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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.THIS IS THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR MEETING ON THIS MAY 24TH, 2023 AT 3:30 PM.
FIRST UP, WE WILL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM TO RECOGNIZE BRAD HARRIS, PUBLIC PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, EMS NATIONAL E M S WEEK, WHICH IS MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M PLEASED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A GROUP OF EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS WHO DECIDED TO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO THE SERVICE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS WEEK, MAY 21ST THROUGH MAY 27TH, WE ARE RECOGNIZING NATIONAL EMS WEEK A TIME WHEN WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR EAST BATON ROUGE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A TEAM OF HIGHLY SKILLED AND COMPASSIONATE MEN AND WOMEN, MANY WHO YOU SEE BEHIND ME WHO SERVE AS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE DURING MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, THEY FACE SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE QUICK THINKING, EXPERTISE, AND EMPATHY.
AND THEY DO SO WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM.
THEY POSSESS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF SKILLS, COMBINING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH CALMNESS UNDER PRESSURE, ENABLING THEM TO SAVE LIVES AND BRING COMFORT TO THOSE IN DISTRESS.
THEY ARE OUR EVERYDAY HEROES, OUR LIFELINE AND TIMES OF CRISIS.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP OF EMS DIRECTOR MIKE DENICOLA.
UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, THE EAST BATON ROUGE EMS HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE AND IMPROVE, ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE IN THEIR MOMENTS OF NEED.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN EXTENDING A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR EMS TEAM FOR THEIR TIRELESS SERVICE.
YOUR PASSION, YOUR PRIDE, AND YOUR WORK SHINE THROUGH EVERY CALL.
YOUR ANSWER AND YOUR SELFLESS ACTIONS HAVE MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN COUNTLESS LIVES IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
MIKE, YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.
THIS YEAR MARKS OUR 40TH YEAR.
WE STARTED IN AUGUST OF 1982, UH, WITH THE GREAT HELP OF MR. DENNIS MCCAIN, WHEREVER HE DISAPPEARED TO.
BUT, UH, WE COULDN'T DO IT OUT WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND ME.
AND THE 36 TO 40 PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WORKING VERY HARD TO PROTECT THE, UH, CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND HELP SAVE THEIR LIVES AND HELP THEM WITH ALL THE NEEDS.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US, MAYOR, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
COME ON, LET'S TAKE A ALL RIGHTY.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK STRAIGHT HERE.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE CONGRATULATIONS.
KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE TREVOR HEAP, P W A BATON ROUGE BRANCH PRESIDENT AND RECIPIENTS OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORK ASSOCIATION.
BATON ROUGE SCHOLARSHIP, MAYOR, PRESIDENT.
YOU COULD STAY RIGHT HERE WITH ME.
SO, UH, ALSO THIS AFTERNOON I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE A GROUP OF EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
SO, TODAY WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS A P W A BATON ROUGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
UH, THEY GO TO AUSTIN, NICHOLAS, UH, LINDSEY HUDSON, MIA SHEPHERD, AND NEIL MORALES.
BATON ROUGE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO EXHIBIT A STRONG COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND A PASSION FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE STUDENTS TO COME UP IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THESE SCHOLARSHIPS NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION
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AND PURSUE THEIR DREAMS IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC WORKS.AUSTIN, LINDSAY, MIA AND NEIL AUSTIN, COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND SO THEY CAN SEE? COME ON OVER HERE.
MIA SHEPHERD AND NEIL MORALES.
COME ON OUT, NEIL, SO THEY CAN SEE YOU.
SO, AS YOU EMBARK ON THIS NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR ACADEMIC JOURNEY, KNOW THAT YOU CARRY WITH YOU THE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN RECOGNIZING YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VITAL ROLE THAT PUBLIC WORKS, OF COURSE, PLAY IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY.
THEY DESIGN, BUILD, AND MAINTAIN THE ESSENTIAL STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
COULD YOU TELL US WHAT SCHOOLS YOU'RE MM.
LIVE OAK LI SCOTLANDVILLE, CURRENTLY LSU.
LET'S CELEBRATE THESE STUDENTS.
THINK I HAVE SOME FOR ALL OF YOU.
YOU KNOW WHOSE COUNCIL DISTRICT YOU ALL LIVE IN? I M ALL RIGHT.
WHILE THEY'RE TAKING A PICTURE, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, MIA IS, UH, JUST CAME BACK FROM A TRIP TO NEW YORK, UH, WHERE THEY WERE, UH, SCOTLANDVILLE STUDENTS WERE HONORED FOR THE NATIONAL, WHAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED? ME? NA NATIONAL.
IT'S AN ENGINEERING PRO, NATIONAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM.
SHE'S ALSO HEAD, UM, CAPTAIN OF THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM, AND SHE'S THE VAL OF THE SALE, THE VALEDICTORIAN.
SO SHE, SHE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN BANKS.
I JUST SHOULD BE HAVING HER BACK NEXT MONTH TO SAY ALL THAT AGAIN.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE PEYTON TURNER, BATON ROUGE'S NATIVE AND STUDENT AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE VIRTUAL ACADEMY FOR HER ROLE AS NIA ON THE EMMY WINNING TELEVISION SERIES.
OH, THAT'S, WELL, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE, UH, PEYTON, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
AND I JUST WANNA SHARE A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT, UH, PEYTON, WHO HAS, AS YOU HEARD, UH, PLAYS THE ROLE OF NIA ON ABBOTT ELEMENTARY.
AND BY THE WAY, I WAS WITH QUENTIN ABOUT A WEEK AGO AT A GRADUATION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG FANS OF THE ABOD ELEMENTARY AROUND HERE.
AND SO WE WANNA CELEBRATE YOU.
PEYTON TURNER, A BATON ROUGE NATIVE AND STUDENT AT EAST BATON ROUGE VIRTUAL ACADEMY.
SHE RECENTLY MADE HEADLINES FOR, FOR HOW OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE EMMY-WINNING TELEVISION SERIES, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, SNIA.
AS PEYTON'S PARENTS, SISTER, GRANDPARENTS, AND LOVED ONES LOOK ON WITH PRIDE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT HAS BROUGHT HER TO THIS MOMENT.
UH, PEYTON'S TALENT DRIVE AND PASSION FOR ACTING HAVE CLEARLY PAID OFF, AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO CALL YOU ONE OF OUR OWN IN BATON ROUGE.
PEYTON'S SUCCESS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE INCREDIBLE TALENT AND CREATIVITY THAT THRIVES IN OUR CITY.
IT'S A REMINDER THAT WITH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
AND IT IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN LOOK AT PEYTON AND LOOK TO HER AS A ROLE MODEL AND AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN YOU FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. SO, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, PEYTON TURNER, ON YOUR INCREDIBLE, ASTOUNDING ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOUR FUTURE HOLDS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
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UM, YES, PLEASE.I WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS PICKED TO BE MIA.
IT WAS NOT VERY EASY BECAUSE I FIRST, I AM THANKFUL FOR MY SISTER BECAUSE SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO DO IT BECAUSE AT FIRST I DIDN'T GET PICKED FOR THE ROLE THAT I WANTED.
MY MOM SAYS THAT GOD SAID THAT THERE IS A BETTER ROLE FOR ME, AND I JUST WASN'T PICKED BECAUSE OF THAT, AND I GOT A BETTER ROLE.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK MY SISTER.
I WANNA THANK MY GRANDMOTHER, LINDA GABA AND MY EVERYBODY NAME EVERYBODY OVER THERE.
MY MOM, SHARI TURNER, MY SISTER PARIS TURNER DEIA, AND LINDA GABA.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MY FATHER FOR CHEERING ME ON WHENEVER I DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO IT.
I JUST DID AN AUDITION AND I THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T DO IT.
AND MY MOM CHEERED ME ON, MY SISTER CHEERED ME ON.
EVERYBODY REALLY EXPECTED ME TO DO THE BEST, AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.
LISTEN AND TELL THEM, WHEN DOES ABBOTT ELEMENTARY COME ON,
WHAT NIGHT? WE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT NINE.
AND WE'LL GET TO SEE YOU IN SOME OF THE EPISODES, DENNIS.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU INSTEAD OF JUST ME.
SIR, I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU RIGHT HERE.
PEYTON TURNER, CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AS A CAST MEMBER OF THE AWARD-WINNING TELEVISION SERIES, ABOD ELEMENT.
LET'S TURN AROUND AND TAKE A PICTURE.
LET US TAKE A PICTURE WITH A CELEBRITY
BUT, UH, I NEED TO BRING UP C PS TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
SORRY, I FORGOT TO PUT 'EM ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW YOU BE DOING THIS STUFF LIKE THIS, MAN.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DARRYL HURST TO RECOGNIZE DARREN PILO, MIKE PILO AND JOY PILO FOR SERVING THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES
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IN NORTHLAND ROUGE.UM, TODAY IS A, UH, IS A GREAT DAY IN BATON ROUGE, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF MY FAVORITE EATERIES, IF NOT MY FAVORITE EATER IN MY DISTRICT, UM, CAUSE I FREQUENT THERE THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK, DO I GET TO HONOR TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TELL A STORY ABOUT DIVESTMENT IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHAT CAN HAPPEN, WHAT ST WHAT RESOURCES ARE STILL THERE, AND WHEN THE RIGHT PEOPLE TAKE THE RIGHT STEPS, THE IMPACT THAT, THAT IT CAN MAKE ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO TODAY, UH, REPRESENTING THE PIS LATO FAMILY IS, UH, DARREN PIZO LATO.
AND, UH, YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THEIR FRESH PRODUCE, SEAFOOD, AND OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE HAS HELPED TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FOOD INSECURITIES.
WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT COMMITMENT IN LONGEVITY IN DISTRICT FIVE.
YOUR BUSINESS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH A SMALL PRODUCE BUSINESS CAN TURN INTO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED OPERATION, AS WELL AS IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW NORTH BATON ROUGE IS STILL A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE.
1959, UH, ESTABLISHED THIS BUSINESS IN 1972 THAT YOU GUYS KNOW TODAY IS TONY'S AND, UM, HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME CONTINUALLY STILL INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HATE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MAN, THEY DO SO MUCH, BUT THEY LITERALLY HATE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND IT'S A TESTAMENT OF HOW THEIR INVESTMENT IS, IS, IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND NOT FROM, AND, AND, AND NOT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A MAN ON THIS EARTH.
SO, UM, I RECOGNIZE THE BROTHERS THAT ARE STILL WITH US.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE, UH, MR. JOSEPH JOY POLATO, UH, MR. MICHAEL, MIKE POLATO, AND MR. WILLIAM BILL POLATO.
AND THERE IS A BROTHER THAT PASSED LAST YEAR, UM, CLIFF POLATO, UH, CLIFFORD PITO THAT MADE A HUGE INVESTMENT AS WELL.
AND SO WE JUST CELEBRATE YOU TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR INVESTMENT NOW, BUT UH, AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE WELL, THANK YOU.
NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER HERZ WILL RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTRICT FIVE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD.
Y'ALL SAY, I HADN'T GIVEN OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROCLAMATIONS OR REC UH, CERTIFICATES THIS YEAR, SO I PLAN ON MAKING UP FOR IT IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I TELL EVERYBODY, SPEAKING OF EMS, UM, MIKE COLA, UH, IS ONE OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE, HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT GO UNNOTICED.
SO I DIDN'T GET TO CELEBRATE YOU EARLY, AND I WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA SPEAK ON THAT.
AND IT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT HERE, BUT EMS, FIRE, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE GO ON THE SCENE BEFORE THE NURSE, THE DOCTOR.
WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE NURSES, DOCTORS, AND EVERYONE ELSE, UM, BEFORE THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO WHEN THEY SEE DISMEMBERED PEOPLE, UH, SEVERED BODIES, WHATEVER IT IS, UM, MIKE'S GROUP TAKES CARE OF THAT BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT.
SO, I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS EMS WEEK, AND I DO NOT HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.
BUT WHAT I WILL DO IS WANT TO THANK YOU TODAY, UM, BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOUR TEAM.
THEY HAVE AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE OF TRAUMA THAT THEY SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
SO, I DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT I WILL GIVE ONE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, MIKE.
AND THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THEM UP, CAUSE, CAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE OTHER UNSUNG HEROES,
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UH, IN THE CLASSROOM.A LOT OF TIMES I TELL PEOPLE, KIDS ARE MADE THE SAME.
THEY'RE RAISED DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE OVER PERIODS OF TIME.
AND SO THE TE THE TEACHERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH CHILDHOOD TRAUMA THAT COMES FROM THE HOME.
UM, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES THAT COME FROM, UH, CHALLENGING PARENTS.
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES THAT COME WITH FIGHTING TEST SCORES THROUGH ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE TEACH OUR KIDS NOWADAYS.
AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THERE ARE SOME AMAZING TEACHERS THAT HAVE STOOD OUT IN DISTRICT FIVE AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF.
AND SO TODAY I WANNA HONOR THEM.
AND THE FIRST ONE THAT I WILL BRING UP FROM PARK FOREST ELEMENTARY CREATIVE SCIENCES AND ARTS MAGNET IS, UH, MS. AUDREY LONDON.
SHE HAS SERVED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PARAPROFESSIONAL, UM, AN OFFICE CLERK, A SECRETARY, AND A REGULAR TEACHER.
SHE IS A TRUE SERVANT TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, THEY ARE TRULY PROUD TO HAVE HER FOR CLIMBING THE LADDER OF SUCCESS OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS IN EAST PAT ROUGE PARISH AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I'M GONNA READ THIS CERTIFICATE ONE TIME, BUT, UM, AND WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
STEP TO THE SIDE, WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.
