Aug 09, 2023 Metropolitan Council

THE, THE INTRODUCTION OF ITEMS. MM-HMM.

, CAN WE GO BACK AND YOU GOTTA MAKE A MOTION TO GO BACK.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO GO BACK TO INTRODUCTION OF ITEMS? MOTION TO RECONSIDER RECONSIDER.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE INTRODUCTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DON JR.

I, I APOLOGIZE.

I WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR ITEM 33.

NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

SAY ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 33, 20 AND 22.

ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 33, 20 AND 22.

ALL RIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE, THE, THE ITEMS BEING EXCLUDED? YOU SHOULD COME TO THE MIC.

YOU DELETED SHAUNA, COME TO THE MIC IF YOU'RE TALKING TO US.

SO WE EXCLUDING 30 22 AND WHAT? 20 NO, 33.

OH, 33.

WHAT ELSE? ALRIGHT, WE GOT, WE GOT, WE HAVE SOME, SOME MORE INFORMATION.

WE GONNA START BACK OVER.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA READ THE ITEM AGAIN.

GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO LOOK AT 2022 AND 33.

SO THOSE ARE THE, THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN QUESTION OF BEING DELETED FROM BEING INTRODUCED.

LET'S LOOK AT THOSE.

WE JUST GOT MORE INFORMATION ON ANOTHER ITEM.

WHAT ITEM IS THAT? WE NEED TWO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MR. RAYFORD HAS REQUESTED TO DELETE 32 THAT IT'S A DUPLICATE ITEM.

SO THE REQUEST FROM DEPARTMENTS ARE 20, 22 AND 32.

SO THE, THE CORRECT MOTION WOULD BE WHATEVER OTHER ITEMS Y'ALL WANT TO DELETE, BUT THE MOTION WOULD BE TO DELETE ITEMS 20, 22, 32, ANY OTHER ITEM AND 30 AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS AND 33 AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS. THAT'S THE MOTION.

YOU NEED A SECOND? I'M GONNA OBJECT TO THE DELETION OF ITEM 33.

HOLD ON.

AND WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES ON, ON ITEM 33.

SIMPLY WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES ON ITEM 33.

SO THIS IS A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 33.

SOME PEOPLE AREN'T LOGGED IN YET, MINE.

COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN DUNN.

I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ALSO DELETE AN ITEM.

WHAT ITEM MAKE A MOTION TO THE 24.

AND WE'RE, OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, ORIGINAL MOTION.

SO WE HAVE AN ORIGINAL MOTION TO DELETE 30, I'M SORRY, AN ORIGINAL MOTION TO DELETE ITEMS 20 22, 32 AND 33 BY COUNCILMAN MOOCH.

AND IT WAS SECONDED BY DONE.

COUNCILMAN DUNN.

AND THEN THE, UH, SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY MS. BANKS IS TO DELETE ITEMS 20, 22, 24 AND 32.

NOT 20, NOT 30.

UM, THREE, RIGHT? I SAID 32.

OKAY, 32.

OBJECTION.

I'M NO, YOU GOT IT RIGHT.

YOU GOT IT RIGHT, SHA HONOR, YOU'RE STRAIGHT.

THE, THE, THE 2022

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AND 32 ARE ALL REQUESTS BY DEPARTMENTS.

THAT ARE, ARE DUPLICATE ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.

YOU SECONDED MS. BANKS.

I DID.

AND THE, AND THE, THE, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 20 22, 24, AND 32.

THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

20, 22, 24, AND 32.

IF COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TIME TO REVIEW 20, 22, 24, AND 32, PLEASE TAKE THAT TIME.

NOW REVIEW THOSE ITEMS SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.

20 22, 24, AND 32.

THAT IS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

CAN I, CAN I BE CLARIFY SOMETHING? CORRECT.

WAS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE 33? OH MY GOD.

OKAY, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

COULD I I SEE 20 POINT 33.

I HAVE SIMILARITIES.

OKAY, ALL WE'RE GONNA VOTE.

HAS EVERYBODY HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE ITEMS? WE GOING, EVERYBODY? IS EVERYBODY LOGGED IN? I'M NOT, BUT I TELL, BUT I'LL TELL YOU.

WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LOG IN.

YES? NO.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WHILE WE WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO LOG IN, THAT WE ALL JOIN HANDS AND SING KUMBAYA, .

YOU CAN MAKE THEIR MOTION.

ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY LOGGED IN.

WE'RE VOTING ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 20 22, 24, AND 32, 20, 22, 24, AND 32.

SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

WE HAVE TO VOTE NOW.

MACHINES ARE OPEN.

YEAH, WE HAVE TO VOTE NOW.

MS. COLEMAN, CAN I VOTE PLEASE? WOULD YOU, MS. COLEMAN? AYE.

ITEM FAILS.

WE GO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS 33 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 20 22, 32, AND 33.

THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 20 22, 32 AND 33.

I REMOVE MY SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.

DUNN REMOVES HIS SECOND FROM THE ORIGINAL ITEM.

THE MOTION IS IN NEED OF A SECOND.

THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO TO INTRODUCE AND RE AND, AND, AND EXCLUDE 20 22, 32 AND 33.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO.

WE ARE VOTING FOR THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

ORIGINAL MOTION.

MACHINES ARE OPEN.

MACHINES ARE OPEN NATION ORIGINAL MOTION FAILED.

THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 20 22, 32 AND 33.

FOR CONDEMNATIONS? ALRIGHT, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63 AND 64.

MOTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL MOTION TELLS COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STAFF, WHICH ARE 20 AND 22 AND 32 AND 32.

THAT'S MY MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF ITEMS? 20.

YOU MEAN ALL INTRODUCTIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 2022 AND 32, ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2022 AND 32.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WOULD YOU GO TO YOUR NEXT SHEET

[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 1 of 2)]

THEY ARE DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.

ITEM 60 AND DELETE ITEMS 42 AND 44.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANYBODY? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? COUNCIL MEMBERS? I GOT ONE HERE.

I DID NOT HAVE ONE.

GOT ONE HERE.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER? I'M GONNA READ.

YOU GOT ONE? I HAVE ONE.

UH, DWIGHT, EXCUSE ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON,

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THE GENTLEMAN, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK.

I'M COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? YEAH, RIGHT UP.

I'M, I'M SORRY.

GIVE ME, UH, GIVE ME YOUR NA NAME AND ADDRESS.

HIRSCH.

WHAT, WHAT ITEM NUMBER WERE YOU? UH, I DON'T KNOW.

I I I, I DON'T HAVE MY ITEM NUMBER ON ME.

OH, IT'S 97.

77 HORSESHOE DRIVE.

IT USED TO BE HORSESHOE BIN.

UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 32 YEARS AND NOBODY'S EVER PAID ME THIS MUCH ATTENTION.

ALRIGHT, I WANNA GET 90 DAYS ON THAT ONE.

WHAT ITEM IS IT? AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE I GOT THAT LETTER.

I GOT IT.

ALMOST 61, LIKE THERE, BUT IT'S 90.

YOU SAID 90 DAYS? YES SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES.

THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 62, AND 63.

THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

ITEM 64, DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.

ITEM 59, DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.

ITEM 58, 60 AND 61.

AND TO DELETE ITEMS 42, 44 AND 56.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'D LIKE TO, UH, DEFER 63 FOR 30 DAYS.

ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY, LET'S PAY ATTENTION NOW.

PROCEED.

43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 4, 9, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, AND 62.

DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

63 AND 64 FOR 60 DAYS.

ITEM 59 FOR 90 DAYS.

ITEM 58, 61 AND 60.

DELETE ITEMS. 42, 44 AND 56 IS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATION? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MINNO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOROCCO.

ALL CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW ITEMS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AS SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM 1 21, RECEIVING A SECOND QUARTER REPORT FROM SAFE HOPE AND A HEALTHY COMMUNITY SERVICE BY PUBLIC SAFETY, BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAURIE ADAMS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN COLEMAN.

ADMINISTRATIVE, I'M GONNA TAKE IT NEXT, BUT I'LL TAKE IT EARLY.

YEAH, YEAH.

I GOT IT.

RECEIVING A PRESENTATION FROM THE YOUTH COALITION BY COUNCILWOMAN LAURA ADAMS, COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN TO GET THAT TO ROWDY OR GIVE IT TO US ALL.

, WE'LL GO BACK IN A MINUTE.

WE'LL GO BACK IN A MINUTE.

WE ON, WE'RE ON ITEM 1 21, RECEIVING A SECOND QUARTER REPORT.

WHO'S GIVING A REPORT? WHO'S GIVING A REPORT? IF THEY IN THE HALLWAY, YOU'RE WATCHING THE TELEVISION.

COME ON OUT OF TIME OUT INTO THIS CHAMBER.

I NEED EVERYBODY TO PAY ATTENTION TODAY.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT EVERYBODY TO PAY ATTENTION.

OKAY, I'M GONNA TAKE IT LAST BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO TAKE IT FIRST.

I'M GONNA TAKE YOU LAST.

I'M MAKE EVERYBODY SIT DOWN.

I WAS CALLED AND ASKED TO TAKE IT FIRST.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DEFER THAT ITEM TO LATE IN THE MEETING.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM ONE 20,

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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND ALSO FOR THE TIME THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE TAKEN TO LEARN ABOUT THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION.

MY NAME IS LUCAS SPIELFOGEL AND FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION, OR WHAT I'LL REFER TO HE FORTH AS BRICK, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S HELPING UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY EXCEL IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOT ONLY ENTER INTO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, BUT

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ALSO CONVERT THEIR POST-SECONDARY DEGREES INTO JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE SLIDESHOW THAT I'LL MOVE THROUGH.

SO I'LL JUST SAY SLIDE WHEN I'M MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE.

I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT ALMOST ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE OF THIS SLIDE SHOW, YOU'LL SEE THE FACE OF A BRICK ALUM WHO REPRESENTS A CAREER SUCCESS STORY, A STUDENT WHO'S BEEN WITH US SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHO HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS IN THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD.

SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HERE, BRANDON VINCENT, WHO RECENTLY FINISHED HIS WORK WITH SAFE, SAFE, HOPEFUL HEALTHY BR, AND IS CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS MASTER'S OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT MOREHOUSE.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS HAS NOT ONLY BEEN HELPING STUDENTS TO ENTER AND EXCEL IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, BUT ALSO TO CONVERT THEIR DEGREES INTO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I'M SIMPLY HERE TO MAKE THE POINT THAT BRICK IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUE PRODUCING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS IT RELATES TO CHURNING OUT, UM, ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE WORKING IN JOBS IN EVERY IMAGINABLE SECTOR.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO APPEAL TO YOU THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER MAKING A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION SO THAT WE CAN AMPLIFY OUR IMPACT AS IT RELATES TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

MANY OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AS IT RELATES TO POST-SECONDARY ATTAINMENT IN OUR STATE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE HERE, ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER OF ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BACHELOR'S OR ASSOCIATE DEGREES.

AND IF WE WERE TO ISOLATE THAT POPULATION JUST DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS MOST FINANCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, THEN THAT POPULATION IS OF COURSE GOING TO SHRINK.

THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT BY 20 27, 60 5% OF JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY AND 56% OF JOBS IN THIS STATE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME HIGHER EDUCATION.

AND WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY MEETING THAT MARK.

WHAT THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS HAS DEMANDED US TO DO IS INCREASE THAT LEVEL OF ATTAINMENT IN DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS BY 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE INCREASE OF 45,000 PEOPLE.

IT'S A DAUNTING TASK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.

IF WE'RE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS EFFORT, WE'LL SEE UP TO $3.4 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUES, $535 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL SALES TAXES FOR OUR CITY, 1.26 BILLION IN MEDICAID SAVINGS AND SO MANY OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM EDUCATION.

THE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU HAVING DONE THIS WORK FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS IS THAT THERE SIMPLY ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO HELPING THE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE MOST UNDERSERVED TO ACTUALLY SUCCEED LONG-TERM.

IT'S ONE THING TO GET STUDENTS INTO A DEGREE PROGRAM, IT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT DEGREE PROGRAM AND INTO A CAREER WHERE THEY CAN BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT AND POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE PROSPECTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

AND SO WHAT I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU IS THAT WE NEED A REALLY ROBUST, DEEP, AND ENDURING INTERVENTION, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION HAS BEEN FOR 15 YEARS.

AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE COULD AMPLIFY THAT EFFORT.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE I'M NOT HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE FULL SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT BRICK DOES.

WE START WITH STUDENTS IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SNAPSHOT, WE WRAP AROUND SUPPORT SERVICES ALL THE WAY THROUGH POST-SECONDARY AND INTO THEIR CAREERS.

I'M SIMPLY SHOWING YOU THE SLIDE TO MAKE THE POINT THAT FOUR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, THEY NEED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN PERSIST AND BE SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

YOU'LL SEE HERE AN EXAMPLE OF A, A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED KAISHA BRUMFIELD.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE TIMELINE, SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION FORMALLY FOR 12 YEARS.

THIS IS NOT SIMPLY AN ALUMNI SUCCESS STORY.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF BRICK BEING DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH A STUDENT FOR 12 YEARS AND COUNTING.

IN 2011.

SHE JOINED US AS A SOPHOMORE FROM SCOTLANDVILLE, STARTED L S U IN 2013, BUT IN 2015 HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL FOR MANY OF THE SAME REASONS THAT NINE OUT OF 10 LOW INCOME STUDENTS DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES, AND IN HER CASE, STRUGGLING TO BALANCE TAKING CARE OF HER YOUNG SON WITH SCHOOL IN 2017, BRICK HELPED HER TO RESUME COLLEGE.

AND IN 2019 TO JOIN OUR FULL-TIME, OR EXCUSE ME, JOIN OUR STAFF PART-TIME WHERE SHE COULD EARN MONEY, WHERE SHE COULD HAVE FLEXIBLE HOURS AND WHERE SHE COULD CONTINUE HER EDUCATION, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO HER NOW WORKING FULL-TIME AT BRICK AS AN HR SPECIALIST.

AND SHE'S ON TRACK IN 2023 TO FINISH HER BACHELOR'S IN HR.

THIS IS ONE OF COUNTLESS DOZENS, I MEAN HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS WITH WHOM WE'VE MADE THIS LONG-TERM INVESTMENT.

AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT THAT IS NECESSARY IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT SEEING LIFETIME TRAJECTORIES CHANGING WITH LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT IS THIS ALL PRODUCING.

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HERE YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HER LIFE SINCE SEVENTH GRADE.

SHE'S A BRICK ALUM AND SHE'S NOW WORKING FULL-TIME AT THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION'S RESULT UP TO POST-SECONDARY.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT BRICK IS OUTPACING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE COLLEGE PERSISTENCE RATE BY A FACTOR OF FIVE AS IT RELATES TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND A FACTOR OF SIX AS IT RELATES TO TWO AND FOUR YEAR COLLEGES.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST OUTPACING THE COMPOSITE A C T SCORES OF THE CITY, STATE, AND COUNTRY, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING NEARLY FOUR UP TO IN, IN SOME CASES FOUR POINTS OF GROWTH PER YEAR IN OUR STUDENTS, WHICH HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR WHATEVER POST-SECONDARY DEGREE PROGRAM THEY'RE DOING.

BUT THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS, IS NOT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS BRICK IS ACHIEVING FROM A THROUGH POST-SECONDARY, BUT RATHER TO TALK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE'RE CONVERTING THESE SUCCESSES INTO CAREER SUCCESSES THAT ARE BECOMING ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS JUST A SELECTION OF A POLICE OFFICER, A DEEP SEA WELDER, A NEONATAL NURSE, AGAIN, A SMALL HANDFUL OF THE, OF THE WIND THAT WE'RE SEEING AS A RESULT OF THE SUPPORT THAT BRICK IS PROVIDING.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE FACE OF THE ONLY PERSON ON THE BRICK TEAM WHO IS DOING THIS WORK, AND IT'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH.

IT'S ONE SUPERHUMAN WOMAN WHO IF WE HAD THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL SUPPORT, WE COULD AMPLIFY HER EFFECTIVENESS AND HAVE SO MANY MORE SUCCESS STORIES IN TERMS OF STUDENTS BECOMING ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY.

I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW THIS ONE PERSON HAS PUNCHED ABOVE HER WEIGHT CLASS THROUGH FIVE FORCE MULTIPLYING STRATEGIES.

SO NUMBER ONE, OF COURSE, SHE'S PROVIDING DIRECT INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT TO HELP STUDENTS PERSIST THROUGH THEIR DEGREE PROGRAMS, BUT SHE'S ALSO PARTNERING WITH B R C C L S U, UM, THE UL SYSTEM AND A BUNCH OF OTHER POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS FORMALLY SO THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO WRAP AROUND THE STUDENTS THAT WE SHARE.

BRICK IS ALSO LAUNCHING SOMETHING CALLED PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES.

WHAT THIS IS, IS AFFINITY GROUPS OF ALL OF OUR ALUMNI WHO ARE PART OF THE SAME, UM, PROFESSIONAL FIELD.

WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HEALTHCARE, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION LAW AND BEYOND.

WHY SHOULDN'T THOSE STUDENTS BE SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER? AND SO AGAIN, BRICK IS AMPLIFYING.

ITS RELATIVELY LIMITED MANPOWER BY MAKING SURE THAT, UM, OUR ALUMNI ARE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

THERE'S NO REASON THAT A, A FUTURE MED SCHOOL STUDENT SHOULDN'T BE REACHING BACK AND SUPPORTING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO'S ASPIRING TO THE SAME THING.

THIS PERSON, CATHERINE MOANA, WAS ALSO PROVIDING DIRECT FIN, UH, EXCUSE ME, DIRECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPORT TO OUR ALUMNI IN THE FORM OF EVERYTHING FROM RESUME WRITING TO COVER LETTER WRITING TO SALARY NEGOTIATION AND BEYOND.

THESE ARE PRO, THESE ARE SERVICES THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING AT THEIR POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, BUT THERE'S A FAMILIARITY AND A TRUST, A RELATIONSHIP EQUITY THAT THAT IS COMPELLING THEM TO REACH BACK OUT TO BRICK ALL THESE YEARS LATER.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE HAVING TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ACTUALLY PLACING OUR STUDENTS IN JOBS IN EVERY IMAGINABLE SECTOR.

THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TALENT TO CONVERT INTO, UH, VALUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, OUR ALUMNI POPULATION IS BALLOONING STARTING THIS YEAR IN SIX WITH 670 AND THEN MORE THAN A THOUSAND IN THREE YEARS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW POWERFUL IT WOULD BE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF WORKING ON THIS.

WRAPPING UP HERE, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR FOLKS TO CONSIDER A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO QUADRUPLE THE SIZE OF OUR PERSISTENCE TEAM AND OUR CAREER SERVICES TEAM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE MODEL IN PLACE AND ALL WE NEED IS THE SUPPORT TO AMPLIFY IT.

THIS WOULD FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIES, WHICH IS CASE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS DIRECT SUPPORT OF OUR ALUMNI IN THE FORM OF, UH, POST-SECONDARY PERSISTENCE AND ALSO DIRECT PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS.

IT'S ALSO AMPLIFYING OUR LIMITED CAPACITY THROUGH SYSTEMS BUILDING BY, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO MAPPING CAREER PATHWAYS.

IF YOU'VE SPENT ANY TIME RECENTLY IN A HIGH SCHOOL HERE, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT STUDENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING NEXT.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET FROM A TO B TO C.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IF WE COULD COORDINATE AND MAP THEM SO THAT STUDENTS OF ALL ACADEMIC LEVELS UNDERSTOOD WHERE THEY WERE GOING, IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN FINALLY, BRICK COULD BE PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER AND OTHERS WHO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL AS IT RELATES TO THE STUDENT'S GROUND LEVEL EXPERIENCE.

AND WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS IN THE TRENCHES UNDERSTANDING WHAT THESE STUDENTS NEED.

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO, TO CLOSE OUT, I THINK THESE TWO SUCCESS STORIES ARE TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL.

THESE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH BRICK SINCE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, AND I PICKED THEM OUT BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IT IS THE RESULT OF BRICK'S DIRECT FACILITATION AND CONNECTIONS

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THAT THEY HAVE, THE JOBS THAT THEY DO, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T EARN THEM, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT SOMETIMES COMES DOWN TO WHO, YOU KNOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP INTRODUCTIONS LED AIDEN WILLIAMS TO BECOME A NICU NURSE AT O L O L AND KARI STEVENS TO BECOME A CONSULTANT AT TWO LANES INFINITE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTING PROGRAM.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE TWO FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKING FULL-TIME WITH BABIES, WORKING FULL-TIME WITH OUR NEXT GENERATION.

AND I THINK IF YOU COULD ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY MORE SUCCESS STORIES WE COULD HAVE WITH YOUR INVESTMENT, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE FOLKS MAY HAVE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A REPORT? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A REPORT? COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

HEY, I WANT TO, UH, COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

UH, WE HAD THE, THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE BRICK HEADQUARTERS A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WE WERE FLOORED BY THE DATA THAT YOU PRESENTED, UM, BY THE SUCCESS STORIES THAT YOU HAVE AND BY THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE MAKING ON THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE.

AND JUST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ALL THE TIME, I ASKED FOR NUMBERS AND THINGS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY REASONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WISELY SPENDING CITY PARISH DOLLARS.

AND WHAT YOU SHOWED US IN THAT PRESENTATION, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, UH, I WON'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE TYPE OF DATA THAT WE NEED THAT PROVES YOUR IMPACT, BUT ALSO PROVES HOW WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN OUR PARISH AND, AND, AND SERVICES LIKE YOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS HAVE THE, THE RIGHT GUIDANCE TO TURN INTO YOUNG ADULTS AND THEN HAVE THE STILL YOUNG ADULT GUIDANCE AS THEY, UM, MATRICULATE THROUGH THE EARLY YEARS OF THEIR CAREER PATH.

SO THIS JUST A PAT ON THE BACK AND THANK YOU AGAIN.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS. LUCAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, AND FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

UM, HAVING WORKED IN IN EDUCATION FOR, FOR 17 YEARS AND WORKED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, I I I COULD REALLY SEE HOW EVERY EVERY YOUNG ADULT IN OUR, IN OUR CITY COULD BENEFIT FOR THIS.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT THE, THE STUDENTS WHO NEED IT THE MOST ARE RECEIVING IT.

UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED THE TERM RELATIONSHIP EQUITY.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU DIG IN ON THAT AND EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH DOZENS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, AND SOMETIMES I THINK WE LAMENT THAT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE AS WE WANT THEM TO BE.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT COMES DOWN TO TRUST AND THE FACT THAT BRICK IS INVOLVED WITH OUR STUDENTS FROM THE TIME AS EARLY AS EIGHTH GRADE, THAT COULD BE MORE THAN 10 YEARS, IT COULD BE UP TO 12 YEARS.

IT'S THE TRUST THAT ULTIMATELY LEADS THEM TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN INFLUENCE THEM, WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM.

SO WE CAN COME UP WITH THE BEST INFOR UH, INTERVENTIONS IN THE WORLD.

WE CAN HAVE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S ABOUT ARE THE STUDENTS GOING TO UTILIZE AND ACCESS THE RESOURCES THAT WE SPEND MONEY ON? AND IT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO TRUST THAT'S GOING TO MOVE THEM TO ACCESS THEM.

SO IT COMES DOWN TO A REALLY BRICK IS GOING TO HAVE A REALLY HIGH YIELD, A REALLY HIGH RATE OF SUCCESS BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT THE TIME BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP EQUITY KIND OF LIKE YOU BUILD EQUITY IN YOUR HOUSE BY PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE COUNT.

UM, MOSTLY PAPERWORK ORIENTED.

I'M SORRY, NOTHING.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UH, YES, THANK YOU LUCAS.

UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH BRICK.

UM, MY, MY, UH, NIECE SHALANDA, I MEAN FALLON HOLLANDS WAS, UH, IN BRICK, UH, GOD, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE SHE'S GRADUATED.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WITHOUT HAVING, OTHER THAN HER FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE, THE FACT THAT WE NEVER HAD TO ASK HER TO GO AND IT WAS AFTER SCHOOL OR WEEKENDS, AND I BELIEVE, UH, IT WAS ONLY THROUGH BRICK THAT SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A, UM, COLLEGE VISIT.

UM, AS YOU INDICATED, A LOT OF THESE BEING I WORK IN HIGH SCHOOLS, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL OFFERED WERE, UM, QUITE FRANKLY THINGS THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS JUST DON'T GET TO DO.

SO I KNOW FOR SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT A BENEFIT, AND FALLON IS STILL IN COLLEGE AND I THINK SHE'S A MANAGER SOMEWHERE.

BUT, UM, KAISHA IS ANOTHER STUDENT, UM, THAT I HAD AT, UM, CRESTWOOD MIDDLE AND, UH, ALWAYS A QUIET DISPOSITION AND YOU COULD TELL SHE WANTED TO BE SOMETHING BUT NEEDED TO KNOW THE TRACK.

I, I MEAN, I KNOW KEISHA'S PERSONALITY AND SO I, UH, DO THANK YOU.

AND, UM, I THINK SHE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SHE FOUND THAT, UM, AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES SUCCESS ISN'T WHETHER YOU ARE A GOOD KID OR A BAD KID, IT'S ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO YOU.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.

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UM, THIS IS LITERALLY THE KIND OF, UH, PROGRAM THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON A COUNCIL, I HAVE WISHED WE WOULD BE DOING.

UM, IT WORKS LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, HER SAID DATA, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE COMING HERE WITH PICTURES OF INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS STORIES.

YOU'RE COMING IN WHERE YOU ARE GIVING A TIMELINE FROM ENTRANCE TO WHERE THEY ARE.

YOU'RE NOT SAYING WE HAD 20 MEETINGS AND WE HAVE 50 YOUTH COME.

SO THOSE, THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA GET OUT OF DOING BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKING.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, VERY SPECIFIC AND DIRECT SERVICE, UH, PRESENTATION TO US BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EACH DOLLAR SHOULD REPRESENT A CHILD.

AND SO I, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY YOU'RE HERE.

UM, I GUESS EVENTUALLY IT IS ABOUT MONEY, BUT LITERALLY, YOU, YOU SHOULD BE GETTING, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SERVE OUR YOUTH.

AND IT IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP, IT IS ABOUT TRUST, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR KIDS IN A LOT OF INCIDENTS NEVER EXPERIENCED UNTIL THEY MEET SOMEONE LIKE YOU IN YOUR ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MO.

UM, ARE YOU WORKING WITH ANY CITY PARISH ENTITIES RIGHT NOW? YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH CITY PARISH OR INVOLVED WITH ENTITIES THAT WORK WITH CITY PARISH? NO, NONE RIGHT NOW.

WOW.

AND Y'ALL ARE STILL SUCCEEDING LIKE YOU ARE, I TELL YOU, UM, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND, AND GETTING THE CHANCE TO COME BY AND SIT AND TALK WITH YOU, UH, AND I THINK IT'S ONE THING THAT A, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HIT ON HERE TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE SHOWING THE SUCCESS.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE SHOWING THE DATA, THE NUMBERS, THAT EVERYTHING, AND I, I THINK I EVEN TOLD YOU IN THAT MEETING, IT'S TO SEE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT, THAT NOT ONLY YOU TALKED ABOUT, BUT HAVE SHOWN AND PROVEN IN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHAT IS, UH, ABOUT WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE AND HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND, AND BEEN WITH AND STAYED WITH AND HAVE, HAVE MADE THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA OR EAST BAT ROU PARISH.

AND SO IN KEEPING WITH EVERYTHING I'VE DONE SO FAR, I WANT TO BE VERY DIRECT AND, AND STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH YOU.

ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR DATA IS IN THE PROFESSIONAL REALM.

AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHY I'M HERE.

SO WE HAVE, WE RIGOROUSLY TRACK EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE RIGOROUSLY TRACK, UH, POST-SECONDARY COMPLETION, BUT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHO ARE, WHO MAY BE IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH AN ALUMNI ORGANIZATION, IT TENDS TO GET REALLY HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THEY ALL GO.

SO WHAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY TELL YOU IS IT'S AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.

WELL, WELL, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT MORE THAN 80% OF OUR STUDENTS STAY IN STATE FOR COLLEGE.

AND I THINK THAT'S A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT STARTING POINT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD TO THEN CONVERT INTO EMPLOYEES.

NOW, I DON'T WANNA LIE TO YOU AND TELL YOU I KNOW WHERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IS PROFESSIONALLY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'LL SWITCH AND NOT TELL ME, YOU KNOW? BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE HAVE CONNECTION WITH ALL 670 OF OUR STUDENTS.

THAT'S HOW TIED IN WE ARE WITH OUR ALUMNI.

BUT, BUT, BUT THAT'S NOT JUST Y'ALL STAYING CONNECTED TO THEM, THEM BY MAKING A POINT OF IT.

THEY ACTUALLY STAY WITH Y'ALL.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU'VE BUILT.

AND, AND THEY, THEY COME TO Y'ALL.

THROUGH FUNDRAISING ALONE.

AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN, I KNOW THIS IS GETTING INTO THE OPERATIONAL WEEDS, BUT OUR, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ALL OF THIS SUCCESS.

AND I DON'T SAY THAT IN A, IN A BRAGGING WAY AT ALL.

I MEAN IT VERY FACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING ALL OF THIS SUCCESS BY PULLING IT TOGETHER WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF, OUR STUDENTS.

RIGHT NOW, OUR 700 ALUMNI DON'T EVEN FORMALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A CAREER SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THEM TODAY, IT WAS FUNNY, I'M GOING OFF HERE, BUT I SAW A STUDENT MAKE A POST TODAY ABOUT HER PROFESSIONAL AMBIVALENCE.

AND I SAID TO HER, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE BUILDING AN ENTIRE TEAM AROUND CAREER SERVICES.

SO ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO PROPERLY DEVELOP AND BUILD THIS AND THEN MARKET IT TO OUR 700 AND ACCOUNTING ALUMNI, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME POURING IN FOR REQUEST FOR SUPPORT.

AND, AND THAT TAKES ME TO, TO THE NEXT PART IS IF, IF WE GET THE FUNDING FOR YOU AND, AND ITEMS THAT, THAT YOU'RE REQUESTED, WHAT ARE THE IMMEDIATE NEXT ABSOLUTELY STEPS AS FAR AS DIRECT RESPONSE TO WHAT WE DO AS A COUNCIL HERE TO HELP Y'ALL? THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ARE TO HIRE THIS TEAM BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IN THE WORKS, AND WHEN Y'ALL CAME TO VISIT, I EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS NOT ME PRESENTING, ASKING FOR SOMETHING NEW.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY HARD, AS YOU ALLUDED TO, TO DO THIS

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YOU COULD IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD BE DOING IF WE HAD AN INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY.

AND SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO HIRE THIS TEAM BY THE END OF OCTOBER, TRAIN THEM UP, AND THEN TO ROLL IT OUT FORMALLY TO OUR ALUMNI SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN GET OUR SUPPORT.

RIGHT NOW IT'S HAPPENING PURELY ON RELATIONSHIPS.

SO THAT SPEAKS TO THE TRUST, RIGHT? SO IT'S HAPPENING ON, HEY, MR. LUCAS, CAN YOU LOOK AT THIS COVER LETTER? HEY, MR. JOSH, HOW DO I NEGOTIATE THIS SALARY? IT'S THAT LEVEL OF TRUST.

WE WANT TO SYSTEMATIZE THAT, RIGHT? AND THEN SCALE IT.

AND SO THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP.

WELL, IT'S AMAZING.

I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE FACT OF PROVEN RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EAST PAT ROU PARISH IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

UH, YES, THANKS LUKE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND JUST TELLING IT LIKE IT IS AND LIKE IT'S NOT.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THE MEASURABLE RESULTS THERE THAT YOU'RE SHOWING.

AND THIS IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND ALL AROUND OUGHT TO BE RECEIVING WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND ACADEMIC AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF.

SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE THERE, WE TALKED ABOUT MASTERY PREP.

YEP.

TALK TO ME ABOUT MASTERY PREP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, MASTERY PREP IS A, A LOCALLY FOUNDED AND OWNED TEST PREP COMPANY, UM, THAT WAS ACTUALLY RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY A NEW YORK BASED VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM.

SO THEY HAVE A PRESENCE NATIONALLY.

AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE AFFILIATED WITH THEM IS BECAUSE I'M THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK CALLED THE COLLEGE PLAYBOOK, WHICH IS A COLLEGE AND FINANCIAL AID ADMISSIONS GUIDE THAT HAS BEEN SOLD 120,000 TIMES.

AND, UH, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MASTERY PREP IS BOTH PARTLY THAT PARTLY SORT OF A REVENUE BASED PARTNERSHIP WHERE THEY SELL THE BOOKS, WE GET A, WE BRICK GETS SOME REVENUE, BUT ALSO WE SERVE AS A SORT OF A, A LABORATORY IN WHICH THEY TEST THEIR PRODUCTS WITH OUR STUDENTS.

AND THE RESULT OF THAT IS THAT BRICK RECEIVES BASICALLY ALL FREE A C T RESOURCES.

HOW ARE Y'ALL FUNDED NOW? RIGHT NOW WE ARE ENTIRELY PRIVATELY FUNDED, ENTIRELY FUNDED THROUGH PHILANTHROPY.

ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT WE JUST RECENTLY WERE INCLUDED IN EBRS BUDGET.

BUT UM, IT GOES TO SAY, YOU MEAN E B R'S SCHOOL SYSTEM? E B R SCHOOL SYSTEM'S BUDGET.

VERY QUICKLY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL, ATTENTION TO A THREE YEAR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE FOR BOOKING SERVICES FOR ARTS AND CULTURE RELATED PERFORMANCES EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR EAST RIDGE PARISH LIBRARY, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTING IN THE MOUNT C $1,050,000 OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD BY LIBRARY DIRECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6 4 4 2.

BUT THAT IS STRICTLY TO COVER OUR K 12 PROGRAMMING.

WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT ONLY THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN STUDENTS ARE SEEKING POST-SECONDARY AND CAREERS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 1 22

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THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THE ITEM OF EMERGENCY? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS IN DECLARING THE ITEM IN EMERGENCY? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? AND I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE MOTION? SO MOVE YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COME ON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK EMPHATICALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM BECAUSE, UH, JUST VISITING THE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD ON LAST WEEK, WE HAVE A LARGE DEFICIENCY RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO ART AND, UH, AND THE ARTS AND PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK MAKING A MOVE LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE KIDS THAT ARE NOT STELLAR ATHLETES THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE ARTS, ART HAS A SENSE, HAS A TENDENCY TO, UM, APPRECIATE OVER TIME, AND IT'S A VERY LUCRATIVE INDUSTRY.

AND THEN BY GIVING KIDS THAT OPPORTUNITY, THAT'LL BE A GREAT THING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS MOVE.

UH, WE AT HELIX I M D, UH, I WORK AT HELIX DOING EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITH THEM, AND WE'RE REALLY BIG ON PUSHING OUR ART PROGRAM AHEAD.

AND THE ART COUNCIL HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER WITH US, SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GOOD DEAL.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? COME ON DOWN.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

RENEE SHALAN.

I'M THE PRESIDENT, C E O OF THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE POINT THAT, UM, THIS CONTRACT ALSO AFFORDS MANY, MANY JOBS FOR ARTISTS WHO WORK IN OUR AREA WHO ARE HIRED FOR THESE LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SO THIS CONTRACT FUNDS AN AN ECONOMY BEYOND ALL THE GIFTS THAT THE ARTS GIVES AND EDUCATION, AND THEN RESOURCES TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS SO ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, BUT IT ALSO CREATES AN ECONOMIC STREAM FOR LOCAL ARTISTS TO THRIVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

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CONSIDERATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, APPLICATION OF INTERNAL MEASURE TECHNOLOGIES BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVED BY COUNCILMAN GODDE, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 22 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 65,

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

IS THERE A MOTION? GO AHEAD.

INTRODUCTION OF THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BATON ROU FIRE DEPARTMENT UNION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DARRYL HURST.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 65 NOW WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVED BY, COUNCIL MEMBER GOEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLUM.

ITEM 65 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE GONNA TAKE AN EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ITEM A 2 3 0 1 0 89

[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ITEMS]

REASON FOR EMERGENCY TO ALLOW THE ITEM TO BE HEARD TODAY.

MOTION WEIGH THE RULES.

IS THERE A MOTION? WEIGH THE RULES.

SECOND, MOVE TO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST AND ROCKER.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTIONAL WA THE RULES? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION ON THE MOTIONAL WA THE RULES? IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IS THE GENTLEMAN HERE? COME ON DOWN AND SPEAK ON THE ITEM IS YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME'S JAKE MORGAN.

I'M THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BATON ROUGE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO PRESENT TO REPRESENT MY FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT IS AN HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO BE ELECTED BY YOUR PEERS TO REPRESENT SOMETHING THAT YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT.

I'VE BEEN A FIREFIGHTER FOR THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 11 YEARS, AND I'M CURRENTLY STATIONED RIGHT HERE ON GOVERNMENT STREET.

I'M ALSO A TEAM LEADER FOR OUR STATE USAR PROGRAM AND AN INSTRUCTOR AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP.

I'VE LIVED IN BATON ROUGE MY WHOLE LIFE, WENT TO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, AND NOW I'M RAISING MY FAMILY IN THIS GREAT CITY, ACTUALLY IN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS DISTRICT.

SO, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M BOUGHT INTO THIS PROFESSION.

I RAN FOR THIS POSITION AND WAS ELECTED OUR ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW SPECIAL OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS.

OUR ASSOCIATION'S PURPOSE IS TO KEEP OUR PROFESSION GREAT AND FIGHT FOR OUR MEMBERS, PAY BENEFITS, HEALTH AND SAFETY.

MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, AND WE THANK YOU.

THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT FIREFIGHTERS DEDICATED TO RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND THEIR PROPERTY EVERY DAY.

NOW IT'S MY JOB TO HELP PROTECT THEM.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND HELPING OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT STAY GREAT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 66,

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WAIVING THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE NINE, CHAPTER 18, SECTION 1 0 0 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

SO EXCESS 10 HOURS OF OPERATION, THE CLASS SAY IN OUR LICENSE HOLDINGS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, ACCEPTING THE THE CITY OF ZACHARY BACON CENTER TO TWO HOURS FROM 12:00 AM TO 2:00 AM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2023 BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK.

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

UH, REAL QUICK, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT, AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 66.

SO ON THIS PARTICULAR DATE, THERE IS A HOME FOOTBALL GAME AND, UM, IT IS A THREE DAY WEEKEND, SO WE'RE JUST SIMPLY EXTENDING THE HOURS, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT GAME.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN ROCK.

A SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO TO 67

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A RESOLUTION APPRO AND THE ISSUANCE TO SALE DELIVERY OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MILLION REVENUE ANTICIPATION.

THOSE SERIES 2023 OF ST.

FOR ST.

GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO BY ST.

GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

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

ITEM 67 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO NOW TO

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68 FIXING AND ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT FOR THE TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2025 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.02 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68? COME ON DOWN, SIR.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JARED MARTIS.

UM, JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS.

UM, THANK YOU.

SO I'D JUST CURIOUS, UH, ABOUT THE

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INCREASE FOR 2025.

UH, WE'RE NOT SURE WHO WILL HOLD THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRESIDENT IN 2025, UM, 'CAUSE THAT ELECTION HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE YET.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF THIS, UM, IS A PERFORMANCE SPACE INCREASE OR IF THIS DUE TO INFLATION? UH, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY COMMENT.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? UH, YAL.

BANDER.

UH, I, I DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT, UH, BUT SINCE I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE LATEST MOTION IS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M SUPPORTING.

IN GENERAL.

UH, I SUPPORT AND A PAY UPGRADE, UH, BOTH FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE.

I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHO THE HOLDER OF OR THE HOLDERS OF THOSE OFFICES ARE.

IT MATTERS WHAT THOSE OFFICES ARE, UH, AND WHAT THEIR PAY SHOULD BE COMPARED TO OTHER HOLDERS OF SIMILAR OFFICES IN OTHER CITIES THAT ARE NOT AS BIG OR AS COMPLICATED AS BATON ROUGE.

OR IN THE CASE OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, THE ENTIRE CITY PARISH.

UM, IF THERE IS A MOTION AND DEBATE ON THE, ON THE MOTION EITHER, UH, ON 68 OR 69, UH, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLY TO RETURN AND SPEAK TO THAT.

UH, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, I LIVE IN SHERWOOD FOREST.

I HAVE THE HONOR TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN MOOCH AND I WORK FOR THE MANASA GALE LAW FIRM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS DISTRICT.

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

COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

I HAVE A MOTION, BUT BEFORE I MAKE MY MOTION, ASHLEY, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THOSE IN THE CHAMBER AND THOSE IN THE PUBLIC WATCHING, UM, THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST OF ANY OFFICE HOLDER, BUT THIS IS JUST A PART OF THE, UH, CHARTER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL TO EVALUATE THIS? YES.

UH, SO THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT THE RATE OF PAY AND SALARY FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT BE SET, UM, IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO WHEN THE PERSON IS GONNA TAKE OFFICE.

SO THIS, UM, SALARY SETTING MUST TAKE PLACE AT SOME POINT BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE CONSTABLE.

THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT BE DONE.

AND I, MY MY HUNCH IS THAT IT WAS DONE IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SET THE MAYOR'S ANNUAL SALARY AT 1 95, SECONDED BY JEN ROCKHAM.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ARE ANY OBJECTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? COUNCILMAN GODA, YOU WANT TO NO, GO AHEAD.

UH, I, I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AN INCREASE.

UM, I I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DATA IN HAND BEFORE WE SET WHAT THAT INCREASE IS.

UM, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE DONE A REAL STUDY.

I, I CERTAINLY THINK, I SUSPECT THERE, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS ENOUGH DATA OUT THERE TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO AN INCREASE.

UM, MY QUESTION, I GUESS WOULD BE TO ASHLEY IS, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PUT TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF REPORT FOR US, LETTING US KNOW WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING ON BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS? UM, AND KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE? I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

UM, I CAN, UH, DO A SURVEY OF OTHER CITIES IN LOUISIANA OR SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES IN THE SOUTH AND, UM, REPORT BACK IF THAT'S Y'ALL'S REQUEST.

AND SAME FOR THE CONSTABLE AS WELL.

MEMBER GODDE.

OF BATON ROUGE IS THE BIGGEST PARISH IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

UM, I, I, MY QUESTION IS, I GUESS TO MY COLLEAGUES, HOW DID WE ARRIVE OR HOW DID, HOW WAS THE RECOMMENDATION MADE TO THE 1 95 K? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, RODDY.

I WAS GONNA ACTUALLY ADDRESS, UH, DWIGHT'S QUESTION.

A CONCERN ABOUT EVALUATING OTHER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

UM, JUST SIMPLY DID THAT AN EVALUATION OF WHAT OTHER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE PAYING, UH, OF EQUAL SIZE OF RESPONSIBILITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE NEW ORLEANS MAYOR IS BEING PAID IS 180 4.

IF YOU LOOK AT BIRMINGHAM IS 1 0 7.

YOU LOOK AT ATLANTA IS 2 0 2, UM, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

AND THE CITY

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AND I THINK THAT'S COMPARABLE TO BE AT 1 95.

THAT'S HOW I ARRIVED AT THAT NUMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, THE SALARY OF 1 75 HAS BEEN SET FOR, THE POSITION HAS BEEN SET FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW.

UM, THERE'S NO INCREMENTAL INCREASE OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S, IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE TO DO THIS.

AND I MEAN, IN DOING THE NUMBERS WE'RE, WE'RE THAT THE 1 95, ACTUALLY, IF YOU DID FOUR YEARS AT 4% FROM 1 75, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1 96, 8 51 A YEAR.

AND THAT'S JUST A FIVE, A 4% INCREASE FOR FOUR YEARS.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE WHOLE EIGHT YEARS.

UM, THE POSITION OF THE MAYOR ITSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST TAKE THE PERSON OUT OF IT.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A $20,000 RAISE AFTER EIGHT YEARS.

AND THE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOT ONLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH THROUGH COVID, THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UM, ALL THE NEW REGULATIONS, ALL THE NEW STUFF, $20,000 AFTER EIGHT YEARS FOR THE NEXT PERSON AND THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING THIS RAISE DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR THAT IS SITTING RIGHT NOW.

THE NEXT PERSON WILL HAVE TO RUN FOR OFFICE TO GET THIS $20,000 AFTER EIGHT YEARS.

AND I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE $20,000 AT 1 95, COUNCILMAN RAPPA.

SO I, I DIDN'T MAKE THIS DECISION TO SECOND THIS MOTION IN A WHIM OR IN A VACUUM.

I ACTUALLY DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH MAYOR'S PAY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND SEVERAL OTHER STATES WITH CITIES SIMILAR TO THIS SIZE.

UM, THAT INFORMATION IS RELATIVELY EASY TO FIND BASED UPON THE PUBLIC OFFICE THAT IS BEING HELD.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT COME UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN TELL US WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE CITY CAN SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF PAY RAISE.

UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NO BUDGETARY ISSUES.

WELL, I WISH I HAD THAT CRYSTAL BALL AND I COULD TELL YOU WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING IN 25, 26, 27 AND 28, UM, WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY, ANGIE AND I DID, AND WHERE I'M AT ON IT IS I HAVE A $350 MILLION BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND.

I THINK THAT IT IS CERTAINLY REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT WE COULD FUND WHAT THE SALARY THAT YOU ALL RECOMMEND FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT.

AND SO WE WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL SETS AS THE BUDGET FOR THESE TWO ELECTED POSITIONS.

UM, BIMONTHLY PAY BIWEEKLY PAYMENTS OVER THE, OVER THE TERM.

APPRECIATE THAT.

I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

THERE'S A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MAGGOTY, I I THINK THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

AM I ACCURATE? AND THERE'S BEEN A SECOND, SO I WON'T MAKE A, I WON'T MAKE A SUBSTITUTE.

I WILL NOT MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BUT I WILL SAY IF THERE'S NOT SEVEN FOR THE 1 95, I WOULD THEN COME BACK AND MAKE A MOTION TO SAY LET'S, UH, LET'S DEFER THIS 30 DAYS.

LET'S LOOK AT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAN, UH, THAN WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE.

AND ASK OUR, UM, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TO WORK WITH FINANCE AND HR TO COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

I THINK WE COULD GET PERHAPS A LITTLE CREATIVE WITH THE SALARY AS OPPOSED TO JUST A, A BASE NUMBER AND WE'RE DONE.

UM, SO AGAIN, WON'T MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION RESPECTING WHAT I THINK I HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, BUT IF IT DOESN'T PASS WITH SEVEN, I'LL COME BACK WITH THAT.

COUNCILMAN M UH, MS. LINDA, COULD YOU COME BACK UP? UH, YES SIR.

DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION OR NOT.

I, I APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING YOU UP IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

THE MAYOR'S SALARY SET RIGHT NOW AT 1 75 AND I THINK 1 75 AND 2 CENTS ACCORDING TO WHAT I SEE ON, UM, WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT SALARY.

SO THAT JUST REPRESENTS HER BASE SALARY THAT SHE GETS PAID IN,

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SO SHE'S ALSO ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS THE BASE SALARY, EXCLUSIVE OF BENEFITS IS WHAT IT'S OKAY.

BUT, BUT THE BASE, THE, THE BENEFITS RE IS A, IS REMOVAL.

SHE SIGNS UP FOR SERVICES, MEDICAL, UH, ALL, ALL THE SERVICES OR WHATEVER, THAT'S MINUS IS THERE ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 1 75 THAT IS INCLUDED ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $175,000 SALARY? NO, I E VEHICLE VEHICLE ALLOWANCE.

UM, ANY KIND OF, UH, STATE SUPPLEMENTAL, ANY KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDING THE MAYOR'S POSITION.

NO, SIR.

SHE, SHE DOES NOT HAVE A VEHICLE ALLOWANCE.

UM, AND SHE DOESN'T, SHE'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY BECAUSE SHE'S NOT POST CERTIFIED.

SO THAT, SO NO, THE ONLY THING THAT SHE WOULD HAVE, AND, AND, AND IF SHE DID HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY SHE, SHE WERE TO GET A STIPEND FROM THE STATE, WE WOULD PROBABLY BACK THAT OFF THE 1 75 AND WE WOULD KEEP HER TOTAL COMPENSATION AT THE 1 75 OR HIS, OR WHOEVER THE MAILER IS.

AT THE 1 75 ST.

SO ANY STIPENDS SET, THIS IS GONNA BE IT.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

ANY STIPENDS THAT ARE IN, BASICALLY REDUCE THE PAY, WHICH WOULD THEN BRING IT BACK UP TO 1 75 WITH THE STIPENDS.

THAT'S, AND THERE'S NO OTHER STIPENDS, WHICH IS 1 75 FLAT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, AKA PLEASE DON'T GO ANYWHERE, .

I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

SO, SO WE KEEP SAYING SHE, HE, YES.

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.

AND I NEED IT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT WE AREN'T VOTING FOR THIS MAYOR RAISE.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY PERSON IN PARTICULAR.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSITION FOR MAYOR, PRESIDENT FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

SO LET'S JUST BE CLEAR ON THAT.

NOW, I'M GONNA CONFUSE THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT LET'S GO BACK EIGHT YEARS, UM, TO THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.

AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PAY STRUCTURE LOOKED LIKE EIGHT YEARS AGO AND THAT BENEFIT PACKAGE, UM, UM, WAS DIFFERENT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND CAN YOU ILLUSTRATE WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE FOR THE PUBLIC AND TELL US WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE TODAY? I'VE, AGAIN, I NEED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK.

SO I'M GOING BACK TO THE TERM, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE TERM THAT WAS THE 2013.

THROUGH THE 2016 TERM, WHICH WAS THE TERM BEFORE WE SET THE SALARY AT THE BASE OF 175,000 FLAT.

SO AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A LONGEVITY SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL SALARY BASED ON YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

SO THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME HAD WORKED ENOUGH YEARS TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT LONGEVITY SYSTEM.

SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNED LONGEVITY FOR UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT TOO.

WE ELIMINATED IN 2014, WE, IN, WE ELIMINATED LONGEVITY FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

SO ONCE THIS TERM RAN OUT, THE, THE MAYOR PRESIDENT WAS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR LONGEVITY.

SO THAT WAS ONE CHANGE.

THE OTHER CHANGE WAS THAT WHEN, WHEN WE HAD THIS, THIS INCREMENTAL INCREASES, THE MAYORS WERE ELIGIBLE TO ACCRUE LEAVE DURING THEIR TERM, AND THEY WERE ELIGIBLE TO BE PAID SEPARATION BENEFITS UPON LEAVING THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, OR THE LAST TWO ORDINANCES FOR THOSE MAYORAL TERMS DID NOT ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO BE PAID SEPARATION BENEFITS.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS FACTORED IN AT THE TIME THAT THAT DECISION WAS MADE THAT THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE BENEFITS.

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH SEPARATION BENEFITS HAVE BEEN PAID IN THE PAST? SO YOU CAN EARN UP TO 960 HOURS OF VACATION AND 960 HOURS OF SICK LEAVE, AND YOU CAN TURN THAT IN TOWARDS RETIREMENT CREDIT.

UM, THIS WAS IF YOU WERE HIRED BEFORE 2016, SEPTEMBER OF 2016, AND YOU COULD TURN THOSE THINGS IN TOWARDS RETIREMENT CREDIT.

SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD ACCRUE UP TO A YEAR.

AND DO YOU HAVE A NUMERICAL VALUE OR A RANGE YOU CAN GIVE US? WELL, I MEAN, IF, IF, IF WE WERE PAYING 160,000 A YEAR, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT, THAT YOU COULD, IF YOU HAD THE, FOR THREE TERMS, IF YOU HAD WORKED FOR 12 YEARS AND YOU HAD ACCRUED IT, YOU, YOU COULD GET CLOSE TO THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OFFICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POSITION,

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UM, THE BEST RECRUITING TOOL FOR ANY POSITION OR OFFICE TYPICALLY IS A BENEFIT PACKAGE AND A SALARY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY.

AND ESTABLISHING ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF THE CONSTABLE FOR THE TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2025 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 11.05 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIRD TIME.

YOUR THIRD TIME COUNCILMAN ME, LINDA.

UH, FIRST LET ME THANK, UH, JEN FOR CLARIFYING AND, AND REINFORCING THAT IT'S ABOUT THE POSITION AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE PREVIOUS MAYOR THAT HELD THE OFFICE, IF YOU RECALL, UM, THAT ROUNDABOUT NUMBER THAT HE WAS PAID OFF OF SEPARATION BENEFITS.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NUMBER? I, I DON'T COUNSEL, I'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT THE FORMER MAYOR ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET A, TO, TO GET A RETIREMENT.

SO I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF HE CHOSE TO TURN THAT TURN THAT LEAVE IN TOWARDS RETIREMENT CREDIT VERSUS TAKING IT AS A SEVERANCE PACKAGE.

I, I'M SORRY, I I JUST DON'T WANT RECALL.

YOU CAN GET BACK TO US.

IT, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, BUT, OKAY.

YOU CAN GET BACK TO US .

I CALLED FOR THE QUESTION MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN SECONDARY BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROCCO.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? IF THERE ARE OBJECTIONS, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO SET SALARY AT $195,000.

MOTION CARRIES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE GO NOW TO ITEM 69, FIXING

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69? WE HAVE MIGUEL BANDER.

COULD I, UH, WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? NO, SIR.

OH, WELL, IN THAT CASE, I'LL SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY NOW, UH, I THINK THE SALARY OF THE CONSTABLE, WHETHER YOU COMPARE IT TO THE 75 75 OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY PARISH WHO MAKE MORE 75, SHE IS NUMBER 76 ON THE LIST.

OR WHETHER YOU COMPARE IT TO CONSTABLES AND CITY MARSHALS ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE, SOME OF WHOM, UH, NO DISRESPECT SHOWN TO OTHER CITIES, BUT SOME OF WHOM ARE CONSTABLES OR CITY MARSHALS OVER MUCH SMALLER CITIES THAN BATON ROUGE AND MAKE MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THE CITY CONSTABLE HERE DOES.

I THINK BY EITHER OF THOSE COMPARISONS, EITHER COMPARING THE CONSTABLE SALARY TO 75 PEOPLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WHO MAKE MORE, OR COMPARING IT TO THE, UH, UH, MARSHAL OF I THINK DENIM SPRINGS OF, YOU KNOW, V PLATT, VARIOUS PLACES WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OR THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES THAT THIS CONSTABLE HAS, AND MAKE FAR, FAR MORE WELL INTO THE MID, UH, HUNDREDS.

UH, SO I THINK, UH, THERE IS A GREAT NEED, UH, TO UPGRADE THE PAY OF THE CONSTABLE, WHOEVER THAT CONSTABLE IS.

OF COURSE, I'M ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF WHO THAT CONSTABLE IS.

IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

TO, UH, SET THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH CONSTABLE'S RATE OF PAY AT 1 35 WITH AN ANNUAL 5% INCREASE.

UM, FOR THE RECORD, JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE RESPONSES FROM, UH, THE PREVIOUS ITEM, I WANT TO COMMENT ON SALARIES OF CONSTABLES IN NEIGHBORING PARIS, UM, IN THE SHREVEPORT AREA, $181,200 IN LAFAYETTE, UH, 1 47 473 IN ALEXANDRA, 264,691 A YEAR IN, UH, THE DENTAL SPRINGS AREA, $172,025 A YEAR IN LAKE CHARLES, $173,125 A YEAR IN BATON ROUGE, OUR CONSTABLE, $98,352.

SO WITH THAT AND ALL THAT INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION

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UH, ASHLEY, WOULD YOU READ THAT INCREASE IN ANNUAL SALARY ANNUALLY? YES, SIR.

IN 2026 IT WOULD BE $141,750, AND 2027 IT WOULD BE $148,837 AND 50 CENTS.

IN 2028, IT WOULD BE $156,279 AND 38 CENTS.

IN 2029, IT WOULD BE $164,093 AND 34 CENTS.

IN 2030 IT WOULD BE $172,298 AND 1 CENTS.

SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE SIX YEAR TERM COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, THE NUMBERS THAT CLEVE READ OFF, YOU KNOW, AS I SIT HERE AND I LISTEN AT ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS, IT IS MY DESIRE, MY HOPE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, THAT 180 1 IS JAMES.

THAT 1 73 3 IS NATHAN.

THAT OTHER ONE IS CURTIS.

THAT OTHER ONE IS JOE.

THAT OTHER ONE IS JEROME.

THAT OTHER ONE IS ROBERT AND REGGIE.

ALL OF THOSE ARE MEN.

SO LET US NOT, LET US NOT NOT CONSIDER THAT THAT CONSTABLE OUGHT TO BE MAKING WHAT THESE MEN OUGHT TO BE MAKING OR CLOSE TO IT, OR MORE THAN ANY $98,000.

SO LET US KEEP THAT IN MIND.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND, AND NO DISRESPECT, COUNCIL MEMBER DUN JR.

'CAUSE I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION, BUT I THINK OUR CONSTABLE SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 180, 180 5.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER CONSTABLES IN, IN THESE PARISHES DO, BUT I DO KNOW WHAT OUR CONSTABLE HERE IN EAST BAT RIDGE PARISH DOES.

UH, 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SHE CAN BE CALLED AND SHE WILL COME OUT.

AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, IN THE SEAT, BUT I WILL SAY THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE SEAT HAS BEEN AN SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A CONSTABLE SHOULD DO IN A PARISH THIS SIZE.

UH, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF WHAT SHE'S REQUIRED TO DO, SHE CONSISTENTLY MAKES HERSELF AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS.

I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

SHE ALWAYS MAKES HERSELF AVAILABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, ANY OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS SHOW UP AT SCHOOL AND SPEAK.

