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ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO OUR METROPOLITAN RECOGNITION MEETING FOR MARCH 25TH, 2026.
[Presentations and Special Recognitions]
FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH METROPOLITAN COUNCILWOMAN TAWANA P.TODAY, SHE WILL RECOGNIZE MS. CYNTHIA OWENS-GREEN AND MS. KATHY LITTLES FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KINNEY, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S 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 OWENS GROCERY MARKET IN DELHI.
SHE HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE FOR HER COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.
SHE IS 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.
SAY A FEW WORDS, MS. GREEN? WELL, I'M NOT A VERY GOOD SPEAKER, BUT I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE, AND I'M JUST PROUD TO BE HERE.
AND NEXT UP IS CALLIE FRANCOIS. COME ON CALLIE.
CALLIE 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 HER RIGHT HERE ON THE PHONE, COUNCILWOMAN.
COURTNEY? COURTNEY? WE'RE HERE.
OH, WE'RE 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 THANK YOU WE CELEBRATE YOU TODAY THANK YOU COURTNEY COME ON 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 HARD-WORKING 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 HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 10 YEARS.MAMUNI HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 19 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 IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARIS WE APPRECIATE YOU WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US WE APPRECIATE AND I LOVE YOUR HAIR TODAY OKAY, ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD.
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.
MR. LILL LOVES TO TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE.
TO DO EVANGELISM WORK THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND BEING WITH HER FAMILY SO WE WE GOT YOU TODAY DIDN'T WE YES YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT DID YOU WELL YOU'RE HERE TOO BAD COME ON HERE WE LOVE YOU MISS LITTLES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO US? COME ON.
MAKE SURE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
SHE'S GOING TO ASK ME, DO I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? SHE'S GOING TO TELL ME, NOW YOU KNOW.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 23 YEARS, UNCLASSIFIED, AND I ENJOYED EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN THERE BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
THROUGH IT ALL, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO HOLD THEM, KNOW WHEN TO FOLD THEM, AND KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY.
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND BRING HER? I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW.
AND SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME, THE PRINCIPALS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME FOR WOMEN HISTORY MONTH BY COUNCILMAN ANTHONY KINNEY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK MS. CHANEL FERNANDEZ, MS. KOSHANA DAVIS, MS. CANDACE MYERS, MS. KYLIE MURPHY, AND MS. ALICIA WELCH TO COME ON UP.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
COUNCILMEMBERS, TODAY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME PHENOMENAL WOMEN WHO ARE LEADERS IN MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT AND SO MY, ME AND MY OFFICE, WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT WHO CAN BE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZED FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WOMEN WHO ARE THE TRAILBLAZERS AND LEADERS FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN DISTRICT 2.
SO FIRST UP, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE PRINCIPAL, MS. KASHANA DAVIS, AT MY OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BROWNFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MS. DAVIS IS A YEAR-LONG, OR MANY YEARS, EDUCATOR, LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION ADMIN IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
AND SO TODAY WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP AT BROWNSVILLE ELEMENTARY.
YOU WANT TO 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 WANT TO ALSO TAKE THE MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE MY TEACHERS WHO DO ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.
AND TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, ASK THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS.
WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION ALL RIGHT DON'T GO TOO FAR AND NEXT
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UP I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE PRINCIPAL CANDACE MYERS AT QUESTWORTH ELEMENTARY MISS MYERS IS WHERE HAS BEEN OF MANY YEARS A DECADES-LONG EDUCATOR LEADER AND OUR SURVEY IN THE NORTH BATON ROUGE AND BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY BUT CURRENTLY SHE SERVED AS THE LEADER AT QUESTWORTH ELEMENTARY SO LET'S GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MISS CANDACE MYERS IS A DIFFERENT ACT.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 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.
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 TO OUR SCHOOLS.
ALL RIGHT, AND BEFORE WE TAKE A GROUP PICTURE, WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE OF OUR OTHER PRINCIPALS THAT COULD NOT COME TODAY DUE TO CONFLICTS.
OUR PRINCIPAL AT PARK RIDGE ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY IN BAKER, LOUISIANA, PRINCIPAL KYLIE MURPHY, AND ALSO THE PRINCIPAL AT BAKER HIGH SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL ALICIA WELSH.
AND ALSO MS. CHANELLE FERNANDEZ, THE PRINCIPAL AT PROGRESS ELEMENTARY.
SO LET'S GIVE ALL THESE PHENOMENAL WOMEN WHO ARE LEADERS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO TOWARDS THE FRONT.
ALL RIGHT NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN UH 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.
COME ON, GENTLEMEN, LINE UP AROUND THERE.
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 2025-26 DIVISION IV SELECT STATE.
YOU HEARD WHAT THEY SAY, TWO YEARS, NOT ONE YEAR, BUT TWO.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THAT TALK.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS MOMENT IS TO GIVE THESE GENTLEMEN...
THERE, CERTIFICATE, AND SO WE'RE 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, HERE, I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING, SOMETHING FOR YOU.
SALISBURY II, WHERE ARE YOU, THOMAS? ALL RIGHT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT TO THOMAS KENDALL JOHNSON.
RANDOLPH HARRELL GOOD JOB Y'ALL
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YES WARREN GUGGISHA IS THAT RIGHT? MAN I NEVER SEEN A GOSSET SPELL LIKE THAT BUT IT'S YOUR NAME YEAH I APOLOGIZE, STAND TO BE CORRECTED.DYLAN PATTERSON, I CAN CALL THAT ONE.
HEAR WHAT THAT YOUNG MAN SAID? THANK YOU.
EVAN WILLIAMS. YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT, GIVE IT UP FOR ALBERT.
GOT THAT NAME RIGHT? 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, CLIMBING IN, 23 IN THE SYSTEM, FIVE AT SOUTHERN LAB.
WHERE'S YOUR ASSISTANT COACH, KIRK KING? ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE TOO.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
AS YOU KNOW, TOUGH GROUP OF KIDS TO, OOF, LORD HAVE MERCY.
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, KEPT WORKING HARD IN THE CLASSROOM, WITH A CORD, ANYWHERE THAT WE NEEDED THEM, THEY DID THE RIGHT THINGS.
AND I'M A TOUGH, LOVING PERSON.
BUT THEY KNOW I LOVE THEM, TOO.
ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT IT'S THE NOT SO YOUNG THAT DROP 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 BIRD.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET A BIG SMILE.
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ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM.ALRIGHT NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE MAYOR PRESIDENT SID EDWARDS RECOGNIZE THE FAMILY OF MAMA SEABELL AND PROCLAMATION FOR MAMA SEABELL DAY.
MIKE MAYER, THIS IS ONE I ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO GIVE OUT AND BE A PART OF.
MAMA SEABELL THOMAS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE AND HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
THE THING SHE DID FOR BATON ROUGE IS UNPARALLELED, AND OFTEN FOLKS LIKE HER GO, IT DOESN'T GET RECOGNIZED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD.
AT HER SERVICE, I MADE A STATEMENT THAT SOMETIMES GOD PUTS ANGELS ON EARTH THAT ARE DISGUISED AS ORDINARY PEOPLE.
AND THAT WAS MAMA SEABELL THOMAS.
OH, IF WE HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY MOUTH SHE FED, WE'D BE OKAY.
WE WOULDN'T BE IN A BUDGET CRISIS.
I KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS PROCLAMATION SPECIAL IS I AM OFFICIALLY DECLARING TODAY MAMA SEABELL DAY IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE RECOGNIZING MAMA'S LEGACY.
TOMMY MURPHY, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, HE CALLED ME LATER TODAY AND HE SAYS, IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO SAY THIS.
AND THE LAST VERSE THAT WE BELIEVE MAMA SEABELL WOULD SAY IS, FEED MY CHILDREN, FEED MY PEOPLE.
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.
BECAUSE SHE TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN EVERY AREA OF THEIR LIVES.
THAT WAS 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 SEABELL.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? I WANT EVERYONE TO STAND.
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.
HEY, LOOK, I WANT TO TAKE A PERSONAL.
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 CHAD AND THE WHOLE REDEMPTORS FAMILY ABOUT TWO DAYS.
AND I SAID, WHAT ARE THEY EATING ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY? AND SHE SAID, THE LORD IS GOING TO PROVIDE.
BECAUSE OF HER, THERE ARE FIVE DAYS A WEEK MEALS FOR PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE, AND SHE ALWAYS CALLED.
AND LET ME POINT OUT, YOU SEE, MAMA SEABELL.
YOU SAW ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STOOD UP, RIGHT? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STRAY DOGS IN THAT GROUP.
I SEE TOMMY MURPHY AND EDDIE SAMPSON BACK THERE.
