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WELCOME

[Call to Order]

TO THE WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.

ACTUALLY CALL WE HAVE A AND DO A ROLL CALL.

COUNCILMAN WELSH.

COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN BANKS IS HERE.

COUNCILMAN WILSON'S HERE.

COUNCILMAN GREEN HERE.

COUNCILMAN GREEN IS HERE.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS LEWIS HERE.

THAT'S WOMEN COUNSELORS HERE.

COUNCILMAN COLE.

COUNCILMAN COLE IS HERE.

COUNCILMAN MRIS HERE.

COUNCILMAN AMAUROSIS HERE.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

HUDSON IS HERE.

COUNCILMAN WICKER.

COUNCILMAN RECORD WAS HERE.

COUNCILMAN WATSON HERE.

THAT'S BEEN WATSON IS HERE.

COUNCILMAN ROCCO.

I TOLD HIM ROCCA IS HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM INTRODUCTION.

COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE, I APOLOGIZE DONNA, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE INVOCATION? I APOLOGIZE.

SURE.

IF WE WOULD JUST BOW OUR HEADS.

FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY FOR THIS IS A DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WILL REJOICE IN WHAT REGARD IN IT OR WE THINK HE WANTS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER MORE GOD AS A CITY GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE.

GATHER GOD.

LORD.

WE THANK YOU THAT AS WE, UH, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE US AND DAY LORD GOD, LET US USE WISDOM AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, LORD GOD AND MAKING WISE DECISIONS.

PRODUCT LORD, WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR STATE AND YES, EVEN FOR THIS COUNTRY, LORD GOD IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC POWDER, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR YOU SO WE CONTINUE TO TRUST YOU, THE OF GOD AS WE MOVE ABOUT REOPENING OUR ECONOMY, REOPENING OUR SAY, OUR STATE AND EVEN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE WITH US BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER LEAVE A SURFACE LIKE A SPOTTER.

SO WE CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU PRAISE, GLORY AND HONOR.

WE'RE DONE ALL THAT YOU WERE DOING.

CONTINUE TO KEEP US UNITED AS ONE FATHER AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE POOR THAT YOU'VE CALLED US TO DO.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

[Introductions]

OKAY.

SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.

NUMBER ONE RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE FOUR EIGHT EIGHT FIVE OF ROSCOE RESOLUTION EIGHT FOUR SIX NINE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF BATON ROUGE SEWAGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 22ND, 2020 IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED $200 MILLION SUBORDINATELY IN REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, EAST BATON ROUGE SEWAGE COMMISSION PROJECT SERIES 2020 B OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE SEWAGE COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE NOT TO EXCEED FIXED RATE OF INTEREST AND AUTHORIZING THAT.

SUCH BONDS MAY BEAR INTEREST PAYABLE.

THEY'RE ON AT A VARIABLE RATE OF INTEREST AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO BUY BOND COUNSEL.

ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING HAS BEEN READ AND I SHOULD INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. I NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL THOSE MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS, HEARING NONE.

INTRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

[Item 20]

COUNSELOR'S GOING TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARINGS MEETING.

THAT ITEM 20 BENDING THE 2020 CURRENT BUDGET EXPENSE BUDGET SO AS TO TRANSFER $110,000 IN REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO CIVIL FEES FROM THE CONSTABLE COURT'S COST FUND UNTIL A NEW FUND DEDICATED FOR CONSTANTLY EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 20 BY WATSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY ROCCA.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? MATT, DID YOU WANT TO TALK OR NO, THAT WAS, IT.

JUST MADE THE MOTION.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO KIND OF MAKE UP.

CAN I MAKE, ASK SOME MORE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

I'VE BEEN ASKED TO, UH, SEE IF WE CAN GO TO THE COUNCIL ON HAZING ITEMS IF WE CAN TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER.

IF NOBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT, IT'S FINE.

I MEAN, WE AUTOMATE FAIRLY QUICK.

I MEAN, WE SHOULD, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

UH, ON ITEM 20, THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS.

WE'LL APPROVE.

ITEM 20.

[Item 21]

ITEM 21 RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL AND THE LEVY OF COLLECTION OF A 10 MEALS AD VALOREM TAX ON ALL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE TAXATION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS COMMENCING WITH THE TAX COLLECTION FOR THE YEAR 2022 ANNUALLY THEREAFTER INTO INCLUDE THE YEAR 2026 PROVIDE PHONES FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OPERATION IMPROVEMENTS PURPOSES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.

MAKE AN APPLICATION TO LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION PROVIDING NOTICE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN

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ACTING AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2020 AT 4:00 PM ON THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ITEM 21 CAN YOU PLEASE READ ME? I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 21 FROM PHILIPPA LARD.

UM, MR LORD SAYS I DO NOT LIVE WITHIN THE DDD AREA, BUT I AM AGAINST THE RENEWAL OF THIS TAX AGAIN AND BELIEVE THAT TAXPAYERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT COULD SPEND THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON OTHER MUCH BETTER THINGS.

OKAY.

MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY A WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

ITEM 21 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 22

[Item 22]

ARE ELLUCIAN ORDERING AND CALLING THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE OF THE PARENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL AND THE LEVY OF A COLLECTION OF A NON MEALS AD VALOREM TAX FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS OR THE DEVELOPMENT OPERATION MAINTENANCE, THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FACILITIES FOR THE DISTRICT AND PAYING FOR THE COST OBTAINED TRAINING WATER FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES INCLUDING CHARGES FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT RENTAL VEHICLES AND SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT MAKING APPLICATION TO LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION PROVIDING NOTICE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION PROVIDING NOTICE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

I THINK THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2020 AT 4:00 PM BY THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, CLOSED COUNCIL WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 22 MOTION MOVE OUR COLLINS LEWIS SECOND OR THE CHAIR.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

ITEM 22 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM 23 A RESOLUTION ORANGE AND CALLING SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN THE CHAIN OF HILL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE LEVY AND THE COLLECTION OF A 15 MILS AD VALOREM TAX AND THE DISTRICT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2021 AND TO CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE, TO BE USED BY THE DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN AND OPERATE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, PROVIDE PROPER TECHS AND SERVICES IN OUR THE DISTRICT INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF FIRE TRUCKS AND OTHER FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND TO PAY THE COST OF A TANG WARREN FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES, INCLUDING HYDRANTS, RENTALS, AND SERVICES IN LIEU OF THE 10 MEALS AND THE LOWER TAX CURRENTLY BEING LEVIED AT THE DISTRICT FOR THE SAME PURPOSES FOR THE PERIOD OF 10 YEARS BEFORE THE YEAR 2012 AND ENDING WITH THE YEAR 2021 AND TWO AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF $32 PER ANNUM OR EACH LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, WHETHER OCCUPIED OR ON OUR PADS LOCATED WHOLLY OR CRAWLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2022 AND ENDING WITH THE YEAR 2031 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND FOR THE DISTRICT MAKE THE APPLICATIONS LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION BUYING THE NOSE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS A GOVERNING AUTHORITY AT THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2020 AT 4:00 PM BY THE CHAIN FIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 23 ASHLEY, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 23 MINUTES FIVE THE LORD, I'M AGAINST THIS TAX SELECTION BECAUSE THIS TAX IS PROPOSED IN PERPETUITY AND I BELIEVE PAXTON PASSING TAXES IN PERPETUITY IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANY TAX PAYERS AND CAN ACTUALLY DESTROY THE OVERALL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN LONG TERM.

NOTE, I AM NOT AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF AN ELECTION FOR A DEDICATED TAX FOR A DEFINED LENGTH OF TIME FOR THIS ITEM.

NOTE, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ALSO AGAINST THE VISIT VR HOTEL TAX THAT WAS PASSED IN PERPETUITY IN THE PAST FOR THE SAME REASON.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE ITEM.

OKAY.

PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, SO, UM, SAME ON THE SAME NOTE WITH PHILADEL LORD, WHY IS THIS ONE IN PERPETUITY AND THE OTHER THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR FOR THE OTHER FIRE STATIONS OR NOT? COUNCILWOMAN, I'M NOT SURE IF CHENEY VILLE IS ON OR NOT.

OKAY.

WE HAVE THE BOND COUNSEL ON.

DOES THIS HAVE TO BE DONE TODAY? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO IF NOBODY'S THERE TO WAIT AND WE ASK THIS QUESTION FIRST.

IS DOES THIS HAVE TO BE DONE TODAY IN ORDER TO GET FOUNDER TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? OKAY.

ARE WE TAKING THIS ONE AT A TIME? CORRECT? UH, YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE MAKE AN EMOTION.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND A MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.

COME BACK

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TO, UH, TELL YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CALLS LOUIS LINDA'S AVAILABLE SO SHE MAY MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

OKAY.

CAN IT BE AMENDED IS, I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO ASK IT.

I DON'T SUPPORT THE IMPERPETUITY OF THE TEXTS.

I DON'T WANT THOSE KINDS OF TAXES.

LINDA, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, THIS WAS THE, MY UNDERSTANDING ON THIS WAS, IS THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT WISHED TO, TO DO THIS IN, IN PERPETUITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUT ON THAT WAY.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS THAT, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL SAID IS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BACK, UM, BEFORE THE VOTERS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, IT WOULD REMAIN ON THE, ON THE ROLLS.

SO, BUT I DON'T HAVE, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO OFFER OTHER THAN THIS WAS DONE AT THEIR, AT THEIR REQUEST.

CAN WE AMENDED THE COUNCIL? CAN WE AMEND THIS, THE DATE ON IT OR IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO, ARE DOING, ARE DOING, WE JUST DENY IT.

UH, DONNA, YOU WANT TO TALK? I'M WANT TO ASK ANDY.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND DATE ON IT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO.

OTHERWISE, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT CAN'T SUPPORT IT IN TERMS OF BEING IN PERPETUITY.

