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AND THE TWO.[CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.
FIRST UP, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN COLEMAN, TO RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE 2022 DISTRICT 10 CITY PARISH TROY DRIVE, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
AND SO JUST WANT TO FIRST LET YOU KNOW MY RATIONALE, MY REASONING FOR STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND IT IS FOR RECOGNITION OF PARTICIPANTS AND SUPPORTERS OF OUR 2022 TOY DRIVE OVER THERE IN THE DISTRICT 10.
AND SO THERE WERE SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS AND SUPPORTERS, AND SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE PERSONS ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE SERVED.
AND SO, I'M GRATEFUL, I'M GRATEFUL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ASK IF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ANY OF THESE OFFICES THAT I CALL IS HERE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GET YOUR CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE 2022 DISTRICT 10 CITY PARISH TOY DRIVE.
AND SO THAT'S THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES.
YOU GOT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, MISS VERONICA LAW.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
MS. WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO MS. THING.
AND THESE WERE PARTICIPANTS, YOU ALL SUPPORTERS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT REAL SUPPORTERS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
MS. JEITA JONES, ON BEHALF OF JAFA G ACCESSORIES AND MORE COUNCILWOMAN.
COUNCILWOMAN CAME WITH A TRUCK OF STUFF FOR THESE CHILDREN.
AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SHAUNA BANKS.
AND THESE ARE OTHER SUPPORTERS AND GIVERS AND PARTICIPANTS.
MICHAEL ROBINSON AND CARL RUSS WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR CERTIFICATES.
AND NOW, FOR THE MOMENT THAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, COME ON, JEFF.
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OUR THIRD PLACE TOY DONOR, WILL GO TO THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT.YOU TOLD ME YOU WAS GONNA DO THIS, DIDN'T YOU? YES.
OUR SECOND PLACE, UH, IS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING.
AND SO, FOR OUR FIRST PLACE, WHEN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASING, IF EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS GOING LIKE YES, INDEED.
AND ALSO PURCHASING CAME TO SEE THAT WE WERE REALLY PASSING THESE TOYS OUT.
YOU KNOW, MS. COLEMAN, LAST YEAR, YOU SHARED THE TOURS WITH ME FOR MY TOW DRIVE THIS YEAR YOU DIDN'T DO ANY, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT.
SO I'M TRYING TO WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO GIVE IT UP FOR THESE PEOPLE, YOU ALL THESE GIVERS.
AND I THANK YOU ALL AND MR. COLE.
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DARRYL HURST TO RECOGNIZE SURREAL BLANKS.
21 YEARS OF SERVICE AT D HDS, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME INTO THIS ROLE AS A COUNCILMAN, OR JUST AS A, A COMMUNITY SERVANT, UH, YOU REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES YOU TAKE HOME THINGS LIKE NURSES OR DOCTORS OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS BECAUSE YOU ARE THE COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR REPAIR, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
RIGHT? BUT WHAT I REALIZE IS THAT WE HAVE REAL LIFE HEROES THAT WORK IN CITY PARISH EVERY DAY, AND THEY COME THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, UH, D HDS IN SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND SO THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T GET, REALLY, GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY DO.
AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE CHARLES R. KELLY CENTER, WE HAVE AN AMAZING LADY NAMED MR. RELL BLANKS, WHO DAY IN AND DAY OUT, HERE'S THE PROBLEMS OF THE CONSTITUENTS.
SHE ENSURES THAT THE LIGHTS GO ON.
SHE WILL STAY THERE TILL SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHEN THE DAY ENDS AT FOUR 30 TO MAKE SURE THAT NO CHILD GOES HOME WITHOUT UTILITIES ON IN THEIR HOME.
AND SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T SEE IN CITY PARISH, WHERE WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I'M GONNA ASK EVERYBODY TO BE QUIET AND GIVE MS. ADA THE RESPECT THAT SHE DESERVES.
UM, BUT SHE IS SHOWN TO BE A TESTAMENT OF WHAT A TRUE CITY WORKER IS.
AND I AM THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED.
I TELL HER EVERY DAY HOW IMPRESSED I AM.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE THINKS I'M TRYING TO BUTTER UP BECAUSE I WANT SOMETHING, UH, FROM HER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IT'S NOT AS TO TRULY SEE HER WORK, UH, AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, FROM DRUG ADDICTS TO, UH, TO, TO PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND SHE TAKES THIS, HAS TO COM, UH, COMPACT IT MENTALLY, THEN GO HOME AND DEAL WITH HER FAMILY.
AND SO, WHILE WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO US INTERNALLY, SHE DOESN'T FOR THAT REASON, WITH 21 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, OFFICE OF SERVICE SOCIAL SERVICES, WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AS A FAMILY SERVICE WORKER AT THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER, SERVING AS THE VITA SITE COORDINATOR, HELPING THE REPAIR AND SUBMIT IRS TAXES, UH, TAX RETURNS FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOUR CHARACTER, HARD WORK, AND OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE YOU SERVE DAILY
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IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.I WANT EVERYBODY TO GIVE MISS BLANKS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UM, I GO TO WORK EVERY DAY JUST TO DO A JOB FOR THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, I DO FEEL LIKE I'M JUST A PIECE OF A LARGE PUZZLE, BECAUSE IT TAKES MORE THAN ME TO HELP AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU ALL ARE, Y'ALL NEED A BREAK? Y'ALL READY? Y'ALL GONNA TAKE THE PICTURE? GO AHEAD.
WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
ON BEHALF OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF EAST BANNER ROUGE PARISH, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, JANUARY THE 11TH.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE THRILLED THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE JOINED US ON METRO 21.
WE'RE LIVE, UH, STREAMING ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE ON COX CHANNEL 21, AND AT AND T CHANNEL 99.
AND AT THIS TIME HERE IS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PRO 10 OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON TODAY, THIS JANUARY 11TH, 2023 AT 4:00 PM AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO PASS IT.
LET ME SAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.
AND THIS TIME I'M GONNA PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON, NO.
TO INTRODUCE US, OUR GUEST WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE IMPLICATION IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEG.
NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, THIS EVENING I HAVE A, THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU FIRST, UH, FOR OUR INVOCATION TO, UH, MS. JENNIFER BOYD.
UH, MS. BOYD IS, UH, SHE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2021 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR IN ZACHARY.
SHE'S A GREAT VOLUNTEER AND, UM, FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, SHE'S A GREAT MOTHER AND WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
AND, UH, JUST MOST RECENTLY, COUNCILWOMAN BOYD HAS BEEN ELECTED TO SERVE ON THE ZACHARY CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE, AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE US OUR INVOCATION.
PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME AND COUNCILWOMAN BOYD.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY FULL OF GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY, AND GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO GLORIFY YOUR KINGDOM.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING AND BLESS THOSE MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR US ALL.
PLEASE GUIDE THEM, GIVE THEM THE DISCERNMENT THAT THEY NEED TO FULFILL YOUR PLAN.
WE PRAY THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE AND NOT OUR OWN.
AND WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME.
AND NEXT, FOR OUR PLEDGE, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING MR. DAVID MCDAVID.
UH, MR. MCDAVID WAS PREVIOUSLY THREE TERM POLICE CHIEF IN ZACHARY, AND WAS JUST RECENTLY ELECTED AS AN INSTALLED AS OUR NEW MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ZACHARY.
PLEASE HELP ME IN WELCOMING MAYOR DAVID MCDAVID.
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
AND I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE WELL, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNTO GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD PICTURE.
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Y'ALL MORNING.WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING IF YOU LIKE.
THEY HAD THEIR FIRST ONE LAST NIGHT.
IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE YOU, PASTOR.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
A QUO ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 14TH, 2022 BY THE COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12.INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, AMENDING THE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FUND TO ADJUST ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS TO REFLECT ANTICIPATED USER FEES AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE BEGINNING MARCH 1ST, 2023, AS APPROVED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2022, BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZED IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE APPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND OR TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVE BER CAPACITY PROJECT JEFFERSON AT CORPORATE INTERSECTION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE APPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVE BR CAPACITY PROJECT SHERWOOD FOREST EXTENSION GRAHAM SPRINGS ROAD TO JAW ROAD BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER FIVE, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH, CHEVY BATON ROUGE, TITLE IX LICENSING AND REGULATIONS OF TRADE IN THE OCCUPATION.
SO AS TO AMEND SECTION 9 12 50 HOTEL AND MOTEL REGISTRATION RELATIVE TO INCREASE THE APPLICATION FEE TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL RENEWAL PERIOD TO ESTABLISH A CALLS FOR SERVICE ROOM RATIO FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUSPENDING OR REVOKING A HOTEL MOTEL PERMIT, PERMIT TO MANDATE A HOTEL MOTEL CEASE OPERATION WITHIN 72 HOURS OF ISSUANCE OF A NOTICE OF REVOCATION TO MANDATE INSPECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO REISSUANCE OF A HOTEL MOTEL PERMIT TO ENSURE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY.
IN PERISHED BY COUNCILWOMAN LAURIE ADAMS, COUNCILMAN DWIGHT HUDSON COUNCILWOMAN, DENISE SAMSO AND COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND DUNN, JR.
NUMBER SIX, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER, PAUL CLEVELAND AT AL VERSUS CHARLES BRIDGES, MD AT AL ON THE DOCKET OF 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 PLUS COURT COSTING THE AMOUNT OF $6,449 AND 98 CENTS, AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER SEVEN, AMENDING THE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $80,000 FROM FUND BALANCE ASSIGNED FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR INNOVATIONS AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CENTER.
THESE FUNDS WERE GENERATED THROUGH PRIOR YEAR RENTAL REVENUES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BY COUNCILMAN DARYL HURST.
ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ IN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE, UH, INTRODUCTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY THE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HIRST, ANY OPPOSITION? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU GO TO YOUR SECOND SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS, I'M GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM D P W AS THEY ARE, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, AND 68.AND THEY ARE TO DELETE ITEMS 44, 49 AND 65.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? YEAH, I GOT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS ITEM MS. JUANITA WILLIAMS. EXCUSE ME.
SHARON LEE IS IN FAVOR BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, UH, ON ITEM 59.
UH, ROBERT, FLORIDA IS HERE ON ITEM 60, IS YOU WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM 60? COME ON DOWN ON 48.
THIS IS A ADJUDICATED PROPERTY I BOUGHT AT JEFF SALE, AND, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE RECEIVED A NOTICE LIKE THIS.
SO I WANT TO KNOW, WILL I BE ALLOTTED TIME TO, UH, MAKE REPAIRS TO THIS PROPERTY? I HAVE BEEN DOING SO, UH, SO FAR.
THAT IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS DISTRICT, AND SHE IS NOT HERE, UH, AT THE MOMENT.
THAT IS WHO YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO.
OKAY? SO WHAT I'LL DO IS WE'LL DEFER THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS AND GIVE YOU TIME TO SPEAK TO HER ONE WEEK.
WE'LL DEFER FOR ONE WEEK AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO HER AND THEN, UH, WE'LL, SHE'LL LET US KNOW HOW SHE'D LIKE TO PROCEED.
SO YOU NEED TO CONTACT COUNCILWOMAN BANK'S OFFICE BEFORE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER? NO, SIR, I DO NOT.
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HARRIS, MY MS. HARRIS IS HERE.THIS GENTLEMAN, UH, REGINA CAN YEAH, HELP THAT YOUNG LADY RIGHT THERE IS GONNA HELP YOU GET THAT CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO WE'LL DEFER FOR ONE WEEK, AND THEN NEXT WEEK, SHAWN CAN LET US KNOW HOW SHE LIKES TO PROCEED.
EXCUSE ME, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS CAN LET US KNOW.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK? COME ON DOWN, MA'AM.
UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, GRID INVESTMENTS.
UM, THE CONDEMNATION AT 9 0 3 NORTH 17TH STREET.
WHAT, WHAT ITEM IS THAT? NUMBER? 44.
COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, GO AHEAD, SIR.
UH, WELL, THE FACT IS THAT, UH, RIDDICK INVESTMENTS IS NOT THE LAWFUL HONOR, TRUE AND LAWFUL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND I HAVE A, A COPY OF THE JUDGMENT IN THAT REGARD.
UH, I AM IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY SINCE MY, UH, HALF OF THE VACATED TRIAL HAS NOT BEEN ADJUDICATED YET.
