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CLOCK SAYS IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK, SO I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.UH, CHRIS CLEMENT HERE, FRANK YOUNG HERE.
AND, UH, OUR OTHER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS ARE ABSENT.
SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THREE.
[III. Review and approval of Minutes from the March 19, 2025 meeting]
GONNA REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 19TH MEETING.UH, ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES MOVE TO APPROVE AS IS SECOND.
[IV. Public Comment (Each speaker will be allowed a total time limit of two [2] minutes)]
PUBLIC COMMENT.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[V. Presentation and discussion of Inspector General Report, to include public discussion of any recently published reports, open letters, data, and statistics by the Office of Inspector General]
RIGHT.UH, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION, KIM.
UM, I DO HAVE, UM, MY REPORT AND I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU.
UM, BEGINNING WITH THE COVER OF THIS PARTICULAR REPORT.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE REPORTS THAT YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED.
UM, I INDICATED TO YOU AT LAST MEETING SORT OF LIKE, UM, GIVEN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, UM, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, UM, THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE PUT OUR MONTHLY REPORTS ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, PRIOR TO MY APPOINTMENT, WE DID NOT HAVE WRITTEN REPORTS TO THE ECC, SO THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BEGIN WITH MY APPOINTMENT.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THEM.
SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT WITH KEN.
I THINK WE HAVE THEM UP ONLINE, UM, BACK THROUGH 2023.
AND HE IS WORKING ON GETTING 2022, UM, ONLINE.
IT'LL ALSO GIVE NEW COMMISSIONERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK THROUGH THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS IN CASE YOU WANNA PICK ANY MOMENT IN TIME TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT THE OFFICE FOR CONTEXT.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT THAT, UM, THAT I PUT OUT THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND PUT ONLINE.
UM, AND OUR REPORTS ARE NOW UNDER THEIR OWN TAB.
SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH OUR ANNUAL REPORTS AND MONTHLY REPORTS, UM, ON OUR TAB UNTO THEMSELVES UNDER THE HEADING REPORTS.
UM, MOVING ON, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE MONTHLY REPORT.
WE DID HAVE TWO TIMELY EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS THAT OCCURRED SINCE YOU LAST MET, AND THAT IS SPECIAL AGENT BRITT MAJEURE, UM, AS WELL AS OUR IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST, KEN MARLEY.
AND THEY WERE BOTH TIMELY EVALUATED AND EACH RECEIVED AN ANNUAL RAISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICIES.
UM, I THINK THAT YOU ALL WERE AWARE AND RECEIVED MY REPLY RESPONSE TO THE QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
SO EVERY YEAR THE QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE, UM, GOES BACK AND EXAMINES THE YEAR BEFORE FOR THE OFFICE TO CHECK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE.
THIS COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF AN APPOINTMENT BY THE ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE COMMISSION.
JIM LETTON HAS SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY SINCE THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.
UM, DUKE MCCONNELL SERVES AT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PARISH PRESIDENT.
HE HAS CONTINUALLY SERVED IN THAT ROLE AS THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S APPOINTEE.
AND JOHN BENS IS THE COUNCIL APPOINTEE AND HE, AGAIN, HAS ALSO SERVED.
SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE CONTINUITY IN COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, THEY ALWAYS MEET WITH ME, QUESTION ME, INTERVIEW ME.
UM, I HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS KIND OF LIKE ON THE SPOT AND THAT WITH THE OTHER MATERIALS THAT I SHARE WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEN GO INTO THEIR QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THAT REPORT WAS RELEASED IN DRAFT.
I RESPONDED, IT IS FINALIZED AND THEY WILL PRESENT IT PUBLICLY NEXT FRIDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND I BELIEVE I SENT A MEETING INVITE TO EVERYBODY.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ATTEND AND THEY WILL PRESENT.
USUALLY MR. SULLIVAN AND I MENTALLY EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR WORK.
BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO, I DO HOPE SOME OF YOU DO HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE TO COME.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORK AND NOT MANY PEOPLE COME AND EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
WHEN, WHEN? FRIDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THIS ROOM.
UM, NEXT IN TERMS OF REPORTS, UM, UNDER OUR REPORT SECTION IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT, FIRST OF ALL, LEMME BACK UP.
UM, UNDER EACH SECTION AUDITS, EVALUATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS, YOU WILL SEE THE STATUS OF ONGOING.
SO YOU'LL SEE WHATEVER REPORTS HAVE HIT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR 65%, UM, AND THE PARTICULAR STATION THAT THEY'RE IN.
AND YOU CAN WATCH THAT PROGRESS.
I HAVE ALSO ADDED, UM, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, A SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES, WHICH IS A NEW SECTION TO THE REPORT.
SO YOU NOT ONLY HAVE THE STATUS OF WHERE A PARTICULAR PROJECT IS, BUT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE OBJECTIVES TO REFER TO, TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
THAT IS FOR AUDITS AS WELL AS EVALUATIONS AND INSPECTIONS.
WE DO NOT DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF INVESTIGATIONS, UH, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS,
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BUT WE DO REPORT ON THE, UM, STATISTICS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF LIKE INTAKES OPEN AND INTAKES CLOSED.UM, AND THAT REPORT IS CARRIED UNDER CASES IN INVESTIGATIONS THAT J-P-O-I-G 20 24 0 0 0 6 MISUSE OF PARISH TIME AND PARISH PROPERTY THAT IS OUT IN DRAFT.