BUT BEING NOMINATED BY YOUR PRINCIPAL AS A TEACHER OF THE YEAR, DISPLAYING HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND EXCELLENCE, HAS AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AND IMPACTING MANY YOUNG STUDENTS AT PARK FOREST ELEMENTARY, CREATIVE SCIENCES AND ARTS MAGNET PLUS ARM MISS AUDREY LONDON.
NEXT WE HAVE UP, UH, THIS ONE IS OUTTA ORDER, BUT I WILL GET IT.
FROM, UH, GREENBRIAR ELEMENTARY, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, MISS, MISS CAY, UH, AS A NINTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER.
UM, THIS TEACHER, WE TALK ABOUT NUMBERS, HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS.
SHE HAS A 90% PASSING RATE OF HER STUDENTS.
SHE LOVES HER STUDENTS, AND THE STUDENT LOVE HER RETURN.
PEOPLE DON'T CARE MUCH, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY KNOWING MUCH YOU CARE.
FROM GLEN OAK HIGH, LET'S BRING UP MISS KAYLEN ROGERS FROM GLEN OAKS MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, IF, IF EVERYONE KNOWS GLEN OAKS HAS BOTH A MIDDLE AND A HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATED WITH IT, LEMME MAKE SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE.
LEMME TELL Y'ALL, GLEN OAKS HAS, THERE'S REALLY THREE GLEN OAKS.
THERE'S GLEN OAKS MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S GLEN OAKS REDESIGN SCHOOL, UH, WHICH IS GLEN OAKS MIDDLE, AND THEN, AND THEN THERE'S GLEN OAKS MIDDLE, ASSOCIATED WITH GLEN OAKS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET THIS CORRECT.
AND FROM GLEN OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
UH, MS. KEENA WILLIAMS, MR. FAITH FOR FRY, ALGEBRA TWO TEACHER AT FRANCISCAN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHES SOPHOMORE ALGEBRA TWO AND COACHES A CHEER TEAM.
SHE BRINGS CREATIVITY AND PASSION INTO HER CLASSROOM WHILE DEMANDING GROWTH FROM HER STUDENTS.
MS. FRAS CLASSROOM IS ONE OF THE, UH, IS ONE OF RIGOR AND CHALLENGE TEMPER WITH SUPPORT AND BELIEF.
UM, SHE'S HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON HER STUDENTS, NOT ONLY IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS OF EACH STUDENT IN MATH, BUT ALSO INSTILLING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN ABILITY AS AN EDUCATOR, MS. FRY'S WILLINGNESS TO BE INNOVATIVE AND TRY NEW THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXCITEMENT.
SHE IS TRULY A GIFT TO THE STUDENTS AND HER STAFF ARE SO PROUD OF HER.
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ARE YOU SAYING WELL STAY STANDING UP FROM, UH, FROM REDESIGN LANIER SCHOOL? LACA FRYER, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER MS. FRYER HAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ENDURING IMPACT ON ALL OF HER STUDENTS.SHE HAS A HIGHLY ENGAGING CLASSROOM AND USES BEST PRACTICES AND A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING.
MS. FRYER SPENDS A LOT OF TIME PLANNING HER INSTRUCTION OF HER STUDENTS SO THAT SHE PROVIDES QUALITY INSTRUCTION.
HER IMPACT IS BY THE WAY, UM, IN THE BATTLE TO INCREASE LITERACY AND FOUNDATIONAL GRADES.
LET'S CELEBRATE MR. TANIKA FRYER FOR FROM GREENBRIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.
ACCEPTING HER AWARD WILL BE PRINCIPAL SHAYLA HOLLANDS, UH, HONORING FORREST HEIGHTS, WHICH HAS BEEN A STANDOUT SCHOOL IN NORTH BATON ROUGE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE ONLY, UH, HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, AND IT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND TO CELEBRATE THEM IN THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT THEY DO.
PROMISE Y'ALL ONLY LET A COUPLE MORE FROM DELMONT PRE-K.
AND WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A FOUNDATION.
UM, I BELIEVE PRE-K, UM, IS, IS, IS WHERE IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT GREAT FOUNDATION, WE AREN'T ABLE TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND WE START, UM, BEING BEHIND IN SCHOOL IN MONT, THEY HAVE A STANDOUT TEACHER THAT'S MADE SURE THAT THAT FOUNDATION WAS BUILT.
UM, ANYTHING THAT'S BUILT ON THE SHAKY FOUNDATION WILL EVENTUALLY COLLAPSE.
BUT THIS TEACHER HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
LET'S HONOR MS. TEMPE ANDERSON FROM CLAYBORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HONOR, MRS. MRS. TIFFANY GIY YARD.
SHE'S A SECOND FIFTH GRADE SPORTS AND FIFTH GRADE SOUL ELA INSTRUCTOR.
SHE'S GRADE LEVEL CHAIR FOR FIFTH GRADE GRADE AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
UM, MS. GIY YARD, UH, WRITES AND IMPLEMENTS ALL ELA LESSON PLANS AS WELL AS ASSIST TEAM MEMBERS WITH MATH, SCIENCES AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
THROUGH HER IMPACT, SHE BRINGS THE CONTACT TO LIFE THAT INSPIRES STUDENTS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR EDUCATION.
SHE FOSTERS CREATIVITY AND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AS NEEDED.
LET'S HONOR MS. TIFFANY GE YARD.
IF Y'ALL WANNA START SPREADING OUT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE AFTERWARDS.
THIS PERSON IS, IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANNA READ THIS, CUZ I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HER.
SHE'S MY STEPSISTER AND I DIDN'T LOOK THE SCHOOL PICTURE, NOT ME, BUT I'M, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND GIVE THIS HONOR TO HER.
SO FOR, I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT I'LL SAY, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY WILL.
SO SHE'S, UH, WORKS SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
SHE'S A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.
MS. VAUGHNS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER ON OUR CAMPUS.
SHE IS ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH OUR ESS STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
SHE WILL HELP ANY STUDENT IN NEED.
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OF ENGAGING IN THE CO-TEACH MODEL FOR MULTIPLE FACETS.AND WHENEVER NEEDED, SHE CAN LEAD A LESSON.
MRS. VAUGHNS IS A MODEL OF PROFESSIONALISM ON OUR CAMPUS AND THE WAY THAT SHE CONDUCTS HERSELF.
SHE IS USUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST STAFF MEMBERS HERE EVERY DAY.
SHE ALSO IS A GREAT, UH, BUILDING.
SO SHE'S ALSO GREAT AT BUILDING SOLID RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS.
STUDENTS LOVE AND RESPECT MRS. VAUGHNS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT SHE TRULY CARES ABOUT, UH, THEIR WELLBEING.
SO I TAKE A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY TO HONOR MY STEPSISTER, UH, MRS. MRS. TEON.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AT GLEN OAKS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MRS. WILLETTE BUTLER, A SECOND GRADE TEACHER, IS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE SCHOOL.
SHE HAS MADE AN OUTSTANDING IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING AND WITH A LOT OF TRAGEDIES GOING ON AT GLEN PARK AS OF LATELY, THESE TEACHERS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH MORE THAN MOST SCHOOLS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOSS OF MATTHEW FORD AND BARRY, THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON THE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO THE LEGACY THAT LEFT BEHIND.
AND SO AS WE PARTNER WITH THEM ON SEVERAL ENDEAVORS, WE CELEBRATE, UH, SECOND GRADE TEACHER, MS. WILLETTE BUTLER TODAY FOR OUTSTANDING, UH, PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM.
Y'ALL GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLY LEFT ONE OFF THE LIST.
SOME WILL ASK THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY TO STEP UP CUZ I GUARANTEE YOU WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.
IT, IT MAY BE IN ONE OF THESE, IF NOT YES.
SO FROM MY BUDDIES OVER AT MARYDALE ELEMENTARY, UH, MR. CHANEL KELLY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT GRADE, UM, PH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, THAT IS A LOST ART.
NOW I THINK WE TAKE SO MUCH TIME AWAY, AUDITORIUMS ARE TURNING, OR GYMS, ATTORNEY AUDITORIUMS. WE, WE TRY TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO TO CELEBRATE A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEA TEACHER SPEAKS VOLUMES TODAY.
AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING A PROCLAMATION READY.
UM, AND YOUR PRINCIPAL IS GOING TO, UH, LET ME KNOW THAT, UH, I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT DONE.
BUT WE CELEBRATE YOU TODAY AND I WANT YOU TO HOLD THIS AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN I WILL GET YOU THE REAL ONE AND I WILL COME TO YOUR SCHOOL AND TAKE IT WITH YOU.
AND WHILE THEY'RE TAKING THAT PICTURE, LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT JUST A PE TEACHER, BUT SHE INTEGRATES THE ACADEMICS INTO HER TEACHING.
NEXT ONE, ASK COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWN BANKS TO RECOGNIZE LANDON HESTER WITH CEX COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
UH, I'M LANDON HESTER HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE.
UH, MY ORGANIZATION HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH COUNCILWOMAN BANKS OVER THE PAST YEAR, UH, TO PROVIDE WEATHERIZATION SERVICES TO HER DISTRICT IN SCOTLANDVILLE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON WEATHERIZATION APPLICATION ASSISTANCE EVENTS.
UH, THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM HERE IN LOUISIANA IS FUNDED THROUGH LHC
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AND, UH, IT'S A STRENUOUS PROCESS, BUT IT'S FREE TO INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS.AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS HELPING PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE SERVICE AND ALSO SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE SERVICES.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIVE IN LOUISIANA.
THERE'S EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME COLD AND EXTREME RAIN EVENTS.
AND SO THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS IN MOST NEED ARE PREPARED FOR THESE WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING.
AND, UM, SO WE HAVE A EVENT ON JUNE 10TH THAT, UH, RESIDENTS CAN COME.
WE WILL HELP THEM, UH, PRINT OUT THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED.
UH, THE SERVICE PROVIDERS QUAD AREA WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
AND, UM, IT'S A GREAT SERVICE, BUT IT'S ALSO OPEN TO ALL CONSTITUENTS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOING IT IN COUNCILWOMAN BANKS DISTRICT, THIS IS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE INFORM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND LET THEM KNOW, UH, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE FLYERS.
AND THERE'S CONTACT, UH, INFORMATION ON THERE.
HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THESE IMPORTANT EVENTS.
LET'S IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE OR RESIDENTS ABOUT ROUGE.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER AARON MOK TO RECOGNIZE AUSTIN MICHAEL ELLIOT FOR SCORING A PERFECT SCORE ON A C T.
UH, IN FACT, WE HAD THE ELLIOT FAMILY COME ON UP.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE AUDIENCE AND ON THE COUNCIL, I AM, UH, HONORED TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, SEVERAL OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD EARLIER ABOUT EDUCATION AND RECOGNIZE THIS YOUNG, UH, STUDENT THAT, UH, IS HERE BEFORE US THIS EVENING.
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SMA WHEN HE WAS 18 MONTHS OLD AND HAS BEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR EVER SINCE.
HE'S BEEN A PART OF THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SINCE THE FIRST GRADE.
MADE IT INTO THE GIFTED PROGRAM ON HIS FIRST TRY, MAKING HIM THE FIRST STUDENT IN CENTRAL THAT HAS EVER HAD BOTH SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE GIFTED PROGRAM.
NOT ONLY IS HE TALENTED EDUCATIONALLY, BUT HE'S TALENTED MUSICALLY.
HE PLAYS SAXOPHONE WITH THE BAND AND HAS A LOVE FOR MUSIC.
HE ENJOYS CHESS, TABLETOP GAMES, VIDEO GAMES AND TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
HE ALSO TUTORS OTHER STUDENTS AS A PART-TIME JOB.
SO, MR. AUSTIN, MICHAEL ELLIOT, FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BEING THE FIRST STUDENT AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TO SCORE A PERFECT A C T SCORE.
WE HERE BEFORE THE METRO COUNCIL ON MAY 24TH, 2023, CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
MAYOR, COULD YOU JOIN US FOR A PICTURE REAL QUICK? NO.
OKAY, SO WE FIXED THAT PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE GONNA GET THE REAL PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
NOW WE'LL HA, CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG MAN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE EDUCATORS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM, MYSELF.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN COLEMAN.
DARRYL HURSLEY GONNA RECOGNIZE JUDGE TRUDY WHITE FROM THE 19TH JUDICIAL COURT,
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THE PROCLAMATION.AND JUDGE WHITE HAS RETIRED AFTER HOW MANY YEARS OF SERVICE JUDGE? OVER 20 ON SET.
HOW MANY HOW MANY YEARS ALONE? I'M GETTING READY TO TELL YOU ALL OF THAT.
OH, YOU READY? TELL ME ALL THAT.
SO, UH, INDEED YOU COULD SEE THE REACTION FROM EVERYONE WHEN, UH, JUDGE TRUDY WHITE'S NAME, UH, WAS MENTIONED.
AND SO I THINK IT IS INDEED A GREAT PLEASURE.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HEAVY HEART, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE RETIREMENT OF JUDGE TRUDY WHITE.
SHE IS TRULY AN ICON, UH, IN THE LEGAL FIELD AND AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR MANY YEARS, JUDGE WHITE HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS JUDGE IN THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF EASTBOUND ROUGE.
HER DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HER THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.
JUDGE WHITE HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE LEGAL FIELD, USING HER EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS.
SHE HAS BEEN A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, A CHAMPION FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED, AND A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE.
UH, YOU ASKED A LITTLE BIT MAYOR PROTE ABOUT, UH, SOME OF HER EXPERIENCES IN HER LENGTH OF SERVICE.
LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THIS.
UM, IN 1999, JUDGE TRUDY, UH, WHITE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE, UM, IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH TO BE ELECTED JUDGE.
AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ELECTED TO THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT DIVISION B, SHE WAS ELEVATED TO THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, AS I SAID, BENCH DIVISION J IN 2009, WHERE SHE PRESIDED OVER CRIMINAL, UH, AND CIVIL MATTERS.
UM, A LITTLE KNOWN, WELL, MAYBE IT IS A KNOWN FACT ABOUT, UM, JUDGE WHITE AND WE HAVE CHRONICLED IT HERE.
AND THAT IS THAT HER PUBLIC SERVICE HAS GONE BEYOND THE BENCH.
ONE OF, UM, HER OUTSTANDING MOMENTS WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THE DOCUMENTARY TROUBLED WARS, UH, WHICH TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF, UH, BATON ROUGE AND, UH, A LOT THAT WENT ON DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
IN FACT, UM, I WAS TEACHING AT ONE POINT AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IN MASS COMMON, AND I HAD JUDGE, WE LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENTARY AND I HAD JUDGE WHITE COME SPEAK TO MY CLASS.
SO THIS COMMENDATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HER RETIREMENT IS EXTREMELY LENGTHY BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO JUDGE WHITE, I KNOW OUR COLLEAGUES ARE GONNA COME UP HERE AND SHARE WITH YOU, BUT TRULY, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE, WE COMMEND YOU AND WE WANT YOUR RETIREMENT TO BE FILLED WITH JOY, HAPPINESS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE A LEGACY HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
PLEASE, I WANT TO DITTO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE CERTIFICATE I HAVE HERE SAYS EXACTLY WHAT THE ONE SAYS THERE, BUT IT'S JUST FROM THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
SO BEHALF ON THE COUNCIL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ITS YOUR SHOULDERS WE STAND ON IN THE WORK WE DO, UH, NOT JUST HERE IN BATON ROUGE, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION FIRST.
UH, YOUR OUTSTANDING LEGAL SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE.
AND FOR YOUR SOUND, LEGAL ADVICE, COMMITTED LEADERSHIP AND VALUED COUNCIL.
WE, I WISH TO CONTINUE, WISH YOU CONTINUED HEALTH, HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY ON YOUR RETIREMENT, YOU WILL BE MISSED.
WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, ADVICE AND MENTORSHIP YOU PROVIDED FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
AS COLE MENTIONED, WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU.
AND SO, JUDGE, AS A NATIVE OF BATON ROUGE, AS A NATIVE OF BATON, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND AS A GRADUATE OF THE BIG BLUE MACHINE, MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL,
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THE ONLY SCHOOL WE KNOW.AND WHEN WE SAY ICON AND WHEN WE SAY ALL OF THESE WORDS ABOUT A LEGACY, YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF THAT.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE TO DO, BUT ON JUNETEENTH, THAT WILL BE TRUDY WHITE DAY.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME ON DOWN HERE AND GET IN THIS PICTURE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, HERE'S THE MIC.
EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE FOR ME.
ALL, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT THE END OF THE RECESS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT STAYING FOR THE MEETING, YOU CAN EXIT AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR, YOUR SEATS.
WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU A PART OF OUR BROADCAST.
IT'S MAY 24TH, 2023, AND WE'RE ALL SET TO GO.
OUR ASSISTANT COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, TREASURER, JUSTIN MYERS, IS STANDING BY WITH THE ROLL CALL, BUT I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER RIGHT NOW TO THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PRO TIM OF EAST BEN ROUGE PARISH.
AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING FROM OUT OF TOWN, WE ARE THE MOST POPULATED PARISH IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT SEVEN, COUNCILMAN LAMONT COLE.
COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH DENNIS.
AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE HERE AND EVERYONE AT HOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS MAY 24TH, 2023 AT 3:30 PM I'M, EXCUSE ME, AT 4:00 PM UH, JUSTIN, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA INVITE APOSTLE LAWRENCE HARDY, SENIOR PASTOR OF THE HOUSE OF JUDI MINISTRIES, UH, TO, TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION.
AND RIGHT AFTER HIM I'LL INVITE LATRELL GRIFFIN TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PASTOR HARDY, RUNNING A FEW MINUTES BEHIND.
SO IN THE LIEU OF IT BEING DISTRICT FIVE, UH, MONTH OF MAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THE PRAYER.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER YOUR NAME TODAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, HE SAID, WHEN TWO OR MORE GATHERING YOUR NAME, YOU IN THE MIDST.
AND GOD, WE ASK YOU BE IN THE MIDST OF THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, THAT WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT US IN OFFICE TO HELP BETTER THE LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
GOD, WE ASK THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A FAIR COUNCIL, A COUNCIL THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY, GOD AND, AND A COUNCIL THAT DOES THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE GOD.
AND WE'LL JUST PRAY SAFE TRAVEL TO AND FROM, AND THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.
AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE COME UP LATRELL GRIFFIN WITH THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO BEGIN WITH ITEM
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
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ONE, APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 10TH, 2023 AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S ONLY MEETING OF MAY 17TH AND THE GREATER BAT ROUGE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF MAY 9TH BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE TO MOVE BY COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MA MOROSA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODA.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ANNUAL PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX TO THE SHERIFF OF EAST BARRON ROUGE PARISH AND ARE MOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AREA, CAPITAL AREA FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND CAPITAL AREA DEVELOPMENT, INCORPORATED BY COUNCILMAN LAMONT COLE.NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL REGION PLANNING COMMISSION TO PROVIDE EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISHES PRORATED PORTION OF THE LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,264 AND 72 CENTS FOR THE SAFE ROUTE FOR ALL ACTION PLANNING GRANT BY TRANSPORTATION AND JOINERS DIRECTOR NUMBER FOUR, AMEND THE 2023 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED, NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT, FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING OF CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 17TH, 2023, AMENDMENT TO MUNICIPAL POLICE APPEND APPENDIX AT ITEM 14.
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVE PAY FOR NEW HIRE, POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ONE NEWLY HIRED POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.
ONE EMPLOYEES WHO COMPLETE TRAINING ARE CONFIRMED IN THE POSITION AND MAINTAIN ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT.
I'M ABOUT POLICE CHIEF AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
[CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS]
CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER FIVE, BUY, BILL, SELL.BUY BILL, SELL E M L L C 35 26 PLATT DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX DUNN JR.
NUMBER SIX, MAMIE WILSON BROOKS.
8 0 4 NORTH ACADIAN THROUGHWAY, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE.
NUMBER SEVEN, MELISSA MARIE MANSON.
39 58 NORTH FOSTER DRIVE, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, NUMBER EIGHT, EDWARD CHARLES COLEMAN, SR.
31 25 ONTARIO STREET, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER NINE, RANDY BARS 365 LAFA LA FASO STREET, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 10, JEANETTE BERGERON.
49 29 HAMMOND STREET, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE.
NUMBER 11, MARJORIE FRANKLIN ANTOINE IN THE ESTATE OF ALVIN ANTOINE 26 0 4 NORTH BOULEVARD, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 12, THE ESTATE OF GLADYS WOODRUFF.
1 44 NORTH EUGENE STREET, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ADJUDICATED
[ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS]
PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 13 ABOUT 32 B SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION ROSALIE PARK DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 14 LOT 30 SQUARE FIVE SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND HEIGHTS DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 15 LOT F SQUARE 58 SUBDIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE.DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 16 LOT SIX PLUS SQUARE SIX SUBDIVISION FORTUNE DISTRICT FIVE HURST NUMBER 17 LOT 23 PART SQUARE 61 SUBDIVISION GA GALESVILLE DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 18 LOT 20 SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION BOGAN.
DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 19, LOT FIVE PLUS SUBDIVISION BLOOM, PHILLIPS AND KEENER.
DISTRICT SEVEN COAL NUMBER 20 LOT ONE SQUARE 26 SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK DISTRICT SEVEN COAL NUMBER 21 LOT B ZERO ONE A SUBDIVISION BLUE AND PHILLIPS AND KEENER DISTRICT SEVEN COLE LOT FOUR SQUARE NINE NUMBER 22 LOT FOUR SQUARE 97 SUBDIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 23 LOT F TWO B THREE SQUARE 32 SUBDIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 24 LOT C ONE SUBDIVISION JACKSON WILLIE TRACK DISTRICT ONE, NOEL NUMBER 25 LOT TWO SQUARE 97 SUBDIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT TWO BANKS LOT 180 SUBDIVISION LIBEL AIR DISTRICT SIX DUN JR.
NUMBER 27 LOT FOUR AND FIVE SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 28 LOT 49 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 29 LOT 2 59 PLUS SUBDIVISION EAST DAYTON.
DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 30 LOT 16 SQUARE 17 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 31 LOT 26 SQUARE 16 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 32 LOT ONE SQUARE 1 0 8, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO DELETE.
ITEM NUMBER 67 AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS IS IN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AND DELETE ITEM 67.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN ITEM 67 HAS BEEN DELETED.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATION, I'M GONNA READ THE D P W RECOMMEND PROCEEDINGS AS THEY ARE, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82,[00:55:05]
AND 83.THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR THREE WEEKS.
ITEM 79 AND TO DELETE ITEM 76.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? I SEE WILLARD BE SIM JUST WI HERE.
AND THAT COMBINATION IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN'S DISTRICT.
ACTUALLY, UH, I'M ATTORNEY STEVE, ADAM, UH, REPRESENTING ANN ROBERTSON.
UH, TURN TO PRESS THE BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THE MIC.
SHE, SHE, UH, SHE BROUGHT, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY TO TAX SALE AND SHE'S BEEN, UH, PAYING TAXES ON IT SINCE 2010.
UM, HER INTENT, AND THIS IS NEAR HER RESIDENCE, HER INTENT IS TO RE UH, REFURBISH THIS PROPERTY, UH, INTO, UM, APARTMENTS FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
UM, WE'VE GOT, SHE'S, SHE, SHE GOT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY PARISH FOR RESIDENTIAL REMODEL, UM, WHICH I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF IF, IF, UH, IF THAT WOULD, UH, BE OF ASSISTANCE.
THE CONTRACTOR'S NAME IS, UH, RAJI OR O G E E CLARK.
UM, THE, THE PROBLEM AND AS WE STAND NOW IS, UH, SHE CAN'T GET FINANCING UNTIL WE GET, UM, CLEAR TITLE.
UH, WE FILED A MOTION OR PETITION TO QUIET TAX TITLE, WHICH IS SET FOR HEARING TOMORROW FOR JUDGE TURVILLE SMITH, UM, UH, IN THE 19TH J D C.
SO, UM, WE WOULD ASK, UH, THE COUNCIL'S INDULGENCE AND GIVE US TIME TO, UH, GET THAT JUDGMENT.
THERE'S BEEN NO OPPOSITION FILED TO IT.
WE NEED TO START THOSE, UH, RENOVATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CO CO'S YOUR PLEASURE.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. SAMS COUNCIL MEMBER YOU TALKING IN THE WRONG MIC.
AND WHICHEVER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU GOT TWO.
UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I, ALONG WITH MY SISTER OWNED THE PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
IT'S 5 64 COTTON STREET AND HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION FOR, FOR YEARS.
AND WHILE I CAN CERTAINLY RESPECT THE WISHES AND THE DESIRES OF THE PARTIES HERE AND WANTING TO DO SOMETHING, MY ONLY ISSUE IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS TO HEAR THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO DO THAT, AND WE HAVE A CONTINUANCE GIVEN.
AND YET THERE'S NO TANGIBLE ACTIVITY TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY.
AND I, ALONG WITH MY SISTER, WHO ON THAT PROPERTY, HAVE TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UH, PAYING TAXES FOR UPKEEP.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU, I WISH I COULD DISPLAY PICTURES OF THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RENT A PROPERTY WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH AN EYESORE SITTING NEXT TO IT.
NOT TO MENTION, I, UH, JUST WONDER WHEN I'M GOING TO GET A CALL TELLING ME THAT MY PROPERTY HAS GONE UP IN FLAMES JUST GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THIS, UH, PROPERTY.
AND ALSO THERE'S A VAGRANCY ISSUE.
SO MY POINT AS A TAXPAYER AND A HOMEOWNER IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS DONE FROM MEETING TO MEETING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SEE SOME TANGIBLE ACTIVITY.
I HAVE NO GREAT DESIRE TO SEE SOMEONE HAVE THEIR HOME OR PROPERTY TORN DOWN, BUT I HAVE TO AT SOME POINT, UH, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STAND.
UH, NOTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME.
AND SO, 5 52 COTTON, 5 54 COTTON 5 56 AND 58.
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AND, AND WE HAVE COME, AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, UH, MR. SAM SAID THAT WE'VE COME AND WE'VE, UM, MET AND I EVEN INHERITED THIS.AND I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL HERE ALMOST THREE YEARS.
AND SO NEITHER AM I IN, UM, WANTING TO GET FOLK PROPERTY TORN DOWN.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED IN FEBRUARY.
AND SO MY QUESTION WAS, AND IS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SINCE THE TIME THAT WAS GIVEN? AND THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THIS IS NOTHING.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE HERE IN ORDER TO BE RIGHT, BUT TO PROCEED WITH THIS KIND CONDEMNATION BRIEF.
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HIS RESP? YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO HEAR RESPONSE FROM THE GENTLEMAN? NO PROBLEM.
JUST GOING IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOW WE DO THINGS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CONDEMNATION? ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CONDEMNATION? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATION.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 81, AND 82.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR THREE WEEKS.
