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GOOD[CALL TO ORDER]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023 AT 3:30 PM.FIRST UP, WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN ROOM TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE 2 25 FESTIVAL COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE HAD A COUNCIL MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR OFFICE HAS TEAMED UP WITH A GROUP OF PASSIONATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS FOR THE INAUGURAL 2 25 FESTS.
THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY THE 25TH IN DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THIS IS REALLY AN AMBITIOUS MISSION TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE ABOUT THE CAPITOL REGION, CROSSING, FOOD, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, THE ARTS AND CULTURE, WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST PEOPLE DOING NOTABLE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AS PART OF THIS CELEBRATION, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE GREATER BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
IN THE 2 25, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT 225 INDIVIDUALS WITH FIVE OF THESE RECIPIENTS BEING HONORED AT THE ANNUAL BATON ROUGE LEGACY AWARDS.
VISIT 2 25 FESTS.COM TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS BY NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 2 25.
FESTS AIMS TO CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE OF OUR CITY IN PARISH THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, GREAT FOOD FUND AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP FOR ALL.
TO THE ORGANIZERS, ESPECIALLY MYRA RICHARDSON, I PRESENT TO YOU THIS, THESE CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF OUR CITY IN PARISH IS INDEED COMMENDABLE AND FURTHERS OUR COMMON GOAL OF MAKING THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH A BETTER PLACE TO WORK, LIVE, PLAY, AND THRIVE.
AND SO IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INVITE THE 2 25, UH, FEST ORGANIZERS.
UP TO MY RIGHT IS MYRA RICHARDSON.
WE HAVE JOHN COLLINS, BROOKE FA, ZENA HARRIS, NIECY EARLS, BRANDON VINCENT, CHRISTINA VINCENT, MARLENE GUNN, KAYLA LEWIS, KAYLA MIMS, NICK HARRIS, LEANNE VIL, LUKE SAINT JOHN, JOHN MCKNIGHT, PORSCHE HENDERSON, KENYATA COLLINS, TANISHA FLOWERS, ANDREA PICKETT, JORDAN BASHAM, JERICHO LATHERS, CAITLIN MADDOX, GRIFFIN LANDRY, HELEN FRANK, JOSHUA WHITE, COURTNEY CAVALIER, JOSEPH HINES, TYRON GA, UH, GATLIN, PATRICK HARRINGTON, AND DAVID HARRINGTON.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CELEBRATE ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING TO BRING 2 25 FESTS TO FRUITION? I'M GOING TO, UH, ASK THE VISIONARY BEHIND THIS MYRA RICHARDSON TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
MYRA, CAN WE PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR METRO COUNCIL IN OUR MAYOR SHARE AND WESTERN ROOM? EVERYONE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE FOR EVERY VENDOR, VOLUNTEER AND SPONSOR TO PLEASE STAND UP.
YOU'RE HERE IN THE ROOM TODAY, ALL OF OUR VENDORS AND VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS FOR 2 25 S.
WE HAVE OVER 100 VENDORS, PARTNERS AND SPONSORS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN 2 25 FEST, AND WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 5,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED.
SO GIVE EVERYBODY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I WANT TO GENUINELY THANK EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO IS STANDING UP HERE.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY THROUGH THE RAIN AND THROUGH WORK AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS IN LIFE.
BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONATED THEIR TIME, THEIR TREASURES, THEIR CREATIVE ENERGY TO MAKE THIS EVENT, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO BE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE OUR MAYOR SHARON, IN WESTERN ROOM OUT THERE WITH US.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE TRULY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE.
UM, SEVERAL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN THE PRIVILEGE ALREADY OF REGISTERING.
I SAW YOU REGISTER YESTERDAY, SO WE GOTTA GIVE US SOME SPIRIT FINGERS FOR THAT.
BUT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BRING THIS INNOVATIVE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, INAUGURAL FESTIVAL TO THE CITY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PROUD.
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COME ON IN.ALL CAN YOU COME IN JUST A LITTLE BIT? THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A BIG SMILE FROM EVERYBODY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE BACK, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE BACK.
LET'S GET A BIG SMILE FROM EVERYBODY RIGHT THIS WAY UP, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME DISTRICT, ANDREA.
UM, WE'LL BE TAKING A GROUP PHOTO WITH ALL SPONSORS AND PARTNERS IN 2 25 FEST VENDORS RIGHT HERE IN THE FOYER.
IF YOU CAN JOIN US IN THE FOYER.
HOPE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY.
MAY WE HAVE A FESTIVE OPPORTUNITY.
ALL RIGHT, WE GONNA CELEBRATE 2 25 ON FEBRUARY 25TH, NOT TODAY, RIGHT? FEBRUARY 25TH, NOT TODAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, Y'ALL GOING OUT IN THE HALLWAY, MOVE WITH A PURPOSE.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM, METRO COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY GOE AND POLICE CHIEF MURPHY PAUL, TO RECOGNIZE THE BAT BATARDS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITING STAFF MAYOR, PRESIDENT
UM, IT IS CERTAINLY, UH, GOOD FOR US TO, UH, ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHED LIGHT, UH, WHEN POSITIVE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING TO, UH, CHANGE AND IMPROVE, UH, THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER IT'S INNOVATION, WHETHER IT'S TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WHEN I CAME IN OFFICE, UH, RECRUITING AND STAFFING CERTAINLY, UH, WAS AN ISSUE.
AND IT STILL IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
NEW CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, INCLUDING A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE RETIRING AND INCREASED COMPETITION HAVE COMBINED TO MAKE THE CHALLENGES MORE ACUTE.
AND WHILE MANY AGENCIES CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CHALLENGES, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CERTAINLY MOVING FORWARD WITH INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ATTRACT QUALIFIED CANDIDATES COMMITTED TO A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
UM, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN THEIR RECRUITING EFFORTS, UH, FOR THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HAVE REALLY, UH, BEEN ESSENTIAL IN HELPING US MOVE BEYOND A CONSENT DECREE THAT WE WERE ONCE UNDER.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO FIRST THANK, UH, SERGEANT DARREN AHED AND THE BATON ROUGE, UH, PD RECRUITING STAFF SERGEANT.
YOU WANNA STEP UP FRONT SO THEY CAN SEE WHO YOU ARE.
UH, IN ADDITION, UM, HIS STAFF, HE CAN RECOGNIZE THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE ALL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UH, DEDICATION AND FOR BEING AN ASSET TO IMPROVING.
