Oct 12, 2022 Metropolitan Council

YES, THAT'S WORTH CELEBRATING.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM TO RECOGNIZE ERIC ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES PROCLAMATION, CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

IS ERIC HERE? ERIC? MM-HMM.

SO, UH, TODAY I AM PLEASED YOU ALL KNOW ERIC ROMERO, OUR I S IT DIRECTOR HERE FOR CITY PARISH.

UH, WE WANNA USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO DISCUSS THE VALUE OF CYBER SECURITY AND THE ROLE IS PLAYING IN OUR CITY, UH, PARISH GOVERNMENT.

SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, OUR CITY PARISH HAS PRIORITIZED THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING, ENHANCE OUR OPERATIONS, AND IMPROVE THE WAYS WE SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

THIS FOCUS HAS HELPED US ACHIEVE A TOP 10 DIGITAL CITY RANKING FOR SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW.

AND AS WE HAVE EMBRACED TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT PROTECTING OUR SYSTEMS DATA AND DEVICES IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR WORK.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT CYBER SECURITY THREATS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DISRUPT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT CAUSES DAMAGE FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPROMISES THE DATA MAINTAINED BY OUR CITY PARISH.

AND SO ERIC AND HIS TEAM HAVE

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DONE A TREMENDOUS WORK TO PROTECT OUR DATA AND DEVICES, UH, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING MANDATORY CYBER SECURITY TRAINING, SENDING FREQUENT REMINDERS, UH, FOR CYBER SECURITY TIPS.

I THINK YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED THOSE TOO, A FEW TIMES.

INVESTING IN COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE AND OTHER SOLUTIONS, HOLDING WORKSHOPS FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND REGULARLY CONVENING WITH THE EXPERTS ON BEST PRACTICES.

IN FACT, I WAS IN A MEETING YESTERDAY, WAS THAT YESTERDAY WAS, UM, WHERE, UM, ERIC BROUGHT IN, UM, AN EXPERT FROM TEXAS TO TALK ABOUT CYBER SECURITY AND HOW WE COULD EVEN IMPLEMENT IT MORE TO NOT ONLY THE FABRIC OF CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT GO OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, Y'ALL NOMINATED.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK, UH, THAT ERIC AND HIS TEAM TERRIBLE HAS DONE.

AND, UM, WE EARLIER THIS MONTH ANNOUNCED THE CENTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ASSURANCE AND SECURITY HAS SELECTED BATON ROUGE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PILOT PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY WIDE CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE.

AND THAT'S THE MEETING THAT I WAS IN YESTERDAY.

SO I, UM, AM OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMING OCTOBER AS CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US, UH, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CYBER SECURITY, BEST PRACTICES, AND THE VALUABLE ROLE WE ALL PLAY IN PROTECTING OUR DATA DEVICES AND INFORMATION.

THANK YOU ERIC, SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU DECLARING OCTOBER AS CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE COUNCIL SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT CYBER SECURITY IS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO NOT HAVE THAT SUPPORT, AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR RESOURCES.

ON OCTOBER 25TH, 6:00 PM WE'LL HAVE A VIRTUAL, UH, CYBERSECURITY, UM, MEETING.

IT'S, UH, ENTITLED A SAFE AND SECURE DIGITAL BATON ROUGE.

AND WE'LL HAVE SOME EXPERTS COME IN.

THIS IS NOT FOR IT PERSONNEL.

THIS IS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS OF THE THREATS AND GIVE THEM SOME TIPS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, THEIR, THEIR DIGITAL ASSETS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING DEVICES IN THE HANDS OF CHILD CHILDREN AS EARLY AS TWO YEARS OLD NOW, AND THEY'RE SWIPING AND CLICKING.

AND SO WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, UM, REALLY EDUCATING THEM AT A EARLIER AGE SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE SECURE AS THEY, UM, GROW OLDER AND, AND, AND ENGAGE INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT COMMUNITY APPROACH TO CYBER SECURITY IS IMPORTANT.

SO, UH, THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, IF Y'ALL EVER, UM, AT DISTRICT MEETINGS AND SUCH AND WANT US TO COME AND DO CYBER SECURITY PRESENTATIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU ALL.

KEEP TIGERTOWN BEAUTIFUL.

AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE DORIS LOVE ALBERT, PRESIDENT OF THE CAPITAL CITY COUNCIL OF THE BLIND BLINDNESS AWARENESS MONTH.

SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT I DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR HER THAT SAYS, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS HEREBY WATER TO THE CAPITAL CITY COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, PROMOTING AN OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE FOR LEGALLY BLIND PEOPLE BY BRINGING HEIGHTENED FOCUS ON THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY AND THE REALITIES OF LIVING WITHOUT SIGHT DATED 12TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.

SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, HUG 'EM TODAY, UH, TOMORROW OR THIS ENTIRE MONTH.

AND SO LET'S GIVE 'EM A ROUND APPLAUSE.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DENISE SAMOSA TO RECOGNIZE JENNIFER RICHARDSON.

ALL OF Y'ALL COME UP.

SO ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, JENNIFER WAS MENTIONING TO A FRIEND OF HERS THE GARBAGE THAT, UH, WAS FOUND THROUGHOUT BATON ROUGE.

AND OF COURSE, WE'VE ALL SEEN IT.

AND HER FRIEND TOLD HER, QUIT COMPLAINING AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO JENNIFER DID.

SHE BANDED HER LITTLE GROUP

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OF FRIENDS, UH, CONCERNED CITIZENS WITH THEIR LITTLE GRABBERS AND THEIR GARBAGE BAGS, AND STARTED CLEANING UP OUR CITY.

AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY TAKEN OUR CITY BY STORM.

IT'S HARD NOT TO DRIVE AROUND BATON ROUGE, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND NOT SEE ONE OF THESE, UH, BEAUTIFUL T-SHIRTS THAT PERRY HAS ON.

UM, I TOLD, I TOLD JENNIFER, I SAID, WHEN YOU HIT 5,000 BAGS OF GARBAGE, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU COME BACK, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD JENNIFER BEFORE.

WELL, AS OF LAST WEEK, THEY HAVE PICKED UP OVER 52, 5200 BAGS OF GARBAGE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING, IS THAT REALLY A GOOD THING THAT WE'VE GOT THAT MUCH GARBAGE DOWN ON THE GROUND? THE GREAT THING TO THINK IS THAT GARBAGE IS NOT GONNA END UP IN OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

UM, ALONG WITH GARBAGE, THEY PICK UP CAR PARTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PICKED UP AFTER WRECKS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CAMPAIGN SIGNS, NEEDLES, AND ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING THINGS THAT IF YOU GET ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY ALWAYS DISPLAY SOME OF THE VERY INTERESTING THINGS THAT THEY'VE PICKED UP.

KNIVES, UH, GUNS, JUST BULLETS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY REALLY ALWAYS HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME.

UM, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TODAY JENNIFER WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY KEITH, LOUISIANA, BEAUTIFUL CHOSEN FOR THE EVERYDAY HERO AWARD, AND SHE RECEIVED THE 2022 LET LOUISIANA SHINE AWARD THAT I THINK THEY ACTUALLY, UH, DEVELOPED FOR HER.

AM I CORRECT JUST FOR HER? BECAUSE SHE'S DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB.

THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT JENNIFER'S GROUP IS THIS IS 100% CITIZEN DRIVEN.

THEY'RE NOT WAITING ON ANY KIND OF FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT, UH, ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, SURVEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY JUST GET OUT THERE EVERY MORNING, EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THEY START PICKING UP GARBAGE.

UH, THE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR SUNSHINE AWARD WINNER, JENNIFER RICHARDSON AND HER LITTLE BAND OF, UH, OF, UM, LIT WARRIOR LITTER WARRIORS.

AND OH, OH, OH.

I HAVE HER CERTIFICATE THAT SAYS, YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND PASSION TO KEEPING TIGERTOWN BEAUTIFUL, FILLING 5,000 PLUS BAGS OF TRASH IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND BRING AWARENESS TO CITIZENS TO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR TOWN.

JENNIFER, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY? SOMETHING? OH, YES.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US.

UM, THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HONORED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

AND, UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO COME OUT AND JOIN US INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE GYM AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

COME OUT WITH US AT 6 45.

YOU GET TO SLEEP A LITTLE LATER.

AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME OUT THERE.

WE PICK UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE'RE MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY.

UM, PEOPLE, THIS IS, LIKE DENISE SAID, PEOPLE JUST DROP OFF BOXES AT MY DOORSTEP OF STRANGERS.

YOU KNOW, UM, HERE'S SOME GARBAGE BAGS.

HERE'S A GRABER, HERE'S SOME GLOVES.

YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU NEED? THIS THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO HELP US, AND THEY'VE BEEN CHEERING US ON ALL THE WAY.

AND THE MORE THEY DO, THE MORE YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE WE GET.

WE HAVE 3,800 MEMBERS NOW OF KEEP TIGERTOWN BEAUTIFUL, AND WE'VE GOT A LITTLE ARMY GOING AND WE'RE CLEANING UP THE CITY.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF MY VOLUNTEERS.

THESE PEOPLE NEVER SAY NO, THEY NEVER SAY DIE.

THEY JUST GET UP, GET OUT THERE AND PICK UP LITTER.

