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          >> ALL RIGHT, FIRST THIS MORNING WITH A PROCLAMATION IS COUNCILMAN BONANO. 
          [SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
]
          >> MORNING, EVERYONE. I HAVE TO ASK MY LONGTIME FRIEND, DR. RONALD TASSIN TO JOIN ME UP HERE. 
          DR. RONALD TASSIN IS A PROUD, LIFELONG RESIDENT JEFFERSON PARISH, A DEVOTED FATHER, A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR THE YOUTH AND HIS COMMUNITY. 
          DR. TASSIN'S LIFE WORK IS ROOTED IN SERVICE, GUIDED BY FAITH, FAMILY, AND AN UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO UPLIFTING THOSE AROUND HIM. 
          AT THE CENTER OF HIS PURPOSE IS HIS DAUGHTER WHOSE PRESENCE INSPIRES HIS EVERY STEP IN THIS JOURNEY. 
          DR. TASSIN'S PASSION FOR SERVICE BEGAN IN THE CLASSROOM AS AN EDUCATOR FOR THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHERE HE TAUGHT AT DREW ELEMENTARY AND SOPHIE B. WRIGHT. 
          BEYOND HIS EDUCATION AND HIS MENTAL HEALTH WORK, DR. TASSIN HAS SPENT YEARS MENTORING SYSTEM INVOLVED YOUTH WITHIN THE JUVENILE SERVICE SYSTEM, AND HE BELIEVES THAT NO YOUNG PERSON IS BEYOND REDEMPTION, AND THAT WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY CAN LIVE LIVES ROOTED IN INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE. 
          DR. TASSIN ALSO WORKS WITH YOUNG ATHLETES AND STUDENTS AT JESSE OWENS PLAYGROUND AND HELPING BUILD THEM CONFIDENCE, CHARACTER, AND COMMUNITY. 
          SINCE 2006, DR. TASSIN HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB, AN INSTITUTION THAT REPRESENTS THE PRIDE, RESILIENCE, AND CREATIVITY OF NEW ORLEANS' BLACK COMMUNITY. 
          DRAWN TO ZULU'S MISSION OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP, DR. TASSIN HAS SERVED IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES OVER THE YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY HOLDS THE POSITION OF TREASURER. 
          A ROLE HE APPROACHED WITH TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY, AND DEEP RESPECT FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR LEGACY. 
          DR. TASSIN BELIEVES THAT THE ROLE OF THE KING OF ZULU IS MORE SYMBOLIC. 
          IT IS IN ITS SACRED RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD WITH HUMILITY TO HONOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND INVEST BOLDLY IN THE NEXT GENERATION. 
          I'M SURE MANY ALL ARE WONDERING WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. 
          I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE DR. RONALD TASSIN AS THE FIRST RESIDENT OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO EVER BE CHOSEN TO SERVE AS THE KING OF ZULU. 
          RONALD IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, AND HE HAILS FROM DISTRICT 2, AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY RESIDES IN DISTRICT 2. 
          I'M SO PROUD OF HIM. 
          HE'S BEEN TELLING ME FOR YEARS. HOW MANY YEARS NOW? I WILL BE THE KING OF ZULU ONE DAY. 
          I MET RONALD AT THE GYM AT ELMWOOD FITNESS CENTER WHERE WE WORK OUT TOGETHER. 
          WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS, AND I'M SO PROUD THAT HE ACHIEVED THIS GOAL, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FOR YOU. 
          BE IT KNOWN THAT FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, WE HAVE CONFERRED THIS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT UPON DR. RONALD TASSIN, THE 2026 KING OF ZULU. CONGRATULATIONS, RONALD. 
          [APPLAUSE] YOU'RE GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> WE'RE GOING TO DO A GROUP PHOTO. 
          YOU-ALL WANT TO GET IN? COME ON. GET IN. 
          JUMP IN HERE. [BACKGROUND] NO. 
          THE KING HAS A FEW WORDS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME MORE PICTURES. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> YOU WANT TO DO IT? COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WAS GOING DO IT AFTERWARDS WITH PARISH PRESIDENT. 
          HADGE YOU WANT TO COME DOWN ON THIS SIDE, BALANCE IT OFF? HADGE, COME AROUND ON SIDE. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> HEY, THANK YOU, MAN. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I LOOK THAT WAY? 
          >> OKAY, EVERYBODY. HERE WE GO THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW ON THREE. 
          ONE, TWO, THREE, AND ONE MORE ON THREE. 
          ONE, TWO, THREE. THANK YOU. 
          >> KING, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          >> I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR COUSIN MICHELLE LEE. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> WE CALL HER MICHELLE. 
          >> YEAH WITH DR. HUGHES. 
          >> AT GRADE SCHOOL? 
          >> YEAH, GRADE SCHOOL. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YEAH. I LOOK FORWARD TO ACTUALLY MEETING YOU. 
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DR. HUGHES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE WITH ME. 
          BUT HE SAYS HE'S GOING GIVE A CONTACT WITH YOU. 
          I JUST YOU HAVE SOME WORDS TO SHARE, IS THAT OKAY? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. LET ME JUST SAY THANKS ALL OF THE ACTING PARISH ON BOARD, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS AND EVERYONE TO HERE TO ACTUALLY JOIN US FOR THE ZULU SPEECH. 
          GOOD MORNING, PARISH PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GUESTS, MEMBERS OF OUR JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNITY. 
          AS KING ZULU ELECT 2026, IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCILS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 
          AS A LONGTIME JEFFERSON PARISH RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF MY MISSION AND GOALS, AND KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MY REIGN FOR THE CARNIVAL SEASON. 
          ZULU HAS ALWAYS STOOD AS A SYMBOL OF UNITY, CULTURE, AND CELEBRATION. 
          I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT THIS PARISH THROUGH ZULU AND EVERY ACT OF SERVICE WE PERFORM. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, YOUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR TRADITION ALIVE. 
          TOGETHER, WE MAKE THIS CARNIVAL ONE TO REMEMBER, HAIL ZULU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] WE DID BRING GIFTS FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          PLEASE, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE? 
          >> MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I CONTINUE? I'M PROUD TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY WITH MY RIGHT ARM, MY ASSISTANT, PAULA ROJAS, WHO I'VE WORKED WITH FOR A LONG LONG TIME. SHE KNOWS ME SO WELL. 
          SHE COMES AND BRINGS ME FILES BEFORE I EVEN ASK FOR HIM BECAUSE SHE KNOWS I'M GOING TO NEED HIM. 
          TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HONOR HER WITH HER 10 YEAR SERVICE PIN TO JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] PAULA, WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          [LAUGHTER] I KNEW SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. 
          >> YOU GET BETWEEN. 
          ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO ON THREE; ONE, TWO, THREE. 
          ON THREE; ONE, TWO, THREE, AND ONE MORE. ONE, TWO, THREE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. YOU. 
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          >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT BEFORE THE MEETING. NEIL, YOU CAN STAND DOWN. 
          WE'LL START THE MEETING AT 10:00, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THEY'LL BE HERE SHORTLY, SO WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          WE KNOW COUNCILMAN BONANO IS HERE. HE JUST LEFT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL ROLL. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          [MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
]
THIS IS THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025. 
          WE'RE AT THE JOSEPH S. YENNI BUILDING,1221 ELMWOOD PARK BOULEVARD IN JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. 
          THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. 
          COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR GUEST IS GIVING OUR INVOCATION TODAY. PLEASE INTRODUCE. 
          >> I'M PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE WITH US TODAY, PASTOR LEANDER JOHNSON WITH THE TRUE VINE BAPTIST CHURCH ON SALA AVENUE IN WESTWEGO TO DO OUR OPENING PRAYER. 
