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GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO
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THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING UP.FIRST, WE HAVE OUR MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN ROOM TO RECOGNIZE WARREN KRON 25 AND A HALF YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE MAYOR BROOM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTI, UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, TODAY WE ARE SAYING, UH, FAREWELL TO AN EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SERVANT WHO HAS DEDICATED AN IMPRESSIVE 25 PLUS YEARS TO OUR CITY PARISH TEAM.
WARREN KRONS JOURNEY BEGAN WITH A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THEN, UH, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INFORMATION SERVICES, WHERE MOST OF YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW HIS WORK.
HE'S BEEN, UH, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR GISF EFFORTS.
THAT'S GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. HIS WORK IN MANAGING GIS HAS BEEN INVALUABLE, GIVING OUR CITIZENS REAL TIME TRANSPARENT DATA, INCLUDING INTERACTIVE, UH, DASHBOARDS FOR CRIME, STATISTICS, BLIGHT, AND DRAINAGE, ALONG WITH OUR OPEN CHECKBOOK AND OUR OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD PORTALS.
IT'S NO WONDER THAT BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THE, AS, UH, AMONG THE TOP 10 DIGITAL CITIES FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
IN LARGE PART TO WARREN'S DEDICATION.
WARREN, UM, YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU OFFICIALLY LEFT, ISN'T IT?
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAS REALLY, UH, RESHAPED OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, YOUR IMPACT.
UH, YOU DO HAVE A LEGACY HERE AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND WITH CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT.
AND AS YOU EMBARK ON A NEW CHAPTER, WE WANT TO, UH, EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO YOU AND, UH, PRESENT YOU, UH, WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF COMMEND.
TAKE COMMENDATION FOR 25 AND A HALF YEARS OF SERVE SERVICE TO CITY PARISH, UM, WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE AND HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LOYALTY AND YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
OF COURSE, STANDING HERE, UH, AS A PROUD SUPERVISOR WOOD IS, UH, ERIC ROMERO.
ERIC, YOU WANT TO GIVE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT WARREN? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THOSE, THOSE, UH, WORDS ACCURATELY REPRESENTED, UH, WHAT WARREN HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
WE KNOW HIM FOR THE MAPS, THE DASHBOARDS, UH, AND ALL THE SERVICES HE'S PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND TO THE CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SHOULD BE MOST PROUD OF, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST THANKFUL OF IS THE TEAM THAT HE HAS BUILT IN THE GIS SECTION.
THERE WILL BE SOME BUMPS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS ANY TRANSITION WOULD HAVE, BUT THEY'RE ROCK SOLID, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THE GREAT WORK THAT WARREN HAS BEEN LEADING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, WARREN.
AND JUST ONE QUICK THING, I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR WARREN TOO.
SO Y'ALL KNOW HE LIKES MAPS, RIGHT? Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW THAT HE LIKES GOLF, SO I HAVE HIM SOME GOLF BALLS WITH MAPS ON 'EM.
LET'S GIVE WARREN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WANNA EXPRESS, OH, COME ON, WARREN.
AFTER 25 YEARS, YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.
I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR MY CAREER THAT I HAVE WITH THE CITY PARISH.
UH, A VOICE CALLED ME YEARS AND YEARS AGO TO COME WORK HERE.
I'M FROM BATON ROUGE, THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY CITY, AND I NEVER DREAMED THAT MY CAREER WOULD TAKE ME AS FAR AS IT DID WITH THE CITY PARISH.
WHEN I WENT TO WORK WITH ERIC 10 YEARS AGO, UM, I HAD JUST BEEN MAPPING, REALLY, AND I NEVER DREAMED ALL THESE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS AND SO FORTH THAT WE WOULD BUILD FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP, UH, WITH THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND I, I JUST, AGAIN, PUBLIC SERVICE IS A GREAT THING.
I THINK I'LL ALWAYS BE A PUBLIC SERVANT IN MY HEART.
AND, UH, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY I'VE HAD IN THIS 25 AND A HALF YEARS WITH THE CITY PARISH.
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NEXT WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM TO RECOGNIZE CHRISTOPHER HILLIARD, CO-FOUNDER, CEO OF SS LAUNDRY SERVICES, RECEIVING A $75,000 INVESTMENT FROM FAROH WILLIAMS BLACK AMBITION MAYOR BROOM, THANK YOU.IT IS MY HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPLAUD CHRIS HILLIARD, THE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF SUDS LAUNDRY SERVICES FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT HAS NOT ONLY THRIVED, BUT HAS ALSO CAPTURED THE ATTENTION AND SUPPORT OF PHARRELL WILLIAMS, UH, BLACK AMBITION, A NONPROFIT INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO FOSTERING SUCCESS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC ENTREPRENEURS.
AND CLOSING THE WEALTH GAP IN VENTURE CAPITAL VENTURE, I WAS THRILLED TO LEARN THAT SUDS LAUNDRY SERVICES, A BATON ROUGE BUSINESS, HAS SECURED A SUBSTANTIAL $75,000 INVESTMENT FROM BLACK AMBITION.
THIS IS NOT JUST A FINANCIAL BOOST, IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE INGENUITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT THRIVES IN OUR CITY.
CHRIS HILLIARD'S VISION AND DEDICATION HAVE NOT ONLY PROPELLED SUDS LAUNDRY SERVICES TO SUCCESS, BUT HAVE ALSO UNDERSCORED THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL WITHIN OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE WITNESSING THE FRUITS OF HARD WORK, RESILIENCE, AND INNOVATION THAT HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS TO BATON ROUGE.
IT IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION FOR SUDS LAUNDRY SERVICES AND A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
AND SO, AS MAYOR, PRESIDENT, I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, CHRIS, AND TO, UH, SUDS LAUNDRY SERVICES AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR HBCU TRACK PRIZE INVESTMENT AWARD FROM BLACK AMBITION, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL USE THIS INVESTMENT TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
YEAH, YOU WANNA SAY, I THINK DAR UH, JUST WANT TO SAY BRIEFLY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, UM, THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE, THANK YOU TO THE METRO COUNCIL FOR ALL Y'ALL DO FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT IN THIS RECOGNITION.
OKAY, NEXT WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN ROOM TO RECOGNIZE MAGNOLIA WOODS SECOND AND THIRD GRADE, BLACK FOOTBALL COACH, EAST BAR PARIS CHAMPIONS, AND, UH, TO RECOGNIZE MAGNOLIA WOODS ELEMENTARY, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE VOLLEYBALL COACH EAST PARENTS PARIS CHAMPIONS LIBERAL.
OH, WE GOT A LOT OF CHAMPIONS HERE, UH, THIS EVENING.
SO LET'S START FIRST WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
THIS COUNCIL DISTRICT IS, UH, 1212
I WANT TO FEEL THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP VIBES.
I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND CELEBRATING THE MAGNOLIA WOODS ELEMENTARY, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM, AND THEIR COACH, BREON WILLIAMS, FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT AS THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH CHAMPIONS, THESE YOUNG ATHLETES HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, AND SPORTMAN SPORTSMANSHIP.
COACH WILLIAMS, YOUR DEDICATION TO THESE STUDENTS IS COMMENDABLE, SHAPING THEM NOT ONLY AS ATHLETES, BUT AS RESPONSIBLE AND CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS.
THE SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, AND SPORTSMANSHIP DISPLAYED BY THIS EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF SECOND AND THIRD GRADERS, HAS NOT ONLY MADE THEIR FAMILIES PROUD, BUT HAS ALSO INSPIRED OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING CHAMPIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING BATON ROUGE PROUD.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR MAGNOLIA WOODS ELEMENTARY, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE.
SO LET'S GO HERE AND, UH, TAKE A PICTURE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? RIGHT OVER HERE.
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ALL RIGHT.GET A BIG SMILE FROM EVERYBODY HERE.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP FROM MAGNOLIA WOODS, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
RASHONDA WILLIAMS IS THE COACH, AND WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE VOLLEYBALL TEAM FROM MAGNOLIA WOODS.
UH, THEIR DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND SPORTSMANSHIP HAVE NOT ONLY SECURED VICTORY ON THE COURT, BUT ALSO SET A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE VOLLEYBALL TEAM THAT HAS BEEN CROWNED AS THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH CHAMPIONS.
UH, YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR PASSION HAVE MADE US ALL PROUD.
SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM HERE.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THIS TEAM HERE.
AND LET'S TAKE A QUICK PICTURE.
CAN WE HAVE TWO MORE? NEXT ROUND, MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, DIVISION FOUR, SELECT STATE CHAMPIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT RECOGNITION TODAY AS WELL.
WELL THIS IS FOR THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAB SCHOOL KITTENS FOOTBALL TEAM.
LAB SCHOOL PIT FOOT LAB SCHOOL PEOPLE.
I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO'S HERE TODAY.
UH, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAB SCHOOL IS IN, UH, DISTRICT 10.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE HONORABLE CAROLYN COLEMAN HERE WITH US.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 2023 L-H-S-A-A FOOTBALL DIVISION, FOUR SELECT CHAMPIONS, THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAB SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, THE SOUTHERN LAB KITTENS, AND THEIR HEAD COACH, DARRELL ASBURY.
IN A THRILLING DISPLAY OF TALENT AND DETERMINATION, THEY HAVE SECURED THE 2023 L-H-S-A-A FOOTBALL DIVISION FOR SELECT CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND SO TO OUR SOUTHERN LAB KITTENS, YOUR DEDICATION, OF COURSE, AND YOUR SPORTSMANSHIP HAVE BROUGHT HONOR TO OUR CITY, UH, WE CONGRATULATE YOU.
WE THANK YOU COACH ASBERRY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UH, DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAB SCHOOL HITTING FOOTBALL.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD, COUNCILWOMAN? WELL, AS YOU STAND IN THE MIDST, YOU SAID EARLIER YOU WANTED TO BE AROUND CHAMPIONS.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WHEN YOU SEE THIS LEADERSHIP CHAMPIONS, CHAMPIONS, CHAMPIONS.
YOU'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOU LISTEN, YOU LEARN, CONTINUE.
LAMONT, LAMONT, LAMONT, OH, UH, COUNCILMAN BANKS.
UM, ALSO MAYOR IF AND, UH, COUNCILOR MCC COLEMAN.
IF I, UM, JUDE FOSTER IS A SENIOR AT
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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL.HOWEVER, HE WILL BE GRADUATING IN DECEMBER IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
AND HE HAS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO A MAJOR UNIVERSITY THAT I WILL NOT, UH, TALK.
BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOSTER FOR HIS EXCELLENT WORK AND LEADERSHIP.
AND HE'S ALSO CHAPLAIN OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY FOOTBALL TEAM.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE NEXT WE'LL HAVE, UH, MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN ROOM, UH, TO RECOGNIZE A DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM.
THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, THE WINNER, LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, DIVISION ONE, SELECT STATE CHAMPIONS, MAYOR BROOM.
ALL RIGHT, UH, WE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE HONORING, UH, THE LHSA DIVISION ONE SELECT STATE CHAMPIONS WITH HEAD COACH HUDSON FULLER, GEORGE HART, AND BRAD NELSON.
SO I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.
FOR THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS SEVEN.
AND, AND THEY'RE LOCATED IN DISTRICT SEVEN, THE CATHOLIC HIGH BEARS AND THEIR HEAD COACH, HUDSON FULLER, UH, HAVE CLENCHED THE TITLE OF THE L-H-S-A-A DIVISION ONE SELECT STATE CHAMPIONS IN A SEASON FIELD WITH DEDICATION AND SKILL, THE CATHOLIC HIGH BEARS DISPLAYED EXCELLENCE AND COACH FULLER'S GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING THESE YOUNG ATHLETES INTO CHAMPIONS, NOT JUST IN SPORTS, BUT IN CHARACTER.
SO I WANT US ALL TO CONGRATULATE THE CATHOLIC HIGH BEARS COACH, HUDSON FULLER, THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF AND THE FAMILIES WHOSE SUPPORT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS VICTORY.
UH, YOUR COMMITMENT, PERSEVERANCE, AND TEAMWORK HAVE CERTAINLY PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON BATON ROUGE AND WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
SO GO BEARS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
OH, THAT COUNCILMAN, YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE THAT'LL HOLD YOU? MM-HMM.
'CAUSE I GOT A BOY ON A GRAND BALL, SO LET HIM BE AND I WILL LET HIM BE SLAPPED IF I PUT, UH MM-HMM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GRANDDAUGHTER.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING? I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DARRYL HURST, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWNA BANKS TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY MEDIA TEAM LABOR, WORKING THE 50TH BAYOU CLASSIC IN THE CAPACITY OF OFFICIAL STATE RUNNERS FOR THE PRESS BOX, WORKING ALONGSIDE SWAC OFFICIALS COUNCIL MEMBERS WAY, SIR, YOU SHOULD HAVE, SHE, SHE, GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.
AND WHAT I SAY, WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS SOUTHERN LAB TAUGHT US, UH, HOW TO BE GREAT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO SNAZZY DRESSES WITH THAT GREAT GREEN AND GOLD AND THE UNIFORMS THAT WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAND OUT EVERY DAY WHEN EVERYBODY WAS DRESSED IN THE SAME.
BUT, UM, I STAND HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN HON.
BANKS, AND WE'RE PROUDLY, UM, TALKING ABOUT MILESTONES THAT, UH, SOUTHERN LAB IS SETTING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT, BUT NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY,
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BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.AND SO THIS YEAR AT THE BAYOU CLASSIC, UH, SU SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR, UH, WILLIE SCOTT BROUGHT FOUR STUDENTS FROM SOUTHERN LAB TO THE BAYOU CLASSIC AND ALLOWED THEM TO RUN STATS FOR NATIONAL NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME, UH, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COLLECTING THEM TO ALL DIFFERENT POINTS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE, TO THE, UH, THE LISTENING AUDIENCE AS WELL AS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM.
