Feb 25, 2026 Metropolitan Council

[Presentations and Special Recognitions]

[00:00:04]

WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL RECOGNITION MEETING. WE'LL START OFF TODAY WITH OUR RECOGNITIONS. FIRST OFF, WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR MAYOR, PRESIDENT SID EDWARDS, OUR RECOGNIZED TODAY 225 DAY FOR BATON ROUGE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS THE DAY WE HONOR BATON ROUGE. THE CULTURE, THE TRADITIONS, THE PRIDE, AND, MOST OF ALL, THE LOVE. EVERY YEAR ON FEBRUARY 25TH, WE CELEBRATE 225 DAY. YOU MAY SEE PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY SHARING OLD MEMORIES, DANCING, AND CELEBRATING THE PLACE THAT SHAPE THEM. ORIGINALLY, BATON ROUGE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION USED AREA CODE 504. BUT AS MORE PEOPLE GOT CELL PHONES, FAX MACHINES, PAGERS, AND INTERNET DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS, THEY STARTED RUNNING OUT OF AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBERS.

IN 1998, THE PHONE SYSTEM CREATED A NEW AREA CODE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AREA CODE 225 WAS OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 1, 1998, AND HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR IDENTITY EVER SINCE.

BATON ROUGE IS HOME TO THE LSU TIGERS, THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY HUMAN JUKEBOX, AND THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IT IS HOME TO FAMOUS ARTISTS, ACTORS, AND POLITICIANS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BATON ROUGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME.

IT IS THE PLACE WHERE I SHARE MY MOST BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.

TODAY IS NOT ONLY A CELEBRATION, IT IS A DAY OF BATON ROUGE PRIDE. THERE IS NO PLACE ON THIS PLANET WITH A CULTURE AND PEOPLE LIKE BATON ROUGE. THE OBSERVANCE OF 225 DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE, NEIGHBORHOODS, TRADITIONS, CUISINE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT DEFINE BATON ROUGE. WHILE UPLIFTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS WHOSE DEDICATION STRENGTHENS THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY.

RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 25TH AS 225 DAY AFFIRMS THE UNITY AND CREATIVITY OF BATON ROUGE CITIZENS. SO, TODAY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, MAYOR PRESIDENT SAID. THAT WAS PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026, AS 225 DAY. THANK YOU.

NICE. WE'LL HAVE COUNCILMAN ANTHONY KENNY RECOGNIZE AMAYA NUMBER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY. I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE. A BRIGHT LIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS YOUNG LADY IS MISS AMAYA NUNBERG.

SHE IS CURRENTLY THE MISS LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY. SHE IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTING BATON ROUGE, HER PEERS AND HER FAMILY. AND TODAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE HER LEADERSHIP AND THE WORK SHE'S TRYING TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY. AND ALSO FOR HER TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING UNDER HER REIGN IN MISS LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY. LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS AMAYA NARABEG. I ATTEND MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY AND I AM A LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY, 2026, SECOND GRADE. THIS SUMMER, I'LL BE TRAVELING. TO LITTLE ROCK TO COMPETE FOR MISS ELEMENTARY AMERICA. THE MISS ELEMENTARY AMERICA PLATFORM IS BRAVE, WHICH STANDS FOR BUILDING RESPECT AND VALUES FOR EVERYONE. I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY THE GREAT STATE OF LOUISIANA, BUT ESPECIALLY MY HOMETOWN OF BATON ROUGE. SO ALSO, COME ON STAND RIGHT HERE. SO ALSO AMAYA, SHE CAME TO MY OFFICE, HER AND HER MOM, MISS JORDAN RIGHT HERE, TALKING ABOUT BRINGING AWARENESS FOR ALLERGIES FOR KIDS. WHEN WE GO TO DIFFERENT PARKS, MANY DIFFERENT PUBLIC PLACES, WE MAY NOT THINK ABOUT IT.

CHILDREN MAY BE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT ALLERGIES, SUCH AS GARLIC, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, RIGHT? AND SO AMAYA WANTED TO ENSURE DURING HER REIGN, SHE BRINGS EXPOSURE ABOUT.

ALLERGIES IN PUBLIC SPACES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD FRIENDS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A LOT LARGER RARE ALLERGY. SO AMAYA, I HAVE A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE FOR YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON. ROUGE IN OFFICE IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING POISE, LEADERSHIP, CONFIDENCE, AND EXCELLENCE DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT THE 2026. MISS LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY PATCHETT. YOUR DEDICATION, GRACE, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE EMBODIED A TRUE SPIRIT OF THE TITLE THAT YOU CURRENTLY HOLD. MAY THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT MARK THE BEGINNING OF CONTINUED SUCCESS AND INSPIRATION TO OTHERS.

LET'S GIVE MISS AMAYA A ROUND

[00:05:01]

HEY, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WHAT I SEE IS A... WHAT YOUR MOM IS DOING FOR YOU IS AMAZING. REAL INNER BEAUTY, WHICH IS A THANK YOU MOM.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCILMAN ANTHONY KENNEY RECOGNIZE REVEREND DR.

GREGORY V. WHITE, BEECH GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOR HIS SERVICE TO DISTRICT 2 COMMUNITY THROUGH MINISTRY AND THE BEECH GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5.

THANK YOU. HERE TO THROW THAT ONE IN THERE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HURST.

TODAY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A MAN AMONGST MEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLERGY AND LEADERSHIP IN DISTRICT 2 IN NORTH BATON.

ROUGE, REVEREND DR. GREGORY WHITE. I MET MR. WRIGHT AND HIS FAMILY ON A CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR METRO COUNCIL, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WHEN I VISITED HIS CHURCH, I FELT LIKE I WAS AT HOME. AND SO, REVEREND WHITE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN DISTRICT 2 IN THE NORTH BATON ROUGE AND SCHUYLERVILLE COMMUNITIES. BRING HIM ON, REVEREND DR. GREGORY WRIGHT.

LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, EVERYBODY. WE ARE HONORED HERE TODAY, GIVING GOD GLORY AND PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. COUNCILMAN KENYON, YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, AND WE'RE PROUD, AMEN, TO HAVE YOU TO REPRESENT US.

AND TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE'LL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY, AND I ACCEPT THIS HONOR IN CHRIST'S NAME. GOD BLESS. ALL RIGHT, STAY UP HERE, REVEREND PASTOR WHITE. IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE NORTH BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY THROUGH FAITHFUL MINISTRY AND STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AT BEACH GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DISTRICT 2.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, COMMUNITY UPLIFT, AND COMPASSIONATE SERVICE HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE. YOUR LEADERSHIP REFLECTS INTEGRITY, FAITH, AND A GENUINE HEART FOR SERVICE. IT WAS SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION AND MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISTRICT 2 AND NORTH BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY, GIVEN ON THIS DAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, EVERYBODY.

ALSO, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE...

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A GREATER WOMAN, HIS WIFE, LADY WHITE. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO, COME ON UP AND TAKE A PICTURE FOR PASTOR AS WELL. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, ANYTIME IF YOU'RE IN THE NORTH BANDERIDGE AREA COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND THAT IS DEFINITELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WHERE WE WANT TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO EAT BETTER, TO GROW BETTER, SUSTAIN LIFE, IT IS A FOOD PLACE WHERE YOU CAN JUST LEARN, GROW. ELDERLY DAY. ANYBODY? SO THAT'S ON THOMAS ROAD, THE BEACH. COOL ABOUT YOUR SEAT TIME AND HARVEST COMMUNITY GARDEN.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE COUNCILMAN DARRELL HURST RECOGNIZING SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY VARSITY CHEER COMPETITION TEAM. FIRST OF ALL, ANY TIME YOU SEE YOUR SCHOOL WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, IT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

NORMALLY, WE DON'T CHEER FOR THOSE THINGS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST CHEER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THAT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL HAS PARTICIPATED IN. I WILL TELL YOU THIS. I REMEMBER ONE TIME IN BATON ROUGE, MINORITY...

IMPORTANT. MY HEAVILY MINORITY POPULATED SCHOOLS DID NOT DO COMPETITIVE CHEER. THEY DID GAME DAY CHEER. AND I'M SO PROUD TO SEE, EVEN AT THIS LATE DAY AND AGE IN BATON ROUGE, INTEGRATION AND GROWTH OF YOUNG BLACK GIRLS.

HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE ON NATIONAL LEVEL.

AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT COME FROM MY ALMA MATER, THE GREATEST SCHOOL ON EARTH, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL. AND SO TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR SUCCESS. UM... A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, THAT SAYS, WHEREAS THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY VARSITY COMPETITION CHEER TEAM ACHIEVED A HISTORIC MILESTONE BY WINNING THE FIRST NATIONAL CHEERLEADERS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP IN SU LAB HISTORY.

Y'ALL GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. PLACING FIRST IN THEIR DIVISION AND

[00:10:01]

WITH THE HIGHEST VIRTUAL SCORE OF THE COMPETITION. AND WHEREAS UNDER THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP OF COACH BRITT DAWSON, THE LAB LADY SUCCESSFULLY ADAPTED TO VIRTUAL COMPETITION FOLLOWING THE ICE STORM IN TEXAS AND DELIVERED A CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE. SO I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE. SO THE SHOW, AND WHAT I LOVE AND I HOPE IT TAUGHT Y'ALL IS THAT YOU DON'T FACE MOUNTAINS AND HURDLES IN LIFE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN OR HURDLE YOU FACE. IT'S HOW YOU THINK ABOUT GETTING OVER IT, UNDER IT, OR AROUND IT. WHEN THE ICE STORM HIT AND THEY COULDN'T TRAVEL, THEY HAD TO COMPETE ONLINE AGAINST OTHER KIDS, WHICH MADE THE COMPETITION EVEN GREATER, AND THEY OUTSCORED THOSE.

BUT COACH DAWSON'S DEDICATION TO MENTORSHIP, DISCIPLINE, AND ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TEAM'S HISTORIC SUCCESS.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE PROCLAIMED THAT WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE COACH BRITT DAWSON FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND FOR GUIDING THE S.U. LAB VARSITY COMPETITION, CHEER TEAM TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS. BRINGING PRIDE TO THE JAGUAR KITTENS FAMILY. SO FIRST I'LL CALL UP COACH BRITT DAWSON, GIVE HER A HURST, AND THEN I'LL BRING THE REST OF THE TEAM UP. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY WE LITERALLY CAME HERE STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOL, SO WE'RE STILL IN EDUCATIONAL CAPACITIES. BUT ON BEHALF OF SOUTHERN LAB UNIVERSITY, EXCUSE ME, ON BEHALF OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOLS. VARSITY CHEER AND COMPETITION TEAM, WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR HONORING OUR ATHLETES AND RECOGNIZING THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. YOUR SUPPORT MEANS MORE TO OUR STUDENTS THAN YOU COULD UNDERSTAND. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN HURST, AS HE STATED, A PROUD SU LAB ALUM.

FOR ALWAYS POINTING BACK INTO THE SCHOOL THAT YOU HELPED SHAPE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOLARS AND ATHLETES.

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT GIVE A MOMENT OF GRATITUDE TO COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN AS WELL, WHO SERVES IN DISTRICT 10, WHERE SOUTHERN LAB IS LOCATED, AND THANK HER FOR HER STEADFAST COMMITMENT AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CO-COACH COACH DAQUAN MARK, WHO SERVES TIRELESSLY WITH OUR TEAM AND PROGRAM, AND ALSO TO OUR COMPETITION TEAM.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU ALL TRULY ARE TRAILBLAZERS.

YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE IN SOUTHERN LIFE HISTORY HAS DONE, AND I AM PROUD OF YOU, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

HERE'S A LITTLE JOKE. WE WENT TO ST. JOSEPH'S BUT WAS ALWAYS AROUND SOUTHERN LAB. SO SHE IS HONORARY, YES, AND NOW SHE TEACHES THERE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING. BUT LET ME CALL OUT HER ENTIRE TEAM. THIS IS FOR COACH TAEQUANN, SO WE'LL PUT THAT TO THE SIDE. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE DYLAN ROBERTSON.

BAILEY HILTON IS OUR LITTLE COUSIN. VIOLET KRISTOFF, DID I SAY THAT, RIGHT? OKAY.

RAELYNN MCCASSELL. BROOKE PETRIE. RIHANNA HENDRICKS.

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MADISON STAMPLEY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A BIG SMILE FROM EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. THREE, TWO, ONE, FOUR.

[00:15:05]

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. HELLO,

[CALL TO ORDER]

OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE.

THE MONTH IS FLYING. ALREADY OUR LAST MEETING, THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY. AND AT THIS TIME, HERE IS. THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT PRO TEMP OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, COUNCILMAN BRANDON NOBLE. COUNCILMAN? THANK YOU, DENNIS. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INVOCATION BY REVEREND DR. GREGORY WHITE OF BEACH GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGE BY AMAYA NURNBERG.

LET US PRAY. THE EARTH IS THE LORD, AND THE FOOL IS THEREOF.

THE GREAT GOD, WE COME AT THIS HOUR TODAY WITH THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.

FOR THE MEETING THAT IS AT HAND, WE NEED YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL. ASK, YOUR BLESSING WILL FLOW UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. AS AGENDA IS BEFORE US, THE COMMUNITY IS HERE.

BUT WE ASK YOU, O LORD, THAT YOU WILL GRANT THEM WISDOM.

GIVE THEM KNOWLEDGE. GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN, FATHER GOD, AS WE COME NOW, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR THIS MEETING. AND THEN MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFER COMMUNITY. THESE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE. AND AS WE COME NOW, WE ARE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH. WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND GLORY. IN CHRIST'S NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WELL DONE, AMAYA.

[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S ONLY MEETING OF FEBRUARY 18, 2026 BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER. WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION

[INTRODUCTIONS]

NUMBER TWO. AMENDING THE 2026 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $1,350,000 FROM GENERAL FUND, FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $850,000 IN PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT. NUMBER THREE, AMENDING TITLE VIII BUILDING REGULATIONS, CHAPTER VIII FEES, SECTION 8, 801 SCHEDULE OF PERMIT FEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE OF CERTAIN PERMITTING FEES.

AND ADD SUBSECTION 33 FIRE PREVENTION. FEES BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND FIRE CHIEF NUMBER FOUR ESTABLISHING A NEW FEE SCHEDULE FOR INSPECTION AND TESTING FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR SUBDIVISIONS AND RESUB DIVISIONS BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. NUMBER FIVE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAINT GEORGE FOR THE PROVISION OF ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES IN THE CITY OF SAINT GEORGE.

AT A COST OF FOUR HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS PAID TO THE CITY PARISH FOR THE YEAR 2026 AND CONTINUING YEAR YEAR AFTER THAT, UPON MUTUAL CONSENT OF THE PARTIES, SIGN OFF DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH BY THE ANIMAL CONTROL DIRECTOR. NUMBER SIX AMENDING ORDINANCE 8367, ADOPTED MARCH 11TH, 1987, WHICH PROVIDED FOR A FIRE SAFETY FEE AND SERVICE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE. SO AS TO DELETE AND OR INCREASE CERTAIN FEES AND ADDRESS OTHER RELATED MATTERS BY FIRE CHIEF MICHAEL KIMBALL, MAYOR EDWARDS AND COUNCILMAN DARRELL HURST, CONDEMNATION INSTRUCTIONS NUMBER SEVEN NETTIE B.

WILLIAMS-NICHOLS, 1060 OSPREY AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY. NUMBER 8, DOLGEY ENTERPRISES, LLC, 2406 BRADLEY ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT 02, KINNEY. NUMBER 9, HOME FIRST, LLC, 5573, DOUGLAS AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST. NUMBER 10, ELM GROVE, BAPTIST CHURCH, 8573, BRAMBLE SPRINGS ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT

[00:20:02]

NUMBER 17, KATIE CHARLOTTE EVERETT AND DAVID EVERETT, 1031 NORTH 47TH STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS.

NUMBER 18, VALERIE F. SELDERS AND GUARANTEE ACCEPTANCE CORP., 3704, NORTH FOSTER DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS. NUMBER 19, JEREMY JEROME WILLIAMS AND LASHONDA GEDWARD WILLIAMS. 3231 CALUMET STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS. NUMBER 20, THE ESTATE OF LILLIAN COLLINS WILSON. 638 NORTH 38TH STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS. NUMBER 21, ALBERT COLEMAN AND THELMA PERKINS COLEMAN. 655 NORTH 28TH STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, COLEMAN. ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS. NUMBER 24, LOT 03, PARK, PLUS SQUARE 16, SUBDIVISION ESTREMA, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN. NUMBER 23, LOT 32 AND 34, SQUARE 42, SUBDIVISION SOUTH, BATON ROUGE. COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 24, LOT 9 AND 10, SQUARE ONE, SUBDIVISION ENTERPRISE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. COLEMAN NUMBER 25, LOT 28, SUBDIVISION KELLY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. KENNY NUMBER 26, LOT 3, SUBDIVISION RICHARDSON DJ TRACK. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9.

HUDSON NUMBER 27, LOT 9, SQUARE 1, SUBDIVISION LEMON PLACE. COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.

COLEMAN NUMBER 28, LOT 31, SQUARE 11, SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. COLEMAN NUMBER 29, LOT 25, SUBDIVISION CYPRESS PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 9. HUDSON NUMBER 30, LOT 21, SQUARE B, SUBDIVISION CRAWFORD ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. HARRIS NUMBER 31, LOT 21, SQUARE 2, SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. HARRIS NUMBER 32, BLOCK K, SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. KENNY NUMBER 33, LOT, SECTION ONE, WORD TWO, SUBDIVISION ONE ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, KENNY NUMBER 34, LOT D, SUBDIVISION RALPH ROBERT A.

BRYANTRACK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 04, MOOG. NUMBER 35, LOT 21, SQUARE 23, SUBDIVISION HIGGETOWN, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN. NUMBER 36, LOT 08, SQUARE 89, SUBDIVISION ESTREMA, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN. NUMBER 17, LOT 17, PARK, SUBDIVISION CLARK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN.