AND I'M GOING TO LET WE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME, UM, SPECIAL FOLKS WHO ARE HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO COUNCILMAN GODDE AND TO OUR POLICE CHIEF TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF
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OUR SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.WOULD YOU HAVE 'EM ALL MOVED DOWN SO WE CAN SEE 'EM ALL? SOME OF 'EM ARE HIDING BEHIND THE, YOU JUST MADE THAT REQUEST VERY EFFECTIVELY.
SO, TODAY WE'RE GONNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF, UH, SOME OF THE OFFICERS AND RECRUITING STAFF, UH, WHO HELP MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO TRANSFORM THE CULTURE, CHANGE THE HIRING PRACTICES, UH, AND ULTIMATELY, YES, GET THE DEPARTMENT OUT FROM UNDER THAT CONSENT DECREE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT SINCE 2019, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A MODEL OF RECRUITING TO REPRESENT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVES.
SO LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE STATISTICS.
SO SINCE THE DEPARTMENT'S 2019 RELEASED FROM THAT CONSENT DECREE, THE YEAR'S 20 20, 21, 22, 2 ACADEMIES HAVE BEEN HELD EACH YEAR IN 20 20, 50 9% OF THE RECRUITS IN THOSE TWO ACADEMIES WERE EITHER FEMALE OR WERE OF A MINORITY RACE.
IN 20 21, 70 5% OF THE RECRUITS IN THOSE TWO ACADEMIES IN THAT YEAR FELL UNDER THOSE SAME DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND IN 20 22, 2 ACADEMIES HELD FEMALE AND MINORITY RACES, 80% AND 79% RESPECTIVELY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE EFFORTS NOT ONLY TO COME OUT OF THE CONSENT DECREE, BUT THE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE THOSE, UM, UH, THOSE CHANGES.
SO, WHILE THIS DEMONSTRATE WHAT THIS DEMONSTRATES IS THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH ITS CONTINUED AND VERY DELIBERATE EFFORTS OF CONTINUOUSLY FOCUSING ON ITS HIRING PRACTICES, ITS RECRUITING EFFORTS, AND PERSONNEL STANDARDS IS DEMONSTRATING INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES IN SEEKING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT MIRROR THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
SO, I HAVE A FEW CERTIFICATES.
I'M GONNA CALL A FEW OF THE NAMES.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU UPFRONT, I DON'T HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR HIM,
SO, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME BRING UP THE CHIEF FIRST AND THEN I'LL CALL OUT THE NAME.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WORK STARTED BEFORE I WAS BLESSED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OVER 38 YEARS, WE WERE UNDER A CONSENT DECREE BECAUSE OF OUR HIRING PRACTICES, UH, BECAUSE A FEDERAL JUDGE STATED THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH BEST PRACTICES.
SO WHEN I, UH, UH, UH, TALK TO PEER CHIEFS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CONTINUES, UH, TO TO BE, UH, EVEN MORE CHALLENGING IS HIRING MINORITIES.
UH, THAT'S BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS AND WHEN I SHARE OUR NUMBERS, UH, ON A NATIONAL STAGE, AND, AND I'M CONSTANTLY ASKED, CHIEF, HOW IS YOUR STAFF RECRUITING, UH, MINORITIES IN SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND HERE IN BATON ROUGE AND WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
SO, I'M EXCITED, UH, OF THOSE EFFORTS.
UH, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE OUR PAST, UM, UH, RECRUITER, REN ARD, UH, WHO HELPED LEAD THAT EFFORTS AND LOOK TO GET OUT OF A CONSENT DECREE, TAKES A LOT OF DATA, UH, TAKES A LOT OF, UH, A STRATEGY.
AND OUR PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, WAS CRITICAL, UH, IN THAT.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S EFFORTS AND, UH, KIM BROOKS AND, AND HER EFFORTS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE PROPER P PAPERWORK AND, AND WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE JUDGE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS REQUESTING, UH, AND ALSO THE EFFORTS THAT STARTED UNDER OUR, UH, A FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, CHIEF, UH, LAUFF, UH, WHO HELPED START THIS EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS, UH, THIS CLOUD FROM OVER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WELL.
AND THE CHIEF'S LEADERSHIP AND HIS MENTORING THAT HE'S BEEN PROVIDING TO ME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION AND THIS POSITION IS MUCH APPRECIATED.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO ON AND GIVE OUT THOSE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOW, SIR.
THANKS, KIM BROOKS, THANKS TO BRIAN BERNARD AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
SO LET'S GET SERGEANT DARREN AHMED.
THESE ARE AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
APPRECIATE SERGEANT SHARON DOUGLAS.
CARLA LUCAS, UH, SERGEANT REN REICHARD, RETIRED, UH,
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CORPORAL RONALDO SIERRA.THERE HE IS, CAPTAIN JEFF WILLIAMS AND MICHELLE WINDBORN.
WE NOW WILL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN COLEMAN TO RECOGNIZE ALFRED C*M CUMMINGS BLACK HISTORY.
I SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF YOU.
AND MY PURPOSE FOR STANDING HERE IS TO RECOGNIZE A LEGEND.
A LEGEND, NOT JOST, OF DISTRICT 10.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST DISTRICT THERE.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW, BUT ALSO BATON ROUGE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS, AND I COULD NOT ALLOW FEBRUARY TO EVEN START REAL GOOD AND GET IN THE MIDDLE WITHOUT THE RECOGNITION OF THE LATE ALFRED CUMMINGS DURING THIS BLOCK HISTORY MONTH THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE.
AND SO TODAY WE HAVE WITH US HIS SON.
WE HAVE DARRELL CUMMINS, BENITA CUMMINS, HIS SISTER, AND SEE Y'ALL IS SOMETHING ABOUT A LEGACY.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT WORKED ON ONE FOR YOURSELF, YOU NEED TO GET THERE.
A COUSIN, PAM HARRIS, DARRELL'S SON, COME ON, CHRISTIAN, COME ON UP HERE.
AND CHIQUITA, CHIQUITA JACKSON, A COUSIN.
SEE YOU ALL OUGHT TO BE RUNNING.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, OCTOBER THE 26TH, 1935 TO JANUARY 23RD, 2009.
AND MR. ALFRED COME AND SERVED IN THE US ARMY IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES AND WAS ONE OF THE THREE BLACK MEN TO BECOME THE FIRST TO SERVE WITH THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE 12TH BASIC ACADEMY IN APRIL, 1963.
SOME OF YOU WEREN'T BORN THEN.
ALFRED CUMMINGS, JOSEPH STEVENS, AND STEVE MILLIGAN.
THEY MADE HISTORY WHEN THEY JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1963, AND THEY PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN OFFICERS.