AND SO, FOR THIS MILESTONE, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS, KEEP SETTING BARS.
I'M TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT IS HISTORICAL, SOMETHING THAT, UH, I STILL DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND ON PAPER.
SO I COMMEND YOU ALL, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND STATISTICS AND STATS AND HOW THAT WORKS.
AND, UM, I SEE YOU WITH A GREAT FUTURE IN THOSE, UH, HAVING THOSE SKILLS.
SO THE FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS SHELBY JOHNSON.
UM, SHELBY, UM, I, YOU WANT ME TO READ? OKAY.
AND THESE ARE ALL PROBABLY SAY THE SAME.
SO IT SAYS, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND HEREBY AWARDED TO SHELBY JOHNSON, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL MEDIA TEAM FOR SERVING IN THE CAPACITY OF THE OFFICIAL STAT RUNNERS FOR THE PRESS BOX.
I MEAN, THAT, DOES THAT MEAN YOU RAN UP AND DOWN? OH, OKAY.
AND IF I MAY ALSO INVITE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, CAROLYN COLEMAN FOR PICTURES.
NEXT WE HAVE KAYLEN WILLIAMS. HEY KAYLEN.
HI, UH, THE SAME TO YOU AND A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND WE ARE AWARDING IT TO YOU AS BEING PART OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL MEDIA TEAM.
I GOT A FEELING YOU THE ONE RAN THE WHOLE THING, RIGHT? YOU LED IT RIGHT?
DID I SAY THE NAME RIGHT? TALEN SALBY.
I HAD A FEELING BY THE WAY YOU LOOKED, I DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS, UM, FOR BEING PART OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL MEDIA TEAM.
UH, TIA SALBY AND I HAD THE, THE FORTUNE.
WELL, I, I HAD THE FORTUNATE PLEASURE OF PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH A SOUTHERN, I MEAN, WITH, WITH A DAD AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE FOR DR. HERMAN BRISTOL, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE GUY THAT PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND CREATED THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR, UH, MR. WILLIE D. SCOTT.
HE, HE GONNA STILL GET THE CERTIFICATE.
NOW HE MIGHT NOT SPEAK, BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING SPOKESPERSON AND I'M GLAD THAT HE DOESN'T WANNA SPEAK AND ALLOW OF KIDS TO EARN THEIR VOICE, TO LEARN HOW TO BE IN, IN THE PUBLIC AND, AND SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO I'M GONNA BRING ON MR. KAYLINN.
SCOTT IS A PROUD TARA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
THAT'S THAT SOUTHERN LAB RIGHT NOW.
BUT MR. GET THAT I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE A TIME OF A LIFETIME OF, AT THE 50TH ANNUAL BAYOU CLASSIC.
WE ARE, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE FIRST AND, AND THE FIRSTHAND OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZATION AND HOW THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF IANS IS TWO SPORTS.
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ONE MORE.SOUND BETTER? I THINK I'M GONNA MAKE IT TODAY.
WHERE'S COUNCIL MEMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL, YOU READY? I'M READY.
NEXT, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON NOEL.
WERE RECOGNIZED HARPER JULIET, ZACHARY ELEMENTARY AND BAILEY MONET, NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE POSH POP GOURMET POPCORN.
UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WAS AT AN EVENT AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MEET THESE TWO LOVELY YOUNG LADIES AND THEY WERE SELLING POPCORN.
AND WHEN I TALKED TO THEM, ONE IS, UH, 11 AND ONE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
UH, AND I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY, UH, THEIR ABILITY TO EXPRESS AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
WELL, I'LL LET THEM SHARE WITH YOU, UH, ABOUT THEIR POPCORN.
WHAT'S POPPING? I'M BAYLA MONET.
EVERYONE LOVES POPCORN, RIGHT? RIGHT.
BUT LET'S FACE IT, BUTTER, CARAMEL AND CHEDDAR ARE JUST PLAIN, ARE JUST PLAIN BORING.
SO WHAT IF WE COULD OFFER YOU A POSH UPGRADE TO YOUR POPCORN? POSH POP GOURMET POPCORN HAS A MAGICAL MIX OF ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE TRUTHS, COOKIES, PRETZELS, AND CANDY.
DOESN'T THAT SOUND GOOD? WHAT? GREAT, BECAUSE THESE SISTERS POSH, YP SO YOU TELL ME WHO'S READY TO GET IT POPPING.
SO AS, AS YOU CAN SEE WHY I WAS IMPRESSED, UH, AND I HAD THESE YOUNG LADIES COME, UH, TO THE SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND SPEAK TO OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS AND HOW THEY GOT INVOLVED.
AND I HOPE THAT THESE YOUNG LADIES CAN INSPIRE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, IN OUR CITY TO HAVE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
AND SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY.
UM, AND, AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN COLE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD INVITED HIM AND WE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A ROUTINE, VERY SIMILAR, BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SPARE Y'ALL.
NOT TODAY, WE'RE GONNA SPARE Y'ALL.
SO, UH, BUT NO, THAT WAS AMAZING.
UM, AND I THINK, AND, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR MOM.
I MEAN, WHAT A, WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB YOU'RE DOING, RAISING THESE TWO YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.
AND SO I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO SEE TWO, UH, WONDERFUL YOUNG LADIES DOING SO GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA GO VERY FAR WITH THIS OR ANY OTHER VENTURE I COULD TELL.
Y'ALL SO PASSIONATE AND THIS IS WONDERFUL.
AND I HAVE, UH, THREE CERTIFICATES.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO START A BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 10 DURING CHRISTMAS 2020.
AMID THE CHAOS OF THE COVID-19, WHEN MOST BUSINESSES WERE SHUTTING DOWN, YOU ARE GOING, A POPCORN BUSINESS HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY AND NOW IS FEATURED IN THE BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, PARENT MAGAZINE 2 2 5 MAGAZINE, THE ADVOCATE.
AND UNDER THE CONTRACT WITH LSU ATHLETICS, YOUR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE IS COMMENDABLE AND INCREDIBLY INSPIRING.
ONE FOR YOU HARPER, ONE FOR MOM, FOR RUNNING THE WHOLE THING.
GETTING, LET'S STAND UP HERE BEHIND US.
ALRIGHT, LOOK RIGHT HERE FOR ME.
AND, AND AS A SPECIAL TREAT, I ASK THEM TO BRING A BOX FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TASTE SOME OF THESE DELICIOUS DELECTABLE OR POPCORN TREATS.
SO BRING ON, BRING ON THE POPCORN AND IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING LEFT, ANYBODY WHO WANNA BUY SOME, YOU FREE TO BUY SOME MR. ADDISON, FREE
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TO BOX SOME POPCORN, SIR.BUT AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE CLOSE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHO'S GONNA COME IN AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU.
UH, AND AT THIS TIME, THE COUNCIL WAS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD YOU, I WANT YOU TO TURN AND LET HIM TAKE HIS, JOIN ME AND WELCOME VERY SPECIAL GUEST, UH, FROM THE NOR POLE SAINT NICK IN SOUTH SANTA CLAUS.
UH, BANKS AND I NEED TO BUY SOMEBODY.
I DON'T HAVE NO CASH, Y'ALL, BUT I'LL DO WHAT? YOU GOT IT.
EVERYONE GET ALRIGHT RIGHT HERE.
WELL, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.
SO, IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR AND TRUST ME, I HAVE WATCHING EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE I'VE BEEN JOINING YOU EVERY WEEK, BUT JUST WANTED TO STOP BY FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SO AT FIRST WE'LL GET STARTED.
RECOGNITION OF COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON NOEL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO COUNCILWOMAN SHAUNA BANKS, DISTRICT TWO, SHAUNA.
OH, YOU SHOULD HAVE KISSED US NOW, RIGHT? DISTRICT THREE.
AND OF COURSE, NEXT UP WE HAVE DISTRICT FOUR.
NOW LEMME TELL YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN AT DISTRICT FOUR.
WE HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS, WE TALK ALL THE TIME.
AND I MEAN, HE DOES SO MUCH FOR HIS DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY CENTRAL.
AND LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
HE COULDN'T JOIN US TODAY, BUT WE ALL KNOW HE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.
RIGHT? NEXT UP, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE DISTRICT FIVE.
WHERE'D YOU GO? WHERE'D YOU GO? YES.
I DID USE CAPTAIN LOGO ON YOUR MUGS.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO GET IT OFF THE INTERNET.
I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET YOU TO STAND OVER HERE.
NEXT WE HAVE UP WITH DISTRICT SIX, COUNCILMAN CLEVE DUN JR.
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NEXT UP WE HAVE DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, UM, TRYING TO REMEMBER HIS NAME.I DON'T RECOGNIZE HIM MUCH, BUT EVERYONE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMONT COLE.
DISTRICT SEVEN, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
NEXT UP IS OUR DISTRICT EIGHT METRO COUNCILMAN WOMAN.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, MS. DENISE AROSO.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO DISTRICT NUMBER NINE.
HAD TO MAKE SURE I HAD THE RIGHT PLACE HERE.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE DISTRICT 10.
I TELL YOU SANTA ENJOYS VISITING.
MIGHT GET A PLACE DOWN THERE ONE DAY.
AND AFTER I RETIRED, EVERYTHING GONNA, I HEAR IT'S QUITE ENTERTAINING IN THE DISTRICT 10, BUT MERRY CHRISTMAS TO COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN.
NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT 11, THE COUNCILWOMAN, MS. LAURIE ADAMS. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SO IT'LL BE MORE IMPORTANT THE OLDER YOU GET.
I'LL PROBABLY BE VISITING YOUR DISTRICT MORE.
I AM WORKING ON A WHOLE HEALTHY THING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JEN ROA COUNCILWOMAN JEN ROA OF DISTRICT 12.
I'M GONNA LET MY, HERE YOU GO, BUDDY.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? MERRY CHRISTMAS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE METRO COUNCIL, IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING WATCHING Y'ALL ALL YEAR AND KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU.
IT IS A, IS IT A, IS IT A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOUR DISTRICT? AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THAT MOAT GUY WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU WANNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN GET STARTED? COUNCIL MEMBERS, SANTA WANTS TO TAKE A PICTURE.
SANTA WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO DOWN FRONT, JUST A MAY.
SAY YOU WANNA TAKE A, YOU WANNA TAKE A PHOTO VOTE WITH PURPOSE? PUT TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
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MAN.FRED, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK HE GOT, UM, TO HIM.
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COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE YOUR SEATS ANY TIME.I'M COUNCIL MEMBER, TAKE YOUR SEATS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, GO AHEAD DENNIS.
WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR TONIGHT'S METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.
WE ARE IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE MOST POPULATED PARISH OF THE 64 IN OUR STATE, IN THE HOME OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JAGUARS IN THE LSU FIGHTING TIGERS.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO JAYDEN DANIELS THE LATEST HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER AND HE BECOMES HIS SECOND TIGER TO WIN THAT AWARD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE ALSO TONIGHT WANT TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, FROM THE HOOSIER STATE.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT.
PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA JUST UP 65 FROM MONTGOMERY.
WELCOME TO BATON ROUGE AND ALSO TO MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE, AND I THINK THAT'S IN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE.
WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MS. MARTHA AND HER STAFF FOR ADORNING OUR COUNCIL CHAMBER WITH GRACE WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
THANK YOU MARTHA AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT
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FOR UNTO YOU AS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD.MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY FROM MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTIN BROOME AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THE MAYOR PRESIDENT PRO OF EAST BAPTIST PARISH.
TO MY RIGHT, COUNCILMAN LAMONT COLE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 OF 4:21 PM UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER AKA, WHO IS GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST, UH, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AS WELL AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE IN DECEMBER WITH ALL OF YOU SO THANKFUL FOR HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND OUR FAMILY THAT WE CALL THE CITY PARISH TODAY.
MR. LIAM, HOW OLD ARE YOU MR. LIAM? FOUR.
COME ON FATHER IN THE SUN, IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
READY? OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN BE TH NAME.
THAT WILL BE DONE WHEN EARTH IST IS IN HEAVEN TO BEST US STAY OR THEY BREAD SSES US IS NINE.
HE'S ALSO GONNA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TODAY.
PLEDGE OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE NINE STATES OF AMERICA.
BRITISH FANS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND DIVISIBLE AND LIBERTY.
THANKS FOR COMING AND JOINING US.
UH, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING IN ORDER DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? ITEM NUMBER ONE,
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MISS SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 3RD, 2023, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023 AND THE NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023 AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETINGS OF NOVEMBER 15TH AND DECEMBER 6TH, 2023 AND THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 AND DECEMBER 5TH, 2023 BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATORS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR OSA.
ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS
[INTRODUCTIONS]
SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE OF THE PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A 10 MIL A VALOREM TAX BY BOND COUNSEL.NUMBER THREE, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE ALLISON SAINT IRMA LEAF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A 10 MIL AD VALOREM TAX BY BOND COUNSEL.
NUMBER FOUR, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CHENEY BILL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE LEVEE AND COLLECTION OF A 10 MIL AD VALOREM TAX BY BOND COUNSEL NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZED AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED DEMARCUS PICKENS VERSUS BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $800,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $93 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $800,093 AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM APPLICATION FROM BBP SALES LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $487,600 FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN EAST BATTER PARISH BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.
NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM.
APPLICATION FROM BOW POT LLC AND THE AMOUNT, THE $3,234,046 FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN NEW BATON ROUGE PARISH BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER CONDEMNATION.