NUMBER 38, LOT, SECTION 0, WARD 3, SUBDIVISION POINT 5 2 ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT FORM OF NUMBER 39, LOT 5, SQUARE 02, SUBDIVISION NORTH HIGHLANDS. ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, NUMBER 40, LOT 56, PARTS WHERE 9, SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, NUMBER 41, LOT H, PART, SQUARE 07, SUBDIVISION ABRAMSON, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, NUMBER 42, LOT 1, SQUARE 9, SUBDIVISION WILSON PLACE.

COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 43, LOT 8 PLUS, SQUARE 02, SUBDIVISION EDGEWOOD LAWN, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN.

NUMBER 44, LOT 61, SQUARE 17, SUBDIVISION SOUTH, BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN. NUMBER 45, LOT 31 THROUGH 34, SQUARE 11, SUBDIVISION BANKS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. NUMBER 46, LOT 6 AND 7, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION BANKS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. NUMBER 47, LOT 4 PLUS, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION BANKS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. NUMBER 48, LOT 17, SUBDIVISION ALLISON HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNY, NUMBER 49, LOT 52 AND 53, SQUARE TWO, SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. HARRIS, NUMBER 50, LOT 13, SQUARE A, SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. HARRIS, NUMBER 51, LOT 3, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 FIRST, NUMBER 52, LOT, SQUARE, LOT 4, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. HURST.

NUMBER 53, LOT 41, SQUARE 14, SUBDIVISION SOUTH, BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN. NUMBER 54, LOT 26, SQUARE 163, SUBDIVISION SOUTH, BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN. NUMBER 55, LOT 7 THROUGH 10, SQUARE 06, SUBDIVISION PARADISE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY.

NUMBER 56, LOT 8 PLUS, SQUARE 28, SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 07, HARRIS. NUMBER 57, LOT 259 PLUS, SUBDIVISION BELFAIR HOMES, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS. NUMBER 58, LOT 51, SUBDIVISION GREENWAY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST.

NUMBER 59, LOT 12, SQUARE L, SUBDIVISION FAIRFIELDS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS.

NUMBER 60, LOT 9, SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRLANE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST. NUMBER 61, LOT 62, SUBDIVISION GREENWAY PLACE, COUNCIL

[00:25:01]

LOT 12, SQUARE 44, SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY.

NUMBER 63, LOT 38, SUBDIVISION FAIR LANE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST.

NUMBER 64, LOT 30, SUBDIVISION FAIRWOODS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS.

ALL ITEMS OF CARD READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IS IN ORDER. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. GO

[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 1 of 2)]

RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, AND 103. 30 DAYS ON ITEMS 86 AND 89, AND TO DELETE ITEMS 83, 84, 93, AND 100. I DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DISTRICT 7. ON 30 DAYS FOR 858795 AND FROM DISTRICT 5 FOR 30 DAYS ON ITEM 94. 60 DAYS ON ITEM 1, 0, 3, 1, 0, 3, 60 DAYS. ALL RIGHT. HEY, DID YOU SAY, UM, 84, YOU HAD ANY OF THIS? 84 IS THE BELIEF? YES. ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY, I'M GOING TO READ THEM BACK. WE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 88, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102. 30 DAYS ON ITEMS 85, 86, 87, 89, 94, 95. 60 DAYS ON ITEMS. ITEM 103 AND TO DELETE ITEMS 83, 84, 93, AND 100. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? YES, PLEASE.

JUST COME ON UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WHICH ITEM YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. MY NAME IS SHAKOTA THORNTON. MY ADDRESS. IS 6405 VINEYARD. AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 93 THAT YOU SAID, DELETE. I WAS TOLD TO BE HERE TODAY, SO I'M JUST, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. MY COUSIN AND I WERE JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DELETE IT OFF OF THE CONDEMNATION LIST. SO IT'S, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU OR SOMEONE HAS ALREADY REMEDIED THE PROPERTY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT RECOMMENDING CONDEMNATION ANY FURTHER.

OKAY. SO ARE WE FREE TO GO? YOU'RE ALWAYS FREE TO GO, BUT I THINK YOU'D BE MOST PLEASED WITH THAT SCENARIO. I AM.

THANK YOU. AWESOME, MS. THORNTON. IF ALL IN MY DISTRICT, I KNOW MS. PARKER HAS TALKED TO YOUR FAMILY IN THE STATE, SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD, FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES ALL RIGHT. ADAM 104. THERE'S BEEN A

[104. 26-00085 ]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 1 EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 104. AGAIN, THERE'S A REQUEST TO DEFER TO MARCH 11 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GO DAY.

2ND, MY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA ANY OPPOSITION. MOTION CARRIES

[105. 26-00126]

ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ST.

VINCENT, DEPAUL. AND THEN THE MOUNTAIN, I TAKE THE 250,000 DOLLARS OF THE TERM BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2027. BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.

[106. 26-00136]

[00:30:03]

[107. 26-00129]

ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES. BLOCK GRANT IN AN AMOUNT OF $1,523,028 BY THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. OH, COUNCILMAN GODAY.

THANK YOU. WHO IS OVERSEEING THIS ITEM? SOMEBODY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. DHDS.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. IT'S ITEM 107. IT'S A COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOUISIANA WORKFORCE. DO YOU KNOW DETAILS ON IT? COUNCILMAN, I DON'T. I'M NOT SEEING A DIRECTOR HERE. I GUESS I'D ASK YOU ALL TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. I'M NOT. NEVER MIND. HOW YOU DOING? I'M SORRY.

I HAD AN EMERGENCY ON THE FIRST. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? WORKFORCE GROUP? NO, NO, NO. ITEM 107 IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.

IT'S BY DHDS. IS THAT NOT? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T THINK THAT FELL UNDER YOU.

YEAH, I'LL TAKE IT. I DON'T SEE DR. ZANIS. IT'S $1.5 MILLION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR. YEAH, OSS, UTILITY AND RENTAL. SO SOME OF IT IS LIHEAP. THERE'S ANOTHER PORTION THAT COMES THROUGH OSS ON THE CSBG GRANT THAT HANDLES OTHER QUALIFICATIONS. A LOT OF ACRONYMS THERE. I KNOW.

LOOK, I SAID THE SAME THING YESTERDAY. OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES. SOCIAL SERVICES.

THIS IS WITH LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION? YES.

OKAY. IT'S NOT WORKFORCE TRAINING DOLLARS? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HUDSON. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN GODAY, YOU GOOD? I THINK I'M GOOD, YES, SIR. I WAS MAKING ONE MORE CLICK, BUT I'M GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 108,

[108. 26-00130]

[109. 26-00133]

FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES. IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKER BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $635,093.78 BY BUILDING THE GROUNDS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.

[110. 26-00135]

HELLO, MY NAME IS SHAWANDA DUPLANCHE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT. IS THIS SOFTWARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS? BECAUSE I'VE SUBMITTED OVER 30, RIGHT AT 30, 311 REQUESTS SINCE 2024, 25, I HAVE THE PAPERWORK HERE.

AND MANY OF THE TICKETS ARE CLOSED.

THEY'RE OPENED AND THEN THEY'RE CLOSED. THEY'RE OPENED AND THEN THEY'RE CLOSED, AND THEN THE PROBLEM IS NEVER RESOLVED. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN GODEK. I GUESS IT'S TRINA THAT THIS IS OUT OF THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS.

I DON'T THINK SHE'S UP HERE, BUT I HELPED HER DO THIS ITEM

[00:35:01]

BUT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO TO PROVIDE MY PROJECT. SO WE'VE PAID THIS AMOUNT SINCE. 2011, 2009, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT'S ALWAYS RENEWED.

LOOK, HERE SHE IS. IT'S OKAY.

SO THE Q ALERT SYSTEM, MY PROJECT NOW IS ONLY THE Q ALERT SYSTEM THAT THE WORK ORDERS GO INTO. AND SO WITH THIS, FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS, THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN PLACE. THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN ENFORCED, BUT IT'S BEEN PLACED IN THE BUDGET. THIS YEAR, THE NAME OF THE VENDOR WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET, SO WE HAD TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S $70,000. THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING NAME? YEAH. SO WE USED TO, AND ANGIE CAN ATTEST TO THIS, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE PUT THE NAMES OF THE VENDORS IN THE BUDGET BOOK. OKAY.

OKAY. AND A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE CHANGED THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD MS. DUPLONCHE. I HOPE I SAID THAT, RIGHT. WELL, I HEARD THE BEGINNING, SO I DIDN'T KNOW.

IS IT ACCENTING THE SOFTWARE? IS IT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL? AND THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE QUESTION I HAD, TOO. SO IT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE MY PROJECT NOW SOFTWARE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT SOFTWARE, MY PROJECT NOW, IS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED WITH 311. YEAH, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT. IT'S ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE. THIS IS JUST THE AMOUNT THAT WE PAID FOR THE THE SYSTEM ITSELF. AND SO, UM, THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE LAST, UH, PROBABLY SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS.

BUT IT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET BOOK, SO WHEN YOU ALL APPROVE THE BUDGET IN DECEMBER, IT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. THE NAME OF THE THE VENDOR IS NOT IN THE BUDGET. SO WE HAD TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL, BUT THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS MUCH LESS. IT WAS LIKE FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR. UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN IT APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

BEFORE. I'LL ADDRESS MR. PLANCHE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. THE INFORMATION SHE PROVIDED I THINK SATISFIED WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT WHICHEVER COUNCIL DISTRICT, I'M CONFIDENT THEY'D BE WILLING TO ASSIST YOU WITH RESEARCHING THOSE 3-ON-1 TICKETS. THAT'S FUN. WELL, AS FAR AS 311 TICKETS THEMSELVES, ONCE THE TICKETS ARE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM, THAT GOES TO THE DEPARTMENTS. YES. AND THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES ADDRESS THE ACTUAL WORK ORDERS, AND SO IF THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE REQUEST, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. PLEASE COME BACK, PLEASE, SO SORRY, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO RUN AWAY TOO FAST. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S TEAM AND HE SENT FOLKS OUT TO A BUNCH OF MY MEETINGS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

WITH REGARDS TO 311. AND IN PARTICULAR, TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS BEING ENTERED, IT MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF HER QUESTIONS. MR. LONG HAS DONE A VERY EFFECTIVE JOB OF EXPLAINING, EXPLAINING TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHENEVER A 311 REQUEST IS PUT IN.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE DUPLICATED.

SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF DUPLICATION EFFORTS THAT ARE THAT ARE PUT IN BY SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS IN THE AREA. SOME ARE DELETED, OTHERS ARE CAPPED, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. BUT IT, IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE, AND THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO. TO ASSIST WITH AND HAVE THE SOFTWARE CHANGE TO WHERE THE CONSTITUENT CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED. OTHER THAN JUST SAYING THAT. THEIR SERVICE REQUEST HAS BEEN DELETED. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL, OR IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT CAN HELP EXPLAIN THE REVAMPING OF THE 311 PROCESS AND WHAT'S GOING ON? TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED? THANK YOU, MS. RACHEL. SO I CAN EXPLAIN THE WORKFLOW OF QALERT AND 311.

THANK YOU. SO WHEN THE WORK ORDERS ARE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM, THEY FLOW TO WHATEVER DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK. SO THERE ARE WHAT WE CALL

[00:40:08]

SO THAT THE CONSTITUENT WOULD KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

BECAUSE WHEN A CALL IS ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM, THERE'S A CHECKBOX WHERE THAT CONSTITUENT CAN GET AN EMAIL EVERY TIME AN ACTION OCCURS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AND SOME CONSTITUENTS WANT EMAIL RESPONSES, SOME DON'T. AND SO WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS SENT BACK TO THE CONSTITUENT, IT COULD BE COMPREHENSIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED, OR NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED ON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS OF PUTTING MORE DETAILED INFORMATION INTO THE WORK ORDERS. SO THAT THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE A GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THEIR SERVICE REQUEST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION. I HAVE VERY ACTIVE, ENGAGED HOA PRESIDENTS AND MR. FREDERICK. SHAKING HIS HEAD, YES, SO OFTENTIMES, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF THEY SEE A POTHOLE OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THEY'LL ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT TO SEND AN EMAIL OR PUT A 3-1-1 REQUEST IN. AND I THINK YOU GUYS WILL GET FLOODED WITH THAT. SO FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME, CAN YOU MISS RACHEL OR WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO? COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS? AND WHAT THE EFFECT THAT HAS ON YOUR SYSTEM, AND WHAT? AND WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION MOVING FORWARD, AND LET'S JUST USE THIS AS A TEACHING PIECE FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME TO MAYBE HELP OUR SYSTEMS MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY. OKAY. BECAUSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOVE 311 WHENEVER IT IS WORKING PROPERLY, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. AS FAR AS 311 CALL CENTER IS CONCERNED, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR IIS TEAM AS WE SPEAK.

TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE AI TECHNOLOGY TO WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN CALL IN THE AI. OUR AI WOULD ACTUALLY CAPTURE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BASED ON WORKFLOWS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT'S IN PLACE. SO AI IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT WITH IN INK WITH OUR IAS TEAM, I'LL SAY. AND SO MR. RIZLON, HE'S COME TO US FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND HE'S VERY, VERY VERSED ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. AND SO WHAT THAT WILL DO FOR US, OF COURSE, IS ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO ENTER INFORMATION JUST BY SPEAKING INTO THE PHONE.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SPEAK TO AN INDIVIDUAL. AND IT WOULD JUST ALLOW THEM SOME MORE WAYS OF GETTING INFORMATION WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL. AS WE KNOW, AI DOES NOT HAVE A BAD DAY. SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS CALL IN, AND IT'S BEEN A DAY OF INDIVIDUALS CALLING IN AND SCREAMING AT THE REPS.

AND SO WE SEE THAT. AI WILL BE BENEFICIAL IN TRYING TO ASSIST IN THAT MANNER. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I THINK, MR. DANIELS HAS SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 311 IS A GREAT SYSTEM. IT'S A COMPLAINT SYSTEM. AND ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS WITH 311, SINCE WE PURCHASED IT AND WE KNEW IT WAS A DRAWBACK, WAS IT DOESN'T CREATE A WORK ORDER.

AND SO WE HAVE RECENTLY RECTIFIED THAT. WE ARE GETTING A WORK ORDER SYSTEM,

[00:45:02]

WE'LL KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO DO THINGS, HOW LONG THEY RUN OUT THERE.

WHEN THE WORK ORDER IS COMPLETED, THEN IT WILL THEN TALK BACK TO QALERT AND POST IT IN THE SYSTEM THAT IT'S BEEN COMPLETED. THE IDEA IS THAT SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND THE COMPLETED PROJECT IN QALERT, BUT THIS SHOULD MAKE THAT A LOT EASIER. QALERT WILL HAVE THE UPDATED WORK ORDER INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED NOW. ADMITTEDLY, SOME WORK ORDERS TAKE LONGER TO DO THAN OTHERS. SO SOME PEOPLE CHECK IN AND WE HAVEN'T GOT IT DONE YET AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED, BUT WE ARE GETTING TO THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

CAN YOU SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO YOU HAVE A WORK ORDER, AND MAYBE THAT WORK ORDER IS STILL PENDING, BUT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR MAY HAVE THE SAME WORK ORDER, BUT IT APPEARS CLOSE TO THAT NEIGHBOR. AND WHAT THE HICCUPS WITH THAT ARE LIKE? WELL, AND WE'RE TRYING, ACTUALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU, I THINK YOU ARTICULATED IT VERY WELL. IF THERE'S 10 CALLS COMING IN AND THEY'RE DUPLICATES, THE OTHER NINE GET CLOSED AND THE ONE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH QALERT ABOUT IS IT WILL SHOW UP NOT AS A CLOSED CALL, BUT THE ONE THAT SURVIVES SHOULD SHOW UP AS STILL BEING OPEN. I THINK THAT WILL ELIMINATE A LOT OF CONFUSION. AND 12, SPECIFICALLY, MAYBE SOME OTHER. THANK YOU SIR, COMES BEEN HUDSON WILLIAM. YOU MAY MAY BE THE BEST TO ANSWER THIS QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE WORKFLOW AND HOW IT WORKS. FOR GARBAGE COMPLAINTS.

I KNOW THAT IN THE PREVIOUS GARBAGE CONTRACT, WHEN REPUBLIC HAD IT ALL, ALL OF THE GARBAGE COMPLAINTS WENT TO THEM. THEY WOULD SERVICE, THEY WOULD CLOSE IT OUT IMMEDIATELY AND THEN SERVICE THEM. NOW THAT IT'S SEPARATED BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS, IS EVERYTHING STILL GOING TO REPUBLIC OR DOES IT GO TO RICHARDS AS WELL? OR HOW IS THAT WORKING? I DO BELIEVE THAT IT GOES TO RICHARDS AS WELL.

BUT I'M NOT 100% CLEAR ON THAT. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

YOU'VE BEEN IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS.

BUT I WILL FIND OUT, AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.

BUT I DO BELIEVE IT GOES TO RICHARDS. I DO BELIEVE THEY HAVE CAMERAS AS WELL. SO, SO, REPUBLIC IS NOT. CHECKING RICHARD'S COMPLAINTS. THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS.

GOTCHA. THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. MR. PLANCHESS, COME, PLEASE. AND MY QUESTION TO YOU, WERE YOUR QUESTION, WAS YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED? NO, MA'AM. I DIDN'T THINK SO.

YES, MA'AM. SO YOU ASK ABOUT THE FACT THAT. WELL, LET ME LET YOU RESTATE YOUR QUESTION. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. I ASKED IF IT WOULD BE IF THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE SYSTEM.

311 WORKS VERY WELL IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. THAT'S WHERE I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT.

I OWN PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AS WELL. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF EITHER GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM, AND I'LL SAY IT'S A GLITCH, AND OR NOT HIRING THE APPROPRIATE CONTRACTORS. I HAD A SERIOUS DUMPING PROBLEM. IN COUNCILMAN HIRSCH'S DISTRICT, TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS PRETTY MUCH FORCED TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I COULD NOT RENT IT OUT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE HERE BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT OF NEW ORLEANS. I PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING AND QUALITY LIVING FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

BUT WHEN I HAVE CALLED, THE PEOPLE ARE VERY NICE, PROFESSIONAL.

