPOSITION
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WOULD GO TO AN ITEM 86, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ANSWER AND EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR SUB-RECIPIENTS AND DEVELOPERS OF WATER UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $258,982 HOME INVESTMENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS, HOME AND AMOUNT OF 1,000,408 AND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT, THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY $3 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AES AND AN AMOUNT OF $2,533,548 AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT AND AN AMOUNT OF $280,083.AND THE HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION, $104,454 PROGRAMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $12,585,471
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PLUS $800,000 ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME BY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOSTLY TO APPROVED BY ROCCA SECOND SECONDED BY DONE ADMINISTRATIVE PROPERTIES.
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MATTERS.SEE SEPARATE SHEETS ARE SEPARATE SHEET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, A AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, NUMBER SEVEN TO THE CONTRACT, BUT COMPLIANCE OF IN VIRAL SYSTEMS, LLC, FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY REPAIRS BY SEWER CLEANING AND PHYSICAL INSPECTION SERVICES TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE BOX AND PIPE CLEAN POURING AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTED.
THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, THE ITEM WAS CONTINUED UPON BUDGET SUPPLEMENT A 66, THAT WAS ON OCTOBER 27 AGENDA, BUT WAS DELAYED UNTIL NOVEMBER 4TH.
DO TINKLING REMEMBER INCLEMENT WEATHER INTRODUCING VIA ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ALLOWS TO WORK TO PROGRESS PROGRESS SOONER.
WE HAD A MOTION TO WEIGH THE ROUTES, A LOT OF ITEMS, OH, WE CAN TAKE BOTH ITEMS. CORRECT.
ITEM B OUT THE RIGHT IN THE MIRROR PRESIDENT TO APPROPRIATE AND ALLOCATE A SUPPLEMENTAL EASTBOUND WAS PARIS ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDING FROM STATE OF LOUISIANA AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE U S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY WINDOW ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO IT SAYS HOUSEHOLDS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AUTHORIZED ADMINISTERING THE AGENCY AS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS THAT CONNECT AND DEAL WITH AND OF TO THE LINE ITEM BUDGET TOTALING, APPROXIMATELY $6,983,362 AND 69 CENTS BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE REASON FOR THE ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, STATE OF LOUISIANA HAS ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT HE'S MARRIED WITH PARISHES EMERGENCY WINDOW ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IN ORDER TO EXPEDIENTLY DISPERSE, THESE FUNDS TO HOUSEHOLDS, THE FUNDS NEED TO BE ALLOCATED AND BUDGET APPROVED.
SO AGREEMENTS CAN MOVE FORWARD.
YOU NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES TO A LOT OF ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED TO THEIR EMOTIONAL WAY.
SO MOBILE BY ADAM SECOND AND MOROCCO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? WE NOW ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH ANY OPPOSITION, TO THE PAID A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES OR ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION.
THE WAY THE RULES MEAN THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. I'M SORRY.
THE MOTIONS, THE WAY THE RULES IS ADAMS AND ROCKER MOTION.
UH, SECOND AND BY COLEMAN ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER EMERGENCY ITEM AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE SUPPLEMENTAL EASTBOUND PARIS ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
TOTALLY APPROXIMATELY $6,983,368 AND 69 CENTS.
THE REASON THIS IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA HAS ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL PHARMACIES BALANCE PARISHES EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IN ORDER TO EXPEDIENTLY DISPERSE, THESE FUNDS TO HOUSEHOLDS, THE FUNDS NEED TO BE ACCEPTED.
WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, ALLOW THE ITEM TO BE HEARD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE? THE RULE WAS SO MOVED BY ITEM SECOND ABOUT GREEN.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES THERE, ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
WE GO TO THE COUNSELOR THERE, MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN.
SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WHO CAN TELL ME, I KNOW THIS IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE, BUT DOES THIS PROGRAM, OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE? UH, I KNOW WE SEE QUITE OFTEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE ISSUES COMING UP WITH FOR RENTALS, BUT, UH, I'M A, I'M A REALTOR AND I'M SEEING ALL OF A SUDDEN, A WHOLE LOT OF FORECLOSURES POP UP ON OUR, ON OUR LOCAL MARKET.
SO ABSOLUTELY, UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
SO DURING, UH, THE HEIGHT OF COVID, WE DID DO A SMALL MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH CARES ACT DOLLARS, BUT THESE DOLLARS WERE APPROPRIATED SPECIFICALLY FROM THE TREASURY ONLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
HOWEVER, THE STATE DOES HAVE DOLLARS FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION AT THIS TIME OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROGRAM, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY SEND IT TO YOU.
ALL OF YOU ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT THE STATE IS ADMINISTERING THAT FROM THEIR ALLOCATION MOST SO APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECONDARY BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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ITEM 87 BOARD OF APPEAL.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THESE TOGETHER ITEMS. 87 THROUGH 92 BOARD OF APPEAL CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR.
PRESIDENT'S REAPPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENT OF GREG FLORES.
CURRENT BATTLES BALLAD IS GRAVE FLORIDA.
AS HE'S REQUESTED, WE APPOINTMENT ITEM 88, COMPLETE STREETS
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CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REAPPOINT OR REPLACE REX CABANAS.CURRENT BALLOT IS REX CABANAS RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR REAPPOINTMENT ITEM MADE AT NINE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
NUMBER FIVE EAST SIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING CHARLES CW STREET.
CURRENT VALID IS CHARLES CW STREET LETTER REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
VOLUNTEER FIRE NUMBER 90 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE DISTRICT EIGHT PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING THOMAS COBS, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2021.
CURRENT BALLOT IS LANE NORWOOD ITEM 91, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, PRIDE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING NPA ARISEN WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2021.
CURRENT VALID IS NPR ORIGINAL RECEIVED LETTER REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT ITEM 92 CONSIDERATION VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, PRIDE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING WESLEY TACO WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2021.
CURRENT VALID IS WESLEY TUCKER RECEIVED LETTER REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THESE APPOINTMENTS? ARE ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT HERE SHOWING NINE? WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPOINT ALL MEMBERS ON THE BALANCE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARDS OF YOUR
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CHOICE, EXCEPT AS A LOW BIDS SALES TAX STREET ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 17 DASH FOUR PRIDE BAYWOOD MONTEREY BOULEVARD, 72ND STREET.ROSENWALL GREEN TINA STREETS AND FAIR LANE, BREEN OATS PARK AND OAK CREST SUBDIVISION BARBARA BROTHERS CONTRACTING COMPANY, LLC, 5 MILLION, $372,765.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 93? NO, HE'S ON THE NEXT ONE.
THOSE WHO CAN SPEAK ON THIS ONE.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON 72ND? WHERE DID, UH, COMPLETE GREEK CONSTRUCTION THEY'LL COME IN AND RE REMOVED AT REST OF THE ASPHALT TO STABILIZE SOME OF THE BASE AND RECAP THE ASPHALT.
THAT'S THE SAME THING THEY DID ON THE OTHER PHASE FROM SCENIC HIGHWAY TO THE INTERSTATE, THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE SOMETHING.
YOU GOT A QUESTION COUNCIL MOST TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER MOST SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ANY OPPOSITION.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 94, PUMP STATION 2 79 IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE TO ASK THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO COME FORWARD.I THINK YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
UH, AFTER WE SUBMITTED THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL, UH, WE HAVE FURTHER DISCOVERED THAT GRADY CRAWFORD DID NOT HAVE A COMPLETE BID PACKAGE AND THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED OR DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS.