BUT WE WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL, AND WE WANT TO GET THE WHOLE CREW THAT'S HERE
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TO SUPPORT MAMA SEABELL TO COME GET A PICTURE TOO.ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MY VILLAGE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY, MAYOR PRESIDENT SID EDWARDS IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE RECORDING ARTIST TOOSEY AND WELCOME HIM TO BATON ROUGE.
NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST, 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 CONNECTING 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, TUSI 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 DEBT VALLEY.
AND WITH THAT, WE WANT TO GIVE HER PROCLAMATION, AND WE WILL WELCOME TUSSIE UP HERE TO THE PODIUM.
HOW EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
WITHOUT HIM, NOTHING WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
SO I DEFINITELY JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR EDWARDS FOR HAVING ME.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOW, MAN.
SO FOR ME TO RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS DEAR TO ME.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
FOR HAVING ME IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD VIBES, GREAT FOOD, SOME OF THE BEST FOOD I EVER HAD, AND I DONE BEEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD, YOU KNOW? SO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME, AND IF THERE'S ONE MESSAGE THAT I COULD LEAVE TO ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE, TO THE YOUTH THAT'S OUT THERE, PROCESS OVER PERFECTION.
I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, PROCESS OVER PERFECTION.
I COME FROM NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS TO COME INTO DEATH VALLEY AFTER NOT KNOWING IF I WAS EVER GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND SO MANY PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND I REMEMBER RECEIVING A CALL FROM BILLY, THE GM AT LSU AND LANE KIFFIN, AND THEY LIKE, HEY, LOOK, LISTEN, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE SHOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT
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TO YOU.THEY'VE BEEN MEN OF THEIR WORDS, AND NOW I'M HERE IN DEATH VALLEY.
SO BATON ROUGE, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
I LOVE Y'ALL, AND LET'S MAKE HISTORY.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TUCSON.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP, MAYOR PRESIDENT EDWARDS RECOGNIZED, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME IF I SAY THIS INCORRECTLY, TYREE TRUST CLAIRE, OWNER OF TYREE SCHOOL OF DANCE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR PRESIDENT EDWARDS, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS. THERESE TRUSCLARE, OWNER AND FOUNDER OF THERESE SCHOOL OF DANCE.
SHE IS A 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. TARIQ 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 MONT HIGH SCHOOL, EPISCOPAL HIGH, ST.
ALOYSIUS AND AS A JAZZ INSTRUCTOR WITHIN LSU'S THEATER DEPARTMENT.
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 ST.
SATIONS, THE HONEYBEES, THE MISS LSU PAGEANT, THE LSU SONG FEST, AND THE LOUISIANA JUNIOR MISS PAGEANT.
IN 1987, TO REOPEN THE ACCLAIMED THERESE 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 WORLD WANTS HER STUDENTS.
IN DOING SO, SHE HAS NOT ONLY ELEVATED THE ART, 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, TERRI 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.
THAT HELP 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.
TERI INSTILLS RESILIENCE AND THE COURAGE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD DESPITE ADVERSITY.
SHE EQUIPS HER STUDENTS WITH THE STRENGTH THAT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THEIR STAGE PERFORMANCE.
TO RETRACE 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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SO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR PRESIDENT EDWARDS, WE HONOR TERRI TRUSCLARE OF TERRI 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 RETRUST GLARE TO COME UP I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST TALK THANK YOU THIS GLASS IS 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 A HOPE TO INSPIRE LOCAL CHILDREN.
STANDING HERE TODAY, I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
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 THERESE, HER HUSBAND, AND HER TEAM TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MAYOR PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS 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 LIFE-SAVING MISSION OF ST.
JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1994, THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER $5.7 MILLION TO ADVANCE 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 THE 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 YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
WE REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
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PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITH THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE K-9 UNIT, THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND ALL OF THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES 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 NONPROFITS LIKE OURS TO SURVIVE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
BUT ALSO IT JUST MAKES SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EVERYONE SUPPORTING THEM AND SUPPORTING US.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE INVITE EVERYONE HERE FOR THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE DREAM DAY FOUNDATION FOR THEIR AMAZING WORK IN THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY'S METRO COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WILL RECESS UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK FOR OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE OF METRO COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO RECOGNITION THIS AFTERNOON.
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HELLO EVERYBODY.COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
WATCHING OUR MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, STREAMING AT VRLA YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK LIVE.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, COUNCILMAN NOBLE.
COUNCILMAN? THANK YOU, DENNIS.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH.
2026 WE COULD CALL THE MEETING ORDER ACTUALLY DO WE HAVE A QUORUM WE HAVE A QUORUM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED BY JACOB CHAFFETZ HEY EVERYONE GOOD AFTERNOON LET'S BOW OUR HEADS DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY SEEKING YOUR GUIDANCE WISDOM, AND UNITY TO REST UPON THESE ELECTED LEADERS.
MAY YOUR 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 133.1, 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 GOING TO 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.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GODAY, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN
[INTRODUCTIONS]
AMOROSA.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 2, A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER 3 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 5 MILS AD VALOREM 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 4 O'CLOCK P.M.
AT THE REGULAR MEETING PLACE AT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, THIRD FLOOR, CITY HALL, ROOM 348, 222 ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AND PROVIDED FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BY
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BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THEIR 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 APPROPRIATED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $136 MILLION FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.
AND THEN THE 2026 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 1, 9, 7, 02, 6.
SO AS TO IMPLEMENT MUNICIPAL POLICE PAY PLAN CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 16.
2026 AND APPROPRIATE 5,615,000 DOLLARS FOR SET PURPOSE BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR NUMBER 5.
THE 2026 PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF 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 BY THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE SO AS TO 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 INTRODUCTION NUMBER 7.
NELSON HILLIARD AT ALL 1, 4, 02, 7, 0, GLEN ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT TO KENNY NUMBER 8.
LOWEST DAY SPEARS, THE 7, 9, 05, 0, DIRE ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT TO KENNY NUMBER 9 TIMOTHY HUGGINS AND CAB ENTERPRISES INC.
STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 HEARST NUMBER 10 MIRACLE JOSEPH 5, 5, 2, 2, LEMON WOULD DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, 1ST, NUMBER 11, JOHN AND FLORENCE, 09, 2, 4, 8, TRACY AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, 1ST, NUMBER 12, BEER LOGISTICS LLC.
2756, LORRAINE STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, 1ST, NUMBER 13.
AND TO A NET, JIM TRAIL, GILBO AT ALL.
5468 PACKARD STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, 1ST, NUMBER 14.
2842 FAIRFIELDS AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 HARRIS NUMBER 15 TATI H CROSBY 1 0 8 4 NORTH ACADIAN 3-WAY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 HARRIS NUMBER 16 THELMA GALDON 1735 NORTH 36TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 HARRIS NUMBER 17 CC 7 ENTERPRISES LLC 225 EAST JOHNSON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 18 SAMUEL D DAVIS JR.
AT ALL 4440 WELL STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 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 9 PARTS SQUARE 273 SUBDIVISION.
SWORK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22 LOT 14 PARTS SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23, 1415 16 SQUARE 13 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL.
NUMBER 24 LOT 19 SQUARE 26 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 HEARST NUMBER 25 LOT C SQUARE 8 SUBDIVISION PROGRESS PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 26 LOT A SUBDIVISION DAWSON COMMONS COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCCA NUMBER 27 LOT SECTION TWO AND THREE R1 R1E SUBDIVISION J.
TUCKER PROPERTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, NO NUMBER 28, LOT 60 SUBDIVISION, RICHMOND PARK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 29 LOT 37 SUBDIVISION, HIGHLAND GARDENS EDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 HARRIS NUMBER 30 LOT 32 SUBDIVISION PARK ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 HARRIS.
NUMBER 31, LOT 5 AND 6 A SQUARE TO SUBDIVISION, RICHMOND PARK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
NUMBER 32 LOT 8 9 AND 10 SQUARE 25 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 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 7 HARRIS NUMBER 35 LOT 9 SUBDIVISION HILLSDALE FARM NORTH COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 KNOLL NUMBER 36 LOT 2 PART PLUS SQUARE 5 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 1267876, SUBDIVISION LUSHEG, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, NULL.
NUMBER 39, LOT 3, SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND ADDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNY.
ALL ITEMS REQUIRED FOR READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IN ORDER.
ALL RIGHT, I WANT A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH NUMBER 11 AND NUMBER 4.
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OKAY, DO WE DO WE HAVE A 2ND.2ND, SO MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HER 2ND, MY COUNCILMAN DONE JUNIOR TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 4 OR INTO DELETE ITEM 4 AND ITEM 11.
