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WELCOME TO OUR METROPOLITAN RECOGNITION MEETING, UH, FOR MARCH 25TH, 2026.
[Presentations and Special Recognitions]
UH, FIRST WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH METROPOLITAN COUNCILWOMAN TIJUANA P HARRIS.UM, TODAY SHE WILL RECOGNIZE MS. CYNTHIA OWENS GREEN AND MS. KATHY LITTLES FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KINNEY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN HISTORY MONTH, MARCH, 2026, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE YOUR DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING OTHERS AND MAKING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH 2026 THEME, LEADING THE CHANGE, WOMEN SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, WE HONOR YOUR EFFORTS IN HELPING TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE, UPLIFT THOSE AROUND YOU, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDING A STRONGER AND A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE PROGRESS AND EXCELLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MS. CYNTHIA GREEN IS THE PROUD OWNER OF OWEN'S GROCERY MARKET IN DELHI.
SHE HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE FOR HER COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.
SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER GENEROUS SPIRIT AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS.
SHE HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED HER COMMUNITY SINCE 1979.
SHE LOVES THE LORD AND BEING WITH HER FAMILY.
MS. CYNTHIA GREEN, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, MS. GREEN? WELL, I'M NOT A VERY GOOD SPEAKER, BUT I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS, UH, BEAUTIFUL, UH, PLAQUE AND UH, I'M JUST PROUD TO BE HERE.
GET A PHOTO, AND NEXT UP IS CALLIE AL FRANCIS.
CALI HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
CALLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH MYSELF AND MY STAFF.
WHERE'S COURTNEY KING? I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE ON THE PHONE.
OH, WE ARE MISSING YOU, SWEETHEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COURTNEY, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE METRO COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE PATIENCE WITH COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS AND HER STAFF AS WELL.
AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
IT'S BEEN WORK WITH YOU OVER HERE, COUNCIL, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MAY AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR SOME YEARS.
SHE'S COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND SHE'S, SHE'S HARDWORKING AND SHE'S VERY MUCH DEDICATED TO WHAT SHE DOES.
SO MAY WE HONOR YOU TODAY, SWEETHEART, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.
MELISSA AND I HAVE BEEN HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND SHE'S SO VERY PATIENT AND COMMITTED AND DEDICATED AND SUCH A HARD WORKER AND LOVE WHAT SHE DOES.
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AND LISA SMITH, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 10 YEARS.MAYOR MOONIE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 19 YEARS.
AND CALI TWO YEARS AND COURTNEY HAS BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THE HARD WORK AND THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO YOUR JOB AND TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US.
WE APPRECIATE AND I LOVE YOUR HAIR TODAY.
MS. KATHY DAVENPORT LITTLES, COME ON UP.
WHO HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO THE MLK COMMUNITY CENTER FOR 22 YEARS.
SHE ALWAYS LENDS A HAND TO HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER FAMOUS GRITS.
AND WHEN I TELL YOU THEY'RE THE BEST IN TOWN, MS. LITTLE LOVES TO DO EVANGELISM WORK THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND BEING WITH HER FAMILY.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, DID YOU? NO.
YOU WANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY COME ON, MAKE SURE YOU WANT.
DO I WANNA SAY SOMETHING THEN SHE GONNA TELL ME NOW, YOU KNOW,
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR THREE, UH, 23 YEARS UNCLASSIFIED.
AND I ENJOYED EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN THERE BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND THROUGH IT ALL, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO HOLD THEM, KNOW WHEN TO FOLD THEM
YOU WANNA COME UP AND BRING HER? YEAH.
AND SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME, UH, THE PRINCIPLES WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME FOR WOMEN HISTORY MONTH BY COUNCILMAN ANTHONY KENNY.
SO WE'RE GONNA ASK MS. CHANEL FERNANDEZ, MS. KANNA DAVIS, MS. CANDACE MEYERS, MS. KYLIE MURPHY, AND MS. ALICIA WELSH TO COME ON UP.
COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TODAY I WANNA RECOGNIZE SOME PHENOMENAL WOMEN, UM, WHO ARE LEADERS IN MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT TWO.
AND SO MY ME IN MY OFFICE, WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHO CAN BE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
AND WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WOMEN WHO ARE THE TRAILBLAZER AND LEADERS BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN DISTRICT TWO.
SO FIRST UP, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM MS. THE PRINCIPAL, MS. KANA DAVIS AT MY OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BROWNSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, MS. DAVIS IS A YEAR LONG OF MANY YEARS EDUCATOR, UM, LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION ADMIN IN, UM, NORTH BATON ROUGE AND BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY BEYOND.
AND SO TODAY WE WANNA RECOGNIZE, SIR, FOR HER LEADERSHIP, UM, AT BROWNSFIELD ELEMENTARY.
YOU WANNA SAY THE REMARKS? MS. DAVIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WE DO.
I DO WANNA ALSO TAKE THE MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE MY TEACHERS WHO DO ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.
UM, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, ASK THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
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ALRIGHT, DON'T GO TOO FAR.AND NEXT UP, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, PRINCIPAL CANDACE MEYERS AT QUESTS WORTH ELEMENTARY.
UH, MS. MYERS IS WHERE HAS BEEN A MANY YEARS, A DECADES LONG EDUCATOR, UM, LEADER IN, UM, SERVANT IN THE NORTH BATON ROUGE AND BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT, BUT CURRENTLY SHE SERVED AS THE LEADER AT CROSSWORK ELEMENTARY.
SO LET'S GET ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO MS. CANDACE MYERS AT THIS TIME.
UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR.
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE SERVING THE STUDENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND NORTH NORTH BATON ROUGE AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR ALL OF MY 24 YEARS, AND IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN AN EXPERIENCE THAT I WOULD CHERISH.
UM, JUST AS MS. DAVIS SAID, OUR CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND LIFE SUCCESS.
SO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HONOR.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN AND EVERYONE ELSE UP HERE FOR WHAT YOU DO IN SERVICE, UM, TO OUR SCHOOLS.
AND BEFORE WE TAKE A GROUP PICTURE, UH, WE ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THREE OF OUR OTHER PRINCIPALS.
THEY COULD NOT COME TODAY DUE TO CONFLICTS.
UM, OUR PRINCIPAL AT PARK RIDGE, UM, ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY IN BAKER, LOUISIANA.
UH, PRINCIPAL KYLIE MURPHY, AND ALSO THE PRINCIPAL AT BAKER HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, PRINCIPAL ALICIA WELSH, AND ALSO MS. CHANEL FAN, UH, FERNANDEZ, THE PRINCIPAL, UM, AT PROGRESS ELEMENTARY.
SO LET'S GIVE ALL THESE PHENOMENAL WOMEN, UM, WHO ARE LEADERS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
ALRIGHT, NOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A GO PHOTO TOWARDS THE FRONT.
NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN, OUR RECOGNIZED MADISON PREPARATORY ACADEMY GIRLS TRACK TEAM, UH, FOR THE INDOOR STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONS, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF THOSE LADIES TO COME ON UP HERE AND STAND RIGHT UP FRONT.
OKAY? SO THEY MUST BE ON THEIR WAY.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO ASK WHO I KNOW IS HERE.
THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL.
COME ON UP HERE, YOU ALL, WELL COME ON GENTLEMEN.
AND SO THESE ARE PEOPLE, THESE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
SO GIVE IT UP FOR THIS GROUP HERE.
AND SO, AS I STAND HERE, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN IN YOUR DISTRICT, I STAND HERE AS RECOGNIZING THE NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER ONE, NOT THE TWO, NOR THE THREE, BUT THE NUMBER ONE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, 20, 25, 26, DIVISION FOUR, SELECT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
GIVE IT UP AGAIN FOR THESE YOUNG MEN.
OH, YOU HEARD WHAT THEY SAY? TWO YEARS? NOT ONE YEAR, BUT TWO, TWO.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THAT TALK.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS MOMENT IS TO GIVE THESE GENTLEMEN THEIR CERTIFICATE.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN HERE WITH, AND GUESS WHAT? I'M FEEDING YOU ALL.
SO WHEN THIS, WHEN WE FINISH RIGHT HERE, Y'ALL GO UP ON THAT EIGHTH FLOOR UP THERE.
I HERE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING, SOMETHING FOR YOU.
V THE SECOND, WHERE ARE YOU THOMAS? ALL RIGHT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT TO THOMAS KENDALL JOHNSON.
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GRIP, Y'ALL.IS THAT RIGHT? HUH? MAN, I AIN'T NEVER SEEN ER SPELLED LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S YOUR NAME, ISN'T IT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT YOUNG MAN SAID? THANK YOU.
EBEN WILLIAMS. ALRIGHT, YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALRIGHT, GIVE IT UP FOR ALBERT.
HE, HE, THEY'LL TAKE IT BACK TO HIM.
AND SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT'S THE TEAM.
BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TEAM GOT TO HAVE A COACH.
AIN'T THAT RIGHT? AND SO THE HEAD COACH, MR. HAROLD BOUDREAUX RIGHT HERE, FIVE MANY YEARS.
WHERE'S YOUR ASSISTANT COACH? KIRK KING? NEVER HAD PRACTICE? NO.
AND SO I BRING YOU HERE AND COME ON, SAY A LITTLE FOUR WORDS.
COME ON FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, TOUGH GROUP OF KIDS WHO, UH, OOH, LORD HAVE MERCY
UH, THEY TOOK IT EVERY DAY WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
UH, KEPT WORKING HARD IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A CORD ANYWHERE THAT WE NEEDED THEM.
AND I'M A TOUGH LOVING PERSON, BUT THEY KNOW I LOVE THEM FIRST.
ALL RIGHT, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT IT'S THE NOT SO YOUNG THAT, THAT THAT, UM, DROPPED PLENTY BALLS.
AND SO A BALL HAS BEEN DROPPED.
COME ON UP HERE, CALEB, BECAUSE CALEB DID NOT GET HIS CERTIFICATE.
BUT SOMEBODY BETTER TELL SOMEBODY IN THAT BACK TO GIVE CALEB BIRD HIS CERTIFICATE BEFORE HE LEAVES THIS DAY.
SO Y'ALL GIVE IT UP FOR CALEB.
I'M GETTING YOU GOTTA COME GET SOME OF THIS.
EVERYBODY LOOK THIS STRAIGHT FOR ME.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE MORE LIKE THAT.
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM.ALRIGHT, NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SID EDWARD RECOGNIZE THE FAMILY OF MAMA CBELL AND PRO PROCLAMATION FOR MAMA C BELT DAY MAYOR EDWARDS.
THIS IS ONE THAT I ABSOLUTELY, MIKE MAYOR, MIKE, MIKE.
THIS IS ONE I ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO GIVE OUT AND BE A PART OF.
MAMA CBELL THOMAS IS A EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE AND HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
THE THINGS SHE DID FOR BATON ROUGE IS UNPARALLELED.
AND OFTEN FOLKS LIKE HER GO IT, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T GET RECOGNIZED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD.
AND AT HER FUNERAL, AT HER SERVICE, I I MADE A STATEMENT THAT SOMETIMES GOD PUTS ANGELS ON EARTH THAT ARE DISGUISED AS ORDINARY PEOPLE.
AND THAT WAS MAMA CBELL THOMAS.
OH, IF WE HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY MOUTH SHE FED, WE'D BE OKAY.
WE WOULDN'T BE IN A BUDGET CRISIS
UH, BUT SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE ANGEL.
UH, I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION.
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS PROCLAMATION SPECIAL IS I AM OFFICIALLY DECLARING TODAY MAMA SEA BELT DAY IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE RECOGNIZING MAMA'S LEGACY, TOMMY MURPHY.
AS EVERYONE KNOW, HE TOLD, HE CALLED ME LATER TODAY AND HE SAYS, IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO SAY THIS.
AND THE LAST WORDS THAT WE BELIEVE MAMA CBELL WOULD SAY IS, FEED MY CHILDREN.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAYING JUST FOOD.
SHE'S SAYING FEED HER HOMELESS AND FEED THOSE THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED.
