Sep 21, 2022 Metropolitan Council

TO ITEM ONE ADOPTION APPROVAL OF

THANK YOU, PASTOR BROWN, WHO WILL NOW GO

[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

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THE MINUTES, APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022 IN THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO REMOVAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO ITEM ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ASHLEY,

[INTRODUCTIONS]

WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, AMENDING AND REENACTING TITLE ONE CHAPTER THREE, PART FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

SO IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF SYSTEM RETIREES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND TO FURTHER ALIGN LANGUAGE, TO MEET INTERNAL REVENUE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PLANS EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENT, BUT FOR PAYROLL IMPACTING PROVISIONS, WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE NEXT PAYROLL PERIOD, BEGINNING DATE OR AFTER THE QUARTER BEGINNING DATE, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENT BY THE RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATOR, NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AN ACTIVE DONATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE FROM ALFRED MOORE II AND DEIDRA POINT MOORE FOR THE DONATION OF A DRAINAGE SERVITUDE BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE INSTRUCTOR.

NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR STATE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 AND A REQUIRED MATCH OF $33,333 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $133,333 FOR THE CHENEY FIRE DISTRICT.

NUMBER SEVEN BY THE CHENEY BILL FIRE CHIEF AND THE FINANCE INSTRUCTOR.

NUMBER FIVE AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR STATE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $820,000 AND REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH OF $273,333 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,093,333 FOR THE PRIDE FIRE DISTRICT.

NUMBER EIGHT BY THE PRIDE PROTECTION, EXCUSE ME, PRIDE FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT CHIEF AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

NUMBER SIX, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A CONTRACT WITH METHODS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC FOR ORACLE DATABASE SUPPORT SERVICES INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT BY $20,000 BY INFORMATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, DIRECTOR NUMBER SEVEN, A RESOLUTION GIVING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED 200 MILLION OF REVENUE BONDS FOR THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PAYABLE SOLELY FROM REVENUE ACCRUING TO SAID DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY COUNCILMAN ROWDY, GO DAY NUMBER EIGHT, ESTABLISHING HEALTH INSURANCE RATES AND DENTAL INSURANCE RATES AND PLAN DESIGN FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

NUMBER NINE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO GRANT A CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH STARMOUNT ALWAYS CARE TO PROVIDE FOR A DENTAL PLAN FOR CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 21ST, DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 WITH THE OPTION OF ONE, ONE YEAR EXTENSION BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

NUMBER 10, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO GRANT A CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH DAVIS VISION TO PROVIDE A VOLUNTARY VISION PLAN FOR CITY PARISH, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND ESTABLISHING RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

NUMBER 11, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,078,230 UNDER THE LOUISIANA WATERSHED INNOVATION AND INITIATIVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FLOOD RISK MITIGATION ON THE DAWSON CREEK WATERSHED BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPARED INSTRUCTOR.

NUMBER 12, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO SIGN THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT UNDER THE LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ALONG JONES CREEK TO CREATE DETENTION AREAS BY THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR, CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS.

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THOMAS H DEL DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 19, B B B R DANIEL WEBSTER, LLC, 1469.

DANIEL WEBSTER STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 20 ALICIA ANN ROD ANN ROGERS, FIVE THREE MATILDA STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 21.

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STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 24, ALFONSO AUTO OS POTTER THE THIRD 14 NINE GRETA AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 25 WA RICO VARGAS 33 4 EAST WASHINGTON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ IN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS, BUT DELETE ITEMS 28, 29, 33 AND 36 IS AN ORDER.

THOSE ARE, UM, ZONING INTRODUCTIONS THAT WERE DELETED UNANIMOUSLY YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE AND DELETE THOSE ITEMS. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, A OMAROSA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AND THOSE OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN DELETED.

[CONDEMNATIONS]

WE NOW GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS.

I'M GONNA READ THE D P D D P W.

RECOMMENDATION.

THERE ARE TO PROCEED, PROCEED WITH 48 49, 50 51 53 54 AND 55.

AND TO DELETE ITEM 52, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ANYONE ELSE WE'RE GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES.

THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 53 AND 54.

THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, ITEM 51 AND 55 DEFER FOR 90 DAYS ITEMS 48, 49 AND 50.

AND TO DELETE ITEM 52, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

HER CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IF YOU WOULD GO TO PAGE 17, WE'RE

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GONNA LOOK AT ITEM 1 0 7.

THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR HOW MANY DAYS COUNCIL NUMBER DONE TO OCTOBER 12TH, OCTOBER 12TH.

SO 30 DAYS ITEM 22 DASH 0 1, 1 90 RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE RED LIGHT CAMERA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM AND REDUCING ACCIDENTS AND AT INTERSECTIONS AND THE EXPENSES AND REVENUES OF THE PROGRAM BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, JR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7.

WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, MOTION TO DEFER, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A REASONING.

GO AHEAD.

UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS ITEM WAS INTRODUCED AT OUR LAST MEETING.

IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE WEEK BETWEEN THE INTRODUCTION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE ADMINISTRATION REACHED OUT AND ASKED FOR MORE TIME TO COLLECT THE DATA SO THEY CAN PRESENT IT TO US.

SO I'M GRANTING THEM MORE TIME.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE DEFER MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

SAY THE DATE, SIR, PRIOR TO OCTOBER 12TH, DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 12TH, DEFERRED 26TH, 26TH DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 26TH, MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 1 0 7 TO OCTOBER 26TH, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

THEN THE OBJECTIONS ITEM 1 0 7 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 26.

WE NOW GO

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TO ITEM 1, 0 8, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? I WOULD ASK FOR, FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 8, UH, YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THEN, UH, MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.

SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE, UH, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THE REPORT ON ITEM 1, 0 8, WE ASK THAT YOU COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

BEFORE I SPEAK.

UM, I WANT TO GIVE OUR BOARD CHAIR A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IF THAT'S OKAY.

AND RECEIVE THE FUNDING THAT THE CENTER NEEDS TO, UH, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THE LEVEL, UM, THAT, UH, THE, THE CITY PARISH EXPECTS.

IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, SIR.

IT IS.

SO OUR CHAIR IS, UM, PATRICK CIDER BEHIND ME.

THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE.

I JUST, UH, WON'T TAKE, UH, BUT ONE MINUTE OF YOUR TIME, BECAUSE I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BRIDGE CENTER, UH, THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I MEAN, THIS IS GOOD TIMING FOR US THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT TO THE METRO COUNCIL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'VE BEEN SOME MEDIA ATTENTION.

UM, AND SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT THE BOARD IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE.

UH, WE ARE FIRMLY COMMITTED TO OUR PARTNER, OUR I INTERNATIONAL.

UM, THEY'RE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB WITH THE CENTER.

UM, YOU'LL HEAR THEY ARE FACING SOME FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF SOME OF STATE FUNDING ISSUES, BUT WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.

WE'VE MADE SOME EXCELLENT PROGRESS JUST IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND I'M OPTIMISTIC, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OVER THOSE HURDLES

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SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHARLOTTE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.

I JUST WANNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT OUR BOARD CHAIR, UM, MR. CIDER SAID IS THE FACT THAT THE BRITISH CENTER FOR HOPE IS THE FIRST CRISIS STABILIZATION CENTER IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU ARE A PIONEER AND WHEN YOU GO FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGE AHEAD AND PAY THE WAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE PAVING THE WAY FOR CRISIS CARE IN THIS STATE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN RECEIVE IT GOING FORWARD.

AND IF WE HAVE TO KEEP ON CROSSING OBSTACLES AND HURDLES AND BARRIERS TO DO THAT, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.

AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM CAN BE AFFECTED BY IT EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

SO WE ARE NOT CLOSING.

I NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE NOT CLOSING.

WE ARE STILL PROVIDING THE SAME CRISIS SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS PROVIDED SINCE THE DOORS OPENED ON FEBRUARY OF THE 11TH, 2021.

READY? SO SINCE THE BUR CENTER OPENED, UM, WE HAVE SERVED 4,374 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE STATE.

AND I SAY STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE SERVED OVER 31 OF THE 64 PARISHES, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DEDICATED TAX FUNDING THAT OUR EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH RESIDENTS HAVE GIVEN IS ONLY GOING TOWARD EBR RESIDENTS.

IT DOES NOT GO TO OUTER PARISH RESIDENTS.

SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR AS WE GO FORWARD.

WE'VE ADMITTED 4,163 INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS.

UM, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SEPTEMBER, BUT IT GOES FROM FEBRUARY THE 11TH TO AUGUST 30TH OF THIS YEAR OF THAT 3,591 ARE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH RESIDENTS.

NEXT, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, SOMEONE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR ADMISSION SOURCE WAS.

AND SO ON THIS CHART, OR THIS GRAPH ABOUT 51% OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TO THE BREW CENTER THAT ARE ADMITTED, ARE SELF.

THEY COME IN AS WALK-INS DIRECTLY, 33% ARE FIRST RESPONDERS AND EMS CUZ I HAVE THEM GROUPED TOGETHER.

AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IS ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE PARISH AND OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

11% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BROUGHT TO THE BRIDGE CENTER COME WITH A FAMILY OR A FRIEND AND 3% ARE REFERRED FROM OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS AND THE OTHER 2% ARE OTHER NEXT.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE INITIALLY TALKED TO THE PARISH ABOUT THE BRUCE CENTER FOR HOPE WE SAID THIS, THIS WOULD BE A DIVERSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM DEPARTMENT.

SO OF THAT 1,387 WERE BROUGHT IN, UM, BY FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR, NO, I'M SORRY.

THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE 18 MONTHS.

UM, 651 WERE BATON ROUGE, POLICE DEPARTMENT 354 WERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 352 WERE FROM EMS AND 30 WERE FROM OUT OTHER, UM, AGENCIES LIKE PROBATION AND PAROLE, ZACHARY BAKER, CENTRAL AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN THE AVERAGE HANDLE TIME IS 3.36 MINUTES.

AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WHEN WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT COMING TO THE FACILITY, BEING AN EASY PLACE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DROP SOMEONE OFF, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO 10 MINUTES.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, IT CAN TAKE 30 MINUTES TO SEVERAL HOURS.

WELL, WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IS OUTSTANDING AND AMAZING IN ITS OWN IN ITS OWN, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMS IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY UNDER FIVE MINUTES.

THIS CHART REPRESENTS THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

THIS NEXT SLIDE REPRESENTS THE TOP ZIP CODES IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT THE MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT FREQUENT THE FACILITY ARE WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS WITH THE HIGHEST BEEN THE 7 0 8 0 6 ZIP CODE ACCOUNTS FOR A LITTLE BIT, OVER 300 INDIVIDUALS.

UM, PARTLY I THINK, AND THIS IS JUST ME SPECULATING.

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION.

AND IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUT OF, OUT OF LINE AREAS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON TOWARDS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED SERVICES TO GET TO THE FACILITY, IF NEED BE NEXT SLIDE.

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SO OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ADMITTED TO THE FACILITY, 73% OF THEM ARE MALE.

27% ARE FEMALE, 50 PER 53% ARE BLACK.

38% ARE WHITE, 6% ARE NO ENTRY.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN 2% ARE ASIAN.

NEXT SLIDE WITHIN THE FACILITY, WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME FOR SERVICES, THEY CAN EITHER COME FOR A MENTAL HEALTH OR A CO-OCCURRING OR SUBSTANCE USE.

AND WHEN I SAY CO-OCCURRING, THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DUAL DIAGNOSED, THEY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH AND A SUBSTANCE USE COMPONENT.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT SUBSTANCE USE, IT'S NOT JUST 100% SUBSTANCE.

THAT INCLUDES THE CO-OCCURRING INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.

SO THAT NEVER MAY SEEM A LITTLE HIGH TO SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT WE ARE JUST A DRUG FACILITY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

WE DO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF OUR LICENSING TYPE IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HIGH ACUITY LEVEL AND A SUBSTANCE USE ISSUE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SUBSTANCE, YOU KIND OF, KIND OF THINK ABOUT DUAL DIAGNOSIS.

SO OF THAT, UM, IN 2022 33% OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TO THE FACILITY ARE BEING TREATED FOR ALCOHOL.

26% ARE BEING TREATED FOR OPIOID AND COCAINE IS 24%.

UM, EARLIER TODAY WE DID RECOGNITION FOR TANJA MILES AND THIS MONTH IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.

AND I WANNA SAY THAT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE HAD THE HIGHEST ONE MONTH TOTAL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD AT 354 INDIVIDUALS.

AND MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE WERE FOR SUBSTANCE USE.

AND THAT'S FOR THE GROUNDWORK THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HERS HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE AND THAT WE ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.

THERE IS ABOUT, UM, A 47% OF INDIVIDUALS COME IN FOR STRICTLY MENTAL HEALTH AND THEN 48% OR SUBSTANCE USE.

AND THAT CHART REPRESENTS THE OVERALL 18 MONTHS.

BUT KEEPING IN MIND WHEN THE B OPENED, THERE WAS NO CRISIS SERVICES IN THE ENTIRE STATE, AND THERE WAS NO REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR CRISIS SERVICES IN THIS STATE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISPOSITIONS, WE TALK ABOUT YOUR DISCHARGE.

UM, EVERYONE WHO LEAVES THE FACILITY IS DISCHARGED WITH A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH APPOINTMENT AND A PHYSICAL HEALTH APPOINTMENT BECAUSE WE I'VE SAID THIS OVER AND OVER.

IF YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, IF YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH.

SO THIS RIGHT HERE REPRESENTS THE TOP DISPOSITIONS OR DISCHARGES OF THE FACILITY BASED ON UNIT FOR THE 23 HOUR OBSERVATION UNIT.

UM, NUMBER ONE IS 34% AT OUR SHORT TERM PSYCHIATRIC, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO OUR OTHER UNIT FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

NUMBER TWO IS MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION.

THAT MEANS THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO OUR DETOX UNIT FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

THREE IS MEDICAL, UM, AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE.

THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT FURTHER TREATMENT AFTER THEY HAD GONE THROUGH A SAFETY SCREENER.

SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS NOBODY'S LEAVING THE FACILITY.

IF THEY'RE NOT SAFE.

UH, WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE SEE AMA AT OUR FACILITY, OUR SUR, OUR PROVIDERS, NOT GONNA LET ANYONE LEAVE WITHOUT BEING GOING THROUGH A SAFETY SCREENER.