WE'LL ENTERTAIN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTRODUCTIONS WITH A CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR ITEM 4 TO 4-22-26.
SUBTITUTE MOTION BY COMES FROM HUDSON SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH A CHANGE TO ITEM FOR FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 28TH AND TO DELETE ITEM 11.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
BOTH HAVE BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
JUST A REMINDER AS EVERYBODY HAS THEIR MACHINES UP.
SIR PREPARE, OKAY SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
THIS IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 11, AND TO CHANGE THE DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4 TO APRIL 22ND, 2026 MACHINES ARE OPEN.
OKAY, THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 1ST, WHICH IS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM 11.
AND TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON ITEM 4 TO APRIL 22ND, 2026 FROM APRIL 8TH, THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL VOTE ON.
ACTUALLY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
THANK YOU.LET'S GO TO OUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, AND 74.
30 DAYS ON ITEM 67, 90 DAYS ON ITEM 59, 65, 66, 73, AND TO DELETE ITEM 57.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
FIRST, I DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, I THINK FROM DISTRICT 7, ITEM 68 AND 69, 30 DAYS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE ONE FOR 74, 90 DAYS SELLING IT, THE BUYER SELLING IT.
ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILMAN KENNEDY? CONDEMNATIONS? 61, 60 DAYS.
WE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, AND 72.
30 DAYS ON ITEM 67, 68, AND 69.
90 DAYS ON ITEM 59, 65, 66, 73, AND 74.
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AND TO DELETE ITEM 57.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
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OKAY, ADAM 75 REQUESTING TO AMEND METRO COUNCIL RESOLUTION 59141 TO INCLUDE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,790,734.85 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.MY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEEING THEM GO TO COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HEARST.
2ND, MY COUNCILMAN GO DAYS AND
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THE OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 76 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.
AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $130,696.85 ANNUALLY BY THE POLICE CHIEF.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, GO TO COUNCIL.
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ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.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 OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND FRANKLIN ASSOCIATES LLC TO REVISE THE SCOPE OF WORK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL CDBGDR-FUNDED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 77.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN ADAMS. KELLY, ARE YOU HERE OR I THINK I SAW MR FRANKLIN EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL PAIRING.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WOULD YOU MIND DESCRIBING WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS FOR AND WHAT WORK FRANKLIN SAYS HE'S GOING TO 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 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.
OKAY, SO YOU'LL BE HELPING WITH THE REDIRECTION, REALLOCATION, REAPPLICATION OF THOSE FUNDS? CERTAINLY, 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 OFF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT LOOKED DIFFERENT THAN THE WHEELHOUSE.
SO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS.
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IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.ITEM 78, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT WITH VITTORIA'S VOICE TO INCREASE 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? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN, I HAVE AN OCD TO TALK ABOUT THIS REAL QUICKLY.
OKAY, JUST BRIEFLY TO GET A BRIEF OVERVIEW TO THE COUNCIL AND THE VIEWERS AT HOME ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, I GUESS, GRANT FOR VICTORIA'S VOICE.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM INVOLVES OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONIES, ABATEMENT MONEY, THAT IS.
PREVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL APPROVED $212,000 INITIALLY.
THE CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 219.
SO NO NEW SCOPE, NO EXTENSION OF TIME JUST TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE IN AS 219 VERSUS 212.
DID YOU NEED TO PREVENTION INTERVENTION OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING? THAT'S GOOD.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO GET MORE DETAIL.
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OKAY.BASICALLY, THIS ORGANIZATION IS INVOLVED WITH TREATMENT AND RECOVERY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES.
THEY'RE WORKING ACROSS THE PARISH INCLUSIVE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THEY'VE HAD A SERIES OF EVENTS SINCE JANUARY, AND THEY ARE ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE ENGAGING THE PARENTS IN PREVENTION AS WELL.
BUT THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ANTI-PREVENTION AS IT RELATES TO FENTANYL.
ANYBODY ELSE? MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GO DAY 2ND,
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MY COUNCILMAN KENNY IN THE OPPOSITION.MOTION CARRIES AND 79 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL WAS UPLIFTED THE DESIGNATED STATE USE.
PROGRAM WORKS IN A MONTH FOUR HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM BY THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR ANYONE HERE WHICH TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE SINGLE COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HEARST SECOND MY COUNCILMAN DUNN JUNIOR ANY
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OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES AND MAYBE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF SOFTWARE AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS BY INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.SEE, NO, GO TO COUNCIL MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.
SECOND, BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION
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MOTION CARRIES ANYONE 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 OF $550,000 BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, GO TO COUNCIL.
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IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.82, AMENDING THE 2026 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE DR.
COMMUNITY CENTER SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $50,000 FROM THE CENTER'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? SEEING NO, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KENNEDY, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
I UNDERSTAND THE WAY I READ THAT MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE YOU'RE DOING THE STRIPPING AND WAXING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE VOTED ON IT, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE MANUAL LABOR, COUNCILMAN.
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BUT FEEL FREE TO STRIP AND WAX IT IF YOU WANT.ITEM 83, AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 6, SECTION...
1173 DRAG RACING AND RACING ON PUBLIC ROADS SO AS TO PROHIBIT AND ADD TO THE DEFINITION OF SPECTATOR TO PROVIDE FOR 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 GODAY AND CHIEF OF POLICE T.J.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO, GO TO COUNCIL.
EITHER THE CHIEF OR THE COUNCILMAN GODET.
COUNCILMAN GODET, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE THIRD ITEM 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 CHIEF LET ME KNOW HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL, NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I THINK DEPUTY CHIEF KNOLL IS HERE IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THE BRPD.
2022 MEMBERS WAS WHEN WE AS A COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE STRENGTHENING PENALTIES AROUND THE ACTIVITY OF DRAG RACING AND STUNT DRIVING.
NOTED NOTEDLY IN 2023, DID SAY THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THAT ACTIVITY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, CONTINUING TO TALK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND GETTING THIS ACTIVITY OUT OF OUR.
THEY NEEDED SOME MORE TOOLS ASSIST HOW THEY GO ABOUT THE 10TH
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OF THE AMENDMENTS OF TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE IS.NUMBER ONE, IT EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF A SPECTATOR OR AN ORGANIZER.
ESSENTIALLY, ANYONE WHO'S A MEDIA FOR THE PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING, OR FACILITATING THE ILLEGAL STREET RACING OR STUNT ACTIVITY IS INCLUDED IN SOMEONE WHO CAN BE PENALIZED EITHER FINANCIALLY OR WITH JAIL TIME.
THE SECOND ASPECT OF THIS IS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEDICATE A LOT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS THESE ACTIVITIES.
AND SO THIS SETS UP A CITY PARISH ACCOUNT THAT IS DEDICATED TO ANY FUNDS COLLECTED UNDER THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD GO TOWARDS.
THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY, OR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THE THIRD ASPECT OF THE AMENDMENTS IN OUR CRISIS TODAY, IMPOUNDING A VEHICLE CAN BE UP TO 14 DAYS.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKE IS 14 DAYS.
THE STATE RIGHT NOW AT THE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING OF AND SO, AS OPPOSED TO AWAITING THE STATE TO SEE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEN COMING BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT TO SAY, DO THAT SAME THING.
1 OF THE AMENDMENTS HERE JUST SAYS, LOOK, IT POINTS TO THE STATE LAW AND SAYS STATE DOES AS WE WANT TO ALIGN 60 DAYS.
OUR ORDINANCE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ALLOWS FOR.
THE AMENDMENTS IS ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WHO ALLOWS BE USED FOR STUNT DRIVING ACTIVITIES CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED INTENTIONALLY AND SO ANY INVESTIGATION IF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WAS AWARE OF THE ACTIVITY ON THEIR LIFE, THEY COULD BE PENALIZED.
SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE SORT OF REVIEW OF THE CATEGORIES.
LET ME LET YOU DO THAT ON YOUR TIME.
BECAUSE THEY STILL RUNNING MY TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
MY HESITATION AND MY DELAY IN SUPPORTING THE PREVIOUS ITEMS WAS BECAUSE OF NUMBER 1 AND THE BYSTANDER PENALIZATION.
IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE DRAFT READ THAT, YOU KNOW, SPECTATORS AND 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 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 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 OR STOPPING BY BECAUSE WHEN THIS TAKES 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 LAND ON THE 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 LANGUAGE WAS IN THERE TO SPECTATE AS WELL.
BUT FOR THOSE REASONS, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE ITEM IN THIS DRAFT FORM.
HEY, AND I APOLOGIZE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A PRETTY PRIOR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PART.
BUT ONE QUESTION WHEN YOU READ THAT THAT SPARKED ME WAS JUST ABOUT THE FUNDS.