SO IF I HAD TO HAVE CANS, CAN ADD SOMETHING TO IT.

OKAY.

ASK ME THAT QUESTION THEN.

THAT'S FINE.

AND A YEAR YOU CAN GO HERE, ANDY.

YES.

YEAH.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UH, MS. COLLINS LEWIS, CATWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS.

I WILL LOOK INTO IT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO PASS THIS ONE TO MOVE ON AND COME BACK TO IT.

IS THAT OKAY SCOTT? WE CAN DO THAT.

YES MA'AM.

DO WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE? WE'LL COME BACK TO 23 AND RECONSIDER IT AND COME BACK.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND HE'S DOING THAT.

THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MOVE ON.

I DID WANT TO ADDRESS ONE QUESTION AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT WHILE I WAS LOOKING AT THAT.

YEAH, YEAH.

GO AHEAD.

AND IF YOU CAN CHECK IN WITH, WITH BOND COUNSEL AS WELL.

DURING THE TIME, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PURCHASE SOME EQUIPMENT OR MAKE SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A SPECIFIC DATE ON IT, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR BONDING CAPACITY IS AND WHAT THAT DATE NEEDS TO BE.

YES SIR.

I'M TRYING TO REACH OUT TO MR HESBURGH AND TO RICHARD AS WELL.

YES SIR.

HI.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO ITEM 24 BACK TO 23 IF THAT'S OKAY WITH NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM

[Item 24]

24 BUT THE RESOLUTION ORDERING THE CALLING WAS SPECIAL ELECTION BEHELD THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE FOR THE PARISH, THAT REAL ESTATE LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING RENEWAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WHERE THEY OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR OF 2022 AND THE ENDING OF THE YEAR 2031 FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING THE COST OF THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND AND FOR THE DISTRICT MAKING APPLICATIONS TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION PROVIDING NOTICE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2020 AT 4:00 PM BY THE BRONZEVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

ACTUALLY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 24 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 24 MOTION MOTION BY BANKS SECOND BY THE CHAIR ON ANY OBJECTIONS.

HEARING NONE.

ITEM 24 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Item 25]

ITEM 25 RESOLUTION ORIENTED CALLING THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE FRONT AT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF AN ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE OR THE OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 2022 AND ANY WITH THE YEAR 2031 FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING THE COSTS, THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE, FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES IN AND FOR THE DISTRICT MAKING APPLICATIONS TO LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION PROVIDING THIS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS A GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2020 4:00 PM BY THE PRIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

ACTUALLY WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 25 MILLION EMOTION TO PROVIDE THEM 25 BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 25 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Item 26]

ITEM 26 I REALLY A RESOLUTION ORIENTED CALLING THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE ALISON ST ARMOR LEE PRIOR PETITION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSES OF AUTHORIZING AND RENEWAL OF AN ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE FOR $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL

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OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE OR THE OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 2022 AND ENDING WITH THE YEAR 2031 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND FOR THE DISTRICT AND MAKING APPLICATION TO LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION PROVIDING THOSE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY FOR THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY, 1320 20 AT 4:00 PM UH, ALISON ST EARNED RELIEF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

ACTUALLY WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 26.

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED COUNSELING.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 26 MOTION BY BANKS SECOND BY WICKER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 26 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[Item 27]

27 AMENDING THE 2020 CAPITAL EXPENSE BUDGET, SO IT'S APPROPRIATE $174,972 FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT 1701 MAIN STREET FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE COUNCIL ON AGING BY BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.

ACTUALLY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 27 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY MOTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE SOMEONE FROM THE COUNCIL ON AGING THAT IS, AND WE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.

UH, YES.

I THINK UH, TASHA, YOU ON THE LINE? YES I AM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

GO AHEAD.

HEY TASHA, IF YOU COULD JUST WALK US THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE AND JUSTIFICATION, WHICH CHANGE ORDER IS IT? THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 27 27.

OKAY.

SO DO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS? 39 AND 40 TO EXPLAIN.

OKAY.

39 AND 40.

I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF WHICH EXPLAINS 27.

WE HAD TO, UM, DO SOME RECTIFICATION TO THE PLUMBING FIXTURES.

WE HAD TO PUT SOME SAME THINGS THAT WERE ADA.

WE PUT SOME SECURITY GLAZING FOR THE WINDOWS THAT MADE THE WINDOWS.

UM, BULLETPROOF.

WE PUT A GENERATOR IN THAT COST US ABOUT $60,000 CONTROL ACCESS SYSTEM, UM, FOR THE FENCE.

UM, SOME WOOD VENEER UPGRADES TO THE DOORS.

WE ALSO, UM, ARE EXTENDING THE CONTRACTORS PERIOD FOR SOME DELAY DAYS.

OH.

AND A CANOPY FOR THE BUSES TO DROP THE SENIORS, UH, UNDER, UM, TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE ELEMENTS.

IS, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE, WE PARTICULARLY NEED BULLETPROOF GLASS? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE AREA OF COUNSELING? THAT'S THE REASON.

YEAH, IT'S A PROTECTIVE MEASURE.

IT'S A PROTECTIVE MEASURE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THERE WAS A SHOOTING RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE, UH, AKA HOUSE, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO, UH, MY BOARD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, SINCE WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF OF DOING IT, WE PUT, UM, THE PROTECTIVE GLAZING ON THE GLASS BEFORE THEY INSTALLED THE GLASS.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I KNOW I ONLY HAVE THE FEEDBACK ON THIS ONE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY A FEEDBACK FOR COUNCIL ON AGING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BOTHERED ME FOR A WHILE THAT WE OFTEN GET, I SEE IN THE COUNCIL BACKUP, THE AMENDED COMPLETION DATE IS APRIL 9TH FOR THE $119,000.

IT'S BEEN THAT YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPLETION DATE FOR THE CANOPY IS FIVE, SEVEN.

SO TASHA, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

UM, THEY ARE, WELL, THE CANOPY IS BEING COMPLETED CURRENTLY.

THE, I THINK SOME OF THE GENERATOR ISSUES WAS THE GENERATOR COMING IN FROM, FROM OUT OF, UH, THE AREA.

AND SOME OF THAT IS CONTRACTED ISSUES BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY, THAT THEY'RE NOT IN MY PURVIEW, BUT I KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE TO CHECK MONTHS AGO.

I GOT YOU.

YEAH.

AND SEE, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE FEEDBACK FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL ON AGING ON THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT SOMETIMES WE FEEL, I FEEL AS A COUNCILMAN, OUR, OUR INPUT ON THIS IS IT'S TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

RIGHT.

UM, WE'RE ASKED TO APPROVE THESE VERY EXPENSIVE CHANGE ORDERS.

UH, AND, AND REALLY THE WORK'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED OR OBLIGATE ANYHOW, SO, WELL, WELL YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT PAYING THEM.

I ALREADY SUBMITTED THE MONEY TO THE SYDNEY.

I'VE GIVEN THE MONEY.

SO ALL OF THESE CHANGE ORDERS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS BEEN OUT OF MONEY, UH, ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

SO ALL OF THESE CHANGE ARTISTS IS MONEY THAT I HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO BE PAID FROM THE CITY BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CONTRACT.

BUT IN ESSENCE, I AM CUTTING THE CHECK TO THE

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CITY.

I'M PAYING FOR THIS.

SO IT'S NO MONEY.

I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

MY REFERENCES IS THAT IS IT THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOUR MONEY.

IT'S THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.

GOTCHA.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

I, I GET TO DIVIDE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE ASKED TO DO CHANGE ORDERS WORK THAT YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT.

AT LEAST THE MONEY IS NOT COVERING THAT MUCH COMING THROUGH THE COUNCIL.

BUT WE DO GET ASKED ALL THE TIME FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

SO THAT SEEMS LIKE THE NORM.

I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THE ARTERY IS, SEE HOW I'M BEING IN ORDER OF SCOTT, UH, ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

AND DWIGHT DWIGHT IS IN LINE AND THEN DON AND THEN ARE YOU FINISHED? DONNA, ARE YOU FINISHED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AS WELL? UH, MOLLY COMMENT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

CHANGE ORDERS, YOU KNOW, WE BE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

UH, MOLLY THING IS TOO, IS I DO AGREE WITH THE WHITE, THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL MONEY.

IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.

CHANGE ORDERS.

SO LET'S BE CONSISTENT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO JUMP ON ONE, THE JUMP ON THEM ALL.

AND SO LET'S BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO, UH, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.

UH, CHINA, DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION OR JUST MAKE A COMMENT? I WANT TO, I WANT A SECOND AND JUST TO COMMENT, UM, THAT, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I TO SAY INTO SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ON HIS COUNCIL I THINK.

AND, UH, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, IT WAS JUST LIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN TASHA SAYS MS EMAR SAYS MY MONEY, SHE'S REFERRING TO THE SENIORS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HOW PASSIONATE, UM, SHE IS IN PROTECTING, SHE IS OF MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES.

I BELIEVE IT IS ON UNDER THAT, THAT SHE SAID MY MONEY.

BUT UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, HOW SHOULD I BE DOING THIS, UH, PANDEMIC.

SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT THE SERVICES GET TO THE SENIORS FROM ONE END OF THE PARISH TO THE OTHER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY.

WE HAD A MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS, A SECOND BY BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.

I AM 27 IS APPROVED COUNSELORS.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL KIND OF TRY TO GO IN ORDER.

I KNOW IT'S HARD, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BUT APPRECIATE

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IT.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 28 AND THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED TO THE MAY 27TH MEETING BY THE PRESS TO FINANCE ITEM 28 AS MANY 2020 CURRENT EXPENSE, BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGETS ARE APPROPRIATE THE NOT TO EXCEED 118,500,000 ROAD AND STREET REFUNDING SERIES 2020 AND 2020 LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, A PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PLUS ANY BOND PREMIUM GENERATED BY THE TRANSACTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURRENT REFUNDING ON 2008 AND 2008 ROAD AND STREET SALES TAX BONDS PAY TERMINATION PAYMENT AND TERMINATION ON THE SWAP TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE PAYERS AND CITIBANK AND EY AND THE PARENT AND D BETWEEN THE PARISH AND MERRILL LYNCH.