FEED THOSE THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED.
AND THAT MEANS IN EVERY AREA, BECAUSE SHE TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN EVERY AREA OF THEIR LIVES.
AND SHE SERVED, THAT WAS HER, HER THING FROM BIRTH, BEING A SERVANT.
NOW, SHE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE HELP OF QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EVERYONE THAT'S HERE FOR MAMA C BELL, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? I WANT EVERYONE TO STAND BECAUSE SHE HAD ALL OF THEM PLAYED A ROLE IN HER BEING ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO AND MAKING HER LEGACY.
THEY ALL PLAYED A PART IN THIS, WHETHER IT WAS PRAYER, HELPING TO FEED, BEING THERE, PRAYING WITH HER.
EVERYONE HERE WAS THERE FOR MAMA.
WE LOVE EVERYONE AND THANK YOU.
HEY, LOOK, I WANNA, I WANNA TAKE A PERSONAL, UH, POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO MAMA C BELL'S FAMILY BECAUSE WHAT Y'ALL, DON IS ME RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS WE STARTED OUR HOMELESS FEEDING PROGRAM BECAUSE OF YOUR MOTHER.
SHE WAS FEEDING OVER THERE WITH DEACON JOE AND FATHER TAT AND THE WHOLE REDEMPTIVE FAMILY ABOUT TWO DAYS A WEEK.
AND I SAID, WHAT ARE THEY EATING ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY? AND SHE SAID, THE LORD IS GONNA PROVIDE FOR HIM.
I SAID, HE IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO FEED THEM RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SO SHE SAT DOWN WITH US AND A BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS, CATS, AND BECAUSE OF HER, THERE ARE FIVE MEALS, UH, UH, FIVE DAYS A WEEK MEALS FOR PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE A FOOD.
SO THANK YOU, THANK HER HEART.
AND SHE ALWAYS CALLED ME AND PUT ME IN MY PLACE.
AND, AND LEMME POINT OUT, YOU SEE MAMA BEL, YOU SAW ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STOOD UP, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STRAY DOGS IN THAT GROUP.
IIII SEE TOMMY MURPHY AND EDDIE SAMPSON BACK THERE.
BUT I, WE WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL AND WE WANT TO GET THE WHOLE CREW THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT
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MAMA SEATBELT TO COME GET A PICTURE TOO, OKAY? OKAY.ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND APPLAUSE.
SO BY MISS SEA'S FAMILY OF FRIENDS AND VILLAGE FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
UH, MAYOR, PRESIDENT SID EDWARDS IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE RECORDING ARTIST TOOI AND WELCOME HIM TO BATON ROUGE MAYOR, PRESIDENT HALL.
WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS TUSI TO BATON ROUGE.
TUSI HAS ACHIEVED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN MUSIC, INCLUDING OVER 7 BILLION GLOBAL STREAMS AND A PLATINUM SELLING DEBUT ALBUM.
BEYOND HIS MUSIC, TUSI IS COMMITTED TO PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
FURTHER CONNECTED HIM TO OUR CITY.
WE ARE PROUD TO CALL HIM PART OF THE BATON ROUGE FAMILY AND CELEBRATE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND INSPIRATION.
THROUGH HIS MUSIC, TUI ENCOURAGES MESSAGES OF PERSEVERANCE, FAMILY, FATHERHOOD, AND EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION.
HE IS REDEFINING AUTHENTICITY IN HIP HOP AND INSPIRING AUDIENCES ACROSS GENERATIONS.
SO WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN, THERE WAS A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT, A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, BUT HE IS CHOOSING TO COME PLAY FOOTBALL IN THAT VALLEY FOR DLSU TIGERS.
AND WITH THAT, WE WANT TO GIVE HER PROCLAMATION AND WE WILL WELCOME TUSSIE UP HERE TO THE PODIUM SLOT RECEIVER BE LOOKING FOR IN THE END ZONE.
HOW ARE EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? GOOD.
FIRST OFF, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
UM, WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WOULD BE POSSIBLE, SO I DEFINITELY JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UM, SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR EDWARDS FOR HAVING ME.
UH, I BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOW, MAN.
SO FOR ME TO RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS, UH, IS DEAR TO ME.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL FOR HAVING ME IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD VIBES, GREAT FOOD, SOME OF THE BEST FOOD I EVER HAD AND NOT HAVE BEEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD, YOU KNOW? SO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.
AND, UM, IF IT'S ONE MESSAGE THAT I COULD LEAVE TO ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE, TO THE YOUTH THAT'S OUT THERE, UM, PROCESS OVER PERFECTION, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT PROCESS OVER PERFECTION.
UH, I COME FROM NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS TO COMING TO DEATH VALLEY.
UM, AFTER NOT KNOWING IF I WAS EVER GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND SO MANY PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND I REMEMBER RE RECEIVING A CALL FROM, UM, BILLY THE GM AT LSU AND LANE KIFFIN AND THEY LIKE, HEY, LOOK, LISTEN, IF YOU WILLING TO TAKE THE SHOT, YOU KNOW, WE WILLING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
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BEEN MEN OF THEY WORDS.AND, UM, NOW I'M HERE IN DEATH VALLEY.
SO BATON ROUGE, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, I LOVE Y'ALL.
AND, UM, LET'S, UH, LET'S MAKE HISTORY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET ANOTHER ROUND APPLAUSE FOR
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP, MAYOR, PRESIDENT EDWARDS RECOGNIZED, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, MY SAYING INCORRECTLY.
TYRE TRUST CLAIRE OWN AN ATTIRE SCHOOL OF DANCE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
MAYOR, PRESIDENT, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR PRESIDENT EDWARDS, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS. THERE, TRULA OWNER AND FOUNDER OF THERE'S SCHOOL OF DANCE.
SHE IS A DISTINGUISHED, DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR, ENTREPRENEUR, AND MENTOR.
SHE HAS SELFLESSLY GIVEN 42 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAS PROFOUNDLY SHAPED THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING AN INDELIBLE MARK ON GENERATIONS.
HER JOURNEY BEGAN AT 16 WHEN SHE WAS SELECTED TO TEACH FOR A NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY BASED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A LIFETIME DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN DANCE EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP.
MS. TAR CONTINUED HER TRAINING AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED FOR THE DANCE MAJOR PROGRAM AND BECAME A FIVE YEAR MEMBER OF THE LSU GOLDEN GIRLS SERVING AS CAPTAIN AND CHOREOGRAPHER FOR FOUR YEARS.
AFTER EARNING HER DEGREE IN EDUCATION, SHE POURED HER PASSION INTO THE CLASSROOM, TEACHING AT SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL, EPISCOPAL HIGH ST.
ALIUS, AND AS A JAZZ INSTRUCTOR WITHIN LSU THEATER DEPARTMENT.
A FEW OF HER VERY LONG LIST OF ACCOLADES INCLUDE SERVING AS AN ADJUDICATOR FOR THE LSU GOLDEN GIRLS, LSU CHEERLEADERS, LSU, TIGER GIRLS, NORTHWESTERN STATE PALM LINE, THE SAINT, THE HONEYBEES, THE MISS LSU PAGEANT, THE LSU SONG FEST, AND THE LOUISIANA JUNIOR MISS PAGEANT IN 1987 TO REOPENED THE ACCLAIMED, THERE'S SCHOOL OF DANCE WITH JUST 50 STUDENTS.
THROUGH VISION, DISCIPLINE, AND STRONG BUSINESS ACUMEN, SHE GREW THE STUDIO INTO A THRIVING INSTITUTION THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE TODAY, SERVING MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS AND EMPLOYING A TEAM OF INSTRUCTORS, MANY OF WHOM WERE YOUNG, ENERGETIC DANCERS WHO WERE ONCE HER STUDENTS.
IN DOING SO, SHE HAS NOT ONLY ELEVATED THE ARTS IN THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO CREATED MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG DANCERS CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH.
FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, TORE TRUST CLAIRE HAS DONE FAR MORE THAN TEACH DANCE.
SHE HAS SHAPED CHARACTER, POURED WISDOM, INSTILLED CONFIDENCE, TAUGHT DISCIPLINE, AND CARED FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT ENTERED HER DOORS, ALL QUALITIES THAT HELPED THEM ON STAGE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, SHE TEACHES THEM TO BELIEVE IN THEIR GREATNESS.
IN A FIELD WHERE REJECTION IS OFTEN PART OF THE JOURNEY TO REINSTILL RESILIENCE AND THE COURAGE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, DESPITE ADVERSITY, SHE EQUIPS HER STUDENTS WITH A STRENGTH THAT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THEIR STAGE PERFORMANCE.
TAR TRUST, CLAIRE'S LEGACY IS ONE OF EXCELLENCE SERVICE POURING INTO HER COMMUNITY AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OTHERS.
HER IMPACT LIVES ON IN EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS THROUGH HER DOORS AND LEAVES STRONGER, MORE CONFIDENT AND BETTER PREPARED TO FACE THE WORLD WITH GRACE AND DETERMINATION.
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MAYOR PRESIDENT EDWARDS, WE HONOR TO READ TRUST GLARE OF TO READ SCHOOL OF DANCE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FOR BEING A SHINING EXAMPLE TO YOUNG WOMEN, SHOWING THEM THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS WHILE DOING SO WITH STYLE, ELEGANCE, BEAUTY, CLASS, AND GRACE.WE INVITE MR. RE TRU GLARE TO COME UP.
OKAY, I GOTTA GET THIS GLASSES ON.
MAYOR EDWARDS AND DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
OVER 40 YEARS AGO, I STARTED MY DANCE STUDIO WITH A PASSION FOR DANCE, AND I HOPE TO INSPIRE LOCAL CHILDREN STANDING HERE TODAY.
I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS RECOGNITION IS A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT SMALL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE WHEN THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF A CITY LIKE BATON ROUGE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE INVITE TO READ HER HUSBAND AND HER TEAM TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY LOOK THIS WAY FOR ME.
PRESIDENT EDWARDS RECOGNIZED DREAM DAY FOUNDATION FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A STEADFAST FORCE FOR GOOD IN BATON ROUGE AND ACROSS THE GULF COAST, SUPPORTING THE LIFESAVING MISSION OF ST.
JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1994, THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER $5.7 MILLION TO ADVANCED CARE FOR CHILDREN FACING CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES.
THROUGH MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES, THE FOUNDATION HAS STRENGTHENED BONDS BETWEEN THOSE WHO SERVE AND THE FAMILIES THEY SUPPORT.
ITS SIGNATURE FISH AND GALORE EVENT BRINGS JOY RELIEF AND LASTING MEMORIES TO HUNDREDS OF ST.
JUDE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES EACH YEAR, OFFERING THEM A MOMENT OF PEACE AND NORMALCY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES WITH A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION, SERVICE AND COMMUNITY.
THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION IS EXPANDING ITS IMPACT BY PROVIDING HANDS-ON SUPPORT AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO FAMILIES IN TREATMENT RIGHT HERE IN BATON ROUGE, IN RECOGNITION OF ITS DECADE OF SERVICE, UNWAVERING GENEROSITY AND DEDICATION TO BRINGING HOPE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
ON BEHALF OF MAYOR PRESIDENT EDWARDS, WE PROUDLY HONOR THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION AND DECLARE MARCH 11TH AS DREAM DAY, FOUNDATION DAY IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WELCOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION TO COME UP.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
UH, WE REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE
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HAD FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITH THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE K NINE UNIT, THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE EAST BATON ROUGE, UH, PARISH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND ALL OF THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES, UM, THAT ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE FUNDRAISED FOR US AND REALLY ACTUALLY ALSO BEEN A PART OF OUR FISH AND GALORE EVENT DOING ESCORTS AND COMING AND DOING ACTIVITIES WITH THE KIDS.IT REALLY DOES TAKE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER FOR NON-PROFITS LIKE OURS TO SURVIVE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
BUT ALSO IT JUST MAKES SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY TO SEE, UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EVERYONE SUPPORTING THEM AND SUPPORTING US.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE INVITE EVERYONE HERE FOR THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.