BUT THERE IS A LEVEL OF, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU'RE NICE UNTIL YOU HANG UP THE PHONE.

I'VE HAD 14, THERE WERE 14 CASES THAT WERE ACTUALLY CLOSED WITHOUT ACTION FROM THE 5TH DISTRICT. I HAVEN'T HAD ONE CLOSED ON THE ONE OVER 708. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DISTRICT THAT IS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THOSE ISSUES. BUT I'VE HAD 30 CALLS, OVER 30 CALLS TO DIFFERENT OFFICES TO INCLUDE THE BLIGHT. AREA TO INCLUDE BLIGHT, REFERENCE, DUMPING. I HAVE PICTURES OF THESE THINGS, I'VE REPORTED THEM TO MY COUNCILMAN, TO THE COUNCILMAN OF THAT AREA. HE OFFERED TO ASSIST AND I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE. IT ENDED UP COSTING ME ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CLEAR A LOT WHERE THAT WAS THAT I HAVE THE PHOTOS. I'M NOT GONNA WASTE YOUR TIME. I CAN

[00:50:02]

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SEND A VIOLATION LETTER.

TO WHO WE THINK THE OWNER OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY IS. IF IT'S ON THE SERVITUDE, WE CAN CLEAN IT UP.

BUT IF IT'S UP IN THE LOT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CLEAN IT. RIGHT, BUT THE QUESTION IS 311. HER QUESTION WAS, WILL THIS SOFTWARE THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED WILL PERFECT THE 311 CALL CENTER? THAT WAS HER QUESTION. AND THE... THE 311 COMPLAINTS ARE BEING CLOSED BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE, IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION, SO WE CLOSE IT.

SO WE RESPOND BACK, DO WE PUT THAT IN THE 311 INFORMATION? WHAT DO WE DO? THAT'S THE QUESTION. WE DO PUT IT IN, BUT I'M GOING TO LET MS. LAMBERT EXPLAIN. I ONLY LOOKED AT A FEW, BUT SHE DID CONTACT SOMEONE IN OUR OFFICE. YESTERDAY AND I HAD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LOOK AT IT, JUST WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. BUT SOME OF IT APPEARED THAT SHE CALLED IN SOME THINGS WHERE MAYBE REPUBLIC OR RICHARDS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE REQUEST. AND THEN IT WAS DEEMED THAT IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO THAT IT WAS CLOSED. SOME OF IT, I KNOW, THAT WE HAVE SENT HER A VIOLATION LETTER. I SPOKE WITH SOME OF MY TEAM YESTERDAY FOR THE DEBRIS THAT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. LIKE WILLIAM SAID, WE CAN'T GO ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. BUT THERE IS INFORMATION THAT'S INPUT INTO 311. I SAW A COMMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THEN CLOSED. COUNCILMAN, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? COUNCILMAN HURST. HEY, SO SOME OF THOSE, WHAT HAPPENS IN URBAN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, YOU PICK IT UP TODAY, SO ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS THE SAME, IT WAS PICKED UP. A NUMBER OF TIMES TO WHERE IT WAS VERIFIED THROUGH RACHEL'S DEPARTMENT THAT THE BLIGHT WAS ABATED. TO THE EVEN POINT WHERE THE ONE THING THAT I WILL NOT ACCEPT FROM ANYBODY IS THAT I WILL SET BOUNDARIES. SO I'VE INTENTIONALLY TOLD MY STAFF NOT TO TAKE HER CALLS BECAUSE SHE CALLS VERY DISRESPECTFUL. AND I WILL GO FOR ANYBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE OR ON THE LIST. SO, YES, NO, I'VE NOT ANSWERED THE CALL FOR TWO YEARS, AND I WON'T ANSWER THEM. GOD BLESS YOU. COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

JUST A NOTE, I GUESS, FOR STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY WITH 311 AND THAT WE REQUESTED HELP FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON, WAS ADDING NOTES TO 311. AND THAT REALLY IS WHAT'S... WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS, RIGHT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR COMPLAINT? UM, IT'S A IT'S A STAFFING ISSUE, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DRIVE THAT MESSAGE HOME TO STAFF.

UH, AND LET STAFF KNOW THAT THAT IS THE EXPECTATION, UH, THAT WE ARE UPDATING AND PUTTING GOOD NOTES IN THROUGH ONE. JUST A RECOMMENDATION. COUNCILMAN MO. OH, SORRY, OKAY, COUNCILMAN. YEAH, UM, DANIEL, WHOEVER ELSE NEEDS TO TO COME UP. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS 3-1-1 AND CLOSING TICKETS FOREVER FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TIMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WOULD A. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD POSSIBLY BE A SOLUTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ALREADY IN THERE. I GET THAT YOU GO OUT TO THE PROPERTY. YOU SEE, IT'S ON PRIVATE,

[00:55:01]

BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF TIMES WITH MY TECH SUPPORT STUFF, I'LL SEND CLIENTS, AND IF THEY DON'T RESPOND TO WHAT I'VE TOLD THEM, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, WE LEAVE THE TICKET OPEN, BUT IT'S AUTOMATICALLY SET TO CLOSE, AND IT SENDS A NOTIFICATION.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU. WE ARE CLOSING THIS TICKET AT THIS TIME OR WHATEVER. IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE IT.

WOULD THAT BE AN OPTION IN THE SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE AT LEAST YOU GIVE THE CONSTITUENT TIME TO RESPOND TO YOU, OR... GIVE A REASON TO POSSIBLY KEEP THE TICKET OPEN, OR MEET ONE-ON-ONE, FACE-TO-FACE INSTEAD OF JUST CLOSING THE TICKET ON THEIR FACE. SO I BELIEVE THAT MAY BE SOME PROGRAMMING THAT WE CAN SPEAK WITH QALERT ON, AND ALSO SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE AI. BUT WHAT I THINK IN THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM AS WELL, I BELIEVE. ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTED IS THAT 311 ITSELF, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING TO WHEN THEY CALL IN, THOSE ARE NOT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S DOING THE WORK. SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT 311 IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB, THEY ARE. THEY'RE ANSWERING THE CALLS. THEY'RE A CALL CENTER. THEY'RE ANSWERING THE CALLS AND THEY'RE SENDING IT OUT. I WILL AGREE WITH THAT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING. 311 WOULD ANSWER THE CALL. THEY INPUT THE SYSTEM. THEY DO THEIR JOB.

THEY GET IT TO THE CORRECT PLACE. BUT 311 IS THEN CLOSING BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE. WHEN THEY SEND IT OFF TO WHATEVER DEPARTMENT IT NEEDED TO BE, THEY WOULD CLOSE THEIR PART OR DO WHATEVER.

NOTED THAT, HEY, WE SENT THIS TO DPW, WE SENT THIS HERE, WE SENT THAT THERE, AND THEY WOULD CLOSE IT. IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DESIGNATED SPOT THAT THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO GO TO, THEN IT SEEMS. 311 SHOULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY GET A RESPONSE BACK, OR THEY GET WHATEVER THEY DO.

AND I THINK IT'S LIKE THAT NOW. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL GETTING TICKETS THAT ARE BEING, WHEN THEY'RE DONE, THEY CLOSED THE TICKET.

COUNCILMAN MOAK, ONCE 311 ENTERS THE SERVICE REQUEST, IT'S ROUTED TO THE DEPARTMENTS, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE ONES THAT'S CLOSING IT. THE 311 CALL CENTER REPS DO NOT CLOSE WORK ORDERS AT ALL, AND THE SYSTEM HAS NEVER BEEN DESIGNED FOR THEM TO DO THAT. SO, AS FAR AS WORKFLOW, THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THEMSELVES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK, IT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED AND ALSO TRAINING DONE WITH THEM TO TRY AND PUT IN BETTER NOTES. SO THAT WHEN THE WORK ORDER IS CLOSED, THOSE CITIZENS ARE RECEIVING GOOD INFORMATION. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR, THAT THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH INFORMATION WHEN THE SERVICE REQUESTS ARE CLOSED.

AND, RACHEL, YOU WERE RIGHT. I HAVE A SPECIFIC POINT. SO. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WORK ORDER SYSTEM. WE USE MYPERMIT NOW, AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO 311 COMES IN AND CREATES A PROJECT, AND WE'RE WORKING OUT OF THAT. AND I LOOKED AT SEVERAL OF HERS, JUST SOME MORE, AS I WENT AND SAT DOWN. A LOT OF THEM HAD THE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DUPLICATE AND TO SEE XYZ, AND IT'S IN 311.

NOW, IF SHE'S CALLING, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD HAVE TO CALL BACK TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT UPDATE. NOW, IF SHE'S USING HER APP OR THE WEB.

SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT UPDATE WHEN SHE GOES BACK INTO HER HISTORY. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS THE ONE THAT THE DUPLICATES THAT WE REFERENCED, WHERE WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND DOING THE PROCESS.

THERE ARE STILL ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AT LEAST FOUR OF HER, I DON'T KNOW, I'D SAY 15 REQUESTS THAT ARE STILL OPEN AND POTENTIALLY ACTIVE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S SOME TALL GRASS, SOME JUNK TRASH AND DEBRIS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SOME DEBRIS REMOVAL, SOME TIRE DUMPING. AND THEN SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING ON PRIVATE, ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. SO THERE'S A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT REQUESTS, AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DUPLICATES. OKAY. SO, YES.

AGAIN, ONCE THE TICKETS CLOSED, WHOEVER CLOSES IT. WHAT RESPONSE DOES THE CONSTITUENT HAVE ONCE IT'S CLOSED? THEY CAN CALL OUR OFFICE BACK TYPICALLY.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE REFERENCING A DUPLICATE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO

[01:00:01]

RIGHT. SO WHETHER IT'S A DUPLICATE, WHETHER IT'S ACTUAL WORK THAT WAS DONE, WHETHER IT WAS WORK THAT WAS DEEMED THAT IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE DUE.

YEAH. ONCE THE TICKETS CLOSED IN THE SYSTEM, OTHER THAN CALLING BACK, WHAT HAPPENS ON THE CONSTITUENT END IF THEY GO TO CHECK ON THAT TICKET? THEY CAN SEE YOUR NOTES. YES. CAN THEY MAKE ANY RESPONSE TO IT? CAN THEY CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THAT TICKET ONCE IT'S CLOSED BY CITY PARISH? NO, SIR. NOT UNLESS THEY CALL THE OFFICE AND WE REOPEN IT. AND MOST LIKELY, WHEN THEY CALL THE OFFICE, THEY'RE GOING TO WIND UP HAVING TO REOPEN A NEW TICKET BECAUSE THAT ONE'S BEEN CLOSED, OR CAN YOU ALL REOPEN IT? WE CAN REOPEN IT.

YOU CAN REOPEN IT. WE CAN REOPEN IT. OKAY. BUT THEY HAVE TO CALL THE OFFICE, GET THROUGH TO EVERYBODY, AND DO ALL THAT PROCESS.

AGAIN, I GO BACK TO WHETHER IT'S JUST... I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST IT THAT DOES THIS. WHEN I SEND A TICKET OUT TO A CLIENT, OR THEY CALL IN A TICKET ON MY SYSTEM, AND I RESPOND TO IT, WE LOG INTO THE SYSTEM, WE MOVE THE ICON FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO THE OTHER, SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, AND WE TELL THEM THAT THE JOB IS FINISHED, IT'S DONE, IT SENDS IT OUT TO THEM, AND WE WAIT FOR THEIR RESPONSE. EITHER THEY RESPOND TO US SAYING, THANK YOU, WONDERFUL JOB MOVING THAT ICON ACROSS SCREEN, OR THEY JUST DON'T RESPOND AT ALL. BUT THEN THEY GET A NOTIFICATION THAT SAYS, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU. THIS TICKET IS GOING TO CLOSE IN X AMOUNT OF DAYS. I GOT YOU. SO WE ARE WORKING AS PART OF A BIGGER SCHEME, WHICH IS WHY I CAME UP TO TALK ABOUT THE AI STUFF, IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE BLIGHT AS A KIND OF A TEST PILOT AS BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE EXPLANATION, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HEY, WE FOUND THAT THIS WAS A DUPLICATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES ABOUT THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT? OR WE COULD TAKE YOUR SUGGESTION AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS IF WE DON'T HEAR BACK FROM YOU, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND THEN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THIS AI AS WELL. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK. BECAUSE YOU PUT THE ONUS ON THEM TO RESPOND, AND YOU HAVE THE AUTO RESPONSES THAT, HEY, HADN'T HEARD FROM YOU, HADN'T HEARD FROM YOU, TICKETS CLOSED. SO THAT'S... I UNDERSTAND. WE DO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH VOLUME, BUT WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE EVER BETTER INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

ALSO, NOT EVERYBODY LEAVES CONTACT INFORMATION WHEN THEY ENTER A TICKET, SO SOMETIMES WE CAN'T RECONTACT THEM. BUT IF THEY'RE ENTERING TICKET INFORMATION ONLINE, OR EVEN IF THEY CALL, IF THEY CALL BACK TO CHECK ON A TICKET, THEY JUST HAVE TO GIVE THE TICKET NUMBER. AND NOBODY ASKS IF YOU'RE THE COMPLAINANT? I CAN JUST CALL IN AND CHECK ON ANY TICKET? IF THEY KNOW THE TICKET NUMBER, YOU CAN GET ONLINE AND CHECK ON ANY TICKET. OKAY, SO YOU CAN INPUT TICKETS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF CONTACT INFORMATION. SO THEY CALL IN, THEY SAY, THERE'S A POTHOLE. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE MY NAME AND NUMBER, BUT THERE'S A POTHOLE HERE.

AND SO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE WHO TO CONTACT. OKAY. I WON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. BUT THE ONES THAT ARE COMPLAINING TO US THAT WE GO TO CHECK ON OUR TICKETS AND WE GO TO CHECK ON THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, I HAVE A FEELING THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING CONTACT INFORMATION IN. AND THEY MAY BE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMPLAINING. AND THEY MAY BE.

AND LIKE I SAY, THERE ARE NOTES IN THERE. I DON'T THINK THE NOTES ARE SUFFICIENT. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS. WE THINK THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM WILL SOLVE A LOT OF THIS. WE THINK SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE GOING TO SOLVE IT.

BUT I LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT NOT CLOSING IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FIVE DAYS GOES BY AFTER WE'VE PUT THE NOTES IN, AND THEN WE'LL SEE. WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO Q ALERT AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO THAT. YEAH, I MEAN, WE JUST GOT TO THE POINT. IT'S BASICALLY A CYA THING, AND WE'RE GIVING THEM THE, HEY, YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THIS. SO THANK YOU. SURE. COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. THANK YOU. WILLIAM, TRINA. AS MANY OF US HAVE STATED, THIS 3-1-1 TICKET CLOSING, OPENING, HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IN OUR DISTRICTS. WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THIS. A COUPLE THINGS I HEARD THAT I WANT TO REINFORCE AND JUST WALK THROUGH WITH YOU GUYS. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS, ARE INSTITUTING THESE THINGS. I HEARD YOU GUYS ADMIT THAT, IN YOUR OPINION, THE NOTES IN THE PAST HAVE NOT EITHER BEEN PUT ON THE FILE OR HADN'T BEEN SUFFICIENT ENOUGH. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT STAFF KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING THE NOTES THERE? CAN WE MANDATE THAT IF YOU TAKE

[01:05:01]

CAN WE DO THAT? I'VE TALKED TO THREE OF THEM IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. OKAY, GOOD. THE SECOND THING, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE NOTES WAS JUST THERE OR DID THE CONSTITUENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE NOTES? IF THEY WENT BACK, YOU GUYS SAID, THEY CAN SEE THE NOTES WHEN THEY GO BACK, RIGHT? THEY CAN SEE THE NOTES. OKAY. TO COUNCILMAN MOST POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO.

NOT CLOSE THE TICKET BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT CONSTITUENTS BEING UPSET. THE TICKET WAS CLOSED. SO, DO NOT CLOSE THE TICKET UNTIL WE VERIFY THAT THE PERSON WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT WAS ABLE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE NOTES. CAN WE CONFIRM THAT? WE'LL NEVER DO THAT. WE GET 10,000 CALLS A MONTH, COUNCILMAN. THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN CONFIRM EVERYTHING.

LET ME TELL YOU HOW THAT CAN BE DONE. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID WAS SOME PEOPLE DON'T GIVE CONTACT INFORMATION. WHEN YOU... MAKE THE REPORT, YOU CAN MAKE CONTACT INFORMATION A REQUIRED FIELD. I'M CALLING ANONYMOUS. OKAY.

BUT YOU CAN STRESS. WE ASK FOR THE CONTACT INFORMATION.

CAN WE STRESS TO THEM? BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THESE CALLS ABOUT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEING CLOSED OUT. AND TO COUNCILMAN MOAK'S POINT, I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT'S CALLING US, THEY WANT TO STAY IN CONTACT. THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU THEIR INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE SOME WHO WON'T DO THAT. BUT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THAT, THEY WANT TO BE KEPT IN CONTACT WITH.

THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO US FOR UPDATES, ASKING US TO INTERVENE. SO, CAN WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THOSE TO LEAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND SHARE WITH THEM THE DOWNFALLS WHEN THEY DON'T GIVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION? BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE UPDATED ADEQUATELY. BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD SAY IS... PRIOR TO CLOSING IT OUT, YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, A MONTH, BUT GIVE IT A TIMELINE, THREE DAYS, FIVE DAYS, A WEEK, OR WHATEVER THAT IS, AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS OPEN UNTIL WE CONFIRM THAT. AN EMAIL, A CALL HAS WENT BACK TO THE PERSON WHO LEFT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW WHATEVER THE FINDINGS WERE BEFORE WE CLOSED IT. WE CAN EMAIL THEM BACK, COUNCILMAN.

THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN CALL. BUT WE CAN EMAIL THEM OR MAYBE EVEN TEXT MESSAGE. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH AI TO SEE IF AI CAN CALL THEM BACK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO CALL BACK ALL THOSE. JUST SOME POINT OF CONTACT, I THINK WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, AN EMAIL, A CALL, A TEXT, ANY OF THAT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST GOING THERE AND SEE THE TICKET IS CLOSED, AND OFTENTIMES THERE ARE NO NOTES. THERE'S NO REASON. THEY'RE EITHER REOPENING THE TICKET OR FILING A DUPLICATE TICKET, WHICH IS CREATING MORE BACKLOG.