SO IF THEY'RE CHOOSING TO LEAVE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, THEY ARE FOUND MINE AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN NUMBER FOUR IS 10% IS HOME FOR OUR SHORT TERM.

THAT IS OUR 16 BED PSYCHIATRIC UNIT, 31%.

ONCE DISCHARGE WENT HOME, 22% WENT TO HOMELESS SHELTER.

AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL.

SO WE DO SEE A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT THAT 22% IS NOT A LOT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE ENTIRE 4,000, UM, IT'S MORE THAN WHAT IT SHOULD BE, BUT IT IT'S STILL A, A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER.

AND THEN 19% FOR SUBSTANCE USE 17% FOR GROUP HOME.

AND THEN FOR THE MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION, IT'S 48% INDIVIDUALS WENT TO A 28 DAY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, MEANING THAT ONCE THEY LEFT OUR FACILITY, THEY CONTINUED THEIR SERVICES THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM OR A 28 DAY PROGRAM.

UM, 23% WERE LEFT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, MEANING THEY JUST WASN'T READY AND THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE HERE, THEY'RE HUMAN, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN SO THEY CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

AND THEN 19% HOME AND 7%, HALF HOUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME BECAUSE THESE, THIS IS VERY LITTLE NEXT SLIDE.

SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE.

I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN POINT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW IS HOW WAS THE BRIDGE CENTER DOING WHEN THE B AGAIN WAS FIRST STARTED, IT REALLY WAS TO, WE KNEW THAT 70% OF THE POPULATION WOULD BE MEDICAID.

WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

AND SO THAT TAX PASSAGE WAS, WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP THAT INDIGENT POPULATION,

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SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO NOT ONLY GET CRISIS SERVICE RATES IN THE STATE, BUT ONCE THEY DID IM IMPLEMENT IT THIS YEAR, WE THEY'RE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOW.

AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING HARD TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THAT AMOUNT FOR THE COST OF CARE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS CHART AND WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING SOURCE 77% OF THE RECIPIENTS THAT COME TO THE BRIDGE CENTER, MEDICAID 21% ARE UNINSURED OF THAT.

21.

WHEN WE BREAK IT DOWN, 81% ARE EASTBOUND ROUGE, PARISH RESIDENTS.

THAT IS WHAT THE BRIDGE CENTER COVERS THAT 81% OF THE UNINSURED AND 19% ARE OUT OF PARISH.

1% ARE MEDICARE AND 1% ARE COMMERCIAL.

THIS IS THE FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN OF THE BRITISH CENTER FOR HOPE SINCE WE'VE STARTED RECEIVING FUNDING IN 2020, I KNOW THAT THE TAX PASSED IN 2018, WE SPENT ALL OF 2019 COLLECTING THAT TAX.

AND THEN WE DIDN'T GET OUR FIRST ALLOCATION UNTIL JANUARY OF 2020.

IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE IS ABOUT 6.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDER RA INTERNATIONAL THAT HAS A CONTRACT MAX F $5.8 MILLION.

SO ANYTHING OVER 5.8 MILLION IS SOMETHING THAT GOES TOWARD OUR, OUR PROVIDER.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THAT RIGHT NOW, THE BREW CENTER HAS 3.7 MILLION IN ASSETS.

WE'RE WE STILL HAVE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME MEDIA ATTENTION THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT WE WERE BLEEDING CASH THE PARISHIONER FOR HOPE.

THE NONPROFIT, AGAIN, AS I SHOWED YOU BEFORE IS THREE.

WE HAVE 3.7 MILLION IN ASSETS, BUT THAT STORY WAS MISLEADING.

AND THE REASON WHY IT WAS MISLEADING IS BECAUSE OUR SERVICE PROVIDER RA INTERNATIONAL CAME HERE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD GET FUNDING THROUGH MEDICAID.

FOR THOSE MEDICAID INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED CARE, OTHER SERVICES, THEY OPERATED ALL OF 2001, 2021 WITHOUT ANY FUNDING THEY DID NOT CLOSE.

THEY DID NOT LEAVE.

THEY DID NOT SHUT THE DOORS.

THEY CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN EAST VAN ROUGE PARISH, IN SPITE OF NOT HAVING A REIMBURSEMENT STRUCTURE IN PLACE.

PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY ARE 5.1 MILLION IN THE RED IS BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THERE WAS NO ESTABLISHED MEDICAID RATES FOR CRISIS SERVICES DURING YOUR, ONE OF THE OPERATIONS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS, UM, MEDIC THE MEDICAID PROVIDER PORTAL.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THAT PERSON WHO CAME INTO THE FACILITY HAD MEDICAID.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOOK IN THAT IN THE, UM, THE PORTAL TO LOOK, TO SEE WHERE THAT PERSON HADN'T BEEN.

THEY JUST GOT, THEY JUST GOT ACCESS TODAY AFTER 18 MONTHS OF TRYING.

AND THEN ALSO THE LAST CAVEAT TO THIS IS WHEN MEDICAID RATES WERE IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE IN MARCH OF 2022, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOW.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT BY THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE COST OF CARE FOR OUR 23 HOUR OBSERVATION UNIT.

IT COSTS ONE THOU ROUGHLY AN ESTIMATE OF $1,142 AND 86 CENTS PER DAY, PER PERSON.

THE MEDICAID RATE IS $478 AND 56 CENTS LEAVING THEM A DIFFERENCE OF $664 AND 30 CENTS FOR THEM TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CRISIS STABILIZATION, THAT IS THAT 16 BED UNIT THAT WE HAVE THE COST OF CARE FOR THAT IS $855 AND 26 CENTS.

AND THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE IS $664 AND 67 CENTS A DIFFERENCE OF $190 AND 59 CENTS.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION SERVICES, IT'S $880 A DAY PER PERSON.

AND THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE IS $333 AND 50 CENTS BELIEVE IN A DIFFERENCE OF 467 AND 30, 30 CENTS, $467 AND 30 CENTS.

THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE GOING TO OUR PROVIDER, NOT TO THE EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH PUBLIC, BUT TO THE PROVIDER.

NEXT SLIDE, THIS BREAKS DOWN OUR PROVIDER'S FINANCIAL OVERVIEW.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT TELLS YOU THAT THEY ARE, AND THE LITTLE SCREENS IN A WAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S A NEGATIVE 5.1 MILLION.

IT AVERAGES ABOUT 12 MILLION A YEAR TO OPERATE A CRISIS CENTER, SUCH AS WHAT WE HAVE.

AGAIN, OUR

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CONTRACT MAX IS 5.8.

MEDICAID IS SUPPOSED TO COVER THEIR, THEIR POPULATION OR THEIR CLIENTS, AND THE BRIDGE CENTER COVERS THE INDIGENT POPULATION.

SO IF WE CAN'T GET THE RATES RAISED, IF WE CAN'T GET THOSE SERVICES CLOSER TO THE COST OF CARE, NO ONE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SERVICES IN EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING AGAIN, WHEN I STATED WE ARE PIONEERS, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, NOT JUST FOR US, BUT FOR EVERY CRISIS PROVIDER THAT IS GONNA COME BEHIND US.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE WAS IN THE MEDIA WAS THAT WE WERE LAYING OFF PEOPLE.

SO LET ME BE CLEAR WITH THAT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES AND ALIGN THE FACILITY WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT ALL REFERRALS IN REAL TIME, OUR I, OUR SERVICE PROVIDER HAD TO RIGHT SIZE THE OVERALL PROGRAM.

IT HAS, IT HAD 140 STAFF MEMBERS OF THAT 140 STAFF MEMBERS.

UM, I BELIEVE 21 WERE AFFECTED.

11 OF THOSE WERE RA EMPLOYEES AND 10 WORK CONTRACT WORKERS.

SO THE BRIDGE CENTER STILL HAS 120 EMPLOYEES AT THE FACILITY PROVIDING CARE AT A SERVICE.

SO IT'S A 13% REDUCTION.

AND WHAT WE ALSO DID SO THAT WE COULD BE FINANCE FOR OUR SERVICE FOR OUR PROVIDER TO BE SUSTAINABLE, WAS TO CONSOLIDATE TWO UNITS.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN OUR DETOXIFICATION UNIT AND OUR CRISIS STABILIZATION, AND WE HAVE COMBINED THOSE TWO.

SO WE ARE STILL PROVIDING ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA PROVIDE.

IF ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE CENTER, INITIALLY THE FACILITY WAS GONNA BE A LOT SMALLER THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A EIGHT BIT CRISIS FCI FACILITY FOR EIGHT, FOR PSYCHIATRIC EIGHT, FOR DETOX.

WE MOVED IT TO 16 FOR, UM, DETOX, 16 FOR CRISIS.

AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED ANOTHER 16 FOR CHAIR.

SO WE ARE STILL OPERATING WITH MORE THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY FUNDED FOR WHEN WE CAME TO THE CITY PARISH.

SO I WANNA REITERATE SOME THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, THE FACILITY, AGAIN IS NOT CLOSING.

I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO STRESS THAT MORE THAN I CAN RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE NOT CLOSING.

WE'RE NOT CURTAIL SERVICES.

WE ARE PROVIDING THE SAME MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS PROVIDED.

WE'RE 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WE DO NOT NEED A REFERRAL TO ACCESS CARE.

THE ONLY CRITERIA IS YOU HAVE TO BE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.

WE STILL DO INVOLUNTARY, INVOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS AT THE FACILITY.

AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS, AGAIN, I KEEP SAYING IT OVER AND OVER THAT WE'RE OPEN.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT WE'RE CLOSED.

WE'RE NOT.

UM, AND PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ARE NOT PROVIDING DETOXIFICATION SERVICES, BUT WE STILL ARE.

UM, WE ARE STILL COVERING ONLY EASTBOUND ROUGE, REPAIRS RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS IF THEY COME IN FROM ASCENSION, WE'RE STILL COVERING OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, THE BRUCE PROVIDER, I CAN'T SEE WHAT THAT THING SAYS, CAUSE HER FACE IS IN THE WAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

BUT I THINK, OH, WE'RE OPERATING THE SAME WITH THE SAME FACILITY AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.

SO THAT'S IT.

NUMBER ONE CALL I GET IS FROM FAMILIES SAYING, WHY DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE JAIL SYSTEM OR THE COURT SYSTEM TO GET HELP? AND I HAVE ASKED FOR SPECIFIC DATA TIME AFTER TIME, AFTER TIME FROM THE BASELINE OF WHEN WE PASSED THE TAX AND HANDED OVER MONEY, I WANNA KNOW EVERYBODY THAT CAME IN THERE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM I HAVE TO MILES IS HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 8.

MS. MILES, MS. MILES HAS, UH, DOESN'T WANT TO SPEAK.

IS ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 8, COME ON DOWN.

REVEREND ANDERSON, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.

MA'AM ALTHOUGH I KNOW IT, REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON 2 48 STEEL BOULEVARD, 7 0 8 0 6.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

AND I HAVE HAD GREAT CONCERN FROM THE BEGINNING.

THE BIBLE SAYS WHO WOULD BUILD A BUILDING WITHOUT FIRST CONSIDERING THE COST.

AND I POINTED OUT AT THE TIME THAT I HAD GREAT CONCERN ABOUT NOT JUST THE PLANNING, NOT JUST THE BLUEPRINT, BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, BECAUSE WHAT THIS PARISH IN FACT PASSED WAS A MENTAL HEALTH STABILIZATION TAX AND AN ENTITY THAT LITERALLY DID NOT EXIST WAS GIVEN MONEY TO GO BUILD SOMETHING.

AND SO EVERY SINGLE TIME THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT.

I HAVE BEEN HERE BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

MORE THAN THE CITIZENS OF THIS PARISH.

THE

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I WANNA KNOW THE DIAGNOS DIAGNOSTIC CODES THAT HAVE TO BE BILLED OUT.

I WANNA KNOW WHERE THOSE END UP, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, AS I'VE TOLD YOU FROM TIME AND TIME AGAIN, I'M SITTING IN THE COURT AND I CAN TELL YOU WHERE A LOT OF THOSE FOLK ARE ENDING UP.

AND IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

WE HAD A SYSTEM IN 2012 THAT WORKED, IT WAS THE M HERE, AND THAT WAS THE MODEL.

AND WE DID NOT DO THAT.

AND THEN WE HAD A LIST OF THINGS THAT WERE TOLD TO US, AND I HAVE A PRINT OUT OF IT, OF WHAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE, WHO WAS GONNA DO WHAT AND WHAT WE WERE GONNA STAFF.

WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT 12 PARISHES.

WE SAID, WE WERE GONNA GIVE YOU $6 BILLION.

AND WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS EFFECTIVE.

THAT WOULD BE A DIVERSION THAT WOULD SERVE THE CRISIS, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THIS PARISH.

AND WE EXPECTED THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY THAT WAS ASKED OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT WAS ASKED OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL ON AGING.

AND INSTEAD, EVERY SINGLE REPORT HAS BEEN MOST BEAUTIFUL.

MM-HMM , BUT WHAT IT HAS NOT BEEN IS A POINT TO POINT.

IT HAS NOT BEEN WHERE MY TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.

IT HAS NOT BEEN THE EXPLANATION OF QUITE FRANKLY, YOU GOT A PARTNER, THAT'S GOT AN ISSUE.

AND WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND THEY PACK UP THEIR STUFF, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? ARE THEY COMING BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS ASKING TO MAKE UP THAT SHORTAGE? BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS NO, I ASK AT THE TIME WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A PARISH COULD IN FACT TAKE OUR MONEY AND PUT IT INTO CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES.

IF THIS PLAN DID NOT WORK, AS CHARLOTTE SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, THEY ARE BUILDING IT AS THEY GO.

OUR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.

WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARD.

AND I AM ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO THE HARD WORK OF SAYING, WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT IS THE PLAN? NOT JUST TO WRITE THE SHIP ECONOMICALLY, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT PROGRAMMATIC COST WHERE ANDERSON I'LL LET YOU GO OVER TWO MINUTES.

IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO ALLOW YOU TO COME BACK UP, THEY CAN, BUT I'M GONNA LET THESE OTHER FOLKS SPEAK.

SURE.

AND THEN IF ANY, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WON'T ALLOW YOU TO COME BACK UP DURING THEIR TIME, THEY CAN NOT A PROBLEM, BUT I GAVE YOU TWO EXTRA MINUTES.

