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WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU TUNED IN WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY ON COX CHANNEL 21 ON AT AND T YOU VERSE 99 ARE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.
CAUSE WE'RE STREAMING THAT AT WWW DOT VR, LA.GOV.
AND ALSO WE ARE ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND THAT'S IN HIGH DEFINITION AND THAT'S BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD.
NOW, BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE TO HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN, WHETHER THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES, A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS APPOINTED TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, JANUARY OF 2015.
AND THEN IT WAS AN EASY DECISION FOR HER DISTRICT AND DISTRICT FIVE TO ELECT HER AS THE FULL-TIME COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ERIC OR GREEN, MS. GREEN IS FROM BATON ROUGE.
SHE ATTENDED PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M.
AND AFTER GRADUATING, UH, THEY ARE, SHE GRADUATED FROM LSU, UM, ARE FROM SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
BUT BEFORE THAT SHE WAS AT BALLET, DID YOU WENT TO PRAIRIE VIEW AND THEN TO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY? AND SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL MEMBER OF THIS, UH, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IN IT, A GRADUATION OVER AT PRAIRIE VIEW, ERIC OR RECEIVED THE HIGHEST STUDENT HONOR, THE STUDENT HUMANITARIAN AWARD.
AND SHE SLEPT SHE'S LOVED BY ALL THE COUNCIL AND ERICA TODAY.
WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE LOVE YOU.
AND NOW SHE'S BEEN ELECTED AS A FAMILY COURT JUDGE.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO CALL HER JUDGE GREEN, BUT IT'S BEEN A POINT ERICA, LET ME SAY ON BEHALF OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, UH, WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE, BUT ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THIS IS BITTERSWEET FOR ME.
WE WERE APPOINTED THE SAME NIGHT.
I ACTUALLY WATCHED YOU GROW UP.
I WAS A TEACHER AT A STREAM OF MIDDLE MAGNET WHEN YOU WERE A STUDENT THERE, IF ANYBODY CAN BELIEVE THAT, UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN GREAT CAMPAIGNING WITH YOU.
AMERICA IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COUNTRY BECAUSE IN A COUNTRY LIKE OURS, YOU CAN GROW FROM A LITTLE GIRL WITH ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS TO BE A JUDGE, TO BE ELECTED, AND YOU ARE THE BEST OF WHAT AMERICA HAS TO OFFER.
AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
SO I WANT TO PUT IT THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
IT'S DECEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2021.
AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR PRESIDENT MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND HERE IS THE MAYOR PRESIDENT IN PROTEST OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, COUNCILMAN LAMONT, COLE COUNCILMEN.
IT'S A WONDERFUL ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND LET ME ECHO THE SENTIMENTS FIRST THINGS FIRST, I WANT TO SAY, UH, TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY PARIS, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE BUILDING, THOSE WHO WERE AT HOME, THOSE OF YOU IN THE MAIL ROOM AND THE CITY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, DPW, I CAN'T THINK OF EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT THOSE OF US WHO SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL, WE SINCERELY, SINCERELY, SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO.
WE RECOGNIZE UNDERSTANDING, NO, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT YOU.
SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE SUCH OUTSTANDING MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THE CITY PARISH.
AND WE WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY, VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND AN EXTREMELY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T DO THIS WORK ALONE.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO DO WHEN I WAS CITY OF PARIS, BUT I'VE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, UH, WHILE THERE IS INDEED A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO DO, THE ONLY WAY WE LEARN TO DO THE WORK IS BY ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.
SO TO ALL THE GREAT MEMBERS OF OUR CITY PARISH WHO WORKED FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, UH, IN 2022, WE WILL SEE YOU AT WORK.
UH, BUT NOW, UH, ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A FORUM? WOULD YOU PLEASE READ, UH, FIRST APPROVING, ADOPTING THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING? AH, I FORGOT TO HONOR GOD.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS GOING TO BE LED.
INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE LED BY LISA RIO, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BRANDON KNOWLES, DISTRICT ONE.
AND I WOULD PLEDGE TO BELIEVE HE WAS GOING TO BE DONE BY DAVID MCDAVID, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE ZACHARY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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SO, UM, WHEN WE ALL HAVE AN OPTION TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY FOR THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE, UM, I THOUGHT NOBODY MORE APPROPRIATE THAN, UH, LISA RIO, MY AGE.SO, UH, LISA AS AN EMPLOYEE, SHE IS A FRIEND.
UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SHE'S A, UH, JUST A SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION.
AND, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, LISA, UH, LISA AND HER HUSBAND HAD THE MOST UNFORTUNATE, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES IN 2018 TO LOSE A CHILD.
AND IF ANY OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH THAT, YOUR HEART BREAKS FOR THEM AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY'S HEART BROKE FOR LISA, BUT TO WATCH SHE AND TIM GO THROUGH THAT AND THE WAY THEY HANDLED IT WAS THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL THING I'VE EVER WITNESSED.
AND, UM, I JUST THOUGHT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I WAS APPROACHED ABOUT HAVING SOMEBODY TO LEAD THE INVOCATION AND, AND PRAY FOR US, UM, LIKE I SAID, LISA, I LOVE YOU.
YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION TO ME AND SO MANY OTHERS.
SO I THOUGHT WHO MORE APPROPRIATE THAN YOU.
SO PLEASE, UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO READ A SCRIPTURE FROM FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER TWO, VERSE TWO, IT SAYS PRAY FOR EVERY POLITICAL LEADER AND REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE TRANQUIL UNDISTURBED LIVES.
AS WE WORSHIP THE ALL INSPIRING GOD WITH PURE HEARTS.
DEAR LORD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS THAT EVEN THOUGH LORD, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A TRYING YEAR WITH THE COVID VIRUS.
OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.
AND I PRAY THAT OUR LEADERS WILL BE THE SERVANT LEADERS THAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO BE.
THANK YOU LORD, FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND OUR LEADERS THAT WE HAVE ELECTED TO SERVE, MAY THEY ALWAYS SERVE WITH PURE HEARTS AND EXHIBIT A PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE.
MAY THEY BE REMINDED EACH DAY OF WHY THEY DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO USE THAT COMMITMENT AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT, DURING THE HARD DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO MAKE LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT IN THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO THEY WOULD MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS THAT HONOR YOU LORD.
AND AS WE GO INTO THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, I PRAY THAT WE WERE ALL FOCUSED ON THE REASON THAT WE CAN HAVE JOY EVERLASTING, BECAUSE YOU SENT YOUR SON TO DIE FOR US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN YOUR NAME.
WE HAVE A CHIEF DAVID MCDAVID OF, UH, ZACHARY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, CHIEF MCDAVID HAS BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 38 YEARS AND HE SERVED AS THE CHIEF AND ZACHARY FOR 11 YEARS.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH THE CHIEF, WITH ME TO SAY THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, CHIEF CHIEF, PLEASE.
DON'T ARREST NOBODY WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM ONE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021.AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S ZONING MEDIUM DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM? WENT BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL BY SANTA CLAUS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, GRANTING A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $5,365 PER YEAR FOR CAMPBELL PROPERTIES, LLC, LOCATED AT 34 NORTH SEVENTH STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.
NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVIE, OUR CAPACITY PROJECT, CONSTANTINE DIJON AVENUE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS, AND IT TAKES OTHER SUCH ACTION AS MAYBE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVE BR CAPACITY PROJECT MIDWAY PICARDI TO DIJON BY PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO END STAGE EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND TO TAKE OTHER SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVIE, OUR CAPACITY PROJECT, OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY BY PARISH, ATTORNEY NUMBER SIX, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE MOVE BR CAPACITY PROJECT PERKINS ROAD SEGMENT ONE SEGUN TO PICU BY PARISH ATTORNEY CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER SEVEN,
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SEAN, MONIQUE BRENT SMITH AND SYLVESTER SANDER SMITH.THE THIRD 4 3 6 5 CLAYTON STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER EIGHT, RAINA SILL VILLA-LOBOS AND RACE CELL VILLA-LOBOS 1, 1 3 7 0 EAST BLACK OAK DRIVE.
NUMBER NINE, CYNTHIA JACKSON HARRIS AT ALL 6 44 NORTH 31ST STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, NUMBER 10, KIMBERLY KIMBERLY ROGERS, 5 6 1 3 MADISON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 11, JOHNNY TURNER AND ARMA TURNER 9 3 2 PROGRESS STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 12, WILLOW JAMES FORTUNE SENIOR 7 6 5 NORTH 32ND STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLD NUMBER 13, THE ESTATE OF WALTER SPURLOCK AND THE ESTATE OF MILDRED SPURLOCK NON ZERO SIX NORTH 30TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, FOLD NUMBER 14, WANDA L LUCAS AND RAY LUCAS, 1 9 2 8 EAST BELFAIR DRIVE COUNCILS DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, NUMBER 15, LOUIS, EDWARD MCCRAY AND RUBY MITCHELL MCRAE 5 3, 2 4 WASHINGTON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 16, FEWER ROGERS 5 5 41 FAIRFIELD AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 17, CLAUDE ROBEY S AND JUDY 5, 3, 4, 3 JACKSON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 18, THE ESTATE OF NAIL, RIGHT CATER 5 4, 5, 3 WASHINGTON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 19.
WHAT? EIGHT SQUARE, 15 SUBDIVISION DUSHANE PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 20 LOT 17 PLUS SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 21 LOT 25 AND 26 SQUARE 35 SUBDIVISION BANKS.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22 LOT EIGHT WHERE FIVE SUBDIVISION MOUND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23, LOT 70 SQUARE ONE.
OH, SUBDIVISION, SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 24, LOT 47 SUBDIVISION NEW FAIRFIELD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 25, LOT 47 AND 48 SQUARE 33 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 26, LOT 41, A SUBDIVISION SUMMER PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 27, LOT 21 SUBDIVISION WINCHESTER COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, MOKE NUMBER 28, LOT 23 SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION.
THESE FAIRFIELD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD NUMBER 29 LOT 2 42 SUBDIVISION NORTH MARY DALE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 30 LOT 66 PLUS SUBDIVISION FOUNTAIN PLACE.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 31 LOT THREE AND FOUR SQUARE, 10 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 32 LOT 43 SQUARE 51 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 33 LOT EIGHT NINE SQUARE, A SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 34 LOT SEVEN PLUS SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION LELAND COLLEGE ANNEX COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 35 LOT FIVE SQUARE 13 SUBDIVISION PROSPERITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 36 LOT NINE PLUS SQUARE 49 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING, THEN READ AND EMOTION TO DELETE ITEM TWO AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS IS AN ORDER.
TELL SOME MEMBERS OF EMOTION TO THE, UH, SOME OLD BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE SENDING IT BY NOW SOME MEMBER BY THE CHAIR BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AND ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN DELETED.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
COUNCIL MEMBERS.IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REFER TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS.
I'M GOING TO READ THE CURRENT DPW RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 71 72 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 81 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 91 92 93, 94, 95 AND 96.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? UH, GABRIELLE STAFFORD IS HERE WISHING TO SPEAK.
I THINK WE TOOK CARE OF GABRIELLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COLEMAN.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS DISTRICT.
BUT I THINK WE TOOK CARE OF THAT.
THAT'S TELLING THE CONDEMNATION IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHES TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? UH, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SIR.
I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR, UM, A DEFERRAL FOR NUMBER 90 TO 90 DAYS FOR NUMBER 93 OF 45 DAYS AND 95, 90 DAYS, 95 AND 90 DAYS, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, MS. BANKS, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS THAT I COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT YOUNG LADY.
DID YOU WANT TO REQUEST ANY TIME ON THAT ITEM? THE YOUNG LADY YOU WERE TALKING TO YOU OUT THERE? UM,
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81 AND 80 TO 90 DAYS.ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE? SARAH ITEM 84 A IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST 90 DAYS, 90 DAYS ON 84.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ THIS RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 71 72 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 83, 86, 88 AND 45 DAYS ON ITEM 74, 8790 AND 93 60 DAYS ON ITEM 88 91 AND 96.
AND THEN 90 DAYS ON ITEM 81 82, 84, 85, 92 AND 95.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN, CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN READ FOR THE RECORD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GOLDADE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, ALL COMBINATIONS HAVE BEEN READ.
AND FOR THE RECORD WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, UH,
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ITEM 97 COUNCIL MEMBERS.IF YOU WOULD TURN TO PAGE 16, ITEM 97, AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO REFUND ANY RAWLINGS FOR ADMITTING OF SALES AND USE TAXES TO WR GRACE AND COMPANY THAT AMOUNT OF $697,000, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX HUNDRED NINETY $7,122 AND 80 CENTS FOR REMITTING SALES TAX ON SALES TO A CUSTOMER WHO SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED.
THEY SAID WE SELL EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 1ST, 2018 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2020 BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 1997 WOULD NOT GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOSTLY TO APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
HUCK SAID, UH, NO IT'S CHRISTMAS.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS WITH NO OBJECTION WILL BE MOVED NOW.
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ITEM 98, A MINUTE, 2021 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGETS.SO AS TO ADJUST THE ESTIMATED REVENUE WAS AN APPROPRIATION EVENT TO AUTHORIZE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO MAKE CERTAIN INTERDEPARTMENT OR, AND TO FUND TRANSFERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE BUDGET ACT.
AND THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT APPROVED CONTINUED UPON A BUDGET.
SUPPLEMENT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 998.
NOW I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL NUMBER KODAK.
SECOND ABOUT ROCCO, NO OBJECTIONS.
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COUNCIL 99, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ACCEPT AND SHUT IT.VENUE OPERATORS GRANT FROM THE U S SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE STEPS AND THE BUDGET AND THE AMOUNT OF $4,394,913 AND 18 CENTS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO WHERE DO YOU THINK KINGS RIVER CENTER BY MAYOR PRESIDENT? AGAIN, WE PULLED THIS ITEM A 10 CONTINGENT UPON BUDGET SUPPLEMENT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON OF MONEY.
NOW WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW.
SO BY COUNCIL, THE MATTER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUSIN, AND THE OPPOSITION, WE
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GO TO ITEM 100, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESENT TEXT YOU THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WITH RUDD AND WISDOM, INC FOR THE PERFORMANCE AND ACTUARIAL SERVICES RELATED TO OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BY ABILITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,000 THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT BY FINANCE DIRECTORS.ANYONE WHO WOULD SPEAK ON ITEM 100.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK ON, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL.
MY MADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE-ON-ONE AMENDING AND REACT AND TITLE EIGHT CHAPTER ONE PART ONE SECTION EIGHT, COLON TO SO AS TO INCREASE THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT FEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2022 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 1.WE DO HAVE, UH, SOMEONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. WE DON'T CALL LARRY BANKS IN EUROPE.
THAT'S YOUR NAME? AND JUST PHOTOGRAPH.
LARRY BANKSTON, 1912 HOOD AVENUE.
ALSO, I HAVE KAREN ZITO WITH THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, BATON ROUGE, HOME BUILDERS.
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? 1 0 5 1 8 KENT SHIRE COURT.
AS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND WE REALLY ARE HERE TO TELL YOU WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE CHANGES.
UH, NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MORE FEES.
NOBODY DOES, BUT THIS DEPARTMENT NEEDS THE ASSISTANCE AND A FEE NEEDS TO REFLECT THE COST OF DOING THE WORK.
SO WE HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR, ITS ADMINISTRATION, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AND WE WANT TO REALLY BE HERE TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US TO GET THIS DONE.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE, AND WE DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THESE CHANGES AND INCREASES THAT WILL HELP BETTER FUND THE PERMIT OFFICE THEY HAVE DONE AS YOU KNOW, UM, NOTHING IS PERFECT, BUT THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING
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JOB AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OF THEIR WORK.SO I JUST WANTED TO, I EXPRESSED THIS, KAREN.
WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AS AN INDUSTRY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAVE HELPED US HELPED INDUSTRY PROVIDE WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD A BETTER BATON ROUGE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? 1 0 1, UH, THERE'S MELISSA PALMILLA HERE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS IN FAVOR.
AND KAREN ZITO HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT AS IN FAVOR, YOU CHECKED ME AND THEY TOOK ME, UH, UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 1.
UH, WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
I JUST WANT TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, RACHEL, UM, GETTING THIS ACROSS THE GOAL LINE WAS A GOOD EFFORT.
HUDSON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
DONE NO OPPOSITION TO GO DOWN TO THE ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER.
HUH? YOU GOOD AT COUNSELING ON THE BANKS? I JUST NEED TO GET US TO CARE.
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THE ITEM 1 0 2 AMENDING TITLE SIX CHAPTER FOUR, A PART THREE ANTI-LITTER REGULATION, SECTION SIX, COLON 4, 3, 2 LETTER FROM VEHICLES AND SIX COLON 4 49 PENALTY.SO AS SOME INDEPENDENT PROVISIONS BY THE CHAIR, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0, 2, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT AND WANTS TO GO TO CORNELL? SO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
REX CABIN IS 1213 STEWART AVENUE.
WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER.
I CHAIR THE QUALITY OF PLACE COMMITTEE, UM, IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAYOR BROOM'S LITTER CAMPAIGN AND THE ORDINANCE SPONSORED VALUE, COUNCILMAN COLE, WE'RE JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE TO IMPROVE OUR LITTER PROBLEM.
WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE THE LITTER PROBLEM ON OUR STREETS AND OUR WATERWAYS AND OUR DRAINAGE AREAS.
AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME UP WITH THE WAY TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF OUR CITY THROUGH LITTER ABATEMENT.
SO WE ASK YOUR APPROVAL AND THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2 A WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK, ARE YOU STILL NEED TO AT YOUR COMMITTEE INCLUDED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION? DOTD I PERSONALLY DIDN'T SPEAK WITH THEM, BUT I KNOW THE CHAMBER PUT OUT A MESSAGE TO ALL THE AGENCIES IN TOWN AND I CAN CERTAINLY FIND THAT OUT, BUT I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
YOU WERE BECAUSE, UM, AND I KNOW, I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT, UM, LOCALLY, BUT I MEAN, ANYONE THAT'S ON 19 NORTH, WE SEE, CERTAINLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE THROUGH LEGISLATION TO KIND OF ADAPT, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UH, BAY MAN STAY RIDE, BUT THAT WOULD BE ALSO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM PERSONALLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG PART OF THIS PICTURE.
AND I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LANDLORDS.
I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS COVERS THE LANDLORDS, WHEN THEY PUT LITTER TRASH JUNK ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET, INSTEAD OF GETTING A DUMPSTER TO PUT THEIR LITTER TRASH AND WHEN THEY EVICT OR WHEN THEY ARE JUST CLEANING THAT PLACES OUT, UH, THIS ITEM ONLY INCLUDES A LITTER BEING THROWN FROM VEHICLES.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT IF YOU LIKE TO WORK ON THE ITEM TO ADDRESS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD LOVE TO DO SO.
SO I TAKE IT, YOU'RE SAYING NO, RIGHT? NOT IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME WORKING ON THAT FOR A FURTHER ENHANCEMENT.
WE NEED TO DO THAT COUNCIL NUMBER, GO THERE.