AND TIME AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ONE MORE THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON, I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS AS IT RELATES TO THE DUMPING AND THE TRASH, MANY OF U.S. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CONSTITUENTS ALIKE ARE OPERATING ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WHEN REPUBLIC HAD EVERYTHING. NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS, REPUBLIC AND RICHARDS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT STANDARD, THERE'S A DIFFERENT EXPECTATION. SO SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION IS, HEY, FOR THE PAST YEAR, TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, YOU PICK THIS UP.

BUT NOW I PUT THE TICKET IN AND THE TICKET IS CLOSED.

YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU DON'T.

SO SOME OF THAT IS OUTREACH, MESSAGING AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE NEW STANDARD AND NEW EXPECTATION.

WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN HURST. SO COUNCILMAN DUNN GAVE A BIG POINT OF THIS IS AN ISSUE IN CITY PARISHES IN GENERAL, IS THERE... PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY WHEN I GOT IN GOVERNMENT THAT GOVERNMENT RUNS SLOW. AND SOME OF IT IS CHECKS AND BALANCES, BUT SOME OF IT IS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. EVEN THE MUNI SYSTEM, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH Y'ALL, IT'LL SEND SOMEBODY TO GET APPROVED FOR A WEEK.

DOESN'T GET REMINDED TO APPROVE IT. AND UNLESS YOU CALL THEM AND GO TO THEIR DESK AND ASK THEM TO LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDER AND GET IT DONE, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND I TALKED TO ERIC ABOUT THAT BEFORE HE LEFT, ABOUT HOW TO GET ALERTS FOR THAT SYSTEM AS WELL.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT...

RECENTLY, BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO ATTAIN A CUSTOMER, THEY USED SOMETHING CALLED SESAME AI. I NEED TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THIS RECORDING AND LOOK AT IT. IT WAS A ROLE PLAY FOR AI. FREAKED ME OUT. I HAD TO CONVINCE THE AI APP WHY I SHOULD GET THE BUSINESS FROM THIS CUSTOMER. AND HE GRILLED ME BETTER THAN THE CUSTOMER WOULD HAVE GRILLED ME.

FREAKED ME OUT.

BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT ROLE PLAY SCENARIOS FOR 311 CALLERS, YOU CAN KIND OF STAGE IT SO THEY GET SOME OF THE WORST CALLS EVER. AND THAT THEIR ROLE PLAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AT A LEVEL AND THAT THEY SUSTAIN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. BECAUSE WE KNOW

[01:10:02]

AND JUST BECAUSE A CUSTOMER GETS LOUD DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY SHOULD, RIGHT? AND THEY MAY HAVE HAD A BAD MORNING, BUT WHEN THEY CROSS THAT THRESHOLD AT WORK, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO AWAY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THAT AS YOU EXPLORE AI, SESAME, BE ONE TO WORK ON MODELING. HOW TO CREATE BEST PRACTICES FOR INTERACTING WITH CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY BE FRUSTRATED. SO THAT WAS MY ONLY COMMENT. WHEN YOU SAID AI, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. WE DO ENDEAVOR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CALL CENTER AGENTS TREAT ALL THE CUSTOMERS WITH RESPECT.

ALL THE CALLS ARE RECORDED. IF SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THE AGENT HAS DISRESPECTED THEM, WE CAN LISTEN TO THE RECORDING AND SEE. I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT AT THAT POINT, IT'S TOO LATE.

THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT UP THE FEATHERS. IT IS, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO TRAIN AND DISCIPLINE THE EMPLOYEE. I APPRECIATE IT. I'M JUST SAYING, ONGOING TRAINING, QUARTERLY TRAINING, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO THE WORKING WORLD OF CORPORATE AMERICA. IT'S ANNUAL TRAININGS. I THINK THAT THAT PART OF IT, ROLE-PLAYING BEST PRACTICES, THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF IT AS WELL FOR CITY PAYERS. BECAUSE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS WHAT WE PROVIDE IN THAT AREA TO THE PEOPLE WHO PAY TAX.

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. TRINA, HANG ON ONE SECOND. I JUST GOT, I JUST, YOU GOOD? I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO I ENTER A NUMBER OF 311 REQUESTS FROM MY PERSONAL AND MY GMAIL ACCOUNT, AND I JUST WENT AND CHECKED MY DELETED ITEMS. WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED, THERE ARE CLOSING COMMENTS THAT ARE ENTERED. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THIS ONE, FEBRUARY 9TH, I SAID THERE WAS SOME ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRES. AND THE CLOSING COMMENTS ARE TIRES WERE REMOVED PER INSPECTION ON FEBRUARY 6TH. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT JUST SAID, JOSHUA SERVICED, WHICH DOESN'T TELL ME A WHOLE LOT, BUT IT TELLS ME AT LEAST IT WAS SERVICED. SO THE FOLKS IN THE FIELD ARE ENTERING COMMENTS, AND AS A USER OF THE APP, THAT COMES TO MY EMAIL AND TELLS ME WHAT ACTION HAS TAKEN PLACE. I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

YES, AS LONG AS THERE'S AN EMAIL PROVIDED TO THE CALL CENTER REPS, OR EVEN IN THE APP, AS LONG AS THERE'S AN EMAIL ASSIGNED TO THAT ACCOUNT OR THAT SERVICE REPORT, THEN THEY'LL GET AN AUTOMATIC RESPONSE WHEN IT'S CLOSED. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE APP, PLEASE, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S FOLKS WATCHING AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION? SO 311 IS THE RED SICK 311 APP. IT IS FOR ANDROIDS, IPHONES. IPHONE APPLE PRODUCTS AS WELL. SO YOU CAN ENROLL, SET UP AN ACCOUNT, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR ACCOUNTS. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN HUDSON MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE DEFER THIS ITEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION NEXT TIME NEXT WEEK.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. I'M JUST JOKING. MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST. IS THERE

[111. 26-00147]

ITEM 111, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO ENTER INTO A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE LEEDS ONLINE LL.C. TO PROVIDE THE POWERPLUS INVESTIGATION SYSTEM AND CELLHAWK CELL PHONE MAPPING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES.

TOTAL COMPENSATION OF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT TO EXCEED $180,030 BY THE POLICE CHIEF. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN

[112. 26-00148]

ITEM 112, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE UNITED STATES POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB, REUNITE CANINE, AN AMOUNT OF $7,500 BY THE POLICE CHIEF. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN GODAY. THANK YOU, SIR. IS NEIL, YOU HANDLING THIS ONE, OR IS THE CHIEF? THANK YOU, CHIEF. GIVE US A LITTLE INFORMATION, PLEASE, ABOUT A CANINE OFFICER COMING TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. YEAH, SURE.

SO, UNITED SPACE POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT REGULATES THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF POLICE DOGS. FUN FACT, WE WERE ACTUALLY THE VERY FIRST AGENCY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BACK IN THE 60S THAT HAD OUR OWN TRAINING FACILITY. THAT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION RIGHT HERE IN BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY HAVE AN AWARD PROGRAM. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US $7,500, WHICH WE THEN PUT UP. THE REST, ABOUT $5,500, TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER PATROL DOG.

[01:15:01]

IN THE FIELD. AND SO WE HAVE A DOG RETIRING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING THAT DOG AND PURCHASING IT. ARE THEY DEDICATED TO CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY? NO, SIR. SO WE HAVE USUALLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR CANINES PER SHIFT AT NIGHT, AND SO THEY KIND OF JUST SPREAD OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT ROTATE. ONE WILL WORK FIRST ISSUE ONE NIGHT, WHILE ANOTHER ONE WILL WORK SECOND DISTRICT AND KIND OF MOVE OUT. THE CITY MAINLY FOCUSED ON VIOLENT CRIMES IN PROGRESS. RESPONDING TO ALARMS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND BACKING UP OFFICERS IN THE FIELD. I WAS IN K-9 FOR SEVEN YEARS MYSELF, SO IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD DIVISION AND SOMETHING VERY WORTHWHILE. WE USUALLY CALL TO HELP OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL, EVERYTHING FROM LOCATING MISSING PEOPLE TO EVIDENCE RECOVERY AND THEN SUSPECT APPREHENSION. THANK YOU. ANYTHING? GOOD. THANK YOU, CHIEF. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. SECOND

[113. 26-00180]

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 113. SEEING NO ONE GO TO COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GODAY.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST.

COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR. CHIEF, COME UP, PLEASE. SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CHIEF THAT HE NEEDED TO.

HELP THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OUT COVER THE EXPENSE FOR THE ATTORNEYS THAT'S DEDICATED OVER AT BRPD.

AT THAT MEETING, HE HAD STRONG OPPOSITION TOWARDS THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE HE'S BEEN ENLIGHTENED.

AND TRANSFERRED SOME MONEY OVER THERE TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE PAY FOR THIS PARISH ATTORNEY THAT'S STATIONED OVER AT HIS DEPARTMENT. COMMENTS? I MET WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY, MR. ROME, THE SALARY OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY THAT IS ASSIGNED TO OUR OFFICE. I THINK YOU SAID, WITH BENEFITS, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT $200,000.

SO I AGREED TO HELP PAY PART OF THAT TO HELP OUT WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, EVERY DIVISION. INSIDE THE CITY PARISH HAS TAKEN MASSIVE CUTS.

AND SO WE AGREED TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT THERE. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. THANKS, CHIEF. PROBABLY MOTION AND

[114. 26-00159]

ITEM 114. AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ITEMS TO MAINTAIN LOUISIANA USAR TASK FORCE 2 BY THE FIRE CHIEF. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST.

GREAT. I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF TO COME UP AND TELL US WHAT THIS IS, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. WHAT THIS IS IS. IN 2005, THE EAST BANISH PARISH FORMED A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE TRAINED TO HANDLE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL RESCUES FROM BUILDING COLLAPSES. WATER RESCUES, TRENCH RESCUES, ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT SPECIALIZED EVENTS. AFTER KATRINA HAPPENED, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA NOTICED THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME FORMALIZED TEAMS PLACED ACROSS THE STATE. BATON ROUGE WAS ONE OF THREE. WE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE AT THAT TIME. SINCE THEN, WE'VE RECEIVED NO FUNDING. THE FIRE MARSHAL, BRIAN ADAMS, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATION AND THE GOVERNOR TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR US.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS FUNDING SINCE 2005. THIS TEAM IS MADE UP OF MOST OF THE FIRE SERVICE AND EMS SERVICES ACROSS THIS PARISH. WE HAVE RESPONDED TO EVERY NATURAL DISASTER IN THIS COUNTRY, FROM TEXAS, ACROSS THE GULF, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CAROLINAS. SOME OF THE 80 MEN AND WOMEN ARE HIGHLY TECHNICALLY TRAINED PERSONNEL.

THIS MONEY WILL HELP BRING OUR EQUIPMENT TO WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE AND REPLACE SOME THINGS.

THANK YOU. OKAY, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY MOTION AND SAY, COMES REMOTE. NO, PROBABLY

[115. 26-00151]

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR,

[01:20:01]

COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2026.

TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026, AT A RENTAL RATE OF $3,315 PER MONTH BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? COUNCILMAN HURST. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT IF THIS IS A CURRENT FARM BUILDING, I'M A TENANT. SO FOR THAT REASON, I... I ABSTAIN. I ABSTAIN. I SHOW

[116. 26-00152]

ANY OBJECTION? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 116, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 3 WITH WHLC, ARCHITECTURE FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, AT THE PTR METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, ON AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $320,817 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY. IS THERE ANY

[117. 26-00181]

117. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CORPORATE GREEN LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS GREEN SEASONS. TO PROVIDE FULL SERVICE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.

FRONT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 150 000 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE GO TO COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. IS THERE

[118. 26-00172 ]

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 118. I SEE. NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN GODAY. THANK YOU. KATRINA OR MS. STEIN, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO EDUCATE US ON THE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING AND HOW IT BENEFITS THE PUBLIC.

GOOD EVENING. HELLO. AN INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM IS A COLLECTION, IT IS A DATABASE SYSTEM THAT IS SPECIFICALLY CREATED FOR LIBRARIES. IT COMBINES A NUMBER OF SYSTEMS, INCLUDING FRONT-END TASKS, USER TASKS, SPECIFICALLY FOR PATRONS, SUCH AS THE ONLINE COMPUTER CATALOG, MATERIALS REQUESTS, WHAT AM I MISSING? THE RESERVATIONS, THE BOOK ORDERING, THE CATALOGING, THIS IS THE BRAIN. YEAH.

OUTGOING AND INCOMING OF THE ENTIRE LIBRARY SYSTEM.

IT'S AN UPDATE TO YOUR CURRENT SYSTEM? THAT'S CORRECT. THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS FROM 2009. SO THIS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT SYSTEM. YEAH, IN TECHNOLOGY TERMS, THAT'S 100 YEARS AGO. YES, AGAIN, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE OWNER OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT BASED IN THE U.S. YES, THE OWNER OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM ACTUALLY DATES, IT'S A LEGACY DATING BACK TO 1987. WE UPDATED IN 2009, UPDATED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN 2015, BUT IT CANNOT BE UPDATED ANYMORE. AND IT IS NOT EVEN A SYSTEM BASED IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. SO WE NOW HAVE A NEW VENDOR. WE WORKED WITH PURCHASING AND IS. THEY WERE SO HELPFUL TO THE RFQ PROCESS, AND THEY TESTED ALL THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PROPRIETARY SYSTEM. AND COMMITTEES, AND PURCHASING AGAIN WAS SO HELPFUL FOR OUR IS STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE. AND THEY EVEN SANDBOXED IT. THEY PLAYED WITH THE VARIOUS PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS THAT WERE OFFERING THEIR SERVICES AND SELECTED ONE, WHICH WE'RE VERY PLEASED. WILL LIBRARY USERS AND PATRONS NOTICE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE VISUALS OR HOW THEY INTERACT WITH IT? IT WILL BE TOTALLY IN ABOUT A YEAR. IT'S LIKE AN ELEPHANT BABY. IT'LL TAKE A LONG TIME TO MAP OVER MILLIONS OF RECORDS, THOUSANDS OF PATRONS, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER BACK-OF-HOUSE SYSTEMS. BUT YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE, AND IT WILL BE GOOD. A SYSTEM THAT WAS MORE USER-FRIENDLY TO BOTH STAFF AND PATRONS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONSIDERATIONS.

VERY GOOD. GOOD. THANK YOU.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED. THANKS TO YOUR IT STAFF AS WELL.

[119. 26-00182 ]

[01:25:04]

ITEM 119, A RESOLUTION OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE, CONCERNING THE HIGHLAND ROAD AND PICO LANE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND PROVIDING FOR THE COUNCIL DETERMINATION TO PROCEED WITH THE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. BASED ON SAFETY, OPERATIONAL, AND FISCAL ANALYSIS BY COUNCILMAN ROWDY GODAY AND COUNCILMAN DWIGHT HUDSON.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE. EXCUSE ME. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL, I HAVE TO MAKE A STATEMENT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INFLAMMATORY REMARKS OF ME BEING DISRESPECTFUL, SIR. WE CAN'T. IT'S NOT GERMANE TO ITEM 119. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR. FRED, COME UP, PLEASE. YES, I'M SEEING THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN ST. GEORGE. SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. TELL ME WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS NEEDED. WHY DO WE NEED TO RECEIVE THE OTHER RESOLUTION FROM THE ST. GEORGE? TALK TO ME ABOUT TALKING THROUGH IT. WELL, 1 OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHEN I ATTENDED THE MEETING AT ST. GEORGE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT.

THE ROUNDABOUT OR THE THREE ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. THERE WERE THREE ALIGNMENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

ONE WAS AN EXISTING SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION WHERE IT WAS PLACED, WHERE CURRENTLY WITH PQ LANE, THERE WAS ONE THAT ACTUALLY MOVED RIGHT AWAY.

ORIGINAL DESIGN, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL ORIGINAL DESIGN? YES.

WELL, WE HAD MEETINGS ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT. AND THEN FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING, THE ROUNDABOUT WAS BASICALLY DISCARDED BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DID NOT WANT AT THAT MEETING OR RESPONSES BACK, DID NOT WANT THE ROUNDABOUT.

OKAY. SO WE LOOKED AT THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION WAS OUR NUMBER ONE OPTION. $7.93 MILLION. YES, SIR. AND THEN THE OTHER WAS TO LOOK AT DOING THE REALIGNMENT OF PQ, SHIFTING IT MORE TO THE WEST. IS THAT THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION ALTERNATIVE, TOO? YES, SIR.

10.4 MILLION DOLLARS. YES, SIR.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS TO LOOK AT MAYBE SHIFTING IT A LITTLE BIT FROM WHERE WE HAD TO THE EAST. BUT IT HAD SOME SOME ISSUES DEALING WITH THE DRAINAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE ADDITIONAL COST.

OKAY, AND IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO GO WITH THE ORIGINAL? OUR RECOMMENDATION, AND, UH, WAS TO LOOK AT ALTERNATE, I MEAN, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, WHICH IS THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. AT THE LOCATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. YES, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEIR RESOLUTION IS SAYING THAT THEY SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

YES, SIR, OKAY, SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION, WHY? WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? I I THINK NUMBER ONE WHEN, WHEN, NOT THE PROJECT ITSELF, WHY DO WE NEED THE RESOLUTION? WELL, I CERTAINLY WOULD PROBABLY LET THE COUNCIL PERSON RESPOND TO THAT, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK... THE FACT THAT THEY PUT THIS IN WRITING TO US, WHAT THEIR POSITION WAS, I THINK OUR COUNCIL WANTED TO BE SURE THEY KNEW THAT WE SUPPORT THAT DECISION. AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITY OF THE PARISH.

PARISH, AND THIS IS A MOVIE PROJECT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON, A COUNCILMAN, GO TO. YEAH. I WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO WHY YOU FELT THE NEED TO BRING THE RESOLUTION.