THE BAGS THAT WE PICK UP ARE CONTRACTOR BAGS.

THEY'RE NOT LITTLE TINY BAGS.

THEY'RE HUGE BAGS.

AND SO 5,200 PLUS BAGS, THAT'S A LOT OF GARBAGE.

AND WE ARE JUST GETTING WARMED UP.

SO JUST KEEP LOOKING FOR OUR YELLOW SHIRTS ON THE STREET.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS AWARD.

TO HAVE TWO AWARDS IN ONE DAY IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S SO WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH GIRL.

DOING ONE JOB.

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME?

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SHOULDN'T, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR NEXT PERSON TO BE RECOGNIZED IS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING.

MAYOR, PRESIDENT, MR. SUPERINTENDENT.

WE'RE IN RECESS, MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

NEXT WE WILL HAVE MYSELF AND MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM TO RECOGNIZE SUPERINTENDENT OF BRETT, COREY WILSON, AND BRETT FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AWARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OF YOUR OTHER, UH, TEAM MEMBERS HERE, BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE WATCHING .

WELL, CERTAINLY.

UM, WE ALL KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT, UH, BRETT HAS, UH, ON OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, THEIR EFFORTS HAVE TOUCHED EVERY CORNER OF OUR PARISH.

UM, THEY HAVE IMPROVED OUR COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, OPEN SPACES, RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES, AND SO MUCH MORE.

AND AS YOU HEARD JUST RECENTLY, BR WAS NAMED THE 2022 WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT.

BRETT CONTINUES TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES FOR LASTING POSITIVE IMPACTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING A, UH, COMMENDATION TO BRECK AND SUPERINTENDENT COREY WILSON, UH, FOR DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE IN PARKS AND RECREATION THROUGH LONG RANGE PLANNING, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERISM, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND AGENCY RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR ME PRO.

I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR AMER PRESIDENT.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE COREY AND ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK, UH, FOR BRICK AT OUR PARKS, AT OUR STADIUMS, UH, AT THE ZOO, UH, DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR ALL OF US HERE IN OUR CITY PARISH.

UH, PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK YOU, COREY, FOR BEING THE TYPE OF LEADER WE CAN ALL, UH, REACH OUT TO.

AND YOU MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF US.

YOU GO, YOU ATTEND, UH, A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS, AND WE KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE IS EXTREMELY BUSY MANAGING THE PARKS, BUT THIS AWARD SHOULD NOT, UH, WE SHOULD NOT TAKE LIGHTLY BECAUSE NOT EVERY PARK IN THE COUNTRY WINS THIS AWARD.

ONLY ONE PARK IN THE NATION WINS THIS AWARD A YEAR.

CORRECT.

OR EVERY CORRECT.

A YEAR OR SO.

FOR BRETT TO WIN IT IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IS A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY THE WORK, UH, BRECK IS DOING, BUT THE WORK WE ALL ARE DOING IN TERMS OF ENGAGING IN OUR PARKS AND HAVING FUN AND JUST BEING THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY WE ALL CAN BE PROUD OF.

SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO UCOR AND I HAVE A, UH, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION HERE, YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND RECEIVING A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AWARD SIGNED BY ALL 12 COUNCIL NUMBERS.

CAUSE WE ALL APPRECIATE AND LOVE THE WORK YOU DO, AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU AND WE ASK THAT YOU STAY AS SUPERINTENDENT AT BRETT FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND CONTINUE, UH, TO KEEP DOING A WONDERFUL JOB YOU'RE DOING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

WELL, THANK YOU, UH, UH, MAYOR B AS WELL AS MAYOR PRO TIM, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, UM, HERE TONIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE VALUES WE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON IS, IS NOT ONLY A SERVICE, UH, BUT COLLABORATION.

WE TRY AND WORK WITH YOU GUYS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE SAME GOAL.

AND, AND ONE OF OUR VALUES IS EXCELLENCE.

AND SO, UH, TO GET THE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, UH, NATIONALLY WAS CERTAINLY A VALIDATION OF THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UH, WHO WORK FOR BRECK, UH, CONTRIBUTE ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO IT WAS VERY VALIDATING AND REWARDING FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO, UH, FOR A COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, I LIVE HERE IN BATON ROUGE.

I HAVE A 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND I'VE BEEN AT BRECK 10 YEARS.

SO SHE'S RAISED, UH, UP IN BRECK.

AND, AND TO BE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS THE BEST PARK SYSTEM,

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UH, IN THE COUNTRY, UH, IS, IS A PROUD THING FOR ME TO SAY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU TO, TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE TO WORK, UH, PLAY AND LIVE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD WE, SINCE WE ALL SIGN, COULD WE ALL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND, UH, COREY, IF YOU COULD TELL THE OWNER OF BRETT, WE MISSED HER HERE.

SO WOULD YOU SAY, I'M I THE OWNER OF BRETT? NO, NO, NO, NO.

I'M JUST A, A STEWARD.

LET ME SEE.

MR. NOEL, WOULD YOU, THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA DO MINE FIRST.

EVERYONE.

OH, TAKE YOUR TIME.

THIS IS MINE RIGHT HERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE OTHER SIDE SOMEHOW.

YOU WERE THROWING THE SYMMETRY OFF HERE.

NO, HERE WE GO.

ONE, TWO.

COUNCILMAN LAMONT COLE, COUNCILMAN AFTERNOON.

JAMIE, GO AHEAD AND GET YOU A SHOT.

SO YOU GOTTA TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND COME RIGHT BACK AND WE ALL TAKE THAT ONE AND BE GONE.

IF YOU'RE IN HERE, ONE GAL WILL BE GOOD.

AND WE GOING LADIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, UH, WITH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2022.

GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU TUNED IN.

WE HAVE BEEN BROADCASTING OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS LIVE ON METRO 21, EVEN BEFORE METRO 21 FOR 44 YEARS.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

ALSO.

WE WERE THE FIRST GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO FEATURE SIGN LANGUAGE AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.

WELCOME EVERYBODY, AND AT THIS TIME HERE IS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PROTE, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT HOME AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS OCTOBER 12TH, 2020 2, 3 30, EXCUSE ME, 4:00 PM TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE LED IN THE INVOCATION BY CARMEN HOLDING A SENIOR AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS GONNA BE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY FABIO BEGA.

MAY I, DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? I GOT 'EM.

BENEGAS GOT IT.

SENIOR.

OH, YOU WANT THEM TO DO THOSE? YES.

AND SO I SAY GREAT AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE HERE THAT ASSEMBLED FOR THIS GREAT MEETING HERE TODAY.

AND TODAY, YES, WE DO HAVE CARMEN HOLDEN, FIO NEGA AND ASHLEY ZA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT INCLUSION.

AND SO TODAY WE HAVE THE TRUE MEANING OF INCLUSION IN THAT PLEDGE WHEN YOU SAY WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK CARMEN COME RIGHT ON UP.

THIS IS GRADE 12, MISS SENIOR AT MCKINLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ASPIRATION, A DENTAL ASSISTANT ALSO.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ASHLEY ZADER TO COME RIGHT ON UP.

AND ASHLEY IS A FIFTH GRADER.

ITEM ONE APPROVAL ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022, AND METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S ONLY MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022 BY THE COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

A BIG FIFTH GRADER, YOU ALL.

AND SO ASHLEY IS ALSO A COMMA.

UH, SHE'S WITH MS. MAOL ZA.

MM-HMM.

HER ASPIRATION IS TO BE AN IMMIGRANT LAWYER, ANNA BAKER.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT A BACON LAWYER, LOOK FOR

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ASHLEY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEASE, COMING UP, FIO FIO VANGA, THE GENTLEMAN HERE, BOBO IS A SENIOR AT MCKINLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

HIS ASPIRATION IS TO BE A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND TO LEAD HIS FATHER'S COMPANY, FOSTER SHEET METAL.

AND SO TODAY THEY ARE HERE ALONG WITH, UH, LIONEL LEE JR.

WHO'S THE PARENT LIAISON.

THEY ARE AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL YIELD TO THE, WHO'S DOING THE PRAYER FIRST.

UH, YES, THE INVOCATION.

I WILL YIELD TO OUR PRAYER.

AND IF YOU ALL WILL STAND AND FOLLOW THEIR LEAD.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS.

OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THEIR NAME BY KINGDOM COME, THAT WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

BINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF TO THE FLAG.

HELLO.

AND THAT YOU'LL BE TO THEIR DIRECTION.

CAUSE WHAT IS ONE WILL STAND IN ENGLISH, ONE WILL STAND IN 10.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AAND OF THE UNITED STATES.

DEL OF AMERICA.

THE AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC.

REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UN UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY IN AND JUSTICE PERAL.

MM-HMM.

THANK YOU YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM

[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM ONE HAS BEEN

[INTRODUCTIONS]

INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER SEVEN, THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY M. HARRINGTON.

ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A, AN ANNUAL PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX THE SHARE V BUTTNER'S PARISH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT OF $5,558 AND 44 CENTS.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AREA FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND CST MULTIFAMILY REAL ESTATE SERVICES, LLC, WITH RESPECT TO THE RESERVE AT YOUR PLACE AND AN ANNUAL PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX TO THE SHERIFF OF V BATON ROUGE.

AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT OF $829 IN 18 CENTS.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AREA FINANCE AUTHORITY AND CST MULTIFAMILY FAMILY REAL ESTATE SERVICES, LLC.

