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OPEN OUR PERFORMANCE THIS MORNING WITH A DUET FROM THE MUSICAL BRIGADOON.IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE.
MAYBE THE SUN GAVE ME THE POWER FOR I COULD SWIM LA LOMAN AND BE HOME IN HALF AN HOUR.
MAYBE THE AIR GAVE ME THE DRIVE FOR I AM ALL WHAT DAVIS HAS BEEN.
WHY? IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE.
THERE'S A SMILE ON MY FACE FOR THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE.
WHITE, ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE.
ALL THE MUSIC OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE LIKE A BELL THAT IS RINGING FOR ME.
AND FROM THE WAY THAT I FEEL WHEN THAT BELL STARTS TO PEEL, I WOULD SWEAR I WAS FALLING.
THIS WE SAY IT WAS ALMOST LIKE BEING IN MIND, THE WORLD KIND.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE, ALL THE MUSIC TO BE LIKE A BELL THAT IS RINGING FOR ME WAY THAT I, WHEN THAT BE STARTS TO, I I, I COULD SWAY.
OUR NEXT SELECTION WILL COME FROM OUR BROADWAY MUSICAL HOLIDAY INN, WHICH WE PRESENTED HERE IN DECEMBER OF 22.
AND IT WON THE BIG EASY AWARD AND LESLIE WAS THE DIRECTOR.
SHE WON THE BEST DIRECTORS AWARD FOR THAT SHOW.
AND RICHARD ARNOLD WAS THE STAR, THE STAR, THE STAR OF THE WONDERFUL PRODUCTION HOLIDAY INN MEDLEY.
IT IS A LOVELY DAY TODAY, SO WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT TO DO, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAY TO DO IT IN.
AND I HOPE WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE BY TWO, THOUGH I'D REALLY LIKE TO.
IT'S A LOVELY DAY TODAY, SO WHATEVER WE'VE GOT TO DO, I'D BE SO HAPPY TO BE DOING IT WITH YOU.
BUT IF I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT MUST BE DONE AND IT CAN ONLY BE DONE BY ONE, THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY EXCEPT IT'S A LOVELY DAY FOR SAY IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MUST BE DONE,
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DON'T FORGET, TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN JUST, BUT PERHAPS WHATEVER I'VE GOT TO DO IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE BY YOU, DONE BY SOUNDS FAMILIAR.I AM DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS, JUST LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW WHERE THE TREETOPS AND LISTEN TO HEAR THE SNOW DREAMING OF CHRISTMAS WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD.
I MAY, YOUR DAYS AND, AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS BE.
I AM DREAMING OF A WIDE CHRISTMAS.
JUST THE AND DREAMING OF CHRISTMAS MAY BE MERRY AND THANK YOU.
AND NOW LESLIE WILL SING FROM WIZARD OF OZ OVER THE RAINBOW.
WHEN ALL THE CLOUDS TALKING UP THE SKYWAY, THERE'S A RAINBOW HIGHWAY TO BE FOUND AND LEADING FROM YOUR WINDOW PAN.
JUST A STEP BEYOND THE, THE WAY'S THAT I, THE SKY AND DREAMS THAT YOU DARE TO DREAM READY TO COME TRUE.
AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME, WHERE
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TRAVELS MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS ALL THE WAY UP, UP THE CHIMNEY TOPS.AND WHY? TELL ME WHY LIFE BE BEYOND THE RAINBOW.
WHY? OH, WHY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND NOW OUR FINAL SELECTION WILL COME FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC, WHICH WE PRESENTED FIVE YEARS AGO, RIGHT ON THIS STAGE.
AND RICH WILL SING WHO ALSO STARRED AS THE ADMIRAL ADMIRAL VON TROOP.
HE WILL SING EDELWEISS BRIGHT, CLEAN AND BRIGHT.
AND BLESS MY EVERY MORNING YOU GREET WHY BRIGHT, CLEAN AND BRIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN THERE MEL.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD.
WE ARE AT THE JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 6,400 AIRLINE DRIVE IN ARY.
THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER OUR FIRST OF 2024.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW COLLEAGUES ARE RITA BOHANNAN, DISTRICT FOUR AND HANS LOBERG, DISTRICT FIVE, MADAM CLERK.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK RIGHT NOW.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COUNCILMAN WALKER PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKIN.
COUNCILMAN BANANA? PRESENT? COUNCILMAN LEE? HERE, COUNCILWOMAN BO HANNA.
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COMPLETED THE ROLE.WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARISH ATTORNEY PEGGY BARTON, WHO IS DOING HER LAST OFFICIAL ACTS TODAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'VE PUT IN OVER THE YEARS.
WE THOUGHT SHE WAS DONE AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT THIS LITTLE ONE, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WHEN'S THE OFFICIAL RETIREMENT DATE? FRIDAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK TO THIS PARISH OVER THE YEAR, OVER THE YEARS AS PARISH ATTORNEY AND YOUR OTHER ROLES HERE AS WELL.
UH, THIS MEETING WILL HAVE A PUBLIC APPEARANCE PORTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, NOT AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
SO IF ANYONE IS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OF WHICH THERE ARE FEW YOU MAY DO.
SO NOW YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING REQUEST TO SPEAK CARDS TODAY, ARE WE OKAY? WE'RE NOT.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, THERE'S A MICROPHONE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE YOU CAN STEP TO IT AND, UM, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
FRANKIE HIRES 5 0 9 HOME BOULEVARD HERE JUST TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY IN A WAY WE MIGHT GO, HUH? CONGRATULATIONS TO Y'ALL.
AND ON THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA ELECT CHAIRMAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE ELECT SCOTT WALKER AS CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL
I BELIEVE HE'S DONE AS GOOD A JOB AS ANYBODY MIGHT, UH, DESPITE THE, THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022.
ALL THAT SET ASIDE, I DO BELIEVE HE'S THE BEST MAN SUITED FOR THE JOB.
BEST PERSON SUITED FOR THE JOB TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT HIS, UH, ASCENSION OR RETENTION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP.
BEYOND THAT, I'M JUST HOPING THAT DESPITE THIS, UH, CAVEAT WHERE YOUR UNDERSTANDING CAN LIMIT THE OBLIGATION YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT THAT CONSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND MR. LEE, IT WASN'T LOST ON ME, YOU SWORE TWICE TO SUPPORT THAT CONSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT DEDICATION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A YEAR IN WHICH WE CAN SEE THIS COUNCIL ACTUALLY REDRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THE PRINCIPLES OF A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A, WELL, JUST A CONSTITUTIONALLY SUPPORTED ONE, ONE THAT ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY IS FRUGAL AND SIMPLE IN ITS CONSTRUCT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, MR. HIRES.
WELL, I CAN'T REALLY SEE THAT, THAT WELL WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS.
SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE UP THERE OR GETTING UP THERE, JUST START SPEAKING.
IS THAT IT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE, A RESOLUTION ELECTING MR. SCOTT A. WALKER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.06 A OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CHARTER COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN.
I WILL MOVE TO HAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN SCOTT WALKER SERVE AS OUR CHAIRMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION ELECTING DINO BONANNO, THE VICE CHAIRPERSON OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.06 A OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CHARTER COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN.
YOUR MOTION, I'LL ACTUALLY DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE MS. BOHANNON.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPOINT DINO BONANO AS OUR VICE CHAIRPERSON.
SECOND, ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BERG.
THERE'S A LOT OF LETTERS AND VOWELS IN THOSE TWO LAST NAMES.
MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ELIZABETH A. JOHNSTON, THE PARISH CLERK OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.06 B OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CHARTER COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN.
ELIZABETH JOHNSON, BECOMING OUR NEW PARISH CLERK.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, CONGRATULATIONS.
I BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE TO READ YOUR OWN NAME, HUH?
CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES.
UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, FOUR, PLEASE MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL FOR A FOURTH 30 DAY EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WAS DECLARED TO EXIST ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023 DUE TO MISSISSIPPI RIVER, SALTWATER INTRUSION, COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN.
ITEM FOUR, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYBODY, AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON JANUARY 17TH FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.