WE ALL, LET'S GET ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION FOR THAT AMAZING WORK IN THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS, UH, FOR TODAY'S METRO COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'LL RECESS UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK.
OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED, UH, METRO COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO RECOGNITION THIS AFTERNOON.
[CALL TO ORDER]
HELLO EVERYBODY.WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU WATCHING OUR MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'RE ON AT T ON COX STREAMING@VLA.GOV.
WE ALSO ARE ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK LIVE.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU'RE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND AT THIS TIME HERE IS THE MAYOR PROTE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2026.
WE COULD CALL THE MEETING IN ORDER.
ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED BY JACOB SCHAFF THIS EVENING.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY SEEKING YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND UNITY TO REST UPON THESE ELECTED LEADERS.
MAYOR HAND, LEAD THEM IN PEACE AND CLARITY AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY AND THIS PARISH.
GRANT THEM DISCERNMENT, INTEGRITY, AND A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT THEY MAY SERVE WITH HUMILITY AND PURPOSE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN PSALMS 1 33.
ONE, BEHOLD HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS DWELL IN UNITY.
MAY THIS TRUTH BE REFLECTED IN THEIR LEADERSHIP AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETINGS OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026, MARCH 11TH, 2026, AND METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING OF MARCH 18TH, 2026 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.WE HAVE A MOTION, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GOEY, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 12TH, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A FIVE MILLS AD VALOR TAX FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES OF THE DISTRICT PROVIDING NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2026 AND 4:00 PM AT THE REGULAR MEETING PLACE AT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL THIRD FLOOR CITY HALL ROOM 3 48 2 2 2 ST.LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AND PROVIDE 'EM FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BY BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE,
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AUTHORIZING INTER PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM, AN APPROPRIATING AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $136 MILLION FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.NUMBER FOUR, AMEND THE 2026 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED, NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT.
FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE BATON ROUGE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 1 9 7 2 6 SO AS TO IMPLEMENT MUNICIPAL POLICE PAY PLAN CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 16TH, 2026 AND APPROPRIATE $5,615,000 FOR SAID PURPOSE BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT, FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
NUMBER FIVE, AMEND THE 2026 PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED, NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO AS TO ADD A NEW CLASSIFICATION, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTS PAY GRADE 2330 AND DELETE ONE SPECIAL ASSISTANT PARISH ATTORNEY EFFECTIVE APRIL 18TH, 2026 BY PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER SIX, AMEND THE 2026 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ASSOCIATE.
CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY ADMINISTRATION TO ADD ONE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTS AND DELETE ONE SPECIAL ASSISTANT PARISH ATTORNEY BY PARISH ATTORNEY CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER SEVEN, NELSON HILLIARD AL.
1 4 2 7 0 GLEN ROAD COUNSEL, DISTRICT TWO KENNY, NUMBER EIGHT, LOIS FA SPEARS LAUFF 7 9 5 0 DYER ROAD COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO KENNY, NUMBER NINE, TIMOTHY HUGGINS AND CAB ENTERPRISES INC.
5 2 9 0 PACKARD STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 10, MIRACLE JOSEPH, 5 5 2 2 LEMONWOOD DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST, NUMBER 11, JOHN EEM AND FLORENCE EEM.
9 2 4 8 TRACY AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 12, BEARD LOGISTICS.
LLC 2 7 5 6 LORRAINE STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 13, ANTOINETTE RELL, ALBO AT AL.
5 4 6 8 PACKARD STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 14 TO KEISHA W SMITH.
2 8 4 2 FAIRFIELD AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS, NUMBER 15, TADY H CROSBY 1 0 8 4 NORTH ACADIAN THREEWAY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HARRIS NUMBER 16, ALMA GOLDEN.
1 7 3 5 NORTH 36TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS NUMBER 17, CC SEVEN ENTERPRISES, LLC 2 2 5 EAST JOHNSON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 18, SAMUEL D. DAVIS, JR.
4 4 4 0 WELL STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 19 LOT 26 PLUS SUBDIVISION MCKINLEY HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 20 LOT 25 PARTS SUBDIVISION MCKINLEY HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 21 LOT NINE PARTS SQUARE 2 73.
SUBDIVISION WORK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22 LOT 14 PARTS SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23 LOT 14 15 16 SQUARE 13 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, HEARST NUMBER 24 LOT 19 SQUARE 26 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 25 LOT C SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION PROGRESS PART COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 26 LOT A SUBDIVISION.
DAWSON COMMONS COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCA NUMBER 27 LOT.
SECTION TWO AND THREE R ONE R ONE E SUBDIVISION JR TUCKER PROPERTY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE KNOLL NUMBER 28 LOT 60 SUBDIVISION RICHMOND PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 29 LOT 37 SUBDIVISION HIGHLAND GARDENS ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS NUMBER 30 LOT 32 SUBDIVISION PARK EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS NUMBER 31 LOT FIVE A AND SIX A SQUARE.
TWO SUBDIVISION RICHMOND PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 32 LOT EIGHT NINE AND 10 SQUARE 25 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 33, LOT 27 SUBDIVISION SOUTHERN VIEW COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 34, LOT 10 AND 11 SQUARE 12 SUBDIVISION BATON ROUGE TERRACE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS NUMBER 35, LOT NINE SUBDIVISION.
HILLSDALE FARM NORTH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, KNOLL NUMBER 36 LOT TWO PART PLUS SQUARE FIVE SUBDIVISION SCOTT COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 37 LOT 27 SQUARE 39 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 38, LOT NA PARCEL ID.
SUBDIVISION LUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, KNOLL NUMBER 39, LOT THREE.
SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND EDITION COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO, KENNY.
ALL ITEMS REQUIRE, REQUIRE A READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
ALL RIGHT, GUY, UH, COUNCILMAN HURST.
I WANT A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH NUMBER 11 AND
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NUMBER FOUR.OKAY, DO WE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUR, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR.
TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPT OF, UH, ITEM FOUR OR TO DELETE ITEM FOUR AND ITEM 11 SECOND MOTION.
WANNA ENTERTAIN SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTRODUCTIONS WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR ITEM FOUR TO 4 22 26 AND DELETE ITEM 11 SECOND.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS, UH, WITH A CHANGE TO ITEM FOUR FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 28TH.
AND TO DELETE ITEM 11, SORRY, NOT 28TH.
YOU SAID APRIL 28TH? YEAH, 22ND.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
BOTH HAVE BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.
JUST A REMINDER, HAS EVERYBODY HAD THEIR MACHINES UP, SIR? PREPARED? OKAY.
THIS IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 11.
AND TO CHANGE THE DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FOUR TO APRIL 22ND, 2026 MACHINES ARE OPEN, SO, SURE, SURE.
THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR FIRST, WHICH IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM 11.
AND TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON ITEM FOUR TO APRIL 22ND, 2026 FROM APRIL 8TH.
THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL VOTE ON FIRST.
ASHLEY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
OKAY, LET'S GO TO OUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS.RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 58 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, AND 74, 30 DAYS.
ON ITEMS 67, 90 DAYS ON ITEMS 59, 65, 66, 73 TO DELETE ITEM 57, IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? SCENE? I'M GO TO COUNCIL FIRST.
I DO HAVE, UH, I DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, I THINK FROM DISTRICT 7 68, ITEM 68 AND 69, 30 DAYS.
SELLING IT, THE BUYER SELLING IT.
ANYBODY ELSE? CONST MCKINNEY CONDEMNATIONS, 61, 60 DAYS.
WE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, AND 70 30 DAYS ON ITEM 67, 8 AND 69, 60 DAYS ON ITEM 61, 90 DAYS ON ITEM 59, 65, 6, 73, AND 74.
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WE HAVE A MOTION.MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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OKAY.ADAM 75 REQUESTING TO AMEND METRO COUNCIL RESOLUTION 5 9 1 4 1 INCLUDES AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,790,734 AND 85 CENTS.
COMMENCE COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
AND CONTINUING THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHILE HU HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEEING NONE WILL GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODES.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO AWARD THE CONTRACT JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY, THE FACILITIES TO TAHINI, INC.AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $130,696 AND 85 CENTS ANNUALLY BY THE POLICE CHIEF.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? TEAM KNOWN.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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ITEM 77 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO A CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH EAST, BATON ROUGE, AND FRANKLIN ASSOCIATES, LLC TO PROVIDE THE SCOPE OF WORK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL C-D-B-G-D-R FUNDED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF OUR RELATED DOCUMENTS BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM SEVEN SEVEN.
TEAM NUMBER WILL GO TO COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN ADAMS. UM, KELLY, ARE YOU HERE OR, I THINK I SAW MR. FRANKLIN.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? GOOD EVENING.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND DESCRIBING WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS FOR AND WHAT WORK FRANKLIN ASSOCIATES IS GONNA BE DOING FOR THE CITY PARISH? CERTAINLY.
SO YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE RECEIVED A $3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE OCD OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE NOW BEING REDIRECTED, UH, TO BE USED FOR ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY HAS DEEMED IMPORTANT.
AND SO THERE'S A PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY WITH THE STATE, YOU HAVE TO GET REAUTHORIZATIONS WITH THE STATE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS REVISION OF THE SCOPE IS FOR.
SO YOU'LL BE HELPING WITH THE, THOSE, THE REDIRECTION, REALLOCATION, REAPPLICATION OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND, AND THE GOAL IS, IS NOT TO LET THOSE DOLLARS EXPIRE, BUT TO GET THEM REAPPROPRIATED REALLOCATED SO THAT A NEW APPLICATION CAN BE SUBMITTED.
AND I THINK WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH THE STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT LOOKED DIFFERENT THAN THE WHEELHOUSE.
I NORMALLY SEE ALL IN IT, SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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ADAM 78 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT WITH VICTORIA'S VOICE TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION BY $7,000, RESULTING IN A REVISED TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 219,000 BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NOW GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN KENNEY, HAVE SOMEBODY FOR OCD TO TALK ABOUT THIS REAL QUICKLY, FOR THE VIEW AUDIENCE AT HOME.
CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY JUST GET A BRIEF, UM, OVERVIEW TO THE COUNCIL AND THE VIEWERS AT HOME ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, I GUESS GRANT FOR VICTORIA'S VOICE? YES, THANK YOU.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM INVOLVES OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONIES, UH, ABATEMENT MONEY THAT IS, UM, PREVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL APPROVED 212 UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS INITIALLY.
THE, UM, CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR TWO 19.
SO NO NEW SCOPE, NO EXTENSION OF TIME, JUST TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE IN AS TWO 19 VERSUS TWO 12.
DID YOU NEED TO PREVENTION INTERVENTION OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR? THAT'S GOOD.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA GET MORE DETAIL THAT'S FINE.
BASICALLY, UM, THIS ORGANIZATION IS INVOLVED WITH
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TREATMENT AND RECOVERY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES.THEY'RE WORKING ACROSS THE PARISH INCLUSIVE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
AND, UM, THEY'VE HAD A SERIES OF EVENTS, UH, SINCE JANUARY.
AND THEY ARE ALSO, UM, ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE ENGAGING THE PARENTS IN PREVENTION AS WELL.
BUT THEY'RE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ANTI UH, PREVENTION AS IT RELATES TO FENTANYL.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GOEY, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KENNY.
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MOTION CARRIES ITEM 79, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL WITH UPLIFTED THE DESIGNATED STATE USE PROGRAM WORK CENTER IN AN AMOUNT OF 410,000 FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM BY THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GO TO COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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AND MAY THE AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF E-S-R-I-G-I-S SOFTWARE AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $133,437 AND 50 CENTS BY INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE KNOWN? GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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81 AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, RYAN WHITE PROGRAM TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC EHE FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT, NOT IN AN AMOUNT OF $550,000 BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NUMBER? GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOOCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES 82
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AMENDING 2026 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $50,000 FROM SENATOR'S FUND BALANCE DESIGNATED FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS TO PROVIDE FOR STRIPPING AND WAXING THE FLOORS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? TEAM KNOWN WILL GO TO COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
I UNDERSTAND THE WAY I READ THAT MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE YOU'RE DOING THE STRIPPING AND WAXING
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YOU WANT.DRAG RACING AND RACING ON PUBLIC ROADS.