YEAH, SO MY APPRECIATION IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY THAT THEIR RESPONSE WAS REQUESTING THE ROUNDABOUT, RIGHT? AM I INCORRECT IN THAT? SO THAT, YEAH, THEIR, THEIR RESOLUTION WAS SUPPORTING EITHER A ROUNDABOUT OR TO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE FROM THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED ITEMS. SO, FRED. MISFOLD WHEN HE REFERENCED THAT. SO, BEFORE THEY HAD ALL THE ANALYSIS, THEY BE IN THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE HAD ALL THE ANALYSIS AND COST ESTIMATIONS. THEY PASSED THEIR RESOLUTION, WHICH REFERENCED A ROUNDABOUT OR AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY DO TD. THE DESIGN RECOMMENDED BY MOVE VR IS THE MOST COST EFFICIENT AND SAFEST ROUTE. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION

[01:30:02]

THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT, CLAIRE. THANK YOU FOR IT.

YES. COME FROM MOAT, NO? YEAH, NO, I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE THAT WHEN THERE WAS DEAD SILENCE AFTER ASKING WHY THE RESOLUTION. AND WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THE CITY OF CENTRAL. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO PARISH DECISIONS AND WORKING TOGETHER, WE SUBMIT RESOLUTIONS, AND YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WE'D LIKE TO SEE. WE ASK Y'ALL TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND GO FROM THERE. ANYBODY ELSE NEED A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. IS THERE

[120. 26-00134 (Part 1 of 3)]

ON DOCKET OF 19TH DISTRICT COURT. AN AMOUNT OF 325,000 DOLLARS, PLUS COURT COSTS. AN AMOUNT OF 9,224 DOLLARS AND 46 CENTS FOR AN AMOUNT OF 334,224 DOLLARS AND 46 CENTS BY THE PAST ATTORNEY. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK

[Executive Session]

[120. 26-00134 (Part 2 of 3)]

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.

WE VOTE ON MACHINE? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

JUDGMENT PAYMENT POLICY. YES, MAYBE CLARIFY THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE. WELL, THE MOTION, LET ME CLARIFY THE MOTION. THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT, ACCORDING TO THE. UM, THE JUDGMENT PAYMENT POLICY ACCURATE, ACTUALLY. OKAY, SO THE DO MOTION IS TO DELETE THE ITEM. OKAY.

EVERYBODY CLEAR, MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DELETE. I DON'T HAVE A MOTION FAILS. YOU NOT WANT TO VOTE.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. WHICH IS TO APPROVE. MACHINES ARE NOW OPEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. MOTION FAILS. THEN WE WANT TO TRY AGAIN. IF I COULD GET A QUESTION OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND MAYBE FINANCE, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, AS WELL. SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE JUDGMENT PAYMENT POLICY.

IF THE TWO OF YOU AND WHOEVER'S MOST APPROPRIATE IS FINE, JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THE JUDGMENT PAYMENT POLICY WORKS SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND.

BUT, GREG, DON'T GO FAR.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THOUGH, THAT'S WHAT THE ITEM IS, TO VOTE TO PAY IN PURSUANT TO THE JUDGMENT PAYMENT. SO THE PAYMENT POLICY APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL IS TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR SETTLEMENTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE APPROVED. QUARTERLY, THEY WILL BE PAID OUT BASED ON THE BUDGET. SO THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE 26TH BUDGET WAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO THIS WILL BE PAID OUT

[01:35:01]

ANGIE, FORGIVE ME, YOU SAID SETTLEMENTS? IS IT SETTLEMENTS OR JUDGMENT? SHE SAID SETTLEMENTS. SHE MADE JUDGMENT. I'M SORRY. YEAH. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE JUDGMENT PROCESS, AND THEY WAIVE ALL INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY. YES. GOTCHA.

AND SO, GREG, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS A STATEMENT, AND THEN A QUESTION. YOU RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WANT TO SEE YOU TRY MORE CASES. WE WANT TO SEE YOU FIGHT FOR THE CITY PARISH, FIGHT FOR OUR PUBLIC TAXPAYER DOLLARS, TAKE THINGS AS FAR AS YOU CAN, AND YOU HAVE IN THIS CASE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON TO APPROVE THE ITEM SECOND BY THE CHAIR. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? 1 OBJECTION? COUNCILMAN MOBILE'S VOTING MACHINES MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

[121. 26-00183]

[122. 26-00184]

ITEM 122, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PRE-LITIGATION CLAIM OF SAMUEL MONASTER FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN THE CLAIMANT'S HOME.

FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,567.45 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? COUNCILMAN

[123. 26-00185 ]

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 123, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER, ENTITLED BEVERLY HIMMEL RAFFERTY V.

BRADLEY BENNETT IN AN AMOUNT OF $50,000, PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,411.64 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $52,411.64 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION TO DELETE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON

[124. 26-00186]

ITEM 124, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE PRE-LITIGATION CLAIM OF JOHN PARKER FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A PUBLIC WORKS STREET MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,500 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE GO TO COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GODAY.

[125. 26-00187]

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR., SECOND BY COUNCILMAN

[126. 26-00193 ]

126, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE PRE-LITIGATION CLAIM OF LORRAINE MAYER FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A BACKUP IN THE CLAIMANT'S HOME, I'M ASSUMING A SEWER BACKUP, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,876.67 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS, SECONDED

[127. 26-00203]

127, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER, ENTITLED PRENTISS HAWKINS V. CITY OF BATON, ROUGE, V. BELFORD JOHNSON IN AN AMOUNT OF $300,000, PLUS COURT COSTS IN AN AMOUNT OF $6,170.66 FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? OPPOSITION? COUNCILMAN MOGUL, LET'S VOTE ON MACHINES. MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 127. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY,

[Items 128 - 130]

[01:40:10]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LUSTRE GROUP LL.C.

FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES, PACKAGE A18, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $79,235 BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CALDWELL ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LL.C. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES, PACKAGE A19, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,852 BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL AREA CONSTRUCTION LLC FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES. PACKAGE A 20 AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? SEE NO, GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS,

[131. 26-00194]

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

HAPPY 225 DAY. THIS ITEM HERE IS PERSONALLY VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GREAT CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF THINGS TO CELEBRATE. BUT TO CELEBRATE THIS MAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIM BEFORE, TRANSFORMATIONAL. HOW MUCH DOES OUR PARISH NEED TRANSFORMATIONAL PEOPLE? AND THIS MAN LIVED IT FOR 12 YEARS.

I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR AND IT'S GOT MY 100% SUPPORT AND I'M EXCITED FOR IT.

I KNOW THE FAMILY IS HERE AND I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR PARISH. AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT HONOR, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT IT WON'T BE THE LAST HONOR FOR MAYOR PRESIDENT KIP HOLDEN. I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED AND BE SEEN.

HIS FOOTPRINTS ARE ALL OVER BATON ROUGE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND GIVE MY HUGE SUPPORT FOR THIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WILLIAM? THANK YOU, WILLIAM, DANIEL. I THINK THIS IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MAYOR AND A GREAT MAN, AND THE MAYOR THANKED THE FAMILY. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR ALL THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE WHILE MAYOR HOLDEN WAS UP HERE AT THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO I HOPE THAT Y'ALL LOOK AT THIS FAVORABLY. THANK YOU.

T? COUNCIL, IF YOU NOTICE, I DON'T STAND VERY OFTEN TO SPEAK IN THIS CHAMBER. I HAD MY TIME BACK IN THE DAY. I TRY TO AVOID THIS MIC LIKE THE PLAGUE. RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, YOU REMEMBER? YES. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK TO AUGUST OF 2005, WHEN COUNCILMAN KENNEY SAID HE WAS GOING TO PROPOSE RENAMING THE ATM.

AFTER KIP HOLDEN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE. I THINK BATON ROUGE WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT IF IT WASN'T FOR MELVIN KIP HOLDEN. I THINK IT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT. SOME OF YOU WERE KIDS 20 YEARS AGO.

CHILDREN. WHEN ON THAT FRIDAY, THE 26TH, WE REPORTED TO THE ATM, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A STORM THAT WAS GROWING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. AND BY THE 29TH, WE HAD A CITY MUCH LARGER THAN OURS, MOVING INTO OUR CITY BY AIR, BY LAND, AND BY SEA.

THEY CAME UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON VOYAGES. AND WE COULD HAVE THROWN OUR HANDS UP. I WAS READY TO. I WAS A YOUNG CHIEF.

WE WERE JUST ON THE HEELS OF THREE OFFICERS BEING SHOT, TERRY MALONSO BEING DEAD. THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, SUFFERING IN THE HOSPITAL, AND ANOTHER GUY, DENNIS SMITH, WITH A BULLET IN HIS HEAD, IN THE HOSPITAL.

[01:45:01]

BECAUSE I HOPE THAT OTHER BUILDING THAT THEY BUILT NEXT TO IT, THAT NEW BUILDING, THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER NAME ON THAT BUILDING ONE DAY. NO TIME SOON, I HOPE. I HOPE THE NAME OF THAT BUILDING IS NAMED AFTER WALTER MANSOUR. BECAUSE THOSE TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER HELD THIS CITY TOGETHER. PLEASE CONSIDER PASSING THIS AND NAME THAT BUILDING AFTER MY FRIEND. THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN KINNEY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. NOE.

COUNCILMEMBERS, I THINK MAYOR EDWARDS, MR. LADUFF, AND MR. BILL DEFINITELY SAID A LOT OF GREAT POINTS. I THINK WHEN LAST YEAR, WHEN MAYOR HODA HAD PASSED AWAY, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND CITY HALL AND OTHER PARTICULAR BUILDINGS. WE WERE TRYING TO NOTIFY WHO WE CAN HONOR HIM IN HIS NAME. WHEN I PROPOSED THIS, I TALKED TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT IT. KIP WAS A FORMER COUNCILMAN IN THE SAME SEAT I SIT IN FROM SCOTLANDVILLE, LOUISIANA. AND WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT A FACILITY THAT PEOPLE IN SCOTLANDVILLE AND BATON ROUGE BENEFIT, THAT SITS IN MY DISTRICT, I THOUGHT ABOUT MOSUP. AND I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MAYOR HOLDEN'S CONTRIBUTION DURING THE MOST HISTORICAL NATURAL DISASTER IN BATON ROUGE, FROM HURRICANE KATRINA, GUSTAV AND BEYOND, HE LED THE CITY WITH LEADERSHIP. AND SO I DEFINITELY THOUGHT THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING IS A NO BRAINER. AND SO I ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT ON THIS. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO TOOK MY CALL AND DEFINITELY EXPRESSED THEIR POSITION ON IT. MORE SO, NOT TO GET TO NOT HONOR HIM, BUT THE TECHNICALITY, PART OF IT. ENSURE ANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY ANY WORDS ABOUT IT.

BUT MORE SO, LOOK AT THIS AS SOME KIND OF WAY THAT WE ARE HONORING THE MAN WHO DID A LOT FOR THIS CITY.

WHO DID A LOT FOR SCOTLANDVILLE, LOUISIANA, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO IMPACTED ALL OF OUR LIVES AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. AND SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY, COUNCILMAN KINNEY, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT ON THIS AND TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE PASSION BEHIND IT. I WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR BEING HERE AND FOR EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE. I THINK...

YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO SEE THE PASSION BEHIND THAT AND WHAT A GREAT LEGACY TO LEAVE BEHIND. AS I SHARED WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN KINNEY, MY ISSUE WITH THIS ISN'T WITH WHAT IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO DO. IT'S THE WAITING PERIOD FOR ME. I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A RULE THAT'S BEEN STANDING, AND I DON'T WANT TO. I THINK EVERYBODY WILL SEE A REASON TO UTILIZE WAIVING THAT RULE GOING FORWARD IF WE WAIVE IT NOW. I WOULD PREFER TO WAIT. AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PREMISE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

I JUST THINK THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD IS IMPORTANT. I THINK IT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR A REASON, AND I DON'T THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY WHY TO DO IT.

IN ONE INSTANCE, AND MAYBE NOT ANOTHER, SHOULD THAT ARISE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I THINK, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SOMEONE, OF COURSE, DOES HAVE TO PASS AWAY FOR THIS NAMING, FOR A NAMING OF A BUILDING.

BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, I THINK THE SOONER THAT THAT HAS OCCURRED, THE HIGHER EMOTIONS ARE, AND PROBABLY THE MORE DIFFICULT SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECOMES, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, THAT WAITING PERIOD. SO WHILE I SUPPORT THE INTENT HERE, I WON'T SUPPORT IT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE WAITING PERIOD. I'D PREFER TO JUST WAIT UNTIL THAT POINT. SO, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT AND HAVING A CONVERSATION.

AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH ALL THE SENTIMENTS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING. MAYOR HOLDEN, WHEN I SERVED ON ZACHARY COUNCIL, WHEN HE CAME FOR A GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT THERE, AND I WAS AMAZED AT JUST HIS PRESENCE AND THE WAY HE WAS ABLE TO JOKE. AND HE BROUGHT A PAIR OF BOOTS WITH HIM, AND JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW HE OPERATED WAS INSPIRING AND INCREDIBLE. AND SO, AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE INTENT, AND IF IT'S JUST A FEW MONTHS BEYOND, I WOULD SUPPORT THE MOTION AS WELL. BUT I AM GOING TO BE IN OPPOSITION.

FOR THAT REASON, YEAH, 1, 1, THE RULE. TO COUNCILMAN KENNY, THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND GIVING MY OPINION ON IT. I AM JUST NOT 1 AS FAR

[01:50:01]

WITH MAYOR HOLDEN, I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID. I'VE WORKED WITH THE GENTLEMAN MULTIPLE TIMES, EVEN DURING THE WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. WITH THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND EVERYTHING COMING ON AND WORKING AT THE EMERGENCY CENTER AND ALL THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYOR HOLDEN LOOKED OVER THIS CITY AND TOOK CARE OF THIS CITY AND EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH. I THINK LIKE NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO DO. HIS ENTHUSIASM, HIS TENACITY TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC, TO BE WITH THE PUBLIC, TO BE ONE WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, SO MANY EVENTS THAT I WENT TO AND HE WOULD RECOGNIZE ME.

AND I REMEMBER ONE SPECIAL TIME. IT WAS WHEN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FIRST BROUGHT UP THE FAIRNESS ORDINANCE. AND IT WAS DISCUSSED RIGHT HERE IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD EVER SPOKE AS. MYSELF AND SCOTT WAS MAYOR PRO TEM.

SCOTT WILSON DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT ME OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT I STOOD UP THERE, SPOKE.

AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO MAYOR HOLDEN BEFORE AND AFTER AND HIS SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING OF ME. WHERE I WAS GOING, WHAT I WAS LOOKING TO DO, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS THAT PERSON AND DO WHATEVER.

SO, LOOK, I TOTALLY LOVE MAYOR KIP HOLDEN. I JUST DON'T WANT TO NAME THE BUILDING, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THIS.

SITTING RIGHT OUTSIDE BY THIS OTHER STATUE, LOOKING OVER CITY HALL OR THE RIVERFRONT, WHICH HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT.

PUTTING A STATUE UP THERE OF MAYOR KIP HOLDEN AND HONORING HIM. LOOKING OVER THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. LIKE HE DID, I WOULD GO FOR THAT IN A HEARTBEAT. AND WORK WITH AGENCIES, THE ART COUNCIL OR WHATEVER, TO POSSIBLY HELP FUND THAT, GIVE THEM SPACE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I JUST LIKE, I EXPLAINED TO YOU THE NAMING THE BUILDING THING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 100 YEARS FROM NOW OR WHATEVER, I WOULDN'T WANT ANYTHING NAMED AFTER ME BECAUSE SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH SOMETHING AND SAYS SOMETHING LATER ON. IT BECOMES A BIG DEBACLE AND YOU START RENAMING THEM LIKE WE'RE DOING ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS NOW. AND I GET IT'S NOT THE SAME SITUATION, BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO HONOR HIM THAT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO. THAT, I THINK WOULD REPRESENT EVEN MORE TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH THAN JUST NAMING A BUILDING AFTER HIM. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON. I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK COUNCILMAN KENNEY FOR THE WAY YOU'VE HANDLED THIS ITEM, THE CALLS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAD ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW. YOU KNOW, MY HISTORY WITH MAYOR HOLDEN, I WAS A COLLEGE KID INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND GOT INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN TO OPPOSE HIS BOND PROPOSAL.

AND I REMEMBER MY FIRST FORAY INTO POLITICS, THE COOLEST THING WAS THAT. AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH AS MUCH PROFILE AS HE HAD, WAS STILL WILLING TO ENGAGE AND DEBATE WITH ME, A YOUNG GUY WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND SO I ALWAYS RESPECTED THAT ABOUT HIM, IN THAT HE REALLY CARED ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION. HE REALLY CARED ABOUT ENGAGING WITH CONSTITUENTS TO THE POINT THAT HE'D MIX IT UP WITH YOU OUT AND ABOUT IN THE TOWN. AND THEN HE'D ENGAGE WITH THE BIG BUSINESS OFFICIALS AND EVERYTHING. SO, TO SOME OF THE POINTS MADE HERE TONIGHT, I'LL SAY, LOOK, WHEN YOU HONOR SOMEONE WITH NAMING A BUILDING AFTER THEM, OR NAMING A STREET AFTER THEM, OR WHATEVER, YOU DO THAT WITH THEIR ENTIRETY, RIGHT? YOU DO IT WITH THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY DID. YOU DID IT WITH THE FLAWS, WHICH WE ALL HAVE FLAWS. AND SO, LOOK, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I THINK THAT WHEN WE'VE HAD TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS LIKE MAYOR HOLDEN, WE NEED TO PUT UP THOSE PILLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO SET UP THOSE STONES, RIGHT? PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IN ISRAEL, THEY USED TO MAKE PILLARS OF STONES AS AN EXAMPLE TO TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION. I THINK THAT'S... OUR CHANCE TO DO THIS HERE WITH THIS ITEM. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

COUNCILMAN DON JR.