INTRODUCTION NUMBER EIGHT, LARRY JOE PIERCE,
[CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS]
1 1 5 1 2 PIERCE ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE KNOLL NUMBER NINE, AKIA WHITE 9 7 2 3 AVENUE B COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 10, ARTHUR BRADFORD JR.[00:55:01]
AMOS STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 11, THE ESTATE OF ELOISE AUGUSTA JAMES 2 1 0 7 NORTH 39TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 12, KELLY TAYLOR WHITE 4 7 3 3 JEFFERSON AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 13.TOM ED BELL 4 0 5 5 WASHINGTON AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 14, RONALD WILLIAMS. 2 6 8 3 HURON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 15, WILLIE WILSON AND DAISY THOMPSON WILSON 1 1 5 1 LOUISIANA AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 16, THE ESTATE OF EMMA LOU WILLIAMS. 3 8 7 0 CET STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 17, RAYMOND WILKERSON 7 1 4 JULIA STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ADJUDICATED
[ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS]
PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 18 LOT 45 SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 19 LOT 46 SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 20 LOT SIX SQUARE EAST SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 21 LOT 12 SQUARE ONE 12 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22 LOT 11 SQUARE 27 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 23 LOT 44 SQUARE 15 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 24 LOT 12 AND 14 SQUARE 1 63 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 25 LOT 56 SQUARE 15 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 26 LOT 67 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 27 LOT 65 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 28 LOT 55 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 29 LOT TWO PART SQUARE TWO.SUBDIVISION ROSEDALE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 30 LOT 11 SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION MOROCCO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO THANKS.
NUMBER 31 LOT D SUBDIVISION TRAVIS COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 32 LOT 38 SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION PROGRESS PARK EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 33 LOT THREE AND FOUR SQUARE THREE.
SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 34 LOT 1 46 SUBDIVISION COLONIAL HILL COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 35 LOT 40 SQUARE SIX SUBDIVISION DELMONT PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 36 LOT 1 0 4 COUNCIL, UH, I'M SORRY, SUBDIVISION COLONIAL HILL COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 37 LOT 31 PLUS SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 38 LOT 18 SUBDIVISION ADDITION TO SWT COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 39 LOT FOUR SQUARE 1 0 3.
SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 72 AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
THERE THERE ARE A MOTION TO DELETE 72 AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 72 AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS, I'LL READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS STATED.
THERE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 AND 100.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CONDEMNATION? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CONDEMNATION? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, NUMBER 92, 30 DAYS PLEASE.
ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I GOT MEMO.
I THOUGHT MY NUMBER WAS 92 AS WELL.
SO LET ME VERIFY 'CAUSE I'M PROBABLY ONE OFF.
30 DAYS AND THEN NUMBER 86, 30 DAYS PLEASE.
NOW YOU DO RECOGNIZE IT'S ON HERE TO BE DELETED, 91, CORRECT? I DO, YES SIR.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I AM GONNA READ RECOMMENDATIONS AND STATED CHANGES.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 84, 85, 87, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, AND 100.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEM 86, 91, 92 AND 95 DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
ITEM 88 AND TO DELETE ITEMS 82, 89 AND 1 0 1.
MAY I RE RESERVE TO COME BACK TO 93? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
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LET ME READ 'EM AGAIN.I'LL GO AHEAD AND DEFER TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
MR. MCGEE? UH, WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE NUMBER'S OFF.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT? I THINK PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CHANGED OR NOT BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, MY 92 IS DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S NINE TWO.
SO I'M NOT SURE THE NUMBERING OF THE AGENDA.
SO THE AGENDA WAS REPUBLISHED ON FRIDAY.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DEVELOPMENT AND THE AGENDA THAT EVERY, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM MATCHES.
SO WE CAN MAYBE SIT DOWN AFTER AND MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT.
JUST SURE THAT A COUPLE STATE THE NAMES.
ALRIGHT, LET READ RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES AGAIN, THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 83, 84, 85, 86, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH 84, 85, 87, 90, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, AND 100.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
86, 89, 91, 92, 93, AND 95 DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
83 DEFER FROM 90 DAYS, 88 TO DELETE ITEMS 82 AND 1 0 1.
I'M STILL CONFUSED AT HOW WE ADDRESSING THIS AND THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE OFF.
I'M STILL NOT HEARING MY REQUEST BY NUMBER.
HOW DO I IDENTIFY MY WHAT NUMBER? WHAT NUMBER ON MY AGENDA IS 89 FOR 30 DAYS? 90 FOR 30 DAYS AND 94 FOR 60 DAYS.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING YOUR SEPARATE OH, YOU USE YOUR SEPARATE SHEET SHEET? YES.
AND THEN I GOT 94 FOR 60 DAYS.
MAYBE YOU LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT ONE THEN.
AH, 89 WAS ON HERE TWICE FOR DELETE.
'CAUSE ON HERE IT SAYS DELETE AND YOU SAID 30 DAYS.
SO IT THREW MY, MY NUMBERS OFF.
PROCEED WITH ITEMS 84, 85, 87, 96, 97, 98, 99, AND 100 DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEM 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, AND 95 FOR 60 DAYS.
ITEM 88 AND DELETE ITEMS 82 AND 1 0 1 DOES THAT EVERYBODY? ALRIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS MOVED BY COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU GO TO THE SEPARATE SHEET, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM ONE
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81ST.UH, ITEM 180 IS TO RESCHEDULE THE JANUARY 24TH, 2024 REGULAR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY 31ST, 2024 BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAURIE ADAMS IN AKA.
THE REASON FOR EMERGENCY IS TO RESCHEDULE BEFORE THE JANUARY MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6 4 4 2.
THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED IN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRD VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
MOTION DECLARED THE EMERGENCY.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION? WE NOW COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE DID THAT ONE.
MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 180 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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A REPORT FROM THE ST.GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ON MEDICAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFER TO SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSA.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE GONNA ADD A REPORT FIRST AND ANY QUESTIONS? MAKE SURE THAT MIC IS ON AT THE BOTTOM.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS APPRECIATE THE TIME HERE TODAY.
UM, DUSTIN YATES, 14,100 ALINE HIGHWAY.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR THE ST.GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
UH, THAT'S MY FULL-TIME DAY JOB.
AND THIS IS, UH, MS. CRYSTAL SHAW.
SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, UH, AT THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
UH, THOSE ARE OUR FULL-TIME DAY JOBS.
AND, UH, WE ALSO, UH, PLAY LARGE ROLES IN A FEW NON-PROFITS, UM, THAT ARE IN THE AREA AS WELL.
SHE WORKS FOR A SAFETY PLACE AND I HELP RUN THE LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION.
ALL THREE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME UNBELIEVABLE COMMUNITY TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
UH, NOT ONLY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
SO WE BROUGHT MS. HAW ON LAST JUNE AS A FULL-TIME MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I WILL KIND OF KICK IT TO HER AND SHE CAN, CAN RUN DOWN ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THE THINGS THAT WE WILL CONTINUALLY DO, NOT JUST FOR THE ST GEORGE OR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, BUT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ALL OF EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH.
GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE FOCUS ON METHODS OF OUTREACH TO REDUCE CITIZEN RISK.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AS CHIEF YATES SAYS, BUT THAT'S FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT MEANS FOR THE CITIZENS IN YOUR AREAS, THIS WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE IN EFFECT OUR LIVES AND THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR PROTECTION IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE CREATING A HOLISTIC PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON CITIZEN RISK REDUCTION, SAFETY, AND A HOLISTIC WELLNESS APPROACH.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY CURATING INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS IN ADDITIONAL NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALL WORK FINE IN SILOS, BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO SERVE A BIGGER MISSION, WE CAN MAKE BIGGER CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR INDIVIDUALS AGES ZERO TO 44 IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT AFFECTS OUR MEDICAL INSURANCE RATES, THAT AFFECTS OUR VEHICLE INSURANCE RATES.
IT AFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY AT BUSINESSES BECAUSE IF A FAMILY MEMBER OR A CHILD IS TO BE INJURED OR HURT, THAT PERSON WILL BE OFF OF WORK, DECREASING PRODUCTIVITY AT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
GEORGE PARTNERING WITH THE LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION IN THE SAFETY PLACE, WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE A HOLISTIC APPROACH SO THAT WE OFFER SOMETHING FROM EVERYONE FROM THE MOMENT THAT THEY FOUND OUT, FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE PREGNANT FROM THE BEGINNING OF LIFE UNTIL THE END OF LIFE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GONNA BREAK OUR COMMUNITIES DOWN INTO SMALL, UM, OUR PROGRAMS, DOWN INTO SMALL BITES SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR PEOPLE.
AND ON BOTH SIDES, WE WILL HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOR SCHOOLS, UM, THAT ARE FOR KIDS, FOR YOUNG ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO PROVIDE THOSE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR KIDS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL TRAINING FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE ARE IN A VERY REACTIVE STATE OVER AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE FIRE HAS STARTED, OR EVEN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTER AN INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED.
BUT WE VERY MUCH WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND FOCUS ON PREVENTING THOSE INCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING, BUT ALSO BEING THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN.
SO WE ARE GONNA TAKE THESE TWO NONPROFITS WHERE THE LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE SAFETY PLACE FOCUSES ON MORE OF A COMMUNITY AND CHILD APPROACH.
PUT THE TWO PROGRAMS TOGETHER, PARTNER AS A GROUP WITH THE, UH, ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO OFFER A MORE HOLISTIC PROGRAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE SOME IMAGES OF SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN HAVE HEARD OF SAFETY TOWN.
WE DO OFFER ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST SAFETY TOWNS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE OFFER OFFERING FIRST RESPONDER BLEED CONTROL CPR TRAINING FROM CHILDREN AGES FIFTH GRADE, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL ADULTS.
WE CAN TRAIN, UM, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
SO THAT SHOULD AN INCIDENT HAPPEN ON SCHOOL CAMPUS, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND WE'RE ALSO TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT SAME ASSISTANCE THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO ADULTS AS WELL.
WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE YOUTH EDUCATION EXPERIENCE PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS ARE BEING BUSED TO THAT PROGRAM AND THEY ARE COVERING A VAST RANGE OF INJURY PREVENTION TOPICS.
ANYWHERE FROM TRAFFIC SAFETY TO SEATBELT SAFETY, TO FIRE SAFETY, TO WEATHER SAFETY, ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND BEYOND.
IT'S NOT YOUR NORMAL PRESENTATION.
IT IS A MORE OF A COMMUNICATIONS BASED EDUCATION MODEL WHERE WE TEACH THEM SOMETHING AND WE OFFER THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW US THAT BEHAVIORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED.
WE HAVE A TEEN DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM AND WE ALSO OFFER AN ALCOHOL PREVENTION PROGRAM, CRIBS AND CAR SEATS PROGRAM WHERE FAMILIES CAN EARN.
WE DON'T SAY FREE, WE LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT THEY ARE EARNING A FREE CAR SEAT, CRIBS, WIPES, DIAPERS, AND A WELLNESS KIT AND A SAFETY KIT FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ONLY FOCUSING ON PROVIDING SERVICES, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CHANGING BEHAVIORS AND CHANGING LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE SOME MORE IMAGES OF SOME OF THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WE OFFER.
UM, THESE SHOW SOME OF OUR FIRST RESPONDER
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TRAININGS, OUR GUN SAFETY PROGRAM, OUR BIKE SAFETY CAR SEAT SAFETY EXTRACTIONS.AND, UM, ONE OF OUR CHIEFS HAVING SOME FUN WITH THE KIDS.
SO WE LIKE FOR OUR ADULTS TO TURN INTO BIG KIDS AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE A VERY TOUGH JOB AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS HAPPY.
SO WE LIKE TO OFFER THOSE MOMENTS FOR THEM TO JUST RELAX, BE A KID AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY ON THE POSITIVE SIDE RATHER THAN ALWAYS FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF WHAT OUR SAFETY TOWN LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
UM, LAST YEAR, UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOAD AND UNLOAD A U-HAUL SIX TIMES FOR EVERY SCHOOL.
AND WE JUST BOUNCED AROUND TOWN FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
SO NOW WE SET THE TIME, UH, THE TOWN UP IN ONE LOCATION.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE RED CROSS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO TAKE OVER THEIR CAMPUS TO OFFER THIS PROGRAM AND BUS SCHOOLS.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO GO FROM THIS MODEL NEXT SLIDE TO THIS MODEL HERE.
SO IN THE FUTURE, UM, WHENEVER WE START TO RALLY, UH, RALLY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS TO SUPPORT OUR CAUSE, THIS WILL NOT JUST BE A PLACE FOR THE SAFETY PLACE FOR THE LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION OR THE ST.
LIKE I SAID, WE ARE INTENTIONALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH WHERE A LOT OF NONPROFITS AND AGENCIES THAT OFFER DIFFERENT SERVICES CAN OFFER A ONE-STOP SHOP TO OUR COMMUNITY TO SAVE ON GAS, REDUCE TRAFFIC REDUCTION, UM, AND HELP TO SAVE RESOURCES WITH GOING FROM DIFFERENT AREAS AND LOCATIONS, UM, TO RECEIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, AS I SAID, WE OFFER PROGRESS PROGRESSIVE FIRST RESPONDER TRAININGS.
NOT ONLY THAT, TRAIN OUR FIREFIGHTERS OVER AT THE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING TRAINING, UM, TRAINING SERVICES TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, FROM AROUND THE REGION.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AGAIN, WE ARE HELPING TO TRAIN BATON ROUGE FIRE CENTRAL FIRE, SARY FIRE.
