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WELCOME TO A SPECIAL

[Call to Order]

MEETING IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.

CALL THEM IN THE ORDER.

I ACTUALLY ROLL CALL PLEASE CARE.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE ROLE AND I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK FOR YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS MEETING.

SO, UM, WHEN YOU RESPOND TO THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE ALSO RESPOND.

IF YOU RECEIVED THE NOTICE MR. WELCH PRESENT, AND I RECEIVED THE NOTICE.

YES, MS. BANKS.

THIS IS ABSENT MR. LOOP ABSENT, MR. WILSON.

YES.

YES.

AND YES.

IT'S GREEN.

YES.

AND YES.

THANK YOU.

LEWIS ABSENT, MR. COLE ABSENT THE SAN MOROSA.

YES.

AND YES.

THANK YOU, MR. HUDSON.

YES.

AND YES.

YES.

MS. WICKER IS ABSENT MR. WATSON.

YES.

AND I DID RECEIVE THE NOTE.

YES.

YES.

MS. ROCCO.

YES.

AND YES.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

OKAY.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM ONE,

[1. 20-01067 Declaring that the Metropolitan Council as the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish affirmatively “opts-in” to allow bars located in this parish to open for on-premises consumption within the guidelines and restrictions more fully set forth in section 2(B) of proclamation number 117-JBE-2020. By Councilmembers Hudson, Watson, Racca, Amoroso, & Loupe. ADJOURN]

DECLARING THAT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AS THE GOVERNOR, FORMER TEACHER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UH, FIRMLY OXY, AND TO ALLOW BARS LOCATING HIS PARENTS TO OPEN ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION WITHIN THE GUIDELINES AND RESTRICTIONS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO, B OF THE PROCLAMATION.

NUMBER ONE, ONE SEVEN DASH JBE DASH 2020.

I COUNCIL MEMBERS, HUDSON WATSON WALKER, AMARIS AND WAIT, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION AND PERU.

UM, MOTION BAR WELSH.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY AMA ROSA JOHNSON? WAS THERE ANY COMMENTS? I'LL SAY IT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

THESE BAR OWNERS HAD SUFFERED ENOUGH.

IT'S AT LEAST WE CAN DO A COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

YEAH.

I JUST WANT A SECOND.

THOSE SENTIMENTS.

UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND IS NERVOUS ABOUT SECOND SPIKES AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT, UM, I, THIS IS SOMETHING WE, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO.

THESE FOLKS NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK.

UH, THEIR HEALTH DEPENDS ON THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE MONEY AND IT'S TIME TO PUT THESE FOLKS BACK TO WORK.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL? COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

I WANT TO CALL THE VOTE.

I'M SORRY.

SAY AGAIN.

I SAID, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION APPROVED WAS MOTION APPROVED BY WELSH.

SECOND BY AMA ROSA.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ME? I JUST WANT TO BE NOTED AS ABSTAINING FROM THE VOTE.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU WANT THEM? NO ROLL CALL.

COUNT MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON ITEM.

NUMBER ONE.

THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE MR. WELCH MOTION TO APPROVE.

YES.

MR. WILSON.

YES.

YES.

MS. GREEN ABSTAIN.

SANTA ROSA.

YES.

YES.

MR. HUDSON.

YES.

YES.

MR. WATSON.

YES.

YES.

YES.

MS. ROCCA.

YES.

YES.

YOU HAVE SIX CA'S AND ONE ABSTAIN.

THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE ITEM FAILS.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION TO ANDY AND ANDY DATSUN? YES.

I'M HERE GOT A QUESTION.

THE MAYOR MAYOR MADE A STATEMENT THIS MORNING THAT SHE WAS OPTED IN WITH A REQUEST TO ATC PLAYER'S COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THIS PARISH HAS COUNCIL.

WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE? VOTE FAILS.

THE MAYOR SAID SHE MADE A REQUEST.

DOES THIS, DOES THIS GO FORWARD? ATC AS FAR AS

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VOTING, NOT TO NOT TO APPROVE THIS, BAR'S NOT OPEN.

WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH ATC.

UH, THEY WERE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU ARE CORRECT OUR RESEARCH AND OUR, UM, KNOWLEDGE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE, UH, VOTED THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THAT WOULD GIVE THE OPTIN NOTICE TO THE ATC.

UM, SHE ASKS US TO GIVE HER A CALL AND NOTIFY ONCE THE VOTE WAS RESOLVED.

SO IF THE COUNCIL DID NOT VOTE TO APPROVE IT AS A CITY, IT DEPENDS.

ATTORNEY'S BELIEF THAT THERE IS NO AUTHORITY THEN TO REOPEN THE BAR.

GOT A QUESTION WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND TRY ANYONE ON THE LINE THAT CAN TELL US HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF JOBS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET SEVEN VOTES.

HOW MANY BUSINESSES, HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN BATON ROUGE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET SEVEN VOTES TO ASK CHRIS CRANFORD.

CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF NUMBER FROM THE COUNCIL? THE COUNCILMAN SCOTT? UH, NO, I DO NOT.

I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900 6,970 BUSINESSES.

UH, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OBVIOUSLY DIFFERS WITH EACH ONE.

SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBER.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSE TO 600 BUSINESSES THAT ARE SHUT DOWN AND THE MAYOR HAS MADE A DECLARATION THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BE ABLE TO OPT IN.

BUT THE COUNCIL, AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY, ALSO AGREEING WITH THE MAYOR TO DO THIS, WE CAN'T GET SEVEN.

THEREFORE IT'S OUR OPINION THAT ARE THE OPINION THAT'S BEEN GIVEN US IS THAT THOSE 600 BUSINESSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE OPEN TO ABLE TO OPEN.

AND THOSE THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK UNTIL THIS GETS RESOLVED.

IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH TO SAY? YEAH.

I MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, I'VE GOT TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION REAL QUICK.

COME UP TO YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

YES.

I'M HERE.

WE JUST, WE JUST HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER DROP OFF.

WE GOT SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THIS MEETING OVER ASHLEY? YEAH.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION WITHOUT A QUORUM.

UM, BUT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITHOUT A QUORUM.

THE VOTE TO ADJOURN COUNCIL MIRRORS.

THERE'S NO FORMAL MEETING IS OVER.

ALRIGHT, WELL, SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MEETINGS.

I APOLOGIZE.

YEAH.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING ON THIS.

IT'S NOT JUST ERIC HAS FAULT.

THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF WORK.

WE COULDN'T EVEN GET ALL THE SPONSORS TO BE PART OF THIS MEETING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU FOLKS HAVE TO SHOW UP TO WORK.

THANKS EVERYBODY.

GO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.

UH, CAN YOU DO IT TODAY?