          IT'S QUITE APPROPRIATE THAT HE'S HERE TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW JEFFERSON PARISH, SIR, CELEBRATED IT'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. 
          AND TRUE VINE CELEBRATED THEIR 160TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR. 
          IT'S THE OLDEST CHURCH IN JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          IS IT NOT PASTOR? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, PASTOR FOR BEING HERE. 
          >> LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TODAY BEFORE YOU THIS HOUR, ASKING FOR YOUR BLESSINGS TO HELP. 
          AS WE GATHER TOGETHER, WE PRAY FOR GUIDANCE IN ALL MATTERS AT HAND. 
          LORD, WE COME THANKING YOU FOR YOU ARE GOOD AND KIND AND MERCIFUL. 
          NOW, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE OUR LEADERS OF THIS GREAT PARISH. 
          GRANT THEM WISDOM IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND CLARITY IN TIMES OF CONFUSION. 
          THAT ALL DECISIONS, EVEN ACCORDING TO THE AGENDAS, MIGHT FURTHER THE COMMUNITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          LORD, WE THANK YOU NOW BECAUSE WE SEEK YOUR PRESENCE WITHIN THIS SETTING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE ALL GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. 
          WE PRAY NOW FOR A PEACEFUL AND GRACIOUS MEETING. 
          BLESS THE LEADERS AS THEY LEAD. 
          THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] AMEN. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> 
          >> Y'ALL CARPOOLED? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> IT'S CONVENIENT. 
          >> IT'S RUNNING OUT OF GAS. SAVE MONEY ON GAS. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          >> PRESENT? 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> COUNCILMAN KERNER. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BONANO. 
          >> HERE. 
          >> COUNCILMAN LEE. 
          >> HERE. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN? 
          >> HERE. 
          >> COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG. 
          >> HERE. 
          >> PARISH PRESIDENT MS. LEE-SHENG. 
          >> HERE. 
          >> I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLL. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO ADDRESSED TO COUNCIL. 
          [PARISH PRESIDENT PARISH PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL
]
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL START WITH OUR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 2026 PROPOSED OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET CONTAINS EXPENDITURES OVER 1.029 MILLION. 
          REVENUES ARE BUDGETED. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          BILLION [LAUGHTER] BILLION. I'M LIKE, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 1.029 BILLION. 
          REVENUES ARE BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY WHILE EXPENDITURES ARE FORECASTED TO REMAIN AT RECENT LEVELS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION KNOWN, DEDICATED REVENUES, INCLUDING PROPERTY TAX, 37%, SERVICE CHARGES, 35%, AND SALES TAX 18% ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY 90% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES. 
          THE PARISH BUDGETED A 5% MERIT BASED ANNUAL PAY INCREASE FOR OUR CLASSIFIED EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL PAY PLAN EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS CONTINUES TO PROVIDE LONGEVITY PAY FOR FIRE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZING THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE. 
          ALL DEPARTMENTS MAINTAIN A 15% RESERVE FUND BALANCE, WHICH EXCEEDS OUR 10% RESERVE FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT AND IS IN KEEPING WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          THE 15% RESERVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND ALL OTHER FUNDS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE FINANCIAL STANDING FOR FUTURE BOND RATING EVALUATIONS. 
          THE 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET CONTAINS 139 MILLION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. 
          THE MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WILL OCCUR IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AREA, 
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APPROXIMATELY 127.8 MILLION OR 92% OF THE ENTIRE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE, STREETS, WATER, AND SEWAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. 
          IN SUMMARY, THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOWS CONSERVATIVE FISCAL POLICIES WHILE MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OUR CITIZENS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT. 
          AS ALWAYS, THE BUDGET CAN BE AMENDED AT ANY COUNCIL MEETING TO ALLOW FOR UPDATING OUR FINANCIAL POSITION. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT BOTH BUDGETS, OPERATING IN CAPITAL BEFORE YEAR END AND ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THOSE ORDINANCES AS PRESENTED. 
          WELL, THE NEXT IS THE WATER DEPARTMENT UNKNOWN SERVICE LINE LETTERS THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT. 
          RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM OUR WATER DEPARTMENT THIS MONTH REGARDING THE STATUS OF THEIR SERVICE LINE MATERIAL. 
          THIS LETTER IS BEING SENT OUT BECAUSE OF A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FROM THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 
          THE EPA NOW REQUIRES ALL WATER SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY TO NOTIFY CUSTOMERS EACH YEAR ABOUT THE MATERIAL OF THEIR WATER SERVICE LINE, EVEN IF THE MATERIAL IS STILL UNKNOWN. 
          THIS LETTER DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE LEAD LINES. 
          WE HAVE NOT YET CONFIRMED WHAT TYPE OF PIPE CONNECTS EVERY HOME TOWER WATER SYSTEM. 
          THESE NOTIFICATIONS WILL CONTINUE ANNUALLY UNTIL EVERY SERVICE LINE IN JEFFERSON PARISH HAS BEEN FULLY IDENTIFIED. 
          THE JEFFERSON PARISH WATER DEPARTMENT IS TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS TOWARDS IDENTIFYING EVERY SERVICE LINE THROUGH OUR AMI, ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN TWO YEARS. 
          SHOULD ANY SERVICE LINES BE FOUND, THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT. 
          AS PART OF THE SAME FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, OUR EXISTING LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORY CAN BE FOUND ON THE WATER DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AT WWW.JEFFPARISH.GOV/LEADSAFE. 
          MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THIS WEBSITE AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES. 
          FOR QUESTIONS OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT OUR WATER QUALITY LAB AT 504 8384 313. 
          >> IN TERMS OF OUR LIBRARY, THIS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          LAST YEAR, OUR JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY IS HOSTING ANOTHER CARS AND COFFEE VINTAGE CAR SHOW AT THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH. 
          FROM 9:30 TO 11:30 A.M. OUR FIRST CARS AND COFFEE EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH MORE THAN 300 CLASSIC CARS ON VIEW. 
          CAR COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS ARE INVITED TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES OR JUST ATTEND AS A SPECTATOR. 
          A SPECIAL BLEND OF COFFEE ROASTED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE SERVED. 
          IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY, AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, HISTORIAN CHRIS CYRIL LEVONIC AND LIBRARIAN GWEN KELLY WILL DELIVER A JOINT LECTURE ABOUT THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WORLD WAR TWO AT THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 P.M. ALSO, CROCHET ENTHUSIASTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO CROCHET MORE THAN 600 GRANNY SQUARES TO COMPLETE A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY. 
          THE CROCHETING CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY AT MULTIPLE LIBRARIES WITH THE MAIN FOCUS ON GATHERINGS AT LAKE SHORE LIBRARY EVERY MONDAY AT 1:00 P.M. 
          IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VISITING PET PROGRAM, RELUCTANT YOUNG READERS ARE INVITED TO READ A STORY TO A TRAIN DOG AT WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9TH FROM 1:00 TO 2:00 P.M AS PART OF THE POPULAR READING TO RIVER PROGRAM. 
          THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE NEXT LEVEL NON TRADITIONAL PROGRAM WE'VE STARTED TO OFFER THROUGHOUT OUR JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND AWARD WINNING LIBRARY SYSTEM I'LL SAY THAT. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LIBRARY PROGRAMMING AND BRANCHES, VISIT JPLIBRARY.NET AND ALL EVENTS CAN BE FOUND AT CALENDAR.JPLIBRARY.NET. 
          LAFERNA PARK, CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK. 
          WE WANT TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 39TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHT CELEBRATION IN LAFERNA PARK, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH, AND IT'S CLOSED. 
          WE'RE CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS DAY, DECEMBER 25TH. 
          THE COST IS $20 IN ADVANCE AND $25 AT THE DOOR FOR MORE INFORMATION AT WWW.LAFERNAPARK.ORG. 