AND SO THE AWARD SHOULD GO TO NC M C CONTRACT.
SO NCMC LLC FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
SO GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN BOSTON.
SO WHAT, WHAT DISQUALIFIED GRADED CRAWFORD WAS IT, I MEAN, IS IT A CLERICAL ERROR OR I THINK IT WAS AN ERROR ON THEIR FINAL SUBMISSION, BUT WE WERE, UH, WE REQUESTED UNIT PRICING AND WE DO THAT ESPECIALLY.
SO IF WE HAVE, HAS BUILT OUT IN THE FIELD, WE UNDERSTAND THE PRICING CHANGES, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE US UNIT PRICING.
SO IN ESSENCE, THEY'D BID IT AS A LUMP SUM.
SO A CLERICAL ERROR ESSENTIALLY.
THEY LEFT THE MORNING AND LEFT A BLANK.
THEY LEFT SOMETHING, UM, A BLANK SPACE ON THEIR BED.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US JUST TO REBID IT? UH, SO I, FIRST AND FOREMOST, EVERYBODY'S NOW SEEN THE OTHER KIND OF COMPETITIVE PRICING.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN AWKWARD POSITION.
BUT IN ADDITION, I DO HAVE A RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AT THIS TIME.
I WILL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND MY DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PURPOSEFUL IN TRYING NOT TO DISQUALIFY FOLKS.
PUBLIC WORKS IS VERY STRUCTURED AND BASED ON THE STATE STATUTES, WHEN WE GET INTO SERVICES AND OTHER TYPES OF BIDS OR GOODS AND MATERIALS WE'VE PURPOSELY GONE AWAY FROM MUST AND SHALL THE SHOULD, WHEREVER WE COULD, BUT ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, IT'S, IT'S VERY FORMAL.
SO IF WE GET A BID PACKAGE, THIS IS A MORE OF A GENERAL QUESTION, BUT IF WE GET A BID PACKAGE AND IT, AND IT REQUIRES UNIT PRICING AND IT'S LEFT BLANK, OR IT'S NOT FILLED OUT CORRECTLY, DO WE GIVE THE BIDDER NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT IT? THERE, THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY ONCE I'VE RECEIVED IT.
ONCE WE'VE HAD A FORMAL BID OPENING, YOU CANNOT AMEND OR CHANGE YOUR BID.
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AND HISTORICALLY WE DO THAT.UM, WE GO THROUGH, UH, AN INITIAL CHECK FOR RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE HAS.
WE MENTIONED, WE FORWARDED THIS ONE ON THE AGENCY, LOOKED AT IT.
AND THAT WAS WHEN, UH, WE SUBSEQUENTLY NOTICED THAT THE UNIT PRICE WAS MISSING.
I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK IN THE 24 MONTHS I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HAD PROBABLY 15 OR 20 CLERICAL ISSUES, EVERYTHING FROM NOT SIGNING THE BIDS.
UH, BUT WE ARE VERY PURPOSEFUL.
WE WORK WITH MOVIE VR FOR TRAINING AND MY HANDS ARE TIED.
UM, IT WOULD BE A STATE LEGISLATOR DISCUSSION AT THAT MOMENT.
I JUST WANT TO STAY FOR THE RECORD.
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, WHETHER IT IS BEING DEEMED NON-COMPLIANT OR NON-RESPONSIVE FROM A SIGNATURE, A BLANK SPACE FROM NOT GETTING THE BID PACKET CERTIFIED TO A NOTARY REPUBLIC IS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS BEST PRACTICES IS YOU GO TO THE NEXT LOWEST BID OR THAT IS COMPLIANT.
SO MY QUESTION THOUGH, IS IF WE GO TO THE NEXT BIT BETTER, WHO'S COMPLIANT.
IT HASN'T BEEN NOTICED PROPERLY.
UH, CAN WE JUST DO THAT WITH THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN? YES.
SO, SO ONCE YOU'VE APPROVED THEM, WE NOTIFY NCMC.
SO WE WOULD TELL SOMEBODY THEY WERE DISCLOSED, BUT I CAN'T ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT UNLESS YOU AUTHORIZE THAT.
IF YOU'RE ASKING IF THE AGENDA ITEM IS PROPER, IT, UM, IT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO ACCEPT LOW BIDS.
THESE ARE THE THREE, UM, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE THE ONLY THREE, BUT THESE ARE THREE OF THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
AND YOU'RE EXPLAINING OBVIOUSLY IN THE MEETING, WHY YOU CAN NOT SELECT GRADING CROPPER, BUT THE AGENDA DOESN'T INDICATE THAT YOU ARE DEFINITELY AWARE.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, C AS THE LOW BID MOTION TO APPROVE M AND CMC AS THE LOW BIDDER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
WHEN, WHEN WAS GRADY CRAWFORD DISQUALIFIED BEFORE, OR I GUESS, ARE THESE THE ONLY THREE PEOPLE THAT WON THAT BID ON THE PROJECT? YES, SIR.
SO IF THERE HAD BEEN FOUR OR FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM, ALL OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED.
UH, I JUST, I GUESS I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT, WHEN GRADY CRAWFORD WAS DISQUALIFIED AND WHY THEY EVEN ENDED UP ON THE LIST FOR THE AGENDA WHEN THEY WASN'T EVEN PART THE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, I GUESS.
SO WITH THE TIMING OF WHEN WE NEED TO REQUEST AND PLACE THINGS ON THE AGENDA WAS A WEEK BEFORE.
AND SO, AS WE WERE FINALIZING THE PAPERWORK AND PREPARING THE FINAL PACKAGE IS WHEN WE CAUGHT THE MESS.
SO IT REALLY HAD TO DO WITH THE WEEK BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.
AND, AND THE REASON AS FAR AS NOT BEING ABLE TO CORRECT A GRADY CRAWFORD OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BID OPENING DAY AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE IN THE ROOM OR WHATEVER, WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY, IT'S ALREADY DONE.
AND I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE AN EXTREME EXAMPLE, BUT LET'S SAY WE OPENED THE BED AND SOMEBODY LEFT IT BLANK AND NOW THEY KNOW WHAT THE PRICES ARE.
AND THEY SAY, WELL, I ONLY WANT TO BET A THOUSAND, NOT 1200, BECAUSE NOW THE WAS PRICED.
SO YOU ENSURE THAT THERE'S INTEGRITY ONCE WE'VE OPENED IT, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE STUCK WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND, AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID IS IT, IT'S HORRIBLE FOR THAT COMPANY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK THEY GOT THE WHOLE PACK TOGETHER.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR BID OPENING DAY.
THEY'RE ALL SITTING IN THE ROOM.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE LIKE, HEY DUDE, SORRY.
YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO CORRECT IT, BUT THERE'S, UH, I'M GOING TO SAY, I GUESS THERE'S A WAY TO FIX IT EITHER.
BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU HAVE A BID OPENING DAY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WARNING OR WHATEVER.
THIS IS MR. WINTER, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO FIX THIS.
TH THERE ISN'T AN, AND IT WOULD, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO EVEN ADVISE YOU ON THAT SPECIFIC BIT WHEN YOU WALK IN.