THEY OPENED DOORS FOR MANY PEOPLE, BRINGING IN A WHOLE NEW ERA OF POLICE WORK AND CREATION OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, SO DIVERSITY DIDN'T JUST START.
I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT MR. CUMMINGS RESIDED IN BATON ROUGE AND MARRIED STEIN HARRIS
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CUMMINGS IN 1963.HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AT CAPITOL HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER SERVED AS A TRUANCY OFFICER AT HIS ALMA MATER.
HE WENT ON TO ENTER THE NIGHTCLUB BUSINESS RUNNING TUXEDO JUNCTION ON GREENWOOD SPRINGS ROAD, COLE.
THAT, AND TIFFANY'S AT CAW DRIVE AND NORTH ACADIAN THREW AWAY.
AND IN THE WORDS OF WAYNE DANE, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PERSONS OVER THERE IN DISTRICT 10, HE SAID THAT HE KEPT THE YOUTH FROM TROUBLE.
SO THE TRUE DEMONSTRATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO HIS SON DARRELL CUMMINGS, THE CERTIFICATE.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, DARRELL HAVE ONE OR TWO WORDS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
AGAIN, THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN COUNCIL LADY, THE WOMAN, CAROLYN COLEMAN.
UM, REST OF OUR COLLEAGUES, MAYOR, CHIEF MURPHY, PAUL, UM, THE MAYOR.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FIVE YEARS AGO FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THOSE THREE MENS, IT TOOK 55 YEARS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK HE'S NOT HERE, BUT ROBERT BOOK UP MCGON FOR, UH, BRINGING THAT TO FOREFRONT.
AND, UH, IT WAS TRULY A BLESSING AND TRULY A HONOR.
YOU KNOW, AFTER 55 YEARS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, FROM A LITTLE BOY JUST REMEMBERING IT, IT HAS COME A LONG WAYS.
THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT AGAIN, I THANK GOD FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE WITH CHIEF MURPHY, PAUL, AND THE REST OF HIS STAFF.
UH, AND, AND IT TAKES THE COMMUNITY TOO, UH, TO HELP TOO.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I THANK GOD FOR MY FAMILY, UH, THAT COULD SHOW UP LAST MINUTE, UH, THING.
BUT, UH, THANK GOD FOR IT AND, AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UH, AGAIN, CAROLYN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IN, IN THIS MAYOR, YOU CAN GET IN THIS, I THINK IT'LL DO SOMETHING FOR US,
ALL EVERYBODY LOOKING RIGHT HERE.
PAM, WHAT SCHOOL, UH, MR. C**S WENT TO AGAIN, TELL PAM WHAT SCHOOL MR. C**S WENT TO.
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR FATHER WITH US.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER LORI ADAMS, TO RECOGNIZE THE GOODWOOD C P I N D BOARD.
WHEN I INVITED THE, UM, THE, THE GOODWOOD CP N I D, UM, BOARD TO COME AND CELEBRATE, UM, THE FULL OPERATION OF THEIR, THEIR BOARD TODAY, I HAD NO IDEA THAT, UM, THAT POLICING, UM, AND, AND, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, UM, AND, AND MR. CUMMINGS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BEING INVOLVED IN, IN POLICING, UM, IN MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, SAFER, UH, WAS WAS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST PERFECT.
UM, IT'S A PERFECT SEGUE INTO, UM, INTO WHAT I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
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O A BOARD, UM, NORM RYAN APPROACHED PAULA DAVIS, REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS, AND ASKED HER TO INTRODUCE HOUSE RESOLUTION THREE 13, UM, RECOGNIZING OLD GOODWOOD AS AN HISTORIC AREA, AND, UM, SETTING THE BOUNDARIES FOR THAT AREA.UM, AFTER THAT, THEY BEGAN WORKING ON, UM, THE LEGISLATION FOR THE CRIME PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND THAT, UH, LED TO HOUSE BILL, UM, ACT, UH, FIVE 14 BEING SIGNED IN 2021.
UM, OF COURSE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
AND, UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE, THE G P O A BOARD GOT TO WORK, UM, GETTING ORGANIZED FOR A VOTE TO FUND THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT VOTE HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2021.
ONCE THAT, UM, ONCE THAT, THAT VOTE HAPPENED AND WAS APPROVED, UM, FUNDING, UM, WAS COLLECTED IN DECEMBER OF 20, UH, 22.
AND, UM, JANUARY 1ST, 2023, THE OLD GOODWOOD CRIME PREVENTION, UM, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, WAS FUNDED.
UM, BUT BEFORE IT WAS FUNDED, UM, MANY, MANY HOURS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF WORK, UM, WENT INTO THIS EFFORT.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE G P O A, UH, BOARD, UM, WORKED ALONGSIDE, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE, THE CRIME PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, INCLUDING MR. RONNIE HARRIS, WHO'S WITH US TODAY, UM, PUT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO GET THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN FUNDED.
AND, UM, AND THEY BEGAN FORMING A BOARD.
AND SO THAT BOARD HAS BEEN, UH, PRETTY MUCH OPERATING, I THINK ALMOST SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
I MEAN, JUST AS SOON SOON AS THAT FUNDING WAS IN PLACE, THE BOARD FORMED UP 2021.
UH, THE BOARD FORMED UP, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR CRIME PREVENTION, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
SO, UM, THIS TO ME JUST IS THE OTHER PIECE OF IT.
SO WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE OUR, OUR, OUR POLICE FORCE.
UM, AND, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS ENGAGING, INVOLVING ORGANIZING, UM, TO HELP THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, NOT ONLY BE SAFER, UM, BUT ALSO BE BETTER SO THAT THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UM, TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF PLACE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN, IN OLD GOODWOOD.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, BONNIE, DO YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN, THEN DANA? OKAY.
LET ME INVITE, I'M GONNA GET DANA LAWTON, UM, WITH THE, THE CRIME PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO COME SAY A FEW WORDS.
I WASN'T REALLY PREPARED TO SPEAK TODAY, SO I'M GONNA KIND OF GO TO WING IT A BIT.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND COLLABORATIVE AS WE'VE BEEN, UM, TRYING TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY REAL BACKGROUND IN CRIME, UH, DIS YOU KNOW, PREVENTION OR, OR REALLY ANY BASIC KNOWLEDGE.
UH, SO WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IN A YEAR, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, AN INCREDIBLE, UH, INSIGHTFUL TO WHAT THE CITY DOES FROM THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTERS, NOT ONLY FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET, AND THEY'VE BEEN COLLABORATIVE IN HELPING US FORM, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST, UM, COVERAGE FOR THE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE CAN IN LEVERAGING IT WITH SOME EXISTING, UM, ONES BY THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, ENTITIES AROUND THE, UH, IN OUR AREA.