UH, SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND.

SO AGAIN, I AM VERY CLEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PERSON WHO'S SERVING CURRENTLY HAS OUR CONSTABLE, NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OTHER CONSTABLES IN SHREVEPORT, THE ONE IN ALEXANDRIA MAKING $264,000 IN A PARISH THAT IS A THREE $4 SIZE.

AND I'M THINKING, I I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTABLES SHOULD MAKE MORE THAN $172,000 IN SEVEN YEARS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS WHAT OUR 13TH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR BECK, UH, READ OFF TO US THAT SHE WON'T MAKE IT TO 170,000 UNTIL SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW, IF IN FACT SHE'S STILL IN THE SEAT.

SO, AGAIN, IT AIN'T ABOUT THE PERSON, BUT I, I JUST FIND IT AND I WANTED TO BE ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT YOU AND THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE MORE.

AND IF I KNEW WE HAD A CHANCE TO PASS 180,000, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION.

MATTER OF FACT, I'M GONNA MAKE IT ANYWAY.

SO I MAKE A MOTION.

SHE'S PAID 185,000 AND I'M GONNA SECOND THAT JOKER.

OF $1 AND 21 CENTS PER PERSON.

MOTION TO SAY I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, UH, YEAH, DATA, UM, I KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN, UM, PER PERSON.

SO FOR THE CITY OF DENIM SPRINGS, THE CONSTABLE MAKES $18 AND 44 CENTS ON AN AVERAGE PER PERSON.

THE, IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, THE CONSTABLE MAKES ON AN AVERAGE OF $5 AND 90 CENTS PER PERSON.

IN THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES, THE CONSTABLE MAKES $2 AND 13 CENTS PER CITIZEN IN LAFAYETTE ON AN AVERAGE

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IN SHREVEPORT, THE CONSTABLE MAKES ON AN AVERAGE OF 98 CENTS PER PERSON.

HOWEVER, IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE CAPITAL CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE CONSTABLE CONSTABLE MAKES 43 CENTS PER PERSON, LESS THAN HALF OF THE LOWEST SALARY OF CITY MARSHALS AND CONSTABLES IN OUR METROPOLITAN CITIES.

ALSO, OF THE SIX METROPOLITAN CITIES THAT WERE COVERED, OUR CONSTABLE HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION.

SO THEY HAVE THE LOWEST PAY, BUT THE HIGHEST POPULATION AS IT RELATES TO GENDER AND GENDER AND, UM, ETHNICITY, THEY HAVE OF ALL THE, SHE'S THE ONLY FEMALE AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT EQUITY ONE, TWO, AND SHE'S THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE AT THAT.

WE ALSO SHOW THAT AMONG THE EXPERIENCE, SHE'S IN THE ONE HALF RANGE WHERE WITH 23 YEARS, AND THE OTHER PERSON THAT HAS 23 YEARS MAKES TWICE AS MUCH AS SHE DOES.

THE PERSON WHO HAS TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MAKES $5 AND 90 CENTS.

SO THEY MAKE $5 AND SHE'S GETTING A QUARTER OF WHAT THEY MAKE.

AND CENTS EVEN AFTER THE, WITH THE 5%, WHICH WOULD BRING HER AT 172,000.

THE CLOSEST SHE GET, THE CLOSEST PERSON THAT HAS THAT AT 23 YEARS IS 181,000.

SO STILL, EVEN WITH MATCHING CREDENTIALS, SHE STILL, I MEAN, BLACK MALE, BLACK FEMALE, SAME NUMBER OF YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, IS STILL NOT EQUITABLE.

BUT THE CLOSEST IS AT THIS, AT THIS VERY TIME.

THE ONLY WAY IT COULD BE EQUITABLE HALFWAY WOULD BE THE ONE.

WHAT IS THAT MOTION? THE 1 95? I SAY 180 5.

180 5 IS THE CLOSEST ACCORDING TO THIS.

AND THAT'S STILL WITH THE CONSTABLE MAKING, HAVING TO SERVE LOOKS LIKE 50,000 MORE PEOPLE.

SO IT'S A MID MOTION, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND.

BUT I MEAN, JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAIRNESS AND EQUITABLE, UM, DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, I, I, I SUPPORT THE 180 5 COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

I'LL JUST QUICKLY RE REITERATE THE IDEA OF PUTTING THIS INTO A FORMAL REPORT.

YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING ELSE, IT'S FOR THE CONTINUITY OF, OF HOW WE'VE HANDLED OTHER PAY RAISES.

I THINK BACK TO DOING THE, THE POLICE PAY.

WE COMMISSIONED A STUDY, WE HAD THE FORMAL DATA ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE WERE COMING TO THE DECISION.

UM, NOW WE LOOK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH PAY ACROSS CITY PARISH.

UH, WE TELL FOLKS, HEY, WE'RE GONNA COMMISSION A STUDY FIRST.

PUT THE DATA OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE, UH, TO, TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ARRIVING AT THE DECISION THAT WE ARE.

AND THEN FURTHERMORE, WHAT WE, WHAT WE OFTEN TELL OUR EMPLOYEES IS, UM, YES, WE'RE DOING THESE STUDIES, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL WE DO, UH, SOMETHING ACROSS THE BOARD BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING.

SO, UM, LOOK, WE CAN ALL GOOGLE AND, UH, SEE WHERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE.

AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY AS WE'VE ALL DONE THAT, UH, I THINK THAT THERE IS CERTAINLY EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S JUSTIFICATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, UH, NOT JUST FOR THE POSITION, BUT YES, EVEN FOR THE SITTING PERSON IN THE SEAT,

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I DON'T MIND SAYING THAT AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DIFFERENT PARTIES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, RIGHT? UM, THERE, THERE'S A JOB THAT'S BEING DONE THERE.

IT REQUIRES A LOT.

AND, UH, AND SO YES, UH, IT DOES REQUIRE, UH, OR IT SHOULD, SHOULD COME WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR IT.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK WE'VE GOTTA BE CONSISTENT IN THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE THESE THINGS, NOT JUST FOR, UH, FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR OFFICE HOLDERS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.

THANKS GUYS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HERSEY.

SO LET ME BE CLEAR.

I, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT A RAISE FOR THE CONSTABLE.

UM, I, I THINK THAT CITY PARISH IS UNDERPAID AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE, UH, PAY IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.

UM, WE NEED TO DO SO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE NOT GETTING ONE FOR FIVE YEARS.

I MEAN, GAS WENT UP, EVERYTHING WENT UP.

UM, BUT WHEN WAGES DON'T GO UP, IT'S, IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF HOUSEHOLD THAT YOU HAD PRIOR TO THE INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT I DO SUPPORT THIS RAISE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I DO HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE, BUT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT, UH, RAISE IN A CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS MAKING COMMENTS, NOT PLEASE.

UM, YEAH, I AGREE WITH, UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

SO, SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS ISN'T AS THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THE STUDY THAT WE HAD IS NOT AS A RESULT OF A GOOGLE SEARCH.

UM, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE LOUISIANA CITY MARSHALS AND CITY CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION.

UM, SO I, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT, UM, THAT THIS WAS NOT DONE IN, IN ORDER, THAT IT WAS NOT DONE PROFESSIONALLY.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE NEED TO STOP THINKING THAT THE ONLY WAY, UH, WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS IS THAT WE PAY FOR PAY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A STUDY.

UM, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL 11 YEARS AND WE'VE DONE TWO PAY STUDIES AND IT STILL HASN'T BROUGHT THE PEOPLE UP.

THE ONE STU, THE FIRST STUDY, WHICH SAID, GAVE, UM, WORKERS OF 4% AND THE NEXT YEAR THEY WENT UP ON THE INSURANCE BY 6%.

SO, UM, INCONSISTENCY, AS COUNCILMAN HUS SAID, AS IT HAS RELATED TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF WE'RE GONNA BE CONSISTENT, NO ELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, IN MODERN TIMES AND PROBABLY EVER, 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T EVEN DO STUDIES.

UM, THEIR SALARY WAS BASED ON A STUDY.

SO HE IS VERY MUCH CORRECT THAT WE SHOULD NOT, WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT.

AND THAT IS BY SETTING THE SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIAL AS WE'VE JUST DONE WITH THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT.

UM, UH, AS WE HAVE DONE ALL THESE YEARS.

NOT ONE TIME HAS THERE EVER BEEN A STUDY FOR THE SALARIES OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

SO I THINK, UM, THAT GIVES CREDENCE TO US DEFINITELY, UM, AGREEING TO THIS VOTE.

AND, UM, I THINK THE DATA IS HERE.

THIS IS NOT A GOOGLE SEARCH.

IF, UM, ANYONE WHO WANTED TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON FIDELITY, THEY WOULD HAVE REALIZED THIS WASN'T A GOOGLE SEARCH.

THAT IS, IS A PACKET THAT WAS SENT TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, IT ALSO LISTS ALL THE OFFICERS, UM, FOR THE ASSOCIATION.

IF ANYONE, UH, WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

INFIDELITY.

I PERSONALLY WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN, UH, JOE BOYLE, A REPUBLICAN, UH, MADE THE MOTION AND DID EXACTLY WHAT CONSTABLE, UH, TERICA BAPTIST DID.

HE WENT TO THE, UM, MAYOR'S ASSOCIATION AND HE GOT THE SALARIES AND ALL THE INFORMATION.

HE PRESENTED THAT TO THE COUNCIL.

AND THAT IS HOW THE SALARY WAS SET.

UM, AT 1 75, WE DID NOT WASTE MONEY ON A SEARCH, A STUDY.

WE DID NOT DELAY THE, UM, SALARY BECAUSE WE TRUSTED, UM, THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION THAT OUR CONS, OUR, UH, COUNCILMAN JOE BROUGHT, JOE BOYLE BROUGHT TO US.

UH, SOME THINGS WE JUST GOTTA HAVE COMMON SENSE ABOUT.

AND SO I DO BELIEVE, UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE IN ORDER AND DECENTLY AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORTH WITH THIS ITEM AND MOVE

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RESEARCHING DATA, AND AGAIN, WE, WE ALL TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU LOOKING INTO THIS AND COMPARING DIFFERENT ONES OR WHATEVER.

WE, WE'VE HAD THE WHOLE SPIEL A A ABOUT THE PERSON AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND LOOK, I THINK YOU ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB.

UH, I THINK YOU'RE WELL RESPECTED, UH, AMONG ALL THE COLLEAGUES.

I THINK YOU ARE FELT WELL RESPECTED, UH, IN YOUR POSITION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE MAYOR'S PART WHERE I'M LOOKING AT THE POSITION.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY SEEING YOU OR, OR THE PREVIOUS OR, OR WHO COULD BE NEXT AND SO ON.

SO, UM, I THINK IT WAS SOME AMAZING THINGS THAT WERE SAID FOR YOU.

DO I THINK EVERYBODY'S POSITION EITHER SITTING HERE OR, OR YOUR POSITION OR WHATEVER, PROBABLY DESERVES A 90% INCREASE IN PAY? SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO IF AT A WHIM, BUT I'M TRYING TO BASE IT OFF OF DATAS AND NUMBERS THAT, THAT I'VE DONE.

AND IN CALCULATE AND START AT 98,000 IN A FIVE, THE PREVIOUS PERSON, THE PREVIOUS POSITION HOLDER FOR THAT POSITION, GOT IT STARTED OFF AT 70,000.

IT ENDED AT 97,637.

BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WAS WITH A 5% INCREASE PER YEAR.

I THINK IT WAS 5%, CORRECT ME IF ANYBODY, IF I'M WRONG, PLUS STATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY THAT STARTED OUT AT 3,600 PER YEAR AND ENDED IN, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 YEARS.

THE LAST 10 YEARS WAS AT $6,000 PER YEAR.

STATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY PLUS AN EDUCATIONAL ALLOWANCE OF $750 PER YEAR, WHICH GOT IT TO THE 97,000.

NOW THE NEXT PERSON COMES IN TO FILL THIS POSITION.

IT STARTS OUT AT 98,000 AND NOTHING'S CHANGED SINCE THEN.

WE'RE TALKING FIVE, WE'RE ON SIX YEARS NOW AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE SAME WAY WITH THE MAYOR'S SALARY AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THESE ELECTED POSITIONS, AND, BUT YET THE RESPONSIBILITY HAS CHANGED AND INCREASE IN EVERYTHING ALSO.

BUT YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF STUDIES EITHER, BUT THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONE GOING ON THAT IS BLANKETING THE WHOLE CITY PARISH.

I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS.

UM, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE STUDIES, BUT I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO I CAN'T ANSWER TO THE FACT OF WHY NOTHING'S BEEN DONE UNTIL NOW.

I JUST KNOW THAT THIS SITTING COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY AGREEING TO DO SOMETHING AND LOOK INTO EVERYTHING AND HOPEFULLY GET IT DONE ONCE THIS STUDY IS COMPLETED.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE 135,000, IF YOU TAKE 5%, GO UP TO SIX YEARS.

OH MY BAD.

UH, LET ME CLEAR THIS OUT.

1 21 22 5, I, I FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE SIX YEAR.

SO THE SIX YEAR, THAT WOULD PUT IT AT A HUNDRED AND $127,000 IF WE WENT BACK AND RETRO DID THE 5% AT SIX YEARS WE'RE AROUND $127,000 PLUS I ADDED IN $6,000 TO MAKE UP.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE STATE SUPPLEMENTALS NOT PAYING THAT ANYMORE, BUT PUT IN $6,000.

I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN'S NUMBER.

WE'RE, WE'RE AT 135 THAT WE KNOW IS A SET AMOUNT THROUGH DATA AND NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES THAT WERE GOING TO THE POSITION PREVIOUSLY IRRELEVANT OF WHO WAS HOLDING IT.

SO THAT CATCHES US UP TO WHERE WE WOULD NATURALLY BE.

AND I THINK WE FINISH OUT THIS STUDY, WE FINISH OUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR EVERYBODY IN GENERAL, POPULATION WISE, THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

AND LET'S UNDERSTAND.

I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND ALSO, AND I'M NOT DIMINISHING THE POSITION OR EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE A PARISH COUNCIL MAKING THIS DECISION.

THE POSITION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE CONSTABLE.

IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.

IT IS VERY MUCH SO.

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A PARISH, IT'S NOT THE PARISH WIDE POSITION.

THERE ARE OTHER CONSTABLES OUT THERE.

SO I AGREE WITH THE 135,000 AND THEN COMING IN LATER, WE, WE, IF WE HAD TO ADJUST COMPARED TO THE STUDY AND EVERYTHING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CERTAIN NUMBERS WERE WITH THE 41 CENTS PER PERSON OR WHATEVER, IF IT WAS JUST CITY OF BATON ROUGE NUMBERS OR WHOLE PARISH WIDE POPULATION NUMBERS.

SO I WOULD'VE ASKED TO GO WITH THE 135,000.

AND THAT'S BASED ON ACTUAL CALCULATIONS OF WHERE WE WOULD BE RIGHT NOW, IF EVERYTHING WOULD'VE CONTINUED WITH THE 5% INCREASE AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL FROM THE PREVIOUS

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POSITION HOLDER.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AND THAT STUDY, YOU KNOW, WE STUDY, STUDY ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT AND STILL DON'T PASS THE TEST.

BUT THAT STUDY IS GOING TO BE, THAT'S TOTALLY, THAT'S SEPARATE AND APART, Y'ALL.

THAT'S APPLES AND ORANGES.

THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING.

THIS IS THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

SO LET US NOT SIT HERE AND TRY TO JUSTIFY OUTSIDE OF WHAT THUS SAYS THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION MADE BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS IS TO, UH, IS TO RAISE THE CONSTABLES SALARY, UH, FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

'CAUSE WHAT WE DO TODAY STANDS FOR SIX YEARS.

WE CAN'T, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MO, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK AFTER WE, WHATEVER WE DO NOW IS FOR SIX YEARS, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK.

BUT THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AT 180 5, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO SET THE SALARY AT $185,000.

IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR IT, JUST DON'T VOTE.

MOTION FAILS.

WE'RE NOW AT THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO VOTE FOR, SET THE SALARY AT 1 35 WITH A 5% RAISE.

MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO SETTLE SALARY.

ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUAL AT $135,000 ANNUALLY WITH AN INCREMENTAL 5% RAISE EACH YEAR UNTIL 20 20 30.

MOTION FAILS.

NO, I, I DID TOO.

OKAY, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, UM, VOID THAT VOTE AND WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA REOPEN THE MACHINES WHEN I OPEN THE MACHINES.

IT'S GONNA BE ON THE $135,000 PER YEAR IN 2025 WITH A 5% INCREASE EACH YEAR AFTER THAT MACHINES ARE OPEN.

MOTION CARRIES A CONGRATULATIONS, CONSTABLE, NOT SHOOTING WHOEVER COME BEHIND YOU, .

A FIVE YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED 17,910 PER YEAR FOR HIGHLAND MOON PROPERTIES.

ALRIGHT, WE GO TO ITEM ONE 10 VERY QUICKLY FOR

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A REQUEST LOT.

UH, ADJUDICATED PROPERTY LOT, 300 SUBDIVISION BIRTH STATION DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM ONE 10.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

ITEM ONE 10 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WHEN I GO TO ITEM ONE 70, GRANTED

[70. 23-00904]

L L C LOCATED IN 1,109 HIGHLAND ROAD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION THE PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 70.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 70.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.

ITEM 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 7 0 70, RIGHT, UH, 71

[71. 23-00912]

AUTHORIZING CITY CONSTABLE TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THESE PARENTS PARISH SHARE AND SUB GRANTING THE AMOUNT OF $4,835 50 CENTRAL LOUISIANA COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM BRIAN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY THE CONSTABLES.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71? WE'LL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR, THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO ITEM

[72. 23-00913]

72, GRANTING A FIVE YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED 3,128 PER YEAR FOR BATES REAL ESTATE, L L C FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY PLANNING DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72? COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 72.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OBJECTION.

WE GO TO ITEM 73, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT,

[73. 23-00916]

AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS TO LEASE 55,204 SQUARE FEET OF AIR CARGO SPACE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AT A RENTAL RATE OF $358,826 ANNUALLY BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73? NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAIR THERE.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO ITEM 74.

[74. 23-00917]

AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE, WITHSTANDING CONSULTANTS

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INCORPORATED FOR TAX A L EXTENSION AND DECOMMISSION THE RUNWAY.

4 22 L AND TAXI A E TO PROVIDE GEOTECHNICAL AND DESIGN SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,222,048 AND 45 CENTS.

IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WE NOW WITH TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MADONE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODA.

ANY OBJECTIONS? TAKE 75 AND SE UH, ITEM CARRIES WILL TAKE 75 AND 76

[Items 75 & 76]

TOGETHER A RESOLUTION OF THE EAST RIDGE PARISH SEWAGE COMMISSION, APPRO A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT OF ASHLEY BECK AND COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER AS A DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF LOUISIANA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR.

ITEM 76, A RESOLUTION OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PROVIDING A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT OF ACTIVE BACK COUNCIL.

ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF LOUISIANA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BY COUNCIL.

ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75 AND 76? COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION IN, SORRY.

SUPPORT OF ITEM 76.

IS THERE.

I'M USED TO SAY IN OPPOSITION WHEN PHILLIP EMAIL MOTION BY SUPPORTED ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO TO ANY OBJECTIONS.

ITEM 77

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH W H L C ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNED FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICE IN AIRPORT TERMINAL TICKET COUNTER BAGGAGE CLAIM CARPETING AND SITTING UPGRADES IN THE B T R METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $238,015 BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING SPEAK ON ITEM 77.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODA.

ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM? CARRIE, WE GO TO SEVEN EIGHT

[78. 23-00924]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.

NEXT CHIEF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MARRERO KON AND ASSOCIATES, L L C FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL OF HVAC UPGRADES IN THE B T R METROPOLITAN AIRPORT AND THE MOUNT TO EXCEED $188,958 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JUNIOR? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDY? ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO 79.

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AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF THE CITY JUDGES OF BATON ROUGE CITY COURT SO THAT THEIR OVERALL ANNUAL SALARY IS EQUIVALENT TO THE SALARY OF EAST RIDGE PARISH DISTRICT JUDGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6 6 1 2, SECTION 11.04 BY CLERK OF COURT AND JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 79 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 80, FIXING AND ESTABLISHING ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY JUDGES.

CONTINUE.

MIC ON PLEASE.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND, UM, YOU'VE DONE 79 AND 80? I HAVE NOT.

JUST 79.

I DID 79.

WITH 79.

I MEAN, OH, IT'S, WE'RE ON 80.

I HADN'T READ, I HADN'T READ IT YET.

AND IT'S APPROVED AND EVERYTHING.

7 9, 7 9.

AND NOBODY SAID NOTHING ABOUT A STUDY.

COME ON NOW.

SEAN .

I WAS JUST NO MA'AM, I'M JUST NO, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANNA DO TALK ABOUT IT, GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT.

PARTNER ORDER.

ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY JUDGE IN THE TERM COMMISSION.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM 80, WE GO TO ITEM 80.

FIXING ESTABLISHMENT

[80. 23-00930]

JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTION 11.04 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNOR BY CLERK OF COURT, JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATORS, ANYONE HERE WISHING SPEAK ON ITEM 80 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR.

IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER? COUNCIL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC COLEMAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN MOCHA, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

THEY MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A STUDY.

SHAUNA.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MYSELF AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO EMS 81 THROUGH 83 81

[Items 81 - 83]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BAT ROU CITY COURT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH JANIA OLAND.

SO HAS PROVIDE SERVICES AS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL FOR THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT SOBRIETY COURT FOR A TOTAL OF $14,000 BY CLERK OF COURT JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

ITEM 82, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR EUGENE WALLACE, JR.

ASSOCIATE PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR FOR THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT SOBRIETY COURT FOR A TOTAL OF $33,000.

ITEM 83 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH IVORY K WILSON.

SO HAS TO PROVIDE SERVICE UNDER SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL FOR THE BATON ROU CITY COURT SOBRIETY COURT FOR A TOTAL OF $19,000.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 81 THROUGH 83? 81 THROUGH 83? IS

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THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 81 SUB MOVED BY COUNCILMAN HERS.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN OBJECTIONS.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 84, AUTHORIZED

[84. 23-00954]

THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ON HOME REHABILITATION AND COMPLETE FULL HOME REHABILITATION PROJECTS.

AND THE SUM NOT TO EXCEED $224,129 AND 85 CENTS.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCILMAN GOLDEY.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? CAN I SPEAK? SURE.

COULD SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION COME UP PLEASE? MARLEY, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW TO, TO PEE AT HOME, HOW THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, ANY REQUIREMENTS, WHO TO CONTACT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

YES, OF COURSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, SO, UH, AS MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ON ARE AWARE, WE HAVE A HOME, UH, REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS OPERATED IN PARTNERSHIP AT SOME POINTS WITH BILL BATON ROUGE FOR MANY YEARS.

UH, AS MANY OF YOU WILL ALSO KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CONTACT ME ABOUT IT, THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE.

AND SO OUR PRIORITY AT THE OFFICE IS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS ONE, TO MOVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE WAIT LIST AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ENGAGE MANY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US DO THAT WORK.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY OPENED UP, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW PEOPLE TO APPLY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND WAITING TODAY.

UH, WHEN WE DO EVENTUALLY GET TO THAT POINT, I KNOW THAT WILL BE ENGAGING ALL OF YOU, UH, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO DO SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT.

PARTICULARLY, UH, FOR OUR SENIOR RE RESIDENTS WHO WE'RE PRIORITIZING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PROGRAM.

UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MORE CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE TAKING TO YOU IN THE FUTURE THAT SHOW, UH, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE MULTIPLE, UH, RESIDENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO HOPEFULLY WE GET TO THAT, THAT POINT.

BUT TODAY IT'S, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY.

OF COURSE.

HAPPY TO SEE SIX EIGHT AVENUE ON.

WELL, ITEM 84, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE AN EXISTING LIST, UM, OF PERSONS WHO'VE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST ABOUT HOW LONG, HOW MANY PERSONS? IT'S, UH, SO UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THOSE RECORDS ARE PAPER.

SO IF YOU COME INTO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A, A WORKSTATION WE'VE SET UP, BUT WE'VE PULLED ALL THOSE PAPER RECORDS ONTO THE TABLE.

REENGAGE THEM AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, WHAT YOU ARE TELLING THEM SO THAT WE COULD, UH, NOT ONLY SUPPORT BUT REITERATE, UM, WHATEVER THE, THE PROCEDURE IS.

, WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH OUR SUMMER YOUTH, UH, WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE STUDENTS TO HELP DIGITIZE SOME OF THAT.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOT MOST OF OUR EXCEL SPREADSHEET DONE IS, IS ACTUALLY HELPING US TO, THIS IS BEYOND ME, BUT A SCRIPT MM-HMM.

, UH, TO HELP PRIORITIZE THAT BY SENIORS AND BY SOME OF OUR TARGETED AREAS AS FAR AS WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED BLIGHT IS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE BLOOMBERG DATA ALLIANCE.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A COMPLETE LIST, BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATELY IN THE HUNDREDS.

BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL JUST DRIVING OUR COMMUNITIES OR, OR WORKING WITH RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES SAY THAT WHILE I MIGHT HAVE HUNDREDS SITTING ON A TABLE IN OUR CONFERENCE ROOM, YOU ALL HAVE WAY MORE THAN HUNDREDS WHO, WHO ARE IN NEED OF THIS SERVICE.

SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN GET A LIST OF PER DISTRICT OKAY.

UH, OF THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WE CAN, IN DOING, I, I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS CLEAR WHEN YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS MM-HMM.

, ARE YOU SPEAKING OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING OF A, OF THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE WAITING LIST? OR ONCE THE APPLICATION OPEN UP, ONCE THE APPLICATION OPENS UP? UM, WE'LL, WE'LL START TO ENGAGE IN THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORK.

NOT, NOT TODAY.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THOSE FILES WORKED ON MM-HMM.

, WE CAN, ONCE WE FINISH DIGITIZING THAT, OF COURSE THERE'LL BE BY ADDRESS.

SO WE CAN DO WORK WITH IS TO DO SOME, SOME, SOME WORK TO GET IT BY DISTRICT.

I KNOW THAT WE DID SOME WORK TO GET THE REHABS WE HAVE DONE BY DISTRICT.

WE HAVE DONE, UH, BASED OFF THE CITY RECORDS THAT WE CAN REVIEW THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO.

IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE DONE A LITTLE OVER 200 IN THE, IN THE REHABS SINCE THIS PROGRAM HAS STARTED.

UM, HOPING THAT WE CAN GET A LOT MORE THAN THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND, AND REALLY START TO DOUBLE THOSE NUMBERS.

SO, UM, BUT I CAN TRY AND GET YOU A LIST BY DISTRICT, IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME MM-HMM.

, UM, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY CAN TRY AND DO THAT.

WELL, I, WHAT THE REASON WHY I, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM, UM, WAS, WAS FIRST IN INTRODUCED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND VERY PROMISING.

UM, NOT ONLY WERE THERE A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND, UM, THAT WHERE PEOPLE WERE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET THE WORK.

THERE WERE ALSO QUITE A FEW CONTRACTORS THAT RECEIVE LETTERS SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO DO THE WORK.

AND, UM, WHAT HAPPENED IS OVER THE YEARS, WE, UM, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS, WHAT'S GOING ON? I GOT MY LETTER OR WHATEVER.

SO WHAT I WAS THINKING IS THAT WE NEED TO, UM, UH, REVISIT THOSE APPLICATIONS WITH POSSIBLY A MEETING, A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE ARE ABLE, AND I PREFER TO DO IT PER DISTRICT, WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THEM COME

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SO THAT'S MY ASK.

IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, ALLOW US TO WORK WITH YOU ON PLANNING A MEETING GIVEN A FULL, UH, INDICATION ON WHAT IS TO HAPPEN MM-HMM.

AND, UM, ASSIST IN THAT CASE MANAGEMENT EFFORT.

NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, UM, ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME TO ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, AND, AND SPEAK TO RESIDENTS.

UM, I, I THINK THAT COULD BE A REALLY STRONG OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE DIGITIZE EVERYTHING AND WE KNOW.

UM, I, I CAN SHARE, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM THAT THERE ARE MANY CONTRACTORS ENGAGED IN THE BEGINNING AND CITY PROCESSES AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT WE NEED THEM TO BE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

UM, SO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT HOW DO WE REOPEN OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN HOW DO WE SPEED SOME OF THAT UP USING LIKE PURCHASE ORDERS AS OPPOSED TO NEW FRESH SINGLE CONTRACTS EVERY SINGLE TIME.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME CREATIVE STRATEGIES.

WE'RE HOPE WE'RE, WE'VE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

WE'LL BE OPENING THAT UP SOON AND WE CAN GET THAT ALL TO ALL OF YOU IN CASE YOU'VE GOT IN, UH, VENDORS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO BUSINESS.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE A, YEAH, IF YOU KNOW, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OVER, OVER TIME SOME OF THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LOST.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS COMPREHENSIVE A LIST AS POSSIBLE.