SO WE DO OUR BEST ARTICULATED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT IT'S AN OPEN DOOR.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT AND YOU WANT TO COME UP TO OUR OFFICE, I CAN ANSWER ANYTHING GENERAL, BUT IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO AN ACTIVE BID, I CANNOT DO THAT BECAUSE I'M GIVING SOMEBODY POTENTIALLY A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THAT PRACTICE.
SO I INVITE ALL VENDORS TO COME UP AND FURTHER UNDERSTAND PUBLIC BID LAW.
UM, I HOPE, AND I ASKED THAT MAYBE THEY JUST SLOW DOWN AND CATCH IT.
I DO THINK WE ENDED UP PARING OUT MAYBE 1% OF OUR TOTAL BIDS.
UM, AND IT HURTS IT, IT COSTS MORE MONEY.
AND HAS YOU MENTIONED THIS, THIS FIRM, I MEAN THEY PUT PEN TO PAPER, RIGHT? THEY, THEY WENT THROUGH THE EFFORT.
THEY, THEY DID THEIR BEST, BUT YOU MISSED THE MARK AND THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW THAT YOU MISSED THAT MARK UNTIL AFTER BID OPENING.
AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, IT'S OVER WITH KIND OF LIKE TURNING IN YOUR TEST IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY YOU MISSED IT AND THAT THE TEACHER SAYS, I'M SORRY, YOU MISSED IT.
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COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN NOW GAS IS JUST, WELL, SAY IT, UH, THIS IS NOT GREAT TO CALL FOR THE FIRST RODEO AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS AND ALL OF THAT.SO, YOU KNOW, A GANG JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DOUBLE CHECK AND TRIPLE CHECK BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.
AND THEY, THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK WITH THAT IS CORRECT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE TO NCMC BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOES SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO MCMC? SO MOVE ITEM 94 CARRIES
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WHEN I'LL GO TO ITEM 95, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AND DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINS REGARDING THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE BLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT INTENDED TO REDUCE FLOODING ALONG FIVE SUB-BASINS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, INCLUDING JONES CREEK WATER BY YOU FOUND THE BLACK WATER BY YOU AND B BY YOU THE FIVE BY THIS PROJECT BY COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.WE DEFER THIS TO DECEMBER 8TH.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO DEFER THIS REPORT TO DECEMBER EIGHT BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO DECEMBER EIGHT.
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GO TO AN ITEM 96, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASING AND THE MAYOR OFFICE ON A TIMELINE PROCESS AND CONCLUSION OF THE MEDICAL RFP FOR THE EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH PRISON BY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWING A BANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS HAS EXITED THE BUILDING.SHE, SHE DID SHE LEAVE FOR GOOD? YEAH.
WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NO MATTER WHAT, BUT UM, SHE SAID SHE'S HERE.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? WE'RE GOING TO LET, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE REPORT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DO THINK SEAN OUGHT TO BE HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE KNOW IF SEAN IS HE? CAUSE I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
PROBABLY I'LL GO WITH YOUR WORK.
I'VE GIVEN EVERYBODY A HARD COPY.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY THINK MAYBE THIS IS VERY TIMELY.
HAS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC BID LAW? I KNOW A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND CITIZENS DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND PUBLIC BID LAW.
SO THE FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE JUST TO HELP GROUND, HOW WE APPLY AND HOW WE PURCHASE THINGS HERE IN CITY PARISH.
AND THEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY I WILL KIND OF ANSWER, UM, IN DETAIL, COUNCILMAN BANKS, BANKS'S THIS REQUEST FOR A PROCESS UPDATE IN A TIMELINE.
SO AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, UM, HOW DO WE PROCURE THINGS HERE IN CITY PARISH? IT REALLY VARIES BY WHETHER IT'S A PRODUCT OR SERVICE.
AND WE JUST SAW THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS, SO GOODS AND MATERIALS WILL ALWAYS BE DECIDED BY PRICE.
PUBLIC WORKS WILL ALWAYS BE DECIDED BY PRICE OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS.
WE CAN IDENTIFY FOLKS THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE CAN HAVE A BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE MOST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL, BLESS YOU IN TERMS OF SERVICES.
RIGHT? WE CAN ALSO GO DOWN A PATH OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE SPIRIT OF ANTENNA REQUEST OR PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE THE GREATEST VALUE.
SO NOT ALWAYS IS PRICE THE BEST VALUE AND WHEN IT'S A WIDGET AND YOU CAN ARTICULATE EXACTLY WHAT THE WIDGET IS, YOU CAN GET TO PRICE, BUT WHEN WE'RE BUYING A SERVICE COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'RE INTO YOUR FIRST FIVE MINUTES.
OH, BUT YOU WENT, YOU WENT ON IN THE FRONT THERE.
WHAT DAY DID THE RFP GO OUT? HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY? WHERE ARE THEY IN THE PROCESS? WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN? THAT'S OFF.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE WHEN PEOPLE WHO WERE CHRIS TIES, DON'T DO THAT.
UH, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, FLIPPING TO PRISON HEALTHCARE RV FACTORS? IT'S GOING TO BE THE THIRD LAST PAGE.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR THE TIMELINE AND THE IMPACT.
SO SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING THIS RFP RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAD NO PREVIOUS SCOPE OR CONTRACTS
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TO LEVERAGE, UM, THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE EXISTING STATE CONTRACTS OR PIGGYBACK BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE TO AN OUTCOME-BASED CONTRACT.SO, UH, IT WAS A VERY, AND WE ALSO HAVE A VERY UNIQUE POPULATION, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE SERVICING BECAUSE IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A JAIL AND A PRISON.
AND SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I THINK 70 OR 80% OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE RELEASED WITHIN 10 DAYS, BUT SOME FOLKS ARE LONGER TERM.
SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU TRADITIONALLY SEE.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHERS, WE WERE UNABLE TO LEVERAGE A TRADITIONAL THIRD-PARTY CONSULTANTS.
SO, UH, I THINK IF WE THINK BACK TO TWO MEETINGS AGO, WHEN WE CAME IN AND WE TALKED ABOUT HEALTHCARE FOR RETIREES AND ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, THERE WAS A CONSULTANT THAT HAD ADVISED US THROUGH THAT.
AND THEY WERE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
THERE ARE NOT TRADITIONAL CONSULTANTS THAT SPECIALIZE IN PRISON, HEALTH CARE.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE REALLY HAD TO SPEND SOME TIME TO SELF-EDUCATE AND EVALUATE THE MARKETS AND THE TRENDS.
UM, AND WE ALSO KIND OF IDENTIFIED AND SAW RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE FOR THE SCOPE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, IT WAS A VERY BROAD BASED SOLICITATION, UM, AND LOTS OF FOLKS WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE FOLKS THAT DEDICATED 30, 40, 50, 60 HOURS OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
AND I REALLY THINK IT HELPED US DEVELOP A GREAT PRODUCT IN THE RFP.