SO I'M THE ONE THAT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE NOTICE OF THE CONDEMNATION, BUT, UM, I, I'D FILED THE, UH, JUDGMENT YESTERDAY, AND THE JUDGE HAS TWO WEEKS TO SIGN IT.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD HAVE MAYBE LIKE A MONTH MORE TO WAIT FOR THE JUDGE TO SIGN THE, UH, SIGN THE, THE JUDGMENT OR NOT.
UH, UH, MA MOO, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GIVE US A LITTLE CLARITY ON THAT ONE BEFORE YOU RESPOND, MS. UH, COLEMAN? NO.
UH, WE ARE AWARE THAT HE IS NOT THE OWNER, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE RECOMMENDED IT BE DELETED ON THE AGENDA, AND IT WAS DELETED WHEN YOU READ OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE'LL BE PROCEEDING WITH THE CORRECT OWNER.
SO WE, WE DO KNOW WHO THE CORRECT OWNER IS.
SO, SIR, THAT'S ITEM IS GONNA BE DELETED, OKAY? AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
UM, WILL I BE CONTACTED BY MAIL OR SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY.
AND IF YOU WANNA STAY CONNECTED, UH, YOU CAN TALK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S ASSISTANT, JEFF, RIGHT HERE, AND HE'LL HELP YOU.
WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONDEMNATIONS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WANT TO CHANGE? 48.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ALL RIGHT, SO, OKAY, SO 44 WILL BE DELETED? MM-HMM.
UM, HOW MANY DAYS? NO, WE PROCEED NOW.
THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY MADE A, THEY DEFERRED IT LAST TIME, SO I NEED TO KNOW FROM THEM WHERE WE ARE WITH 52.
WE ARE, WE'RE GOOD TO PROCEED ON THAT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM, UH, 30 DAYS THERE TO, TO, UH, TO HAVE STARTED THAT PROCESS.
ON 55, THEY'VE GOTTEN A PERMIT AND DOING A ROOF.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO THE SAME THING, 30 DAYS THERE ON 66, NO, ON 67.
I'M GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STATED CHANGES.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 62.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR ONE WEEK ITEMS, 53 AND 60 DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEMS 54, 55, 56, AND 68 DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
ITEMS 61 DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, ITEMS 64, AND TO DELETE ITEMS 44, 48, 49, 63, 65, AND 67.
IS THAT IT? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON CONDEMN.
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ALL CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NOW GO TO ITEM
[69. 22-01319]
69, ESTABLISHED A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ON ISSUES INVOLVING CRIME PREVENTION, CORRECTIONS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, COURT SYSTEMS, RECIDIVISM, AND OTHER RELATED MA MATTERS BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? REVEREND ANDERSON? AND, GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY, UH, NEW YEAR.
I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RAA WOULD KIND OF EXPLAIN TO US WHAT, UH, SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, AND WE COULD COMMENT ON THAT ONCE WE HAD SOME CLARITY ON IT.
WAS I MISTAKEN ON THAT? COUNCILWOMAN? I'M SORRY.
I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA GIVE US AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE DOING, WHAT ITS SCOPE WAS, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT.
WELL, IT PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN I'M ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
WELL, LET ME, LEMME SAY IT THIS WAY.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER WANTS TO PUT THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND LET THE COMMITTEE DECIDE WHAT THIS, THE NEXT STEPS ARE GONNA BE.
I THINK SHE'S JUST SENDING THE INITIAL PHASES OF DECIDING, ESTABLISHING THE COMMITTEE, AND DECIDING WHO'S GONNA ACTUALLY SERVE ONY.
IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER? YES.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK TO DEFER THIS ITEM.
I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN ON MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT WE'RE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA TO PROPERLY ROLL THIS OUT AND HAVE EVERYTHING, UM, IN PLACE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER.
SO MAY I MAKE THEN SOME COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT LITTLE YOU SAID? SURE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AT LEAST I DO.
UH, IS IT JUST GOING TO BE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON, UH, THE PERCEIVED, UH, COMMITTEE? IS IT GOING TO BE, UH, A PUBLIC METRO COUNCIL PARTNERSHIP? UH, IS THERE GONNA BE, UH, A DEFINED SCOPE OF TOPICS? SO ARE WE ABLE TO, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, UH, DEATHS IN CUSTODY? ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND TOPICS THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY LOOKS AT? AND IS THE COMMITTEE GONNA BE, UH, JUST ADVISORY, OR IS IT GOING TO BE, UM, GIVEN A SCOPE OF TIME, SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, OR THAT KIND OF THING? SO I REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WHAT THIS IS SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BETTER, UH, MAKE A, A, A COMMENT OR AN OPINION ON IT, SO THAT I, I REALLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT.
REVEREND ANSON, AND IF I MAY ANSWER HER QUESTION, UM, WELL, HOLD ON.
LET'S, LET'S, OKAY, LET'S LET HER EXHAUST ALL OF HER TIME BEFORE WE GO TO YOU.
DO YOU, HAVE YOU COMPLETE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S THE SCOPE.
ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW THE 32 PLUS AGENCIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER? I REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD DO AND WHAT ITS SCOPE OF, UH, POWERS OR LACK OF POWERS I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAS INVESTIGATIVE, UH, POWERS.
AND IS THIS GONNA BE UNDER THAT PROVISION, OR IS THIS SIMPLY GONNA BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT IS NOT PLANNING ON MAKING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION? SO, I, I REALLY THOUGHT WE'D GET KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE, THE, UH, CONCEPT WOULD BE, AND THEN WE COULD COMMENT AND PUT OUR INPUT IN IT.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY DIFFICULTY, IS THAT I, I THINK IN CONCEPT IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A GREAT IDEA, BUT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IT IS, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SAY SOMETHING IS GOOD OR BAD.
ANY, ANYBODY? WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU, JEN.
ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? GOOD EVENING.
UM, DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENT.
AND, UM, I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH VOTE.
UM, VOTE STANDS FOR VOICE OF THE EXPERIENCE, THE, THE EXPERIENCE BEING INCARCERATION.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR ORGANIZATION KNOWS SOME OF YOU FOLKS AND HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING AND WORKING WITH SOME OF YOU ON ISSUES.
UM, WE ARE VERY MUCH CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE SAFE AND FREE COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, JUST IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, IT WAS, WAS FOUNDED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, 40 PLUS YEARS AGO, INSIDE OF ANGOLA.
BUT IT IS FOUNDED AND, UH, LARGELY LED BY FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE.
AND WE REPRESENT A BASE ACROSS THE STATE, BUT HERE IN BATON ROUGE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WHO, UM, LARGELY HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
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UM, SOME OF THE, MOST OF THE WORK OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON HAS BEEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT WE ARE REFOCUSING TO REALLY GET MORE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.UM, AND IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, THE, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL HAS EXPANDED RIGHTS AND CHANGE CONDITIONS FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS LOUISIANA.
AND WE WANT OUR FOLKS HERE IN BATON ROUGE TO REALIZE SOME OF THOSE, UM, WINS HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS WELL.
SO, UM, THE STRENGTH OF OUR ORGANIZATION REALLY IS THE EXPERIENCE, THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE TO TELL, UM, THE, THE REALLY LIKE, DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, OKAY? AND SO WE REALLY FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IMPACTED PEOPLE NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE WHEN DISCUSSIONS ARE ARE HAPPENING, AND DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE, UM, AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO, UM, WE REALLY WANNA SIT DOWN WITH YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, RACA, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO IS INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, WE'RE JUST HERE TODAY, KIND OF LIKE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT REVEREND ANDERSON HAD.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OURSELVES AS A RESOURCE HERE TO COUNSEL.
UM, PEOPLE, I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE HERE.
UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT IMPACTED PEOPLE ARE, ARE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE, UM, IN WHICHEVER WAY YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 69, MS. CARAL? GOOD AFTERNOON.
JENNIFER CARAL, 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE.
UM, I AM THE, UH, UH, CHAIRPERSON FOR TOGETHER BATON ROUGE'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE, UH, ACTION TEAM.
AND AS, UH, AS THAT ROLE, UH, I'M GONNA ECHO WHAT, WHAT MY TWO PREDECESSORS SAID IS THAT THIS LOOKS GOOD, UH, ON PAPER.
UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, IT, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN ALL THE, ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK.
UM, WHAT I LIKE, UH, ABOUT THIS AT THE METRO COUNCIL LEVEL IS EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS ARE, UH, WHAT THE CRIME NEEDS ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND THAT CAN HELP, UM, INFLUENCE THE CONVER OR INFORM THE CONVERSATION.
UM, HEARING COUNCILWOMAN RAIS SAY SHE'S WORKING WITH SOME BUSINESS LEADERS TO IRON THIS OUT BEFORE WE BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, PERK MY EARS UP, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING TO THE BUSINESS LEADERS, UM, WHO ARE YOU NOT TALKING TO? SO, I, I WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS LEADERS I WOULD ASSUME HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE OF CRIME, AND THAT'S GREAT.
UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE TOGETHER, BATON ROUGE HAS A LOT OF OLDER FOLKS WHO COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS.
SOME OF THE CONCERNS ARE, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE DOING THE CRIMES, SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ARE THEIR HOUSES ARE BEING SHOT UP.
SO IT'S, IT'S, WE'VE GOT BOTH SIDES OF THE, UM, BOTH SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM, AND THEY ALL NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE.
SO, UH, I HOPE, I HOPE THIS IS NOT JUST AN ATTEMPT TO, UM, DIRECT WHAT THE MAYOR DOES.
I HOPE IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO REALLY BRING COMMUNITY VOICE, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF THAT FACETS OF COMMUNITY, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING FORWARD TO, TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 69? GOOD EVENING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS AMELIA HERRERA AND I'M WITH VOICE OF THE, OF THE EXPERIENCE VOTE.
AND I WANNA KIND OF LIKE, PIVOT OFF OF WHAT REVEREND ANDERSON, JENNIFER, AND JENNIFER SPOKE TO.
COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
UM, WE DO HAVE BUSINESS LEADERS THAT ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
AND, UM, BEING FORMALLY INCARCERATED, I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW MUCH OF THEIR CONCERNS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE AT THAT TABLE WHEN YOU CONSTRUCT THIS TYPE OF COMMITTEE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69? GOOD EVENING, AVA SMITH, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION, AND NOT KNOWING WHAT IS ALL ON THE PROGRAM, WHO'S ALL, UM, GOING TO BE REPRESENTING, UH, THE PROGRAM AND, UH, UH, COMING OFF OF WHAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUES ARE JUST SAYING.
WERE JUST SAYING, I, UM, WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT'S ABOUT TIME.
AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THIS SERIES TV, TV SERIES THAT
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CAME ON, UH, BACK IN THE SIXTIES.IT'S ABOUT TIME, IT'S ABOUT SPACE.
IT'S ABOUT STRANGE PEOPLE IN THE STRANGEST PLACE.
SO, UM, IT IS ABOUT TIME, IT'S ABOUT HASTE, ABOUT OUR PEOPLE IN THE HUMAN RACE.
IT'S ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR CRIME PREVENTION AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, ABOUT BRAVE PEOPLE WITH BRAND NEW VIEWS, AS THOUGH THE BARRIERS THEY ONCE KNEW PASS THE COURT SYSTEMS, PASS SUBSTANCE ABUSE, PASS RECIDIVISM, AND OTHER MATTERS TOO.
IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR YOU AND ME TO MEET THESE PEOPLE OF AMAZING FEATS.
IT'S ABOUT A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND HOW THEY EDUCATE THE METRO COUNCIL, THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT HASTE AND ABOUT OUR PEOPLE AND THE HUMAN RACE.
THEY LIVE IN THE STREETS OF POVERTY.
WHERE WILL THEY GO? WHAT WILL THEY DO IN STRANGE, IN THIS STRANGE PLACE WHERE EVERYTHING IS NEW? WILL THEY MANAGE TO SURVIVE? WATCH EACH WEEK AND SEE WILL THEY GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE NEXT CENTURY? IT'S ABOUT TIME, IT'S ABOUT, UM, IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR OUR GOOD DEEDS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ALL IN NEED.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING US BACK TOO.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60? COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA.
UM, SO THE IDEA FOR THIS COMMITTEE WAS BIRTHED AFTER WE, THE METRO COUNCIL, SAT AND LISTENED TO SOME FOLKS TALK ABOUT, UM, A BABY BEING FOUND DEAD IN ITS BED AFTER IT WAS SHOT BY A STRAY BULLET.