SO, I, YOU KNOW, IT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, IT WAS THEIR VISION, AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US ARE MEMBERS, SOME OF US AREN'T.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN A, A TRULY, UM, NICE WAY TO GET TO KNOW SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.
AND, UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
SO, UM, OF COURSE, I JUST WANNA, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT DANA APPARENTLY HAS, UM, A MAGIC, UM, PROJECT SHEET
SO I JUST, IF Y'ALL WILL JOIN ME IN, UM, IN THANKING GOODWOOD PROPERTY ENERGY ASSOCIATION AND GOODWOOD, UM, CRIME PREVENTION NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR INVESTING, UM, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND JUST MAKING, UH, BATON ROUGE A STRONGER, UM, BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHAWN BANKS, TO RECOGNIZE DEMI
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VARGAS GIRL SCOUTS.YOU GONNA DO THE PLEDGE LATER? DIMI, LOOKS LIKE SHE'S A CAMERA SHOP.
SO, UM, THIS YEAR, ONCE AGAIN, A 106 YEARS, UM, GIRL SCOUT COOKIES HAVE BEEN AN ICON IN, UH, THE UNITED STATES.
A LOT OF CHANGES POST PANDEMIC HAVE OCCURRED, UM, AS IT RELATES TO HOW COOKIES ARE BEING SOLD, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY, SO IT'S NO MORE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE COOKIES AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE.
AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF TIMES WE'VE HAD GIRLS BRING COOKIES AND SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO LET DEMI AND VIOLET, VIOLET, AND THIS IS THEIR MOTHER.
YOU WANT TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES? AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT A PRESENTATION UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A, YOU CAN TELL 'EM COOKIES.
WHAT, TELL THEM ABOUT THE COOKIES.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF, SCHOOL AND GRADE.
AND WHAT GRADE ARE YOU GOING, AND WHAT FOOD DO YOU GO TO? AND I'M IN SIXTH GRADE.
THE, THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE ABOUT $5.
THE VEGAN ONES ARE $6, THE VEGAN ONES ARE $6.
AND, AND, AND ASK EVERYBODY IN HERE TO BUY BOX TONIGHT.
SO ON THE SCREEN, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE, HUH, IN, ON THIS SIDE, BUT I JUST WONDER WHY WE'RE UP.
ANYWAY, SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACK, THERE ARE MEAT, THE COOKIES, UH, AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, FEW TO COOKIES.
UM, UH, DMI, YOU WANNA GO AND NAME THE DIFFERENT KIND OF COOKIES BACK THERE? IF YOU WANNA GO BACK THERE.
SO TELL 'EM THE KIND OF COOKIES THAT, AND TELL 'EM YOUR FAVORITE.
AND THEN SHE HAS A, A QR CODE, SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK, IT GOES TO DEMI'S, UH, PAGE AND PURCHASE COOKIES.
BUT TELL THEM TO KIND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE? UM, MY FAVORITE? THE CARAMEL DELIGHT? NO, IT'S THE MIX.
SO THE NEWEST ONE IS THE TASTIC AND THE RASPBERRY RALLY AND THE RASPBERRY RALLIES.
AND I THINK THEY'RE VENT FOOLS TOO.
YES, THOSE ARE ALL THE THREE, UH, ONES THAT I SAW ONLINE THAT ARE NEW.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW.
YOU MIGHT KNOW OTHER KIDS THAT ARE DOING GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, SO WE JUST WANT HIM TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING THOSE CALLS AND EMAILS AND TEXTS.
IF YOU DON'T ANYONE DON'T KNOW ANYONE, PLEASE, UM, SCAN DEMI'S PAGE AND YOU'LL BE SEEING THEM LATER FOR THE PLAN.
AT THIS TIME, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING PEOPLE WORKING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CITY YEAR BATON ROUGE ADVANCES EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY SUPPORTING STUDENTS FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY AND DEVELOPS DIVERSE LEADERS THROUGH NATIONAL SERVICE, WHO CAN WORK ACROSS LINES OF DIFFERENCE SERVING FULL-TIME IN THE BATON ROUGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CITY YEAR, AMERICORPS MEMBERS DELIVER RESEARCH BASED ACADEMIC SOCIO-EMOTIONAL POSITIVE CLIMATE SUPPORTS TO HELP STUDENTS ACQUIRE CRITICAL STRENGTH SKILLS, AND LEARNING MINDSETS SO THEY CAN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.
AND AFTER GRADUATION, SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1988, CITY HAS MOBILIZED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR NATIONAL SERVICE AND INSPIRED THE CREATION OF AMERICORPS.
PARTNERING TODAY WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 29 US LOCATIONS, CITY
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YEAR DELIVERS ITS FULLY INTEGRATED WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE CHILD PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE THOUSANDS OF CITY YEAR AMERICORPS MEMBERS HELP STUDENTS CULTIVATE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN SCHOOLING IN LIFE CITY YEAR.LOUISIANA WAS FOUNDED IN 2006 AFTER HURRICANES CONTRIBUTING AND READING TO PROVIDE AID TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
IN 2011, THE SITE SPLIT INTO CITY YEAR, BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SERVE STUDENTS IN EACH COMMUNITY.
NOW IN ITS 17TH YEAR, CITY YEAR, BATON ROUGE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH BATON ROUGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HISTORICALLY WITH CHARTER SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE EAST BANBRIDGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AS A DOUBLE IMPACT NONPROFIT CITY OF BATON ROUGE HAS A LASTING EFFECT ON NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS WE SERVE, BUT ALSO THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO DELIVER OUR PROGRAM.
THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING, AMERICORPS MEMBERS DEVELOP STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND BECOME DEEPLY INVESTED IN BATON ROUGE.
AS MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS, OUR CORPSE HELP KEEP STUDENTS ON THE PATH TO GRADUATION AND FUTURE SUCCESS.
SINCE 2011, CITY OF BATON ROUGE HAS TRAINED 756 AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND SERVED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR, FIVE HUNDRED, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY 4,500 EAST BARON PARA STUDENTS.
CITY OF BATON ROUGE EMPLOYS 12 PERSONNEL, CONSISTENTLY ENGAGES 45 VOLUNTEERS, AND IS SUPPORTED BY APPROXIMATELY 15 BOARD MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY YEAR FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A PRINCIPAL.