REVEREND ANDERSON, CUZ YOU HERE EVERY WEEK, GAVE YOU TWO EXTRA MINUTES.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 8, PLEASE COME DOWN.

YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

I'M JENNIFER HARDING.

UM, I'M HERE TODAY.

UM, VERY RUSHED TO GET HERE SINCE YOU MOVED THIS ITEM UP.

SO, UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT FLUSTERED, BUT I'LL TRY TO, UH, BE COHERENT.

UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION.

I WORK FOR CALLED VOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED.

UM, ALSO KNOWN AS VOTE.

UM, THE, THE WORD EXPERIENCE IN THE NAME OF OUR ORGANIZATION REFERS TO THE EXPERIENCE OF INCARCERATION.

OUR, WE REPRESENT A MEMBER BASE OF, UH, FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, FAMILIES OF CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND UM, THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT AND LOVE THEM.

AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE BRIDGE CENTER FROM THE BEGINNING.

UM, WE, WHEN THE TAX PASS WITH SUCH OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UM, OVERWHELMINGLY 68% OF THE VOTERS IN A HIGH TURNOUT ELECTION CAME OUT AND SAID IT WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO NOT BE INCARCERATING PEOPLE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CRISIS.

UM, AND SO IT'S REALLY TROUBLING TO SEE BEDS CLOSING AND I I'M, I APPRECIATE THE, THE INFORMATION THAT MS. CLAYBORN PRESENTED TODAY.

UM, I'M STILL NOT REALLY SURE IF I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN CLOSE BEDS AND KEEP THE SERVICE AT THE SAME LEVEL.

UM, OUR ORGANIZATION ACTUALLY SEES THIS AS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S INCREDIBLY NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THESE SUPPORTS.

UH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS THIS PROGRAM EXPANDED A

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GREAT DEAL.

UM, WE HAVE A NEED.

UM, WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS, UM, TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA FURTHER, UH, SHUT DOWN ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES.

AND WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO SEE PEOPLE ENDING UP IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING A CHALLENGING POINT OF TIME IN THEIR LIFE WHEN THEY NEED ACCESS TO CARE, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT INCARCERATION.

AND SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS ITEM IS JUST FOR INFORMATION ONLY THIS EVENING, BUT I'M ENCOURAGING THIS COUNCIL TO REALLY, REALLY LET'S TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

AND YOU HAVE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS, WHO ARE A RESOURCE WHO ARE FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED, WHO ARE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VERY ISSUE.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE BRING, UH, THE PUBLIC TO THE TABLE AND LET'S REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE NOT ONLY SUSTAIN THE BRIDGE CENTER, BUT GROW IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, LONG LASTING AND SERVING ENOUGH PEOPLE SO THAT FOLKS AREN'T ENDING UP IN THAT JAIL AND NECESSARILY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 8, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 8.

WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

HEY, SO, UH, I WAS A PERSON THAT BEAT THE PAVEMENT AND UH, WHEN DOOR TO DOOR, PUTTING OUT SIGNS AND SUPPORTED THE BRIDGE AGENCY, UH, I EXPERIENCED A KID THAT I COACHED WHO WAS A MANIC DEPRESSIVE AND WAS BUILT LIKE LEBRON JAMES, BUT WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND POLICE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE HIM.

SO THEY WERE TREATING HIM LIKE AN ADULT LOCKING HIM UP WHEN IT WAS REALLY JUST A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.

SO I, I SAY THAT IT'S CLAIMING TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT WHERE YOU ARE.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE, THE CHIEF ON SOME SAME MENTAL HEALTH STUFF AND, UH, WAYS TO DETER.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE MY JOB HERE IS TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE, I DON'T DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS 16 AND 16.

IS THAT CORRECT ON THE BEDS? ALL RIGHT.

SO, SO IT'S ABOUT FIVE POINT WHATEVER MILLION THAT GO TOWARDS THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

BUT WE HAVE 31 PARISHES THAT ARE BEING REPRESENTED.

MY QUESTION IS, AND I'M ONLY ASKING THIS BECAUSE I'M WORKING WITH THE POLICE FORCE TO CREATE SOMETHING, TO CALL A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, TRYING TO SHAPE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO HOW MANY BEDS ARE BEING CONSUMED BY SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH WHEN SOMEBODY INSIDE THE PARISH NEEDS THOSE BEDS.

AND, AND THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT REVEREND ANDERSON WAS SAYING, WHICH MEANS THE ONLY NEXT OPTION IS EASIER TO LET THEM GO OR PUT THEM IN JAIL.

SO, CHARLOTTE, DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE MIC AND ANSWERING THAT FOR ME PLEASE? ACTUALLY, I THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANKS.

AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY PHONE CALL AND KIND OF GIMME AN UPDATE ON THIS STUFF.

DEPUTY CEO, R I CASH.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU? UH, SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

LOOK, I THINK ONE THING WE WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT IS NO ONE HAS BEEN TURNED AWAY.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FULL.

AND I THINK PART OF IT IS UNDERSTANDING THE DESIGN.

SO THE DESIGN IS A UNIQUE ONE HERE IN LOUISIANA.

THE LICENSE THAT WE HAVE IS LICENSE 0 0 0 1.

SO WHAT IS THE FIRST AT THE SAME TIME? THIS DESIGN FOR SERVICES IS THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE AS PUBLISHED BY OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATION IN 2020.

I KNOW THAT CUZ I, I WAS THE LEAD WRITER OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES.

AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR THIS THING, LIKE YOU DESCRIBED THE 16 CHAIRS, THE RECEIVING CENTER IS ONE THAT THE ANSWERS NEVER KNOW, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE A CHAIR THAT WILL CREATE FLOW.

THERE WAS ANOTHER REASONABLE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME, WHICH IS, WELL, HOW DO YOU REDUCE SOME OF THE BEDS AND SAY YOU GET THE SAME THING.

SO, SO I DO WANT TO TALK THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE A LITTLE BIT, CUZ THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER.

UH, SO THE ANSWER IS IN THIS RECEIVING CENTER, EVERYONE COMES IN, WE TAKE EVERYONE.

IT INCLUDES THOSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE, THE ANSWER IS NEVER GONNA BE NO, BUT WE CREATE FLOW.

SO THOSE THAT NEED LONGER PERIODS OF TIME, THEY CAN GO INTO THAT 16 BED UNIT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

HOWEVER, FOR THOSE THAT REALLY NEED EXTENDED SERVICES LIKE DETOX OR THEY MIGHT BENEFIT FROM A FEW MORE DAYS, INPATIENT, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO GET 'EM CONNECTED.

THINK OF IT A LITTLE BIT LIKE A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT'S NOT FULL.

EVERYONE CAN ALWAYS COME IN.

YOU'RE NOT BLEEDING TOO MUCH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF AN INJURY.

YOU CAN GET CARE.

UH, BUT ON THE SECOND STEP FOR THAT, THEY'RE GONNA YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE BEDS COULD BE IN THEIR FACILITY.

IT COULD BE SO MUCH.

AND I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT YOU'RE ON MY TIME AND I DON'T LOSE MY TIME EITHER, BUT THAT WAS A GREAT ANSWER.

I'LL NORMALLY LET PEOPLE TALK, BUT I, I GOT A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

GOT ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE, WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED FROM YOUR CARE, HOW MANY GO BACK INTO THE HOMELESS POPULATION? THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ABOUT 8% OF THAT COME TO THE MIC.

IF YOU GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTION SHOULD ONLY I APOLOGIZE.

8%.

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SO NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN DENIED BASED ON YOUR BID BEING FULL.

NO.

CAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I TALKED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY TOLD ME TO COMPLETE THE OPPOSITE.

THEY MAY BE WRONG.

I BELIEVE SO.

ONLY THAT PIECE OF IT.

UM, YEAH.

AND SO LET ME WAIT, LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING ABOUT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.

WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO THE FACILITY, WE CANNOT GET THEM OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

THEY HAVE TO BE ESCORTED IN JUST LIKE THEY WOULD ESCORT SOMEBODY INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

AND SO WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE ISSUE CAUSE THEY WANTED US TO GET THEM OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

WE CANNOT DO THAT.

AND UH, I WANT TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP BECAUSE BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU ARE THE FIRST INDEPENDENT CRISIS, BUT THERE IS A MODEL WHERE THE HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED AS A CRISIS CENTER.

CORRECT? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT LINE? SO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, SOMEBODY GETS, HAS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.

THEY ESCORT THEM TO THE HOSPITALS PREVIOUSLY.

NOW THEY CAN BRING THEM TO YOU.

RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE IN YOUR CLASS, BUT CRISIS INTERVENTION HAS BEEN THERE THROUGH A LARGER HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.

ALL, ALL HOSPITALS HAVE SOME, NOT ALL BUT MOST HAVE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.

AND THAT BROUGHT UP A QUESTION OF WHY WOULD YOU BE BUILDING IT DIFFERENTLY? AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO AS A NEXT STEP IS COULD WE POSSIBLY GET A REPORT FROM THE STATE TO DETERMINE WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE? I KNOW YOU SAID SOME, YOU HAD SOME EMAILS, BUT WE'D LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE TO COME TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S A HOLD UP IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO POSSIBLY AID, TO REMEDY THAT SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE CARE THAT YOU GUYS WERE PUT IN, UH, IN PLACE TO DO.

AND UM, I WANT TO CLEAR SOMETHING ELSE UP FOR REVEREND ANDERSON.

I KNOW YOU WERE ASKING FOR A REPORT.

I THINK THE REPORT IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU WERE ASKING FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION, WHICH IS COVERED BY HIPAA, RIGHT? SO THEY CANNOT PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION.

IF THAT WAS WRONG.

I WANT YOU TO COME TO THE MIC.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY TIME.

UM, AND, AND, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM OF BUILDING AS YOU GO.

IF SOMEBODY'S NOT A TRAIL BLAZING, THEN NOBODY ELSE HAS A MODEL OF FOLLOW AFTER.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT I ASK IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO FIX IT.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA RESOLVE IT.

BUT IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE PUT ANOTHER PLAN TOGETHER.

AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, I'M OKAY.

UM, SO, BUT I, BUT I DO WANT TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, TO THE TAXPAYERS, WE CAN ADEQUATELY GIVE THEM INFORMATION THAT'S UH, THAT'S SPOT ON.

SO CAN YOU HELP US COORDINATE THAT? YES.

AND WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE STATE YESTERDAY, AND THEN I WANNA CLARIFY ONE THING IF I MAY, UM, WE'RE NOT BUILDING AS WE GO.

UM, THE PROVIDER THAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOREVER.

I DO THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THE FACT THAT LOUISIANA DIDN'T HAVE CRISIS SERVICES PRIOR TO, BUT THEY DO NOW HAVE CRISIS SERVICES IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE, WHICH HAPPENED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

SO NOW WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE, BUT IT'S AGAIN A, SOME SLOW GROWING PROCESS, CUZ WE WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE STATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND, UH, REVEREND AND YOU CAN HAVE MY LAST COUPLE MINUTES TO FINISH YOUR STATEMENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMAN.

UH, AND, AND FORGIVE ME IF I CAN MAKE A STATEMENT THAT I DIDN'T MAKE AT THE BEGINNING, I WANT TO THANK, UH, TANJA MILES FOR HER SERVICE.

ANYTIME SHE'S IN A ROOM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR OUR VETERANS.

SO I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT, BUT I WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING.

WHAT I SAID WAS I WANTED THE DIAGNOSTIC COLDS THAT IS NOT PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL DIAGNOSES.

THAT IS THE BILLING CODE.

THAT'S A BILLING CODE.

THAT'S THE SAME INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

WHAT THAT TELLS US IS WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR.

CAN THAT BE PROVIDED THE BILLING CODES? YOU CAN COME UP TO THE, MY YOUNG SHARE.

THAT INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED TO REVEREND ANDERSON TWO MONTHS AGO.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A MEETING FACE TO FACE RIGHT AFTER WE'RE JUST SEND TO THE METRO COUNCIL TO THE, I DID.

I DID, BUT I CAN SEND IT AGAIN.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE POINTS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BILLING CODES, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU CAN'T BILL, UM, THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE WITH BILLING CODES BECAUSE THEY'RE INDIGENT, THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.

THE BILLING CODES APPLY TO MEDICAID INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE MCO.

THAT IS THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

SO I CAN'T GIVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE BREACH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE COVER.

SO INGEN INDIGENT POPULATION OF ONES AND GET THE FIVE POINT WHATEVER TO SUPPLEMENT.

GOTCHA.

AT COURT AT 1:00 PM EVERY SINGLE DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IS, IS MOST OF, YOU KNOW, I'VE GIVEN EVERYBODY AN OPEN INVITATION TO COME SEE ME

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AND CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND COME TO THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER AND ALSO SAT WITH ME IN COURT.

SO AS I SHARED WITH HER, MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROJECT HAVE PREEXISTED HER ROLE OR EVEN THE FOUNDATION OF THIS CREATION.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS, THE TWO THINGS I ASKED FOR WAS FOR THE PUBLIC, NOT FOR ME ASK FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND I ASK EVERY REPORT TO BUILD ON THE LAST REPORT SO THAT THERE IS A BASELINE WHEN I COME BEFORE YOU, AND I TELL YOU HOW MANY DEATHS WE HAVE IN THE JAIL.

I GIVE YOU A DATE BASELINE.

AND THEN I TELL YOU THAT AS OF TODAY WE HAVE 59 DEATHS SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE I'M STARTING AND YOU KNOW WHERE I'M ENDING.

AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE PARISH DESERVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT THEY ALSO DESERVE SOMETHING THAT IS KISSED QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S OUR MONEY.

AND ALL OF US SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR.

AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

OUR LIBRARY IS FABULOUS, BUT YOU CAN READ THEIR REPORTS.

THEY'RE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.

AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ASK ANYBODY FOR LESS THAN THAT, THAT THE CITIZENS BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED AND THAT IT BE IN THE SAME FORMAT EVERY SINGLE TIME.

ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS WAS THAT THE BRIDGE CENTER REPORT QUARTERLY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

SO, UM, THE REASON, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M NOT, UM, PARTICULARLY HARD ON CHARLOTTE IS BECAUSE OF JUST LIKE REVEREND ANDERSON STATED THE FOUNDATION WAS MESSED UP AND I DID NOT SUPPORT, UM, THIS ITEM.