CAPITAL SERVICES EAT TO ADVANCE REFUND PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ON THE PARISH OF SERIES 2012 REVENUE BONDS, REPAIRS OF BATON PENS FROM EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND PAYING THE COST OF ISSUANCE OF THE RELATED DEBT SERVICE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 28 NO COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

COUNCILMAN RUNNING A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 28 THE 20 MAY 27TH MEETING MOTION BY ROCCO SECOND BY GREEN OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 28 IS DEFERRED.

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ITEM 29 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT IN THE CONTRACT WITH E M D OR THE TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 TO THE DECEMBER 31 2020 BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 29 ALL THE COMMENTS ARE CLOSED ON ITEM 29 THAT'S A MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTION TO APPROVE? OF COURSE I HAVE MY HAND UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU SEE ME? UM, SO YEAH, I, I HAD A QUESTION.

SO THIS WAS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR FROM WHAT PERIOD WAS IT? UM, BECAUSE OF THE CULVERT SITUATION OR JAY HAS ON THE LINE.

OKAY.

YES MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS CHAT WITH EMS. UM, WE DID AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT WITH THIS AND WHAT THIS IS, IS ALLOWS US TO CONTACT, UH, DOCTORS, UH, WHEN WE WERE SEEING COED PATIENTS SO THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO A FACE TO FACE WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES WITHOUT HAVING TO,

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YOU KNOW, MOVE THEM TO A HOSPITAL.

SO, UH, WE HAD THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THAT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

UH, THESE DOCTORS THAT HAVE ALL OF OUR PROTOCOLS AND ALL OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UH, BUT THEY'RE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER HOSPITALS HERE, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO FOLLOWUP WITH THESE PATIENTS AFTERWARDS.

SO IF WE GO TO A HOME AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY CAN CALL BACK AT A LATER DATE TO THAT SAME, UM, UH, FACILITY AND TALK WITH A DOCTOR TO DO A FOLLOWUP WITH THEM.

SO IT'S AN EXTRA SERVICE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE HERE.

SO THAT'S WHERE THIS CONTENT, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR COPD PATIENTS.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN USING IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE'RE EXPANDING IT TO OTHER PATIENTS AS WELL.

WE'LL USE IT FOR UH, CHF, DIABETIC.

I MEAN HE BOUGHT WHO IS ON THAT LINE OF THEY NEED SOME MEDICAL ADVICE, LEADS TO THE DOCTOR BUT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE CAN, WE CAN REFER THEM TO THIS SERVICE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY A SERVICE THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH EMS. TELL THEM THAT TELE-HEALTH, WE DID IT ON A LIMITED SCALE, BUT WE WE'RE DOING IT LOCALLY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE 24 HOURS COVERAGE WITH THIS.

IT WAS JUST WHEN WE HAD A DOCTOR AVAILABLE.

AND TYPICALLY, UH, IF IT WASN'T OUR OWN MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR GOBBI WHO WAS PROVIDING IT SERVICE, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SERVICE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS.

THIS IS A 24 HOUR SERVICE THAT WE CAN TAP INTO WHENEVER WE NEED IT.

OKAY.

SO WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT AND THE TIME PERIOD OR NO, THE TIME PERIOD WAS JUST A THREE MONTH CONTRACT.

I BELIEVE FOR THE COVEN, UH, UM, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME MA'AM AND I'M NOT AT THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS MUCH LESS, THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT.

SO WE, WE PAY BY THE BINDING CONTRACT.

SO WHEN WE USE THE SERVICE WE PAY FOR IT AND UH, IT'S ONLY USED AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A PROTOCOL THAT THEY HAVE TO FIT IN ORDER TO USE THIS SERVICE.

SO THIS IS JUST TO COVER THE REST OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER BIT AFTERWARDS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.

YES.

I'M SORRY.

SO IF YOU GO TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE, WANT TO TALK TO A DOCTOR, YOU SAID? YES MA'AM.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE CASES WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS ILL AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CALLED EMS, THEY CALL NINE ONE ONE.

THEY'RE NOT HAVING WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, BUT IT WAS HELPFUL TO TALK TO A PHYSICIAN.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS A LOT OF TIMES WHAT SOME PEOPLE NEED IS THEY, THEY WANT TO, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR PHYSICIAN IN A WHILE.

THEY TALKED TO A MEDICS AND THEY, THEY REALLY WANT THE REASSURANCE OF TALKING TO IT TO AN ER DOC.

A LOT OF TIMES, THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO THAT BEFORE IT WAS TO PUT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE, TRANSPORT THEM, THEY GET A MUCH BIGGER BILL BECAUSE THEY WERE TRANSPORTED.

UM, AND IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE THERE.

THIS WAY WE DO THE TELEMEDICINE, THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK TO A DOCTOR, GET INSTRUCTIONS.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY CAN GET A PRESCRIPTIONS REFILLED, THEY CAN GET INSTRUCTIONS FROM A DOCTOR.

AND LIKE I SAID, THEY CAN DO FOLLOWUP WITH THAT ACTUAL DOCTOR'S OFFICE IF THEY WANT TO AFTERWARDS OR THEY'LL BE REFERRED TO THEIR, TO THEIR REGULAR DOCTOR.

SO IT GIVES US A WHOLE SET OF TOOLS TO BASICALLY MANAGE PATIENTS BETTER FOR WHEN THEY, CAUSE NOT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY CALLS NINE 11 TO DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO GO TO AN ER.

YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MANAGE BY JUST PROPER MEDICATION OR BY, BY GIVING ADVICE FROM A PHYSICIAN TO A PATIENT AND HOW TO HANDLE THEIR SITUATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES.

SO LET ME ACTUALLY, HOW MANY DOCTORS WILL YOU HAVE ON CALL FOR THIS 24 HOURS? WELL, THIS SERVICE, THEY PROVIDE ALL THAT AND THEY MANAGE ALL THAT.

THAT'S WHAT EMD EMD IS.

COMPANY ACCESS TO THE NUMBER OF THE NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT THEY, THAT THEY RESPOND TO.

I'LL HAVE ALL THAT DATA AND I CAN SEND YOU ON WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE WITH THE COBIT PATIENTS.

UH, IT STARTED OFF SLOW, BUT AS WE WENT THROUGH IT, IT RAMPED UP PRETTY GOOD.

SO I CAN GET YOU SOME ACTUAL NUMBERS AND I'LL, I'LL SEND IT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON, UH, TO DATE HOW MANY KOBE CALLS WE'VE USED THIS SERVICE FOR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL WOMAN ROCK.

I THINK YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO ANSWER IT OR COUNSEL MY QUESTION.

I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN WATSON.

CHAD, I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

WELL, A COUPLE EITHER CHAT.

YOU MENTIONED, UH, EARLIER THAT THERE'S A PROTOCOL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS SERVICE.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY OUR MEDICS AND GO IN AND THEY DO AN EVALUATION BASED ON WHAT THEY FIND IN THEIR EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT.

LET'S SAY IT'S SOMEBODY WHO SAID, WELL I WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.

WE GO IN, WE DO AN EVALUATION AND WE FIGURED, WE FIND OUT THAT IT'S NOT A RESPIRATORY PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE HAVING SOME SORT OF OF OF PROBLEM BECAUSE OF

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ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WAS CAUSING THAT UH, COULD, IT COULD BE THAT THEY HAD SOME STOMACH CASTRATION PROBLEM TO WHERE YOU KNOW, THEIR DIAPHRAGM WAS ALL UP SO THEY COULDN'T BRING IT REAL WELL.

WELL THEY CAN, THEY CAN CALL A DOCTOR AND TALK TO THEM.

THAT FITS A DIFFERENT PROTOCOL.

SO IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, IT'S SOMETHING GOING ON THAT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN WHAT WE WOULD CALL CRITICAL.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT A PHYSICIAN.

WE'VE HAD THIS ABILITY TO BEFORE, THROUGH THE RADIO OR LIKE THE LEG OR BUTTON IN GENERAL.

BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO TALK TO A DOCTOR IN AN ER WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THEIR EMERGENCIES PRETTY SHORT.

YOU DON'T GET INTO, THIS ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY DO LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW.

WE HAVE VIDEO CONFERENCE LINK WITH THEM, THEY CAN SEE THE PATIENT, THEY CAN DO AN EVALUATION AND ACTUALLY TAKE SOME TIME TO GO THAT ROUTE.

SO THE PROTOCOL IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT AS CRITICAL THEN THEY CAN GO TO OTHER MEETINGS.

I GO TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OF CARE SO THEY CAN SAY, WELL I CAN DO THIS FOR YOU AND I CAN DO THAT.

THE TRAILS ON THAT WAY.

OKAY.

AND MY LAST QUESTION I'LL LET YOU GO IS, UH, SINCE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE IN THE AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL, YOU MUST ALREADY BE SEEING SOME CONSIDERABLE COST SAVINGS.

GIVEN HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN INTERACTED WITH THROUGH COBRA.

CAN YOU GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST SAVINGS USING THIS PROGRAM? IT VERSUS HAD YOU NOT HAD THIS PROGRAM? WELL THE REAL SAVINGS IS TO THE CITIZENS OF THE PARISH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GIVEN A BILL FROM, WELL FIRST FROM US FOR TRANSPORTING.

SO THERE'S A TRANSFER COST THAT COMES IN THERE, WHICH CAN BE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS.

THEY'RE ALSO NOT GETTING AN ER BILL, SO THEY'RE NOT BEING ADMITTED TO AN ER FEEL THERE.

I MEAN THERE IS, WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS SERVICE SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN HAVE THAT, THE, THE DOCTORS CAN THEN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO.