I'VE HAD TEAMS AT SCHOOLS WHERE I'VE SERVED, AND THEY HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS VALUE ADD TO THE WORK WE'VE DONE.
UH, HERE TODAY, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED ON BEHALF OF CITY YEAR IS THE SENIOR VP AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE IN BATON ROUGE, DR.
LOUIS RANDOLPH, I'M DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, RASHANA HUNTER, AND I THINK YOU ALL BROUGHT SOME MORE PEOPLE WITH YOU, AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
RASHANA OR DOCTOR, EITHER ONE.
I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR.
LU RANDOLPH, TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE HERE.
HE'S A SERVICE LEADER AT GLEN OAKS HIGH.
WE HAVE MARIE AS WELL, SERVING AS A SERVICE LEADER AT GLEN OAKS HIGH.
WE HAVE OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF IMPACT TWO IS TRULY THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO AT EVERY SCHOOL.
STEPHANIE, UM, IN OUR, IN THE BACK, WE HAVE BANDED DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE OPERATIONS, LAURIE.
WE ALSO HAVE ANNE MARIE WHO WAS HERE, MIGHT HAVE LEFT, STEPPED OUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE RASHANA HUNTER.
I WANNA GIVE QUICK REMARKS AGAIN.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROTE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
AS I SAT AND LISTENED TO ALL THESE RECOGNITIONS, THERE'S ONE THING THAT UNITES US ALL.
WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY AND HARD TO MAKE BATON ROUGE A BETTER CITY.
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE GROWTH OF ANY COMMUNITY.
COUPLING, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, YOUNG, POWERFUL MINDS AND EDUCATION CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN ANY CITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT CITY YEAR BATON ROUGE SINCE 2011.
I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM WHO HAS TIREDLY TIRELESSLY BEEN HARD AT WORK, AND HAVE MADE IT A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR ME TO ENTER AS THEIR NEW ED ONLY FIVE MONTHS AGO.
UM, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME ON DAY TWO,
AND FOR THOSE ATTORNEYS HERE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT OUR LEGAL BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY AT 8:00 AM AT CITY CLUB CHAINLESS PLUG.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE SMILE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONNA RESET FOR FIVE MINUTES, AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO GET STARTED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.
TIME NOW IS 4 25, SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND IF THE MEETING EXTENDS.
WE'LL BE EXTENDING TO 8 55 ONCE WE GET STARTED, HUH? NO, WE'LL BE EXTENDING TO 8 55 IF WE ONLY, IF ONLY IF, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE THAT LONG.
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YOU KNOW, BAD THINGS TO DO ON YOU, DENNIS.HELLO, EVERYBODY FROM BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA'S CAPITAL CITY, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WELCOMES YOU TO OUR BROADCAST FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST FAMILY PARISH, AND THAT'S ON COX CHANNEL 21, AT AND T CHANNEL 99, OUR CITY WEBSITE@VRLA.GOV.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT TODAY.
OUR COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER ASHLEY BECK IS STANDING BY WITH THE ROLL CALL.
AND RIGHT NOW HERE IS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMP OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO, UH, OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023 AT 4:00 PM AFTER, DO WE HAVE A FORUM? WE HAVE A QUO.
WE WILL BE LED TODAY IN THE INVOCATION BY REVEREND TROY GAVIN, PASTOR OF GREATER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BAKER, AND LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY DEMI VARGAS'S, FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AND VIOLET VARGAS, SECOND GRADE STUDENT, BOTH AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL.
SO SHAWN, YOU GONNA DO IT YOURSELF? YEAH.
YOU GONNA PRAY FOR US
I LIKE, I LIKE A PRAYING WOMAN.
OH, PLEASE, ALL, EVERYONE STAND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME.
WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD, THAT THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
WE ASK YOU, LORD GOD, FOR TRAVELING MES FOR THOSE THAT, UM, ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT WERE COMING IN AS, AS WELL AS THEIR RETURN HOME.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, AS WE LEGISLATE THE BUILDING UP THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, FATHER, THAT YOU WILL REIGN AND RULE AND BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION, LORD GOD, THE VOTE AND ANY OF THE IMPACT BASED ON WHAT THE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THIS GOVERNMENT, BY GOVERNMENT BODY.
WE ASK YOU, LORD GOD, TO JUST, UM, INVOKE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US TODAY.
LORD GOD, WE ASK YOU, LORD GOD, THAT YOU'LL BE OUR TEACHER.
AND THE GOD YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT IF ANY MAN LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF YOU AND YOU'LL GIVE LIBERALLY.
LORD, WE ASK YOU RIGHT NOW TO LIBERALLY POUR ON US WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS EXIST HERE.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM, THAT THEY ARE HIGHLY FAVORED AND EMPOWERED TO PROSPER.
PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, END OF VISIBLE.
YOU GONNA DO THE, YOU GONNA PRESENT SOME FOLKS WITH SOME STUFF OR YOU I COULD DO IT HERE.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 18TH, 2023, AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING OF JANUARY 18TH, 2023 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? WE'RE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL EZ, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, GRANTING A FULL CONTRACT TRANSFER OF A FIVE YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $234,853 AND 97 CENTS PER YEAR FOR 3 33 COMMERCE LLC TO COMMERCE ON LAUREL LLC.
LOCATED AT 30 33 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 0 2 BY PLANNING DIRECTOR NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF THE I E P APPLICATION FROM GEORGIA PACIFIC PORT HUDSON, LLC FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
REFERRED TO THE PARISH BY THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER NUMBER FOUR, CANCELING AND RESCHEDULING CERTAIN METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETINGS AND CALLING FOR A SPECIAL MEETING IN 2023, CANCELING THE JULY 12TH, 2023 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING, RESCHEDULING THE NOVEMBER 22ND, 2023
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COUNCIL MEETING TO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023, RESCHEDULING THE DECEMBER 20TH 23, 20 23 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING TO DECEMBER 6TH, 2023, CANCELING THE DECEMBER 27TH, 23, 20 23 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING, CALLING FOR A SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE 2023, I'M SORRY, THAT'S GONNA BE 2024.
CITY PARISH, ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND ITEMS RELATED TO THE 2024 BUDGET BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.
NUMBER FIVE, AMENDING TITLE 11, TRAFFIC CODE CHAPTER 13 SERIES, TRAFFIC OFFENSES SECTION 11 1 40 OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED.
SO IS TO ADD AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER SIX, AMENDING TITLE 13 CRIMINAL LAW SECTION THIRTEEN TWO EIGHTY FIVE.
IMPROPER TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS.