ANY FIREFIGHTER THAT NEEDS THEIR LEADERSHIP FEELS THAT THEY NEED TRAINING, WE ARE HAPPY TO OFFER THAT FOR THEM AT OUR HEADQUARTERS OVER ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
NOT ONLY IS IT PROGRAMS, BUT WE OFFER VERY BIG AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL.
AND YOU ALL ARE ALWAYS INVITED TO COME AND PARTICIPATE AND SEE AND HOW WE CAN REPLICATE THESE KINDS OF EVENTS IN YOUR AREA, UM, AS WELL.
SO LOOK FOR EMAILS COMING FROM US TO INVITE YOU TO COME AND TOUR THE CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ASSIST YOU WITH REPLICATING THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, CHIEF YATES AND I VERY RARELY SLEEP.
UM, AS HE SAYS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS, WE MOONLIGHT AT NONPROFITS AND WE WORK FULL-TIME FOR THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO SO AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL JOIN HANDS WITH US IN 2024 TO HELP BETTER SERVE YOUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? YES.
LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COME ON, REVEREND ANDERSON.
WE'LL BE AROUND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LATER.
Y'ALL KNOW I LOVE A GOOD FIREFIGHTER.
UH, I WANTED TO I'M JUST SAYING
BUT I DID WANT TO PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY AS PUBLIC SAFETY.
I SIT ON A CHILD MORTALITY REVIEW PANEL AND THE WORK THAT CRYSTAL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ST.
JOY'S IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN DOING IS REALLY CRITICAL TO PREVENTING SOME OF THE DEATHS THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT DO NOT HAVE CARETAKERS IN THE HOURS AF AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING HOLIDAYS BECAUSE PARENTS STILL HAVE TO WORK.
THE WORK THAT THAT CRYSTAL'S BEEN DOING FOR YEARS IS JUST INCREDIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THIS IS ALSO WHERE DOLLARS NEED TO BE PUT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE THERE'S A RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT IS JUST AMAZING.
AND SO I I LITERALLY CAN'T COMPLIMENT IT ENOUGH JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, BUT I ALSO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD MEAN TO REDUCING SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? MAN, YOUR FACE TURNED RED.
HIS RED SWEATER WHEN SHE SAID THAT.
UH, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
SO, YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO JUST START OFF.
UM, WE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, UH, ON THE CENTRAL COUNCIL A WHILE BACK.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT IS TRULY AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION, ST.
GEORGE, EVERYBODY FOR ROLLING WITH THIS PROGRAM.
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UH, EXCUSE ME, ON CENTRAL THAT THEY'VE, UH, COMPLETED STOP THE BLEED SO FAR AT VICTORY ACADEMY, ST.ALP, FRANCIS CENTRAL, PRIVATE, AND 75 PEOPLE AT THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SO FAR.
SO, UM, NEW CLASSES STARTING IN JANUARY.
LOOK, Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ALL Y'ALL WORKING TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THEN, UH, YOUR FACILITY LOOKS GREAT.
SO I HOPE THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP OUT OR THAT WE CAN, UH, SUPPORT Y'ALL ANYWAY FROM THE METRO COUNCIL SIDE OR EVEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL, UM, MUNICIPALITIES.
THEN WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP Y'ALL OUT WITH THAT.
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND COMMEND Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING WITH THIS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COUNCIL, MEMBER HURST.
HEY, I WANT TO, UH, MAKE IT CLEAR.
NUMBER ONE, I SAW SOUTHERN LAB ON A PICTURE, SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR THE THIRD TIME TODAY.
UH, SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK CRYSTAL AND SAFETY PLACE.
UH, THEY DON'T JUST STAY, UM, IN ONE PART OF TOWN.
THEY'VE BEEN IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE'VE DONE SOME BIKE, UH, A BIKE RIDE, WOULDN'T HAVE JOINED ON HOURS.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS MAKING AN IMPACT.
KIDS DON'T GO OUTSIDE ANYMORE.
THEY PLAY VIDEO GAMES ALL DAY LONG.
UM, I BELIEVE WHAT, WHAT'S DEPICTED ON THE SCREEN, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF KIDS GETTING OUTSIDE IN THE SUN TOUCH THEIR FACE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO CONTINUE TO GOOD WORK AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
AND I THINK I ACTUALLY SAW MY GRANDCHILD UP THERE ON ONE OF THOSE PICTURES,
UM, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING.
I KNOW Y'ALL BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME, SINCE SEPTEMBER FOR Y'ALL TO COME AND GIVE US A REPORT, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
UM, IT IS A, IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT.
UM, THEY CAME OUT TO THE SCHOOL THAT I'M WORKING AT AND DID A, IS IT CALLED STOP THE BLEED? YES, MA'AM.
AND DID THE CPR AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND OUR TEACHERS WALKED AWAY WITH KNOWLEDGE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE AND FELT VERY CONFIDENT THAT IF A SITUATION DID ARISE, THAT UM, THEY COULD HANDLE IT UNTIL THE EMS OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER, UH, COULD GET THERE.
UM, ALSO, UM, IF YOU HAVE A A A YOUNG LADY OR YOUNG MAN THAT IS INTERESTED IN BABYSITTING, THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL BABYSITTING COURSE AS WELL, WHICH ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE INVOLVED WITH IT AS WELL.
AND I THINK THEY GIVE THEM A LOT OF PRACTICAL IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO CHARGE AND ALL THOSE OTHER KIND OF THINGS.
SO WE DO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HUSMAN.
I'LL JUST QUICKLY ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS.
I PERSONALLY GOT TO ATTEND ONE OF THE STOP THE BLEED CLASSES, UM, CERTIFICATION COURSES, AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
LEARNED A LOT, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
Y'ALL ARE DOING OUTSTANDING JOBS, SO THANK YOU.
ALL THIS TOO, CHIEF, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, JUST ONE, ONE LAST THING.
UM, UH, ONE THING WE DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING IS THAT OUR PROGRAMMING IS FREE.
UH, WE DON'T CHARGE THE SCHOOLS, WE DON'T CHARGE, UH, PEOPLE TO COME TAKE OUR SAFE SITTER PROGRAM.
UH, WE LEAVE BLEEDING CONTROL KITS BEHIND IN EVERY CLASSROOM THAT WE TEACH A TEACHER OR AN ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, WE LEAVE ADSS BEHIND IN SCHOOLS THAT CAN'T AFFORD 'EM, UH, THE SCHOOLS THAT CAN'T AFFORD 'EM.
WE HELP CONSULT WITH THEM AND LET 'EM KNOW HOW MANY OF THEY NEED AND WHERE THEY NEED 'EM AT.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE BIG PART OF IT.
AND WHEN WE GOT INTO THIS, WE SAID WE WERE NEVER GONNA DO THIS IF I HAD TO GO INTO A SCHOOL OR IF CRYSTAL HAD TO GO INTO A SCHOOL AND SAY, LOOK, WE CAN PROVIDE THIS TRAINING FOR YOU, BUT IT'S GONNA COST YOU $500, IT'S GONNA COST YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY REASON AWAY FROM THEM THAT THEY CAN TELL US NO, ESSENTIALLY.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND I'LL, I'LL HUMBLY BRAG ON CRYSTAL JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR ONE SECOND.
IF YOU INDULGE ME AND, AND TELL YOU THIS, THAT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF OUR EVENTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT CRYSTAL HOST, UH, AND SHE'LL INVITE ALL OF Y'ALL, MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY RECEIVED EMAILS AND INVITATIONS FROM HER.
YOU HAVE TO COME OUT AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY, TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT, THAT WE'RE HAVING COLLECTIVELY IS TREMENDOUS.
IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY, IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY, UH, LEARN HOW TO RIDE A BIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, IT'S POWERFUL.
UH, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN A ROOM WITH A HUNDRED NEWBORN MOTHERS OR SOON TO BE NEWBORN MOTHERS, AND THEY COME FOR A COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER, WHICH WE HOSTED LAST WEEK, AND IT'S A THREE HOUR EVENT, AND THEY GET TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND WHAT THEY LEAVE WITH, THEY LEAVE WITH STROLLERS AND CRIBS AND DIAPERS AND IT'S ALL FREE.
IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND THE NONPROFITS.
UH, I STRONGLY, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND CHECK IT OUT, UH, SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
WE WANNA BRING IT TO EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE PARISH.
UH, EVERYBODY HAS COMMUNITY CENTERS, SCHOOLS, GYMS, UH, THIS IS A PORTABLE PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A ONE PART OF THE PARISH.
AND, AND, UH, WE, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU, CONTACT US, AND IF YOU DON'T CONTACT US,
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CRYSTAL WILL BE CONTACTING YOU.SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME VERY EASILY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I COME WITH A SMILE.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS TO STOP THE BLEED OR THE BABYSITTING OR WHATEVER, HOW DO THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS? A LOT OF A OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE, LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS.COM.
A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMING IS LISTED ON THERE.
UM, UH, IF THE PROGRAM IS NOT LISTED ON THERE, UH, I KNOW CRYSTAL IS, IS A SOCIAL MEDIA WIZ AND SHE IS PUMPING OUT STUFF LEFT AND RIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, EVITES AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU CALL 'EM.
UH, GREEN ENVELOPE, GREEN ENVELOPE, UH, UH, INVITATION.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE.
UM, AND IF, IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT THAT WAY, THEN GIVE CRYSTAL AND I A CALL, UH, MY NUMBER IS ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, CRYSTAL ENCOURAGES ME NOT TO DO THAT, BUT I DISAGREE.
UH, AND, AND CRYSTAL'S, UH, IS ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE.
SO I'M GONNA LEAVE A STACK OF CARDS UP HERE.
SPEAKING OF MIKE, I CRYSTAL, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
LISTEN, I, I GOT, I GOT FOUR SCHOOLS I SUPERVISE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN Y'ALL YET, BUT I'M, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALWAYS WELCOME.
IS THAT A CHALLENGE? YEAH, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
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A REPORT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, ADAM SMITH AND REPUBLIC SERVICE.ON THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLAN, PLEASE BARRENS PARISH OUT OF CAR TRASH SERVICE.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WILL PAY FOR SAID SERVICE.
COUNCILMAN, I'M, I DON'T THINK SHARON MANN IS HERE YET.
I I CAN GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A KIND OF A, A RECAP FROM THE, UH, AUGUST MEETING.
AND THEN IT, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GO INTO, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON THE AGENDA LATER TODAY.
WE GOT, AGAIN, FOLLOW UP FROM THE AUGUST REPORT, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLANS, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATIONS.
SO, JUST A FOLLOW UP AT, AT THE LAST MEETING IN AUGUST, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE BOOM TRUCK SERVICES THROUGH, THROUGH OTHER MEANS.
UH, IN, IN LOOKING INTO THAT, THE, THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT ALLOW TO DO THAT.
THOSE SERVICES MUST BE, UH, FUNDED BY THE, THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED FOR THOSE SERVICES.
SO, IN SHORT, WE, WE CAN'T USE THE GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND WE LOOKED AT THE FUNDING THAT, THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, AND WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WILL HOPEFULLY, UH, TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE THERE WITH THOSE SERVICES.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DO, UH, LONG-TERM PLANS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO SHORT-TERM PLANS.
AND, AND YOU'LL SEE WHY IN A SECOND.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT DOING IS, IS SETTING UP COLLECTION FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
THE FIRST TWO THAT WE CHOSE ARE AT THE OLD CENTRAL PLANT SITE ON RIVER ROAD IN BETWEEN HERE AND LSU.
AND THEN THE, UH, SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE OFF OF GARDERE LANE.
WE'VE GOT LAND AVAILABLE AND WE OWN THE LAND.
SO THERE WERE NO LAND ACQUISITION ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH.
IT'S GONNA BE A, A PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'RE GONNA START WORKING ON IT THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH THAT, UH, WE MAY NEED THESE SITES.
WHAT IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY CATEGORIZED AS COLLECTION FACILITIES, AND THAT'S, UH, THROUGH LDEQ.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THOSE PERMITTED.
WE'RE GONNA PLACE DUMPSTERS AT THE SITES, AND THAT WAY, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTS, LANDLORDS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY CAN BRING MATERIALS TO THOSE SITES FREE OF CHARGE, AND THEY CAN, UM, THEY CAN DUMP THOSE ITEMS THERE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT CONTRACTOR DEBRIS, OKAY? THAT, THAT'S STILL HAS TO BE DISPOSED OF IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IT, IT PROVIDES ANOTHER MEANS TO, TO HAVE THOSE,
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UH, THOSE ITEMS TAKEN CARE OF.SPECIFICALLY THE BULKY ITEMS. AND THE, THE TWO PLACES THAT WE'VE GOT THESE PLACED RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES.
SO INSTEAD OF THAT EVICTION WASTE ENDING UP ON THE CURB, THE, THE LANDLORDS HAVE A PLACE TO BRING THIS EVICTION WASTE AND, AND PLACE IT INTO THE DUMPSTERS.
SO THE EMERGENCY ITEM THAT I PUT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, THAT IS FOR THE SERVICING OF THESE DUMPSTERS AT THE COLLECTION FACILITIES.
AND THE, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS IT'S AT THESE, AND THEN IF THOSE, IF WE GET MORE COLLECTION FACILITIES, IT WILL, UH, BE DONE BY THAT SAME CONTRACTOR.
IT'S, IT'S LWS WHO'S GOT THAT, UH, SERVICE.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT IS WE ARE JUST ADDING A DAY RATE TO DRCS CONTRACT.
AND IT'S 2250 PER TRUCK PER DAY.
NOW, THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE BIG TRUCKS THAT YOU SEE AFTER STORM EVENTS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
IT'S A 150 YARD TRUCK, WHICH IS FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF A TYPICAL BOOM TRUCK.