          THE ALARIO CENTER IS HOSTING A NUMBER OF EVENTS COMING UP. 
          INFINITY ATHLETICS IS HOSTING THE AMERICA'S CHEERLEADING CUP LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, NEW ORLEANS OWN WILDCAT WRESTLING WILL HAVE THEIR 14TH ANNIVERSARY RUMBLE REVOLUTION. 
          THE BIG EASY CLASSIC RETURNS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AT THE ALARIO CENTER, FEATURING FIVE DIVISION ONE WOMEN'S NCWA TEAMS, INCLUDING ULL. 
          GAMES KICK OFF ON THANKSGIVING DAY WITH COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON VERSUS NEW MEXICO STATE AND WILL RUN ALL WEEKEND. 
          FOR MORE INFO ON THESE EVENTS AND MORE VISIT ALARIOCENTER.COM. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. 
          KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL RECYCLING MONTH IS HERE. 
          AS A REMINDER OUR RECYCLING DROP OFF SITES ARE OPENED 8-12 ON SATURDAYS AT LA PALKO AND DAVID DRIVE. 
          PRE SORTED MATERIALS ACCEPTED INCLUDE GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS, CARDBOARD AND ALUMINUM CANS, PLASTICS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, AND MIXED PAPER. 
          OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ALSO WANTS TO REMIND RESIDENTS BEFORE SELECTING A LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE THIS YEAR THAT FLOCKED TREES 
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CANNOT BE DONATED TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH COASTAL TREE CYCLING PROGRAM. 
          KEEP THAT IN MIND BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR TREE. 
          LIVE UNFROCKED TREES WILL BE COLLECTED CURBSIDE IN EARLY JANUARY TO BE PLACED IN THE MARSH AREA SURROUNDING LAFITTE TO CREATE A HABITAT FOR FISH AND CRABS AND LOWER WAVE ACTION FOR THE SHORELINE. 
          PLEASE ALSO STATE THE DATE FOR OUR FIRST HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENT FOR 2026, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SHRINE ON AIRLINE IN METRE ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH. 
          RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BRING ITEMS SUCH AS ELECTRONIC WASTE, CLEANING PRODUCTS, LAWN, GARDEN PRODUCTS, PAINT, AND SMALL AMMUNITION. 
          EVENTS LIKE THIS DIVERT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM OUR LANDFILL AND AID IN KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND HEALTHIER. 
          A VOLUNTEER TREE PLANTING EVENT WILL BE HELD AT HOPE HAVEN IN MONERO THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. 
          VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES ARE WELCOME AND WILL PLANT APPROXIMATELY 50 TREES. 
          TREES WILL BE PROVIDED AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. 
          THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SENATOR PAT [INAUDIBLE] BATON ROUGE GREEN, LOUISIANA COMMUNITY FOREST. 
          KEEP THE WEST BANK BEAUTIFUL. 
          KEEP JEFFERSON, PARISH BEAUTIFUL, AND THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOESTRY. 
          TO SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT SENATOR CONI'S OFFICE AT 5043474535. 
          VETERANS DAY OUR ANNUAL JEFFERSON PARISH VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT 10:00 A.M. AT VETERANS MEMORIAL SQUARE ACROSS FROM LAKESIDE. 
          ALL JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, IN OBSERVANCE OF THE VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY. 
          GARBAGE COLLECTION AND REGULAR TRANSIT SERVICES WILL CONTINUE NORMAL OPERATIONS AS SCHEDULED. 
          THE NOVEMBER 15TH ELECTION DAY IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH FOR WEST BANK RESIDENTS WHO LIVE INSIDE THE FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RENEW THE WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT MILLAGE. 
          THIS IS THE ONLY ITEM ON THE BALLOT. 
          THIS MILLAGE IS NOT A NEW TAX. 
          IT'S A RENEWAL NOT TO EXCEED 4.75 MILLS THAT WILL HELP FUND LEVY LIFTS, MAJOR REPAIRS, AND TESTING AND MAINTENANCE OF CLOSURE COMPLEX. 
          EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT THE JOSEPH SEN BUILDING, THE KENNER OFFICE AT RIVERTOWN, AT 4:08 MINER STREET AND KENNER, THE CHARLES ODOM SERVICE CENTER BUILDING AT 5001 WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY IN MERO, AND OUR WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY AT 27 51 MANHATTAN BOULEVARD IN HARVEY. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, VISIT WWW.JEFFPARISH.GOV SLASH VOTE. 
          MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE LEVY MILLAGE RENEWAL VISIT WWW.SLFPAW.ORG/ RENEWAL. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO POINT OUT ITEM NUMBER 72, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          IT'S A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION. 
          WE TALKED AT A PRIOR MEETING ABOUT THE EXCITING SPORTS TOURISM THAT JEFFERSON PARISH IS REALLY GETTING A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR WITH OUR JOHN JUNIOR BASEBALL FIELDS, MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS ON THE WEST BANK WITH BAYU NATION. 
          I WANT TO POINT OUT OUR MILEY [INAUDIBLE] COURTS, AND COUNCILMAN BANANOS DISTRICT IS GETTING KNOWN THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT STATES. 
          WITH THE HELP OF VISIT JEFFERSON AND WORKING WITH SOUTHERN PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION, THEY'RE AN ASSOCIATION THAT RUNS AMATEUR PICKLE-BALL TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
          THEY WANT TO COME TO MILEY FOR ONE OF THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENTS NEXT YEAR SO FAMILY GROW WEEKEND, WE'RE GOING TO HOST THEM AND HOPEFULLY HOST NOT ONLY LOCAL PLAYERS, BUT REALLY WE'RE GOING TO MARKET IT ALL ALONG THE GULF COAST. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLAYERS COME IN FOR FAMILY GROW WEEKEND. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY HOTEL ROOM STAYS, BE PATRONS AT OUR RESTAURANT, BE SHOPPERS AT OUR STORES. 
          ANOTHER BIG MOMENTUM FORWARD FOR OUR SPORTS TOURISM INDUSTRY. THANK YOU. 
          >>THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HRAAM MAYOR TIM BODIE WHO'S JOINING US THIS MORNING. 
          I KNOW HE'S HERE SOMEWHERE, THERE HE IS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR ANOTHER AGENDA, CAN DO SO NOW. 
          YOU MUST FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD IN THE BACK OF CHAMBERS, HAND IT UP TO THE CLERK IN FRONT. 
          YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND YOU MUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> HANG ON 1 SECOND. BEFORE WE DO THIS. 
          I SKIPPED OVER SOMETHING. POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR COUNCIL IN BOHANAN. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. I AM EXCITED TO HAVE OUR CHIEF CONLEY, OUR KENNER CHIEF, WHO'S PRESENT. 
          HE WANTED TO HAVE A MOMENT OF OUR TIME, BUT AS HE'S WALKING UP, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE HIM. 
          HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN KENNER. 
          YOU SEE HIM ON THE NEWS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, SO WE'RE PROUD OF HIM. WELCOME, CHIEF. 
          >> I DIDN'T SEE YOU WALK IN. CHIEF CONLEY, I WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU. 
          .>> THANK YOU. 
          >> CHIEF SINCE I'M ONE OF YOUR DEPUTIES DO I HAVE TO SALUTE YOU? 
          >> NO, WE'RE GOOD. 
          >> I'M GOOD HERE? OKAY. 
          >> CHOOSE ALL YOUR FINGERS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO COME AND THANK THE COUNCIL LADY AND A COUNCIL IN A PARISH. 
          WE'RE STANDING UP ON ICAC LAB AND INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN LAB IN THE CITY OF KENNER. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A REGIONAL TASK FORCE WITH OFFICERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE REGION, THE STATE. 