SO AS WE TRIED TO MOVE AWAY FROM A TIME AND MATERIAL AND MOVE TO AN OUTCOME BASED WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SERVICES, UM, IT DID GET VERY CHALLENGING IN THIS RFP BECAUSE OF A DELINEATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO IF WE THINK OF, UH, THE ROLE THAT MAYBE THE BRIDGE CENTER HAS, OR THE CAPILLARY HUMAN RESOURCE, OR EVEN WITHIN WHY YOU'RE A DETAINEE, IF YOU HAD A CHRONIC ISSUE AND REQUIRED SOME SORT OF SERVICE, SOMETIMES DOD DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SPACE FOR THAT, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
SO IT GOT REALLY COMPLICATED ABOUT WHERE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS STARTED AND STOPPED.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I'M GOING TO BE CANDID AND LET YOU KNOW, I THINK THE RFP WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 230 PAGES.
THE RESPONSES THAT CAME BACK ARE OVERSPED 500, 700 PAGES EACH NOW COUNSEL, THAT MAKES I'M GOING TO DO MY VERY BEST TO ANSWER EACH ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE GENERAL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE PROCESS AT RISK.
SO I CAN SUCCESSFULLY SAY FIVE TO 700 PAGES.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE PUBLICLY OPENED THEM.
WE HAD SEVEN BITTERS, SEVEN PROPOSERS.
SO THERE IS ALSO RECOGNIZED IN THIS, IN TERMS OF FACTORS, A SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE, IF YOU HAD AN ISSUE AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, YOU SUE THEM.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITHIN THIS, YOU COME AFTER US.
SO, SO THERE IS, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE RISK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HIRING BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD.
SO THAT SAID, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF THE, SO IN RFP, UM, I REMEMBER WHAT THE LAST ONE, THE LIABILITY, THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE LIABILITY.
THAT MEANS THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE LIABILITY TO BE WITH THE HAIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
YES MA'AM AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DOWN THAT PATH.
SO WHEN I WOULD JUST GO BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SO THE LIABILITY IS NOT GONNA, I MEAN, SHIFTING LIABILITY BACK TO US, MAN.
BUT IT, IT, IT DID WITH THE, UM, CORRECT HEALTH.
IT'S STILL, WE STILL WERE BEING SUED SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY US IN A LAWSUIT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE END UP PAYING OR NOT PAYING, BUT TYPICALLY, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS, THE WRONG WAY.
YOU USUALLY GO WITH THE PERSON WITH THE DEEPEST POCKETS AND WHERE THE CITY PARISH.
SO WE HAVE WONDERFUL ATTORNEYS.
THEY ARE VERY COMPETENT AND CAPABLE IN THIS.
UM, A LOT OF THAT ALSO GETS INTO HIPAA AND I PURPOSELY STAY AWAY FROM IT.
SO, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE PRISON, HEALTHCARE TIMELINES AND COUNCILMAN MAKES, I CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU VERY SPECIFIC DATES.
I DID THIS IN TERMS OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE IN MONTHS, SO WE CAN KIND OF BACK UP INTO IT.
SO IN TERMS OF THE RFP SCOPE DEVELOPMENT THAT DID TAKE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, UH, WE SPENT TWO MONTHS RESEARCHING MARKET PARTICIPANTS AND MARKET TRENDS.
WE IDENTIFIED FOUR RFPS THAT WE DECIDED TO MODEL OURSELVES AFTER.
AND THEY HAD BEEN RECENTLY RELEASED AND THEY WERE FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES AND THEY WERE FROM LA SOMEWHERE.
I WANT TO SAY, IT'S ILLINOIS, IT'S BEEN 20 PLUS MONTHS.
UM, WE DID, AFTER ONCE WE HAD THAT, THEN WE ENGAGED KIND OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE OUR IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND WE OFFER DIFFERENT SERVICES.
AND SO AS WE TOOK WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE BEST PRACTICES, AND THEN WE TRIED TO INCORPORATE IT AND APPLY IT TO OUR SITUATION, TOOK ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK.
AND THEN FROM THERE BACKING ALL OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK, GETTING IT INTO THE FORMAT, TALKING ABOUT THE REPORTING STRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING WE WANTED, IT WAS ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.
SO IT TOOK ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO DEVELOP THE RFP, TO ACTUALLY JUST
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GET THE DOCUMENT TOGETHER, TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GOING TO GET WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO BUY.SO ONCE WE HAVE THE RFP COMPLETED, WE THEN ACTUALLY KIND OF DO WHAT I WOULD CALL THE FORMAL SOLICITATION.
SO AT THAT MOMENT WE THEN ADVERTISE IT.
WE ALSO PROACTIVELY NOTIFY FOLKS THAT WE BELIEVE MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR GOOD FITS.
AND CERTAINLY AS WE DID ALL OF OUR MARKET RESEARCH, WE HAD THOSE, WE ALSO HAD FOLKS THAT HAD SIGNED UP THROUGH VENDOR, SELF SERVICE.
UM, WE'VE RELEASED IT, THEY'RE READING IT THEN IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS, WE DO A Q AND A PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN CLARIFY ANYTHING IS THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP.
AND I BELIEVE I'M EFFECTIVELY ARTICULATING THINGS, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE TYPICALLY HAVE A ONE MONTH TO SUBMIT, AND I SHOULDN'T SAY TYPICALLY, OR THIS COMPLEX OF A PROCUREMENT NOW ONE ITEM, AND I KIND OF HAVE AN ASTERISK UP HERE.
I WOULD STRESS TO YOU IS IN THE INITIAL THREE MONTH PUBLIC NOTICE WAS EXACTLY HAS COVID WAS RAMPING SIGNIFICANTLY AND ON THAT STEEP CURVE.
AND THERE WAS A GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WE INTERPRETED TO HIM FOR TO CEASE.
AND SO NOT BRINGING FOLKS INTO THE ROOM, NOT SHARING, COVID NOT DOING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THAT ACTUALLY ADDED ABOUT A MONTH AND MONTH AND A HALF INTO THAT PROCESS.
SO, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GONE TO MARKET, WE'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A DATE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, WE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED THE RFP EVALUATION THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE.
UH, WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT CHANGE.
WE HAD FOLKS THAT HAD COMMITTED TO SCORE AND THEN DUE TO OTHER OBLIGATIONS, WE HAD TO EXCHANGE SOME FOLKS OUT AND I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, ONE HAD A PERSONAL FAMILY ISSUE.
ANOTHER ONE IN TERMS OF THEIR JOB.
I'M ASKING THEM TO READ 5,000 PAGES.
THIS IS NOT A FLY BY NIGHT KIND OF DECISION IT'S IT'S.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO SCORE IT.
SO IT DID TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS IN ROUND ONE TO GET THE INITIAL EVALUATION SCORES BACK.
SUBSEQUENTLY WE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UH, THEN FROM THERE WE WENT DOWN THE PATH OF SCHEDULING.
WE DID NOT TAKE ALL SEVEN TO THE NEXT STEP.
WE HAD DOWN SELECTED BASED ON THE SCORING AND THE PROBABILITY OF BEING SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN WE INVITED THEM IN FOR ORALS.
AND IN ORALS, WE CAN'T ASK FOR NEW INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN ASK ON YOU TO EXPAND IN WHAT YOU HAD IN YOUR RESPONSE.
AND SO, UH, WE ALSO KNEW THAT, AND WE HAD HEARD VERY VOCALLY.
WE HAD NOT SHARED, UH, ANY DETAILS AROUND THE PARISH PRISON.
SO ORIGINALLY I HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, A MAP OF IT.
AND OBVIOUSLY FOR SECURITY REASONS, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT THAT THROUGH.
SO I'M ASKING THEM TO BID ON SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN.