SO, AND MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT WHERE ARE THE FUNDS CURRENTLY GOING TO BE COLLECTED FOR IMPOUND? NO, YOU CAN COME TO THE MIC, I'LL HAND YOU IF YOU WANT TO, MAN.
SO THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO THE OWNER OF THE IMPOUND.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THOSE FUNDS AT THIS MOMENT.
I THINK THE ORDINANCE DRAFT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO COLLECT SOME OF THOSE FEES.
SO WE DON'T OWN OUR IMPOUND? NO.
SO OUR IMPOUND IS ROLL-RUN? OUR IMPOUND IS.
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IS ROADRUNNER IS ONE VENDOR, BUT WE HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS WHO ROTATE.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE IN.
THAT 1000 AND YOU CAN WOULD JUST GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THE AMENDMENT THAT'S PROPOSED TO NOT KNOW IF IT'S TO THIS ACTIVITY, WE PUT IT IN A SPECIAL FUND AND IT'S DEDICATED TOWARDS THE EFFORTS OF FOR CURBING THIS ACTIVITY.
SO NOW MY QUESTION IS, IT'S A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT MONEY ON THE AGENDA.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO SPREAD IT AROUND THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHEN THE MONEY CURRENTLY COMES IN, OR DOES IT CURRENTLY COME IN, IS THERE A CURRENT PENALTY ON THE BOOKS? THAT $1,000, YES, SIR.
SO IT CURRENTLY GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
I'LL BE DOING IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND WHAT DOES THAT REVENUE GO TO THE GENERAL FINANCE, PLEASE? YEAH.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE OVERSIGHT ON THAT.
DOES ANYBODY IN FINANCE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION? HOW MANY VIOLATIONS AND...
I'M ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ON...
SO, WHAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THAT MONEY IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY? CAN YOU PAUSE MY TIME? CAN ANYBODY FROM FINANCE COME TO THE MIC IS TO ALL OVER THERE EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER COME TO THE MIC AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR IT AND I WILL GET IT TO YOU.
SO I'LL RESERVE MY 2ND, 5 MINUTES.
TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PIECE OF IT.
ALL RIGHT, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EVEN THE EARLIER ITEM, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT GERMANE TO THIS TOPIC, ABOUT THOSE INTRODUCED ABOUT THE PAY RAISES, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE REDIRECTING GENERAL FUND MONEY TO BE, THERE'S MORE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN BATON ROUGE THAN FUNDING POLICE.
WE HAVE $0 FOR BLIGHT, FOR RACHEL, TO CLEAN, AND TRASH.
SO ONE OF MY ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR IS REDIRECTING ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE ZERO GENERAL FUND MONEY.
SYSTEMICALLY CHANGE THE NEED FOR MORE OFFICERS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SOCIAL DETERRENT THAT DRIVE PEOPLE TO CRIME.
SO WE'VE GOT TO FUND IT HOLISTICALLY AND NOT JUST ONE AREA.
Y'ALL KNOW I'M NOT AGAINST THE RATE.
I'M JUST HAVING ISSUES WITH CONSTANTLY REDIRECTING 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 WAS THERE FOR MY 2ND, 5 MINUTES.
SO YEAH, I WANT TO CONTINUE ON SOME OF THOSE LINES AS FAR AS REDIRECTING TO THE FUNDS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE 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 FUNDING POLICE OFFICERS AND DOING OUR PART ON THAT COMING UP HERE SOON.
ALL THE BACK-END STUFF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES THEIR JOB, AND THEY IMPOUND THE CARS, THEY ARREST THE PEOPLE, OR GO TO FINE THEM, WE SEND OUT THE FINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WOULD YOU BE AMIABLE TO CHANGING THAT TO, LIKE, THE DA'S OFFICE? AND WE NEED TO FUND THE DA'S OFFICE, AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT NEED PUBLIC DEFENDERS TO DO THIS.
THAT WOULD JUST BE ONE RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK INTO AS FAR AS WHERE THESE IF WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE THE FUNDS TO A PARTICULAR THING, I WOULD LIKE TO GO SEE IT GO TO THE BACK-END SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO 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 CRACKDOWN ON IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT MANY FINES.
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MANY ARRESTS OR ANYTHING.WE HOPE THAT THE ORDINANCE DOES ITS JOB BY KEEPING THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING.
SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FUND SOME OF THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO 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? GO DAY COMES AND GO DAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHENEVER THE FUNDS TELL ME ABOUT THE FEES FINE? TELL ME WHAT THAT WORKS JUST CLEAR IT UP AS FAST AS YOU CAN FOR ME THAT YOU SAY AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS AS YOU PROPOSE IT TO BE THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE THE AMOUNT OF THE PENALTY DOES NOT CHANGE EXISTING ORDINANCE IS CONTAINS $1,000 PENALTY 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.
CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE WITH REGARD TO CITY COURT AND THEIR OPERATIONS THERE.
CURRENTLY, AS IT STANDS, WHENEVER A BRPD OFFICER MAKES AN ARREST AND IT'S PROSECUTED IN CITY COURT AND THERE'S A FINE THAT'S IMPLEMENTED OR GIVEN TO THE DEFENDANT IN THE MATTER, WHERE DO THOSE DOLLARS GO? I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
THAT'S A FINANCE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN.
FINANCE, CAN YOU HELP US? SO GENERALLY SPEAKING BASED UPON MY KNOWLEDGE, THE FINES TYPICALLY GO TO SUPPORT BRPD, OUTLET FINANCE.
SO TRAFFIC FINES, 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.
WHENEVER THOSE DOLLARS GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, ULTIMATELY, THE GENERAL FUND IS THEN PRESENTED TO US THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHENEVER WE RECEIVE THAT BIG BOOK THAT HAS ALL THOSE LINE ITEMS CONTAINED THEREIN.
WE ULTIMATELY, AS A COUNCIL AND A BODY DETERMINED, WE AGREE WITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THOSE BUDGET DOLLARS OR WE MAKE AMENDMENTS.
SO, STREAMS OF REVENUE FOR DIFFERENT OFFICES, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, BRPD AND THE ARRESTS THAT THEY MAKE, THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET WITH REGARD TO FEES AND FINES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROSECUTORS OVER AT CITY COURT, THEM PROSECUTING CASES AND THEM...
PEOPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMES OR TO TRAFFIC MATTERS THAT IMPACTS OUR BUDGET AS WELL, CORRECT? AND THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THEM EXECUTING WARRANTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING OR DOING SERVICE TO PROCESS AND THEIR FEES AND FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT IMPACTS THE BUDGET TOO AS WELL, RIGHT? YES.
AND 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, ALL RIGHT.
JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE PUBLIC.
MY QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE TO THE STATE LAW.
SO COUNCILMAN GO, THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT.
TO PROVIDE FOR HIM POUND UNDER STATE LAW, TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
EXISTING ORDINANCE CONTAINED THAT 14 DAYS WAS THE LENGTH OF TIME OR THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF TIME IT COULD BE IMPOUNDED.
IN RESEARCHING 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 AMENDMENT THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING NOW TO CHANGE THAT AMOUNT FROM 14 TO 30.
SO THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE PROPOSED 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 WILL HELP FUND THIS? EXPAND ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY FUND WHAT? WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THE STATE
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THANK YOU.YOU RECOMMEND, THEN, ARE YOU PROVIDING ANY MONEY FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SO IF THEY'RE SAYING THE 90 DAYS OR THE 120 DAYS OR THE WHATEVER DAYS, IS ANYTHING THERE OR ANY CONVERSATION BEEN HAD ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT THE STATE'S GOING TO BRING TO THE TABLE? IN THE IMPOUNDING OF BEAGLES, THERE'S NOT A COST TO THE PARISH FOR THAT SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THIS.
THAT'S BETWEEN THE IMPOUNDING COMPANY AND THE HARBOR.
I KNOW THE STATE IS NOT AN IMPOUNDER.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT AN IMPOUNDER.
BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS IF WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THAT PUNITIVE 120 DAYS OR WHATEVER THERE.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLLOWING A TIMELINE THAT THE STATE HAS, BUT YET THE STATE IS NOT IN THIS IN ANY KIND OF WAY PROVIDING ANY PROVISIONS.
THAT'S MY CONCERN HERE WITH THIS.
NO, I HAD APPROACHED THE STATE FOR FUNDING OF THIS.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IN TALKING TO THE CHIEF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DEDICATING RESOURCES, BOTH HUMAN AND TOWARDS THIS END.
AND SO THAT WAS CREATED TO SET ASIDE IS TO ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS.
SO NOT LOOKING TO THE STATE FOR FUNDING.
PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WOULD GO TOWARDS MORE ENFORCEMENT.
AND 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.
ON MY TIME, NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE MY, THAT WOULD BE MY INPUT TO YOU.
I THOUGHT WE WERE WAITING FOR MR. NO.
OR WHEN YOU SAID HE WAS GOING TO OUTLINE.
JUST TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF THE INVESTIGATION TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN, 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 PATROL BUREAU.
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 GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY USE TO DO THAT IS A COST.
ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE EVENTS MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, IT IS AN INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH THAT WE GET OUT AHEAD OF IT AND WE FORM A GROUP OF OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES TO GO OUT AND SURVEIL, PRE-PLAN BY LOOKING AT THE SITE, DOING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO INVESTIGATE AND TO DETER, FIRST OF ALL, ANY TYPE OF EVENT TO GET UP AND RUNNING.
TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT ONCE IT STARTS.
ONCE TRAFFIC BECOMES IMPEDED, IT'S EVEN DIFFICULT TO GET EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO THE SITE.
SO THE EFFORT IS TO MITIGATE IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE MEANS.
BUT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ONE, TO SET ASIDE, USUALLY IT'S CLOSE TO ALMOST A DOZEN TO TWO DOZEN OFFICERS, 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 THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DON JR YOU CAN STAY THERE UM JUST TO GET A SENSE OF THESE TYPE OF EVENTS WOULD YOU AGREE THAT MANY OF THESE EVENTS ARE MASSIVE EVENTS WITH 50 TO 100 CARS SOMETIMES, BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS.
I THINK AT ITS MOST SEVERE, 50 TO 100 VEHICLES COULD BE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, SINCE WE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH, WE HAVE SEEN MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT COMES AND GOES, EBBS AND FLOWS.
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YOU KNOW WE GET A BUNCH AND THEN IT KIND OF GOES AWAY FOR A MINUTE WE GET A BUNCH MORE UM THE THE MAIN THING IS IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT HAPPENS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT MOVES IN A IN A SECOND YEAH AND WOULD YOU AGREE THAT IT HAS BLOCKED ROAD INTERSECTIONS PARKING LOTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ABSOLUTELY OKAY THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GODAY I WAS LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE I WAS SHARING WITH YOU THAT I LIKED IN K ABOUT THE BUSINESS OWNER, AND IT SAYS KNOWINGLY FACILITATED THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE I LIKE.SO I WENT BACK AT THE UP TO THE, WHAT DID YOU CLASS SPECTATOR? BUT I SEE KNOWINGLY LANGUAGE HERE NOW WHAT.
YEAH, UNLESS I OVERLOOKED IT WAS THAT IS THAT NEW LANGUAGE WAS THAT NOT IN THE ORIGINAL.
DRAFT AND ORIGINAL TO DRAFT THAT KNOWINGLY LANGUAGE.
UNDER SPECTATOR THE WORD KNOWINGLY AND THEN.
TACKED ON TO PRESENT AT AN ILLEGAL STRAIGHT RACING EXHIBITION HAS BEEN ADDED IN THERE.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY BACK ONTO THAT.
I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED LANGUAGE.
THAT SAYS PERSONS ENGAGED IN LAWFUL NEWS, GETTING OR REPORTING ACTIVITIES ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS.
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 PEOPLE REPORTING, IS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BLOCKED.
FROM THE 50 TO 60 CARS, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE AREA.
MR. NO HAS JUST TALKED ABOUT IT.
PARKING LOTS INTERSECTIONS ROADWAYS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE TO THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS TO NOT HOLD THOSE FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU RIDE UP ON IT, OR YOU HELD PRISONER BY IT.
YOU CANNOT MOVE INTO IT MOVES AND YOU CAN APPEAR AS A PARTICIPANT SPECTATOR.
AND THE CURRENT LANGUAGE WILL TREAT YOU AS A SPECTATOR AND CHARGE YOU AS A SPECTATOR.
SO IF SOME LANGUAGE CAN BE ADDED, IF A NUMBER THREE TO THAT EXCLUSION COULD BE ADDED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GAIN MY SUPPORT.
IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF THIS, SO BACK IN 2022, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IF SOMEONE IS JUST, AS YOU INDICATED, CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC AND STOPPED? SECTION E IS ABOUT PARTICIPANT.
AND AGAIN, WE USE THAT KNOWINGLY PRESENT.
AT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, ASSISTING THE ORGANIZERS OR DRIVERS IN CARRYING IT OUT.
SO THE LANGUAGE HERE IS INTENDED TO SAY FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE ACTIVITY.
I UNDERSTAND SOMEONE MAY BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND NOT AN ACTOR, BUT THE REASON THE LANGUAGE IS AS IT IS AND THE WORD IS PROMINENT HERE IS SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, WHICH THEY'LL USE VIDEO AND SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO TO CONDUCT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCERN WHO WAS THERE KNOWINGLY THERE JUST CAUGHT IN THE THANK.
CAN YOU TALK TO Y'ALL PROCESS ABOUT HOW Y'ALL GO? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE PARTICIPANT.
SO, IT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE TO FOLLOW THAT PARTICIPANT ORDINANCE VERY STRICTLY INTO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE REALLY ONLY LOOKING AT PARTICIPANTS AS THOSE WHO ACTIVELY IMPEDE LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM A GETTING TO THE SCENE.
OR BE DOING ANYTHING TO BLOCK POLICE UNITS FROM DOING THEIR DUTY, JUST DUTY.
BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS OF OFFICERS BEING, THEIR CARS BEING MOBBED BY, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO PUT SOMEBODY AT RISK.
AND SO IT BECOMES AN ISSUE WHEN OUR OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO DO A JOB AND.
WHETHER THE SPECTATOR IS THERE BY ACCIDENT, THAT'S NOT THE PERSON WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY EITHER THROWING SOMETHING 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.
THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE KIND OF LUMPING INTO THE SPECTATOR.
WELL, FIRST LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA OF ADDRESSING THE SPECTATOR ISSUE AND EVEN THE PROPER PROPERTY OWNER ISSUE AS WELL.
I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, THAT THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMAN DUNN HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO THINK ABOUT.
SO I WANT TO TALK THROUGH THE ISSUE, COUNCILMAN GODE, WITH YOU, IF YOU WILL.
IN SECTION IN 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
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SUCH PURPOSES.I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE TREND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS A MOTORSPORTS ENTHUSIAST THAT I AM, IS THAT RACETRACKS ARE CLOSING, AND SOME OF THESE EVENTS ARE BEING HELD IN PRIVATE PARKING LOTS, RIGHT? SO LEGITIMATE EVENTS, OFTEN WITH SECURITY, DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.
WHERE LEGITIMATE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, AND THEY INCLUDE A BURNOUT SHOW.
SUMMER NATS IS 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.
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 MAY NOT BE ABLE TO.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT? WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? READING THE SECTION THAT YOU REFERENCED, AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO LICENSED OR DULY AUTHORIZED DRAG STRIPS OR OTHER DESIGNATED AREAS.
I WOULD INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN IF THEY GET THE PROPER PERMITTING TO CONDUCT SUCH AN ACTIVITY THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER THEY ARE DULY AUTHORIZED FOR DESIGNATED AREA SET ASIDE BY PROPER.
I WOULD THINK N ENCOMPASSES WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.
MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM THE PERMIT OFFICE.
CAN TELL US AND UH I MEAN IS THERE A PERMIT FOR A CAR SHOW YOU KNOW AND HERE'S RACHEL SO I I'M WITH YOU I TOTALLY GET IT BUT UM SO LIKE A RACETRACK WOULD BE CONSIDERED LIKE OUTDOOR RECREATION AND THEY WOULD NEED LIKE A PERMIT FOR THAT TO OPERATE UM SO NOT A RACETRACK I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST IF I AM IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY GROCERY STORE THANK YOU.
AND I SAY THIS WEEKEND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CAR SHOW AND THEN WE'LL INCLUDE A STUNT SHOW.
AT THIS MOMENT, NO, BUT IT'S COMING.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ORDINANCE.
IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, HOPEFULLY.
I HEARD SOME SUPPORTS, SOME NON-SUPPORTS.
I DON'T THINK I HEARD A MOTION.
ANYBODY GOT A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? I JUST WANTED TO ASK FINANCE IF THEY GOT THOSE NOTES BEFORE WE VOTE.
YOU DIDN'T GO UNTIL YOUR SECOND.
NO, I WAS JUST WAITING FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF FINISH TALKING.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST IT.
I MEAN, IF IT'S PENNIES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE.
IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND SO COUNCILMAN MOK'S POINT MADE A GREAT POINT THAT IF THIS WORKS, THERE WILL BE NO MONEY, RIGHT? IT'LL SLOW IT DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND IN AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE WAY.