          SOME STATE RESOURCES ARE INVOLVED. 
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BUT IN SPEAKING WITH A COUNCIL LADY ABOUT IT, SHE WAS ABLE TO FIND ME SOME FURNITURE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 15 TO 20 OFFICERS IN OUR BUILDING AT THE KENNER POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO CONCENTRATE ON ONLINE PREDATORS. 
          IT'S INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE. 
          THEY'RE SPONSORED THROUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HOST THAT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND CERTAINLY RESPOND TO ANY COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. 
          BUT THAT ACTUALLY SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY BY BEING ABLE TO USE THE ASSETS AND THE FURNITURES THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND BY JUVENILE SERVICES, I BELIEVE, AND IT SUITED US WELL. 
          SO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. 
          THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNSEL LADY FOR LOOKING OUT FOR US, AS WELL. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME AND THANK YOU ALL PERSONALLY. 
          >>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          >> WE'RE GOOD? 
          >> THAT'S IT. 
          [ PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGEND]
          >> NOW, ANYONE WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OR DENY AGENDA CAN DO SO NOW. 
          THREE MINUTE TO SPEAK NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, MUST FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. 
          >> MORNING, EVERYONE, ROBERT BURKETT, SEVEN BUNDY COURT, JEFFERSON, KENNER OF LOUISIANA, JEFFERSON FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. 
          I RISE TO TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION 29 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, DEALING WITH GAMBLE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. 
          I THINK IT WAS A COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE LAST AND SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS WERE, THE REASON WE NEEDED THIS WAS TO CLEAR THE AIR. 
          BUT, AS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION? BECAUSE STATEMENTS WERE MADE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS STILL INACCURATE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, LISTEN, I WAS AROUND IN 2008. 
          THE LAST TIME THE PARISH EMPLOYED A PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM, LET'S FACE IT THE TRUTH, TO GO AFTER THE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          IT WAS A BLOODBATH, AND IT WAS UNNECESSARY AND I BELIEVE THIS IS, TO. 
          THEN WHEN WE GO A LITTLE FURTHER TRYING TO SPEAK IN AS A TAXPAYER, I OWN SIX PROPERTIES IN JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          FIVE OF THEM NON TAX EXEMPT. 
          WHEN WE SEE HE SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY ON THINGS, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO BE AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED, EVERYTHING ABOVE BOARD, EVERYTHING RIGHT. 
          WELL, THEN WE LOOK INTO THE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE REASON WE CAN'T USE OUR OWN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE IS BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM PROTECTED. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO A NATIONWIDE SEARCH A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. 
          WE WOUND UP WITH GAMBLE. 
          WELL, THEN, WE FIND OUT THAT TWO MEMBERS OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM FORMERLY WORKED FOR GAMBLE. 
          CAME STRAIGHT FROM GAMBLER HERE. 
          IT CERTAINLY IT MAY BE LEGAL, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. 
          I THINK THAT WE CAN RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES AMICABLY BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION. 
          I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          >> MY NAME IS JOSHUA MOSBY. 
          I LIVE AT 805 SOPHIA STREET, RIVER RIDGE, LOUISIANA. 
          FIRST THING, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM TO PAY FOR THIS? WHAT ACCOUNT IS IT COMING FROM? IT'S FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET? IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY REGARDLESS. 
          BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS PR FIRM, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT. 
          WILL THEY TELL THE PUBLIC THAT FIREFIGHTERS LIVE ON AVERAGE 15 YEARS LESS THAN OTHER WORKERS? ARE THEY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RATES OF INJURY, CANCER, DIVORCE, PTSD, THE PRICE OF SERVICE TO THIS PARISH? OR ARE THEY JUST GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME DEAD TALKING POINTS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DRESSING UP AS HALF TRUTH AND SELLS TO THE TAXPAYER WITH TAXPAYER MONEY? WE HAVE LITERALLY DEBUNKED EVERY SINGLE TALKING POINT WITH STATE LAWS AND FACTS, AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO USE A PR FIRM TO PRINT OUT FLYERS, SEND TO THE PUBLIC, SILENCE DISSENT, AND USE YOUR SAME TALKING POINTS. 
          AWESOME. YOU CLAIM THAT OVER 40% OF OUR DEPARTMENT EARNS 50000-100 THOUSAND. 
          CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT'S A WIDE GAP? BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT $50,000 IS SLOWLY BEING NOT TALKED ABOUT, AND THE PUSHING POINT IS, OH, 40% OF THESE GUYS MAKE UP $100,000. 
          I'VE GOT THE PAY MATRIX WITH ME RIGHT NOW 80% OF OUR DEPARTMENT, JUDGING BY THIS, DOESN'T MAKE OVER 100,000 WITH THE BASE SALARY. 
          IN THE PAST 70 YEARS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, NO LICK OF OVERTIME, EXTRA OVERTIME HAS EVER BEEN OFFERED UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'RE USING IT AT A TALKING POINT TO PROP UP INFLATED NUMBERS, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          YOU SAW THE VIDEO OF THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS JUMPING INTO THAT BUILDING WITHOUT A HOSE LINE. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMBERS NOW. 
          [00:30:01]
THAT'S EXTRA OVERTIME. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS TO WEAPONIZE TO GO AFTER FIREFIGHTERS. 
          SAID, LOOK AT THESE GUYS MAKE. IT'S NOT THE TRUTH. 
          I QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AT YEAR 13 AS AN OPERATOR. 
          I QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FROM MY LITTLE GIRLS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          BY THE WAY, I ACTUALLY HAVE A SOLVE FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          I'VE GOT A GUY ON THE NORTH SHORE. 
          GIVE YOU GREAT RATES. I'M GETTING LIKE 400 BUCKS A MONTH. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU HIS NAME NUMBER. 
          AWESOME. BUT I'M DEFINITELY GETTING OFF TRACK HERE. 
          IS THE PR FIRM GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS ADMINISTRATION RIGGED THE PAY STUDY? RIG THE PAY STUDY. 
          OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD FOUND THAT THEY WERE USING OUTDATED DATA FROM NEW ORLEANS MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS FINALIZED. 
          THEY BROUGHT IT TO NOTICE TO THE FIRM AND TO THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY CUT OFF ALL COMMUNICATION. 
          THEY USED WHAT WAS LIKE $10 AN HOUR AS THEIR OLD STARTING RATE, WHICH IS NOW 15, AND THEY USED THAT DATA FOR THEIR PAY STUDY. 
          EVEN WITH THE FLAWED PAY STUDY, THE PRELIMINARY DATA SAID 43%, AND THEN THEY HAD TO, LET'S CHANGE THE PARAMETERS. 
          MS. BOHANAN SAID THAT IT'S CONFUSING 'CAUSE IT IS. 
          WHAT THEY DID WAS, THE SIMPLEST ANALOGY IS TAKE SIX DICE AND ROLL THEM, CHOOSE THE LOWEST NUMBER. 
          IT'S SIX PAY STUDIES AND ONE. 
          THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THAT WAS. 
          YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO SNUFF OUT THE LIGHT OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          BUT ITS JOKES ON Y'ALL BECAUSE WE'RE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          WE DO OUR BEST WORK IN THE DARK. THANK YOU. 
          >> STEVE ORKS, 104 PANTHER AND DESTRO HAN, LOUISIANA. 
          I HADN'T BEEN HERE SINCE JULY, 'CAUSE ON AUGUST 5TH, WHEN MY TWO BUDDIES JUMPED THROUGH THAT BACK WINDOW WITHOUT A HOSE LINE, I MADE A MISTAKE. 
          FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY, I STAYED IN THAT FIRE WAY LONGER THAN I SHOULD HAVE. 
          ENDED UP EATING A LOT OF SMOKE. 