UM, THEN AFTER WE SAT AND LISTENED TO DRAG RACING ORDINANCES BEING PLACED ON THE BOOKS, AND THEN LATER WE HAD THE ALLEY RICE MURDER, UM, THAT CAME UP AND WE WERE ADDRESSED BY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND FOR ME, LOOKING AT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I MADE A DECISION ON MY OWN, UM, TO ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING AS A COUNCIL.
SINCE WE DO HOLD THE PURSE STRINGS, WE ARE IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET TO EVALUATE WHERE WE HAVE DOLLARS AND HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED.
THE OTHER POWER THAT WE HAVE IS TO CREATE ORDINANCES.
AND AS WE SAW WITH THE RECENT DRAG RACING ORDINANCE, IT WAS WRITTEN AND THEN SOMEONE WAS KILLED ON COLLEGE DRIVE, AND THEN IT WAS AMENDED.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME ISSUES ON SEGAN ROAD AND ON THE OUR INTERSTATE.
SO WE CAN WRITE, WE CAN PUT PEN TO PAPER, AND WE CAN WRITE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY WANT, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT AND WE DON'T HAVE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCES THAT WE WRITE, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT? THE POINT IS A STUMP SPEECH OR A TELEVISION, UH, A BROADCAST ON THE NEWS OR AN ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER.
SO MY THOUGHTS WITH THIS COMMITTEE IS TO HAVE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. IF THERE IS LACK OF ENFORCEMENT FOR ORDINANCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, FIND OUT WHY.
IF WE DO HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, FIND OUT IF THEY'RE WORKING.
WE HAD ANOTHER ORDINANCE COME UP AND IT INVOLVED HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND RECENTLY WE SAW, UM, AN EMPLOYEE AT A STORE TAKE MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS BECAUSE SHE WAS FRUSTRATED WITH PEOPLE CAMPING OUTSIDE OF HER STORE.
SO WHAT I'M HOPING THAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN DO, WORKING WITH OTHERS, IS TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS FROM TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
AND US AS A COUNCIL, LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE THINGS FORWARD TO FIGHT SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TO CURE IT, TO KEEP RECIDIVISM RATES LOW.
AND WHETHER THAT'S WORKING WITH OUR JUVENILE COURT SYSTEMS, OUR COURT SYSTEMS, OUR PROGRAMS, UM, CORRECTIONS, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CRIME, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND AND AN EAR TO ALL OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THE OTHER PIECE IS, WHENEVER I SAID WE ARE ROLLING IT OUT WITH OTHER FOLKS WE'VE TALKED TO, UM, I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL FOLKS WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL LEADERS, UM, FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE, UM, WITH FOLKS THAT WORK WITH THE YOUTH AND YOUTH PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT BATON ROUGE.
NOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH ANY OTHER FOLKS IN
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NO, THESE ARE JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THIS LAUNCHED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THEN OTHER FOLKS WILL BE INVITED IN AROUND THE TABLE.UM, WHEN WE'RE TACKLING EACH OF THESE ISSUES, WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VETTING AND WORKING OUT.
I DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE A COUNCIL ONLY COMMITTEE WHERE WE GO AND WE INVITE FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND ADVISE US ON WHAT THEIR PROGRAMS ARE OR WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
THE OTHER PIECE, UM, THAT I THINK REVEREND ANDERSON BROUGHT UP, IS THIS AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE? NO, IT'S NOT.
WE'RE NOT USING OUR INVESTIGATIVE POWERS AT THIS TIME TO, TO GO IN AND, UM, SUBPOENA RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT MY INTENTIONS ARE, ARE THAT WE USE OUR POWERS AS A COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET AND WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE WRITING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT CRIME, TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM, AND TO REHABILITATE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM THAT CAN GET OUT AND BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE SOCI OF THIS SOCIETY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY INTENTION AND GOAL, BUT AGAIN, I'M GONNA ASK FOR THIS MATTER TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL, UM, THE MEETING ON THE WEEK OF THE 25TH, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS FINALIZED BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT? I DON'T KNOW THE DATE THOUGH, THOUGH.
UM, FEBRUARY 18TH OF ONE WEEK.
YOU WANTED DEFER FOR ONE WEEK? WELL, DIDN'T WE HAVE, UM, DIDN'T WE RESCHEDULE? THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN HEARS? YEAH, I JUST, UM, JEN IS BRINGING UP SOME AMAZING POINTS AND I WANT TO JUST APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUE FOR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TACKLE THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW CRIME, WE KNOW RECIDIVISM, WE KNOW SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE EXTREMELY STRONG.
SO, AND I TALKED TO A LOT OF THESE GROUPS THAT HAVE COME TO THIS MIC TODAY, AND I JUST ASKED THAT TO APPROACH THIS WITH AN OPEN MIND, BECAUSE IT'S NEW.
A LOT OF TIMES WE FORMULATED OPINIONS OF WHAT SHOULD BE DONE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, BUT HEAR WHAT WE PLAN TO DO FIRST, GIVE YOU OPINION, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, UM, ALLOW US TO, TO DO WHAT THE FOLKS ELECTED US TO DO, UH, ELECTED G TO DO AND, AND MAKE THOSE INFORMED DECISIONS BY TALKING TO SEVERAL GROUPS OF WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SMALL GROUPS, OR WHETHER IT'S CREATING A COUNCIL BOARD.
BUT I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD HER FOR, UH, BEING BOLD ENOUGH TO STEP UP TO EVEN TAKE THIS CHALLENGE.
CAUSE WE KNOW FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT THE KIND OF FEEDBACK OR EVEN PUSH BACK THAT YOU'LL GET FROM THIS.
SO, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT YOU GUYS BE PATIENT, UM, AS YOU COME UP.
CAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU, YOU SIT NEXT TO HER.
I FELT THE AGGRESSION FROM THE MIC, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE SHE IS.
SO WE'RE BEATING HER UP BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED.
SO BE A FRIEND AND THEN SHE'LL BE A FRIEND BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S INCLUDED.
AND WHEN YOU, CUZ WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOUR CLAWS COME OUT, SOMETIMES WE UNINTENDEDLY PULL OUR CLAWS OUT AS WELL, AND IT BECOMES THE WRONG TYPE OF CONVERSATION.
SO MAKE SURE Y'ALL APPROACH WITH RESPECT AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING IN RETURN.
THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR ONE WEEK.
IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AMAROSA AND THE OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN
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DEFERRED FOR ONE WEEK.WE GO TO ITEM 70, REPEALING THE STORMWATER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT CREATED BY RESOLUTION 5 6 5 60 AT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022 BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70? MS. CARLISLE? I HAVE TO LEAVE SHORTLY, SO I HAD TO GET ALL MY COMMENTS IN REAL FAST.
UM, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY CLEAR, UH, WHAT THE CONTROVERSY IS OVER THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE I WAS HERE WHEN THIS ORIGINAL THING PASSED, AND I FEEL LIKE IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY GONNA BE A FEE.
UM, AND AGAIN, I I I'M NOT TOTALLY CLEAR.
YEAH, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY IN THE NEWS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUAL ROUTE OF IT IS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT COASTAL COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING TO INSTITUTE PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THIS.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
WE'RE HAVING BIGGER STORMS, WE'RE HAVING MORE FLOODS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD STORMED, HE WAS A BIBLE STUDY AT MY CHURCH AT FIRST METHODIST ON THE CORNER, AND IN THE HOUR THAT HE WAS IN BIBLE STUDY, THAT LITTLE BART ON NORTH BOULEVARD FLOODED IN HIS CAR WAS FLOODED.
WE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING, AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO FIX IT.
UM, AND I NOTICED THAT ONCE A FEAST STARTED BEING DISCUSSED, PEOPLE STARTED GETTING UP IN ARMS. UM, AND THAT BOTHERS ME.
UM, BECAUSE FOLKS, UH, AND FOLKS IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS, FOLKS IN MY FAMILY EVEN, UM, DON'T HAVE
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PROBLEM DROPPING $50,000 ON A NEW CAR OR ON A KITCHEN OR ON A CAMP OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY VALUE AND WANT FOR THEMSELVES.AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A FLOOD, THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE STANDING OUT THERE SAYING, WHERE'S MY FEMA MONEY? AND WHY DIDN'T THE CITY DEAL WITH THIS? AND IT, IT JUST, IT MAKES ME ANGRY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS AND WE KNOW IT'S GONNA COST MONEY.
AND THOSE OF US WITH MONEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DROPPING IT WHEREVER WE WANT WHEN IT BENEFITS US.
AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO STEP UP AND DROP IT WHEN IT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL PROBLEM, AN ACTUAL CONTROVERSY, HAVING A STORMWATER DISTRICT, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE COME UP WHEN WE VOTED FOR IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
UM, IF THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE DON'T WANT A NEW FEE, UH, I'M PAYING MORE IN FLOOD INSURANCE.
I'M SURE MOST OF Y'ALL ARE PAYING MORE IN FLOOD INSURANCE.
LET'S DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS WE NEED TO FIX 'EM.
I I HAVE A T-SHIRT THAT SAYS COST MONEY, PAY YOUR FRICKING TAXES.
I FELT LIKE WEARING IT TODAY, BUT I'VE GOT OTHER PLACES TO GO, SO STUFF COSTS MONEY.
IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER MO.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 70 SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, SEVERAL TIMES WE THERE WHEN ALL THIS CAME UP.
THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS ON THE BOOKS, AND I JUST WANTED TO, FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND IN THE PUBLICLY UNDERSTAND IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO WAS CREATE THE STORMWATER UTILITY DISTRICT.
OKAY? SOME OF US VOTED ON IT, SOME OF US DIDN'T.
BASICALLY WHAT THE UTILITY DISTRICT DOES IS, AND, AND WE HAVE TO, UM, PRETTY MUCH STILL HAVE TO HAVE IT AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD.
DID THIS, THE DISTRICT CREATES THE STRUCTURE UNDER WHICH EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH WILL OPERATE.
WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE STORMWATER UTILITY, WHE WHETHER WE MOVE TAXES, WHETHER WE FEED OR, OR WHATEVER ELSE HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, THE DISTRICT TO ME STILL NEEDS TO BE THERE.
BECAUSE WHAT ALL THAT DID WAS IT, IT RESTRUCTURED ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, DPW, ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES, SOME UNDER D P W MOVED UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL SO THAT THEY COULD DO STORM WATER STUFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE DID FUND IT WITH SOME MONEY BECAUSE WE HAD TO BRING HIS DIRECTOR ON AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND AT ANY POINT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
SO THE FEE AND EVERYTHING, AFTER WE CREATED THE DISTRICT, WE HAD TO HAVE THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE FEE PART.
WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT WENT, AND WE ALL KNOW THE BACKSTORY ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF, I MEAN, I'M NOT REMOVING IT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT STRUCTURE.
WE'RE GONNA NEED THE, THE IDEA OF HOW IT'S GONNA WORK WHEN WE GO TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE OF, UM, WHAT WAS ANNOUNCED THE OTHER DAY AT THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS AND WHY.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DELETE IT OR REMOVE IT, UH, OUT OF THE BOOKS.
UM, SO I BROUGHT THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS, UM, THE STORMWATER UTILITY DISTRICT, IT REALLY IS A NEW CONCEPT.
THE CRE, THE ONE THAT WAS CREATED HERE IN BATON ROUGE IS THE FIRST ONE IN LOUISIANA.
UM, THESE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN CREATED IN, UH, I THINK ALL OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES STATES, UM, EXCEPT FOR, UH, MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA.
AND NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THIS ONE WAS CREATED, UM, IT, I THINK IT'S JUST MISSISSIPPI THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO WE BEAT MISSISSIPPI AGAIN, GUYS.
UM,
AND, UH, NORMALLY, UM, FOR THIS, THIS TYPE OF EFFORT, YOU WOULD SEE, UM, A LENGTHY PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
I WAS AT A, UM, THE CEX CONFERENCE, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND, UM, HEARD A GROUP FROM NEW ORLEANS THAT IS PROPOSING A STORMWATER DISTRICT IN NEW ORLEANS, AND THEY HAVE A THREE YEAR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, UM, WHAT MS FOUR IS ABOUT, WHAT A STORMWATER, UM, DISTRICT IS ABOUT.
UM, AND WHAT PROBLEMS, UM, THESE, THESE MECHANISMS, UM, ARE USED, UM, TO HELP, UM, THAT THAT DIDN'T, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR US.
UM, I THINK IT'S, I THINK, I THINK OUR DISTRICT WAS, WAS PASSED UNDER A CLOUD.