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.
I WASN'T TOLD FOR THE CRIMINAL FINES.
CAN I RIDE YOU? YOU'RE WAITING ON THAT IS CHIEF.
SINCE WE PASSED THIS ORDINANCE, AND 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, 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, WE WERE JUST KIND OF TALKING, 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 IS IT A FLUID THING AS FAR AS WHAT THEY GET FINED? IT'S FLUID IS IF THEY GET PROSECUTED FIRST AND SECONDLY, WHAT THE COURT DEEMS THEY FIND TO BE UP TO $1,000.
SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE DISPOSITIONS FROM THE CITY COURT.
SO YOU SAID WHAT, 50? I'M PUTTING IT AT ABOUT 50.
I'M NOT NAILING IT DOWN TO A SPECIFIC NUMBER.
YEAH, I MEAN, GIVE OR TAKE 20% ON EITHER SIDE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY POSSIBLY AROUND NUMBER WERE ACTUALLY TO THE POINT OF PROSECUTION, THAT THEY WERE PROSECUTED? THEY'RE ALL SUBMITTED FOR PROSECUTION TO CITY COURT.
OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S HANDED OFF TO THEM.
THE DATA'S THERE AT CITY COURT, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT.
SURE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE SOME OF MY TIME? MY TIME FOR YOU.
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WELL, YOU CAN HAVE MY NEXT FIVE MINUTES.SO JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS ARRESTED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY'RE CONVICTED, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE FINE IS ONLY INSTITUTED IF SOMEONE IS CONVICTED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IF SOMEONE IS OVER IN CITY COURT, THEY ARE DISTRICT COURT.
THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF DOING THE FREE TRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM, CORRECT? SOMETIMES THEY DO, YES.
IF THEY DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM, THEN THEY'RE NOT FINED $1,000 USUALLY, TYPICALLY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEY OFTEN CAN PLEAD TO A LESSER CHARGE, A DIFFERENT CHARGE.
BECAUSE 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 DIVERSION PROGRAM.
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, FINISH UP ON MY, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AGAIN, WE'RE WAITING ON FINANCE TO, AND DARRELL, YOU CAN HAVE MY FIVE MINUTES, BUT FINISH UP YOURS.
THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, JUST LEAVE IT IN THERE WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I WITHDRAW THE REQUEST TO LOOK INTO IT OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE OVER MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
I DON'T EVEN NEED NO MORE TIME.
SO LISTEN, I DON'T HAVE ANY, I MEAN LIKE, 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 $68,000 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.
AND I JUST IT'S OKAY THOUGH MAN I APPRECIATE IT YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT ABOUT IT OKAY THAT WAS CLEVER MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GODAY IS THERE ANY
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OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ITEM 84 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE PRE-LITIGATION CLAIM OF BRADEN DOWNING FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A BANDERS POLICE OFFICER IN THE AMOUNT OF 18 500 BY THE PARISH JOURNEY ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION.YOU WANT TO DELETE THIS ITEM? THAT'S WHAT I WAS.
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BY COUNCILMAN.ITEM 85, THERE'S A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED PAUL WILLIAMS V.
CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND PATRICK WINNEMAN IN AN AMOUNT OF $300,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $333 AND APPROPRIATING $300,333 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO COUNSEL.
UM, MISS ANGIE FROM FINANCE, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP? YEAH, I'VE BEEN UP FOR 72.
I THINK COUNCILMAN 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 300,000.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT? YES.
SO CURRENTLY WE, OUR RESERVES ARE AT A VERY LOW POINT.
AND SO WE'RE ASSESSING EACH 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 PAID OUTSIDE OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT BUDGET VERSUS UTILIZING OUR RESERVES AND THE APPROPRIATING LANGUAGE.
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HOW HOW'S THAT DIFFERENT FROM NUMBER 84 THAT WE JUST APPROVED? SO, THE AND APPROPRIATING GIVES 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 WITH THIS? OUR RESERVES, AS I MENTIONED, ARE AT A VERY LOW POINT AND SO WE CANNOT GO BELOW A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR RISK MANAGEMENT.
AND THE RESERVES AND MAKE A DECISION AND A RECOMMENDATION ACCORDINGLY.
OKAY, AND WE'LL KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD.
IS IT TYPICAL FOR OUR RESERVES TO BE THAT LOW IN THE 3RD OR 4TH 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 HOW MUCH THEY WERE DECLINING BY AND SO WE SAID THAT EACH SETTLEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE ASSESSED TO SEE IF WE HAD SUFFICIENT FUNDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER AND FOR KEEPING THAT TRACK ON THOSE NUMBERS FOR US.
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 HAVE DISCRETION? NO, 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 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.
CAN YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAID AGAIN? BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T PROCESS THAT.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? 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 THAT.
CORRECT PROVIDED THE DOLLARS ARE THERE.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST BY THE PAST ATTORNEY TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 2 WEEKS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST,
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SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
86, AUTHORIZING 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 LA-415'S ASTON LANE ON INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 12, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, DOUG, JR.
FRED, CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? YES, SIR.
I KNOW THIS ITEM DEALS WITH THE 1012.
PROJECT, THE WIDENING OF THE 4 LANE TO A REHABILITATION OF THE INTERSECTION MODIFICATION SHOULDERS, ALL THAT STUFF.
THE SUPPORT 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 THAT'S WHAT THE STATE IS PAYING FOR THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THOSE ARE THE AGREEMENTS WE LOOKED AT WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITHIN THE AREA WHERE EVERYBODY HAS LOOKED AT AND KNOWS WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO AND THEY THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO EXECUTE JUST 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 GIVE ME AN IDEA IF A SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN CREATED? WHAT WE'RE ALONE TO 1012 SHOULD WE EXPECT BIKE PATHS ROADS, THESE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS TO BE THE AREA WILL BE FROM REALLY FROM DOW RIPPLE.
TO START AND UP TO ALMOST SOUTH BOULEVARD AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ROUNDABOUTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE AREAS TO TO ACCOMMODATE MORE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES, BUT ALSO SLOW VEHICLES DOWN FOR THE BICYCLES AND PEOPLE WALKING
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IN THE AREA.WE HAVE SOME PARK AREAS UNDERNEATH THE, THE INTERSTATE ITSELF THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH BRETT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TO DEAL WITH.
THAT WERE NECESSARY TO TRY TO ENHANCE.
THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO BRING THINGS CLOSER TOGETHER AND KEEP THEM LOOKING FROM BEING SEPARATED WITH THESE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE PUT INTO PLACE.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO GET A DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK WITH ACTUAL STREETS AND AREAS? I PROBABLY HAVE SOME DRAWINGS OF THAT.
I CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE THAT TO YOU TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE, I'LL SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL.
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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR., SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
87, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY WITH ARCADIS U.S.
FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUBI ART CAPACITY PROJECT, SOUTH FLANNERY ROAD, GOODWOOD BOULEVARD, AND FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,247,625.59 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NO LITTLE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN DONE JUNIOR FRED JUST COME TALK THROUGH THIS ONE THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE MOVIE OUR PROGRAM.
IT IS UNDER THE END ENHANCEMENT CONCEPT THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONE CONSTRUCTED WELL UNDER DESIGN WHICH WE ARE PROVEN AT THIS POINT WILL BE FROM FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO GOODWOOD BOULEVARD THE SECTION FROM GOODWOOD TO OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT BEING DONE FOR THE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN TWO SEPARATE PHASES.
THE PROJECT WAS MORE FROM ACCOMMODATING SOME TURNING MOVEMENTS, BUT ALSO THE BIGGEST ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE BRICK PARKS AND THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA IS TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS, SOME PIPING OF A LOT OF THE DITCHES IN THE AREA TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE SIDEWALKS ON SO THEY CAN GO TO BRICK PARKS.
OR SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AND IN THE AREA ALONE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF THE SUBDIVISIONS HAD REQUESTED WHEN WE HAD OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THERE.
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BY COUNCILMAN MODE, SECOND, MY COUNCILMAN HARRIS, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION.MOTION CARRIES 88, WE'RE SENDING THE DIRECTOR AND CLERK COURT TO CANCEL.
NOTICE THE 10 RECORDED ON JANUARY 12, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS DK FASHION LLC, 4472 CLAYTON STREET.
REASON FOR DECISION, TITLE, AND OWNERSHIP ISSUES.
THIS IS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NO GOOD COUNCIL HAVE A MOTION.
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BY COUNCILMAN HURTS WITH ANY OPPOSITION.MOTION CARRIES 89 AMENDMENT 2026 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED NON CLASSIFIED CONTRACT, FIRING POLICE EMPLOYEES, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO, TO MAKE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE MARCH 26, 2026.