ITEM 79, THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEM 78, 80 AND 83, THEY ARE TO PROCEED, I MEAN, DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
ITEM 70 AND TO DELETE ITEM 76, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION TO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL CONDEMNATION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS A CONCERN OF SOMEONE NEEDING TO CATCH A FLIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM
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1 29, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM TURNKEY HEALTH REGARDING PERSONNEL COMPLAINTS RELATED TO HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING A PREVIOUS REPORT.ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE STATISTICAL DATA, BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE, REGARDING DEATHS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE BAN ROUGE SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TURNKEY CONTRACT.
ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REPORT FIRST AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.
I'M THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR TURNKEY HEALTH CLINICS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL HAD RECEIVED, UH, A COUPLE OF EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE INDICATING SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND, AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE, UH, ENVIRONMENT THEY HAD.
AND SO TO RECTIFY THAT SITUATION, WE SENT OUR HR DIRECTOR DOWN OVER A COURSE OF TWO DAYS IN EARLY MAY, AND SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, COMMUNICATE.
UH, I THINK SHE INTERVIEWED 13 DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES, UH, AND FOUND THAT, UM, 11 OUT OF THE 13 WERE, WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR JOBS.
UH, WE REVIEWED HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE WE HAD SINCE INCEPTION OF THE, THE CONTRACT.
WE'VE ONLY HAD FOUR, UH, REACHED THE HR LEVEL.
SO EVERY COMPLAINT HAS BEEN, UH, ADDRESSED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE INVESTIGATION DID LEAD TO THE SEPARATION OF TWO UH, EMPLOYEES.
UH, IN THE INTERIM, WE'VE HAD OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF CLINICAL OPERATIONS AND OUR, UH, CORPORATE C Q I NURSE SERVING IN A INTERIM CAPACITY FOR THE HSA POSITION.
UH, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED FIVE PEOPLE FOR THAT POSITION ALREADY AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE, UH, AN OFFER TO SOMEBODY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
UM, COMMUNICATING WITH OUR C Q I NURSE, SHE SAYS THAT THE, UH, MORALE AND OPINION OF THE, THE STAFF IS, IS FINE.
AND SHE SEES NO, NO CONTINUING OR LINGERING ISSUES, UH, OF CONCERN.
SO I'LL PROBABLY BREAK THAT UP AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY MAY HAVE ON THE PERSONNEL ASPECT OF IT BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE DEATHS.
UH, IS THAT THE END OF YOUR REPORT? CAUSE WE GOTTA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO BEFORE WE GO TO THE COUNCIL, WHY DON'T YOU COMPLETE EVERY ASPECT OF IT AND THEN WE'LL GO, WE GOTTA HAVE THE COMMENTS FROM
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THE PUBLIC AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN TAKE, UH, ASK ANY QUESTIONS.SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING HE JUST SAID, MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THEM DOWN.
AND WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE, GO TO THE DEATHS PART.
SO WE'VE HAD, UH, NINE DEATHS SINCE WE'VE TAKEN OVER, UH, IN JANUARY OF 2022.
AND I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY, UH, TOWARDS ANY ONE OF THEM.
UM, BUT I CAN SPEAK GLOBALLY AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
AND SO OF THE NINE WE'VE HAD FIVE OVERDOSES, UH, DUE TO PREDOMINANTLY FENTANYL.
UH, AND THEN FOUR DO FOUR HAVE BEEN, UM, DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES, UH, PREDOMINANTLY HEART DISEASE RELATED ISSUES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KINDA LOOK AT IT, UM, THE AVERAGE, UM, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE, THE OVERDOSES WERE, UH, 30 YEARS OLD AND THE AVERAGE STAY IN CUSTODY WAS 151 DAYS.
UH, THAT'S A LITTLE, UM, IT'S A LITTLE INTERESTING THAT SOME OF THE DATES ARE ACTUALLY SKEWED BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL HAD BEEN IN FOR 395 DAYS.
ONE HAD BEEN IN FOR TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT TWENTY EIGHT.
UH, ONE HAD BEEN IN FOR 113 DOWN TO 19 AND FOUR.
TYPICALLY YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING SOMEBODY OVERDOSE CLOSER IN TIME TO THEIR BOOKING RATHER THAN THAT LATE INTO THEIR, UH, THEIR STAY AT THE PRISON.
SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING STATISTIC.
UM, AND THEN ON THE NATURAL, UH, THE AVERAGE AGE THERE WAS ABOUT 60.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF TYPICAL IN THAT POPULATION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE TWENTY NINE AND WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP WHEN THE COUNCIL SPEAKS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON.
NINE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING THIS WAS THE 2022 NUMBERS SINCE THERE WAS NO CLARITY.
WHEN WAS THE PARISH NOTIFIED? WHERE'S THE DOCUMENTATION? WHERE ARE THE NAMES? WHERE ARE THE MORTALITY REVIEW REPORTS? WE HAVE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAY A YEAR ON SITE MEDICAL CARE.
HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE NO AFTER ACTIONS? WE HAVE NO NOTIFICATION.
HOW IS IT THAT WE GET AN INVOICE? I AM PRETTY SURE MONTHLY WITH NO REFERENCE TO AN ISSUE THAT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION AND A MULTITUDE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST DEATH RATES IN THE COUNTRY IN A PRE-TRIAL FACILITY.
HOW IS IT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DETAILS? I HAVE ASKED THIS COUNCIL YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT IS TIME FOR AN INDEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WHAT IS WRONG.
AND I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AGAIN ASKING THAT THIS COUNCIL AS A BODY ASKED FOR A PERFORMANCE AUDIT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WORKING.
80% OF ALL INDIVIDUALS IN JAILS DON'T HAVE ANY DEATHS AT ALL.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST HIDEOUS, HIDEOUS MEDICAL STORIES.
I LITERALLY GET CALLS IN TEXAS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I HAVE A PARENT RIGHT NOW WHO IS IN PANIC MODE BECAUSE HIS SON WAS SENT TO CATULA WHERE HE IS NOT GOING TO GET MEDICAL SERVICES.
I GET CALLS EVERY DAY FROM PEOPLE ASKING ME WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEIR LOVED ONES GET WHAT THEY NEED.
AND I COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND I WILL CONTINUE TO COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS BELONGS TO GOD FIRST, THEIR FAMILY SECOND,
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BUT TO YOU ALL AS WELL, THEY ARE YOUR CITIZENS.AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT TURN YOUR BACKS ON THEM.
AND IT IS TIME TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, 29 19 LEXINGTON DRIVE AT ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
I AM HERE TO, UM, JUST GO THROUGH THIS REPORT THAT TURNKEY TURNED IN LAST TIME AND I HAVE SOME REAL ISSUES WITH IT.
FOR ONE, I'M LOOKING AT HOW ENHANCED SERVICES TO EXCEED NATIONAL STANDARDS.
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HEALTH RELATED GRIEVANCES TO APPROXIMATELY 50%.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE GRIEVANCES ARE NOT REDUCED TO 50%.
THEN, AND I MOVE ON TO PAGE THREE WHERE IT GIVES ALL THESE STATISTICS.
NOW, IN LAYMAN'S TERM, ME LOOKING AT THIS, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I HAVE A NURSING BACKGROUND WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S GONNA LOOK AT THIS.
LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE AFFECTED.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HERE? IMPLEMENTED ONSITE HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, ONSITE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, HP POSITION.
I'M GOING TO NEED THAT TO BE BROKEN DOWN SO FAMILY MEMBERS CAN UNDERSTAND FURTHER PATIENTS SEEN BY DENTAL 816.
AND THE YEAR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTRACT INSIDE OF E B R, THEY HAS NOT BEEN ONE SINGLE PERSON SEEN BY A DENTIST.
AND IF YOU CAN PROVE ME WRONG, I INVITE YOU TO DO THAT.
SO YOU ARE GONNA TELL ME THAT 351 OF OUR LOVED ONES WAS SENT OUT TO EMERGENCY, AND THAT'S OKAY.
HOSPITAL MISSIONS 130, WHAT WERE THEY OMITTED FOR? WAS IT BECAUSE OF WRONG MEDICATION? FAILURE TO DO INSULIN CHECKS, FAILURE TO TAKE BLOOD PRESSURES? WHAT WE WANT FAX, WE DON'T WANNA REPORT THAT SPILLS PAGE, PAGE OVER PAGE OF NONSENSE CUZ THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
BENADRYL IS NOT GIVING IN THE FACILITY BECAUSE THESE INCARCERATED PERSONS WERE TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT BECOME AOSE IN THE EVENT THAT AN EMERGENCY OCCURS.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT ON THEIR OWN.
YOU SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLETED SUICIDES.
I WANT YOU TO DEFINE THAT BECAUSE WE HAPPEN TO KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO SUICIDES.
I SEE A LOT OF FACTS HERE ABOUT HIV POPULATION.
WE KNOW THAT BATON ROUGE HAS A PROBLEM WITH STDS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON, WHICH HAS A PROBLEM WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND THE LACK OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDED TO CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS REPORT WAS INTENDED TO DO, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH NON FACTS AND UNTRUTHS.
NOW, IF FAMILY WERE TO WALK IN HERE AND GIVE YOU DATES AND NAMES, IT WOULD BE A SHOW.
THIS IS, WE WANT TRANSPARENCY.
WE DON'T WANT NUMBERS THAT DON'T REPRESENT PEOPLE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS SPEAKING TO MIKE FOR ME, PLEASE.
AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK, UH, REVEREND ALEXANDER ANDERSON.
SO AS IT RELATES TO, UM, YOUR REPORT, AND YOU INDICATED THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL THAT THERE HAVE THAT THE MORALE IS GOOD.
SO WHAT WAS THE TOOL THAT YOU USED TO DETERMINE THAT? WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, REPRESENTATION.
SHE'S OUR ONSITE, UH, SHE'S FILLING IN, IN THE HSA ROLE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THE, THE TOOL THAT WE'VE DETERMINED THAT BY AS JUST HER GENERAL OBSERVATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE EMPLOYEES THAT SHE ENCOUNTERS ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A TOOL THAT YOU CAN REPORT MORALE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU COULD SAY, I COULD TELL EVERYBODY NOT DEPRESSED.
I COULD TELL EVERYBODY HAVING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A TOOL.
UM, SO I DO NEED TO, UM, IF YOU TAKE A NOTE MM-HMM.
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THE, UH, EMPLOYEES CAN EITHER DO THE SUGGESTION BOX RIGHT OR SOME KIND OF WAY AS IT RELATES TO WHO YOUR CURRENT STAFF IS WITHOUT THEM, UM, IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES.SO WE CAN REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
AND, UM, IN, AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUES, UM, THAT BE THAT BEFORE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT YOU LEARNED FROM THE PREVIOUS SITUATIONS, UH, REGARDING, UM, WHAT CHANGES, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, CHANGES THAT, THAT HAVE, THAT YOU'VE PUT IN PLACE SINCE THAT? OKAY.
AND WHAT ARE SOME LESSONS LEARNED? SO ONE OF THE THINGS TO, TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RELEASING, UM, AN ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY QUARTERLY TO ENSURE, UM, THE EMPLOYEES ARE SATISFIED AND THE PLANS ARE STRATEGIC AROUND THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT THOSE RESULTS ARE SHOWING.
SO THAT IS THE WORKS AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, SO DURING HER TWO DAY, UH, PRESENCE ON THE, ON THE SITE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID LEARN IS, UM, THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES ON THE ONBOARDING, UH, WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND KIND OF HELP.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF RESET THAT DYNAMIC TO EDUCATE THEM.
JUST THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UH, HSA HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT I THINK WAS MISINTERPRETED, UH, BY THE, BY THE STAFF.
BUT THE PROBLEM, WHAT WAS THAT STATEMENT? WELL, THE STATEMENT WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T TO CONTACT HR.
AND SO REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS MISINTERPRETED, IT WAS MISINTERPRETED.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH REPAIRING THAT ISSUE.
WE HAVE TO GET THE, SO LIKE ON THE ONBOARDING, YOU GONNA HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE A ISSUE, WHAT THE, IT, IT, IT WAS LIKE, LIKE A, UM, PROGRESSIVE, LIKE FIRST TALK TO YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR.
WELL, AND IF NOT HERE IS OUR ONE 800 NUMBER.
AND, AND IT AND EXPLAINS HOW TO ACCESS HR IN, IN THE HOW DO, HOW DO YOU ACCESS IT? HR, YOU CAN HR TURNKEY HEALTH CLINICS.COM.
BUT THEN ALSO YOU CAN CONTACT HR DIRECTOR.
UH, THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER AND, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO COMMUNICATION.
SO YOU'RE GONNA LIKE LET THEM KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, THIS IS WHO YOU CALL, CORRECT.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WAS THAT WHEN HR CAME, UM, THAT THEY TOLD WHEN THEY, WHEN THE WORKERS MET WITH THE, THE HR PERSON MM-HMM.
SO DO YOU ALL HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL CLAUSE FOR YOUR HSA THAT, UH, AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT ADDRESS THAT AND WHAT THE REMEDY WOULD BE? I, I WOULDN'T AGREE THAT THAT HAPPENED.
I WOULDN'T, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE SAID THAT IT WAS SAID, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW, HOW TO ELIMINATE ISSUES.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS WHAT HAVE YOU PUT IN PLACE, UM, IN WRITING THAT WILL MAKE YOUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A CONFIDENTIALITY, UM, PROFILE AND THAT WHEN THEY TALK TO HR, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE HR PERSON REPEATING WHAT THEY SAY ARE, ARE.