WITH RESPECT TO THE MORNING SIDE AT JOY PLACE PROJECT BY COUNCILMAN DARRELL HURST.

NUMBER THREE, GRANTING A FIVE YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $5,365 PER YEAR FOR KIMBALL PROPERTIES LLC.

LOCATED AT 6 34 NORTH SEVENTH STREET, THE APPLICATION OF REFERRED BY LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PROFIT INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITH MONEY PROVIDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY BLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND TO EXECUTE ALL SUCH SALES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES AND TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS REQUIRED UNDER THE AION GRANT BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

NUMBER FIVE, ADOPTING FOLLOWING AD VALORA MILLAGE TAX RATES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING TAXING JURISDICTIONS ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTIES, EXCEPT THAT THE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHALL BE LEVY LEVIED ON REAL PROPERTY ONLY TV LEVY DURING THE YEAR 2023 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH OPERATING TAX 3.15 CITY OF BATON ROUGE OPERATING TAX 5.75 CITY

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OF BATON ROUGE.

THREE PLATOON POLICE TAX 0.875 MILLS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND RODENT CONTROL DISTRICT 1.06 MILLS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND RODENT CONTROL DISTRICT.

NUMBER SIX, AN ORDINANCE PLACING STORM WATER, SEWER UTILITY USER FEES INTO, UH, USER FEE CHARGES INTO EFFECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY OF TITLE 33.

CHAPTER TWO, PART SEVEN OF LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTES, THE LOCAL SERVICES LAW AND TITLE 33.

CHAPTER 10, PART ONE OF LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTES WITH THE RESPECT TO STORMWATER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS IN A JOINT COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER THE TERMS OF THE JOINT INTER GOVERNMENTAL AND LOCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT CREATED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND THE PARISH CHEVY BATON ROUGE CONFIRMING THE LEVY COLLECTION DEDICATION OF SAID STORM WATER UTILITY SERVICE USER FEE CHARGES BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CONDEMNATION.

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5 1 42 PAGE STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HURST.

NUMBER EIGHT, FRED MARVIN BUTLER, SENIOR 67 65 AUTUMN AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HURST, NUMBER NINE, AARON BLANCHARD, 45 27 CLAY CUT ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 10, JEREMIAH PORTER, 48 72 SHERWOOD STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 11, ELMO BROWN AND MARY NIXON BROWN, 3 1 30 DALTON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 12, ABRAHAM CODER.

AND JERRY SUSAN CAR CODER 48 1 1 SHERWOOD STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 13.

DOROTHY DOROTHY JEAN JOHNSON RICHARDSON, 40 41 LOUIS STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN COUNCIL MEMBERS A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 33 AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS IS IN ORDER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 33 AND INTRODUCE ALL THE ITEMS? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

SECONDLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS DURING ANY OBJECTION, ALL ITEMS REQUIRING INTRODUCTION HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD REFER TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS, I'M GOING TO READ THE D P W RECOMMENDATIONS AS FOLLOWS.

THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 ITEMS, 50 AND 51 AND THEY ARE TO DELETE ITEMS 49.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE? WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE EMAIL COMMENT FOR ITEM 42.

AND THAT IS, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.

RON FINNISH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION THAT SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CONDEMNATION.

SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CONDEMNATION.

GOT IT? YES, SIR.

I, I'VE LIVED IN THE A OAK SUBDIVISION FOR 21 YEARS IN THE HOUSE AT 3 5 24.

HARRIS DRIVE HAS BEEN VACANT IN NEGLECTED FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD.

UH, THE NEIGHBORS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WERE EXTREMELY PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND WITH WHEN THEY WERE DEALING WITH PERSONAL ISSUES.

20 YEARS AGO, THE NEIGHBORS WENT SO FAR AS VOLUNTARILY CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE OWNERS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY FOLLOWING YEARS OF DECLINE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE PICTURES THAT ASSOCIATED THE, WITH THE REPORT AND THE HOLES IN THE ROOF, AS WELL AS UNWELCOME, TRANSIENT TO ASK, ACCESSING THE PROPERTY THAT AFTER NOTES DECIDED THEY HAD NO OTHER CHOICE IN THE, YOU KNOW, PURSUE THE CONDEMNATION.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS GLAD TO FINALLY SEE THE FIRST NOTICE POSTED AT 35 24 HARRIS ON APRIL 10TH, 2018, INFORMING OWNER TO REPAIR MO PROPERTY BY MAY 10TH, 2018.

APPARENTLY SOME MINOR COSMETIC WORK WAS PERFORMED

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ON THE STREET SIDE, FACING THE HOUSE AND THE PROPERTY WAS NOT CONDEMNED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

CONDEMNATION ORDER 1,146 WAS POSTED ON MARCH 26TH, 2022 WITH A NOTICE THE VACATE BY MARCH 28TH.

UNBEKNOWNST TO THE RESIDENTS OF ATHE NOTES, THIS CONDEMNATION ORDER WAS RESCINDED ON MAY 11TH BASED ON EMPTY PROMISES BY THE OWNER.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EFFORTS THROUGH RID THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS DANGEROUS ICEO STARTED DWELL OVER FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW DISAPPOINTED THE RESIDENTS AFTER NOTES WERE TO LEARN THAT THE PREVIOUS WHOEVER TO DEMOLISHED PROPERTY HAVE FAILED.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE COMBINATION ORDER CAN BE EASILY RESCINDED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY DONOR.

I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR HELP AND SEEING THAT LONG OVERDUE DEMOLITION OF THIS DANGER SIZE SORE IS FOLLOWED THROUGH TO COMPLETION.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW ANY MORE EMPTY PROMISES FROM THE OWNER TO DETER THE PROCESS.

LASTLY, I WANNA THANK THE PERSONNEL IN THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT FOR THEIR PATIENCE IN SPORT IN THIS EFFORT.

ITEM 1 0 6, RECEIVING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2022 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE FOR GARBAGE, TRASH, BULKY ITEM WOODY WASTE AND RECYCLE PICKUP BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, RICHARD IN HERE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. STANLEY SINGLE TERRY, MR. SINGLE TERRY NOT COMING DOWN.

IT SAYS OPPOSITION, BUT I'M THINKING HE MAY BE IN FAVOR AS WELL.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATION? ALL RIGHT, WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? MM-HMM.

UH, COUNCIL NUMBER COLEMAN? YES, SIR.

NUMBER 47 30 DAYS CLICKS.

47 30 DAYS.

YOU SAID 40, 60, RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA READ ANYBODY ELSE, I'M GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES.

THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 50 AND 51.

THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

ITEMS 4 43 DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, ITEMS 37 AND 47 FOR 60 DAYS.

ITEM 40 AND THEY ARE TO DELETE ITEMS. 48 AND 49.

I DID NOT 30 FOR CONDEMNATION.

SO IF WE CAN HAVE THAT REMOVED, PLEASE.

39 DELETED AGAIN, PROCEED WITH ITEMS 38 41, 44, 45, 46, 50 AND 51.

DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

ITEM 43, 30 DAYS, 37 AND 47, 60 DAYS.

ITEM 40, DELETE ITEM 39, 48 AND 49.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL CONDEMNATIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE BY COUNCILMAN MASO.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WILL GO TO PAGE 21.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE

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I'M RICHARD SPEAR WITH DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND, AND SHARON MAN WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES IS HERE WITH ME.

AND I GAVE EVERYBODY A COPY OF THE REPORT AND I THINK IT'S UP, SHARON.

SO, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING OUTSIDE JO, ME.

SO, UH, THE REPORT OUTLINE IS ALWAYS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ON SOME Q3 ISSUES AND THEN THE COLLECTION STATS AND PERFORMANCE RATINGS, UH, ONE SLIDE ON LANDFILL.

AND THEN, UH, REPUBLIC SERVICES WILL TALK WITH YOU.

UH,

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WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME MINOR GLITCHES THAT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH WITH REPUBLIC, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE.

I THINK WE STILL HAVE A VERY GOOD RATING, UH, THEIR INDEX RATING, AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, IN FEW SLIDES THAT WE'RE STILL WELL BELOW OUR INDEX.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S A FEW THINGS I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THE COLLECTION DATA.

YOU KNOW, SO FAR WE'RE SHOULD SEEING ALMOST 11,000 3 1 11 CALLS.

BUT COMPARING THAT TO LAST YEAR AND 2020 AND 2019, UH, LAST YEAR WE GOT A 53% IMPROVEMENT.

UH, 39% OVER 2020 AND A 65% OVER 2019.

SO THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED WITH OUR PARTNER ARE WORKING WELL AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS ARE DOWNS.

THE, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON FIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE CALLS PER DAY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LITTLE SPIKE IN, IN, UH, AUGUST, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL COMING BACK DOWN TO ALMOST JUST ABOUT 10 CALLS A DAY FOR SEPTEMBER.

AND, AND THE SPIKE IS LESS THAN 20 CALLS PER DAY.

SO THAT KEEPS THEIR INDEX.

IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT ONE, YOU KNOW, WELL BELOW OUR GOAL OF FIVE AND, AND COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, AND THE BOTTOM PART OF THE GRAPH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE HAVING OUR ISSUES IN THE WOODY WAIST AND THROUGH, UH, THE STORMS THAT WE WERE HAVING LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR THINGS WERE RUNNING REAL SMOOTH.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.