          WENT BACK IN TO CLEAN UP LATER ON. 
          ONCE THE FIRE WAS OUT, ENDED UP HAVING SOME STUFF FALL ON TOP OF ME. 
          I NOW A HERNIATED L FIVE THAT'S PUTTING PRESSURE ON MY S1 JOINT, GETTING TWO MORE SHOTS IN MY SPINE NEXT TUESDAY. 
          BUT I'LL RECALL FROM JULY, MR. LIZEBERG, AND MR. KENNER, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED BOTH OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS PR FIRM THING GOT SOME TRACTION, THAT YOU ALL WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING, AND YOU SWORE TO ME THAT YOU WOULD. 
          NOW, MR. LIZEBERG, YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MS. BOHANAN, DINO, AND YOURSELF ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PUSHING THIS BILL. 
          BUT YOU TOLD ME ON THAT DAY, I PROMISE YOU THIS WILL NOT BE UNETHICAL. 
          THIS WON'T BE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. HERE WE ARE. 
          RACHEL STRAHLL, AND GRETCHEN HURT GIVING US E MAILS EVERY DAY, HIRED HIM AWAY FROM GAMBLE TO COME WORK HERE, JUST LIKE MR. WALKER, WHO SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMON SENSE. 
          TOLD Y'ALL, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. 
          WE LITERALLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THIS. 
          NOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE MONEY OUT OF OUR BUDGE? WHEN WE LITERALLY BEEN ASKING YOU FOR MONEY FOR SIX YEARS, CERTAINLY SINCE LAST JUNE ON THE WEST BANK, WHEN WE CAME FOR HELP, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY THAT'S DEDICATED FIRE MILLAGE TO RUN A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST US. 
          NOW, I'M NOT A GENIUS BY ANY MEANS, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT US TO DO? BECAUSE YOU SEE THE CHIEF OVER THERE, HE DOESN'T SIT WITH US. 
          HE WON'T STAND WITH US. 
          HE'S NOT ONE OF US. 
          ALL WE HAVE IS ONE ANOTHER. 
          WE'VE BEEN SO NICE. MAYBE NOT ME. 
          WE DO NEED A TIP OF THE SPEAR, BUT THE REST OF THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE, PROFESSIONAL, AND PATIENT. 
          AT THIS POINT, IF YOU MAKE THIS DECISION TO VOTE FIVE TO TWO AGAIN AND PUSH THIS THROUGH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, LIKE, THE GLOVES ARE OFF, NONE OF US ARE THAT DUMB. 
          WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THE GLOVES OFF AND MAKE THIS A STREET FIGHT. 
          I PROMISE YOU THAT'S NOT IN ANYONE'S BEST INTEREST. 
          CERTAINLY NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANYONE THERE. 
          MR. LEE, YOU'VE NEVER COMMENTED ON THIS. 
          YOU USUALLY WALK OUT. 
          YOU'RE USUALLY ON YOUR PHONE. 
          I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD YOU WERE A BIG SUPPORTER OF FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON, YOU'VE BEEN A HARD VOTE NO. 
          MR. KENNER, I COULD TELL YOU HAD A CONSTANT. 
          YOU VOTED THE PROPER WAY, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GOT SOME EYES AND SOME LOOKS, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHANGING. 
          I'M NOT GOING GET INTO POLITICS. 
          I'M NOT A POLITICIAN. 
          >> BUT IT'S NOT A THREAT, MR. BONANO, LIKE YOU TRIED TO SAY THAT ONE TIME. 
          THIS IS NOT A THREAT. THE MORALE OF THIS PLACE IS PATHETIC. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES BEING TORN APART BECAUSE OF THE STRESS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, HAVING TO DRAG THIS OUT OVER AND OVER. 
          PLEASE MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION AND PUSH THIS BACK ONE MONTH. 
          LET'S TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 
          PLEASE MAKE A GOOD FAITH, HUMAN CONSCIOUS DECISION. 
          [00:35:03]
          >> I DO. 
          >> YOU DO NOT PUT THIS THROUGH TODAY, BECAUSE IF YOU DO THE LINE. [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO RESPOND, MR. CHAIR. 
          >> COUNSEL LILJEBERG. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO RESPOND SINCE YOU SAID MY NAME PERSONALLY. 
          FIRST OF ALL, WHERE ARE YOU? THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. 
          >> OVER ON THE RIGHT. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY. 
          I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YOU TOOK THE LOGICAL LEAP OF WE HIRED A PR FIRM, AND THEREFORE, IT MUST BE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. 
          I DON'T ENVISION A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. 
          AS I SAID THEN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. 
          THIS IS MY RESPONSE. THERE'S NO REBUTTAL. 
          I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. 
          I RESPECT WHAT YOU DO. 
          GOD KNOWS, YOU'VE SHOWN YOUR BRAVERY. 
          THIS IS NOT A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. 
          I THINK THE PARISH PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION ON WHY I WANTED TO USE OUR PRP. 
          I SUGGESTED THAT PRIVATELY BEFORE WE EVER WENT TO THIS LEVEL. 
          SHE WAS AFRAID OF THROWING HER EMPLOYEES TO THE WOLVES, AND LOOK, I GET IT. 
          BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF, AND I MET WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, THE GLOVES ARE OFF. 
          I'VE BEEN BEAT UP PRETTY BAD BY YOU GUYS AND YOUR WIVES AND YOUR FRIENDS. 
          LOOK, AND THAT'S OKAY. AS I TOLD THEM, THIS IS NOT A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. 
          I RESPECT WHAT Y'ALL DO. 
          I THINK THAT WE SEE A WAITING LIST FOR YOU GUYS. 
          I THINK Y'ALL HAVE IT PRETTY GOOD. 
          SOME OF Y'ALL NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          YOU, FOR SURE, NEED TO BUMP UP. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          BUT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A SMEAR CAMPAIGN IS A FALLACY. 
          I'M GOING TO STAND BY MY PROMISE. 
          IT WON'T BE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. 
          >> THERE'S NO REBUTTAL, MR. ORCAS. 
          YOUR TIME'S UP. MR. ORCAS. 
          YOU GOT TO SIT DOWN. WE CAN'T DO THIS. 
          >> THERE'S THE SMEAR. 
          >> NO COMMENTS OFF THE DIAS, PLEASE, GUYS TODAY. 
          >> MITCHELL LARBOS. 
          >> I MEAN OFF THE PODIUM. I'M SORRY. 
          >> I'M SORRY. MITCHELL LARBOS, 79, OK AVENUE. THANK YOU, MR. LILJEBERG. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO KEEP THIS CAMPAIGN HONEST. 
          MR. KERNER, THANK YOU, AS WELL. 
          WE SAT HERE AND SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. 
          MS. SHENG DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO GIVE RAISES, BUT WE HAVE $50,000 TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM. 
          I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE LIFE OF ME. 
          AS I TOLD YOU AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, WE FOUND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN REALLOCATE. 
          NOT A SINGLE PHONE CALL. 
          NO ONE TO OUR LEADERSHIP TO SAY, HEY, COME SIT DOWN, COME TRY TO WORK THIS OUT. 
          STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          WILL THIS PR FIRM STATE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ACCELERATING THE PAY PLAN THAT ARE WELL OVER $100,000 MARK THAT MS. SHENG SEEMS TO THINK IS JUST SO EXCESSIVE? ANYBODY? NO. WILL THIS PR FIRM SAY HOW MANY HOURS OUR EMPLOYEES WORK TO ACHIEVE THE SALARIES? WILL IT ALSO SAY THAT IN YEAR 1, WE MAKE 1053 AN HOUR, YEAR 2, 01,120, YEAR 3, 1,190, YEAR 4, 1,264, YEAR 5, 01,333, YEAR 6, 1,415, YEAR 7, 1,509, AND YEAR 8, 1,599? WILL IT SAY THAT? WELL, I'D SAY THE ENDLESS HOURS, THE ENDLESS NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS WE SPEND AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE THESE SALARIES THAT MS. SHENG JUST SAYS, IT'S WHAT YOU PUT IN THE BANK. 