AND IF THERE IS, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECIPROCAL, UM, RECIPROCITY WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO DEFINE THOSE ISSUES.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE? SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE SPECIFICALLY TO THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING MM-HMM.
THAT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S MY POLICY.
SO, SO I, I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST STRAIGHT UP HR, IT DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT IS A COMPLAINT THAT CAME FROM MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
THE IT IS, AND, UH, IT IS BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET YOU FROM ALWAYS HAVING TO DEFEND EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU COULD FIND EVERYBODY THERE.
BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THOSE THINGS IN PLACE, AND YOU ARE DEALING WITH A POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE.
IF YOU LOOK IN ASH IS IN THE PAPER, WELL, ASH, WELL THEY LETTING GO EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT THERE, IT JUST, I THINK IT WAS ON OUR EMAIL, WE'RE GETTING SO MANY EMAIL, WE ARE HIRING NURSES, WE'RE ON CNAS.
SO FOR ME AS AN EMPLOYER, AND IT MAY, THE MAYBES OF SOUTH OF LOUISIANA THING, WE REALLY DO TRY TO WORK WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND WE DO WANT THEM TO HAVE A HAPPY, ESPECIALLY IN A DIFFICULT SETTING AND POPULATION THAT IS HIGHLY STRESSFUL.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE INCENTIVE PACKAGES YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE NURSE OF THE YEAR? WHAT, WHAT FUN STUFF YOU DO? RIGHT.
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ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT OUR, UM, HR DIRECTOR IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.BUT NOW WE'RE DOING MORE, UH, EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE AWARENESS OF, YOU KNOW, FOCUS LIKE AN EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT ON A MONTHLY, UM, EMAIL NEWSLETTER TYPE THING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WHAT KIND OF FELLOWSHIPS DO Y'ALL HAVE? LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, DO Y'ALL HAVE IT'S LIKE A BORING PLACE.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY, LIKE, ALL I KNOW IS I GO TO MY WORK AND I DO MY SHIFT.
I MEAN, EVEN SINCE I HEARD THAT THIS WEEK, LOOK, I JUST GO ON, I JUST DO MY SHIFT AND I JUST LEAVE.
WHAT, HOW DO, THAT'S NOT A MORALE THAT, THAT'S NOT PEOPLE HAPPY WITH THE JOB AND PEOPLE REALLY DO DO WELL MORE THAN MONEY.
THE NUMBER ONE INCENTIVE FOR EMPLOYEES IS NOT MONEY.
AND LAST WEEK WAS, ACTUALLY, IT WAS EITHER LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE WAS, UH, NATIONAL NURSES APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND SO WE PROVIDE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE COMPANY WITH A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SWAG BAG, KIND OF A THANKFUL, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES AND STUFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IS YOUR NAME ON ALL THIS STUFF IN THE SWAG BAG? IS THERE YOUR NAME? TURNKEY.
WELL, PEOPLE GET THAT AT, PEOPLE GET OUTTA WAY AT, RIGHT.
Y'ALL JUST DON'T, Y'ALL NOT FREE.
BUT ANYWAY, I THINK I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE SINCE.
UH, SINCE YOU FIRED THE OTHER TWO PERSONS MM-HMM.
AND THEY ARE NOT GONNA, I MEAN, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SPEAK UP IN THEIR MIND.
AND SO THEY ARE NOT, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE ONE OF THE BETTER, BETTER SALARY.
A 30,000, $30 A HOUR, I THINK IS WHAT I'M TOLD.
IS THAT RIGHT? I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHICH SPECIFIC PERSON.
SO FOR WHAT I'M TOLD Y'ALL, Y'ALL, THEY, THEY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, UM, ACTUALLY THERE WAS LIKE THREE PEOPLE IN THE NAIL SHOP AT ONE TIME WITH ME AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE SAID, OH, I WORK FOR THE MEDICAL AT PARISH PRISON.
AND THEN THE LADY AT THE FOOT BASE SAID, I DO TOO.
AND THEY START TALKING AND WHATEVER.
BUT, SO I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SENT YOU THAT EVERYBODY IN BATON ROUGE KNOWS EVERYBODY.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA KNOW SOMEBODY.
AND JUST EVEN IN THAT CONVERSATION, WHICH WAS JUST A WEEK AGO, SINCE YOU FRIED THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, THEY'RE JUST REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE MONEY.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE MONEY.
AND THAT MIGHT BE ALL YOU WANT 'EM TO DO, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A PARISH PRISON, YOU'RE STILL HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GET, UM, FENTANYL.
IF YOU IN THE JAIL THOUGH, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? THERE'S, THERE'S A, A LITANY OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET ELICITED IN, IN PARISH PRISON.
NO, WE JUST TALKING ABOUT PARISH PRISON.
SO TELL ME, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT, IT CAN BE ANY DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY I KNOW, BUT YOU IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, YOU GOTTA KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS.
HOW, HOW AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE COULD BE TRANSMITTED INTO A SECURE FACILITY.
FACILITY IS COMING TO, TO, IT CAN, IT CAN COME THROUGH THE MAIL.
IT CAN GET SMUGGLED IN VIA EMPLOYEE.
IT CAN BE SMUGGLED IN VIA ANY TYPE OF CONTRACTOR.
IT, THERE ARE A LITANY OF WAYS THAT, SO HOW MANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE YOU HAD WITH THE WARREN? WHAT? WELL, I KNOW THAT AFTER, UH, THE OVERDOSE THAT WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER MM-HMM.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED, UH, THE DETENTION OFFICERS GETTING NO, I MEANT ABOUT GETTING IN THE, IN PRISON.
CAUSE THAT MAKES YOUR JOB HARD.
AND THEY, AND NO MATTER WHAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S GONNA BE LISTED AS YOU LET IT HAPPEN WHILE YOU WERE THERE.
RIGHT? WELL, AT THAT'S THE LAST PERSON.
WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS DID THE HSA YOU, WHATEVER, BECAUSE HOLISTIC CARE IS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THEM SICK, IT'S ABOUT PREVENTION.
SO SINCE YOU KNOW THAT, WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER OF NARCAN OF, UH, NOT NARCAN OF PEOPLE THAT DIED OF, UH, FENTANYL.
WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? THERE'S BEEN FIVE OF, THAT'S YOUR TIME.
I GAVE YOU, I I HAVE, WELL, I'VE NOT EMAILED YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, EXCUSE ME.
MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S WHAT I TURN THE MIC ON, PLEASE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR.
AND AS I SIT HERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ARM OF TURNKEY AND THE EMPLOYEES, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS REQUEST UP HERE, ASKING FOR A STATISTICAL DATA, AND I GUESS THAT'S NUMBERS TO ME, BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
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REGARDING DEATHS AND ANY OTHER, ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IN A REPORT.SO THAT WAS BASICALLY WHAT I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO, BUT MAYBE IT'S IN THAT REPORT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EMAIL TO US.
AND SO FOR, FOR A REPORT, WHAT I CAN OFFER FOR YOU IS, UH, THE AFTER ACTION REPORT THAT I RECEIVED FROM OUR HR DIRECTOR.
AND THAT'LL COVER THE, UH, PERSONNEL COMPONENT AND THEN, UH, FOR THE DEATH REPORT.
UM, I CAN GIVE YOU KIND OF SOME CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THEM.
I CAN'T REALLY GO INTO A LOT OF SPECIFICS BECAUSE DON'T WANT YOU TO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
DON'T, YEAH, DON'T, DON'T WANT ANY SPECIFIC NAMES MENTIONED OR ANYTHING.
WHAT KIND OF DATA? I WANT YOU TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER THAN WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
WHAT KIND OF SPECIFICALLY, WHAT KIND OF DATA WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO INCLUDE FOR YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU, WHAT'S IN THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE? WELL, WHAT I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW IS, AGAIN, IN THE REPORT, THE PAPER THAT YOU PASSED OUT LAST TIME WITH NO NUMBERS, THEY WERE, IT WAS VAGUE.
SO JUST SOMETHING I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO, DEEPER DIVE INTO IT SO THAT IT'LL MAKE SENSE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT IS AS OPPOSED TO BEING SO VAGUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, SHE WANTED TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON, I MEAN, REVEREND ANDERSON, UH, YEAH, I KNOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON A QUESTION AND, AND THE THE NURSE, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO, I'M GONNA BE REAL GOOD.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON, I MEAN, TOLD YOU AIN'T TAKING NO DEMOTIONS REVEREND
SO THIS IS BASICALLY A REDO OF WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT MAKES US LOOK SO, SO, SO, SO GOOD IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SIT ON WITH WHOEVER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS.
AND BECAUSE Y'ALL LIKE WHAT YOU ALL KNOW AND THEY SAY, OKAY, LIKE YOU KEEP SAYING ABOUT A MONITOR WHO WOULD SIT DOWN AND SAY, WE ARE INTERESTED IN A MONITOR, AND THEN YOU GIVE US WHAT WE NEED AND YOU HELP YOU PARTNER WITH WHOEVER THAT PERSON IS.
A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE ASKED, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET 'EM TO DOWN ANSWER TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S TIME THAT'S LIKE 30 DAYS WHERE WE COULD HAVE WORKED WITH YOU OR WITH WHICHEVER CONTACT.
I, I, I WANNA, UM, RECOMMEND THAT YOU TALK WITH COUNCIL WILCO.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING YOU COULD WORK ONE-ON-ONE.
BUT WE, WE GOT A $120, 2000 HOW MANY AGENDA ITEM AND ALL OF US HAVE SOMETHING THAT, NOT TO NEGATE THIS SERIOUSLY, BUT THAT'S LIKE A PRIORITY IN OUR MIND.
BUT THIS NOT THE TIME, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, TO COME UP WITH THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ROWDY GOD DAY AND YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A JAIL MONITOR AND WORK WITH HIM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
COUNCILWOMAN, CAN I RESPOND? YEAH.
UM, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WHEN I SAID WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND WE QUITE FRANKLY DID AS GOOD AN ANALYSIS AS ANYBODY I THINK HAS EVER DONE, NAME THAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT YOU DID THAT WITH ONE-ON-ONE AND THEY PUT AN, THEY HAD ENOUGH CONFIDENCE BASED ON WHAT YOU GAVE THEM TO PUT AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA.
IF, IF I CAN JUST FINISH FOR A MOMENT.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.
WE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THE, UH, TASK FORCE.
WE HAVE A MEDICAL TASK FORCE THAT PUT TOGETHER A VERY IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION FOR WHICH THE CHANGE OF THE CONTRACT WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON, AT THAT TIME WE HAD SOMEBODY ON THAT PARTICULAR TASK FORCE I REMEMBER THAT HELPED WRITE THE R F P I REMEMBER IN THAT R F P WAS DELINEATED SPECIFICALLY ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME THAT WE MADE, NOT JUST THE PRESENTATION AND THE ASK, WE ALSO WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT WITHOUT A HEALTH MONITOR REVIEWING THE INVOICES AND THE DATA THAT CAME IN, THAT IT COULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL CHANGING THE, THE, THE PROVIDER WAS STILL GONNA KEEP THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COUNCILWOMAN, AND TO ALL OF YOU, I AM SAYING THAT CLEARLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR IN THE BEGINNING WAS AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS.
THAT IS STILL WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO ANYTHING BUT APPROVE A PERFORMANCE AUDIT AUDIT REVEREND BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR SO THAT WE CAN ALL FIGURE
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OUT WHAT'S WRONG.DO THAT PAUL, PAUL, SHAWN, YOU GOT ONE MINUTE TO ACTION EXPRESSION.
I'M GONNA SAY IT AS CLEAR AS I COULD SAY IT.
WHO DO I WANT TO DO THAT? YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU HAVE TO FIND A CHAMPION ON THIS COUNCIL WITH A WRITTEN AGENDA AND YOU WORK IT FROM THERE.
YOU COULD, LIKE I'VE TOLD YOU, YOU COULD COME TO A HUNDRED YEARS TO THAT MIGHT, BUT WE, WE ON, ON AGENDA.
BUT IF YOU SITTING DOWN TALKING TO ROWDY GOD DAY AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU UTAH TO SPONSOR AN ITEM TO GET A WHATEVER YOU JUST SAID, AND YOU GIVE HIM THE INFORMATION, HE'S GONNA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU EMAIL ALL OF US THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN MCC MCCA.
YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO COUNCIL? YEAH, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
REVEREND ANDERSON, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT, UH, CAN BE A REQUEST BY ANY LEGISLATOR.
SO WE, I CAN MAKE THAT PHONE CALL.
WE CAN DO THAT OF, OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND ASK THEM TO DO THAT.
COME TO THE MIC COUNCIL, UH, UH, REVEREND ANDERSON, IF YOU DON'T RESPOND, AND I AM ASKING THAT I HAVE ASKED EACH PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL, SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
I'M EXTRAORDINARILY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT COUNCILWOMAN BANKS HAS GIVEN ON GETTING DOWN TO THE WORK.
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU MEETING AND ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
BUT AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MY GAZILLION EMAILS, YOU HAVE THE GAZILLION REPORTS, YOU HAVE THE GAZILLION MEDIA REPORTS, WE ARE IN THE NATIONAL NEWS ALMOST WITHOUT FAIL.
SO WHAT I AM ASKING, AND IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC ASSET, I ASK IT TO EACH OF YOU.
I DID IN FACT ASK IT TO EACH OF YOU THAT THERE BE A, A PERFORMANCE AUDIT AS A STARTING PLACE.
AND I AM STILL SAYING THAT IS MY ASK.
I COMMIT TO REQUESTING THAT OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
PLEASE MAKE SURE WE GET, UH, THE INFORMATION.
