Jul 10, 2024 Parish Council East Bank

>> WE'RE GOING TO POST SOME MORE PICTURES OF EMMY AT THE CONTEST, AT THE PAGEANT. THANK YOU.

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YES.

NEXT UP, I HAVE A MEMBER OF MY STAFF WHO'S AN INCREDIBLE MEMBER OF OUR STAFF.

I WOULD LIKE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT JULIET KASAN TO COME UP.

SHE IS CELEBRATING SHE DIDN'T LOOK OLD ENOUGH, THOUGH.

20 YEARS WITH JEFFERSON PARISH.

JULIET HAS HAD A BIG ASCENT IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

SHE BEGAN AS AN INTERN IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHILE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

SHE BECAME A PLANNER IN 2004 AND WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING IN 2012.

THEN IN 2016, JULIET WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE JOSEPH SEN AWARD, WHICH PRESENTLY ANNUALLY IS GIVEN BY THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO AN A PARISH EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.

THEN IN 2020, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW TALENT WHEN I SEE IT.

I SAW JULIET'S REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC AND HER ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN HER NEVER ENDING LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM.

I ALSO TAPPED HER TO BE A BIGGER ROLE OVER MANY DEPARTMENTS AS OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN 2021.

SHE'S BEEN DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB, AND I'VE LOVED WATCHING HER GROW AND DOING BEYOND PLANNING AND EVEN MORE LAND USE ISSUES, AND IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WATCH HER AS SHE MOVES UP IN HER CAREER, SO 20 YEARS, INCREDIBLE JOB FOR JULIET, I KNOW YOU HAVE MANY MORE TO COME, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH JULIET? I KNOW YOU DO. YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> YOU KNOW, I NEVER WANT TO SAY.

>> I KNOW.

>> SINCE I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO STILL HAS SOMETHING TO DO.

COUNSEL VAN FRANK I'LL BE HERE IN A MOMENT.

SHE'S GOT A PROCLAMATION. I WILL DO MINE NOW, SO HANG ON.

>> I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM THAT MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW IF YOU DON'T.

YOU'LL KNOW HER IN A SECOND. MELANIE CANTA. YOU CAN COME UP HERE, PLEASE.

AT POT TAN, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL.

MELANIE DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN THIS PARISH AND NEW ORLEANS PARISH THROUGH THE LOUISIANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL.

IT'S AN EVENT THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF MCING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ON HOW MANY IT'S BEEN, BUT GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 2010, MAYBE 2010, '11, '12, STARTED TO GO TO THIS EVENT AND SEE WHAT THIS EVENT WAS ALL ABOUT.

IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL POIGNANT EVENT EACH YEAR WHERE SURVIVORS OF FALLEN OFFICERS ARE THERE AS THEIR THEIR LOVED ONE, WHOEVER PASSED AWAY IN THE LINE OF DUTY IS HONORED AND THEN ULTIMATELY PUT ON THE WALL THAT LIVES AT LAKE LAWN FUNERAL HOME RIGHT IN FRONT AS YOU DRIVE OFF OF THE INTERSTATE.

MELANIE HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT.

BEFORE THAT, HER LATE HUSBAND WAS A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL.

HE GOT IT STARTED, AND MELANIE HAS PICKED UP THE TORCH AND CARRIED IT FORWARD.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR HER AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DONE BECAUSE I MADE THE NOT MISTAKE, BUT I MADE THE OBSERVATION AT THE LAST EVENT IN MAY THAT MELANIE HAS DONE THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND SHE NEVER GETS THE HONOR AND RECOGNITION THAT SHE DESERVES BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T SEEK THE SPOTLIGHT.

MATT CONTACTED ME AND SAID, WHY DON'T WE GIVE HER THE HONOR AND RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES. HERE WE GO.

WHEREAS IN 1996, SERGEANT RON PANATELLA CONCEPTUALIZED LOUISIANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL AND FUND RAISING BEGAN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AND WHEREAS IN 1998,

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RON'S UNTIMELY DEATH LEFT THE FUND RAISING EFFORTS TO HIS WIDOW, MELANIE PANATELLA.

WHEREAS DETERMINED TO SEE HER LATE HUSBAND'S VISION BECOME A REALITY, SHE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF THE MEMORIAL'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CONTINUED THE MISSION TO RAISE MORE THAN $200,000 TO BUILD THE MONUMENT.

WHEREAS IN MAY OF 2002, THE MEMORIAL WAS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED, AND AT THIS TIME, JUST OVER 300 NAMES HAVE BEEN INSCRIBED ON THE WALL TO HONOR ALL LOUISIANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DATING BACK TO THE 1,800.

WHEREAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION, ANOTHER 200 NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE WALL, BRINGING THE TOTAL OF THOSE HONORED TO 512.

WHEREAS ANNUALLY DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, THE MEMORIAL HOLDS A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO HONOR THE PREVIOUS YEARS FALLEN, AND WHEREAS AT THIS SERVICE, SURVIVORS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THE SACRIFICE THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE MADE, AND WHEREAS SUPPORT SERVICES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SURVIVORS TO HELP THEM ALONG THEIR JOURNEY, RECOVERING FROM THEIR LOSS, AND WHEREAS IN 2016, MELANIE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR EMERITUS AND CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AND ENSURING THAT THE SACRIFICE OUR FALLEN OFFICERS HAVE MADE IS NOT FORGOTTEN.

THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS MELANIE PANATELLA, DIRECTOR EMERITUS, FOR THE LOUISIANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF FALLEN OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IS APPRECIATED AND DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.

[APPLAUSE] I LIKE THIS.

>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR SURE FOR THIS HONOR, AND ESPECIALLY YOU, SCOTT, FOR THE SUPPORT EVERY YEAR.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS [LAUGHTER] AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THIS MEMORIAL IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, TO MY HEART, BECAUSE OF MY LATE HUSBAND.

IT WAS HIS VISION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PLACE IN LOUISIANA, TO HONOR OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

HE HAD THE VISION WHEN HE WAS UP IN DC.

HE SAW WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT THEY HAD UP THERE, AND SO WHY NOT HAVE ONE IN LOUISIANA.

UNFORTUNATELY HE DIDN'T LIVE TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION, I DECIDED I HAVE TO DO THIS.

IT TOOK A FEW YEARS, WE GOT IT DONE.

EVERY YEAR, IN MAY, WE HONOR OFFICERS WHO ARE KILLED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, COULD BE ANY SERVICE.

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE QUITE A FEW JEFFERSON PARISH OFFICERS, ON THE WALL.

BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL COMPELLED TO DO.

WHEN YOU SEE THOSE SURVIVORS THERE AND THOSE FAMILIES THERE THAT LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, IT'S TRULY MOVING.

PLEASE JOIN US DURING POLICE WEEK EVERY YEAR.

IT'S AT LAKE LAWN. IT'S USUALLY THE WEEK BEFORE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, SO THESE FAMILIES CAN GET TO DC AND BE HONORED UP THERE AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR THIS HONOR.

I TRULY APPRECIATE IT [APPLAUSE]

>> GOING DOWN AND GRAB A PICTURE. REALLY IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING AMAZING AND POIGNANT, YOU SHOULD COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE EVENT.

BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM THE 1800S, OR EARLY 1900S, WHOSE STORY HAS COME TO LIGHT, AND WHO IS RECOGNIZED AND ADDED TO THE WALL.

THEIR STORY IS TOLD BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WORKED FOR BACK IN THOSE DAYS. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.

IT'S REALLY NICE, AND IT MEANS A LOT FOR THE SURVIVORS WHO ARE THERE.

IT'S JUST REALLY A SPECIAL NIGHT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR.

ALL THE POLICE AGENCIES ARE THERE, AND IT MEANS A LOT TO EVERYBODY WHO'S THERE.

I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO YOU. THANKS AGAIN.

>>THANK YOU.

>> JUST COME OUT IN THE MIDDLE [BACKGROUND]

>> HERE WE GO ON THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE.

I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER ONE ON 3, 1,2,3.

>>THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT UP, COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN, WITH A PROCLAMATION, AND A SERVICE PIN.

>> WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PROCLAMATION FIRST.

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I'D LIKE TO INVITE FATHER JOE, FROM ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, FATHER JOE PALERMO, TO COME ON UP, WITH JOSEPH, ACTUALLY IN THE SEMINARY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JOIN FATHER JOE? [LAUGHTER] HE'S HERE TO TAKE PICTURES FOR THE CHURCH.

IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY CHURCHES, ST. FRANCIS HAPPENS TO BE MY PARISH.

BUT MANY OF THEM WERE FOUNDED DECADES AGO.

WHEN THEY MARK A SPECIAL OCCASION, A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE PRESENCE THAT THE CHURCH HAS SERVED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT PART OF OUR PARISH, AND BEEN THERE IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD, OVER THE DECADES.

WE WANT TO MARK THIS SPECIAL OCCASION WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS ON APRIL 20TH, 2024, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, CELEBRATED 100 YEARS OF SERVING THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF CATHOLICS IN THE PARISH.

WHEREAS ST. FRANCIS XAVIER WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 1ST, 1924, BY ARCHBISHOP JOHN SHAW, WHO CARVED OUT THE NEW PARISH FROM ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA PARISH.

WHEREAS FRANCIS XAVIER RAMBUS, WAS NAMED THE FOUNDING PASTOR, AND ARCHBISHOP ALLOWED HIM TO CHOOSE THE PATRON SAINT, A GREAT JESUIT MISSIONARY AS THE NAME OF THE NEW PARISH.

WHEREAS FATHER ROMBAUTS FIRST CELEBRATED MASS IN THE TINY CHAPEL IN BUCKTOWN.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

BEFORE LEASING A HOME ON ORPHEUM STREET, WHICH IS STILL STANDING JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE PRESENT CHURCH.

WHEREAS THAT HOME BECAME THE PARISH CHURCH AND RECTORY, AND THE SITE OF MASS FOR TWO YEARS WHILE A BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED ON METAIRIE ROAD, THAT IS TODAY THE CHURCH'S OFFICE.

WHEREAS WITH THE HELP OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY, WHO COMMUTED BY STREET CAR TO METAIRIE, EVERY DAY, FATHER ROMBAUTS OPENED A SCHOOL IN 1926.

WHEREAS IN 1939, FATHER FELIX MILLER, THE SECOND PASTOR BUILT A LARGER CHURCH WITH SEATING CAPACITY OF 300, AND THAT'S NOW ST. JOSEPH HALL.

WHEREAS DUE TO A CONTINUED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES IN METAIRIE, FATHER MILLER PLANNED FOR A NEW LARGER SCHOOL IN 1940S, WHICH OPENED A SINGLE-STORY FACILITY IN 1951, AND IS TODAY STILL THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL.

WHEREAS ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CURRENTLY HAS MORE THAN 50 THRIVING MINISTRIES, I CANNOT BELIEVE.

WHEREAS AN ADULT FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM REGULARLY ATTRACTS MORE THAN 100 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, WHEREAS MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARISH'S SENIOR PROGRAM WITH AN ARRAY OF FUN AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

WHEREAS THE RECENT ST. JOSEPH ALTAR, ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES, ATTRACTED MORE THAN 3,000 VISITORS, AND FED 1,800, AND IT WAS A PAST WINNER OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.

I'M SORRY, I COMBINED THOSE TWO LINES, NOT THE ALTAR WINNING THE EXCELLENCE, THE SCHOOL UNDER PRINCIPAL JESSICA DWYER, HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF 410 STUDENTS, AND IS A PAST WINNER OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHEREAS MON SENIOR ANDREW TERRAMINA, WHO SERVED FOR 31 YEARS AS PASTOR AND BUILT THE NEW PARISH CHURCH BEFORE RETIRING IN 2018, STILL HELPS THE PARISH AS NEEDED.

WHEREAS FATHER JOE PALERMO, HAS BEEN SERVING AS PASTOR FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THE NEWEST ADDITION OF BELL TOWER IN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL RING IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF FAITH IN OLD METAIRIE.

WHEREAS THIS COUNCIL WISHES TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND ITS PASTOR, FATHER JOE PALERMO, ON THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF THE CHURCH'S CELEBRATION OF 100 YEARS OF PRAYERFUL WORSHIP AND SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY COMMENDS AND CONGRATULATES ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON THE OCCASION OF THIS HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH'S FOUNDING.

FATHER JOE, GOT 100 YEARS OF HISTORY BEHIND YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

>> WE OUTLASTED DH HOLMES, [LAUGHTER] MAISON BLANCHE, AND SCHWEGMAN GIANT SUPERMARKET.

WE HAVE SERVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY OVER 100 YEARS.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE 1,700, SO 1,700 REGISTERED FAMILIES, AND AS YOU SAID, OVER 400 CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL.

BESIDES THE WORSHIP, WE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SERVICE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE REALLY ARE A VERY ACTIVE VIBRANT PLACE.

SO VERY HAPPY, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH WE WILL HAPPILY INFORM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] GOING TO INVITE THE COUNSEL AND

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THE PARISH PRESIDENT DOWN TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH FATHER JOE.

I HAVE TO SAY TOO IN OUR LAST STORM I REMEMBER YOU WERE COOKING OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH AND SERVING ANYONE WHO NEEDED A MEAL AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE ALL OUT OF POWER AND AT A TIME OF NEED.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE.

[NOISE]

>> EVERYBODY ON 3, 1,2, 3, 1,2,3.

ONE MORE, 1,2,3.

>> JOSEPH, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE WITH THE CAMERA? LET'S GET ONE MORE WITH THE CELL PHONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. [LAUGHTER]

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

>> I'LL SEE YOU SOON. APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M GOING TO ASK MY STAFF TO COME UP.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL OCCASION WE WANT TO NOTE. [LAUGHTER] HELLO.

Y'ALL ALL COME ON UP.

WE HAVE A DOUBLE OCCASION TO CELEBRATE THIS MORNING.

PART OF WHAT I DO LOVE ABOUT BEING IN PARISH GOVERNMENT IN THE PLACE WHERE I'M BORN AND RAISED AND OUR FAMILIES, GREW UP.

ALLISON AND I MET AT FIVE YEARS OLD.

I WAS BIKE RIDING WITH MY MOM AND DAD, AND AS WE PASSED HER HOUSE JUST AROUND THE CORNER, MY DAD STOPPED AND SAID, "I THINK THAT'S AL HERBERT, WHO HE HAD GROWN UP WITH IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE IRISH CHANNEL." WE PULL OVER ON OUR BIKES, AND AT FIVE YEARS OLD, ALLIE AND I, ALLIE'S FAMILY AND I BECAME MORE FAMILY THAN FAMILY IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND SHE HAS BEEN IN MY LIFE SINCE FIVE YEARS OLD.

A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN WE HAD AN OPENING IN OUR OFFICE, AND WE WERE MEETING AND WE WERE TALKING, AND YOUR BOYS WERE GETTING OLDER.

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE AND GIZELLE, WHO I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME, COULD ONLY CLEAN THEIR HOUSES SO MUCH, [LAUGHTER] AND COULD ONLY DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU WIND UP DOING WHEN YOU RAISED THE KIDS.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU ALL AS A TEAM CAME TO US IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

YOU COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER SO WELL, BUT YOU COMPLIMENT OUR OFFICE SO BEAUTIFULLY.

I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR TWO BETTER EMPLOYEES TO COME INTO OUR OFFICE AS ONE JOINT MEMBER OF OUR OFFICE FAMILY.

WE WANT TO MARK THIS OCCASION OF FIVE YEARS OF YOUR SERVICE WITH OUR OFFICE, YOUR PATIENT SERVICE EVERY DAY TO THE FOLKS THAT CALL US IN THEIR TIMES OF NEED, AND MAKING JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENT THE RESPONSIVE CONSTITUENT ORIENTED GOVERNMENT THAT WE ARE.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I WANT TO PIN YOU EACH WITH YOUR FIVE-YEAR PIN.

[APPLAUSE] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]

>> THANKS.