          WELL, IT'S NOT WHAT WE PUT IN THE BANK. 
          ACCORDING TO OUR PAY MATRIX, OUR BASE PAY IS BASED OFF A 48-HOUR WORKWEEK. 
          THERE IS 1.5% OF THE SUPPRESSION DIVISION THAT MAKE OVER $100,000 ON A 48-HOUR WORK WEEK. 
          EVERYBODY ELSE MAKES LESS THAN THAT. 
          BUT MS. SHENG NEVER SAYS THAT. 
          SHE ALWAYS WANTS TO THROW IN HOW MUCH OVERTIME WE HAVE. 
          WELL, AGAIN, LIKE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID, THAT OVERTIME IS A STAFF OF TRUCKS. 
          IF SHE'S TIRED OF THE OVERTIME, JUST LET US KNOW, AND SHE CAN TELL US WHAT STATION SHE WANTS SHUT DOWN. 
          BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S RIGHT TO DO. 
          IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF IN NEW ORLEANS, ANNE KIRKPATRICK, I WILL NOT SACRIFICE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR DOLLARS. 
          THAT'S WHAT MS. SHENG IS DOING. 
          SHE'S SACRIFICING PUBLIC SAFETY FOR DOLLARS. 
          THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 
          THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> FAKE HIRES, 59 HOME BOULEVARD, JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY IN AWAY WE GO. 
          [00:40:01]
FOR THE DONATION WISE, I GOT TO LOVE Y'ALL. 
          I APPRECIATE. THIS IS GETTING THIN. 
          IF I WALK AWAY AFTERWARDS, IT BECAUSE I DON'T APPRECIATE THE POOR FORM. 
          IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK AND RESPOND TO ME, THEN INVITE ME BACK TO THE PODIUM, SO WE CAN HAVE THIS EXCHANGE LIKE ANYBODY ELSE IS GRANTED. 
          IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO WHAT I'VE SAID ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, AND YES, MR. KERNER, YOUR EXCESSIVE DONATIONS ARE EXPLICITLY DUE TO YOUR CHANGING OF OFFICE, BEING A FORMER MAYOR AND SO ON. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T RECUSE YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY ON LINE WITH ONE ISSUE. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PULL IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS MOSTLY RHETORICAL. 
          WE GOT ITEMS 49 AND 50. 
          THESE ARE ENGINEERING DRAINAGE STUFF. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. WALKER WITH THE MOST MONEY ON 49, RECUSE YOURSELF. 
          MS. BOHANAN ON ITEM 14 AND 50 WITH THE MOST MONEY. YOU COULD RECUSE YOURSELF. 
          PULL THESE TWO ITEMS, RECUSE YOURSELF, GIVE A SEMBLANCE OF DOING WHAT A PUBLIC SERVANT WOULD DO. 
          SEE, I ELECT THE PARISH PRESIDENT TO BE MY LEADER, AND I DON'T NEED MORE THAN ONE LEADER, BECAUSE THEN THERE'S THIS WHOLE SERVING MORE THAN ONE MASTER THING THAT HAPPENS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONSTRUCT HERE RUNS AFOUL. 
          YOU GOT TO HIRE PR CAMPAIGNS FOR THIS AND PR CAMPAIGNS FOR A WHOLE DISTRICT NOW. 
          MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          NOW I GOT FRIENDS IN DISTRICT 1. 
          NORMALLY, I DON'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT. 
          CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, I'M NOT HERE TO POSE EVERYTHING ON YOUR AGENDA, JUST THE STUFF THAT TRESPASSES UPON THE FUNDAMENTALS. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE A PR FIRM. 
          WE GOT 29, AND I HAD 49, 50, 52, 13, 14, 21, 22, 29. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE TIME ON 29, BECAUSE THIS IS THE DIRECT CONFLICT. 
          FOUR OF YOU, IT SHOULD BE A VOTE OF 4-3. 
          DISTRICT 1 CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT BETRAYING HIS OWN CONSTITUENCY. 
          IF DISTRICT 1 VOTES IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING THAT BENEFITS EAST BANK UNIONIZED FIREFIGHTERS, HE'S BETRAYING HIS OWN INTEREST. 
          IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DIRECTLY FOR HIM. 
          THAT'S WHY HIS DISTRICT ISN'T LISTED ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. 
          DISTRICT 3 SERVES A SLIVER, DISTRICT 4, A SLIVER. 
          DISTRICT 2, WELL, TERM LIMITED. 
          HOP SCOTCH, PATTY CAKE. 
          NOBODY'S ACCOUNTABLE. 
          ALL OF YOU, EVERY SINGLE ONE, EXCEPT THE NEWBIES, HAVE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, 12 YEARS BEEN RUBBER STAMPING THE ABUSE OF THEIR MILLAGE MONEY. 
          I WAS HERE IN 2008, MIKE JOHNSON FIREFIGHTER, A FRIEND OF MINE OVER RUDOLPH MATIS. 
          OUR CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. 
          I FELL FOR THE SUCKER DEAL. IT'S GOING TO GET PLAYED. 
          YOU DEMONIZE THEM, PLAY THEM AGAINST THE CITIZENS, AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO BACK TO FIREMEN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A DEEPER TROUGH FOR YOU TO SUCK MONEY FROM THROUGH EVERY EXPENDITURE, EVERY EQUIPMENT, EVERY PIECE OF MATERIAL. 
          COVINGTON SALES. WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          THE GOOD SENSE, PEOPLE ALWAYS BE FOUND TO BE THE BEST ARMY. 
          >> YOU ALREADY DID YOUR THREE MINUTES. 
          >> I'M THERE FOR ANOTHER ONE. 
          >> NO. 
          >> THE ONLY ONE? 
          >> ONE-THREE MINUTE. ONE SHOT. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          >> BUT YOU CAN COME AT THE END OF THE MEETING AGAIN, OF COURSE. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          [ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED
]
ORDINANCE IS TO BE DEFERRED, MADAM CLERK. 
          I HAVE A NOTE THAT ITEMS 1 AND 2 WILL BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 10, AND NUMBER 2 WILL BE CANCELED. I SAID THAT. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> IT'S OKAY. I KNEW I SAID AT THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION REGARDING THE DEFERRAL OF ONE AND THREE AND THE CANCELLATION OF ITEM 2. 
          >> MOVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ONE AND THREE TO DECEMBER 10 AND THE CANCELLATION OF ITEM 2. 
          ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          [PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]
NUMBER 4, MADAM CLERK. 
          >> A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSON OR FIRMS TO PROVIDE ON SITE PROFESSIONAL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO JUVENILE DETAINEES IN THE CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE L. ROBERT RIVARD JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY LOCATED AT 1550 GRETNA BOULEVARD, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026. 
          ALL SERVICES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS CONCERNING HEALTH CARE SERVICES, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. 
          >> COUNCILMAN LEE. 
          >> MOVE FOR CORRECT HEALTH. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF CORRECT HEALTH ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. NUMBER 5, PLEASE? 
          >> A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR ARCHITECTURAL TYPE PROJECTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH WHO ARE NOT ONE OF THE 28 PERSONS OR FIRMS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION 146002. 
          [00:45:01]
          >> COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN. 
          >> MOVE ON. ALL QUALIFIED. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF ALL QUALIFIED ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. NUMBER 7. 
          [SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES
]
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26627, RESUB OF LOT, A1 AND LOT 24 SQUARE 13 PELICAN BASED SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS A1A, AND 24A SQUARE 13 AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION AND THE DEDICATION OF A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK AND UTILITY SERVITUDE, WS-77-25 COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. 