LIKE THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN KENNEDY FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM. I HEAR A COUPLE CONCERNS FROM COUNCILMAN NOE, COUNCILMAN

[01:55:02]

BUT IF THEY ARE NOT, I OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO PASS IT CONTINGENT ON. THAT IS NAMED AFTER THE 2 YEAR PERIOD. HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T NEED THAT COUNCIL, MCKINNEY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN PASS IT AS IS AND DO IT RIGHT NOW, IN REAL TIME.

BUT I JUST OFFER THAT UP TO YOU TO CONSIDER. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS IT AS IT IS. UM, MY THOUGHT ON THE SPOT OF THAT IS THAT IF THE. IF THE ACTUAL ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TONIGHT TO RENAME IT, I DON'T THINK THAT DELAYING PUTTING THE NAME ON THE BUILDING WOULD CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOU STILL NEED TO WAIVE THE 2 YEAR PERIOD. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN TO DO. WOULD YOU HAVE OPPOSITION WITH THAT? YEAH, I THINK FOR THE SAME REASON. I THINK IT'S PREMATURE, BECAUSE IN THAT SAME VEIN, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF THE SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENT.

SHOULD ANOTHER SCENARIO ARISE WHERE SOMEBODY WANTS TO NAME A BUILDING AFTER SOMEONE WHO MAYBE JUST PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, THAT SAME HIGH LEVEL OF EMOTION AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITUATION, WHICH IS, I THINK, THE INTENT BEHIND THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD.

WOULD BE PRESENT FOR THE SAME THING TO SAY, WELL, EVEN IF WE'RE SAYING, NO, NO, NO, DO IT TWO YEARS FROM NOW, BUT WE WANT A DECISION NOW. IT PRESENTS THE SAME ISSUE. SO THAT'S HOW I VIEW IT. I GOT YOU. WELL, LET'S DO THIS.

LET'S NOT GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES. I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT UP AS AN OPTION.

AGAIN, HOPEFULLY THE OPTION IS NOT NEEDED. SO IF COUNCILMAN KINNEY COULD CALL FOR THE QUESTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. OKAY. NOW.

HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T NEED THAT.

COME FORWARD AND CALL ME.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, HOLDEN FAMILY AND THE REST OF YOU. I WANTED TO BE KNOWN.

MS. LOIS, IF I COULD PUT YOUR NAME UP THERE, I WOULD. YES, YES, BECAUSE YES. AND SO AS I SIT HERE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TO A POINT WHEREBY YOU ALL WOULD NOT HAVE COME HERE TONIGHT. TOGETHER KNOW, TOGETHER KNOW. AND SO I SIT HERE, YEAH, IN SUPPORT OF THIS. YOU KNOW, WE COULD VERY WELL SAY SOMETHING, MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BE, AND THIS BE THE ONE OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT YOU ALL WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO COME OUT HERE TONIGHT TO GET A NOTE. COUNCILMAN MOAT. GOOD? OH. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S, LOOK, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. I JUST FEEL LIKE, ONE, AGAIN, YOU OPEN THAT DOOR. YOU START WAIVING THE RULES FOR EVERYTHING TO. YEAH, THAT'S ME, IT'S ON ME AS FAR AS BUILDINGS GO, PERSONAL THING.

BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO, THERE'S BETTER THAT WE CAN DO.

I, I RESPECT IF I I RENAME YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY'RE DATING UP TO PEOPLE, WHATEVER ELSE, IF YOU CHOOSE THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE CITY, PARISH BUILDING AND STUFF.

BUT I, I WAS JUST HOPING THE FACT FOR, AND MAYBE IT WILL COME FORWARD LATER ON. I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE DOING A LOT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT THAT WAS HIS PASSION AND EVERYTHING ALSO. AND I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE. SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS A SIGN OF DISRESPECT TO YOU OR YOUR FAMILY AND TO PEOPLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. LISTENING. IT'S JUST, AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THE RULES. IT WAS PUT THERE FOR A REASON. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT TRIED TO RENAME THINGS, AND WE PASSED ON THAT. SO, AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THAT WE SHOULD DO MORE, ESPECIALLY HERE DOWNTOWN, AND I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN ONE DAY. BUT PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS A DISRESPECT TO THE FAMILY. WHERE I'M GOING TO STICK TO MY PART HERE. AND I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW

[02:00:02]

SO THANK YOU ALL TO HIM FROM ME. TO Y'ALL, COUNCILMAN KENNY, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, NO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THOSE COMMENTS. AND ABSOLUTELY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RESULT IS TONIGHT.

WE COULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE, UM, MANY OTHER OPTIONS.

BUT I DEFINITELY THINK FOR THIS ONE, UM, THIS VERY SAME BUILDER SAID IN THE BAY, SAME COMMUNITY HE'S FROM. AND SO IF WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE A LIST, RIGHT? I THINK MOST OF THEM WOULD PROBABLY COME IN AT NUMBER ONE IF IT WASN'T CITY HALL. SO NO, IT'S NOT, AS THE TWO, AN ARGUMENT, PUSHBACK. I DO THINK ULTIMATELY WE WAS TO CIRCLE THE WAGON BACK ON IT.

I THINK MOST THAT WILL COME BACK. THAT'S THIS PARTICULAR OPTION FOR IT. OKAY. I DON'T SPEND PROPERLY MOTION IN 2ND.

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES. MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 131. MOTION CARRIES. I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL, THOUGH.

COUNCILMAN GODE? ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCILMAN MOAK? ABSTAIN.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS? YES.

COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR.? YES.

COUNCILMAN HURST IS ABSENT.

COUNCILMAN ROCK? ABSTAIN.

COUNCILMAN NOEL? ABSTAIN.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON? AN ENTHUSIASTIC YES.

COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA? YES.

COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN? YES.

COUNCILMAN KENNEY? YES, THANK YOU, LORD. COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS? YES. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO? POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR PROCTOR. MAYOR PROCTOR, I WOULD LIKE MS. HOLDEN TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LOIS HOLDEN. AND I'M HERE WITH MY FAMILY. JUST TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMAN ANTHONY KENNEDY AND THE BATON ROUGE METRO COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MAYOR PRESIDENT SID ED. FOR COMMEMORATING MY LATE HUSBAND, MELVIN L. KIP HOLDEN, HONORING HIS LEGACY BY RENAMING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUILDING ON HARDING BOULEVARD IS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME. MY FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY. IT IS A PROFOUND HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME. KIP WAS TRULY A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE, DEDICATING 12 YEARS AS MAYOR OF THIS CITY, AND I BELIEVE IT IS MOST FITTING THAT HIS NAME IS PLACED ON A BUILDING THAT HOUSES OFFICIALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. IF HE WERE HERE TODAY, I AM CERTAIN HE WOULD BE THRILLED. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL HONOR AND FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE. OUR SON, MELVIN L. KIP HOLDEN JR. THANK YOU, KIP. OUR DAUGHTER, ANGELA JACKSON, AND HIS SISTER, EVELYN HOLDEN. WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THERE WERE MANY HOURS THAT KIP SPENT WORKING WITH THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE BATON ROUGE A BETTER PLACE. AND I AM JUST ELATED THAT YOU THOUGHT ENOUGH OF HIM TO BESTOW THIS WONDERFUL HONOR.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. PLEASE HOLD IN, FAMILY. DON'T LEAVE YET. FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS LOST AN IMPORTANT PERSON THAT WAS PART OF THIS CITY AND MY HUSBAND WORKED UNDER. MAYOR HOLDEN, I KNOW THAT THE IMPORTANT. IT WASN'T LONG AFTER I LOST MY HUSBAND, THEY NAMED THE BUILDING AFTER HIM. I KNOW ONE OF MY FEARS, AND PROBABLY YOURS, IS THAT WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEBODY VERY IMPORTANT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN. THAT'S MY FEAR. BUT YOU CAN KNOW NOW THAT

[02:05:04]

AND I KNOW THAT HE LOVED HIS JOB HERE AS BEING MAYOR. SO, ANYWAY, THIS ASSURES HIM THAT HE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT,

[132. 26-00196]

[133. 26-00197]

ITEM 133. EXCUSE ME.

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, RYAN WHITE PROGRAM TO AMEND PART A, SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT AND FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE.

IN AN AMOUNT OF $75,000 FOR A TOTAL AWARDED AMOUNT OF $993,184, WHICH INCLUDES ALL FUNDING UNDER THE RYAN WHITE PART A H.I.V EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM. AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE,

[134. 26-00200]

134. AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, HEAD START PROGRAMS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CLAY YOUNG ENTERPRISES IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED $77,000. FOR PROVISION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT FOR PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A

[135. 26-00198]

SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN

[136. 26-00199]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 3 TO THE CONTRACT WITH HNTB FOR PROFESSIONAL GRANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT, GRANT SUBMITTAL, AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY

[137. 26-00195]

137, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A RIGHT-OF-WAY AGREEMENT WITH INTERGY LOUISIANA LL.C.

FOR PURCHASING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR NEW POWER LINE SERVICES.

TOTALING 1.701 ACRES AT A COST OF $20,412 FROM CITY PARISH BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE,

[138. 26-00201]

[139. 26-00202]

139 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATIONS FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVIE OR PROJECT.

ROOM ROAD, L.A. 19, THE PLANK ROAD. AND AN AMOUNT I TAKE SEE TEN THOUSAND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY SEVEN CENTS AND EIGHT CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE

[02:10:01]

[140. 26-00205]

CHEMICAL MIXING SERVICE AND STORAGE IN AN AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED 216 441 BY BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? STEPHEN LONG, THANK YOU FOR, UH, A CHANCE FOR ME TO SPEAK ON THIS. I'M A SENIOR ARCHITECT WITH THE CITY PARISH FOR 10 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MARK AND HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS. AND THIS NEW PROPOSED CHEMICAL MIXING SERVICE AND STORAGE PROJECT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THEM. THEY'VE BEEN... KIND OF PLANNING AT ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.

AND IT WOULD PROVIDE A VALUABLE SERVICE, CONVENIENCE AND SAVINGS FOR THE AGENCY'S OPERATIONS.

THE OLD CHEMICAL TANKS AT MARK'S FORMER SITE ARE RUSTED, THEY'RE PATCHED UP AND HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFULNESS. ONCE THE NEW CHEMICAL SERVICE IS CONSTRUCTED, A PROJECT WILL DEMOLISH THE OLD TANKS AND REMEDIATE ANY POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION THERE. THE EBRP SHERIFF IS INTERESTED IN EXPANDING INTO THAT OLD CHEMICAL TANK SPACE TO BETTER SERVE THEIR TRAINING CENTER. THE ENGINEER, RCL ARCHITECTURE LLC, IS INTERESTED AND CAPABLE OF DOING THE WORK, HAVE COMMITTED TIME AND WORK INTO A VIABLE PROPOSAL. A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT HAS BEEN FOUND MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE BY MARK AND RCL ARCHITECTURE, LLC. THE COMPENSATION IS FAIR AND CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL FEE MODEL. I HAVE DEVELOPED THE PSA PERSONALLY AND WILL PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS PART OF MY TYPICAL DUTIES FOR CITY PARISH ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. AND MARK'S TRUCKS, PLANE, AND HELICOPTER WOULD BE SERVICED MORE EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY, WITH CHEMICAL STORAGE, MIXING, AND DISTRIBUTION ON SITE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LONG. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SO, YOU KNOW, GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON. MR. LONG, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK UP, PLEASE. WHEN THE MARK BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, WHY WASN'T A CHEMICAL MIXING FACILITY INCLUDED IN THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND THAT WAS THEIR INTENT. I THINK IT WAS, AND THAT WAS PART OF SOMETHING THAT I WASN'T A PART OF INITIALLY, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF, THEY NEEDED TO CREATE THE BUILDING ENCLOSURE FIRST, AND THEY WERE GOING TO INSTALL THE CHEMICAL SERVICE, AND IT HAD A DESIGNATED SPACE.

IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THERE ARE THREE MAIN BUILDINGS, IT WAS IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING THERE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROCEED.

AT THE TIME. THERE WERE SOME COMPLICATIONS AND SOME SLIGHT COST OVERRUNS. I THINK, UH, BUT THEY WOULD, UH. THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE FINALLY KIND OF IMPLEMENTING THAT, GETTING IT ON SITE TO TO HELP MAKE THEIR OPERATIONS MORE SAFE AND EFFICIENT. YOU MENTIONED COST OVERRUNS WITH THAT PROJECT. I THINK YOU ARE WELL AWARE. WHEN THEY BUILT THE HEADQUARTERS, THEIR OLD HEADQUARTERS, WHERE THERE ARE MANY KIND OF METAL BUILDINGS AND A TRAILER WHERE THEY HAD THEIR CHEMICAL KIND OF CHEMISTRY PLACE, THEY WERE WELL UPMODED AT THE TIME, AND THEY CERTAINLY MERITED A NEW KIND OF HEADQUARTERS. THEY INITIALLY HAD PLANNED A HEADQUARTERS THAT WAS MAYBE ABOUT $6 MILLION TOTAL. AND THERE WERE SOME OVERRUNS THAT THEY GREW IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I THINK ONE MAIN CONTRIBUTING REASON WAS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT WAS NOT DONE WITHIN THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. NORMALLY, THAT WOULD GO THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.

THAT'S THE AGENCY WHERE I WORK.

AND WE HAVE REGISTERED ARCHITECTS LIKE MYSELF ON STAFF THAT TRY TO SAFEGUARD. THE CITY PARISHES IN CITIZENS' INTEREST BY MINDING THAT PROJECTS DON'T HAVE UNREASONABLE COST OVERRUNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHEN THEY WENT WITH AN OUTSIDE PROJECT MANAGER, THAT KIND OF DUTY, I THINK, WAS NOT PERCEIVED BY THEM,

[02:15:01]

BECKER, IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON THIS AS WELL, WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU IS MOST APPROPRIATE, YOU ALL DECIDE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ITEM IS JUST FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL PIECE OF IT, FOR THE DESIGN PIECE OF IT. EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WE IMAGINE FOR THIS FACILITY. I MEAN, THE BUILDING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOW IS FANTASTIC. I MEAN, IT'S A VERY NICE BUILDING.

WHAT SORT OF BUILDING DO WE NEED FOR A CHEMICAL MIXING FACILITY? AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE? SO BASICALLY, THE CHEMICAL MIXING SYSTEM ARE LARGE BULK STORAGE TANKS. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE UP TO 600 GALLONS. THEY CAN HOLD UP TO 600 GALLONS. SO THESE TANKS WERE NEVER INSTALLED IN THE NEW BUILDING. WHEN YOU FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ALSO. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WEREN'T INSTALLED, BUT I'M THE DIRECTOR AND I'VE BEEN THERE FIVE YEARS. SO SINCE I STARTED, PEOPLE TOLD ME, BY THE WAY, THEY DIDN'T INSTALL THE NEW TANKS. THE TANKS, IN THEIR CURRENT CONDITION, THEY'VE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE. SOME OF THEM ARE 50 YEARS OLD. ONE OF THEM CAN'T EVEN BE UTILIZED.

SO OUR VISION IS TO HAVE THE TANKS, YOU KNOW, THE CHEMICAL MIXING TANKS AT OUR NEW FACILITY. THE EXACT DETAILS ARE YET TO BE WORKED OUT. JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH YOU GUYS. MOVING THE TANKS OUT OF THE OLD FACILITY, GETTING THEM OVER TO THE NEW. I THINK THE SHERIFF WANTS THAT AS WELL FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM. I'M ALL FOR THAT.

THIS ITEM, ARE WE DESIGNING A BUILDING HERE, OR ARE WE JUST PUTTING TANKS IN AN EXISTING BUILDING? MY APPRECIATION WAS THAT Y'ALL'S PLANS ARE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING OUT THERE. IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, THEN PLEASE CORRECT ME. IF YOU LIKE, I HAVE KIND OF A BRIEF PAMPHLET THAT KIND OF DESCRIBES WHAT'S INVOLVED.

OKAY. IT'S MORE OF AN ADDITION. I'D BE GLAD TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU OR ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO IT IS AN ADDITION TO THE BILL. YOU ARE ADDING SQUARE FOOTAGE TO YOUR STRUCTURE, RIGHT? OKAY. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, LOOK, JUST SHOOT ME STRAIGHT.

IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH A METAL BUILDING? DO WE HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT BUILDING THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE NOW? OR IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS CHEAPER THAN THE, WHAT WAS THE MARK BUILDING, $9 MILLION? CAN I ASK WHAT YOU WANT TO ASK, TOM? YES, PLEASE.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY, BUT, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, THE ORIGINAL MARK BUILDING WAS.

ABOUT 5 MILLION WAS WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, MAYBE 5.5. IT ENDED UP BEING LIKE, 9, RIGHT? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO I WANT TO AVOID THAT, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, ON THIS. I WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE A NICE FACILITY. I WANT YOU TO HAVE OPERATIONALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED ON SITE.

BUT IF A TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL METAL BUILDING CAN SUFFICE, DO WE HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS MY CONCERN. AND THE REASON, AGAIN, WHY I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WHEN WE DEAL WITH DEDICATED TAXING AGENCIES, SOMETIMES WE GET INTO THIS MINDSET OF THEY HAVE THE MONEY, IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE MONEY.

LOOK, I JUST THINK THESE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT BUCKET THEY'RE IN.

WHAT KIND OF BUILDING ARE WE GOING TO BUILD, AND CAN IT BE DONE FOR CHEAPER THAN WHAT YOU ALL IMAGINE? YOUR POINTS ARE APPRECIATED. AND THE ENGINEERING FIRM, RCL ARCHITECTURE LLC, THEY'VE DEVELOPED A... PLANS, AND YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF THEM THERE. THEY WILL MOSTLY FIT IN THE EXISTING FACILITY THAT IS THERE ALREADY. BECAUSE THEIR OPERATIONS HAVE SLIGHTLY EXPANDED OVER THE YEARS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE JUST A SMALL ADDITIONAL IT'LL BE STEEL RIGID FRAME, METAL SIDING, CLAD BUILDING. IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT IS THERE ALREADY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE KIND OF BUILDING TYPES. AND IT'S IT'S BASICALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHEMICAL SERVICE, MIXING AND STORAGE THAT'LL THAT'LL BE WITHIN. ALSO, THEY HAVE MORE, HAVE MORE AIRCRAFT THAN THEY USED TO. THEY'VE GOT A HELICOPTER NOW, AND THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE STUFF THAT CAN SERVICE THOSE NEW NEW VEHICLES. SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE AN OVERALL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST THE DESIGN PIECE, $200,000, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT IT? THE ENGINEER HAS ESTIMATED, AND IT'S PRODUCED AN EXTENSIVE COST ESTIMATE ITEMIZED OVER MANY PAGES. THEY'VE ESTIMATED ABOUT $2.2 MILLION.