WE, WE'VE PULLED LISTS FROM, FROM DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO US WHO WERE INTERESTED, WHO WE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIST.

SO PLEASE SEND ME PEOPLE WHO WERE BACK THEN, BUT ALSO COULD BE INTERESTED TODAY.

SO ONCE WE DO THAT, R F Q CAN LET YOU KNOW.

AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND WE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FAST, FAST THIS CAN START TO MOVE, THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE ANSWERS FOR RESIDENTS AT THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

SO, UM, FEEL FREE TO, OF COURSE, INVITE ME TO COME AND TALK TO YOUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT ANY TIME.

UM, I CAN SHARE PROBABLY CLOSER IN THE FALL.

IT MIGHT BE A MORE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET PEOPLE HELPED AND THROUGH A LONGER TERM PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS IN TWO YEARS.

SO, SAM, THANKS MARTY.

OF COURSE.

OH YEAH.

ARE WE ON YOUR TIME STILL? COUNCIL MEMBER.

OH, OKAY.

GOOD JOB, MAR.

KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK.

AND 87 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESENCE INSTITUTE.

MEMBER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 84 BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS SECONDED.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER GODIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN ALREADY.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 84 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ITEMS 85

[Items 85 - 87]

EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES JOSEPH HOLMES TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT OF $54,280 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ITEM 86 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AN EXECUTED SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL, SUITE DREAMS DAY AND NIGHT SHELTER TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM AND AN AMOUNT OF $98,647 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON ITEM 87 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ATTENTION TO AND EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND ST.

VINCENT DE PAUL BISHOP B, TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES ON THE EMERGENCY SOLUTION AND GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $62,300 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 85 THROUGH 87? WE NOW COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UM, CAN SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THESE, UM, THESE GRANTS AND WHAT, WHAT THESE ARE PAYING FOR? AND, AND, UM, I NOTICED THAT THESE, THE TERM IS JANUARY 1ST, 2020 23.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY EIGHT MONTHS.

UM, NINE.

ON NINE MONTHS IN.

SO, UM, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? YES, MA'AM.

SO, I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BOTH, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS IN QUESTION ARE OF COURSE IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN OUR EFFORT TO, TO, TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS AND SERVE HOMELESS RESIDENTS.

UH, SO WHEN WE STARTED TO DO THE INVENTORY OF, UH, OLDER FUNDS, NEW FUNDS, FUNDS THAT ARE COMING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING, THESE WERE SOME FUNDS THAT WE SAW THAT WERE GOING TO EXPIRE AND WE JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT OUT THE DOOR WHILE WE WORKED ON OUR LONGER STRATEGY.

I KNOW THAT YOU, UH, WERE ENGAGED IN THE HOME, A R P ACTION PLANNING PROCESS.

SO THIS IS NOT, THESE ARE, UH, SOMETHING CALLED EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS.

THEY EXPIRE EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT ROLLING.

WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY'RE AWARE OF THE TIMELINES THAT WERE UNDER AND WHY THERE WAS SOME DELAYS IN GETTING THESE OUT.

UH, BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA WAIT FOR THAT LARGER HOME, A R P STRATEGY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T, WE GAVE THEM SUFFICIENT TIME.

UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED JUST AN EXTENSION TO GIVE THEM SOME MORE TIME.

AND WE ARE HOPEFUL ON THAT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HUD ON THAT VERY CLOSELY.

AND SO THESE ARE FOR, UM, ARE THESE FOR HOMELESS SERVICES? YES, MA'AM.

SO EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS IS AN ENTITLEMENT FUND THAT WE RECEIVE FROM HUD EVERY YEAR.

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IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT.

THE CITY PARISH ONLY RECEIVES AROUND $270,000 A YEAR FOR OUR HOMELESS ACTIVITIES.

AND, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH AGREE THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY PROBABLY IN, YOU KNOW, INSUFFICIENT.

BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE, SO, UH, SHELTERS WITH OPERATING DOLLARS MM-HMM.

, POTENTIALLY RAPID REHOUSING WORK, UH, STREET OUTREACH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, SO THESE ARE TRUSTED SHELTER OPERATORS IN OUR CITY, AND WE MAKE SURE WE KEEP THOSE DOORS OPEN AND OPERATING AND SERVING PEOPLE.

AND SO, UM, THERE'LL BE MORE OF THESE FUNDS COMING IN 2024? YES, MA'AM.

DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY BY THEN OUR HOME R R P STRATEGY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST AND WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, ANOTHER NEW BIG KIND OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AROUND THESE, UH, AND HOW WE CAN PROGRAM THESE DOLLARS, WHICH ARE ANNUAL AS WELL AS OUR ONE-TIME FUNDS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET INTO THAT STRATEGIC WORK, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T LOSE RESOURCES ON THE GROUND.

NO, SURE.

, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OF COURSE HOMELESSNESS IS JUST A, A TREMENDOUS CONCERN AT THIS TIME, AND ESPECIALLY IN, UM, IN MY DISTRICT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD, UM, TO SEEING WHAT THE PLANS ARE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME, FOR SOME, UH, NUMBERS, SOME METRICS REALLY.

UM, ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET PEOPLE FROM, UM, UN HOMED ON THE STREET, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND WHAT THAT PATHWAY LOOKS LIKE.

FROM, FROM ON ON THE STREET, UM, TO, TO IN, UM, IN A SHELTER QUALITY HOUSE, UM, ON THEIR WAY, UM, TO BEING HOMED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IN, IN A, A MORE HEALTHY, UM, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE.

SO ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PLANS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE'VE ENGAGED WITH SHELTERS, I THINK THAT WHAT THEY SHARE, THE HARDEST THING IS THAT THAT HOUSING PIECE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS OR THINGS LIKE THAT IF THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THEM AROUND LEGAL AID.

SO WE, WE REALLY NEED TO INCREASE OUR HOUSING INVENTORY, UNFORTUNATELY, E S G, UM, EXCUSE ME, EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANTS DOLLARS.

DON'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

OUR HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS DO.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CREATE SOME OF THOSE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, MAYBE NON-CON SHELTER OPPORTUNITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT'S A PERMANENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE KIND OF IN THIS INCOME BRACKET.

SO IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

SO I ABSOLUTELY CAN, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT KIND OF PLAN, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT CAN GO INTO IT.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.

SO ALWAYS HAPPY TO KIND OF HEAR IF YOU'VE GOT SOME PRIORITIES AND IF IT'S, THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS, SO IF IT'S FEDERALLY ELIGIBLE, WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT WAYS WE CAN GET RESOURCES TO THAT.

THANK YOU MARLEY.

MARLEY, TELL ME WHAT'S IN PLACE TO ASSESS WHAT THESE FOLK ARE DOING, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS IN 10 CONCERN.

UH, AND, AND I JUST DON'T SEE IN A LOT OF INSTANCES WHAT OUGHT TO BE HAPPENING WITH THIS POPULATION.

AND SO WHAT'S IN PLACE TO ASSESS THIS MONEY GOING HERE AND, AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING HAPPENING? YEAH, I'M GONNA, I CAN GIVE YOU KIND OF A, THE TECHNICAL OFFICIAL HUD ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT THEN I CAN, THERE'S AN ANSWER AND I WANT THE BATON ROUGE ANSWER, THE BAT ROUGE ANSWER.

NO HOOD ANSWER.

I WANT THE BATON ROUGE ANSWER.

BECAUSE THEY, I MEAN, ALL OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE TO USE H M I S, UH, TO, TO, TO CATEGORIZE EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO SERVE.

BUT THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.

H M I S MM-HMM.

, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT BATON ROUGE OVER BAY.

THE, THE BUS STATION WHERE THEY'RE OUT THERE WHERE THEY'RE PUT OUT OF THE ONE STOP SHOP AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS AND THEY'RE UNDER THE BREAD TRUCK THERE.

I'M TELLING YOU, I KNOW MY DISTRICT UNDER THE BREAD TRUCK SHOOTING, IT SMELLS SO GOOD OVER THERE.

ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ASSESS WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING? YEAH.

WE KNOW THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING.

WE KNOW THAT.

AND THEN THAT OUGHT TO BE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

WE HAVE SO MANY ENTITIES HERE, BUT NOBODY, NOBODY'S DOING THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN PLACE IN ORDER THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND A DENT LIKE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SAID JUST NOW YEAH.

IN THIS HOMELESS ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND FIGHTING FOR YEARS.

AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW NATIONALLY IT'S BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM, BUT IN YOUR DISTRICT, BEEN A HUGE PROJECT.

SO WE HAVE ENGAGED, WE HAVE A HOT TEAM.

SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF ORGANIZING.

AND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS IN TRYING TO FIND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE STREET AND BRING THEM TO THE SHELTER SO THAT THE SHELTERS CAN THEN PROVIDE, CAN, CAN THEN ENGAGE SOME HOUSING PROVIDERS.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A PIPELINE THAT WE HAVE FOUND IS STARTING TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE.

BUT WE, THERE'S A BALANCE OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH IS ALSO

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AND I THINK WE HEARD FROM THEM PRETTY FREQUENTLY LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER ORDINANCES IN QUESTION RELATED TO THIS.

BUT I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU, OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE TO REALLY, UH, DO WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

SOME OTHER CITIES ARE DOING CASE CONFERENCING WHERE THEY'RE TAKING EACH INDIVIDUAL, MR. RICHARD, WHAT IS HE DOING TODAY? WHERE IS HE? THEY HAVE SHELTERS SUCH THAT THE TIME PERIODS THAT THERE'S NOT A LAG.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE IN OUR ECOSYSTEM IS WE DON'T HAVE A NIGHT SHELTER THAT ALSO ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY ALL DAY.

AND SO WE'VE GOT KIND OF PEOPLE, SO THERE IS SOME ECOSYSTEM MISALIGNMENT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT WORD.

, THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME REAL WRANGLING TO TRY AND GET TOGETHER.

I THINK WHAT'S CHALLENGING IS THE CITY PARISH IS NOT, YOU KNOW, TO BE FRANK, THE MAJOR FUNDER OF THIS ECOSYSTEM, IT'S REALLY THE STATE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO REALLY BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, BUILD TRUST, KEEP THINGS GOING WHILE WE TRY AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT 10.

AND PUTTING FOLK TO WORK, LAYING UP THERE IN THAT ONE STOP SHOP ALL DAY WATCHING TV.

UNACCEPTABLE.

GO TO WORK.

TRAIN THE FOLK, THE MENTAL HEALTH FOLK, PUT THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

BUT THEY NEED TO GO TO WORK.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF.

THERE ISN'T A PLAN.

THEY'RE PUTTING BANDAIDS ON THIS POPULATION, BUT THERE IS NOT A LONG-TERM PLAN THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED TO GET THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

WOULD YES MA'AM.

I WOULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND HAVING CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER COME AND TALK BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF INCREDIBLE WORK AROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING FOR THIS POPULATION.

AND THEY'RE DOING SOME, SOME PRETTY IMPACTFUL THINGS.

, BUT CHRISTIAN'S NOT ON HERE.

I'M ASKING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON HERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I THANK YOU, MARLON.

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON PARISH ABUSE FAIR, LOUISIANA BLACK HISTORY HALL OF FAME FOR THE REHABILITATION OF LINCOLN THEATER, AMENDING COMPENSATION ABOUT FORTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FORTY ONE CENTS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 83 3 87.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS SECONDED.

HMM.

85.

85 TO 87.

EXCUSE ME.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO ITEM 88.

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

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

AND ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO ITEM 89,

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AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE SUB RECIPIENT WITH H C A GRANTS MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH ENTAILS ASSISTING THE, WITH THE STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL PROGRAM REGULATIONS, GUIDELINE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITH AUTHORIZED AND EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION.

THEY'RE WITH BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 89? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THERE.

A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVE BY THE CHAIR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL.

COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IS, I'M SORRY.

UH, IS DARRYL HERE? LACHER? IS THIS THE ONE Y'ALL WANTED DELETED OR FROM THE INTRODUCTION? OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

I JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

WE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER SOMEBODY, PLEASE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I, I, AND, AND I WAS IN SOMETHING ELSE.

IF I CAN JUST LOOK BACK AT 88, THEY ASKED FOR A, HOLD ON.

WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA GO BACK TO IT OFFICIALLY.

YES, PLEASE.

'CAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A WIDE GAP THERE.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

88.

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SECOND IT.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK ON 88.

COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN I SEE HERE, AMENDING THE COMPENSATION BY $45,286 AND 41 CENTS NOT TO EXCEED 784,000.

THAT'S A WIDE GAP.

$286 AND 41 CENTS.

I, I NEED SOMEBODY TO TELL ME SOMETHING.

I'M, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT CONFUSION.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT FOR, I GUESS I CAN'T DO MATH THAT QUICKLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT WHATEVER.

784,286 IS MINUS 45,286, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT'S THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT AMOUNT.

SO WE'RE JUST AMENDING IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO, TO HELP THEM FINISH OUT THEIR LAST PROJECT BEFORE THEY CAN ACCESS THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY DOLLARS.

BRING STATE FUNDING TO THE, TO, TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER SO THEY CAN GET THAT PROJECT DONE.

THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM.

BUT THAT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.

IT SAYS NOT TO EXCEED $784,000 45 AND 7 84.

THAT'S A BIG, BIG, BIG DIP.

NOW, MATH IS NOT MY, YOU KNOW, EXPERTISE, BUT REAL SENSE IS, SO 45,700 84,000.

I, I'M NOT GETTING IT.

SO THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS 7 730 9,000.

WHAT'S THAT? THE CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $739,000 AND THEY'RE INCREASING IT BY 45,000.

SO THEY CAN COMPLETE THE

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PROJECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I, I APOLOGIZE IF IT, IT'S WORDED WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL WORK WITH MS. DARRELL AND WE'LL MAKE THE AMENDMENT, IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT THAT IT'S AN INCREASE.

AND, AND I'LL SECOND IT.

BUT JUST TO ADD, IT IS ALSO IN THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS IN THE ATTACHED CONTRACT.

YEAH, I BUT THE WORDING, WE CAN THE CONTRACT OF COURSE, AND THE AMENDMENT IS ATTACHED.

BUT, BUT WE CAN WORK ON THIS WORDING.

UM, LET'S GET YOU APPROVED.

OKAY, WILLIAM, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AND I GO TO ITEM 90, AUTHORIZED 89 AUTHORIZED MAYOR.

OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 89.

SO,

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AND NOW GO TO ITEM 90.

AUTHORIZED

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THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION.

DEMOLITION TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $300,000 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE, NOT TO EXCEED 1,198,000 BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCILMAN BANKS.

OH, I THOUGHT YOU WAS ANYBODY TO SAY SOMETHING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE I BY THE CHAIR? JUST SECOND.

IF, IF, IF I MAY PLEASE.

SO, UM, I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO NUMBER 88.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

WE GOTTA RECONSIDER IT NOW 'CAUSE WE MOVE PAST IT NOW.

I KNOW.

'CAUSE SO DO YOU WANT RECONSIDER IT'S, WE GOTTA BE IN ORDER.

I KNOW.

AND, OKAY, SO NUMBER, IT'S LIKE I'M SHOWING THE COMPARISON AND THE WORDS DO MATTER.

I, I, BUT I I HEARD THEM.

I HEARD YOU ASK COUN.

MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO NO, NO, NO, NO.

CONSIDER NO SEAN TO TALK ABOUT 90 AND THEN COMPARE IT BACK TO 88.

SO NUMBER 90, DEFINITELY I, UM, APPROVE.

I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT I WOULD, 80 EIGHT'S WORDING IS STILL WRONG.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

WE AMENDED IT.

SO, READ WHAT, WHAT WAS APPROVED.

SO THE, THE, THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION SHOWED WHAT THE, THE, UM, DEPARTMENT WAS TRYING TO GET APPROVED, INCREASING THE COMPENSATION, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT BY $45,286 AND 41 CENTS FOR A TOTAL COMPENSATION NOT TO EXCEED $784,286 AND 41 CENTS.

SO IN THE MOTION THAT WE PUT, WE, WE, IT WOULD DEFINITELY NOT SAY AMENDING IT WILL SAY TO INCREASE.

TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CB MORGAN EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES L L C TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $200,000 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE, NOT TO EXCEED $1,250,500 BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 90 BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO ITEM 91, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT

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IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91? COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 91? SO, MOVE BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 91 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO BACK NOW, MARLEY TO ITEM ONE.

ITEM 1 21,

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RECEIVING A SECOND QUARTER REPORT FROM THE SAFE, HOPEFUL AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

ALRIGHT, WHO'S HERE TO DO THE PRESENTATE THE REPORT? WHO'S COMING TO DO THE REPORT? SOMEBODY'S COMING.

UM, WITH THIS REPORT THAT WE'RE OFFERING, WE KNOW THAT THE ASK WAS FOR Q TWO, UH, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY GREAT UPDATES AND ALSO INCLUDING SUMMER OF HOPE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THAT WE ALSO ADDED.

SO THERE'S TWO ATTACHMENTS THAT, THAT ARE BEING HANDED OUT TO YOU.

ONE OF WHICH IS THE Q TWO REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED, UH, THAT ENDED IN JUNE.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE, UM, A FULL ON REPORT THAT REPORTS YEAR TO DATE, AS WELL AS SUMMER ON SOME OF OUR INFORMATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A REALLY BIG PACKET.

IT'S ABOUT 40 SOMETHING PAGES.

I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

WE HAVE SOME SUMMARIES, , BUT I KNOW YOU ALL LOVE DATA.

SO THERE'S A BREAKDOWN FOR EVERY SINGLE PARTNER THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY, THAT IS DOING WORK.

AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE BREAKDOWNS.

BUT THE SHARE OUT THAT WE'LL BE GIVING IS THROUGH A SERIES OF SERVICE AREAS.

TO, TO START, WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE IS THE ACTUAL IMPACT.

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UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VIOLENT CRIME GUN VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR.

THERE'S A FIRST FEW PAGES THAT HAS DATA THAT IS AGGREGATED BY, I'M SORRY, WE'RE ON THE COLORFUL PACKET WITH THE PHOTOS.

YES, THIS IS YEAR TO DATE AND SUMMER DATA THAT'S AGGREGATED.

AND THEN THE ACTUAL Q TWO REPORT IS THE OTHER BLUE PACKET THAT WAS REQUESTED.

UM, THE FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA.

THIS IS AGGREGATED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND VIN INFORMATICS.

THAT INCLUDES PD AND PARISH DATA.

IF YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE, PAGE THREE, UM, THE ACTUAL PAGE THREE, NOT THE BACK IN FRONT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHERE WE STAND AS OF THE END OF JULY, JULY 31ST, WE ARE DOWN, UH, COMBINED WITH FATAL AND NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS BY 18%.

OUR FATAL NUMBERS, UM, ARE DOWN BY 9% WHEN YOU COMBINE THE PARISH WIDE NUMBERS.

BUT FATAL AND NON-FATAL COMBINED ARE DOWN BY 18%.

SO I WANTED TO START WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS THAT WE LOOK AT.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HAS YOUTH SERVICES AT THE TOP OF IT, THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT WHEN WE BREAK DOWN HOW WE APPROACH VIOLENCE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY LENS.

THESE ARE THE SERVICES AND IMPACTS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN PRIMARILY, AND HOW YOU LOOK AT THAT.

SO FOR YOUTH SERVICES, OF COURSE, WE FOCUS ON YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCES, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS, HIGH RISK DIVERSION PROGRAMS, THAT'S FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH, SCHOOL-BASED OUTREACH AND WHAT WE CALL SMART INITIATIVES.

ONE OF, THERE'S MANY ACRONYMS FOR SMART, BUT FOR THIS IS PARTICULARLY AROUND SPORTS, MUSIC, ART, RECREATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE THE BIGGEST FOCUSES FOR YOUTH AND THEIR INTERESTS.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.

THAT'S THE GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, WHICH WE MOSTLY KNOW AS TRUTHS.

HIGH RISK INTERVENTION, UH, WHICH IS OUR STREET TEAM AND STREET OUTREACH WITH INTERVENTIONISTS, STREET OUTREACH, HAND TO HAND, DOOR TO DOOR ENGAGEMENT, VICTIM SUPPORT, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, STABILIZATION AND RESPONSE.

AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ENGAGEMENT, WHICH ARE MORE OF THE COMMUNITY TOUCHPOINT EVENTS THAT YOU SEE US DO DURING THE SUMMER.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING THAT FOCUSES A LOT, UH, THROUGH OUR DIRECTOR, JAZZ AND MATTHEWS, WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM SHORTLY.

AND THAT INCLUDES COLLECTIVE IMPACT PLANNING.

THOSE ARE THOSE MONTH, THAT IS THOSE MONTHLY ECOSYSTEM MEETINGS THAT WE TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT.

THAT IS WHERE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COME TOGETHER TO PLAN HOW THEY BRAID, LEVERAGE AND CONNECT SERVICES TO PUT THEM INTO REAL TIME ACTION PLANS.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY COALITIONS GROUP THAT, GROUPS THAT ARE FOCUSED AROUND THESE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU SEE HERE AND HOW THEY COMBINE THEIR SERVICES TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

WE ALSO HAVE SYSTEMS ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION, HOW OUR DEPARTMENTS WORK IN OUR AGENCY, WHETHER THAT IS FROM LOCAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, FEDERAL LEVEL, I E, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BLIGHT CONNECTS WITH THE STREET TEAM AROUND THINGS THAT THEY MAY HAVE SEEN WITH CANVASSING, OUR JUVENILE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH D C F SS OR ANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT NEED TO CONNECT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ADVOCACY AND POLICY UPDATES, UH, THAT MAY HAPPEN.

UH, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH C J C C ON SOME OF THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SAFE COMMUNITY NARRATIVE SHIFTING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE COMMUNITY IS AWARE, THEY'RE EDUCATED ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND THEY KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THEM.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE HEALING INFORMED PRACTICES SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS, YOUTH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

THAT IS CASE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, CRISIS RESPONSE, PEER SUPPORT CIRCLES AND THERAPEUTIC REFERRALS AND PROVISIONS.

SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE YEAR TO DATE THROUGH JULY? WE'VE TOUCHED SIX, 6,333 PARTICIPANTS AT EVENTS HELD IN NINE UNIQUE ZIP CODES.

THAT IS TRACKED 100% BY SIGN IN, CHECK IN AND REGISTRATION.

THERE'S BACKUP DATA TO CHECK ALL OF THESE FOR EVENTS FOR US.

AND ANY FUNDED PARTNERS, THEY TURN THOSE IN MONTHLY TO INFORMATICS WHERE THEY VET AND SOURCE FOR UNIQUE SIGN-INS.

FOR THOSE EVENTS, WE'VE HAD 248 COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THAT COULD BE MEETINGS, UM, PROGRAM CONNECTIONS AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY OR ENGAGEMENTS WITHIN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH OR AT RISK FOR VIOLENCE.

AND WE'VE HANDED OUT 8,053 PHYSICAL RESOURCES.

THAT INCLUDES FLYERS, CLOTHING ITEMS, CHILDCARE ITEMS, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, TOYS, HYGIENE KITS, MEALS, NARCAN AND MORE.

AND WE HAVE 437 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE CONNECTED TO THIS WORK PROVIDED SERVICES OR CONNECTED TO THESE MEETINGS TO SEE HOW WE LEVERAGE AND INPUT THE CHA CHALLENGES THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD.

THOSE 248 EVENTS HAPPENED IN 12 UNIQUE ZIP CODES.

SINCE ON THE NEXT SLIDE I'LL LET YOU ALL LOOK AT THOSE, BUT I WANNA DIVE INTO SOME OF THE SUMMER WORK THAT'S PARTICULAR TO

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YOUTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.

UM, IF YOU ARE A SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY PARTNER AND THAT IS HERE TODAY, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND? WE WANTED TO SHOW REPRESENTATION FROM SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM ALL OF THEM TODAY, BUT THEIR INFORMATION IS WITHIN THESE 40 SOME PAGES, UH, FOR ALL OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS.

SO FOR OUR YOUTH SERVICES, YOU ALL CAN SIT.

THANK YOU, , FOR OUR YOUTH SERVICES, UH, THIS IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

WE HAD 96 HOURS OF PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT.

THAT WAS IN JUNE AND JULY, ONLY 1,427 HOURS OF YOUTH INSTRUCTION.

THAT MEANT HOURS THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE IN SOME TYPE OF CLASSROOM SETTING, WHETHER THAT WAS LITERACY, CAREER DEVELOPMENT OR WORKFORCE.

180 HOURS OF DELIN OF DELINQUENCY PRE PREVENTION.

AND THESE ARE OUR HIGH RISK JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH.

THEY PARTICIPATED IN 180 HOURS OF, UH, PREVENTION SERVICES OR PROGRAMMING 250 PLUS HOURS OF STEM-BASED INSTRUCTION.

AND WE HAD 395 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS IN CAMP ENVIRONMENTS.

THAT IS NOT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE.

THESE ARE CAMPS THAT MANY OF YOU ACTUALLY DID.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE FOLKS THAT DID CAMPS OR TRAVEL EXPERIENCES, UH, THAT THAT DID THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION.

THIS IS ALSO, THIS IS GOING BACK TO YEAR TO DATE.

THIS IS OUR STREET TEAM, OUR HIGH RISK INTERVENTIONISTS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT INCIDENTS THAT YOU CAN'T COUNT.

UM, WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT HOMICIDES OR WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE.

WE REALLY START TO LOOK AT THE INCIDENTS WHERE WE KNOW COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELSE.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, ARE PRAYERFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO RELATE TO THESE AND CONNECT.

BUT THESE ARE WHERE WE SEE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION ACTIVITIES.

78 DISPATCHES.

THAT MEANS THAT THESE ARE 78 INSTANCES WITHIN THE YEAR THAT A STREET TEAM MEMBER OR HIGH RISK INTERVENTION IS REPORTED TO A HOMICIDE SCENE OR A NON-FATAL GUN VIOLENCE RELATED SCENE.

67 PREVENTIONS INTERVENTIONS AND MEDIATIONS.

SO FROM THOSE 70 EIGHTS, THAT MEANT THAT THEY HAD A TARGETED CONVERSATION, A CONNECTION, OR THEY TOOK TWO GROUPS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN ODDS WITH EACH OTHER AND BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN HOPES OF, UH, OF PEACE.

24 COMMUNITY WALKS, WHICH ARE JUST GENERAL COMMUNITY WALKS WITHIN AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND 68 REFERRALS TO SERVICE.

MEANING THAT THEY WERE REFERRED DIRECTLY TO EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING, MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION, MENTORING, AND HOUSING.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE BREAKDOWNS ON THOSE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY MEET WITH US LATER TO GO THROUGH THAT.

SPEAKING ABOUT WORKFORCE, UM, THIS IS OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE THAT JUST CLOSED LAST WEEK.

LAST FRIDAY THEY CELEBRATED.

WE HAD 426 YOUTH SCHOLARS THAT WERE SERVED THROUGH BIG BUDDY OR EMPLOYEE B.

THAT NUMBER GOES UP TO ABOUT 6 45 WHEN YOU ADD IN BRAC AND E B R SCHOOL SYSTEMS PARTNERSHIP.

AND, UH, SOME OF THE PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY WHO ALSO FUNDED YOUTH IN A WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE, WE REPRESENTED 17 CAREER INDUSTRIES.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BACK PART OF THE SLIDES, IT BREAKS DOWN WHAT THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE THAT THEY TOUCHED.

AND 37 HIGH SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED.

THE MOST AMAZING PART ABOUT THE 426 YOUTH ONLY WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE EIGHT WEEKS WHERE THEY WORK 20 TO 25 HOURS PER WEEK, THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 85,000 HOURS OF WORK EXPERIENCE.

SO WHEN I SPOKE TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, I LET THEM KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

SOME OF US DON'T WORK THAT MUCH IN OUR LIFETIME, SO TO SEE THEM BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THAT MUCH TO POSITIVE WORK, UM, IS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, IT'S IN THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET.

UH, I'M GONNA SKIP OVER THIS PIECE, PIT INFORMATION 'CAUSE I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OR EXPERIENCED THE PEACE PIT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE DO SURVEYS WITH THEM, CONNECT TO, UH, REINFORCEMENTS AND REFERRALS.

AND I CAN ALWAYS SHARE MORE DETAILS WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, UH, TO GET INFORMATION.

BUT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO JA BRIEFLY TO TALK, UM, ABOUT CANVASSING THAT WE'RE DOING AND LET OUR PARTNERS SPEAK.

GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS SUMMER, UM, WE ACTIVATED 120 CANVASSERS, EXCUSE ME, 102 CANVASSERS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FROM, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHO ARE CHARGED WITH CONNECTING WITH FOLKS IN OFFERING RESOURCES.

UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF CANVASSING HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK.