          >> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM, AND NOW WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26627. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN KERNER. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26627, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN KERNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED NUMBER 8. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26635, RESUB OF LOTS K, J-1, J-2A, J-3, J-4A, J-5A, J-5B, J-5C, AND J-5D, MODERN AND FORM SUBDIVISION TO LOT J-1A, J-2A-1, J-3A, J-4A-1, J-5A-1, J-5B-1, J-5C-1 AND J-5D-1, WITH PUBLIC FACILITIES WAIVER AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION, WS-85-25, COUNCIL DISTRICT 3. 
          >> WE HAVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM. 
          NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUMMARY NUMBER 26635. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          THOSE OPPOSED. MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN LEE. 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26635, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDERED NUMBER 9, PLEASE. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26636, RESUB OF LOTS 9, 10 AND 26 SQUARE 29 HARVEY CANAL SUBDIVISION INTO LOT 26A SQUARE 29, AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION WITH A WAIVER TO THE GENERAL LOT STANDARDS OF SECTION 33-6.1 OF THE UDC, WS-93-25 COUNCIL DISTRICT 3. 
          >> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS AS WELL AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26636. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, COME FORWARD. 
          THOSE OPPOSED. MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED, COUNCILMAN LEE. 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26636, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDERED 10. 
          [RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING]
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26637, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LIVE FOUR SQUARE 126, SHREWSBURY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 1816, SHREWSBURY ROAD, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R2 TO C2, EZ-15-25 COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. 
          >> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26637. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          >> [NOISE] JUST PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THERE YOU GO. 
          >> MY NAME IS STACY [INAUDIBLE] DAVIS. 
          I'M HERE FOR THE RESUBDIVISION THAT WAS DONE ON GREAT OF BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          >> IS THAT THE RIGHT THING? 
          >> I HAVE A [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> IS THIS FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, MA'AM? HOLD ON. 
          >> GO AHEAD, BESS, IT SHOULD BE OPEN. 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL, CHAIRMAN. 
          I BELIEVE THIS LADY IS HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, NOT IN FAVOR. 
          >> I'M SORRY. 
          >> WELL, JUST STAY THERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK'S ANYBODY IN FAVOR. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 10? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? GO AHEAD, MA'AM. 
          THIS IS THE PROPER ITEM FOR HER TO SPEAK ON? 
          >> YES, SIR. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> I HAVE THE SURVEY WHEN OUR CHURCH WAS BUILT ON LOT NUMBER 2. 
          IT WAS ONLY LOT 1 WE USED FOR PARKING AND LOT NUMBER 2 THAT THE CHURCH SAT ON. 
          THE SURVEY IS STATING IT WAS THREE LOTS. 
          IT'S NOT THREE LOTS, IT WAS ONLY THE TWO LOTS. 
          >> IS THAT A STATEMENT OR A QUESTION OR A FACT? [LAUGHTER] 
          >> MAN I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          [00:50:01]
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS LOT [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, IT WAS THREE LOTS ON THE CHURCH GROUND, BUT THIS IS ONLY TWO LOTS. 
          OUR CHURCH JUST HAVE TWO LOTS, AND THE OTHER SURVEY HAD THREE LOTS ON IT. 
          >> I THINK BESS HAS SOME CLARIFICATION. 
          >> I BELIEVE THE CONFUSION IS REGARDING THE CHURCH THAT IS ADJACENT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> TO THE PROPERTY THAT IS ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TODAY. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> IT IS NOT THE CHURCH PROPERTY THAT IS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TO BE REZONED. 
          IT IS THE LOT ADJACENT. 
          >> BUT IT IS ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY SURVEY. 
          >> AS I INFORMED YOU, WE DID HAVE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE LOOK INTO THIS, AND MR. DIVERGES DID SAY THAT THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MS. MAXWELL, WHO IS THE APPLICANT. 
          IT IS NOT PART OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY. 
          >> BUT SHE WAS HERE LAST TIME. 
          SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PAPERWORK SAYING SHE OWNED IT. 
          >> WELL, I THINK WHAT MS. RENFRO IS TELLING YOU, I'M SORRY, MS. MARTIN IS THAT SHE HAD THE PROPERTY SECTION OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DO RESEARCH ON THESE TITLES AND CONFIRMED THAT THE LOT IN QUESTION IS OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPLIED FOR THE RESUBDIVISION, NOT THE REZONING. 
          I'M SORRY, THE REZONING. AM I CORRECT. 
          >> YES SIR. 
          >> MS. MARTIN. WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THEM MEET WITH YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU ALL THOSE SURVEY DOCUMENTS. 
          >> I WANT TO SEE IT. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> I ALSO IN THE PARISH PAPERWORK THEY WAS ASKING THEM FOR THE ACT OF SALE FOR LOT 3. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> I BELIEVE WE'VE CONFIRMED THE ACT OF SALE, YOU SENT ME A COPY OF IT, DID YOU NOT, MISS MARTIN? 
          >> YES, SIR. I DID. 
          >> I MAY HAVE A COPY OF IT HERE FOR YOU. 
          I DO MY RESEARCH PRIOR TO VOTING ON ALL THESE THINGS. 
          I ACTUALLY DROVE OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING. 
          THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF REVITALIZATION. 
          I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. 
          TRUE? IT IS. 
          I'M LEANING TOWARDS APPROVING THIS JUST TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN OLD DILAPIDATED PROPERTY AND RENOVATE IT AND MAKING IT SOMETHING THAT IMPROVES THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAKES IT BETTER FOR YOUR CHURCH TO HAVE A HOUSE NEXT TO YOU THAT'S GOING TO BE UPGRADED AND REMODELED. 
          THAT'S WHY, I'M LEANING TOWARDS THIS. 
          I ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY. 
          I SAT DOWN WITH MISS MARTIN AND WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, AND THEY PROVIDED ME THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THE APPLICANT OWNS THE PROPERTY. 
          WE'LL PROVIDE IT TO YOU. MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD, I'M GOING TO HAVE ONE OF MY AIDES COME DOWN AND GET YOUR NAME AND NUMBER SO WE CAN GET IT TO YOU. 
          >> I GOT A QUESTION NOW. I KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOODS FRANKIE HIRES, AND I'M GOING TO RISE IN OPPOSITION TO BACK HERE JUST BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THAT, AND I KNOW THAT AREA, TOO. I MAY NOT BE OPPOSING IT. 
          IT JUST WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CHANGING RESIDENTIAL SPOT NEIGHBORING TO A CHURCH. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT FROM RESIDENTIAL NOW TO COMMERCIAL? 
          >> EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT STREET IS COMMERCIAL, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST TWO WARDS. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS. 
          BUT THEN I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND TO ME, IT LOOKS CONFUSING. 
          >> THERE'S OLD DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES BACK THERE. NO. ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> I JUST WANTED THE CLARIFICATION [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> I WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT ALL. 
          >> I'VE BEEN OVER THERE. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? MADAM CLERK, WILL MARK ONE IN OPPOSITION AND A QUESTION REGARDING THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN BANANO, YOUR MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26637 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BANANO, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED NUMBER 11, PLEASE. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26638, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOTS 32 AND 33 SQUARE NUMBER 30 CANAL STREET SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 671 ROSA AVENUE, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R-1A TO C-2, EZ-14-25 COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. 
          >> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26638. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          >> HI, LAUREN GRIFFIN. 