SO AS TO PROHIBIT AND ADD TO THE DEFINITION OF SPECTATOR TO PROVIDE FOR A COLLECTION OF FINES TO PROVIDE FOR IMPOUND UNDER STATE LAW TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTY OF BUSINESSES TO ADD A PROVISION RELATED TO PRIVATE ROADS AND PARKING AREAS TO PROVIDE FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND TO EXEMPT DESIGNATED AREAS BY COUNCILMAN ROWDY GODDE AND CHIEF OF POLICE, TJ MORRIS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SCENE KNOWN.
GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN DUN JR.
EITHER THE CHIEF OR THE AUTHOR.
YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE THIRD ITEM WE WE'VE RECEIVED.
CAN YOU JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESSION? WHAT IS DIFFERENT OR WHAT IS NEW ABOUT THIS ITEM COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS TWO? THANK YOU.
AND THE, THE CHIEF LET ME KNOW HE WAS, UM, NOT FEELING WELL, NOT NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I THINK DEPUTY CHIEF NOEL IS HERE.
IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR THE BRPD.
UH, 2022 MEMBERS WAS WHEN WE, UH, UH, AS A COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE STRENGTHENING PENALTIES AROUND THE ACTIVITY OF DRAG RACING AND STUNT DRIVING.
UM, UM, NOTABLY IN 2023 BRPD DID SAY THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THAT ACTIVITY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, CONTINUING TO TALK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, ABOUT, UH, THEIR, UH, INVOLVEMENT AND, AND, UH, GETTING THIS ACTIVITY OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY NEEDED SOME MORE TOOLS TO ASSIST, UH, WITH, UH, HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT.
AND SO THE INTENT OF THE AMENDMENTS
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OF TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE IS FOUR MAIN, FOUR MAIN THINGS.NUMBER ONE, IT EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF A SPECTATOR OR AN ORGANIZER OF, OF THESE EVENTS.
ESSENTIALLY ANYONE WHO LIVE STREAMS OR UTILIZES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING, UM, UH, ENCOURAGING OR FACILITATING, UH, THE ILLEGAL STREET RACING OR STUNT ACTIVITY, UH, IS, IS INCLUDED IN SOMEONE WHO CAN BE PENALIZED EITHER FINANCIALLY, UH, OR WITH, UH, JAIL TIME.
UM, THE SECOND ASPECT OF THIS IS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEDICATE A LOT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TOWARDS THESE ACTIVITIES.
AND SO THIS SETS UP A, UM, UH, CITY PARISH ACCOUNT THAT IS DEDICATED TO ANY FUNDS COLLECTED, UH, UNDER THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD GO TOWARDS THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, TECHNOLOGY OR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
UH, THE THIRD ASPECT OF THE AMENDMENTS IS IN, IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE AS IT EXISTS TODAY, IMPOUNDING A VEHICLE CAN BE UP TO 14 DAYS AS THE MAXIMUM AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WE CAN, UH, UNDERTAKE, UH, IS 14 DAYS.
THE STATE RIGHT NOW AT THE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING A BILL THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO 30 DAYS.
AND SO, AS OPPOSED TO AWAITING THE STATE TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AND THEN COMING BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT TO SAY, LET'S DO THAT SAME THING, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS HERE JUST SAYS, LOOK, IT POINTS TO THE STATE LAW AND SAYS WHATEVER THE STATE DOES AS THE MAXIMUM, WE WANT TO ALIGN WITH THAT SAME THING.
SO IF THE STATE COMES IN LATER AND SAYS IT'S 45 DAYS, IT'S 60 DAYS, OUR ORDINANCE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ALIGN WITH, UH, WHAT STATE LAW, UH, ALLOWS FOR.
UH, FINALLY, NUMBER FOUR, UH, UH, OF THE CHANGE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, OWNER WHO ALLOWS THEIR PARKING LOT TO KNOWINGLY BE USED FOR, UH, STUNT DRIVING, UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, CAN ALSO, UH, BE CONSIDERED IN VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
AND THAT, THAT WORD KNOWINGLY IS USED VERY INTENTIONALLY.
UH, AND SO AS PART OF ANY INVESTIGATION, IF IT'S UNCOVERED THAT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WAS AWARE OF AND OR ENCOURAGING THE ACTIVITY ON THEIR LOT, THEY COULD BE PENALIZED AS WELL.
SO, UH, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SORT OF BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR, UH, CATEGORIES OF AMENDMENTS.
I WANTED TO THANK, UH, CHIEF HOLD, HOLD ON.
LEMME LET YOU DO THAT ON YOUR TIME 'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL RUNNING MY TIME.
UM, MY, UH, HESITATION AND MY, UH, DELAY IN SUPPORTING THE PREVIOUS ITEMS WAS BECAUSE OF NUMBER ONE AND THE, UH, BYSTANDER PENALIZATION, IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE DRAFT READ THAT, YOU KNOW, SPECTATORS AND BY BYSTANDERS WERE PENALIZED AS PARTICIPANTS.
AND IT SEEMS ON THIS DRAFT THAT YOU'RE KIND OF DOUBLING DOWN ON SPECTATORS, EVEN GOING TO PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE POSTED ABOUT IT ONLINE.
THAT'S WHERE MY COMFORT LEVEL IS, IS IS NOT COMFORTABLE.
I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR PARISH.
WE GET CALLS ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO I, I COMMEND YOU FOR ADDRESSING IT.
I JUST DON'T LIKE TO TREAT SPECTATORS AS PARTICIPANTS.
I'VE DRIVEN UP AND WRITTEN UP ON SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS AND BASED ON THE PREVIOUS DEFINITION, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY PASSING BY A, A STOPPING BY.
'CAUSE WHEN THIS TAKE PLACE, IT TAKES UP A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM AND TIME AND YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T MOVE.
SO YOU CAN BE SEEN AS A SPECTATOR.
I DO LIKE THE LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO LANDOWNER, WHERE THERE'S A INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS TO SAY, IF YOU'RE DEEMED LIABLE DEEMED THAT IS IT PROVEN THAT YOU PARTICIPATED? I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT THAT LANGUAGE, UH, WAS IN THERE AS RELATES, RELATES TO SPECTATE AS WELL.
SO, NO, I'LL RESERVE MY TIME, BUT FOR THOSE REASONS, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE ITEM IN THIS DRAFT FORM.
HEY, I, AND I APOLOGIZE WE DIDN'T HAVE FREE PRIOR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PART, BUT ONE QUESTION WHEN YOU READ THAT YEAH, THAT SPARK ME WAS JUST ABOUT THE, THE FUNDS.
SO, AND MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT WHERE ARE THE FUNDS CURRENTLY GOING THAT ARE BEING COLLECTED FOR IMPOUND? NO, YOU CAN COME TO THE MIC OR ANGIE IF YOU WANT TO THE MATTER.
SO WHEN A, WHEN A CAR'S TOWED AND IS IMPOUNDED FOR DRAG RACING, WHERE ARE THE FUNDS CURRENTLY GOING? UH, THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO THE OWNER OF THE IMPOUND.
WE DON'T, WE ARE NOT GETTING THOSE FUNDS AT THIS MOMENT.
I THINK THE ORDINANCE DRAFT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO COLLECT, UH, SOME OF THOSE FEES.
SO WE DON'T OWN OUR IMPOUND? NO.
NO, NOT FOR THE I SO OUR IMPOUND IS ROADRUNNER, OUR IMPOUND IS, IS ROADRUNNER
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IS ONE VENDOR.BUT WE HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS WHO ROTATE.
THAT WAS MY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN BEING YOU, YOU WANT GO AHEAD.
SO ONE OF THE, UH, EXISTING, THIS IS NOT AN AMENDMENT, ONE OF THE EXISTING SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS WHOEVER VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE FINED $1,000.
SO SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE IMPOUND, THERE IS A PENALTY OF OF FINANCIAL PENALTY OF $1,000 THAT WE CAN FIND ANYONE WHO'S FOUND TO BE IN A VIOLATION THAT $1,000.
AND, AND ANGIE CAN CORRECT ME IF I MISSTATE CURRENTLY WOULD JUST GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THE THE AMENDMENT.
WE DON'T, THAT IS PROPOSED TONIGHT.
SAYS NO, IF IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS PENALTY RELATED TO THIS ACTIVITY, WE PUT IT IN A SPECIAL FUND AND IT'S DEDICATED TOWARDS THE EFFORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR CURVING THIS ACTIVITY.
SO NOW MY QUESTION IS, IT'S A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT MONEY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND I'M NOT AGAINST IT.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE NEED TO SPREAD IT AROUND THE CITY PARISH A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, IN SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHEN THE MONEY CURRENTLY COMES IN OR DOES IT CURRENTLY COME IN, IS IT THERE A CURRENT PENALTY ON THE BOOKS? THAT A THOUSAND DOLLARS YES, SIR.
IS IT'S, SO IT CURRENTLY GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO HOW MANY OF THESE DO WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND WHAT DOES THAT REVENUE CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE? THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
GO THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND FINANCE, PLEASE.
SOMEBODY WE WOULDN'T HAVE OVERSIGHT ON THAT.
DOES ANYBODY IN FINANCE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME? HOW MANY VIOLATIONS AND WHAT DOES THE REVENUE LOOK LIKE TO THE GENERAL FUND? AIN'T NOBODY, I'M, I'M ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ON A DEPOSITION IN EVERY AREA.
SO WE, IF WE, IF WE'RE PULLING FROM AN EMPTY CUP, CAN, THEN WHAT'S GOING REPLACE THAT MONEY IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
CAN YOU PAUSE MY TURN? CAN ANYBODY FROM FINANCE COME TO THE MIC? THERE'S TWO OF Y'ALL OVER THERE.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, COME TO THE MIC AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL GET IT TO YOU.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER.
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR IT AND I WILL GET IT TO YOU.
SO I, I'LL I'LL RESERVE MY SECOND FIVE MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PIECE OF IT.
ALRIGHT, SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EVEN THE, THE EARLIER ITEM, I'M GONNA MAKE A GERMANE TO THIS TOPIC ABOUT THAT WAS INTRODUCED ABOUT THE PAY RAISES.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE REDIRECTING GENERAL FUND MONEY TO BRPD, THERE'S MORE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN BATON ROUGE THAN FUNDING POLICE.
WE HAVE $0 FOR BLIGHT FOR RACHEL TO CLEAN DEPARTMENTS UP IN TRASH.
SO ONE OF MY ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR IS REDIRECTING ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE ZERO GENERAL FUND MONEY TO GO TO THINGS THAT SYSTEMICALLY CHANGE THE NEED FOR MORE OFFICERS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS THAT DRIVE PEOPLE TO CRIME.
SO WE GOTTA FUND IT HOLISTICALLY AND NOT JUST ONE AREA.
Y'ALL KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST A RAISE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I'M JUST HAVING ISSUES WITH CONSTANTLY REDIRECTING FUNDS WHEN THERE'S NO FUNDS.
IF THIS WAS TWO YEARS AGO, I WOULDN'T CARE HONESTLY.
BUT IN THE DEFICIT THAT WE'RE RUNNING, I THINK EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY CAN FIND IT.
AND I RESERVE MY SECOND FIVE MINUTES.
SO YEAH, I WANT TO CONTINUE ON SOME OF THOSE LINES.
UM, AS FAR AS REDIRECTING OF THE FUNDS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE, UH, INTO A SPECIAL FUND AND THEN IT GOES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT HE'S SAYING AS FAR AS WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDING POLICE OFFICERS AND, AND DOING OUR PART ON THAT, UH, COMING UP HERE SOON, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THE BACKEND STUFF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AFTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES THEIR JOB AND THEY IMPOUND THE CARS, THEY ARREST THE PEOPLE OR GO TO FIND THEM.