SO THE LAST COUNCIL ACTUALLY, UM, THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS, UM, INITIATED BY THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION.

AND, UM, THE MODEL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WAS A MENTAL HEALTH MODEL OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL, AND, UM, THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, WE ALL WENT TO SAN ANTONIO TO, UM, TO GO OVER THE FACILITIES, TO GO OVER THE PROJECT.

AND THE WAY IT WAS SET UP IN SAN ANTONIO, FIRST OF ALL, WAS FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH FROM CHILDREN TO ADULTS.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

THE SECOND THING IS IT WAS NOT JUST FOR, UM, PERSONS THAT WERE ENTERING, UH, THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEY HAD IT SITUATED WHERE THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH PART WAS ALMOST CONNECTED TO THE JAIL.

SO I WAS AROUND THE CORNER OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS A FACILITY THAT ANY MENTAL HEALTH PERSON, THE COMPANY WOULD SERVICE, BUT THEY WAS A PARTICULAR PART THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DEALT WITH.

THAT WAS THE MODEL THAT WAS SENT.

THAT WAS THE MODEL THAT THIS TAX WAS CAMPAIGNED UPON.

HOWEVER, IN NO TIME WAS THAT THE REAL DEAL, THE PERSON WHO RAN THAT SAN ANTONIO MODEL WAS FROM BATON ROUGE, SOUTHERN LAB, GRADUATE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE LOST THE, SHE WAS OFFERED THE JOB TO COME HERE TO RUN THE PROGRAM.

SHE DID NOT ACCEPT IT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS PROGRAM IT WAS SET UP BECAUSE IT DID NOT INCLUDE, UM, ALL AGES BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY AS, UM, AND I DON'T WANNA QUOTE HER, BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE.

AND, AND SHE DID NOT, SHE DIDN'T ACCEPT THE JOB THIS TO HAVE WHEN WE, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, AND I MUST SAY THE PROGRAM THAT MOST, THAT IS MOST CONNECTED TO THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO RUN WOULD BE CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICE DISTRICT.

AND I BROUGHT THAT UP THEN BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE, THAT'S WHERE THESE TAXES SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TEAM THAT IS CONNECTED TO CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICE DISTRICT.

THEY HAD FOR ONE THING, THEY DEALT WITH THE WHOLE CAPITAL AREA.

AND SO YOU HAVE ISA BATON ROUGE, PARISH, SUPPOSEDLY PAYING FOR SERVICES, BUT IN THE INITIATION OF IT, IT'S ALWAYS HAS SAID THEY WOULD TAKE PEOPLE FROM LIVINGSTON, FROM ASCENSION AND FROM THE OTHER PARISH FROM DAY ONE, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THAT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS, BUT IT

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WAS VERY MUCH PART OF OUR CONVERSATION.

UM, DURING THOSE TIMES THAT I OBJECTED TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE GONNA BE TAKING PEOPLE FROM OTHER PARISHES ON OUR DOLLAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, A HOUSE CANNOT BUILD ON THAT KIND OF SHAKY FOUNDATION, AND I DON'T BLAME CHARLOTTE, I'M SORRY, SHE'S IN A POSITION, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER GONNA WORK TO TAKE YOU THE TRUTH WITH FIDELITY.

YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD LIKE, I, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID IS THAT WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO GO BACK AND DO IT, DO IT ANOTHER WAY.

AND I WISH TO ANDRE MILES WHO I THINK A BOARD HERE HAS SPENT MANY YEARS AS A CONSULTANT WOULD, UM, FACILITATE THE POSSIBILITY OF US ADDING THIS PROGRAM UNDER CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICE DISTRICT.

BECAUSE THAT, FOR ONE THING, YOU DON'T START A MENTAL HEALTH, UH, PRO PROGRAM JUST LIKE YOU WOULDN'T DO ONE FOR PRIMARY CARE WITH UNDERSERVED MEMBERS AND NOT HAVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH PAPERS TO, I MEAN, YOUR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PAPERS TOGETHER.

THAT'S CRAZY.

THAT'S A PART OF A THIRD OF THE INCOME THAT YOU ARE JUST CHEWING AWAY IN THE WIND.

AND THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.

WE HAVE, UH, FEDERAL HEALTH CARE.

UH, I ALWAYS GET THE NAME, FH Q C, WHATEVER.

ALL WE HAVE FIVE IN THIS PARISH, THEY ALL STARTED OUT BEFORE THAT WAS, UM, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

THEY ALL STARTED OFF DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND SURE, AND THE UNDERINSURED SO THAT THIS IS NOT NEW, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE METHODOLOGY IS BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT PAYING A PRIVATE COMPANY.

AND THAT IS WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING TO ANYTIME WE PRIVATIZED THIS WAY.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WORKS AND CAPITAL AREA DOES A FINE JOB, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SHORT OF BEING ABLE TO RE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO REACH THESE SAME PEOPLE, WHICH THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ADDING THEIR, THEIR FUNDING SOURCE AND THEIR MODEL TO THIS $6 MILLION.

WOULD'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, ADDING IT TO THE CAPITAL AREA WHO PROBABLY HAVE THESE SAME PEOPLE, MEDICAID, MEDICARE NUMBERS THAT THEY, THAT, UM, THE BRIDGE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE WE SERVING, THEY SERVE THE SAME POPULATION, PROBABLY BEEN SERVING THEM SINCE THEY WERE IN KINDERGARTEN AND HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND ALL THAT.

SO IT, IT DOES NOT WORK.

AND I DO CHALLENGE, UM, THE BOARD WITH, UM, THE BRIDGE CENTER OF HOPE AND THE CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICE DISTRICT TO GET TOGETHER AND DETERMINE HOW THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE INCOME, INCREASE THE FLOW.

I HA I, I DON'T MEAN, I'M SORRY YOU ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE UNEMPLOYED IN BATON ROUGE, BUT THAT, THAT MIDDLE MAN, THAT PRIVATE PART NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT AND IT NEEDS TO BE BETWEEN, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE CAPITAL AREA, HUMAN SERVICE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, UM, CHARLOTTE, OR IT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE GENTLEMAN FROM RA INTERNATIONAL.

I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, FOR YOU GUYS, IF Y'ALL CAN COME BACK UP.

UM, SO I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, THE MEDICAID PIECE AND, AND, AND IN THE PAST WE TALKED ABOUT THAT REALLY WAS THE FINANCIAL MODEL THAT THIS TAX WAS SOLD TO THE PUBLIC ON.

YOU TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, ONE WAS THE INABILITY TO ACCESS THE MEDICAID PORTAL.

AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE MEANING THAT WAS RI INTERNATIONAL WAS UNABLE.

SO WALK ME THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WHY, WHY WAS THAT SUCH A BURDEN? I MEAN, I GUESS AS I ASSUME THAT PORTAL IS AVAILABLE TO ANY PROVIDERS, WHY WAS THERE A, AN INABILITY TO, TO ACCESS IT? SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH MEDICAID PORTAL IS YOU HAVE TO DO A, UM, APPLICATION AND THAT APPLICATION HAS A LIST OF PROVIDER TYPES.

THE LICENSE THAT WE HAVE IS A CRC, WHICH IS A CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER, UM, A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER AND A HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE LICENSE.

WE HAVE THREE, TWO OF THOSE LICENSES DO NOT HAVE A PROVIDER TYPE.

SO THEREFORE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROVIDER TYPE, YOU HAVE TO CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH THE MCOS.

YOU CAN'T FILL OUT THAT MEDICAID PACKET.

SO ONCE YOU CONTRACT WITH THE MCOS, THEN IT GOES THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM AND THEN YOU'RE ASSIGNED A PROVIDER TYPE.

AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THE PORTAL.

SO MCO MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION, THE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS, THAT'S YOUR AETNA BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.

I MEAN A BLUE SHIELD, UM, AETNA UNITED LOW AND HEALTHCARE CONNECTION.

THOSE.

SO FOR THE CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A PROVIDER TYPE, YOU HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH THE, THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.

FIRST,

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ONCE YOU CONTRACT WITH THEM AND BILL, THEN IT GOES THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM THE BACK WAY, AND THEN THEY, THEY GIVE YOU A, A MEDICAID PROVIDER NUMBER.

AND THEN WITH THAT NUMBER, YOU CAN GET INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THE CONTRACTS WITH THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS DID NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THIS YEAR, BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I STATED, THERE WAS NO MEDICAID FUNDING OR RATES FOR CRISIS SERVICES UNTIL THIS YEAR.

SO THAT BRINGS MY, BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION.

UM, THOSE CRISIS SERVICES THROUGH MEDICAID.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

IS THAT NOT THE CASE? ARE WE, ARE WE BEING REIMBURSED A DIFFERENT RATE IN LOUISIANA THAN SAY TEXAS, WHICH IS THE MODEL THAT WAS BUILT ON 100%? ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WE ARE BEING DIFFERENT.

THE, UM, CRISIS SERVICE RATES AVERAGE BETWEEN 900 AND THE $1,200.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL BEST STANDARDS ARE, UH, OTHER LOCATIONS OR OTHER STATES THAT HAVE THE SAME MODEL OR SIMILAR MODELS TO THE ONE THAT THE, THEN WHAT THE ER HAS.

AND SO THOSE RATES ARE BETWEEN 900 AND $1,200 PER DAY.

UM, THE RATES THAT LOUISIANA HAS IS $478 TO $664.

SO WHY WHEN I FIND OUT, NO.

SO WHEN, UM, LOUISIANA STARTED DOING THEIR CRISIS SERVICES, THEY, I BELIEVE THEY TALKED TO AN ACTUARY AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE RATES CAME TO BE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO GET THOSE RATES INCREASED, TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF CARE OF CRISIS SERVICES.

SO, SO LET ME, LET ME ASK THIS.

WHEN LDH SENDS THIS DATA OR SENDS THE BILL BACK UP TO MEDICAID, ARE, ARE THEY RECOUPING SOME COSTS THERE OR, OR WAIT, ARE THEY BEING REIMBURSED FOR THAT FULL NATIONAL AVERAGE? UH, NO.

NO, NO.

SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS POSED TO THE FOLKS FROM LDH AS WELL, I GUESS, IN THIS REGARD, RIGHT? YES.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT.

SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, OR A YEAR AGO, WE WERE ON A ZOOM CALL AND I ASKED THE QUESTION, HAVE WE CONTRACTED WITH, DO WE HAVE RATES THAT BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HUMANA, ANY OF THOSE FOLKS AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.

AND THAT WAS A RED FLAG TO ME.

IF ANY OF US WENT TO OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, NOW YOU WOULD GET A SUMMARY OF BENEFITS IN THE MAIL.

AND IT WOULD SAY THE PEDIATRICIAN CHARGED $150 AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD REIMBURSED TO $80.

SO THAT PEDIATRICIAN KNOWS HOW TO RUN HIS BUSINESS BASED ON THOSE REIMBURSEMENT RATES SET BY THOSE HE CARRIER PROVIDERS.

SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND ARE AVAILABLE.

WE JUST HAD RECENT LITIGATION AND LEGISLATION THAT CAME BEFORE THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THAT NOW REQUIRES HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND WHAT THOSE RATES ARE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LADY AT THE LAKE HOSPITAL OR WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, THEY CANNOT SAY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CANNOT SAY, I'M GONNA REIMBURSE YOUR DOCTORS AT $90 AN HOUR OR A VISIT.

AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SAY TO WOMEN'S, I'M GONNA REIMBURSE YOUR DOCTORS AT $75 A VISIT.

AND THOSE, THOSE CONTRACTS ARE NOT SHOWN AMONGST ONE ANOTHER.

SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS FACILITY AND WE'RE THIS FAR IN, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT BASIC REIMBURSEMENT INFORMATION THAT IS SO EASILY OBTAINABLE IS ABSOLUTELY A RED FLAG TO ME.

AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG.

EVERYONE SITTING IN HERE TONIGHT.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THE MEDICAID PORTAL.

OKAY? WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAID RATES, IF YOU LOOK TO INSURANCE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WHAT ME, MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS LOOK LIKE.

THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY SET BY AN ACTUARY, BUT THOSE RATES ARE, HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA GOVERN AND ARE ACCESSIBLE AND A BUSINESS PLAN, SOMEONE WHO'S MAKING A MODEL AND A BUSINESS PLAN CAN OBTAIN THOSE RATES TO SEE WHAT THE RATE OF REIMBURSEMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WITHIN THE PROPER FINANCIAL MODEL TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS.

IT HAPPENS WITH HOSPITALS.

IT HAPPENS WITH DOCTORS.

IT HAPPENS WITH DENTIST.

IT HAPPENS WITH EYE DOCTORS, IT'S IT IS NOTHING NEW.

SO AGAIN, YEARS LATER, I SIT HERE BEFORE YOU, AND I SAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHERE ARE WE AT? WE CAN CALL THE HEADS OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.

AS SOON AS WE WALK OUTTA THIS MEETING, GET A MEETING WITH THEM AND ASK THEM WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE CAN CALL HUMANA AND ASK.

'EM THE SAME THING THEY'RE BASED HERE IN BATON ROUGE, WE CAN GO AND FIND THEM.

WE HAVE AN ASTERISK RIGHT HERE THAT SAYS HUMANA DONATED $40,000.

SO WHILE WE WERE TAKING THEIR CHECK FOR THE $40,000, WE COULDN'T HAVE A SIDEBAR WITH THEM AND ASK HIM WHAT THE RATES WERE JUST MY 2 CENTS.

IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 8.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK.

YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AHEAD.

GOT

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TO BE QUICK ON THE DRAW.

I WAS TRYING TO PULL UP THE TALK BUTTON.

UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING, Y'ALL ARE SAYING THAT Y'ALL ARE PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES.

ARE YOU PROVIDING SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FOR THE SERVICES? SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, YOU'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER.

YOU'RE PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA DROP ANY SERVICES.

YOU CAN COME ON UP TO THE MIC, EITHER ONE OF YOU, BOTH OF Y'ALL, BUT IN PROVIDING THOSE SAME SERVICES, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO STILL PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT, SAME AMOUNT OF SERVICES TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE? OKAY.

I, I THINK I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

UM, SO YOU'RE ASKING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING AND THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.

AND SO, AS, UM, CHARLOTTE SAID, WE ARE PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES IN THE BUILDING.

SO THE SAME SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE STILL AVAILABLE WITHIN THE BUILDING.