SO IS TO ADD TEXT MESSAGING AND OTHER MESSAGING AS A FORM OF IMPROPER COMMUNICATION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER SEVEN, AMENDING TITLE 13 CRIMINAL LAW SECTION 1367.
SO IS TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF MISAPPROPRIATION FROM $750 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INCREASE THE FINE FROM $500 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER EIGHT, AMEND THE 2023 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED, NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT.
FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH.
SO IS TO ADD CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MUNICIPAL FIRE CLASSIFICATION BY THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
NUMBER NINE, AMEND THE 2023 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE SHOW IS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ADD ONE CHIEF OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BY THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
NUMBER 10, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE SENIOR CITIZEN AID PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS SENIORS TO CONTACT WITH CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS TO PERFORM ASSIGNED DUTIES IN THE CITY PARISH SYSTEM BY REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT SENIOR CITIZEN AIDS PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FROM A PRIOR EMPLOYER OR SUPERVISOR BY COUNCILMAN DARYL HURST.
NUMBER 11, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED MATTHEW TUR IN, UH, VERSUS AARON NICHOLS AT AL IN THE AMOUNT OF $166,500 PLUS COURT COSTING THE AMOUNT $329 AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER 12, AMEND THE 2023 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS BATON ROUGE.
SO TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ADD ONE ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER PRA PAY GRADE 2340 AND APPROPRIATING, UH, $178,320 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR NUMBER 13, AUTHORIZED THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE EXCHANGE, DONATION AND OR INSTITUTION OF APPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTION AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE CORPORATION.
CANAL EAST CHIME STREET TRASH CAPTURE PILOT PROJECT.
PROJECT BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
NUMBER 14, AMEND THE 2023 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH.
BATON ROUGE SERVICE AS TO CHAIN THE ALLOTMENT OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAM.
AND THE MAYOR PRESIDENT WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAM AS FOLLOWS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAM, ADULT YOUTH AND DISLOCATED WORKER.
ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, ONE.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR.
PROGRAM PLANNING ANALYST, ONE.
SENIOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, ONE.
SENIOR FISCAL SPECIALIST MAYOR GR MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAM.
ADULT YOUTH AND DISLOCATED WORKER.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR.
SENIOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST BY W I O A, ADMINISTRATOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A CERTAIN CONTRACT PROFESSION FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL, LEGAL SERVICES, BEVERAGE AND DIAMOND PC FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY PARISH CONCERNING CLAIMS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE COMPENSATION TO SUM NOT TO EXCEED $1,350,000 AND APPROPRIATING $1,100,000 FOR SAID PURPOSE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 16, HAROLD HARDY AND ANNIE HARDY.
1562 SNIPE STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 17, HAROLD HARDY AND ANNIE HARDY.
1544 SNIPE STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 18, CHARLES LEE PERRY, JR.
24 11 EDGEWOOD DRIVE, COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 19, NORTH HIGHLAND COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.
4,100 CLAYTON STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 20, NORWOOD, T, CALVIN AND ED EDNA, WASHINGTON.
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14 0 2 NORTH 32ND STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 21, LILLIAN WOMACK, 63 39 VILLAGE STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22, PATRICIA BARCO, 1210 MAXIMILIAN STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23.LORI ANN JACKSON, ETAL 1,510 MATILDA STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 24, HERMAN MEIER ETAL 1,117 LOUISE STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 25, WALTER CHESTER, WILLIAM, ET O 5 52 COTTON 5 54 COTTON, 5 56 COTTON AND 5 58 COTTON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING OF IN READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS? SHALL MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HIRST? YEAH.
SO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE? YEAH.
MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HIRST.
ALL ITEMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL ITEMS REQUIRING INTRODUCTION.
HAVE BEEN READ AND INTRODUCED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU GO, HMM.
NAH, HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT CONDEMNATIONS.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
YEAH, WE NOW GO TO CONDEMNATIONS.I'M GOING TO READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY ARE, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, AND 80.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? UM, ITEM NUMBER 80.
I WANNA DEFER FOR 60 DAYS, PLEASE.
UH, COUNCIL MARTIN, UH, 30 DAYS ON ITEM 76, PLEASE, SIR.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN, YOU SAID ITEM 78, 30 DAYS? UM, YES, SIR.
I'M GONNA READ THE STATED CHANGES.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, AND 79.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEM 76 AND 78 DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
ITEM 72 AND 80 DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, ITEM 70.
THAT WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW TO INTRODUCE ALL CONDEMNATIONS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MCMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MAYOR.
INTRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
THERE IS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER INTRODUCTIONS.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER INTRODUCTIONS.
NEED A SECOND? NEED A SECOND? WE ALREADY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST, ANY OBJECTIONS WHO MADE THE COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST MADE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN MAY THE SECOND.
WE'RE NOW WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AND DELETE ITEM 65.
IS THERE A SECOND TO INTRODUCE AND DELETE? SO MOVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN 65 HAS BEEN DELETED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO, IF YOU WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, A REPORT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME GUESTS WHO NEED TO GET TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 1 11, 1 12, 1 13, 1 14, AND ONE 15 TOGETHER.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 1 12, 1 13, 1 14, 1 15, 1 16.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE TOGETHER.
FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REPORT FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR OR HAVE THE PUBLIC
[Items 112-115]
HEARING.ITEM ONE 12 RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE BATTERIES POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT ON THE NUMBER OF INNOCENT BYSTANDERS AND PASSENGERS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED DURING B R P POLICE PURSUITS.
AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED ARE INJURED IN TOTAL FROM B R P D CALLS FOR SERVICE OR B R P D POLICE PURSUITS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THIS REPORT IS ALSO TO INCLUDE FINANCIAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY PARIS AS A RESULT OF CLAIMS MONEY BY THOSE IMPACTED BY POLICE, BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ITEM ONE 13, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE BATTERY ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE POLICY ON THE EXECUTION OF ARREST WARRANT.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE BY THE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTION OF AN ARREST WARRANT, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY THE CITY PARISH CLAIMS MADE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGES
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DURING THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT SHOULD OUTLINE THE PROCESS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS MUST FOLLOW BY MAKING SUCH CLAIM FOR DAMAGE RE RESULTING IN EXECUTION OF THE WARRANT BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ITEM ONE 14, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM EAST BA PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON A NUMBER OF INNOCENT BYSTANDERS AND PASSENGERS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED BY EAST BARRON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE PURSUITS TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJUR IN TOTAL FROM EAST BARRON ROUGE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CALLS FOR SERVICE OR EAST BARON SHERIFF'S OFFICE PURSUITS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THIS REPORT IS ALSO INCLUDE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE CITY PARISH, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF PLAINTIFFS MADE BY THOSE IMPACTED BY PURSUITS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ITEM ONE 15, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM EAST BARONS PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THE CURRENT POLICY ON THE EXECUTION OF AN ARREST WARRANT.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CLAIM AND DAMAGED BY THE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTION OF AN ARREST WARRANT, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE CITY PARISH, IF ANY OF THE CLAIM MADE IN THE PROPERTY DAMAGED DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE RE ARREST WARRANT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT SHOULD OUTLINE A PROCESS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS MUST FOLLOW IN MAKING SUCH CLAIM FOR DAMAGE RESULTING IN EXECUTION.