UH, WE SEND OUT THE FINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WOULD, WOULD YOU BE AMICABLE TO CHANGING THAT TO LIKE THE DA'S OFFICE AND WE FUND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FUND THE DA'S OFFICE AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT NEED PUBLIC DEFENDERS, UM, TO, TO DO THIS.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE ONE RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK INTO.
UM, AS FAR AS WHERE THESE, IF WE'RE GONNA DEDICATE THE FUNDS TO THIS PARTICULAR THING, I WOULD LIKE TO GO SEE IT GO TO THE, THE BACKEND SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THAT WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM FUNDING ALREADY RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT WOULD HELP OUT A LONG WAY DEPENDING ON, I MEAN, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE'S NOT, WITH THE, WITH THE CRACKDOWN ON IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE THAT MANY FINES.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE THAT MANY ARRESTS OR ANYTHING.
WE HOPE THAT IT, THE ORDINANCE DOES ITS JOB BY KEEPING THESE THINGS FROM
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HAPPENING.SO LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, UM, PUN SOME OF THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES ALREADY.
CAN SOMEONE FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COME UP FROM FINANCE, COME UP FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT COME UP AND I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMAN GODDE.
COUNCILMAN GODDE? CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHENEVER THE FUNDS, TELL ME ABOUT THE FEES FUNDS, TELL ME WHAT THAT WORKS.
JUST CLEAR IT UP AS FAST AS YOU CAN FOR ME.
UH, YOU'RE SAYING AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AS, AS YOU PROPOSE IT TO BE, AS PROPOSED TO BE THE, THE AMOUNT OF THE PENALTY DOES NOT CHANGE.
EXISTING ORDINANCE IS CONTAINS A THOUSAND DOLLARS PENALTY.
UH, IF YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE PRESENT STATE, THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO TOWARDS THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THIS METRO COUNCIL.
AS PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
AS IT EXISTS, AS THE LANGUAGE EXISTS AS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT, ALL LOCAL FUNDS COLLECTED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A RESTRICTED CITY PARISH ACCOUNT DEDICATED TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, TECHNOLOGY, OR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
MS. BROOKS, CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? I, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE WITH REGARD TO CITY COURT AND THEIR OPERATIONS THERE.
CURRENTLY, AS IT STANDS, WHENEVER A-B-B-R-P-D OFFICER MAKES AN ARREST AND IT'S PROSECUTED IN CITY COURT AND THERE'S A FINE THAT'S IMPLEMENTED OR, UM, GIVEN TO THE DEFENDANT THE MATTER WHERE, WHERE DO THOSE DOLLARS GO? I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
FINANCE, CAN YOU HELP US? SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, BASED UPON MY KNOWLEDGE, THOSE FI THE FINES TYPICALLY GO TO SUPPORT BRPD.
UH, I'LL LET FINANCE, SO TRAFFIC FINES, UM, ANY MISDEMEANOR FINES.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THOSE ARE DISTRIBUTED? IF THEY GO THROUGH THE CITY COURT, THEN IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, JUST LIKE THESE POTENTIALLY DO? UM, YES.
IF IT'S FROM CITY COURT, CORRECT.
AND SO WHENEVER THOSE DOLLARS GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, ULTIMATELY THE GENERAL FUND IS THEN PRESENTED TO US THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHENEVER WE RECEIVE THAT BIG BOOK THAT HAS ALL OF THOSE LINE ITEMS CONTAINED THEREIN, UM, WE ULTIMATELY AS A COUNCIL AND A BODY DETERMINE WE AGREE WITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THOSE BUDGET DOLLARS, OR WE MAKE AMENDMENTS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO, STREAMS OF REVENUE FOR DIFFERENT OFFICES, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, BRPD AND UM, THE ARREST THAT THEY MAKE, THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET WITH REGARD TO FEES AND FINES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE PROSECUTORS OVER AT CITY COURT, THEM PROSECUTING CASES AND THEM, UM, HAVING PEOPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMES OR TO TRAFFIC MATTERS, THAT IMPACTS OUR BUDGET AS WELL.
AND THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, UM, THEY, THEM EXECUTING WARRANTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING OR DOING SERVICE OF PROCESS AND THEIR FEES AND FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT IMPACTS THE BUDGET TOO AS WELL, RIGHT? YES.
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS GENERALLY GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT PROVIDE FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR, CORRECT? YES.
JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE PUBLIC.
ANYBODY ELSE? I GOT THE QUESTION.
MY QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE TO THE STATE LAW.
SO COUNCILMAN, UH, GODDE, TALK TO ME ABOUT TO PROVIDE FOR IMPOUND UNDER STATE LAW? TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
UM, EXISTING ORDINANCE CONTAINED THAT 14 DAYS.
WAS, WAS THE LENGTH OF TIME OR THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF TIME IT COULD BE IMPOUNDED, UH, IN RESEARCH AND WHAT THE STATE IS DOING.
I'VE REFERENCED LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 32 65.
THAT'S THE STATE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS FOR IMPOUNDING OF VEHICLES.
THAT'S THE, UH, AMENDMENT THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING NOW TO CHANGE THAT AMOUNT FROM 14 TO 30.
SO THE LANGUAGE THAT I PROPOSE IN OUR ORDINANCE SIMPLY POINTS TO THAT STATE STATUTE AND SAYS WHATEVER THE STATE ALLOWS FOR THE PARISH, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WILL ALIGN WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS LANGUAGE DOES.
SO TELL ME, WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT THE STATE GONNA HELP FUND THIS? UH, EXPAND ON WHAT YOU MEAN THE FUND, WHAT? WELL, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THE STATE
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IS RECOMMENDING TO DO, IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, YOU RECOMMEND THEN WHERE ARE YOU PROVIDING ANY MONEY FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SO IF THEY'RE SAYING THE 90 DAYS OR THE ONE 20 DAYS OR THE WHATEVER DAYS, IS ANYTHING THERE OR ANY CONVERSATION, UH, UH, BEEN HAD ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT THE STATE'S GOING TO BRING TO THE TABLE IN THE IMPOUNDING OF VEHICLES? THERE'S NOT A COST TO THE PARISH FOR THAT SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THIS THAT'S BETWEEN THE IMPOUNDING COMPANY AND THE OWNER.I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THE STATE IS NOT AN IMPOUND.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT AN IMPOUND.
SO, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS IF WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA BE THAT I'M GONNA SAY THAT PUNITIVE, UH, ONE 20 DAYS OR WHATEVER THEY, UH, AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLLOWING, UH, TIMELINE THAT THE STATE HAS, BUT YET THE STATE IS NOT IN THIS IN ANY KINDA WAY, PROVIDING ANY PROVISIONS.
THAT'S MY CONCERN HERE WITH THIS.
UH, NO, I, I HAVE NOT APPROACHED THE STATE FOR FUNDING OF THIS.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IN TALKING WITH THE CHIEF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE DEDICATING RESOURCES BOTH HUMAN AND AND TECHNOLOGICAL TOWARDS THIS END.
AND SO THAT WAS MY EFFORT TO CREATE THE SETASIDE FUND IS TO ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS.
SO NOT LOOKING TO THE STATE FOR FUNDING, BUT SAYING PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WOULD GO TOWARDS MORE ENFORCEMENT.
AND, AND OUR, OUR GOOD CHIEF APPARENTLY IS WATCHING, HE SENT ME A TEXT THAT SAYS, WITHOUT THE DEDICATED FUNDS, WE DON'T HAVE THE OVERTIME BUDGET TO DO THE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, ON, ON MY TIME, NOT YOURS, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL ASK, UM, MR. NOEL TO SORT OF OUTLINE THE PROCESS, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY, THAT WOULD BE MY INPUT TO YOUR QUESTION.
I THOUGHT WE WERE WAITING FOR MR. NOEL OR WHEN YOU SAID YOU WAS GONNA OUTLINE, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DO IT.
I'LL DO IT ON MY FIVE MINUTES.
JUST TALK ABOUT THE, THE LEVEL OF THE INVESTIGATION TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN, UH, WHAT YOUR FOLKS ARE DOING TO INVESTIGATE THESE ACTIVITIES, BOTH PROACTIVELY AND REACTIVELY.
SO IT DOES IMPACT US ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE, THE INVESTIGATIVE SIDE, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR PATROL BUREAU.
UM, MOST OF THESE EVENTS ARE LOCATED BY INTELLIGENCE OR OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS GROUPS THAT ARE LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA TO UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHERE THESE EVENTS ARE GONNA HAPPEN.
THAT'S A COST, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY USE TO DO THAT IS A COST.
UM, ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE EVENTS MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, UM, IT'S, IT IS AN INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH THAT WE GET OUT AHEAD OF IT AND WE FORM A GROUP, UH, OF OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES TO GO OUT AND SURVEIL, UH, PRE-PLANNED BY LOOKING AT THE SITE, DOING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO INVESTIGATE, TO DETER, FIRST OF ALL, UH, ANY, UH, TYPE OF EVENT TO GET OFF, UP AND RUNNING, UH, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
ONCE IT, IT STARTS ONCE, ONCE TRAFFIC IS BECOMES, UH, IMPEDED, IT'S EVEN DIFFICULT TO GET EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO THE SITE.
UH, SO THE EFFORT IS, IS TO, IS TO MITIGATE IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE BEINGS.
BUT IF THERE IS GONNA BE ONE TO SET ASIDE, UH, USUALLY IT'S CLOSE TO ALMOST A DOZEN TO TWO DOZEN OFFICES, UNITS, TIRES, GAS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
DRONES, YOU NAME IT, TO, TO, UH, TO POLICE THE EVENT AND TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT AND, UH, AND, AND SERVE THE CITIZENS AND MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY IS IMPACTED BY THESE, UH, EVENTS.
UM, DETECTIVE CHIEF? NO, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF THESE TYPE OF EVENTS, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT MANY OF THESE EVENTS ARE MASSIVE EVENTS WITH 50 TO A HUNDRED CARS, SOMETIMES BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS? I THINK AT ITS MOST SEVERE 50 TO A HUNDRED VEHICLES COULD BE.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, BUT I, I WILL TELL YOU SINCE WE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH, WE HAVE SEEN MEASURABLE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
IT COMES AND GOES EBBS AND FLOWS.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A BUNCH AND THEN IT KIND OF GOES AWAY FOR A MINUTE AND WE GET A BUNCH MORE.
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THE, THE MAIN THING IS, IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHERE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.BECAUSE IT HAPPENS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT MOVES IN A, IN A SECOND.
AND WOULD YOU AGREE THAT IT HAS BLOCKED ROADWAYS, INTERSECTIONS, PARKING LOTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE I WAS SHARING WITH YOU THAT I LIKED IN KAY ABOUT THE BUSINESS OWNER, AND IT SAYS, KNOWINGLY FACILITATED.
THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE I LIKED.
SO I WENT BACK AT THE, UH, UP TO THE, UH, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? SPECTATOR.
BUT I SEE KNOWINGLY LANGUAGE HERE.
NOW WHAT, UNLESS I OVERLOOKED IT.
WAS THAT, IS THAT NEW LANGUAGE, WAS THAT NOT IN ORIGINAL DRAFT, ORIGINAL TWO DRAFT THAT KNOWINGLY LANGUAGE.
UNDER SPECTATOR, THE WORD KNOWINGLY AND THEN TACKED ONTO PRESENT AT AN ILLEGAL STREET RACING EXHIBITION HAS BEEN ADDED IN THERE.
AND I, LEMME JUST SAY TACK ON TO THAT.
I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, PERSONS ENGAGED IN LAWFUL NEWS GATHERING OR REPORTING ACTIVITIES ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS.
I, I THOUGHT THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE.
SO I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN.
BECAUSE IT GIVES SOME SORT OF EVALUATION, BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO WHERE YOU GIVE THE EXCEPTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MM-HMM
PEOPLE REPORTING IS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BLOCKED FROM THE 50 TO 60 CARS MM-HMM
I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE WRITTEN UP ON IT.
MR NO HAS JUST TALKED ABOUT IT.
PARKING LOTS, INTERSECTIONS, ROADWAYS.
I LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE TO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS TO NOT HOLD THOSE FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU RIDE UP ON IT OR YOU HELD PRISON OR BY IT, YOU CANNOT MOVE UNTIL IT MOVES.
AND YOU CAN APPEAR AS A PARTICIPANT OR A SPECTATOR, AND THE CURRENT LANGUAGE WILL TREAT YOU AS A SPECTATOR AND CHARGE YOU AS A SPECTATOR.
SO IF SOME LANGUAGE COULD BE ADDED, IF A NUMBER THREE TO THAT EXCLUSION COULD BE ADDED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, TO GAIN MY SUPPORT IN, IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF THIS.
SO BACK IN 2022, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IF SOMEONE IS JUST AS YOU, AS YOU INDICATED, CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC AND AND STOPPED.
SECTION E IS ABOUT PARTICIPANT AND DEFINES PARTICIPANT.
AND AGAIN, WE USE THAT KNOWINGLY PRESENT AT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
UH, ASSISTING IN THE ORGANIZER, ASSISTING THE ORGANIZERS OR DRIVERS IN CARRYING IT OUT.
SO THE, THE, THE LANGUAGE HERE IS INTENDED TO SAY FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE ACTIVITY.
I UNDERSTAND SOMEONE MAY BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND, AND, UH, NOT AN ACTUAL PART OF THIS, BUT THE, THE REASON THE LANGUAGE IS AS IT IS, AND THE WORD KNOWINGLY PRESENT IS, IS PROMINENT HERE, IS TO, SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, UH, WHICH THEY'LL USE VIDEO AND SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO TO, TO CONDUCT, WOULD BE ABLE TO DISCERN WHO WAS THERE, UH, KNOWINGLY AND WHO WAS THERE.
JUST CAUGHT IN THE, IN THE THANK.
CAN YOU TALK THROUGH Y'ALL PROCESS ABOUT HOW Y'ALL GO ABOUT YEAH, I WAS GONNA EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON, ON THE, THE PARTICIPANT.
SO IT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE, UH, TO FOLLOW THAT PARTICIPANT ORDINANCE VERY STRICTLY INTO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE REALLY ONLY LOOKING AT PARTICIPANTS AS THOSE WHO ACTIVELY IMPEDE LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM A GETTING TO THE SCENE, UH, OR, OR B UH, DOING ANYTHING TO BLOCK POLICE UNITS FROM DOING THEIR, DOING A DUE DUTY, DO JUST DUTY.
BUT, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS OF OFFICES BEING THAT CARS BEING MOBBED BY, LOOK, WE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA PUT SOMEBODY AT RISK.
AND SO IT, IT'S, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE WHEN OUR OFFICES ARE TRYING TO DO A JOB AND WHETHER, WHETHER THE SPECTATOR IS THERE BY ACCIDENT.
I, THAT'S NOT THE PERSON WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY EITHER THROWING SOME AT THE CARS, GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE POLICE CARS GETTING IN THE WAY, OR INTERFERING WITH THE OFFICERS, MAKING ARRESTS, LETTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY OUT OF UNITS.
YOU NAME IT, IT THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE KIND OF LUMPING INTO THE SPECTATOR.
WELL, FIRST LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT.
I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA OF ADDRESSING THE SPECTATOR ISSUE AND EVEN THE PROPER PROPERTY OWNER ISSUE AS WELL.
UH, I WILL SAY HOWEVER, THAT, UH, THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMAN DUNN HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, SO I WANNA TALK THROUGH THE ISSUE.
COUNCILMAN GODDE WITH YOU, UH, IF YOU WILL, UM, IN SECTION N YOU SAY, THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO LICENSED OR DULY AUTHORIZED RACETRACKS, DRAG STRIPS OR OTHER DESIGNATED AREAS SET ASIDE BY PROPER AUTHORITIES FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE TREND ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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IS A MOTOR SPORTS ENTHUSIAST THAT I AM, UH, IS THAT RACETRACKS ARE CLOSING, UH, AND SOME OF THESE EVENTS ARE BEING HELD IN PRIVATE PARKING LOTS, RIGHT? SO LEGITIMATE EVENTS OFTEN WITH SECURITY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON WHERE LEGITIMATE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING.AND THEY INCLUDE A BURNOUT SHOW.
SUMMER NATS IS A, A BIG ORGANIZATION OVER IN AUSTRALIA THAT IS FAMOUS FOR BURNOUT SHOWS.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST HELD THEIR FIRST USA EVENT, I THINK LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, SO IN THE EVENT THAT IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, A PRIVATE PARKING LOT OWNER WANTS TO HAVE A SHOW AS I READ THIS ORDINANCE, THEY, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? READING THE SECTION THAT YOU REFERENCED IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO LICENSED OR DULY AUTHORIZED RACE TRACKS, UH, DRAG STRIPS OR OTHER DESIGNATED AREAS.
I WOULD INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN IF THEY GET THE PROPER PERMITTING, UH, TO CONDUCT SUCH AN ACTIVITY THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER, THEY ARE DULY AUTHORIZED, UH, FOR A DESIGNATED SET ASIDE, A DESIGNATED AREA SET ASIDE BY PROPER AUTHORITIES.
YEAH, I WOULD THINK IAN ENCOMPASSES WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.
MAY MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM THE PERMIT OFFICE CAN TELL US.
AND, UH, I MEAN, IS THERE A PERMIT FOR A CAR SHOW? YOU KNOW, I, AND HERE'S RACHEL, SO I I I'M WITH YOU.
BUT, UM, SO LIKE A RACETRACK WOULD BE CONSIDERED LIKE OUTDOOR RECREATION AND THEY WOULD NEED LIKE A PERMIT FOR THAT TO OPERATE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST IF I AM IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY GROCERY STORE AND I SAY THIS WEEKEND, WEEKEND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CAR SHOW AT, AT A STUNT SHOW AT NO, BUT IT'S COMING.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ORDINANCE.
IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.
I HEARD SOME SUPPORT, SOME NON-SPORTS.
I DON'T THINK I HEARD A MOTION.
ANYBODY GOT A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GOEY? IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? UH, JUST WANTED TO ASK FINANCE IF THEY GOT THOSE NUMBERS BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT.
YOU DIDN'T GO UNTIL YOUR SECOND FIVE.
NO, NO, I WAS JUST WAITING FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF FINISH TALKING.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST IT IF IT'S PENNIES, BUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
UNTIL COUNCILMAN MO'S POINT MADE A GREAT POINT THAT IF THIS WORKS, THERE WILL BE NO MONEY.
IT'LL SLOW IT DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND IN AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE WAY.
A IT IS PART OF THE CRIMINAL FINES AND IT'S NOT SEGREGATED BY CHARGE.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE COURT.
AND WHAT'S THE TOTAL FOR THE CRIMINAL FINES CURRENTLY? LEMME GO PULL IT.
CAN I RIDE YOUR, USE YOUR, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THAT IS CHIEF, UH, NO, NO.
SINCE WE PASSED THIS ORDINANCE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE? UM, LET'S SAY OVER A YEAR PERIOD OR POSSIBLY SINCE THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN, WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS NOW HAS BEEN PASSED, SO SURE.
ANECDOTALLY, I, I, WE WERE JUST KIND OF TALKING IT MAYBE 50 OR LESS ANNUALLY FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR DRAG RACING.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WERE POSSIBLY FINED THE $1,000 TOTAL OR I I, OR IS IT A FLUID THING AS FAR AS WHAT THEY GET FINED IT, IT'S, IT'S FLUID AS IF, IF THEY GET PROSECUTED FIRST AND SECONDLY, WHAT THE COURT DEEMS THEY FIND TO BE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO YEAH, I THAT WOULD BE DISPOSITIONS FROM THE CITY COURT.
SO YOU SAID WHAT? 50 I ABOUT, I'M PUTTING IT ABOUT 50.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT NAILING IT DOWN TO A SPECIFIC NUMBER.
I MEAN GIVE, GIVE OR TAKE 20% ON OTHER SIDE.
DO GO, UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY POSSIBLY ROUND NUMBER HAVE WERE ACTUALLY TO THE POINT OF PROSECUTION THAT THEY WERE PROSECUTED? THEY'RE ALL SUBMITTED FOR PROSECUTION TO CITY COURT.
'CAUSE IT'S HANDED OFF TO THEM AND RIGHT.
THE DATA'S THERE AT CITY, AT CITY COURT, BUT I, I, I DON'T HAVE IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, USE SOME OF MY TIME, ROCCO MY TIME, BUT YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE, THANK YOU, SIR.
WELL, YOU CAN HAVE MY NEXT FIVE MINUTES.
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UM, SO JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS ARRESTED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY'RE CONVICTED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.AND THE FINE IS ONLY INSTITUTED IF SOMEONE IS CONVICTED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IF SOMEONE IS OVER, UM, IN CITY COURT, THEY ARE DISTRICT COURT, THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF DOING THE PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM, CORRECT? SOMETIMES THEY DO, YES.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO, IF THEY, IF THEY DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM, THEN THEY'RE NOT FINED A THOUSAND DOLLARS, USUALLY, TYPICALLY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEY OFTEN CAN PLEAD TO A LESSER CHARGE, A DIFFERENT CHARGE.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE FIRST OFFENDERS THAT DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MISDEMEANOR ON THEIR RECORD THAT IMPACTS THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
SO THEY PARTICIPATE IN A, IN A DIVERSION PROGRAM, 90 FORM.
AND THEN OTHER TIMES THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT HIRE ATTORNEYS, AND THEN THE ATTORNEY GETS THE MATTER DISMISSED BY THEM DOING MITIGATION PRIOR TO TRIAL, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO ARREST MAY BE SKEWED AND MAY NOT POSSIBLY BE THE 50 PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY'RE ARRESTED, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THERE'S A CONVICTION, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO JUST FINISH UP ON MY, IT SOUNDS LIKE I, I, AGAIN, WE'RE WAITING ON FINANCE TO, AND DARYL, YOU CAN HAVE MY FIVE MINUTES, BUT FINISH UP YOURS, UM, UH, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, JUST LEAVE IT IN THERE WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS.
I, YOU KNOW, I'LL WITHDRAW THE REQUEST TO LOOK INTO IT OR WHATEVER.
I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE OVER MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
SO YEAH, I DON'T EVEN NEED NO MORE TIME.
SO LISTEN, I I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TIME.
I MEAN, LIKE, THEN, THEN WHAT'S UP HERE IF YOU STOP TALKING TO ME.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAID, GIVE OR TAKE, I THOUGHT ABOUT $60,000 IN THE BIG DISCUSSION AT THE END OF LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT SIX TO $8,000 WAS TO THIS BUDGET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, PLAYING ROBIN HOOD.
UM, AND I JUST, IT'S OKAY THOUGH, MAN.
THAT, THAT WAS CLEVER
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES
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HAD A 84 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE PRE-LITIGATION CLAIM OF BRADEN DOWNING FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY BOUNDARIES POLICE OFFICER IN THE AMOUNT OF $18 AND $500 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN NOW GO TO COUNSEL.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, MOTION TO DELETE? YOU WANNA DELETE THIS ITEM? THAT'S WHAT I WAS, ITEM 84.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
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ITEM 85.THERE'S A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
UH, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED PAUL WILLIAMS VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
PATRICK EAST BATON ROUGE AND PATRICK WINMAN IN AN AMOUNT OF $300,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN AN AMOUNT OF $333 AND APPROPRIATING $300,333 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MOTION SEAT.
I'M GONNA COUNCIL COUNCIL MOROCCO MOTION.
UM, MS. ANGIE FROM FINANCE, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP? OH, NOW SHE'S HERE.
Y'ALL, I'VE BEEN UP FOR 72 HOURS.
I THINK COUNCILMAN MO HAD NUMBER 84 AND NUMBER 85 MIXED UP, AND I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THE REASON WHY THIS IS BEING DEFERRED IS BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE APPROPRIATING $300,333 FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT? YES.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY WE, OUR RESERVES ARE AT A VERY LOW POINT, AND SO WE'RE ASSESSING EACH, UH, SETTLEMENT AS THEY COME UP TO SEE WHAT THE LIABILITY WOULD POTENTIALLY BE IF WE DID NOT SETTLE THIS VERSUS BEING SETTLED.
RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO DECIDE IF THIS SETTLEMENT NEEDS TO BE, UM, PAID OUTSIDE OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT BUDGET VERSUS UTILIZING OUR RESERVES AND THE APPROPRIATING LANGUAGE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, HOW, HOW'S THAT DIFFERENT FROM NUMBER 84 THAT WE JUST APPROVED? SO
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THE AND APPROPRIATING GIVES, UH, FINANCE THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE FROM THE RESERVES AND INCREASE THE BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT BEING REQUESTED.AND SO WHY IS, WHY IS THAT AN ISSUE? WHY CAN'T WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? UM, OUR RESERVES, AS I MENTIONED, ARE, ARE AT A, UM, A VERY LOW POINT, AND SO WE CANNOT GO BELOW A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND, UH, THE RESERVES AND MAKE A DECISION AND A RECOMMENDATION ACCORDINGLY.
AND WE'LL KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD? YES, MA'AM.
IS IT TYPICAL FOR OUR RESERVES TO BE THAT LOW IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH MONTH OF, OF THE YEAR? THE RESERVES DO FLUCTUATE YEAR TO YEAR.
AND SO GOING INTO AT THE END OF 25, GOING INTO 26, WE FELT THAT THE RESERVES WERE REACHING A POINT WHERE IT WAS CONCERNING DUE TO THE, UM, HOW MUCH THEY WERE DECLINING BY.
AND SO WE SAID THAT EACH SETTLEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE ASSESSED TO, TO SEE IF WE HAD SUFFICIENT FUNDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER AND, UM, FOR KEEPING THAT TRACK ON THOSE NUMBERS FOR US.
ANGIE, I'M CURIOUS, YOU MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE APPROPRIATE, WHEN THE LANGUAGE IS THERE APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS, YOU SAID IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO, DO YOU HAVE TO, IF WE, IF WE PASS THIS IN THIS WAY, DOES THAT INSTRUCT YOU TO DO THAT OR DO YOU YOU HAVE DISCRETION? NO, UH, NO ONE CAN INCREASE THE BUDGET AND THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
SO RIGHT NOW THE BUDGET DOES NOT HAVE THIS FUNDING IN IT, OR THE ITEM IS REQUESTING TO TAKE IT FROM FUND BALANCE MM-HMM
AND INCREASE THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THIS PURPOSE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE Y'ALL, ANYTIME WE INCREASE THE BUDGET ABOVE THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED AMOUNT.
SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DISCRETION IF WE VOTED ON THIS? YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE IT OKAY.
IF AVAILABLE, IF YOU VOTED ON THE YES.
CAN YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAID AGAIN? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T PROCESS THAT.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? I, I I WAS JUST ASKING IF, IF THEY HAD DISCRETION OVER WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS, IF, IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED IN THIS MANNER.
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IF WE APPROVED IT TONIGHT, THEY WOULD BE FORCED TO APPROPRIATE THOSE DOLLARS.
PROVIDED THE DOLLARS ARE THERE.
I I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE, RIGHT, ANGIE? YES, MA'AM.
AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
IS THERE, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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86.AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH STATE PROJECT I 10.
UH, LA FOUR FIFTEENS AS AND LANE ON INTERSTATE 10.
AND INTERSTATE 12 BATONS, LOUISIANA BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SCENE NUMBER WILL GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN DOUG JR.
FRED, CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
I KNOW THIS ITEM DEALS WITH THE 10 12, UH, PROJECT, THE WIDEN OF THE FOUR LANES, THE, UH, REHABILITATION OF THE INTERSECTION, MODIFICATION, SHOULDERS, ALL THAT STUFF.
THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENT SAYS THAT IT GOES BEYOND THAT WITH AMENDING IT TO DEAL WITH COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, CORRIDOR, STREETS, BIKE PATHS, SIDEWALKS.
IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT AS THE PARISH.
BUT THE STATE IS PAYING FOR IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE WAY WE LOOKED AT, WE HAVE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITHIN THE AREA WHERE EVERYBODY IS LOOKED AT IN THOSE, WHAT WE, UH, AGREEING TO, AND THEY, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO EXECUTE FOR THEM TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PHASE, IS TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE LOOKED AT FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, AGREED TO CONSTRUCT IT, AND THEN THE CITY AT SOME POINT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT.
CAN YOU GIMME AN IDEA IF A SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN CREATED OR OH, YES.
WHAT, WHERE, WHERE ALONG THE 10 12 SHOULD WE EXPECT BIKE PATHS, ROADS, THESE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS TO BE IMPROVED? THE AREA, THE AREA WOULD BE FROM, REALLY FROM DOW RIPPLE TO START AND UP TO ALMOST, UH, SOUTH BOULEVARD AND THAT AREA.
THERE'RE GONNA BE ROUNDABOUTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE AREAS TO, TO ACCOMMODATE MORE, UH, MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES, BUT ALSO SLOW VEHICLES DOWN FOR THE BIKE, UH, SICKLES AND PEOPLE RIDE WALKING IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE SOME PARK AREAS UNDERNEATH
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THE, THE INTERSTATE ITSELF THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH BRETT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TO DEAL WITH.BUT ALL THOSE COMPONENTS THAT WERE NECESSARY TO TRY TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO BRING THE THINGS CLOSER TOGETHER AND KEEP 'EM LOOKING FROM BEING SEPARATED, THESE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE PUT INTO PLACE.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK, UH, IT WOULD TAKE TO GET A, A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH, WITH ACTUAL STREETS AND AREAS? I, I'D PROBABLY HAVE SOME, UH, DRAWINGS OF THAT.
I CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE THAT TO YOU TO SHOW YOU, SIR, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
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CARRIES 87 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY WITH ARC US FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVE CAPACITY PROJECT SOUTH PLANETARY ROAD, GOODWOOD BOULEVARD, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,247,625 59 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN? NO.
FRED, JUST COME TALK THROUGH THIS ONE.
THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE, UH, MO PROGRAM.
IT IS UNDER THE ENHANCEMENT, UH, CONCEPT.
THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONE, UH, CONSTRUCTED WELL UNDER DESIGN, WHICH WE ARE APPROVING AT THIS POINT.
UH, WILL BE FROM FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO GOODWOOD BOULEVARD.
UH, THE SECTION FROM GOODWOOD TO, UH, HAMMOND HIGHWAY AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT BEING DONE FOR THE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE, UH, DONE IN TWO SEPARATE PHASES.
UM, THE PROJECT WAS MORE FROM A, UH, ACCOMMODATING SOME TURNING MOVEMENTS, BUT ALSO THE BIGGEST ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE BRECK PARKS AND THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA IS TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS, SOME PIPING OF, OF A LOT OF THE DITCHES IN THE AREA TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE SIDEWALKS ON SO THEY CAN GO TORE PARKS OR SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN, IN THE AREA ALONE THERE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF THE SUBDIVISIONS HAD REQUESTED WHEN WE HAD OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THERE STRATEGICALLY.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHENEVER MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOS, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION
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CARRIES 88 RESCIND AND DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CANCEL NOTICE TO ATTEND.RECORDED ON JANUARY 12TH, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSE DK FASHION LLC 4 4 7 2 CLAYTON STREET.
REASON FOR PRECISION TITLE AND OWNERSHIP ISSUES.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN, KNOWN? GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY THE CHAIR, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST IS ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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89.AMEND THE 2026 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT.
FIRE POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PASTURE OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SHOW AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE.
ADD NEW CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START CLASSIFIED DELETE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START UNCLASSIFIED AND ADD CLASSIFICATION TWO.
APPENDIX ONE ITEM 30, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START STEP 14 BY HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NO.
HEY, CAN I GET LATOYA, SOMEONE, A HEAD START JUST TO KIND OF, UM, EXPLAIN TO THE VIEWING ARTIST IN HOME WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE PARTICULAR CHANGES? COUNCIL, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO ME? WHICHEVER ONE.
JUST FOR THE VIEW ON ART, JUST KINDA EXPLAIN WHY THESE CHANGES ARE JUST BEING MADE IN GENERAL MM-HMM
SO HISTORICALLY IT WAS A CLASSIFIED POSITION AND ACCORDING TO, UH, OUR HEAD START PARTNERS, IT WAS DONE FOR THAT REASON BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A OUTSIDE INFLUENCE ON IT.
AND SO HISTORICALLY IT'S THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S A CLASSIFIED POSITION ALSO.
SO THEY KEEP US WITHIN REGULATIONS, ANYTHING WITH HEAD START PROCEDURES, POLICIES IN GENERAL? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WAS, OH, I GOTTA PRESS THIS THING.
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AHEAD.SO IS THIS IN ALIGNMENT? IS THIS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HEAD START REGULATIONS? UH, LATOYA THE POSITION CHANGE FROM BEING CLASSIFIED OR ON UNCLASSIFIED DOES NOT CHANGE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION.
IT ONLY CHANGES THE EMPLOYMENT TYPE FROM UNCLASSIFIED IN BEING AN AT WILL APPOINTED POSITION.
THE QUALIFICATIONS WILL STAY THE SAME AGAIN, IS THIS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HEAD START REGULATION? MM-HMM
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HEAD START, IT DOES MATTER WHAT HEAD START QUALIFICATIONS ARE, AND I'M GONNA DEFER TO DR.
XANDERS ON THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
SO I I THINK COUNCILMAN MCC YOU ARE ASKING IS THAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DEVIATING FROM ANY HEAD START STANDARDS? AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
AND, AND THE ANSWER IS NO, WE'RE NOT.
SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? UM, THE REQUEST WAS TO CHANGE IT TO A CLASSIFIED POSITION, TO A RECRUITING EFFORTS, UM, AS A CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTED POSITION VERSUS A UNCLASSIFIED AT WILL APPOINTED POSITION REQUESTED BY, UH, THE HEAD START ADMINISTRATION.
COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, UH, THE EXACT PROCESS WAS THAT, UH, WE MET WITH THE POLICY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING IT UNCLASSIFIED.
UH, THAT WAS JUST THE CORE SORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE POLICY COUNCIL, THEY WENT AHEAD AND VOTED TO LEAVE IT UNCLASSIFIED, BUT LATER IN THE DAY, THEY HAD A MEETING WITH FULL POLICY COUNSEL.
THEY WANTED THE PROTECTION JUST AS LATOYA SAID THEY DID, DID NOT WANT THE HEAD START DIRECTOR TO BE IN AN EMPLOYEE AT WILL.
THEY WOULD RATHER LOW WITH SALARY TO GET SOMEONE WHO THEY FELT WOULD BE PROTECTED IN THEIR ROLE.
SO THE POLICY COUNCIL IS WHO HEAD START, THE FEDERAL GRANTEE, UM, GRANTOR, UH, RESPECTS.
UM, AND SO THEY, THAT WAS THEIR WORD BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
THE OTHER WAY WE HAVE TO BRING IT TO YOU TO, UH, RATIFY WHAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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ADAM 90 AMEND THE 2026 ALLOTMENT OF POSITION FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.SO AS TO CHANGE ALLOTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES HEAD STARTED ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVE MARCH 26TH, 2026, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HEAD START ADMINISTRATION AT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START CLASSIFIED AND DELETE ONE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START UNCLASSIFIED BY HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION
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CARRIES NINE ONE AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE 1,275,000 FROM THE AIRPORT'S CASH ACCOUNT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 250,000 TO BE PLACED IN 9 1 9 1 PLANK ROAD ROOF REPLACEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.175,000 TO FUND BAGGAGE SCREENING HVAC REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
650,000 TO FUND RENTAL CAR GARAGE RENOVATIONS AND 200,000 FUND TERMINAL BOILER REPLACEMENT BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES]
ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.ITEMS 92 THROUGH 1 37 WE'RE GONNA TAKE TOGETHER AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO DELETE ITEM 1 0 3.