CAN'T TOUCH CAN'T LOOK, CAN'T FEEL, BUT GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME YOUR BEST PRICE.
SO WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE THEM COME IN AND DURING THE SECOND, WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM INTO THE PARISH PRISON.
UH, AT ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY RESTRICTED, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SHERIFF AND TRYING TO PROTECT THE INMATES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF COVID.
WHAT'S THAT? I BELIEVE I'M IN THE DATE MYSELF.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FEBRUARY, MARCH.
AND I REMEMBER THAT WHAT MONTH WAS THE ACTUAL VISIT? I I'D HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE, YEAH, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT DATE, BUT I'M GENERALLY THINKING IT WAS IN THE MARCH TIMEFRAME.
SO FROM THAT, THEN THE RFP SCORING COMMITTEE THEN REEVALUATE THEIR SCORING BASED ON WHAT THEY HEARD AND THE ANSWERS THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE ORAL PROCESS.
SO THAT THEN TOOK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEN THEY PROVIDED THEIR KIND OF FINAL SCORING.
NOW THAT'S ONLY ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE.
SO THEN WE NEEDED TO MOVE TO THE FINANCIAL SIDE.
NOW THE FINANCIAL, AS YOU WOULD TYPICALLY ASSUME IS REALLY EASY.
IT'S A DOLLAR IT'S $2 IS THE CHEAPEST ONE, BECAUSE WE WERE VERY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO, TO ADDRESS RECIDIVISM AND REALLY FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
AND IN ADDICTION WE HAD ASKED FOR DIFFERENT PRICING SUCH HAS A MEDICALLY ASSISTED DETOX.
SO I HAD TO KIND OF BACK THAT OUT BECAUSE IF I THOUGHT OF A CAFE PLAN TO COMPARE APPLES, TO APPLES, TO APPLES, WE MAY OR MAY NOT CHOOSE TO GO DOWN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT, BUT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PRICING SO THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WHEN WE MAKE A PROPOSAL TO YOU, THE OTHER BIG CHALLENGE.
AND IT WAS THE ONE THAT WE RECOGNIZED AS WE WERE DOING THE FINANCIAL EVALUATION PRESCRIPTION COSTS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST UNKNOWNS FOR A PROPOSER.
I HAD ONE PROPOSER THAT WOULD HAVE HAD ALL THAT INFORMATION THERE, THE EXISTING CLIENT I HAD FOLKS ASKED ME FOR IT.
WE PAY A LUMP SUM TO OUR CURRENT VENDOR.
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A MINUTE, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T FAIR.IF, IF I HAVE SOMEBODY WITH ALL THE INFORMATION AND NEW PROPOSERS THAT DON'T HAVE IT.
SO WHAT I ENDED UP DOING WHEN WE KIND OF DID THE FINANCIAL MODELING IS I'M SORRY.
WE, I THINK WE'RE WALKING A DANGEROUS LINE HERE DISCUSSING THIS.
SO, SO WE, WE HAD TO ADDRESS TO GET THE APPLES DOWN.
RIGHT? CAUSE I GOT TO COMPARE ALL THE SAME THING.
ANY, ANY RFP YOU DO, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, CHRIS.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE WARNING CAUSE I LOVE HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP.
WHY DON'T WE LET CHRIS FINISH THE REPORT, CHRIS, WHY DON'T YOU MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING SPECIFIC? AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN ASK THE APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT NOW WE JUST HAVING A FREESTYLE.
SO WE DID SPEND ONE MONTH TO EVALUATE KIND OF THE RISKS THAT WE SAW IN THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT OUR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY WOULD BE IN TERMS OF OPEN MEETS, EXCEEDS SPECIAL TENTATIVE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.
SO I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, THE TIMELINE WAS 22 MINUTES OR 22 MONTHS.
I WOULD ACTUALLY SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT REALLY PROBABLY WAS ABOUT AN 18 MONTH EXPERIENCE, BUT YOU HAD TO ADD IN THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE PANDEMIC.
UH, I WOULD ALSO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW THAT IF WE THOUGHT OF THE HEALTHCARE FOR THE CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A 30 MONTH AND WE HAD A CONSULTANT THAT HELPED US WRITE THE SCOPE AND IT WAS SCOPE THAT WE ALREADY HAD BEFORE.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT PRISON? HEALTHCARE PROGRESS UPDATE.
WE ARE STILL IN A QUIET PERIOD.
UH, I'M TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO YOUR REQUESTS WITHOUT BEING SPECIFIC AND BE IN GENERAL, SPECIFIC ANSWERS WOULD RESULT IN POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR NEGOTIATING POSITION AND WITH POTENTIAL FOR A VALID PROTEST OF THE AWARDS.
SO I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT AT THIS MOMENT, WE EXPECT TO MAKE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT MEANS I HAVE ONE WEEK TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT'S ALWAYS ASKED AND I APPRECIATE IT IS CAN I SEE THE CONTRACT? I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT YET BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T AUTHORIZED ME TO GO FINALLY NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT PRICE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE OUTCOME BASED.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE KPIS OPS AND CPIS, BUT IF YOU WANT A PHYSICAL CONTRACT THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO INK, WE'RE NOT THERE IN THAT PROCESS YET.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
LET'S HAD A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
WHO'VE MADE A REQUEST TO SPEAK, UH, REVEREND ANDERSON, COME ON NOW.
DID YOU REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THAT? YOU PROBABLY REQUESTED 96, BUT 97.
REVEREND ANDERSON HAS LOST HER VOICE.
SO I THINK SHE'S GOING TO TRY TO TALK WITH HER.
UM, SO SHE'S WRITING DOWN THAT LIKE, UH, TODAY WE HAVE REAL LIFE VICTIMS FROM THE DELAY OF THIS 22 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING IN THE JAIL AS A RESULT OF HEALTHCARE TODAY.
UM, THAT VENDORS CURRENTLY EXISTING VENDORS WERE ALLOWED IN AND OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC IN THE JAIL.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULING FOR PEOPLE COMING TO SEE COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AS WELL.
UM, AND HOW MANY DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED IS A REALLY IN THE LAST 22 MONTHS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER AS WELL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE URGENCY AND THE PROCESS.
SO I GUESS IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, THANK YOU.
MA'AM HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON.
UH, BLAZE, BRACKLEY, CLARENCE FRANKLIN, UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS SAW US PRISON SITUATION IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
IT'S UH, JUST THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS BROKEN.
THEY, THE, THE CONTRACT IN SITUATION OF OUT SOURCING MEDICAL HELP IS BROKE.
I WENT IN, I GOT ARRESTED OCTOBER 27TH, 2020 WHEN I WAS ARRESTED.
I TOLD BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT I HAD STAGE FOUR CANCER, PROSTATE,
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AS WELL AS MESMERIZED IN MY BACK AND MY BONES.WE GOT DOWN TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
THERE WERE NOTIFIED THE SAME THING.
THEY TOOK ME AND THEY PLACED ME IN QUARANTINE LINE.
I RECEIVED TWO TYLENOLS IN THE MORNING AND TWO TYLENOLS IN THE EVENING.
I PUT IN REQUESTS FORMS ON A DAILY BASIS WHO SEE A DOCTOR.
I WAS DENIED TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS PLACED ON LINE FIVE AND SIX.