THIS IS MY FEEDBACK AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT'S A HARD

[02:20:01]

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER $2 MILLION ADDITION, I HAVE CONCERNS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU ALL. COUNCILMAN MOAK, YOU BRING UP CHEMICAL MIXING FACILITY.

ARE WE LIKE PROCESSING HERE, PROCESSING CHEMICALS? YOU GET THIS ONE, YOU GET THAT ONE, YOU GET THIS ONE. YOU'RE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AND MAKING MOSQUITO SPRAY? YEAH, SO IT'S BULK STORAGE TANKS, LIKE I SAID. SO A LOT OF THE CHEMICALS HAVE TO BE MIXED WITH A DILUENT.

IT'S USUALLY MINERAL OIL. AND SO WE CALL IT MIXING BECAUSE WE MIX IN THE TANKS WITH THE OIL AND DILUTE IT.

RIGHT, SO YOU'RE NOT JUST PUTTING, LIKE, GAS TANKS IN THE GROUND AND ORDERING 08,000 GALLONS OF OFF AND PUTTING IT IN THE GROUND. YOU'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A FACILITY TO WHERE YOU GET X, Y, Z DIFFERENT CHEMICALS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHEMICALS THAT YOU NEED TO PUT IN THE HELICOPTER. YOU MIX EVERYTHING THERE. IT'S LIKE A PROCESSING PLANT. AND THEN YOU STORE IT IN THE TANKS. RIGHT. WE MIX IT IN THE TANKS, AND THEN THEY'RE STORED IN THERE. IT JUST STAYS IN THERE. YEP. OKAY. AND CAN I SEE THOSE PLANTS? WELL, IF YOU GOT SOME FOR EVERYBODY, MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM OUT. SO THIS IS JUST THE ADD-ON RIGHT HERE? YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE THE POINT. THE FRONT PAGE IS JUST THE ADD-ON? THAT'S JUST A PICTURE OF THE WEEK. IT'S EXHIBIT C? EXHIBIT C. IS THAT WHAT, YOU'VE GOT EXHIBIT C ON THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE BUILDING? BECAUSE I SEE THE AIRCRAFT HANGARS. I ASSUME THOSE ARE ALREADY THERE.

ABOUT THE TWO-THIRDS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT DRAWING ARE WHAT ARE EXISTING.

AND THEN THE RIGHT. THIRD IS THE PROPOSED NEW PART. AND THE STUFF NORTH... KIND OF LIKE THE DARK OUTLINE IS WHERE THE NEW PART WILL BE. OKAY, SO THE DARK OUTLINE. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE TALKING NOW, WE'RE TALKING CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THE BUILDING AND PUTTING A TANK IN IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTAINMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL MIXING AND PROCESSING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN TYPE STRUCTURE.

EVERYTHING HAS TO MEET FEDERAL GUIDELINES. I HAVE. ASSUME YES, SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT BUILDING AN ADD-ON METAL BUILDING ON THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD CONTAIN, WHETHER IT BE FIRE RELATED, CHEMICAL RELATED. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A STRUCTURE THAT DOES ALL OF THAT, MEETING GUIDELINES FOR THESE CHEMICALS, CORRECT? CORRECT. THERE WILL BE CERTAIN FIRE RESISTANT REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, APPLIED TO THIS KIND OF FACILITY? CORRECT. THOSE ARE STANDARD PARTS.

BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST NORMAL FIRE BLOCKS IN A BUILDING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHEMICAL RESISTANT, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT, ONE, I'M OKAY WITH THE BUILDING LOOKING LIKE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. I CAN IMAGINE IF THEY REDID BATON ROUGE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY JUST SAID, OH, WE JUST NEED A REGULAR SCHOOL AND THEY TORE DOWN THIS GREAT STRUCTURE OR WHATEVER. TWO IS THE ADD-ON TO THE STRUCTURE IS WE'RE NOT JUST DESIGNING A BUILDING THAT IS JUST GOING TO HOUSE A COUPLE TANKS IN IT. CORRECT. WE HAVE TO DESIGN THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN CHEMICAL, FIRE, LEAKAGE, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MEETS ENVIRONMENTAL, OR WE'LL PROBABLY PAY MORE THAN THE $2.2 MILLION IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN. IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN, CORRECT. CORRECT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE FIRE-RATED FACILITY DUE TO FIRE MARSHAL CODES, EPA REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. SO ALL THAT HAS TO BE DESIGNED. IT WOULDN'T BE AS SIMPLE AS... US PUTTING UP A BARN AND JUST STORING THE CHEMICALS THERE. WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO STORE THOSE CHEMICALS, BECAUSE THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON, YOU HAD BOTH OF YOUR TIMES. I DID NOT.

YEAH, YOU DID. OH, I DID. I ACTUALLY DID, BUT IF YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE THE REST OF MINE,

[02:25:01]

BASED OFF OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS A BID BACK. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE GUIDELINES THAT Y'ALL ARE SENDING FOR THE R&D. OH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. NOT A PROBLEM. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOOG. SECOND BY

[141. 26-00206]

ITEM 141, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH MEYER ENGINEERS FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MUBIAR, PROJECT. 4-0 DRIVE, SIDEWALKS, JEFFERSON TO ENNIS WALDEN, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,473.69 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. HI, IS ANYONE FROM MYERS ENGINEERING HERE TONIGHT? PROBABLY NOT.

OKAY, NO, NO, NO, I DON'T NEED YOUR BACK. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A MYERS ENGINEERING ITEM ON THE AGENDA IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, BUT OUR FRIEND RAY HARTLEY, WHO IS ALWAYS HERE REPRESENTING MYERS ENGINEERING, PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO. HE HAD A STROKE. HE FOUGHT VALIANTLY TO RECOVER. FROM THAT STROKE, AND IT JUST WASN'T TO BE. SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES, AND I'M SURE THE WHOLE COUNCIL'S CONDOLENCES TO MYERS ENGINEERING ON THE LOSS OF THEIR DEAR FRIEND AND OUR FRIEND RAY. AND ALSO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE DARLA AND HIS TWO SONS. SO HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN WHO DID GOOD WORK FOR US AND WE WILL MISS HIM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A PROFILE. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS.

[142. 26-00207]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 142. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAT. SECOND. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND

[143. 26-00208]

YOU SAID THAT SHE WAS. 143, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS FROM THE CALL FOR PROJECTS PROGRAM PHASE 2. AS PART OF THE 3% BEAUTIFICATION PORTION OF THE ONE HALF CENT SALES AND USE TAX FOR STREET AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN MOE. I KNOW WE'RE FIXING TO GET INTO IT AND THE ACCOLADES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU FROM THE GET-GO. I'M ACTUALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS PAMPHLET, AND SHAUNA WOULD PROBABLY BE IMPRESSED WITH YOU AND EVERYTHING ALSO.

BUT YOU CAN AT LEAST SEE IT, THAT'S FOR SURE. YEAH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU FROM THE GET-GO. WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO US WITH THIS, THIS INITIATIVE AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I JUST WANT TO SAY I NEVER BEEN OFFERED SOMETHING LIKE THIS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU WORKING WITH MY OFFICE. AND HE PROBABLY DID THE SAME THING WITH ALL Y'ALL IN SITTING DOWN AND GOING OVER EVERY SINGLE THING. WHAT CAN IT CAN'T BE DONE, WHERE IT CAN BE DONE, WHERE IT NOT? AND TAILORING SOMETHING TO MY DISTRICT AND ALSO THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT ANOTHER DISTRICT.

YOU'RE WELCOME. FRED, TO YOU, YOUR OFFICE, AND EVERYTHING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, AND TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ALSO, FOR ALLOWING THIS AND WHAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT INTO EVERYTHING. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ALSO,

[02:30:01]

[144. 26-00209 ]

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MOOK.

ON 44, I'LL PASS THE AMENDMENT TO APPROVE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE TO INCREASE THE PAY OF AKIRA WILLIAMS, SENIOR CLERICAL SPECIALIST, FROM STEP 9, $29,002 TO STEP 15, $34,630 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A

[145. 26-00215]

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. 145 AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH CAPITAL AREA. UNITED WAY FOR THE VITA PROGRAM. THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,500 BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? 145? MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. DO WE

[146. 26-00211]

146, RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO CANCEL THE NOTICE TO ATTEND RECORDED ON JUNE 4, 2025. IN A MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE, V. IBRA, SANTE, PELICO, AND JOSHEL, MARIA HENDERSON, 2520 LOBELIA AVENUE. REASON FOR DECISION IS THE PROPERTY IS BEING RENOVATED BY THE OWNER. IT'S BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE,

[147. 26-00216]

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.

147 RESCINDING, DIRECTING CLERK COURT TO CANCEL NOTICE TO ATTEND RECORDING ON MAY 8, 2025, IN A MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS THE STATE OF MARYWOOD. EARLS, 1221 NORTH 37TH STREET. REASON FOR RESCISSION PROPERTY IS BEING RENOVATED BY THE OWNER BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. IS ANYONE HERE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'M LISTENING.

[148. 26-00219]

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES 148 FOR SENDING DIRECTION CLERK COURT TO CANCEL NOTICE THAT.

10 RECORDED ON MAY 21ST, 2025, IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS KATIE CHARLEY EVERETT, 6126 BARKSDALE STREET. REASON FOR RESCISSION OF PROPERTY IS BEING RENOVATED BY THE OWNERS BY COUNCILMAN HEARST. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEE NO, GO TO COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION. THANK YOU.

SO, CAN SOMEBODY COME UP? CAN SOMEBODY COME UP TO TALK ABOUT THE CONDEMNATIONS, FROM DEVELOPMENT? THEY ALL LEFT? OKAY, WELL, I'LL GO FORWARD WITH IT. I'VE LOOKED OVER EACH ONE OF THESE CONDEMNATIONS. I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING.

EVERY ONE OF THE CONDEMNATIONS HAVE STRUCTURES THAT... I LOOK OVER THE TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN DONE AND I DIDN'T OBJECT TO ANY OF THOSE. I LOOK AT THE LATEST ON THIS CONDEMNATION AND HALF THE HOUSE IS GONE. WHAT ARE WE RESCINDING? AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN HURST HAS LEFT, WHICH IS NOT MY PROBLEM OR MY FAULT, BUT I'M DISCUSSING THIS ONE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE THING, THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY OF THE LAST PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THIS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE CONDITION THAT...

THE LAST THING I SAW WAS HALF OF A HOUSE. HOW DO YOU FIX THAT? HOW DO YOU PULL THAT OFF THE CONDEMNATION? DO YOU WANT TO DEFER IT? YES. THOSE ARE DEFERRAL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER TO MARCH 11? COULD. BY COUNCILMAN MOTE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.

149. RESCINDING DIRECTING CLERK COURT. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE ON MACHINES. THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 148 TO THE MARCH 11TH MEETING. MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO DEFER. OH WAIT, THE MOTION TO DEFER MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 149, RESCINDING, DIRECTING CLERK COURT TO CANCEL NOTICE TO ATTEND.

RECORDED ON JUNE 30TH, 2025, IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS ADELZA JONES. I NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL. WE NEED A ROLL CALL. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S

[02:35:02]

YES. COUNCILMAN HUDSON. AN ENTHUSIASTIC NO. COUNCILMAN AMOROSA. YES. COUNCILMAN

[149. 26-00220]

ALL RIGHT. 149. RESENTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR AND CLERK OF THE COURT OF THE COUNCIL.

NOTICE TO ATTEND THE COURT ON JUNE 30, 2025. ON THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, V.

ODESSA JONES LAWSON AND MARK JEROME LAWSON, 11625 NIMITZ STREET. REASON FOR DECISION, PROPERTY IS BEING RENOVATED BY THE OWNERS, BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

[150. 26-00221]

150, RESCINDING, DIRECTING CLERK TO COURT, TO CANCEL NOTICE TO ATTEND THE COURT ON MAY 14, 2025. IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BOB. BRITTANY, WASHINGTON AND SHANNON, WASHINGTON, 1580 NORTH 48TH STREET. THE REASON FOR RESCISSION OF THE PROPERTY IS BEING RENOVATED BY THE OWNERS. THIS IS BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE,

[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES ]

ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, 151 THROUGH 170 TOGETHER.

BY FIVE SQUARE. 45, SUBDIVISION SOUTH, BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, MARVIN VESSEL, $1,800. LOT 14, SQUARE 02, SUBDIVISION BATON ROUGE TERRACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, KEN TILLICH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, $39,000. LOT 12, SQUARE 02, SUBDIVISION BATON ROUGE TERRACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, KEN TILLICH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, $10,000. LOT 38, SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, ELEANOR HUBERT, $100.

LOT 12, SUBDIVISION PARK HILLS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, WHITMORE, WHITMORE ENTERPRISES, LLC, $2,900. LOT SECTION 1, WARD 2, SUBDIVISION DRAINER, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, KNOLL, HIGH BIDDER NAKIA WHITE, $20,000. LOT 8, SQUARE 106B, SUBDIVISION NORTH, BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGH BIDDER, FARRELL JOHNSON III, $15,100. LOT 3, SQUARE 3, SUBDIVISION SCOTT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, 1 ACCORD, PROPERTY SOLUTIONS, $100. LOT 4, SQUARE 03, SUBDIVISION SCOTT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, 1 ACCORD, PROPERTY SOLUTIONS, $100. LOT 8, SQUARE 03, SUBDIVISION SCOTT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, 1 ACCORD, PROPERTY SOLUTIONS, $100. LOT 116, SUBDIVISION DEER PARK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, NO. HIGH BIDDER, JEROME WILLIAMS, $14,500. AUTO LAB AND SUBDIVISION. LANGMUIRVILLE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGHBIDDER, URBAN CULTURE, REAL ESTATE, LLC, $16,500. LOT 67, SUBDIVISION MCHUGH, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGHBIDDER, CLARENCE, GOSSARIN, $3,000. LOT 33, SUBDIVISION LELAND COLLEGE, ANDEX, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGHBIDDER, CLARENCE, GOSSARIN, $5,500. LOT 2, SQUARE 1, SUBDIVISION O'CONNOR, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGHBIDDER, CHELSEA, MURRAY, $200. LOT 8, SQUARE 251, SUBDIVISION SWART, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, BRYANT KEITH, $10,500.

LOT 14, SQUARE 348, SUBDIVISION POWERS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, TULTON AND LATOYA JETT, $6,500. LOT 9, SQUARE 207, SUBDIVISION ESTREMA, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER ALEXIS MITCHELL AND ANTONIO HARRIS, $25,200. LOT 01, SQUARE 14, SUBDIVISION FUQUA-LIMON. TOWN, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT, 10.

COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, ROOSEVELT, WILLIAMS, 3RD, $100. LOT 7, SQUARE 106B, SUBDIVISION, NORTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNY, HIGH BIDDER, NAKIA WHITE, $45,000. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 150, 1 THROUGH 170? SEEING

[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. I SEE A SEPARATE SHEET. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A AND B TOGETHER. I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES FOR ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GODAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES. ANY OPPOSITION ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? A,

[02:40:07]

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. ANY OPPOSITION? ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER. ITEM C, RESCINDING, DIRECTING CLERK TO CANCEL NOTICE TO ATTEND RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2025. ORIGINAL 179, BUNDLE 13393 AND DECISION AND ORDER RECORDED ON OCTOBER 13, 2025 AT ORIGINAL 71, BUNDLE 13399. MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS KENDRICK JACKSON. CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS. SOUTH HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL PARK, LOT 12B.

REASON FOR DECISION. OWNER IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY AND THE NEW OWNER INTENDS TO BRING THE PROPERTY BACK INTO COMMERCE. THIS IS BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? ITEM'S INTRODUCED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM NOW. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO THE COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. SECOND BY

[171. 26-00086]

APPOINTMENTS. HOSPITAL DISTRICT NUMBER 1. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LANE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING DAVID BOWMAN, WHO HAS RESIGNED. CURRENT BALLOT IS ELIZABETH BENZER. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE,

[172. 26-00244 ]

ITEM 172. RDA APPOINTING METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL DISTRICTS. DISTRICT 2, 5, 6, 07, OR 10. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN. I SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR., SECONDED BY

[173. 26-00245 ]

CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN.

173, RDA, APPOINTING ONE METROPOLITAN COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

DISTRICT. 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, OR 12. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN MARACA. I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILPERSON FROM DISTRICT 11, LORI WHITE.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MARACA, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY,

[174. 26-00322 ]

CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN.

174 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING KENNETH PERRETTE CURRENT BALLOTS KENNETH PERRETTE REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING

[175. 26-00322 ]

[176. 26-00309]

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS. 176 TERRACE AVENUE, HIGHLAND ROAD, THE PERKINS ROAD PROJECT. LOW BID TRIUMPH CONSTRUCTION LLC, $4,108,688.10. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, GO

[177. 25-00157]

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN

[02:45:01]

177 RECEIVING FOURTH QUARTER 2025. REPORT FROM EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT BY COUNCILMAN GODAY.