SO I'M NOT GONNA READ THAT ONE, BUT I'LL HAVE IT IN THE MOTION REQUEST.
SQUARE 16 SUBDIVISION IS STRU OF METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER CONTOUR BRIGGS $100 LOT 32 AND 34 SQUARE 42 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER.
LDR PROPERTIES LLCA HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT NINE AND 10 SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION ENTERPRISE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER DANIELSON PROPERTIES AND INVESTMENTS.
LLCA THOUSAND DOLLARS LOT 28 SUBDIVISION.
KELLY METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY HIGH BIDDER KEVIN WILLIAMS. A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT THREE SUBDIVISION.
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RICHARDSON RICHARDSON.DJ TRACK COUNCIL, DISTRICT NINE HUDSON.
HI BIDDER BEACH AND PROPERTY INVESTMENTS.
LLC $300 LOT NINE SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION LEMAN PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER HAYES GRAY MANAGEMENT LLCA HUNDRED DOLLARS 98 LOT 31 SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER MONISHA OR ER A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT 25 SUBDIVISION CYPRESS PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE HUDSON HIGH BIDDER NAKIA WHITE $10,000 LOT 21 SQUARE B SUBDIVISION CRAWFORD EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER.
ANTHONY RED A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT 21 SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER.
KENNETH CHRISTIAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS PLOT.
K SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
KENNY HIGH BIDDER DONALD RAY PLAIN JUNIOR $25,000 LOT D SUBDIVISION.
ROBERT A BRIAN TRACK COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR MOOCH HIGH BIDDER DONALD RAY PLAIN JR $41,000 LOT 21 SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION HICKEY TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER DEMETRIUS CHAMBERS $8,500 LOT EIGHT SQUARE 89 SUBDIVISION OF STRU COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER ISHA WILLIAMS A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT 17 SUBDIVISION CLARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN MO ON LOT SECTION ZERO.
SUBDIVISION 0.52 ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR MO MOTOR ON LOT FIVE SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION NORTH HIGHLANDS EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE PLOT 56 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE LOT H SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION ABRAMSON COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE LOT ONE SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION WILSON PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE LOT EIGHT SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION EDGEWOOD LAWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT 61 SQUARE 17 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT 31 THROUGH 34 SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION BANK COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY HIGH BIDDER 5,300 KERMAN WALKER WAKER LOT SIX AND SEVEN SQUARE 52.
SUBDIVISION BANK COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY HIGH BIDDER TELFORD WILLIAMS A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT FOUR SQUARE 52 SUBDIVISION BANK COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY HIGH BIDDER TELFORD WILLIAMS $8,000 LOT 17 SUBDIVISION AUSTIN HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY HIGH BIDDER JAMES DUNN $5,000 LOT 52 AND 53 SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER ANTHONY RED THOUSAND DOLLARS LOT 13 SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER.
KENNETH CHRISTIAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT THREE SQUARE 52 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HARRIS HIGH BIDDER ARMANI HUDSON A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT FOUR SQUARE 52 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST HIGH BIDDER LATASHA LONG A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT 41 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER WHITAKER INVESTMENTS LLC $5,000 LOT 26 1 6 SQUARE 1 63 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER WHITAKER INVESTMENTS A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT SEVEN THROUGH 10 SQUARE SIX.
SUBDIVISION PARADISE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
KENNY HIGH BIDDER LEVI BLACK $4,800 LOT EIGHT SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER DOUG HINES JR.
$500 LOT 2 59 SUBDIVISION BELL FAIR HOMES COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER JAGS ENTERPRISES LLC $25,000 LOT 51 SUBDIVISION GREENWAY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST HIGH BIDDER ALICIA DO $30,000 LOT 12 SQUARE L SUBDIVISION FAIRFIELDS COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS HIGH BIDDER 17TH AND BANKS $9,100.
LOT NINE SUBDIVISION E FAIRLANE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST HIGH BIDDER 17TH AND BANKS.
HIGH BIDDER SIX 16,100 LOT 62 SUBDIVISION GREENWAY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST HIGH BIDDER CAMERON WILLIAMS, 18,500 LOT 12 SQUARE 44 SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY MOTOR OWN LOT 38 SUBDIVISION FAIR LANE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT 30 SUBDIVISION FAIRWOOD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS MOTOR OWN LOT SIX SQUARE THREE SUBDIVISION HEART COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN MOTOR OWN LOT
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2 0 9 SUBDIVISION SOUTHERN HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO KENNY MOTOR OWN LOT FIVE SQUARE TWO SUBDIVISION GEORGETOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS MOTOR OWN.NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 92 THROUGH 1 37 AND DELETE ITEM 1 0 3.
COUNCIL MCKINNEY? UM, DEFER ONE 16 AND ONE 17 FOR 30 DAYS.
OKAY, ONE 16 AND 1 17 30 DAYS.
COUNCILMAN? 1 1 16 AND 1 17 30 DAYS? YEAH.
HEY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO IS 1 0 9.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S ONE WE TALKED ABOUT.
UH, WHO IS WHO THEY ARE? WHO'S THE APPLICANT? 49 11.
WELL, HANG, HANG ON, I'M SORRY.
UH, MOTION TO DEFER 96, UH, FOR 30 DAYS.
UM, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO FOR 9 7 1 0 5 AND 1 0 6.
I DIDN'T HEAR FROM, UM, ANY OF THEM.
SO YOU WANT TO, YOU DEFER OR DELETE.
SO IF I DELETE, THEY GOTTA START OVER.
YOU WANT THE RULES? ARE THE RULES? OKAY.
WHAT, WHAT YOU SAY? I WAS GONNA, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WE CAN DO YOU WANT THAT'S 97 1 0 5 AND 1 0 6.
I GOT A WHOLE PAGE OF FOLK THAT FOLLOWED THE RULES, SO, OKAY.
OKAY, SO THE REQUEST IS, AND I'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 92 THROUGH 1 37 WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS 97 1 0 3, 1 0 5, AND 1 0 6, WHICH WILL BE DELETED ITEMS 96 1 16 AND 1 17 30 DAYS DEFERRAL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
OKAY, LET'S GO TO YOUR SEPARATE CHIEF FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.WE'VE GOT TWO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER INTRODUCTIONS, A ADJUDICATED PROPERTY LINE 180 1 SQUARE 20 A SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, KENNY AND B AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PASTURE OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH VILLAGE LLC FOR THE LEASE OF SPACE FOR THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SANITATION INSPECTION AT 2 7 5 WOOD WOODDALE BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS AT A RATE OF 5,700 PER MONTH WITH SAID LEASE AGREEMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO BE PREPARED BY OUR REVIEW BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES FOR THESE ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED.
WE HAVE A MOTION, MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? SO YOU NONE NEED A MOTION ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY, ANY OBJECTION ON THE MOTION TO WA THE RULES WE HAVE OBJECTION ITEMS CANNOT BE INTRODUCED.
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ALRIGHT, APPOINTMENTS 1 38 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF EAST BATON ROUGE.CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING, UH, SHALIN LYNN FERRIS.
KAREN BALLAD IS SHALIN LYNN FERRIS REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT AND TIMOTHY MOORE, WHO SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
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SEE NONE.ANYBODY WANT TO COUNCILMAN HARRIS MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UM, MS. LYNN FARRIS, PLEASE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST TO APPOINT SHALIN LYNN FERRIS.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIED TO REAPPOINT? MOTION CARRIES.
[139. 26-00435]
OKAY.VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ALLISON ST.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OR REPLACING OLIVER BATIS CURRENT BALLOT IS OLIVER BATIS REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT.
BRENDA CHENEY, CLAUDE DOUGLAS, ELMO MORGAN, BRENDA SULLIVAN, EDWIN STACIA.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? TEAM? NO.
UM, I WANT TO NOMINATE BERTHA MILES FROM THE FLOOR THAT SHE TURN IN THE APPLICATION.
I BELIEVE BERTHA MILES TO REPLACE OLIVER BATIS.
WHERE THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST TO, UH, TO NOMINATE OR TO APPOINT BERTHA MILES.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
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ITEM ONE 40, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING BRENDA CHENEY.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN NO ONE GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION FOR ULA COATES TO APPOINT ULA COATES.
SECOND BY BY BY COUNCIL MCKINNEY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
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1 41 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OR REPLACING CLAUDE DOUGLAS CURRENT BALLOT IS THE SAME.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE KNOWN? GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MCKINNEY.
UM, MOVE TO NOMINATE BRENDA SULLIVAN FROM THIS FROM 1 41.
MOTION TO APPOINT BRENDA SOLOMON BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
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1 42.VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ALLISON ST.
CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING ELMO MORGAN, SAME BALLOT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SCENE NUMBER.
UM, REAPPOINT ELMO MORGAN, THE 1 42.
MOTION TO REAPPOINT ELMO MORGAN BY COUNCILMAN KENNY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
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1 43.CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED OR REPLACING NE STACIA SAME BALLOT.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN NONE.
UM, NOMINATE KENDALL COLEMAN FOR THE FLOOR.
HE TURNED IN HIS APPLICATION AFTER, UM, MAG AGENDA CAME OUT.
KENDALL? KENDALL COLEMAN? YEAH.
REQUEST MOTION TO APPOINT KENDALL COLEMAN BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
[Items 144-148]
CHANGE ORDERS WE'RE GONNA TAKE 1 44 TO 1 48 TO GATHER 1 44 ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE PER 19TH.JDC BUILDING CONTRACTED TK ELEVATOR CORPORATION.
ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION AND UPGRADE PROJECT CONTRACTOR.
A ONE ELEVATOR SERVICE CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.
D-H-D-S-B-R-P-D UP ONE ROOF REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR? PARDON? ROOFING.
SALES TAX AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 20 DASH THREE.
SPANISH TOWN ROAD CONTRACTOR, RJ DAGEL AND SONS CONTRACTORS CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT? $126,665 1 48.
REGISTRAR VOTERS TENANT BUILDUP.
CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT? $245,477 23 CENTS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? SEEN NONE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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ALL RIGHT.JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER PAINTING WING A AND B.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEAT NUMBER.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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ONE 50 BR AIRPORT, TSA BUILDING ROOF REPLACEMENT.CAMPBELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN NONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
[Items 151 & 152]
ITEMS 1 51 AND 1 52.WE TAKE 'EM SEPARATE, BUT WE'RE GONNA DECLARE 'EM AN EMERGENCY TOGETHER.
UH, IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6 4 4 2.
THE ITEM MUST BE THESE ITEMS MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
I NEED A MOTION TO DECLARE 'EM AN EMERGENCY MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
ANYONE OPPOSED TO DECLARING THIS AN EEM? THESE ITEMS AN EMERGENCY? NO.
THESE ITEMS ARE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
APPROVAL OF THE VMWARE SOFTWARE THROUGH SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION BY AS DIRECTOR AND MAYOR.
THE YEARLY LICENSE FOR THE VMWARE THROUGH SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION TOTAL $72,518 56 CENTS FOR THE 2026 AND SUBSEQUENT FOUR YEARS WILL BE $103,230 AND 72 CENTS EACH YEAR.
VMWARE IS AN ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE THAT RUNS THE ENTIRE CITY SYSTEM AND HIS BUDGETING THROUGH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEN NONE.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES 1 52 AMENDING RESOLUTION 5 9 1 9 3 FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION TO UPDATE THE REVISED TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $65,752 86 CENTS.
THIS WILL BRING THE CURRENT TOTAL OF THIS PROJECT TO $148,552 AND 86 CENTS BY BUILDING A GROUNDS DIRECTOR.
REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY IS TO CORRECT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES.
SEEN NO GO TO COUNCIL WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
I HAVE A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 72 52 AND 55 WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER
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ITEM 72 REQUESTED FOR 30 DAYS, CORRECT.MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES
[Items 52 & 55]
ITEM 52 AND 55.REQUEST THIS TO DELETE IS THERE ANY, IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 52 AND 55.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.