>> OFFICIAL. [APPLAUSE] COME ON. [LAUGHTER]

>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COUNSELMAN LEE [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND]

THANK YOU.

>> LOVE YOUR DRESS.

>> THANK YOU [LAUGHTER]

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING [LAUGHTER]

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>> TODAY I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FOR A YOUNG MAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE A GYMNAST WHO LIVES IN WAGMAN, IN MY DISTRICT, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM.

AND ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD WON A BRONZE MEDAL IN THIS CATEGORY, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT TO TELL YOU CONTINUE TO WORK HARD, AND NEXT TIME YOU WIN YOUR GOLD MEDAL [APPLAUSE] SO AS IT READS, THIS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, BE IT KNOWN FOR THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE, THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON HAS CONFERRED THIS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT UPON YOU, ROYAL CELESTINE, FOR 2024 USA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP BRONZE MEDAL.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

>> HERE WE GO IN 3, 1,2,3.

>> ALL THE COLLEAGUES. YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE?

>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BAND?

>> WE'RE STANDING HERE EQUALLY AS PROUD TO PROVIDE THIS PROCLAMATION TO CJ DAVIS, AND I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW WHY WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM.

WHEREAS CJ IS A 2024 FUTURE ENGINEER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT SELECTED FROM OVER 8,000 APPLICANTS WITH A 7% ACCEPTANCE RATE.

WHEREAS HE'S ONE OF FIVE LOUISIANA STUDENTS CHOSEN BASED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND FUTURE GOALS, AND WHEREAS THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS UP TO $40,000 PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT AMAZON AFTER HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AND AN ANNUAL STIPEND AND COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK ON INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT IMPACTS AMAZON'S GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY.

WHEREAS CJ HAS COMPLETED HIS STUDIES AT HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GPA OF 4.29 [APPLAUSE] AND ACQUIRED 27 COLLEGE CREDITS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HIS FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE ENROLLING IN LSU TO PURSUE A MAJOR IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING.

WHEREAS ADDITIONALLY, HE WAS HONORED AS THE HOLY CROSS MAN OF THE YEAR.

THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD PRESENTED TO A GRADUATE AT HOLY CROSS DUE TO HIS VALUES AND HIS ATTRIBUTES AS WAS OUTLINED BY THE SCHOOL'S MISSION.

WHEREAS, FURTHERMORE, HE PLAYED ON THE VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM AND EARNED THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND CAPTAIN AWARD FOR HIS TEAM.

WHEREAS CJ IS A PROUD MEMBER OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CHURCH IN MARRERO, PASTOR SPEAKS, AND HE HAS BEEN AWARDED AS THE ALTAR SERVER OF THE YEAR AT ST. JOSEPH THE WORK.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT.

[APPLAUSE] WHEREAS HE TAKES PRIDE IN HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE SUPPORT HE'S RECEIVED FROM HIS PARENTS, FAMILY, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARISHIONERS.

WHEREAS CJ LOOKS FORWARD TO ATTENDING LSU THIS FALL WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND EAGERNESS.

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, HEREBY COMMENDS AND CONGRATULATES YOU, CJ, ON OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR REMARKABLE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> ALL MY COLLEAGUES, THEY COULD COME TAKE A PICTURE.

PARISH PRESIDENT, PARENT, LUWANA.

>> READY GUYS, GO ON 1, 2, 3.

I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER, 1,2 3.

ONE MORE, 1,2 3. THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATION. GREAT THANKS.

>> THERE YOU GOT IT BRO.

>> I'M SO SORRY THAT I MISSED OUT.

>> I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD.

>> HERE WE GO, 1,2,3.

>> CONGRATS MAN. ENJOY COLLEGE.

IT WILL BE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE, TRUST ME. GO.

>> CHIEF GERARD, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR A MOMENT.

>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL FOR A FEW MINUTES.

I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT APRIL OF THIS YEAR, BRIDGE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SERVING THIS JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNITY AND BRIDGE CITY FOR 75 YEARS.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS, OUR PAST MEMBERS, BOARD, EMPLOYEES, ALONG WITH THE ONES WE HAVE NOW, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE.

MY PAID EMPLOYEES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY'RE THERE FOR US.

IN APRIL, THE BOARD ALLOWED ME TO GO OUT AND DESIGN A SPECIAL CHALLENGE COIN FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY.

TODAY, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR PARISH PRESIDENT, AND OUR FIRE SERVICE DIRECTOR WITH ONE OF THOSE COINS, PLEASE.

ONE OTHER THING REAL FAST IF I COULD.

I'D JUST LIKE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT I'M IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT CHANGING OUR UNIFORMS, AND AFTER SEEING COUNCIL BONANO'S SUIT, I THINK NEXT YEAR, OUR UNIFORMS WILL BE THAT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THAT WRAPS UP THE PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATIONS.

ANYBODY WHO'S STILL OUT IN THE LOBBY, YOU COME GRAB YOUR SEATS, AND WE'LL GET THE MEETING STARTED JUST A LITTLE BIT AFTER TEN O'CLOCK.

[MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]

WELCOME, EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10TH, 2024.

WE'RE IN THE JOSEPH S. YENNI BUILDING, 1221 ELMWOOD PARK BOULEVARD IN JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA.

THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN LEE, TO INTRODUCE HIS GUEST TODAY WHO WILL GIVE OUR INVOCATION.

>> YES, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.

>> UNMUTE YOURSELF.

>> I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND, GOOD MAN PASTOR KASEEM SHORT, WHO'S THE PASTOR AT THOMAS UNITED METHODIST HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, PASTOR.

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

>> MORNING.

>> WE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE, BUT WE GOT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN US ANOTHER GREAT DAY TO BE HERE.

LET US PRAY. GRACIOUS GOD, CREATOR, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER BLESSED DAY.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH.

WE PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF ALL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF AS THEY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH, WITH RESPECT AND THEIR PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.

GOD CONTINUE TO ALLOW YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD AND GUIDE US AND THROUGH THIS GREAT WORK THAT HONORS AND GLORIFY YOU.

WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES REPRESENTED HERE TODAY THAT YOUR HOMES WILL BE A PLACE OF PROSPERITY AND PEACE.

WE PRAY WE WILL NOT BOAST IN ANY ACCOLADES.

HOWEVER, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY IN THE MOST WONDERFUL AND HIGHEST NAME WE PRAY AMEN.

>> AMEN.

>> CHIEF GERARD, DO YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE THIS MORNING?

>> NOW, I'D LIKE TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMAN BONANO

[Additional Item]

FOR AN INTRODUCTION OF A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN HARAHAN.

>> I LIKE TO CALL TO THE PODIUM SERGE VILLANOVA WITH THE HARAHAN MUSIC FESTIVAL.

THIS IS AN UP AND COMING FESTIVAL THAT'S OCCURRED, HOW MANY YEARS NOW, SERGE TWO, THREE?

>> WE CELEBRATED OUR FOURTH YEAR THIS PAST JUNE.

>> HE HAS A LITTLE SMALL PRESENTATION HE'D LIKE US TO WATCH.

>> WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME, SERGE VILLANOVA FOUNDER OF THE HARAHAN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND FOOD DRIVE.

WE STARTED THE EVENT IN 2021 TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER POST COVID AND TO INJECT A MUCH NEEDED SENSE OF POSITIVITY AND NORMALCY INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND SINCE THEN, ASIDE FROM FULFILLING THOSE ORIGINAL GOALS, WE'VE RAISED OVER 12,000 ITEMS OF FOOD FOR THE LOCAL ST. RITA FOOD PANTRY.

WE'VE HELPED THE HARAHAN VFW IN ATTAINING A BRAND NEW JOHN DEERE RIDING LAWNMOWER.

WE'VE ALSO HELPED REVITALIZE ZERINGUE PARK ON HICKORY AVENUE.

NOW EVERY SUNDAY, YOU CAN FIND THE HARAHAN FARMERS MARKET AT 501 OAK AVENUE.

WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED THE LOCAL AFTER SCHOOL BOXING CAMP, KINGFISH BOXING IN PRODUCING THE FIRST BOXING TOURNAMENT IN THE CITY OF HARAHAN, IN OVER A DECADE, USING MUSIC AS THE FOUNDATION, ALL THE WHILE, ENTERTAINING THE HARDWORKING RESIDENTS OF THE GNO AREA AND CREATING A REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AROUND $70,000.

THIS IS A LITTLE MORE THAN A MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TURNING FIVE IN 2025.

THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN BONANO AND COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE EVENT THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME IS SERGE VILLANOVA, PRESIDENT OF STRANDED SOUTH MUSIC, MEDIA AND EVENTS.

>> I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THERE WAS MORE. I APOLOGIZE.

WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE. I SAW JUSTIN AT THE COMPUTER.

I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M SORRY. [LAUGHTER] MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> CHAIRMAN WALKER?

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>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

>> COUNCILMAN EDWARDS?

>> COUNCILMAN BONANO?

>> COUNCILMAN LEE?

>> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN?

>> COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG?

>> PARISH PRESIDENT MS. LEE SHENG?

>> I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLE.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

[PARISH PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL]

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR BOIL WATER ADVISORY.

ON SUNDAY JULY 7TH, WE HAD TO ISSUE A BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR GRAND ISLE, AS WELL AS THE PRIVATEER SIDE OF BARATARIA, DUE TO A LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CAUSED BY A BROKEN WATER MAIN.

I WANT TO THANK OUR WATER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO RESPOND TO THIS WATER LINE BREAK, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE.

OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND FLEET AND GENERAL SERVICES DID MAKE SURE THEY TOOK CARE OF THE TOWN OF GRAND ISLE, AND WE DELIVERED 12 PALLETS OF BOTTLED WATER.

THEN YESTERDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO LIFT THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR THE PRIVATEER SIDE OF BARATARIA BASED ON OUR SAMPLING IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ON MONDAY.

RESIDENTS IN THIS AFFECTED AREA MAY NOW USE THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING OR DISINFECTING.

HOWEVER, THE GRAND ISLE CITIZENS, WE STILL HAVE A BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR THOSE CITIZENS IN GRAND ISLE.

I WANT TO THANK OUR NEIGHBORS IN LAFOURCHE PARISH, WHO HAVE HELPED US SO MUCH WITH OUR WATER ISSUES FOR HELPING TO ALSO PROVIDE WATER TO GRAND ISLE, AND ADDITIONALLY, FIRE SERVICES PROVIDED WATER TANKERS TO THE ISLAND AS WELL.

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE, GRETCHEN HURT AND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE TEAM, ALONG WITH JEB AND OUR IT DEPARTMENT.

WE'LL HAVE A NEW WEBSITE.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON A NEW WEBSITE AND A NEW LOOK AND A NEW DOMAIN NAME.

JEFFPARISH.GOV WILL GO LIVE IN THE COMING DAYS ALONG WITH AN UPDATED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH FROM A.NET DOMAIN TO A.GOV DOMAIN, AND THIS HAS LONG BEEN OVERDUE, BUT WE WERE WAITING FOR APPROVALS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

ONLY LEGITIMATE LOCAL COUNTY OR STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE APPROVED FOR A.GOV DOMAIN FROM THE US CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY.

THIS SWITCH WILL GREATLY INCREASE OUR ONLINE CREDIBILITY AND OUR ONLINE SECURITY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE NEW WEBSITE WAS DESIGNED TO BE MORE USER FRIENDLY, MOBILE OPTIMIZED AND ADA ACCESSIBLE.

IT HAS AN UPDATED NAVIGATION ON THE HOME PAGE, WHICH INCLUDES WIDGETS TO QUICKLY ACCESS POPULAR REQUESTS AND VIEW VARIOUS DEPARTMENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES.

>> USERS WILL BE ABLE TO EASILY VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS WITH AN OPTION TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE CALENDAR AND PRESS RELEASE ALERTS VIA EMAIL OR TEXT.

THE PREVIOUS.NET ADDRESS WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT USERS TO THE PARISH'S WEBSITE, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE ANYBODY IN THIS PROCESS.

EMAILS TO OUR CURRENT.GOV ADDRESSES WILL ALSO REDIRECT SO THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO BE MISSED DURING THIS TRANSITION.

PEOPLE WITH OUR OLD EMAIL ADDRESSES, IF THEY SEND US AN EMAIL, IT WILL STILL GET THROUGH.

THERE IS A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SHEET LOCATED ON OUR INTERNET FOR EMPLOYEES, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO HELP ADDRESS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE REGARDING THE UPDATED WEBSITE AND EMAIL DOMAIN.

AGAIN, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AS WELL AS OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR GIVING US A MUCH BETTER WEBSITE, EASIER TO NAVIGATE, GREATER ACCESS TO OUR PUBLIC BUSINESS INVESTOR, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

RECYCLING DATE AS OF THIS SATURDAY, JULY 6TH, THE EAST BANK RECYCLING DROP-OFF SITE WAS MOVED FROM THE BUILDING TO REPUBLIC SERVICE MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY ON L AND A ROAD IN METAIRIE.

AS WE SAID, THE MOVE IS GOING TO MAKE THE PROCESS EASIER AND EVEN MORE GREENER BECAUSE WE'RE HAULING THE RECYCLING BINS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTED RIGHT THERE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE CHANGED THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR BOTH THE EAST BANK AND WEST BANK DROP-OFF SITES IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE INITIAL DROP OFF WAIT TIME, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY HELPS OUR WORKERS AVOID THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.

BOTH SITES ARE NOW OPEN FROM 8:00 AM TO NOON EVERY SATURDAY.

IT WENT VERY WELL THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE.

WE PROCESSED 315 VEHICLES ON THE EAST BANK, 122 VEHICLES ON THE WEST BANK, AND WAIT TIMES AT BOTH SITES HAVE DECREASED AVERAGE TIME OF LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES WITH NO ONE WAITING LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES DURING THE PEAK USAGE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AT 504-731-4612.

OUR LIBRARY IS GOING TO HOST TWO DIGITAL EXPOS.

THE FIRST ONE IS 6:00-8:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 16, AT EAST BANK REGIONAL, AND THE SECOND ONE IS ALSO 6:00-8:00 ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH AT WEST BANK REGIONAL.

THESE EXPOS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS TO LEARN ABOUT FREE DIGITAL RESOURCES,

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INCLUDING E-BOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, STREAMING MUSIC, MOVIES, MAGAZINES, VETERANS AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES, HOMEWORK TUTORING, AND A HOST OF OTHER SERVICES DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO SMARTPHONES, LAPTOPS, TABLETS, AND TELEVISIONS.

I ALWAYS SAY, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS THE AMOUNT OF DIGITAL ACCESS WE HAVE ON OUR LIBRARY.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE SOMETIMES, SO THIS DIGITAL EXPO WILL HELP EVERYONE ON THAT.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES, THE WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY WILL PRESENT A COMBINATION ADULT SPELLING BEE, AND COOKING AND COCKTAIL DEMONSTRATION.

WITH A PROFESSIONAL CHEF AND MIXOLOGIST ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 6:30-8:30, THE SPELLING COMPETITION IS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS IN THE METRO AREA AGES 18 AND ABOVE, AND THEN THE FOOD AND DRINK IS GOING TO HAVE HONEY AS A PRIMARY INGREDIENT.

SUMMER READING PROGRAMS FOR CHILDRENS, TEENS, AND ADULTS CONTINUES AT OUR LIBRARIES THROUGH JULY 31ST.

WE'RE INCLUDING PUPPET SHOWS, MAGICIAN PERFORMANCES, ART CLASSES, LINE DANCING LESSONS, AND FREE MOVIES.

PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES WHO COMPLETE A READING CHALLENGE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RANDOM DRAWING OF PRIZES AT THE END OF JULY, AND THE FORMS CAN BE FOUND AT ALL 16 BRANCHES.