SO IT'S A LOT CHEAPER.

IT'S A LOT CHEAPER WAY FOR THE PATIENT TO GET THE CARE THEY NEED WITHOUT HAVING TO BRING THEM.

NOW CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GO TO EMR AND SO TRANSPORT THOSE PEOPLE AND IT'S STILL THE PATIENT'S CHOICE.

SO IF A PATIENT TALKS TO THESE GUYS ON THE, ON THE IPAD AND THEY DECIDE THAT I STILL WANT TO GO TO THE ER, WE STILL TAKE, SO PATIENT'S CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO GO, BUT IT GIVES THEM ANOTHER OPTION OF BEING ABLE TO SEE AND GET THE RIGHT TREATMENT FOR THE RIGHT PATIENT.

OKAY.

SO THESE RESIDENTS ARE GETTING ANY LOWER BILLS, THEY'RE GETTING GOOD QUALITY HEALTH CARE.

YOUR AMBULANCES AREN'T BEING TIED UP AS MUCH AS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE ERS AREN'T AS FULL AS THEY WOULD BE OTHERWISE.

IS THAT CORRECT STATEMENT? THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE PROGRAM.

YES SIR.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

ME ONE SECOND, MATT.

UH, WAS ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TALK ON THE FIRST ROUND? I KNOW TONY, YOU WANT TO TALK AGAIN? IS ANYBODY ELSE I HADN'T SPOKEN.

OKAY.

COUNCILWOMAN BLANKS.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, CAN'T HEAR YOU.

COUNCIL WOMAN.

YOU NOTICE MORE THE DISCUSSION GOES DOWN.

THESE ARE JUST SOME COURSES AND THOUGHTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WHEN IT'S THEIR ONLY HOW MANY EMS TRUCKS, OH, WE HAVE ABOUT, WE HAVE 14 ON DURING THE DAY.

YES.

YES MA'AM.

AND FROM THEY COME FROM ONE IN THE REPAIR SHOULD THE OTHER AND IF THE EMS TRUCK IS NOT, IS USUALLY WHERE THEY GO.

THEY'RE EITHER TRYING TO STABILIZE TO TRANSPORT OR STABILIZED TO DO A REFERRAL.

BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON SITE, WHY THEY GO TO TELLING ME, I THINK THAT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE SERVICES BEING TIED UP IN ON ONE CALL.

THEN I'M CONCERNED ABOUT INSURANCE, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, HOW MUCH WILL ON A TELOMERE, FOR INSTANCE, IF IT'S $25, HOW MUCH ARE THESE WITH A PATIENT? IF THEY DECIDE TO DO THAT TELEHEALTH, HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING THESE IN ONE THING.

YES MA'AM.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS FAR AS FOR US PROVIDING IT.

IT'S A SIMPLE FEE FOR US.

AND RIGHT NOW OUR DEPARTMENT IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS CONTRACT IS KEVIN.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE BILLING THE PATIENT? THEY, THEY DO RECEIVE, UH, THEY RECEIVE A BILL FOR THOSE THAT, UH, HAVE MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND PRIVATE INSURANCE.

IT'S THE SAME RULES AS WHAT WE HAVE NOW FOR REGULAR TRANSPORTS.

IF THEY, IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO PAY THEN THEN WE WORK OUT OTHER MEANS WITH THEM.

AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE IRREGULAR INSURANCE PAYER FOR THIS SERVICE.

SO IT'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE ADDING.

WE'RE NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL CHARGES.

UH, WELL WE ARE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR IT, BUT WE'RE COMING UP WITH THIS CONTRACT, BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME.

IT'S STILL GOING ON UNDER THE SAME RULES OF WHAT WE DO CURRENTLY.

SO IT'S, IT'S NO DIFFERENT IF WE TRANSPORT THAT PATIENT AND THEN THEY GET, THEY GET A BILL.

IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE A HIGHER BILL.

AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE STILL THE SAME.

IF THEY USE THIS SERVICE THEY WOULD, DID YOU TRANSFER? CAUSE I'M THINKING LIKE IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO TALK TO A DOCTOR, THEY SAY YES.

AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY THEY STILL GOING TO GO TO THAT PRIMARY.

THERE'S A THIRD.

SO WE GET LIKE THREE DIFFERENT CAUSE THEN ALSO THE LIABILITY BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO TO TELE-HEALTH AND IF THEY GIVE WRONG INFORMATION, WHO'S GOING TO BE SUED? UM, EVEN E M D OR EMS OR BOTH.

IT'S USUALLY

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BOTH.

I MEAN IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S THE SAME RISK THAT WE HAVE NOW.

COUNCILWOMAN, WE EITHER RIGHT NOW WE EITHER TAKE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL AND YOU GET THE LARGER BILL.

ARE WE LEAVING YOU AT HOME AND YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET TRANSPORTED AT ALL.

SO YEAH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LIABILITY WE'VE HAD BEFORE.

IT'S THE SAME LIABILITY FOR EVERY AGENCY.

I ENDED IN 24 HOURS AND I'M THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO BE, I MEAN IF YOU GOT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAY IT, THEY'RE GOING GONNA WANT YOU TO KIND OF PUSH THIS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE CONTRACT.

UM, I REALLY WOULD PREFER TO DEFER THIS BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE SEE WHAT THAT IN THE INTEREST OF A LOT OF, UM, OF UM, PERSONS WHO MAY BE INDIGENT ALREADY AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.

I WOULD NOT LIKE THEM TO BE STUCK WITH ANOTHER TELE-HEALTH BILL.

UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY AM COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE EITHER BEING ABLE TO BE STABILIZED BY EMS, WHICH ALREADY HAVE QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL, R E R UM, GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR LET THE FAMILY TRANSPORT THEM.

BUT I AM KIND OF LEERY ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL SURVEYS.

I WOULD PREFER TO DEFER FOR US TO KIND OF LOOK AT, UM, FOR TWO WEEKS AND JUST SEE IF THIS REALLY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.

WELL, LET ME JUST SAY COUNCIL AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO ON EVERY PATIENT AND IF A PERSON IS NEEDS TO BE STABILIZED, THIS IS NEVER AN OPTION.

I MEAN WE, LIKE I SAID, THAT PROTOCOL IS THEY HAVE TO NOT BE, NOT FIT ONE OF OUR EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S PATIENT CHOICE AS WELL.

IT'S, IT'S IF YOU, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN HELP THEM, I KIND OF JUST WANT US TO TAKE CARE OF, TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE AND NOT OFFER THEM TELEHEALTH.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAVE $200 THAT ON THAT, NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S GETTING KIND OF, IT'S LIKE IF YOU KNOW, YOU ORDER YOUR ORDER, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU, YOU FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, THEN THEY SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE THREE MONTHS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO A MAGAZINE? SO I JUST SHOULD, WE WOULD JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS NINE ONE ONE TAKE CARE OF THEM AND MOVE ON AND NOT COMPLICATE THINGS WITH EASE.

I THINK IT'S A MONEY GRAB.

THAT'S JUST ME.

15 SECONDS.

OKAY.

AND SO I WOULD PREFER TO DEFER IT FOR TWO WEEKS TO KIND OF REALLY LOOK AT THAT, TALK TO THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL LIABILITY, ET CETERA.

I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISMISS.

I THINK WE PROBABLY HAD THE FIRST NOTION WAS ORIGINAL MOTION.

I THINK COUNCILMAN WATSON WAS FIXING TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK TO MS ITEM? OKAY.

I WAS A WOMAN ROCK.

I GO AHEAD AND THEN DONNA, I'LL LET YOU GO NEXT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? IS THE TELEMEDICINE THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING, IS THAT SIMILAR TO THE TELEMEDICINE THAT WE COULD ACCESS THROUGH OUR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTH PLAN AND UM, WHAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY USE WHENEVER THEY CALL FOR A TELEMEDICINE DOCTOR.

IS THAT VERY SIMILAR? ARE THERE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT? IT IS SIMILAR IN THAT THE PROCESS IS ALL THE SAME.

YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU MAKE THE CALL AND YOU GET TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DOCTOR AND DO THE WHAT'S, WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS IS NUMBER ONE THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE A QUICK ANSWER ON THIS.

SO WE, WHEN WE CALL, THEY DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND.

THEY ANSWER RIGHT AWAY.

PLUS THEY HAVE OUR PROTOCOLS, THEY HAVE OUR GUIDELINES, THEY KNOW WHAT WE DO IN THIS PARISH AND WILL ADVISE US OR ADVISE THE PATIENT BASED ON WHAT WE SAW.

THEY'RE AN EXTENSION OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE PATIENT.

LIKE I SAID, WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST OVER THE RADIO WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEND THAT TIME WITH, WITH THE PATIENT IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE HOME AND ACTUALLY MAKE A GOOD, OR IT'S USUALLY A RUSHED TYPE THING.

WE GET SOME SORT OF ADVICE AND USUALLY THE ADVICE IS JUST BRING THEM IN AND SOMETIMES BRINGING THEM IN IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE BEST CARE FOR THE PATIENT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY TO BRING THEM HERE.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO, AND THINGS, PEOPLE THAT CALL IN, THEY CAN USE THEIR CELL PHONES, IPADS, WHATEVER.

THEY HAVE COMPUTERS TO ACCESS THE DOCTOR AND ACTUALLY BE SEEN AND BE IN FRONT OF A DOCTOR WHENEVER THEY CALL HIM.

IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT.

OUR MEDICS HAVE BASICALLY THEIR, THEIR LAPTOPS AND IPADS THAT THEY CAN, THEY WILL MAKE THE, CAUSE THEY WILL INITIATE THE CALL TO TALK TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE THEY'RE FINISHED AND IF THE PATIENT CHOOSES NOT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, IF THE PATIENT'S HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY RECEIVED, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, BASICALLY AND, UH, DOWNLOAD ON THEIR IPHONE OR WHATEVER COMPUTER AND THEY CAN CALL BACK AT A LATER DATE IF THEY WANT TO DO A FOLLOWUP WITH THEM.

SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT WHERE

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THEY CAN COMMENT ANOTHER CONTACT WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL BACK NINE ONE ONE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.

SO IT, IT GIVES THEM THAT OPTION, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALL TO THEM.

I GET IT.

AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS TYPICALLY WHENEVER YOU SEE WITH THE HEALTH PLAN, TELEMEDICINE COSTS IS RIGHT AROUND 25 TO $40 WHEN IT'S PROCESSED THROUGH THE PLAN.

DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR PRICING IS SIMILAR TO THAT? IT'S A $20 FEE, MAN.

THAT'S WHAT IT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD.

IT'S $20 FEE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT'S MUCH LESS THAN MOST TELEMEDICINE'S THROUGH YOUR INTEREST PLAN.

UM, SO WITH THIS, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS LIMITS EXPOSURE FOR PEOPLE THAT SUSPECT TO HAVE TOBIN 19, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE OR AVAILABLE TO GET A TEST? ARE THEY AT HOME UNTIL A TEST IS AVAILABLE? DOES THIS LIMIT EXPOSURE INSTEAD OF HAVING PEOPLE GO INTO DOCTOR'S OFFICES OR INTO EMERGENCY ROOMS, YOU FEEL THAT WILL HELP? WELL, THAT WAS THE EXACT REASON WE STARTED IT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, TWO MONTHS EMERGENCY CONTRACT BECAUSE A, THE ERS WERE, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT, DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO KIND OF HELP US WITH THAT.

SO, UH, BY DOING THE CONTRACT, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE PATIENT AT HOME, NOT EXPOSE HIM TO OTHER PEOPLE, NOT EXPOSE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE THEY COULD PASS IT ON IF THEY WERE COZY, KOBE POSITIVE.

AND THEY WERE SHOWING MILD SIGNS OF SYMPTOMS, BUT I DIDN'T NEED TO GO IN THE ER.

SO YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS TO NOT MOVE PATIENTS ACROSS THE PARISH THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE MOVED.

AND THIS WAS A WAY OF, OF GETTING THEM THE, THE, THE PHYSICIAN LEVEL CARE WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE THEM, YOU KNOW, MOVE THEM AROUND.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR A REASONABLE PRICE.

JUST MY OPINION ON THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY, A COUPLE OF FOLLOWUP.

OKAY.

SO WHAT IS THE COST PER PARTICIPANT? I THINK JENNIFER KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT.

I'M NOT SURE IF I QUITE UNDERSTAND IT.

AND HOW DO WE KNOW IF A PATIENT IS COVERED POSITIVE IF THEY CALLED? JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE CODED POSITIVE.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE TRANSPORTING OR NOT TRANSPORTING SOMEONE THAT IS CODED OUT THERE OR ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T EVEN TESTED POSITIVE? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE BEER ON THAT.

TYPICALLY WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE POSITIVE OR NOT.

IF THEY'RE SHOWING THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, WE JUST, WE WORK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PATIENT IS POSITIVE.

SO IF, IF YOU KNOW, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, WE WILL TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY.

SO, UH, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR MEDICS WERE WEARING PPE ON THESE CALLS.

UH, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD TREAT THE PATIENT AS, AS IF THEY DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE COVERT VIRUS.

AND AGAIN, THAT A DETERMINATION IS MADE.

NOW NOT EVERY PATIENT HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO A HOSPITAL.

HE, SOME PEOPLE HAD JUST MILD SYMPTOMS AND COULD MANAGE IT AT HOME.

SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD, AND IT'S MOSTLY WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS PATIENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT TO AN ER WHERE THEY NEEDED RESPIRATORY ASSISTANCE.

SO THOSE PATIENTS WERE THE ONES THAT WERE TRANSPORTED MORE.

SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE NO, YOU HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW UNTIL THE TEST IS ACTUALLY DONE IF YOU'RE POSITIVE AND NOT, YOU'RE CORRECT IN THAT.

SO, UH, AND AS FAR AS THE COST, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, UH, THEY, THEY BILL THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND IT'S, IT'S A DOCTOR VISIT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DOCTOR VISIT.

BUT YOU'RE AVOIDING THE COST OF THE ER COSTS THAT ARE ON TOP OF THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ER IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MEANS OF GETTING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

SO THERE'S FEES THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT.

UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR SOMEONE TO BE SEEN BY A DOCTOR WITHOUT INCURRING THOSE COSTS AS WELL.

IT'S MORE OF LIKE SEEING YOUR PRIMARY CARE THAN IT IS ABOUT GOING TO AN ER.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF BEFORE MY TIME IS UP.

SO THIS SAYS NOT TO EXCEED.

SO THE ORIGINAL THING JEN SAID WAS I WAS IN SALT.

HAS THAT MONEY BEEN EXPENDED? AND IF SO, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SERVED WITH THAT? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN AVERAGE OF PER PARTICIPANT COST ON THIS.

IT STILL CONCERNS ME THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF THESE PEOPLE WERE COBOT POSITIVE OR NOT.

WE'RE JUST GOING ON THEIR SUBSTANCE THAT THEY MAY HAVE SYMPTOMS AND WHETHER WE KNOW SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS OR SOME SYMPTOMS ARE NOT AS OBVIOUS IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION AS OTHERS ARE.

SO THAT'S ALSO A CONCERN FOR ME.

BUT AGAIN, WITH THE 50, WHAT DO WE DO WITH 50? UH, IN TERMS OF THE PARTICIPANT COST? YES MA'AM.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PULL THAT AND GET IT TO Y'ALL.

I CAN GET IT TO Y'ALL PRETTY SOON.

AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS, LIKE YOU SAID.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE NOT EXCEEDED THE CONTRACT BY FAR.

I KNOW THERE'S STILL THE 50,000 WAS NOT, NOT UH, UH, GOING THROUGH IN THIS THIS TIME PERIOD CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO OKAY.

DO HALF OF IT OR CAN YOU GET YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE'VE PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF IS.

IF I'M ON MY BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF WAS PROBABLY SPENT SO FAR.

UM, BUT UM, YEAH.

WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME OF THE HALF THAT POSSIBLY WAS SPENT ALL THIS ABOUT WHAT? WELL, IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO MONTHS, MAN.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOR TWO MONTHS OF WORK.

OKAY.

AND SO WE SPENT LESS THAN 25 AND TWO MONTHS.

UM, I KNOW THAT MATT MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'M GONNA SECOND.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PROPER TONE OF CHINA'S MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION

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ON IT.

THANKS.

OKAY.

COUNCILMAN WATSON, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE THE HEAD OF EMS MORE TIME TO EXPLAIN IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE ANY MORE STATEMENTS SO THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THIS TODAY IF, IF CHAD WANTED TO MAKE ANY OTHER STATEMENTS AT THIS POINT.

OKAY.

I THINK COUNCILMAN HUDSON MAY HAVE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

CHAD DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GO? WELL, HAVE COUNCIL MINUTES.

THAT'S FINE.

I'LL TRY TO ANSWER IT.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

SO DONNA ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH.

I GUESS, CHAD, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION THOUGH, IF WE DO DEFER THIS TODAY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE FOLKS THAT AREN'T GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS CARE.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I MEAN, HONESTLY WE, WE WILL WORK, UM, WITHIN THE, I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT, SO WE WILL WORK THAT CONTRACT AND WE'LL WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION SO THAT IT GETS PASSED.

UH, THIS IS NOTHING THAT I NEED LIKE ALL TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN MANAGE IT THE WAY WE ARE NOW.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, WE HAVE OUR, OUR OTHER MEANS KIND OF THING, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING EXTRA THAT WE FELT WAS A BENEFIT TO OUR CITIZENS AND WANT TO PROVIDE.

BUT CERTAINLY I WANT EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE.

THAT'S FINE.

RIGHT? SO, SO, SO YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BLOCK ACCESS FOR ANYBODY'S CARE.

UH, I'LL JUST SAY NO.

THAT THIS IS A MODEL OF CARE THAT UH, EMS IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ARE USING, UH, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE USING, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD CONTRACT.

IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON.

BUT I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE DEFERRAL IF WE NEED TO GET FOLKS MORE INFORMATION, SO LONG AS IT'S NOT GOING TO, UH, KEEP FOLKS FROM GETTING THE CARE RIGHT.

AND, AND AGAIN, WE ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO ADD TO IT.

SO LIKE I SAID, WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

EVERYBODY, COUNCIL, WOMAN WORKER.

SURE.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF CONCUR WITH WHAT WAS BEING SAID.

I KNOW THAT WE ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT ARE OUR NEW NORMAL.

AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A PART AND A COMPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EASY ACCESSIBLE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES.

AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE OTHER OPTIONS.

I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GETTING USED TO AND UM, AND MORE INFORMATION, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIT AS NECESSARY TO CHAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO ALLOW THAT INFORMATION TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.

BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF MOVING INTO THIS, THIS NEW ERA OF, UM, THE WAY OF DOING BUSINESS AND JUST TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES NOW.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

A MATT.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FOR DEFERRAL AND CHAD HAS SAID THAT NO ONE IS GOING TO BE DENIED CARE OR LOSE ANY PART OF THIS CONTRACT BY WAITING TWO WEEKS, I'LL TAKE BACK MY MOTION TO APPROVE JUST SO LONG AS WE'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING IN THE LONG RUN.

OKAY.

UH, MATT, YOU'RE GOING WITH THE DRAW YOUR MOTION.

UH, JUST SAY CHAD, I MEAN, JUST A REAL QUICK COMMENT.

I THINK THIS IS VITAL.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE.

I MEAN I, I SUPPORT IT, WHICH WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE DAY OF NOT ONGOING.

WE'LL DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT DONE ON MAY 27TH BANG SIDE.

A MOTION TO APPROVE TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS TO MAY 27TH.