I PUT IN REQUEST FORMS TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
I STILL RECEIVE TWO TYLENOL IN THE MORNING AND TWO AT NIGHT.
I PUT IN REQUEST BOMBS TELLING THEM THAT I WAS THE POST SUPPOSED TO BE TREATED AT LSU ONCOLOGY'S URGENT CARE ON IRELAND.
I WAS STILL DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION IN NOVEMBER, AROUND THE 18TH OR SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA.
AND, UH, AROUND THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER, I WAS WALKING IN THE DAY ROOM AND I FELL, PASSED OUT.
I WAS BROUGHT TO THE MEDICAL, BE FARMER AT THE FRONT ROW.
DULUTH, WHAT WOULD THEY TREAT YOU AT LEFT ON THAT STRETCHER? I WAS PICKING OFF THE STRETCHER.
I HAD TO, UH, PICK A URINE TEST, MAKING A URINE TEST BASE AND TOLD I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE LINE.
THEY DIDN'T FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.
I'M WRITING A REPORT EACH TIME AND TELLING THEM I HAD A MASK GROWING INSIDE MY STOMACH.
I WAS THERE FROM OCTOBER 27TH TO JANUARY 6TH.
I'D NEVER SEEN A DOCTOR ON OCTOBER, JANUARY SIX.
I WENT TO ALITA LAKE TWICE, BUT ATTORNEY CAME AND GOT ME OUT AND I WAS TAKEN TO ALL OF YOUR LAKE EMERGENCY.
BUT THE THIRD TIME I WENT IN AT 235 POUNDS, I CAME OUT WITH 193 POUNDS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF MEDICAL THAT THEY'RE GIVING AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
SHEREE THOMAS SHRI TIME IN 62, 20 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD HERE THAT DEADLINES DON'T REALLY MATTER.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD HERE TODAY.
AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ALARMING BECAUSE, UH, THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT THEIR LIVES DON'T MATTER TO NOBODY, NOTHING, BECAUSE RIGHT HERE, WHAT WE HAVE BEING SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN HERE IN 20 20, 20, 21 IS DEATHS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
THERE IS NOWHERE WHERE THE DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DEATHS WE'VE HAD IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS NUMBERS FROM THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE NUMBER ONE DEATH RATE IN THE NATION, AND THAT IS ALARMING.
AND TO HAVE THE NUMBER ONE DEATH RATE IN THE NATION, LETS US KNOW THAT DELAY EQUALS DEATH.
SO THE LONGER THAT WE DELAY THIS HEALTHCARE, I CONTRACT FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN PRISON HERE IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON, WE ARE SEEING MORE DEATHS.
AND SO IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ANY SENSE OF URGENCY, NORMALLY ANY IN ANY OTHER RFP PROCESS THAT I SEE THERE'S DEADLINES, THERE'S TIMELINES, THERE'S PUBLISHED DATES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PUBLISHED DATE.
I LIKE TO SEE WHEN IS THE PUBLIC BEING NOTIFIED OF WHAT'S GOING ON EACH MONTH.
WE HEAR, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PROCESS.
THE WHOLE WORLD HAS GONE THROUGH COVID.
EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS MOVED FORWARD AND THEIR CONTRACTS AND THEIR RFPS AND THEIR ZOOMS, ALL THESE OTHER CONTRACTS, PEOPLE ARE CONSISTENTLY BEING PAID.
AND SO HERE WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE TIME AND MORE TIME AND THEIR CONSULTANTS THAT'S BEEN COMING IN.
AND OBVIOUSLY CONSULTANTS, WHEN I HEAR THE WORD CONSULTANTS, THAT'S INDIVIDUALS THAT'S BEING PAID, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE BEING PAID TO DO A JOB.
AND SO IF THEY CAN'T DO THE JOB, WHY ARE WE PAYING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO CONSISTENTLY DELAY THE PROCESS? SO IF WE'RE PAYING SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING, IF I'M BEING PAID, I'M EXPECTED TO DO A JOB, BUT I'M GIVEN A DEADLINE AND A TIMELINE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS THAT WE SEE THE PUBLISHED DEADLINE, THE PUBLISHED TIMELINE.
THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR MANY MONTHS.
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HEARD IT'LL BE NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH.SO NOW WE'RE SAYING NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE TOO.
SO MY REQUEST IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW MANY DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST 22 MONTHS.
AND WHEN WILL WE PUBLISH TO THE PUBLIC, THE TIMELINE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU FROM JAMAICA, AMICA HALEY 5 5, 2 0 SAN JUAN DRIVE.
I AM A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON.
I WORKED THERE FROM 2001 TO 2009.
UM, MY SON'S FATHER IS THE LIEUTENANT OVER COMMISSARY.
WE ARE STILL HAVING THE ISSUE OF ME WORRYING ABOUT HIM, BRINGING COVID TO MY SON.
AS FAR AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, I WORK FOR YOU FOR FREE.
I KNOW THAT JAIL LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND.
AND SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN A NEW JAIL, PROBABLY NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
I PROBABLY COULD STAND HERE AND GIVE YOU SOME PII.
I STILL KNOW THE NUMBERS I'VE BEEN GONE SINCE 2009.
I STILL KNOW THE NUMBERS TO TURN THE KING'S UNIT ONE UNIT TWO FEMALES AT ONE TIME, IF YOU DO NEED A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, DR.
BRIDGES, EMS. UH, WHILE I WAS THERE, THERE WAS A NURSE THAT COVERED EACH UNIT.
IF SOMEBODY FELL OUT, THE NURSE WAS ON THE LINE IMMEDIATELY WITH A DEPUTY.
HOW TO FIX ALL THIS IN MY MIND, GET SOME OF THE DEPUTIES.
WELL, THEY CAN'T KEEP ANYBODY AT THE PRISON CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE OF THE WARDEN.
I HAVE CONCERNS CONSTANTLY ASKED FOR THE WARDEN TO RESIGN.
THAT IS A JAIL, NOT A DOC FACILITY.
WE HAD THAT ISSUE WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM IN, HE, HE JUST WOULDN'T LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
AFTER PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM, DEPUTY QUIT.
THEY'RE UH, THEY MOVED FROM THE PRISON.
WHEN I WORKED AT PARISH PRISON, WHEN I HAD MY SON, I HAD THREE AND A HALF MONTHS OF LEAVE TO TAKE BECAUSE WE LOVE COMING TO WORK.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T KNOW MR. DUNN, BUT I KNOW HIS FATHER CAUSE HIS FATHER USED TO DO THE PROBATION PROGRAM.
NOW ACTUALLY, IF SOMEBODY CALLED THE FENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DEPUTIES THERE TO ACTUALLY RUN THE JAIL.
UH, IF I WASN'T A BEAST AND I WORKED IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO ON NEARLINE LINE IN THERE FOR FEAR THAT THIS DEPUTY CAN'T PROTECT ME WHILE I'M GOING ON THE LINE TO GET FROM MY MEDICAL CARE.
UH, WHILE I WAS THERE EVEN PREGNANT FROM UNIT TWO, I COULD RUN PILL, CALL RUN THE CHILD HALL, RUN THE NURSES.
WEREN'T AFRAID TO SERVICE THE INMATES.
UH, THE NURSES DIDN'T PLAY WITH THE INMATES.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES, DENNIS GRIMES.
IT'S THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED TO PARIS FOR THE ORDER POINT OF ORDER.