JUST TO REFERENCE THE LAST ITEM AND THEN THIS ITEM, I THINK THESE ARE POSITIVE WAYS.
WE CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AT ISSUES THAT I KNOW, UH, CITIZENS ACROSS THIS PARISH TALKED TO ALL OF US ABOUT SO VERY POSITIVE STEPS.
I WANT TO THANK THE QUALITY OF PLACE COMMITTEE, UH, AND ALL THE PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF LITTER.
WE ALL, I THINK RECOGNIZE THAT ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE STRENGTHENING IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
UH, I WOULD SAY WE ALSO SHOULD COUPLE
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IT WITH CONTINUOUS EFFORTS OF MESSAGING AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.AND SO I KNOW EVERYONE IS SHAKING THEIR HEADS IN AGREEMENT BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE GET, UM, WE'LL DECIDE A LOT ABOUT.
SO LET'S KEEP DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, UH, TO WORK ON THIS AND STRENGTHEN IT AND, AND IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE AND THE QUALITY OF PLACE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.
SO FOR ALL OF US HERE, EXACTLY.
WHAT DOES IT SAY? THE, THE, UM, IT'S BEEN AMENDED, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
SO WHAT IS THE FEE STRUCTURE AND HOW IS THIS GOING TO, I MEAN, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN, YOU SEE PEOPLE THROWING GARBAGE OUT THE WINDOW.
UM, THERE ARE CATEGORIES IN THE ORDINANCE, SOME FOR THROWING CIGARETTES, WHICH WE ALL SEE EVERY DAY, PEOPLE THROWING THEIR CIGARETTE BUTTS OUT THE WINDOW.
THERE'S A GRADUATED SCALE ON FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD OFFENSES STARTS AT $300 OR EIGHT HOURS OF LITURGY, TAIL SECOND OFFENSE, $700, 16 HOURS OF LITTER DETAIL UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR 24 HOURS OF LITTER DETAIL.
SO WHAT IF SOMEBODY SEES SOMEBODY THROWING SOMETHING OUT THE WINDOW? WHAT DO THEY DO? I MEAN, CAUSE WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, UH, TREY GODFREY, 5 64 LAUREL STREET, UM, OUR STAFF AT BEVERS, JERRY CHAMBER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY.
UH, THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UM, MR. CABANISS MENTIONED ABOUT THE GRADUATE IS SCALE IS, IS THE PRIMARY CHANGE, UH, OF THE ORDINANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW VALUE IN WAS CREATING UNIFORMITY AROUND THE CAPITAL REGION.
UH, EACH, EACH CITY IN THE CAPITAL REGION HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON THE BOOKS.
UH, AND SO AS WE WORK WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE NEW ANTI-LITTER BEAUTIFICATION CAMPAIGNS, WE SAW VALUE IN BRINGING THE ENTIRE CAPITAL REGION AROUND ONE UNIFIED CODE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, WE ALIGNED IT OR, OR WE WANTED TO SEE IT ALIGNED, UH, MOSTLY TO THE STATE STATUTES.
UH, OUR CITY COURT DOESN'T ALIGN OR IT DOESN'T ALLOW A FINE STRUCTURE WITHIN THIS JURISDICTION AS HIGH AS THE PROPOSAL.
UH, NOW AS FAR AS WHAT A PRIVATE CITIZEN CAN DO, UH, WHEN THEY SEE THE ACT OF LITTERING, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY DEFER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ON THAT.
UH, AND ONE OF THE KEY PIECES IN ADDITION TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GO DATE MENTIONED, UH, IN, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF MAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BE OF EFFECT ENFORCEMENT, UH, IS A VERY BIG PIECE OF THAT.
UH, WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SEE THE ACT OF LITTERING, UH, THEN THAT, THAT THEN TRIGGERS THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN ADJUDICATION FROM THERE BLOND.
SO LAW, ENFORCER OR LOBSTER HAS TO SEE THAT THE ACTION ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE.
SO A CITIZEN CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.
UH, I'LL DIFFER AS TO WHAT A CITIZEN CAN DO TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL.
NOW, WHEN OUR LORD'S ONE ATTORNEY, I MEAN, BECAUSE I GET THINGS ALL THE TIME, I SAW SOMEBODY THREW GARBAGE TRASH OUT THE WINDOW.
YOU KNOW, SO MAY I ADD TO THAT CONVERSATION, MR. COLE? SURE.
THERE IS A 1 808 8 8 NUMBER 1 8 8 8 5 4 8 7 2 8 4.
IT'S THE STATE'S, UH, WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN REPORT THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE LITTERING OFFENDER.
YOU CAN REPORT THE PARISH YOU'RE IN WHERE IT HAPPENS IN THE TIME.
AND THAT PERSON GETS A LETTER REQUESTING AS SAYING THAT THEY WERE WITNESSED LITTERING OUR GREAT STATE, AND THEY WILL BE REQUESTED NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN.
ONE 800 LITTER LITTERBUG, I'M SORRY.
IT'S A STATE RUN PROGRAM, UH, THAT I HOPE NEVER GOES AWAY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'LL GO AWAY IF WE CAN STOP LITTERING.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? I, LET ME JUST THINK, UH, THE QUALITY OF PLACE COMMITTEE I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE MAYOR ROOM AND HER TEAM HAVE LAUNCHED A LITTER CAMPAIGN.
I PICKED UP 11,000 BAGS OF LITTER THUS FAR THIS YEAR.
UH, I'VE HAD INCREASED THREE SWEEPING AND HIGH CORRIDOR AREAS THAT HE LEFT UP TO 11,000 MILES.
AND SO THIS IS JUST AN, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF LETTER.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, A COUNCIL MEMBER GO, THE MESSAGING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY AND PARENTS MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO KEEP OUR AREAS CLEAN AND NOT TO LITTER.
UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT REALLY HAS ON OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
AND SO, UH, THE FEE STRUCTURE AND THE FINES WERE REALLY LOW IF SOMEONE WAS CAUGHT LITTERING AND NO WE'RE GIVEN, GIVEN A FINE, IT WAS SO LOW THAT THEY WEREN'T BEING PAID.
I THINK IF FOLKS UNDERSTAND THERE IS A
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INCREASE IN FIVE AND THEN I'LL WORK WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.UH, WE MAY SEE A CHANGE AND WE GOTTA DO WHATEVER WE CAN, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE TIMES AND PLACES AND SPACES AND OUR CITY THAT JUST DON'T LOOK GOOD AS A RESULT OF LITTER.
AND WHILE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE WORK, UH, THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE WE CAN DO.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 1 0 2 PASSES.
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NOW TO ITEM 1, 0 3 AUTHORIZED AND SEDIMENT AND CLAIM WITH PATRICK PERRY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE SUSPECT BEING PURSUED BY AN OFFICER IN BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,000 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 3.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 3, WE GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE WISHING TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY JUDGE.
YOU LET GREENE AND HER LAST MEETING, UH, NO OPPOSITION ITEM 1 0 3 PASSES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER AMOROSA.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A REPORT RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF YOU COULD TURN TO PAGE 25, WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE WHICH REPORT ITEM 1 51 COUNCIL MEMBER, MRS. SMITH.
IS IT THE LAND BANK OR WHICH ONE BRINGS CENTER FOR HOPE? WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT REPORT.
WHAT ITEM NUMBER IS THAT? 91 52 RECEIVING THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT FROM THE BRIDGE CENTER OF HOPE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DENISE MOROSA COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, MS. KLAVER DON'T BE SCARED.
HOW IS EVERYONE? THIS IS THE LAST MEETING FOR THE YEAR.
UM, IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR DESK, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE ROOM, I'M CHARLOTTE CLAYBORNE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE BIRTH CENTER FOR HOPE.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BIRTH CENTER FOR HOPE, IT IS A CRISIS STABILIZATION CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE THAT IS FUNDED PARTLY BY A PARISH TAX THAT WAS PASSED IN 2006, 2018.
THE BREAST CENTER OPENED ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SINCE THAT TIME, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAN THIRD QUARTER, CAUSE THAT ENDS AROUND SEPTEMBER THE 30TH.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION FROM NOTE FROM FEBRUARY THE 11TH, ALL THE WAY UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH.
SO DURING THAT TIME, 2093 INDIVIDUALS PRESENTED AT THE FACILITY AND WHEN WE MEAN PRESENTED, THAT MEANS YOU'VE COME TO THE FACILITY, NOT NECESSARILY ADMITTED, BUT YOU'VE COME.
WHETHER YOU'VE ADMITTED OR YOU RECEIVED SOME TYPE OF RESOURCE INFORMATION OR YOU DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA, BUT YOU WERE PRESENTED.
SO WE DO TRACK THAT INFORMATION.
WE'VE ADMITTED 1,954 INDIVIDUALS TO THE FACILITY AND WE HAVE A 14% READMISSION RATE.
SO READMISSIONS MEANS THAT INDIVIDUALS COME BACK TO THE FACILITY WITHIN THE 30 DAYS OF WHEN THEY FIRST PRESENTED TO THE FACILITY OF THAT 1,954 INDIVIDUALS, 51% OR BEING TREATED FOR SUBSTANCE USE 49% WERE BEING TREATED FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
57% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE DIRECTED MS. MEANING THEY CAME IN ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ANYONE, MAYBE A FAMILY MEMBER, BUT ON THEIR OWN VOLUNTARILY, UM, 43% WERE ESCORTED BY FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS, WE MEAN YOUR, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, AND WE ALSO MEET EMS. AND THEN ALL YOUR REPORT, YOU HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN IN THE TOP THREE 49% WORD FROM BRP PD.
26% WAS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND 23% WAS FROM EMS OF THAT 1,954, UM, 1,767 WAR EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH RESIDENTS.
THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 90% OF THE TOTAL ADMITTED, UM, GUESTS THAT TO THE FACILITY AND 10% OR FROM OUT OF PARISH.
AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE ROOM FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUT OF PARISH, THE BIRTH CENTER DID SECURE A GRANT FROM HUMANA HEALTHCARE, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 TO BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
I THINK WE WERE ASKED ONCE, UM, ABOUT HOW DOES THIS BREAK DOWN? UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING WAS FOR THE SUBSTANCE USE POPULATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC, HOW MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS COME IN TO BE TREATED FOR THAT PARTICULAR SUBSTANCE USE? AND SO WHAT I CAN SAY IS ABOUT 24% OF THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN FOR SUBSTANCE USE ARE BEING TREATED FOR OPIOIDS.
SO IT'S IN THE CORRELATION WITH THE STATISTICS THAT THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
SO WE'RE AS THEIR NUMBERS ARISE, OUR NUMBERS INCREASE AS THEIR NUMBERS DECREASE HOURS DECREASE AS WELL IN TERMS OF PEOPLE COMING IN FOR SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.
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SO THAT GIVES THE OVERALL STATISTICS FROM FEBRUARY THE 11TH TO NOVEMBER 30TH.ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM A 1 52, REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON IS HERE.
UH, ROBYNNE ASKS TO COME ON DOWN.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORTING ON THE NUMBERS REGARDING FIRST RESPONDERS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THESE WERE DIVERSION CASES AND IF THEY WERE DIVERSE IN CASES, WHAT WAS THE, THE FINAL DISPOSITION WHERE THEY SENT TO CAPITAL HERE? HE CAME IN SERVICES WHERE THEY REFERRED TO A LONG-TERM PROVIDER, OR DID THEY IN FACT STILL END UP AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON? THE SECOND AREA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CLARITY ON IS THE DEFINITION OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
WERE THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING TO A CALL WHERE THE FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING TO A ACTIVE, UH, CRIME SCENE OR WERE THEY RESPONDING TO A NINE 11 CALL THAT WAS LEGITIMATELY A MEDICAL CALL? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT I JUST HEARD THAT AS A TAXPAYER, WE PROVIDED THE BULK OF THE MONEY FOR THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY.
AND IF I REMEMBER THE LAST REPORT, THERE HAD NOT BEEN BILLING TO EITHER MEDICAID OR MEDICARE OR THE PRIVATE, UH, INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AND I WOULD ASK THIS COUNSELOR TO CONSIDER ADDING THAT AS A PERMANENT, UH, NUMBER IN THE REPORTING.
I WOULD ALSO, AGAIN, LIKE TO HAVE A FULL DELINEATION IN THE REPORTING EVERY QUARTER OF WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE ENDING, BECAUSE THIS IS A CRISIS STABILIZATION CENTER.
AND SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT A DESTINATION UNTO THEMSELVES.
AND I AM REALLY CONCERNED THAT ALL WE THINK PEOPLE ACTUALLY BE IN DROPPED OUT OF OUR LADY OF THE LAKE BATON ROUGE, GENERAL, AND OUR FIRST TIER MEDICAL CENTERS INTO THIS, ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING THEM INTO THE LONG-TERM CARE? THEY NEED.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 52? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING BY WE GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, CHARLOTTE, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK UP, UH, I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP, I'LL PIGGYBACK OFF OF REVEREND ANDERSON ON THE ISSUE OF BILLING TO MEDICAID.
AND WE HADN'T REALLY TALKED MUCH LAST TIME ABOUT PRIVATE INSURANCE, BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO TOUCH BASE ON THAT, AND THEN I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT REGULARLY REPORTED THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE BILLING TO MEDICAID AND TO PRIVATE INSURANCE.
UM, BUT HAVE WE RESOLVED THE ISSUE WITH BEING ABLE TO BILL TO MEDICAID? SO THE ANSWER IS THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, AND THERE'S A REASON WHY.
SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BILL FOR MEDICAID SERVICES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE FIRST, UM, BECAUSE CRISIS BECAUSE OF THE LICENSE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS A CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER LICENSE, IT DOESN'T HAVE MEDICAID RATES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FIVE THAT WE HAVE.
AND THAT'S YOUR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS? WHEN WE DID THAT IN JANUARY, WE WERE DOING THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
THEY HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND SEND THAT INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT.
WHEN OFFICER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RECEIVED IT, THEY SAID, HOLD ON, WAIT A MINUTE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE IT JUST YET BECAUSE WE SEND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NOW HAS A NEW CRISIS PLAN THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING IN 2022.
AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SERVICES ALIGN WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS GO BACK AND DO AN IN LOUIS' SERVICE DOCUMENT, UM, THAT IN LOUIS' SERVICE DOCUMENT WAS INITIALLY DRAFTED BY OUR INTERNATIONAL, THE SERVICE PROVIDER.
AND IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE MTOS AND THAT NEGOTIATION SAYS BEGAN AGAIN.
AND THEN OBH CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO MODIFY THEIR LITTLE SURFACE DOCUMENTS.
UM, OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DID NOT DRAFT THE LEWIS SERVICE DOCUMENTS UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SUBMITTED IT TO THE MCS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, AGAIN, START NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACTS WITH THE BRUCE CENTER FOR HUBBLE RI INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY DID AN RFA FOR THE NEW SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IN 2022.
SO IS A CAVEAT OF, WE COULD HAVE OUR CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED WITH THEM, BUT WE HAD TO AGREE TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THAT NEW RFA.
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THE END OF SEPTEMBER.IT WAS REQUESTED FOR EVERYONE TO RETURN IT BACK ON OCTOBER 27TH, WHICH WE DID, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, WHEN I SAY THEY, I MEAN, OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAS SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE WHO THEY ARE REWARDING THOSE CONTRACTS TO IN NOVEMBER 15 TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN THEY'VE PUSHED THAT BACK AGAIN.
AND SO WE STILL, AT THIS POINT, DO NOT KNOW, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS, SUCCESSIVELY WITH, UM, HUMANA, UH, HEALTHY BLUE AND WITH, UM, UNITED HEALTH CARE, WE ARE NOW IN THE CREDENTIALING PHASES, WHICH TAKES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO 90 DAYS.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY GETTING ALL OF YOUR DOCTORS AND ALL THAT INFORMATION CREDENTIALS.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT PROCESS.
WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED A CONTRACT WITH AETNA AMERIHEALTH OR WITH, UM, LOUISIANA HEALTHCARE CONNECTIONS.
THEY ARE STILL IN THE NEGOTIATION PHASE WITH THAT.
SO FOR THE PATIENTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY AND THE BILLING FOR THAT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND BILL MEDICAID FOR THOSE.
UM, WE SH WE ARE TRYING, BUT IT'S UP TO THE MCO TO DETERMINE THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN.
SO BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION IN NEGOTIATIONS, WE ARE TRYING TO DO RETRO BILLING FOR THAT SERVICES, BUT THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE.
I'LL JUST STRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS MODEL, THIS FINANCIAL MODEL IS HOW THIS TAX PLAN WAS SOLD TO THE TAXPAYER.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT THIS ISSUE IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AS WELL AS OURS.
WE DID HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LDH BACK IN 2019 TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT.
AND WE DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY TOLD US TO DO.
AND SO WHEN WE, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING OR CONTRACT, YOU CAN'T DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MANAGED CARE PLANS UNTIL YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL LICENSE.
SO AS SOON AS WE HAD THAT LICENSE, WE STARTED TALKING AND WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ON THE UP AND UP UNTIL THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED THE SERVICES TO BE IN LINE WITH THE NEW SOURCES THAT THEY'RE ROLLING OUT IN 2022.
AND THOSE SERVICES ARE REALLY, ARE NOT DEFINED JUST YET, BUT THEY JUST CAME UP WITH A RATE STRUCTURE, BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO IN LIEU OF SERVICE.
SO IN THE INTERIM, UH, THANK YOU.
AND THEN ARE YOU GUYS TRACKING, UM, YOUR REFERRALS TO LONG-TERM CARE AFTER, AFTER THEY LEAVE YOUR FACILITY? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REPORT BACK TO US? IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO SHOW THAT METRIC TO US? SO WHEN YOU SAY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROVIDERS OR WHERE INDIVIDUALS GO, LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REFERRED TO A SUBSTANCE USE FACILITY OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH WHERE THEY GO, I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH THAT.
THEY WENT SOMEWHERE AND THE CATEGORY, I GUESS, THAT THEY, THAT THEY ENDED UP.
YES, WE DO TRACK THAT INFORMATION.
SO WHAT I CAN SAY IS FOR THE 1,954 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, SOME OF THEM YEP.
KEEP ON 24%, UM, WERE REFERRED BACK TO HOME WITH A FOLLOW-UP CARE APPOINTMENT.
SO WHEN ANYONE WHO LEAVES OUR FACILITY, THEY'RE GIVEN A FOLLOW-UP CARE APPOINTMENT WITH THEIR, WITH A MENTAL HEALTH, PROFESSIONAL, OR AGENCY, AND ALSO A PHYSICAL APPOINTMENT WITH A DOCTOR.
WHAT WAS THE NUMBER AGAIN? 24%, 44%.
24% OF THAT AT 1,954, 15% WERE REFERRED TO A 28 DAY OUTPATIENT, 28 DAY SUBSTANCE USE A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY.
UH, 8% WERE REFERRED TO A GROUP HOME.
AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO A GROUP HOME, YOU'RE STILL REFER TO AN OUTPATIENT PROVIDER AND TO A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER AS WELL.