SO IT, THIS IS IT, IT'S A VERY GOOD RATE FOR, UM, FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY CAN DO.
WE DID, WE HAD A PILOT TEST OF THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING, GOING TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WITH THEM ON THAT 72 HOUR RULE.
AND THIS IS REALLY MEANT TO PICK UP THE ILLEGAL DUMPING PILES, THE BLIGHT PILES, THAT TYPE OF THING THAT ARE HAPPENING IN, IN VARIOUS AREAS.
UM, THE OTHER THING WITH DRC, THEY ARE DOING THIS SAME TYPE OF PROGRAM IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE TO, TO COME IN.
THEY'VE GOT LESSONS LEARNED FROM HOUSTON THAT THEY WERE TELLING US ABOUT, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO CLEAN UP.
A LOT OF THESE, THESE PILES THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT AREN'T, THEY AREN'T IN THE, THE GARBAGE CONTRACT ANYWAY.
'CAUSE THEY ARE EITHER ILLEGAL DUMPY PILES OR JUST FOR WHATEVER ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO THESE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, PUTTING IN PLACE FROM A, A LONG TERM SOLUTION.
AND THE DRC ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA, UH, LATER TODAY AS WELL.
UH, WE DO HAVE RDI IS RUNNING BOOM TRUCKS RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE PAYING THEIR DAY RATE RIGHT NOW TO RUN A COUPLE OF TRUCKS RIGHT NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO TRANSITION, UH, FROM ONE CONTRACT TO THE OTHER.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT GOING UNTIL THE CO COLLECTION FACILITIES ARE OPEN.
'CAUSE THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS, IS THAT ONCE THE COLLECTION FACILITIES ARE OPEN, THEN PEOPLE HAVE ANOTHER MEANS TO DISPOSE OF THOSE ITEMS. AND AT THAT POINT WE CAN, WE CAN BACK OFF OF THE, THE BOOM TRUCKS.
BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO, TO RUN THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THE NEW GUIDELINES ARE, ARE GONNA REALLY GO INTO EFFECT PROBABLY FEBRUARY ONE, THAT THAT'LL BE A LITTLE FLUID WITH WHEN THE COLLECTION FACILITY'S OPEN.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ARE PUTTING OUT THE, THE GREEN CARDS RIGHT NOW.
SO RESIDENTS ARGUE IF IT DOESN'T FALL WITHIN THE, THOSE ITEMS THAT THE 10 ITEMS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THE OUTER CART, THEY ARE GETTING A GREEN CARD THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS NOT IN THE CONTRACT.
I, I MET WITH THE RDI EARLIER, THEY ARE STILL SEEING A LOT OF IT WHERE IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT A CONTRACTOR CUT A TREE DOWN AND THEN PUT IT TO THE CURB.
THAT'S, THAT'S NEVER BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF IN THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.
IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEAVING THOSE CARDS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS, WE'RE NOT GONNA PICK THIS UP.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATIONS.
'CAUSE I'VE A HANDFUL OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I'VE GONE TO.
I'VE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AND I, I THINK IT GOES, IT'S AROUND THE, THE 40 POUNDS LIMIT ON AN ITEM.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE 40 POUND LIMIT, LIKE, OH, WELL THEY'RE NOT GONNA PICK UP A REFRIGERATOR ANYMORE OR THEY'RE NOT GONNA PICK UP A SOFA, THAT TYPE OF THING THAT IS, THAT IS STILL INCLUDED, IT'S STILL IN THE CONTRACT.
SO ALL THESE ITEMS YOU CAN, IF, IF YOU GET A NEW MATTRESS AND THE COMPANY THAT YOU BOUGHT THE MATTRESS FROM, IF THEY DON'T HAUL IT OFF, YOU CAN PUT A MATTRESS OUT OF THE CURB AND IT'S STILL CONSIDERED A BULKY ITEM.
AND IT'S COVERED UNDER THE, THE OUT OF CART ITEMS. IF YOU GET A
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NEW WASHING MACHINE, I HAD TO DO THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.YOU PUT THE OLD ONE OUT THERE.
BUT IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE GUY THAT RIDES AROUND IN THE RECYCLE TRUCK, HE JUST PICKS IT UP FOR US.
AND RDI DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
BUT, UM, IF THAT GUY DID NOT COME RIDING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN, THEN RDI WOULD'VE PICKED IT UP THAT THOSE ITEMS STILL FALL WITHIN THE CONTRACT.
UH, THE OTHER ONE THAT I DIDN'T PUT ON HERE, BUT I'VE, I'VE SEEN ONLINE AND I'VE HEARD AS WELL IS THE, AGAIN, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THERE'S, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WITH A STORM? THERE'S NO BOOM TRUCKS.
WELL STORMS WERE ALWAYS SEPARATE.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT COVERED IN THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.
WE'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT IN A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ITEMS. WE'VE GOT THREE CONTRACTS IF WE NEED THAT MANY.
AND WE WILL, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE, AND THAT WILL BE WHAT WOULD BE USED IF WE HAVE A, A STORM EVENT.
WE ACTUALLY ACTIVATED THEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK WHEN WE HAD THAT LITTLE WIND STORM THAT THAT WENT THROUGH.
I THINK IT WAS THE BROADMOOR AREA, OAK HILLS AREA, THAT TYPE OF, SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST BEFORE YOU FINISH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT? WE ARE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE, UH, PICKING UP OF, UM, YOU, YOU SAY THAT THE GREEN CARDS ARE GOING OUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, A CONTRACTOR CUT DOWN A TREE.
WHAT IS THE, UM, METHOD TO, OR THE PROCEDURE FOR SOMEONE TO CHALLENGE THAT? HOW DOES SOMEONE DETERMINE THIS WAS A CONTRACTOR THAT CUT THE TREE VERSUS A HOMEOWNER? WELL, IT, AND EVEN IF IT'S ACTUALLY, EVEN IF IT'S A HOMEOWNER, IF IT'S A WHOLE TREE MM-HMM.
AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE DON'T PICK UP WHOLE TREES.
IS IT BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT? IT IS.
CAN THEY PICK UP A PART OF IT AND COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND GET THE OTHER PART? AND IT, IT'S MORE OF THE WEIGHT LIMIT ON THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF WHEN THEY HAVE THESE LARGER, UH, TRUNKS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING TOO IS THE, THE, THE USER FEE THAT'S BEING PAID PER INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO COVERING THE DISPOSAL THAT'S REQUIRED FOR, FOR A TREE LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT'S THE MECHANISM FOR SOMEBODY TO, TO GET RID OF THAT? IF THEY CUT IT DOWN THEMSELVES? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE? SO THEY CAN, WHEN RDI LEAVES A CARD, THEY CAN ACTUALLY RDI LEAVES THEIR INFORMATION.
THEY CAN CONTACT R-D-I-R-D, I CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH A PRICE OR THEY CAN CONTACT ANY OTHER DEBRIS HAULER THAT'LL, UH, THAT WOULD COME OUT AND, AND PICK THAT UP FOR.
SO IN, HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT SAYS THAT F THE FACILITIES WILL COLLECT HOUSEHOLD EVICTION WASTE, WOODY WASTE TIRES, AND SCRAP METAL.
SO, UM, 'CAUSE I'M GETTING READY TO HAVE AN HOA MEETING EXACTLY.
SO, SO, UM, WILL RDI, THEY, THEY WILL NOT BE PICKING ANY OF THAT UP AFTER WHAT FEBRUARY DID YOU SAY? SO I GUESS I'M, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT, WHAT HAS TO BE TAKEN TO THE FACILITY AND WHAT THEY WILL PICK UP.
SO WE, WE STILL HAVE THE, UH, THE 10 ITEMS THAT IN RDI I'S CONTRACTS AS THEY'LL, THEY WILL PICK UP, UP TO 10 ITEMS PER TIME.
UP TO THREE OF THOSE ITEMS CAN BE BULKY ITEMS. SO IF THERE'S THREE PIECES OF FURNITURE, THEY WILL PICK UP THREE PIECES OF FURNITURE, AND THEN IF THERE'S SEVEN BAGS OF LEAVES, THEY'LL PICK UP THE SEVEN BAGS OF LEAVES.
BUT IF THERE'S 10 FURNITURE ITEMS, THEY WOULD PICK UP THREE AT A TIME.
UM, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS WITH THE RENTAL PROPERTIES, SPECIFICALLY THE FOURPLEXES THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN CONVERTED TO DUMPSTERS, THEY NO LONGER GET OUT OF CART SERVICE.
THEY DON'T, THEY GET DUMPSTER SERVICE AND THAT'S IT.
SO, AND THEN ALSO EVICTION WASTE IS SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN THE CONTRACT NOW AS AN EXCLUDED WASTE.
SO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE, ARE NOT IN RDI I'S CONTRACT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER A, A CLOSER MECHANISM TO, TO GO BRING THOSE ITEMS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY, THEY ULTIMATELY, THEY END UP ON THE CURB AND THEN IT TURNS INTO A, A BLIGHT ITEM.
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ITEMS OUT, RDI WILL COME OUT, PICK UP 10, AND THERE'S MS. MANNYOU HAVE, YOU, YOU WOULD REALLY, YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS. YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS.
YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN TAKE THE OTHER 10 TO THE DUMP SITE, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM OUT THERE AND THEY WOULD PICK 'EM UP THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
OR YOU CAN CALL THEM FOR A PRICE AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU A PRICE TO, TO HAUL THOSE ITEMS OFF.
SO IT'S, IT'S WHATEVER THE HOMEOWNER WANTS TO DO.
SO WHO WOULD THEY, SO WHO WOULD THEY CALL TO, TO GET A PRICE FROM, TO HALT THE THINGS OFF THAT THAT'S ON THAT GREEN CARD? FROM, FROM RBI GOTCHA.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
WE TALKED IN DETAIL ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT THIS.
UH, BUT I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO, UH, THE MECHANISM, AND I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALL THE WAY FLUSHED OUT, I'M SORRY, BUT SOME OF THE MECHANISMS WE TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH RESIDENTS UTILIZING THESE COLLECTION FACILITIES AND INDIVIDUALS NOT COMING FROM OUT OF PARISH.
UH, AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE EXPLORING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT, UH, OUT OF PARISH PEOPLE UTILIZING THE FACILITY.
RIGHT? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, WE, WE DO NEED TO MAKE A, A MAJOR PUBLIC OUTREACH PUSH ON, ON A LOT OF THIS.
UM, AND, AND NOT ONLY THIS, BUT ALSO JUST MAKING SURE ITEMS ARE SET OUT AT THE CURB PROPERLY, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO WE HAVE REACHED, I REACHED OUT TO, UH, OCTAGON MEETING THIS MORNING TO LOOK INTO HOW CAN WE, UH, MAYBE MAKE SOME CARTOONS THAT CATCHES A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION JUST, AND, AND LOOK, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
IF YOU SEARCH ME, YOU WON'T FIND ME.
SO THAT'S WHY I LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS AND I WILL, UH, UH, WE, WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO, TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS.
AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING, THAT'S ANOTHER POINT.
WE DROVE HOME AND, AND I THINK WE ROLL OUT THESE INITIATIVES AND, AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY KNOW HOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED OR HOW TO UTILIZE 'EM.
BUT I WAS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ID CARDS AND THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND ALL OF THAT R RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING TOO, WE, AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT OPEN TO, TO CONTRACTORS.
THIS IS NOT INTENDED FOR CONTRACTOR WASTE.
THE, THE CONTRACTOR WASTE IS, UH, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILL WHERE THEY HAVE AN ACCOUNT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
BUT YES, WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE CHECKING ID CARDS.
WE WILL ALSO BE TRACKING IT SO THAT WE CAN SEE, HEY, UH, HOW MANY TIMES HAS, HAS THIS PERSON COME? IF THE SAME PERSON COMES THREE TIMES IN TWO DAYS, WELL THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE OPERATING A, A BUSINESS AND IT'S NOT JUST A, A HOMEOWNER, UH, DRIVEN ITEM THERE.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE USAGE AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT BEING ABUSED.
AND FINALLY, THE LANDFILL, YOU MENTIONED THE LANDFILL.
A LOT OF THIS CAN BE DONE AT THE LANDFILL NOW, AND YOU'RE PROPOSING THESE TWO, UH, COLLECTION SITES TO START WITH, BUT THE LANDFILL IS A THIRD OPTION THAT'S ALREADY UP AND RUNNING AND YOU EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS AS THIS PILOT ROLLS OUT.
AND, AND AGAIN, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW FAR, AND AT SOME POINT AS WE GO NORTH IN THE PARISH, THE THOUGHT IS, IS THAT WELL, YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE LANDFILL THAN YOU ARE TO ONE OF THESE.
SO WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT YEAH, THE, IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT, YOU, YOU BRING YOUR, YOU CAN BRING A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A WATER BILL, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, JUST TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE A RESIDENT.
AND, AND YOU CAN BRING THESE ITEMS THERE NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, ADAM.
UH, COUNCIL, IS IT A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM MS. MANN? ARE WE GOOD? MS. MANN? YOU, YOU, YOU DODGED IT TONIGHT.
ADAM, UH, ONE MORE THING JUST ON WHAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT.
I WANTED TO ASK, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU, IT'S GONNA BE LOOKED AT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY'S NOT ABUSING IT.
THE, THE LANDFILL RIGHT NOW HAS A LIMITATION.
I WANNA SAY IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO GUESS, BUT MAYBE IT'S LIKE THREE TIMES A QUARTER OR SOMETHING.