AND I, I THINK I I, I'M NOT HEARING FROM YOUR AIDS OR ANYTHING EXCEPT ON AN OCCASIONAL BASIS WHERE WE, AND WE ADDRESS THOSE THINGS VERY QUICKLY.

SO, UH, IF WE LOOK AT THE LANDFILL DATA, THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN BACK TO KIND OF A MORE NORMAL TYPE OF TONNAGE GOING INTO THE LANDFILL FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE REALLY, OUR PAST ALL, ALL OUR COVID ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN 2020 AND IN THINGS ARE RUNNING SMOOTH BOTH IN THE COLLECTION AND IN WITH THE LANDFILL.

SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO SHARON AND LET HER TALK A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.

HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT LOCAL EVENTS.

UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE INVITED US TO SOME OF YOUR, UH, HOA MEETINGS AND TALKING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ASK US THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE REALLY DO ENJOY DOING THAT.

SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, DONATING OF TRUCKS AND PEOPLE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, WE DID ONE LAST WEEKEND AND WE'RE DOING THE ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TIRE CLEANUPS.

UH, THERE WAS A HUGE, THERE WAS PROBABLY TWO TRAILER LOADS OF TIRES IN A, THAT WAS DUMPED OUT IN A PARK THAT WE JUST WENT AND PICKED UP.

AND WHEN ONE OF OUR DRIVERS ACTUALLY CALLED AND SAID, YOU KNOW, MS. SHARON, THERE'S TWO LOADS OF TIRES OUT HERE.

IT LOOKS HORRIBLE, WON'T YOU, CAN WE GET OUR FLATBED DRIVERS TO COME AND PICK IT UP? WE'VE DONATED OVER 2000 LITTER BOXES TO EVENTS AND WE'RE, WE STARTED BACK WITH COVID HOSTING SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS AT THE MERF.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOUR AREA AND YOUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS CUZ WE REALLY DO ENJOY DOING THAT.

WE'VE SPENT OVER $3 MILLION ON IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR RECYCLING PLANT AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OTHER COMPANIES OF STOP SERVICES DUE TO THE ECONOMY.

BUT WE CONTINUE TO BE A TRUE PARTNER AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO EVERY, EACH AND EVERY DAY.

UM, REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS AWARDED $125,000 GRANT TO BUILD BATON ROUGE.

UH, THERE WAS THAT, THERE'S A PARK THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT IN THE NOR BATON ROUGE AREA THAT'S GONNA BE GEARED TOWARDS, UM, THE ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH PLANNING, UM, GARDENS AND VEGETABLES.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL, THE, OUR LOCAL HAULING COMPANY, MY, ME AND MY EMPLOYEES, WE'RE GONNA BE VERY INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO PLANT AND GET, AND A LOT OF OUR, UH, TEAM MEMBERS, FAMILY MEMBERS LIVE OUT THERE AND IT'S REALLY GONNA BE GEARED TOWARDS ELDERLY PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

WE'RE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR'S LITTER TASK FORCE AND WE'RE ON THE BOARD OF OUR FUTURE, OUR FAMILY, UM, AND DONATING OF BOXES AND TRUCKS TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CLEANUPS AT SOME OF THE CEMETERIES AROUND BATON ROUGE SO WE CAN HELP THEM LOOK A LITTLE BETTER.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL US IF YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE EVENTS.

WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY LIKE

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DOING.

I DON'T WANNA JUST HEAR FROM YOU WHEN WE DON'T DO WELL.

I WANT YOU TO CALL US AND ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR AREA.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CALL US AND LET US KNOW.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GONNA TAKE ANY COMMENTS FROM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

FIRST WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

COME ON DOWN.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MARIE CONSTANTINA WITH STORMWATER COALITION AND A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE.

UM, I WANNA SAY TO SHARON, IF, IF WE ASK SHARON TO SELL US A VOLKSWAGEN AND THE VOLKSWAGEN ARRIVES, WE CAN'T BE UNHAPPY CUZ THAT WOULD, THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

AND SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD WILL AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WE'VE GOT TRUCKS WITH DESIGNS THAT LITTER AND THE LITTER.

IT, IT'S A LOT OF LITTER.

IT'S NOT A LITTLE BIT OF LITTER, IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF LITTER.

AND THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THIS LITTER CAN BE MASSIVE.

AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THEY CAN'T AFFORD BAGS.

AND WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD BAGS AND YOU HAVE LITTERBUG TRUCKS PICKING UP YOUR GARBAGE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN MORE LITTER.

AND THE REASON THIS IS PARTLY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE LITTER, UM, IS CONTRIBUTES TO FLOODING AND IT'S, UM, I HAVE VIDEOS OF TRUCKS LITTERING.

I ALSO HAVE VIDEOS OF MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF LITTER AFTER RAIN FLOATING AROUND IN WETLANDS AND RIVERS THAT I'M HAPPY TO SHOW ANYBODY.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO CRITICIZE SHARON, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE TO DO.

I'M HERE TO ASK US TO PIVOT AND TO PHASE IN THE TRUCKS THE, UM, AUTOMATIC SIDE LOADING DROP FRAME TRUCKS THAT ARE WIND PROTECTED ON THREE SIDES WHEN THE LID AND THE CART OPENS IN THE, WELL IT'S, IT'S A COUPLE FEET DOWN AND WIND TUNNELS AND, AND CYCLONES DON'T BUILD UP IN THE TRUCK SPEWING THINGS OUT CUZ IT'S A SEALED TRUCK.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S ALSO EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK OUR PEOPLE.

WE CAN'T ASK THEM ALL TO BAG.

WE NEED TO ASK THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT TO BAG, BUT WE NEED TO ASK THEM TO CLOSE THE LID AND DO LIKE LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

AND AT SOME POINT IF YOU DON'T CLOSE THE LID, WE DELIVER ANOTHER CART TO YOU AND, AND SEND YOU THE BILL.

AND SO SHARON, I APPRECIATE YOU AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY, BUT I THINK IT'S UP TO US.

SHE'S GIVEN US WHAT WE ASK FOR AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

WE CANNOT HAVE THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF LITTER COMING OUT, OLDER DESIGN TRUCKS, NEW TRUCKS, BUT WITH OLD DESIGNS IF WE'RE GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND POOR JENNIFER RICHARDSON WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RETIRE.

OFF OF A TRAILER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6? ANYONE ELSE HERE? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. HEY SHARON, I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, TO RESPOND TO WHAT, UM, TO WHAT MARIE SAID ABOUT LITTER.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, WITH THE STORM WATER FEE AND EVERYTHING COMING IT, THAT, THAT ISSUE'S REALLY RISING, UM, VERY MUCH TO THE FOREFRONT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MARIE AND UM, WE'RE TAKING THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IN TALKS WITH, WITH RICK AND KELVIN, UH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THROUGH WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROCESSES.

SO BUT YOU, SO YOU, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE, THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN DO BETTER IS THAT, SO THE TRUCKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THERE'S A DESIGN MM-HMM THAT, UM, AND, AND WHEN THE TRUCK IS, WHEN THE TRUCK DUMPS THE CART, THE BLADE COMES BACK, PUSHES IT FORWARD TO THE BAG AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY PAPER TO, SO TO MARIE'S POINT, IF THERE'S LOOSE DEBRIS, THERE'S A COUPLE PIECES OF PAPER.

MARIE SENT ME A VIDEO OF A TRUCK THAT FOUR LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER FLEW OUT OF, OFF THE INTERSTATE.

WE GET THAT BAGGING IS THE ANSWER.

IF YOU GO IN NEIGHBORHOODS, I, I DON'T HEAR A LOT FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT LITTER IN NEIGHBORHOODS UNLESS SOMEBODY DUMPS A CART OVER AND ACCIDENTALLY PUSHES IT IN THE DITCH AND THEN WE SEND SOMEBODY TO GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT UP.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T HEAR FROM A LOT OF Y'ALL UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THERE'S A LOT OF LITTER RIGHT ON THE INTERSTATES, PEOPLE DRIVING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, CONSTRUCTION BOXES AND, AND THE WAY THOSE ARE COVERED, NOT JUST WITH REPUBLIC, IT'S ALL WASTE HAULERS AND WE TRULY FEEL THAT THAT'S WHERE THERE'S THE MOST EFFORT THAT WE COULD DO IN TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES THERE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE CERTAINLY AREN'T THROWING OUT A CHAIR ON THE INTERSTATE.

IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF A GARBAGE TRUCK, UH, THAT, THAT SERVICES YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S COMING OUT OF EITHER A CONSTRUCTION DUMPSTER COMING

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SO I THINK WITH THE LITTER TASK FORCE AND I THINK WITH RICK AND KELVIN AND US TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET BETTER AND CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, WE'D BE WILLING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL.

GREAT.

AND IS THAT, SO YOU'RE, THIS IS PART OF YOUR WORK ON THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE? YES.

DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? WHAT'S YOUR ON THE GOVERNOR? IT'S JUST OVERALL LITTER.

SO, AND I, IN, IN MY OPINION, ME BEING ON THE TASK FORCE, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING TO HELP US INCLUDED ON THIS, THESE CONSTRUCTION DUMPSTERS.