UM, DURING THAT TIME THE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS WERE EDEN PARK, GLEN OAKS, MARYDALE, BROOKSTOWN, FAIRFIELD, BEL, AIR SOUTH, BATON ROUGE, NORTH SHERWOOD, MELROSE, AND BANKS.

UM, AND THEY CONNECTED TO 2019 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THAT ONE WEEK.

SO WHAT'S POSITIVE ABOUT THAT IS THAT THEY WILL BE CANVASSING OVER THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS.

UM, SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE FIRST WEEK, UM, WE ARE IMAGINING THAT THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE JUST PHENOMENAL

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BY THE END OF THE SEVEN WEEKS.

I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE STARTED LATE WITH THE CANVASSING.

THERE WAS A BIT OF A DELAY, UM, BECAUSE IT TOOK TIME FOR SETUP AND OPERATIONAL, UM, THINGS TO HAPPEN.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THOSE 102 CANVASSERS TO CONTINUE CANVASSING INTO SEPTEMBER.

I'M GONNA CALL UP, UM, OUR PARTNERS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE RUNNING.

I'M GIVING THEM ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT QUITE QUICKLY.

SO I'LL CALL UP MS. VERONICA FREEMAN FIRST, WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ON THE WORK THAT SHE DOES WITH BIG BUDDY, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.

THE HUNDRED BLACK MEN AS WELL AS URAC.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, ON BEHALF OF THE 100 BLACK MEN , I AM WHAT THEY CALL A PROGRAM SUPPORT PERSON.

AND THIS SUMMER WE WERE OFF.

UM, WE WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT A NEW PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY CALLED NOT FROM THIS HOUSE.

IT IS A, UH, PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM.

ALL OF OUR REFERRALS COME THROUGH THE DA'S OFFICE.

THIS IS FOR STUDENTS WHO WE CALL MISDEMEANORS.

UM, AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM FOR THREE MONTHS.

AND IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE WRITE A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HOPEFULLY THOSE STUDENTS CAN RETURN TO THEIR HOME SCHOOLS.

SO WE ARE IN OUR FIRST COHORT, UH, WE HAVE 20 PARTICIPANTS.

UH, WE ARE ON LEVEL FIVE.

AND THAT LEVEL, UH, TALKS ABOUT HOW TO HAVE RESPECT FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR FAMILIES.

AND WE DO CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS.

WE, UM, WE TAKE 'EM ON FIELD TRIPS AND THEY DO HAVE A COMMUNITY, UH, PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'M ONLY HESITATING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE GREAT WORK WE ARE DOING BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE COMING TO MAKE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.

BUT THIS EVENING I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE IT TO YOU.

SO THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT I WORKED WITH THIS SUMMER IS CALLED, UH, U REC URBAN RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT CORPORATION.

IT IS, UM, OUR TRAILBLAZERS SUMMER LITERACY PROGRAM.

IT WAS HOUSED AT SCOTLANDVILLE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WERE GIVEN THE TASK OF, UM, FINDING 50 KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24.

THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT POPULATION IN THE SUMMERTIME.

AND TO GET THEM TO COME TO CAMP FOR FOUR DAYS, AT SIX HOURS EACH DAY.

BUT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.

UH, WE HAD ON AN AVERAGE ABOUT 40 KIDS TO PARTICIPATE DAILY.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW AT THE END WE DID A PRE-ASSESSMENT WITH A PROGRAM CALLED READ 180.

AND IT DID A, UM, AN ASSESSMENT TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE WHEN THEY FIRST WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR, WHAT THEIR READING LEVELS ARE, WHAT THEIR, UM, LITERACY RATES ARE.

BUT THEN BY THE END WE, WE TO, UM, WE TESTED THEM AGAIN SEVEN WEEKS AND WE HAD OUT OF THE 40 KIDS, 18 OF THEM TO GAIN POINTS ANYWHERE FROM THREE POINTS TO 33.

THAT IS PHENOMENAL.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH STEM AND STREAM.

WE USED A YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP AND BASKETBALL WAS JUST THE, THE CARROT TO GIVE 'EM THERE.

AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS, .

HIS NAME IS TYLER KNIGHTON.

HE IS A SENIOR AT SCOTLANDVILLE MCIN HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S ALSO A FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO DECIDED TO MISS PRACTICE TODAY? ALRIGHT, .

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM AT SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL THIS SUMMER.

WHILE IN THE PROGRAM, I WAS ABLE TO WORK ON THE READ 180 PROGRAM.

THIS ALLOWED ME TO WORK ON BUILDING MY READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY SKILLS.

ONE THING THAT REALLY SPOKE TO ME WAS HOW DIFFERENT WORDS CAN HAVE THE SAME MEANING, BUT THEY ALL CAN BE, THEY CAN ALL BE USED DIFFERENTLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, VISION.

WHEN YOU THINK OF VISION, WE MEANT THINK ABOUT SIGHT.

BUT WE CAN THINK FOR VISION ALSO MEAN OPTIC AND IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY.

THE PROGRAM ALLOWED US TO READ SHORT STORIES, LISTEN TO PHONETIC LESSONS, AND BUILD OUR OUR WRITING SKILLS TO THOSE WHO HELP FUND THIS PROGRAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY PEERS AT SKYVILLE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS SPEAK.

JEFF JONES.

UM, AND SATIA TATE.

AND THEN WE'LL WRAP.

ALRIGHT, REAL QUICK, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SAFE, UH, HOPEFUL HEALTHY BEYOND THE SUMMER WITH OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

UH,

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BUT WHILE THERE WE TOUCHED ON, UM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, UM, PEER PRESSURE AND GOAL SETTING.

AND THEN WE ALSO USED A, UH, A YOUTH NIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE WHERE WE BROUGHT THEM BACK IN THE EVENINGS AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN BASKETBALL GAMES AND WE HAD 10 GAMES, UM, TO THE PUBLIC AND THEIR PARENTS AND WHATNOT.

AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS.

THANK YOU, .

GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.

UM, SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF AGILE PLANNING SOLUTIONS AND THE BAT ROUGE COMMUNITY STREET TEAM.

UH, WE JUST KIND OF WANNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, WHAT WE HAVE GOING RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 57 CURRENT AND EXITED OR POTENTIAL MENTEES.

UM, WE GAIN OUR MENTEES THROUGH REFERRALS, EITHER FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CONTACTING US FROM SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SAFE PASSAGE PROGRAM.

AND ALSO, UM, SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE ON, UH, THE HOMICIDE SCENES.

WE HAVE THIS YEAR RESPONDED TO 49 DISPATCHES IN 7 0 8, 0 2 7 0 8 0 5 INC NOT INCLUDING FOUR DISPATCHES THAT ARE OUT OF OUR ZONE.

WHEN WE RESPOND TO THESE PARTICULAR, UM, INSTANCES, WE ARE CONNECTING DIRECTLY WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EITHER ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED OR THEY MAY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT HAS THE INCIDENT THAT'S OCCURRED.

WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUTH.

WE HAVE ONE YOUNG MAN, I DIDN'T BRING HIM HERE TONIGHT, UM, BUT HE'S 14 YEARS OLD.

THIS YOUNG MAN IS, UH, WHAT WE CONSIDER HIGH RISK INTERVENTION.

UM, THIS YOUNG MAN ACTUALLY, UM, WITNESSED HIS MOTHER BEING, UM, SHOT BY HIS, UM, DAD.

SHE'S NOW PARALYZED.

HE'S BEEN RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH HIM TO A POINT WHERE, UM, WE ARE SEEING HIM MAKE A LOT OF TURNS IN HIS LIFE.

FOR INSTANCE, UM, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THIS YOUNG MAN WAS ACTUALLY IN, UH, THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR AND ONE OF OUR HR, I WENT AND GOT HIM OUT.

I'M TALKING TO HIM.

THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE, I'M SORRY, .

MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT.

THIS YOUNG MAN IS WORKING WITH US DILIGENTLY.

UM, HE IS IN OUR PROGRAM.

HE'S WORKING WITH SOME OF, UH, OUR COM, OUR MEMBERS ON OUR TEAM WHO ARE ALSO, UM, THEY'RE ARTISTS AND HE IS STARTING TO LEARN HOW TO GET HIS FRUSTRATIONS OUT AND TALK ABOUT HIS STORY THROUGH HIS MUSIC.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED HILDA BLOCK.

THIS IS OUR SECOND ANNUAL, UH, UM, SERIES.

AND THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT IN A TALENT COMPONENT THAT ALLOWS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME TO OUR EVENTS AND PERFORM.

AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER, UM, IN A VERY HEALTHY WAY.

AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS IN THE END.

'CAUSE WHOEVER WINS THERE IS, UH, A COLLECTIVE THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN THEM AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO BRING SOMETHING POSITIVE TO BATON ROUGE.

THIS YOUNG MAN IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE, UM, PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PERFORMING.

UM, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH A LOT OF STATS.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR YOU AND GO THROUGH THOSE THINGS.

UH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT THEN I'M GONNA SHUT UP, I PROMISE, IS, UM, SAFE PASSAGE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN TWO SCHOOLS, UM, AND WE'VE SEEN VERY FAVORABLE RESULTS.

OUR HOPE IS TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THIS YEAR.

UM, AND WHAT WE DO IS WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, UM, TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING AS, UM, HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS AND WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE BRING THEM ON AS MENTEES.

WE START A 30 DAY SMART GOAL PLAN WITH THEM, NOT 30, I'M SORRY, 90 DAY SMART GOAL PLAN WITH THEM.

UH, WE DO AN ASSESSMENT IN THE BEGINNING AND WE DO AN ASSESSMENT IN THE END.

UH, WE HELP THEM DO EVERYTHING FROM CONNECT TO RESOURCES THEY NEED, UH, WE HELP THEM TO SET SMART LIFE GOALS THAT THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES, BUT WE HELP THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO REACH THOSE GOALS.

SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO.

I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ALL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK UP HERE AGAIN WITH Y'ALL.

ATTENDANCE UPON REST CONTRACTS AND COMMITTEE APPROVAL.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

IF THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REPORT.

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

WE NOW OWE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO ITEM 93.

EXCUSE ME.

ITEM 92, APPROVE

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AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BY THE, BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON

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ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEBORAH G. HOLDEN, INCREASING THE CONTRACT AND $80,000 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

APPROVAL CONTING UPON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE APPROVE.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO MOVE BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER? GO THERE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 93.

AUTHORIZE

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THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GLEN OCHE TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT BY $75,000 NOT TO EXCEED $210,000 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE APPROVAL CONTINGENT UPON THE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE APPROVAL.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 93? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN JR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOEY.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW WITH ITEM 94 RES SENDING AND DIRECTING

[94. 23-00980]

THE CLERK OF COURT TO COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDED IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS KNOX LIVING TRUST.

40 25 FAIRWOOD.

REASON FOR RESCISSION.

THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS PLANS TO CLEAR THE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO ITEM 95,

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RESEND AND DIRECTING THE CLERK.

RECORDING THE DECISION AUDIT RECORDED IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS AVENUE B BROWN.

28 52.

BYRON STREET ONLY INTENDS TO ACQUIRE PERMITS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY AND USE IT FOR RENTAL PROPERTY.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95? COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

SENDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO COUNCIL'S DECISION TO ORDER THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS JANELLE DENISE SCOTT.

OH, YOUR DISTRICT.

YOU WANT MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 96.

WE'RE

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6 8 6 6 WIND BURN AVENUE.

REASON FOR RESCISSION.

NEW OWNER INTEND TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY.

DOES ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? SO MOVE.

SECONDED BY MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN, JR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? THE MOVE.

ITEM 97,

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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED JAMIE COLLINS VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN AN AMOUNT OF 55,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $687 AND 32 CENTS FOR AN AMOUNT OF $55,687 AND 32 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

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

THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVE BY THE CHAIR.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM

[98. 23-00992]

98 AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT.

THE CLAIM OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $990,420 34 CENTS IN APPROPRIATED NINE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND THIRTY FOUR CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 98.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO.

ANY OBJECTIONS WHEN I GO TO ITEM 99? AMENDING

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THE 2023 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET SO AS TO ESTABLISH AN OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND AND APPROPRIATE SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,050,000.

$603,000,050 $658 72 CENTS IN A ACCORDANCE WITH LOUISIANA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT O B LITIGATION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY MAYOR PRESIDENT, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MASO ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

ITEM 100 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT

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TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH THE 19TH DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF THE BATON ROUGE PARISH IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 FOR A COURT INTERVENTION PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN THE O P R ABATEMENT INITIATIVE BY MAYOR PRESIDENT THERE PRESENT.

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOT WITH COUNSEL.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN JR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA DISPER FOR 30 DAYS.

MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

ANY OBJECTIONS? I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHERE, WHERE IS THE REQUEST FOR THE DEFERRAL COMING FROM? UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

OKAY, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 0 1.

[101. 23-00989]

AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, OR BROCO TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES WITH BONTON ASSOCIATES WITH THE NORTH CONSOLIDATING PUMP STATION UPGRADES PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $109,219 87 CENTS BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 0 1 SOME MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.

ITEM 1 0 1 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 0 2

[102. 23-00990]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, N R A BROCO TO EXECUTE THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE FOR THE CONTRACTOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONSULTING CORPORATION FOR AN ENGINEERING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NORTHEAST WATER TREATMENT

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PLANT.

THE FLUENT PUMP UPGRADES IN THE C $142,140 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MAGGOTY.

SECOND IT BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 3

[103. 23-00991]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH LOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 AND PROVIDE THE GUIDED COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THAT MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 0 4.

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I'M AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ONE-TOUCH MINISTRY AND INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 THAT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR REENTRY CITIZENS FUNDED THROUGH THE OPERA REENTRY BUDGET BY MAYOR PRESENT THERE? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MCC COLEMAN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 5, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO ASK YOU THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.

I'M SORRY, ITEM.

WHAT ITEM IS THAT? ITEM 1 0 1 0 4 1 4.

IS THERE SOMEONE HERE FROM ONE TOUCH MINISTRY OR SOMEONE WHO CAN, CAN SPEAK TO, UM, DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK? HEAR NOW? NO, NO.

WE, WE WERE, WE WERE, WE WERE.

I JUST, I KNOW I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PAROLE PROJECT.

UM, AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, YES MA'AM.

GREAT.

COME ON MS. VERN.

I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PAROLE PROJECT'S DOING, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT ROLE ONE TOUCH MINISTRY IS PLAYING IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND IS, IF I CAN JUST KIND OF SET THE TONE FOR BEFORE MS. UH, BRADLEY BEGINS.

UH, THIS IS A POPULATION OF THE REENTRY COMMUNITY, UH, THAT GENERALLY IS, UM, IS CONSIDERED A SENSITIVE POPULATION, WHICH DON'T ALWAYS, UH, GET THE BENEFIT OF THOSE TRANSITIONAL SERVICES, UH, THAT ARE OFFERED, UH, THROUGH THE D O C PIPELINE DIRECTLY.

AND SO, MS. VERNA, WHO HAS BEEN, UM, DOING REENTRY WORK FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES, UH, HAS, UH, A KEEN, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION.

AND SO I'M GONNA ASK HER TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

, GOOD EVENING.

EVENING EVERYONE.

AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

MAY I BE MORE, CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT ONE TO, WE'VE BEEN AROUND 26 YEARS.

REENTRY IS OUR SPECIALTY, BUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE POPULATION YOU'RE WORKING WITH? IS IT, IS IT PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED FOR A COUPLE YEARS? IS IT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED A LONG TIME? THEY'VE BEEN INCARCERATED EITHER FROM, UH, THE LONGEST WE HAD IS SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN INCARCERATED FOR 58 YEARS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TWO YEARS.

AND THE, THE TURNAROUND TIME IS, UH, THAT WHERE THEY SAY ONE TO SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, AND SOMETIMES IT'S LONGER.

THE POPULATION WE SERVE IS ALL MALE.

AND SOME OF THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE ARE SOS AND SO MEANS SEX OFFENDERS.

OKAY, GOT IT.

WONDERFUL.

AND SO HOW, HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU SERVING RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 76.

AND SO HOW LONG DO YOU WORK WITH THEM FROM THE TIME THEY LEAVE? EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.

LIKE ME AND YOU, WE ARE BOTH DIFFERENT.

SO OUR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT, WE CUSTOMIZE THEIR, UH, REENTRY PLAN TO COME BACK INTO SOCIETY.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE THING WHEN I LAY MY HEAD DOWN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE DECISION I MADE TO WHOEVER'S GONNA BE IN ONE TOUCH WILL BE, UH, PRODUCTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND COME BACK TO THEIR FAMILY AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

WONDERFUL.

AND SO WHAT, UM, WHAT IS Y'ALL, WHAT IS Y'ALL SUCCESS RATE? WELL, SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING IT, UH, THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO PEOPLE TO GO BACK AND RETURN ON A SO CHARGE THERE HAS BEEN 21 RETURN ON A TECHNICAL BASED ON PROBATION AND PAROLE OUT OF THOUSANDS.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD RATE.

THERE IT IS.

, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK.

PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE WITH SUPPLEMENTAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICE INCORPORATED WITH SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT MIDWAY DRIVE, BACARD, THE CONSTANTINE BOULEVARD, AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND THIRTY EIGHT CENTS.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND APPROVED AND WE VOTED ON IT.

WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 5, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 0 6.

AUTHORIZE

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THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES OFFICER SOCIAL SERVICES, LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION FOR THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 562,400 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM?

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WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 7.

AUTHORIZED

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THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO IN THE AMOUNT OF $791,042 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

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

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN DY.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 8, AMENDING RESOLUTION

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5 7 1 8 0.

SO THAT'S CORRECT.

THE RYAN WHITE CONTRACT WITH THE CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER FROM $2,282,930 $33 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,304,128 AND 14 CENTS.

IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WE'RE NOW WITH TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOAD.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO ITEM 1 0 9, AMENDING

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RESOLUTION 5 7 1 8 5.

SO AS CORRECTED ROUND WHITE CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES OR GREATER BATON ROUGE FROM $2,688,620 $22 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,718,899 AND 97 CENTS.

IS THERE, UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOEY.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOCH.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 0 9 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'VE DONE ITEM ONE 10, NO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, WE GO TO CHANGE ORDERS.

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MALL, LOUISIANA.

PACKAGE TWO OVER DAWSON CREEK.

CONTRACTOR, BROWN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, L L C.

CHANGE YOUR ORDER AMOUNT.

$35,788 AND 35 CENTS.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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

IS THERE SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.

ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM IS APPROVED.

WE GO TO OUR FINAL ACCEPTANCES.

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ITEM ONE 12 MALL OF LOUISIANA, PACKAGE TWO OVER DAWSON CREEK.

CONTRACT.

BROWN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, L L C.

FINAL COST $4,630,292 AND 35 CENTS.

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

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDY.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM ONE 12 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO TO ITEMS ONE 13 THROUGH

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ONE 17.

ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX.

THESE CLEANING SERVICE, $78,921 AND 40 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 14 N W AVIATION TAXIWAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HENDRICK CONSTRUCTION, THREE MILLION SIXTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT CENTS.

ITEM ONE 15.

MAINTENANCE AND TESTING AND MONITORING OF FIREARM AND SMOKE DETECTORS.

JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP TWENTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND FIFTY CENTS.

ITEM ONE 16, JANITORIAL SERVICE FOR AT B R M A, BELL'S JANITORIAL, L L C $275,940.

AND ITEM ONE 17.

RENOVATIONS TO THE SCOTLANDVILLE BRANCH LIBRARY.

PHASE ONE ARCHIVE BUILDING RACK LIFT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY $3,292,147.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS? OKAY.

I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN QUITE SOME TIME.

YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.

LEMME KNOW WHEN I GET OUTTA BOUNDS.

SO MY NAME IS PAUL LAPUS.

I WORK FOR A, A BUILDING SERVICE CONTRACTOR CALLED SS E J SERVICES.

WE'RE ONE OF THE NAMES ON, ON THIS GENITAL SERVICES, UH, CONTRACT FOR, FOR THE AIRPORT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME CONTEXT AROUND THE NUMBERS.

SO IT'S PRETTY EASY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRACT.

THE AIRPORT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE COVERAGE 18 HOURS A DAY.

THEY REQUIRE FOUR PEOPLE TO BE AT THE AIRPORT PROVIDING THOSE JANITORIAL SERVICES, ONE OF WHICH IS A SUPERVISOR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAN HOURS PER DAY, IT'S 72.

YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER A WEEK, AND THEN A YEAR YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND YOU GET YOUR MAN HOUR RATE.

SO IF YOU DO THE MATH, THE $275,940 FROM BELLS JANITORIAL AND YOU BACK OUT, YOU'RE COMING UP TO A TOTAL OF $10 AND 50 CENTS PER MAN HOUR.

THAT IS, UH, AN EXTREMELY LOW RATE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THE AIRPORT REQUIRES.

THE AIRPORT IS AN INTERESTING CONTRACT BECAUSE THE HIRING REQUIREMENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER OTHER SITES.

YOU'VE GOT SOME ONBOARDING THAT IS A PROCESS THAT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, THAN MOST OTHER SITES IN THE CITY.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT, UH, THE AIRPORT IS, IS UNIQUE AND IT PROBABLY HAS SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT HIRING PROGRAM TO, TO HAVE YOUR FOLKS AUTHORIZED TO BE ON SITE.

SO I JUST WANTED SHARE A QUICK EMAIL THAT I WROTE TO THE CITY, UH, PURCHASING YESTERDAY.

AND THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO GET MY COMPANY THE BID.

I JUST WANT ALL OF US TO THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE AIRPORT CONTRACT.

YOU KNOW, I'M A, I'M A A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

I'M ALSO A TRAVELER IN AND OUT OF THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT.

SO I JUST

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WANT US ALL TO THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

SO I WROTE TO THE CITY PURCHASING, I SAID, MARK, THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL LAST WEEK.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE METRO COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON THE VR METRO AIRPORT JANITORIAL SERVICES CONTRACT TOMORROW, I WOULD CAUTION THE CITY AND THE METRO COUNCIL ABOUT AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST COST PROVIDER.

THE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE WON THE JANITORIAL SERVICES CONTRACT IN RECENT YEARS HAVE PROPOSED EXTREMELY LOW MAN HOUR RATES.

THIS IS LIKELY A PRIMARY REASON AS TO WHY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER CONSISTENT AND QUALITY SERVICES, WHICH HAS FORCED THE CITY AND AIRPORT TO BID OUT THE SERVICES PRIOR TO THE CONTRACT END DATE.

A HANDFUL OF CONTRACTORS PROPOSE RATES BETWEEN $10 AND 50 CENTS AND $15 PER MAN HOUR FOR THE CURRENT BID.

SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT TITLED BID RESULTS AS READ.

IF A PROVIDER CAN DELIVER QUALITY SERVICES AT THESE RATES, THEY'RE EITHER OPERATING AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT OR THEY'RE MIRACLE WORKERS.

I FULLY REALIZE THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE BELOW MARKET RATES MENTIONED ABOVE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE RATES.

WHAT IS THE CITY'S DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE? THE AIRPORT IS SOMETIMES THE FIRST AND LAST THING THAT TOURIST BUSINESS TRAVELERS AND OTHERS SEE WHEN THEY VISIT OUR GREAT CITY.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE AIRPORT MAKES A SOLID FIRST IMPRESSION.

THE AIRPORT IS ALSO ONE OF THE BATON ROUGE'S FINEST ASSETS, AND IT DESERVES TO BE LOOKING ITS BEST AT ALL TIMES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE GIMME A CALL.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS.

IF A CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO INVOICE $10 AND 50 CENTS PER MAN HOUR TO THE CITY, TO THE AIRPORT, HOWEVER THAT LOOKS, IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE PROBABLY PAYING THEIR ASSOCIATES.

THAT'S YOUR TIME.

ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 17? COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, MICHAEL EDWARDS AND MICHAEL FERRELL, PLEASE.

AND THIS IS RELATED TO ITEM ONE 16.

CAN YOU SHARE WHY DON'T, IF YOU, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CLE WHY DON'T WE APPROVE THOSE OTHER ITEMS AND THEN TAKE THIS ONE SEPARATE.

THAT MOTION.

SO IS HUH? THAT MOTION? I'M WELL, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE ITEMS 1 13, 1 14, 1 15 AND ONE 17.

I'LL SECOND IT.

MOTION TO SECOND.

AND ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

WE GO ON ITEM ONE 16.

I'VE ALREADY READY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

OF, OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING.

IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH THE, UH, COUNSEL, UH, THE ACTION, UH, THE APPROACH THAT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TOOK ON THIS ITEM, WHICH CAME BEFORE US, UH, PRIOR TO ARRIVING HERE.

YES, SIR.

MICHAEL FERRO, AIRPORT LEGAL COUNSEL.

UH, THIS BID CAME UP THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER WITH THE, UH, BATON ROUGE AIRPORT COMMISSION, UH, LAST TUESDAY AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIR AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING.

UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS AT THE TIME TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID OF BELL'S JANITORIAL.

UH, THERE WAS LENGTHY, LENGTHY DISCUSSION OVER THE CONTRACT, OVER THE BID, UH, DISCUSSIONS OVER THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BID, WHAT THEY WERE PAYING, THE QUALITY OF SERVICE, THE PERFORMANCE THAT WAS BEING DONE.

UM, AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND BEING ASKED.

UM, DURING THAT, DURING THAT PROCESS, UH, OPTIONS WERE DISCUSSED TO, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO.

OBVIOUSLY ONE OPTION IS TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID AND MOVE ON WITH THE CONTRACT AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT.

BUT PUBLIC BID LAW, AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS, UM, DOES PROVIDE FOR REJECTION OF ALL BIDS FOR JUST CAUSE.

UH, SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC BID LAW STATES THAT THERE IS A RIGHT TO REJECT FOR JUST CAUSE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A, A TERM THAT THAT COULD BE AND ULTIMATELY INTERPRETED IN THE EVENT THAT LITIGATION ENSUED.

UM, I BELIEVE THE, JUST CAUSE THAT WAS STATED IN, UH, THE MEETING WAS THE, UH, CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT, UH, THAT WAS BID, THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THE CONTRACT FOR THAT AMOUNT TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WAS GIVEN.

UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE WERE OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS SHOULD BE A BID VERSUS AN R F P R F Q PROCESS.

UH, SO U USING THAT ALSO, I WANT DIRECT THE, THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO THE, UH, INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS.

THE CITY OF PARISH DOES RESERVE RIGHTS TO EVALUATE THE BIDS, UM, AND THEN TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS IF IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY PARISH.

THAT IS SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THE, UH, INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.

SO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ARE THE TWO PROVISIONS WE WOULD OPERATE UNDER.

UM, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO REJECT ALL BIDS.

UM, AND THAT WAS SECONDED.

AND IT PASSED BY A VOTE OF 10, UH, WITH ONE MEMBER ABSTAINING, TWO MEMBERS WERE ABSENT OF THE VOTE.

SO, UM, IT, IT, IT DID PASS, UH, THAT THEN PASSED ON TO YOU GUYS.

IT WAS REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING THAT I BELIEVE Y'ALL APPROVED THAT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, UH,

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AND SO THEREFORE, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, FROM THE AIRPORT COMMISSION IS TO REJECT ALL BIDS TO REJECT.

MICHAEL.

UH, PAUL, CAN YOU COME UP FROM PURCHASING AND, UH, I'VE SERVED ON THE AIRPORT COMMISSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS CONTRACT IN PARTICULAR WITH IT BEING A LOW BID, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM.

IT'S A, UM, A TARGETED ACCOUNT THAT, THAT MANY PEOPLE WANT.

AND IN MY OPINION, INDIVIDUALS HAVE BIDED LOW TO GET THE ACCOUNT BECAUSE IT, IT IS A TARGETED ACCOUNT.

BUT THEN GET THE ACCOUNT AT THAT LOW NUMBER AND HAVE TROUBLE PERFORMING AND THEN END UP CUTTING BACK ON MANPOWER SERVICES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE AIRPORT SUFFERS.

UM, WE GET MANY CALLS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CLEANLINESS OF THE, UH, THE BATHROOMS. AND IT HAS HAPPENED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO I THINK THE, THE APPROACH ON THIS, UH, SHOULD BE MORE OF R F P OR R F Q.

SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT RACE TO THE BOTTOM.

AND, AND THE, UH, APPLICANTS OR THE VENDORS CAN BE JUDGED BASED ON EXPERIENCE, PERFORMANCE CAPACITY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND, UM, AND WE GO AWAY FROM THIS LOW BID.

SO I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT.

PAUL.

IF WE DO, UH, FOLLOW SUIT WITH WHAT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION DID AND REJECT ALL BIDS HERE, UH, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? UH, AND HOW CAN WE GET TO IT? R F Q OR R F R F P PROCESS WITH THIS? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, COUNCILMAN DUN.

THERE'S TWO PATHS.

FIRST PATH IS TO EXTEND THE CON TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO OFFER THE RIGHT OF AN EXTENSION TO THE INCUMBENT VENDOR IN THIS PLACE HERE.