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NOW GO TO ITEM 1 28, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON DRAG RACING IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA, COME ON DOWN.I KNOW Y'ALL WASN'T READY, BUT COME ON DOWN.
UH, FIRST LEMME SAY, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING ASSERTIVE WITH THE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ALL MADE TO THE CURRENT DRAG RACING CITY ORDINANCE.
UH, YOU GUYS MADE CHANGES IN 2021 AND AGAIN IN 2022 TO ENHANCE THE PENALTIES OF THAT PARTICULAR STATUTE OR CITY ORDINANCE.
UM, AS A RESULT, THAT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, EVERY, ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CITY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH DRAG RACING WITHIN THEIR, UH, HOMETOWN.
AND IT HAS PLAGUED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
IT HAS PLAGUED US INITIALLY IN 2021, UH, SHREVEPORT, HOUSTON, DALLAS, AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.
BUT AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ASSERTIVE WITH THOSE MEASURES AND, AND CHANGING OUR ORDINANCE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH SOME STATS WITH YOU ALL IN 2022, OUR AUXILIARY STREET CRIMES UNIT, WHO WAS PRIMARILY, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR MITIGATING AND MAKING ARRESTS AS IT RELATES TO THE DRAG RACING CITY ORDINANCE, MADE 14 FELONY ARREST TOW 25 VEHICLES THAT WERE PLACED ON A 15 DAY HOLD THAT YOU ALL WAS ABLE TO AMEND WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE ISSUE.
18 DRAG RACING CITATIONS AND 25 RELATED CITATIONS.
THIS YEAR ALONE, 2023, THEY'VE MADE THREE FELONY ARRESTS, SEVEN MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS, TOWED 35 VEHICLES WITH A 15 DAY HOLD AND CITED 29 DRIVERS FOR OUR DRAG RACING CITY ORDINANCE.
16 PEOPLE WERE CITED FOR SIMPLY BEING SPECTATORS.
UH, NOW I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY STILL SEE, UH, DRAG RACING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
I CAN'T SAY THAT IT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT WORSE
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IF, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY TOW VEHICLES AND CITE THE SPECTATORS.IN SOME VIDEOS, YOU GUYS MAY SEE SPECTATORS BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS, JUMPING ON TOP OF POLICE CARS.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER CITIES, NOT NOT HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
UM, THANK GOD THAT OUR CITY ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED TO MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES.
UM, WE USE DATA, WE USE INTELLIGENCE AND THAT HELPS US STRATEGICALLY PLACE OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN POSITIONS TO COMBAT DRAG RACES WITHIN OUR CITY.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER MARISO.
UM, DEPUTY CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH YES.
FOR COMING AND GIVEN CUZ I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE THINKING THAT NOTHING IS GOING ON, BUT THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY CUZ IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN I WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
BUT SEVERAL WEEKS BACK THERE WAS AN ISSUE WHERE, UM, SOME OF THE POLICE CARS WERE, UM, HIT AND, YOU KNOW, DID ANYTHING HAPPEN WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS? WERE THEY, WERE THEY JAILED? WERE THEY CITED? YES.
DID YOU FIND HIM? DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT? YES MA'AM.
UM, AND AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THIS, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND HE HAS AGREED TO ALLOW US TO NOW PLACE INDIVIDUALS FOR DRAG RACING IN HIS JAIL.
AND THAT WAS THE POINT THAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP WITH THE SHERIFF'S YESS DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DID CONTACT THEM ABOUT COMING AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAD THE, QUITE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD FOR US IS, THEY DON'T HAVE A TRACK TASK TEAM S B R P D DOES, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, I DO APPRECIATE IT AND GET THAT KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS DOES A REQUEST AT THE FIRE ITEM ONE 30, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM A SET FREE, INDEED AN EBR R DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE.THE WHEN YOU ARE READY BE OUR DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN ON OVERDOSE DEATHS AND BATTERY REPAIRS BY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.
IT IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER? FOR HOW LONG? FOR HOW LONG? TWO WEEKS.
WE'RE GONNA DEFER THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANK.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM ONE 30 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO BACK TO PAGE 16.
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WE ARE GONNA START WITH ITEM 84, GRANTING A FIVE YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT, ESTIMATED $8,955 PER YEAR FOR ASSOCIATED GROCERIES AND LOCATED AT 28 31 MONTEREY BOULEVARD.THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE RESTORATION OF THE PROPERTY BY PLANNING DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OBJECTIONS WE GO
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TO 9 85.AUTHORIZED IN THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, EAST BARR ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE TO PURCHASE AND OR RATIFICATION OF THE PURCHASE OF 2.31 ACRE TRACK, FORMALLY PART OF KLINE PETER PLACE, LOCATED AT 11 14 20 PLAIN ROAD FROM THE LOUISIANA ALLIANCE LEAGUE FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
INCORPORATED FOR THE SUMMER $50,000 AND APPROPRIATION.
$30,000 FOR SET PURPOSE FROM FUND BALANCED BY BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ITEM 85 IS THERE OBJECTIONS HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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86 RESIN THE DECISION IN ORDER FROM FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023.COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS PARLIAMENT HARRIS RECEIV REASON FOR RESID HOMEOWNER HAS OBTAINED A REMODELED PERMIT THAT HAS BEGUN TO WORK ON THE HOME BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN'S THAT.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
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GO TO 80 87.WE'RE SENDING THE DECISION IN ORDER OF THE MARCH 8TH, 2023 METRO COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS JOSE ES JUAREZ TORRES REASON FOR RESCISSION HOMEOWNERS REPAIRING THE PROPERTY AND AWAITING REQUIRED PERMIT TO CONTINUE TO WORK BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87? COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 87 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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ITEM 88 AMENDING THE LOCAL RECOVERY FUND, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BUDGET.SO AS TO REALLOCATE $100,000 FROM THE REENTRY PROGRAM
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TO THE Y W C A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS HOMELESSNESS, EDUCATION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAMS. AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT Y W C A FOR THIS AMOUNT OF PURPOSE BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88 WITHOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, WHICH WISHES TO SPEAK.
I CAN SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION COME IN AND SPEAK ABOUT, UM, WHY THESE FUNDS ARE BEING REDIRECTED AND WHAT THE NEED IS AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THESE FUNDS IS? YES, MA'AM.
SO $100,000 IS, IT'S, LET ME BACK UP, BECAUSE THESE DOLLARS ARE CERTAINLY COMMITTED FOR REENTRY PURPOSES.
THERE IS A REENTRY COMPONENT TO THE 100,000 THAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO Y W C A, BUT MOST OF THE SERVICES CAN BE SEEMED AS A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD.
AND SO REENTRY IS GENERALLY CLEAR CUT, UH, POST DETENTION, POST D O C WRAPAROUND SERVICE ORIENTED.
THERE THERE'S ALSO A VICTIM ORIENTED COMPONENT FOR SERVICES TO VICTIMS, SERVICES TO FAMILIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND IT ALSO INCORPORATES SOME SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING PROSECUTED, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL.
AND SO IDENTIFYING A, WHAT THOSE BARRIERS ARE, UM, WHAT THOSE CHALLENGES ARE.
AND IT SORT OF CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTION SO THAT YOU REDUCE THE RECIDIVISM, YOU REDUCE THE PROPENSITY FOR THOSE VICTIMS TO BECOME VICTIMS AGAIN.
AS WELL AS, UH, CREATING A PATHWAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEING ARRESTED, WHO'VE BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SO THAT THEY HAVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, DON'T GET REARRESTED, DON'T CONTINUE TO RE-OFFEND.
AND IT HAS A MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.
SO WE JUST NEEDED TO MOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT STRICTLY A RE-ENTRY, UM, PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE USING THESE DOLLARS FOR.
AND, AND SO HOW MUCH REENTRY PROGRAM MONEY REMAINS AND HOW IS THAT GONNA BE, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THAT REENTRY, UM, FUND? SO, UH, AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE $700,000 REMAINING.
YOU ALL APPROVED A $300,000 ALLOCATION TO THE EBR R CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR A CASE NAVIGATOR TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF DETENTION, UH, WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO EMPLOY BR, OTHER DH DS ORIENTED SERVICES, AND THEN OTHER, UM, RECIDIVISM RELATED, UM, PROGRAMS, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WOULD REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH, UH, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPUNGEMENT AND A CO COMPONENT TO ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A BUDGET FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE PAROLE PROJECT RIGHT NOW TO, UH, HELP FACILITATE SERVICES FOR FOLKS ON THE D O C SIDE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS BOTH THE PRETRIAL COMPONENT AND THE POST-CONVICTION COMPONENT, UH, WHEN FOLKS GO INTO A STATE FACILITY.
SO I'M GATHERING CUZ A HUN WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IS THIS A PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE'RE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO, OR IS THIS, UH, A PROGRAM THAT, THAT THE Y Y W C A IS BRINGING TO LIFE? SO THEY ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO, UH, MEET THE NEEDS OF MORE PEOPLE.
AND, AND ALSO, UM, THE HOMELESSNESS COMPONENT THAT'S, YOU TALKED MOSTLY ABOUT RE-ENTRY, BUT, BUT IS THERE A HOMELESSNESS COMPONENT TO THIS? SO, SO, SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACE, UH, IS HOMELESSNESS.
UH, AND OFTENTIMES, UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE, THEY, THEY FLEE A HOME.
THEY'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER SAFE PLACE TO, TO, TO, TO LIVE.
UM, AND WHETHER THAT'S, UH, SOME SORT OF SHORT TERM HOUSING, UM, OR LONGER TERM HOUSING, THEY ALSO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES, UH, IN THAT SENSE OF HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.
NOW THERE, THERE, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER HOMELESSNESS COMPONENT OF IT IN ADDITION TO WHAT I JUST MENTIONED.
UH, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF, UH, THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE HOMELESSNESS FROM.
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IS IT INCORPORATES A LOT OF IDEAS THAT IS NOT RESTRICTED TO THE TRADITIONAL IDEAS OF WHAT WE, WHEN WE SAY USE THE WORD HOMELESSNESS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FOLKS BEING ON THE STREETS, BUT IT'S PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.UM, AND SO WE EXPECT WILL THESE FUNDS BE, UM, USED TO THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR? WILL THEY BE USED UNTIL THEY'RE GONE? THEY'LL BE USED UNTIL THEY'RE EXHAUSTED.
UM, AND SO THEN THERE'LL BE OTHER PLANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REMAIN.
SO THAT WOULD LEAVE 600,000, CORRECT.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS, UM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR THE, FOR THE NAVIGATOR.
THIS IS FOR ESSENTIALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.
THAT'S MA'AM, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, UH, YES MA'AM.
UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND REALLY ISN'T ALLO AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A HUGE PROGRAM.
IS ANY OF THIS USED FOR SALARIES? UH, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SALARIES MENTIONED.
MAY I SEE THE BUDGET? BECAUSE I KNOW WE JUST LEFT A MEETING AND, UM, THE CHIEF DID CHIEF, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF INDICATE THAT A BUDGET IS PRODUCED FOR ALL A R P MONEY.
UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK I THOUGHT WAS ATTACHED TO IT'S A BUDGET OR A SCOPE OF WORK.
WAIT, I DON'T HAVE YOU HAVE IT.
YOU HAVE A COPY? NOT, NOT ON ME.
ANYBODY HAS A COPY? DO YOU REMEMBER THE BREAKDOWN? OH, LET'S SEE.
SO, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN THEY SAY 5% ADMINISTRATIVE? I LITERALLY, I'M SERIOUS.
I I WOULD, I WOULD GO AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT SOMEONE HAS TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW THESE DOLLARS WERE SPENT ON BEHALF OF THE Y W C A.
IS THAT SOME MONEY THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY? IS THAT C R S? CUZ I KNOW THEY ARE, THEY'RE PART OF MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THERE'S PROPERTY WHO WILL GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE CARD.
THAT WOULD, IT WOULD DEFINITELY GO TO THE Y W MA'AM.
AND DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN ON HOW FAR THIS WILL GO? CUZ THAT'S NO MONEY FOR ALL OF THIS.
WELL, THAT IS WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
SO I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE REQUEST, WHAT THEY BROKE.
AND IT IS WHAT THEY REQUESTED, BUT I MEAN, PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GIVE MONEY, THAT IT WILL MEET THAT THEIR PERFORMANCE, UM, PERFORMANCE, WHAT IS IT? PERFORMANCE ALLOCATIONS OR LIKE WHAT ARE THE GOALS? HOW MANY PEOPLE, WHATEVER, IS ANY OF THAT IN PLACE? UM, SURE IT IS.
UH, I, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO LOOK.
I'M BAD WITH THIS, UH, NEW SYSTEM.
DO YOU HAVE THAT, UH, MS. CHAMBERS? WHAT, WHAT YOU, WHAT WHAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN AND HOW THE DOLLARS WILL BE USED IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE AND THE PERFORMANCE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, RESPONSES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD DEAL, THAT WE MAY NEED TO GIVE 'EM MORE.
THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THE PROGRAM.
WHAT, WHAT, HOW DO WE, UM, AND WHEN I'M SAYING THAT I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY A, UH, PROCESS KIND OF PERSON, WHAT WILL WE HAVE? I MEAN IT, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR BASICALLY ALL THE MONEY.
I SEE WE'RE GIVING A HUNDRED HERE, ONE 50 HERE.
WHAT, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT, THE SUCCESS RATE? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION.