THEN ALSO A SERIES OF GENEALOGY CLASSES FOCUS ON TRACING FAMILY HISTORIES BY ETHNICITY WILL BE HELD AT THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAYS FROM JULY 24TH THROUGH OCTOBER 2ND AT 7:00 PM.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE TRACING FRENCH, AFRICAN AMERICAN, GERMAN, ASIAN, IRISH, AND GERMAN HERITAGE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN FIND IT AT WWW.JPLIBRARY.NET FOR MORE INFORMATION.

WE'RE GOING TO PILOT A NEW SERVICE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.

THIS IS OUR JPAWS, PROTECTION AND ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES IS LAUNCHING A PILOT PET TAXI SERVICES PROGRAM.

THIS IS WHERE DRIVERS WILL TRANSPORT PET OWNERS AND THEIR PETS TO AND FROM VISITS, VET VISITS, GROOMERS, AND SPAY NEUTER SERVICES.

THIS IS A NEW THING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO TRY.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING DRIVER APPLICATIONS, AND WE'RE PUSHING TO START THE PROGRAM IN A FEW MONTHS.

AGAIN, WE'LL GIVE MORE INFORMATION TO EVERYONE IN A FEW MONTHS.

WE'RE NOT STARTING IT YET.

FOR DRIVER APPLICATIONS, YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, CONTACT MICHELLE BRIGNAC, OUR JPAWS DIRECTOR AT MBRIGNAC@JEFFPARISH.NET.

THAT'S M-B-R-I-G-N-A-C@JEFFPARISH.NET.

THEN JPRD IS TOASTING A SPRING CLEANING COMPETITION AT ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS DURING THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE.

PLAYGROUND STAFF COORDINATED THESE CLEANING DAYS, WHICH INCLUDES THE TRIMMING OF TREES AND BRANCHES, PRESSURE WASHING FACILITIES, CLEANING AND ORGANIZING EQUIPMENT ROOMS, STRAIGHTENING OUT THE GARDENS BY PULLING UP THE WEEDS AND ADDING MULCH, PAINTING DUGOUTS, AND CONCESSION STANDS, REMOVING TRASH AND DEBRIS, CLEANING TOT LOTS AND PARKING LOTS, ALL TO MAKE OUR RECREATION SOURCES MUCH NICER, SO I WANT TO APPLAUD OUR JPR STAFF MEMBERS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE HELPING IN THIS EFFORT AS WELL.

IT'S NOT JUST OUR EMPLOYEES.

JPRD FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, FLAG FOOTBALL, AND CHEERLEADING REGISTRATION BEGIN FIRST, SO VISIT JPRD.COM TO REGISTER FOR THOSE SPORTS.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR JPRD ATHLETES.

WE'VE RECENTLY HAD A LOT OF WINS TO CELEBRATE MANY OF OUR TEAMS WON THE DISTRICT STATE AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND WE'LL BE ADVANCING TO THE WORLD SERIES SOON, SO WE WANT TO PULL FOR THEM.

THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE MADE A VIDEO.

THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE KRISTEN NUSS.

SPEAKING OF RECREATION, KRISTEN NUSS IS A JPRD GRADUATE.

SHE CAME UP THROUGH A JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATIONAL SYSTEM, AND SHE WILL PLAY IN THE OLYMPICS, REPRESENTING LOUISIANA, BUT REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES IN BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

IT'S INCREDIBLE BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT IN THE OLYMPICS, THEY ONLY HAVE TWO TEAMS REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES, FOUR WOMEN, TWO TEAMS. IT'S DOUBLES BEACH.

SHE'S GOT AN INCREDIBLE STORY, AND I THINK HER STORY DESERVES TO BE TOLD.

I'M PERSONALLY SO VERY PROUD OF HER.

I ASKED THE PIO OF US TO DO A VIDEO.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE GET A JPRD GRADUATE AND MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE OLYMPICS, SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT KRISTEN.

>> [MUSIC] HI, THIS IS PARISH PRESIDENT, CYNTHIA LEE SHENG.

WITH REALLY EXCITING NEWS, THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE GOING TO BE SO FUN FOR US AS WE WATCH OUR VERY OWN KRISTEN NUSS, BE A MEMBER OF THE US OLYMPIC TEAM FOR WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

I HAD THE HONOR OF KNOWING KRISTEN AT LAKESHORE PLAYGROUND.

SHE IS A COUPLE OF YEARS OLDER THAN MY CHILDREN, AND REALLY SEEING HER PROBABLY IN SOME OF HER VERY FIRST VOLLEYBALL GAMES.

I COULD SEE THEN THAT SHE WAS SPECIAL.

SHE WAS JUST A NATURAL ATHLETE.

>> AS A KID, I PLAYED SO MUCH IN MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS, ESPECIALLY AT LAKESHORE PLAYGROUND, JUST PLAYING BASKETBALL.

I STARTED OUT PLAYING BOUNCE BALL AT LAKESHORE.

I THINK IT REALLY JUST SHAPED ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

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>> SHE WAS A GREAT KID, QUIET KID, AND SPECTACULAR.

>> WHAT I'M VERY PROUD ABOUT IS THAT SHE IS A PRODUCT OF OUR VERY OWN BELOVED JPRD SYSTEM, AND SO IT'S NOT EASY TO MAKE IT THAT FAR.

SHE WENT ON TO PLAY AT MOUNT CARMEL AND LSU.

>> I WAS ACTUALLY AN EXTREMELY SHY CHILD WHENEVER I WAS PLAYING ON THE TEAMS, AND I ALWAYS JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WOULD JUST JUST GO TO WORK, AND I TRIED TO JUST BE AS COACHABLE AS POSSIBLE, WHATEVER THE COACH WAS SAYING.

LIKE MS. AARON, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COACHES THAT I HAD, ESPECIALLY IN BASKETBALL, AND WHATEVER SHE TOLD ME TO DO, I WAS JUST GOING TO TRY AND DO IT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

>> SHE WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS.

SHE LITERALLY HAS A GIFT FROM GOD.

THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

SHE WORKS HARD NOW, AND ESPECIALLY NOW.

SHE REALLY WORKED HARD.

>> I GIVE SO MUCH CREDIT TO HER.

SHE WAS DEFINITELY A VERY HARD COACH, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMEONE WHO I RESPECTED GREATLY EVEN AT THAT AGE, AND I KNEW THAT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE ME A BETTER PLAYER AND OVERALL JUST A BETTER PERSON.

>> WHAT I LOVED ABOUT KRISTEN IS THAT SHE WAS SO HUMBLE OF AN ATHLETE, AND IT WAS HARD NOT TO ROOT FOR HER.

I KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO GO FAR, BUT I NEVER DREAMED THAT SHE WOULD GO THIS FAR.

KRISTEN IS THE PHENOME.

[LAUGHTER] SHE IS, AND I HAVE NO OTHER WORD FOR HER.

ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT THAT'S WHAT I'VE CALLED HER.

>> I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY SAY DREAM BIG.

IF I WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL PLAYING BOUNCE BALL AT LAKESHORE PLAYGROUND, AND I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, MAN, I REALLY WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN, I WOULD HAVE JUST DISCREDITED THAT AND NOT ACTUALLY FULLY BELIEVED IT.

I DON'T THINK I'D BE SITTING HERE TODAY AND ABOUT TO GO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES.

IF THE DREAM DOESN'T SCARE YOU AS A LITTLE KID, THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO DREAM A LITTLE BIGGER.

>> ONE DAY, SHE'S IN HERE WARMING UP WITH HER BROTHER AGAIN, PRACTICING, DOING DRILLS, AND I'LL GO OVER AND I SAY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? IT'S MAYBE BETWEEN HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR.

I'M GOING TO GO PLAYING SAND VOLLEYBALL.

I SAID, WHAT? I SAID SAND VOLLEYBALL.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WATCH YOU ON TV.

I SAID, WELL, I BETTER SEE YOU IN THE OLYMPICS IF YOU GO TO SAND VOLLEYBALL.

HERE SHE IS. SHE'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

>> WE HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH SUPPORT ALONG THIS WHOLE JOURNEY THAT WE STARTED OUT BACK THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND NOW IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, THE BIGGEST STAGE OF ALL, BUT WE HAVE JUST BEEN SUPER BLESSED BY EVERYONE BACK HOME IN LOUISIANA.

IT JUST MEANS SO, SO MUCH, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING HOME SOME HARDWARE, NOT ONLY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT ESPECIALLY TO LOUISIANA.

>> KRISTEN, JEFFERSON PARISH IS PULLING FOR YOU.

WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU.

WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.

GO SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'RE ALL ABOUT, AND REPRESENT US WELL, AND WE'LL BE PULLING FOR YOU AT THE OLYMPICS.

>> THOUGH I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT'S A BIG DEAL THAT KRISTEN MADE IT SO FAR.

JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE MADE GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

SHE IS THE MOST WINNINGNESS, THAT IS THE WORD, WINNINGNESS COLLEGE PLAYER EVER ON BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

I THINK SHE IS NOT THE SHORTEST, BUT THE SECOND.

SHE'S ONLY 5'6", SO IN THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD, THAT'S INCREDIBLE THAT SHE'S ONLY 5'6".

THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW GOOD SHE IS ON HER DEFENSIVE SKILLS.

THEN LAST SUNDAY, THEY WON THEIR LAST GAME IN SWITZERLAND, SO THEY'RE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS ON A WINNING STREAK, SO THEY HAVE THE MOMENTUM WITH THEM.

HER PARTNER IS TARYN KLOTH, WHO WAS ALSO IN LSU.

THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR A WHILE AN LSU TEAMMATE OF HERS, AND SO THEY'RE GOING IN SEATED NUMBER 2 AFTER A BRAZILIAN TEAM.

THEY'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE UNITED STATES, SEATED NUMBER 2 IN THE WORLD.

THEIR FIRST GAME WILL BE THE DAY AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, SO LET'S ALL PULL FOR HER AND WISH HER THE VERY BEST.

>> GREAT STORY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THE OLYMPICS ARE ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH WHEN THERE'S A LOCAL ROOTING INTO IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT'S EVEN BETTER. DO YOU KNOW THE WORD GUTTURAL?

>> YES, I DID. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT?

>> I'M GOING TO GUESS. ARE YOU ASKING ME?

>> I AM. THERE'S A REASON.

>> G-U-T-T-E-R-E-L?

>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, TOO. THAT PUT ME OUT OF THE ADULT SPELLING BEE SEVEN YEARS AGO.

[LAUGHTER].

>> IT'S G-U-T-T-U-R-A-L. [LAUGHTER] CLEARLY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN PAST IT. [LAUGHTER]

>> I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT TO ME BEFORE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] ONCE OR TWICE, BUT IT'S A FUN EVENT, AND I DECIDED TO TRY IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS STILL IN LOCAL NEWS, AND WE DID A STORY ABOUT IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE STORY DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY I WANTED WHERE I WAS GOING TO WIN THE SPELLING BEE.

I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I KNEW EVERY WORD AFTER THAT.

THE WINNING WORD WAS MARSHMALLOW.

COME ON. GUTTURAL THOUGH IS WHAT DID ME IN, SO I'LL NEVER FORGET G-U-T-T-U-R-A-L.

IT MEANS A HORSE SOUND IN THE BACK OF YOUR THROAT, IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, BUT THE ADULT SPELLING BEE IS A LOT OF FUN.

THANK, MADAM PRESIDENT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT? IT'S THE SECOND TIME I'VE TOLD THAT STORY IN TWO DAYS.

TOLD THE BONNEVILLE CIVIC ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT AS WELL BECAUSE THAT CAME UP.

NOW WE'RE TO THE PART OF THE AGENDA,

[PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGENDA]

WHERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, CAN DO SO NOW.

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YOU MUST SUBMIT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD TO THE CLERK AT THE FRONT OF THE CHAMBERS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> [INAUDIBLE] 4260 [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE, FIFTH DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE], FOURTH DISTRICT GUN INCORPORATED JEFFERSON 52 YEARS.

ITEM NUMBER 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 87, AND 104.

NOW, TOTAL INCREASE OF ALL CONTRACTS, $4.5 MILLION, ADDITIONAL ALL CONTRACTS, 400 WORKING DAYS, 55, NO MONEY, JUST ADDITIONAL WORKING DAYS.

FOUR DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED HERE, TRANSIT, COASTAL PROTECTION, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS.

NOW, SIX IS NOT A CHANGE ORDER.

SIX IS AN ISSUE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MUCH CONTROVERSY IN THE NEWS ABOUT OUR SMART WATER METER SYSTEM.

NOW, I EXPECT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND INSPECTOR GENERAL TO GO OVER THIS CONTRACT, WHOEVER IT'S GOING TO BE AWARDED TO, AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR BASES ARE COVERED, BECAUSE THERE'S A POTENTIAL COULD BE SOME LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THE PARISH FOR OUR PROCUREMENT BY TWO OTHER VENDORS WHO'S BIDDEN.

THIS IS WHAT THE ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER SAID.

NOW, ANYBODY CAN FILE A LAWSUIT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IF LAWSUITS ARE FILED, AND WE GOT ALL OUR BASES COVERED AND IT'S FRIVOLOUS, THEN I EXPECT THAT VENDOR WHOEVER SUES US TO COVER ALL EXPENSES FOR OUR LEGAL FEES.

PEOPLE JUST IN PARISH DON'T NEED THIS.

ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

>> [INAUDIBLE], 509 HOUMA BOULEVARD, JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY AND WAY WE GO.

THREE MINUTES IS INADEQUATE FOR 165 ITEMS. YOU ALL SHOULD FIGURE THAT OUT.

RESTORE THE FIVE MINUTES, MR. AL WANTS BECAUSE THEN THEY'D SAVE US ALL A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.

I'M PRETTY SURE. I DON'T THINK MR. AL USED ALL THE FIVE MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK HE ALWAYS USES HIS THREE.

THE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONES YOU SERVE.

THERE'S TWO PEOPLE COME UP HERE EVERY MEETING TO TRY AND DO A CIVIC DUTY, THIS CIVIC DUTY TO ADDRESS THESE AGENDA ITEMS. I GOT 165.

I START FROM THE BACK BECAUSE I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER TO EVERYTHING BECAUSE ONCE YOU DO THAT THING, ONCE YOU START PUSHING A CART INSTEAD OF PULLING IT, EVERYTHING GETS ASKEWED.

YOU START THINKING EVERY GOOD DEED IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FUNDAMENTAL POWER THAT YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THOSE.

ONE SIXTY-FOUR, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT EVERY TIME WE SPEND MORE MONEY ON EQUIPMENT, BUT FAILED TO RAISE THE BASE PAY OF FIREMEN, IT WAS AN INSULT.

I WAS PERSONALLY INSULTED WITH MY OWN CONDUCT BY MAKING THE FIREMEN SIT IN HERE.

FOR THE HAYNES COMMUNITY, YOU PULLED ALL THAT OUT OF ORDER.

YOU CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULES AND PULL ANYTHING OUT OF ORDER THAT YOU CHOOSE.

WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES IN HERE IN MASS, PAY THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE, SUSPEND THE RULES, TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS, THEN CARRY ON WITH THE DOG AND PONY SHOW.

THE FARCE THAT IS THIS PROCESS AND REASONING.

GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM THEIR EQUIPMENT, BUT LET'S GET THAT BASE PAY COVERAGE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THEIR DAY OFF COMING IN HERE TO BEG FOR ANY KIND OF WAGE THAT COULD SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

IT'S EMBARRASSING. ONE SIXTY BRAGS ABOUT NO COST TO JEFFERSON PARISH.

I DON'T EVEN CARE WHAT IT IS.

SPARK THE FAMILY. I WANT THEM TO GET THE MONEY. I DO.

IT'S OUR MONEY. THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE STATE GIVES US THAT WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM TENFOLD.

WE'RE DEPRIVED OF OUR DELEGATION.

YOU GOT ONE SENATOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF JEFFERSON PARISH OUT OF SEVEN.

ONLY ONE, AND HE CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE FOR CAR INSURANCE.