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THE VOTE, UM, TO, TO TO, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT.UM, I THINK THERE WERE, THERE WERE THINGS SAID THAT, THAT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT, THAT THINGS WERE ONE WAY WHEN THEY WERE, WHEN THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY THAT WAY.
UM, SO MY, MY CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS DISTRICT, UM, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING.
UM, AND SO MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, AND THE PUBLIC, UM, HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE INPUT ON THE DISTRICT.
UM, THERE ARE APPARENTLY 2,500 OF THESE, OF THESE DISTRICTS, UM, AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW TO US, NOT SOMETHING, NOT SOMETHING NEW TO THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UM, I DO, UM, WITH COUNCILMAN MOK THINK THAT, UM, WITH REGARD TO OUR MS FOUR PERMIT AND, AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR MS FOUR PERMIT, UM, WE, WE NEED A DISTRICT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD DISTRICT THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUES, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR, WITH OUR WATER QUALITY.
UM, I'VE HAD A REQUEST TO, UM, DEFER THIS ITEM AGAIN.
UM, WHAT I WANNA DO, BECAUSE SOME, SOMEONE NEEDS A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AT THIS POINT THAT THEY, THEY WANT TO HAVE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, BECAUSE WE, I I FEEL LIKE I KEEP EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY KIND OF ON GO, LIKE, ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT? ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT? ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE DELETE THIS ITEM, UM, LET THE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION GET, GET THE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET TOGETHER TOGETHER.
AND THEN WHEN I REINTRODUCE THIS ITEM, WE WILL NOT DEFER IT.
WE'LL, ABSOLUTELY 110%, UM, HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
SO THAT'S A MOTION, MOTION TO DELETE.
SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN DELETED? EXCUSE ME.
I JUST HAD A QUICK, UH, QUESTION FOR, UM, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO I, I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT OF DELETING ITEM, GETTING FINALIZER, GETTING INFORMATION TOGETHER.
UM, I GUESS JUST FOR PUBLIC WISER INFORMATION, WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER, DOING SOME MORE RESEARCH INTO THE UTILITY AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE MAY COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC OR COUNCIL DISCUSSION FOR POSSIBLE, UM, KIND OF AMENDING IT TO, TO MAKE IT A BETTER PROGRAM OR POSSIBLY DELETING IT, UH, REMOVING IT COMPLETELY OUT OF CITY PARISH.
UM, WERE WE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE? SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO, GREG, DO YOU WANNA YES, LET, LET ME SPEAK TO THAT.
AND COUNCILMAN, LEMME JUST SAY THIS, I DID ASK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ADAM TO LOOK AT DEFERRING THE ITEM AT THIS POINT.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR SHE WANTS TO BUILD, UH, TO REESTABLISH A, A, A COMMITTEE TO AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND START AND LOOK AT THE DETAILS, INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION ON HOW WE WANT TO GO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, I DON'T QUESTION THE FACT THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T DO A REAL GOOD JOB OF PUTTING OUT THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
AND I'VE, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T WANT TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY OF DE DELETING, I MEAN, UH, ABANDONING THE, THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE MAY NEED THAT.
I MEAN, IN REALITY WE MAY OR MAY NEED TO BE AMENDED TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE MEMBERS FROM THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO EVERYBODY WILL AT LEAST KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT GROUP TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UM, I KNOW WE CREATED THE UTILITY, WE PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET FOR IT.
WE, ARE WE OPERATING WITH THAT DISTRICT NOW? UH, UNDER THE CURRENT, WHAT THE BUDGETING THAT WE DID? YES.
UM, I GUESS IF YOU COULD, UH, TWO MINUTES, 57 SECONDS AND KIND OF REITERATE HOW THE STRUCTURE AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC, HOW THIS STRUCTURE IS THE US UTILITY DISTRICT AND WHAT, WHAT WE ACTUALLY CREATED IN THAT PART IN A NUTSHELL.
SO WE, WE CREATED THE DISTRICT WITH THE CONCEPT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MANAGE FLOODING ISSUES IN THE PARISH.
WE NEED TO MANAGE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND UPKEEP OF THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM, AND WE NEED TO MANAGE THE MS FOUR PERMIT FOR THE WATER QUALITY.
THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE THREE LAYS OF THE STOOL FOR THE UTILITY DISTRICT.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THE ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, THE, NONE OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
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UNDER THE STORMWATER DIVISION OF DS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING A R P MAINTENANCE WORK.WE ARE, UH, IMPROVING OUR STORMWATER, UH, PERMITTING, UH, INSPECTIONS.
AND WE'RE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE THINGS ALSO.
SO BASICALLY, I MEAN, WE CONSOLIDATED AND, AND BROUGHT SOME DEPARTMENTS UNDER YOU, UM, ENHANCED SOME DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT YOU ALREADY HAD UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THE STORMWATER UTILITY, ALL THE STORMWATER, UH, WORK OR INFORMATION AND MS FOUR PERMITTING AND ALL THAT STUFF UNDER ONE COALESCE DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE, THE CONCEPT NOW.
WE DID NOT MOVE THE, UH, DRAINAGE DIVISION OF MAINTENANCE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL EXISTS, IT'S STILL FUNDED, THEY'RE STILL DOING WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST MANAGING SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WITH CONTRACTORS WITH THE A R P FUNDS AND TO IMPROVE AND CATCH UP ON THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS POINT.
AND JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, RICK.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STORMWATER DIVISION AND THE STORMWATER UTILITY? WELL, THE UTILITY IS, IS THE SYSTEM OF THE MS FOUR IS THE DITCHES.
THAT, THAT IS YOUR PHYSICAL UTILITY AND THAT'S UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, THE STORMWATER DIVISION IS THE OPERATOR.
IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE BRASCO.
BRASCO IS THE UTILITY AND IT'S HEADED BY THE COUNCIL.
D E S IS THE OPERATOR OF NEBRASKA.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OWN THE UTILITY, WE JUST OPERATE AND MANAGE THE UTILITY.
MY, MY, MY CONCERN WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO MS FOUR.
I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY NEED, UM, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO WE WILL, UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE, THE, THE BIG POINT OF STARTING OUT WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT COMMITTEE SO THEY CAN GUIDE US AND HOW WE NEED TO GET IT OUT AND GET THE INFORMATION AND THE EDUCATION WE NEED, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THE MS FOUR REALLY, IT TAKES ALL, IT TAKES ALL OF US, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
NO, YOU CAN'T LOOK AT MS FOUR AND DRAINAGE SEPARATE.
THEY'RE REALLY THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT'S WHAT WE, THE CITY PARISH OWNS AND OPERATES FOR OUR STORM WATER.
ITEM HAS BEEN MOTIONED TO DELETE, SECONDED
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AND APPROVED.WE NOW GO TO ITEM 71 AUTHORIZING AMER PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT REIMBURSEMENT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $135,831 FOR OFFICER OVERTIME AND VEHICLE UNIT USAGE COSTS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
STATE OF LOUISIANA GULF COAST, H I D T A GRANT FUNDS FOR JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS APPOINTED FIDUCIARY AND BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SUBGRANTEE.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION GRANT WITH NO MATCHING FUNDS BY THE POLICE CHIEF.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71? COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY HER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HU.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 72.AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CIVIL AIR PATROL LOUISIANA WING, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY FOR OCCUPANCY OF THE OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 4,514 BLANCHE, NO ROAD FOR A PRIMARY TERM OF 10 YEARS WITH THE ONE FIVE YEAR OPTION TO RENEW AT THE RATE OF 18,000 PER YEAR BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNNS JUNIOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST AND THE OPPOSITION ITEM
[73. 22-01711]
CARRIES.ITEM 73, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.
QUESTION SMITH FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOBILE, SHE WITH FOREST BOULEVARD MULTI-USE PATH AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED YOU, $142,746 AND 63 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73? COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR, ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM 73 HAS BEEN
[74. 22-01712]
APPROVED.ITEM 74 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.
NUMBER TWO FOR GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES WITH TERRACON CONSULTANTS FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT.
LEE DRIVE HIGHLAND ROAD TO PERKINS ROAD.
ADDITIONAL LUMP SUM AMONG NOT TO EXCEED $2,500, BRINGING THE CONTRACT TOTAL TO $57,728 AND 33 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74? WE NOW GO THE COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER, SECONDED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.
[75. 22-01728]
75 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND OR BRASCO EXECUTE[01:00:01]
SUPPLEMENT ON AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH BLACK AND VE CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN, OPERATION SUPPORT FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $350,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 75.
HEY, CAN RICK COME UP PLEASE, SIR? I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH BLACK AND BEACH AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BID FOR OPERATIONS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CUZ BOTH THESE OPERATIONS ARE WARNER'S PERSONNEL PRIMARILY DRIVEN.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHY ARE WE DOUBLE SPENDING MONEY? WELL, NO, WE, WE HIRED BLACK AND VE LAST SUMMER TO AUGMENT OUR STAFF AT THE SOUTHWEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO, TO HELP OPERATE THE PLANT BECAUSE WE ARE SEVERELY SHORT ON STAFF.
SO THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO CON CONTINUE DOING THAT UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE A PERMANENT CONTRACT.
SO RICK, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THAT EVENTUAL LONG-TERM CONTRACT.
I, I CAN RECALL SEEING THE AGENDA SPACE REQUEST COME THROUGH, UM, AT ONE POINT AND THEN IT, IT HASN'T, SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN SOME SORT OF DELAY IN THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
YEAH, THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO, TO LOOK AT AND, AND, AND WE HAVE DONE SO.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING OUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO, SO DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS DELAY IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THOUGH IS BASICALLY COSTING US $350,000 HERE? SO YES AND NO.
PART OF IT IS WE HAD TO INCREASE IT TO BECAUSE OF THAT DELAY AND YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO AMEND IT AGAIN IF WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON TOO MUCH LONGER.
SO, SO SO YOU'RE SAYING EVEN BEYOND, UM, SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE, YOU MAY HAVE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND 350.
YEAH, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO EXPEDITE, I MEAN I, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS? I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS POINT, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF US AND, AND CERTAINLY THE 350,000, THERE'S SOMETHING WE WOULD'VE HAD DONE ANYWAY UNTIL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE WERE GOING TO, TO TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
WE'RE ANSWERING THE FINAL QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND IT WAS BROUGHT AND WE'VE DONE SOME ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK THAT NEED TO BE REQUIRED.
SO I WOULD ASSUME IN, IN HERE REAL SOON THAT WE'LL BE MAKING SOME TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL.
SO RICK AND I JUST HAD AN AMAZING CONVERSATION.
I GAVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I SAW STREET SWEEPERS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING.
POSTED IT ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE STORMWATER, RIGHT? CLEVELAND, KEEPING THE STREETS CLEAN AND MAKING SURE THE SEDIMENT DOESN'T GO DOWN THE DRAIN.
BUT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR STREET SWEEPERS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
UH, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR.
NO, SERIOUSLY, PROBABLY ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS TO AT LEAST EXPLORE THAT.
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR, OUR OUR, UM, MAIN THROUGHWAY HAVE A, HAVE BEAUTIFICATION TO 'EM.
AND DWIGHT DIDN'T NEED EM IN SHENANDOAH, BUT I DID NEED EM TO KNOW A THAT ROUGE ROUGE.
SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS EVERY TIME I COME THERE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, BUT WE'RE WASTING $350,000, POTENTIALLY 500,000, POTENTIALLY 700,000.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPEDITE THESE CONTRACTS SO WE DON'T WASTE THESE MONEY SO I CAN GET MY STREET SWEEPERS.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER GOK? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
[76. 22-01716]
APPROVED.WHEN NOW GO ITEM 76, AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH GWS ENGINEERING INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE SHERIFF FAR BOULEVARD MULTI-USE PATH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $92,644 AND 71 CENTS.
AND THAT PATH IS I 12 TO OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
[01:05:01]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.[77. 22-01736]
GO TO ITEM 77 AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO RECORD THE FUNDING COMMITMENT LETTER RELATED TO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN THE ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT FOR STATE PROJECT BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
[78. 22-01740]
NOW GO TO ITEM 78.WE'RE SENDING IN RECORDING TO CLERK OF COURT, THE COUNSEL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON MAY 13TH, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS WALTER CHESTER WILLIAMS AND MARY P. WILLIAMS. THE REASON FOR DECISION THE CITY OF PARISH HAS RECEIVED NEW INFORMATION REGARDING OWNERSHIP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION BY COUNCILMAN MCC COLEMAN.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78? ITEM TWO, APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC COLEMAN.