BECAUSE THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED, WHEN YOU PUT 'EM ON THE BACK OF ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS, THEY HAVE AN AUTO TARPING SYSTEM.

AND IF THAT, IF THAT DUMPSTER IS NOT BALANCED AND LEVEL ACROSS THE TOP, THAT TARP CAN'T FIT COMPLETELY OVER IT.

SO THINGS WILL COME OUT, NOT JUST MY COMPANY, IT'S ALL COMPANIES THAT USE THESE AND THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 25 OF 'EM.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET A REALLY BIG BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND ON THE INTERSTATE.

AND I THINK EDUCATION IS A REALLY BIG PIECE AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS OF BATON ROUGE AND HELP EDUCATE THEM ON MAKE SURE YOUR CART IS TURNED TOWARDS THE FRONT AND THE WHEELS ARE IN THE BACK.

CUZ IF THE WHEELS ARE IN THE FRONT WHEN WE DUMP IT, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT.

THERE'S GONNA BE STUFF THAT COMES OUT AND IF WE STOPPED EVERY TIME TO TURN 'EM AROUND, WE'D NEVER GET FINISHED ON 133,000 HOMES.

SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS TRUE EDUCATION AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THEY'LL HELP US.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THEM WALKING AROUND, GOING AROUND CLEANING UP THE CITY IN CERTAIN AREAS RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE HELPING AT THAT IN THAT AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT WE'LL SEE SOME GOOD THINGS TO COME IN 2023.

LIMBS OUT WHEN THAT LIS NOT CLOSED, THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE LETTER COMING OUT OF THE, THE CART.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR COMING AND PRESENTING THIS.

IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING, UH, THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE THAT I'VE SEEN.

UH, YOU KNOW, JUST RELAYING THAT MESSAGE THAT, UM, THE DATA DOESN'T LIE.

WE, WE ARE SEEING A, A, A DOWNWARD TREND IN CALLS FOR SERVICE.

UM, ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED IN DISTRICT NINE STILL IS, IS MORE OFTEN THAN WE, LIKE WE'RE SEEING WHERE THE ROUTE ISN'T COMPLETED THAT DAY.

UM, SO CAN YOU JUST TOUCH BASE ON THAT? UH, WELL TWO THINGS ON IT.

ONE, WHAT ARE WE SEE IN THERE, BUT THEN TWO, UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE REPORT BECAUSE THE, THERE'S NO REPORTING CATEGORY.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN START TRACKING THAT, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.

UM, RICK AND I COULD PROBABLY LOOK INTO THAT.

SO IT'S GOTTEN TO BE A LOT LESS SINCE WE ADDED THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, IN UNDERSTANDING THE END THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN VOLUME.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, TRUCKS ARE MECHANICAL, THEY'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN.

IF SOMEBODY BREAKS DOWN AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET FROM ACROSS TOWN FROM WHERE WE ARE TO SSHA TO AND GET 'EM BACK AND THEN START PICKING UP.

SO IT'S USUALLY ONE OR TWO STREETS OR MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE ENCOURAGE THEM, WE LET THEM KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS SO THAT IF ANYBODY CALLS THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.

WE HAVE SOME REALLY POSITIVE THINGS.

I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY TALK TO Y'ALL INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN 2023 WHERE WE CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT THE END GOAL IS.

WE NEED TO MAKE THE ROUTES A LOT SMALLER WITH THE GROWTH OF BATON ROUGE.

THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

SO THERE'S A, I MEAN YOU CAN ABOUT IMAGINE WHAT, WHAT'S THAT, WHAT THAT'S GONNA ENTAIL.

IT'S A LOT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, JUST SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND UM, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THE ROUTES A LOT SMALLER AND ADD MORE ROUTES.

GOTCHA.

AND SO THE, THE LAST QUESTION I HAD ON YOU BROUGHT UP THE, THE BAGGING SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING IS I TALK TO FOLKS, I, I DON'T THINK FOLKS REALIZE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BAGGING THEIR TRASH.

UM, SO AN IDEA THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH MISS CONSTANTINE EARLIER WAS THE IDEA OF KIND OF STENCILING ALL OF THE CARTS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? IS THERE, OR IS THERE ANOTHER IDEA THAT WE CAN BETTER EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO START BAGGING? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK INTO IT AND SEE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT, IT'S PART OF THE CONTINUOUS PROGRAM CUZ WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD THAT PROGRAM OUT FOR MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR ONCE A YEAR IN THEIR, ONE OF THEIR WATER BILLS.

YOU KNOW, YOU GET AN INSERT.

WE USE THAT FOR EDUCATING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A GARBAGE, UH, FEE GETS THAT BILL TO GET THE INSERT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

I WAS TELL YOU, I I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN A PHYSICAL COPY OF MY WATER BILL .

WELL, BUT I DON'T GET IT EITHER.

BUT IT'S STILL INCLUDED IN YOUR BILL.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING DOWN AND YOU'LL SEE THE PDF OF THAT GOTCHA.

THAT, THAT FLYER.

SO, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY JUST BAGGING, IT'S THAT CAUSES THAT IT'S OVERFILLING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF, UH, GARBAGE IN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR CART AND YOU GOT LIMBS STICKING OUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA PUT A PILE OF

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SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE EDUCATING MORE ON.

THANK Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

HEY, I WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT OF BAD ABOUT REPUBLIC WASTE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER FOR THE DISTRICT.

YOU, YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN SUPPORTING, UH, BUT NOT ONLY EDUCATING.

SO THEY TOOK ME ON A TOUR, PARTIAL TOUR OF MY DISTRICT AND A REPUBLIC WASTE TRUCK TO EXPLAIN WHY 90% OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET ABOUT REPUBLIC WASTE ARE NOT REPUBLIC WASTE ISSUES IF THEY DON'T HAVE A WATER METER.

IT'S NOT A REPUBLIC WAY REPUBLIC WASTE ISSUE ON A VACANT LOT BECAUSE NOBODY'S PAYING THE BILL.

IF YOU PUT IT ACROSS THE STREET ON A VACANT LOT ON THE SERVITUDE ACTUALLY BECOMES A CITY OF BATON ROUGE BLACK PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS, UM, IT'S DUE TO THAT LACK OF EDUCATION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT BECAUSE IT'S A WHOLE LOT TO EDUCATE ON AND PROBABLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT, UM, THEY DO SHOW UP TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND IN THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS EDUCATE THE, THE CONSTITUENTS ON THE, THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REDUCE LITTER.

SO WHILE WE HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES, UM, AND THAT'S PART OF ANY BUSINESS, RIGHT? THE PLAN NEVER WORKS PERFECTLY, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT FIVE FOR WHAT YOU DO, UM, THE PLANS YOU HAVE IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT BETTER AND JUST FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER IN, UH, IN, IN MAKING BATTERIES A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

APPRECIATE IT.

NOW GO BACK TO PAGE EIGHT, ITEM 52, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SITTING AS BOARD OF REVIEW ON PARISH ASSESSMENT BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

THANK YOU LADY AND GENTLEMEN FOR THE REPORT.

APPRECIATE YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL

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IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 52? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE ASHLEY? WE HAVE RECEIVED NO TAX APPEALS THIS YEAR, SO THERE'S NO ACTION NECESSARY ON THE ITEM.

NO ACTION NECESSARY.

WE NOW

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GO TO ITEM 53, AMENDING AND REACTING.

TITLE ONE, CHAPTER THREE, PART FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE SO AS TO PROVIDE A FOR THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF RETIREES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND TO FURTHER ALIGN LANGUAGE TO MEET THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PLANS EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE OF THIS AMENDMENT.

BUT FOR THE PAYROLL IMPACT PROVISIONS, WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTED ON THE NEXT PAYROLL PERIOD, BEGINNING DATE ON AFTER THE QUARTER BEGINNING DATE AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THIS AMENDMENT BY RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 53? COME ON DOWN.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

JAMES MAC ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY'S RETIREMENT PENSION SYSTEM.

UM, AND I'M JUST HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.

UM, A LOT OF WORK IS GOING INTO THESE CHANGES.

UH, THEY'RE VERY NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM MAINTAINS ITS QUALIFIED STATUS.

UM, AND SO I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

FORGIVE ME, MAN, YOU LOOK ABOUT 15 MAN .

I'M, I'M SORRY.

YOU DO MAN.

I, I WISH I COULD LOOK THAT YOUNG.

I, I DON'T FEEL 15, BUT THANK YOU.

YES SIR.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 53? ANYONE ELSE HERE WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO MR. MACK AND MR. DANIELS AND MS. AKERS AND, AND EVERYBODY FROM THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS.

UM, I THINK WE DID END UP AT A GOOD SPOT AND, UM, JUST A GOOD DISCUSSION AND JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

SO THANK YOU.

IS THAT A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO IS ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 53 HAS

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WE'RE NOW GONNA ITEM 54, ESTABLISHING HEALTH INSURANCE RATES AND PLAN DESIGNED FOR EMPLOYEES IN RETIREES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 BY HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 54? ALL RIGHT, WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE MOST TO PROVE I WISH I HAD SOMETHING TO ASK, UH, WITH HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR, BUT I DON'T.

UH, SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.

ITEM 54 HAS BEEN

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ITEM 55 AUTHORIZED SETTLEMENT.