ONE FIFTY-NINE.

>> THIS RELATES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE, CHAIRMAN?

>> THIRTY SECONDS.

>> DO YOU THINK I CAN SPEND 30 SECONDS TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HOW THAT'S DISTORTED, HOW EVERYTHING WE AGREE TO DO WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS POLLUTED?

>> IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR THE TERM OF AGENDA.

>> PARDON ME.

>> IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR TERM OF AGENDA.

>> YOU GOT SEVERAL ITEMS ON HERE RELATED TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WERE TAKEN IN GRANT MONEY OR FEDERAL RELATED FUNDS OR TO COMPLY WITH SOME FEDERAL RELATED ACT.

I COULD GO ON ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF

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THAT RELATIONSHIP AS LONG AS I HAVE TIME.

I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MYSELF RIGHT HERE NOW BECAUSE I THINK YOU GET MY POINT.

I APPRECIATE THE CURIOSITY SPARKED LAST MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD FROM THAT, TRUST ME. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

>> ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR AGENDA?

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DANA PICADOR, AND I'M REPRESENTING VECTOR MEDIA.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR ON OUR LETTER TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE PRESENTED A PRICE PROPOSAL THAT WAS A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE AND CHANGE THE STRUCTURE.

WE'VE BEEN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

OUR CAPABILITIES ARE GREAT AND WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING JEFFERSON PARISH. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU. WAS THERE SOMEONE ELSE WALKING UP WHO WANTED TO SPEAK A MOMENT AGO AND DISAPPEARED? ANYBODY ELSE? ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? GO AHEAD, MA'AM. YOU CAN COME UP.

IT'S ON THE AGENDA. IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S TIME TO SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING AS WELL. YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM.

>> GOOD MORNING. I'M CHERYL ANDERSON, I'M VICE PRESIDENT AND CO-OWNER OF FUEL MEDIA HOLDINGS, AND WE ALSO PRESENTED FOR THE TRANSIT OUTDOOR.

OUR RFP WAS SUBMITTED.

OUR NUMBERS WERE BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE DID HISTORICALLY.

I BELIEVE OUR NUMBERS WERE MORE GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE PARISH THAN WAS PRESENTED BY VECTOR.

WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT.

WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 10 YEARS.

WE HAVE REPRESENTED LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WE ARE IN INDIANA, OHIO, GEORGIA, AND NORTH FLORIDA.

A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN RENEWED FOR FIVE YEARS, CONTRACTS AND THEN RENEWED FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

WE'RE VIBRANT, WE'RE A DBE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE PARISH. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WITH AN ITEM TO ADDRESS ON THE AGENDA? THANK YOU. MOVING ON, MADAM CLERK,

[ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED]

I HAVE A NOTE THAT ITEMS 1-3 WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR AUGUST 7TH MEETING ON THE EAST BANK.

COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION REGARDING THE DEFERRAL OF 1-3.

>> TO APPROVE.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEMS 1-3 TO AUGUST 7TH, 2024, MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM 4.

[PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]

>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING A PERSON OR FIRM TO PROVIDE AN EXCLUSIVE EXTERIOR/ INTERIOR TRANSIT BUS AND PARA-TRANSIT VEHICLE ADVERTISING CONTRACT FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH UNDER RFP NUMBER 0477.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

>> IN A MOVE TO SELECT FUEL MEDIA HOLDINGS.

AGAIN, WE HAD TWO GOOD PROPOSALS IN THIS CASE, AND I APPRECIATE BOTH RESPONDENTS.

IN THIS CASE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR FEW REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS, AND FUEL MEDIA IS OFFERING US A $20,000 MONTHLY GUARANTEED AMOUNT VERSUS AN $11,000 AMOUNT.

WE APPRECIATE THEIR GENEROUS OFFER AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING BUSINESS TOGETHER.

>> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF FUEL MEDIA HOLDINGS INC. ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER 5, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.

>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ON IT HAS NEEDED BASIS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VRANCKEN?

>> MOVE FOR ALL QUALIFIED.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF ALL QUALIFIED FIRMS ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 6, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING A VENDOR TO REPLACE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WATER METERS WITH NEW AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER REVISED AND MODIFIED SPECIFICATIONS UNDER RFP NUMBER 0481.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

>> MOVE TO SELECT PEDAL VALVES.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF PEDAL VALVES ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 7, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING A VENDOR TO PROVIDE ELECTRONIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC MONITORING SERVICES, AND TRACKING SERVICES FOR JUVENILES ORDERED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH JUVENILE COURT TO THE PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES UNDER RFP NUMBER 0482.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR SELECTION?

>> MOVING TO SELECT THE HIGHEST SCORED COMPANY WITH THE LOWEST COST, SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN,

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SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER 8, PLEASE.

THAT'S EXECUTIVE SESSION. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ITEMS 8 AND 9 WILL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL DO THAT AT NOON.

THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 10 AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, PLEASE.

[SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES]

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26325, RESERVE OF LOTS, CK 10, CK 14, AND CK 16, CARNAHAN KING TRACK INTO LOTS CK 16A, CK 16B, AND CK 16C, AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 3.

>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM.

WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26325.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD AFTERNOON, MIKE SHERMAN, EIGHT UNDER BRON NEORAL AND 70113 ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER.

I HOPE THIS IS A MOMENTOUS DAY.

FOR MANY YEARS SINCE THE HUEP LONG WAS WIDENED, WE'VE ALL HOPE TO SEE ELMWOOD EXTEND ACROSS THE RIVER.

THIS HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT.

MADAM PRESIDENT, STEVE, JEDCO, COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THIS IS JUST A RE-SUBDIVISION TODAY WITH A PUBLIC FACILITIES WAIVER, BUT I HOPE THIS PAVES THE WAY FOR A MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT CAN BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.

COUNCILMAN LEE, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE,.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THE TEAM OF JEDCO, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR.

COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION?

>> BEFORE I MOVE FOR APPROVAL, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE ATTORNEY WAS CORRECT IN THAT AREA.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO DEVELOP THAT AREA, WHICH IS NINE MILE POINT ROAD.

WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL COME.

THEY WILL BE A PART OF THE GROWTH.

ATMOST ENERGY IS THE FIRM THAT HE'S REPRESENTING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 100 EMPLOYEES BASED OVER THERE.

IT'S GOING TO, I BELIEVE, CREATE A MYRIAD OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO COME TO THAT AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE GROWTH BECAUSE THE MOST DEVELOPABLE LAND IS ON THE WEST BANK IN THAT AREA.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE YES WITH THE WAIVER.

>> ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26325, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

ITEM 11, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26338, RESUB OF LOT 9A, BLOCK 2, ORLANDO SUBDIVISION INTO 9-C, BLOCK 6, GRAND DRIVE SUBDIVISION INTO LOT 9-A1, BLOCK 6, GRAND DRIVE SUBDIVISION, ES-24-24 COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.

>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AS WELL, SO WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26338.

ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN BONANO?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26338, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM 12, PLEASE.

[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING]

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26341, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH, L 14 SQUARE 35, BRIDGEDALE SECTION B SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 400 CLEARVIEW PARKWAY, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM RR 3, 3 AND 4 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH THE CPZ TO C1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, EZ-9-24 COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.

>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26341.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS ANTHONY SEQUIA.

I LIVE AT 35 ELAINE AVENUE IN HARRAHAN.

I'M ASKING FOR THE ZONING CHANGE TO PUT AN ICE VENDING MACHINE IN THE LOCATION TO OPEN UP A NEW BUSINESS THERE. THAT'S IT.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED?

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARY WILLIAMS. I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 4509 CAMEL STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND 400 CLEARVIEW.

PUTTING AN ICE HOUSE THERE WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO MY PEACE AND PROSPERITY LIVING THERE.

THE PLOT IS PROBABLY 50 BY 120.

FIFTY FEET OF THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE YARD AND HOUSE WOULD BE NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY.

CLEARVIEW IS ALREADY TOTALLY CONGESTED.

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GETTING IN AND OUT OF THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM.

IF THIS IS GOING TO BE OPEN 24 HOURS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE.

WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT LIVE THERE.

WALGREENS IS OPEN 24/7, THEY SELL ICE.

RAUS SELLS ICE, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE BLOCKS UP, AND ON THE CORNER OF CLEARVIEW AND WEST METAIRIE, THERE'S TWO PLACES THAT ARE OPEN 24 HOURS, A GAS STATION, AND CONVENIENCE STORES.

PRETTY SURE BOTH OF THEM SELL ICE.

WE DO NOT NEED ICE IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY GETTING IN AND OUT OF THIS LOT.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT THE LOT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA LEAVING.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONGREGATE THERE BECAUSE I LIVED IN THAT AVENUE.

I'VE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE.

WE DO NOT NEED AN ICE VENDING MACHINE THERE. THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION?

>> THANK YOU. HIERS, 509 HOUMA BOULEVARD.

ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I STARTED COMING IN HERE, AND THE ONLY THING I STARTED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR THAT CHARTER REVIEW WAS DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY.

WE'RE BETTER OFF THREE YEARS LATER, EVERY SINGLE DAY I'M WATCHING SOMEBODY GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.

YESTERDAY, RIGHT ON VETS, CRASHING INTO THE BUILDING.

RECKLESS DRIVING IS RAMPANT IN THIS PARISH.

IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UNIFORM CONDITIONS THAT THAT PROCESS OF REASONING THAT YOU'VE DEFERRED TO THAT YOU'D INVENT AGAINST THE TEXT OR SQUEEZE FROM THE TEXT OF YAKIMA WASHINGTON TO SOMEHOW PROP UP THE ABUSE, THE NEGLECT.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON CLEARVIEW IS YOU'RE GOING TO CAUSE SOMEONE'S DEATH, I GUARANTEE YOU.

IF YOU TRAVEL DOWN CLEARVIEW WITH PEOPLE DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR ON THE REGULAR, WHO STOOD OUT ON THE CORNER OF CLEARVIEW AND WEST METAIRIE, CAMPAIGN OR CLEARVIEW AND WEST NAPOLEON? HOW FAST ARE THEY GOING DOWN CLEARVIEW? I KNOW THEY'RE DOING 70. I LIVE THERE.

I GOT THEM DOING 60 ON HOUMA, A 20 MILE AN HOUR STREET.

THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS SQUEEZE FROM THE TEXT OF YAKIMA AND SAY, WE'VE GOT A PROCESS OF REASONING THAT MATCHES THEIRS.

I COULDN'T OPPOSE THIS MORE STRONGLY.

THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME MOST ABOUT MY OPPOSITION TO THIS IS THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO PROBABLY PASS IT.

OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO PASS WHATEVER YOU'RE INCLINED TO PASS REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYBODY SAYS, YOU'LL FIND SOME WAY TO BLAME IT ON US.

YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT US FROM OURSELVES.

YOU'RE GOING TO REZONE THIS TO SOME KIND OF COMMERCIAL, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE IT MORE COMMERCIAL, IF WE DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DO IT, THEY'LL MAKE SOMETHING WORSE AS THOUGH WE THE PEOPLE HAVE NO POWER.

THIS BODY SUBJUGATES THE CITIZENS TO A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION.

THUSLY, YOU CAN JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT ANOTHER PORTION OF THE PARISH THAT ISN'T THE PEOPLE YOU'RE SLIDING.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED ON CLEARVIEW, MARK IT.

WE ALREADY LOST A $250,000 AMBULANCE AND LAFITTE SUFFERS FOR RESPONSE TIME BECAUSE OF IT.

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SEND AN AMBULANCE DEDICATED TO JEAN LAFITTE, I DON'T THINK IT'S THERE.

I STILL GET PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT IT.

THAT AMBULANCE GOT DESTROYED ON HOUMA BOULEVARD BECAUSE SOMEBODY DECIDED THAT 60 MILES AN HOUR WASN'T FAST ENOUGH, THAT THE TRAFFIC ON CLEARVIEW IS EASIER TO BYPASS THROUGH A CUT-THROUGH.

A CUT-THROUGH IS AN ABUSIVE ENGINEERING TERM USED FOR THE ABUSE OF OTHERWISE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.

WHEN I MOVED HERE 30 YEARS AGO, YOU COULDN'T DRIVE DOWN HOUMA BOULEVARD OR ANY OTHER NUMBER OF 20 MILE AN HOUR STREETS WITHOUT WAVING HELLO TO PEOPLE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, LEST YOU FEEL LIKE A RUDE OUTSIDER.

DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY IS IN PERIL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO EVEN CONSIDER MAKING IT WORSE HERE.

HOW IT EVEN GETS TO THIS PLACE IS RIDICULOUS.

WE'VE GOT PANHANDLERS ON THE PLATFORM AT CLEARVIEW AND AIRLINE, ON THE REGULAR.

THEY'RE GOING TO SET UP SHOP RIGHT BEHIND THIS ICE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE COPS WON'T SEE THEM, THE SHERIFF WON'T BE OVER THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY TAG.

BY THE TIME SOMEBODY WANTS TO HOLD ANYBODY ACCOUNT, YOU'VE ALL HOPSCOTCHED TO ANOTHER JOB, AND YOU'LL BLAME SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE INEFFICIENCIES OR THE INADEQUACIES OR YOU'LL BLAME THE CITIZENS THEMSELVES.

THEY APPROVED IT. WE APPROVED THIS COUNCIL CONSTRUCT, BUT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

SO IT DOESN'T AMOUNT TO APPROVAL, IT'S ACQUIESCENCE.

YOU CANNOT APPROVE WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

>> WHO WANTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO GET INJURED ON CLEAR VIEW PARKWAY? 400 CLEAR VIEW PARKWAY.

REMEMBER THAT ADDRESS.

YOU APPROVE THIS, WATCH IT.

WATCH SOMEBODY'S GOING TO DIE.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE CRITICALLY INJURED ON THAT STREET.

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IT'S ALREADY HAZARDOUS. IT'S INSANE.

IT DRIVES1,500 CARS A DAY DOWN HOUMA BOULEVARD BECAUSE OF HOW CONGESTED AND HOW ABUSIVE CLEAR VIEW IS.

I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR MAKING SOMEHOW THAT LEFT TURN A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT WAS.

BUT MY GOD, YOU SHOULD WATCH PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT OFF A CENTRAL WHERE HOUMA MEETS IT, AND HOUMA IS NOT EVEN IDENTIFIED.

WE GOT NO STREET NAME.

IF YOU WERE A REPRESENTATIVE BODY, I'D HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT WOULD BE TALKING TO ME ABOUT ALL THIS.

I WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS.

SOMEBODY WOULD CALL ME, SAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO OPPOSE TODAY, MR. HIERS? HERE'S THE THINGS I THINK YOU MIGHT CARE ABOUT.

HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO ON YOUR BEHALF.

YOU GET $4,000 A MEETING TO BE HERE.

THAT'S THE DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSONS.

NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT LARGE MEMBERS ARE GETTING PAID TO BE HERE.

YOU ALL SHOULD FIGURE THIS OUT.

CORRECT FOR YOURSELVES.

I'M DOING THIS FOR FREE.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION?

>> ACTUALLY, I'M NOT OPPOSED OR FOR IT.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION HERE. WHOSE DISTRICT IS THIS? COUNCILMAN BONANO.

THERE'S A CLEAR OPPOSITION HERE, AND OF COURSE, I'M PRO BUSINESS, SO I'M ALWAYS FOR A NEW BUSINESS OPENING IN THIS PARISH.

I SAY LET'S DEFER THIS, LET'S LOOK AT THIS.

LET'S LOOK AT SAFETY ISSUES.

LET'S LOOK AT POSSIBLE THINGS WE CAN DO TO FIX, PANHANDLE A PROBLEM.

LET'S COME TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF FIGHTING AND ARGUING OVER THIS, AND LET'S MAKE THIS A BETTER SITUATION. I'M NOT OPPOSING IT.