SECONDED BY THE CHAIR IS ANY OPPOSITION.
[79. 22-01747]
ITEM 78 HAS BEEN APPROVED.ITEM 79, WE'RE SENDING IN RECORDING THE CLERK OF COURT TO COUNSEL.
DECISION ORDER RECORDED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS CITY CRES SOUTHMORE RECREATION RECREATION ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ONE TEN TWO TWENTY FIVE, PATRICIA DRIVE.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79? WE'RE NOW GO TO COUNSEL.
A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION.
[80. 22-01750]
BEEN APPROVED.AL ITEM 80 AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED JOYCE PATIS VERSUS GREGORY SQUARED.
ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $42 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,042 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIRS.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOE.
[81. 22-01746]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 81.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES OF EACH BAT ROUGE PARISH HEAD STAR PROGRAM, THE INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CLAY YOUNG ENTERPRISES IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,000 TO PROVIDE TO TV, RADIO, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND ALL PLATFORMS AUTHORIZED AND EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81? WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM READY? ONE.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM 81 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[82. 22-01748]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 82.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE OF EAST BARWICK PARISH HEADSTART PROGRAM TO INSTITUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE IN THE AMOUNT OF 61,000 TO PROVIDE ONGOING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE HEADSTART PROGRAM IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 82 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
[83. 22-01749]
APPROVED.WE NOW GO TO ITEM 83, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND AMOUNT OF $519,552 FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR OF 2023.
GRANT BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83? WE'RE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCMAN IN THE OPPOSITION.
[84. 22-01753]
WE GO TO 84.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
HEADSTART PROGRAM TO RECEIVING RECORDED ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
$3,494,370 IN CARRYOVER FUNDING TO PURCHASE AND COMPLETE APPROVED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS CONNECTED THERE WITH BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS'S.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
[85. 22-01752]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 85, AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO RECORD THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION GRANT BUDGET AS AWARDED BY LOUISIANA COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,453 FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF 2022.2023 BY THE OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MCMAN? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOE.
ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM 85 PASSES.
[86. 22-01754]
ITEM 86 AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 1 7 0 3.SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS SUCH AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT LIABLE FOR INFORMAL QUOTES ON MATERIALS IN PARAGRAPH D TO $60,000 BY THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86? WE HAVE SOME EMAIL COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO THE ITEM COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
I WAS JUST HOPING CHRIS COULD COME UP AND GIVE US THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS ONE AND ADVISE US ON WHY WE'RE GOING UP TO 60.
GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND I ACTUALLY DID, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT I ALSO NEED TO CHANGE 1 7 0 1
SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT THIS ACTUALLY BE DEFERRED TILL FEBRUARY 8TH SO I CAN INTRODUCE THAT.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY,
[01:10:01]
ANY PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS OR SUPPLIES TODAY GREATER THAN 30,000 REQUIRES A FORMAL LIMITATION TO BID, WHICH DOES ADD TWO TO AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TO SIX WEEKS TO THE PROCESS.SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS CONTINUE TO EXPEDITE OUR ABILITY TO COMPLETE THE, THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE WILL STILL HAVE INFORMAL QUOTES.
WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR TAXPAYERS.
IT JUST AFFORDS ME, UH, A COMPRESSED SCHEDULE SO WE CAN EXECUTE THE WORK FOR THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE.
OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT CHANGING FROM 50,000 FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL TO 60,000.
THIS IS FOR INFORMAL QUOTES, RIGHT? THIS IS FOR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, WHICH IS ESTABLISHING UNIT PRICING, WHICH WE TYPICALLY DON'T TAKE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL BECAUSE I MIGHT BUY A DOLLAR, I MIGHT BUY 500.
HOW LONG TILL FEBRUARY 8TH? FEBRUARY 8TH, PLEASE.
SO I, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE 7 0 1 FOR TOMORROW, AND THEN THAT'LL BE ON THE INTRODUCTION, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON BOTH TOGETHER, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
MOTION TO DEFER TO FEBRUARY 8TH.
GO TO ITEM 86 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 8TH COUNCIL MEETING, NOR A PROBATED PROPERTIES NOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
[Items 87 and 88]
NOW.ITEM 87, CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING PERRY THOMAS, WHO HAS RESIGNED, UH, CURRENT BALLOT, FRANKLIN ASSA, ANDREW SIMMONS, AND PARIS TAYLOR.
ITEM 88, CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CURRENT BAPTIST CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING COLLEAGUE COCHRAN, WHO HAS NOT SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO BE REAPPOINTED CURRENT BALLOT.
FRANKLIN NASAA, ANDREA SIMMONS AND PARIS TAYLOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 87 AND 88? UH OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, ONE OTHER CANDIDATE FOR BOTH ITEMS 87 AND 88.
FREDERICK THOMAS, UH, WHO, WHO SUBMITTED A LETTER AFTER THE COUNCIL WAS SUBMISSION DATE, BUT HE'S ON THE, UH, AGENDA AS WELL.
UH, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WANTS TO DEFER THESE ITEMS, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY OTHER, UM, ONE OTHER APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED.
JOHN VUKOVIC WAS SUBMITTED THIS WEEKEND.
COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? YES, SIR.
UH, COUNCILMAN MADAM, WILL YOU FINISH COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL? I I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, MR. FREDERICK AND BVI WERE BOTH ON THE, UH, SCORING SUMMARY, JUST NOT ON THE BALLOT.
IS THAT THEY, THEY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS AFTER WE PRINTED THE AGENDAS.
UM, BUT THE QRC WANTED TO INTERVIEW ALL APPLICANTS.
UM, AND IT'S FINE FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER APPLICANTS THAT SUBMIT AFTER OUR DEADLINE.
THEY JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE BALLOT.
YEAH, NO, AND I MEAN, I AND I SUPPORT DEFERRAL.
I JUST WANT, I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING 'EM UP SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO REDO YOUR WORK.
DID WE DEFER AND OUR MOTION TO DEFER THIS TO NEXT WEEK? NO, NOT WELL, WE VOTE.
MOTION DEFER FOR ONE WEEK BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.
ITEMS 86 AND 87 HAVE BEEN DEFERRED FOR ONE WEEK.
[89. 22-00063]
ITEM 89, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CONCURRING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO REPLACE AARON WESLEY MONROE.CURRENT BALLOT IS GARY JUPITER.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89? THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT GARY JUPITER.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OPPOSITION? GARY JUPITER HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
[90. 23-00064]
EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE MAYOR DAVID BARROW CENTRAL CURRENT BALLOT IS MAYOR WADE EVANS CENTRAL.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
NO, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR WADE EVANS, YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT.
[91. 23-00070]
ITEM 91 MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE DR.DANIEL SWELL TERM EXPIRED NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022.
CURRENT BALLARD IS REBECCA'S DATE.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNSEL.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ADAM.
JUST ASHLEY, I ASSUME WE'VE VERIFIED.
UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL IS, UH, AN ENTOMOLOGIST I SPOKE TO, UM, RAN, UH, RANDY VA AND MICHAEL BECKER FROM MARK, UM, FRIDAY OR THURSDAY RATHER.
AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT SHE MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY OPPOSITION? CONGRATULATIONS MS. REBECCAS.
[Items 92 - 94]
[01:15:01]
WE GO TO ITEM 82 AND CHANGE YOUR ORDER.I WILL TAKE 92 3 94 TOGETHER, PUMP STATION 2 79 IMPROVEMENTS.
$10,250, WHICH IS A CREDIT ITEM.
93 SALES TAX STREET ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT 17 FOUR PRIDE BAYWOOD MONTEREY BOULEVARD, 72ND STREET, ROSENWALD GRAND TETON STREETS IN FAIRLANE, LEN OAKS PARK AND OAKCREST SUBDIVISION CONTRACTOR.
BARBARA BROTHERS CONTRACTING COMPANY, LLC.
FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN CENTS, WHICH IS A CREDIT ITEM.
94 CENTURION AVENUE AND MULLEN DRIVE.
SIDEWALKS ROUTE PROJECT CONTRACTOR, THE LUSTER GROUP, LLC.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 92 THROUGH 94? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 92 THROUGH 94.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSA.
[Items 95 - 97]
BEEN APPROVED.WE NOW GO TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES.
ITEMS 95 THROUGH 97 PUMP STATION 2 79 IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT, NCM C LLL C FINAL COST $386,750 9 97 SALES TAX STREET ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT 17 DASH FOUR PRIDE BAYWOOD MONTEREY BOULEVARD, 72ND STREET, ROSENWALD RANE STREETS IN FAIR LANG GLEN OAKS PARK IN OAKCREST.
SUBDIVISION CONTRACT OF BARBARA BROTHERS CONTRACTING COMPANY, LLC.
FINAL COST FIVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY THREE CENTS.
ITEM 97 CENTURION AVENUE IN MULLEN DRIVE, SOWAS ROOT PROJECT, CONTRACTED LUSTER GROUP LLC.
FINAL CALL, ONE $87,633 AND 52 CENTS.
DOES ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 95 THROUGH 97? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 95 THROUGH 97 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[98. 23-01757]
98.TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICES OR BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION FOR VARIOUS CITIES.
PARISH BUILDINGS, KUDO STAFFING L L C $147,740.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98? WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 98? WE'LL ENTERTAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED?
[99. 23-00408]
ITEM 99, RECEIVING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2 20 22.REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE FOR GARBAGE TRASH.
BULKY ITEM WOODY WASTE RECYCLE PICKUP BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, RICK AND MS. MANN.
HOW YOU FEELING MS. MANN? YEAH.
IT'S GONNA BE PULLED UP SHORTLY HERE FOR YOU, FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC.
I, I APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND EVERYTHING.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO MIMIC THE OTHER THREE REPORTS I GAVE FOR THE YEAR.
GO THROUGH, UH, ISSUES AND THEN SOME STATS, A LITTLE BIT OF LANDFILL DATA, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC, YOU KNOW, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THE HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRAFFIC LOADING AND SOME ACCIDENTS ON THE INTERSTATES THAT KIND OF SLOWED THINGS DOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, REPUBLIC AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON KIND OF NEGOTIATED THAT HE, THEY COULD START SOME LIMITED ROUTES IN MONDAY EARLY.
SO THEY STARTED AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING INSTEAD OF FIVE 30, YOU KNOW, SO THAT KIND OF ALLEVIATED THE NOT FINISHING ROUTES FOR THAT THAT DAY.
AND, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE INTERSTATE GOES DOWN THE ONE LANE.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO DO THAT, UH, DURING THAT PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE, THE COLLECTION DAYS.
SO, SO, UH, THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, SOME, SOME DATA, YOU KNOW, ON, ESPECIALLY ON CALLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO LAST YEAR WE ENDED UP WITH 15,800 PLUS CALLS FOR, FOR THE YEAR.
BUT, UH, THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 51 CALLS A DAY FOR ALL THE SERVICES NEAR THE FIVE SERVICES.
17 FOR GARBAGE, 15 FOR WOODY WASTE, 17 FOR HAND PILES, AND A COUPLE FOR, YOU KNOW, WHITE GOODS, TIRES AND, AND RECYCLING.
SO, BUT IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME TARGETS HERE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE 60 CALLS A DAY.
SO WE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD 16% IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR TARGET, WHICH I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD.
AND THEY WORKED HARD ON ALL THIS THING,
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BUT FROM LAST YEAR, IT'S A 50% REDUCTION IN OVERALL CALLS.AND FROM 2020 TO 35% IN 2019, A 62% REDUCTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING GOOD IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THE NEW CONTRACT, WHICH STARTS ON MARCH 1ST, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, NEXT SLIDE IS THE, UH, LANDFILL DATA FOR 2022.
WE RECEIVED 538,000 PLUS TONS OF GARBAGE AND TRASH INTO THE LANDFILL FOR, FOR, UH, 2022.
SO, UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE AROUND 15 YEARS OF USEFUL LI AIRSPACE AND LIFE OF THE, UH, LANDFILL.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXTEND THAT LIFE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE VERY EXTENSIVE PERMITTING PROCESS AND FINDING A NEW SITE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE IT SHORT FOR YOU GUYS THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR, I THINK WE HAVE GOOD, GOOD INFORMATION, UH, ON THE SERVICES THAT, UH, PROVIDED BY REPUBLIC SERVICES LAST YEAR.
UH, I'M GOING BRING SHARON UP.