AND THEN 7% WERE REFERRED TO A SHELTER FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
WE DON'T TRACK THE HOMELESS BECAUSE WHEN EVERYONE WHO COMES INTO THE FACILITY IS TREATED THE EXACT SAME.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING IN FROM A HOUSING SITUATION OR NOT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SITUATION AND WHERE THEY CAME.
SO WE DO REFER THEM TO RESOURCES, UM, 11% OR OTHER.
AND WE SAY OTHER, BECAUSE THERE'S A CATEGORY THAT WE DON'T HAVE LISTED BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT.
THEY FALL UNDER DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
3% WAS REFERRED TO OUR RESPITE FACILITY.
AND THEN 1% WAS REFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF THE HOSPITALS, EITHER, WHETHER IT BE OUR LADY OF LAKE OR BATON ROUGE GENERAL.
AND THEN JUST SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR TERMINOLOGY CORRECTLY, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A REFERRAL, DO WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE PATIENTS ACCEPTED THOSE REFERRALS AND ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE GAME PLAN THAT YOU SET OUT, OR WE HAVE A 72 DAY, WE HAVE A 72 HOUR, FOLLOW-UP THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS NOT EVERYONE ALWAYS GIVES US THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
SO WE CAN ONLY REPORT BACK TO THE ONES THAT WERE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE.
UM, I CAN SAY THAT THE SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT FACILITIES IS MORE OF A SUCCESS THAN THE ONES WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH POPULATION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS CALLING US BACK.
AND I DO MEAN THE PROVIDERS CALLING US BACK STATING THAT THE PERSONS CAME AND THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR, IN THEIR TREATMENT OR THAT THEY'VE BEEN REFERRED AND THEY RECEIVED HIM.
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THANK YOU.IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULDN'T GET WITH, UM, REVEREND ALEXANDER AND THEIR GROUP BECAUSE THEY WORK A LOT WITH, UM, SHE GAVE QUITE A FEW CATEGORIES.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU'VE TOUCHED ON, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IN, IT MAY BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDED.
UM, I PARTICULARLY WAS ALSO INTERESTED AS IT RELATES TO MEDICAID AND MEDICARE.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT LENGTHY PROCESS TONIGHT, WE WILL ALSO BE, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UM, PRISON MEDICAL SERVICES.
SO THOSE PERSONS ARE IN THE BACK.
I HOPE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM.
AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE POPULATIONS ARE INTO RIGHT NOW.
HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY, UM, I KNOW, UH, REVEREND ALEXANDER MENTIONED FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT WHETHER IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS FIRE DEPARTMENT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS IT BROKEN DOWN.
SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST RESPONDENTS BROKEN DOWN INTO WHO BRINGS THE PERSON IN.
SO I HAVE, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT REPORT.
I JUST HAVE IT CONDENSED, BUT, UM, I DID THE TOP THREE BOOKS.
I HAVE EVERYBODY THAT WE CONSIDER THE FIRST ONE.
SO EITHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR IT'S GOING TO BE EMS, UM, TO ANSWER THEM, ONE OF HER QUESTIONS ABOUT, SHE WANTED TO KNOW, THEY'RE JUST, IF THEY'RE DIVERTED, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT IS SUBJECTIVE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEIR FIRST RECOURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING THEM TO PRISON OR BRINGING THEM TO THE BRIDGE CENTER OR TAKING THEM TO ONE OF THE HOSPITALS.
WE, OUR WHOLE GOAL IS JUST THAT WE TELL THEM THAT WE'RE OPEN.
WE GIVE THEM THIS INFORMATION AND THEY BRING THEM IN.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSE IT'S OBJECTIVE BECAUSE WHAT I MAY DO, YOU MAY NOT DO.
AND WE MAY ENCOUNTER THIS EXACT SAME INDIVIDUAL.
AND I THINK ONE OF OUR OTHER QUESTIONS WAS, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED PEOPLE FROM, UH, PROBATION, PAROLE THAT HAVE BROUGHT THEM INTO OUR FACILITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE, BECAUSE WE DON'T ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN AN ACT OF CRISIS.
SO OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO GET THEM IN AND OUT SO THAT WE CAN GO SO THEY CAN GO ON THEIR DUTY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T REPORT ON IS OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME, AND THAT NEEDS TO TIME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRST RESPONDERS TO COME TO OUR FACILITY, DROP THAT INDIVIDUAL OFF AND GO BACK ON THEIR DAY IS AT 3.9 MINUTES.
WE WERE DESIGNED TO DO FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THAT GOAL WITH 3.9 FOR THIS PAST MONTH.
THE OUTER PARISH, UH, 10% THAT YOU HAVE HERE WHEN THIS, UH, PROJECT OR THE TAX WAS BEING PROPOSED.
THAT WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION THAT THE FACT THAT THESE BANNERS PARISH RESIDENTS HAD TO PAY FOR FOLKS OUT OF PAIRS TO BE TREATED IN A FACILITY, UH, PAID FOR BY THE TAX DOLLARS.
I WANT TO FIRST COMMEND YOU FOR IDENTIFYING FUNDS THE $40,000 TO ADDRESS IT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WAS THAT $40,000 ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES FOR THAT 10%? OH IT WASN'T.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS.
WE'D STILL DO NOT PAY FOR ANY OUT OF PAST RESIDENTS.
ARE I? OUR NATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARLOTTE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARLOTTE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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TO ITEM 1, 0 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS.ITEM 1, 0 4 AUTHORIZED THE SETTLEMENT AND THE CLAIM OF HEIMER TASMAN, AND FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,250 PAID TO HIRE HER, HER TASMAN AND THE AMOUNT OF $12,750 PAY TO EGNER HER SON, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $25,000 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 4.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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TO ITEM 1, 0 5.I RECOMMEND FOR THE RECORD, THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2021.
IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BANDWIDTH VERSUS JANE MOSES OF SHERWIN METAL DRIVE.
THE REASON FOR RESCISSION THE PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD TO AN INVESTOR IN PLASTIC CLEANUP AND IMPROVE THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 5.
WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILOR MAMMARY, ALSO MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN NEIL SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS.
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WE GO DOWN TO 1 0 6 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WHEN EMERGENT METHOD IN THE AMOUNT OF $95,000.THE CONTRACT IS FOR PROJECT MATTER IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES TO ASSIST WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.
THIS ITEM IS CONTINUED UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE 2022 BUDGET, AND NO EXPENSES CAN BE MADE AGAINST THIS CONTRACT UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2022, BY THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 6, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ONLY A 1 0 6 COUNSELING NUMBER DONE.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM
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INFORMATION SERVICES COME HERE.WHY? WHY NOT? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO AN RFP.
UM, WE'D BEEN USING A MERCHANT METHOD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, EXTREMELY SATISFIED WITH THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
AND AS SUCH, WE JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONTRACT SS, WHEN DID I THOUGHT IT WAS A THRESHOLD OF $50,000? SO WE TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, BUT SINCE, UH, COUNCILMEN GO DAY IS A PART OF THE COUNCIL NOW AND WORKS FOR EMERGENT METHOD, BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO JUST APPROVE IT THROUGH THE BUDGET.
BUT SO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT UP, UM, IN FRONT OF THE COPS, THE MA'AM.
AND HOW LONG HAVE I IMAGINED METHOD, MAN? SO WE STARTED WITH THEM IN, UH, I THINK IN 2014, UM, WITH A SMALLER CONTRACT, WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES AND ADDED THEM WITH THIS CONTRACT.
UH, INITIALLY THEY, UM, WE HAD TWO CONTRACTS WITH THEM, THIS ONE, BUT ALSO CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS, WAS MANAGING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT HAS SINCE BEEN, UM, OFF, UH, OFFLOADED TO ANOTHER VENDOR.
IF YOU'LL SHOW ME AS ABSTAINING FROM VOTING ON ITEM 1 0 6, WE'LL DO OH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS, IDEAS, AND EMOTIONS TO BE MADE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AND NO OBJECTIONS.
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COUNCIL ITEM 1, 0 7, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED AGREEMENT WITH CROSSROADS STRATEGY, LLC, AND AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RELATIONS SERVICES FOR THE 2022 COUNTY YEAR BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 7, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ONLY IN 1 0 7 WILL NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT OPPOSED TO ITEM ONE OF SEVEN.
UH, GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BY COUNCIL, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECOND, EVERYBODY THE CHAIRS THERE, ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 1 0 7.
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1 0 8, EXCUSE ME.MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND ROSCOE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN, BUT BATON WAS INSPECTION COALITION, LLC.
FOR CONSTRUCTION SPECIALISTS, SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH DANIEL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT RESULTED IN THE INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $550,000 IN AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT TIME, DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SOMEONE WILL BUY ROCKET THAT CAN DO BY COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, WE NOW GO TO ITEM
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1 0 9 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT OF NEBRASKA TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE WITH NCM CONSULTANT INCORPORATED FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH DANIEL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $1,150,000.AND THERE SINCE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR, DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 9.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON LINE ONE ZERO.
NOW WE GO TO I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AT THE COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY ROCCO SECOND BY WE'LL.
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AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT NOE, ROSCOE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER 11, BUT GO TECH INCORPORATED FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH DANIEL CONSTRUCTION AND SPENDING SUPPORT PROJECT WAS OWNING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.AND THIS EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TIME, DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, AND BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, THEN WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING LINE 1, 1 0, BUT NOW I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE GO TO NOW
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NO OPPOSITION TO ITEM ONE 11 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR ROSCOE, TEXT YOU A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.NUMBER 14 TO THE CONTRACT OF OUR COAL COMPANY SERVICES, INC, TO PROVIDE CATEGORY B EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IDA FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $655,525 AND 10 CENTS.
MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. 1, 1, 1.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOBILE? HUDSON'S SECOND.
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WHEN I GO TO ITEM ONE TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT BRASCO TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.NUMBER 15 IN THE CONTRACT WITH ORACLE COMPANY SERVICES TO INSTALL GENERATORS AND NEW POST STATION SITES FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1, 2.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HIS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAM SECONDED BY GO DAY.
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PREDATOR, PRESIDENT OF NEBRASKA XQ SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT SCREEN MAINTENANCE OF THE SOUTH WATER SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN WITH AVIVO USA LLC WAS VOTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 ANNUALLY AND THE EXTENSION OF CONTRACT
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TIME TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, BUT ANNUAL RENEWAL IS THE COUNTY YEAR 2023 TO 2026 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1, 3.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY HUSTON SECOND AND BY ADAMS, WHEN
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I GO TO ITEM 104, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND ALREADY BROAD SKULL TO APPROPRIATE A SUBMITTAL OF LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT FOR THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.DOES ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON EITHER 1, 1, 4? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY ADAMS. SECOND BLOCK ROCCO.
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ITEM 1, 1 5 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA, ROSCOE TO APPROVE A SUBMITTAL OF LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT FOR THE NORTH TREATMENT PLANT TO LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ONE TO FIVE, GO BACK DOWN TO COUNSELORS THERE.
A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME LITTLE ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
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WE GO.NOW TO 1, 1 6 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, EXCUSE SUPPLEMENT A ROOM NUMBER TWO TO A CONTRACT WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATION TO ADD PARTIAL FINAL PLAN SERVICES AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,000.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 1, 1, 6, BUT NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE'LL BUY A COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1, 1 7 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT OF RUMEN NUMBER 19 TO THE CONTRACT WITH CH2M HILL ENGINEERS.
BUT THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES PHASE TWO OF THE BATTERIES, SANITARY SEWER FLOW CONTROL AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES PROGRAM RESULTING IN THE INCREASE OF CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 3 MILLION, $250,000 AND AN EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TIME TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1 7.
NOW THE COUNCIL SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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GO TO ITEM ONE.WHEN THEY AUTHORIZED THE MERIT PRESIDENT EXECUTED SUPPLEMENT AGREED.
NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WHERE THE EMERGENT METHOD OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1 8.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DONE.
CAN I INTERRUPT REAL QUICK? I'M SORRY.
Y'ALL SHOULD'VE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT OPPOSED TO ITEM ONE 18.
ERIC, THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
SO YOU GOING TO TELL ME TO DESIGN ANYTHING HERE? JUST TOLD HIM I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT ERIC SAID? NO, SIR.
WE'VE HAD AN ONGOING CONTRACT WITH EMERGENT METHODS FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS IS JUST A SUPPLEMENT TO THAT CONTRACT.
IT'S A SECOND CONTRACT THAT EMERGENT METHOD IS GOOD WITH NO COMPETITION.
NOBODY ELSE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON IT.
HI, IS THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLAR WITHOUT ANY BID PROCESS? SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR CONTRACT.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND, MANY YEARS AGO HAD A R E PROCESS, BUT THEY, THEY PROVIDE US, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT SERVICES FOR TRAINING IN, FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THAN THAT.
BUT THAT'S SEVERAL FIRMS AND VENDORS WHO COULD PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT EXTENDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR THIS.
HOW LONG, HOW LONG HAVE THEY HAD THIS? UH, 2015.
SO WHETHER IT'S YOU, OR WHETHER IT'S AIR, IT SEEMS AS IF YOU GUYS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT IN PERPETUITY.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION, AS IT RELATES TO INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY POD THIS COUNTS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DO HAVE ONGOING PROGRAMS WITH THEM AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THOSE SERVICES WITH THEM.
HOWEVER, LET ME SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN RFP PROCESS FOR SIMILAR CONTRACT UNDER THE STORMWATER DIVISION OR SOMEONE ELSE TO BE SELECTED FOR THAT WORK THAT WE DO HAVE THAT COMING UP.
AND I, AND I'M MAKING A COMMITMENT TO PUT IT OUT, YOU KNOW, TO COMPETITIVELY PROPOSE FROM EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT CONTRACT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN TO THE, UM, THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE IS PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
YOU, YOU JUST RESPONDED AND SAID THAT IT'S FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
ARE THEY DOING ANY OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS SERVICES? YES, THEY DO DO QUITE A BIT OF OUTREACH AND HELP HELP OUR EMPLOYEES WHO DO OUTREACH, SUCH AS WE DID A WEEK OR SO AGO WITH THE COUNCIL OF AGING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SERVICE, THEY WERE VERY INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THAT ON THE COMMUNITY
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OUTREACH.SO ASSUME I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, CAUSE YOU SAID JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL AGENT, CAN YOU LIST SOME OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS THAT THEY HAVE DONE? AND I'M SPEAKING IS IT IS FOR PARTICULAR, UH, SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED OR IS IT JUST COMMUNITY PROGRAMS? WELL, IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, BUT THEY HELPED US PUT TOGETHER OUR PROGRAM THAT WE DO WITH THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, YOU KNOW, GRAHAM CALLED WELL, WE PROVIDE THE SCIENCE PROGRAMS OR VARIOUS SCHOOLS, A CURRICULUM FOR THEM TO TEACH THEIR STUDENTS ABOUT THE, UH, SUCH AS RECYCLING, UH, WHAT NOT TO PUT DOWN INTO THE DRAINS, UH, FOR THE SEWERS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU SEE FOR US, THE TRIP WITH, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
YES MA'AM AND YOU KNOW, WHAT SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE WERE WORKING WITH 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP, CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SINCE WE START THE PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO GET UP TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS. YES.
SO THIS OUTREACH IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHAT OUTREACH ARE THEY DOING TO THE CITIZENS THAT PAY THE TAXES? WELL, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH OF, UH, PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR WE'RE NOT GOING OUT TO A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE, UH, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, BLURBS OUT THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO DO NOT WANT INTO OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR STORMWATER SYSTEMS FOR RECYCLING SYSTEM, THEY'RE PUTTING THOSE PROGRAMS TOGETHER FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.
AND THEN I'M ASKING RICK, BECAUSE I, I'M GONNA BE HONEST.
I HAVEN'T GOT A GRAPHIC OR ANY OUTREACH TO MY HOLD ON, JUST LISTEN TO MY OFFICE.
AND ONE, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE DOING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS OR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS, BUT THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE, THAT'S WHAT WE GET CALLS FOR ALL THE TIME.
SO, SO I AM ASKING, AND MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW, WILL TAKE THIS REQUEST TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS OUTREACH IS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, I HAD A DISTRICT THAT FLOODED, I HAVE A DISTRICT THAT, UM, IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN I'M JUST USING, CAUSE YOU STARTED WITH DRAINAGE.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO USE THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. HILLS, UH, OFFICE, UM, AND I SAY HIS OFFICE, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE, IN MY LAST YEAR, LIKE THIS LAST SIX MONTHS, FOR SURE.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD THESE, UH, RESOURCE OR TWO KIT TO PROVIDE TO MY COMMUNITY AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS.
SO MAYBE THE OUTREACH SHOULD BE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IF WE'RE PAYING THIS MUCH MONEY.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2014.
SO YEAH, WHEN I SAY DRANK, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SANITARY SEWER STUFF AND A LOT OF THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS IN AND OUT AND THINGS, WE AS A DEPARTMENT MAY BE PROVIDING THOSE THINGS TO THOSE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
WE HAVE OUR OWN PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO OUT THERE, BUT THEY EMERGENT HAS PUT THOSE THINGS TOGETHER FOR US, YOU KNOW, PUT THE GRAPHICS TOGETHER FOR US.
SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE FACE OF THE OUTREACH PROGRAM.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PUTTING THE PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR US TO BE YOUR MEDIA PEOPLE, RIGHT? IT'S THIS DES PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE THINGS.
UH, WE LIKE ON THE HHN DAY, WE HANDED OUT A THOUSAND, ALMOST A THOUSAND BAGS WITH INFORMATION AND INCLUDED GRAPHICS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US BY MERCHANT.
SO, AND I'M, I THREW GRAPHICS OUT CAUSE I, I CAUSE THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT TO ME, BUT PUBLIC OUTREACH, OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT.
AND SO EVEN IF IT'S YOUR STAFF, THAT'S DOING IT, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD CONTRACT TO EDIT.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL END ON THAT NOTE.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, BRIAN, UM, RICHARD, UH, IS, DO YOU ALL, AND I, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR INSTANCE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S ABOUT SENATE,
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THE, UH, SANITATION, THE RESOURCES ABOUT, UM, EDUCATING SANITATION.HOW LONG HAS THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT BEING IN FORCED? I GUESS, WELL, WE, WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US SINCE 20 14, 20 14.
DO YOU HAVE, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF DATA.
UH, SO WHAT I W I WOULD WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ACTUALLY THE FURNACE MATTER, UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SHOW AND TELL ON, UH, FROM 2014 TO 2021, SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, HAVE DATA REGARDING THE LIST OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OUTREACH.
UM, YOU INDICATED THE SCHOOLS, I WORKED FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL, AND I ALWAYS WORK IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW I'VE NEVER HEARD IT PLUS WE ARE VERY MUCH, UM, I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE UNDER THE SCIENCE IS CONNECTED TO THE STATE'S MANDATE.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR EDR CONTACT IS? I PERSONALLY DO NOT KNOW CAUSE I HAVE, I HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL LOWE IS, IS MY PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, REGARDING, I, I LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, UH, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW, I PROBABLY HAVE APPROVED IT, BUT FROM THE POINT OF OUTREACH AND I THINK, UM, IT, IT IT'S A GOOD ENOUGH PROGRAM.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN 20 14, 15, 16, 17.