I'M LET'S COME TOGETHER AS A PARISH AND WORK TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT'S BEST, GET WITH THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE DEFERRED US TO, MAYBE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND WORK OUT THE PROBLEM AND THE ISSUES. THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTED ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR, THREE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.

COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION?

>> THIS LOT IS A VACANT LOT THAT IS ZONED FOR MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

I CAN'T THINK OF A LESS ONEROUS USES THAN AN ICE MACHINE.

I'D RATHER HAVE AN ICE MACHINE IN MY YARD THAN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND GOING EVERY DAY.

YOU LOOK UP ON DOWN THE STREET.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT ZONES ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET FROM A GROCERY STORE TO A MASSAGE PARLOR AND THIS JUST ADDS A, IN MY PLACE, AN NON-INVASIVE USE TO THE AREA.

THERE'S NO EMPLOYEES, THERE'S NO PARKING PROBLEMS, NONE OF THAT AND SO FOR THAT, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26341, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECOND OF BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26342, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH OF LOT B SQUARE SEVEN, DANNY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON THE 3,200 BLOCK OF DANNY PARK, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM GO2 TO C1 EZ-5-24 COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.

ITEM 13, PLEASE.

>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26342.

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MIKE SHERMAN, 800 BROWN STREET, NEW ORLEANS, ON BEHALF OF CHICK-FIL-A.

THIS IS AN EXISTING LOCATION.

I SUSPECT EVERYONE KNOWS IT WELL BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS IT GENERATES.

I AM SO PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY WITH OUR OWNER OPERATOR AND THE CHICK-FIL-A TEAM.

WE HAVE TWO AGENDA MATTERS TODAY.

I'M SPEAKING ON THE ZONING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES WE'LL HAVE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.

BUT THIS IS A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM BY EXPANDING THE CHICK-FIL-A DRIVE THROUGH AND PARKING TO GO TO THE VACANT GO2 TWO LOT BEHIND IT GENERAL OFFICE LOT.

WE'RE SWITCHING FROM GO2 TO C1 TO ALLOW FOR A ZONING CHANGE, AND IN A FEW MINUTES WE'LL HAVE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.

COUNCILMEMBER VAN VRANCKEN.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS ONE WHEN YOU WERE DISTRICT MEMBER, YOU GAVE US A CHALLENGE TO SOLVE IT.

COUNCILMEMBER LILJEBERG, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH THE SOLUTION TODAY.

THE PAB RECOMMENDED IN FAVOR OF THIS.

ALL NEIGHBORS SPOKE IN FAVOR THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, KNOW THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR. COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26342, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

ITEM 14, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26343, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH OF LOTS 5, 6 AND 7 AND PART OF LOT 8, SQUARE 4 CANAL STREET SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 510 ARIS AVENUE, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R1, A SINGLE FAMILY METAIRIE RIDGE TREE PRESERVATION DISTRICT TO R2, TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EZ-8-24, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.

>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26343.

>> MY NAME IS CHARLES SILBERNAGEL WITH CIS ARCHITECTS,

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3129 EDEN BORN, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE OWNER AND IF YOU'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR, COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE STIPULATIONS BY THE PAB.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26343, A MOTION OF COUNCIL LILJEBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

ITEM 15, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26345, APPROVING SP-5-24, A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTIONS INTO OPEN AREAS OF THE CHAPTER 40 ZONING FOR AN UNCOVERED STAIRCASE IN THE CORNER SIDE YARD FOR WIGS BY TIFFANY LOCATED AT 3017 NORTH CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD E ON LOT 1A SQUARE 41 HARLEM SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.

>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM, AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26345.

>> MY NAME IS CHARLES SILBERNAGEL, CIS ARCHITECTS, 3129 EDEN BORN AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING TIFFANY, AND SHE WILL BE EXTREMELY HAPPY.

SHE'S BEEN OPERATING FOR 6-8 MONTHS NOW WITHOUT A FRONT DOOR SO SHE WILL BE HAPPY WHEN WE GET OUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR. COUNCIL LILJEBERG?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26345, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCIL WALKER.

HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. SIXTEEN, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26346, APPROVING SP-20-24, REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE AREA REGULATIONS, LANDSCAPE, AND BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, AND SIGN REGULATIONS OF THE CPZ FOR CHICK-FIL-A LOCATED AT 3870 VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD ON LOTS AB, 3, 4 AND 5 SQUARE 7 DANY SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.

>> WE WAIVE THE READING HERE AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26346.

>> GOOD MORNING, REBECCA GEIGER, 800 BROWN STREET HERE ON BEHALF OF CHICK-FIL-A, AS MIKE MENTIONED JUST A FEW ITEMS BEFORE, THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE CHICK-FIL-A AT VETERANS.

THE ZONING CHANGE ALLOWS US TO EXPAND INTO THE REAR LOT, AND THIS SITE PLAN ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE THE SITE AND DESIGN IT IN A WAY THAT'S MOST EFFICIENT FOR THE OPERATOR TO SECURE THE GOAL OF REMOVING CARS OFF VETERANS AND REMOVING CARS OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE PARKING AND AN EXTENDED DRIVE THROUGH LINE.

WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF VARIANCES, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY, AND THOSE ARE JUST EXISTING NON-CONFORMING CONDITIONS THAT ARE EXTENDED TO THE REAR OF THE SITE TO MAXIMIZE AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE JOSH CARTER HERE TODAY, WHO IS THE OPERATOR, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THIS IS NECESSARY AND HIS COMMITMENT TO BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. LIKE SAID, JOSH CARTER, 1350 PIER AVENUE.

GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.

SINCE I TOOK OVER AS THE OWNER OF THIS CHICK-FIL-A ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW AS EVERYONE SAID PRIOR, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC ISSUES.

MY GOAL IS TWO THINGS, ONE SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE THE BEST NEIGHBOR POSSIBLE.

WHAT THIS SITE PLAN DOES IS COUPLES THAT PERFECTLY TOGETHER AND ALLOWS US TO BE THE BEST BUSINESS AND NEIGHBOR THAT WE CAN BE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

I ASK FOR YOUR AGREEMENT ON THIS AND TO PASS THIS THROUGH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

>> ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT TWO APPEARED IN FAVOR. COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26346, A MOTION OF COUNCIL LILJEBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO AWARDED. ITEM 17, PLEASE.

[OTHER ORDINANCES]

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26347, ADDING THE CUTTING AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR GRASS NOXIOUS WEEDS OR OTHER DELETERIOUS OR UNHELPFUL GROWTHS, TRASH, DEBRIS, REFUGE, OR DISCARDED OR NOXIOUS MATTER, PURSUANT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 19-27 TO THE ANNUAL ADD BALONE TAX BILL OF THE PREMISES OR PROPERTY INVOLVED.

>> WE NOW OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26347, ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?

>> BRECKIN HIERS, 509 HOUMA BOULEVARD, JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY, AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN UP TO OPPOSE THIS WHOLE SLEW OF THESE THINGS AS JEFFERSONIAN.

ON THE BASIS THAT NOT THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IN FACT, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA WHEN YOU HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS TO ACTUALLY INCORPORATE WHATEVER FINES OR THINGS INTO A LIEN AGAINST THE HOUSE RATHER THAN TAKE THE HOUSE FROM THEM AND MAKE THEM HOMELESS.

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IT'S PRETTY MUCH A DEAL WHERE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL RULE WHERE IT SAYS, AND EVERYBODY HAS GIVEN LIP SERVICE TO IT FROM THIS COUNCIL'S MEETINGS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW, TO THE STATE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MEETINGS THAT I WENT ON YOUR BEHALF.

EIGHT OF THOSE MEETINGS I ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF AND LACK OF OUR DELEGATION.

TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHEREIN IT'S PRESCRIBED.

REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECT TAXES SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES, ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS.

THIS TRANSLATES TO REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECT TAXES SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG THE SEVERAL PARISHES ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE NUMBERS.

IT TRANSLATES DOWN TO THE PARISH LEVEL TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECT TAXES SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG THE SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, CITIES, OR UNINCORPORATED AREAS WITHIN THE PARISH, ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE NUMBERS.

THAT'S THE RULE. PROPERTY TAXES ARE DIRECT TAXES.

THEY MUST ABIDE THIS RULE SO MUST THE BODY THAT ACTUALLY IMPOSES THEM, LEVIES OR COLLECTS THEM.

I HAVE TO GET UP IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCT.

I DON'T WANT YOU APPORTIONED DIFFERENTLY.

I WANT YOU APPORTIONED.

THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T REPRESENT A PLACE THAT'S TAXED DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU ARE.

YOU CAN'T LIVE IN HARAHAN AND REPRESENT UNINCORPORATED.

YOU CAN'T LIVE IN WESTWEGO AND REPRESENT UNINCORPORATED.

NOR CAN YOU LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED AND REPRESENT PEOPLE IN WESTWEGO OR HARAHAN.

THEY'RE TAXED DIFFERENTLY BY PROPERTY TAX, DIRECT TAXES.

WE END UP VIOLATING.

IT WASN'T ME OUT THERE TO GET LOUD.

I'M JUST SAYING. IT'S THE DOCTRINE OF VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION.

I DIDN'T MAKE ANY OF THIS UP.

MOST OF WHAT YOU HEAR FROM ME IS NOT AN OPINION OF MINE.

IT WAS THE OFFICIAL OPINION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WHOM THIS PARISH IS NAMED.

I'M A MAN OF RENEWED FAITH.

I DON'T COME HERE BY ACCIDENT.

IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT THAT I'M HERE.

I'M A JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN AND THE PARISH NAMED FOR THE MAN.

IN THE STATE, HE'S MOST CELEBRATED FOR HAVING MADE PART OF THE UNION.

YOU ALL BELIEVE IN ACCIDENTS, COINCIDENCE? I DON'T. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT SO THAT YOUR LEGACIES ARE SECURED.

YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO SEE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS. I GUARANTEE YOU.

THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF WEALTH, NO AMOUNT OF TREASURE, NO AMOUNT OF GOOD WORKS THAT ARE GOING TO REPLACE THIS.

YOU'RE OBLIGED TO SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY.

THAT IS ACTUALLY EXPRESSED IN THAT FUNDAMENTAL RULE, WHEREAS IT'S GOT TO BE APPORTIONED, THE REPRESENTATION AND THE TAXATION.

THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ACTUALLY FULFILL THAT OBLIGATION.

IN FACT, IT MAKES IT REAL EASY FOR US AS CITIZENS TO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS KIND OF THING.

SEE, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS.

EVERY 10 YEARS, I SHOULD HAVE TO WAKE UP AND SAY, HEY, DO I HAVE A TYRANNY OF FEW OR A CONFUSION OF MULTITUDES AND THEN TALK TO ALL MY REPRESENTATIVES AND SAY, HEY, MAKE THE RATIO OF REPRESENTATION THAT PORTION SIZE BIGGER OR SMALLER ACCORDINGLY.

IF IT'S A TYRANNY OF FEW, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT MUST BE DIMINISHED.

TRUST ME, WHEN YOU REPRESENT 90,000 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE FOR DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSONS, BOB, THAT'S TOO MUCH.

THIS IS PARISH COUNCIL.

WHEN YOU CROSS OVER ONE AREA OF THE PARISH THAT'S TAXED DIFFERENTLY, THEN YOU STEAL THE ELECTION FROM THOSE OTHER PLACES.

THIS IS ALL EXPRESSED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON.

I'VE SUBMITTED THIS TO THE PARISH DURING THE CHARTER REVIEW.

I DON'T NEED TO GET UP HERE AND KEEP DOING THIS, BUT I COULD BECAUSE IT'S A PRINCIPLED EFFORT.

I'M DOING A CIVIC DUTY HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIGURE IT OUT.

THEN CORRECT FOR OURSELVES.

YOU'VE GOT THE POWER OF GOVERNANCE, I DON'T, SO APPORTION YOURSELVES.

CALL A CHARTER REVIEW. THAT'S A FIRST STEP.

FIGURE OUT WHAT APPORTION MEANS AND GET IT DONE.

FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU.

>> MR. HIERS, I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE JUST STAY DIRECTLY ON TOPIC OF THE ITEM THAT WE'RE ON.

YOU'RE VERY BROAD AND VERY WIDE AND VERY EVERYTHING.

JUST STAY ON TOPIC, WHAT WE'RE ON, PLEASE.

>> CAN I REPLY TO YOU?

>> NO. YOU'LL BE UP AGAIN.

>> MOVE ON. HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY.

PLEASE DON'T WALK OUT.

THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

THE ITEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS WHEN THERE IS A LOT IN THE PARISH THAT HAS HIGH GRASS AND GOVERNMENT COMES IN TO CUT THE HIGH GRASS.

WE THEN PUT A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY.

THAT'S THE ISSUE WE HAVE BEFORE US.

THIS IS NOT A FORUM ON OUR STRUCTURE.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OUR STRUCTURE AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

THIS MATTER, THIS ITEM IS ONLY HIGH GRASS,

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AND WHEN THE PARISH CUTS IT, PUTTING THAT COST ON THE PROPERTY.

>> I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY, AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNCILMAN DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU AND WE LET YOUR MINUTES GO, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GRASS AND YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LIENS ON PROPERTIES, THAT'S ON POINT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR REPRESENTATION AS A BODY, THAT'S NOT ON POINT, AND THAT HAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT THERE. THAT'S FINE.

I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH SOME OF YOUR POINTS, AND DON'T AGREE WITH OTHERS, BUT THIS IS JUST ABOUT GRASS.

PLEASE DON'T, I GUESS, BELEAGUER EVERYBODY HERE BY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON POINT WITH THE ITEM. THIS IS GRASS.

I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL THAT WE ADD THE CUTTING AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR GRASS, NOXIOUS WEEDS, AND UNHELPFUL GROWTH TO THOSE PROPERTIES.

>> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26347, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26348, ADDING THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION TO BE DERELICT AND PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS PURSUANT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 19-53 OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH TO THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX RULES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

ITEM NUMBER 18, PLEASE.

>> MAY I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26348.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?

>> FRANK HARRISON IS GOING TO RISE IN OPPOSITION ON THE SAME GROUNDS.

IF YOU AGREE WITH ME ON SOME THINGS, BUT YOU DON'T ON OTHERS.

I'M NOT SPEAKING TO ANYBODY DIRECTLY.

I'M SPEAKING TO THE RHETORICALLY THE ROYAL WE.

IF SUMMARY DISAGREE WITH MY OPINION [OVERLAPPING]

>> PARISH ATTORNEY, I'D LIKE SOME GUIDANCE.

NO, IT'S NOT AN OPINION.

I'M GOING TO ASK OUR PARISH ATTORNEY FOR GUIDANCE BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ON EVERY RESOLUTION THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON, AND AT THE END OF OUR MEETING TO TALK ON ANY TOPIC IN THE UNIVERSE YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON.

>> MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT IS BEING INFRINGED UPON.

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT RIGHT NOW IS BEING INFRINGED UPON.

I HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPPOSE THIS ITEM.

>> WE'LL START YOUR TIME AGAIN.

>> YOU WEREN'T SPEAK YET, MR. HARRISON.

>> WE'LL START YOUR TIME AGAIN, BUT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS ADDING TO THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR DANGEROUS BUILDINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, YOU'RE ON POINT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR THEORY OF HOW WE BE STRUCTURED AS A GOVERNMENT, THAT'S NOT ON POINT RESPECTFULLY.

SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FREELY SPEAK IN THE APPROPRIATE PORTIONS OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING, BUT NOT ON EVERY ITEM, ON EVERY TOPIC YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT WITHOUT SOME GUARD RAILS.

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE PUT A LITTLE STRUCTURE TO THIS.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT DEMOLISHING BUILDINGS, PLEASE COME FORWARD OR OPPOSE IT.

BUT YOUR MUSINGS ON OUR STRUCTURE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING.

>> IS IT TIME FOR ANYBODY WHO OPPOSE THIS?