THEY, THEY HAVE A LIMITATION ON HOW OFTEN YOU CAN GO, UH, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIFIC, UM, LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT? I, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF IT'S LEFT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PERSON WHO MIGHT BE SITTING THERE LOOKING AT IT ONE DAY, THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE A DEFINED, LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN ONLY COME THIS MANY TIMES IN A MONTH OR THERE, THERE, THERE WILL BE POLICIES AND THEY THEY WILL BE POSTED.
WE'RE, AND WE STILL NEED TO, I KNOW THEY DO THIS IN TERREBONNE PARISH.
THEY DO IT IN, UH, JEFFERSON PARISH.
SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DO AND TO, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT THINGS IN PLACE.
AND THEN, AND THEN BEYOND THAT, CHECKING ON THE ITEMS AND SAYING, YOU, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU SAYING NOT CONTRACTOR ITEMS. AND I THINK
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THAT'S, UM, ADVISABLE CERTAINLY.BUT I KNOW THERE'S, I'VE HAD PEOPLE, UM, WHO'VE CONTACTED ME BEFORE WHO'VE HAD THAT ISSUE GOING TO THE LANDFILL AND THE LANDFILL'S PUSHING BACK ON 'EM, SAYING, THIS IS CONTRACTOR AND IT'S REALLY JUST A DISASSEMBLED SWING SET FROM HIS BACKYARD ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS. AND IT COULD LOOK LIKE THAT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER, AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF THERE'S SOME TRAINING THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED JUST TO BE ABLE TO, UM, IDENTIFY OR, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT I, I THINK THERE ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE A, AN ELEMENT OF, OF BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
AND REMEMBER THAT PUBLIC SERVICE, WE ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC, AND SO LET'S TRY TO SERVE 'EM RATHER THAN BE OBSTRUCTIONIST WHEN THEY DO COME.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN THAT SCENARIO, AND IT'S ANECDOTAL, BUT IN THAT SCENARIO, THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
HE HAD SOME STUFF, JUST A HANDFUL OF ITEMS, AND THEN HE HAD A SWING SET FROM HIS BACKYARD AND HE SOUGHT IT UP SO IT WOULD FIT ON A TRAILER, RIGHT.
AND AT A GLANCE IT COULD APPEAR AS CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T WHAT IT WAS.
AND IT BECAME AN ISSUE THAT NEEDED NOT BE SO RIGHT.
AND THAT, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM NOT LONG AGO.
AND, AND WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND MAKE SURE, AND THE OTHER THING, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT JUST TO POINT THESE COLLECTION FACILITIES, THEY WILL BE MANNED THAT THE CITY PARISH HAD THESE, UH, YEARS AGO, BEFORE MY TIME, 15, 20 YEARS AGO.
AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE NOT MANNED FACILITIES.
AND THAT DID RESULT IN A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THESE FACILITIES WILL, WILL HAVE PERSONNEL THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE, ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT PLACE THERE, EVERYTHING'S BEING DONE THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE.
AND I DO BELIEVE, UH, WEST FELICIANA HAS A COLLECTION FACILITY, A CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR RECYCLING AS WELL, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT AS A BIG COST SAVINGS.
UM, IF YOU WANNA RECYCLE, GO BRING IT HERE.
THANK ANYBODY ELSE? I'M THANK, THANK YOU ADAM.
I DO THINK, OH, COUNCILOR MEMBER MORRISON.
SO, UM, ADAM, HOW IS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GONNA RUN? WE, SO THE NEW CONTRACTS, UH, WITH REPUBLIC AND RDI BOTH CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR ARE HOLIDAYS.
SO THERE WILL NOT BE COLLECTION ON, ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
SO IF YOU'RE COLLECTED ON MONDAY, WHICH IS CHRISTMAS, YOU'LL BE COLLECTED THE NEXT THURSDAY.
IF, IF YOU'RE MONDAY, THURSDAY, THAT'S RIGHT.
COUNCILMAN MO MOTION? UH, WELL I DO WANNA SAY THIS, ADAM.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING.
AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE GOOD TO GET ON THE AGENDA
UH, SO TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE, TALK ABOUT IT, THEN HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I JUST KNOW OUR OFFICES ARE GONNA BE BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS WHEN THE SERVICE CHANGES AND, UH, PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA KNOW.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA OFFER THAT.
ITEM 1 79, RECEIVING A QUARTERLY
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REPORT FROM EAST WICK PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER GODA, WHO IS THE, DIDN'T HE JUST GIVE US A REPORT? GOOD AFTERNOON, MERRY CHRISTMAS.UH, I'M JIM LANDER, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL THE QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.
SO, SO FAR, UH, WE'VE BEEN MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW 9 1 1 PLATFORM THROUGH NGA.
WE HAVE, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE ALL THE AGENCIES, EXCEPT FOR OUR LAST PRIMARY PSAP, UH, TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE NEW 9 1 1 PLATFORM.
SO, UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR, UH, BACKUP FACILITY, WHICH WE CALL THE BUCK, THE BACKUP UNIFIED COMMUNICATION CENTER.
UH, WE'VE MOVED THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICT OFFICES IN THERE, AND WE'RE, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ORDERING THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE BACKUP POSITIONS IN THERE AND STARTING TO INSTALL IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH A NORTH TOWER TO COVER THE NORTH END OF THE PARISH TOWARDS THE ZACHARY AREA WITH THE NEW RADIO TOWER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
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THE SITE AND WE'VE STARTED, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, THE SELECTION OF A COMPANY TO START DOING SOIL TESTING FOR THAT LOCATION TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S ADEQUATE FOR A TOWER.SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
THAT IS BY FAR THE BEST REPORT I'VE HEARD AND ALL THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
ARE ALL THE, UM, OH, I'M SORRY.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.
UM, PREVIOUSLY Y'ALL WERE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE, UM, CELL PHONE PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW FEE WAS TACKED ON.
HAS, HAVE ALL THOSE, UH, KINKS BEEN WORKED OUT? UH, THE LAST TIME THAT I LOOKED, WE WERE PROBABLY IN THE 70 SOMETHING PERCENTILE OF THOSE THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE, THE CARRIERS? YES, THE CARRIERS, UH, THERE ARE SOME THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AND, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE DEALING WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT THE CARRIER SUBMITS TO, AND THEN THAT THIRD PARTY THEN PROVIDES IT TO US.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THE CARRIERS THEMSELVES DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE CONTACTED BY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS, SO IT GETS A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC, BUT WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO 'EM AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S, UH, WORKING WITH US.
Y'ALL ARE REALIZING SOME OF THOSE REVENUES FROM THE FEE WE HAVE? YES.
IS THAT, IS THAT ON A MONTHLY ONGOING BASIS? UH, SOME OF 'EM ARE MONTHLY, SOME OF 'EM ARE QUARTERLY, SOME OF 'EM ARE ANNUALLY.
SO, UH, THE COURSE, THE MONTHLY ONES, WE HAVE DEFINITELY, UH, STARTED SEEING THOSE, SOME OF THE QUARTER QUARTERLY ONES.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED REALIZING THE ANNUAL ONES WE WON'T PROBABLY SEE UNTIL THE, UH, UNTIL, UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THAT NORTH TOWER, WAS THAT PAID FOR WITH LOCAL FEES OR WERE Y'ALL ABLE TO OBTAIN A GRANT THAT IS, THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICT IS FUNDING SOME OF THE PROCESSES CURRENTLY.
UH, WE ARE INTERESTED IN ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT CAN BE GATHERED TO, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TO HELP MOVE THAT, UH, THAT TOWER PROJECT ALONG.
SO Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL ARE FUNDING RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE, THE LOCATION, THE FEASIBILITY OF IT? CORRECT.
COUNCILMAN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE LAST TWO ITEMS ON PAGE ONE.
ON PAGE 33, EMERGENCY ITEM AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT
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AS THE CONTRACT WITH LA WASTE AND CONSULTING INCORPORATED FOR LARGE CONTAINER SERVICES AT COLLECTION FACILITIES AND BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.REASON FOR EMERGENCY EXPEDITED EXECUTION OF CONTRACT IN OPENING OF THE COLLECTION FACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6 4 4 2.
THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRD VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THE ITEM? SO MOVED BY COUNCILOR MAGGOTY, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LIVING SOLUTIONS CONSTRUCTION FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED AT 24 67 EDGEWOOD DRIVE, LOUISIANA AMENITY AMOUNT FROM FORTY TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND SEVENTY SIX CENTS TO A TOTAL SUM, NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND ONE CENTS, AND AUTHORIZED AN EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THAT WITH BY MAYORS, OUR REASON FOR EMERGENCY TO RESIDENT CLIENTS FLOOR IS SUBJECT TO KA DUE TO SUBSTANDARD FLOOR JOIST AND OTHER FACTORS.OCD NEEDS APPROVAL TO IMMEDIATELY ENGAGE THE CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM THE WORK TO ADDRESS THE LIVABILITY OF THIS HOUSE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE, EXCUSE ME.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1 6 4 4 2, THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRD VOTE OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOCH, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS? IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOCH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUR.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 180 2 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD RETURN NOW BACK TO ITEM 1 0 2.
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THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST.THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST, UH, TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JANUARY 31ST, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SECTION THE CA WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SUBSIDIES AND INNER CITY RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DIRECTOR.
AGAIN, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST OF DEFER THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBERS? REAL QUICKLY, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED NINE EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM SIX IN SUPPORT.
MOTION TO DEFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOOCH.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED.
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AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.SO
GEORGE CENTRAL EAST SIDE DISTRICT SIX.
DISTRICT ONE FIVE PROTECTION DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS SUCH AS A PROPERLY PLACING IN THE CODE OF ESTABLISHMENT.
ANOTHER FIVE PROTECTION DISTRICTS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY OMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO HUDSON AND HEARST TO ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 1 0 3.
OKAY, LET'S PAUSE FOR THE CALLS.
UH, I THINK THE, UM, FOLKS OUTSIDE SHOULD HAVE REPLACEMENT AGENDAS.
SHOULD THAT HAVE THE CORRECT, THAT HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBERING.
SO THE CORRECT ONES ARE OUTSIDE WITH THE CORRECT NUMBERING ON THEM.
THAT WAS THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE ON THE AGENDA FOR THOSE YOU DON'T KNOW.
REVEREND ANDERSON IS A 13 COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO, NOT ITEM 1 0 4.
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PROVIDING FOR THE RELEASE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND OTHER STATE ENTITIES FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THOSE INSPECTIONS PERFORMED BY CENTRAL FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, THE DISTRICT SIX FIVE PREVENTION BUREAU, THE EAST SIDE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, THE ST.GEORGE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, THE DISTRICT ONE FIVE PREVENTION BUREAU AND THE BATON ROUS FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU FOR THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF FOR A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD FOR DESIGNATED BUREAUS.
COUNCIL MEMBER AARON MOCH, HUDSON, AND HURST.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 4? COUNCIL MEMBER SOMO BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOOCH.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO 1 0 5
[105. 23-01627]
RUNNING A TAX ABATEMENT TRANSFER AT 2 1 3 6 DALE BOULEVARD, ESTIMATED $381,655 PER YEAR FROM AL TO MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC TO DALE OAKS APARTMENTS BY PLANNING DIRECTORS.DOES ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 0 5.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM 1 0 6
[106. 23-01673]
AMENDING OF 2023, CURRENT EXPENSE AND CAPITAL BUDGET TO ADJUST ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS TO AUTHORIZE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO MAKE CERTAIN INTERDEPARTMENTAL INTER FUND TRANSFERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE BUDGET ACT AND THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOOCH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO ITEM 1 0 7.
[107. 23-01626]
WE'RE SENDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK COURT AND COUNCIL NOTICE AND ATTEND COURT ON JULY 5TH, THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE STATE OF MARY THOMPSONS SAKOWSKI.REASON FOR PRECISION PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD AND REMODELED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.
ANYONE HERE WISHES YOU TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN JR.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
[108. 23-01606]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENT WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.DIXON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 THROUGH 26.
CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND SEVENTY ONE CENTS PER MONTH FOR A TOTAL OF $82,304 52 CENTS BY DEVELOPMENTAL DIRECTOR BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? ITEM 1 0 8.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS' MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST, SECONDED BY REVEREND ANDERSON 1 0 8.
I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT ACTUALLY WAS THE ITEM THAT WAS IN THERE TWICE.
AND MY CONCERN WAS WHEN IT WAS IN THERE, IT WAS SHOWING AS A, UH, PUBLIC, UH, MEETING HEARING FOR JANUARY 10TH.
IS IT, HAS IT IN FACT BEEN, UH, INTRODUCED PREVIOUSLY? YES, THE ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST, SECOND BY COUNCIL.
[109. 23-01605]
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTE AMENDMENT WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND MISS CITY REDEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE FOR RESIDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF LOUISIANA TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT FROM 205,000 NOT TO EXCEED $317,857.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 9? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
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BY THE CHAIR.[110. 23-01608]
TO ONE 10.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXCUSE AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE YWCA TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT BY $235,503 AND 8 CENTS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO ITEM
[111. 23-01609]
ONE 11, WHICH WILL BE DELETED.AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND URBAN RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT CORPORATION TO INCREASE CONTRACT BY $180,000 BY MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AGAIN, THERE'S A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.
MOTION TO DELETE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE AND THE OBJECTIONS ITEM ONE 11 HAS BEEN DELETED.
[112. 23-01671]
THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TEXT YOU TO SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER 21 TO THE CONTRACT WITH CH TWO M HILL ENGINEERS FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR PHASE TWO OF BATON ROUGE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,650,000 AT AN EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TIME TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTORS.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM ONE 12.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOLL.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM ONE 12 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEMS ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 20 TOGETHER UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES.
[113. 23-01672]
13 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ANN BRASCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE WITH BATON ROUGE INSPECTION, COALITION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF THE CONTRACT MILE NOT TO EXCEED $550,000.[114. 23-01674]
MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR BRASCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 WITH EMC CONSULTANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT MILE EXCEED 1,150,000.[115. 23-01675]
THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ANN BRASCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 WITH GO EC FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT PROJECT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT EXCEED 500,000 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR ONE 16 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ISSUED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER 12 TO THE CONTRACT WITH COMPLIANCE AND VIRAL SYSTEMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH DANIEL PARISH WISE, SEW CLEANING AND PHYSICAL INSPECTION SERVICES RESULTING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT RECEIVED $4 MILLION.[117. 23-01677]
MAYOR PRESENT AND OR BRASCO TEST ISSUED AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO THE CONTRACT WITH WARDEN SMITH INCORPORATED FOR VALVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000.[118. 23-01678]
MAYOR, PRESIDENT ANDREW BROCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, THE CONTRACT WITH K THREE BLLC FOR PUMP STATION LAW AND MAINTENANCE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $175,000.[119. 23-01679]
19 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND OR BRASCO SQ AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN, CONTRACT WITH WP ENTERPRISE LLC FOR PUMP STATION LAW AND MAINTENANCE POINT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 AND ITEM ONE 20[120. 23-01680]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR BRASCO SQ.NUMBER SIX, CONTRACT WITH RECRUIT HOLDINGS LLC FOR PUMP STATION LAW AND MAINTENANCE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 20.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
ANY OBJECTIONS THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALL SUBMITTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECT ITEM
[121. 23-01681]
1 21 OWN REVIEW AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE OF THE CONTRACT WITH DRC EMERGENCY SERVICES LLC TO ADD A DATE RATE OF $2,250 TO ASSIST WITH COLLECTION OF BLIGHT AND ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS QUICKLY.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 22.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 21 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
GONNA TAKE 1 22 TO 1 26 TOGETHER UNLESS THERE'S ADJUSTMENTS AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA BROCO YOU CONTRACT WITH BLACK AND VEATCH MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTING FOR A 2024 COST OF SERVICE.
SEW A USER FEE RATE STUDY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80,000.
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AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ANN BRASCO TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE WITH PIVOTAL ENGINEERING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $149,500.[124. 23-01684]
MAYOR PRESIDENT ANN BRASCO TO ISSUE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER 18 FOR THE CONTRACT WITH ALCO COMPANY SERVICES FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $2,150,000.[125. 23-01685]
THE MAYOR PRESIDENT OA BROCO TO APPROVE A[02:00:01]
SUP SUBMITTAL OF THE LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION ENVIRONMENTAL ORDER FOR THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE DIRECTOR.ITEM 1 26, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT
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OA BROCO TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTAL OF THE LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT FOR THE NORTH TREATMENT PLAN BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 22 THROUGH 1 26? COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UM, MR. SMITH, ADAM, ITEM NUMBER NUMBER
[122. 23-01682]
1 22, THE THE SEWER, UM, USER FEE STUDY.CAN YOU EXPLAIN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT STUDY? YEAH, SO AS PART OF OUR SEWER USER FEE, WE, WE HAVE TO, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT WE DO THIS, THIS STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND I'M, I'M ACTUALLY READING FROM OUR FINANCE FOLKS THAT IT'S THE, THE FEES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.
AND SO IT, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
BUT IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY OUR, UH, FINANCIAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, CHARGING FEES APPROPRIATELY.
AND SO IF WE, IF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THAT WE ARE COLLECTING MORE MONEY THAN WE NEED TO, WOULD THAT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, IS THAT 4% SET IN THE CONSENT DECREE AND JUST IS WHAT IT IS? OR IS THERE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY, UM, ADJUST? NO.
SO THE 4% IS NOT IN THE CONSENT DECREE.
UH, AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ASKED THEM TO LOOK INTO WHEN CAN WE REDUCE IT, UH, I'M SORRY, INCREASE IT BY LESS THAN 4% GOING FORWARD.
WE, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO, TO PAY OFF ALL OF OUR DEBT.
AND SO THAT, AND OUR DEBT, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE OUR, OUR DEBT SERVICE HAS PEAKED YET.
BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TOWARDS THAT.
SO WE DO NEED TO STILL INCREASE IT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO WHEN CAN IT BE 3% INSTEAD OF 4%? SO WE, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND SO THAT THIS STUDY SHOULD ASSIST WITH, WITH THAT, UM, THE COST ON THIS STUDY THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, IS THIS SIMILAR IN COST? DO YOU, IS IT, IS IT MORE, UM, I'VE JUST HAD, I'VE HAD A CONSTITUENT REACH OUT AND FELT LIKE THE COST SHOULD BE MORE AROUND 50,000 FOR THIS CONTRACT THAT I, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT BLACK AND VEATCH IS THE ONE.
THEY'VE GOT OUR SEWER SYSTEM MODEL, OUR FINANCIAL MODEL.
THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE IT.
IT'S, IT'S MOST EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.
I, I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT WAS LAST TIME, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO LET'S HOPE THAT RATE OF INCREASE DECREASES, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 1 22 THROUGH 1 26
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER M.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 27.
[127. 23-01687]
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESENT NEXT TO THE ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIVER ROAD MULTI-USE CORRIDOR AND ESTIMATED COST OF $200,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINS DIRECT.ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 27? COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 27? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOEY.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO ITEM
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1 28.AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OF PRESIDENT, THE NC STATE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE STATE PROJECT HOOP HOOPER ROAD, BLACKWATER ROAD TO JEWEL ROAD.
THE PARISH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ALL COSTS IN EXCESS OF 12,265,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO ON ITEM 1 29,
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PROVIDE TO LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE.PROPOSED FEDERAL OFF SYSTEM HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR THE 2023 THROUGH 25 YEAR BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? ITEM 1 29.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN GODDE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAMO.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESENT THAT YOU THE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH STAND TECHNIC AND CO TEAM SOUTH BOULEVARD TO WEST CHIME STREET.
AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $25,000.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOTE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS?
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WE GO TO 1 31.ACTUALLY CONTRACT WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICE WITH FORD
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FOR THE DAWSON CREEK DETENTION DRAINAGE BY TRANSPORTATION RATE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $833,091 70.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDED BY THE CHAIR OF ANY OBJECTIONS WE GO TO ITEM 1 32.
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT.ASK YOU TO SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE END OF THE STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AND THE CAPITAL REGION PLANNING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH LA 30 AND BRIGHTSIDE TO I 10 ASCENSION EAST BATON ROUGE IN VILLE.
PARISHES BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE'LL NOW GO TO
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ITEM 1 33.AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR OF PRESENT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, THE AGREEMENT FOR PHOTO ENFORCEMENT SERVICE OF AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS, DOING BUSINESS AS BUREAU MOBILITY BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 33? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MOROCCO.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NOW TO ITEM 1 34.
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THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTE A FULL SIGNALS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE'RE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST? ANY OBJECTIONS WE GO TO ITEM 1 35,
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AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR.PRESENT THAT YOU SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT AT BINGO PIPELINE COMPANY NLC FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH REMOVAL, THE YARD CAPACITY PROJECT BEN, HER REALIGNMENT NICHOLSON INTERSECTION, $68,495 66 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESENT.OBJECT YOU TO CONTACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND IMPACT NURSE CONSULTANT LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WHEN I TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON.
PLEASE DON'T KEEP DEMOTING ME.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS A GRANT FOR $300,000? MAR THE COUNCIL MEETING ON HOLD.
SO MS. DARL DOES RUN THIS PROGRAM, SO I'M GONNA LEAN TO HER FOR SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ANSWERS HERE.
BUT IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE WAKE OF COVID.
UM, AND MR. LL PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE MORE TECHNICAL DETAIL THERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, YOU ALL MAY RECALL THAT YOU APPROVED, UM, A SIMILAR PROJECT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
THAT WAS A DAY AND A HALF EVENT THAT WAS, UM, RAINED OUT FOR THE MOST PART.
WE HAD TO TURN AWAY ALMOST 400 PEOPLE LOAN AND BECAUSE WE HAD SOME SURPLUS FUNDS, WE WERE, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTRACT WITH THE SAME, UM, PROVIDER, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT TO EXTEND IT A LITTLE LONGER OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE EYEGLASSES, FREE EXAMS, PRE-DENTAL SERVICES AND UH, UH, PAD CADRE AND MYRIAD OF OTHER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PREVIOUS EVENT WAS OUT THE DOOR WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WAITING.
THEY WERE WRAPPED AROUND THE RIVER CENTER AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THEM, UNTIL THEY GOT INTO THE TRIAGE AREA, THE WAITING ROOM, IT WAS DETERMINED, UM, THAT BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, WE HAD ALREADY REACHED, UH, AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE.
ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR, AS I RECALL, HE RECEIVED EIGHT ROOT CANALS THAT DAY AND WHICH WOULD'VE COST HIM IN EXCESS OF OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IN REACHING THE GRANT GOALS, UH, FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH TO PROVIDE, UM, SERVICES, HEALTH ACCESS, AND ALSO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND HEALTH EDUCATION TO MARGINALIZED AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THIS IS THE PURPOSE THAT THIS, UM, SUPPORTED.
AND THE EVENT, WHILE IT WAS TO OUTREACH, ANY, ANY PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE, WE HAD A WIDE ARRAY OF DIVERSITY AND SERVING, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAPPENED TO BE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO SERVING ALL ASPECTS OF
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THE COMMUNITY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, REVEREND ANDERSON, MARLEY.
GUESS Y'ALL COULD TALK ON THE SIDE IF, IF Y'ALL, IF YOU, IF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE SPECIFIC FOR HER.
WELL QUESTION IF THEY'RE FOR US A GRANT AND I HEARD COME TO THE MIC.
WELL, WE DON'T NECESSARILY CALL THEM GRANTS.
WE REFER TO THESE AS CONTRACTS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS MOST CASES ACROSS CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS.
ALL OUR GRANTS, OUR GRANTS ARE REIMBURSED AND THEY ARE, WE ARE THE, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE THE GRANTEE AND WE ARE SUBCONTRACTING WITH MULTIPLE ENTITIES.
AND THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE.
WHAT'S THE SOURCE OF FUNDING? THE US DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU THOUGHT THIS ONE PARTICULAR.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THAT WAS LITERALLY WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM AND WHO, ALRIGHT, Y'ALL GOT IT.
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1 37 THROUGH 1 42, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TOGETHER THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC OFF.YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE 1 36.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MAGDA SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
1 37 TO 1 42 ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 18 THROUGH 39.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THESE ARE THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS, WHICH ARE ALWAYS INTRODUCED A MONTH IN ADVANCE BECAUSE Y'ALL MOVE TO THE COUNCIL MEETING FROM THE 24TH TO THE 31ST OF JANUARY.
WE JUST NEED TO RECONSIDER THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN INTRODUCE THEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 31ST AND WE CAN PROPERLY ADVERTISE THEM.
MOST OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST SECOND AND BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
WE'RE NOW BACK TO THE INTRODUCTION.
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NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 39 FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 31ST.SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
ANY OBJECTIONS ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED? THANK YOU.
NOW I NEED A MOTION TO RE TO ENTER.
WE'RE GOING TO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.
WE'LL TAKE TOGETHER LOT SIX AND SEVEN SQUARE 28.
DISTRICT FIVE MOTOR ON ITEM 1 38, LOT TWO AND SQUARE 19 SUBDIVISION DUCHENNE.
PLACE 10 MOTOR ON ITEM 1 39 LOT 11 AND 13 SQUARE 2 41.
SUBDIVISION SUBURB PHARAOH DISTRICT 10 MOTOR ON ITEM ONE 40 LOT FIVE SUBDIVISION QUEST WORK DISTRICT TWO MOTOR ON ITEM 1 41.
LOT 14 SUBDIVISION SUBURB SCHWART.
ITEM 10 MOTOR ON ITEM 1 42 LOT 4 6 1 AND 4 6 2 MERRI EAST.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEMS 1 37 TO 1 42 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
MATTERS.INTRODUCTION, RECEIVING THE 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, PLEASE.
BARR
THE REASON ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER TO ALLOW THE REPORT TO BE HEARD ON JANUARY 10TH.
MOTION AWAY THE RULES TO ALLOW THE ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED IS THEY'RE MOTION TO WEIGH THE RULES.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WEIGH THE RULES? ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO WEIGH THE RULES? I ONLY A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.
THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
ITEM B, A REPORT FROM THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN ROOM CHIEF MURPHY.
PAUL IS SAFE, HOPEFUL, AND HEALTHY B ON THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO REDUCE AND PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES FOR SAFE HOPE AND HEALTHY B ON THE PROGRESS OF THE ROAD MAP PLANNING.
THE REDESIGN HAS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE EMERGENCY ITEM TO ALLOW THE REPORT TO BE GIVEN AT THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.
YOU NEED A MOTION? WEIGH THE RULES.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION AWAY THE RULES? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION? AWAY THE RULES.
UH, MOTION TO INTRODUCE TO ITEMS. SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
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ITEM 1 43 SHA VIA VOLUNTEER FIVE.DISTRICT CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING HAROLD KIRBY WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST.
THERE'S NO ONE ON THE BALLOT FOR 1 43.
IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM YOU WANNA SPEAK? WE ARE GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION OUTTA DEFER THIS ITEM AND WE'RE GONNA DEFER TO, UM, LET'S DO FEBRUARY 14TH.
GIVE SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ITEM 1 43 HAS BEEN DEFERRED LIBRARY BOARD
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OF CONTROL, CONSIDERATION OR REPLACING MARTHA RISCO.WHO IS NOT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
THE CURRENT BALLOT IS JOHN COSTAS.