WE RECEIVED THE REPORT ALREADY.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REPORT. WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEE, NO, GO TO COUNCIL. YEP, JUST A REMINDER, THESE REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE VIA EMAIL. ANYTIME ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE THE DIRECTOR TO COME MAKE A PRESENTATION, HE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

OTHERWISE, THE REPORT IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AND I

[178. 26-00132]

178 RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION CITY PARISH OPEN DATA POLICY BY INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE REPORT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THE REPORT'S COMPLETED.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JUSTIN PRIOLA. I'M THE DATA ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGER, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR EDWARDS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS 2025 OPEN DATA POLICY REPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. BEFORE WE DIG INTO OUR WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE REASON FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. IN 2017, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH OUR FIRST-EVER FORMAL OPEN DATA POLICY. THE POLICY IS ROOTED IN NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE KNOWN TO SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN OPERATIONS AND FOSTER TRANSPARENCY IN MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. IT'S ADOPTION IMPLEMENTED AN OPEN BY DEFAULT MANDATE, WHICH REQUIRES THE CITY PARISH TO PUBLISH HIGH QUALITY DATA THAT IS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

IN ADDITION TO CREATING THE DATA GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING, REQUIRED AN ANNUAL REPORT ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SINCE POLICY ADOPTION, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT DATA DRIVEN OPERATIONS AND FOSTER TRANSPARENCY IN THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT. THIS SLIDE IN INCLUDES A BRIEF TIMELINE OF KEY EVENTS WITHIN OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM. WHILE THEY ARE ALL SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME PIVOTAL MOMENTS FOR OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM. IN 2015, WE LAUNCHED OPEN DATA BR.

THAT'S OUR CENTRAL PUBLIC-FACING PORTAL THAT PROVIDES TOOLS TO HELP USERS CREATE VISUALIZATIONS, FILTER VIEWS, CHARTS, AND TABLES. IN 2018, WE HAD OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT EXPANSIONS ON THE NEW OPEN DATA POLICY.

WE ADDED NEW DATA SETS TO OPEN DATA BR. WE FORMED A DATA GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, AND WE LAUNCHED OPEN CHECKBOOK VR, WHICH PROVIDES THE CHECKBOOK-LEVEL VIEWS CITY PARISH SPENDING. IN 2020, WE HELD THE INAUGURAL CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY, WHICH LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR A COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. IN 2022, WE WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY CITY DATA ALLIANCE, WHICH IS AN 18-MONTH PROGRAM THAT SHAPED OUR WORK AS IT RELATES TO DATA GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. AND IN 2023, WE OFFICIALLY CREATED THE DATA ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE DIVISION FROM THE GIS.

DIVISION IN IS. NEXT SLIDE.

IN 2023, WE HAVE IS RESTRUCTURED ITS OPERATIONS.

WE INTEGRATED EXISTING IN GIS WEB DEVELOPER, GIS AND WEB DEVELOPER STAFF TO FORM WHAT WE CALL DAP, DIVISION OF DATA ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE. OUR TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIORITIZING THE INTEGRATION OF ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT ACROSS CITY-POWER SHOPPERATIONS. WE MANAGE AND MAINTAIN ALL DATA SETS, PUBLISH NEW DATA, COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY, AND WE SUPPORT OVERALL PLANNING AND OPERATIONS FOR BOTH IS AND THE CITY PARISH. MUCH OF THE WORK WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY IS DRIVEN BY HIS TEAM. IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY, PARISH GOVERNMENT. NEXT SLIDE.

A FEW SLIDES AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY CITY DATA ALLIANCE. BATON ROUGE WAS ONE OF 100 CITIES SELECTED TO ENGAGE WITH PEER CITIES, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND PROJECT MANAGERS TO RECEIVE COACHING AND RESOURCES.

DESIGNED TO IMPROVE OUR WORK THROUGH THE LENS OF DATA GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. DATA GOVERNANCE IS A SUBSET OF DATA MANAGEMENT, FOCUSING ON COLLECTING, PROCESSING, AND USING DATA TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES.

SINCE THEN, APPS CREATED A CITYWIDE DATA STRATEGY. WE SET MINIMAL STANDARDS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE FOR BOTH IS AND CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS. THIS STRATEGY HELPS US REDUCE INCONSISTENCIES IN DATA COLLECTION. WE HAVE GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, ENTERPRISE DATA SETS, TECHNOLOGICAL DEPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, AND DEPARTMENTAL DATA STANDARDS. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY, ACCESSIBILITY, EFFICIENCY, AND EFFICACY IN DATA MAINTENANCE, ANALYSIS, AND PUBLICATION. ALONG WITH SHAPING OUR DATA STRATEGY, THE PROGRAM WAS CRITICAL TO OUR APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE USE DATA TO IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. ACTUALLY, GO BACK.

I'M SORRY. AS I JUST MENTIONED,

[02:50:01]

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT USES DATA AND ANALYTICS TO SYSTEMATICALLY MONITOR, MEASURE, AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE. WE WORK ALONGSIDE THE CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS TO LEVERAGE DATA RESOURCES, ANALYZE EXISTING POLICIES AND PROCESSES, AND DETERMINE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS PART OF BLOOMBERG PROGRAM, WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A PARISH-WIDE SURVEY OF NEARLY 6,000 PROPERTIES.

TOGETHER, WE CREATED AN INVALUABLE DATABASE FOR BRIGHTON AIR PARISH TO PROCESS, TO ANALYZE WORKFLOWS, IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS. AND DEVELOP A MODEL FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT THAT CAN BE USED BY OUR DEPARTMENTS. NEXT SLIDE.

THE WORK INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARISH-WIDE SURVEY OF UP TO 6,000 PROPERTIES. WE LEVERAGED SPATIAL ANALYSIS TOOLS AND SCRIPTING TO DIRECT DOD INSPECTORS INTO AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE BLIGHT IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR. AND ASSESS PROPERTIES AND ASSIGN SCORES FOR PRIORITIZING AND OPTIMIZING REMEDIATION EFFORTS. COLLECTED DATA IS STILL IS ANALYZED, ALONG WITH OTHER INPUTS, SUCH AS BUILDING PERMITS, CRIME INCIDENTS THROUGH PRIVATE AREAS OF GREATER NEED. CURRENTLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT USES THE RIGHT SURVEY DATA TO INFORM RE-SURVEYS FOR CONDEMNATIONS THIS IN THIS PAST YEAR. IN 2025, WE CREATED A CONDEMNATIONS APP AND GIS LAYER THAT THEY ALSO USED TO INFORM THAT PROCESS SEE NEXT SLIDE. PUBLIC SAFETY THAT OPERATES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF DATA GOVERNMENTS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN INITIATIVES AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY. IN 2025, WE WORKED WITH FIRE AND POLICE TO INTEGRATE FIRSTDUE DATA INTO OUR PSCOP, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMON OPERATIONAL PORTAL.

THIS PROVIDES A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC SAFETY BY SUPPORTING THE DIRECT INTEGRATION OF FIRE AND EMS DATA INTO THE PLATFORM AND ENHANCING COLLABORATION. WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF CRIME INCIDENT DATA FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INTO PSCOP. WE'RE ALSO USING THAT, ALONGSIDE DATA COLLECTED BY BRPD, TO OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF CRIME DATA ACROSS THE PARISH, IN ADDITION TO LEVERAGING PUBLIC SAFETY DATA FROM BOTH AGENCIES TO INFORM THE EBR CRIME INCIDENTS DATA SET AND THE BATON ROUGE CRASH INCIDENT MAP.

DATA FROM PSCOP POWERS TOOLS LIKE THE COMMUNITY WATCH PLATFORM AND THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES REAL-TIME INFORMATION ON SERVICE CALLS AND CRIME DATA.

THE DATA MAY CHANGE THAT. THE RTCC IS USED TO IDENTIFY TRENDS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO REDUCE OFFICERS RESPONSE TIME, AND INCREASE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR SUPPORTING DATA-DRIVEN CRIME REDUCTION INITIATIVES. NEXT SLIDE.

IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROVIDES DATA-INFORMED APPROACH TO CITY PARISH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

DAP HAS DIRECTLY SHAPED IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY PARISH PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING POLICIES THROUGH MUNIS.

FOR THE MUNIS WORKFLOW AND WORKING GROUP, WHICH MEETS MONTHLY TO REVIEW AND ADJUST PROCESSES BASED ON WORKFLOW DATA. THE GROUP TRACKS THREE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WITHIN MUNIS, DAYS SPENT IN THE REQUISITION WORKFLOW, POLLS AND REJECTIONS IN THE WORKFLOW, AND DAYS TO CREATE A PURCHASE ORDER OR CONTRACT.

THROUGH THIS EFFORT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSESS EVERY STEP OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IDENTIFY THE GAPS IN RESOURCES AND TRAINING, AND PROCESS INEFFICIENCIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DELAYS. BY UNDERSTANDING WHERE DELAYS HAPPEN, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS, TO ADJUST PROCEDURES. MUNIS WORKING GROUP HAS REDUCED THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT A CONTRACT SPENDS IN THE PROCUREMENT WINDOW BY 81% AND REDUCED THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT A PURCHASE ORDER SPENDS IN THE PROCUREMENT WINDOW BY 46%. NEXT SLIDE. OUR OPEN DATA POLICY IS DESIGNED TO SPUR UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, AND WE DIRECTLY SUPPORT THIS THROUGH THE COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND PUBLICATION OF CITY PARISH-OWNED DATA THROUGH THE OPEN DATA BR AND EBR GIS PLATFORMS. THE SLIDE YOU SEE HERE PROVIDES JUST A HANDFUL OF THE WEB MAPS AND APPS WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC.

IT OFFERS A WEALTH OF DATA INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE AND WORK IN. NEXT SLIDE. SIMILARLY, WE CREATE AND MAINTAIN DASHBOARDS THAT PROVIDE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, METRICS, AND OTHER STATISTICAL INFORMATION IN AN EASY-TO-VIEW FORMAT.

ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE A SCREENSHOT OF ONE OF OUR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS, THE CRIME TRENDS ANALYSIS DASHBOARD, WHICH OFFERS REAL-TIME INSIGHT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS FOR SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO A BRIEF LISTING OF OTHER CRITICAL DASHBOARDS WE'VE CREATED AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN. NEXT SLIDE.

IN ADDITION TO WEB APPS, MAPS, AND DASHBOARDS, WE ALSO USE CITY PARISH DATA TO POWER LOOKUP TOOLS. THERE'S A LIST OF LOOKUP TOOLS HERE. USERS CAN USE THEM TO FIND LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION, SALES TAX, DOMICILES, ROAD CLOSURES, AND WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY LIVE IN, AND THERE'S OTHER TOOLS AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW WE'LL DIVE INTO SOME OF THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

IN 2025, DAP CONDUCTED BOTH IN PERSON AND DIGITAL OUTREACH AND

[02:55:03]

FOR THIS, WE'VE BEEN AMASSED 4.8M IMPRESSIONS ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, NEARLY 5000 IN PERSON ENGAGEMENTS, AND OVER 62,000 VIEWS ON THE CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY ON DEMAND SERIES. AS OF THE END OF LAST YEAR, OPEN DATA PLATFORM HOSTED 243 DATA SETS AND 14.3M ROWS OF DATA, AND HOSTED 47 PUBLIC DASHBOARDS AND WEB APPS. AND SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED OVER TIME. SO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN A REDUCTION. BUT. THE FUNCTIONALITY IS ALL THE SAME.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M HONORED TO SHARE THAT. IN 2025, THE CENTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT NAMED BATON ROUGE AS A TOP 10 DIGITAL CITY FOR THE 11TH YEAR IN A ROW. I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK DONE BOTH WITHIN IS AND ACROSS CITY PARISH OPERATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. AS WE MOVE INTO 2026, OUR PRIORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SUSTAINING ITS CURRENT BREADTH OF SERVICES WITH THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CUTS. AND POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER FUNDING REDUCTIONS, STAFF CAPACITY WILL DECREASE, AND OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES WILL FOCUS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S CORE COMPETENCIES. WHILE WE NAVIGATE THIS PERIOD OF CHANGE, WE WILL, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, STRENGTHEN COORDINATION WITH CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS ON DATA GOVERNANCE STANDARDS, INCREASE COLLABORATION WITH AGENCIES AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR DATA SHARING, AND CONDUCT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FOR STAFF, STAKEHOLDERS, AND RESIDENTS, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON ALL OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE DATA RESOURCES AND HOW THEY CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM, YOU CAN VISIT OUR OPEN DATA REPORT WEBSITE AT THE LINK ON THE SCREEN THERE. YOU'LL FIND MORE DETAILS ON THE INFORMATION RESOURCES PRESENTED TODAY, DIRECT LINKS TO THE DATA SETS, DASHBOARDS, AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PRESENTATION, THESE SLIDES, AND EVEN MORE INFORMATION. I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU, A HARD COPY, AND A PRESENTATION AS WELL AS HARD COPY. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT AND SHARE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IF YOU AREN'T ALREADY, MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW US ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS IS WHERE WE POST OUR TECH TUESDAY SERIES AND ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM. YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ON FACEBOOK, X, AND YOUTUBE AT THE HANDLES ON THE SCREEN. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM, OR WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION ABOUT CYBERSECURITY, OPEN DATA, EBRGIS, OR ANY OTHER OF THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TO OFFER, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL AT ISOUTREACH AT BRLA.GOV. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS UPDATE ON OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM. I'LL NOW TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REPORT. IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNSEL, COUNCILMAN HUDSON. MR. BREWER, I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I RECALL THE TENACITY WITH WHICH YOU PURSUED THE DATA FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

FOR THE REPORTING, AND SO I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO KNOW OVER THE YEARS ALL THE DIFFERENT GIS FUNCTIONS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED.

AND YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY WOULD GO TO ERIC FOR THAT. AND I KNOW HE WAS, I KNOW YOU WERE THE GUY THAT ACTUALLY WAS DOING THE WORK, SO THANK YOU. SO A REQUEST AND A QUESTION FROM ME, SO THE REQUEST IS IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LOVE THAT THIS REPORT WOULD INCLUDE A THE SPECIFIC SECTION.

OF REPORTING AROUND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY EFFORTS. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE A LOT WITH OPEN BUDGET, OPEN CHECKBOOK, AND THOSE ARE GREAT PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE REPORTING IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE CHANGING THAT, HOW WE'RE MAKING IT MORE USER-FRIENDLY, AND THAT KIND OF THING. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR REPORT OR MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT IN THE REPORT? SURE, WE CAN DO THAT, YES. AWESOME, THANK YOU.

SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, IT'S SORT OF IN THE SAME VEIN, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER DISCUSSION TONIGHT AROUND AI. AND HOW WE'RE EMPLOYING IT IN CITY PARISH, OR HOW WE CAN EMPLOY IT IN CITY PARISH. SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE EXPLORING AI AND HOW IT CAN HELP CITIZENS NAVIGATE COMPLEX DATABASES, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO OPEN CHECKBOOK? I SOMETIMES HAVE TROUBLE MAKING SURE I'VE CLICKED THE RIGHT YEAR THAT I'M SEARCHING, THAT KIND OF THING. AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE DATABASES TO AN AVERAGE USER MAY NOT BE THE MOST USER-FRIENDLY. SO IS AI SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EMPLOY TO MAKE THOSE DATABASES EASIER? SO WE'VE, AS TRINA MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE STARTED TO EXPLORE AI WITH THE USE OF 311. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR PILOT PROJECT.

FROM THERE, CERTAINLY WE CAN LOOK INTO THINGS WITH. OPEN CHECKBOOK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AS YOU SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THOSE SITES AND TRYING TO SIFT THROUGH THEM IS COMPLEX, SO I CAN CERTAINLY MENTION THAT TO MY DIRECTOR.

IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LOVE

[03:00:01]

COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. JUSTIN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.

CONSTANTLY AMAZED WHEN I GET INTO OUR PORTALS AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE THERE AND JUST HOW MUCH I CAN FIND. AND HOW MANY WONDERFUL SPREADSHEETS I CAN CREATE WITH THE DATA THAT Y'ALL ARE GATHERING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK THANKS GOES TO ALSO TO OUR DAP TEAM AS WELL. SOME OF THEM ARE HERE, BUT THERE'S SOME OUT THERE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. 100%.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. YOU WORK SO HARD.

[179. 26-00239 ]

TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK NEEDED FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AUTHORITY BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 16442. THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS. VOTERS OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NEED A MOTION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM IS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM. IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK

[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 2 of 2)]

MOTION. MOTION COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY THE CHAIR TO RECONSIDER ITEM 83. ANY OPPOSITION ITEMS BEING RECONSIDERED. WHICH PLEASURE.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR ITEM 120, PLEASE. WE'RE DOING ON ITEM 83. UH, WE HAVE NOT TO DELETE. I'M SORRY, NOT TO DELETE TO FOR IT TO REMAIN 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS.

[120. 26-00134 (Part 3 of 3)]

COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS HAS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 120.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 120. I KNOW THAT'S NOT A COUNT. 83 WAS A COUNT OF DAYS, AND 120 IS NOT.

THIS IS THE JUDGMENT. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? WE HAVE OBJECTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAT.

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES, ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 120. DID I SAY THAT, RIGHT? OKAY. ITEM 120 IS THE SETTLEMENT. IT'S NOT A SETTLEMENT. IT'S THE COMPROMISE JUDGMENT. SHALL I READ IT AGAIN? YEAH.

AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF COMPROMISE JUDGMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED SHERELLE HORTON VERSUS BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE ET AL.

ON A DOCKET OF 19, J.D.C. IN AN AMOUNT OF $325,000, PLUS COURT COSTS IN AN AMOUNT OF $9,224.46 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $334,224.46 FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

ON A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, IS THIS THE MATTER WHERE THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO THE JUDGMENT? THIS IS A JUDGMENT, RIGHT? THIS IS A JUDGMENT, YES. THIS HAS BEEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT.

OKAY, SO IT WAS A JUDGMENT.

OKAY, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 120. THE MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

SO, I MEAN, YOU'LL GET TO VOTE ON IT AGAIN. MOTION CARRIES.

MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM ITSELF. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION. WE HAVE OPPOSITION FROM COUNCILMAN MOAT. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES. MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 120. MOTION CARRIES. I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

COUNCILMAN GODAY. YES.

COUNCILMAN MOE. NO.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS. NO.

COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. YES.

[03:05:02]

COUNCILMAN NULL. YES.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON. YES.

[Adjournment and Announcements]

COUNCILMAN COLEMAN. YES.

COUNCILMAN KENNEY. YES.

COUNCILMAN HARRIS. YES.

COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. WE ARE ADJOURNED. GOD BLESS ALL OF Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.