>> YES. YOU WERE THERE.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN ON POINT OF ORDER.

TO BE INTERRUPTED WHILE I'VE ALREADY BEEN RISEN TO OPPOSE THIS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.

I JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.

THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN INFRINGE ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOR MY RIGHT TO REDRESS MY GOVERNMENT, EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE REQUIRES THE FORM OF THIS TO BE LEGIT, REQUIRES YOU TO BE A PORTION.

I CAN SPEAK ABOUT THIS WITH REGARDS TO EVERYTHING.

IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERY GRANT YOU TAKE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATES TO THIS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER, IT'S AN ILL GOTTEN GAIN.

I DON'T MIND CURTAILING THIS.

I'VE BEEN BRIEF MANY TIMES.

I'LL BET IF WE HAD THE FIVE MINUTES TO DO OUR CIVIC DUTY COLLECTIVELY, YOU'D HEAR LESS FROM ME.

I APPRECIATED THE CURIOSITY I DON'T EVEN MIND YOU IMPOSING ON ME RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN IMPOSE ON ME.

AGAIN, YOU CAN INFRINGE ON MY FIRST AMENDMENT.

I'LL BE OKAY WITH THAT. HERE'S THE THING.

I OPPOSE IT ON GROUNDS OF BEING A JEFFERSONIAN AND REQUIRING AN APPORTION LEGISLATIVE BODY TO DO ANYTHING.

THAT'S IT. [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE END.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK THAT HIS MICROPHONE BE CUT OFF WHEN HE IS OFF TOPIC BECAUSE THIS IS DISRUPTIVE AND ABUSIVE TO THE SYSTEM.

>> HIS MUSINGS CAN ONLY RELATE TO EXACTLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

>> HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE MOON AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

>> THAT'S THE CATCH 22, IS THAT HE GETS UP HERE AND HE TAKES THE MEETING HOSTAGE AND WE CAN'T INTERRUPT HIM.

TECHNICALLY, WE SHOULDN'T INTERRUPT HIM, AND I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THAT AT TIMES, BUT THEN WE DON'T, AND HE GOES.

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>> HE MUST STAY ON TOPIC UNTIL WE GET TO THE END.

>> PLEASE, YES.

>> THAT IS A CHALLENGE, SOMETIMES.

ANYBODY ELSE IN OPPOSITION? IT'S ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, YOU'LL BE IN THIS CHAIR.

SO I CAN TAKE A BREAK.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF.

MADAM CLERK, ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.

COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION?

>> FOR APPROVAL.

>> ANY OBJECTS TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26348, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 19, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26349, ADDING THE FINES AND HEARING COSTS ASSESSED BY THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 132575 33123 649 AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 19-53 FOR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE DERELICT AND PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH UNDER SECTION 1946 OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES TO THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX RULES AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

>> NOW, OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26349.

ANYONE IN OPPOSITION. MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.

SO MUCH EASIER THAT IS. YOUR MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

>> FOR APPROVAL.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26349, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 20, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26350, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 13709, THE EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN FOR THE UNCLASSIFIED AT WILL EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS OF THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON TO INCORPORATE REVISIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE ARCHER COMPANY, LLC, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

>> WE NOW WITH A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26350.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.

COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN? MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26350 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

JUST A QUICK COMMENT THAT THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY GONE ON FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME THIS ITEM.

COUNCILMAN LEE GOT THIS ROLLING TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO.

A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF TIME WENT INTO THIS.

I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT MOVE OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR PARISH AND FOR OUR HARD WORKERS IN THIS PARISH.

WISH WE COULD PAY A LOT MORE, BUT THERE'S A STRUCTURE WE HAVE TO FALL WITHIN TOO.

I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMAN LEE TO ADDRESS THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'VE FOUND A WAY TO PAY HIGHER RATES TO NEW EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO PROTECT THOSE THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE PARISH WHO WILL BE BENEFITING FROM OUR ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. MR. ALLEN, OFTEN TIMES THAT YOU COME UP AND ADVOCATE FOR THIS, AND I TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, AND I WANT TO COMMEND EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS, FINANCE DIRECTOR, THOSE IN THE ADMINISTRATION.

WHAT DID YOU SAY MR. ALLEN? YOU WANT TO SPEAK. I'LL DEFER TO YOU IN A SECOND.

LET ME JUST SAY EVERYBODY THIS IS A WONDERFUL DAY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE PARISH BECAUSE RETENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT, AS MANY OF YOU-ALL KNOW.

BUT ALSO FOR NEW EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GOING TO BE HIRED, JEFFERSON PARISH WILL BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE AS ENTITY THAT THEY COULD WORK FOR.

I REMEMBER WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP AND I MENTIONED THAT WHEN SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY GET BENEFITS, AND I SAID, YOU CAN'T SPEND BENEFITS.

HERE WE ARE NOW, WE ARE AT THAT POINT WHERE NOT ONLY WILL THE EMPLOYEES HAVE HIGHER PAY, BUT ALSO THEIR BENEFITS WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING JOBS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

IF ANYONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR COUNCIL, I MEAN, I DEFER TO YOU.

MR. ALLEN WANTED TO SPEAK AND IF YOU WILL, MR. ALLEN, THEN ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

>> [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE KENNA, FIFTH DISTRICT, FOURTH DISTRICT, UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON, 52 YEARS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LEE FOR THE KIND WORDS.

THIS IS A START.

[01:45:02]

BUT I WANT TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR EMPLOYEES AT A LIVABLE WAGE BECAUSE EVEN WITH THIS INCREASE, I STILL DON'T CONSIDER IT A LIVABLE WAGE.

I WAS AT THAT SPECIAL MEETING, AND I GUARANTEE YOU THEY GOT THE INFO.

YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR PERSONNEL DIRECTOR AND HE'LL TELL YOU BECAUSE HE SITS ON THAT BOARD, AND THEY HEARD WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

BUT WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF IT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I CONTINUE TO READ THOSE CHANGE ORDERS AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING.

THE MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON THESE INFLATED CONTRACTS CAN GO TO PAYING OUR PEOPLE A LIVABLE WAGE AND INCLUDING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE CAN'T LEAVE NONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES OUT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S THE START.

THANK YOU AGAIN. ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTION? THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, COUNCILMAN.

>> FOR THE RECORD, THIS RAISES THE MINIMUM HOURLY STARTING RATE TO 1403 PER HOUR.

THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT HIKE, AND I THINK FOR MOST, THAT IS A LIVABLE WAGE AT THE STARTING POINT.

IT GETS MUCH HIGHER AS TIME GOES ON, OF COURSE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.

>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR PAY GRADES AND HOW TO ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND ATTRACT EMPLOYEES.

JUST LAST MONTH IN THE NEWSPAPER, THERE'S AN ARTICLE CALLED BROKEN CITY TALKING ABOUT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING PARISH'S.

WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME IS THAT BACK IN THE '90S TO THE PRESENT DAY, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT LOST 60% OF ITS WORKFORCE.

WE ARE SO BLESSED IN JEFFERSON TO HAVE GOOD HARD WORKING EMPLOYEES WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE.

WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE OUR FUTURE, AND WE NEED TO FIND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RETAIN GOOD EMPLOYEES, THAT WE GROW OUR BENCH AND HAVE GOOD EMPLOYEES FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE.

I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE TO EVERYONE WHO'S MADE THIS HAPPEN.

>> THE 1403 GOES INTO EFFECT, JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

GO AHEAD, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS, IT'S OUT OF ORDER, BUT WE'LL DO IT BRIEFLY, PLEASE.

>> AGAIN, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS FOR ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING HERE AND AGAIN, MR. LEE FOR HEAD STARTING THIS.

I AGREE WITH YOU, MS. VAN VRANCKEN, THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DEFINITELY NEED IT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN THIS IS THEIR BENEFITS, I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION ANY NAMES, BUT I KNOW PERSONALLY PEOPLE BECAUSE THE HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE ON THEIR WIFE'S INSURANCE WITH THEIR WORK.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE WORKING ON THAT, TWEAKING THAT TO GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES BETTER BENEFITS AND DEFINITELY INSURANCE. WE DEFINITELY NEED THEM.

THEY'RE NOT HAVE TO PIGGYBACK OFF THEIR WIFE'S INSURANCE AND GET INSURANCE WITH THEM.

BUT YES, IT'S A START, AND I AGREE WITH MR. MORELLO.

I'M GOING TO BE HERE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL WORK MORE ON THE OUTSIDE THAN INSIDE AND GET THIS DONE AND MAKE SURE I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE TELLING ME, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

I'M A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH.

>> FRANK HARRISON, I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF RAISING THE BASE PAY OF ANY OF OUR PARISH EMPLOYEES.

THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT THESE EMPLOYEES I'M GUESSING SUBJECT TO THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BENEFIT FUND.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT, IT CONCERNS ME THAT THE PARISH TAXPAYERS END UP PAYING 12-AND-A-HALF CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY EVERY PARISH EMPLOYEE, AND WHEN THEY GET FIRED BEFORE YEAR 7, THEY'RE NOT VESTED, AND ALL OF THOSE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE THEN FUNNELED TO THAT FUND NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY THAT AMOUNTS TO.

I THINK IT'S BIGGER THAN OUR BUDGET PROBABLY ANNUALLY, IF YOU LOOK BACK FAR ENOUGH.

I THINK THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE UNDERNEATH ALL THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BASE PAY PARISH WORKERS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LEE AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR [OVERLAPPING] OH, SORRY, COUNCILMAN BONANO, GO AHEAD.

>> I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN BYRON LEE FOR SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT.

WHEN JEFFERSON PARISH TELLS THE CITIZEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE SIX WEEKS TO INSTALL A WATER METER, OR FIX A BROKEN SALON, THAT'S NOT UP TO JEFFERSON PARISH STANDARDS, BUT IT'S NOT MISMANAGEMENT.

TRACK STATISTICS ON ANY GIVEN MONTH, WE HAVE 5-600 JOB OPENINGS.

IT'S ABOUT HAVING BODIES IN THE STREET.

THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE IS TO PAY MORE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN LEE FOR HELPING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

>> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK JOHN DUMAS AND HIS STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY BROUGHT TOWARD THIS.

CERTAINLY AGAIN, STEVE AND PARISH PRESENT AND ALL THE STAFF, THANK YOU-ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU.

[01:50:01]

>> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN.

>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IT WASN'T JUST A PAY INCREASE.

IT ALSO ANALYZED POSITIONS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND IT WAS A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT NOT JUST GAVE THE PAY INCREASE, BUT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SUSTAIN.

IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT AND A GREAT JOB, COUNCILMAN LEE STARTING THIS PROJECT.

I'M GLAD I'M HERE TO SEE IT TO FRUITION.

>> THANKS.

>> ANYONE ELSE? MADAM PRESIDENT? HOLD ON, LET ME GET YOUR MICROPHONE. THERE YOU GO.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WORKING WITH US.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAY STUDIES AND THE COMPRESSION ISSUES, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

YOU-ALL HAVE BEEN IN THOSE MEETINGS, IT'S REALLY NUMBER CRUNCHING AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL.

>> UPON APPROVAL OF THIS, WHAT YOU KNOW AND SUSAN HAS TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE 2025 BUDGET.

I THINK THOSE BUDGET BOOKS ARE DELIVERED TO YOU SHORTLY IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERED ALREADY.

THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE 2025 BUDGET.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LEE FOR SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

WHAT WE FIND SO DIFFICULT TO COMPETE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR MARKET IS THAT WE GIVE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS IN GOVERNMENT.

BENEFITS THAT ARE NOT MATCHED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

HOWEVER, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR ON THE HOURLY RATE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPETE.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PAY BILLS, THE BENEFITS MEAN LESS AND THE HOURLY RATE MEANS MORE, AND SO THIS CERTAINLY HELPS NARROW THE GAP AND WILL HELP US BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

>> THANK YOU ALL, AND WHAT MAY GO DOWN IS THE MOST DEFERRED ITEM IN COUNCIL HISTORY.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S FINALLY DONE AND FINALLY APPROVED. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

I WOULD SAY UNOFFICIALLY, BUT I REALLY THINK THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANYTHING IN HISTORY THAT WENT THAT LONG.

BUT IT HAD TO BE RIGHT.

I KNOW IN OUR LAST MEETING WITH THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, THERE WAS A SENSE OF RELIEF IN THE AIR.

HE WAS GLAD IT WAS OVER. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 22, PLEASE, NOW, MADAM CLERK.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26351, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 14796, THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO INCORPORATE REVISIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE ARCHER COMPANY, LLC, AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND APPROVED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH PERSONNEL BOARD.

>> NOW, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26352, ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?

>> THANK YOU. I JUST SIMPLY RISING AGAIN AS JEFFERSONI LACKING FOR AN APPORTION BODY. IT'S ALL ILLEGITIMATE.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26352 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

ITEM 23, THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND IS THAT WHERE WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT NOW?

>> TWENTY TWO.

>> TWENTY TWO. I SKIP 223. WAIT, WE JUST DID 22.

>> WE DID 21. CLASSIFIED NO JUDICIAL.

>> I'M SORRY. NUMBER 22, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26352, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20846, THE JUDICIAL COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE 24 JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, FIRST PARISH COURT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, SECOND PARISH COURT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, JUVENILE COURT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, JEFFERSON PARISH TO INCORPORATE REVISIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE ARCHER COMPANY, LLC, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

>> I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING AHEAD.

THOSE ALL LOOK SIMILAR, AND WENT FROM ONE TO THE NEXT.

WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 26352.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?

>> I SIMPLY RISING IN OPPOSITION ON THE UNIFORMITY CLAUSE AND THE APPORTION CLAUSE.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR THE JUDICIAL PAY PLAN.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26352 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> CAN WE GO BACK TO 21 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUMMARY WE DID IT CORRECTLY?.

ITEM 23, PLEASE.

>> DID I READ THE WRONG NUMBER ON THAT ONE?

>> I THINK SO.

>> BUT YOU READ THE WRONG SUBJECT.

>> JUST TO GO BACK JUST TO MAKE SURE.

>> YOU HAD THE RIGHT BODY, I HAD THE WRONG NUMBER.

SO WE'LL JUST DO THAT AGAIN.

>> JUST TO MAKE SURE.

>> BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 21, FOR CLARITY, SUMMARY NUMBER 26351, PLEASE.

>> NUMBERING NUMBER 26351, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 14796, THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO INCORPORATE REVISIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE ARCHER COMPANY LLC AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND APPROVED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH PERSONNEL BOARD.

>> WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26351.

ANYONE OPPOSED. MADAM CLERK,

[01:55:03]

NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.

>> AGAIN, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY LACK OF CLARITY BECAUSE THIS AFFECTS ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 21 RELATED TO THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE.

>> THAT IS SUMMARY NUMBER 26351.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF THAT ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

NOW WE'LL JUMP AHEAD TO ITEM 23, PLEASE AND THE OPERATING BUDGET WITH AN AMENDMENT.

>> YES. SUMMARY NUMBER 26353, AMENDING THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.

AND THE AMENDMENT IS TO ALLOCATE $12,500 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 2'S VIDEO POKER FOR THE CEA WITH THE CITY OF HARAHAN TO PROVIDE ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE OF FLOCK, SAFETY, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT COMING FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT AMENDMENT ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

SO NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26353.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION.

KISS IN OPPOSITION AGAIN ABOUT THE UNIFORMITY CLAUSE.

TAXES AREN'T LEVIED UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THIS PARISH.

SO WHEN WE DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS, MOVING MONEY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS ONE KIND OF TOUCHED BECAUSE THE ONE COUPLE THAT I SPOKE TO THERE ARE MY NEIGHBORS CROSS CLEARVIEW.

I HAD TO LET THEM KNOW. THE PERSON WHO HOLDS DISTRICT 2 SERVES HARAHAN PRIMARILY, THEN WEST WE GO, AND THEN THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON PARISH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.