ADD NEW CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START CLASSIFIED DELETE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START UNCLASSIFIED AND ADD CLASSIFICATION TO CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED 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 GO TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MCKINNEY.
HEY, CAN I GET LATOYA OR SOMEONE FROM HEAD START TO EXPLAIN TO THE VIEWING ARTISTS AT HOME WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE PARTICULAR CHANGES? WHICHEVER ONE, BOTH.
SO MY BAD, JUST FOR THE VIEWERS, JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY THESE CHANGES ARE JUST BEING MADE IN GENERAL.
SO HISTORICALLY, IT WAS A CLASSIFIED POSITION, AND ACCORDING TO OUR HEAD START PARTNERS, IT WAS DONE FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE INFLUENCE ON IT.
AND SO HISTORICALLY, IT'S A CLASSIFIED POSITION ALSO.
SO THEY KEEP US WITHIN REGULATIONS AND ANYTHING WITH HEAD START PROCEDURES, POLICIES IN GENERAL? THAT'S CORRECT.
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SO, WAS, OH, I GOT IT.SO, IS THIS IN ALIGNMENT? IS THIS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HEADSTART REGULATIONS? THE POSITION CHANGE FROM BEING CLASSIFIED OR UNCLASSIFIED DOES NOT CHANGE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION.
IT ONLY CHANGES THE EMPLOYMENT TYPE FROM UNCLASSIFIED AND BEING AN AT-WILL APPOINTED POSITION.
THE QUALIFICATIONS WILL STAY THE SAME.
AGAIN, IS THIS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HEAD START REGULATION? SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER WITH HEAD START? IT DOES MATTER WHAT HEAD START QUALIFICATIONS ARE AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DR.
ZANDERS ON THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
SO I THINK, COUNCILWOMAN COVINGTON, YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DEVIATING FROM ANY HEAD START STANDARDS AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THE REQUEST WAS TO CHANGE IT TO A CLASSIFIED POSITION TO A RECRUITING EFFORTS AS A CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTED POSITION VERSUS A UNCLASSIFIED AT WILL APPOINTED POSITION REQUESTED BY THE HEAD START ADMINISTRATION COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, THE EXACT PROCESS WAS THAT WE MET WITH THE POLICY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING IT UNCLASSIFIED.
THAT WAS JUST THE CORE SORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE POLICY COUNCIL.
THEY WENT AHEAD AND VOTED TO LEAVE IT UNCLASSIFIED, BUT LATER IN THE DAY, THEY HAD A MEETING WITH FULL POLICY COUNCIL.
THEY WANTED THE PROTECTION, JUST AS LATOYA SAID.
HEAD START DIRECTOR TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF WILL THEY WOULD RATHER LOWER THE SALARY TO GET SOMEONE WHO THEY FELT WOULD BE PROTECTED IN THEIR ROLE SO THE POLICY COUNCIL IS WHO HAD START THE FEDERAL GRANTEE GRANTOR RESPECTS AND SO THEY THAT WAS THEIR WORD BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE BUDGET THE OTHER WAY WE HAVE TO BRING IT TO YOU TO RATIFY WHAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
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MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KINNEY, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS.ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
190, AMENDMENT 2026, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES HEAD START ADMINISTRATIVE.
EFFECTIVE MARCH 26, 2026, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES HEAD START ADMINISTRATION AT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START CLASSIFIED AND DELETE 1 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HEAD START UNCLASSIFIED BY HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
THE MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS HAVE SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN
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AMOROSA.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
NINETY ONE AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FROM THE AIRPORT'S CASH ACCOUNT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND TO BE PLACED.
AND NOW 1, 9, 1, PLANK ROAD, ROOF REPLACEMENT, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, 175,000 UPON BAGGAGE SCREENING H, BACK REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
650,000 TO FUND RENTAL CAR GARAGE RENOVATIONS AND 200,000 TO FUND TERMINAL BOILER REPLACEMENT BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MOTION
[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES]
BY COUNCILMAN DONE.JUNIOR 2ND, MY COUNCILMAN KENNY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT, ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES ITEMS 92 THROUGH 137, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TOGETHER.
AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO DELETE ITEM 103, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT ONE, BUT I'LL HAVE IT IN THE MOTION REQUEST.
LOT 3, SQUARE 16, SUBDIVISION OF STRUMER, 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 LLC $100 LOT 9 AND 10 SQUARE 1 SUBDIVISION ENTERPRISE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
I BETTER DANIELSON PROPERTIES AND INVESTMENTS LLC 1000 DOLLARS.
LOT 28 SUBDIVISION KELLY METRO
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COUNCIL DISTRICT TO KENNY.I BETTER KEVIN WILLIAMS $100 LOT 3 SUBDIVISION RICHARDSON RICHARDSON DJ TRACK COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 HUDSON.
I BETTER BEAT SOME PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LLC 300 DOLLARS.
HIGH BIDDER HAYES GRAY MANAGEMENT LLC, $100.
LOT 31, SQUARE 11, SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE.
HIGH BIDDER MONISHA OR FRUGIA, $100.
LOT 25, SUBDIVISION CYPRESS PARK.
HIGH BIDDER NAKIA WHITE, $10,000.
LOT 21, SQUARE B, SUBDIVISION CRAWFORD EDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER ANTHONY REDD, $100.
LOT 21, SQUARE 2, SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER KENNETH CHRISTIAN, $100.
LOT K, SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 02, KENNY, HIGH BIDDER DONALD RAY PLAIN JR., $25,000.
BRYANT TRACK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 04, MOAT.
HIGH BIDDER DONALD RAY PLAIN JR FORTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS LOT 21 SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION HICKIETOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT TIM COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER DEMETRIUS CHAMBERS EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT EIGHT SQUARE EIGHTY NINE SUBDIVISION OF STRUMA COUNCIL DISTRICT TEN COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER GANESHA WILLIAMS A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOT SEVENTEEN SUBDIVISION CLARK COUNCIL DISTRICT TEN COLEMAN MOTO OWN LOT SECTION ZERO OR THREE SUBDIVISION POINT FIVE TWO ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, MOTE, MOTA ON.
LOT 5, SQUARE 2, SUBDIVISION NORTH HIGHLANDS ADDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT 56, SQUARE 9, SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT H, SQUARE 7, SUBDIVISION ABRAMSON, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT 1, SQUARE 9, SUBDIVISION WILSON PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
BODY SQUARE TO SUBDIVISION EDGEWOOD LAWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ABOUT 61 SQUARE 17 SUBDIVISION SOUTH.
ANDREWS COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
EXCUSE ME? LOT 31 TO 34 SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION BANK COUNCIL DISTRICT TO KENNY.
CARMEN WALKER WEAKER LOT 6 AND 07, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION BANK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGH BIDDER, TELFER WILLIAMS, $100.
LOT 4, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION BANK, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGH BIDDER, TELFER WILLIAMS, $8,000.
LOT 17, SUBDIVISION, AUSTIN HEIGHTS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGH BIDDER, JAMES DUNN, $5,000.
LOT 52 AND 53, SQUARE 2, SUBDIVISION, VICTORY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, ANTHONY REDD, $1,000.
LOT 13, SQUARE A, SUBDIVISION VICTORY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER KENNETH CHRISTIAN, $100.
LOT 3, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION FORTUNE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, HIGH BIDDER IMANI HUDSON, $100.
LOT 4, SQUARE 52, SUBDIVISION FORTUNE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, HIGH BIDDER LATASHA LONG, $100.
LOT 41, SQUARE 14, SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER WHITAKER INVESTMENTS, LLC, $5,000.
SQUARE 163, SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, HIGH BIDDER, WHITAKER INVESTMENTS, $100.
LOT 7 THROUGH 10, SQUARE 6, SUBDIVISION PARADISE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, HIGH BIDDER, LEVI BLACK, $4,800.
LOT 8, SQUARE 28, SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, DUD HINES JR., $500.
LOT 259, SUBDIVISION BELFAIR HOMES, COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, JAGS ENTERPRISES, LLC, $25,000.
LOT 51, SUBDIVISION GREENWAY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, HIGH BIDDER, ALICIA DOWSE, $30,000.
LOT 12, SQUARE L, SUBDIVISION FAIRFIELDS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 07, HARRIS, HIGH BIDDER, 17TH AND BANKS, $9,100.
LOT 9, SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRLANE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, HIGH BIDDER, 17TH AND BANKS, THAT'S INCORRECT.
LOT 62, SUBDIVISION GREENWAY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST.