SO THEY DO HAVE TO REPORT, I MEAN, ANY ENTITY THAT GETS ANY OF THESE DOLLARS, THEY, THEY HAVE TO SHARE WITH US WHAT THEIR, UH, OUTREACH IS BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY GONNA BE DOLLARS THAT ARE USED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU REACH, DID YOU REACH? AND WHAT WERE THE NEEDS THAT WERE FACILITATED THE COSTS OF THOSE NEEDS? UM, SO I, I AM NOT A, I I AM NOT A CPA AT ALL, SO THEY WILL NOT BE REPORTING TO ME.
I KNOW, BUT IT IS, IT IS PUBLIC FUNDING.
AND, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, I HAVE FOUR CPAS IN MY FAMILY, SO I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CPA TO HAVE A CHECK-IN BALANCE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CPA FOR ANY OF THAT, BUT PAY BASED ON YOU HAVING A BUDGET, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE PUT IN THERE.
LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU JUST MENTIONED IS OUTREACH.
SO HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED FOR OUTREACH AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT SHOULD
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BE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK.WHY W C A WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU'VE COME TO THE MIC.
I NEED, I NEED YOU TO BE PREPARED WITH IT IN FRONT OF YOU.
DO YOU HAVE THAT? SEE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A SOMETHING WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY TODAY, BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU? I, I HAVE NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME.
AND IF FINANCE WANTS TO COME UP AND ANSWER SOME FINANCIAL QUESTIONS, I'M SURE THAT THEY CAN FILL IN THE GAPS FOR YOU.
BUT Y'ALL GET MAD WHEN I TALK ABOUT INCOMPETENCE.
ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER DUNTON.
I JUST WANT TO ADD A, UH, A FEW POINTS OF CLARITY.
UM, AS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN GO, THEY STATE, ALTHOUGH IF COUNCILWOMAN, UH, BANKS HEARD HIM, UH, BECAUSE HIS MIC WASN'T ON, UH, TO YOUR CONCERN ABOUT IS THIS ENOUGH MONEY, IS IT GONNA MEET THE NEED? THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
UH, EARLIER WE GAVE THE Y W C A A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO SOME OF THESE SERVICES.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
UM, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, 1000001.1 MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
WE MAY NEED TO GIVE 'EM SOME MORE MONEY TO, TO MEET THESE NEEDS.
UH, CURRENTLY AS A R P DOLLARS ARE, UH, BEING UNDERSTOOD AND THE GUIDELINES OF WORKING THROUGH THEM, UH, RIGHT NOW, EACH ENTITY HAS TO PERFORM THE SERVICE BEFORE EVEN BEING PAID.
SO A PLAN HAS TO BE SUBMITTED, THE ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN, DELIVERABLES HAVE TO BE DONE.
AND THEN IT'S, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT I'VE HAD.
AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT AGAINST WAIT, WAIT.
BUT I DON'T LIKE COURT HIM FINISH.
YOU, YOU SPOKE, LET HIM FINISH.
I, I'VE MADE A REQUEST OF, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION AND CSRS S WHO'S GOVERNING THESE DOLLARS, UH, TO LOOK AT IF THERE WAS SOME WIGGLE ROOM IN THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALLER ENTITIES WHO DON'T HAVE LARGE BUDGETS THAT CAN FLOW 30 90 DAY NETS AND WAIT TO BE REIMBURSED.
UM, AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET 10, 15, 20% OF THESE FUNDS ON THE FRONT END SO THEY WON'T BE SO CASH STRAPPED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT OF FLOATING THESE EXPENDITURES, PAYROLL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND, AND WAITING 60, 90 DAYS TO, TO BE RE REIMBURSED.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I WANTED TO ADDRESS AND, AND BRING UP.
UM, I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
BUT WHO STUDIED APER AND US TREASURY, THE INTERIM RULE AS WELL AS THE FINAL RULE.
ARPA MONEY IS NOT TO BE REIMBURSED.
ARRA FUNDS ARE NOT TO BE GIVEN, UH, A CERTAIN AMOUNT WHEN YOU, THE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF OPERA IS TO GIVE IT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN ALL AT ONCE AND THERE TO BE REPORTED.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET.
ALL THOSE ARE GOOD PRACTICES, BUT THAT IS NOT WE.
IF YOU, YOU DON'T GO BY WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU.
STUDY READ BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING WRONG INFORMATION.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID IN A MEETING OF THE DAY, BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR, UM, THE PANDEMIC, BRINGING UP DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, VERY WISE GOVERNMENT ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING HOW THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPARITIES IN THE WAY THAT THEY PROCESS THESE FEDERAL FUNDS.
THEY'RE OVERARCHING AND THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO DO THE WORK.
AND SO DON'T, IT IS NOT TRUE, ALTHOUGH NOT NOW, I KIND OF LISTEN, BUT THERE'S NOT ONCE OF THOSE STATEMENTS THAT ARE, ARE ACCURATE ACCORDING TO US TREASURY.
AND WE'RE GIVEN A OUT, UM, FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION.
BUT WE'RE THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO WORK ARE NOT DOING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS.
AND OPERA WAS SUPPOSED TO, OH S**T.
I MEAN, OOH, GO TO THE WORD, GO TO THE WORD COUNCIL NUMBER DONALD A AGAIN, I'M GONNA BE CLEAR, UH, AND MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR, CLEAR ENOUGH THE FIRST TIME.
WHAT I'VE SAID IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IS A CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE.
NOW WHAT THE, UH, R GUIDELINES AND THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE, I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE YOU I DO AGREE, AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE REQUEST THAT WE DO GIVE SOME MONEY UP FRONT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A A BEST PRACTICE, IF THAT'S A GUIDELINE OR NOT.
I JUST KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
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WE HAVE REQUIRED A REIMBURSEMENT.I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT PRACTICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS IN LINE WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES OR NOT.
I JUST MADE A REQUEST THAT WE GIVE SOME UPFRONT MONEY SO THEY WON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH IT.
I'M JUST STATING WHAT THE PRACTICE HAD BEEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? THE ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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89, AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH STANTEC, FORMALLY BRADLEY BLUE STERN ASSOCIATES FOR AN ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR CONTRACT AND RENOVATION OF THE SCOVILLE BRANCH LIBRARY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 BY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
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TO ITEM 90, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT, EXECUTED AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE FAMILY RESOURCE GROUP AND COURTED TO ADJUST THE PROJECT BY $40,000 TO INCREASE KIT SCOPE NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION BY MAYOR'S OFFICE.IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 90? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIRS THERE SECOND.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
UM, CAN SOMEONE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION COME AND, AND, AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS? UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE DOING A COLORING CONTEST.
SAID, SO I'LL, I'LL GIVE SOME OVERVIEW OF THE BRAILLE PROGRAM, BUT MS. DARRYL HERE IS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER.
SHE'S GONNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.
UM, BUT OUR BRAILLE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO, TO HELP COMMUNITIES RESPOND FROM SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM COVID.
SO WE'VE BEEN USING A LOT OF REALLY COMMUNITY BASED APPROACHES.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD HEALTH FAIRS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SO PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT IS GOING.
UM, THE BRAILLE GRANT, BATON ROUGE ADVANCING HEALTH LITERACY IS FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH TO BASICALLY PROMOTE, UM, COVID MITIGATION PRACTICES, OUTREACH AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND RESOURCES.
UM, NOT ONLY JUST FOR COVID 19, BUT THAT'S THE ANCHOR ACTIVITY.
SO FAMILY RESOURCE GROUP IS THE ENTITY THAT PUBLISHES BATON ROUGE PARENTS MAGAZINE WHILE, UH, THE LION SHARE OF THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, FOCUS ON ADULTS AND FAMILIES, THIS IS THE ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD TO REALLY GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND TO PROMOTE COVID 19 MITIGATION AND INFORMATION SAFE, UM, HAND WASHING, ET CETERA, THROUGH A COLORING BOOK PLUS PROMOTION OF NUTRITION AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS.
SO THEY ARE PUBLISHING A CHILD, UM, EDUCATIONAL MAGAZINE AND DISTRIBUTING THIS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SCHOOLS.
THE COLORING CONTESTS REALLY METAMORPHS OUT OF THAT TO REALLY ATTRACT CHILDREN AS IT RELATES TO COVID SAFE PRACTICES.
AND WE HAVE SOME, UM, WORKING WITH THIS VENDOR, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, CERTAIN, UM, PHILANTHROPIC, UH, GROUPS TO OFFER THEM PRIZES AS A RESULT OF THE COLORING BOOK CONTESTS.
AND WHERE THIS MONEY COMING FROM? IS IT OUT OF THE MAYOR'S BUDGET? WHERE IS THIS 40,000 MONEY FROM? NO, THIS, THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT.
THAT WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IT'S A TWO YEAR GRANT, WHICH BASICALLY THE LINE SHARE OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL WRAP UP IN JUNE ON JUNE 30TH.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW VENDORS WHO WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH US THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND, AND SO WHO'S, UM, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIGURING OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS SAID? UM, AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COPY, THE MESSAGING, I GUESS WHO, WHO DOES THE MESSAGING? FAMILY RESOURCE GROUP, BUT SO THEY MAKE THE MESSAGE THEMSELVES SO YOU DON'T GIVE 'EM GUIDELINES AND IT'S VETTED.
UM, THROUGH OUR OFFICE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM ON THE VERBIAGE FOR THE COLORING CONTEST.
BUT BASICALLY THEY, UM, THEY PRETTY MUCH OPERATE THE ACTIVITIES, BUT WE ARE MADE AWARE OF, AND WE
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APPROVE THIS ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.AND WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE, THE DROP OFF SITES, MEANING THE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFIT, UM, ENTITIES IN, IN ADDITION TO THE AREA LIBRARIES WHERE THEY DISTRIBUTE THESE PUBLICATIONS.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WERE SOME PUBLICATIONS OUTSIDE ON THAT DESK.
THERE ARE SOME IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE ACTUAL, UM, KIDS' MAGAZINE WITH THE COLORING, UM, CONTEST FEATURED.
AND THE DEADLINE IS MAY 31ST FOR, UM, SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN, GRADES ONE THROUGH FIVE TO PARTICIPATE.
OH, SO IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
IF THEY ALREADY HAD A CONTRACT YES.
UM, THAT YOU ALL APPROVED SOMETIME AGO, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO INCORPORATE THE COLORING BOOK CONTEST THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.
UH, ITEM HAS BEEN MOTIONED BY MYSELF AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCC COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 90 HAS BEEN
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APPROVED.THERE IS A REQUEST BY THE DEPARTMENT TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF THE SUB RECIPIENT GRANT WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR GREATER BATON ROUGE INCORPORATED TO INCREASE THE PROJECT COST OF RICHMOND PARK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF $726,000 BY MAYOR'S OFFICE.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? THERE IS A REQUEST TO DELETE THE ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK, SECONDED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
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GO TO ITEM 92.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ATTENTION TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AREA.
WITHER TO CONNECTS ENTER AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT UPON THE GRANTS AND CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92? WHEN HOUR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 92? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDARY BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE ECKER CONNECTS PROGRAM.
IS THERE SOMEBODY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHO COULD, COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS? GOOD EVENING.
ECKER CONNECTS IS THE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO EMPLOY OR TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH ALL OF THE FEDERAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE FEDERAL HIRING STANDARDS, ALL OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS THROUGH THE
SO THE ONE STOP OPERATOR IS THE, UH, CONTRACT THROUGH ECO CONNECTS AND TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THOSE, UH, REGULATIONS.
AND IS THIS THE ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE? YES.
IT WAS FIRST AWARDED TO URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA, THEN TO ER CONNECTS, AND THIS IS THE THIRD TERM.
AND ABOUT HOW, SO YOU WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR JOBS OR, YES.
SO WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND DIRECTLY WITH THE, UH, CLIENTS AS WELL.
AND, AND HOW, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW MANY CLIENTS DO YOU, DO YOU WORK WITH A YEAR? FOR US, UM, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GIVE A NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT ALL OF THE CLIENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE PROVIDE RESOURCES, UH, WORK WITH PARTNERS, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE COMPLIANCE SIDE AS WELL AS THE WORKFORCE SIDE AS WELL.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
MOTION BY, I MEAN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
SECONDED BY OH, COUNCILMAN MOTE.
CAN YOU COME BACK UP? I'M STILL NOT CLEAR AS TO WHAT I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
AS FAR AS WE ARE, WE HAVE TO COMPLY OUR HIRING PRACTICES AND EVERYTHING, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
WHAT, WHAT IS WE, WE DOLLARS, UH, WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES AT? SO, SO IT'S A SPECIFIC TYPE OF WORKFORCE.
WHICH IS, SO MAKING SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING DOLLARS, UH, SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, TRANSITIONAL DOLLARS, UH, REENTRY DOLLARS, UH, DISLOCATED WORKERS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, UM, LOST THEIR JOB DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
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LEADS TO OTHER FUNDING.THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO THE ONE-STOP OPERATOR ENSURES THAT NON-DISCRIMINATION PLANS, UH, THE E E O C, UH, ADA REQUIREMENTS AND ANYTHING DEALING WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REMAINS IN COMPLIANCE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE HIRE YES.
FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE HIRE FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, AS WELL AS THE WORKFORCE OF, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE PERRY EMPLOYEE.
SO ECKER CONNECTS IS CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYEE VR.
THERE ARE 15, UH, ONE-STOP CENTERS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EACH ONE-STOP CENTER HAS A ONE-STOP OPERATOR SINCE, UH, 2016 AND, UH, EAST BAD ROUGE PARISH, THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE ONE STOP OPERATOR.
AND I, I BELIEVE, UH, WE ASKED THIS A WHILE AGO, HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE WE, UH, DEALING WITH AT EMPLOYEE BR? WE HAVE 25 EMPLOYEES AT EMPLOYEE BR, UM, THAT WORK WITH ALL OF THE, UH, EMPLOYERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERTZ.