IT'S PUT ON DISPLAY BY ORDINANCE.

ALL THE TIME, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

IT SHOULD BE EMBARRASSING.

I'M NOT HERE TO BE YOUR OPPONENT.

I'M HERE TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THE ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26353, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

LET'S GET TO NUMBER 24, AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET, PLEASE.

>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26354, AMENDING THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET.

>> THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS HERE? WE'RE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26354.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR.

>> BRICKY IS IN FAVOR.

COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26354.

MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

LET'S GET TO ITEM 25 AND RESOLUTIONS

[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR]

AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MADAM CLERK.

>> COUNCILMAN BONANO. COUNCILMAN LEE.

COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> ONE.

>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS FROM CPA FIRMS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND/OR DISTRICTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH HAS ASSIGNED ON IT HAS NEEDED BASIS BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NO, AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.

>> I HAVE ONE.

>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENTS TO THE RECOVERY PROPOSAL THAT WAS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 143336, ADOPTED ON THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023, WHICH AMENDMENTS SET FORTH THE PROPOSED RECOVERY PROJECTS AND SEEKS APPROVAL OF SAID SECOND AMENDED PROPOSAL RECOVERY PROJECTS FROM THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION TO THE OCD FOR THE DISASTER RECOVERY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, DISASTER RECOVERY, HOMETOWN REVITALIZATION, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, FUNDING FOR THOSE AMENDED PROPOSED RECOVERY PROJECTS APPROVED BY OCD.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NO, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO APPEARED. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN?

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>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD IN MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

>> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN

>> I HAVE NONE.

>> COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG.

>> TWO?

>> A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COLLABORATE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, REGARDING CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

>> COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG?

>> LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO IN GRANTS PASS OREGON VERSUS JOHNSON, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT GAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE TOOLS TO COMBAT A BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AND BEGINNING TO HAVE IN THIS PARISH.

BEFORE GRANTS PASS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE HANDCUFFED AND ENFORCING PEOPLE CAMPING ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MOVE ALONG.

>> THIS GIVES US TOOLS NOW THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IT ALLOWS THE PARISH TO NOT ENFORCE THIS PROBLEM, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THE STATION IN LIFE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T JUST ACCEPT AND NOW WE CAN FORCE PEOPLE TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE PARISH, MY FELLOW PARISH COUNCIL PEOPLE, THE SHERIFF, AND THE DA TO COMBAT THIS PROBLEM.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION THAT RESOLUTION MAY BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NO, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION? IN FAVOR.

>> DEFINITELY IN FAVOR. OF THIS ONE AND THANK YOU, COUNT.

WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT.

I HAD THAT SAME ISSUE.

NOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO.

THE BEGGARS ON THE STREETS.

I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST BANK, WHERE I LIVE.

THERE'S NO WHERE YOU CAN GO WHERE THERE'S SOMEONE BEGGING CONSTANTLY, AND YOU CAN'T WALK OUT OF STORES.

YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

I'M GLAD WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.

I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET CRACKDOWN ON BECAUSE DEFINITELY, WE'RE DOING A BIG EVENT AND AT THE END.

WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING INTO JEFFERSON PARISH BEING BEGGED TO DEATH.

WE GOT MARDI GRAS COMING. WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL COMING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE STAY IN HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

WE DON'T NEED THIS. WE WANT TO CLEAN UP JEFFERSON PARISH, MAKE THIS A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

IT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE CRIME, TOO, BECAUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE AROUND WEST JEFF HOSPITAL, WHERE THE HOMELESSNESS IS, THE CRIME IN THAT AREA HAS GONE UP A LOT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT CLEANED UP AND CLEAN UP THE CRIME. THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG, YOUR MOTION,.

>> ANY OBJECTIONS ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> A RESOLUTION GRANTING PERMISSION TO HOST THE ESPINOSA CIGARS EVENT AT BIG EASY CIGARS 4650 WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE, SUITE 102 ON JULY 25, 2024, FROM 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM JULY 26, 2024, FROM 11:00 AM- 6:00 PM AND JULY 27, 2024, FROM 9:00 PM -1:00 AM.

TO ALLOW THE SALE OF BEER, WINE, LIQUOR, BEVERAGES, AND FOOD, PROVIDED THAT ALL NECESSARY PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.

>> ANY OBJECTION THAT RESOLUTION MAY BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, AND I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHTWARD TO A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> YES, SIR. A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO ALLOW FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT TO PARISH OF EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICE DETAIL TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF GRETNA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE WILTY TERMINAL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN RTA IS THE EXCLUSIVE USER OF THE BUS TERMINAL.

>> COUNCILMAN EDWARD?

>> I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE.

>> ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN EDWARD, YOUR MOTION?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD IN MOTION BY COUNCILMAN EDWARD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

>> I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLE.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT TAKES US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN,

[CONSENT AGENDA ONE]

YOUR MOTION ON THE GLOBAL ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 26-82.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE GLOBAL ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 26-82 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 83, PLEASE.

[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS]

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>> RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139780 ADOPTED JUNE 15, 2022, FOR ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SEWAGE PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE INFILTRATION AND INFLOW REHABILITATION PROJECT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 3, SCIP PROJECT NUMBER D6802 COUNCIL DISTRICT 3.

>> COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR SELECTION? TURN YOUR MIC SO THAT I CAN HEAR IT.

>> MSMM.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF MSMM ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. THERE WAS A MOST COUNCILMAN BONANO SELECTION RIGHT THERE [LAUGHTER] NUMBER 84, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 144114, ADOPTED ON APRIL 17, 2024, WHICH ADOPTED THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR FOR MEETINGS OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 2024, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.06B OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CHARTER TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 MEETING TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION?

>> I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL, AND JUST IN THE WAY OF EXPLANATION, SINCE THIS CHANGES OUR CALENDAR THAT WE SET FOR THE YEAR.

THE DC FLY-IN FOR THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER IS SCHEDULED FOR THE DAY OUR MEETING WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED ON, AND BECAUSE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE TAKE TO TALK WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND MANY PEOPLE IN DC, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION.

MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED, LET'S CONSENT AGENDA NOW 2.

[CONSENT AGENDA TWO]

COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION ON THE IN GLOBAL ADOPTION OF ITEMS 85 THROUGH 160.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ENGLOBO ADOPTION OF ITEMS 85 THROUGH 160 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED, THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 162 AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

[JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS]

I'LL BE THERE IN A SECOND. THERE'S NO ADDENDUM AGENDA, SO YEAH, 162, PLEASE, MADAM CRAIG, GO AHEAD.

>> A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID OF FIRST RESPONDERS EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORM DISTRIBUTORS LLC INCORPORATED AND AMERICAN POLICE EQUIPMENT INCORPORATED UNDER BID PROPOSAL NUMBER 50-00145376 FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE UNIFORMS, ATHLETIC APPAREL, BADGES, DRESS, UNIFORMS, HATS, CAPS, DRESS BELT, SHOES, NAME TAGS, AND RANK INSIGNIAS AT THE BID TABULATION PRICE OF $590,344.50 FOR THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA.

MAXIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR THIS CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED $590,344.50 FOR THE TWO YEARS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, 3, 4, AND 5.

>> COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION REMOVED.

ANY OBJECTED ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED OF 163, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND SISUNG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR PERIOD WITH THE DISTRICT POSSESSING THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS FOR A NEW TERMINATION DATE OF DECEMBER 31ST 2026, AND AN ANNUAL FEE NOT TO EXCEED $55,000 FOR AN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER 1.

>> COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION.

>> APPROVAL.

>> ANY OBJECTION ADOPTED THAT RESOLUTION.

MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM 164, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER 3 OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR AUTHORITY TO LEVY AND COLLECT A TAX, NOT TO EXCEED 25 MILLS ON ALL PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN SAID DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 2025 AND LR OF NOT TO EXCEED 20 MILLS APPROVED AT AN ELECTION HELD ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2020, WITH THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT REASONABLY EXPECTED TO BE COLLECTED FROM THE LEVY OF THE TAX FOR ONE YEAR BEING $5,230,864 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, PROVIDING, MAINTAINING, AND OR OPERATING THE DISTRICT'S FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED ELECTION AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORE SAID ELECTION.

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>> COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED 165, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID OF WOODHOUSE CONSTRUCTION LLC UNDER BID PROPOSAL NUMBER 50-00144918 TO FURNISH LABOR, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL A NEW APPARATUS BASED SUSPENSION CEILING AT JEFFERSON PARISH FIRE STATION 17 LOCATED AT 6616 COWAN AVENUE AT THE BID TABULATION PRICE OF $47,840.44 FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MAXIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR THIS CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED $47,840.44.

>> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, YOUR MOTION.

>> IT'S APPROVED.

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

WE GOT NO NEW BUSINESS, NO STATUS REPORTS.

CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNSEL AT THE END OF THE MEETING HERE? ONE, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15.

LET'S KNOCK IT OUT BEFORE EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE DON'T HAVE YOU WAIT ANY LONGER.

I THINK THAT'LL PUT US RIGHT ABOUT TWELVE O'CLOCK.

ALL PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON

[PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS]

SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS NEED TO SUBMIT THEIR REQUESTS TO SPEAK CARD TO THE PARISH CLERK.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> AL MARLA 4260, EAST LOYOLA DRIVE, FIFTH DISTRICT KENNA, FOURTH DISTRICT UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON 52 YEARS.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, $127,442.25.

TOP FIVE BENEFACTORS, CONCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, COUNCILMAN WALKER, COUNCILMAN LEE, CONCILMAN EDWARDS, AND COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN.

JEFF LANDRY, CAMERON HENRY, KIRK TALBOT, DEBBIE GILIO, AND JOE STAGNY, AND DENNIS DIMARCO, THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.

I'M DEMANDING ALL OF YOUR RESIGNATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, STARTING WITH THE GOVERNOR FIRST.

HOUSE BILL 781 AS IT RELATES TO BONUSES FOR JUDGES, THEY HAD A REQUIREMENT IN THAT BILL THAT A STUDY BE DONE TO FIND OUT IF WE HAD TOO MANY JUDGES ON THE BENCH AND WHAT THEIR CASE LOADS WERE.

THE GOVERNOR VETOED THAT REQUIREMENT AND APPROVED THE BONUSES, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN STARTING WITH THE DISTRICT JUDGES FIRST, $10,691 PER DISTRICT JUDGE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, $15,280 PER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE APPELLATE COURT JUDGES, $17,680 APIECE.

WHILE WE GOT FIREMEN RIGHT HERE IN THIS PARISH THAT'S PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR SLAVE WAGES, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN BATON ROUGE.

Y'ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.

NOW, DENNIS DIMARCO.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THIS TO COUNCILMAN WALKER AND COUNCILMAN BONANO.

YOUR COMMENTS ON THE HIRING OF MIKE GUINEY AS AN ASSISTANT OR RIGHT UNDER DENNIS DIMARCO WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

BUT DENNIS DIMARCO, YOU'VE BEEN DECEPTIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

I REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO YOU HAD A SPECIAL VOTING MACHINE HIDDEN IN THE BACK ROOM IN YOUR OFFICE.

THEN WHEN YOU GOT BUSTED, YOU CLAIM YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE.

NEITHER DID THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO DELIVERED THE VOTE MACHINES ALL OVER THE STATE.

SO YOU NEVER CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, DENNIS DIMARCO.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE WHO YOU ARE NO MORE THAN MIKE JENNY CAN CHANGE WHO HE IS.

NOW I WANT TO DIRECT THIS TO YOU, COUNCILMAN LEWIS.

>> TEN SECONDS.

>> I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.

I'M ABOUT TO WRAP IT UP, SCOTT.

>> PLEASE DO.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE WHO YOU ARE IN THIS LIFE.

YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPRESS IT FOR SOME TIME, BUT SOONER OR LATER, THE REAL PERSON COMES OUT.

>> THANK YOU, MAY YOU SIT DOWN.

>> ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS REAL QUICK? THANK YOU.

>> I KNOW YOU DID IT IN GLOBO, SO I WOULDN'T COME UP, BUT I'M COMING UP ANYWAY.

BRIAN MILLER, FIRE CHIEF FROM LIVE OAK FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I MAINLY COME UP TO COMPLIMENT COUNCILMAN LEE AND COUNCILMAN BONANO FOR

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YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS TO HELP US GET EQUIPMENT.

IT IS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS AND THE MEN. IT'S APPRECIATIVE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMPLIMENT FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE ALL HAD APPROVED SOME MONEY, AND WE WAS TRYING TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION DONE TOO.

FROM THE FIRE SERVICES OFFICE, DAVE SAUNDERS AND MS. SANDY THE SECRETARY, DID IN 10 MINUTES WHAT I COULDN'T GET DONE IN THREE WEEKS.

THANK THEM AND I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND ONE LAST THING WITH SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS Y'ALL DID WITH PAY RAISES.

I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO AT LEAST AS A COUNCIL SIT AND THINK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON THE WEST BANK.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE QUASI PUBLIC, THAT IS EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SERVING OUR PARISH.

IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE WE TOO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, AND THE STARTING RATE THAT I JUST HEARD, THERE'S GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN ON A JOB YEARS OVER THERE, THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN AT THAT.

IF Y'ALL WOULD AT LEAST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MAYBE SOME FUNDING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT TODAY.

WE CAN DO IT AT ANOTHER TIME.

>> LET ME SAY THAT COUNCILMAN BONANO AND MYSELF AND DAVE, THE TWELVE PREDECESSORS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOST YOUR CAPTAIN AT WBK SOME YEARS AGO WHO DIED.

THE SADDEST THING WAS THAT WHEN CHRISTIAN DIED, THERE WAS NO BENEFITS THAT WENT TO HIS FAMILY.

COMING UP WITH SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION, WHEREAS YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY AND GAVE THE TIME AND ALL THE EFFORTS, AND YET WHEN THEY PASSED, THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THE FAMILY BOTHERS ME.

I THINK THAT HE AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD TRYING TO BRING SOME PARITY.

>> I KNOW Y'ALL DOING, I KNOW COUNCILMAN BONANO ISN'T AND JUST ON BEHALF OF BEING A FIREMAN OVER THERE, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE CITIZEN AND Y'ALL OUT THERE, YOU TALKED TO CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITIES DON'T KNOW A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CIVIL SERVICE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO THEY THINK WE'RE ALL THE SAME AND THAT THE PAY IS ALL THE SAME, AND THE MANPOWER IS ALL THE SAME, AND IT'S NOT.

WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE TO TRY TO PROVIDE AS EQUAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE WEST BANK AND NOTHING AGAINST OVER HERE.

I HAPPEN TO BE AN EAST BANKER.

WE GOT HEROES OVER HERE, BUT WE GOT HEROES OVER THERE THAT YOU WRITE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEIR FAMILIES SHOULD BE AWARDED FOR WHAT THEIR HEROES HAVE DONE.

>> NO PENSIONS, NOTHING.

>> RIGHT. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR WHAT Y'ALL DID.

>> GOOD MORNING. I'M DEBORAH MILLER.

I'M AT 106 EAST WILLIAM DAVID, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE DRAINAGE ON METAIRIE ROAD, SPECIFICALLY THE REAL BIG RAINFALLS WE'VE HAD.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE WORKED ON DRAINAGE, DONE A GREAT JOB AND EVERYTHING.

I'VE LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR ALMOST 55 YEARS.

AS A YOUNG GIRL DRIVING HER BANANA BICYCLE DOWN METAIRIE ROAD, I'VE SEEN IT.

WE HAVE A PARADE THAT GOES DOWN METAIRIE ROAD.

I RECENTLY SAW ON THE NEW ORLEANS NEWS WHERE THEY WERE STARTING TO OPEN UP STORM DRAINS WHERE THE PARADES WERE, AND THEY'RE FILLED WITH BEADS AND CANS AND BOTTLES.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU ALL HAVE OPENED UP THOSE STORM DRAINS ALONG METAIRIE ROAD, AND EVEN THE STREETS THAT COME OFF OF THERE OR THE ARTERIES THAT COME OFF OF THERE.