THE MATTER ENTITLE RITA JOHNSON, OFFICER THOMAS RICKEN AND THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF 1040 $4 AND 21 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $26,044 AND 21 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55? WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 55? SO MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER? DONE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 55 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WILL NOW GO

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TO ITEM 56.

A RESOLUTION GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO THE ISSUANCE OF NOT EXCEEDING

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200 MILLION OF REVENUE BONDS IN THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PAYABLE SOLELY FROM THE REVENUES ACCRUING TO SAID DISTRICT AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROW.

GO THERE.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56? IF SO, PLEASE COME DOWN.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MEREDITH HATHORNE.

UM, I LIVE AT 7 33 WOODVIEW DRIVE.

UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF UM, UH, SLP DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU DEFER THIS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND WE WANNA BE SURE THAT ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ARE, ARE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY.

UM, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A DEFERRAL THAT I HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE 'EM, BUT SOUNDS SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, THERE IS A, A REQUEST TO THE FURTHEST ITEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO THERE FOR HOW LONG? MM-HMM.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCG.

GO THERE FOR TWO WEEKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY.

GO AHEAD.

BEFORE WE GO THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF THE AUTHOR OR WHOEVER'S REPRESENTING THE HARVESTING DISTRICT.

200 MILLION.

THAT'S A BIG NUMBER I WANTED TO SEE.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER? MM-HMM.

, UH, WHAT IS THE 200 MILLION'S GOING TO ADDRESS? I WOULD ASSUME READING THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT THE 2% THAT'S GOING TAX THAT'S GONNA BE COLLECTED IS GONNA RATE RE REPAY THAT BOND.

WHAT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT WILL BE TAXED? UH, IS IT GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL OR JUST RESIDENTIAL? UH, I NEED CLARITY ON THAT ALSO.

HOW LONG WILL THIS TAX BE IN PLACE? MM-HMM.

AND HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH TALKING TO THE PUBLIC ARE THE AREA THAT WILL BE TAXED TO MAKE THEM A FORM OF THE TAX AND HOW LONG IT WILL BE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND FINALLY, FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THIS IS A CORPORATE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT.

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL RAMIFICATION FOR THE CITY PARISH AS IT RELATES TO ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT? SO IF YOU ARE ROWDY OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO.

UM, I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THEM.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A DEFERRAL CAUSE I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ON SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE 200 MILLION IS DERIVED FROM A, UM, AN ECONOMIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY, UM, RICHARDSON, AND THAT ASSUMES THE FULL COLLECTIONS OF THE TAX OVER A 40 YEAR PERIOD.

UM, SO THAT IS, UM, IT'S NOT JUST A CITY TAX, BUT THERE ARE OTHER TAXES AND, AND REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PUT INTO THAT $200 MILLION NUMBER.

UM, IT IS A MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT'S NOT ALL RESIDENTIAL.

UM, IT, IT, AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS FOR 40 YEARS.

I THINK THAT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE, UM, CEA I THINK ARE FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

BUT WE, AGAIN, WE WANNA MEET WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT, UM, THAT THIS IS NOT CREATING A DEBT OF YOU THAT IS PAYABLE SOLELY FROM THOSE TAXES AND THERE'S NO RECOURSE TO THE, UM, TO THE METRO COUNCIL TO COME BACK TO YOU.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

COUNCILMAN ODE, HAVE YOU DONE ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE AREA AND INFORMED THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TAX? THE, UH, THE DISTRICT ITSELF WAS CREATED BACK IN 2019.

SO THIS DISTRICT HAS EXISTED FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO GIVE APPROVAL TO GO TO THE BOND COMMISSION.

YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT TAX.

THIS IS NOT 19 YEARS.

THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD 40 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO HAVE THERE BEEN ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, OTHER ENTITIES OR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WILL BE TAXED THAT THIS IS BEING PROPOSED? SO THERE'S NO TAXES ON THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S BASICALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

SO NO ONE IS EXISTING IN THAT AREA THAT IS PAYING TAXES.

SO, SO YOU DOING, YOU, YOU GETTING THE 2% FROM WHERE? TWO AND A HALF FROM, FROM THE DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS WHEN YOU HAVE THE MONEY THAT IS RAISED TO MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND HAVE THE, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WILL GENERATE TAXES ALONG, UM, WITH THE SALES AT THOSE MIXED USE FACILITIES AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.

AND WHAT WOULD THE FUNDS BE USED FOR THE 200 MILLION? YEAH, SO THERE ARE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, ROADS AND, AND, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE FINALIZING THAT LIST RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE REFERRAL.

BUT I CAN HAVE MORE DETAIL LEGAL APPLICATIONS THAT, THAT'S THE REASON IT'S BEING DEFERRED IS WE'RE GOING REVIEWING WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL.

UH, THE DISTRICT HAS, AND THE DEVELOPER HAVE THEIR OWN BOND COUNCIL AND WE ARE REVIEWING IT WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY, UH, CONSEQUENCES TO THE CITY PARISH.

THE REASON WHY THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE TO THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN INTRODUCED AND NOT AS PUBLIC HEARING.

WHY, WHY HAD THAT AND HAD NOT BEEN DONE ALREADY? WELL, I MEAN, WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT IT, UH, BOND COUNCIL SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.

AND I THINK TODAY, FINANCE ACTUALLY, UH, RAY ASKED A QUESTION THAT I COULDN'T ANSWER, SO WE,

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WE WANNA BE SURE THOUGH WE ANSWER EVERYTHING.

AND WHO, WHO HAS A MAP OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA? WHAT'S THAT? WHO HAS THE MAP OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA? UM, I'M SURE WE CAN GET THAT WE HAVE IT WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED.

THERE'S NOBODY THAT LIVES IN IT AT THE MOMENT.

IT'S VACANT PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF BLUE BON NICHOLSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE ANSWER TO? WELL, SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE COMPONENT, WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE A COMPONENT UNIT WOULD AFFECT YOUR FINANCES.

UM, SO WE'RE BUYING COUNCIL TO A LOT OF, UM, ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, SHOW THAT THEY DO NOT AFFECT YOUR BORROWING POWER, YOUR COVERAGE RATIOS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER IN TWO MINUTES AND GET SOMEONE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

NOW GO TO ITEM 57 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENTER TO A CO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WITH THE BATTERIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION, DEVELOPING INTELLIGENCE SERVICE FOR THE REGIONAL CAMERA SHARING PROGRAM BY CHIEF POLICE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE MORE TIME TO, TO MAKE, TO PROVE THAT UP TO PEOPLE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER ODE FOR TWO WEEKS.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL? THE ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM.

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THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 57? WHEN NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM? SO MOVE BY.

COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ITEM 57 HAS BEEN DELETED.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, I'M SORRY, I, I'M JUST HOPING TO GET AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY WE'RE DELETING IT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO CAN SPEAK ON WHY THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

DANTE BIDWELL, CHIEF OF STAFF FROM MAYOR, PRESIDENT BROOM.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I CONFIRMED WITH CHIEF PAUL THAT UM, THE GRANT AMOUNT HAS BEEN MODIFIED.

UH, SO THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK WHEN THEY HAVE THE FINALIZED NUMBER.

SO I DO NOT HAVE, THE GRANT AMOUNT IS IS GOING UP.

I DON'T HAVE THE GRANT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.

UM, I WAS ACTUALLY WAS JUST TEXTING CHIEF PAUL A SECOND AGO.

THE GRANT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

SO THEY WILL BE REINTRODUCING THIS WHEN THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN FINALIZED.

GOTCHA.

ITEM 58 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO MINNESOTA RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VA SIDES IN VOS RESEARCH AND ANALYTICS FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF 32,000 FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF 62,000 BY POLICE CHIEF.

MOTION TO DELETE BY AMARAL MS. COUNCILMAN AMAROSA.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ANY OPPOSITION.

ITEM 57 HAS BEEN DELETED.

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THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM AS WELL.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 58? IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM? SO MOVE BY COUNCILMAN MASO, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM 58 THAT HAS BEEN DELETED.

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NOW GO TO ITEM 59 AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BERE AVIATION BAT ROUGE JLL SEATS LEASE APPROXIMATELY 53 ACRES OF LAND AT THE BAT ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT FOR A PRIMARY TERM OF 30 YEARS WITH TWO 10 YEAR OPTIONS AT TO RENEW AT A RUN RATE OF $554,083 20 CENTS BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

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

IS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MORE BY COUNCIL BANK SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ITEM 59 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

LET'S

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GO TO ITEM 60.

AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION OF FORMERLY REQUEST LOUISIANA D OTD, DIVISION OF AVIATION TO PROVIDE FUNDS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BATTLE WITH METROPOLITAN AIR PORT AND TO PROVIDE 20, EXCUSE ME, IS THE YEAH, 20,000 LOCAL CONTRIBUTION FOR EACH 100% STATE FUNDED PROJECT LISTED THEREIN BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE WHO WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

BEEN APPROVED WHEN I GO TO ITEM 61, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 60 HAS

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2024 FOR THE NORTH GENERAL AVIATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND AMOUNT OF $4,750,000 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR IN THE OPPOSITION.

ITEM 61 HAS

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ITEM 63 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AN ACTIVE DONATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST

WE GO TO ITEM 62.