IS THERE A SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SAY NONE.

ITEM 29 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO MAY 27TH FOR TWO WEEKS.

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COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM 23.

UH, WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE I GUESS ON THE LINE.

AND SO I'LL GO BACK AND READ ITEM 23 AGAIN AND WE, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM Y'ALL.

ITEM 23 IS A RESOLUTION ORANGE AND COLLINS SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CHAIN ADVIL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, THE PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE LEVEE AND COLLECTION OF 15 MILS AD VALOREM TAX IN THE DISTRICT BEGINNING IN THE YEAR 2021 AND TO CONTINUE IN PERPETUITY TO BE USED BY THE DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, MAINTAIN AND OR OPERATE FACILITIES EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES IN AND FOR THE DISTRICTS INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRE TRUCKS AND OTHER FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

IT TO PAY FOR THE COST, OBTAIN WATER FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES INCLUDING HYDRANT RENTALS AND SERVICES IN LIEU OF A 10 MIL AVALON.

LORNE TAX CURRENTLY BEING LEVIED BY THE DISTRICT FOR THE SAME PURPOSES FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR OF 2012 AND EVEN WITH THE YEAR 2021 AND TWO AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF AN ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF THE $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE AND RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WHERE THE OCCUPIER OCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT OR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS BEGINNING

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THE YEAR 2022 IN ANY OF THE YEAR 2031 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND FOR THE DISTRICT AND MAKING APPLICATIONS TO LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION, PROVIDING THOSE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

I THINK AS A GOVERNOR, AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD WEDNESDAY MAY 13TH, 2020 AT 4:00 PM BY THE CHENEY FIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WOULD YOU WANT TO WANT TO READ IT AGAIN AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE LOCAL LARD OR ITEM 21, UH, OH, I'M SORRY, I'M 23 IS I'M AGAINST THIS TAX ELECTION BECAUSE THIS TAX IS PROPOSED IN PERPETUITY AND I BELIEVE PACS PASSING TAXES IN PERPETUITY IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANY TAXPAYERS AND CAN ACTUALLY DESTROY THE OVERALL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN THE LONG RUN.

UM, NOTE, I AM NOT AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF AN ELECTION FOR A DEDICATED TAX FOR A DEFINED LENGTH OF TIME FOR THIS ITEM.

NOTE, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ALSO A GASH THE VISIT VR TAX THAT WAS APPROVED IN PERPETUITY, UH, IN THE PAST FOR THE SAME REASON.

THAT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM 23.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM 23.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, DONNA, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? UH, DONNA, THE, WE WERE TOLD BY FINANCE THAT THIS ITEM CAN BE DEFERRED.

SO MAY 27TH, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT FINANCE HAS TOLD US.

SO YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? IS ANDY ON THE LINE OR, YEAH, I'M HERE.

IF YOU WANNA TALK TO ANDY, ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

NOT IF YOU DON'T.

THIS IS TREY.

I ASSUMED MY DISTRICT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM BUT I KNOW IN THAT IT CAN BE DEFERRED.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO CHENEY VILLE AS WELL TO FIND OUT WHY THEY NEEDED IT IN PERPETUITY AS OPPOSED TO THE 10 THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING.

DID YOU HEAR THAT DONNA? IT WOULD BE ONE DEFER ITEM 23.

YEAH.

DONNA, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

YOUR MIC IS NOT ON.

I'M SORRY.

ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO ANDY WAS IF WE, I'M OKAY WITH THE REFERRAL BUT CAN WE AMEND IT TO THE 10 YEARS? LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION CAUSE I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND UH, AMEND IT TO DO FROM THE YEAR 2022 TO 2031 LIKE THE OTHER PROPOSALS ARE.

BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO WITH THE QUESTION? I TALKED TO A COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

I TALKED TO RICHARD LIEBOWITZ AS WE ALL KNOW, AS THE BOND COUNCIL FOR THE CITY PARISH.

HE RELAYED TO ME THAT HE COULD FIND WHAT FINANCE IS SAYING, THAT IT CAN'T BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS IN THEORY BECAUSE IT'S PUBLICIZED, IT WILL BE ISSUES WITH AMENDING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT BEING ABILITY TO GO BACK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.

BUT BECAUSE OF COVERT 19, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW TO LEAVE, WAS TO GO BACK BEFORE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE AND BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH A POSSIBLE UH, AMENDMENT OF THE, UH, ACTUAL BOND READING AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, IT CAN BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.

IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE AMENDED.

UH, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO GO BEFORE THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THAT WILL STAY WITH IN CONCERT WITH BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AGAIN, THAT'S ORIGINALLY WAS TO BOND COUNSEL.

OKAY.

I WAS JUST SAYING WAS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE, I KNOW TREY WANTED TO TALK TO CHENEY VILLE.

IS THERE A WAY WE COULD DEFER THIS ONE FOR TWO WEEKS AND COME BACK TO IT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH.

YOU HAVE SOME UNITY, SORRY.

YEAH.

CAN YOU, I MEAN, IS IT OKAY DONNA? WE'VE DONE NO TROUBLE.

I'M FINE WITH IT.

I'M FINE WITH IT, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST A TIMELINE, SO IF THEY COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE'S OPINION IS ON THIS, BUT IF THEY COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS WITH THE SAME THING AND IT DIES AND THEY HAVE NOTHING, SO THAT'S MY CONCERN.

IF IT CAN BE AMENDED FOR THE TN, I SUPPORT THAT DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FURNITURE, BUT IF IT COMES BACK AGAIN IN PERPETUITY, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT IT IN PERPETUITY.

SO I WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO LOSE IT ALTOGETHER IS NOT A CONCERN.

OKAY.

TRY, DID YOU WANT TO TALK RIGHT? YEAH, I DO.

CAN Y'ALL CAN, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.

I HAD TO JOIN ON MY PHONE INSTEAD OF THE COMPUTER.

UM, SO THIS IS WHAT I, ANDY, ONE QUESTION.

IF UH, WE CAN AMEND IT IN TWO WEEKS JUST AS WELL AS WE COULD AMEND IT NOW.

CORRECT.

CAN AMENDED NOW BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF THE PUBLICATION ISSUES FROM TALKING WITH RICHARD IS MY UNDERSTANDING IT HAS TO GO BACK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO BE APPROVED AND SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT CAN HAPPEN.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO IT CAN'T, IT CANNOT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IT CANNOT BE AMENDED TODAY.

OKAY.

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WELL THAT ANSWERS, YEAH.

UH, RICHARD'S ALSO ON THE LINE, SO IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS TO RICHARD AND ANDY, BUT RICHARD LIEBOWITZ IS ALSO, AND I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO RICHARD CAUSE THAT'S WHO I TALKED TO, BUT RICHARD CAN TELL ME IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING INCORRECTLY.

WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON IT, RICHARD? WELL, RICHARD, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY TOLD ME HE WAS ON THE LINE.

I'M SORRY.

WELL THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

I TAKE ANDY'S WORD FOR IT TOO.

SO, UM, IN ANY EVENT, MY, I GUESS SO IF THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NO WAY TO, TO AMEND IT TODAY, REGARDLESS, THEN I THINK THAT POINTS MOOT.

BUT WHAT I'D ASKED, UM, DONNA, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, PERPETUITY AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I'D LIKE YOU TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANT IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE TALKED TO ANYBODY WITH CHENEY VEAL BEFORE MAKING THAT DECISION AND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS MADE THAT THE AIDE AND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS, HAS TALKED TO CHENEY VILLE FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR CASE TOOL.

YOU KNOW, I'D ASKED YOU THAT Y'ALL DO THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

TALK TO ANYBODY, UH, WHY THEY WANT IT.

I JUST DON'T SUPPORT OUR LIKE TAXES THAT ARE IN PERPETUITY.

I DON'T IF THEY CAN HAVE A LEGITIMATE REASON.

I DON'T SEE THE OTHER, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS PROTECTION DISTRICTS DOING THAT.

I JUST DON'T LIKE IMPERPETUITY TEXAS FOR, I DON'T LIKE THEM.

I JUST DON'T LIKE THEM.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WE'RE RECORDING YOU.

CAN YOU SAY IT ONE MORE TIME? YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR TAXES DON'T LIKE IN PERPETUITY.

I WANT PEOPLE TO BE HIGH 10 YEARS FROM NOW IF THEY STILL WANT THAT.

I DON'T, I THINK IT TAKES AWAY, LIKE PHILLIP SAID, PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO DECIDE ON TECH.

I THINK COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, YOU NEED TO FINISH UP.

I JUST WON'T FINISH.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO FINISH ONE MORE POINT THOUGH, IS THAT, AND I, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH DON OR ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS PROBLEMS WITH IN PERPETUITY.

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUES.

MY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE LEADING FIRE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT AND FITTING MEALS IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, WHICH IS IT'S T IT'S FIVE MORE THAN WHAT THAT, UH, IT'S REPLACING A 10 MIL RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'D ASK IS, IS THAT FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF NEEDING IT IN PERPETUITY.

CAUSE I KNOW WE DO HAVE IN PERPETUITY ON OTHER, UH, TAXES IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

UM, BUT THEY'RE, I MEAN THEY'RE ALSO GONNA NEED TO TELL ME ABOUT IT TOO.

I'M JUST SAYING DON'T MAKE YOUR MIND UP AND AT LEAST UNTIL YOU TALK TO THEM, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

OKAY.

MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS FROM WELCH.

IS THERE A SECOND? COLLINS, LEWIS, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK, WHICH IS RICHARD STILL IN.

I DON'T THINK HE EVER MADE IT ON THE LINE.

OH, OKAY.

ANDY.

ANDY, YES MA'AM.

AND THIS MIGHT, I MIGHT NEED TO, WE MIGHT IN THE TWO WEEKS WE MAY FIND THAT.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THE PROCESS.

WE DO HAVE, I THINK IT'S FOUR OR FIVE DISTRICTS, ONE TO FIVE STAFF DISTRICTS.

HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST A MATTER OF ONE ASKING AND THE OTHER ONE I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE OTHER ONES DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE THAT OPTION.

I UM, I TEND TO AGREE WITH DONNA THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO IT IN HER PITUITARY.

IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? FOREVER.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

SO, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW, UM, HOW IS IT DETERMINED FROM ONE TO THE OTHER? UM, CERTAINLY CAN BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BUY A LOT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY ALL DO LIKE, UH, I GUESS WE HAVE TWO WEEKS TO FIND OUT HOW I COULD GIVE IT TO RICHARD.

YES, MA'AM.

I THINK RICHARD WOULD BE THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

COUNCILWOMAN, THE BANKS, HE'S THE ONE WHO HAD THE MATTER AND HE'S, HE'S READY TO GO AND HE DID MENTION THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

HAS SOMETHING, EXCUSE ME, HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, BUT HE DIDN'T ELABORATE NOW TO US THEN PLEASE, WOULD YOU ASK HIM TO REACH OUT TO US? YES MA'AM.

HE'S LISTENING.

HE SAID HE'S JUST HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT HE'S LISTENING TO EVERYTHING.

YES MA'AM.

OKAY, THANKS.

ANYONE ELSE? I MADE THE MOTION TO DEFER BY WELSH SECOND BY COUNCILORS OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 23 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO MAY 27TH COUNCILMAN COLE, ARE YOU THERE WITH US TODAY? UH HUH.

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JUST WAKING YOU UP.

THAT'S ALL.

I'M HERE.

I MEAN I'M HERE IN PERPETUITY.

OKAY.

ITEM 30

[Item 30]

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF MICHAEL FRAPPE TRAPPER FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM MY SEWER BACKUP FROM THE CLAIMANT'S HOUSE FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $12,014 AND 44 CENTS WHICH THE AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATE INSURANCE, GENERAL LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ACTUALLY ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 30 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 30 MOTION TO APPROVE BY WATSON.

IS THERE A SECOND BY WICKER? ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 30 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I AM 31

[Item 31]

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT MADE THE CONTRACT WITH DR DAN GOODMAN, EMS MEDICAL DIRECTOR IN A MOUNTAIN.

I CAN SEE 208,000 BY THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DIRECTOR.

ACTUALLY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 31 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 31 MOTION? YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON CAPITAL ONE? BANKS.

OKAY.

YES.

CHAD, YOU STILL THERE? HMM.

YES MA'AM.

AND PERPETUATE LT LIKE HE SAID.

IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP? UM, WORK WISE BETWEEN 31, THE 208 AND, UH, WHERE ARE WE GOING BACK WITH THE, WITH THE TELEHEALTH.

TELEHEALTH? NO MA'AM.

DR DAN GABI, HE IS OUR, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE PARISH.

HIS LICENSE, ALL THE PARAMEDICS WORK UNDER HIS LICENSE.

HE'S, HE'S THE ONE WHO SETS THE RULES FOR EVERYBODY.

SO HE'S ON STAFF.

SO WE JUST RENEWING, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING? W IT'S, IT'S A RENEWAL OF THE OLD ONE, BUT WE, I MEAN IT IS, WE DID ADD SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO IT.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS ABOUT 150,000 BEFORE WE, BECAUSE HIS DUTIES HAVE EXPANDED.

UM, HE'S BEEN PROVIDING, I MEAN, THROUGH THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC, HE'S BEEN INVALUABLE TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE WHOLE CITY PARISH.

HE'S THE ONE WHO'S, WHO'S HELPED WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WITH THE PANDEMIC, NOT JUST IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT IN EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE IN CITY PARISH.

SO HE'S THE GUY THAT WE GO TO FOR, FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AS FAR AS, UH, ANY, ANY GUIDANCE ON ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UH, SO HIS DUTIES HAVE EXPANDED.

HE'S ALSO WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

SO HE'S, HE'S TAKEN ON WAY MORE THAN WE'VE ASKED.

AND YOU KNOW, HE IS AN ER PHYSICIAN THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, WE HAVE ON STAFF HERE.

IS HE FULL TIME? UH, AS, WE CAN'T MAKE HIM LEAVE.

I MEAN, HE'S FULL TIME.

YES, MA'AM.

HE'S, HE'S A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, SO NOT TECHNICALLY, BUT HE IS THERE DAILY.

I MEAN HE, HE'S, HE POSSIBLY CAN.

OKAY.

ONE LAST QUESTION.

DOES THAT MEAN HE'S EXCLUDED FROM ANOTHER COMPANY? RIGHT, COMPLETELY.

COMPLETELY.

OH, THANK YOU MA'AM.

I'M SORRY.

DR DAN GABI.

I'M SORRY.

CHAD.

THE MOTION APPROVED BY BANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 31 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Item 32]

ROOMS GO TO ITEM 32 AUTHORIZING SELMA, THE MATTER AND TIRE DOORS IN WELLAND VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL ON THE DOCKET OF 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,500 PLUS COURT COST AND AMOUNT OF $892 AND 29 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $28,392 AND 29 CENTS WHICH AMOUNT SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT? DESIGNATE INSURANCE, GENERAL LIABILITY, ATTORNEY OF RECORD, SCOTTISH FRUIT OR THE FRUIT J LAW FIRM BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 32 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 32 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? MOTION PROVE ITEM 32 BY THE CHAIR THERE.

SECOND SECOND BY ROCK OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON I'M 32 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[Item 33]

33 AUTHORIZED TO SELL A MATTER AND TITLE JENNIFER SCALLON AND BRENT SMITH INDIVIDUALLY ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER KAYLA SMITH VERSUS STATE LOUISIANA, THE DIVISION ADMINISTRATION AND OR THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT, CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND AMOUNT OF $200,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN AMOUNT OF $801 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $200,801 INAPPROPRIATE $200,800 FOR SUCH PROGRESS THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ATTORNEY RECORD, MICHAEL OUT OF PARIS.

ATTORNEY ON ANY COMMENTS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 33 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 33 IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM 33 MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY ROCK ARMENIA OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 33 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[Item 34]

34 AUTHORIZED MIRROR PRINTS AND EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT FOR ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION OF SERVICES WITH STONY PROPERTY SERVICES LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE.

WE ARE PAST THE PROJECT MODEL, LOUISIANA AND THE MOUNTAIN NOT EXCEED $13,860 MY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 34 ACTUALLY NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 34 COUNCILMAN ANY COMMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 34 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BOB WATSON

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OR ANY OBJECTION.

ITEM 34 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Item 35]

ITEM 35 AUTHORIZED AMIR PRESENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH H NTB TO SUBMIT FIVE FINAL APPLICATIONS FOR ROUND ONE OF THE STATE CG MITT GRANT PROGRAM AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 115 $400 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAIN IS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 35 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS? MOTION APPROVED DONNA.

NOW I HAD A COST 15,000 IS THAT THE FEE TO FOR THEM TO MAKE APPLICATION? WOULD FRED BE ON THE LINE? YES, I'M HERE.

DONNA.

FRED, GO AHEAD FRED.

HI FRED.

SO IS THE $115,000 NOT TO EXCEED, IS THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION OR THAT THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE A PRIDEFUL? UH, NO.

THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING FOR THE APPLICATIONS.

AND IF WE DO GET THEM GRANTED, THEY WILL BE REIMBURSED BACK TO US ON THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, UH, IT IS PART OF THAT PROCESS THAT WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH DEALING WITH THE WATERSHED.

AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT AND MISS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS IS THAT WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY GOT APPROVED FOR THESE FIVE, FOR THE, UH, PRELIMINARY, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD CAUSE, UH, AT THIS POINT CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED GOT TURNED DOWN.

OKAY.

SO, BUT WHAT IS YOUR MOM, I'M CONFUSED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THOUGH.

IS THIS THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE ONE 15? NO MA'AM.

WE ACTUALLY DO $115,000 IS THE ACTUAL C FOUR H AND B TWO APPLICATIONS.

OKAY.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

YES MA'AM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 35.

MOTION IMPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCCA OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 35 HAS BEEN

[Item 36]

APPROVED.

I'M 36 AUTHORIZING THE SELDOM IN THE MATTER ENTITLED JARED COLVIN VERSUS THIS BEVERAGE PARISH PRISON IN AMOUNT OF 92,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,821 AND 36 CENTS OR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $93,821 AND 36 CENTS AND APPROPRIATELY $93,821 AND 36 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 36 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 36 OR ANY COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ITEM 36 HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM 36 MOTION APPROVED BY ROCCA.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY WATSON ALREADY.

ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 36 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSELOR'S

[Item 37]

GOING TO GO TO ITEMS 37 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A DEFER TO MAY 28TH BY THE REQUEST OF FINANCE.

ITEM 37 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PEARS OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE, LOUISIANA.

PROCEED WITH A NOT TO EXCEED $23,500,000 IN FINANCING THROUGH LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING AND RATIFYING THE REQUESTS FOR THE PAYERS OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO THE LOCAL LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THE AWARD LANE REVENUE, REFUNDING BONDS, HAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT SERIES 2020 TAXABLE AUTHORIZING AND BORING BY THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OR THE PROCEEDS FROM THE STATE THEREOF.

ONE ADVANCE THE FREEPHONE, ALL OUR PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AND A SERIES OF 2012 SUBORDINATE LIEN BONDS MATURING AUGUST ONE 2023 TO AND INCLUDING AUGUST ONE 2030 AND TO PAY THE COST OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS APPROVING AND RATIFYING WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS.

THE TERMS OF THE SALE AND THE BOND AUTHORIZE A FORM AND EXECUTION OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZE A FORM AND EXECUTION AND SALARY FINANCING DOCUMENTS.