SECONDED BY THE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
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93, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH TECH CONSULTING SERVICES FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BATON ROUGE ELECTRIC VEHICLE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $126,800 FOR MY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL.
WE GOT ONE ONLINE COMMENT, WHICH IS WE HAVE ONE COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 93 THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENIED? UH, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC COLEMAN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORGAN.
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OBJECTIONS WE NOT GO? ITEM 94, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT.EXECUTE A REQUEST FOR PROJECT AMENDMENT WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND AMOUNT, UH, $795,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AD DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC COLEMAN.
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WE NOW GO ITEM 95, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF, BUT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO AMEND A CONTRACT WITH SJB GROUP LLC FOR AN INCREASE IN AN AMOUNT OF 40 $49,240 FOR A TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OF $99,140 BY THE PURCHASING DIVISION.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95? REGARD TO THE COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS THERE.
OBJECTIONS? THERE'S A RE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 96.THERE'S A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH RYAN DAVIS SEMINO ENTERPRISE AND INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH REMOVAL BUREAU CAPACITY PROJECT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY CORPORATE BOULEVARD, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,320 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAIN DIRECTOR AGAIN HAS REQUESTED THE LEAD.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRISON.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 96 HAS BEEN DELETED.
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WHEN NOW GO TO ITEM 97, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT AT THE EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH JAMES PAT ROY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AT CORPORATE BOULEVARD AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,320 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97? COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE MOTION? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS MAY GO NOW TO 98.
AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT IS EXECUTE CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH ACOM FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT JONES CREEK ROAD AIRLINE, HOWARD TIGER ROAD, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $69,138.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 98 COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HU SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTING AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT LOUISIANA LLC TO SUPPLY MANAGED FLY ASH OPERATION AT THE NORTH LANDFILL AND MUTUALLY AGREED UPON ON THE ANNUAL BASIS TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTRACT BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
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TO ITEM NINE 100.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE WITH GRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL STORMWATER PIPE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $900,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100? WE DO HAVE JARED, MARTY HERE.
I LIVE AT 50 10 MANCUSO LANE, UH, ZIP CODE 7,809.
UM, I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, CONCERNING THE, UM, AMENDED AMOUNT.
UM, I DID SUBMIT A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, UM, FOR THE, THE CONTRACT AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
UM, JUST TO UM, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
AND, UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE TO BE DONE, UM, THAT JUSTIFIES THE INCREASE? UM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL BID NUMBERS.
UM, BECAUSE ONCE YOU ADD UP, UH, 900,000 INCREASE, UM, TO THIS CONTRACT, IT'LL BE UM, RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE ORIGINAL, UM, THREE COMPETITIVE BIDS.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL BID NUMBERS AND I'D JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, IN CASE, UM, THE CITY IS GETTING THE BEST DEAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, UH, FRED, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
WELL, SO THIS IS A WORK ORDER BASED CONTRACT.
IT'S, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE SET A BUDGET.
IT'S, IT WAS 1.75 MILLION ANNUALLY.
WE ARE GETTING A LOT MORE WORK DONE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED THE CONTRACTOR WAS, WAS ABLE TO RAMP UP.
SO THIS IS JUST GONNA ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO ISSUE WORK ORDERS TO THE CONTRACT.
IT'S NOT A IN, IT'S NOT A TYPICAL CHANGE ORDER SINCE IT'S A WORK ORDER BASED CONTRACT.
SO JUST THE SAME SCOPE OF WORK.
WE'RE JUST INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PIPE THAT WE'RE DOING ESSENTIALLY PIPE REPAIRS.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 100 HAS BEEN
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APPROVED.WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 1 AUTHORIZED AMERIC PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PRESSING SERVICES WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATION FOR THE GROOM ROAD BRU BAYOU STORM SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $805,836 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 1 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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BEEN APPROVED.BETTER TAKE ITEMS. 1 0 2 TO 1 23 TOGETHER ONE.
1 0 2 LOT ONE PLUS SQUARE 2113 LOT SUBDIVISION IS STRONGER.
DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF MITCHELL WILLIAMS. $10,000 1 0 3 LOT 19 SQUARE 24 SUBDIVISION BANKS.
DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF PHARAOH JOHNSON.
$1,000 ITEM 1 0 4 LOT 52 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF FONTINA ROBINS $2,800 ONE ITEM 1 0 5 LOT 84 P DASH ONE AND 84 P DASH TWO JONES STREET DISTRICT TWO JABRE M GREEN $2,000 ITEM 1 0 6 LOT 46 SUBDIVISION DEER PARK DISTRICT ONE.
NO HIGH BID OF JOSE M. ALVAREZ $5,900.
ITEM 1 0 7 LOT EIGHT 18 DASH B SUBDIVISION NORTH SACARY FARMS WEST DISTRICT ONE HIGH BETA DANIEL WASHINGTON $20,000.
ITEM 1 0 8 LOT ONE PLUS SQUARE 13 SUBDIVISION MONTE SANO HIGHLAND FARM DISTRICT 10 HIGH BETA.
$100 ITEM 1 0 9 LOT SIX SQUARE 13 SUBDIVISION.
NEW DAYTON DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BETA PHARAOH JOHNSON III $19,500.
DISTRICT TWO HIGH BETA SANDRA D. WALKER $100.
ITEM ONE 11 LOT 46 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BETA LATISHA MITCHELL $5,200.
ITEM ONE 12 LOT 31 PLUS SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND HEIGHTS DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID OF MANDO ALLEN $104,000.
ITEM ONE 13 LOT 44 SQUARE 25 SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID OF RICK A CHENEY $100 ITEM ONE 14 LOT EIGHT AND NINE SQUARE 24 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE DISTRICT FIVE HIGH BITTA AJG INVESTMENTS LLC.
ITEM ONE 15 LOT EIGHT AND NINE SQUARE 30 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE DISTRICT FIVE HIGH BITTA ATRX
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SINGLETON $100 ITEM ONE 16 LOT THREE, FOUR AND FIVE SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION ELLIS LEE, DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF MITCHELL WILLIAMS. $5,000 ITEM ONE 17 LOT EIGHT SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION ELLIS LEE, DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF MITCHELL WILLIAMS $2,800.ITEM ONE 18 LOT NINE THROUGH 12 DASH 12, EXCUSE ME, SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION ELDERS LEE, DISTRICT 10, HIGH BETA MITCHELL WILLIAMS, $5,000 ITEM ONE 19 LOT 28 SQUARE 19 SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRFIELDS DISTRICT SEVEN, HIGH BETA GILLS HAWTHORNE JR $32,000 ITEM ONE 20 LOT 17 SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION BOGAN.
DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BETA LERE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES $500 ITEM 1 21 LOT N SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION BA DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID OF ROBINS RENTALS LLC, $900 ITEM 1 1 22 LOT TWO, THREE AND FOUR SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND HEIGHTS DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID OF WALLY BRAZIER, 53,000 WALLY BRAZIER.
THE FIFTH $53,000 ITEM 1 23 LOT 46 SUBDIVISION BROWNSFIELD.
DISTRICT TWO HIGH BIT OF CHARLOTTE JVS $100.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 0 2 THROUGH 1 23? COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 1 0 2.
SO MOVE BY COUNSEL FOR APPROVING THAT I, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I'D LIKE TO SERVE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 0 2 1 16, 1 17 AND ONE 18? SO MOVE, BUT I JUST WANNA GET CLARITY.
YOU SAID ARE YOU WANTING TO DEFER THOSE OR ARE YOU WANTING TO JUST NOT APPROVE THEM? BOTTOM LINE IS I WANT TO KNOW THEIR PLAN.
I WANT THEM TO COME TO ME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION SO THAT I CAN KNOW WHAT THEIR INTENT IS WITH THIS PROCESS.
WAIT, LET'S, LET'S LET, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S APPROVE THOSE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WE CAN BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 1 0 2 1 16, 1 17 AND ONE 18, EXCUSE ME, APPROVE ADJUDICATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 0 2 1 16, 1 17 AND ONE 18.
SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA, THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, BUT NOW GO BACK TO 1 0 2 1 16 1 17 18.
COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN AND I AM, AND I THINK WE WANT TO BE CLEAR, DO YOU WANT TO DEFER THE PURCHASE OF THESE PROPERTIES OR DO YOU WANT TO DENY NINE AND YOU CAN ASSIST ME.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MITCHELL WILLIAMS BEFORE I APPROVE THOSE THAT ARE LOCATED IN DISTRICT 10 IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHAT HIS PLAN IS.
SO YOU WANT TO DEF OH, GO AHEAD.
UH, I WOULD SUGGEST DEFERRAL AND THEN I CAN HAVE, I CAN.
I'LL HIM TO REACH, REACH OUT TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, FOLLOW ON, UH, UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND HOPEFULLY I'LL HEAR FOR ME.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN MAKES IS COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER SO I'LL SECOND UP.
MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN MAKES THE MOTION TO DEFER 1 0 2 1 16 1 17 1 18 FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN DEFERRED.
UH, WE NOW GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
MATTERS COUNCIL MEMBERS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.A AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF A SUB SHIPPING AGREEMENT WITH OUR LADY AT LAKE HOSPITAL INCORPORATED FOR HAPA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH, I'M THINKING IT SAYS AIDS ENTITLEMENT IT A OKAY AIDS ENTITLEMENT FOR THE CITY PARISH OPERATING YEAR 2023 TO PROVIDE HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT ADHERENCE FOR THE FOLLOW UP SERVICES WITH PERSONS WITH HIV AND AIDS IN AMOUNT OF $112,500 FOR THE TERM COMMENCED ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THEY'RE WITH THE REASON THE ITEM IS BEING CONSIDERED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
THE MATTER WAS PLACED ON HOLD FOR INTRODUCTIONS ON MAY 10TH, 2023, BUT LATER WE SUBMIT ON MAY 18TH PER CD ADMINISTRATION.
HOWEVER, THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AND FOREMOST CD ON MAY 23RD, 23, THAT THE SYSTEM DID NOT ACCEPT THE SUBMISSIONS FROM MAY 24TH FOR INTRODUCTION ON JUNE 14TH OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PER CD DIRECTLY THE GUIDANCE OF THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.
AND DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE NEED TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND IMPACT HIV AND AIDS POPULATION, THIS ACTION IS HEREBY TAKEN.
DID THE MOTION WAY THE RULES AND ITEMS ARE BE INTRODUCED? IS THERE A MOTION TO MAKE THE RULES SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MCC COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BROCKER.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM TO WAIVE THE RULES.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS ON THE MOTIONAL WAY? THE RULES.
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THERE'S A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROGER.THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED ITEM ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
B, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE DECLARATION JOINING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF LOUISIANA AND LITIGATION AGAINST FEMA TO CHALLENGE THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS. RISK RATING METHODOLOGY.
METHODOLOGY, EXCUSE ME, THE REASON, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EMERGENCY ITEM TO PARTICIPATE IN A LAWSUIT BEING FILED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO ATTENDS ON FILING IN THE EARLY JUNE.
ITEM C, CREATING ADVISORY COMMISSION TO BE REFERRED TO AS SCOTLANDVILLE FOOD ACCESS COMMISSION TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FOOD OPS AND INCREASE THE ECONOMIC HEALTH AND THE AREA BY CREATING JOBS ANCHORING, COMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND BOOSTING BOOSTING HOUSING VALUES NEARBY THE COMMUNITY OF SCOTLANDVILLE BY COUNCILMAN BANKS.
THE REASON THE ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER EMERGENCY ITEM COMMITTEE, MASS PLANS TO MEET AGAIN ON JUNE 11TH AND NEEDS TO BE OFFICIAL BEFORE THEN.
NEED A MOTION TO WA THE RULES.
MOTION TO WA THE RULES TO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MCC COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTIONAL WAY? THE RULES.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS ON THE MOTIONAL WAY? THE RULES? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER UH, BANKS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ITEM B AND C HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS LIST.
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COUNCIL MEMBER WILL NOW GO TO CHANGE ORDERS.ITEM 1 24, ALFONS FORBES ROAD OVER SANDY CREEK BRIDGE, REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR OMEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.
$11,861 59 CENTS, WHICH IS A CREDIT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 24 WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 24.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARACKA.
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1 25 BY FINAL FOR ROAD OVER SANDY CREEK BRIDGE, REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR OMEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES INCORPORATED FINAL COSTS $1,423,390 AND 98 CENTS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 25? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 25 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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ITEM 1 26, UH, LEE, CERTIFIED EDITORIAL SERVICE ON THE EASTBOUND PARISH MAIN LIBRARY IN GOODWILL T TREE INSTITUTE INCORPORATED 100 HUNDRED THOUSAND $360 AND 32 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 26.
WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 26.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 26 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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NOW GO TO ITEM 1 27 I 12.LARGE DIAMETER SEWER FLOW CONTROL NCMC, L L C $1,997,000.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 27? WHEN NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 27.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HER SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 27 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA TO ADJOURN.
THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM HAS BEEN COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST, YOU WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? CAN WE DO ONE? YEAH.
SO, UH, IF YOU ARE STAYING, UH, ENJOY THE, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, ACTIVITY.
UH, WE EXPECTED TO GET OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, SO I'D ASK EVERYONE TO SET UP AT SIX 30.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO DRINK SOME WATER, DO WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO, CALL YOUR KIDS, UH, BRING YOUR FAMILY UP.
BUT, UM, I INVITE EVERYBODY IN HERE OUTSIDE AT SIX 30 IF YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND.