[Call to Order] [00:00:04] I CALL THIS MEETING OF MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO ORDER. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME? ANY COMMENTS ON ANY AGENDA ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME? SEEING NO ONE APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, [2. Consider Motion to Approve Agenda.] I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A REQUEST FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE EXAMINER THAT WE MODIFY OUR AGENDA TO CONSIDER AN ITEM DEALING WITH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I BELIEVE THE STATE EXAMINER IS PRESENT IN THE BUILDING, AND SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. THE MICROPHONE MAY NOT BE ON. I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU. THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM. I'LL START OVER. THERE YOU ARE. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ADRIAN BORDELON. I'M THE STATE EXAMINER FOR THE MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE, AND I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ASK THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADD TO THE AGENDA THE POSTING FOR PUBLIC FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CLASS OF FIRE CHIEF. IT'S MY APPRECIATION FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING PUTTING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DIVISION WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND REVISE STATUTE 332481.1 ALLOWS FOR THAT. AND SO THIS WOULD JUST BE THE FIRST STEP IN GIVING THE FIRE CHIEF OVERALL AUTHORITY OVER EMS DIVISION IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CLASS PLAN AMENDMENT DOES. SO YOU WOULD NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR MISS BORDELON. ONLY ONE JOSHUA NEUVILLE, AND ULTIMATELY, WE WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT, BUT JUST FOR OUR EDIFICATION, IS THIS LOOKING TO CREATE A SECOND ENTITY, OR WOULD THIS ULTIMATELY BE A FOLDING IN OF CURRENT EMS INTO OR HAS THAT NOT BEEN DECIDED? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE TO THE CITY. THANK YOU. JEFF LEDUFF WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. NO, THIS WOULD NOT. IT WOULD SIMPLY BE A DIVISION OF THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UNLIKE SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THIS SEPARATE AND APART, BUT UNDER THIS IS ABOUT CONTROL SPAN AND CONTROL AND A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT IT WOULD BE A DIVISION OF JUST LIKE THE OTHER DIVISIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU CHIEF. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THAT TO OUR AGENDA? IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM BOARD MEMBERS, WE'LL MAKE THAT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. I WOULD DO A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA. YEAH. YEAH. MR. CHAIR, I WILL, SO MOVE. I HAVE SOMETHING ALSO ON ITEM NUMBER NINE. IF WE DO, YOU WANT TO DO THEM SEPARATE? NO. YOU CAN FOLD IT IN WHERE IT SAYS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. IT SHOULD READ DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF. OKAY. YOU WANT TO COMBINE THE TWO? SO IF WE CAN. IT SAYS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES OR THREE DIFFERENT PLACES. YOU WANT TO CHANGE EACH ONE OF THEM? YES. OKAY. OKAY. WELL. LET'S SEE. YES. YOU SURE YOU WANT TO COMBINE THOSE? I'LL KEEP THEM SEPARATE. COMBINE THEM PLEASE . WELL, THE MOTION IS IN ORDER, SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION? IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE IT WITH ITEM NINE. THAT'S FINE. I SO MOVE. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM JOHN THAT WE CONSIDER THE REQUEST FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE EXAMINERS. WE WILL FOLD THAT INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. IS THERE A SECOND? NO. I'M SORRY. THE MOTION SHOULD BE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE THE REQUEST FROM THE STATE EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND TO ALSO MODIFY NUMBER NINE. AS BOARD MEMBER, LEMMING HAS SUGGESTED THAT SHOULD BE THE MOTION. LET'S JUST DO IT. TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS JUST FOR EASE, AND SO IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TO MODIFY FOR NUMBER NINE. OKAY. YES, I WILL MOVE TO MODIFY ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE AGENDA WHERE IT READS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF [00:05:02] TO READ DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF. OKAY. SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. OKAY. AGENDA ITEM NINE HAS BEEN MODIFIED. NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE STATE EXAMINERS REQUEST. MR. CHAIR, I WILL. SO MOVE. I MOVE BY TURNING TO BILL THAT WE CONSIDER THE ITEM REQUESTED BY THE STATE EXAMINERS, SECONDED BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. THAT WILL BE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT UP NOW. YEAH. YEAH. INSTEAD OF MAKING THE NUMBER 12 SINCE EVERYBODY IS HERE, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE UP NOW. WELL, WE'LL MAKE IT NUMBER 12, BUT WE'LL MOVE IT UP ON THE AGENDA. HOW'S THAT? YOU NEED A SEPARATE MOTION FOR IT. OKAY. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT OUT OF NOW? I WILL, SO MOVE. OKAY. MOVE BY MR. NEWVILLE. I SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS, THAT WE TAKE UP THE ITEM FROM THE STATE EXAMINER'S OFFICE AT THIS POINT IN THE AGENDA, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE STILL NEED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED. SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED. I WILL SO MOVE. MOVE BY MR. NOODLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS. THAT WE ACCEPT THE AMENDED AGENDA? OKAY, AND NOW, AGENDA ITEM THREE. LET'S HAVE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE AGENDA? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED, AS AMENDED. NOW, WE ARE TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE EXAMINERS TO CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR THE CLASS [ Additional Item] OF FIRE CHIEF TO ALLOW FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DIVISION WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE GOING TO POST FOR A PUBLIC MEETING ON THAT. MR. CHAIR, I WILL ALSO MOVE TO SET THAT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. MR. NEWVILLE MOVES THAT. WE SET THAT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING? SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SET. DO WE WANT TO DO THAT NOW? SET THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. SHE MAY NEED TO COORDINATE WITH THE STATE EXAMINER'S OFFICE. THE LAW JUST REQUIRES THAT YOU DO IT. YOU HAVE IT POSTED FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS, BUT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT NEED TO ATTEND, WE MIGHT NEED TO COORDINATE DATES. WE WANT TO HOLD THAT. I WOULD DIRECT MR. HARRIS TO CONTACT THE STATE EXAMINER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AVAILABILITY AND POTENTIALLY CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY AND WE GO FROM THERE. THE MAYOR JUST LEFT, SO. YEAH. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. WE CAN IF YOU WISH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT, TO JUST SUSPEND THAT ACTION FOR NOW AND CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM MAY [ 3. Consider Motion to Approve Minutes] 19TH AND NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024. LET'S TAKE THE MAY 19TH MINUTES FIRST. MR. CHAIR, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MAY 19TH MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. NEUVILLE TO HAVE A SECOND. SECOND? MR. THOMAS, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 19TH, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED NOW. NOVEMBER 25TH MINUTES. THERE WERE SEVEN MINUTES THAT NEEDED TO BE MODIFIED, AND IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR US TO GET THOSE DONE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE JUST NOW COMING UP FOR APPROVAL, BUT I'M ASKING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THOSE AS OF THIS TIME. MR. CHAIR, I WILL. SO MOVE. MOVE BY MR. NEUVILLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS AT THE NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024 MINUTES BE APPROVED. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE OR REJECT PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS IN THE BATON ROUGE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. [4. Consider Motion to Approve or Reject Personnel Action] DO WE HAVE ANY MINUTES? WE DO. WE HAVE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, [00:10:01] AND THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWED, AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND MR. THOMAS, YOU'VE SEEN THOSE? YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THEM? YES, SIR. I MOVE TO APPROVE BOTH THE PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS FOR THE BATON ROUGE FIRE AND THE BAD NEWS POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS FOR THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND, SECONDED BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS ARE APPROVED. YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE A HEARING ON JULY 28TH. WE HAVE A HEARING FOR JULY 28TH. COME. COME CLOSER TO THE MIC, PLEASE. SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. I THINK WE HAVE TIME TO GET IT DONE. 30 DAYS. RIGHT. I THINK. BUT I'M NOT. WELL, I'M ASKING. I'M ASKING OUR SECRETARY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON IN THE OFFICE, AND SHE'S QUITE OVERLOADED SOMETIMES. YEAH. IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT THAT DAY. IS THAT GOING TO BE. THAT'S A SPECIAL HEARING, CORRECT? NO. YOU'RE ALLUDING TO THE TO THE HEARINGS FOR THE APPELLANTS, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER AGENDA. YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING WE WANT TO SCHEDULE FOR WHAT DATE? JULY 28TH, IF I'M HEARING THE JULY 28TH. OKAY. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? ALSO MOVE BY MR. NEWVILLE THAT WE SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CHANGES TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED CHIEF TO JULY 28TH. I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. YOU HAVE YOUR. SATURDAY, JULY 28TH. THANK YOU. OKAY. HEY. AGENDA ITEM FIVE. [5. Consider Motion to Review/ Accept Test Results] CONSIDER A MOTION TO REVIEW AND ACCEPT TEST RESULTS. WE DO HAVE SOME. LET ME GO THROUGH THE LABORIOUS TASK OF OPENING. MY ROOM. BETTER YOU THAN ME. OKAY. WE HAVE HERE GRADES FROM THE FIRE INSPECTOR ONE. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CHIEF. FIRE SAFETY OFFICER. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL OFFICER. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF OF SPECIAL SERVICES. JOHN, AND [00:15:07] ALSO SCORES FOR ASSISTANT FIRE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT TEST RESULTS. MOVE BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND. BY MR. THOMAS, THAT WE ACCEPT THE TEST RESULTS FOR THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. YES, RESULTS ARE ACCEPTED. YES I DO. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. CONSIDER A MOTION TO CALL FOR EXAMINATIONS IN THE BATON ROUGE [6. Consider Motion to Call for Examinations in the Baton Rouge Fire Department] FIRE DEPARTMENT. FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT. OPERATOR. FIRE CAPTAIN. DISTRICT FIRE CHIEF. CHIEF OF SPECIAL SERVICES AND DEPUTY. FIRE CHIEF. I SO MOVE, MOVE BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. THOMAS THAT WE CALL FOR EXAMINATION FOR ALL THOSE LISTED I POSITIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER A MOTION TO REVIEW OR ACCEPT APPLICATIONS IN THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CRIME. [7. Consider Motion to Review/ Accept Applications in the Baton Rouge Police Department] STATISTICIAN. OH, YEAH. MR. THOMAS. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE APPLICATION FOR STATISTICS FOR THE CRIME STATISTICIAN. MOVED BY MR. THOMAS THAT WE ACCEPT. THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. ITEM EIGHT. [8. Consider Motion to Set an Appeal Hearing] CONSIDER A MOTION TO SET AN APPEAL HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING JONELL ROBERTSON WOODARD FOR JULY 28TH, 2024, AND WADE HILL FOR AUGUST 25TH, 2025. SO I CAN SPEAK TO THIS ONE CHAIR. MR. CHAIRPERSON, AFTER SPEAKING WITH COUNCIL THIS MORNING, WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE THIS SLIGHTLY. IF POSSIBLE, WE'D LIKE TO DO A MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION HEARING AS IT RELATES TO MR. WADE HILL ON THAT AUGUST 25TH, 2025 DATE, AND THEN THE APPEAL HEARING FOR JONELL ROBINSON WOODARD FOR THE REGULAR MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH I FORGOT THE DATE OF IT ALREADY. YEAH. SEPTEMBER 22ND. THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU GUYS. SEPTEMBER 22ND. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. MR. DARRAH FURTHER WITH MR. RAINS HE HAS AT LEAST ONE MORE WITNESS TO CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS A WITNESS ISSUE, THAT KEEP HAVING TO GET RESET. WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM WITH WITNESSES FOR THAT SEPTEMBER 22ND DATE FOR MR. ROBINSON, BUT AMONGST THE TWO, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. THE WITNESSES ARE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. I WOULD SAY ON THE SEPTEMBER 22ND DATE. THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME FOR THEM TO FIGURE IT OUT. SO THEY'LL BE ALL RIGHT. SEPTEMBER 22ND, I THINK, IS THE DAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION THEN TO SAY I APOLOGIZE, AND I JUST KIND OF LOST TRACK. [00:20:06] MR. DARROW, COULD YOU JUST REPEAT WHICH IS WHICH AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. WADE HILL, WE'RE GOING TO DO A MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION HEARING ON AUGUST 25TH, 2025, PER MR. IVEY. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TESTIMONY HERE. OKAY. THEN IN SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025, WE'LL DO JONELL ROBINSON WOODARD AND THAT WILL BE THE APPEAL AND THEN HAVE NOTHING ON THAT JULY 28TH, 20TH DATE AT ALL? THAT'S CORRECT. I MEAN, AS FAR AS THESE ISSUES ARE CONCERNED, THAT'S WHAT WAS THROWING ME. I WAS STILL SEEING THAT JULY DATE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON WITH THAT. OKAY, AND THEN WE WON'T BE SETTING AN APPEAL HEARING IN HILL YET. THAT WOULD BE SET IF NEEDED AT THAT DATE. THERE ARE SOME. IT WAS CONTINUED INITIALLY BECAUSE OF SOME CRIMINAL ISSUES. I THINK SOME OF THAT STUFF IS STILL IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY. HE SAID OKAY. YES. RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM IF YOU NEEDED IT. WANTED YOU TO HAVE IT. OKAY. SO I NEED A MOTION THEN TO SCHEDULE THE FOLLOWING, AND THAT IS FOR WADE HILL ON AUGUST 25TH, 2025. MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION. MR. CHAIR, I WILL SO MOVE, AND THEN DO WE DO THIS TOGETHER? WE DO THIS TOGETHER. OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I WILL MOVE TO SET WADE HILL FOR MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION ON AUGUST 25TH, 2025 AND SET THE APPEAL OF JONELL ROBINSON WOODARD FOR SEPTEMBER 22ND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. NEUVILLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND SECONDED BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NINE. [9. Consider Motion to Lower the Qualifications of Assistant Fire Chief to Unconfirmed Assistant Fire Chief.] CONSIDER A MOTION TO LOWER THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TO UNCONFIRMED ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. DEPUTY DEPUTY. DEPUTY. DEPUTY. OKAY, AND I THINK PROBABLY WE NEED TO HEAR FROM CHIEF ON THIS. MORNING. CHIEF, I CAN SEE YOU OVER THERE. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? YES, SIR. OKAY, AND SHOULD WE DO THAT? HOW LONG IS THAT LOWERING GLASSES PERMANENT OR JUST TEMPORARY? AND CHIEF, IN YOUR OPINION, IF WE DO LOWER THAT, WOULD THAT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON QUALITY OF CANDIDATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THANK YOU CHIEF, AND WHAT'S YOUR PLEDGE TO BOARD MEMBER? MR. CHAIR, I WILL MOVE TO LOWER THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR, AS WRITTEN IN THE AGENDA FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. SECOND. SECOND B Y MR.. THOMAS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM TEN. CONSIDER A MOTION TO EXTEND THE SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT [10. Consider Motion to Extend the Substitute Appointment of Assistant Chief Shane Pate's Appointment to Deputy Chief which Occurred on February 22, 2025.] CHIEF SHANE PATE'S APPOINTMENT TO DEPUTY CHIEF, WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025. ANY ANY COMMENT ON THAT? CHIEF? THIS IS THE SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT. YOU ASKING THAT WE CONSIDER TO EXTEND THAT? OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD MOVE TO EXTEND THAT SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT. MISTER NEWVILLE MOVES THAT. WE EXTEND THE SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO WE NEED TO DO A DEFINED NUMBER OF DAYS OR BY LAW? IT'S UP TO 99 DAYS. EXTENDED FOR 90 DAYS. YEAH. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL MOVE TO EXTEND BY 90 DAYS THE SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CHIEF SHANE PATE. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND, SECOND. BY MR. THOMAS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. THERE'S A NOTIFICATION WE HAVE FROM THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT DERRICK [11. Notification from Baton Rouge Fire Department] JONES HAS BEEN PLACED INTO A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT TO ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF ON JUNE 14TH, [00:25:01] 2025, DUE TO LIST BEING EXHAUSTED, AND SO THAT'S INFORMATION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN OPTION. ALL RIGHT. FOR THAT, UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOT COVERED. A MOTION TO ADJOURN IS IN ORDER. MR. CHAIR, I WILL SO MOVE. MR. NEWVILLE MOVES THAT WE ADJOURN. I SECOND SECONDED BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.