I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT, BUT DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
BUT WE HAD, I HAD, I HAD, I HAD DEPUTIES AT MY HOUSE YESTERDAY TO MAKE A STAY ON TOP.
I HAD, BECAUSE I HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE AND BECAUSE I CALLED PARIS PRISON YESTERDAY TO TALK TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS WHO HUNG UP IN MY FACE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY ASKED ME TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS ON FACEBOOK, THAT THEY THREATENED MY SON'S FATHER TO ASK ME TO STOP POSTING ON FACEBOOK.
THEY HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES THERE BECAUSE I HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE.
I HAD TWO DEPUTIES, TWO DETECTIVES ROLL UP TO MY HOUSE YESTERDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE STOPPING ME FROM COMING SPEAK TODAY.
AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL GET A NEW PRISON BECAUSE NOTHING HAS CHANGED THERE.
AND THE MEDICAL CARE REALLY NEEDS Y'ALL THEY NEED SOME HELP.
ANY OTHER PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM GOING DOWN, MAN.
I'M ASHLEY WHITE 800 SOUTH 16TH STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 2.
UM, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE IN BATON ROUGE.
AND SO WHILE I CAN APPRECIATE THAT THINGS TAKE TIME, THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME BECAUSE AS WE DELAY MORE PEOPLE DIE AND WE DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT JAIL BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE WARDEN OR THE JAIL OR CORRECT HEALTH HAS SHOWN HAS SHOWN REGARDING THE DEATHS IN THE JAIL REGARDING THE MEDICAL GROUP.
WE ARE DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO RUINING AN RFP PROCESS.
AND I, AGAIN, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT TO OUR SPEAKERS.
MY CONCERN IS TIMELINE IS EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE'S UP HERE SAYING I DON'T WANT TO START OVER FOR ANOTHER 22 MONTHS.
THE SPEAKER CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO TO, SO THAT'S NOT US.
I WOULD ASK THAT THEY'RE NOT ATTACK ANYBODY'S CHARACTER, BUT AS LONG AS WE DON'T MAKE THOSE COMMENTS TO SPEAK, YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THEY SAY.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I GOT YOU.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES, THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO.
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MR. GOLD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, UM, DECIDE WHETHER SOMEBODY IS SPEAKING.WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS REMAIN TO THE ITEM OR NOT, UM, AND PROVIDE RULES FOR WHAT THEY CAN SAY.
UM, BUT YOU CAN NOT OTHER, IF, IF THEY'RE SPEAKING ON THE ITEM, YOU, YOU, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE NOT ATTACK ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CONDITIONS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO DO THAT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I WOULD ASK ANYONE NOT TO DO THAT.
SO, AND THE TRACK RECORD OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS WE'VE DELAYED THIS PERSONALLY, AND AS A PRISON REFORM COALITION, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN TOO SLOW FOR OUR LIKING GIVEN WHAT'S AT STAKE.
UM, I DO HOPE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PROMISED NEXT WEEK DOES HAPPEN, BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, THEN IT, IT DOES NOT SHOW THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE EARNESTLY COMMITTED TO ACTUALLY EXECUTING THIS, UM, AND CONTINUING THE STATUS QUO.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, PROPOSAL OR OUTSIDE OF THIS RFP, WHICH I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ASSIGNING AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR REQUIRING REPORTS OF DEATHS AND CRITICAL HEALTH INCIDENTS AT THE JAIL, UM, REQUIRING REOCCURRING PRESENTATIONS FROM THE MEDICAL PROVIDERS ON THE STATUS OF HEALTH CARE, IN THE JAIL, INCREASING COVID PROTECTION PROVISIONS, UM, AND NOT CONSIDERING CORRECT HEALTH FOR THE NEXT, UH, MEDICAL PROVIDER.
UH, ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? I KNOW YOU RAISED YOUR HAND YOUNG LADY IN THE FRONT.
WELL, YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, BUT OKAY.
THE LAST ITEM WE NOW GO TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER DONE WELL.
HEY CHRIS, WHY DON'T Y'ALL TAKE THAT CONVERSATION OUTSIDE AS WE PROCEED.
I JUST WANT OR REMIND HIS BODY THAT THIS, THIS BODY IS CURRENTLY FACING LITIGATION.
WON'T Y'ALL TAKE THAT OUTSIDE PLEASE.
THIS BODY IS CURRENTLY FACING LITIGATION FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNSEL FOR TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE VOICE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TRYING TO DICTATE TO THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY CAN.
AND CAN'T SAY WITHIN THOSE THREE MINUTES.
SO I WOULD REMIND YOU OF THAT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PREVIOUS, WITH THE CURRENT LITIGATION, WITH THE PREVIOUS.
SO WE CANNOT TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T SAY THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, BASICALLY, FIRST OF ALL, GOING BACK TO, UH, CHRIS THOUGH, I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH REPORT AND YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING, YOU KNOW, UM, IT IS OUR DISCUSSION THAT LED TO AN ARIA FEE.
UM, I THINK THE PROBLEM THAT IT HAS TAKEN 22 MONTHS IS A PROBLEM.
I DO AGREE WITH THE SPEAKERS THAT, UM, THERE SHOULD BE AN, A, A TIMELINE FOR, UH, EACH AREA.
I MEAN, PART OF THE REASON WHY I PUT THIS, BECAUSE I KEPT GETTING CALLS FROM PERSONS WANTING TO KNOW WHEN, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
UM, IN 22 MONTHS, PEOPLE DIED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE VERY NATURE OF THINGS.
AND THOUGH THIS, THERE ARE PRECEDENT THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, IN REGARDS TO CONTRACT.
IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANUALS ON PRISON, MEDICAL CARE.
AND IF YOU JUST DEAL WITH THE STANDARDS THAT ARE SET IN THE MANUAL, THAT REALLY WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU YOUR RFP.
UM, I DO THINK THAT THE COMMENTS WERE GERMANE TO THE TOPIC BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT TIMELINE.
AND THEN A 22 MONTH TIMELINE, THESE ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE, THE MEDICAL CARE THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS DAY.
I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE CHRIS, AND THAT WHAT WE'VE HEARD PROBABLY THE LAST FIVE YEARS ABOUT MEDICAL CARE IN PARISH PRISON IS HOW DO WE BRING, HOW ARE THESE TESTIMONIES SUCH AS WHAT MR. FRANKLIN ABOUT BEING CAPTURED IN THIS PROCESS? THAT'S MY QUESTION BECAUSE
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WE CAN'T IGNORE THEM.AND I WOULDN'T BRING YOU BACK TO SAY THAT OUR EXISTING CONTRACT IS TRULY JUST A TIME AND MATERIALS.
IT'S A WARM BODY, BUT WE DIDN'T PUT ANY SPECIFIC OUTCOMES.
AND SO WE WERE VERY PURPOSEFUL AND DELIBERATE IN DEVELOPING THIS RFP HAVE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
SO THAT THOSE ITEMS BUBBLE UP, I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, I BELIEVE THERE'S PROBABLY OVER A HUNDRED, 120, 130 MEASUREMENTS.
SO SOME ARE VERY DETAILED, SOME ARE IN GENERAL, BUT THAT WAS WHAT TOOK SO LONG TO DEVELOP.