AND, AND I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO GO THERE, COME BACK AND RE DO THAT REPORT BEFORE.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IF YOU, I DON'T, IF YOU COULDN'T PROVIDE US WITH THE, UM, THE CONTRACT AND WHAT THE, WHAT ITEMS THE CONTRACT MANDATES, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL USE THAT AS A WAY OF KNOWING, SEEING, YOU KNOW, I'M GOOD FOR POWERPOINT AND JUST SHOW US WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UM, THAT THEY PROVIDED OVER THE SEVEN YEARS.
AND, UM, YEAH, I'VE HEARD FOR INSTANCE, THIS LAST PAST YEAR, THEY THEY'D PUT TOGETHER A LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WHICH, UH, MR. HILL, UH, LIKED SO MUCH, HE CONTRACTED THEM TO ROLL IT OUT FOR ALL THE OTHER DPW DIRECTORS.
SO THAT WAS A VERY CRITICAL, UH, PROGRAM FOR US TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES, IMPROVE OUR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP, BUT ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE SUPERVISORS, 2021, THAT WAS THIS PAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE DOING THAT FOR 21 TO 2020.
IT WAS THIS, THIS PATH THIS YEAR, WE STARTED IN 2020, AND THEY CONTINUED IT ON THROUGH THIS YEAR.
SO JUST WITH A MAJOR PROGRAM THAT THEY DID FOR US THIS PAST YEAR.
SO THAT SOUNDS, THAT'S ONE THAT WE, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THESE OTHER ONES ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, UM, THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT, UM, THE MEETINGS YOU ALL HAVE HAD.
UM, WHAT DO YOU DEAL WITH C O A M C O S IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF, SO, UM, AND WE HAD THAT PROGRAM, WE WERE READY TO ROLL OUT PRE COVID AND IT GOT POSTPONED UNTIL JUST LIKE I SAID, A WEEK OR SO AGO WHEN WE WERE ABLE, THE MAYOR WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITHIN, THROUGHOUT 2020.
AND YOU ALL BEEN TO THE GEORGIA NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
I HAVE A CONSOLE ON AGENT CENTER.
SO, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DES PEOPLE AS THE FACE OF YEAH, SO BASICALLY I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AN EASY ASK, UM, FOR YOU TO, UM, JUST, JUST GIVE US THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PROGRAM FROM 2014 TO 2021.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY 8TH, SO THAT GIVES YOU A FULL MONTH TO, UM, BE ABLE TO COLLECT ALL THE INFORMATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU HAD ENOUGH TIME, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT, UM, IF YOU WOULD HAVE, UM, HAVE THAT ON JANUARY 8TH, I, I W I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT AND, UM, BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THESE TAX DOLLARS WILL, UM, ARE IN THERE AND I'M SURE THEY ARE GONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FURTHER
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PUBLIC OUTREACH WHERE WE AS THE 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO FULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW I WILL, I PROBABLY USE UP ALL YOUR A HUNDRED THOUSAND.I WAS AT A MILLION THAT'S A HUNDRED.
SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ONTO THE, FOR, TO OUR NEXT, UH, MEETING, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UM, ENGAGE US IN A MORE SPECIFIC, SO WE'LL KNOW HOW TO BETTER UTILIZE, UM, UH, EMERGING METHODS AND IT'S, UH, IT'S PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR ALL OUR COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S WHERE EMOTION, MOTION TO DEFER BY COUNSEL NUMBER, BANK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.
MOST OF YOU THE FIRST TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS JANUARY 12TH.
UM, STOP ME IF I CROSSED THE LINES BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THE PREVIOUS ONE, UM, IN, IN THE PREVIOUS, WE MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS COMING BEFORE US BECAUSE OF COUNCILMAN GO DAYS, CHANGE A POSITION.
IT WOULD, IT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET.
IS IT THE SAME THING WITH THIS ITEM HERE? IT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS ASSOCIATION, THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD? NOT FINANCIAL THRESHOLD, BUT WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD, HOW LONG THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, IT SAYS ADDITIONAL, UH, AND THEN THEM TO CONTRACT, WE EXECUTED LAST YEAR.
SO THE CONTRACT WAS, FOR BOTH OF THESE WERE RENEWED, TYPICALLY ISSUE A NEW CONTRACT EVERY YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE WERE BRINGING UP ONTO THIS AGENDA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST DOING AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
AND THIS IS FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
IT, AS IT SAYS, WELL, IT'S FOR THE SERVICES, THEY'LL PROVIDE US IN 2022, IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED.
OTHER THAN FINANCIAL, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD FOR PUTTING IT OUT FOR RFQ OR, OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? I WOULD DEFER THAT TO OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
I MEAN, I THINK FINANCIALLY IT'S 50 OR 250.
I KNOW IT CHANGED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU, YOU PRE APPROVED THE SEVERAL CONTRACTS IN THE LAST FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH OTHER CONSULTANTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE JUST SELECTED TO DO WORK WITH YOU.
NO ONE WAS FOR THE WASTE TO ENERGY.
ONE WAS FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, OTHER THAN REACHING THE FINANCIAL CAP, WHEREVER THAT MAY BE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD PUSH THIS CONTRACT OUT FOR RFQ VERSUS JUST APPROVING IT THROUGH THE COUNCIL LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THE QUESTION THAT COUNCILMAN DUNN'S ASKING AND I UNDERSTAND IS WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2014.
UM, AND I RESPECT THAT IF A COMPANY IS DOING A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A PUBLIC EXPLANATION.
IF A CLIENT, IF A COMPANY IS DOING A GREAT JOB, WE WANT TO RETAIN THEM.
WE WANT TO KEEP THEM GOING AND SO ON.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT ON.
THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WORK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND REGULAR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SINCE I'VE BEEN DIRECTOR SINCE 28 AND, AND, AND THAT'S GREAT GREAT COMPANY, BUT OTHER THAN FINANCIAL WOULD A DEFICIENCY IN SERVICE THEN, OKAY, IF WE SAY THE CITY PARIS, WE'LL GO START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CONTRACTOR BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEFICIENCY IN SERVICE THAT WOULD PUSH IT OUT FOR RFQ, OR WHEN THE CONTRACT JUST COMES UP RENEWAL, SHOULD IT AUTOMATICALLY GO OUT AN RFQ? SHOULD, DOES IT GO OUT FOR AN RFQ? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME EXPLANATION FOR MYSELF.
AND I THINK I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, YOU KNOW, UNDER A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WE GOT TO GET THINGS DONE.
WE, WE, YOU KNOW, CONTACT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ONE AGAIN HAS BEEN GOING.
AND IF THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB DRAG TO KEEP THEM, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE, OR A THRESHOLDS HAVE BEEN REACHED AT, MAYBE IT COULD GO OUT FOR RFQ.
I WOULD FIRST START WITH AN RFQ IS A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS VERSUS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
THEY CAN BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT TYPICALLY YOU SEE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
SO IT'S FOR EVERYBODY, YOU GOT EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME.
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OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, W WHEN WE ARE UNCERTAIN, LIKE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE TALK ABOUT FOR AS MEDICAL, WE GO TO MARKET WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE BEST SOLUTION, AND WE'RE ALLOWING FOLKS TO COMPETE AND WIN THAT BUSINESS.THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN AGENCY HAS AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE PATH THAT THEY'RE ON, WHICH WOULD REALLY BE AN EXAMPLE HERE I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, HAVING LOOKED AT THESE CONTRACTS BEFORE FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WILL TELL YOU, THEY'RE NOT A LUMP SUM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY AN HOURLY BILL RATE.
THEIR BILL RATES ARE VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE WITH ANY OTHER CONSULTING BENCHMARK I HAVE.
SO I WANT TO BE VERY KIND OF PARENT'S PARENT THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING AS THE AGENCIES WORK THROUGH, AND THEY'RE EVALUATING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO LEVERAGE THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE FROM A MERCHANT.
SO THAT WOULD START KIND OF THERE AND JUST TERMS OF HOW THE CONTRACTS WERE EXECUTED.
AND I BELIEVE I'M 99% CONFIDENT.
SO, SO IN REGARDS TO SEEKING REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AS I MENTIONED, THE LAST MEETING, I WENT FROM ONE IN TWO YEARS AGO TO FIVE TO 28.
THIS YEAR, OUR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED REALLY ON VERY LARGE STRATEGIC GAME CHANGER TYPE ITEMS. AND I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MAKE, UH, AN INSURER COMPETITION, BRINGING THE DBE PROGRAM IN.
CERTAINLY THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE AS WE ESTABLISH DBES, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO KIND OF LEVERAGE AND ENGAGE THEM BETTER.
AND THEN THAT'S THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF IT.
SO RIGHT NOW I TELL YOU FROM THE SUPERVISOR OWNER, KIND OF THE DIRECTOR HEADS, IT'S KIND OF HOW I VIEW MY CUSTOMER.
I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE RATES ARE VERY COMPETITIVE AND OF ALL THE INVOICES I'VE EVER LOOKED AT HANDEDLY.
AND THIS IS BEFORE ROWDY EVER JOINED.
THEY ARE THE MOST TRANSPARENT IN THEIR BILLING, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCILS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF AN INVOICE.
BUT OVERALL, THIS IS THE NATURAL PROCESS, AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS COUNCILMAN GOLDIE'S POSITION AND STANCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COMPANY, THEREFORE IT NEEDED TO COME BEFORE US, AS FAR AS THIS ONE GOES, MR. GOODAY WOULD HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF HE VOTED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
AND THIS CONTRACT WAS SO WE HAS A BITTY PARISH, PURPOSELY TOOK ANY, UH, AND, AND COUNCILMAN DUNN'S BUSINESS WAS DOING BUSINESS WITH US.
WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD AFFORD EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SAME COURTESY.
SO PLEASE DON'T WORRY, INSTEAD OF JUST DOING IT THROUGH THE BUDGET SO THEY COULD VOTE ON THE BUDGET, BRING IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM.
AND THEN WE JUST SAME AS GOING FORWARD.
HISTORICALLY IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE 200 OR 300 CONTRACTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK.
SOME HAVE PRISON MEDICALS, A FOUR WITH TWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONS.
THIS ONE JUST BEING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HAS JUST IT'S A HAS NEEDED, I BELIEVE ONE YEAR WE SPEND ONLY 15% OF WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME AFTER OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, UM, UH, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN MOKE.
SO THIS ORIGINATED AS A, SO IT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE BUDGET FOR US, A SPECIFIED AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET, AND BASED OFF OF A RATE SHEET, AN HOURLY RATE THAT WE, SO WE KNEW THE RATE AND WE BUDGETED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE USED IT.
AND THIS IS JUST INCREASING THE AMOUNT.
SO, SO THE IT'S AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.
SO WE'RE WRAPPING UP 2021 AND WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THEIR SERVICES IN 2022.
SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS WITHIN THEIR BUDGET, THEY HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THEY'RE ASKING TO BE ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH EMERGENT TO SUPPORT THEIR STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE UTILIZED FULLY.
I, IT, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FULLY SPENT AND THE RATES ARE I TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS SINCE I LOOKED AT THIS AND IT'S BEEN A BUSY YEAR, BUT IF YOU HAVE A SENIOR CONSULTANT, THE JUNIOR CONSULTANT, UH, ANALYTICS, UH, IT, AND I S I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A TYPICAL, IT'S THE SAME ROLES I WOULD SEE IN CSRS OR ANY OF OUR TRADITIONAL CONSULTING TYPE CONTRACTS.
SO THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS CONTROL THE OUTFLOW OF THOSE DOLLARS, NOT EMERGING INVOICING NECESSARILY, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS WORKS AND I'M APOLOGIZE THAT THE ONE I'M MOST INTIMATE WITH WAS UNFORTUNATELY, WAS ERIC'S.
UH, IT ONE, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE OPEN CHECKBOOK AND THE OPEN DATA, WE WORK STRATEGICALLY WITH THEM TO
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UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT THAT FROM A TECHNICAL SIDE, HOW WE DID THAT OUTREACH, HOW WE MADE THAT AVAILABLE, AND HONESTLY, HOW WE STRUCTURED TO AVOID SPYWARE AND ALL THE OTHER RISKS THAT COME WITH IT.SO THAT WAS A, THE ONE CONTRACT THAT WAS MOST INTIMATE WITH, UM, THIS ONE, I DO BELIEVE THEY ALSO HELPED WITH RECYCLING OUTREACH.
I DO REMEMBER A LOT OF OUR SEWER BACKUPS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE PUT FLUSHABLE WIPES THAT AREN'T FLUSHABLE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ITEMS. SO, SO WHEN WE, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, REALIZES THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT THEY WANT TO WORK WITH EMERGING ON, UH, THEY'RE CONTACTED AND SAYING, GIVE THE SPECIFICS, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND HERE'S WHAT WE NEED YOU TO BUILD FOR THAT PROGRAM.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD COST? SO, SO I WANT TO GO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? AND THEY MAY SAY IT'S 10 HOURS OF A SENIOR CONSULTANT, FOUR HOURS OF A JUNIOR AND FIVE HOURS OF AN ANALYTICS AND TWO HOURS OF AN IOS PERSON.
AND THAT, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A RATE SHEET, THEY WOULD THEN BILL AGAINST THAT EXISTING RATE SHEET.
SO IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE JUST A BUDGETARY ITEM, BUT IT'S JUST, WE'RE SPECIFYING A SPECIFIC COMPANY IN THIS BUDGETARY ITEM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER, NO COUNCIL, NO BANKS.
NOW THE EXPLANATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN REGARDING WHY THIS, UH, WAS NOT, UM, PUT OUT FOR RFP VERSUS, UM, BEING EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN A COUNCIL MEMBER'S POSITION IS JUST CRAZY HALF.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT IT DIDN'T GO FOR AN RFP AGAIN.
CHRIS CAN EXPLAIN THIS BETTER.
IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS.
SO IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH AN RFP.
UH, I THINK, UM, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY DONE IN 2015 OR 2018, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
SO AT SOME POINT IT TO DO ANNUALLY.
I MEAN, IT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT.
IT, THIS HAS COME UP LIKE THE, IN THIS SAME FORMAT.
NORMALLY IT'S JUST BEEN A RENEWAL.
IT GOES IN THEIR BUDGET AND THEY JUST RENEW IT AS A CONTRACT.
WHY, W WHY, WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT LIKE THAT NOW? BECAUSE SINCE, UH, COUNSELING GO DAYS ON THE COUNCIL AND HE WORKS FOR EMERGENT, IT WOULD BE AN ETHICAL ISSUE.
IF, IF IT WERE JUST IN THE, I TOLD YOU THAT, BECAUSE I, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD LAWYERS WHO WORKED FOR LAW FIRMS AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM CONTRACTS.
WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HOUSING THAT WE GAVE OCD CONTRACTS TO.
UM, IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD HAVE IT ETHICALLY WOULD HAVE AFFECTED CONSTANTLY GO DAYS ABILITY JUST TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET THING CALLED ABSTAIN.
AND SO I THINK THEY, I THINK THE DECISION WAS TO DO IT THIS WAY.
SO THE COUNCIL WOULD GO TO IT AND HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS, THE WHOLE PROCESS FOR ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, IT WAS, I MEAN, WHO MADE THAT DECISION? I THINK IT WAS JUST A BUDGETING ISSUE WHEN THE THOUGHT WAS COUNSEL MELENDEZ PROBABLY WAS JUST EXTRA TIME.
OH, YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT THAT'S, HE CAN PROBABLY GIVE A BETTER EXPLANATION NO MORE, BUT WE WILL ACCEPT AN ANSWER FOR THAT QUESTION.
HOPE WE DEFER ANYTHING, BE MORE OF A LEADER.
YOU MADE THE MOTION MA'AM AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS WE PUT SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS IN THE BACK OF THE BUDGET BOOK.
AND WHEN THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, THOSE CONTRACTS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT IS APPROVED WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
SO SINCE COUNCILMAN TODAY SPRAY MARGIN METHODS, IT WAS, IT WAS, IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THOSE IN THE BAG OF THE BUDGET BOOK, THEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET AT ALL.
THAT'S WHY WE JUST DECIDED TO BRING THEM SEPARATELY SO THAT HE COULD, HE COULD VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND THESE ITEMS COULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, TODAY'S HER 60TH BIRTHDAY, BY THE WAY, I HAVE TO DECLARE THERE'S ONE FOR YOU.
AND THEN ONE FOR THE PAST ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, YOU NEVER RESPONDED TO COUNSELING THE MOST QUESTION ABOUT THE THRESHOLD, UH, ERIC
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AND RICK HAS SAID, THIS IS A PROFESSOR OF THE SERVICE CONTRACT FOR $50,000 THRESHOLD DOES NOT APPLY HERE.SO WHAT IS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THRESHOLD WHERE AN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT HAS TO GO OUT FOR RFP? THERE'S NO ONE, THERE, THERE IS NOT.
SO, SO THE WAY OUR PLANET GOVERNMENT OR ORDINANCE IS STRUCTURED, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS UNDER 50,000 GREATER THAN 50,000.
THIS IS SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, GREATER THAN 50,000.
WE HAVE TO BRING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE, SUBSEQUENTLY WE, I FACILITATE IT.
BUT THE MAYOR ACTUALLY IS THE ONE THAT SIGNS FOR CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GREATER THAN 50,000.
IN TERMS OF THERE BEING A MANDATORY RFP OR RFQ, THERE IS NOT IT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH WHO YOU BELIEVE IS THE BEST.
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT THROUGH A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL, ABSOLUTELY HANDS DOWN.
SO, SO, BUT THE SPIRIT AND INTENT IS IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
YOU DON'T WANT THE CHEAPEST ONE YOU WANT.
AND SO THERE IS THAT, THAT ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
WE DO IT VERY OFTEN WITH, WITH THE ENGINEERING SIDE ON MOVIE VR.
UM, MIKE, WE, WHEN WE CAN, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE AND WE WANT TO MAKE THESE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
I WAS CALLING HIM THE PAST ATTORNEY THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS MATTER SO I CAN MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE ADVICE THAT SHE GAVE ME.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT COUNSELING, GO THERE, WORKING FOR THE FIRM.
BANKS IS POINT IT'S BEEN MOUNTED TO STAND FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE OWNERSHIP OF UP TO A MORE THAN 25% OF A COMPANY THAT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO ABSTAIN, NOT AN EMPLOYEE WE'VE HAD ON THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS COUNSELOR.
SHE'S MENTIONED ATTORNEYS WHO WORK FOR LARGE LAW FIRMS. WHO'VE HAD SETTLEMENTS IN AND CONTRACTS WITH THIS CITY, PATTERS, CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, UH, INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
BUT THOSE EMPLOYEES TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAD NEVER ABSTAINED.
SO I DON'T KNOW, JUST SPEAK TO THEM.
LET ME SAY, I'M NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL.
WHEN I SAY THAT, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY THAT PARTICULAR COUNSELING CHOSE TO PROCEED THE WAY HE PROCEEDED OR NOT.
BUT I THINK COUNSELING WOULD GO DAYS PROCEEDING IN THE CORRECT MANNER.