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS TO LEASE 55 204,000 SQUARE FEET OF AIR CARGO SPACE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AT A RENTAL RATE OF $308,000 ANNUALLY BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 62? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVE BY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER ITEM 62 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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BATON ROUGE FROM ALFRED MOORE THEI AND DEIDRE APPOINTED MORE FOR THE DONATION OF DRAINAGE SERVITUDE BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 63? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CODE.

MY ITEM 63 HAS

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT.

WHEN I GO TO ITEM 64, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT.

SHH.

HOLY NOISE PLEASE.

EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND STATE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING AND AN AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN A REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH OF 33,333,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $133,330 FOR THE CHAINEY FIRE DISTRICT.

NUMBER SEVEN RINGS ROAD FIRE STATION PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BY THE CHAINEY FIRE CHIEF AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64? COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 64, SOMEONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, NO.

ITEM 64 HAS BEEN

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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 65, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA STATE CAPITAL ALI FUNDING AND AMOUNT OF $820,000 AND A REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH OF $273,330 $33 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,093,333 FOR THE PRIDE FIRE DISTRICT.

NUMBER EIGHT INDIAN MILE STATION REPLACEMENT OF FIRE STATION PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION BY PRIDE, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CHIEF AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65? WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOMO BY COUNCIL OF SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 65 HAS BEEN

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AL ITEM 69 AUTHORIZING MAYOR OF PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT.

ITEM 66 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ABSTRACTING SERVICES AND ADVANCED ABSTRACTS LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BE CAPACITY, PROJECT S ROAD, HOOPER ROAD, THE JEWEL ROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $59,730 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 66? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOME MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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NOW GO TO ITEM 67.

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION SERVICES OF THE MAJOR AGENCY LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE CAPACITY PROJECT HOOPER ROAD, BLACKWATER ROAD, JEWEL ROAD IN THE TIC.

EXCEED $62,100 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVE BY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

ITEM 67 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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WE NOW GO TO 68.

AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR, PRESIDENT TECH EXECUTE CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.

WE GO CHECK INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BUREAU ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, TOP CHART DRIVE AREA 88 TRANSITION PROJECT DOUGLAS AVENUE, AREA 88 TRANSITION PROJECT AND THE TIC C $99,762 AND 96 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAKING ITEM 68? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER THERE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 68 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WILL THE TERRY ENGINEERING LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE VR ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS NORTH BOULEVARD AREA 88 TRANSITION PROJECT SOUTH BOULEVARD AREA 88 TRANSITION PROJECT IN THE TIC C ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND TWENTY ONE CENTS.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDED BY COUNCIL BY THE CHAIR

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IN THE OPPOSITION.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 70 AUTHORIZING THE MERIT PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH METHODS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION INCORPORATED FOR ORACLE DATABASE SUPPORT SERVICE, INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF CONTRACT BY $20,000 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $60,000 BY INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70? WE KNOW I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS TAKEN BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

LET'S GO TO

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ITEM 6 71.

AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT TO GRANTED.

CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH STARMOUNT.

ALWAYS CARED TO PROVIDE DENTAL PLAN FOR THE CITY PARISH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND ESTABLISHING RATES.

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 WITH THE OPTION OF A ONE YEAR EXTENSION BY HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL IS THEIR MOTION.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

TITLE 71 HAS

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WILL NOW GO TO 72.

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO GRANT A CONTRACT.

RENEW WITH DAVIS' VISION TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY VISION PLAN FOR CITY PARISH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND ESTABLISHING RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2026 BY HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72 WHO NOW GO TO COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER I.

ITEM 72 HAS

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SO MO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 73 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRAND AWARD AND AMOUNT OF $1,078,230 UNDER LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FLOOD RISK MITIGATION AND THE DAWSON CREEK WATERSHED BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73? BUT NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVE TWICE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS IS THERE.

SECOND.

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NO.

ITEM 73 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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74 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENCE SIGN A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT UNDER LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROGRAM, BUT THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ALONG JONES CREEK TO CREATE DETENTION AREAS BY HOMELAND SECURE AND THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR THAN ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74.

COME ON DOWN, SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

BOBBY BRUNETTE.

I LIVE AT 1 2 5 62 STUTTGART.

UH, I'M A GRADUATE AT BAT ROUGE MAN HIGH SCHOOL AND I CURRENTLY ATTEND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, UH, THE JONES CREEK WATERSHED.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO CREATE DETENTION POND AND TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS FLOOD CONTROL THAT WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, BUT ONE OF MY MAIN ISSUES THAT I REALLY WANNA ASK THE COUNCIL ON IS HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE MAINTAINED? ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE AROUND BATON ROUGE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO BUILD NEW STUFF, WE LIKE TO GET ALL THESE NEW PROJECTS GOING, BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS WE DON'T LIKE TO MAINTAIN ANYTHING.

YOU CAN GO AROUND BATON ROUGE TO NUMEROUS DETENTION PONDS, NUMEROUS DITCHES.

HOW, HOW IS THE CONSOLE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS 6.9 0.27 BILLION IS ACTUALLY GONNA GO FORWARD AND ACTUALLY DO WHAT THE JOB IS MEANT TO DO THAT? THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU SIR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON IT? COME ON DOWN, FRED.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A REAL GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WE HAVE AND A LOT OF THE THINGS.

BUT ONE THING FOR FOR SURE UNDER THESE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE'RE GONNA BE REQUIRED AND THERE WILL BE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO SIGN THAT WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES AND THEY WILL ALSO ASK US WHERE THE FUNDING WILL BE COMING FROM.

THEY ACTUALLY WILL PROGRAM A COST PER YEAR FOR US TO LOOK AT ONCE WE HAVE THAT AND LIKE WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY HOW BIG IT'S GONNA BE AT THIS POINT.

BUT I I WILL SAY THAT THIS PROJECT RIGHT HERE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WE COULD HAVE PUT IN THE JONES CREEK WATERSHED AREA.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME, A FUNDING SOURCE AND CERTAINLY PART OF THOSE ISSUES ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IN THE REAL COMING FUTURE.

THANK YOU FRED.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. YOU WANT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

IS RICK HERE OR SOMEBODY FROM ENVIRONMENTAL? HUH? COMING UP.

WOULD THIS BE COVERED BY FUTURE FUNDING? UH, NO.

THIS, THIS IS NOT PART OF THAT INITIATIVE.

ANYONE ELSE? UH, YOU LOOK A LITTLE CONFUSED.

COUNCILMAN BOSTON? UM, RICK, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK, I'M HOPING TO GET SOME CLARITY FIRST FROM MY COLLEAGUE.

COUNCILMAN MOAT.

I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT POSSIBLY STORMWATER UTILITY FEE FUNDS COULD BE USED TO MAINTAIN THIS AREA.

IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? SO RICK, THAT'S DIFFERENCE.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE TALKING I GIVE PURCHASING.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT WHETHER WE WOULD PURCHASE THAT, BUT NO.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE, UH, MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, CUZ IT'S DRAINAGE AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.

SO IT'S PART OF THAT, THAT, UH, PROGRAM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I I DIDN'T WANNA SAY THE S WORTH THROW IT OUT THERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

YOU KNOW, BUT SINCE, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, UH, JUST THE, THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS, A LOT OF THESE FUTURE PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING, AND EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WE'RE FINISHING UP, UM, THE, THE BUY USE AND STUFF LIKE THIS AND EVERYTHING.

THERE ARE PLANS IN PLACE TO FUTURE FUND ALL THESE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCILMAN.

ITEM 75 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION IN CONNECTION WITH HOOP ROLL WIDENING AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ITEM? ITEM 74 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO

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BLACKWATER BY YOU TO SULLIVAN ROAD BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.

THERE.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE MOST TO

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APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

SECONDLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 75 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NOW

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GO TO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM 76 THROUGH 94 TOGETHER, LOT 18 SQUARE SIX SUBDIVISION PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID, AJ ALLEN INVESTMENTS, LLC, $100.

ITEM 77 LOT 19 SQUARE 27 SUBDIVISION FAIRFIELD, DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID.

KEVIN COOK, $500.

ITEM 78 LOT 24 SQUARE 2 0 8.

SUBDIVISION OF STR AT DISTRICT 10 I BETA NEIL BERELL JR.

$200 ITEM 79 LOT.

46 SQUARE 15 SUBDIVISION, SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID NETWORK PRODUCT SOLUTIONS, $15,000.

ITEM 80 LOT 2 85.

SUBDIVISION BROOKSTOWN PLACE DISTRICT FIVE HIGH BID.

CONNIE M JACKSON, $300 ITEM 81 LOT FIVE SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION STANDARD HEIGHTS METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID AND COMA HARDY $5,100.

ITEM 82 LOT 18 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION HIGH BID.

ELLA MORGAN, $100.

I HADEM 83 LOT 1 42 SUBDIVISION HOLIDAY WOODS DISTRICT FIVE HEIGHT BIDDER, SOUTHERN UNITED INCORPORATED.

$50,000 ITEM 84 LOT 11 PLUS SQUARE 45.

DISTRICT SEVEN HYPE BID.

NEIL BERELL, $3,100.

ITEM 85 LOT 31 SQUARE 46.

SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID.

JACQUELINE L. JONES, $3,500.

ITEM 86 LOT 13 DASH A SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION FUQUA IN LAMONT TOWN DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID.