UM, SO WE ARE IN OUR 30 DAY RESPONSE PERIOD.
UM, WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO REPORT TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND IT MIGHT BE A LOT TO REPORT TO YOU AT ONE MEETING.
WE HAVE THREE PRODUCTS OUT IN DRAFT.
UH, THE FIRST PRODUCT WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 29TH.
IT WAS A REVIEW OF THE LEASE TRANSACTION, UM, IN CONNECTION WITH THE JFI LEASES FOR PORT ORLEANS ENTITIES.
UM, THAT WENT OUT ON APRIL 29TH.
IT IS IN A 30 DAY RESPONSE PERIOD.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE INVESTIGATION THAT WENT OUT THAT I JUST MENTIONED, MISUSE OF PARISH TIME AND PARISH PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN THIS WEEK WE PUT OUT AN AUDIT AND DRAFT, UM, AND THAT IS 20 23 0 0 0 6.
UM, EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE DEPARTMENT, SICK LEAVE.
THAT IS AN AUDIT OF THE FIREMAN'S USE OF OFF-DUTY INJURY, ILLNESS, SICK PAY.
AND SO THOSE WILL PROBABLY COME UP ON THEIR 30 DAY RESPONSE PERIODS AT OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME SOMETIME JUNE, LATE JUNE.
UM, AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THOSE IN JULY.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, LET ME SEE.
WE DO HAVE, UM, OUR COUNSEL PRESENT HERE.
MR. UM, ARIC, UM, IN CONNECTION WITH ONE OF OUR PROJECTS, UM, IN AN ONGOING MATTERS.
WE ISSUED SUBPOENAS BACK IN OCTOBER TO FOUR ENTITIES, UH, PORTER, UM, JEFFERSON FACILITIES INC.
JEFFERSON REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AND CHAPLAIN PIER ARCHITECTS IN CONNECTION WITH, UM, OUR ONGOING PRODUCTS RELATED TO THE JEFFERSON FACILITIES INC.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BREW PUB INC.
GRETNA THREE, UH, RESPONDED TO THOSE SUBPOENAS.
AND THAT'S THE PORTER, UH, BREWERY.
WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY ATTEMPTED TO INTERVIEW VARIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE BREWERY AND DID NOT GET A WHOLE LOT OF SUCCESS THERE.
WE HAVE ISSUED A SUBPOENA, UM, TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO COME TO OUR OFFICE AND TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE, UM, SERVICE OF THAT.
AND THEN AS WELL, WE SOUGHT A COURT ORDER TO ENFORCE THE SUBPOENA FOR RECORDS THAT WAS ISSUED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
WE RECEIVED OPPOSITION TO THAT AND BY WAY OF A MOTION TO VACATE THE ORDER.
UM, AND THAT RESULTED IN US HAVING A EMERGENCY STATUS CONFERENCE AT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING, UH, BEFORE JUDGE FORAY OF THE 24TH, UM, WHICH WILL TOOK CARE OF.
UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD A VERY LONG STATUS CONFERENCE ON THE RECORD IN THE COURTROOM.
UM, AND THEN AS THE JUDGE TOOK ANOTHER MATTER ON HIS DOCKET, HE BASICALLY, UM, URGED TO STRONGLY TO GO INTO ANOTHER ROOM AND WORK IT OUT.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE SOME ASSURANCES, VERBAL AS THEY MAY BE, BUT VERBAL TO THE COURT, NOT JUST TO US.
THAT PORT WILL PRODUCE TO US THE RECORDS WHICH WE ARE SEEKING VIA SUBPOENA AND THAT THEY WILL COOPERATE IN DELIVERING THEIR PRINCIPLES FOR INTERVIEWS.
AND SO THAT'S SORT OF LIKE ONGOING AND IS CERTAINLY AN OBSTACLE TO US COMPLETING OUR WORK.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT, BUT GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF, IF, IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, IF YOU DON'T MM-HMM
WHAT, WHAT'S NEXT? DO YOU GO BACK TO THE JUDGE? WE WOULD GO BACK TO COURT.
UM, JUDGE FOR IS A VERY UNIQUE JUDGE AND I, I WOULD NOT WANNA BE THE PERSON WHO DIDN'T KEEP MY WORD TO JUDGE FORAY, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
I DON'T THINK THE ATTORNEY FOR PORT WANTS TO BE THE ATTORNEY WHO DOESN'T KEEP THEIR WORD TO JUDGE FLORE.
UH, THE, UH, PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF, UH, KIM.
WE'RE GONNA TABLE THAT UNTIL WE'VE GOT FIVE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? WELL, UM, MR. CHAIR, IN THIS INSTANCE WE BOTH THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND THERE WAS A CONFIDENTIAL REFERRAL THAT WAS COMING BEFORE YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I, WE, WE WOULD JUST FORMALLY DEFER THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
IF EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE TO THAT.
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ON THAT? WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE.CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? UH, MOVE TO DEFER EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM A AND B AND DO 'EM TOGETHER.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? ALL RIGHT, THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE,
[VIII. Next Meeting Date: July 16, 2025]
UH, JULY 16TH.CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.