AND IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT HE FEELS LIKE BEING AN EMPLOYEE, THAT COMPANY AND HE'S OBTAINING BENEFIT FROM THAT COMPANY, IT WOULD BE ADVERSE TO HIS POSITION TO VOTE ON IT OR PROVIDE ANY CONTEXT TO IT.
SO AGAIN, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY A PREVIOUS COUNSELOR PERSON DID NOT RECUSE THEMSELVES.
I'LL PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THEY RECUSING THEMSELVES OR NOT VOTING, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT COUNCILMAN GOLDIE'S IS DOING.
NO KNOW HE CAN TAKE THE POSITION THAT, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD TO DO THAT, BUT I'M ASKING YOU FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT AS IT IS? IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF SAYING THE OWNERSHIP.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I GET IT TO YOU.
AND I GIVE IT TO YOU PLAIN AS DAY, AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU TONIGHT IS THAT THE PROCESS IS PROCEEDING.
THIS EVENING IS ACCURATE, BUT FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS DOWN THE LINE, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED.
UH, PLEASE SHOW ME AS ABSTAINING FROM ITEM ONE 18.
NOT BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE MORALLY RIGHT THING TO DO, AND THE MOST TRANSPARENT THING TO DO.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT WAS GOING TO MOTION TO DEFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BANKS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COLEMAN.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO DEFER ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL THE JANUARY 12TH MEETING.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOHA.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MACHINE.
WE HAD A VOTE ON THE MACHINE, BUT OF ALL THE MACHINES PROMOTION TO THE FIRST ITEM, UP TO THE JANUARY 12TH MEETING, I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AS A SUB DOESN'T SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ON A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MACHINES WERE OPEN ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL CONDITION POINT OF ORDER.
CAN I JUST GET SOME CLARITY FROM THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR ON WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS MOTION DOES NOT GET APPROVED? IF THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO DEFER TO JANUARY 12TH IS NOT APPROVED THE ITEM EFFECTIVELY, UM,
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Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION ON THE ITEM AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.THE ITEM WOULD NEED TO BE RE-INTRODUCED IF IT WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM, WHICH IS A MOTION, WHICH IS A DIFFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BANK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TO DEFER TO THE JANUARY 12TH MEETING.
UH, PLEASE OPEN THE MS. THE MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO DEFER TO JANUARY 12TH.
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WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 1, 1 9 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENTS EXECUTED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.NUMBER ONE TO A CONTRACT WITH STANLEY CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED TAB PARTIAL FINANCE FINAL PLAN SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1, 9.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1 9.
CAN WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE, ONE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM, BUT NO OPPOSITION.
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ITEM ONE 20, AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR ANALYTICAL LABORATORY SERVICES FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, SAMPLING TO THE SELECTED VENDOR ELEMENT MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, LAFAYETTE, LLC, BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTORS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 2, 0.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE TO ZERO.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1, 2, 0.
SO MOVED BY ROCKERS, SECONDED BY ADAMS.
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WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM 1 21, AWARDING THE CONTRACT AND PUMP STATION MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENT IMITATION SERVICES.BEING A CITY PARISH PROJECT TO THE SELECTED VENDOR, MCLEOD ELECTRIC LLC, AND DIRECTLY EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT AND AN AMOUNT OF $1,500,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 21? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE
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NOW GO TO ITEM 1 22, AWARDING THE CONTRACT, BUT IN WWTP MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION, THE SELECTED VENDOR, WHARTON SMITH ENDED THE AMOUNT OF $450,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 22 SHOWING NONE? UH, WE GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY ADAMS SECONDED BY ROCKO.
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NOW GO TO ITEM 1 23, AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR DUB S WWTP MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES TO THE SELECTED VENDOR IN CMC, LLC, AND DIRECT AND EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT AND AN AMOUNT OF $750,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 23? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.
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GO TO ITEM 1 24 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT HAS TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.SO FINAL PLAN AND OTHER SERVICES WITH TRC ENGINEERS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $41,170 AND 66 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGE DIRECTOR IS ANYONE WHO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 24 SHOWING NONE THAT WE NOW GO TO ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MRR.
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AUTHORIZED THE VERY PRESENCE.ACTUALLY THE CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WOULD GO CHECK INC FOR A SPECIAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH DANIEL STORMWATER CONTRACTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HAD TO SPEAK AT 1 25 SHOWING THEM WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. WE
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NOW GO TO THE NO OBJECTION, GO TO ITEM 1 26 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED A DOCUMENT CERTIFYING THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON WAS AGREED TO SERVE THE STIPULATIONS ACQUIRED BY THE LOUISIANA DOTD AS PREREQUISITES OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 1 26 SHOWING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND BY WRAPPER, WE GO NOW TO ITEM
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1 27, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ACTUALLY THE CONTRACT WITH BOND SIGN ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT PHASE ONE BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 27.
SO MOVED BY ADAM SECONDED BY ROCCO
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WITHOUT AN ITEM 1 28, WE WOULD NEED TO APPROVE CONTINGENT ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW AMENDING RESOLUTION 5 6 0 0 7.TO UPDATE THE BUDGET INAPPROPRIATE AND ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDS AWARDED UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLANS, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3 MILLION, $258,980 HOME INVESTORS IN PARTNERSHIPS HOME IN AN AMOUNT OF 1,000,400, $8,390 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,533,540 AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS, AND AN AMOUNT OF 280,008
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$83 AND HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION, 100, $4,454 PROGRAMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $12,585,471 PLUS $800 ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME BY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN, THIS IS CONTINUED UPON GRANTS FUSE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28, SHOWING A NON WE GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDLY, BY THE CHAIR, WE NOW GO TO ITEM
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1 29, AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR PRISON MEDICAL SERVICES TO TURNKEY HEALTH CLINICS, LLC, FOR FROZEN MEDICAL SERVICES AT EBR PARIS PRISON AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT ONE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION ANNUALLY COVERING SUCH WORK ON INITIAL CONTRACT PERIOD OF 48 MONTHS WITH AN OPTION TO MUTUALLY EXTEND THE CONTRACT TWICE.
BUT TO 24 MONTH PERIODS BY DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29, COME ON NOW TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING AND GAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEREVER IN ALEXIS ANDERSON EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION 2 48 STEEL BOULEVARD.
THIS ITEM IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME.
AND IF I CAN JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF GRATITUDE TO THE MULTIPLE GROUPS THAT HELPED TO BRING AWARENESS TO WHAT IS NOW 55 FATALITIES IN A PRIMARILY PRE-TRIAL DETENTION FACILITY, MAKING US THE DEADLIEST PRE-TRIAL DETENTION FACILITY JAIL IN THE COUNTRY.
IF I CAN TAKE THIS MOMENT A PERSONAL PURPOSE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN BANKS TO THANK NOT JUST THIS COUNCIL, BUT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR TAKING OUR PHONE CALLS, TAKING OUR LETTERS, TAKING OUR EMAILS.
IF I CAN THANK THE MULTITUDE OF FAMILY, INCLUDING THE FAMILY OF A GENTLEMAN WHO DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA, THE DEATHS THAT OCCURRED JUST WITHIN THE LAST 10 DAYS, THE FAMILY OF JONATHAN PATO, THE MULTIPLE FAMILIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS ROOM, MR. FRANKLIN, WHO STOOD UP AND TOLD YOU ABOUT HAVING STAGE FOUR CANCER AND NOT BEING OFFERED ANYTHING MORE THAN AN ASPIRIN.
IF I CAN TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS WHO WAKE UP EVERY DAY WITH A SLIGHT NIGHTMARE, HOPING THEIR CHILDREN DON'T HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC WARRANT BECAUSE WE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OUTSTANDING WARRANTS IN BATON ROUGE CITY COURT, OR THEY DON'T HAVE AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT BECAUSE WE HAVE 30,000 TRAFFIC WARRANTS IN THE 19TH JDC TRAFFIC COURT.
THAT HOW WE GOT TO THIS MOMENT MATTERS.
I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, GOD.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IF WE DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, WE WILL GET WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT.
AND SO WE ASKED AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, THAT ONE WE PUT IN PLACE IN INDEPENDENT HEALTH MONITOR.
THESE ARE OUR FANS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND I COME FROM A FAITH TRADITION AND NO ONE IS DISPOSABLE.
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING IS CREATED BY GOD IN HIS IMAGE.
AND IT'S COMPLETELY RESTORABLE, BUT I WILL, AGAIN, STRESS.
WE MUST HAVE A HEALTH MONITOR AND I MAKE THIS PROMISE ON BEHALF OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION.
WE WILL NEVER, EVER AGAIN, NOT MONITOR, NOT HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, NOT DEMAND TRANSPARENCY FROM OUR POLICY MAKERS, FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FROM OUR SHERIFFS.
WE INTEND TO STAY AT THIS TABLE.
WE INTEND TO HELP MAKE THIS PROCESS WORK.
FIVE SECONDS COUNT REVENUES, BUT WE, WE, OR HOW WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS SYSTEM.
ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 1 29, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, GOOD EVENING, EVA SMITH, GONZALES, LOUISIANA AT THE DAWN OF VICTORY.
THEY SAT DOWN TO REST AND WHILE RESTING THEY DIED, THEY USED TO BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON
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REFORM COALITION WILL NOT REST UNTIL CORRECT HEALTH DOES NOT TALK ABOUT ANYONE WHO IT ON THE CONTRACT, PLEASE MA'AM OKAY.UH, REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE NEW CONTRACT BY THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON WHERE HEALTHCARE MONITORING IS THE VICTORY.
ONE ALSO AS A MEMBER OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION.
WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN WOMAN, GIANNA BANKS, AND ALL CONCERNED FOR YOUR TIME WORK AND ENERGY.
BUT MOST OF ALL, THE CONCERN YOU HAVE, BUT THOSE THAT HAVE NO VOICE ONCE THEY ARE DETAINED AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON, YOUR ADVOCACY WAS WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT ALL DETAINEES ARE VALUABLE.
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORTHY OF DIGNITY, RESPECT, MAKING HEALTHIER DECISIONS, AND, UH, HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO COMPLETE THEIR SENTENCE, THE ISSUES WITH COVID, THE DEATHS, THE MENTAL ILLNESS, OUR CHALLENGES.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY, AND ALL PARTNERSHIPS THAT INSTILL CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVE CHANGE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON 9 1 29? ANYONE ELSE HERE ON ITEM 1 29, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, 10 MINUTES.
IT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, EAST BATON ROUGE, UM, PRISON REFORM COALITION.
WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO, UM, BE SO INFORMED IN, UM, MEDICAL HEALTHCARE, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, UM, TURNKEY, I WOULD, THERE ARE TWO DOCTORS IN THE AUDIENCE AND IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND COMING UP FOR A MINUTE.
UM, SO IF YOU WERE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UM, YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE AND, UM, WE'D JUST LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE YOU, UH, WANTED TO BRING YOU UP SO THAT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PRISON REFORM WOUND BE ABLE TO PUT A FACE.
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL, UM, ACTUALLY EMBRACE THEM.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, UH, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PAST, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE FUTURE GOALS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITHIN THE EAST BAY ROUGE PARISH SYSTEM.
UM, SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LEWIS, UH, FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA, I'M THE PSYCHIATRIC, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, OR TURNKEY, UH, HEALTH SERVICES.
ALICIA IRVIN, I'M FROM MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, AND I AM A FORENSIC CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND THE DIRECTOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR TURNKEY HEALTH CLINICS.
THAT'S ALL YOU HAD COUNSELING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL OF BANK? SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER COURTNEY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO YOUR WARDEN OF THIS CONTRACT? NO OPPOSITION, YOUR CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO TURNKEY HEALTH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE ADVOCATES AND ALL OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL, UH, FOR BEING DILIGENT AND ALLOWING THE TOUGH CONVERSATION TO BE HAD IN THIS CHAMBER.
THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, THAT WHEN WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT SO MANY CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED THAT CAN COME TO THIS HOUSE AND ALLOWED THEIR CONCERNS TO BE HEARD.
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING PATIENT WHILE WE HAD THESE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND THEN, UH, BEING OPEN TO HEARING THE CRIES AND THE CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
GO TO ITEM ONE 30 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.COUNCIL MEMBERS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AT ITEM ABE TWO ONE DASH 0 1 6 4 4, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
THE FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONTINUE BROWN FIELD STUDIES AND THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR.
UH, THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM WAS BEING REQUESTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
THE CONTRACT FROM THE STATE CAME IN AFTER THE DEADLINE, WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
SO THE ITEM CAN BE INTRODUCED TO THEIR MOTION.
SO MOVED BY ADAMS. SECONDLY, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA, I WOULD NOW WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES SHOWING NONE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ON EMOTIONAL WAY OF THE RULES WITHOUT EVEN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MEMBER ROCKER.
THE ITEM HAS BEEN INTRODUCED ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
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EMERGENCY ITEM B TWO ONE DASH 0 1 7 4.UH, WHAT AND SMITH INCORPORATED SIX 30, $4,497.
THIS IS AN ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BID.
THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER TO ALLOW THE AWARD AND THE CONTRACT IN THE 2021 BUDGET, WE NEED A MOTION TO ARE THE RULES.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL IN MOROCCO.
UH, WE DID A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WEIGH THE RULES.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WEIGH THE RULES, SHOWING NONE.
WE NOW WILL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES OF THEIR EMOTIONS TO, UH, ANY, EXCUSE ME, ANY OPPOSITION ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? UH, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS? NO ONE HERE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE MEDTRONIC HOUSE.
ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS AN A SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN HUNTER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
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APPOINTMENTS.WE'RE NOW AT APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, METROPOLITAN CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING, REPLACING MICHAEL CARMOUCHE CURRENT BALANCE.
MICHAEL CALLED ME IF SHE'S REQUESTED OR REAPPOINTMENT.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS MY KARMA.
WHEN I GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL, A MOTION TO APPROVE MY CURRENT MOVES BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
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WHEN I, WHAT ITEM 1 31 RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION CONSIDERATION FOR REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING JASON WHO'S.JASON HUGHES HAS REQUESTED WE APPOINTMENT, BUT THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT AND MARKITA COTTENHAM APPLICATION RECEIVED JASON HUGHES REQUEST TO REAPPOINTMENT AND COLLIS TEMPLE JR.
I WAS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY NOMINATIONS.
UH, I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOMINATION THAT WE REAPPOINT JASON HUGHES TO HIS POSITION ON THE CASPER BOARD.
UH, BRETT, EXCUSE ME, BRECK BRECK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? JASON HUGHES HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 30, 2 RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OR REPLACE IN COLLEGE TEMPLE, VIRGINIA DISAPPOINTMENT IS A THREE YEAR TERM.CURRENT BALANCE IS MORE KITA COTTENHAM APPLIED AND RECEIVED COLLEGE TEMPLE JR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT COLLEGE TEMPLATE TO HIS POSITION, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OPPOSITION, BOTH ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[Items 133 - 135]
COUNCIL MEMBERS.I RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ST GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE DEFER ITEMS 1 33 AND 1 35.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TOGETHER, BUT HE'S MADE THAT REQUEST.
AND I JUST WANT TO INFORM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO OUR JANUARY 12TH MEETING ITEM 1 33 ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING DAVID CARS TO CURRENT BALANCE.
DAVID COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER CAUSAL, AND JOHNNY SUCHI.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING CHRISTOPHER CORAZON, CURRENT VALID AS DAVID COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER CAUSAL, AND JOHNNY SUCHI ITEM 1 35 ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF PERMISSION, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT, REPLACING DANI SUCHI, CURRENT VALID AS DAVID COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER CAUSAL, JOHNNY SUSHI.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE ITEMS TOGETHER.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 33 THROUGH 1 35, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? YES.
THAT'D BE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
LOUIS RABIN OR O B E I N TWO 11 ESPLANADE MANDEVILLE, LOUISIANA RESIDENCE.
GEORGE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 45 24, UM, TO BASICALLY AT THIS POINT AS A PICKUP ON YOUR TERMINOLOGY, AS LONG AS WE SAY MOTION TO CONTINUE IN THIS CASE MOTION TO DEFER TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH RESPECT TO THE APPOINTMENTS OR THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF THE THREE COMMISSIONERS IN QUESTION, UM, AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO DETAILS, THERE'S ONGOING LITIGATION OF WHICH IN FACT DEALS IN SOME MEASURE WITH THE APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF THESE AND THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR STANDING IN AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATION STANDARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 33, 1 35.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS? OKAY.
JERRY CARLETON, I'M THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE ST.
THOMAS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT QUARANTINE 100 ALLEN HIGHWAY.
WE REQUEST THAT THESE BOARD MEMBERS BE REAPPOINTED.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
THEY LET US THROUGH LOUD TRYING AND GOOD TIMES NOTABLY OUR CLASS ONE WRITING LAST YEAR.
SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO DEFER TO GO AHEAD AND REAPPOINT THESE GENTLEMEN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, ON THE ITEM, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER PUS, EXCUSE ME.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH REAPPOINTING, UH, THESE THREE APPOINTMENTS AND I WILL
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MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THEM.UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING AT THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
UH, THE CHIEF JUST MENTIONED THAT CLASS ONE RATING, UH, THE, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING TO ADVANCE, UH, MEDICAL, UH, IS EXTRAORDINARY.
UH, THE CITIZENS ARE WELL SERVED BY THE CURRENT BOARD, UH, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THESE MEMBERS THAT IS MR. DAVID KARNS, MR. CHRISTOPHER CORZO AND MR. JOHNNY SUCHI.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL APPOINTMENTS.
IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MULT? UH, I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MINUTE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, UH, COUNCILMAN REVOLT.
SO CAN I HAVE THE ATTORNEY COME UP? YOU, I FEEL LIKE YOU, YOU OPENED THE BAG WHENEVER YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OR AS WE CALL IT A DEFERRAL OR WHATEVER ELSE, AND YOU OPEN THAT BAG AS THEY, AS NOT WANTING TO SPEAK ON IT.
BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL OR MOVING FORWARD AGAINST, UH, AS FAR AS REPLACING THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE REQUESTING TO RESERVE ON THIS BOARD? WELL, I, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD ANALOG.
WHEN YOU SAY OPEN THE BAG, UM, REOPENING THE BAG THAT THEY OPENED.
UM, IT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN THIS LAWSUIT DEALING NOT ONLY WITH THE ASSOCIATION, BUT WITH THE MANY, MANY MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND NON-MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, UH, CRITICAL ISSUE HERE.
AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED BY RECENT ACTION BY THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT, WITH RESPECT TO FIRE AND POLICE, HEY, ACROSS THE STATE, DEALING WITH ALL THE FIVE DISTRICTS AND OR MUNICIPALITIES.
THE QUESTION HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT, AND IT'S BEEN DEFERRED, I'LL CONTINUE AT THE REQUEST OF THESE COMMISSIONERS.