YOU KNOW, HER SLIDE IS THE SAME AS LAST TIME, BUT SHE'S REALLY HERE, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS, WE'RE GOING OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
POWERPOINT COUNCIL HUDSON? WELL, THERE, I, I TOOK UP SO MUCH TIME LAST TIME, SO I THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
I I JUST WANTED TO FIRST GIVE THE FEEDBACK ON THE EARLIER START TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE ALL A LITTLE NERVOUS STARTING THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, GARBAGE TRUCKS DO MAKE A LITTLE NOISE WHEN THEY SERVICE THE CART.
UM, BUT OUR OFFICE RECEIVED NO CALLS.
I, I DON'T THINK ANY CALLS TO THREE 11 CAME IN WITH COMPLAINTS OF, UH, STARTING EARLY.
I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S THE SMART THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE INTERSTATE GOES DOWN TO ONE LANE.
UM, I THINK IN, IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT MAY, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR AWAY THE, THE CURB IS FROM THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT EVEN COULD START A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE HUGE WHENEVER WE, UH, WE GET TO THAT TRAFFIC ISSUE.
THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY GONNA COME UP IN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON, UM, AND THIS IS REALLY FOR FUTURE REPORTING.
YOU GUYS HAVE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT QUITE EXTENSIVELY, AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAVE HAD, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT BEEN JUST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, HOLIDAYS IN, IN MY OPINION, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE FEEDBACK THERE.
UH, BUT IT IS THE, THE INCOMPLETE ROUTES.
AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU GUYS WILL BE, UH, REPORTING THAT DATA TO US.
THE REPUBLIC WILL BE SERVICING ENTIRE, THE ENTIRETY OF THE CARTS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, AND THEN YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THAT DATA TO US.
YEAH, WE'LL DO IT ON A DAILY BASIS BY COUNCIL AREA, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND IN THOSE AREAS AND FOR WHAT REASON, AND WE'LL REPORT IT TO RICK AND THEN I CAN REPORT IT OR HE CAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I, I JUST WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED.
LIKE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, IF A, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS MISSED, HOW MANY ADDRESSES DID WE MISS? THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE REPORTED HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF WE'RE NOT TRACKING IT, UH, THEN WE'RE NOT RECOGNIZING IT AS AN ISSUE.
AND SO, UH, I JUST WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE TRACKED.
AND THAT WAY IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE, AGAIN, WE KNOW WE CAN JUMP ON IT A LOT QUICKER THAN WE DID THIS TIME.
SO WHAT I THINK IS GONNA DO A LOT OF GOOD IS WHEN WE DO THIS REROUTING BECAUSE OF WHERE THE AREA OF GROWTH IS AND WE MOVE IN SEVERAL THINGS AROUND, A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T EVEN BE AFFECTED BY IT, BUT IT WILL HELP US ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY GONNA HAVE THE DELAYS AT THE LANDFILL.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS INVOLVED, BUT JUST HELPING Y'ALL UNDERSTAND WHY SURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THERE WE GO.
UM, SO I'VE HAD, UM, SEVERAL, UM, UH, CALLS FROM, FROM CONSTITUENTS AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'VE PUT IN 3 1 11 CALLS AND THE, THE CALLS HAVE BEEN, UM, THE, THE, THE, I'M SO SORRY.
THE SERVICE ORDER NUMBER HAS BEEN SAID.
IT WAS CLOSED, BUT THEIR, THEIR TRASH WASN'T PICKING BEEN PICKED UP.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? I HAD A COUPLE OF RICK OR RICK NELL BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION, SO WE WENT BACK AND RESEARCHED THAT.
UM, IT WAS A MATTER OF THE SUPERVISOR TELLING KATHY THAT IT WAS CLOSED, AND I THINK SHE CLOSED IT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAST.
SO NOW, INSTEAD OF JUST THE SUPERVISOR TELLING HER TO CLOSE IT, BECAUSE THEY PUT THEIR EYES ON IT, ALLEGEDLY THAT SHE HAS TO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL TO THE RESIDENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO BOTH INSTEAD
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OF JUST ONE.HEY, I PRETTY MUCH GET THE SAME KIND OF COMPLAINTS.
UH, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE, I GET QUESTIONS ABOUT, NUMBER ONE, WHY DID Y'ALL APPROVE THEIR CONTRACT? I SAID, WELL, THEY DON'T ONLY WANT THAT BID, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WHY DID YOU APPROVE TWO DAYS A WEEK? AND I SAID, I'M GONNA, ONE OF THE MAIN PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT FOR IT.
SO HOW I CAN EXPLAIN, BUT, UH, JUST PUBLICLY, I THINK PEOPLE DID UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE NEW TRUCKS.
SO NUMBER ONE, IT GIVES YOU A FASTER RESPONSE TIME.
AND NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS, HEY, WE CAME INTO IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR TRASH WASN'T OUT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GET BOTH SIDES OF IT.
CAUSE I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF THAT AND I'VE CALLED Y'ALL AND Y'ALL CAME BACK OUT AND PICKED IT UP.
BUT NUMBER TWO, UM, SOMEBODY PUT THAT TRASH OUT LATE AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE STREET WAS PICKED UP.
SO, UM, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS, I'M ASSUMING TO THAT VIDEO IF WE NEED TO, TO, UH, VERIFY AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO THOSE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING, WHETHER THE LIDS AREN'T CLOSED PROPERLY, BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THEM.
SO IT'S NUMBER ONE, UH, NO NUMBER THREE, AND THEN MM-HMM.
WE'RE GONNA ATTACH THE PICTURE TO THE THREE 11 COMPLAINT, SO THAT WAY WHEN YOU GO INTO YOUR COM INTO THREE 11, OR IF YOU EMAIL US, WE CAN ATTACH IT TO AN EMAIL AND SEND IT TO YOU.
AND, AND, AND ONE, THE ONE THING THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE IS, IS HOW INVESTED YOU GUYS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I BROUGHT THE HECK OUTTA Y'ALL WEEKLY, MONTHLY, MM-HMM.
UH, AND I'VE TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, RICK AND I, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT MULTIPLE PILES OF TRASH DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF MAINTENANCE, AND YOU GUYS JUST ACT WHETHER IT'S YOURS OR NOT.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT AND ALSO BEING A PART OF THE INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF TRASH, MAKING SURE THAT KIDS HAVE THINGS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT YOU DO AND OTHER COMPANIES DO AS WELL, BUT THE INVESTMENT IS NOT IN THE DAY-TO-DAY SERVICE YOU PROVIDE, BUT ACTION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
I JUST WANNA APPLAUD YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
OUR EMPLOYEES REALLY ENJOY DOING THAT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, SHARON, I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
ANYTIME ANY OF US CALL YOU, RESPOND QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO I DO WANNA PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS WAS SAYING ABOUT THE THREE 11 CALLS.
AND I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU WHAT CONSTITUENTS TELL ME.
UM, ONE CONSTITUENT TOLD ME THAT, UH, I THINK Y'ALL HAD REPORTED LAST TIME THAT THREE 11 CALLS HAD GONE DOWN.
AND SHE TOLD ME, WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WE JUST QUIT CALLING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD.
SO I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION HERE, THAT'S BEEN FIXED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO RELY ON THOSE 3 1 1 CALLS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UM, OR WE GET TEXT MESSAGES AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT,
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OTHER, UH, COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO ME, THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT, THEY DIDN'T COME ON THIS DAY, THEY CAME THE NEXT DAY INSTEAD.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ISSUES THAT LANDFILLS AND TRAFFIC AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, RIGHT? AND I KNOW ONCE THE CONTRACT GOES THROUGH, IT'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
BUT RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU, UM, REQUIRED BY CONTRACT TO PICK UP ON A CERTAIN DAY? SO MY DAY IS MONDAY AND THURSDAY, OR I MEAN, DO YOU, ARE YOU REQUIRED TO, AM I MAKING SENSE BY CONTRACT? ARE YOU REQUIRED TO PICK UP ON MONDAY OR, YES, BUT IF WE HAVE DELAYS AND WE'RE REPORTED AND WE HAVE 24 HOURS TO RESOLVE IT EVEN NOW MM-HMM.
SO THE, THE CONTRACT DOESN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY WHICH AREA IS TO BE PICKED UP ON WHICH DAY.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT STATES THAT THEY HAVE SET DAYS OF PICKUP AND THEN IT'S IN THE GIS AND THE MAPS ARE AGREED UPON AND THEY HAVE TO PICK UP ON THOSE DAYS.
THAT'S HOW THE CONTRACT IS SET UP.
WITH THE NEW CONTRACT, I'LL TELL YOU, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA DO ROUTING AND THERE'S REROUTING THE ENTIRE CITY, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT LESS HOMES ON A ROUTE.
SO IT, THEY'LL BE SMALLER, IT'LL MAKE MORE.
I KIND OF THOUGHT THE SAME THING AS WELL MM-HMM.
SO IT'LL, IT SHOULD GO A LOT SMOOTHER.
AND PEOPLE SHOULD GET SERVED AND CORRECT.
OKAY, SO MOLEST THING IS THAT PEOPLE,
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AM I OKAY WITH TIME? SO MY LAST THING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IS HOW THE TRUCKS LEAK.AND THEN, I MEAN, IT'S EATING MY ROADS UP IN MY, IN MY SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THEY SAY, AND THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WASH IT DOWN, ALL THAT GOES INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND, AND OUR SITUATION, IT GOES INTO THE CHEMICALS GO INTO THE LAKES AND ALL THAT.
SO JUST ANOTHER, UH, COMPLAINT THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT LATELY IS ABOUT LEAKING TRUCKS.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S MECHANICAL THINGS HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT OR WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT GOES FROM HOT TO COLD LIKE IT DID THE OTHER DAY.
HYDRAULICS ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, HYDRAULIC LINE WILL BUST OR SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND A DRIVER, IT'LL GO AND YOU'LL HAVE OIL WILL GET OUT BEFORE THEY CAN REALIZE IT.
IF IT'S UNDER THE TRUCK, IT'S, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO SEE.
THAT'S WHY WE SHOWED Y'ALL THOSE TRUCKS AND WE'RE GONNA REDIRECT THOSE LINES SO THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
ANOTHER THING IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN, LIKE, WE HAD A, I'LL ACTUALLY TELL YOU, I THINK IT WAS IN DWIGHT'S AREA.
WE HAD A CALL, WHICH SOMEBODY SAID THAT WE HAD, THEY SENT PICTURES OF STUFF ON THE STREET.
WELL, WHAT IT WAS, WAS THE RESIDENT HAD PUT A FIVE GALLON BUCKET OF LIQUID WHITE PAINT IN THEIR CART.
SO WHEN WE DUMPED IT, THEY'RE NOT, OUR TRUCKS AREN'T AIRTIGHT, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, LIQUID'S GONNA TRY TO SEEP OUT.
THERE'S TIGHT AS THEY CAN BE AND WHAT'S INSIDE, WHEN IT COMPACTS, IT'S GONNA ABSORB AS MUCH AS IT CAN, BUT IT'S, IF IT'S AIRTIGHT AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD, IT YOU'D BE GETTING IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
SO AT THIS POINT IT'S LEAKING OUT AND IT'S COMING OUT AND WE JUST, WE'VE GOTTA DO A LOT BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON WHAT NOT TO PUT IN THERE.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, I SEND SOMEBODY OVER THERE FOR THREE DAYS TO TRY TO CLEAN IT UP.
AND IT WAS AN OIL-BASED PAINT AND IT WAS IN DIFFICULT, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET UP.
AND WE DON'T PUT CHEMICALS ON THE ROAD FOR THAT REASON, FOR STORM WATER.
AND I AM PLANNING ON A DISTRICT DATE MEETING FOR YOU TO COME AND EDUCATE THE, THE PEOPLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MO YEAH, I'VE, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THAT DISTRICT EIGHT MEETING.
WE GOT RESCHEDULING ONE AND YOU SAID YOU'D BRING THE TRUCK OUT.
SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND, AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IN THIS NEW CONTRACT AND EVERYTHING.
UM, MY QUICK TAKE IS, AND I, I THINK WE ALL GOT COMPLAINTS AND I KNOW IT WAS HOLIDAY, BUT I, I JUST RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY I, I UNDERSTAND THE LANDFILL WAS CLOSED, THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR Y'ALL TO GO, EVEN IF Y'ALL, EVEN IF YOUR EMPLOYEES WAS WILLING TO, TO WORK THAT SATURDAY OR WHATEVER,
UM, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS JUST KIND OF A, A DELAY THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU EXPLAINED IT TO PEOPLE HOLIDAYS, Y'ALL NEED TIME OFF TO, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE NEW CONTRACT, GETTING A WHOLE NEW FLEET OF TRUCKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THE OTHER TRUCKS GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OR THEY JUST, THEY WERE ON STANDBY.