UM, HOWEVER, ON THE SLIDE SHE SHOWED THAT WE ARE DECREASING, UM, BY 16 BEDS.

UM, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, WHEN INDIVIDUALS PRESENT TO THAT FACILITY, WE HAVE A NO WRONG DOOR POLICY.

SO INDIVIDUALS CAN COME IN AT ANY POINT IN TIME AND THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.

UM, IN AUGUST WE SAW 354 INDIVIDUALS AND THEY ALL CAME INTO THAT SAME FIRST UNIT.

AND THAT FIRST UNIT WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

UM, WHAT HAPPENS UH, AFTERWARDS IS THAT WE HAVE NOW, UH, 16 LONGER TERM, UM, BEDS WITHIN THE FACILITY THAT WE WILL THEN TRANSITION INDIVIDUALS TO IF THEY NEED TO, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO TRANSITION INDIVIDUALS, UM, TO OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE AREA WHO ALSO PROVIDE, UH, THE, UM, SERVICES, UM, SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN BE, UH, SUPPORTED.

AND THEN THERE'S A SUBSET OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WON'T NEED LONGER TERM, UM, CARE THAT WE WILL THEN CONNECT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE ANSWER IS THAT THAT FRONT DOOR REMAINS EXACTLY THE SAME.

HOWEVER, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK, UM, WITH OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS FOR THE, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED LONGER TERM CARE.

SO, SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE, Y'ALL ARE GONNA CHECK 'EM IN AND THEN SHIP 'EM OUT TO ANOTHER FACILITY IS, IS, IS THE BASIC NUTSHELL OF THAT INSTEAD OF STAYING AT THE FACILITY? NO, THAT'S THAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID.

WELL, I MEAN THAT, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME WAS THAT THE SAME DOOR MM-HMM AND THE SAME INTAKE WILL BE THERE.

AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CAN COME THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR, BUT WHERE THEY GO AFTER THAT FRONT DOOR, THAT'S, WHAT'S DECREASING IN THAT FACILITY.

MM-HMM , THEY WILL GO SOMEWHERE.

THEY WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THEN WE'LL PAY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT OTHER FACILITY, I GUESS, WHEREVER THEY GO.

SO WE WILL HAVE THE, THE SAME 16 BED UNIT THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE WILL TRANSITION INDIVIDUALS INTO.

UM, IF SOMEONE NEEDS A LONGER TERM STAY AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CARE FOR THEM IN THAT 16 BED UNIT THERE, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO RELY ON OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT THAT ISN'T ANYTHING THAT IS NEW.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHETHER THAT IS AFTER OUR 16 BED UNIT, WHETHER THAT IS BEFORE OUR 16 BED UNIT, IT IS CREATING THAT FLOW, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO THE FACILITY, UH, GET, GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE FACILITY.

SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT SOME MORE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ALSO 19% IS FROM OUT OF PARISH, CORRECT? YOU MENTIONED THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO THAT 19% COMING FROM OUT OF PARISH IS THAT DIRECTLY BROUGHT FROM OUTSIDE THE PARISH, OR IS THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST EITHER PICKED UP IN EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH, AND THEY JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE AN ADDRESS OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH, A COMBINATION OF BOTH COMBINATION OF BOTH MM-HMM , WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE'RE BRINGING DIRECTLY OUT OF THE PARISH INTO EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH.

WHAT I MEAN, YOU TRYING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ABOUT, SO IF I'M FROM LIVINGSTON PARISH MM-HMM AND I'M DRIVING DOWN TO THE 10, 12 SPLIT MM-HMM AND I HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN ON SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, AM I CONSIDERED FROM LIVINGSTON PARISH? OR AM I EAST PAT ROUGE PARISH? BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AT THE 10, 12 SPLIT.

YOU ARE CONSIDERED A LIVINGSTON PARISH RESIDENT.

AND BROUGHT TO THIS FACILITY, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH, HOW WHAT'S OUR PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE BROUGHT FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH TO THIS FACILITY.

SO, AND YOU'RE COMING TO GIVE SAME THING AS IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.

AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE IN WANTING TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AT JUVAN IN THE INTERSTATE

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SO ON THE CHART, SEE, CAN SEE THE LITTLE FRAME YOU WANT.

JUDGE COUNCIL MA YES, PLEASE.

QUICK QUESTION.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT UNINSURED OR JUST IN GENERAL OUT PARISH IN GENERAL, IN GENERAL GENERAL PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE PARISH THAT ARE BROUGHT FROM OUTSIDE OF PERRY, ASCENSION, UH, UH, WEST FELICIANA, UM, LIVINGSTON.

I HAVE THAT NUMBER.

I GIVE ONE SECOND WEST BATON ROUGE, WAIT ON MY COMPUTER HERE.

GO ONE SECOND.

14%.

SO THAT, THAT HARD NUMBER OF 14% IS 572 INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE 4,374.

SINCE THE FACILITY'S OPEN.

SO BECAUSE WE'RE THE FIRST IN THE STATE, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT IN.

WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE ONLY IN THE STATE OR, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WE SAY BROUGHT IN I'M I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SAY, WHY, WHY, WHY ARE THEY BEING BROUGHT IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH TO THEY BEING BROUGHT BY WHAT'S THAT I'M SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING BROUGHT IN.

I MEAN, BECAUSE THE WAY IT WORKS IS LIKE 51% OF THE INDIVIDUALS COME IN ON THEIR OWN AND THEN THE REMAINING CAN COME IN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO IF LAW ENFORCEMENT ENCOUNTERS SOMEONE LIKE YOU AND YOU FROM LIVINGSTON, BUT YOU'RE IN EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH, THAT'S CONSIDERED YOU IN EBR CUSTODY.

UNDERSTOOD.

YEP.

BUT IS SOMEBODY FROM EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH GOING TO, AND I, AND I KEEP USING LIVING.

SO I'LL USE WEST BAT ROUGE.

SO I'LL JUMP TO A DIFFERENT ONE.

IS SOMEBODY FROM EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH GOING TO WEST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PICKING SOMEONE UP AND BRINGING UP BACK TO THE FACILITY.

I WOULD NOT KNOW THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, WE THINK WE TAKE EVERYONE IN US IN CRISIS.

SO WE'RE NOT SAYING IF YOU'RE COMING IN, THINK ABOUT, LISTEN, I'M SORRY.

THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SELF SOMEBODY'S COMING IN ON THEIR OWN.

UM, OR THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FAMILY OR FRIEND THAT'S AT 11%.

SO POSSIBLY SOMEBODY, THIS 14% ARE JUST COMING ON THEIR OWN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH POSSIBLE.

THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT OKAY.

THEY COULD.

I MEAN, THAT 14% COULD ALSO ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE COMING IN FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.

THE, SEE THAT'S WHERE I WONDERING, WHY ARE OUR EAST PARISH PARISH FIRST RESPONDERS OR OUTSIDE FIRST RESPONDERS? WELL, THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY WILL BE BRINGING THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL BE IN THE PARISH.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE OKAY, THAT'S AN IN PARISH THING THEN YES.

BUT THEY'RE STILL, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IN PARISH, WHEN WE GET YOUR ADDRESS, YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LIS AND, AND THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING FOR THE BREAKDOWN.

AND I KNOW I'VE DRAGGING THIS OUT OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S A BIG QUESTION THAT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC BRING UP IS WHY ARE WE HAVE A EAST BAT ROOF PARISH TAX FUNDED THING THAT WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE FROM PURPOSE, BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

I GET IT.

IF I'M FROM LIVINGSTON AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME AT THE 10, 12 SPLIT IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND Y'ALL FIGURE I HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

I CAN GO TO THE FACILITY, I GET IT IN MY ADDRESS STILL MIGHT BE LIVING SUIT.

CORRECT.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASSUMING OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THAT, WITH THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO ME OUTSIDE OF EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH, AND SOMEBODY GOES LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WHATEVER, HEY, LET'S GO GET 'EM OR LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE 'EM TO THIS FACILITY FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH.

I'M NOT TALKING.

AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE BRINGING THEMSELVES.

I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF OUR AGENCIES ARE GOING TO GET THESE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THEY'RE BRINGING 'EM INTO.

NOPE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.

NO.

UM, HAVE WE LAID OFF 21 PEOPLE AT THE FACILITY? UH, NO.

THERE HAVE WE BRUCE OR HAVE, OR I LAID OFF HAS 21 PEOPLE BEEN LAID OFF AT WORK FROM WORKING AT THAT FACILITY? YES.

OUT OF THE 140.

SO NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO, UH, STAFF OF ONE 20.

COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.

CHARLOTTE REAL QUICK.

SORRY TO EXPOUND ON WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

CUZ HE ASKED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO THE ONES THAT ARE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE PARISH, I IS THAT PRIVATE INSURANCE.

IS THAT MEDICAID? WHAT IS THAT'S? HOW IS THAT BEING PAID? WE'RE SURELY NOT FUNDING WE'RE WITH THE BRI FOR HOPE IS NOT FUNDING THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE NOT FUNDING OUT OF PARISH RESIDENCE AT ALL.

SO, SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, A MAJORITY OF

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THEM DO HAVE INSURANCE.

UM, THERE IS A SMALL POP, THERE'S A SMALL, UH, I THINK 11% OF THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE AND THEY'RE UNINSURED, BUT THAT'S STILL NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE COVERS THAT OR ABSORBS THAT COST.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. CHARLOTTE, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS AT THE BRIDGE CENTER? WHAT'S THE AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS.

38 38.

AND SO, BUT YOU SAID THERE'S 16 BEDS, RIGHT? I I'M, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED.

WELL, SO THAT AVERAGE YOU HAD, YOU HAD MORE THE AVERAGE CENSUS, UM, THAT 16, THAT DECREASE HAPPENED ACTUALLY YESTERDAY.

SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT, THOSE NUMBERS.

SO EVERYTHING THAT THE CENSUS NUMBERS IS FOR WHEN WE HAD, UM, 48.

SO YOU HAVE HAD 48 AND THEN, AND SO, UH, YOU SAID THE AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS OF 36, 6, YOU SAID 30, 38 38 38.

AND SO NOW 16 BEDS ARE GONE AWAY.

SO THERE ISN'T, THERE, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH SPACE TO MEET THE AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS.

UM, I'M GONNA YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME TO, UM, COUNCILMAN HURST.

WHAT SHE REALLY DID WAS THROW AN ALLEY LOOP, CUZ THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY QUESTION THAT CAME ABOUT THROUGH OTHER DISCUSSION IS THAT IF WE HAVE LESS BEDS, BUT WE HAVE THE SAME NEED, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO PROPERLY SERVICE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THAT FACILITY? YEP.

AND SO, BUT EVEN WHEN YOU OUTSOURCE THEM, UM, AND I GET, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT.

SO THE OPEN DOOR POLICY IS THERE AND IS IT A STABILIZATION KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BEDS ARE FULL AT THIS POINT IS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SOMEBODY THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO TREAT? CAUSE I, I HEARD OPEN DOOR TO ANSWER MY QUESTION A LITTLE, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO BE THERE? YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY GONNA DO IT FROM AN INTAKE STANDPOINT, BUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP WHEN THE BEDS ARE FULL AND ARE THEY PROVIDING THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE FROM A STABILIZATION STANDPOINT OVER, THEY DO BETTER IN THE HOSPITAL.

SO THE, THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE AGAIN IS A STABILIZATION, UH, CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER.

SO OUR LICENSE IS A LOT DIFFERENT FROM A HOSPITAL OR AN INPATIENT FACILITY IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS A TIME LIMIT THAT YOU CAN EVEN BE IN THE FACILITY.

THE, UM, MAXIMUM, ACCORDING TO THE LICENSE IS SEVEN DAYS.

WHEREAS WITH THE HOSPITAL AND A FREE STANDING CLINIC IS 15 DAYS.

SO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IS WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO THE FACILITY, IF THEY NEED A LONGER STAY THAN PASS THAT SEVEN DAYS, WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THEM EITHER TO A, A FREESTANDING MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL OR TO A HOSPITAL.

IF THEY'RE A QED TO LEVEL JUST IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AFTER THOSE SEVEN DAYS.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS, IS JUST THE SAME PROCESS AS BEFORE.

SO WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN ANYBODY AWAY.

SO I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE UNDER SEVEN DAYS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR POLICY THAT WALK TO YOUR DOOR AND THE BEDS ARE FULL.

CAUSE NOW WE REDUCE BEDS.

SO THEY DO A CAPACITY PLAN EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALL DAY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE FACILITY DOESN'T GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE AT CAPACITY BECAUSE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE END UP FAST TRACKING PEOPLE OUTTA THERE THAT NEED MORE TIME, FAST TRACKING TO GO WHERE WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT FAST TRACKING OUT OF THE FACILITY OR FAST TRACKING THEM TO THE, TO THE STREETS, TO THE STREETS OR TO ANOTHER FACILITY BASED ON YOU HAVING A HIGH OCCUPANCY LEVEL AND, AND LESS BEDS.

OH, AND THE REASON WHY I'M TRANSFERRING IS CUZ THIS IS OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS.

SO IT'S BEST TO LET THE OPERATIONS PEOPLE SPEAK ON IT.

SO, SO, SO YOU WRITE ABOUT, I, I DON'T KNOW, FAST TRACK IS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WOULD SERVE THAT WOULD HAVE A LONGER LENGTH OF STAY IN OUR DETOX UNIT OR OTHER.

THEY, THEY COULD BE THERE SIX DAYS.

UH, THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS, THEY WE'D VERIFY, THEY HAVE INSURANCE AND COVERAGE AND WE GET THEM CONNECTED TO A PROVIDER THAT COULD SERVE THEM FOR THOSE SIX DAYS.

IT'S PARTICULARLY THOSE LONGER LENGTHS OF STAY WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT TRANSFERRING 'EM THE, THE FAST TRACKING, THE CONCERN IN THAT LANGUAGE FOR ME IS IT, IT WOULD SUGGEST SOMEONE'S NOT QUITE READY TO GET OUT AND GET BACK TO WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU DO IT CUZ YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE.

THAT'S THAT IS NOT HOW WE OPERATE.

AND I I'LL TELL YOU, WE OPERATE MORE CRISIS FACILITIES THAN ANY ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY AS A, NOT FOR PROFIT.

UH, WE HAVE OPERATIONS IN NINE STATES.

WE DO KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.