IF I MAY, AND I KNOW WE'RE ON A TIME THING HERE, WHERE WOULD THE DO THE RIGHT THING? WHAT'D YOU DEFER ALL OF THIS RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THE BOARD OF OPERATIONS BOARD OF A NOT TO FUNCTION OR WOULD THAT LAWSUIT NOT BE GOING FORWARD IF WE DEFER THIS, WHAT, WHAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE POINT OF NOT GOING FORWARD WITH THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S SOMEBODY NOMINATED FROM THE FLOOR THAT EITHER DOESN'T GET IT, OR THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE WISHING TO RE SERVE, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH GOING FORWARD ON A LAWSUIT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING IN EFFECT OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT HERE TO REAPPOINT THESE PEOPLE OR NOT REAPPOINT THESE PEOPLE, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, DO NOT REAPPOINT, BUT TO REPLACE WHAT REQUESTING, BUT WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT CALLED FOR? NOT EXCUSE ME, SIR.
WHAT IS THE CAUSE FOR NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE APPOINTMENTS? DOES IT AFFECT THE CASE? DOES IT CHANGE THE CASE? COME UP? DOES IT, IT COULD AFFORD IT BECAUSE I, OKAY.
SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP OR THE PEOPLE OR THE PEOPLE THAT'S ASKING TO BE REAPPOINTED DIRECTLY IN NAMED IN THE CASE, ARE THEY, WILL THEY HAVE TO PAY YES, SIR.
OR ARE THEY JUST FINE? JUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ITSELF? IT'S OFTEN THEY'RE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY ON TITLE 40 SUCH IN 1491 AT SEC BIRD COMP.
NOW IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
THEY'RE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY.
AND THERE'S AN ONGOING DISPUTE AS TO WHO SETS THE APPROPRIATE RATES OF PAY, PARTICULARLY STARTING PAY.
I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL ARE FIGHTING THAT OUT AND LITIGATION IN COURT.
AND THIS, AND THIS RELATES TO BOARD MOVING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOULDN'T AFFECT THAT CASE, THAT PARTICULAR CASE REPLACEMENTS GOOD IN A POSITIVE WAY.
PERSPECTIVE OF THE PLAINTIFFS.
I'LL TAKE THE POSITION, MY CLIENT, THE PLAINTIFF'S, IF I MAY ASK, IS THERE THERE'S SOMEONE NOT ON THIS LIST THAT, IS THERE SOMEONE NOT ON THIS LIST THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ON THE BOARD? THERE MAY BE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT MAY RECOMMEND OR PROPOSE A NOMINATE, SUBSTITUTE, REPLACE, SUBSTITUTE, AND APPOINTMENTS.
AND THOSE NOMINATIONS DON'T HAVE ANY NAMES.
AND THOSE NOMINATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN MADE, OR IF THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE ON THE FLOOR THAT COULD HAVE MADE A NOMINATION BY A REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE FLOOR TO PUT THEM ON THE BOARD.
THAT REQUEST IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO ANY OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS NINE.
SO THEREFORE WE HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO RESERVE, OR WE HAVE OTHER NAMES AS FAR AS RESEARCHING, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WANTING TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY FROM THE FLOOR.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD REITERATE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO THE FUNCTION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND WORK WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIREFIGHTERS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN THE LITIGATION CAN TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
SO I'LL REQUEST THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE AS COUNCILMAN HUDSON SAID THAT WE APPOINT THESE PEOPLE AND NOT DEFER THIS
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COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK.WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE CASE? UM, GOOD QUESTION TWO TOO.
UM, IT'S IT WAS FILED IN JULY AND AMENDED.
UM, THERE WAS SOME, WE CALL THEM EXCEPTIONS.
THERE WAS TWO EXCEPTIONS FILED BY THE DISTRICT CHIEF WHO JUST SPOKE IN THE FIVE COMMISSIONERS, ONE CHALLENGING THE STANDING, THE LEGAL STANDING OF THE ASSOCIATION TO REPRESENT AND TO LITIGATE ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS, SAW THAT THROUGH A CLASS ACTION AND OR COLLECT, WE WOULD CALL A COLLECTIVE ACTION.
UM, SECONDLY, AND CRITICAL TO THIS APPOINTMENT AND OR REPLACEMENT AND OR REAPPOINTMENT IS THE QUESTION OF THE LEGAL LIABILITY IN TERMS OF MANDATORY RELIEF OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS OR PERSONNEL ACTION, THE LEGAL LIABILITY OF THE CHIEF, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONERS, HIS BOSS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALL SORTS OF ISSUES.
I MEAN, I COULD GO ON FOREVER.
THERE'S VERY TALENTED LAWYERS OPPOSING THIS THAT I'VE LITIGATED WITH BEFORE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS LITIGATION FOLLOWING UP, SIR.
THOROUGHLY ANSWERED THE ATTORNEY'S QUESTION.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY? I DON'T THINK THE QUESTION WAS ASKING.
I DON'T MEAN TO FLEX ON YOU, SIR, BUT I AM A VERY, UM, WELL-PRACTICED LAWYER AND HADN'T BEEN SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE DIALOGUE, HOWEVER, UM, MR. DOTSON, CAN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? WE HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE, TRYING TO GET YOU DONE WITH ME, OR MAYBE THAT'S THE, THE LAWYER HANDSOME.
MAYBE I CAN GET INCLUDED ON THAT ONE DAY.
UM, SO MR. DAWSON, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, UM, WHAT RAMIFICATIONS THERE MAY BE IF WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT? AND IF WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, ARE THE SEASON NO LONGER FIELD OR THEY'RE NO LONGER PEOPLE IN THESE POSITIONS? WHAT DOES THAT DIGITALLY LOOK LIKE FOR THEM? UM, GOING FORWARD AND AGAIN, I, WELL, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK, UH, THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO KIND OF ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT, OH, SEE THE OTHER LAWYER, THE OTHER LAWYER, UH, IT, IT'S HARD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BESIDES I KNOW THE COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITION ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, BUT IN TERMS OF, UH, THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS, THEY DETERMINED IT UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IS WHAT THEY HAVE ON THE AGENDA WHAT'S COMING UP.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS INVOLVED.
IT'D BE HARD TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT IN GENERAL, AS TO THE VOTE TONIGHT, WHAT HAPPENED, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT THE VOTE.
UM, SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR REPLACEMENT IS APPOINTED.
SO EVEN IF, UM, Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL DEFER THIS, UH, APPOINTMENT TO THESE APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT, REGARDLESS OF ANY LITIGATION THAT'S GOING ON, IF YOU DEFER TO JUST BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET A VOTE, THESE MEMBERS WOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD.
UM, I'M WITH MR. DODSON AND I, I CAN'T COME IN ON WHAT THE LITIGATION IS.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THREE MINUTES AGO.
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.
I COULD, UH, ASK MY, THE OTHER ONE TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, IT WOULD NOT LEAVE A VACANCY AND IT WOULD NOT, UM, HAVING DEFERRED THIS WOULD NOT, UM, PROHIBIT THESE CURRENT MEMBERS FROM SERVING, BUT THE QUESTION I HAD FROM THE ATTORNEY FOR THE ATTORNEY IS, UM, DO YOU, OKAY, WE MEET BACK, WE MEET JANUARY 12TH.
DO YOU EXPECT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 12TH? WELL, AS CO-COUNSEL WOULD TELL YOU, I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THE FIRST CIRCUIT.
I MEAN, THE FIRST IT'S GOING TO THE FIRST CIRCUIT, THE COURT.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, UM, I HAVE TO, UM, AFTER AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE DIFFER IS EITHER WHERE WE'RE NEEDING MORE INFORMATION.
ARE THERE SOME ACTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE INTERIM? AND IF THOSE, UNLESS YOU COULD YOU HAVE ANOTHER, LIKE REALLY REASON THAT TIES UP TO THE TIMELINE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES GOING ON AND, UM, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT, IF NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 12TH,
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WE JUST KIND OF HOLDING UP THE INEVITABLE, BUT AS CONSOLE CORRECTLY IN, WELL, THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE.UM, SO WHAT WOULD BE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT WOULD BE WELL AS, AS A PLAINTIFF'S LAWYER WOULD TELL YOU LOVE TO HOLD ONTO HIM.
AND WE CAME TO LIKE, BE THE VOLLEYBALL FOR THAT.
SO, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION, BUT YEAH.
BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND, AND ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY.
THE QUESTION HERE IS NOT ABOUT A LAWSUIT.
UH, IT'S NOT ABOUT, UH, WHETHER WE NEED CLARITY ON A LAWSUIT, UH, WHETHER WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON A LAWSUIT.
THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITIZENS AND THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ARE WELL-SERVED BY THESE THREE COMMISSIONERS.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, AS, AS THE COUNCILMAN, THAT HAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS AREA, THE CITIZENS IN THAT FIRE DISTRICT ARE EXTREMELY WELL SERVED BY THESE THREE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, LOOK, WE'VE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TAKING, UH, AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY COMING IN, UH, AND TRYING TO USE A POLITICAL MANEUVER TO AFFECT A LAWSUIT.
I WILL TELL YOU IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS ON THIS COUNCIL.
UH, I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT ARE IN THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT UNION.
UH, GUYS, DON'T APPROACH ME WITH THIS AGAIN.
THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.
UH, YOU ARE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE CITIZENS THAT ARE SERVED BY THAT PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES.
DON'T SCREW UP SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD GOING ON WITH OUR FIRE DISTRICTS.
I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ONE OF YOUR FIRE DISTRICTS.
PLEASE VOTE TO SUPPORT THESE MEMBERS.
NOW WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR.
THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO DEFER TO ITEM FOUR TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
FIRST, THE SUBSTANCE IN MOTION, PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.
MACHINES ARE UP AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER TO JANUARY 12TH.
WE NOW GO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE ALL APPOINTMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES TO APPROVE ALL APPOINTMENTS.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION CARRIES.
DAVID COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER CORAZON, JOHNNY SUITS.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED TO THE FIRE PROTECTION.
[Items 136 - 138]
ITEMS 1 36 TO 1 38.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TOGETHER CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING GEORGE DEAN.
UH, THE CURRENT BALANCE IS GEORGE DEAN LEWIS, KELLY, DONALD WEATHERSPOON, UH, ITEM 1 37 FIRE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, DISTRICT THREE BROWNS FIELD CONSIDERATION TO REAPPOINT REPLACING LEWIS KELLY JR.
CURRENT VALID IS GEORGE DEAN LEWIS, KELLY AND DONALD DONALD WEATHERSBY ADAM, 1 38 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT THREE BROWNSVILLE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING DONALD WEATHERSBY JOEL DEAN LEWIS KILLERS JR.
DONALD, WHETHER IT BE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER AS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS, 1 36 THROUGH 1 38, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNSELOR.
MOST SECONDED BY BANKS ITEMS. 1 36 TO 1 38 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS.
[Items 139 & 140]
NOW GO TO ITEMS 1 39 AND ONE 40.VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FIVE, JUST YOUR SIX HOOPER ROAD CONSIDERATION FOR REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING SHARON GRAY.
THE APPOINTMENT IS A TWO YEAR TERM, CURRENT BALANCE, SHANE GRAZE AND KRISTEN MODINE.
UH, ITEM ONE 40 VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, FIVE TO SIX, 600 BURROWED, A CURRENT BALANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 39 AND ONE 40 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS WITHOUT WELL, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AT THE COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY ADAMS 70 BY THE ROCCA, THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED.
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WHEN I GO TO CHANGE ORDERS, ITEM 1 41 TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPS INSTALLATION, PROJECT CONTRACTOR PREFERRED METRIC INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $18,375, WHICH IS A CREDIT.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME OLD BY ADAMS SECONDED BY
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THE CHAIR? I MEAN, I'LL GO TO CHANGE ORDERS.[142. 21-01737]
FINAL ACCEPTANCES.I HAD A 1 42 TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPS INSTALLATION PROJECT CONTRACTOR PREFER ELECTRIC INCORPORATED.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42.
WE GO OUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY MOST SECONDED BY ROCCA ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OPPOSITION.
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BANDWIDTH METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, MULTIPLEX GENERATOR EDITION CONTRACTOR REAGAN SERVICES, LLC.FINAL COST $236,713 AND 9 CENTS.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 43.
NOW I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, GREEN, UH, ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[Items 144 - 149 ]
TO ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 1 44 TO 1 49 TOGETHER, ONE 40 FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUS DPW BUILDING SUPPLEMENTAL DO WOOL WAS SPLIT BETWEEN VARIOUS VENDORS, BELTS, JANITORIAL SERVICE, LLC.
JANITORIAL AND REMEDY, JANITOR SERVICE AS LOW BIDDERS, UH, ANNUAL, I WANT 45 ANGEL STORMWATER CONCRETE LINE CANAL REPAIR RIGHT ACROSS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
AND IT IS ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST.
NOW YOU WILL NOT TO EXCEED IN THE MOUNTAIN, BUT THIS PROJECT OF $1 MILLION FOR THE INITIAL TERM, I HAD A 1 46 ANNUAL STORM WATER AND LID AND JUNCTION BOX REHABILITATION AND CMC LLC, $2,034,615 ENGINEERS ESTIMATE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND ANNUAL NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT FOR THIS PROJECT OF $900,000 FOR THE INITIAL TERM, I DIDN'T WANT 47 ANNUAL STORM WATER PIPE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.
BRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, $2,371,000 ENGINEERS ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST.
NOW YOU WILL NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT, BUT IT'S PROJECT 1,000,070 $750,000.
I HAD A 1 48 MIDWAY DRIVE BACARDI AVENUE, CONSTANTINE BOULEVARD, BOOM SERVICES, 4 MILLION, $359,386 AND 3 CENTS.
I HAD A 1 49 SOUTH CHALK TALL DRIVE LINER AND A CENTRAL THRUWAY RG DAY AND SONS CONTRACTORS, INC 5 MILLION, $941,230 AND 43 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? 1 44 TO 1 49.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MOKE ITEMS, 1 44 AND 1 49.
I'M GOING TO FRUIT WITH NO OPPOSITION TO OTHER ITEMS. CHRIS, PLEASE COME UP FOR ONE 40 FLY.
UH, CHRIS, ONE'S CALLING CHRIS.
SO WHERE, WHAT, HOW MUCH WAS THE, UM, JANITORIAL CONTRACT FOR THE LAST YEAR FOR GEORGIA NEWMAN THAT WAS APPROVED? I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE TWENTIES.
I BELIEVE HER CLOSE TO 30,000.
AND THE 30,000 WAS NOT ENOUGH IF YOU WERE CALLED, OH, THE BIDS WE RECEIVED FOR JOEL J NEWMAN, A PURCHASE AND RECEIVED THE LOW BID WAS 16, 4 79.
AND THE NEXT LOAD WAS A BETTER, WAS 79,000.
AND SEE, SO THE LAST YEAR WE HAD A $30,000 BED.
MA'AM THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T THAT COULD NOT KEEP, THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
WE HAD TO BUY ALL OUR OWN, UM, SUPPLIES, WHICH IS PART OF THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS, THIS IS AN INJUSTICE I UNDERSTAND, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY'D BE AT.
I CAN'T TELL THEM WHAT THEY BE IN, BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
DO I THINK THEY CAN DO IT? NO, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT WAS PLACED.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE GIVEN AS THE LOW BE AT A $16,000 TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
HOW DO YOU SEND THIS OUT AGAIN? YOU'D HAVE TO ASK CHRIS THAT QUESTION.
UM, IF WE DEFER THIS MATTER, I'LL HAVE TO DO A CONTRACT EXTEND WHAT YOU HAVE NOW WE'D HAVE TO EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS OR ACTUALLY PROBABLY ANOTHER 60 DAYS ON THIS.
NOW, HOW DO I GET THIS BACK? THE SAME WAY WE DID, YOU'D HAVE TO START GETTING MEASURES OF DEFICIENCY REPORTS AND OTHER THINGS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THIS MAN.
THIS ONLY HAPPENS WITH SMALL BLACK BUSINESSES WHERE THEY ARE SO DESPERATE TO GET A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT THEY SELL AIR.
SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET WORK, RIGHT? WE CAN'T TELL THEM WHAT THEY, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE? YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET WITH THEM AND TELL THEM TO PAY MORE.
NO, ONE'S FORCING THEM TO BED ON THIS.
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I MEAN, THEY AT THESE PRICES, MAN, THIS IS A RIFF.AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE THE ONLY, LIKE I SAID, DB, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT, OKAY.
AND THEY'RE BIDDING COMPETITIVELY THERE BE AS IF YOU LOOK AT THEM ARE IN LINE WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS COMPANY, THIS LOW ON THESE PROJECTS, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
MAYBE YOU CAN GET WITH BALES, JANITORIAL, MESCALINE, $16,000.
WE NEVER HAVE NOTHING GOING ON.
BUT THE FRUSTRATION YOU'D HAVE IS THE SAME FRUSTRATION.
I WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT TWO MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS.
I AM GOING TO DEFER THIS MATTER.
I HATE THE DOLLAR PART OF IT IS I HATE THAT IF I'M TAKING 30 DAYS OF MONEY FROM THIS CONTRACTOR, JESUS CHRIST, WE DO NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PARENTS ATTORNEY BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, THERE WAS A STATUTE ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS THIS HAS TO HAPPEN IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME FROM THE OTHER.
WE NEED TO, CAN I ASK, UH, YOU WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION SO BUBBA OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER.
THERE'S A NOTE HERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT SAYS THE AWARD WAS SPLIT BETWEEN VARIOUS VENDORS, JANITORIAL SERVICE, LLC.
JANITORIAL AND ROMANELLI JANITORIAL SERVICES AS LOWE'S AND BETTERS THAT.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE SHEET, IT DIDN'T PRINT OUT RIGHT ON THE AGENDA.
BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE LETTER THAT I GAVE YOU BAILS JANITORIAL, THAT JEWEL J NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
GOT INSPECTION DIVISION FLEET MANAGEMENT, CENTRAL GARAGE IN THE NORTH LANDFILL.
IF YOU LOOK, OH, BATON RICHARD JUNIOR HIGH AND SEWER FEE GOT ROMANELLI AND NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT GOT RAMILI 16, 4 79 IS THE AMOUNT IS THE AMOUNT OF GEORGIA.
I'M GOING TO DEFER THIS MATTER, CHRIS, WHERE YOU BEEN, COME UP HERE.
APPARENTLY I DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE.
MA'AM I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO I WANT TO DEFER THIS ITEM I WANT, AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW DO WE PUT THIS BACK ON THE STREETS AND HOW SOON? SO I WOULD ASK, WHY ARE WE DEFERRING IT? I HAD, BECAUSE WE HAD A $30,000 CONTRACT, WHICH WASN'T ENOUGH LAST YEAR THAT I HAD TO CALL YOU ALL IN A THOUSAND TIMES FOR, AND IT WAS, HE COULDN'T, HE, HE COULDN'T AFFORD, I MEAN, PEOPLE PAYING $15 AN HOUR.
SO THESE MINIMUM WAGE ARE, THEY'RE DOING IT.
I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING 30,000 FOR THE WHOLE CONTRACT.
AND THE WAY WE HAVE AWARDED THIS, WE'RE NOW AT ABOUT 130,000 AND FINANCE PANICKED, BUT WE'RE FINALLY PAYING A LIVABLE WAGE.
SO YOU, YOU YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFIC.