GARY AMP, ANN HUFF, DARRYL HURST AND RONNIE PIERCE.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM NOW? I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUN OR COUNCILMAN ADAMS? UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UM, NOMINATE, UH, RONNIE PIERCE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN HURST.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THAT OF DENOMINATIONS THIS EVENING.
ARE WE GONNA GIVE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN ROSS, ARE WE GONNA VOTE ON EACH ONE OF 'EM ON THE MACHINE? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON ALL OF 'EM.
WOULD I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JOHN COSTAS.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE PERSON YOU'RE VOTING FOR.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE MACHINES FOR UM, AND WE'RE GONNA GO IN ORDER THAT THE BALLOT APPEARS ON YOUR AGENDA.
YOU ONLY NEED TO VOTE YES FOR THE PERSON YOU WANNA VOTE FOR.
AND YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
THE MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR JOHN.
GONNA BE OPEN FOR GARRIS GARRETT DESK CHAMP.
GONNA BE OPEN FOR DARRELL HURST.
RE READ, READ MR. HURST 1 45 LIBRARY
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BOARD OF CONTROL.CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING JASON JACOB, WHO IS NOT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT CURRENT BALLOT.
GARY HAM AND HUFF AND RONNIE PIERCE, YOUR HONOR, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCILOR HURST.
HONOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPOINT RONNIE PIERCE.
THERE A SECOND ON ANY OBJECTIONS.
RONNIE PIERCE HAS BEEN RE APPOINTED ITEMS 1 46
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TO 1 48.GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING FOR REPLACING DAVID CARDS.
DISAPPOINTMENT IS A TWO YEAR TERM.
DAVID CALLS HAS REQUESTED REAPPOINTMENT.
GEORGE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING JOHN SOCHI.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 46 AND 1 48? YOU WANT TO SPEAK? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
GEORGE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, JUST ASK YOU IF Y'ALL WILL, UH, LOOK AT, UH, MR. MORGAN, MR. NEWMAN AND, UH, KEEPING MR. KARNS ON BOARD.
IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, UH, GIVE US THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ONE MORE TIME.
UH, JUST ASKING Y'ALL TO SUPPORT MR. MORGAN, MR. NEWMAN
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AND MR. KARNS ON THE OKAY.WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.
COME ON DOWN TO ONCE AGAIN, DUSTIN Y ST.
UH, WE WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST THE REAPPOINTMENT OF OUR TWO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
MR. DAVID CARNES AND MR. JOHNNY SOCHI.
MR. CHE'S, THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR BOARD'S, BEEN A LONG TIME BOARD MEMBER.
HE, HE'S, HE HAS SERVED US EXTREMELY WELL AND SERVED THE COMMUNITY VERY WELL.
UH, AS FAR AS THE THIRD OPEN SEAT, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THAT HUNT, SO, UM, UH, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF OUR TWO BOARD MEMBERS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE 'EM ONE BY ONE.
OH, OBVIOUSLY THE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO JUST SPOKE WANT S ITEM 1 47 CONSIDERATION OF RELA REPLACING CHRISTOPHER CORZO.
THE APPOINTMENT IS TWO YEAR TERM.
THE NAMES OF KANES, MORGAN NEWMAN, RAINY AND SUI.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UM, ITEM NUMBER, UM, 1 46.
UM, WE, UH, REAPPOINT, UM, DAVID KAS, HE, UH, IS A DISTRICT 11 RESIDENT, VERY ACTIVE.
UM, DOES A GREAT JOB IN THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE DISTRICT BOARD AND ALSO, UM, EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN THE WESTMINSTER OF PINE PARK, UM, SUBDIVISION AND A GREAT, UM, REPRESENTATIVE AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ALL THE WAY AROUND.
EVERYONE WANTS MR. KANES, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.
ANY OBJECTIONS? CONGRATULATIONS MR. KASS.
ITEM 1 47, CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING CHRISTOPHER CORDO REAPPOINTMENT CURRENT BALLOT.
DAVID RAINEY AND JOHNNY SOCHI.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE? OH, COUNCILMAN ADAMS
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPOINT MR. JIM MORGAN, UM, TO, UH, AND FOR THE COURSE OF SEAT PLEASE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO NINE TO ONE 40.
NO, I, I'LL, I'LL, LET'S DO A VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO COLIN IS NO LONGER ON A BALLOT.
WE TRADITION, WE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
I, IF I CAN JUST MAKE A BRIEF BECAUSE I ROUTED HIS MIC WAS OFF WHEN HE WAS SAYING THAT.
I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CLARIFY.
TRADITIONALLY WE, THE WAY WE'VE DONE THESE, UH, APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE DISTRICT, THERE'S TWO FROM DISTRICT NINE THAT ARE DISTRICT NINE RESIDENTS.
THERE'S TWO THAT ARE DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS AND THEN ONE THAT IS DISTRICT 11, UH, RESIDENT.
AND WE DO THAT SO THAT THE REPRESENTATION AMONGST THE FIRE DISTRICT KIND OF SPANS THE, THE AREA OF THE FIRE DISTRICT.
THERE'S CERTAINLY NO HARD AND FAST RULE THAT WE DO THAT.
UM, I THINK, UH, MR. MORGAN IS ACTUALLY A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT ON THERE, BUT MR. RAINEY IS A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT AND UH, AND SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING HIM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE ARE GONNA VOTE IN ORDER, UH, THAT YOU SEE THE NAMES ON THE BALLOT.
ONLY VOTE ONCE AND YOU ONLY NEED TO VOTE YES IF YOU ARE VOTING FOR UH, THE APPLICANT.
THE MACHINES ARE NOW OPEN FOR JIM MORGAN.
MR. MORGAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
CONSIDERATION OF REPLAYING JOHNNY SOCHI.
VAL IS JOHN NEWMAN, DAVID RAINEY AND JOHN SOCHI.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES UNLESS Y'ALL GO AHEAD.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT MR. JOHNNY SOCHI MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA.
ANY OBJECTIONS? MR. SOCHI HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED.
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THERE IS A MOTION TO DELETE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FIRE DISTRICT FOUR.CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING DAN DON ABODE CURRENT VALLEY DON ABODE.
THERE IS A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE GO DOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT HAS REQUESTED THAT WE DELETE THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD OUR RECORDS, UM, ARE CORRECT.
THEY DON'T THINK THIS PERSON IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
MOTION TO DELETE BY COUNCILMAN MOOCH.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE VOLUNTEER
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FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NUMBER 5 1 50 AND THROUGH 52 TOGETHER CONSIDERATION FOR REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING ATATHAT'S ITEM 1 51 AND ITEM 1 52 IS CONSIDERATION OF REPEAT REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING DAVID
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OLO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONER NUMBER FIVE, EAST SIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT ALL THESE GENTLEMEN? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON SA BY COUNCILMAN MO.
THOSE GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED ON ITEMS 1 51 THROUGH 1 52.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEMS 1 53 TO 55
[Items 153 - 155]
TOGETHER AND FIRE DEPARTMENT DISTRICT THREE.BROWNSFIELD CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING GEORGE DEAN CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OR REPLACING LOUIS KELLY.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING DONALD WEATHERSPOON.
IS ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THESE INDIVIDUALS AT THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL HURST.
THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED FOR ITEMS 1 53 THROUGH 55.
[Items 156 -158]
THROUGH 58 VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT FIVE.DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, PRIDE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT REPLACING LANE NORWOOD.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINT REPLACING NPR REZA 57 1 58 CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING WESLEY TUCKER.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS SO MOVED TO REAPPOINT ALL THREE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL THROUGH GENTLEMEN
[Items 159 - 162]
HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED WE'RE GONNA TAKE 1 59 THROUGH 62 TOGETHER.59 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ALLISON SAINT IRMA LEE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED REPLACING BETTY JEFFERSON.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED REPLACING ELMO MORGAN.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING KEISHA REED JONES.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING EDWIN STACIA.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? I'D LIKE TO TAKE 1 59 THROUGH 1 62 TOGETHER AND APPOINT EDWARD STACIA OLIVER BAT III, BETHEL WELLS AND ELMO MORGAN SECOND.
ANY OBJECTIONS THOSE GENTLEMEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND MOVE ON.
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FIVE.DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONER FIVE, DISTRICT SIX HOOPER ROAD.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED SHARON GRAVES.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK SHARON GRAVES HAS REQUESTED TO BE REAPPOINTED.
SO MOVED BY AMAROSA REPOINT SHARON GRAVE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOOCH.
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TO ITEM 1 64 VOLUNTEER FIVE.DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONS FIVE.
WHO PAROLE CONSIDERATION OF LACING? CHRIS MEINE.
ANYONE WHO WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, THERE IS NO ONE ON THE CURRENT BALLOT.
UH, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
UH, MOTION TO DEFER TO FEBRUARY 14TH.
IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVE BY MYSELF.
SECOND BY COUNCILOR MCC COLEMAN.
ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 14TH.
MO YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS ITEM? WE GOOD? WE GOOD? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WE GO NOW TO ITEMS 1 65
[Item 165 - 170]
THROUGH ONE 70, WHICH ARE CHANGE ORDERS.JONES CREEK REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARY, WATER MAIN RUPTURE REPAIRS.
CONTRACTOR J AND W CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED.
CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT CREDIT $1,665.
ITEM 1 66 JONES CREEK REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARY OF WATER MAIN RUPTURE REPAIRS J AND W CONTRACTOR CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, ADDITIONAL 56 DAYS.
ITEM 1 57 67 JUVENILE COURT LOBBY COURTROOM RENOVATIONS CONTRACTOR LUSTER GROUP LLC, CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT ADD 255 DAYS $15,538.
CREDIT ITEM 1 68 EASTBOUND ROU PARISH EMERGENCY GENERATORS CONTRACTOR, BUFFALO ELECTRIC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT TO ME, EXCUSE ME.
ITEM 1 69 N-W-W-T-P FINAL FLUENT PUMP ELECTRICAL UPGRADES CONTRACTOR.
CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $86,017 AND 1 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? OH, ITEM ONE 70 NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
CONTRACT TO COMMAND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LLC CHANGE ORDER $191 $191,193 9 CENTS.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 65 THROUGH ONE 70? COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST SECONDED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR MOROSA.
ANY OBJECTIONS? 1 65 TO ONE 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
FINAL ACCEPTANCES WILL TAKE ITEM 1 71 JONES CREEK
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REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARY WATER MAIN RUPTURE REPAIRS.CONTRACTORS, J AND W CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED FINAL COST $62,335.
ANYONE HERE WISHES SPEAK ON THE ITEM
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COUNCIL MEMBERS TO A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO 1 72.
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RENOVATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES.CAPITAL AREA CONSTRUCTION LLC.
ANYONE WE ARE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WE GO TO.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OBJECTIONS.
[Items 173 - 176]
GONNA TAKE ITEMS 1 73 TO 1 76 TOGETHER.SUPPLEMENTAL MAINTENANCE TESTING AND MONITORING OF FIRE ALARM SMOKE DETECTORS ALLIED SYSTEM $78,492.
ITEM 1 74 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES BOILER REPLACEMENT.
OLD BATON ROUGE JUNIOR HIGH BUILDING CORPORATE MECHANICAL $98,611.
ITEM 1 75 PLANETARY ROAD, FLORIDA BOULEVARD AREA REHABILITATION PROJECT PHASE THREE N-C-M-C-L-L-C 1,163,000.
ITEM 1 76 ANNUAL PARISH WIDE STREET SWEEP AND ELITE WAS AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC $131,400.
IS ANYONE YOU WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? WHEN I WROTE A COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN? SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 73 THROUGH 1 76 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
I WANNA SAY TO ALL OF OUR CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SAT THROUGH ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WITH US SINCE JANUARY.
SOME HAVE BEEN HOUR LONG, SOME HAVE BEEN 20 HOURS LONG.
WE KNOW YOU HAD TO BE HERE, BUT WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR HARD WORK.
WE WANT THANK EP FOR PREPARING US.
DON'T KNOW WHAT 24 WILL BRING.
WE WANNA THANK BRP D FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
WE WANT TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER.
WE MADE IT THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR.
HEY, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE, THE, UH, DECEMBER TO REMEMBER, BUT WE HAVE 20 TONS OF SNOW.
WE HAVE POLAR EXPRESS TRAIN, UH, MECHANICAL BULL, SIX TO SEVEN CRAFT STATIONS FOR YOUR KIDS.
READ WOMEN'S CLOTHES MOVING ON THE GREEN.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE GOING ON.
SO MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST AND BIG BEND.
SO COME ENJOY YOURSELF AND HAVE A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO BREAKFAST WITH SANTA DECEMBER 21ST.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PURCHASED A TOY FOR A CHILD, FEEL FREE TO DONATE SOME TOYS FOR THE NEEDY CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, CAPITAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BREAKFAST WITH SOUND.
AND TO GIVEAWAY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN JR.
YES, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TO GIVEAWAY AT THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER ON MONDAY, UH, DECEMBER 18TH AT 10:00 AM.
UH, AND ANYBODY, ANYBODY WANNA DONATE ANY TOYS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE.
UH, AS ALWAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER MO, CAN I SEE EVERYBODY DOWN FRONT, IN FRONT OF THE POINT STATUS PLEASE BEFORE YOU LEAVE RIGHT QUICK.
AS ALWAYS, PROTECT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND READ TO YOUR CHILDREN TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT, ALL THROUGH THE BREAK AND 24 BACK TO YOU AND HAVE THEM READ BACK TO YOU.
BEST WAY TO INCREASE READING COMPREHENSION.