AND SO THAT KIND OF FLOW THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING HAS TO BE DONE EACH DAY FROM OUR PROGRAM.

SO WE DO KNOW HOW, BUT, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT TO SAY, LOOK, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY 16 BEDS AND SAY EVERYTHING'S THE SAME.

IT'S IT'S NOT THE SAME.

UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

OUR LENGTHS OF STAY.

AREN'T GONNA CHANGE.

CUZ IF A PERSON NEEDS IT, THEY NEED IT.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE IS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDING THOSE FIVE AND SIX DAY LENGTH OF STAYS.

WE'D BE WORKING TO SECURE THEM BEDS.

AS WE SEE THE ACUITY ON DAY ONE, WE'D START GETTING THEM OVER THERE.

AND WHEN YOU DO JUST A FEW OF THOSE WITH THE LONGER LENGTHS OF STAY, YOU CAN IMAGINE OUR 38 INDIVIDUAL CENSUS QUICKLY ENOUGH, UH, CAN DROP DOWN IF SIX OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN A WAKE UP.

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FINAL QUESTION.

AND EGEN PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE MEDICAID THAT CAN'T GO TO THESE OTHER FACILITIES.

IF WE HAVE 16 OF THOSE IN THE BED AND THEY DON'T HAVE, ARE THERE OTHER FACILITIES THAT FOCUS ON INDIGENT PE? YEAH, NO.

THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

NO, SIR.

I THINK THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'LL BE STAYING WITH US.

RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THE KIND OF MATH WE HAVE TO DO EVERYWHERE.

THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE THAT WE HAVE THAT DON'T HAVE COVERAGE.

THAT'S TRUE IN EVERY STATE AND WE DO NON-MEDICAID EXPANSION STATES, BUT THAT'S AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE.

AND SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE IT, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT END UP STAYING WITH US CUZ WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE TO GET CARE.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE COMMITMENT WE'VE HAD.

AND I THINK YOU'VE ALL SEEN, WE WE'RE THERE WE'VE ACCEPTED LOSING MONEY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.

COUNCIL MEMBER GORE.

THANK YOU CHARLOTTE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP, CHARLOTTE, THANKS FOR PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.

UM, YOU ARE MEETING WITH DECISION MAKERS AT LDH.

WE DID YESTERDAY.

IS THERE A TIMELINE ON RESOLVING THE ISSUE? THAT IS THE CORE OF THE, THE PROBLEM HERE WE ARE MEETING BACK WITHIN, WITHIN A WEEK.

UM, THEY'RE TAKING ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY'RE REASSESSING THE SITUATION.

SO WE, WE HAVE ONE IN OUR MIND, BUT WE NEED TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA TELL US IN A WEEK.

BUT SOME OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES, WHICH WAS THE PORTAL WAS RESOLVED TODAY.

THE ACCESS WAS PROVIDED, BUT THAT'S YES, THAT WAS, THAT WAS GRANTED TODAY THAT DOESN'T EQUAL REIMBURSEMENT.

NO, IT DOES NOT.

AND WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE? YES.

UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT IF WE, AS A COUNCIL, PUT THIS REPORT BACK ON THE AGENDA IN A MONTH, OCTOBER 26TH, I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PROVIDE AN UNFILTERED UNEDITED INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I'D DO THAT AS A MEASURE OF COME BACK WITH HOPEFULLY SOME UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THOSE MEETINGS AND WHERE THINGS STAND.

UM, SO I WOULD OFFER THAT UP MAYOR PRO TIM AS SOMETHING WE SHOULD SUBMIT FOR OUR FOLLOW UP IN ONE MONTH, UH, ON THIS ITEM, AN ADDITIONAL REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, NOEL, CHARLOTTE.

SURE.

UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON, ON THE, UH, THE LAYOFFS, UH, ONCE THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED AND IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL ARE WORKING TOWARDS THEM.

IS THERE AN INTENTION TO RAMP BACK UP AND REHIRE THESE INDIVIDUAL? ABSOLUTELY.

IS THAT DISCUSSION BEEN HAD WITH THEM? IS THAT ABSOLUTELY THAT'S THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE INTENT.

AND, AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE, OR DO YOU HAVE AN ANTICIPATION OF THE TIMELINE TO WORK OUT THE ISSUES TO COME TO THAT END? SO HERE'S THE THING.

WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE.

UM, AS A BOARD WAY BACK IN 2019 TO SECURE RATES, UM, WE HAD ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE MEDICAID DEPARTMENTS, EVERYTHING, EVEN THE MCOS, WE HAD ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WELL IN ADVANCE BEFORE THE FACILITY EVEN BROKE GROUND.

AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS TO WAIT UNTIL OUR PROVIDER HAD A LICENSE BEFORE THEY CAN START TALKING ABOUT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND YOU ALL HAVE THAT REPORT THAT I SENT VIA EMAIL, THAT THE PROBLEM CAME IN WHERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO, THERE WASN'T ANY CRISIS SERVICES YOU HAD TO DO WHAT, WHICH WAS CALLED IN A LIEU OF SERVICES, FINDING RATES AND SERVICES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE WERE ALREADY PROVIDING TO BE ABLE TO CONTRACT WITH.

AND THEN LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UM, IMPLEMENTED THEIR OWN CRISIS PLAN ABOUT STARTED IMPLEMENTING THEIR OWN CRISIS PLAN.

SO WE GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT, THEM TRYING TO START THEIR OWN WITH US TRYING TO GET LOWER SERVICES, BUT WE HAD ALREADY STARTED PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

AND SO THERE WAS A SEVEN MONTH LAG BETWEEN US DOING IT IN LIEU OF SERVICE DOCUMENT.

AND BEFORE THAT DOCUMENT ACTUALLY GOT APPROVED AND THAT WASN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER, BUT BY THAT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A RFA, A REQUEST FOR APPLICATION ACROSS THE STATE FOR CRISIS PROVIDERS.

AND THAT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE WERE DOING BECAUSE THEN IT WENT FROM BEING A ONE PARISH TO HAVING TO DO A REGION.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE SEVEN, UM, PARISHES COME IN BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE LICENSED, TO BE REIMBURSED FOR CRISIS SERVICES, YOU HAD TO AGREE TO THE RATES THAT THEY HAD ALREADY IMPLEMENTED, WHICH MEANT WE COULD NO LONGER NEGOTIATE RATES.

UM, TWO THAT ALSO MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL SEVEN PARISHES SO THAT NO LONGER ALLOWED US TO BE JUST EXCLUSIVE TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

AND THEN IT ALSO, UM, MADE THE RATES NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2022.

SO AGAIN, IT, IT WASN'T THAT, SO THE BUSINESS PLAN AND THE PROFOR ALL OF WERE BASED OFF OF SOMETHING THAT CHANGED.

ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IT DID A COMPLETE 360.

COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, SHIRLEY, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH COUNCILMAN GOODDAY THAT Y'ALL JUST RESOLVED THE MEDICAID PORTAL ISSUE YESTERDAY.

ALL 180 OH YEAH, I'M RIGHT.

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SO TODAY, TODAY.

SO THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR HAVE ONLY BEEN DONE THROUGH THAT IN LIEU OF SERVICES AGREEMENT.

UM, NO, THE IN LIEU OF SERVICE COVERS THE CRISIS STABILIZATION BECAUSE THAT THOSE RATES DO NOT GO IN EFFECT UNTIL 20, UM, JANUARY OF 2023.

SO THE WAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT SET IT UP THERE IS, UM, THE THERE'S TWO ARRAY, IT'S FOUR ARRAY OF SERVICES, BUT THREE OF THEM WENT INTO EFFECT ON MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE CRISIS SERVICES WON'T GO IN EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY.

SO WE'RE OPERATING OFF ON A LIEU OF SERVICE FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION PIECE.

SO, SO LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY.

ANY, ANYTHING THAT WOULD'VE NORMALLY BEEN BILLED THROUGH TO MEDICAID THROUGH THE PORTAL HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSED YET THEN? IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE PORTAL IS NOT TO, TO WAY TO BUILD MEDICAID.

THE PORTAL GIVES, UM, THE PROVIDER ACCESS TO SEE WHO THEIR MEDICAID PROVIDER IS.

AND IT ALSO GIVES BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE PORTAL, A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES YOU HAVE TO DO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR.

AND SO IF THEY CAN'T LOOK TO SEE WHO THE PROVIDER IS, THEY CAN'T LOOK TO SEE WHO TO GET A PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR.

UM, UP UNTIL ABOUT THREE MONTHS, WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS CALLING THE 1-800-MEDICAID NUMBER AND GETTING INFORMATION THAT WAY, BUT THEY ONLY ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT THREE AT A TIME.

AND WHEN YOU'RE SERVING THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS OR PEOPLE COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THAT GETS THAT LONG, THAT LINE, THAT LIST GETS A LITTLE LENGTHY.

PLUS THEY CLOSE AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

SO FROM FRIDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK TO MONDAY, YOU HAVE NO ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHO'S WHAT SERVICES THEY HAVE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS ON MONDAY, YOU HAVE A BACKLOG AND THEN YOU'RE MAKING CALLS.

AND SO SOME OF YOUR CLAIMS ARE GETTING DENIED BECAUSE ONE, YOU DIDN'T GET PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

SO NOW THEY HAVE ACCESS AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHO THEIR PROVIDER IS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET BILL, BE ABLE TO DO THEIR BILLING, UM, A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

SO THAT, SO THE ACCESS TO THE PORTAL THAT YOU GOT TODAY IS GONNA SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE YOUR ABILITY TO BE REIMBURSED FROM MEDICAID.

IS THAT SAFE TO SAY IT'S SAFE TO SAY IT WOULD BE IT NOT REIMBURSE WHAT TO BILL TO BILL.

58 AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ITEM 1 0 8.

THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE.

FOR THE REPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU NOW GO BACK TO PAGE NINE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM

[Items 56 & 57]

56 AND 57 TOGETHER.

THERE IS A REQUEST TO DEFER THESE TWO ITEMS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BANNERS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ATTENTION TO A CONTRACTOR'S SERVICES WITH THE BANNER ROUGE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION DEVELOP AN INTELLIGENCE SERVER AND A REGIONAL CAM CAMERA SHARING PROGRAM UNDER THE FRI FISCAL YEAR 2019 GOLD STATE REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE GRANT NOT TO EXCEED $88,000 BY THE POLICE CHIEF ITEM 57, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF PRESENT TO AMEND SUB RECIPIENT, CONTRACT OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICS FOR AN INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF 32,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 62,000 AWARD UNDER FISCAL YEAR 2019.

THOSE STATE'S REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE INITIATED GRANT BY POLICE CHIEF.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56 AND 57 COUNCIL MEMBERS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO OCTOBER 12TH? SO MORE ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER, NO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ITEM 56 IN ITEMS 56 AND 57 HAVE BEEN DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 12TH, ITEM

[58. 22-01157]

NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT WITH PAUL J. ALLEN ARCHITECT, EIGHT PACK FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES WITH THAT CONTRACT FOR EMS HEADQUARTERS, PHASE TWO AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,875 BY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 58 WHEN NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 58? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL NUMBER ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 58 HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS

[59. 22-01173]

ITEM 59.

THIS ITEM WILL BE APPROVED.

CONTINUING UPON GRANTS AND CONTRACT REVIEW AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TEXT EXECUTING THE AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY'S LAW CENTER, VULNERABLE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59? WE'RE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA SECONDED BY THE CHAIR ITEM 59 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WHEN

[60. 22-01174]

NOW GO TO ITEM 60, UH, APPROVAL WILL BE CONTINUED UPON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARIS OF BATON ROUGE AND BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO COLLABORATE WITH BCCS NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAM WITH AND OTHER BCC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

DANIEL, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60 WHEN NOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 60? SO MOVE BY ADAMS. SECONDLY, BY THE CHAIR ITEM 60 HAS BEEN APPROVED PENDING GRANTS, REVIEW ITEM

[61. 22-01175]

61 APPROVE CONTINUING UPON GRANTS AND REVIEW

[01:30:01]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF THESE BATON ROUGES AND THE GROWTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA TO PROMOTE HEALTH LITERACY AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES BY MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? WHEN I WOULD THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MORE BY ADAM SECOND BY THE CHAIR ITEM 61 HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT

[62. 22-01192]

I WOULD ITEM 62 AMENDING AND REENACTING ORDINANCE 180 5 63, WHICH ESTABLISHED VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN WARD ONE, TWO AND THREE IN EASTBOUND PARISH AND DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES.

SO HAS TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FOLLOWING POLLING LOCATION WARD ONE PRECINCT 73, A AND B FROM SENECA FOUNDATION TO UNIVERSITY VIEW ACADEMY AND REESTABLISHED DESIGNATED POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ALL THE PRECINCTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF EAST BAT ROUGE BY REGISTRAR VOTERS.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 62? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE MOTION SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WHO NOW GO

[63. 22-01206]

TO ITEM 63, AMENDING THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET AS TO ESTABLISH BUDGET FOR THE COURT TOWN OF COURT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND FURTHER APPROPRIATING $1,459,007 43 CENTS FROM THE 2021, AN ESTIMATED 2022 TAX COLLECTION ACCORDANCE WITH THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORING AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 BY THE CORTANA CORRIDOR.

EDD IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63.

WE NOW GO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 63.

WE'RE NOT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

SECONDLY, BY THE CHAIR ITEM 63 HAS BEEN APPROVED

[64. 22-01233]

WHEN I ITEM 64, A AMEND TO 2022 CURRENT CAPITAL EXPENSE BUDGET.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $1 MILLION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE UPGRADE OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM GENERAL FUND BALANCE ON THE SIGN BY INFORMATION AND SERVICES DIRECTOR, IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64? WHEN I, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 64 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 65,

[65. 22-01211]

A MINIMUM TO 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE AND CAPITAL BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE 2.3 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE RAISIN KING RIVER CENTER AND THE RIVERFRONT FUNDED THROUGH REVENUES DEDICATED TO SET PURPOSE BY MAYOR.

PRESIDENT IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65.

WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 65 COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

CAN WE DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS? IS THAT A MOTION? YEAH.

MOTION TO PLEASE.

FOR THE DATE.