SO THE $30,000 WAS FOR THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE LET, THERE WAS THREE DIFFERENT SCOPES.
OKAY? YOUR BUILDING, I BELIEVE WAS BID IT TO JOEL.
J NEWMAN CENTER WAS BID AT $23 TIMES, 300 DAYS.
AND WE'RE PAYING BASED ON THAT MARKET.
IT SHOULD BE A WAGE OF BETWEEN 10 AND 12, ALMOST $14 AN HOUR.
SO HOW LONG DOES THIS LAST? THIS IS A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH UP TO ONE YEAR OPTIONAL RENEWALS.
AND I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE'VE SET THE EXPECTATIONS.
WE EXPECT MORE AND I AM COMPETENT COUNSEL IN BANKS.
IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, I KNOW THAT MY PHONE WILL RING TWENTY FOUR, SEVEN, THREE SIXTY FIVE.
IT WILL START WITH MERRY CHRISTMAS.
AND BY THE WAY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE, CAUSE ALL I KNOW IS I SEE THE NUMBERS AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUE, BRANDON NOEL.
WHO IS CALCULATING ALL OF THIS RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.
I HOPE I DON'T DISAPPOINT YOU.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS, UH, HAS BEEN ASHLEY MOTION BY SECONDED BY MOKE AND WE, UH, HAVE APPROVED IT WITH NO OPPOSITION.
WE NOW DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING
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PRESENT.ONE 50, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AND DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ADVANTAGE REGARDING THE EASTBOUND WOODS FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT INTENDED TO REDUCE FLOODING ALONG FIVE SUB-BASINS THROUGHOUT THE PARENTS, INCLUDING JONES CREEK WARDS CREEK BY YOU FOUND THE BLACKWATER BY YOU, THE BEAVER BY YOU AND THE FIVE BODIES
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PROJECT BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS, UH, THE OUTSTANDING INFAMOUS A THING AS MR. RAYFORD.COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE THE COLONEL COULDN'T MAKE IT.
HE WANTED TO SHOW UP FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, I DID TALK TO HIS, ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS AND HE, HE COULD NOT MAKE IT.
HE HAD PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS TO, TO COME AND TALK TO OUR COUNCIL.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE JANUARY MEETING FIRST MEETING.
HE ALREADY HAD SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING TO TRY AND PICK THE 23RD OR THE 21 OF START.
THE SECOND COUNCIL IN JANUARY, HE WILL BE HERE TO GO OVER THE ISSUES.
I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE CAUSE UH, I WEAR THE CORE ENGINEERS OUT EVERY DAY BECAUSE, UH, I, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE ALL WERE THE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT.
AND UM, CERTAINLY I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE RIGHT NOW.
CURRENTLY THE LORE PART OF JONES CREEK, UH, IS GOING TO BE MA'AM POINT OF ORDER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO COUNSELING? DO YOU WANT TO HEAR BRAD'S REPORT OUT? WE WANT TO WAIT FOR THE COLONEL IT'S THE SECOND MEETING JANUARY.
I GOT ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT Y'ALL DON'T WANT THAT KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON? I HAD A ONE 50 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAS BEEN THE MOST MOTION TO DEFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS TO THE JANUARY 26 MEETING.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GOATEE.
COUNCILMAN, WE'LL GO TO JUST AN ALTERNATIVE SO WE COULD HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT AND THEN INTRODUCE AN ITEM THAT WOULD ALSO BE HEARD ON JANUARY 26TH FOR OUR REPORT.
I AM GOING TO DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, THAT YOUR ITEM.
UM, WHAT DOES FRED HAS PREPARED? LET'S GO AHEAD, FRED.
NOW I'LL INTRODUCE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, WHATEVER Y'ALL CHOOSE TO DO.
I JUST KNOW THAT Y'ALL CALL PRETTY OFTEN ABOUT WHERE WE ALL THESE PROJECTS AND ALL YOUR MOTION TO DEFER.
YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW YOUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? YOU DO? YES.
I FORGOT WHAT I WANT TO TALK NOW.
WELL FIRST, YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY I, THE COLONEL DIDN'T, HE CERTAINLY WANTS TO COME TO THE MEDIUM BECAUSE I THINK HE WANTS TO TRY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT NICOLE WAS DEALING WITH.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY ON CONDUCT WITH THEM, TRYING TO GET THESE PROJECTS OUT AND UNDERWAY.
THEY'VE BEEN LONG WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, JOE LORD JONES CREEK, WHICH IS THE AREA FROM AMEDE RIVER TO O'NEAL LANE.
UM, THAT SECTION FOR CLEARING AND GRUBBING AT THIS POINT IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE BIDS ON JANUARY 4TH.
UM, THAT IS GOOD NEWS AT THIS POINT.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET EVERYTHING SET UP AND APPROVED AND DO WE NEED TO DO, TO TRY TO BRING IT TO THE JANUARY 12TH MEETING TO TRY TO GET THE COUNCIL APPROVAL? I DID.
I ASKED TELL THE COURT THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT WE BID OUT, WHAT HAD TO COME TO THE COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THAT SAYS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ACID, I DO NOT WANT THEM MAKE ANY COMMITMENT ON ANY FUNDING FOR ANY PART OF THESE PROJECTS WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE REMAINED IN PHASES ON JOHNS CREEK.
WE'RE WORKING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE CORPS, LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS OR SOME OF THE, THE ACTUAL RIGHTAWAY COSTS HAVE WENT UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE IT WOULD BE CONCRETE.
RIP RAP WAS GOING TO BE TWO TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE ACTUAL TAKING STEPS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE RIGHT-AWAY ACQUISITION WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
THOSE WERE, UH, IN THE REMAINING PART WILL BE DONE.
WE'LL GET OTHER SCHEDULES IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT BY YOUR FOUNTAIN CURRENTLY, UH, THAT'S THE SECTION FROM BAYOU MANSHACK UP TO, UM, SIG IN LANE, UH, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE SCHEDULED IT.
WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH UTILITIES, WHICH, UH, AND PIPELINES, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST THING.
UH, WE'VE HOPED TO ADVERTISE IN FA IN FEBRUARY AND TAKE BEDS AND MARCH.
I DON'T HAVE THE, BUT WE'LL WHEN WE GET THE FINAL PLANS IN, FROM THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO INCLUDE ON A PLAN, WE'LL GIVE YOU THOSE DATES, BUT THAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.
THE SECTION FROM MAN, MANSHACK UP TO, UH, PICU LANE.
WE'RE HAVING ISSUES DEALING WITH, UH, PRAISES AND RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS, UH, UH, THERE'S WE GET OUR PROCESS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW.
UH, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY THAT THE CORE OF THE VALUES BEING TOO HIGH,
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UH, ON THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SERVITUDES THAT WE'RE LEASING FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION TO STORE THE MATERIAL AND FOR THE CLEARING AND GRUBBING AND THESE ALL CLEARING AND GRUBBING, UH, MENTIONING TO YOU ABOUT, UH, HOPEFULLY TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH IN REFERENCE TO WHAT VALUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE.CERTAINLY WE WILL MAKE OFFERS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS BASED ON THAT.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT WE'LL PROBABLY END UP HAVING TO OPERATE A COUPLE OF THE PROPERTIES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE VALUE IS GOING TO BE WAY TOO LOW, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO IT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE MEAN ON BEAVER, BY YOU AND BLACKWATER BY YOU, UH, PASTILLE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE, UH, APPROVAL THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CENTRAL TO BE SURE WHAT, WHAT PARTS OF THE, THE CHANNELS ARE GOING TO BE WIDE AND WHAT COSTS GOING TO BE CLEARED.
UH, WE DID, UH, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OR CENTRAL.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WERE TRYING TO BE SURE THAT WE STAYED IN LINE BECAUSE THIS WHOLE FUNDING MECHANISM THROUGH CAPITAL OUTLAY TO FILL THE STATE, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW A CERTAIN PROCESS AND WHAT GOES IN AND GET APPROVAL THROUGH FACILITY PLANNING.
AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THOSE STEPS VERY CLOSELY AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WELL WELL WITH THE CITY OF CENTRAL, TO BE SURE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IN GENERAL IS WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BUT THE CITY OF CENTRAL, SINCE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AREA TO DEAL WITH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE AT THIS POINT IN, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE A LITTLE BETTER INFORMATION, UH, IN REGARDS TO TIMEFRAME ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO ADVERTISE WHEN THE CRIMINAL SHOWS UP HERE ON THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN REFERENCE AT THIS POINT, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, MR. RAYFORD, THANK YOU FOR IT.
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TO ITEM 1 51 RECEIVING A 2021 THIRD QUARTER LAND BANK REPORT FROM BEALE BATON ROUGE BY COUNSELOR, ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.UH, MR. TYSON, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? YOU GOING TO EVENING NOW? OR ARE YOU GOING TO TELL US MR. TYSON? ARE YOU GONNA TELL US SOMETHING? I DO.
THERE'S A QUESTION I GOT, OH, THAT'S DIDN'T WE DO THIS SEVERAL REPORTS OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT REPORT? A NEW REPORT BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE TOOK SO LONG.
SO Y'ALL, THAT WAS THE SECOND QUARTER REPORT THAT WAS DEFERRED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT TWO WEEKS LATER Y'ALL ARE GETTING THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID, COUNSELING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU.
UM, I SENT, UH, THE, UH, POWERPOINT YESTERDAY.
UH, IT IS JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT I DID NOT ATTACH THE UPDATED LAND BANK INVENTORY.
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO TRANSFERS IN THERE'VE ONLY BEEN TWO TRANSFERS IN WHICH I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES FROM THE LAST LAND BANK INVENTORY REPORT THAT YOU RECEIVED.
SO, UH, BUT THAT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
A FEW UPDATES THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE MATERIALS YOU RECEIVED, UH, AS YOU ARE NOW AWARE, UH, ON JANUARY AND JANUARY OF 2022 FEDERAL GRANTS ADMINISTRATION WILL TRANSFER COMPLETELY BACK TO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE SERVED AS AN ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT, UH, WORK.
AND, UH, WE, WE DID THAT AND THIS BODY APPROVED THAT WITH THE MAYOR AT A TIME OF, OF, OF DIRE STRAITS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AT A TIME WHEN OUR HUD OPERATION WAS, UH, MARKED AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE WORST PERFORMING NONCOMPLIANT, UH, HUD JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, THE FIRST HIRE THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MAKE WAS TASHA SAUNDERS, YOU A DIRECTOR OF, OF OCD.
AND SHE HAS LED THE STAFF FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, IN, IN FRANKLY CLEANING UP THAT MESS.
AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE TASHA, UH, AND I'M, I'M RECOGNIZING YOU ON BEHALF OF BILL BATON ROUGE, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NO LONGER WITH PIL BATON ROUGE, BUT, UM, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO, UH, DELIVER THIS WORK.
WE'RE PROUD TO REPORT THAT OVER 200 HOMES HAVE RECEIVED ROOFING OR, UH, FULL REPAIRS.
UH, WE CROSSED THAT MILESTONE, UH, JUST THE OTHER WEEK, UH, AND THAT WORK CONTINUES, UH, AND CERTAINLY WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE THAT, UH, THE STAFF, THE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK, UH, ENTIRELY ON FEDERAL GRANTS MANAGEMENT AT BUILT BATON ROUGE, UH, WILL BE TRANSFERRING PER PERSON TO TASHA'S DIRECTION, UH, TO OCD.
SO THERE WILL BE A SEAMLESS CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AND OPERATIONS
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FOR THE FEDERAL GRANTS PROGRAM, UH, WITH THE CITY.BUT WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL FOR ENTRUSTING US TO THIS ADMINISTRATOR ROLE.
UH, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE AND LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL PROGRESS IN, IN, IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND, AND BEST OF LUCK, TASHA, UM, UH, LAND BANK YOU SEE HERE, UH, WE HAVE ADDED, UH, PROPERTIES AT THE CORNER OF PLANK AND CHOCTAW, AS YOU ARE AWARE, UH, OUR GRANT FOR A PLANK ROAD MASTER PLAN FUNDED THROUGH JP MORGAN CHASE, UH, FOCUSED US ON, UH, CREATING A GROCERY-ANCHORED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE STILL PURSUING THAT AND THIS LAND ACQUISITION OF THE ENTIRE, ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE BLOCK, UH, ABOUT FOUR ACRES AT THE CORNER OF PLANK AND CHOCTAW, YOU ALL KNOW THE BIG, EXPANSIVE CONCRETE, UH, THAT'S BLIGHTED, UH, THAT, UM, WE'VE RECENTLY ACQUIRED IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON FOR LITERALLY THE LAST ARTICLE IN, ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, IN 2018.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE THANKFUL TO EVERYONE SUPPORT, UH, FOR GETTING THAT IN THE LAND BANK PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, UH, SITE.
AND, AND WE'LL BE REPORTING ON THAT, UH, GOING FORWARD.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, JUST TODAY, UH, CLOSED ON THE TRANSFER OF TWO PROPERTIES OUT OF THE LAND BANK.
UH, ONE IS THROUGH OUR LATIN NEXT DOOR PROGRAM.
UH, ONE IS TO THE LOUISIANA, UH, BLACK HO UH, BLACK HISTORY HALL OF FAME.
UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO OTHER TRANSFERS THAT I THINK WILL BE CLOSED ON VERY SOON.
UH, SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR TRANSFERS OUT VERY SOON, EXCUSE ME, VERY SOON.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'S THE UPDATE ON OUR LAND BANK.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE LAND BANK PROPERTIES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, AND, UH, ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT, YOU SEE UPCOMING, UH, PROJECTS, UH, THE PLANK CALUMET AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS STILL UNDERWAY.
WE'RE STILL CHASING A FUNDING GAP, UH, IN THIS VERY DYNAMIC CONSTRUCTION PRICING MARKET.
UH, BUT WE, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
UH, WE ARE EXCITED AND, AND COREY HAS LEFT, BUT, UM, JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BREX PARTNERSHIP.
UH, IN JANUARY WE EXPECT TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING ON A COMMUNITY PARK, UH, ON THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BRECK HAS BEEN A PARTNER IN THAT.
UH, THIS IS ALSO FUNDED BY GRANT DOLLARS THAT WE'VE RAISED.
UH, AND, UH, THE, THE, YOU RECALL, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, YOU ALL TRANS, UH, APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF LOTS, UH, COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THAT.
UM, WELL, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT WITH A PAVILION, UH, WITH, UH, COMMUNITY GARDENS, UH, AND A REAL BEAUTIFICATION, UH, FEATURE TO ENHANCE THE CORRIDOR IN THAT COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO LAUNCHED THE CITY'S FIRST COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, AND THAT IS ALSO A PART OF OUR, UH, ADVANCING CITIES, UH, GRANT MANDATE, UH, THAT IS A NONPROFIT THAT WILL BE COMMUNITY RUN TO HELP PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY, UH, AND GIVE COMMUNITY CONTROL AND INPUT OVER THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IN, IN, IN BATON ROUGE, NEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON, MANY OTHER MODELS EXIST AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH GREAT SUCCESS AT RETAINING AFFORDABILITY AND INCREASING HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS IN DISINVESTED AREAS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD TO BRING THAT TO BATON ROUGE.
UH, WE HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING TOMORROW AND ARE FORMING A BOARD.
AND, UM, UH, AND, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL LOOK TO MOVE A NUMBER OF OUR VACANT PROPERTIES OUT OF THE LAND BANK, INTO THE LAND TRUST.
AND THAT DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IT HELPS GIVE THE LAND FOR US SOME ASSETS THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL GOVERN AND BEGIN TO WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS.
FOR MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT MOVES THESE PROPERTIES OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND INTO A PRIVATE ENTITY, WHICH UNDER LAW ALLOWS PRESCRIPTION TO RUN, WHICH IS, UH, THE RULES REGARDING, AT WHICH TIME YOU CAN CLEAR TITLE, UH, AFTER, UM, UH, GOOD FAITH OWNERSHIP, WHICH IS 10 YEARS, UH, UNDER LOUISIANA LAW.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, AS A, AS PART OF OUR LAND BANK.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT I WILL BRING UP, WHICH, WHICH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MAY HAVE BEEN ALLUDING TO AT THE TOP OF MY PRESENTATION IS THAT, UH, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST, I WILL BE STEPPING DOWN AS CEO, UH, AND RETURNING FULL-TIME TO THE FACULTY AT LSU LAW CENTER, UH, IN JANUARY, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE OCCUPIED THIS POSITION ON LEAVE, UH, FROM THE LAW CENTER.
AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO THE LAW CENTER FOR GIVING ME FOUR YEARS, UH, OF, OF PUBLIC SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES WHILE HOLDING, UH, MY SEAT AT THE LAW SCHOOL.
SO, UH, I'VE BEEN TEACHING DURING THAT TIME, UH, REALLY PART-TIME AS AN ADJUNCT, UH, BUT I WILL RETURN FULL-TIME, UH, TO THAT SERVICE.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE AND JOY OF MINE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
AND I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO, TO, TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF YOU AND,
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UH, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE EFFORTS.I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MY STAFF UP.
OUR INTERIM CEO WILL BE OUR CURRENT CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, MS. TARA TITAN.
AND I'M GONNA ASK TARA AND GRETCHEN AND CORNELIUS TO COME UP.
I ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, GRETCHEN SEAMERS, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE, MR. CORNELIUS PAIN.
UM, AND SO, UM, THESE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, TARA IS THE LONGEST SERVING EMPLOYEE OF THE, OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SINCE 2015, UM, AND, UH, GRETCHEN AND CORNELIUS JOINED US, UH, THIS SUMMER, UH, AND DOVE RIGHT IN AND, UH, ARE, ARE LEADING A NUMBER OF THESE EFFORTS.
AND SO WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR A SEAMLESS AND EFFECTIVE, UH, FRICTIONLESS TRANSITION.
UH, AND I DO NOT DISAPPEAR AFTER JANUARY 1ST.
UH, I CERTAINLY WILL BE CHAMPIONING THIS WORK, UH, FROM, UH, LSU, UH, AND IN THE COMMUNITY, AS IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE OUR OBLIGATION UNDER THE CHOICE.
NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT CONTINUES OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ADVANCING CITIES GRANT CONTINUES OBLIGATION, UH, TO THE LAND BANK, UH, ASSETS THAT WE HOLD CONTINUES AND OUR OBLIGATION TO THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE.
SO AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND, UM, UH, WELL, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THESE VERY CAPABLE, UH, DEDICATED FOLKS, I'M SURE THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, UH, JANNIE ONE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT, UH, SHOWING NONE.
OH, WE'RE GOING TO GO, OH, YOU WANT TO SPEAK MS. CARLA, COME ON, COME ON TO THE MIC MS. CALDWELL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
JENNIFER CARDWELL, 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE.
JUST, UH, HOW WOULD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS REPORT? IT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE, UH, IT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE, UM, AGENDA AFTER TONIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WHEN I GO BACK TO, UH, MR. PRESIDENT TYSON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT TELL SOME OF THEM GO THERE.
WELL, I'LL JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, CHRIS, TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR EFFORTS, AND YOUR SERVICE.
UM, THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UH, WAS, WAS IN NEED OF A JOLT, UH, AND IT, IT GOT THAT.