OTHERWISE PROVIDING THE RESPECT THEY ARE TO BUY THE BOND COUNCIL.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 37 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 37 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS TO THE MAY 27TH MEETING REQUEST BY FINANCE MOTION TO DEFER TO MAY 27TH MOTION BY THE CHAIR SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

ITEM 37 HAS BEEN THE FIRST TO MAY 27TH

[Item 38]

I AM 38 COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING TO FOR IT'S MAY 27TH REQUESTED BY FINANCE SUPPLEMENT SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION MEANING THE SUPPLEMENTAL GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RELATIONSHIP NUMBER FOUR FOUR SIX ZERO NINE AND AUTHORIZING PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE SALE OF THE ROAD AND STRAIGHTEN IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2020 ARE THE PAYERS OF EAST BATON ROUGE STAY IN LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTIONS PAYABLE FROM THE 70% AND 7% THE PROCEEDS OF ONE HALF OF THE PERCENT OF SALES TAX USE LEVIED BY THE PARISH AND AUTHORIZED BY THE ELECTION HELD ON OCTOBER 15 2005 PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT, THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS.

AND FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE REGISTERED OWNERS THEREOF FOR BONDING FOR THE OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO BY THE BOND COUNCIL.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 38 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 38 TO THE MAY 27TH MEETING.

MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY MR. ROSA OR

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ANY OBJECTIONS, HEARING NONE.

ITEM 38 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO MAY 27TH COUNCIL MEMBERS, LOW ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

NO APPOINTMENTS

[Items 39 - 44]

THAT I AM TO CHANGE ORDERS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 39 THROUGH 44 TOGETHER.

ITEM 39 IS EAST BATON ROUGE COUNCIL ON AGING CONTRACTOR BLANK CONTRACTORS LLC, CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $119,230 THEN THE CONTRACT TIME BY 30 DAYS BY 38 I'M SORRY, 38 CALENDAR DAYS.

ITEM 40 IS BATTERIES COUNCIL ON AGING CONTRACTOR, BLACK CONTRACTORS LLC, CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.

$55,734 EXTEND CONTRACT TIME BY 28 CALENDAR DAYS.

ITEM 41 SOUTH GENERAL AVIATION APRON REHABILITATION CONTRACT OR BERRY CONSTRUCTION .

I AM 42 MC LLC OR THEY WOULD NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

TIMBER WOULD PLAY SUBDIVISION STREETS AND UNIVERSITY.

HIGHLAND COURT CONTRACTS, CONTRACT AND BERRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT OF CREDIT, $135,645 AND 94 CENTS ITEM 44 SALES TAX STREET ROAD AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

STREETS ARE ARBOR WALK HUNTERS, LAKE AND O'NEILL PLAY SUBDIVISIONS.

SHARE WITH FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND ELENA DRIVE.

CONTRACTORS, RJ DAIGLE AND SONS.

CONTRACTORS INC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $170,918 AND 23 CENTS ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 39 THROUGH 44 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS 39 THROUGH 44 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT'S 39 THROUGH 44 ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEMS 39 THROUGH 44 HAD BEEN APPROVED.

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COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE GOING TO GO TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES WILL TAKE ITEMS. 45 THROUGH 48 TOGETHER.

I'M 45 AS THE SOUTH GENERAL AVIATION APRON REHABILITATION CONTRACT $172 AND 90 CENTS GOOD.

WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS? TIMBER WOULD PLAY.

SUBDIVISION STREETS AND UNIVERSITY.

HIGHLAND COURT CONTRACT OR BERRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINAL COST $1,535,275 AND 75 CENTS 48 SALES TAX STREET ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM, STREETS IN ARBOR WALK, PUNTERS, LAKE AND O'NEILL.

PLACE SUBDIVISIONS SHARE WITH FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND ELAINE DRIVE, CONTRACTOR RJ DAIGLE AND SUN CONTRACTORS INC FINAL COST $2,740,839 AND 17 CENTS ASHLEY, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48 IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48 MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. 4,548 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY ROCCO OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

I'M 45 AND 48 HAD BEEN APPROVED.

ACCEPTANCE, A LOW

[Item 49]

BIDS.

ITEM 49 HERBICIDE APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR CANALS AND PRO SERVICES EAT $541,560 ASHLEY.

OKAY.

I'M 49 COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANY COMMENTS? MOTION PRE-WIRED FOR 49 COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY THE CHAIR OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 49 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'M GOING GONNA GO TO OTHER ITEMS

[Item 50]

TO BE ADOPTED.

EMERGENCY ITEM 50 RESOLUTION WAIVING THE LATE FEES AND AUTHORIZING THE 30 DAY GRACE PERIOD FOR ALL HOLDERS OF ABC LICENSED BAR CARS AND EXPIRE EXPIRE DURING THE STAY AT HOME OR AT HOME OR BY GOVERNOR EVERS.

ESTABLISHING THAT THE 30 DAY GRACE PERIOD SHALL BEGIN ON THE FIRST DAY.

THE ABC OFFICE IS AUTHORIZED AND REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC ESTABLISHING THAT FEES WAVE AND THE GRACE PERIOD BE AS EFFECTIVE ONLY FOR THOSE LICENSES OR PERMITS THAT EXPIRE OR EXPIRE DURING THE STAY AT HOME ORDER THAT BEGAN ON MARCH 22ND AND EXTENDED UNTIL THE DEBT AT THE END OF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER OR UNTIL ABC OFFICE IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY COUNCILMEN THAT WATSON AND COUNCILMAN JENNIFER ROCCO.

THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY GIVEN IS THE FACT THAT ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CONTROL OFFICE IS CLOSED DUE TO COBIT 19 EMPLOYEES BAR CARDS ARE EXPIRING.

THIS GIVES A GRACE PERIOD FOR EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE WORKING THEIR EXISTING BAR CARS FOR 30 DAYS SO EVERYONE DOESN'T GO TO RENEW THEIR CARS AT THE SAME TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ARTISTS.

16 FOUR 42 THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MUST MAKE THIS EMERGENCY ONLY WITH TWO THIRDS VOTE.

MOTION TO MAKE ITEM 50 AND DECLARE ITEM 15 EMERGENCY ITEM

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MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 50 HAS BEEN DECLARED EMERGENCY ITEM.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 50 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE THAT I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON.

ITEM 15 MATT, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK? I JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR THIS.

THE GOVERNOR PUT SOMETHING IN HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT'S LIKE THIS FOR FOLKS THAT HAD DRIVER'S LICENSES THAT EXPIRED WHILE HE HAD THE DMV CLOSED AND NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OFFICES THAT WHEN ABC IS OPEN, THEY MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO HANDLE 25% CAPACITY AND IT'S A PRETTY SMALL BUILDING OR OFFICE TO BEGIN WITH.

AND WITH 3,500 AT THE MINIMUM BAR CARDS OUT THERE, YOU COULD HAVE A RUSH OF PEOPLE COMING BACK IN AND THE FINE IS SUBSTANTIAL COMPARED TO THE COST OF THE BAR CARD.

WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE WOULD JOIN.

DONNA, YOU WANT TO TALK? YEAH, MATT, I LIKED THE IDEA.

DO YOU THINK 30 DAYS, IS THERE THAT MANY APPLICANTS CAN JUST BE DONE ONLINE AND IS THAT ENOUGH TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, VIEWING THE FACT THAT ONLY 25% CAN GO IN AT THIS POINT? ARE WE GIVING THEM ENOUGH TIME TO DO THIS WITHIN THE 30 DAYS? WELL, IF I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO WORKED WITH ATC AND THEY SAID 30 TO 60 DAYS WOULD BE GOOD.

I SPOKE TO SOMEONE AT ABC THAT'S THOUGHT 30 DAYS WOULD BE GOOD.

MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND TALKING TO SOME FOLKS THAT HELD BAR CARDS THAT MAY BE TWO WEEKS WOULD BE GOOD, BUT NOW YOU KNOW WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE WE MAY POTENTIALLY BE LOOKING AT BECAUSE ABC DOESN'T KEEP RECORDS TO KNOW WHOSE CARS ARE EVEN EXPIRING RIGHT NOW.

SO THEY WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO.

OKAY.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME.

I LIKE THE IDEA, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GIVE IT SUFFICIENT TIME SO THAT PEOPLE, UH, CAN THIS BE DONE ONLINE? I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN THERE WITHIN THAT 30 DAYS.

I'LL SECOND IT THOUGH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I THINK WE ALREADY HAD A SECOND.

I HAD A MOTION SECOND BY ROCCA.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 50 HAS BEEN APPROVED? I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND MARK.

COLE, I'M SORRY TODD, YOU WANT TO TALK? I DO.

I JUST, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, W IS ON HERE, BUT I HAVE SOME REQUESTS.

I KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING, UM, CONDEMNATIONS AND UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DEMOLITION AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT STUFF HAS KIND OF BEEN ON A WHOLE SENSE OF COBIT.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO CATCH UP SORT OF ON THE, UM, THE BACKLOG OF HOUSES THAT NEEDS TO BE CONDEMNED, BUT IN THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THE PUBLIC AND HAVE READILY ACCESS TO US TO BE ABLE TO GET IN, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO WANT TO PETITION US TO STOP SOMETHING, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF, IF THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TEARING HOUSES DOWN THAT HAD BEEN CONDEMNED AT JUST BECAUSE OF THIS TIME.

IF MAYBE WE CAN GET A COURTESY CALL OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE EVENT THAT PEOPLE ARE CONTACTING US.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TRY TO STOP SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO DO.

SO.

I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK CARRIE IS ON NO ON THE LINE AND UM, HERE I'M JUST, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET TO NOW I'M SORRY.

I LIKE CARRIE, GO AHEAD AND RESPOND AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET'S ADJOURN AND GET OUT.

YES.

HERE YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

HEY, CARRIE, ARE YOU THERE? I THINK HE'S HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES.

COUNCILWOMAN.

UM, BUT WE'LL, UH, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND.

SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND.

COLD.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE ARE A GERM.