26TH, 26 OR 12, LET'S DO 26 MOTION TO DEFER ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

IS THERE SECOND TO THE MOTION TO DEFER SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK OR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER A OMAROSA.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ITEM BEING DEFERRED? ITEM 65 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

ITEM 66,

[66. 22-01205]

AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE RECORDS TO REFUND AND ERRONEOUS FOR MINUTE OF USE TAX TO ALBUM OIL CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,199,481 48 CENTS FOR TAX REMITTED TO EASTBOUND PARISH ON NONTAXABLE TRANSACTION AND GOOD DELIVERED OUTSIDE THE PARISH FOR A PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2018 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2019 BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 66? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 66? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

GO TO 67 AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF THE CHANCE.

[67. 22-01193]

THE BIRD FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67 WHEN NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN ITEM 67 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM

[68. 22-01195]

68 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OR ABRA DAVIS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY BATTERIES POLICE OFFICER IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 IN APPROPRIATE 60,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEYS, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68.

NOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOR SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 68 HAS BEEN

[69. 22-01234]

APPROVED ITEM 69 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF BRANDY MILTON VERSUS PRISON MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AND AMOUNTS OF $439 AND 16 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $50,439 AND 16 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISH YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69 COUNCIL MEMBER? EXCUSE ME, MS. ANDERSON.

YEAH, SHE'S NEVER GONNA BE COUNCILWOMAN.

I'M JUST TELLING Y'ALL THAT NOW ALL YOU ALREADY UP.

TO ITEM 70 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT, THE MATTER ENTITLED RONNIE HAR VERSUS CJ GORO IN AN AMOUNT OF $50,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $712 40 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $50,000, 750,007 AND $12 40 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ACTUALLY WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS YET AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER SETTLEMENT FOR ANOTHER CASE IN THE JAIL, AND THIS IS MR. DANIEL MELTON.

HE WAS NUMBER SIX IN 2012 OF NOW 59 DEATHS IN THE JAIL.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN CONTEXT THAT WE ARE CONTINUALLY ALMOST EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, SEEING ONE OF THESE SETTLEMENTS, ONE OF THESE ISSUES, WE WERE IN THE NATIONAL NEWS YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE US SENATE HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF OUR CASES, THE FINAL CASE, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING.

THANK

[01:35:01]

YOU.

ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 69? SO MOVE BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANY SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 69 HAS BEEN APPROVED WHEN I GO

[70. 22-01235]

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN? S I COULD JUST SAY DITTO, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE.

I REALLY DO WISH THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD AT SOME POINT BRING A CONSOLIDATED LIST OF NOT JUST THE ACTUAL SETTLEMENTS AND THE LEGAL CASES, BUT HOW MUCH THAT HAS COST US AS A PARISH.

72 RE SENDING IN THE RECORDING CLERK RECORDED COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORDED ON JULY 29TH, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS RITA MARIE POP DEPOP 12, 12 NORTH 28TH STREET REASON FOR PRECIS PROPERTY ON THE PLANS TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70? WHEN I WROTE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODA ITEM 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED WHEN

[71. 22-01194]

I WROTE ITEM 71.

WE'RE SENDING IN THE RECORD CLERK RECORD THE COUNCIL DECISION IN ORDER RECORDED ON MAY 27TH, 2022.

AND THE, A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS MICHELLE RENEE BOYLE GIBSON 8 6, 3 40TH STREET.

REASON FOR RECI ONLY IS TRYING TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY BY THE CHAIR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING SPEAK ON ITEM 71 MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DUN ITEM 71 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[72. 22-01196]

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72 MOTION TO APPROVE BY CHAIR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ITEM 72 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

[73. 22-01197]

73, SENDING IN THE REGULAR CLERK COURT COUNCIL'S DECISION ORDER RECORDED ON AUGUST 6TH, 2021.

THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS MAY GUNS FLOWERS, 2195 CHRISTIAN STREET REASON FOR RECI THE NEW PROPERTY ON THE PLANS TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 73.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA SECONDED BY CHAIR ITEM 73 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[74. 22-01202 (Part 1 of 2)]

74 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR OF PRESIDENT TO AMEND CERTAIN CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH BEVERAGE AND DIAMOND PC FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY PARISH CONCERNING CLAIMS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO INCREASE THE LIABLE COMPENSATION TO SUM NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 IN APPROPRIATING $200,000 TO SET PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 74 MOTION BY THE CHAIR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN ITEM 74 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[75. 22-01200]

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 75 IN THE CASE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION OF MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

HEREBY AUTHORIZES A WAIVER OF LAND USE REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO APPLICABLE PHYSICIANS OF UNITED DEVELOPMENT, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT OF ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF TITLE EIGHT IN CODE ORDINANCES IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

IN ORDER TO ALLOW TEMPORARY HOUSING, THE FORM OF MOBILE HOMES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, AND OTHER TEMPORARY HOUSING FOLLOWING DECLARED STATE.

THIS WAIVER SHOULD BE AFFECTED FOR 12 MONTHS AND APPLICABLE DURING A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR AN EMERGENCY UPON SUBMISSION OF THE PARISH'S REQUEST TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR ASSISTANCE OF THE EXPEDITED TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY HOMELAND SECURITY, EMERGENCY PREPARED THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 75, SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MC ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

WHEN I GO TO ITEM

[76. 22-01203]

76, AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR PRESIDENT INTO A SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE GREATER BATON ROUGE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AND AMOUNT OF $1,880,000 TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN BUSINESSES BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO SECOND.

AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 76 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 77.

OH, YOU WANT SPEAK? GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD.

I WAS GONNA GET TREY TO COME UP.

I THINK I SAW HIM IN HERE.

HE STEPPED OUT ADAMS LOOKS LIKE MR. NAP IS ON HIS WAY TO DISCUSS IT THOUGH.

YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS.

LET'S JUST BE HONEST.

NO COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL RATING ON THAT ON ITEM 76 Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT IN OPPOSITION WHEN THE ITEM YOU'RE HERE FOR COMES UP ON THE AGENDA.

NO, I'M KIDDING.

WELL, UM, UM, REVEREND ANDERSON JUST GRABBED ME AND SHE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU DON'T SAY

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NO, RIGHT? SHE OUT PRIORITIZES ME EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

SO A HUNDRED PERCENT TREY WE'RE ON 76, THE 1.88 MILLION.

IT COMES FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH, UH, TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS, THE THREE TIERS OF WHAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT IN THIS PUBLIC SETTING.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GODA.

AND THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE METRO COUNCIL.

UM, THIS, UM, BASICALLY HAS THREE BUCKETS, UH, AND BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UH, SOME OF THE STATISTICS CAME OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THAT POINTS TO A DISCONNECT, UH, IN OUR RECOVERY, UH, FROM C IN THE REGION, UH, NAMELY THAT THERE ARE 2.5 OPEN JOBS IN THE REGION FOR EVERY ONE JOB SEEKER.

AND SO WHAT THAT TELLS US IS WE HAVE A DEFICIENCY IN HOW WE'VE BEEN SKILLING OUR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE JOBS.

AND SO WE REALLY EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME.

YES, SIR.

CORNER.

CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN? WE, WE CAN'T EVEN HEAR, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A LOUD VOICE TOO, SO I CAN COME A LITTLE LOUDER IF YOU NEED ME TO, BUT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A DEFICIT, UH, WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF THE REGION, UH, BEING SKILLED ENOUGH TO MOVE INTO THESE OPEN JOBS, UH, IN, IN, AND THAT STATISTIC TELLS US THAT ANYTIME THERE ARE MORE OPEN JOBS THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS TELLS US THAT THE JOBS THAT ARE OPEN REQUIRE SKILLS, THAT JOB SEEKERS DON'T HAVE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO LEAN IN AS AN ORGANIZATION TO THAT EVEN MORE.

SO THERE'S THREE BUCKETS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS.

UM, THE, THE, THE FIRST OF THOSE THREE, UH, DEALS WITH BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK WITH POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BARRIERS TO ENTRY INTO THE WORKFORCE, PROVIDING TOOLS LIKE JOB FAIRS.

UH, AND ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'VE CREATED CALLED BR WORKS, UH, WHICH SCRAPES EVERY HR PLATFORM IN THE REGION, UH, WHEN SOMEONE UPLOADS THEIR RESUME INTO BR WORKS, IT AUTOMATICALLY MATCHES THEM TO JOBS, BUT IT ALSO CONNECTS THEM TO UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IF YOU ARE A WELDER, YOU MAY BE SKILLED FOR A, A CERTAIN ECOSYSTEM OF OPEN JOBS, BUT IT CAN ALSO TELL YOU IF YOU TAKE THESE TWO, UH, ADDITIONAL COURSES AT BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THEN IT OPENS YOU UP TO THESE OTHER HIGHER PAYING JOBS.

UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THING ONE, UH, THE SECOND BUCKET, UH, IS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OPENING OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE WANT TO BE QUITE DELIBERATE ABOUT PUSHING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES DOWN TO STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

YOU ALL PROBABLY SAW THE ARTICLE, OR YOU SAW THE, UH, COVERAGE ON THE NEWS LAST WEEK, ABOUT THE 147 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS, SENIORS, WHO ARE MOVING INTO INTERNSHIPS RIGHT NOW.

UH, THE SECOND PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, SCALES OF THAT EFFORT IN PARTNERSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT WITH BAKER, ZACHARY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL, OPENING OPPORTUNITIES NOW, UH, WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR HIGHER ED PARTNERS FOR, UH, UH, A SCALED UP OPPORTUNITIES AROUND INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS, UH, AND FINALLY, UH, BRINGING KIND OF RENEWED, UH, ENERGY TO THE MARKETING OF THE CAPITAL REGION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, VISIT BATON ROUGE, UH, IS, IS, IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING EFFORT.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO AFTER PEOPLE, UH, WHO LEFT BATON ROUGE TO HIGHLIGHT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE, UH, AND ALSO ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE TO COME TO BATON ROUGE, UH, TO VISIT AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECOSYSTEM OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OFFER HERE IN THE CAPITAL REGION.

SO THAT IS A VERY BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THE THREE BUCKETS.

DID I STICK WITHIN YOUR TIME? YEAH.

COUNCIL MERS.

HEY, SO TREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT DETAILED PRESENTATION.

UH, THERE WAS ONE PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS THAT MAKE SURE WE DON'T REPLICATE CITY SERVICES AND CITY DOLLARS.

SO THERE'S EMPLOYER BR OUT THERE.

WHO'S HAD ITS CHALLENGES PUBLICLY HAD ITS CHALLENGES.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD HATE TO DO IS TO TAKE RESOURCES AWAY AND IMPAIR THEIR ABILITY TO GROW AND, AND CLOSE THOSE GAPS INSTEAD OF FINDING WAYS TO WORK WITH 'EM.

SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY THAT PUBLICLY.

ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCILMAN ITEM, 77 HAS ALREADY BEEN MOTION, SECONDED AND APPROVED.

SO 76, EXCUSE ME, MOTION SECOND AND APPROVED.

MOVED TO ITEM 77 AUTHORIZED AM.

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MAYOR PRE AUTHORIZED AM.

MAYOR PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH REG INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE VR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT IN MARYLAND STREET TO SCENIC HIGHWAY AREA ADA EIGHT TRANSITION PROJECT VAN STREET, A MONSTER AVENUE AREA, ADA TRANSITION PROJECT, YOU BALANCE STREET AREA, ADA TRANSITION PROJECT, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 143,000 HUNDRED $20 AND

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19 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77, BUT NOW THE COUNCIL IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WHEN I GO TO ITEM 78, UM, MAYOR PROTON,

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CAN WE REVISIT ITEM NUMBER 74? WE MOVE THROUGH THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

YOU MAKING A MOTION TO REVISIT? YES, PLEASE.

MOTION TO RE RECONSIDER ITEM 74, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, AND ANY OBJECTIONS TO RECONSIDER ITEM 74, ITEM 74, AUTHORIZING AM MERIT PRESIDENT TO AMEND A CERTAIN CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH BEVERAGE AND DIAMOND PC FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN CITY PARISH, CONCERNING CLAIMS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO INCREASE THE ALLOW COMPENSATION TO THE SUM OF $250,000 IN APPROPRIATING $200,000 BY SAID PURPOSE BY PARISH RETURN.

I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SIR.

YOU STATE THE PURPOSE TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WOULD, UM, IT, BECAUSE IT WOULD, UH, HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S EXACTLY POSITION.

ON TO ITEM 70, 78 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT PROFESSIONALLY ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH BONTON ASSOCIATES, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE VR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT MAIN STREET AREA 88 TRANSITION PROJECT AND LAW STREET, LAFAYETTE STREET, AREA 88 TRANSITION PROJECT BY TRANSPORTATION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE $6,716 80 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION.

YOU'RE DOING YOUR OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNTIL I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

WE JUST HAD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AN ITEM TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NO VOTE IS NECESSARY.

WE NOW MOVE

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JAMES DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOLD SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

HURS ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'RE

[Items 79 - 83]

NOW GONNA TAKE ITEM 79 THROUGH 83 TOGETHER ITEM 79 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ZACHARY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE OR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT MAC HOST ROAD AND THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED 572,000 888, 500, 570 $2,880 BY TRANSPORTATION.

JAMES DIRECT THAT ITEM.

80 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTED UTILITY RELOCATING AGREEMENT WITH GAS UTILITY DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE OF EAST BARR PARISH FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BEYOND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT MAC HOST ROAD AND THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $196,854 AND 72 CENTS.

ITEM 81 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH DICO FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BUREAU CAPACITY, PROJECT OLDHAM AND HIGHWAY 71 PHASE A AND B AND THE TIC C ONE $74,147 AND 37 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGE DIRECTOR ITEM 82 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT AND EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR RE UTILITY RELOCATION SERVICES WITH PARIS WATER COMPANY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT JONES KEY ROAD, EXTENSION, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $398,987 15 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION DRAIN DIRECTOR.

IT AUTOMATED THREE AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR OF PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR UTILITY RELOCATION SERVICES WITH AT T FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT JONES CREEK ROAD, EXTENSION, AND THE TIC EXCEED $2,381,701 84 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79, 3 83.

IS THERE COUNCILMAN I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FOR VOTE ON ALL THESE THINGS.

SO COUNCILMAN HER SUSTAIN.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NO ED BY COUNCILMAN MCCO ITEM 79, 3 83 HAVE BEEN APPROVED ITEM 84

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.

HE'S BEEN A PARISH HEAD STAR PROGRAM TO AMEND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CLAY YOUNG ENTERPRISE INCREASING CONTRACT BY 35,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $70,000 TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS CONNECTED THERE WAY BY HUMAN SERVICES.