SEARCH WARRANT BY COUNCILMAN CLEVE DUNN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE REPORT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WHO WOULD YOU LIKE? THIS IS, UH, FROM THE MR. MYERS, I RECEIVED YOUR REQUEST TODAY RELATED TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA 1 14 1 15.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE CITY PARISH HAS NOT HAD A BEAR ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LIABILITY AS A RESULT OF ANY CLAIMS MADE BY THOSE IMPACTED BY PURSUITS FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS AS A RESULT OF THE SHERIFF'S ACTION.
NOR HAS THE CITY PARISH HAD TO BEAR ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LIABILITY AS A RESULT OF ANY CLAIMS MADE BY PROPERTY OWNER AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I HOPE THE FOREGOING SATISFIES YOUR REQUEST.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NOT IN A POSITION TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
THIS IS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEY ARE SAYING THEY HAVE N THE CITY PARISH HAS NOT PAID ANY MONEY FOR EITHER ONE.
SO IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT, UM, THE DATA SETS I WERE ASKED FOR AREN'T KEPT BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, WHILE WE DO PREPARE AN ANNUAL VEHICLE PURSUIT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, AND WE HAVE SINCE 2008, IT OUTLINES A LOT OF FACTORS.
THE, UH, THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO GO AND GET SOME OF THE DATA THAT NEEDED TO BE CAPTURED IS TO DO IT BY HAND AND TO GO THROUGH 10 YEARS WORTH OF, OF, UM, HANDWRITTEN, UH, VEHICLE PURSUIT FORMS. SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINISH ALL OF THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME ANECDOTAL INFORMATION AS IT RE AS IT PERTAINS TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, BUT I DO HAVE, AGAIN, OUR ANNUAL PURSUIT POLICY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT I CAN SHARE WITH EACH OF YOU NOW.
OH, AS IT RELATES TO THE PURSUITS, I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE PAST FIVE YEARS DATA, UH, THAT I'VE BEEN KEEPING SINCE WE WERE HERE.
AS IT RELATES TO THE PURSUITS, AS IT RELATES TO THE LIABILITY, HOW MUCH WE'VE PAID OUT, I DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, DATA, UH, IN FRONT OF ME AND I BELIEVE, UH, WE'LL DO THAT.
WELL, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO 2018.
IN 2018, UM, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED ABOUT 153, UH, VEHICLE PURSUITS.
THOSE VEHICLE PURSUITS WERE, UH, STARTED, UH, ONE FOR AN INVESTIGATORY CONTACT, NON-VIOLENT FELONIES, NON-VIOLENT MISDEMEANORS TRAFFIC, VIOLENT FELONY VIOLENT MISDEMEANOR ARREST.
UM, WE HAD 153 AND EIGHTEEN, A HUNDRED FORTY FOUR IN 2019 80, I'M SORRY, 106 IN 2020, UH, 2021.
WHEN I LOOKED AT, UH, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN THOSE REPORTS, WE HAD 114 IN 2021.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE LITTLE DATA TO COME BACK FROM 2022.
SO THAT FINAL REPORT ISN'T THERE.
BUT THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS REPORTS, UM, THE, THE RATIO OF PURSUITS OF CALL FOR SERVICES ABOUT 0.06, THAT RATE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.
THAT IS DETERMINED THE PURSUIT, UH, PERCENTAGE EQUALS THE NUMBER OF PURSUITS DIVIDED BY THE COST FOR SERVICE
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IN THE CITY.UH, WE'VE SEEN THIS INCREASE, UH, UH, STARTED INCREASING SINCE 2013.
BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, THE NUMBER OF PURSUITS THAT WERE CONDUCTED, UH, EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS, UH, WHAT WE THOUGHT, 80, AROUND 80 SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN NORM, UH, APPROXIMATELY 70% OF OUR PURSUITS IN, IN ARREST OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S DATA AND THIS YEAR, UM, 10% OF THE PURSUITS IN 2021 WERE ACTUALLY ENDED BY THE OFFICER, ARE A SUPERVISOR, UH, BASED ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE DATA FOR 2022, BUT WE THINK THAT DATA'S GONNA GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO PROBABLY AROUND 7%, UM, WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ACTUALLY, UM, UH, SUSPENDED THE PURSUIT BASED ON THAT.
INJURIES, DEATHS, THE INJURIES DEATH.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, SIR, FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I, AND I'M GONNA ADDRESS YOU.
UH, FROM A INJURY AND DEATH STANDPOINT, MY, MY NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN THE CHIEFS CUZ I DON'T HEAR ABOUT EVERY PURSUIT I DO WHEN THERE'S A CLAIM.
SO IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, AND THIS PREDATES ME, THERE WAS, UH, AND PREDATES THE CHIEF.
THERE WAS, UH, TWO PERSON FATALITY.
THERE WAS A CASE THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO TRIAL.
THERE WAS A VERDICT AND THE, UH, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ONLY PROVED TO BE 25% AT FAULT.
SO WE WEREN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT AT FAULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY CAUSE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ACCIDENT THERE.
THERE WERE TWO FAC FATALITIES, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU INITIALLY ASKED, YOU HAD ASKED FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO TRY TO FIND 10 YEARS.
THAT CASE IS PROBABLY, UH, MAYBE SEVEN YEARS OLD.
SO IT'S WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
INJURIES, UH, WE, I JUST HAVE ONE THAT I KNOW OF IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT WE RECENTLY PAID IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THE WARRANT ONE 50, UH, ITEM 1 15 2, ARE YOU OR, WELL, I WANT TO TAKE 'EM SEPARATE.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF AND THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR, THAT THAT'S BASICALLY A COUNCIL COUNCILMAN CHIEF.
WE GOTTA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH ITEM BEFORE YOU ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.
WELL, IN THAT, IN THAT EVENT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE BOTH OF THEM.