IF THE INCUMBENT VENDOR CHOOSES NOT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, THEN WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO GO ELSEWHERE AND FIND A SUITABLE VENDOR TO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT SERVICE.

AND YOU'RE THINKING, EXTENDING IT, OFFERING THAT EXTENSION AT 60 DAYS, RIGHT.

60 DAYS.

THAT'LL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON THE, ON THE BACKEND AS IT RELATES TO R F P OR R F Q? THAT'S CORRECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

PAUL, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, RIGHT, IF THE INCUMBENT VENDOR DOES NOT, UH, ELECT TO EXTEND AND WE HAVE TO GO, I'M ASSUMING WE GO INTO AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT, HOW LONG WOULD THAT CONTRACT LAST? WELL, I WOULD EXTEND IT TO 60 DAYS AS WELL.

SO IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR PROCESS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY EXTEND OR NOT.

UH, I, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAD A, A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

I, I REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WHERE PERFORMANCE WAS AN ISSUE, UH, AT, AT THE AIRPORT.

AND SO I'LL CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN.

UH, I THINK THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT R F P R F Q.

AND, UH, SO I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT.

MOTION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

STATE COUNCIL, WHAT MOTION? SECOND TO THE MOTION.

MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN TO DELETE THE ITEM.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON TO THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THESE BEDS AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING THE LOWEST PERSON, GET THE BED.

WHAT IS BUILT INTO THESE, WHAT'S BUILT INTO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST, THE MOST EXPERIENCED PRIOR PERFORMANCE, ALL OF THAT, AS OPPOSED TO A PERSON NICKELING AND DIMING TO GET A BID AND YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR MM-HMM.

SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT'S IN PLACE THERE IN, IN YEAH.

THAT COULD MAKE THIS BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE GOING BACK SO THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE BIG VARIANCE THERE.

COUNCILMAN COLEMAN? GREAT QUESTION.

, THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THERE THAT THEY PUT OUT, UH, AND SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.

AND THEN WE'VE HEARD THAT IT'S NOT CLEAN, THAT IT'S NOT, THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEING MET.

SO TALK TO ME, PURCHASING, WHAT IS IT THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BIDS ARE NOT JUST ACCEPTED BY BEING LOW? THAT'S MY QUESTION.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, IN THE, THE WAY THE INVITATION TO BID, THAT'S THE LOWEST BIDDER.

SO IT'S CONTINGENT, IT'S BASED ON PRICING WITH THE R F P AND THE R F Q.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT A WHOLE VARIOUS AMOUNT OF SETS, PAST EXPERIENCE, UH, IF YOU HAD ANY DEFICIENCIES, FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF A COMPANY, WHETHER THEY'RE, YOU

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KNOW, HOW WELL THEY'VE BEEN DOING, IF THEY'VE BEEN BANKRUPT, UH, PRICING IS ONE OF THEM WHERE WE CAN NEGOTIATE A WHOLE, UH, AMOUNT OF, UH, CRITERIA ARE SET UP ON THAT.

ACTUALLY, UH, I MUST ADMIT, AND SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTS OR DEPARTMENT HEADS, I ALREADY STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

I'VE HAD A MEETING WITH OUR CITY PARISH ATTORNEYS AND ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.

'CAUSE I SAW TOO MUCH EVIDENCE OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY.

UM, COUNCILWOMAN, THANKS.

SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS LAUNCHING.

I ALREADY GOT A TEMPLATE WORKING, I'M JUST READY FOR NEXT STEPS.

AND SO IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO STOP BID JUST R F P AND R F Q IF THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO IN ORDER TO GET WHAT, WHAT'S NEEDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UM, SO, UH, UH, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG, BUT, UM, UH, MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED TO THAT SHOULD COME INTO PLAY IN, UM, ACTUALLY WHO WE ARE ACTUALLY EVEN CONSIDERING HAVE NOT HAPPENED.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, UM, THE LOWEST BID HERE WITH JANET, WITH, UM, BELL JANITORIAL, UM, I'VE SEEN WHERE THE LIBRARY RECENTLY, UM, PREMATURELY OR BEFORE THE TIME ENDED, HIS CONTRACT, UM, I KNOW HE, AT THE GEORGIA NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAD TO, I GUESS PREMATURELY IS THE RIGHT WORD, UH, IN THE CONTRACT, UH, IN BOTH THOSE CASES AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH HIM AS THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR.

I DO NOT NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT IT IS, UM, BELL'S JANITORIAL FAULT ALONG.

I THINK PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SET UP, IF YOU WANT A, IF YOU ARE, YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE MONEY, IT, IT, IT PUTS YOU IN A DESPERATE POSITION TO JUST APPLY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THE LOWEST BID, UM, BID LAW, YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT, LAW, WHATEVER.

SO, BUT I THINK THAT WE AS, UM, THE CITY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, FIRST OF ALL TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED, UM, A FORM THAT SAID, PLEASE GIVE US US OUR SURVEY ON, ON ANY VENDOR THAT I'VE HAD.

UH, SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

BEFORE WE EVEN EVEN MOVE TO A R F P, AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING, UM, ABOUT THE AIRPORT, BUT FOR US TO HOLISTICALLY SAY, JUST MOVE TO A R F P, BUT ONE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, OTHERWISE, UH, SMALL, UH, AND PARTICULARLY BLACK BUSINESSES NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF A R F P.

SO I, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, JUMP AND DIVE RIGHT INTO THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE ARE THINGS, UM, THAT NOW AS A SIT-IN IT PROBABLY ARE, ARE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY, UM, BROUGHT TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT PURCHASING HISTORICALLY HAS NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH BECAUSE OTHERWISE SAY, UM, BELL JANITOR WOULDN'T EVEN BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT HAVE FAILED.

AND I LOVE THE MATH.

UM, THE GENTLEMAN DID, UM, THAT SPOKE FROM SS E J WHERE, I MEAN, HE BROKE IT UP, BROKE IT DOWN TO THE $10 A HOUR AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.

NOT ONLY WAS IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP PEOPLE AT THAT LOAD, THEN WE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BUY THE SUPPLIES.

WE HAD TO END UP BUYING ALL SUPPLIES.

UM, OUR BUILDING ATTENDANT WOULD HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE WHEN THE GARBAGE WASN'T PULLED.

AND WE WERE JUST STUCK.

SO NOW WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACTOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE DOLLARS AND CENTS ADD UP TO, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I BELIEVE COULD BE PUT IN PLACE WITHOUT US GOING TO R F P NECESSARILY.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT IF THAT'S THAT CHOICE.

BUT I, I HOPE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE PUT.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, THE LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

OH, YES MA'AM.

UM, IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING, PLEASE.

YOU BRING UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS.

CAN'T SPEAK OF THE PAST, BUT DEFICIENCY REPORTS THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER, AND I'M HOLDING MYSELF AND MY ENTIRE TEAM ACCOUNTABLE

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FOR THAT.

THAT'S ONE.

NUMBER TWO, THE GENTLEMAN, PAUL THAT SPOKE EARLIER, HE'S CORRECT.

I ALREADY KNOW IN, UH, LABOR RATE WHAT'S IN THE MARKET.

I ALSO KNOW THE COST OF MATERIALS, WHICH IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO US.

'CAUSE I HAVE IT ON A STATE CONTRACT.

SO THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO AS WELL.

AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE, ONCE WE LAUNCH THIS, THAT WE'VE COVERED EVERY SINGLE FACET OF, UH, OF THE JANITORIAL SERVICES.

I THINK IT, IT'S GONNA WORK.

I ALSO, UH, SPOKE TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS AT THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL AS WELL.

A LOT OF THE CITIES HAVE ALREADY TRANSFORMED THIS COMMODITY TO AN R F P R F Q COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

HEY, SO I, I'VE, IN MY PREVIOUS ROLES, I RE WAS THE RESPONDER TO A LOT OF RFPS FOR GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AS WELL AS SERVICES AND .

UM, THERE'S ALWAYS SLAS IN THAT MAN.

SO, WHICH MEANS SERVICE LEVEL A, A AGREEMENTS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU DON'T MEET THOSE SLAS AND YOU EITHER LOSE MONEY IN THE CONTRACT OR THEY CAN SNATCH THE CONTRACT AWAY FROM YOU, AND WHETHER WE'RE BIDDING THE PROCESS OUT OR GOING THROUGH THE R F P PROCESS, WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SLAS IN THERE FOR EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT THAT COMES ACROSS YOUR DESK TO MAKE SURE THAT BATON ROUGE IS HELD TO HIGHEST STANDARD.

YES, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER? NO.

SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE, UH, INFORMATION FROM THE STATE LEVEL CONTRACT FOR, UM, SERVICES AND, UM, SUPPLIES, IS THAT, THAT'S HOW WE COME TO THE ESTIMATE, CORRECT.

UH, JUST FOR SUPPLIES, NOT FOR LABOR ITSELF.

SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S BUILT INTO COMING UP WITH THE ESTIMATE? HOW, HOW, HOW DO WE COME TO THAT? UH, IT, IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO LABOR AND SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.

SO WE USE A FORMULA TO GET THERE THOUGH.

AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S TELLING, AGAIN, BASED ON WHAT GENTLEMEN FROM S E G TALKED ABOUT AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE ESTIMATE ITSELF.

UM, UH, I, I SUPPORT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I WILL SAY, UM, WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT PUBLIC BID LAW, WHICH WE'RE HAMSTRUNG BY SOMETIMES.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK IT'S FLORIDA DOES SOMETHING WHERE THEY'LL TAKE, THEY'LL TAKE, UH, HIGHEST AND LOWEST THROW 'EM OUT, AVERAGE DUR, REST, WHOEVER COMES CLOSEST TO THAT MAY BE OVERSIMPLIFYING THEIR PROCESS.

BUT THAT'S A FANTASTIC WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

SO YOU DON'T END UP IN A SITUATION LIKE MS. CAROLYN COLEMAN SAID, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR IN THIS SCENARIO.

YOU ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ONES WHO ARE COMING IN REAL, REAL LOW OR REAL HIGH THROWING OUT AND YOU GET A, A BETTER, A BETTER, UH, SUITED, UH, VENDOR.

UM, SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE EYEING STATE REP SEATS, MAYBE SOMETHING TO THINK, THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU GET TO THAT LEVEL.

, UH, TAKE, TAKE A PEEK AT AT THOSE THOSE STATE BID LAWS.

DULY NOTED .

YOU ALL DON'T MIND, WE'LL TAKE ONE 18 AND ONE 19 TOGETHER SINCE THEY'RE BOTH RELATED TO THE SAME THING.

ALRIGHT, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO REJECT ALL BIDS, UH, MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN JR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM ONE, LET ME SAY THAT THERE WAS NO MOTION ORIGINALLY, BUT THE MOTION IS TO REJECT ALL BIDS WITH IT BEING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY PARISH.

UH, SO THAT'S THE MOTION AND DWIGHT TO SECOND THAT IF YOU WANNA SECOND IT.

BUT I WANNA COMMENT, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ON SOME OF THE COUNCILMAN BANK'S COMMENTS.

AND AS I, AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND LOOKED IT AT, ONE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT WILL IT HINDER MINORITY BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, WAS SOMETHING THAT I EVALUATED AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD HELP IN THE LONG TERM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ESTIMATE, TALKING ABOUT THE ESTIMATE, THE AIRPORT STAFF AND PROCUREMENT, UH, SAID THAT THEY FELT THAT THIS, UH, SERVICE COULD BE PROVIDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $500,000 A YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ESTIMATE, A GIVE OR TAKE, 20, $30,000.

SO IT COULD BE 4 75 OR IT COULD BE 5 35.

THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO PERFORM THIS CONTRACT.

SO, UM, A COMPANY LIKE BELL JANITOR AND OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS, HAVE THE CAPACITY HAVE PERFORMED AND DELIVERED ON THESE.

BUT INSTEAD OF GETTING IT AT 270,000, THEY'LL GET IT AROUND 500,000, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THEIR PROFIT MARGINS ON THIS ACCOUNT AND OTHER ACCOUNTS LIKE THIS.

I THINK IT'S THE SYSTEM, THE LOW BID AND THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM, THAT'S FORCING THIS COMPANY AND OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TO GET WORK.

WHERE WITH THE R F P AND R F Q, I THINK THEY WILL INCREASE THEIR PROFIT MARGINS IN THE LONG TERM.

SO I THINK IT WILL ULTIMATELY HELP.

ALRIGHT, MOTION SECOND.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM ONE 16 HAS BEEN DELETED.

WE'LL, NOW GO

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TO, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD PAUL.

I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, MINORITY SPENDING, UM, SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, I'M ALREADY CURRENTLY SETTING UP.

I AM THE SUPPLY DIVERSITY MANAGER BY DEFAULT, UM, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE TEAM.

SO I'M SETTING GOALS AND SO I'LL HAVE STRONG LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT THE PRIME MUST WORK WITH THE D B E VENDORS AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE STILL MEETING OUR, UH, OUR CONSTITUENTS NEEDS ON, UH, MINORITY SPENDING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

UH, IF

[Items 118 & 119 (Part 1 of 2)]

IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, I'LL READ 'EM TOGETHER.

ITEM ONE 18, RECEIVING A SECOND QUARTER 2023 REPORT FROM THE PIPE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE FOR GARBAGE TRASH, BULKY ITEM WOODY WASTE AND RECYCLE PICKUP BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON AND ITEM ONE 19, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND D E S ON THE CHANGES TO SERVICES UNDER THE NEW GARBAGE CONTRACT.

ADAM, TAKE YOUR TIME.

YES, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO WHAT'S GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW IS FOR ITEM ONE 19, BUT, UH, START OFF WITH ONE 18 AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT ONE 18 IS A, A LITTLE BIT ABBREVIATED BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD'VE NORMALLY BROUGHT, UH, IN THAT PRESENTATION, IT'S IN THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEM.

UM, THE OTHER THING, SOME OF THE, UH, THE, THE METRICS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN THE PAST, I KNOW COUNCILMAN HUDSON, YOU ASKED ME FOR THOSE.

WE DID, UM, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PRIOR SPREADSHEETS AND WE'VE, WE FIGURED OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO GET THOSE METRICS.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO TRACK THOSE THINGS ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO GET AN ACCURATE NUMBER.

BUT DON'T HAVE HAVE THOSE IN HERE TODAY.

BUT I'LL HAVE 'EM AT THE NEXT MEETING.

'CAUSE I'M NOT QUITE HOW ACCURATE THE NUMBER IS DOING IT AFTER THE FACT VERSUS DOING IT ON A WEEKLY BASIS LIKE IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT.

I CAN CERTAINLY GET IT TO YOU THE WAY IT WAS CALCULATED, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT I WASN'T COMPLETELY SURE OF THE ACCURACY WITH THAT.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, Q TWO UPDATES.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CARTS FOR A MINUTE, THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, SHARON WITH REPUBLIC.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO, NO SIR, I'M SORRY.

YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ONE.

THE, FOR THE MOST PART, WE WERE GENERALLY WHERE WE, WE NEEDED TO BE ON ALL OF THE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR MISSED WOODY WASTE.

THE, THE MISSED WOODY WASTE, UH, ITEM WAS ABOUT TWICE WHAT IT NORMALLY IS AND OR TWICE WHAT THE, THE GOAL IS.

SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT AND SAID, OKAY, WHERE IS THAT? IS IT OVER AS A WHOLE? AND WE LOOKED AT, THEN WE LOOKED AT THE MONTHS INDIVIDUALLY, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WHERE IT, IT REALLY JUMPED UP.

AND SHARON WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.

BUT APRIL AND MAY WERE ABOUT WHERE THEY, THEY NEEDED TO BE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GONNA BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MAYBE JUST SPRING CLEANING OR SOME PRIOR STORMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IT, IT WAS ALL IN THAT JUNE TIMEFRAME THAT WE, WE SAW THE, THE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, LIKE, EXCEPT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS, WAS GENERALLY WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE, UH, TO MEET THE, THE GOALS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED PRIOR.

THE CARTS.

IN THE PAST WE'VE SPENT A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON CARTS.

UM, HAPPY TO SAY TODAY THAT WE HAVE A, NOW HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN WHAT WE ARE SPENDING ON CARTS.

UH, ABOUT $350,000 COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

AND EVEN LOOKING AT THE CURRENT INFORMATION, WE'RE STILL TRENDING MUCH LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GETTING A LOT BETTER, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE WARRANTY PROGRAM.

WE DO HAVE A WARRANTY PROGRAM WITH OUR CART VENDOR, TOTER, AND WE DID GET A, A, UM, BASICALLY A FREE LOAD OF CARTS FROM THAT WARRANTY PROGRAM AS PART OF THAT.

SO AGAIN, THE, UM, THE, THOSE COSTS THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT IN THE PAST ARE GOING DOWN AND THAT IS, UH, CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE, THE VERIFICATION PROCESS THAT'S BEING DONE BEFORE ANOTHER

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CART'S BEING DELIVERED.

YOU KNOW, SO YOU, YOU MAY HEAR A LITTLE BIT, UM, SOME FRUSTRATIONS ABOUT HAVING THAT CART REPLACED, BUT THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRULY DO NEED TO REPLACE THAT COURT BEFORE WE, UH, WE DROP OFF A NEW ONE.

SO WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE AND I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO REPUBLIC.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO WE'RE STILL CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE TRANSITION PLAN.

UM, THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW, EFFECTIVE, UH, SEPTEMBER 4TH IS WE ARE GONNA DO CHANGE SERVICE DAYS FOR RECYCLING AND GARBAGE.

UM, AND WE ARE, THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN THE PARISH, RIGHT? AND WE'RE MAKING THE ROUTES A LOT SMALLER.

UM, WE WILL, TODAY ACTUALLY, WE SIGNED OFF ON, UM, OUR CORPORATE OFFICE DOES ALL OF OUR MAIL OUTS ON THE CHANGES.

AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE DONE THE VERY LAST WEEK OF AUGUST BECAUSE IF YOU SEND THEM NOW, PEOPLE WILL START PUTTING THEIR CARTS OUT ON THE NEW DAYS.

SO WE WE'RE, IT'S GONNA AFFECT A TOTAL OF ABOUT 40 BETWEEN THE TWO, ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE.

THEY'RE GONNA GET INDIVIDUAL POSTCARDS IN THE MAIL AT THEIR SPECIFIC ADDRESS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEIR NEW DAY CHANGES ARE.

AND WE'RE ALSO, UM, WORKING ON WITH, UH, RICHARD'S DISPOSAL TO FINALIZE THE TRANSITION.

ADAM HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, HOW THE CARTS AND, AND THEN THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE WOODY WASTE.

SO LET ME TOUCH ON THAT.

SO THE WOODY WASTE ISSUES, WE, UM, WE HAD LOOKED AT, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SPIKED UP.

WE SENT SOME THINGS IN THE MAIL.

I KNOW IT WAS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

THERE WAS SOMETHING PUT IN THE WATER BILL AND INSIDE THE WATER BILL IT SHOWED THE NEW CHANGES IN THE CONTRACT, BUT IT ALSO SHOWED THE CHANGES IN THE OUTER CART.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE STARTED SEEING IN ABOUT JUNE AN INFLUX OF VOLUME AND TO, TO SPEAK, TO HIT THE PEAK THAT WE SAW.

WE STARTED NOTICING IN 3 1 1, PEOPLE STARTED SAYING, ESPECIALLY NOW, Y'ALL GOTTA GET THIS PICKED UP BEFORE 9 1 1 WHENEVER THE CHANGES COME THROUGH.

SO AS A RESULT, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 15% INCREASE IN VOLUME AT THE CURB, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUT CART, UH, BIG LOGS AND STUFF WEIGH A LOT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME OUT CART DOES NOT CARRY A WHOLE LOT OF WEIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY GARBAGE WORLD, TWO LOADS IN A REAR LOADER IS A LOT.

IT'S A, A LOT .

SO THAT MEANS THAT TWO PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK ARE FILLING THAT TRUCK UP TWICE DURING THE DAY.

AND AS A, WITH THE HEAT, I THINK WE ALL CAN RELATE TO THAT.

SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED EARLY.

OF 'EM ARE JUST ILLEGAL DUMPING.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON STARTED EARLY, NOT ONLY ON THE GARBAGE TRUCKS, BUT WE ACTUALLY STARTED EARLY ON THE OUTER CART AND AT ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK DURING THE DAY, WE'RE SWAPPING OUR HELPERS OUT THAT ARE ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH TWO MORE BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S TOO HOT.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL WE HADN'T HAD ANY INJURIES AS A RESULT, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE HEAT AND I, I COULDN'T DO IT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND RUNNING BEHIND A GARBAGE TRUCK ON BLACK ASPHALT, NO.

UM, OUR NEW TRUCKS, UM, OR HAVE WE PURCHASED THEM BACK WHENEVER THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED, WE PURCHASED THE TRUCKS.

THEY'RE GONNA START COMING IN IN SEPTEMBER AND BY MARCH 31ST WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THEM.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER NOTIFICATION, UM, TO Y'ALL TO SPEAK TO.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE CONVERTING OUR RECYCLING FROM REAR LOAD TO A SS L AUTOMATED SIDE LOADERS SO THAT THE CARTS ARE GONNA BE PICKED UP WITH AN AUTOMATED SIDE LOADER ARM.

ALL THE TRUCKS WERE PURCHASED WITH THE TRUCKS THAT WE TOLD Y'ALL AND BROUGHT TO Y'ALL AND SHOWED YOU.

UM, THEY'RE ALL ON ORDER AND, UH, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR 'EM TO COME IN.

JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR 'EM TO COME IN.

UH, SO THE OUT OF COURT ON WOODY WASTES, I KNOW THERE'S FRUSTRATIONS THERE.

I DO WANT TO, CAN I PASS SOMETHING OUT TO Y'ALL? LET ME PASS.

SO I THINK I MIGHT BE TAKING COUNCILMAN COLE'S THUNDER, BUT THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUT OF CART? WHAT IS BOOM? WHAT IS BLIGHT? WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, VACANT LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE, THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THE LAST 10 DAYS OF PEOPLE CALLING IN DEMANDING THAT THESE, THESE THINGS ARE PICKED UP.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, SOME OF THEM ARE IN FRONT OF VACANT HOUSES, SOME OF 'EM ARE IN FRONT OF ABANDONED HOMES, SOME ARE IN VACANT LOTS, AND SOME

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SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE THINK OF, OF OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

SO WE'LL DO CLEANUPS AROUND TOWN AND WE REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE IN DIFFERENT AREAS TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE.

WE'LL TRY TO DO IT ON SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME EXTRA TIME THEN.

BUT WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THIS VOLUME.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT, IT, IT'S, UH, A LITTLE SHOCKING TO US.

SO WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE THAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU, AND I HAVE A STACK ABOUT THIS HIGH JUST FROM THE LAST 10 DAYS OF PEOPLE CALLING IN AND THEY'RE VERY UPSET AND THEY'RE DEMANDING THAT THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL GET PICKED UP.

WELL, ALSO, YOU GET A LOT FROM LANDLORDS THAT ARE CALLING IN AND THERE'S THIS ABUNDANCE OF MATERIAL AT THE CURB.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT AS BEST WE CAN.

UH, UM, I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO, TO HELP OUT OR ADDRESS AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE WANT TO DO THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP AND UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT, WHAT RICHARD'S DISPOSAL, AND THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TOO, IS GOING TO PICK OUT PICK UP.

BUT, AND WHAT WE DON'T PICK UP, BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY HAND SLAPPED A FEW TIMES FOR PICKING UP SOMETHING THAT WAS IN BLIGHT AND IT WAS GOING TO COURT AND THAT I PICK IT UP AND NOW IT'S NULL AND VOID.

AND WE DON'T KNOW, JUST DRIVING BY THAT.

IT'S IN BLIGHT COURT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ARE WE FINISHED WITH THE REPORT? YEAH.

UH, NO.

UH, YEAH, I GOT A QUESTION.

SO, WELL, WE GOTTA ADD A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.

ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER OSA MM-HMM.

SO SHARON, SOME OF THESE PICTURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU SAID THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE DUMPED LIKE IN FRONT OF ABANDONED HOMES AND EMPTY LOTS AND THINGS.

IT, AND ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU SERVICE THE HOMES THAT HAVE, THAT ARE SERV WATER BILLS? YOU KNOW, IT MAY MAKING SENSE THAT, I MEAN, IF, IF YOU HAVE AN EMPTY LOT THAT EMPTY LOT'S NOT RECEIVING A WATER BILL.

SO YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PICK THOSE THINGS UP, RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND SOMETIMES THE PERSON LIVING IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE, THE VACANT LOT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT A DRIVER DOESN'T KNOW THAT WHEN THEY'RE PASSING BY.

SO WHEN THEY CALL IN, THEY MAY TELL US THAT, THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL ALSO SEND ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS OUT ASKING THEM IF THEY COULD PLEASE NOT PUT IT IN THE VACANT LOT.

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT ENCOURAGES ILLEGAL DUMPING TO KEEP PILING ON TOP OF IT.

AND ONCE, AND THEN WE'LL TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU PLEASE PUT IT AS FAR TO THE RIGHT? I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT IT ON YOUR GRASP, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOUR RESIDENCE SO WE KNOW WE NEED TO PICK THAT UP.

COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PICTURES THAT YOU PROVIDED, AND I WISH THE GENERAL PUBLIC COULD SEE SOME OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THE COMMUNITIES AND WHY TWO DAYS VERSUS ONE DAY WAS SO IMPORTANT, I BELIEVE THESE PICTURES ARE GREAT DEPICTION THAT ILLUSTRATE THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT TWO VERSUS ONE AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE HAD THAT NOT BEEN IN PLACE.

UH, NUMBER TWO, I WAS ABLE TO SHARE, AND I'M GONNA MAKE OUR CONVERSATION A LITTLE PUBLIC ABOUT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND WE WERE YOUNGER ON P B S OR THE L P B, WHATEVER IT WAS, YOU HAD CAPTAIN PLANET THAT WAS PROVIDED BY FEDERAL DOLLARS, I BELIEVE, AND A WHOLE RECYCLE REDUCED REUSE CAMPAIGN.

AND EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE LITTLE GREEN BINS THAT THEY STARTED TO PUT AT YOUR HOUSE.

AND IT WAS A WHOLE THING ON SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS THAT I, SO I DID THIS WHEN I FIRST GOT IN OFFICE.

I TOOK A DRIVE WITH REPUBLIC.

UM, THEY, THEY SENT ME OUT THERE WITH A PICKUP TRUCK, PUT ME IN THERE WITH TWO SUPERVISORS.

THEY WERE LIKE, NOPE, NOT OURS.

NOPE, NOT OURS.

THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY.

THIS IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THIS IS BLIGHT.

SO I UNDERSTOOD WHAT, NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, BASED ON WHERE IT IS, IF IT'S IN SERVITUDE OR IF IT'S ON A PRIVATE LAND OR IF IT'S IN FRONT OF A HOME.

BUT THE AVERAGE LAY PERSON HAS NO CLUE.

ALL THEY SEE IS TRASH AND THEY KNOW YOU HAVE A TRASH TRUCK.

SO I BELIEVE FOR THE FIRST 90 DAYS OR SIX DAYS, I MEAN 90 TO 180 DAYS, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS PUTTING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PLACE THROUGH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING, BILLBOARDS IF AVAILABLE.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WHERE THEY SHOULD PLAY PROPERLY.

, , UM, AND OTHER MECHANISMS TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S

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PLACE TRASH.

BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, I CAN GO TO THREE COMMUNITIES THAT I SERVE, THEY BECOME DUMPING GROUNDS FOR APARTMENT MOVE OUTS.

'CAUSE PEOPLE SAID, HEY, I SAW PILES OVER HERE.

I'LL JUST ADD MY STUFF TO THAT PILE.

AND THAT PILE TURNS INTO A WHOLE YARD FULL OF TRASH.

AND THERE'S NOT THAT MANY TIRES IN ONE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH TRASH IN ONE COMMUNITY.

AND IT TURNS INTO A, A BIG STOCK OF, OF, OF, OF, OF AN EYE.

IT BECOMES AN EYESORE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT A REPORT THAT HILLER MOORE DID A FEW YEARS BACK, OR EVEN SOME STUDIES THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW, BLIGHT INVITES CRIME MORE THAN ANYTHING.

, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, JUST HOW PEOPLE ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

UH, IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, THEY'LL DROP A WHOLE MCDONALD'S BAG ON THE GROUND AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THEY'LL PICK UP A PIECE OF CANDY BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE ANY TYPE OF TRASH ANYWHERE ELSE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT EDUCATION COMPONENT, WHETHER IT BE DIRECTLY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, THROUGH FUNDING THAT YOU MAY HAVE, OR A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.

ALL THAT EDUCATION PIECE IS GONNA BE CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT WE TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IN A PROACTIVE WAY.

WE DID SPEAK.

I MEAN, WE'RE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.

IT WAS A GREAT IDEA YOU BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY.