HIGH BIDDER CAMERON WILLIAMS, 18,500.
LOT 12, SQUARE 44, SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY, MODA, OWN.
LOT 38, SUBDIVISION FAIR LANE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HEARST, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
LOT 30, SUBDIVISION FAIRWOODS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 07, HARRIS, MODA, OWN.
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HART, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.COLEMAN MOTOR OWNED BY 209 SUBDIVISION SOUTHERN HEIGHTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TO KENNY MOTOR OWNED BY FIVE SQUARE TO SUBDIVISION GEORGETOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN HARRIS MOTOR OWNED.
NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 92 THROUGH 137 AND DELETE ITEM 103.
DEFER 116 AND 117 FOR 30 DAYS.
116 AND 117, 30 DAYS, COUNCILMAN? 116 AND 117, 30 DAYS? YEAH, 116 AND 117.
COUNCILMAN HIRSCH? HEY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO IS 109.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WHO THEY ARE? WHO'S AFTER YOU.
UM, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO FOR 97, 105 AND 106.
FROM ANY OF THEM, SO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO DEFER DELETE? OKAY.
IF I DELETE, THEY GOT TO START OVER.
WHAT'D YOU SAY? I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU, WE DO HAVE 97105 AND 106.
I GOT A WHOLE PAGE OF FOLK THAT FOLLOWED THE RULES.
OKAY, SO THE REQUEST IS, AND I'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 92 THROUGH 137 WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS 97, 103, 105 AND 106, WHICH WILL BE DELETED.
ITEMS 96, 116 AND 117, 30 DAYS DEFERRAL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.OKAY, LET'S GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
WE'VE GOT TWO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER INTRODUCTIONS.
A, ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, LOT 181, SQUARE 20A, SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND ADDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KINNEY.
AND B, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PASSAGE OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH VILLAGE LLC FOR THE LEASE OF SPACE.
FOR LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT HEALTH SANITATION INSPECTION AT 275 WOOD WOOD, DALE BOULEVARD, LOUISIANA FOR A TERM OF 5 YEARS AT A RATE OF 5700 PER MONTH WITH SAID LEASE AGREEMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO BE PREPARED BY OUR REVIEW ABOUT THE PAST.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY THE PAST TURNING.
I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES FOR THESE ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED EMOTION MOTION.
MY COUNCILWOMAN AMROSA 2ND, MY COUNCILMAN DONE JUNIOR.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION AWAY THE RULES.
SEEING NONE, I NEED A MOTION ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION ON THE MOTION
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TO WAIVE THE RULES? WE HAVE AN OBJECTION.138, HOUSING AUTHORITY OF EAST BATON ROUGE, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING SHALINDA LYNN FERRIS.
CURRENT BALLOT IS SHALINDA LYNN FERRIS REQUESTING
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REAPPOINTMENT AND TIMOTHY MOORE WHO SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NO, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
ANYBODY WANT TO COME FROM THERE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT.
MOTION MY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HERS TO APPOINT.
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IN ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARE TO REAPPOINT MOTION CARES.OKAY, 139 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALLISON, ST EMILY CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING OLIVER.
THAT IS CURRENT BALLOT IS OLIVER.
THAT IS REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT.
YOU LOOK COATS, BRENDA, CHANEY, CLAUDE, DOUGLAS, MORGAN, BRENDA, SULLIVAN, EDWIN STATION.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NO, GO TO COUNCIL.
I WANT TO NOMINATE FOR THE FILES FROM THE FLOOR.
THAT SHE TURNED IN THE APPLICATION, I BELIEVE BIRTH OF MILES TO REPLACE OLIVER BETTY'S.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNY 2ND, MY COUNCILMAN HERS TO.
TO NOMINATE OR TO APPOINT BIRTH OF MILES.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.
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I'M 140 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ALLISON ST.IRMA LEE CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING BRENDA CHANEY SAME BALLOT ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL NOMINATE YOU LOOK COATS MOTION MOST BEAUTIFUL POINT YOU
[141. 26-00437]
LOOK COATS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KENNY SECOND MY COUNCILMAN DONE JUNIORS ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 141 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO SAYING NORMALLY CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING CLAUDE DOUGLAS CURRENT BALLOT IS THE SAME.ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMAN KENNY MOVE TO NOMINATE BRENDA SULLIVAN FROM THIS FROM 141.
MOTION NO POINT BRENDA SULLIVAN BY COUNCILMAN KENNY.
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COUNCILMAN DONE JUNIORS ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.142 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AUSTIN ST.
ARMOUR LEAGUE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING THE ELMO MORGAN.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN KENNY.
WE APPOINT ELMO MORGAN FROM 142.
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MORGAN BY COUNCILMAN KENNY 2ND, BY COUNCILMAN GO DAY.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.
I'M 43 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO SAY THEY'RE REALLY CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING EDWIN STATION SAME BALLOT ANYONE HERE WAS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO, YOU DON'T GO TO COUNCIL COME FROM GETTING NOMINATE KENDALL COLEMAN FOR THE FLOOR.
HE TURNED IN HIS APPLICATION AFTER THE AGENDA CAME OUT.
MOTION TO APPOINT KENDALL COLEMAN BY COUNCILMAN KENNY.
[Items 144-148]
SECOND MY COMPLIMENT HER THERE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES CHANGE ORDERS.WE'RE GONNA TAKE 144 TO 148 TOGETHER 144 ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE FOR 19 JDC BUILDING CONTRACTOR ELEVATOR CORPORATION CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.
I'M SORRY YEAH, 145 ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION AND UPGRADE PROJECT CONTRACTOR A 1 ELEVATOR SERVICE CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT 13,650 DOLLARS.
146, DHDS, BRPD, UP ONE ROOF REPLACEMENT.
CONTRACTOR, PART AND ROOFING LLC, CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $28,437.62.
147, SALES TAX AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
PROJECT 20-3, SPANISH TOWN ROAD.
DAIGLE AND SONS CONTRACTORS, CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $126,665.
148, REGISTRAR VOTERS, TENANT BUILDUP.
TENANT BUILD-OUT, CONTRACTOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION LLC, CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $245,477.23.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.
[149. 26-00387]
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ALL RIGHT, ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS, 149.JUVENILE ATTENTION CENTER PAINTING, WING A AND B, INTERIOR PAINTING.
LOW BID MURILLO INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, 122,300. $7. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
[150. 26-00429]
HURST. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. 150BR AIRPORT TSA BUILDING, ROOF REPLACEMENT, CAMPBELL DEVELOPMENT, A LITTLE BIT OF CAMPBELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, $206,400. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, GO TO COUNCIL. MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR SECOND MY[Items 151 & 152]
COUNCILMAN HURTS IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES AND IT'S 151 AND 152 WE TAKE THEM SEPARATE WE'RE GONNA DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TOGETHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1644 TO DECIDE IT MUST BE THESE ITEMS MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO-THIRDS VOTED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL I NEED A MOTION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY MOTION BY COUNCIL WOMAN AMIROSA SECOND BY COMPANY COLEMAN ANYONE OPPOSED TO DECLARING THIS AND THESE ITEMS AN EMERGENCY? ALL RIGHT, THESE ITEMS ARE DECLARED EMERGENCY 151 APPROVAL OF THE VMWARE SOFTWARE THROUGH SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION BY IAS DIRECTOR AND MAYOR PRESIDENT THE YEARLY LICENSE FOR THE VMWARE THROUGH SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION TOTAL $72,518 56 CENTS FOR THE 2026 AND SUBSEQUENT 4 YEARS WILL BE 103,230 DOLLARS AND 72 CENTS EACH YEAR. VMWARE IS AN ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE THAT RUNS THE ENTIRE CITY SYSTEM AND IS BUDGETING THROUGH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION.SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES 152 OF ANY RESOLUTION 5, 9, 1, 9, 3 FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION TO UPDATE THE REVISED TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED 65,752 DOLLARS. 86 CENTS THIS WILL BRING THE CURRENT TOTAL OF THIS PROJECT. 148,552 DOLLARS AND 86 CENTS BY BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY IS TO CORRECT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NO GOOD COUNSEL. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. I HAVE A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 72, 52, AND 55. MOTION TO RECONSIDER. MOTION BY
[72. 26-00353]
COUNCILMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA. ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER? ITEM 72, REQUESTED FOR 30 DAYS.[Items 52 & 55]
CORRECT. CORRECT. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY THE CHAIR. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS 52 AND 55 WILL TAKE TOGETHER REQUEST IS TO DELETE IS THERE ANY OTHER IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 52 AND 55 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAT SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSA MEANS ADJOURN THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU CONTINUE SERVICE GOD BLESS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.