DIRECTOR IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84.

NOW WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

NO OBJECTION.

WE GO TO 85

[85. 22-01217]

AUTHORIZING AM MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE TO SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR NUMBER ONE GEO TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH TERRACON CONSULTANT INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE CAPACITY PROJECT LEAD DRIVE HIGHLAND ROAD TO PERKINS ROAD, ADDITIONAL LUMP SUM AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $6,975 95 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND JAN DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 85 TO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 86, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR APPRAISER

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REVIEW SERVICES WITH JAMES PAT ROYAL SERVICES WITH MOVE CAPACITY, PROJECT BLUE BOND TO PERKINS, SUPER BACARDI AND THE TIC C $125,400 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE SPEAKING ON ITEM 86, WHEN NOW I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 86? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODA SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 86 HAS BEEN

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APPROVED ITEM 87 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.

BEEN PARISH HISTORY PROGRAM TO AMEND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE INCREASING CONTRACT BY $25,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $86,000 AND TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS CONNECTED THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTORS, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87.

WE'RE NOW WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER THERE.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

NOW WITH ITEM

[88. 22-01220]

88, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TEXT TO THE CONTRACT FOR APPRAIS SERVICES WITH RIGHT AWAY SERVICES INCORPORATED FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED REMOVAL OR CAPACITY PROJECT BLUE BONNIE PER THE PICARDI AND THE TIC C $175,560 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAIN DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88? I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HER SECOND OR BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? WHEN I GO ITEM

[89. 22-01221]

89, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH MORE ENTERPRISES, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE CAPACITY, PROJECT BLUE BOND, PERKIN AND MCCARTY, AND THE TIC C ONE 75,560 BUCKS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAIN DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89 WHEN HIRE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE ARE EVERY SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

I MEAN BY ADAMS ITEM 89 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM NINE.

THEY

[90. 22-01223]

AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION SERVICES WILL CONSULTING BY LACY BEHALF, LLC FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE CAPACITY PROJECT WHO ROLLED BLACKWATER ROAD, GERALD ROAD, AND THE TICS EXCEED $62,100 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ITEM 90 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO

[91. 22-01224]

TO ITEM 91, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH TRC ENGINEERS INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVE BUREAU CAPACITY PROJECT OLDHAM HOWARD SEGMENT TWO MILLVILLE BOULEVARD, TONY LANE, AND THE TIC EXCEED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOVE ADAM 91 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

GO TO ITEM 92,

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD FOR 2023 HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT F F Y 2023 HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT AND THE AMOUNT NOT UP TO 98,500 ON BEHALF OF THE BAT CITY COURT FROM LOUISIANA HIGHWAY CITY COMMISSION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE BATON CITY COURT'S DWI SOBRIETY COURT BY THE CLERK OF COURT.

JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR, IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MORE BY ROCK SECOND.

AND BY DONE ITEM 92 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 93,

[93. 22-01231]

AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO THE ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CAPITAL REGION PLANNING COMMISSION BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 93, WHO NOW VOTE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOMEONE BY ADAM SAYING BY THE CHAIR ITEM 93 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 94,

[94. 22-01237]

AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESENCE TO ACCEPT THE GRAND AWARD IN AMOUNT OF $15,392,909 AND 94 CENTS $14,491,327 2 CENTS FEDERAL SHARE UNDER THE FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.

2020 GRAND BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MAGO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 94 HAS BEEN APPROVED, NO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

PLEASE SEE

[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]

A SEPARATE SHEET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS INTRODUCTION, A 2022 DASH 1, 2 98, LOT 18 A SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION LA FOSSIL TOWN DISTRICT SEVEN INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING MEETING OCTOBER 26TH, 2022.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A, UM I'M GONNA COME BACK TO B AND C CUZ THERE'S GONNA BE A MOTION TO LEAD BC AND D.

SO WE GO TO ITEM E 22, 1 32 LOT 44 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BAT ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.

INTRODUCE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM F 22 0 1 3 0 3 LOT 46 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ITEM G LOT 22 SQUARE 22 SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK DISTRICT SEVEN LOT H 2020.

EXCUSE ME.

22 DASH 0 1 30 0 4 LOT C SUBDIVISION BIRD STATION DISTRICT SEVEN I 22, 1 THAT'S ONE FOR DELETE.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM.

J 22 0 1 3 0 7 LOT 23 SQUARE, THREE SUBDIVISION GEORGETOWN DISTRICT SEVEN K2 2 0, 1 38.

BLOCK 35 SQUARE 31

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SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN, A 22 0 1 30 0 9 LOT 15 SQUARE FIRE SUBDIVISION VALLEY PARK, DISTRICT 12 ROCKER, M 22 0 1 3 10 A1 SUBDIVISION EAST RIDGEWOOD DISTRICT FOUR, MO N 22 0 1 3 1 1 LOT 78 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION RICHMOND PARK DISTRICT 7 0 22 0 1 3 1 2 LA 12 SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION ST.

HOLLAND FORUM DISTRICT FIVE HEARST P 22 0 1 3 1 3 LOT 75 SQUARE, 100 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN Q 22 1 0 1 3 1 4, ABOUT SIX AND SEVEN SQUARE, 10 SUBDIVISION NORTH FATTON RIVER DISTRICT TWO R 22 DASH 0 1 3 5 LOT 18 SQUARE, 10 SUBDIVISION NORTHDALE DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN S AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUT COOPERATING ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION IN CONNECTION, HOOPER, ROLL, WIDENING AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR THERE.

MOTION TO WAY THE RULES ALLOW ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED.

SO MOVE BY ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTIONAL WAY? THE RULES WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MOTION WAY, THE RULES, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTIONAL WAY, THE RULE.

WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AND DELETE ITEMS. B, C, D, AND I, AND REFUND ALL DEPOSITS.

AND IS THERE MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL NUMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL NUMBER.

NO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ARE COMPLETE.

GO TO APPOINTMENTS, CAPITAL TRANSIT SYSTEM, MORE OF COMMISSIONERS CATS, CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING PERRY.

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THOMAS, WHO HAS RESIGNED THIS TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST ITEM 95, NO ONE ON THE CURRENT BALLOT.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? MAYOR PRO HIM.

I MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

HOW LONG? OCTOBER 26 CAN TO 2024 WHEN WE RUN GOLF AGAIN.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 96, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING WHITNEY HOFFMAN SALE, WHO HAS RESIGNED.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? ARE THERE QUALIFICATIONS OR PARAMETERS AROUND WHO CAN BE NOMINATED? UM, SO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS TO CATS HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY APPLICANTS.

UM, SO GENERALLY THAT PROCESS WITH THEM TAKES 30 TO 45 DAYS, UM, FOR THEM TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH ALL OF THE APPLICANTS.

SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST 60 TO 90 DAYS, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TIME WHEN PEOPLE APPLY, THAT THEY COULD BE REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE.

I THINK 90 DAYS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

90.

WHAT IS OUR APPOINTEE? WOO.

I CONCUR 90 MOTION BY ROCK.

SECOND BY COLEMAN ITEM IS DEFERRED FOR 90 DAYS.

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THIS TERM EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023.

CURRENT BALLOT IS SHIRLEY BALL OR APPLICATION SUBMITTED.

CHRISTIAN CALLED APPLICATION SUBMITTED WRITTEN CORONA APPLICATION COMMITTED LARRY FIRM AND APPLICATION COM SUBMITTED TIMOTHY MOORE APPLICATION SUBMITTED LAUREN LEASE APPLICATION SUBMITTED GENEVIE PROCESS, APPLICATION SUBMITTED AND ZENO APPLICATION COMMITTED.

WE ARE GONNA VOTE IN PUBLIC HEARING.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 21 COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

14 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF BRITNEY ZENO.

TWO COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF BRITNEY ZENO OR GENEVIE PROSSER.

ONE COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF KRISTEN CA AND FOUR COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO SHIRLEY BOER.

WE'RE GONNA VOTE BY ORDER THAT THEY APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.

FIRST UP IS SHIRLEY BALDWIN.

MAY I APPROACH YOU IF YOU ARE NOT VOTE, EXCUSE ME, GO AHEAD.

EXCUSE ME.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT BRITNEY ZINO TO THE POSITION.

THERE IS A MOTION TO APPOINT BRITNEY XENO IS THERE SECOND TO APPOINTING BRITNEY XENO.

SECOND BY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OF BANKS AND THE OPPOSITION TO APPOINTING BRITNEY XENO.

I JUST WANTED TO I'M SORRY.

NO, NO.

I'D MUCH RATHER YOU SAY IT WOULD.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT SHIRLEY BOLE.

WELL, LET'S JUST VOTE ON THE MACHINE.

WE'RE GONNA VOTE BY ORDER OF THEIR APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.

IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE AT ALL.

WE'RE GONNA START WITH SHIRLEY.

BOER MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR SHIRLEY BOWLER.

EIGHT VOTES, MS. BULLER'S BEEN APPOINTED NINE VOTES BOMAN BEEN APPOINTED.

CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED AND REPLACING STANDING PULLMAN WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2022 STANLEY PULLUM REQUEST A REAPPOINTMENT.

[97. 22-01278]

GO TO ITEM 97.

VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF PERMISSION IS FIRE DISTRICT SICK HOOP ROAD,

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IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT STANLEY PULLUM SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERS, IS THERE A SECOND TO APPOINT STANLEY PULLUM COUNCIL MEMBER? NO SECOND.

ANY OPPOSITION STANLEY PHAM, CONGRAT YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES, DISTRICT CONCURRING

[98. 22-01295]

WITH THE CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT THOMAS SOYA, WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON AUGUST 28TH, 2022.

CURRENT BALLOT IS THOMAS SOYER REPRESENTING PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE IN FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS, AND ENTERPRISE OR AUDITING.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S MOTION TO APPROVE THOMAS SOYA BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MA OMAROSA? CONGRATULATIONS, THOMAS, YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE CAP AREA, HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT FINAL

[99. 22-01284]

ACCEPTANCES DRAINAGE RESTORATION PLAN FOR PORTIONS OF OAKBROOK SUBDIVISION ITEM 99, CONTRACTOR RIVER GULF MARINE, LLC.

FINAL COST $63,000.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 90 ON ITEM 99, BUT NOW I GO TO COUNCIL THAT MOTION.

SO MOVED BY ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR ITEM 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'RE

[Items 100 - 106]

GONNA TAKE ITEMS 100 TO 1 0 6 TOGETHER, 100 JUNK TRASH AND TO DEBRIS REMOVED SERVICES, GROUP C ROAD HOUSE MOVING AND DEMOLITION $57,700.

ITEM 1 0 1 JUNK TRASH AND DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES GROUP E THE LUSTER GROUP $59,000.

ITEM 1 0, 2 JANITORIAL FOR GREATER AIRPORT DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FACILITY SOUTHERN BE LLG TWENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND TEN CENTS.

ITEM 1 0 3, PUMP STATION 44 VALUE REPLACEMENT MC MC LLC $571,000.

ITEM 1 0 4 CHERRYVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REPLACEMENT NCMC LLC $327,000.

ITEM 1 0 5 12, LARGE DIAMETER SEWER REHABILITATION NCMC LLC, $1,117,000.

ITEM 1 0 6 CASH FIRE APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SIT ONS, MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP, LLC $21,235.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 100 THROUGH 1 0 6.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

COULD SOMEBODY FRED OR SOMEBODY? TELL ME WHY THERE'S NO ESTIMATE LISTED, UM, ITEM NUMBER 100.

IS IT JUST ON MY, UH, PRINTOUT? THAT IS NOT LISTED? WHICH ONE, SIR? NUMBER 100.

THERE'S NO ESTIMATE THERE.

OH, I, THAT, I THINK THAT THAT'S NOT UNDER MY, IS THAT I THINK IT'S RACHEL 100.

RACHEL, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE ESTIMATE IS ON THAT? IT'S NOT LISTED GOOD CATCH COUNCIL MEMBER.

DUN JR.

IT WAS, IT WAS VERY LOW BECAUSE THAT WE, WE HAVE NOT, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO ESTABLISH THESE TYPES OF, UH, UNIT PRICING AND I HAVEN'T EXACTLY, UM, PRICED OUT JUNK TRASH AND DEBRIS REMOVAL.

UM, SO I WANNA SAY THAT IT WAS PROBABLY LIKE THE $15,000 RANGE, BUT, UM, WE KIND OF REVISED SOME OF OUR ESTIMATES FOR THE SECOND GROUP OF FIVE AND THOSE WERE MUCH CLOSER THAN THE FIRST FIVE THAT WE BIT OUT.

RIGHT.

SO WE KIND OF HAD TO REGROUP ABOUT HOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR NUMBERS, UM, JUST TRYING TO USE FEMA DOCUMENTATION AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR LIKE THE DEBRIS REMOVAL CONTRACTS.

BUT WE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I EXPECTED THEM ALL TO BE IN THIS RANGE, LIKE RIGHT AROUND 50.

SO THE, YOU KNOW, A, B AND D CAME IN LIKE JUST UNDER 50 AND THESE TWO CAME IN JUST OVER.

HENCE WHY THEY'RE HERE BEFORE YOU WENT THIS COUNCIL.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT FIVE E THROUGH K OR F THROUGH K ACTUALLY ALL CAME IN BELOW 50.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.

SO I SENT, ACTUALLY SENT OUT ALL THOSE CONTRACTS TODAY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.

SO YOU, YOU THINK YOUR, YOUR ESTIMATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT LISTED WAS A LITTLE LOW AND IT'S MORE AROUND 50? I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE PRICE FOR WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

RIGHT? SO ALL 10 GROUPS WERE, UM, HAD BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PICKUP LOCATIONS ON THEM.

RIGHT.

AND THEY ALL VARIED BETWEEN SOME OF THEM, IT WAS JUST SOME SCATTERED DEBRIS WHERE SOME OF THEM WERE MORE HOARDER TYPE SITUATIONS GOING ON.

RIGHT.

SO IT REALLY WAS, WE DID THIS LUMP SUM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PRICES AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THE ADDRESSES ALL LISTED OUT PLENTY OF PICTURES, COURT ORDERS AND ALL THESE THINGS.

AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY GO PHYSICALLY VIEW THE SITES SO THAT THEY COULD APPROPRIATELY PRICE ALL OF THESE THINGS.