UH, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I GOT.
HONESTLY, I I THINK IT'S BEEN, UM, AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH OUR PANDEMIC PHASE, WE CAME OUT OF THAT AND IT WAS STILL WHATEVER, AND THEN THE COMPLAINTS JUST FELL OFF.
UM, I REMEMBER COMING, I'D COME INTO THE OFFICE AND I'D ASKED MS. KATHY, I'M LIKE, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE ANY GARBAGE COMPLAINTS? I, IT'S FREAKING ME OUT.
YOU KNOW? I'M LIKE, OKAY, EITHER NOBODY'S TELLING ME OR THEY'RE JUST HIDING IT FROM ME OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? OF COURSE.
THEN WE, WE GET THROUGH THAT AND, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THANKSGIVING COMES.
IT'S A SET HOLIDAY ON A THURSDAY AND I MEAN THE BOTTOM JUST FELL OUT.
AND I DON'T KNOW, DOES THAT NORMALLY HAPPEN? DOES THE LANDFILL CLOSE THE SATURDAY AFTER A THURSDAY, THANKSGIVING NORMALLY? OR IS THIS AS MID THINGS STARTED? NO, SO THANKSGIVING IS THE DAY THAT IT'S CLEAR EVERYBODY'S CLOSED.
RIGHT? WE'RE CLOSED, THE LANDFILL'S CLOSED.
SATURDAY WE RUN AND WE'RE OPEN.
IT'S THE VOLUME, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE TRYING TO PICK UP FROM THANKSGIVING.
SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT VOLUME.
BUT WITH THE NEW CONTRACT, WITH ALL THE NEW TRUCKS COMING IN, BECAUSE WE'RE ORDERING 65 TRUCKS, OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP ABOUT 10 OR 15 OF OUR CURRENT TRUCKS THAT ARE IN THE BETTER CONDITION OF THE NEWER TRUCKS.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAYBE PUT THOSE OUT THERE IN ADDITION TO, ON THOSE DAYS TO HELP OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, REROUTING THE SYSTEM IS GONNA BE THE BIGGEST HELP JUST BECAUSE IN CENTRAL THERE'S A BIG GROWTH OUT THERE TOO.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS THAT AREN'T GROWING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THIS CONTRACT, IT WAS DONE AT ABOUT 1100, I MEAN ABOUT A THOUSAND HOMES PER HOUR.
AND NOW WE'RE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 1400 HOMES PER HOUR.
AND THAT'S INCLUDING ADDING THE 10 TRUCKS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S GROWN AND WE'RE GONNA REROUTE THIS, THESE, UH, ROUTES SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW FOR GROWTH IN CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN AS WELL.
UM, SO RICK, MAYBE CORRECT ME FROM THE, THE LANDFILL WAS CLOSED THAT SATURDAY CHRISTMAS EVE? NO, ON SATURDAY.
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WE HAD, THEY, THEY HAVE TWO HOLIDAYS IN THEIR CONTRACT, CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING.WE, THE CITY TOOK OFF MONDAY, BUT WE DECIDED THAT SATURDAY IS A SECOND DAY OF PICKUP FOR GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING.
WE DECIDED TO CLOSE THAT SATURDAY CUZ IT'S NORMALLY A LIGHT DAY ANYWAY AND CLOSE THE LANDFILL, BUT ONLY ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE THINGS, UH, CHRISTMAS.
IT WAS OPEN ON, IT'S JUST HOW IT FELL THIS YEAR AS FAR AS DATE TIMING.
AND THEN, BUT THEY DID NOT CLOSE ON THE 31ST? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WE WERE PICKING UP THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO CLOSE ON MONDAY.
BECAUSE MONDAY'S THE FIRST DAY AND IT'S THE HEAVIEST DAY WE HAVE IT.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.
WELL, UH, SEE Y'ALL SOON AT OUR DISTRICT MEETING.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT NEW 65 NEW TRUCKS, GOT CAMERAS.
AND I, WE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO CONSISTENCY MM-HMM.
AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP SOME OF YOUR BETTER TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT THE NEW TRUCKS IN ORDER THAT IT'LL BE A BACKUP MM-HMM.
AND ALSO, UM, WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF CONSTITUENTS STOP REPORTING BECAUSE I KNOW I DON'T WANT 10, UH, DISTRICT 10 CONSTITUENTS TO STOP REPORTING.
BECAUSE THEY FEEL AS IF, UH, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW THAT IF I'M AWARE OF IT AND WHEN I CALL YOU, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND SO, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A DIFFICULT JOB Y'ALL, FOR THESE PEOPLE ON THOSE TRUCKS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE ALSO THAT THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION PIECE OF THE EMPLOYEES, THAT THAT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THERE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A PART OF, AND NOT JUST A ONE TIME LIT TRAINING.
WE DO THAT ON A, A WEEKLY BASIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OSHA COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW SO MANY REGULATIONS THAT OUR PEOPLE, IT'S SAFETY FIRST, THEN CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND I PROMISE YOU THAT IS SOMETHING WE FOCUS ON DAILY.
HEY, YOU'VE TOUCHED ON REROUTING.
CAN YOU, UH, EXPAND ON THAT A BIT? DOES THAT MEAN THAT UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT, UH, RESIDENTS CURRENT DAY OF SERVICE COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE? THERE MAY BE SOME DAY CHANGES.
WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE CUZ JUST TO BE HONEST, WE COMPLETED THE REROUTE ON THE ONE DAY A WEEK PICKUP.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE REROUTE ON THE TWO DAY A WEEK PICKUP AND WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA START THAT NEXT WEEK OR THE FOLLOWING.
SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST NOT TO CHANGE AS BEST WE CAN.
OR IF WE DO, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN AREA THAT JUST BUTTS RIGHT UP TO ANOTHER AREA.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOUR PICKUP DAY IS MONDAY, THURSDAY, AND YOU BUTT UP TO, YOU KNOW, AN AREA THAT'S ON WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY YOUR DAY MAY GO TO WEDNESDAY.
MAYBE IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TRUCKS AND THE ROUTES AND JUST TO GET THOSE ROUTES DOWN TO A, ABOUT 800 HOMES PER ROUTE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
DO Y'ALL HAVE A DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE EDUCATED ON THAT.
BEF PRIOR TO STARTING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A EVERYONE WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED, YOU MEAN? CORRECT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A A WE'RE GONNA DO PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH ON NOT JUST THAT, BUT RECYCLING AND EVERYTHING.
SO RECYCLING DAYS MAY IF THEY CHANGE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE NOTIFY THOSE RESIDENTS.
WE, AND I'M SURE WE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA ALSO DOOR HANGERS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW.
NO, AND, AND UH, I WOULD COMMEND THOSE EFFORTS OVER THE, INEVITABLY THERE WILL BE SOME, YES, SOME GROWING PAINS THERE AND SOME FOLKS WHO DIDN'T SEE THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN COUPLE THAT WITH, IN A, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REPORT, UH, TO THIS BODY ON, YOU KNOW, I 10 CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED THERE, WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES? AND IT IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR TRUCKS, YOUR SERVICES, YOUR ABILITY TO GET FROM, UH, DISTRICT THREE WHERE I AM FAR SOUTH TO THE
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LANDFILL, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER DISTRICTS.SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, COMMUNI STEADY COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS AS, UH, THAT'S UNDERWAY IS GONNA BE, UH, GONNA BE CRITICAL.
LISTEN, WE ARE REALLY, UM, CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PUTTING OUT A HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE, A HUNDRED FIFTY TRUCKS GOING OUT THERE, THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS WE HAD TRUCKS THAT WERE IN, IN THE TRAFFIC.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT WAS, BUT FOR TWO AND A HALF TO THREE HOURS AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF THEM RUN OUT OF FUEL.
SO IT JUST TAKES SO LONG CUZ IT'S IDLING.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO STARTING EARLY.
MY GUYS WOULD START AT MIDNIGHT IF I'D LET HIM, BUT RICK'S ABOUT TO HAVE A STROKE OVER THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD START AT MIDNIGHT IF WE COULD.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE DID THIS IN, IN DWIGHT'S AREA BECAUSE HE'S THE FURTHEST POINT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM THE NORTH LANDFILL TO SHI TO CORRECT.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRAFFIC, THE WAY IT IS.
SO WHEN WE GO DOWN TO ONE LANE, THERE'S SEVERAL OF YOUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY, BECAUSE REMEMBER WE ARE USED TO TRAVELING ON THE SURFACE STREETS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE WEIGHT.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE GONNA BE AFFECTED ON THE INTERSTATE, BUT WE TRAVELING ON THE SURFACE STREET IS ALWAYS GONNA, IS ABSOLUTELY GONNA AFFECT US AS WELL.
UM, THIS LAST ITEM ON YOUR SLIDE, THE FOURTH BULLET POINT SAYS, DONATING OVER 2000 LITTER BOXES.
SO THEY'VE, WE CALL 'EM LITTER BOXES, BUT THEY'RE THE LITTLE CARDBOARD BOXES.
THEY SAY REPUBLIC SERVICES AND THEY'VE GOT GARBAGE BAGS IN 'EM.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY HAS AN EVENT AND THEY WANT 'EM, YOU JUST CALL US AND WE'LL BRING 'EM TO YOU.
I'M GONNA KEEP 'EM ON HAND ALL THE TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURST, WHO'S NOT HERE.
UH, AS WE GOT A PRETTY BIG DISTRICT TO DIVERSE AND FOLKS HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, BUT I'LL LET THEM ASK THAT DIRECTLY OF YOU ALL DURING THOSE SESSIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HIRST GOING AGAIN.
SO WHEN Y'ALL DO COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DOOR HANGERS ARE GREAT.
WHAT WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT, UM, EVEN WHEN WE GO OUT AND TRY TO GAIN, UH, PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO GO OUT TO VOTE AND DO CERTAIN THINGS, TEXT MESSAGING IS, IS, IS GREAT.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN ADD THAT AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT WAY TO, UH, TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND WHATEVER RESOURCES WE CAN DO FROM A LIST TO HELP YOU FROM A CITY PARISH, I HOPE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
NO, BUT I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US IN INTERESTING HELPING US WITH MARKETING.
SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT TOO.
I'M JUST SAYING LOOKING AT THREE 11 DATA MAY HELP AS WELL.
AND AND THAT'LL GIVE US AT LEAST SOMEWHERE TO START.
SO I KNOW THE REDICK APP HAS, UH, THAT ABILITY WE MIGHT COMMUNICATE AND DO SOME, UH, TEXTING OUT OFF OF THAT APP, YOU KNOW.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 100, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANY AND ALL OFFER FUNDS BY THE CITY PARISH TO TODAY, INCLUDING THE NAME OF EACH RECIPIENT, THE AMOUNT OF WATERED TO EACH RECIPIENT, THE AMOUNT SPENT BY EACH RECIPIENT TO DATE AND WHICH AUTHORITY BEYOND THE METRO COUNCIL, SUCH AS STATE, FEDERAL, ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL WERE REQUIRED TO APPROVE ANY DISTRIBUTION PRIOR TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT BEING RECEIVERSHIP OF ALL THE ALLOCATED FUNDS BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.AGAIN, UH, I KNOW THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AND IT WAS DEFERRED CUZ COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS WASN'T HERE.
SO HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED, ANGIE? I MEAN, YOU DO IT NOW, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOW WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO PROCEED? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HEAR IT AGAIN.
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HEAR IT AGAIN, HUH? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION.
YEAH, HE'S NOT EVEN, SO THE REPORT IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF ANYONE WANTS A PHYSICAL COPY, I DID BRING ONE.
UM, JUSTIN SAID HE COULD PUT IT UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BIG REPORT.
SO THE CITY PARISH ALLOCATION FOR AMERICAN RESCUE IS APPROXIMATELY 165 MILLION.
UM, BASED ON THE TREASURY FORMULA, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TWO ALLOCATIONS.
ONE FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS OVER LITTLE OVER 79 MILLION.
WE RECEIVED TWO DISTRIBUTIONS EQUALLY.
UM, IN 2001, I MEAN 2021 AND 2022, THE PARISH RECEIVED A LITTLE MORE THAN 85 MILLION.