JACKIE CLAYTON, $8,000 ITEM 87 LOT 13 DASH B SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION, FUQUA AND LAMONT.

TOWN ITEM, EXCUSE ME, DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID.

JACKIE CLAYTON, $100.

ITEM 88 LOT 66 SUBDIVISION NORTH MARYDALE, DISTRICT FIVE HIGH BID.

LEON C MURRAY AND EARL JOSEPH HARRIS.

$100 ITEM 89 LOT 24 POINT SUBDIVISION SOUTHERN HEIGHTS DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID, NIKIA WHITE, $16,000 ITEM 90 LOT 23 SUBDIVISION BAIL FAIR HOMES DISTRICT SEVEN, HIGH BIDDER PROSPERITY REALTY, LLC, $11,000 ITEM 91 LOT ONE POINT SQUARE 2 73 SUBDIVISION SWT.

ADDITION DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID PORTER HOLDINGS, LLC, $13,000 ITEM 92 LOT 14 SQUARE 48 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION HIGH BID.

ARMANDO LUO $4,500.

ITEM 93 LOT FIVE SUBDIVISION MCBAIN PLACE DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID.

KEVIN WILLIAMS, SENIOR $40,200 LIGHT LOT 11 SQUARE 2 74 SW BY 12 SQUARES.

2 74 SW LOT 12 JJ BURKE LOT THREE POINT SQUARE 2 76 SCHWART LOT THREE SQUARE ONE HEART LOT TWO SQUARE ONE HEART LOT FIVE SQUARE ONE HEART LOT ONE SQUARE.

ONE HEART LOT.

SIX SQUARE J BOOKER TOWN, ABOUT SEVEN POINT SWT.

ADDITION E HAVE LOT SEVEN POINT SW.

ADDITION W HAVE LOT NINE SQUARE 39 SCHWART ION DISTRICT 10 IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76 THROUGH 94? 76 THROUGH 94? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER? DONE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE NOW GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.

A AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR SUBRECIPIENT PROJECTS AWARD UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 ACTION PLAN TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDS RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS A RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMMING, A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $955,859 AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMING AN AMOUNT OF $2,018,024.

NEED A MOTION? READ THE RULES.

IS THERE MOTION TO WHERE THE RULES TO MOVE BY? COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERZ THE PUBLIC HEARING ON, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A MOTION? WE'RE NOT GONNA VOTE ON THE MOTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.

WE'RE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? IS THERE GO COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? WELL, NOT THAT PARTICULAR ONE, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO 94.

LET'S DO THIS ONE AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO 94.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? SO MOVE BY, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE NOW WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 94 BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNNY.

THERE ANY OBJECTIONS WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? AND I'D LIKE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL I HAVE A CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THIS LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,

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PLEASE.

FOR TWO WEEKS.

THERE IS A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT IS ITEM 94.

SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TAKE A MOTION, SEPARATE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 76 THROUGH 94.

OKAY, I THROUGH 93.

GOT YOU.

SO ITEM 94 HAS BEEN MOTIONED TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

SPOT COLEMAN SECOND ABOUT DONE IS DURING OPPOSITION ITEM 94.

ITEM 94 HAS BEEN DEFERRED.

WE WILL NOW GO AND ENTERTAIN ITEM TWO, APPROVE ITEM 76 THROUGH 93.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

DONE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.

ITEM 76 THROUGH 93.

HUH? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE NEED EVERYBODY TO STOP TALKING AND PAY ATTENTION.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WE NEED TO RECONSIDER GOT A BODY CLASSES.

WE NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 76 THROUGH 93.

AN ITEM TO RECONSIDER ITEM 76 THROUGH 93 BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS WAS NOW IN RECONSIDERING COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

YEAH, I I'M, I'M NOT ASKING FOR RECONSIDERING ANYMORE.

I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.

YOU, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU WHAT THEY CALL IT WHEN YOU TALK PAY.

SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, I MAY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76 THROUGH 93 SHOWING NONE.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

ITEM 89.

IS THERE A SECOND TO DEFER THE MOTION? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ITEM 89 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.

SO NOW, NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND APPROVE ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 76 THROUGH 88 AND ITEMS 90 THROUGH 93.

IS THAT YOUR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER DONE? YES, SIR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST TO APPROVE ITEMS 76 THROUGH 88 AND ITEMS 90 THROUGH 93.

THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS.

ITEMS 76 THROUGH 88 HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS WELL AS ITEMS 90 THROUGH 93.

WE HAVE TAKEN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

WILL NOW GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING MARTA COTTON HAM, PLEASE.

WHO HAS RESIGNED? THE CURRENT BALLOT IS KRISTEN CA.

GRETA CORONA.

LARRY FURMAN, TIMOTHY MOORE, LAUREN LIST, GENEVIE PROCESS.

AND BRITTANY ZNO.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, UM, REAL QUICK COUNCIL MEMBERS.

Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THREE EMAIL COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF BRITNEY ZNO ALL.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THAT THEY APPEAR.

UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER GORE, I'LL SEE IF ANYONE'S HERE PUBLICLY TO SPEAK.

ARE ANY OF THE CANDIDATES HERE THIS EVENING, ANY OF THE CANDIDATES HERE? UH, YOU WANT TO COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE? HELLO, I AM GENEVIE PROSSER.

I'M ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF COUNCILMAN COLE DISTRICT.

MY DISTRICT REALLY? WHAT SAID COLEMAN? NO, COLE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? JUST MESSING WITH THIS.

MESSING WELL, THERE'S ONE BOAT.

OKAY, THANKS.

HOPEFULLY.

UM, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL.

I WORKED IN PRESERVATION IN CHARLESTON.

IT'S A PERSONAL LOVE OF MINE.

UM, I DO THINK THAT I EMAILED ALL OF Y'ALL KIND OF MY QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE LAST GO AROUND.

SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL HAD SOME EYEBALLS ON IT AT SOME POINT.

BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

IS IT, YOU SAID PROSSER, RIGHT? PROSSER, YES SIR.

MISS PROSSER.

YEP.

SAY AGAIN? ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE MS. GENEVIE PROCESS.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.

HUH? I'M GONNA MAKE HIM UP.

SECOND.

SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.

YOU AIN'T DO MISS MS. PROCESS.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? YES.

SUBSTITUTE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? YES.

I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND, UH, ZENO, WHY DON'T WE VOTE FOR THE ITEMS? WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE 'EM IN ORDER AND VOTE ON THEM.

UH, WE'LL START IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

WE'LL START WITH KRISTEN CA MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR KRISTEN CA.

WE NOW GO TO GRETTA CORONA.

WE NOW GO TO, OH, I'M SORRY.

MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR GRETA CORONA.

YOU DID THE LAST TWO.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

COUNCIL

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MEMBER BANKS.

WE NOW GO TO LARRY FURMAN MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR LARRY FURMAN.

WE NOW GO TO TIMOTHY MOORE.

MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR TIMOTHY MOORE.

WE NOW GO TO LAUREN LE MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR LAUREN LEASE.

WE NOW GO TO GENEVIEVE PROSSER MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR GENEVIEVE PROSSER FIVE BEDS.

ALL RIGHT, WE NOW GO TO BRITNEY XO MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR BRITNEY ZNO.

SHE IN TRIED FULL TIME.

BRITNEY ZNO FIVE VOTES.

Y'ALL WANT GO ALONG AROUND REVO.

ZENO CAN, WE CAN, CAN DEFER THE ITEM.

OH, Y'ALL WANNA DEFER? CAN WE MAKE A MOTION IT AGAIN? NOW, NOW THAT WE VOTE, CAN WE MAKE A MOTION AGAIN? NO, WE CAN.

NO, ONCE WE START THE BALLOT, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE BALLOT.

OH, CONTINUE BALLOT.

SO WE CAN DEFER, WE CAN DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS IF YOU LIKE.

YOU WANNA TAKE THE YEAH, YEAH.

WE START WITH, WITH, WITH THE ORDER THAT THEY APPEAR.

SO WILL WE GO WITH THE, JUST THE LAST TWO OR? YES, MA'AM.

JUST THE LAST TWO MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR PROSER.

YOU'RE ONLY GONNA BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR MISS PROSSER OR MISS ZNO.

OH, JESUS.

I VOTES TAKE SO CAN MACHINES ARE NOW OPEN FOR ZENO FIVE VOTES.

AND THERE ARE A MOTION TO DEFER.

TWO WEEKS.

SPEAK.

MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.

GO TO ITEM 96 EAST BAN PARISH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

OKAY, SO I, I, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY STILL STAND, BUT UM, AS I, I THINK I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL SAYING, UM, THAT THE BRITNEY ZINO, WHO, I THINK THIS IS LIKE HER FOURTH TIME, UM, THIS YEAR APPLYING, AND SHE HAS BEEN HERE ALL FOUR OF THOSE TIMES.

AND I DON'T KNOW HER, BUT BASED ON THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN APPLICATION, SHE GETS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

UM, NOT ONLY ONLINE, BUT ALSO IN THIS CHAMBER.

AND SO, UM, UM, NO DISRESPECT TO MS. PROSER OR ANYTHING, BUT I DO BELIEVE, AND I'M NOT SURE, IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME APPLYING? NO, SHE APPLIED FOR THE LAST ONE YOU'VE SERVED BEFORE.

SO, YES MA'AM.