SO W WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS REALLY, AND TRULY IN OUR FAIRNESS, YOU'RE HAVING TO, UM, DISMISS KIND OF ALL THE, ARE YOU THE KNOTTY BE EVEN BE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE WORK OF THE PREVIOUS OF THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR, BECAUSE THESE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR OR HOW DO, HOW DOES THAT WORK TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT CONTRACT? NO, I'M ASKING I'M STILL DEALING WITH, WELL, AM I OKAY? OKAY.
SO TIMELINE, LET'S GET BACK TO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 100% SURE THAT YOU WILL BE INTRODUCING THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE CONTRACT NEXT WEEK.
AND I PROMISE YOU THAT THE MAYOR HAS SPECIFICALLY COACHED ME UP ON THAT AS WELL.
SO SHE HAS THE SAME SENSE OF URGENCY THAT THIS METRO COUNCIL HAS REALLY ALL WE COULD DO AT THIS POINT.
I, UM, I DO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, FROM HAVING BEEN SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL THIS MUCH, THAT, UM, YOU TRIED TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THERE'S ANY, UM, WE CAN'T EXCUSE THE 22 MONTHS, BUT I DO KNOW FROM DAY ONE, YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO WORK HARD ON NOT LEAVING ANY LOOSE ENDS.
NONE OF THE COMMENTS AND MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE DIFFERENT ADVOCACIES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UH, ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT HAS PLAYED OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THIS CHAMBER, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE JUST INEXCUSABLE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT DID TAKE LONG.
I THINK HE STILL COULD HAVE BEEN HALF THE TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID MONTHS, WE COULD HAVE LIKE, SPENT SPED IT UP, I GUESS.
BUT, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
I KNOW YOU REACHED OUT TO JUST ABOUT EVERY EXPERT LOCALLY IN THE FIELD THAT HAD BEEN ON IN THE GROUND, UH, ON THE GROUND WORKING.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD PRAYERFULLY TO SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AND, UM, JUST, JUST, I WOULD SHARE WITH EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL, IT'S ABOUT CONTRACT GOVERNANCE, SO I CAN PUT A GREAT CONTRACT IN PLACE, BUT IF WE'RE NOT EFFECTIVELY MANAGING AND GOVERNING AND GETTING THE THINGS WE PURCHASED, WE HAVE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
SO, NO, THERE'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE.
WHEN DOES THE CONTRACT SET TO EXPIRE? THE FINAL CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED BASED ON THEIR INITIAL TERMS. IT WAS, IT HAD EXPIRED IN DECEMBER AND WE WENT MONTH TO MONTH THINKING THAT WE WOULD BE A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD.
SO WE ARE ON A, BASICALLY A MONTH, A MONTH, A 90 DAY NOTICE.
SO IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, 12 MONTHS AGO, 12 MONTHS AGO, NOT 12, HUH? I'M SORRY, 10 MONTHS.
I'M THINKING OF WHEN WE GET THE INTRODUCED WHEN WE VOTE AND WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO YEAH, AND, AND BASICALLY THE DELAY WAS A GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN.
I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT 5,000 PAGES PROBABLY WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE GOING TO BE SCORING IT.
THEY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL HERE.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAD A VERY DIVERSE CURRENT RFP BODY.
NO, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED.
I THINK YOU HAVE CROSSED EVERY T DOTTED EVERY I DID EVERYTHING THAT YOU, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED INTO IT AS OUR SENIOR COUNCIL WOMAN HAS BEEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERY PROVISION INTO CONSIDERATION INTO MAKING THIS A FAIR AND JUST PROCESS FOR EVERYONE THAT IS TRYING TO BID ON THIS.
UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I GUESS THE ONLY THING I REALLY WANTED TO QUESTION OR ASK ABOUT WAS,
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UH, IN THESE CONTRACTS, THERE WAS ALREADY A PROVISION TO GO MONTH TO MONTH IF NEEDED, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION PASSED OR APPROVED? THE CURRENT VENDOR AGREED TO GO MONTH TO MONTH BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE RFP WAS OUT ON THE STREET BASED ON THE TIMELINE THEY HAD RECEIVED IT.THEY KNEW THEIR CONTRACT WAS EXPIRING AND THE CURRENT VENDOR AND THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK, THEY HAD, THEY, THEY HAD AGREED TO GO ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK ON IT AND UNDERSTAND THE LENGTHY PROCESS CAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF CREATING IT FROM SCRATCH AND IT'S A, IT WOULD APPEAR IT'S, IT'S A, UM, DO IT RIGHT RATHER THAN SWIFT APPROACH.
AND IT'S A HA THERE'S A HEALTHY BALANCE THERE, OF COURSE.
UM, BUT GETTING IT RIGHT IS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, QUESTION I WOULD HAVE SINCE WE'RE MONTH TO MONTH NOW, LOOKING AT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIMELINE PROCESS AND CONCLUSION, UM, SHOULD THE VENDOR CHANGE IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL.
UH, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT SPECIFIES EITHER THE CURRENT CONTRACT OR THE PROPOSAL THAT SPECIFIES TRANSITION PERIOD AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AND WHEN, SO WHEN WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED A CONTRACT, THAT RIGHT, THAT WOULD KIND OF SIGNIFY THE MAJOR MILESTONE, UH, TRANSITION PERIODS HAVE BEEN VERY COMPRESSED AND LONGER.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE NOT AT RISK BECAUSE WE ANNOUNCED, AND THEN WE PREPARED A TRANSITION.
I, IF THE WINNING SELECTED VENDOR DOESN'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO TRANSITION ME ON JANUARY 15TH AND I'M PUTTING INMATES AT RISK, IT'S GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 1ST.
SO I BACK TO SWIFT VERSUS QUALITY.
NOW, IF THEY TELL ME JULY, WE GOT A PROBLEM, BUT I STANDING HERE GIVING YOU A DEFINITIVE DROP DEAD DATE IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN DO BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD THEM THEY WON AND LET'S NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
LIKE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH HIM TO SPEAK.
A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT IN A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO ACCEPTING THE REPORT? NO OPPOSITION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER? MOROSA SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT.
BEFORE EVERY AT THE MIC IS STILL ON.
CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS TO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS MAYOR PROTIUM HAS ASKED ME TO CHAIR THE BUDGET HEARINGS.
AND UM, THOSE EMAILS WILL BE SENT OUT TO YOU.
UM, HERE SOON, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET SOMETHING NEXT WEEK.
I HAVE REQUESTED SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU TO COME TO THE PUBLIC MEETING OR HEARING THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, WHENEVER THESE HAPPEN FOR YOU TO SPEAK WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT, I KNOW FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S USUALLY SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS AND ALL I REQUESTED FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT TO BE AVAILABLE TO EACH ONE.
NOW, EXCUSE ME, REVEREND ANDERSON.
CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU LEAVE? SO I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL WILL BE GETTING EMAILS OR REQUESTS AS FAR AS SPECIFICS AND THINGS.
PLEASE FILL THOSE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET THESE MOVING.
I KNOW WE'RE ON A SHORT BASIS AS FAR AS BUDGETING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT HAS ALWAYS READ TO YOUR CHILDREN THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY READ BACK TO YOU.
I LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE EVERYONE IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA.
IT'S OUR TURKEY GIVEAWAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO FEED AND PROVIDE THANKSGIVING MEAL FOR AT LEAST 500 FAMILIES.