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WE RECEIVED IT IN TWO EQUAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN 2021 AND 2022.THESE FUNDS MUST BE COMMITTED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, AND PAID BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
UM, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVE PRESENTED FIVE SEPARATE SPENDING PLANS.
UM, ALL OF THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
UM, ALL THE DIS DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS MUST COMPLY WITH THE US TREASURY GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN THE FINAL RULE.
UM, I TRIED TO LIST ALL THE DIFFERENT ALLOCATIONS OF BUDGETS BY YEAR WITH A CUMULATIVE TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM IN 2023 DURING THE BUDGET WAS THE LAST OF THE ALLOCATION THAT WAS APPROVED FOR A TOTAL OF 165,443,198.
AND THAT IS OUR TOTAL ALLOCATION AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, WHICH IS WHAT THIS REPORT REFLECTS OF 2022.
WE'VE SPENT AND COMMITTED APPROXIMATELY 47 MILLION OF THE 165 MILLION.
UM, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO OF THE REPORT, THE REPORT OUTLINES THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED FOR EACH PROJECT.
THE TOTAL COMMITTED, THE TOTAL REMAINING BALANCE, THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE AND A STATUS UPDATE.
SOME DEPARTMENTS GAVE ME A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, SO I JUST INCLUDED THAT AS ATTACHMENTS IN THE REPORT.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
WE DO HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT, UM, ARE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY, UH, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
I KNOW THE DA'S OFFICE IS HERE AS WELL.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM FIRST.
ANGIE, DO WE HAVE, UM, A TOTAL OF ANY DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BUT FOUND NOT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE US TREASURY GUIDELINES? AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THOSE AMOUNTS? NO, SIR.
EVERYTHING IS EITHER IN PROGRESS, WORKING THROUGH EITHER A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME, ALL THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND ARE WORKING THROUGH GETTING A CONTRACT EITHER GOING OR THE PLANNING OR DESIGN OF A PROJECT.
IT DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS SOME POSSIBLE SEAT, POSSIBLY SOME HOUSING DOLLARS THAT ENDED UP NOT BEING COMPLIANT WITH THE GUIDELINES AND THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REALLOCATE THOSE.
I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING IN NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
ALL THE HOUSING FUNDING HAS NOT ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, EXECUTED.
A CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN EXECUTED.
SO STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ON CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
HEY, I MAY HAVE, UH, MISSED THE NUMBER CAUSE I WAS OUT THERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS MY ITEM, BUT, UM, UH, WELL, I ASKED TO BE JOINED ONTO THAT ITEM AS WELL.
MY CONCERN WAS THE, UH, JUST ARPA DOLLARS AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS, THE REASON WHY I ASKED IS OVER TIME THINGS CHANGE.
UM, I CAN SPEAK OF SOME SAFE HOPEFUL DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT AND THEN REALLOCATED BACK INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE THINGS JUST CHANGED, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UM, DID YOU SAY 1 47 OUTTA 1 75 WAS COMMITTED? SO FAR, UH, 47% OF THE 165 HAS ACTUALLY BEEN COMMITTED OR SPENT, SO THAT TOTAL IS 79 MILLION.
SO WE STILL HAVE ALMOST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS LEFT TO BE HELD.
88 MIL, 88 MILLIONS BEEN ALLOCATED.
YOU JUST HAVEN'T SPENT IT YET.
SO ALL THE FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED THROUGH A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT OR THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
AND ANY TIME YOU WOULD DEVIATE FROM A MAJOR DEVIATIONS FROM THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT WAS MY ONE QUESTION.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE, UM, PRESSING, I BELIEVE IN, IN, UM, WANTING TO KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU, EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, TO DEVIATE IF WE FOUND A PROJECT THAT WAS OF MORE PRESSING NEED THAN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDING TOWARDS, AND OBVIOUSLY MY COLLEAGUES WOULD'VE TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO YEAH, BUDGET SUPPLEMENT REQUIRES THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE MAYOR.
ANGIE IS THE, UM, HA ARE WE HAVING CONTINUED, UH, ROLLOUT OF GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THIS? IS IT, UM, HAVE THEY PROVIDED GUIDANCE, GUIDANCE ON ALL, UM, ASPECTS OF DISBURSEMENT AND OR HAVE THEY PROVIDED FINAL GUIDANCE? I KNOW TYPICALLY WITH THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DOLLARS ARE BEING TRY
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PUT OUT, TRYING TO STIMULATE, IT'S, IT'S OFTEN LET'S GET DOLLARS OUT FAST, AND THEN THE GUIDANCE COMES LATER, AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BE COMPLIANT ON THE THINGS THAT YOU MAYBE MADE PLANS FOR.HAVE WE RECEIVED FINAL GUIDANCE OR DO WE ANTICIPATE FURTHER GUIDANCE THAT MAY CHANGE? HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT GUIDANCE AGAIN IN JULY OF 2022.
SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHEN THEY SUBMIT OR ISSUE MORE GUIDANCE FOR CLARIFICATION.
IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, COUNTIES AND PARISHES ARE SUBMITTING QUESTIONS AND THOSE QUESTIONS NEED CLARIFICATION ON INTERPRETING THE RULE THAT THEY, UM, ENFORCE.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU IF, IF SOMETHING NEW'S GONNA BE ISSUED TOMORROW, ALL I KNOW IS WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ISSUED TO DATE.
AND, AND I THINK, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK QUESTIONS COME IN.
I ALSO THINK ON OCCASION, UM, PARISHES AND MUNICIPALITIES MAY BE UTILIZING FUNDS BASED ON AN INTERPRETATION MM-HMM.
UH, I MEAN, I, I KNOW WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT AND THAT'S, I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, HAVE THEY, UH, OR DO WE ANTICIPATE A TIMELINE TO RECEIVE THE, THE FINAL GUIDANCE AND WHEN THAT'LL BE SO WE'LL KNOW.
OKAY, WE'RE GOOD AND WE'RE COMPLIANT BASED ON HOW WE DID ALL THESE DISBURSEMENTS.
I I CAN'T ANSWER THAT TO BE HONEST.
I MEAN, WE HAVE GUIDANCE THUS FAR MM-HMM.
THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, ANGIE.
BE PREPARED TO COME BACK AGAIN.
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RIGHT.ITEM 1 0 1 DISCUSSION OF THE THIS IS GONNA, THERE IS A REQUESTED LEAD ITEM 1 0 1 AND 1 0 2 DISCUSSION OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE PER ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN RELATION TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE USA AND THE LA VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND, AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 1? COUNCIL MEMBER MO? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DELETE THESE ITEMS. WE'VE, WE'VE BROUGHT THESE OVER FROM OUR 32 HOUR MARATHON LAST COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, THEY DEFERRED FROM THERE.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE STILL, UH, WITH US AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER WITH US.
UH, AS FAR AS ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS UP HERE AND EVERYTHING.
WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME, UH, CHANGE IN INFORMATION.
UM, I RESPECT THE FACT IN THE MAYOR'S, UH, STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS AS FAR AS THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD IN WORKING OPENLY AND PUBLICLY.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS MENTIONED IT EARLIER IN, IN HERS ABOUT PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC COMMENT AND, AND WORKING WITH EVERYBODY IN THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR FILL WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS, UH, HAS BEEN FULFILLED AND, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING OVER THAT.
IF WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK UP, WE WILL.
BUT OVERALL, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DELETE THE ITEM, UM, ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN A MORE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT, UH, DIRECTION AND GO FROM THERE.
SECONDED BY THE CHAIR IN THE OPPOSITION.
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GO TO ITEM 1 0 2, DISCUSSION WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE STATUS OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.ADAM ANDSO, HUDSON MO, NO AND ROCKA ON OCTOBER 20TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER AARON MULKIN.
COUNCILWOMAN LORI ADAMS. THIS ITEM IS GOING TO, THERE'S GONNA BE A REQUESTED LEAD DECID AS WELL.
ANYONE YOU'RE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS, IS GWEN BROWN HERE? NO.
CAN I HELP? UM, SO YOU, DO YOU WANNA, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, DO YOU WANNA LET PEOPLE KNOW, UM, THAT THE VOLUME OF, UM, INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE TURNED OVER, UM, AS PER OUR REQUEST? WELL, IT WAS JUST A VERY LARGE REQUEST.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF EMAILS AND IT CONTAINED A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT CONTAINED PRIVILEGED, UH, ATTORNEY CLIENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAD TO BE REDACTED.
SO IT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME FOR ME TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EMAILS AND COMPLETE THE REDACTIONS.
BUT, UM, THE, THE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AND TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD MADE THE REQUEST AND AWESOME.
UM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, SATISFIED AT THIS POINT.
SO AT THIS POINT, THE, THE REQUEST IS, UM, COMPLETE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND PROBABLY THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND IT WAS REALLY TEDIOUS WORK.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE, THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.
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IT.SO MOVED BY COUNCIL REMOTE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 0 2
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HAS BEEN DELETED.WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 0 3, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM BEVERAGE AND DIAMOND PC REGARDING A WORK PERFORM FOR THE CITY OF PARISH.
THIS ITEM MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE REPORT FIRST, AND THEN WE ARE, WE, DO WE NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HEAR THE REPORT OR WHAT IT, LORI, CAN YOU TURN OFF? SO I'M UNCLEAR.
DO WE NEED TO GO ON EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HEAR THE REPORT? I NEED TO, OR, OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN BROCK.
SO, UM, THIS ITEM COMES ABOUT BECAUSE WE DID REQUEST RECORDS AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST SUBMITTED.
UM, HOWEVER, MOST OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WE COULD REVIEW ON OUR OWN TIME WAS HEAVILY REDACTED.
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GO AND REVIEW THE THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED, WE HAD TO TAKE A SEAT IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THEIR COMPUTER TO GO OVER THOSE.
SO INSTEAD OF, UM, IN MY EFFORT AND SEVERAL OTHERS, I'M QUITE CLEAR THAT NO ONE ON THIS COUNCIL WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT.
UM, AND I, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE HERE.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH THE ATTORNEYS THAT HANDLED THE MATTER, BECAUSE THERE WAS LOTS OF DEBATE WITH REGARD TO ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND WHO THAT PRIVILEGE BELONGED TO AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO SEE THESE ITEMS AND HOLD THESE ITEMS AND VIEW THESE ITEMS. SO, UM, I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID THAT THOSE ATTORNEYS COULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TONIGHT AND ASKED THAT IT BE MOVED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE, I'M SORRY.
IF Y'ALL COULD TELL US WHAT DATE WOULD BE BEST TO GIVE THOSE ATTORNEYS HERE FOR THAT REPORT.
I DON'T BELIEVE A DATE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED YET.
UM, WE APPRECIATE OUR, OUR COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, UH, IN THIS EFFORT.
BUT, UM, THEY ARE PERFECTLY WILLING, THEY'RE AWARE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO COME AND SPEAK.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF DETERMINING WHICH DATE IS BEST FOR YOU AND FOR THEM.
UM, NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION AT ALL.
I THINK THE CONVERSATION WENT THAT THERE WAS A REPORT DUE THAT THE ATTORNEYS HAD TO PROVIDE AND WE WERE WILLING TO DEFER UNTIL AFTER THAT REPORT WAS DONE.
I'M SORRY IF THAT WAS A BAD QUESTION.
SO THERE WAS A DATE OF JANUARY 17TH FOR US TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE E P A, UH, DQ D OJ AND, UH, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM US, UH, ONE OF THOSE DATES, UH, HAS BEEN, UM, EXTENDED, BUT, AND I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PROCTOR, BUT ONE OF 'EM HAS NOT.
SO THAT JANUARY 17TH DATE IS STILL VIABLE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK IN CONTACT WITH YOU COUNCILWOMAN ROCKA ABOUT BY GIVING THE DATE.
SO THAT'S THE SOLE REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE.
WE ASK YOU TO HAVE A DATE AFTER THE JANUARY 17TH DATE.
SO WOULD FEBRUARY DATE BE OKAY? IT SHOULD BE FINE.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET WITH BEVERAGE INDICTMENT TO FEBRUARY 8TH, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
FEBRUARY 8TH, FIRST COUNSEL MEETING.
I WILL CONTACT YOU IF IT'S A PROBLEM, MA'AM.
IS THERE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER TO FEBRUARY 8TH.
MOTION TO DEFER THIS REPORT TO FEBRUARY 8TH.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, NO.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? UH, HAVING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA RELATION TO ADJOURNED.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MAROSE.
A SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO.
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