BUT I THINK IT'S TIME AND EVEN WITH THE BIG LEAF DROP WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, THOSE TREES USUALLY AREN'T TRIMMED OR OPENED UP THE CANOPY.

THERE'S A LOT OF LEAF AND NUT DROPPINGS GOING DOWN THOSE STORM DRAINS.

FRANKLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE CUT THE GRASS AND THEY BLOW THE GRASS OUT IN METAIRIE ROAD.

I WAS JUST HOPING YOU WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS A COUNCIL TO OPEN UP THOSE STORM DRAINS ON METAIRIE ROAD.

TAKE A LOOK AT THEM BECAUSE I ASKED ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE STORM DRAIN DEPARTMENT, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME Y'ALL DID THAT AND HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW.

WE DO IT WHEN WE GET CALLED OUT." SO I'M THINKING, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING,

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ASKING YOU ALL TO MAYBE PUT A LIGHT ON THAT SUBJECT BECAUSE THE WATER IS COMING UP, AND IT'S VERY ODD BECAUSE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HASN'T CHANGED IN A LONG TIME.

IT'S RELATIVELY PACKED, FULL OF HOMES, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I JUST THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE A PEEK IN THE PIPES DOWN THERE, AS WE SAY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> MA'AM, THERE'S A FUNNY ANALOGY I'D LIKE TO MAKE.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DID 55 YEARS AGO?

>> SIR, I'M SORRY. SAY IT AGAIN.

>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DID 55 YEARS AGO?

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE, DO YOU STILL FEEL?

>> YES, I DO.

>> WELL, THEN THIS ANALOGY DIDN'T WORK.

BUT THOSE PIPES ARE OLDER AND THEY DON'T FEEL AS GOOD AS THEY DID.

THEY'RE OLDER THAN YOU, AND THEY DON'T FEEL AS GOOD AS THEY DID 55 YEARS AGO.

I KNOW HANSON'S OFFICE AND JENNIFER'S OFFICE IN THE PAST AND MY OFFICE, WE'VE REPORTED OVER THE YEARS SEVERAL BLOCKED DRAINS ON METAIRIE ROAD, AND THEY ALWAYS GET CLEARED OUT WHEN WE REPORT THEM.

BEN IS HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW BEN, IF YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME THAT METAIRIE ROAD WAS LOOKED AT.

METAIRIE ROAD, AS YOU KNOW, IS A DISASTER DRAINAGE WISE.

IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY, AND THE DRAINAGE UNDERNEATH IS TERRIBLE.

OUR DRAINAGE IS ONLY DOING SO MUCH TO HELP.

>> I DO KNOW ABOUT THE STATE HIGHWAY.

I LEARNED THAT BECAUSE.

>> IT'S COMPLICATED.

>> STRAIGHT THE ROAD, WHICH I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE DONE.

>> WELL, THIS IS THE DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

BEN CAN MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON THE LAST TIME THAT WAS DONE.

>> IT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

WE SPENT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND CONTRACTED AND CLEANED OUT ALL OF METAIRIE ROAD.

>> WOW.

>> BECAUSE THIS PAST STORM, WE HAD IT WAS HIGH.

ESPECIALLY ON MY STREET, EAST WILLIAM DAVID, YOU HAVE TWO STORM DRAINS, THEY'RE COMING OFF OF EAST WILLIAM DAVID, AND THEY HAVE BUILT TWO HOMES, THEY'RE BUILDING ONE NOW RIGHT THERE.

TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, THAT SUCTION PUMP MACHINE HAS COME OUT THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S A BELLY IN THERE AS YOU COME OFF METAIRIE ROAD AND GO DOWN THE STREET.

IF THEY COULD COME THERE AND SUCK OUT ALL THE DIRT PILES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

MAYBE AFTER THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE.

>> BUT THAT ASIDE, ANYTIME WE GET THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT LATELY, AND OUR SYSTEM CAN DO, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, ONE INCH PER HOUR, HALF-INCH EVERY HOUR AFTER THAT.

WE GET THAT AMOUNT OF RAIN IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S A TROUBLE SPOT ALWAYS.

AT LEAST IT STAYS IN THE STREETS GENERALLY.

>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT WAY IN THE PAST, WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.

>> IT'S GOTTEN WORSE, YES.

>> OKAY.

>> LET ME JUST ADD BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE STRIPING ON METAIRIE ROAD, METAIRIE ROAD IS GOING TO BE MILLED AND OVERLAID, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FROM THE STATE, AND THAT'S HAPPENING, I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR.

THEN IF YOU DO NOTICE SOMETHING AROUND CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S MAYBE A NEW PROBLEM IN YOUR AREA, PLEASE DO CALL US ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE BUILDING HOMES POUR SOMETHING DOWN THE DRAIN THAT MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN THERE.

A FEW MONTHS BACK, AND WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT A PARTICULAR SECTION.

THEN LASTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED IS JUST AS OUR ATMOSPHERE HOLDS MORE MOISTURE AS WE'VE HEATED UP, WE GET MORE INTENSE DOWNPOURS, SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE WERE KIDS RIDING OUR BANANA BIKES.

BUT I DID SPEAK WITH SENATOR CAMERON HENRY JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, ABOUT REALLY MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT AS A GROUP OF COUNCIL PEOPLE WITH OUR DELEGATION, ABOUT PUTTING AN EMPHASIS ON ADDRESSING THE METAIRIE ROAD DRAINAGE.

PLEASE KNOW IT'S ON OUR FRONT BURNER.

>> ONE LAST THING, IF YOU COULD SEND THE STREET CLEANING MACHINES DOWN WHEN THERE'S HEAVY FOLIAGE DROP FROM THE OAK TREE LEAVES, THAT MIGHT HELP TOO.

JUST 5:00 IN THE MORNING, NOBODY'S TRAVERSING METER ROAD.

JUST GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO GO UP AND DOWN EVERY DAY.

THAT MIGHT HELP IT AS WELL.

BUT THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PATRIZIA BENVENUTI.

IN 2022, TORNADO CAME AND DESTROYED MY HOME AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY BAD OFF.

I'VE BEEN TWICE IN BAYOU SEGNETTE PARK LIVING IN THE TRAILERS.

NOW, I'M LIVING JEFFERSON PARISH, WHICH IS MR. GREG HENRY PUT ME IN A HOUSE TO PAY MY RENT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET AN SBA LOAN TO TRY TO FINISH MY HOUSE.

I HAD INSURANCE A LITTLE BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO REBUILD THE WHOLE HOUSE.

MR. HENRY AGREED SIX MONTHS TO PAY RENT UNTIL I COULD SEE ABOUT BY GETTING THE SBA.

WELL, I'M HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THAT.

HE SENT PAPERS.

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MY SON BEEN HELPING.

HE SENT PAPERS TO FILL OUT AND ALSO FOR THE LANDLADY THAT I'M RENTING FROM AND THAT THEY WOULD EXTEND IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

WELL, THE LANDLADY CALLED MY SON TO FIND OUT WHY THE RENT WASN'T PAID.

NOW, THIS IS SINCE MAY.

HE TOLD MY SON THAT THEY WERE OUT OF FUNDS.

BUT WHY DID HE SEND THE PAPER FOR US TO FILL OUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER IF HE KNEW THERE WAS NO FUNDS? NOW, I'M GOING TO BE HOMELESS.

I'M 80 YEARS OLD, AND I HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.

>> WE HAVE, OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> MADAM, SARAH BABCOCK IS GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE SIDE.

>> OKAY.

>> SHE WORKS IN THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND SHE'LL ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> YES, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MS. BENVENUTI ON THIS, TO WORKING WITH MICHELLE, AND YES, THIS WAS THE TORNADO THAT CAME THROUGH THE WEST BANK, AND LITERALLY, HER HOUSE WAS SPLIT IN HALF.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER ON THAT.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS CLAYTON CANGELOSI.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND WE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

I'M DOING WHAT I LOVE TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING HERE AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING AND RAISING CAIN.

I'M ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS NOW ON ASIDE AND GET ISSUES TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEN NOW I CAN DO WHAT I LOVE TO DO, PUTTING ON EVENTS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

WE GOT SEVERAL BIG MAJOR EVENTS THAT'S COMING IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

OF COURSE, STARTING WITH THE ONE TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS RALLY TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE CONVICTION BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THIS TYRANNY OF A GOVERNOR.

I'VE ACTUALLY FILED A SUIT AGAINST ALVIN BRAGG AND THE JUDGE AND THE DA AND JOE BIDEN FOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH THAT.

HOPEFULLY, IT'S ON HOLD DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SUPREME COURT AND THE OTHER RULINGS SAY, WE GOT THE SUPREME COURT THAT OVERTURNED, SAID HE'S IMMUNE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS.

BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO STILL DO THIS RALLY, AND WE'RE SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND WE DON'T NEED OUR GOVERNMENT GOING AFTER THEIR OPPONENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS TOMORROW AT THE MARDI GRAS SQUARE BECAUSE, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG, FOR HELPING US GET THIS, WORKING WITH THIS.

THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, THE VETERAN SQUARE WHERE THEY DO EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DETAIL OFFICE.

WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO PARK ON THE NORTH HOLLAND SIDE, WHICH IS THE WHOLE FOOD SIDE OF VETERANS, AND TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.

IF YOU COME OUT, YOU GET A PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGN.

WE'RE GIVING OUT SIGNS.

THE WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUBS GIVING OUT THE SIGNS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD. THE NEXT EVENT WE GOT COMING UP, WHICH IS A BIG EVENT.

IT'S A TWO-DAY EVENT, AND HERE'S THE FLIERS, I'LL PASS IT OVER.

ONE FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT'S CALLED MAGA FEST.

THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE'RE BRINGING SPEAKERS, WE'RE WORKING ON [INAUDIBLE] TRUMP AND DON JR.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE CLARION HOTEL IN KENNER, AND IT'S A TWO-DAY EVENT.

I'M THE ONE SPEARHEADING THIS WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS EVENT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A REGIONAL EVENT.

WE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN FROM TEXAS, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE FOR THIS EVENT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND HAVE THE PARISH INVOLVED IN THIS AS YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKERS BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE CONSERVATIVE AND WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT, MAKING AND KEEPING AMERICA GREAT.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE'RE ABOUT READY TO LOSE OUR COUNTRY, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME.

IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING NOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR COUNTRY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE THAT.

NOW, THE LAST THING I DO HAVE AN ISSUE.

>> YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS.

>> WE HAVE A BIG ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PROBLEM, OF COURSE, HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

THIS JUST HAPPENED ON 4TH OF JULY, SO I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WORKING WITH THIS.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, WE HAVE ILLEGALS ON THE ROAD DRIVING IN JEFFERSON PARISH WITH NO DRIVER'S LICENSE, WITH NO INSURANCE.

>> WOULD WRAP IT UP, PLEASE?

>> THEY HIT MY NIECE.

THIS CAR, FRONT OF MY HOUSE, 4TH OF JULY.

OF COURSE, WE GOT THE CAR TOWED, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD DO AS A COUNCIL TO SPEARHEAD AND WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF DOING SOMETHING TO GET THESE ILLEGALS OFF THE STREET.

THESE TEXAS LICENSE PLATE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CANGELOSI.

>> [OVERLAPPING] LICENSE PLATE.

>> I GAVE YOU AN EXTRA 30.

>> FRANKIE HYERS, 509 HOUMA BOULEVARD, JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY IN AWAY WE GO AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE GONE.

WE GOT A LITTLE CURIOSITY, I GUESS SPARKED LAST TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS A MENTION OF A PROPOSAL MAYBE BEING CONSIDERED,

[02:30:02]

AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD.

THE PROPOSAL IS IN THE CONSTITUTION.

I DIDN'T WRITE IT AND I'M NOT THE PREVAILING OPINION.

THE PREVAILING OPINION BELONGS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.

THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION TO HIS OPINION AS FAR AS I CAN FIND IT.

IF ANYBODY CAN, IT WOULD SAVE ME A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME.

IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION OR ANYBODY CAN FIND ANY OFFICIAL OPINION THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER, WHEREIN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE CONSTITUTION REDUCES IT TO AN ARITHMETICAL OPERATION UPON WHICH NO TWO PERSONS COULD DIFFER; NO TWO PERSONS CAN DIFFER ABOUT HOW WE DISTRIBUTE POWER.

BECAUSE IF WE CAN, YOU'VE GOT NO DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, AND THAT'S PARAMOUNT, SECOND ONLY TO ESTABLISH JUSTICE.

IF WE FIND THEM LACKING, FIND OURSELVES OR WE FIND ANYONE ELSE LACKING FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT REQUIRED TO EXERCISE THEIR CONTROL WITH A WHOLESOME DISCRETION, THE SOLUTION ISN'T TO TAKE IT FROM THEM, MUTE THEIR MIC, OR SOMEHOW INFRINGE UPON THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT.

NO, IT'S NOT TO TAKE CONTROL FROM THEM, BUT TO INFORM THEIR DISCRETION.

THE JUST INTOLERABLE RESULTS OF THOSE WHO CREATED THIS CONSTRUCT, FIVE DISTRICTS PLUS TWO AT LARGE MEMBERS IS ONLY REPEATED IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND ORLEANS PARISH.

LAFOURCHE PARISH HAS 10 COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEY ELECT.

ONE OF THEM IS DESIGNATED AS AN AT-LARGE MEMBER.

NINE DISTRICTS, THEN THEY HAVE AN AT-LARGE MEMBER.

AS SOON AS THAT ELECTION IS CONCLUDED, THAT AT-LARGE MEMBER IS THEN REFERRED TO AS PARISH PRESIDENT.

YOU CAN'T APPORTION AN AT-LARGE MEMBERSHIP.

IF I WERE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST TRUMP, I'D HAVE TO SECURE EIGHT ELECTORS.

SIX FROM EACH OF THE SIX CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, TWO AT-LARGE MEMBERS.

IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, THOSE TWO AT-LARGE MEMBERS REPRESENT SENATORS.

YOU CANNOT APPORTION A UNICAMERAL LEGISLATIVE BODY WITH AT-LARGE MEMBERSHIP.

YOU JUST CAN'T.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EVEN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WHEN IT APPLIES TO EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE, I CAN RISE ON EVERY SINGLE AGENDA ITEM, EVERY SINGLE ORDINANCE AND OPPOSE THIS ON THE GROUNDS OF AN UNPORTIONED BODY.

I CAN. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MUTE MY MIC, YOU CAN WORK AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, YOU COULD DO THAT, AND IT WON'T OFFEND ME.

I'M NOT HERE TO SPANK CHILDREN, I'M HERE TO WAKE THEM UP.

YOUR LEGACY IS AT STAKE, NOT MINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT A RAISE OR A BONUS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH REGARDS TO THAT DISTRICT COURT, THE DISTRICT JUDGE PAY.

I'M GUESSING IT DIDN'T INCREASE YOUR PAY IF IT WAS A BONUS, AND I APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR FOR THAT DECISION.

BECAUSE ANY RAISE A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE GIVES YOU A RAISE, AND YOU'RE ALREADY OVERPAID.

>> THAT'S YOUR TIME, MR. HYERS.

>> FIGURE IT OUT.

>> ANYONE ELSE? LET'S GO BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS NUMBER 8, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING A LAWSUIT ENTITLED KAREN SWINSON V. RANDY WILLIAMS IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, 24TH JDC NUMBER 818-001 DIVISION 0, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION?

>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 9, PLEASE.

>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED ELIAS JORGE GEORGE, [INAUDIBLE] BENEDICT V. WASTE CONNECTIONS BAYOU, INCORPORATED, USDC-EDLA NUMBER 18-7889,18-8071, 18-8218, 18-9312 SECTION E5.

>> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.