ADAM AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE TODAY AND I FORGOT WHAT COUNCIL PERSON TALKED, SAID, OR PUTTING A REALLY LARGE STICKER ON TOP OF THE CART, JUST STICKING IT AND SHOWING PICTURES OF HOW TO SET IT OUT, WHAT TO SET OUT, HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK, WHAT WE DON'T PICK UP.

WE'RE GONNA ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

AND NOT JUST ON NEW CARTS, BUT WHEN WE EXCHANGE CARTS OR WE GO OUT AND WE REPAIR A LID ON SITE, JUST HAVING THOSE STICKERS AND PUTTING 'EM OUT EVERY TIME, I THINK'S GONNA BE VERY BENEFICIAL IN HELPING THE PERSON LOOKING AT THAT.

AND IT'S GONNA STAY THERE FOR A WHILE.

SO, CAN I HAVE ADAM COME BACK TO THE MIC PLEASE? I THINK YOU, YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE PUBLIC'S QUESTION OF WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE BOOM TRUCKS.

SEPTEMBER 1ST IS COMING.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY HAS.

I THOUGHT WE WERE TAKING 'EM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED.

WE WE THAT THAT'LL BE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

I CAN THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE JUST DIDN'T GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO FINISH THE PRESENTATION FOR QUESTIONS I ASK.

YEP.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.

UH, I, I, YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.

YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE 40,000 PEOPLE WHOSE DAY DAYS OF SERVICE WERE GONNA CHANGE.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE RESIDENTS ARE? YES.

AND ADAM HAS A MAP FOR Y'ALL IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU THE AREAS.

AND SO, AND I HAVE A LIST OF SPECIFIC PEOPLE PERFECT.

THAT WE, MY TECH GUY HAS ALREADY TALKED TO BOB LOFLIN SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES.

SO THEY'RE GONNA COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER ON THE, THAT, NOT JUST THE POSTCARDS.

WE'LL HAVE THAT AND THAT WON'T IMPACT ALL 12 COUNCIL DISTRICTS, CORRECT.

UM, RECYCLING POSSIBLY.

I THINK THERE'S A PIECE IN EVERYWHERE, BUT, BUT GARBAGE NO.

WILL BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNICATION.

UM, THE HANDOUT YOU GAVE, I'M JUST GONNA HOLD UP THE FIRST PAGE.

UM, HAVE WE EVER DISCUSSED YOU ALL PICKING THIS UP AND I I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T PAY YOU TO PICK IT UP.

NO, NO.

I MEAN, IT IT, BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT, I DON'T REALLY WANNA SPEAK TO THAT.

LET ME LET ADAM DO THAT.

WHY DON'T WE PAY THEM TO PICK THIS UP? WHY DON'T WE PAY TO PICK THAT UP? IT'S A LAND REPUBLIC.

OH.

BECAUSE THEY GO INTO THE GUARD NEIGHBORHOOD ON A WEEKEND AND PICK IT UP.

SO WHY AREN'T WE JUST PAYING 'EM TO PICK IT UP? WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND IT POTENTIALLY, BUT OKAY, THEN LET'S CHARGE LANDLORDS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S, OR LET'S TAKE FROM THE BLIGHT DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND JUST SAY PICK IT UP INSTEAD OF 60 DAYS FOR NOTIFICATION.

SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE, THE SPOT I, I THINK'S WORTH EXPLORING.

I DON'T THE LAST KEEP RAISING IN MY HAND.

I THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING WHETHER WE DON'T SAY WE'RE JUST TIRED OF IT AND LET'S JUST PAY REPUBLIC TO PICK IT UP.

I I CAN TELL YOU WE WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT HOW WE WE HANDLE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

GOOD.

I I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK IT'S A WORTHY CONVERSATION TO HAVE.

COUNCIL.

A CITATION, THEY ASSIGNED AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GET IT UP.

JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE SAID, SEE THESE EVICTIONS AND THESE SLUMLORDS, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

I WAS IN TANGIBLE HALL, PARISH THERE, AND THEY HAVE THE LITTLE POLICE AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY FIND OUT WHO IT BELONGS TO.

THEY GO TO THEM.

THEY ARE, THEY GET

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AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOT TO GET TO A POINT WITH THAT.

AND SO, AND THEY ACTUALLY GET A TICKET.

SO THAT'S WE.

BUT THESE SLUM LORDS, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS RIGHT HERE.

JUST THROWING FOLK OUT AND, AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

ANYTHING.

AND THIS IS OUT OF ORDER HERE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION.

SIMPLE.

WOODY WASTE.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WOODY WASTE? I'M NOT.

SO WHO, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WOODY WASTE? I JUST WANT TO KNOW TODAY.

IT'S REPUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR GARBAGE OUT OF CART? REPUBLIC.

DAMN REPUBLIC.

I GOT ALL, ALL OF THE, THE CURRENT, ALL OF THE SERVICE.

SO, GARBAGE OUT OF CART IS REPUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR TRASH REPUBLIC? DANG.

AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR GARBAGE IN CART? OKAY, SO CURRENTLY WE'RE IN A TRANSITION PLAN UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT BECAUSE THE OUT OF CART IS GOING TO BE SERVICED BY RICHARD'S DISPOSAL IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS.

SO RICHARD'S WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GARBAGE OUT OF CART, OUT OF CART, OUT OF CART ONLY.

I AM RESPONSIBLE UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT FOR GARBAGE RECYCLING AND CARTS, LIKE DELIVERY SWAP OUTS, DOING THE WARRANTY PROGRAM AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SEE, LET, LET ME TELL YOU, YOU ALL KNOW YOUR, YOUR VERNACULAR.

YOU ALL KNOW YOUR, I I WANT IT JUST TO BE AS SIMPLE.

, I WANT IT TO BE SIMPLE, STUPID.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WOODY WASTE? WHO GOING, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOOTY FOR WOODY WASTE? NO ONE RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOOM TRUCKS.

SO THAT'S THE BOOM ADAM, I WAS GONNA SPEAK TO THAT.

THAT'S THE BOOM RIGHT NOW I'M PICKING IT UP.

I'M SORRY.

LET ME BACK UP.

RIGHT NOW I'M PICKING IT UP.

RIGHT NOW I AM PICKING IT UP AND IT'S FALLING UNDER MY CONTRACT OR FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW.

NOW, THAT'S WHY THIS IS, YEAH.

THAT'S WHY.

BUT MM-HMM.

ADAM, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, I BELIEVE WHENEVER HE GOES THROUGH THIS RIGHT HERE, IT'S GONNA ANSWER EVERY ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT? RIGHT.

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR TIRES RIGHT NOW? ME AND, AND, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A, OF, UH, RICHARD'S DISPOSAL IN SEPTEMBER.

ONLY TIRES AT RESIDENCE.

IS THERE A LIMIT? FOUR.

FOUR.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA WAIT FOR THE REPORT.

SO, I MEAN, MAYBE YOU CAN, IT'LL ANSWER A LOT MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, I WANTED TO, IS THERE, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN KU, IS THERE ANY AREA, UH, THAT IS NOT COVERED BY REPUBLIC AND WHAT AREAS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, GARBAGE TRASH IN COURT, IN THE CART, OUTER COURT, WHATEVER, WOODY WADE, UH, THAT IS NOT, UM, REPUBLIC OR RICHARD'S? IS THERE ANY, WHAT, WHAT HAVEN'T WE COVERED? THAT IS A PROBLEM.

ARE ARE WE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT OR IN THE NEW CONTRACT? OH, JESUS .

SO IN 30 DAYS, THAT WON'T BE A OLD CONTRACT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW CONTRACT.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT.

OH, OKAY.

SO I GOT, I NEED YOU TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

I, I SAID, UH, ABOUT 25 MINUTES AGO.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR HIM TO GO THROUGH BOTH PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WE ASK QUESTIONS.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? YES, SIR.

UH, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO FOREGO MY TIME FOR NOW.

IF WE WANT TO GO BACK TO FINISHING THE PRESENTATION, IT MAY, MAY MAKE IT EASIER.

SO I, IF, IF WE COULD GO TO THE AGENDA ON IT.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A, UM, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, TO TALK ABOUT FIRST ABOUT A, A TIMELINE OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE, AND THEN WE CAN, UM, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

SO NEXT SLIDE WE ONE MORE.

SO IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, WE BROUGHT A, A CONTRACT TO THE COUNCIL WITH BURNS

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AND MCDONALD.

THEY, THEY'RE AN ENGINEERING FIRM.

THEY DO VARIOUS TYPES OF THINGS.

THEY DO HAVE A, A SOLID WASTE DIVISION THAT DOES THIS TYPE OF WORK.

SO WE, WE BROUGHT YOU A, A, UH, A CONTRACT IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.

WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO HELP US WRITE THIS.

R F P APRIL OF 2022.

WE ISSUED THE R F P FOR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES.

THAT WAS AN ALL INCLUSIVE R F P R F P.

IT WAS GARBAGE IN CARTS, RECYCLING CARTS OUT OF CART, WOODY WASTE RECYCLING PROCESSING.

ALL, ALL SERVICES WERE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT R F P.

THERE WAS A MANDATORY PRE-BID IN MAY.

WE HAD 18 DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WERE REPRESENTED AT THAT MANDATORY PREBI OR PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING.

I'M SORRY, NOT PRE-BID.

WE GOT PROPOSALS IN JUNE.

WE HAD THREE TOTAL PROPOSALS.

TWO OF THEM WERE BASICALLY LETTERS SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO SUBMIT A, A FORMAL PROPOSAL WITH A BID ON THIS.

THE ONLY RESPONSIVE PROPOSAL WAS FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES.

THEY DID NOT BID ON OUT OF CART OR WOODY WASTE SERVICES WHEN THEY BID ON IT.

THE CONTRACT OR THE R F P WAS SET UP SUCH THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BID ON ALL ITEMS. THE INTENT OF THE R F P WAS TO ALLOW FOR ONE OR MORE CONTRACTS TO COME OUT OF THAT R F P.

SO THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO, TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL ON ALL OF THEM.

THEY WERE ONLY REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN ONES, AND THEY, THEY WERE RESPONSIVE IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY SUBMITTED ON.

SO THE, IN JULY, WE PUT OUT ANOTHER R F P FOR OUT OF CART SERVICES.

WE TRIED TO MAKE IT SUCH THAT SMALL BUSINESSES COULD, UH, E MORE EASILY SUBMIT PROPOSALS ON THAT.

THE, IT WAS BROKEN UP INTO THREE AREAS, SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, TO BID ON EVERY AREA.

THE, THE PRIOR R F P, THAT WAS FOR EVERYTHING.

IT REQUIRED THAT YOU HAD EXPERIENCE SERVING A MUNICIPALITY WITH 75,000 CUSTOMERS OR MORE.

WE TOOK THAT REQUIREMENT OUT OF THIS R F P TO ALLOW FOR SMALLER COMPANIES TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ALLOWED, UM, OLDER TRUCKS SO THAT IN THE CONTRACT THAT REPUBLIC HAS, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE TRUCKS IS FIVE YEARS.

AND THE OLDEST TRUCK CAN BE SEVEN YEARS OLD.

THAT'S IT ON THE OUT OF CART.

WE SAID THE AVERAGE CAN BE EIGHT YEARS AND THE OLDEST TRUCK CAN BE UP TO 12 YEARS OLD.

SO WE DID WHAT WE COULD TO WHERE WE, WE FELT LIKE WE OPENED IT UP TO MORE COMPANIES WITHOUT, UH, CAUSING WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE SERVICE ISSUES WITH, WITH UNRELIABLE, UH, AN UNRELIABLE FLEET.

WE HAD A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE.

WE HAD THREE COMPANIES REPRESENTED THERE, GOT PROPOSALS BACK IN AUGUST.

WE HAD TWO COMPANIES.

WE HAD, UH, WASTE PRO AND WE HAD RICHARD'S DISPOSAL.

WE ULTIMATELY, UH, CHOSE, OR THE, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RICHARD'S DISPOSAL.

THE, THE NUMBERS FROM WASTE PRO WERE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE FROM RICHARD'S DISPOSAL.

SO WE ENTERED NEGOTIATIONS WITH R D I DID, UH, WENT INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AND THEN IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, UH, BROUGHT YOU GUYS THE, THE CONTRACTS FOR BOTH COMPANIES.

THE, THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, REPUBLIC WAS EXECUTED IN LATE JANUARY.

THE CONTRACT WITH R D I WAS EXECUTED IN LATE FEBRUARY.

UH, MORE SPECIFICS ON THE, ON THE SOLID WEIGHT ON THE, NO, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

LITTLE PIE SHAPED PIECE THERE.

MORE SPECIFICS ON THE, THE COLLECTION DAY CHANGES THAT AREA BETWEEN, UM, FLORIDA BOULEVARD AIRLINE HIGHWAY, OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY, UNTIL IT GOES TO THE, THE PARISH LINE.

THAT

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IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE MONDAY, THURSDAY ROUTE AND PUT INTO THE, THE OTHER ROUTES TO BETTER BALANCE THOSE ROUTES.

LIKE SHARON MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S GONNA TAKE 30,000 CUSTOMERS OUT OF THAT MONDAY, THURSDAY ROUTE, WHICH IS OVERLOADED RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S ALRE AND IT'S ALSO THE FARTHEST FROM THE NORTH LANDFILL.

SO YOU GET INTO TRAVEL TIME ISSUES THERE.

SO REDISTRIBUTING THAT, THAT 30,000, THOSE 30,000 CUSTOMERS IS GONNA MAKE A A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE SHORTLY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, 10,000 RECYCLING CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, REDISTRIBUTED AS WELL.

AND IT, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE MORE, UM, JUST KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE AREA, BUT AGAIN, TO, TO HELP WITH THE, THE BALANCING OF THE ROUTES.

UH, I THINK SHARON MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, UH, THE LAST MONDAY IN AUGUST, AUGUST 28TH, SHE'S GOING TO BE SENDING OUT NOTICES TO THOSE RESIDENTS.

AND SEPTEMBER 4TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER, THOSE ROUTES ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

SO THAT WAY, 'CAUSE SEPTEMBER 1ST IS A FRIDAY.

SO INSTEAD OF CHANGING IT MIDWEEK, WE'RE GONNA JUST START IT OUT WITH A NEW COLLECTION WEEK ON THAT SEPTEMBER 4TH WITH, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE LABOR DAY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO SOME CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE NEW CONTRACT, THERE WILL BE A FEE FOR ADDITIONAL GARBAGE CARTS.

IT'S $7 PER CART PER MONTH.

EVEN IF YOU BOUGHT A CART IN THE PAST, IT'S STILL $7 PER MONTH.

THE BILL'S GONNA GO IT, THAT FEE WILL BE BILLED THROUGH YOUR WATER BILL, LIKE YOU RECEIVE YOUR SOLID WASTE SERVICES RIGHT NOW.

WE PUSHED OUT ONE MORE PRESS RELEASE TODAY SO THAT WE COULD REALLY TRY TO GET EVERYBODY TO TAKE THIS SURVEY.

WE THINK THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 EXTRA CARTS OUT THERE.

WE PUT THAT SURVEY OUT AND AS OF TWO DAYS AGO, WE HAD 159 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY.

SO NOWHERE NEAR THE 10,000 CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO IS BUILD 10,000 PEOPLE AND THEN SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE SAY, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I WANT TO COME TAKE MY CART.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO IN AND TAKE THAT FEE OFF THEIR BILL.

SO AGAIN, WE, WE PUT OUT ANOTHER PRESS RELEASE TODAY.

WE'VE GIVEN EVERYBODY UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A LOT MORE RESPONSES ON THE, ON THE SURVEY, BUT WE'VE GOTTA CUT IT OFF.

WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO CUT IT OFF A LONG TIME AGO, BUT WE, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE RESPONSE.

BUT WE'VE GOTTA CUT IT OFF SO THAT THE SERVICE FEE OFFICE CAN GO AND PUT THESE, THESE FEES IN THERE.

OUT OF CART SERVICES.

SO THIS IS WHAT Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

YOU, THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 10, 10 OUT OF CART ITEMS PER COLLECTION DAY.

THERE'S ALSO A WEIGHT LIMIT ON THOSE ITEMS. IT'S 40 POUNDS PER ITEM.

NOW, WHERE THAT I, WHERE THAT WEIGHT LIMIT CAME FROM IS THAT, IS THE OSHA LIMIT FOR WHAT A SINGLE PERSON CAN PICK UP, CAN HANDLE.

SO THAT, THAT'S HOW WE CAME, CAME UP WITH THAT.

TREE LIMBS ARE LIMITED TO SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER, FIVE FEET IN LENGTH.

THE BRUSH HAS TO BE BRUSH OR LAWN DEBRIS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

IT'S GOTTA BE BUNDLED.

AND BUNDLED IS DEFINED AS IT'S GOTTA BE TIED UP.

AND I SEE THE, I SEE THE REACTIONS.

I'M, UH, RIGHT NOW I'M, I'M PRESENTING WHAT'S IN THERE.

AND THEN I'M, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PATH FORWARD.

OKAY? UM, AND THEN JUST THE OTHER BULK ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S MATTRESS, UH, WHITE GOODS WILL STILL BE COLLECTED.

UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THAT.

BUT, UM, APPLIANCES WILL STILL BE COLLECTED.

TIRES, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

IT'S FOUR PER RESIDENCE PER YEAR.

AND THE, THE FOUR COMES FROM, THAT'S AN L D E Q REQUIREMENT THAT, THAT'S NOT US.

IT'S GOT TO DO WITH, UH, THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLE TIRES AND MANIFESTING AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING.

UM, BUT BULK WASTE WILL STILL INCLUDE FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, CHAIRS, BICYCLES, ALL THAT FUN STUFF.

BUT THE, THE DEAL IS, IT'S 10 ITEMS AND THAT'S IT.

AND THE, THE LARGE ITEMS ARE, ARE CAPPED AT THREE.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS OUT THERE, IF YOU GOT TWO MATTRESSES AND TWO DRESSERS AND YOU KNOW, A SOFA AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, IT, IT'S, THAT'S LIMITED AT THREE.

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AND THEN OVERALL THAT NUMBER IS 10 TOTAL.

MULTIFAMILY.

SO MULTIFAMILY IS NOW DEFINED AS ANYTHING A, A TRIPLEX OR, OR MORE, IT WAS FORMALLY DEFINED AS A FOURPLEX.

IT'S NOW A, A TRIPLEX OR MORE MULTIFAMILY NEEDS TO CONVERT FROM CARTS TO DUMPSTERS.

THAT'S A SEPTEMBER ONE THING AS WELL.

WE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY CONVERTED OVER.

THERE'S A WAY TO, UH, AND WE'VE GOT A, A MEETING IN COUNCILMAN, UH, GOD'S DISTRICT TOMORROW NIGHT TO TALK WITH ALL THE, THE LANDLORDS OVER THERE.

THEY CAN INITIATE THE PROCESS BY CALLING 3 1 1 REPUBLIC WILL GO OUT THERE AND WILL MEET WITH THE, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HELP THEM DETERMINE WHERE THAT THAT DUMPSTER IS GONNA GO, WHAT SIZE THEY NEED BASED ON HOW MANY PROPERTIES THEY HAVE, ALL THAT.

UM, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO RENT THE DUMPSTERS FROM REPUBLIC.

THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE THEM SERVICED BY REPUBLIC.

THEY CAN CONTACT ANY DUMPSTER VENDOR THAT THEY WANT AND RENT OR BUY A DUMPSTER FROM THOSE OTHER VENDORS.

THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT SERVICED BY REPUBLIC.

THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE DID THE Q ONE REPORT, THE, THE COMMON THEME FROM EVERYONE WAS, LET'S MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T SURPRISED BY THIS.

SO WE'VE, UH, REALLY BEEN TRYING TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AS CHAIRMAN MENTIONED, WE, WE STARTED WITH A WATER BILL INSERT IN MARCH.

WE DID ANOTHER WATER BILL INSERT IN JUNE, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE EXTRA CARTS AND THAT EXTRA CART SURVEY.

WE DID FOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHES THROUGH FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND NEXTDOOR.

THANK ALL OF Y'ALL WHO HAVE SHARED AND RETWEETED ALL OF THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS ON JUST SOLID WASTE COLLECTION UPDATES AS A WHOLE.

AND IT GAVE THEM SOME VERY BRIEF DETAILS, THEN POINTED THEM TO OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE'VE GOT ALL THE DETAILS.

THE SECOND ONE WAS, AGAIN, ABOUT EXTRA CARTS.

THE THIRD ONE WAS MULTIFAMILY, AND THE FOURTH ONE WAS ABOUT OUT OF CART ITEMS. THE, SHARON AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS MEETING IN JULY, WHERE WE, AGAIN, GOT SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE.

I I THINK WE REALLY HEARD MORE OUT OF THAT THAN WE HEARD OUT OF A LOT OF THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF COMBINED.

AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE AGAIN TODAY TO TRY TO GET FOLKS TO LET US KNOW IF THEY'VE GOT THAT EXTRA CART AND IF THEY DO, DO THEY WANT TO KEEP IT? OKAY.

PATH FORWARD.

SO THAT WAS WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACT.

HOW DO YOU TIE UP A PILE OF, UM, CREPE MYRTLE BRANCHES? AZALEA TRIMMINGS? UM, GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH R D I TO GET AWAY FROM THE, THE TYING.

SO THAT WE CAN, BUT WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT THAT IS SO THAT, HEY, OKAY, I'M A, MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING I GRABBED THIS.

THAT'S, THAT'S ONE.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TIED UP, BUT THAT, THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN WRITTEN DOWN.

AND THEN WE GOTTA BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THE MESSAGE OUT ON THAT.

BUT, UM, BUT I'VE GOTTA, UM, BUT, BUT THANKS TO R D I, THEY, THEY ARE, UH, VERY MUCH WILLING TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT, THAT WILL NOT BE A REQUIREMENT GOING FORWARD.

AND ESPECIALLY IN THE TRANSITION PHASE.

WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH FOLKS ON, ON WHAT'S PUT OUT THERE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO, UM, GET THE NEW DEFINITION OUT THERE.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE NO WOODY WASTE SERVICES CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACT.

THERE'S, THERE'S OUT OF CART, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO BOOM TRUCK SERVICES.

REPUBLIC HAS AGREED TO SERVICE EVERYONE THROUGH MID-OCTOBER AT NO CHARGE TO THE RESIDENCE.

AND THEN WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE THEM CONTINUE THAT SERVICE THROUGH THE END OF

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THE YEAR.

THE THOUGHT PROCESS RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE PUT THAT SERVICE OUT FOR BIDS.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO MEET WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO SEE IN WOODY WASTE SERVICES? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN BOOM TRUCK SERVICES? 'CAUSE LIKE, DO, GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS LIKE, DO WE JUST, DO WE PUT THE, THE MULTIFAMILY STUFF IN THERE AND CHARGE 'EM, BUT MAYBE WE DO, UM, ONE OF THE, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT IT OR, AND IF SO, HOW MUCH? AND OF COURSE, IF IT'S, THE LESS YOU LIMIT IT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT'S GONNA BE.

UM, THE, THE DEFINITION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW, IT, SO THE, THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE DEFINITION IS BASICALLY IT'S TREE PRUNINGS, TREE LIMBS, NO HOLE TREES OR PARTIAL TREES, UP TO A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 1000 POUND.

THE, THE THOUGHT WAS, AT LEAST FOR THE INTERIM IS THAT WE EXPAND THAT AND WE SAY THAT THE DIAMETER OF THE BRANCHES CAN'T BE MORE THAN 12 INCHES.

OKAY? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN PICTURE UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO GO OTHERWISE.

BUT I, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO JUST LIMIT WHAT PEOPLE PUT OUT THERE.

WE, THE, THE CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR HAVING A WHOLE TREE CUT DOWN, LAID ON THE, IN THEIR FRONT YARD.

AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS PAYING FOR THAT.

IF YOU'RE HAVING A WHOLE TREE CUT DOWN IT, IT'S THE, THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO HAVE THAT HAULED OFF TO HAUL THAT OFF.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE THOUGHT.

LIMITED IN DIAMETER, EITHER WAY, LIMITED IN SIZE.

WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE, THE INFAMOUS VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE.

OKAY, THAT'S ROUGHLY THREE YARDS.

AND HIS NEIGHBOR GOT UP THERE AND THEY, UH, THEY TOOK ALL THOSE THINGS AND THEY STACKED THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, RIGHT? SO THE, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL CALL THIS IN AS A MISSED WOODY WASTE SERVICE.

SO THE, THE, THE DEFINITION AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS, IS THREE YARDS OR A THOUSAND POUNDS.

AND THEN AGAIN, NO HOLE TREES.

AND THEN WITH THAT DIAMETER LIMIT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, AND I DID HAVE SOME, UH, IF, IF Y'ALL, SO COUNCILMAN HURST YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, I WISH THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS COULD SEE THAT.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES IF WE WANNA SCROLL THROUGH THOSE PICTURES.

NOT QUITE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT CAME THROUGH TODAY.

OKAY? THAT IS A VACANT HOUSE THAT HAS NOT PAID A WATER SEWER GARBAGE BILL SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.

BUT THERE IS A PILE OF STUFF IN FRONT OF IT.

NOW, MAYBE IT'S THE NEIGHBOR AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT ON IN THEIR YARD AND THEY WANTED IT ON THE, THE VACANT LOTS YARD.

BUT AGAIN, THAT REPUBLIC IS NOT GETTING PAID TO SERVICE THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THAT HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT.

OKAY? SO THAT'S, THAT IS ILLEGAL DUMPING.

EVEN IF THE, THE NEIGHBOR DID IT, THAT IS ILLEGAL DUMPING, THEY ARE DUMPING THINGS ONTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.

NEXT SLIDE.

THAT ONE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CONDEMNED HOUSE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS ARE BOARDED UP.

SO AGAIN, IT'S DOES SOMEONE ILLEGALLY DUMPED THAT MATERIAL THERE.

UM, THE, THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, A, A PILE ON A VACANT LOT AGAIN, THAT, THAT VACANT LOT DOES NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT FALLS UNDER REPUBLIC'S CONTRACT TO, TO PICK UP.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE SAME THING.

IT'S A VACANT LOT AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE IT HERE, BUT THERE, THERE'S JUST ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING THINGS IN THAT PILE.

THERE'S SHOPPING CARTS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A BRAND NEW TIRE THAT STILL HAS THE STICKER ON THE TREADS OKAY.

IN THERE.

AND I JUST BOUGHT TIRES FOR MY TRUCK AND I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THEY ARE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEBODY PUT A BRAND NEW TIRE THAT'S STILL GOT THE STICKERS ON IT IN THAT PILE.

BUT, BUT IT'S IN THERE ALONG, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT THERE.

AND THEN AGAIN, SO THIS, THIS IS A WHOLE TREE.

IT, IT FAR EXCEEDS A THOUSAND POUNDS.

AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT.

THE, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR END OF THAT PICTURE THERE ARE SOME VERY LARGE, UM, TREE TRUNKS THAT'S LAID ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND THEN THE LAST PICTURE IS THE SAME THING THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ON GOODWOOD THIS MORNING.

UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT STACKED UP? YEAH.

AND THEN, AND THEN HE

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AND THEN WE HAVE TO, UH, TO GO IN AND AND EDUCATE THEM ON, ON WHY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

SO I THINK THAT'S IT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL UH, OPEN IT UP TO QUESTION.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE? COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

SO I'M GONNA START WITH QUESTIONS ON, UM, ONE 18.

UM, FIRST, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WAS MISSING FROM THE REPORT THAT I WAS REALLY HOPING TO SEE WAS, UH, I, I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE START COLLECTING DATA ON MISSED, UH, ROUTE LIKE ROUTES THAT WEREN'T COMPLETED A DAILY COUNT ON NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WERE MISSED BECAUSE THE ROUTE WASN'T COMPLETED.

UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THESE COUNTS OF THROUGH ON ONE COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD GRASP OF WHAT, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT.

BECAUSE OF COURSE NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA CALL IN, RIGHT? THEY'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE THEIR CAR.

TO ME, WE, WE'VE GOTTA MEASURE THAT AS A SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

IT'S, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE'LL JUST CATCH YOU ON THE NEXT DAY.

SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE THAT DATA IN THE NEXT REPORT? I, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT ON THE SERVICE VERIFICATION, CAMERAS ON THE TRUCKS, THEY'RE GONNA BE RECORDING ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHERE THEY STOPPED AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

SO YOU REALLY NEED THE NEW TRUCKS.

THE CAMERAS.

WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE TRUCKS, RIGHT? OKAY.

AND BEFORE WE, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM ON IS TYING THEIR, THE G P S AND THEIR VEHICLES TO OUR SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S AN INCOMPLETE, LIKE IF THEY JUST DID NOT GO DOWN THE STREET, FOR INSTANCE.

UM, JUST FEEDBACK FROM MY OFFICE ON SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, UH, WITH SHIFT AND WHEN WE SERVICE CERTAIN STREETS.

HOO TWO, THAT AREA.

AND THEN STARTING EARLIER, OUR PHONE HAS STOPPED RINGING, UH, ON MOST COMPLAINTS IN THAT AREA AND THAT PARTICULARLY IN THE HOOO AREA, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO I WANNA GIVE YOU THE FEEDBACK OF, THANK YOU.