UH, YOU GOT A GREAT STAFF THAT, UH, ASSISTED WITH THAT, BUT CERTAINLY HAVING YOU AT THE HELM, UH, TO LEAD THAT EFFORT AND, AND TURN IT INTO BUILD BATON ROUGE AND MAKE IT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, I GIVE YOU A LOT OF PRAISE AND KUDOS FOR THAT.
UM, IN A PREVIOUS LIFE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU AND THE TEAM, UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE AND, AND GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE DO STAY INVOLVED AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOUR INPUT AND YOUR EXPERTISE ON IT.
UH, TARA, YOU, YOUR EXPERTISE IS, UH, UH, STEADFAST, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A STAPLE AT THAT PLACE AND, AND CONTINUE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN CERTAINLY THE TEAM, AND I'LL INCLUDE TASHA IN THIS, UH, FOR TAKING WHAT WAS, UH, IN OUR FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS, SOMETHING THAT NEEDED A SIGNIFICANT REVITALIZATION, TAKING THAT, TURNING IT AROUND AND MAKING IT WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
NOW YOU CHRYSALIS SERVICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND REGULATIONS.
UH, I'M GOING TO LAW SCHOOL IN MY NEXT LIFE.
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TO ITEM 1 53 REPORT FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES.WE'RE GOING TO RENAME AND OF HONORARY DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS BY METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE, COUNCILMAN ERIC, AND GREEN REASON FOR EMERGENCY THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, MANDATED THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE A REPORT.
90 DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL MEETING, WE MAY HAVE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE OR THE METRO COUNCIL.
NOW IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1, 6, 12, 14, WE DECIDED IT MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ABOUT TWO THIRD BURKE OR THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IS THAT MOTION TO DECLARE THIS ITEM AN EMERGENCY.
UH, SO BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, SECOND BY A CHAIR, I WAS GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO DECLARED EMERGENCY OR ANY OPPOSITION TO DECLARED EMERGENCY.
UH, WE NOW GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 53, NO ONE.
WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS GREEN.
DID WE HAVE AN EMAIL THAT WAS SUBMITTED? WE HAD, UM, THREE EMAIL COMMENTS SUBMITTED IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM.
SO WHAT THE PERSON FROM MY COMMITTEE DID SAY THAT THEY SUBMITTED, UM, EMAIL, UM, RESPONSE.
UM, I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU, UM, FOR, UM, HAVING THE PLEASURE TO, UH, START THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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UM, THAT TRUSTED ME WITH THAT.UM, AND THEN I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE SENIOR COUNCIL WOMAN THAT WE DID NOT DO A POWERPOINT TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN A TRULY IMPACTFUL 90 DAYS.
AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT EARLIER, AS MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BRING PROGRESSIVE ISSUES TO OUR COUNCIL.
SOME THAT MAY SEEM CONTROVERSIAL, BUT THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO MANY OF US.
UM, IF YOU, UM, LOOK AT PAGE SEVEN OF THE REPORT, IT INDICATES THE MEMBERS OF, OF OUR COMMITTEE AND THEY, THEY ARE GREAT MEMBERS.
AND WE HAVE, I THINK ONE THAT IS PRESENT HERE TODAY, MR. WT WHITFIELD, AND, UM, TO, AND COUNCILMEN, I'M SEEING THREE DIFFERENT.
THE WHY HUDSON, I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ANYBODY.
THE WHITE HUDSON HE'S BEEN VERY, UM, INSTRUMENTAL, UM, AS WELL, EACH PERSON OFFERED VALUABLE INPUT, BUT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DR.
SIDNEY EFS, WHO HELPED TO PROVIDE THE RESEARCH YOU WILL BE REVIEWING.
UM, AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND, UM, PROFESSORS AND THEIR LOVE FOR, UM, RESEARCH THAT THEY TOOK THEIR, UM, THEIR ACTUAL STUDENTS TO HELP PROVIDE THE REPORT.
AND I'LL SAY A LITTLE LETTER LATER ON WHAT THEY DID PROVIDE THE REPORT THAT I, THAT I SUBMITTED IS NOT THEIR REPORT.
IT'S THE COMBINATION OF OUR MEETINGS.
UH, MY GRATITUDE TO, UH, VANCE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR VERY OWN COURTNEY HAVE RE UM, WITH THE PAST ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR ADVISEMENT SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER WAS INSTRUMENTAL FROM DAY ONE AS OUR FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT, OUR ANCHOR.
UM, THEY DID A WHOSE HERITAGE REPORT, WHICH IDENTIFIED 13 STREETS IN THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY THAT HAD HISTORICAL CONNOTATIONS.
MR. TERRY ATTORNEY, TERRY LANDRY IS HERE TODAY AS WELL.
HE, UM, RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST AND QUESTIONS THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAD.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, TERRY, FOR, UM, STAYING WITH ME ON MANY OF MY, UM, PROJECTS THAT I'VE DONE, THOUGH.
THE CONVENING OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STREET NAME CHANGES, AND TO EVALUATE THE PROCESS.
THE ROBUST INFORMATION WE RECEIVED HAS IN FACT, CAUSED THE FIRST REPORT TO BE MORE DATA AND INFORMATION.
WE FOCUSED ON ONE PROCESSES, UM, WHICH IS LIMITED IN THE REPORT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE UDC GUIDES US, UM, ON OUR REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE 50 PROPERTY, 50% OF PROPERTY OWNERS MUST BE AN AGREEMENT IN A PETITION TO CHANGE ANY NAMES.
THERE'S A COST THAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND THEN UDC SECTION 13.48 STATES THAT NO STREETS SHALL HAVE DEROGATORY, OR I'VE SEEN TERMS. AND MAY, THAT MAY BE USED IN THE NAMING OF A STREET.
SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, UM, THOSE PROCESSES ALREADY IN PLACE.
BUT WE DID REVIEW THAT WITH OUR COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THEM, KEEPING IN MIND OUR, OUR COMMITTEE OR VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE INTERESTS IN THIS ISSUE.
BUT, UM, THEY HAD TO BE, UM, UPDATED ON THOSE THINGS.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR RESEARCH.
WE REVIEWED EACH STREET NAME FROM THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER'S REPORT.
UH, WE REVIEWED IT AND AS WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN THE PARISH, THE HISTORY OF THE NAME AND THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT MAY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, UM, THREE AREAS, UM, THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED IN OUR REPORT IS SOUTH DOWNS, HERMITAGE OAKS, AND SHANANDOAH OAKS, UH, SANTA DUET STATES, UM, FROM ESTABLISHING TO PROMOTE WHITE FLIGHT BY ADVERTISEMENT.
SO SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS MAY HAVE, UM, ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEWSPAPERS FROM WHEN THEY WERE STARTED, UM, THAT WERE CONTROVERSIAL OR FROM EXPLICITLY MAINTAINING OLD SOUTH TRADITIONS, LIKE THE LOST CAUSE PROMOTE, WHICH IS PROMOTION OF FALSE HISTORY ARE DEVELOPING, UM, OR THE OTHER WAY THEY DID IT.
UM, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS DEVELOPING OUR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AT CERTAIN TIME PERIODS, SUCH AS A 1970 SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CASE WAS HANDLED DURING THE SAME TIMES ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WAS DEVELOPED.
SO WHEN THE HISTORIANS WERE COMPILING INFORMATION, THEY WOULD GIVE US THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UM, SOME OF THEIR, UM, ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON DURING THAT TIME PERIOD ON THE REVERSE, WE DID ALSO HAVE A REPORT FROM, UM, THE, THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSOR, WHERE WE LOOKED AT ALL STREETS IN THE PARISH AND THE THEMES AND THE OBJECTS THAT, THAT THEY ARE NAMED AFTER.
UM, I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE A CALL WITH THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL STREET, RENAMING COMMISSION.
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A COMMISSION IN NEW ORLEANS THAT IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, UM, AND FUNDED.WHAT THEY POINTED OUT IS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT IF THERE'S A REMOVAL OF ONE NAME THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE REPLACED WHEN IT INADEQUATE INANIMATE OBJECT, REPLACE IT WITH AN ACTUAL NAME, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED THIS, THAT STILL CAUSE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO RESEARCH ANY OF THE NAMES THAT COME THAT ARE RE UH, REPLACED NAMES, ARE NEW NAMES OR SUGGESTIONS.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE COSTS THAT ASSOCIATES WITH NAME CHANGING, CHANGING THE NOLA COMMISSION WAS FUNDED BY NUMEROUS SOURCES.
THERE WAS A NON-PROFIT CALLED TAKE, TAKE THEM DOWN TO WALGREENS.
THERE WERE CELEBRITY PHILANTHROPISTS, AND THERE WAS GRANT FUNDING, UM, TRY $25,000 FROM MICROSOFT.
SO AGAIN, THAT COMMISSION THAT IS ESTABLISHED NOW STARTED WITH AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING.
AND INCLUDING SINCE NEW ORLEANS DID ESTABLISH THIS COMMISSION, THAT THERE'S SOME GENERAL FUNDING THAT GOES TOWARD IT.
UM, WITH THAT COMMISSION BEING ESTABLISHED, THEY, THEY HAVE A STAFF TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
WE DON'T HAVE STAFF TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO DISCUSSED.
AND LET ME CLARIFY, WE HAVE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
UM, PLANS ONLY OFFICE, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL, BUT THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL STAFF THAT IS, UM, DEDICATED TO THIS.
THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, UM, OUR COMMITTEE PRESENTED A POWERPOINT THAT GOES IN DEPTH ON HISTORY, A THESIS PAPER, AND THEY PLAN TO SUBMIT ALL OF THE CAN IN THE THESIS PAPER WAS CALLED CONFEDERATE STREETS IN BLACK, WHITE LABOR MARKET DIFFERENTIALS.
THEY PLAN TO SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO YOU AT A LATER DATE WITH ALL OF THAT HIT WITH ALL OF THAT COMBINED, INCLUDING THE POWERPOINT, THE THESIS, AND, UM, OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY COMPILED THE COMMITTEE IS STILL WORKING, RIGHT? SO EVERYONE WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IN 90 DAYS, ARE YOU COMING TO CHANGE THE NAME? ARE YOU COMING TO PRESENT, UM, A DIFFERENT PROCESS? WELL, AFTER FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS, WE WERE STILL LEARNING AND DISCUSSING.
SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES, BUT THE COMMITTEE IS CO COMMITTEE IS COMMITTED TO, UM, GUIDING THIS EFFORT AND CONTINUE TO WORK, TO BECOME A WELCOMING AND MORE INCLUSIVE CITY.
IF YOU COULD TURN TO PAGE SEVEN, AS I CLUES, UM, PAY SIX, I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS OF NAME CHANGES, BUT AGAIN, AS WE STATED, WHEN YOU NAME, WHEN YOU REPLACE A NAME WITH A NAME OF A PERSON, YOU STILL HAVE THAT HISTORICAL, UM, RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON EACH ONE OF THEM.
BUT THIS IS THE NAMES THAT WERE SUBMITTED FROM OUR COMMITTEE PAGE SEVEN NOTES.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, OR WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? WHEN WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, ONE CONFRONTING STREET NAMES, LIMIT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND INTEREST.
IT PREVENTS POTENTIAL TO ATTRACT FUTURE BUSINESSES AFFECTS BATON ROUGE IS REGIONAL AND NATIONAL REPUTATION.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH.
WHAT VALUES WERE REFLECTED IN DECISIONS MADE IN THE DESIGN OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, ARE THOSE VALUES STILL IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY, ENHANCED ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL, AND THEN ENDS WITH THIS.
THE IMPLICATION IS THE ABILITY TO RENAME RETAIN NEXT GENERATION, THE NEXT GENERATION OF BATON ROUGE, YOUNG TALENT.
UM, SO THERE IS, UM, THERE IS A TRUE PASSION AND TRUE, UM, REASONS TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE MOVING, UM, TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN HANDLE THESE PROCESSES IF THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGES IN GUIDELINES.
BUT, UM, WHAT MY COLLEAGUE, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON STATED WE, AND THE WHOLE COMMITTEE AGREED IS THAT WE WANT BUY-IN FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND CITIZENS ALIKE.
THE WORK PRODUCT THAT WE PRODUCE IS NOT INDICATIVE THAT ANY AREA THAT'S LISTED UPHOLDS THE VALUES THAT MAY OFFEND OTHERS.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HISTORY, ONE OF OUR, UM, PROFESSORS NOTATED ON PAGE ONE, TWO EXCERPTS FROM TWO GREAT HISTORIANS, INDIVIDUALS, FREDERICK DOUGLAS, AND WB DUBOIS IN 1928, WB DUBOIS, WHICH IS WHY
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THE TIME PERIOD, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS WERE STARTED.HE STARTED BY SAYING EACH YEAR ON THE 19TH OF JANUARY, THERE'S RENEWED EFFORT TO CANONIZE ROBERT E. LEE, THE GREATEST CONFEDERATE GENERAL, HIS PERSONAL CALMNESS, HIS ARISTOCRATIC BIRTH, AND HIS MILITARY PROWESS ALL CALL FOR THE VERDICT OF GREATNESS AND GENIUS.
BUT ONE THING, ONE TERRIBLE FACT, MILITATE, MILITATES AGAINST THIS.
AND THAT IS THE IN ESCAPABLE TRUTH THAT ROB REALLY EASILY LED A BLOODY WAR TO PERPETUATE SLAVERY.
IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT WHEAT TODAY, AND THEN HE'S TALKING FROM 1928, WE CAN BEST PERPETRATE HIS HISTORY, HIS MEMORY, AND HIS NOBLER TRAITS, NOT BY FALSIFYING HIS MORE DEBACLE, BUT BY EXPLAINING IT TO THE YOUNG WHITE SOUTH, WHAT LEE DID IN 18 60, 1 OTHER LEADS ARE DOING IN 1928.
THEY LACKED THE MORE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE TO THE NEGRO BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING PUBLIC OPINION OF THEIR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, I'VE READ THAT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS TEND TO THINK THAT IF WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES FROM HISTORY THAT WERE COVERING UP HISTORY OR COVERING UP SOMETHING, THIS WAS WRITTEN AT THE TIME WHERE PEOPLE WERE STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH EVEN GENERALS AND, AND OTHER PEOPLE, UM, OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT PEOPLE SAW AS RACIST OR DIVISIVE.
SO, UM, THE REPORT, THE 90 DAY REPORT IS IT'S ABOUT SEVEN PAGES.
AND I COMMEND MY, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT THE COMMITTEE STILL HAS A DESIGNEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THEY WILL KEEP WORKING BECAUSE IT'S A PASSION FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO TAKE A PAUSE TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY LEGISLATIVE AID, UM, KENDALL JONES, WHO HAS PROVIDED MINUTES FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND COMPRISE THIS 90 DAY REPORT, UM, UH, DID IT IN SHORT TIME AND, AND SENT IT BACK TO ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO THANK YOU KENDALL FOR, UM, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, BUT PRODUCING IT IN A QUICK MANNER.
UM, AND I END BY SAYING THAT I, I PRAY THAT OUR COUNCIL CONTINUES NOT ONLY IN THIS PROJECT TO ADDRESS CONTROVERSIAL AND PROGRESSIVE ISSUES, BUT TO ALSO CHANGE POLICY.
UM, WHAT I TOLD THE, UH, NEWS OUTLET TODAY IS THAT IT IS NOW TIME FOR A POLICY TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, AFTER THE RE THE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE SOME GUIDELINES AND SOME SUPPORT THAT MEANS EITHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE ADMINISTRATION TAKE THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE BEHIND THE CURB, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION OR, UM, ANY TYPE OF ORDINANCE THAT CAN HELP, EVEN IF THAT MEANS PROVIDING, UM, OUR PLANNING OFFICE, SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP THEM.
UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE OUT CONTINUING TO, TO TALK TO THEM AND WORK WITH THEM, UM, AS THEY WILL BE PRESENTING EVERY 90 DAYS, THEY HAVE ALREADY ASKED WHAT'S THE NEXT REPORT DATE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY REALLY WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU, UM, THE REPORT WITH THEIR HISTORY OF RESEARCH, BUT WE PRETTY MUCH PUT IT IN THIS, UH, MOST OF IT IN THIS REPORT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO END ON, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.
UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS I'M GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REPORT.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT? I SEE ONE OF YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SHE HAD COUNCIL NUMBER GREEN, UH, HE'S CLAPPING BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, SO, UH, NOW WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, IDEAS, THOUGHTS, CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER RELATIVE TO THE REPORT, HAVING NONE.
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I GO TO ITEM 1 54, WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY ITEM, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENCE, I'M IN A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON REPAIRS TO BATON ROUGE AND VIVID, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, GOLDEN LYNCH'S AND NATIONAL CONCRETE TO EXTEND THE CURRENT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM JANUARY, 2022, BY THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT REASON FOR EMERGENCY THE BUSSMANN FRANCHISE AGREEMENT ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, OR RECORDS WITH THE ORDINANCE WANTS TO EXPLORE 40 TO DECIDE IT MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.IS THERE A MOTION TO CLARITY ITEM AND EMERGENCY? SO MOVED BY HUDSON SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL, UH, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION DECLARED IN EMERGENCY.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE, THIS ITEM AND EMERGENCY? UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON? I AM 1 54 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 54 MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER
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HUDSON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, I, AT THIS TIME, IS THAT A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOST OF MY COUNCIL, NO.MOROSA, UH, ANY ANNOUNCED, CAUSE I DO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AGAIN, AS ALWAYS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE CITY OF PARIS GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIED AND NON-CLASSIFIED WHATEVER POSITION YOU HOLD.
THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL FIRST YEAR ON THE COUNCIL TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WE'VE HAD AN OUTSTANDING YEAR AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU TWO THINGS.
ONE, I WANT TO INVITE ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY TO JOIN US FOR OUR BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AND TILL I GIVE AWAY ON DECEMBER 21ST, UH, 2021 AT CAPITAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO FEED ABOUT A THOUSAND FAMILIES, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO RECEIVE TWO TOYS.
WE'RE GOING TO START AT 9:00 AM AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUT TOYS UNTIL ALL OF THEM ARE GONE.
SO WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU WANT TO REMIND YOU OF COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN'S OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, DEFINITELY REMIND ALL OF US CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE REMEMBERING, UH, DISTRICT 10 CHILDREN WITH THE TOY, UH, TOY DRIVE.
AND, UM, DEFINITELY WANT TO INVITE YOU TO REALLY O S BUTLER CENTER ON, UH, DECEMBER THE 21ST.
THEY ARE IN FOUR OTHER SPOTS THROUGHOUT 10.
IT WILL NOT JUST BE IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE, BUT THROUGHOUT DISTRICT 10, THE TOYS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS AND COUNCILWOMAN EMMA ROSSA WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS, THIS DRIVE.
AND I AM MOST APPRECIATIVE TO, TO THE TWO OF YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU AS ALWAYS ON JULIA HOLIDAY, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE, UH, GET YOU SOME REST, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, READ TO YOUR CHILDREN.
WE TEACH YOU DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM, MAKE SURE THEY READ SOMETHING BACK TO YOU.
HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.