ARE YOU GONNA GET A REPORT ON THE WARRANTS AS WELL? YEP, WE'RE HERE FOR THAT AS WELL.
UH, MYRON DANIELS, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE, WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH, UH, TO GATHER THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT YOU REQUESTED.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN NINE OF THE 10 YEARS, UH, AT ONE YEAR IS HAVING TO BE HAND COUNTED.
UM, IT WAS, UH, IN OUR SYSTEM AND SO THEY'RE HAVING TO RE UH, BULLET.
SO GOING BACK TO 2012, THERE WERE 83, AND WHEN I SAY WARRANTS, THESE ARE HIGH RISK SEARCH WARRANTS, UH, NOT YOUR AVERAGE ARREST WARRANT OR, OR OR WARRANTS WRITTEN BY DETECTIVE.
UM, BUT IN 2012 THERE WERE 83, 20 13 IS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE HAVING THE RESEARCH.
20 14, 1 56, 20 15 THERE WAS ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN TWENTY SIXTEEN EIGHTY SIX, TWENTY SEVENTEEN, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT, TWENTY EIGHTEEN, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE, TWENTY NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE, TWENTY TWENTY FIFTY THREE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FIFTY FIVE.
AND LAST YEAR'S TOTALS WAS 109.
UM, THAT WAS THE, UH, THE GENERAL TOTALS.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL FIND OUT THE ADDITIONAL INF INFORMATION.
UH, AS FAR AS THE CLAIMS, UH, I THINK THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT PORTION OF IT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU DID ASK WAS, UH, PROCEDURES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR ME TO COVER OR FOR THE PROCEDURES TO BE COVERED BY RISK MANAGEMENT, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO DO BOTH.
OH, I, I, YES, BUT I NEGLECTED TO RESPOND TO ONE POINT FOR COUNCILMAN DUNN AND MR. DOTSON.
THE REASON YOU GOT THAT RESPONSE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SELF-INSURED.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, CAUSE THE PARISH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE.
I DON'T EVEN GET THOSE CLAIMS. THAT GOES TO SOMEBODY TOTALLY
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SEPARATE.I WAS GONNA SPEAK TO IN MY, IN MY COMMENTS, BUT I THINK THEIR STATEMENT TECHNICALLY IS TRUE, BUT THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.
I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE SHERIFF IS FUNDED BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR LIABILITY NUMBERS IS, IS AS WELL.
AND IF I GOTTA INTRODUCE ANOTHER ITEM TO, YOU KNOW, TWEAK THAT TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND, WE WANTED TO KNOW THE NUMBERS, WHETHER THE CITY PARISH WERE PAYING FOR 'EM OR THE SHERIFFS WERE PAYING FOR 'EM, CUZ IT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT OFFICE DOESN'T HOUSE THOSE NUMBERS FOR SHERIFF, AND, AND I'M NOT, I I MISSED THE LAST QUESTION.
UH, WERE YOU, DID YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW THE CLAIMS WERE HANDLED FROM THE WARRANT STANDPOINT OR OKAY, THE PROCEDURE.
I WANTED TO KNOW IF HE, IF YOU WANTED HIM TO GIVE IT OR DID YOU I'M HAPPY TO.
HE, HE MAY NOT KNOW IT, SO I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT THE, THE PROCEDURE WOULD WORK LIKE THIS.
IF A CITIZEN FELT LIKE, UH, THEY WERE ENTITLED TO FILE A CLAIM BASED ON, UH, THE CITY POLICE EXECUTING ON A WARRANT, THEY CAN CONTACT OUR, WELL WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE, OUR WEBSITE.
THEY CAN EITHER CONTACT ME OFF, CONTACT ME DIRECTLY, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEFORE OR OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH IS SEDWICK.
AND REGARDLESS IF IT GETS TO ME OR GOES STRAIGHT TO SEDWICK, WE HAVE AN INJ, AN ADJUSTER THAT INVESTIGATES A CLAIM TO DETERMINE WHAT IS OUR LIABILITY.
THAT ADJUSTER WILL MAKE A LIABILITY DETERMINATION AND REPORT THAT TO OUR OFFICE AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER WE'RE GONNA PAY THAT CLAIM OR NOT.
IF THE CLAIM IS DENIED AND NOT PAID, THAT CITIZEN HAS A RIGHT TO AN APPEAL.
IN FACT, WE HAD APPEALS HEARINGS TODAY THAT CITIZEN CAN APPEAL AND SOMETIMES IT, THAT DECISION'S REVERSED AND, AND BY THAT APPEALS COMMITTEE, IF IT'S NOT AND THAT DENIAL IS UPHELD, THEN THEY HAVE A RIGHT.
RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
THOSE CLAIMS ARE NOT TYPICALLY LARGE, BUT I DON'T WANNA MINIMIZE, UH, AN EXPENSE TO A CITIZEN BECAUSE I KNOW IT, IT'S VERY SERIOUS TO HIM.
SO I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT'S THE PROCESS OF YOU GET TO EITHER CALL, YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECT THREE EIGHT NINE THREE FOUR ONE ONE AND OR CALL ME DIRECTLY.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT CLAIM GETS TO PAT LASALLE AND, UH, WHO'S USUALLY THE ADJUSTER THAT HANDLES THOSE.
IF THE CLAIM GETS DENIED, COULD IT COULD GET PAID IF, IF HE RECOMMENDS PAYING THE CLAIM, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE THAT'S HANDLED INTERNALLY IN OUR OFFICE THROUGH A CLAIMS APPROVAL PROCEDURE.
AND WE DO THAT AND WE, WE DO THOSE EVERY DAY.
AND IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE A MONTH, BUT JUST CLAIMS IN GENERAL, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CLAIM, IT COULD BE, COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF INTERNALLY.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S MORE THAN $10,000, IT HAS TO GO TO OUR CLAIMS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND IF, IF WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE THINK WE SHOULD ASK Y'ALL TO PAY, THEN I BRING IT HERE AND HOPEFULLY I CAN PRESENT IT TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL EITHER GIVE SEVEN VOTES TO PASS IT OR NOT.
AND DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS ON WHAT WE'VE SPENT ANNUALLY ON THOSE CLAIMS? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS CUZ, UH, AND I'M, WE'RE CHANGING HOW WE KEEP THAT DATA CUZ OUR TPA DOESN'T KEEP IT LIKE THAT.
TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE FOUND ON AVERAGE WE GET MAYBE EIGHT TO 10 OF THOSE CLAIMS A YEAR.
AND, UH, IN FACT, JUST RECENTLY WE PAID ONE THAT WAS ABOUT $3,300.