UM, THAT'S HUGE FOR THAT AREA.

THEY WERE OF COURSE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH IT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THANK Y'ALL.

UM, THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHICH NUMBER THIS APPLIES TO, BUT LET ME ASK THE QUESTION.

IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA CART AND YOU NO LONGER WANT IT, YOU DON'T WANNA GET CHARGED THE FEE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? UH, I KNOW YOU GUYS SENT OUT THE SURVEY TODAY, BUT CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW? HOW DO I REPORT MY EXTRA CART? TURN IT BACK IN.

THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WEBSITE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT.

IT'S B R L A GOV EXTRA CARD.

THAT'S IT.

YES MA'AM.

SO IF THEY GO TO THAT WEBSITE, IT'S A VERY SHORT SURVEY.

NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA CARD, YES OR NO? IF YOU DO HAVE AN EXTRA CARD, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT? HOW MANY DO YOU WANT TO KEEP? THAT TYPE OF THING.

AND FROM THERE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING A REPORT AND WE CAN, WE'RE THEN SENDING THAT TO BOTH REPUBLIC AND THE SERVICE FEE OFFICE.

AND ALL YOU, IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT.

EVEN IF IT TAKES US THREE WEEKS TO GO GET IT, AS LONG AS YOU LET US KNOW, IT WON'T SHOW UP ON YOUR BILL.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO THE CURB YET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, AND I'LL, I'LL LET SHARON HANDLE THAT.

SO THEY CAN ALSO JUST CALL 3 1 1 BECAUSE THERE'S A SECTION IN 3 1 1 THAT TALKS ABOUT CARTS.

AND THEN WE'LL GET THOSE.

AND IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO KEEP THE CART, IT'LL GO INTO THAT IF THEY PUT IT IN THERE.

NOW THAT MAY BE THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

IT'S GONNA TAKE US A WHILE.

'CAUSE WE, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, TOOK PICTURES OF ABOUT 14,000 HOMES THAT HAVE AN EXTRA CART, WHETHER IT'S GARBAGE OR RECYCLING.

IF THEY CHOOSE TO NOT HAVE IT, LIKE HE SAID, YOU JUST CALL IT, CALL IT AND, AND TELL US YOU DON'T WANT IT AND WE'LL COME BY AND PICK IT UP.

SO IT'S SIMPLE AS CALLING THREE ON ONE AND SAYING, I DON'T WANT THE CARD.

YOU COULD DO THAT.

YES, YOU COULD DO THAT.

BUT HE ALSO HAS THAT WEBSITE.

WEBSITE, YEAH, THE WEBSITE.

SO JUST IF FOLKS WANT IT, V LA.GOV/EXTRA CART.

I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT ALL THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING FROM CONSTITUENTS, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M, I'M GIVING TO MYSELF FROM HAVING TRIED TO COMPLY WITH IT, CUTTING DOWN A A, A CRATE MYRTLE, IT'S TOO ONEROUS.

UM, THAT'S GREAT.

UH, ALRIGHT, SO ONTO THE BIG DISCUSSION, WOODY WASTE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, I, I'VE TRIED TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW RULES MYSELF.

UH, I UNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT TO GET US TO WHERE WE ENDED UP HAVING TO DO THE R F P, I UNDERSTAND WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE MARKET NOT SUPPORTING BOOM TRUCKS.

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IT JUST, IT JUST IS.

AND SO I THINK AS A COUNCIL, AS A CITY PARISH, WE'VE GOTTA RECOGNIZE WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.

UH, SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH WITH, UH, THE R F P.

UH, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ESTIMATES SO FAR OR A SENSE OF WHAT SORT OF COSTS MAY BE ASSOCIATED? WELL, AGAIN, IT, IT'S ALL GONNA BE BASED ON WHAT THAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DEFINE AS, AS WOODY WASTE OR WHAT THAT SERVICE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

WELL, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UH, I THINK AS A COUNCIL IT IS, UH, SOMETHING WE'VE GOT TO DO.

UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT GETS TO THE SPRING, IT'S GONNA BE BAD.

SO WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE AND ADDRESS THIS QUICKLY.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.

ELECTRICAL LINES THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH THEM, THAT ARE ON A CITY PARISH SERVITUDE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

SO MINE IS JUST GENERAL STATEMENTS.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THESE TIME AT THIS TIME, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

SO IF YOU WANNA REST YOUR LEGS, YOU'RE FINE.

UM, I THINK WE WERE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WHENEVER A MAJORITY OF US VOTED, UM, THAT WE, WE'VE STATED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR EVERYONE, ADMINISTRATION, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM THAT SAT HERE, ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME UP TO THE PODIUM, WE HAD RESOUNDING MESSAGES FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY WERE NOT PAYING MORE MONEY FOR, LESS SERVICES.

AND AT THAT TIME, NOT A ONE PERSON CAME UP TO THAT PODIUM AND SAID, HEY GUYS, NEWSFLASH, WE DON'T HAVE BOOM TRUCKS ANYMORE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THOSE.

SO NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH HOLDING THE BAG OF STICKS OR THE BUNDLE.

OKAY, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

'CAUSE IT WASN'T TRANSPARENT.

NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WOODY WASTES, WE'VE TALKED OUT ABOUT OUTER CART, HOW THAT'S DEFINED, HOW IT ISN'T DEFINED.

UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS OUR CURRENT SERVICE.

MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 12 KENNELWORTH, CRYSTAL LANE, MOSS SIDE, STANFORD, WOODGATE, AND A LARGE PORTION OF HIGHLAND ROAD HAD NO TRASH SERVICE THIS WEEK.

AND THAT I CAN, I CAN GO ON AND LIST THE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD NO TRASH SERVICE LAST WEEK.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR ME, I'M STRONG ENOUGH TO HAUL MY CART BACK AND FORTH REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S HUMID OUTSIDE OR 103 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

BUT I HAVE ELDERLY RESIDENTS THAT DON'T PULL THEIR TRASH CARTS ALL THE WAY OUT AND THEN PULL THEM BACK IN OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HAVE RELIABLE SERVICES THAT THEY WILL BE PAYING EXTRA MONEY FOR.

SO THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME, AND THAT HAS TO BE FIXED.

UM, WE'VE HEARD EXCUSES IN THE PAST.

UM, WE HAVE TRUCKS THAT ARE BROKEN, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT.

WE WENT THROUGH COVID AND THERE WAS A PANDEMIC, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I'M SAYING IT AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR SERVICES, HR ISSUES AND EQUIPMENT FAILURES IS NOT, IT'S NOT THIS COUNCIL'S PROBLEM, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT HOLD THE CONTRACT THAT ARE RECEIVING THE MONEY, THAT ARE RECEIVING OUR CONSTITUENTS HARD-EARNED DOLLARS.

IT'S THEIR PROBLEM TO FIX IT.

SO I DON'T WANT THE EXCUSES THAT, HEY, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AVAILABLE.

I DON'T WANT THE EXCUSES AS TO WHY THEY CAN'T GET OUT THERE.

THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME AND IT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR MY CONSTITUENTS.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT WOODY WASTE AND I'M SO HAPPY THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED AND IN FACT, IT'S EVEN COMING WITH A 1909 LEE DRIVE.

AND IN MY DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT TALKED ABOUT, HEY, LET'S MOVE TRASH SERVICES TO ONCE A WEEK.

LET'S, LET'S BUNDLE THINGS TOGETHER.

THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T TAKEN A DRIVE ANYWHERE IN DISTRICT 12 AFTER A LIGHT RAIN.

IN FACT, I CAN TELL YOU THE MOST, NOT THE MOST RECENT STORM, BUT THE STORM BEFORE THAT, WHERE IT WAS SIMPLY A LIGHT RAIN.

MY FAMILY WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR 24 HOURS BECAUSE A BRANCH SOMEWHERE FELL AND IT WAS A RAIN.

IT WAS JUST A LIGHT RAIN, A LIGHT DRIZZLE.

THE WIND BLEW MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT VERY MUCH.

AND THEN THE NEXT DAY YOU SEE STUFF LIKE THIS OUT THERE.

AND I'LL HAVE CONSTITUENTS CALL ME AND SAY, HEY MISS ROCKA, I HAD A TREE IN MY SERVITUDE.

OR I HAD ITEMS DOWN, UM, TREES THAT WERE DOWN AT DAWSON CREEK.

THINGS THAT WERE, WERE FLOODING MY BACKYARD THAT ARE ALL ALONG THE CITY.

SERVITUDE.

MY HUSBAND AND I WENT OUT THERE, WE CUT THOSE TREES UP AND HAULED THEM TO THE ROAD.

CAN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY PICK THAT UP FOR ME? I CAN PERSONALLY SPEAK TO, I OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT HERE ON THE CORNER OF, UH, ST.

CHARLES WITH HUGE MAGNOLIA TREES, ENORMOUS ONES THAT HAVE

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AND I SAID, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? I CAN'T CUT THESE TREES.

CAN I, CAN I CUT THEM DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE HANGING OVER MY BUILDING? AND I WAS TOLD, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

YOU CANNOT CUT THOSE DOWN.

THERE'S, THEY'RE ON A CITY SERVITUDE ONLY AFTER A LIGHT RAIN, ANOTHER LIGHT RAIN, A LITTLE WINDSTORM, A BRANCH FALLS THROUGH THE ROOF OF MY BUILDING THAT I JUST PURCHASED AND JUST PUT A BRAND NEW ROOF ON AND PUNCTURES A A HOLE IN MY ROOF.

LUCKILY MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND WRITE A CHECK TO GET THAT REPAIRED.

OR WE'RE ABLE TO GO AND TALK TO CONTRACTORS AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE IT PATCHED UP.

BUT THEY'RE NOT, EVERYBODY'S ABLE.

AND THE 80 AND 90 YEAR OLD LADY, OLD LADIES AND ELDERLY MEN THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE NOT ABLE AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT ABLE AFTER WE'VE INCREASED PRICES.

SO MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE WERE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR ABOUT, HEY, WE DON'T WANT LESS SERVICES FOR MORE COSTS.

AND THAT, THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE THE THEME THAT EVERYBODY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR BIDS.

THE OTHER PIECE IS DO YOUR JOB.

WE, WE ARE PART-TIME HERE AND MOST OF US WORK 30 TO 40, 40 HOURS A WEEK ON DOING COUNCIL THINGS.

AND MY WEEK FOR THE PAST FOUR WEEKS HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH NOTHING BUT TRASH AND GARBAGE EMAILS, ANGRY FOLKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ANGRY FOLKS THAT CAN REACH ME ON NEXT DOOR.

SO THEY FIND ME ON LINKEDIN.

PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING AND EMAILING MY A TONIGHT AT ALL HOURS A NIGHT OF THE NIGHT FURIOUS WITH US.

NOW I GET IT.

THEY'RE THE ONE-OFFS.

THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO LIKE THIS, I HAVE THOSE ALL AROUND TIGER LAND.

I GET THAT.

BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS IT'S NOT GONNA CLEAN ITSELF UP.

AND BASED UPON MY WORK WITH THE CITY, THE BAD ACTORS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

AND WHERE'S THE ENFORCEMENT? IF WE HAVE THIS AND THIS IS A PROBLEM AND PEOPLE ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPING, DO WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT THEN IT'S JUST DUMPING AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

EXCUSE ME.

MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING PLEASE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING.

PLEASE.

SECOND, ANY OBJECTIONS? GO AHEAD.

SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT ON THIS MATTER.

I DON'T NEED A COMMENT.

I JUST NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT R F P.

UM, I THINK WE'VE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.

I THINK WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE THEM MOVING FORWARD, BUT THAT'S MY POSITION.

THANK YOU ALL.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCILMAN HURST? HEY, SO, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT GOING FOR, FROM FOURPLEX TO TRIPLEXES.

UM, THERE WILL BE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PRICE GOUGING ON RENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL PLAN ON DEALING WITH THAT FROM AN O C D OR SOME OTHER PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S PASSED ON TO THE LANDLORD TYPICALLY GOES AND FLOWS DOWN TO THE RENTER.

SO Y'ALL BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

NUMBER ONE.

UH, NUMBER TWO, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT DID YOU GIVE US AN ANSWER ON WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE BOOM TRUCKS? JUST LIKE A DIRECT ANSWER AND MAY MAYBE I, MAYBE I MISSED THAT PIECE OF IT 'CAUSE I WAS WANDERING OFF 'CAUSE IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK AND I'VE BE SITTING THERE FOR FOUR HOURS.

OUR OUR PLAN IS TO, TO BID IT OUT TO, TO PUT A BID PACKAGE OUT THERE AND BID IT OUT.

WE WANT TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU GUYS FIRST.

I SEE, OKAY.

SO, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEFINITIONS I GOT.

I GOT THAT POINT.

SO, OKAY.

MAYBE I'M, I'M NEED TO CLEAR THIS UP.

THE FINANCES OF IT, THAT MAY COME FROM BIDDING THAT OUT.

WHO'S GOING TO EAT THAT COST? THAT'S MY QUESTION.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT AS WELL.

I WAS HOPING IT WAS JUST NEVER GOING TO.

AND THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY SEPTEMBER 1ST.

REPUBLIC HAS AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVICES FOR RIGHT NOW, SO RIGHT.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A NEW CONTRACT IN PLACE JANUARY ONE, SO Y'ALL DON'T CONTINUE SERVICES UNTIL JANUARY.

AND NO INCREASE ON THE CURRENT, ARE WE PAYING A SUPPLEMENT? ARE WE DOING SOMETHING THERE? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.

SO FINAL QUESTION.

OH, GO AHEAD.

IS THE ADMINISTRATION GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THE COST THERE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AND OTHER ONE.

SO I'M SAYING IF REPUBLICAN CONTINUES THOSE SERVICES UNTIL JANUARY, ARE WE PROVIDING A SUBSIDY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO COVER THAT COST? IT, IT'LL COME FROM THE, UH, THE, THE TWO SOLID WASTE ACCOUNTS WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL

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UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO ECHO JEN'S SENTIMENTS ABOUT, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ME PERSONALLY.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WAS GETTING THE SAME SERVICE FOR A SLIGHT INCREASE.

I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

I'VE ONLY TALKED TO ONE IN COUNCILMAN HUDSON WHO SAID HE UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME THAT WE AGREED UPON THIS 35 50 FOR TWICE A WEEK, THAT SOME OF THE SERVICES OR ONE OF THE SERVICES WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED.

IF, IF, IF YOU ARE IN THAT NUMBER WITH COUNCILMAN HUDSON, PLEASE MAKE ME AWARE.

BUT HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WHO, UH, SEEMED TO HAVE THE AWARENESS AT THE TIME THAT WE WAS PROVIDING OR PROVING AN INCREASE, UH, FOR LESS SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, I ECHOED JEN SENTIMENT.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WAS APPROVING A SLIGHT INCREASE FOR THE SAME SERVICES.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO A PLACE WHERE WE APPROVED A INCREASE IN A REDUCTION OF SERVICES.

IN MY OPINION, UH, THAT 35 50 NUMBER, IF I'M CORRECT, SHOULD INCLUDE ALL SERVICES.

AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A R F P OR R F Q.

IT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO WAS AWARDED TO DO THOSE SERVICES UNDER THAT AMOUNT THAT WE APPROVED.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ASK THE CITIZENS TO PAY MORE.

IF YOU'RE GONNA GO TO R F P OR F Q, UH, I GO TO DARRYL'S QUESTION, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT? UM, WE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF PUSHBACK FOR THE SLIGHT INCREASE FOR THE SAME SERVICES.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH GOING TO THE CITIZENS, ASKING THEM TO PAY MORE, UH, FOR A SERVICE THAT WE LEFT OUT OF THE, UH, NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

I THOUGHT IT SHOULD, I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.

AND I'M AGAINST THE R F P AND R F Q TO PASS THAT COST ON TO THE TAXPAYER COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UH, YES, BRIEFLY.

UH, IF SO, IF THERE WAS AN R F P, UM, WOULD THAT EXCLUDE REPUBLIC FROM BEING A VENDOR? I MEAN, WOULD THEY ALSO BE OVER ABLE TO, UM, TO BID ON THAT? AS OF RIGHT NOW, YES.

TO LET ANOTHER VENDOR, UM, COME IN AND DO, UH, THE WOODY WAYS, HOW THAT ARRANGEMENT LOOKS AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING.

'CAUSE I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE ARE, I MEAN, BESIDES THE FACT THAT WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, WELL, ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL THE CONSTITUENTS, IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A DIFFICULTY IN MANAGING WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.

AND SO FOR ME TO, ON TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, IF I WAS A REPUBLICAN, I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT THAT.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANNA ADD THAT, BUT IT IS A MONEY MAKING BUSINESS.

BUT, UM, I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD GESTURE TO, FOR THEM TO SAY WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN BIDDING ON THE WOODY WASTE.

UM, NUMBER TWO, UM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT WAS A TWO FOR ONE WITH RICHARD'S DISPOSAL AND REPUBLIC, UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN THAT WE WOULD BREAK, WE SHOULD BREAK UP THE SERVICES.

UM, I THINK WITH A PARISH THAT IS GROWING, THE, AND, AND PART OF THE REASON WE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH TRUCKS AND ALL OF THAT IS BECAUSE, UM, OF THEM HAVING TO SERVICE MORE, MORE, UM, MORE CONSTITUENTS.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, FROM DAY ONE, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HAD ASKED FOR WITH THIS INCOMING, WITH THE INCOMING NEW ADMINISTRATION, IS THAT IT'D BE PUT OUT FORBID, AND THAT'D BE BROKEN UP.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF THAT NOT HAPPENING ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

SO, UM, TO SHARON AND ALL, I THINK, UM, WITH ALL THE DIFFICULTY WE ARE GETTING, WE ARE GETTING THE UM, WE ARE GETTING THE BACKLASH.

UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT SAY YOU VOTED FOR, AND I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT, I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT STILL IT WAS THE PACKAGE THAT WAS DELIVERED.

UM, WE WERE TOLD, UM, THAT IF WE DIDN'T, WE WOULD LOSE SERVICE BECAUSE REPUBLIC WAS GONNA REFUSE TO DO THE WORK, UH, IN THE INTERIM.

AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS PUT HAVE PUT US IN A REAL DIFFICULT POSITION WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THEY DON'T SEE THAT THE CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY DON'T EVEN SEE THE REPUBLICAN SERVICES AS MUCH AS BEING AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED THAT.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE HEARING.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY THING ALSO.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

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I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IF THERE WAS A, A MISCONCEPTION IN COMMUNICATION THAT THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE, UM, IN THE REPUBLIC CONTRACT AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOBODY ELSE WOULD CALL THAT BEING THE, BEING THE CASE, THEN CERTAINLY THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND CAPITALIZE ON THAT.

SURE.

SO WHEN THE R F P WENT OUT, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, WE DIDN'T BID ON OUTER CART AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE LEANING TOWARDS NOT BIDDING ON WOODY WASTE EITHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING CARE OF GARBAGE RECYCLING AND CARTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.

SO WHEN YOU BREAK OUT THE FEE, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE FEE, WE, EVERYBODY HERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONCE A WEEK WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED IT.

AND THEN WHEN IT WENT TO TWICE A WEEK, YOU KNOW, THE PRICE WENT FROM, I THINK IT WAS 28, 50 TO 35, WHATEVER IT IS.

SO WHEN YOU, I MEAN, ADAM CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO EXACTLY HOW THE FEE BREAKS DOWN.

UM, BUT THAT $35, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION THAT REPUBLIC SERVICES GETS A CHECK FOR THAT.

AND THERE'S, UH, IT'S A LOT LESS THAN THAT.

SO THE DIVISION BETWEEN THAT AND TO YOUR POINT, UM, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, TO OPEN IT UP TO OTHER PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CHOSE TO BID ON WHAT WE BID ON.

AND WE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO BID ON IT AND ON THE OUT OF CART SERVICES.

AND NOW WE'LL CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BID ON THE BOOM TRUCKS TOO.

THANKS.

WE WANT AS MANY VENDORS TO BID ON IT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO WE CAN GET THE, THE BEST PRICE.

TURN YOUR MIC ON SHAUNA.

YEAH, I GOT THAT.

WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW THEY NEED TO EXCLUDE THEMSELF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE, UH, SEEING OUR CONSTITUENCY THEM AS PROBLEMATIC AND, UM, NOT THE BEST SERVICE.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO RESTORE COMPETENCE AS A CITY PARISH AND AS A RESPONSIBLE LEADERS, JUST LIKE WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, THE LOW BID PROCESS.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.

WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THE SAME THING, MAKING THE EXCUSES AND THEN SAY, OH, BUT YOU COULD BID ON ANOTHER CONTRACT.

WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, JUST QUICKLY HERE, ADAM AND VINCE, I KNOW YOU ALL INHERITED MM-HMM.

THIS MESS.

AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY THAT AND, UH, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT.

YOU, YOU, YEAH.

UH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE FOLK HAVE MADE, YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THOSE.

I KNOW THAT, SEE THE FUNDING, WHO PAYS FOR IT? I DON'T CARE.

BUT I KNOW THAT THE CONSTITUENTS DID NOT, WILL NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO PAY ANYMORE.

I KNOW.

NOT, YEAH.

NOT, NOT INTENT.

UM, AND, AND I MUST CONFESS, SEE, THE TRANSPARENCY WASN'T THERE.

YOU ALL INHERITED THIS MESS HERE.

WE WERE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T.

AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY, DIDN'T READ THE CONTRACT, THAT A HUNDRED PAGE CONTRACT, I DIDN'T, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY I DIDN'T, BUT WE YIELD TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS, RIGHT? AND THEY DIDN'T.

AND SO YOU ALL REALLY HAVE INHERITED A MESS HERE.

AND SO R F Q R F P X Y Z, WHATEVER I AM SAYING, I'M GONNA BE ON RECORD THAT WHOSOEVER FUND THIS WHOSOEVER, BUT THE CONSTITUENTS WANT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL INHERITED A MESS.

WE WERE TOLD SOMETHING THAT REALLY WAS NOT, UH, UM, I WANNA SAY WASN'T IN THE CONTRACT, BUT I'LL HAVE TO BLAME MYSELF FOR NOT READING.

YES, YES, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY IS CERTAINLY NEEDED.

BUT THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, VERY QUICKLY TO COUNCILMAN DUNN'S POINT, UH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I WASN'T MADE AWARE, UH, THAT THAT'S HOW THE BOOM TRUCK SERVICE WAS GOING AWAY.

I MADE MYSELF AWARE, UH, THAT HAPPENED THROUGH, UH, SOME NEWS REPORTS THAT I FOLLOWED UP ON WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

UH, AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, IT CAME OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, SO, SO

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UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T LIKE IT WHEN IT CAME OUT THAT THERE WEREN'T GONNA BE BOOM TRUCKS, BUT GIVEN THAT THE MARKET WASN'T SUPPORTING IT, I DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU HAD MUCH CHOICE.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'LL SAY IS, UH, WHEREVER WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BID, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.

THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA TELL PEOPLE NOT TO BID, I FIND VERY PROBLEMATIC.

UM, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE BIDDING, THAT'S WHEN THE CROSS GOES UP FROM WHOEVER ELSE IS BIDDING.

UH, SO, SO, AND ALSO THIS IDEA THAT THE CONS, THE COST IS NOT GONNA GO UP TO THE CONSTITUENTS.

LOOK, YOU CAN SUBSIDIZE IT ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY PARISH, BUT THAT LEAVES YOU LESS MONEY FOR, FOR OTHER SERVICES, RIGHT? SO LOOK, LET'S, LET'S ALL KEEP ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, GET THIS SERVICE RIGHT, GET IT FUNDED APPROPRIATELY, AND, UH, AND GET THIS JOB DONE.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ADAM, COULD YOU JUST REPEAT FOR THE RECORD, THE SERVICE DOES NOT BEING PROVIDED.

THERE'S IN QUESTION, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO WASTE? IT'S SPECIFICALLY THE BOOM TRUCKS.

AND WHAT DO THEY DO? SO WHAT, SO THEY PICK UP THE, WHAT DO I THE PILE, THE LARGER PILES THAT ARE ABOVE A, WHAT IS A HAND PILE? OKAY.

I THINK THERE, THERE'S SOME CONFUSION THERE AS WELL.

SO WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 3 1 1, THERE'S A MISSED HAND PILE SERVICE, AND THEN THERE'S A MISSED WOODY WASTE SERVICE AND A MISSED HAND PILE IS AGAIN, WHAT WITHIN, BEEN CURRENTLY IN RDIS CONTRACT IN THAT THE, THE GUYS ARE ON THE BACK OF A REAR LOAD TRUCK MM-HMM.

, AND THEY'RE PICKING IT UP WITH THEIR HANDS AND THEY'RE PUTTING IT, THROWING IT IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

I HAVE NO CLUE.

WOODY WASTE IS WHAT IS LARGER AND IT REQUIRES A, A BOOM TRUCK.

SO THE TRUCK, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY GOT A, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, IT'S GOT A ROLL OFF DUMPSTER ON THE BACK OF IT OR WHAT LOOKS LIKE A ROLL OFF DUMPSTER.

AND THEN IT'S GOT A CRANE.

AND SO THE, THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK GETS OUT OF THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, HE GETS ON THE CRANE, HE OPERATES THE CRANE, TAKES THE CLAW, TAKES THE WOODY WASTE UP, PUTS IT IN THE, THE TRUCK, THEN GETS BACK IN HIS CAB AND MOVES ON TO THE NEXT.

BUT THAT THE BOOM TRUCK IS WHAT IS NOT IN THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.

NOW QUICKLY TALK THROUGH ME THE PROCESS OF, OF THIS CONTRACT AND OPPORTUNITY.

HOW MANY TRUCKS, HOW OFTEN WILL THEY RUN? JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION, HOW MANY TRUCKS WOULD BE NEEDED? I I THINK REPUBLIC AND SHARON CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THEY RUN ABOUT 15 BOOM TRUCKS RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S DAILY.

AND THE GOOD POINT DEPENDS, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE DEFINE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU ANTICIPATE DAILY ROTATION, THOSE 15 TRUCKS SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, AND THEN THEY ARE, THEY ARE RUNNING THOSE ROUTES A, A MINIMUM OF FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

AND THIS IS UNSOLICITED, BUT LOUISIANA WASTES MICHAEL COOKS.

I NEED TO GET YOU ON THE RECORD ON SOMETHING.

COULD YOU COME TO MIKE, PLEASE? MM-HMM.

AND WHILE HE'S COMING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON, I THINK Y'ALL ISSUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TELLING PEOPLE TO BID OR NOT BID, THEY'VE ALREADY DECIDED NOT TO BID ON IT.

SO I DON'T THINK REPUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN IT.

THEY DECIDED NOT TO BID ON IT.

I DON'T SEE 'EM GETTING IN IT.

AGAIN, I, IN MY OPINION, I THINK IT'S, IT WAS A LOST LEADER, AS I TOLD Y'ALL.

AND THEY ELECTED NOT TO, NOT TO COMPETE FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS A LOST LEADER.

SO MIKE, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED, THE SERVICES AND YOUR BACKGROUND AND EXPERTISE IN THIS KINDA SMALL VENDOR LIKE YOURSELF OR A SMALLER VENDOR, UH, MAKE SOME MONEY DOING THIS SERVICE.

CAN YOU BE PROFITABLE? I GOT TWO MINUTES, MIKE.

GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL COOKS.

I'M WITH LOUISIANA WASTE SYSTEMS. YES.

UM, IT CAN BE PROFITABLE.

IT IS A STRETCH.

YOU NEED POLICING OF THIS PRODUCT AND TRYING TO GET THAT SERVICE ON BOARD.

BUT YES, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT CAN BE PROPER.

WELL, AS WE GO FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE HERE.

WE HAVE A SERVICE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED THAT NUMBER ONE HELPS TO KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN AND LOOKING A A CERTAIN WAY.

I THINK WE ALL ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE WITHOUT THAT SERVICE THAT WE WILL SEE TRASH PILES ALL OVER THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WILL BE FURTHER UNDERSERVED.

S E D B E PROGRAM WE ALREADY HAVE, AND MAKING SURE THAT SMALL VENDORS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE WORK OR ALLOWING THEM TO, TO BID OR ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS OR SOME OF THIS WORK THAT IS PROBABLY GONNA COME FORWARD.

AND WE'LL LOOK EVEN WORSE IF THIS SERVICE GOES AWAY.

NOW HOW WE FIGURE THAT OUT, HOW WE MANAGE THAT FINANCIALLY, UH, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO US AND BRINGING US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

BUT NUMBER TWO, UH, I THINK, UH, AS TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUN, JR.

WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW WE DIVERSIFY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL VENDORS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE MANDATED

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SO I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.

HU WE NEED EVERY OPTION ON THE TABLE AS YOU GUYS GO BACK AND CONVERSE ABOUT HOW THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.

AND, AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN A NEW ROLE NOW, SO YOU GET A, A PASS ON THE PREVIOUS STUFF.