          I'M THE APPLICANT, JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR, COUNSELMAN LISENBERG. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26638 ON MOTION OF COUNSELMAN LISENBERG, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDER NUMBER 12, PLEASE. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26639, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH LOT C-1 BLOCKS ONE AND FIVE BEVERLY KNOLL SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 23:28 METAIRIE ROAD, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM GO-2/CPZ PEDESTRIAN METAIRIE RIDGE TREE PRESERVATION DISTRICT TO C-1 CPZ PEDESTRIAN METAIRIE RIDGE TREE PRESERVATION DISTRICT, EZ-16-25, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. 
          [00:55:04]
          >> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26639. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, ALAN RALPH, 336 ROSA AVENUE. 
          AS I SAID MY NAME IS ALAN RALPH. 
          I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF, FOUNDERS OF BLUE DOG VETERINARY SPECIALISTS. 
          I'M A BOARD CERTIFIED VETERINARY INTENSIVE CARE SPECIALIST BY TRAINING. 
          ALSO HERE IS MY WIFE, WHO IS A BOARD CERTIFIED VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGIST. 
          TOGETHER, WE'VE SERVED THIS REGION AND ALSO COMMUNITY, THE PETS AND PET PARENTS OF THIS AREA. 
          WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BRING THIS LOCAL OPTION FOR 247 EMERGENCY AND SPECIALTY CARE TO THIS AREA TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE AND ARE A PART OF. 
          THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE WORK OF COUNSELMAN LISENBERG AND HIS TEAM, AND THEN ALSO THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          WE LOVE YOUR SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY, AND HELP PROVIDE THIS CARE TO THE COMMUNITY WE LOVE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR. COUNSELMAN LISENBERG? 
          >> TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26639, A MOTION OF COUNSELMAN LISENBERG, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE IN SO ORDER. NUMBER 13, PLEASE. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26640, APPROVING SPU-8-25, TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL PERMANENT USE TO OPERATE AN EMERGENCY VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL WITH VARIANCES TO THE C-1 AT 2328 METAIRIE ROAD ON LOT C-1 BLOCKS ONE AND FIVE BEVERLY KNOLL SUBDIVISION, WHICH LOT IS ZONED G-2, CBZ, PEDESTRIAN METAIRIE RIDGE TREE PRESERVATION DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. 
          >> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26640. THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD. THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEAR. COUNSELMAN LISENBERG. 
          >> TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26640, MOTION OF COUNSELMAN LISENBERG, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE IN SO ORDER NUMBER 14. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26641, APPROVING A REQUESTED VARIANCE, SP-60-25 TO A PORTION OF INTERIOR LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS OF THE CPZ FOR CHASE BANK LOCATED AT 3783 VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD ON LOT 2-A3 SQUARE A NARA PARK SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. 
          >> WAIVE THE READING HERE AS WELL AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26641. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. 
          COUNSELMAN LISENBERG? TO APPROVE. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26641, A MOTION OF COUNSELMAN LISENBERG, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDER, NUMBER 15 WITH AMENDMENTS. 
          [OTHER PROPERTY MATTERS ORDINANCES
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          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26618, DECLARING TRACKS JM-3 AND JM-5 AMES FARM SUBDIVISION, 06,000 BLOCK OF RIVER ROAD MARRERO, NO LONGER NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING JEFFERSON PARISH TO TRANSFER SAID PROPERTIES TO BAYOU LAND HOLDINGS, LLC, PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 47 2201, ADJUDICATED PROPERTY SALES, AND LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33, 4717.2 TRANSFER OF PROPERTY FOR INDUCEMENT PURPOSES, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. 
          THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ADD WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT TRACTS JM-3 AND JM-5 ON THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A ARE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE. 
          JEFFERSON PARISH DESIRES TO TRANSFER SAID PROPERTIES TO BAYOU LAND HOLDINGS, LLC. 
          TO ADD WHEREAS MURPHY APPRAISAL SERVICES, LLC HAS APPRAISED TRACT JM-3, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 342,524 SQUARE FEET OR 7.86 ACRES AS HAVING A VALUE OF $935,000. 
          TRACK JM-5 MEASURING 172,915 SQUARE FEET OR 3.97 ACRES, HAS HAVING A VALUE OF $260,000, AND ADDING SECTION 3, THAT THE CONTRACT IS ON FILE AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE JEFFERSON PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 1221 ELMWOOD PARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 701, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA 70123, AND OBJECTIONS TO SAID TRANSFER WILL BE RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE FROM 08:30 A.M TO 4:30 P.M FROM PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE THROUGH 4:30 P.M ON DECEMBER 5, 2025. 
          THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION THE AMENDMENT IS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR. 
          HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN BANANO, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THOSE AMENDMENTS ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BANANO, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDER. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR 26618. 
          [01:00:03]
COUNCILMAN BANANO, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE ELSE. 
          >> MR. POLONIA, IF YOU WOULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM, I'M GOING TO SET THE STAGE FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE PARISH. 
          IF YOU DRIVE DOWN RIVER ROAD FROM WESTWEGO, TO MARIO, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BUILDING I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          IT'S A GIANT STEEL WAREHOUSE. 
          YOU SPEED TO JOHN MANSFLL PLANT THAT MADE ASBESTOS ROOFING TILES. 
          THERE'S TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY. 
          ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED BY MR. JOE DARDA AND HIS COMPANY. 
          THERE'S A PIECE BEHIND IT BETWEEN IT AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS ON 4TH STREET. 
          THIS PROPERTY HAS SAT VACANT FOR SEVERAL DECADES NOW, BECAUSE WHEN THE OWNER OF THE PREVIOUS COMPANY, A TRUCKING COMPANY PASSED AWAY, HIS FAMILY DIDN'T GO THROUGH SUCCESSION FOR GOOD REASON. 
          THE PROPERTY'S CONTAMINATED WITH ASBESTOS, AND THEY OWED A PARISH SEVERAL MILLION DOLLAR IN BACK TAXES. 
          NOBODY'S EVER GOING TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY IN SUCCESSION. 
          WORKING WITH JET CO, FROM DAY ONE, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THIS PROPERTY BACK INTO COMMERCE. 
          JET CO PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THAT, AND I'LL LET JERRY TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE LAW THAT'S AFFECTED. 
          >> SURE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BANANO GERRY, BOLOGNA WITH JET CO, 700 CHURCHILL PARKWAY. 
          I RISE IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A YEARS LONG EFFORT, A REALLY COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN YOUR OFFICE, COUNCILMAN BANANO JET CO, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND BAYOU HOLDINGS. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN A LEGACY PROPERTY THAT HAS DEALT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          THE PROPOSED OWNER, BAYOU HOLDINGS HAS ALREADY ACQUIRED THE FRONT PART THAT EVERYBODY SEES FROM RIVER ROAD. 
          BUT THESE TWO PARCELS, IN PARTICULAR SIT TO THE REAR OF THAT. 
          THERE'S NO CLEAR TITLE. 
          THERE ARE HEIRS WHO DON'T WANT TO CLAIM IT, AND IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE INTERVENING YEARS, IT'S RACKED UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BACK TAXES. 
          IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GET THAT PROPERTY BACK INTO COMMERCE, WHICH REALLY TRIGGERS GETTING THE MAIN PROPERTY INTO FULL COMMERCE. 
          IN THOSE INTERVENING YEARS, BAYOU HOLDINGS HAS BEEN AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE PAYING TO SECURE THE PROPERTY TO KEEP THE TIRE DUMPING FROM HAPPENING, AND THEY'VE INCURRED GREAT COST. 
          THIS MOTION WILL ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF THIS TO BAYOU HOLDINGS, GET THAT ENTIRE PARCEL INTO FULL COMMERCE. 
          THE ROLE THAT WE PLAYED, OF COURSE, WAS THROUGH OUR EPA GRANT. 
          WE RECEIVED $800,000 GRANT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT THAT ALLOWED US TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THE PHASE 1, THE PHASE 2, COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN TO REMEDIATE THE DAMAGE ON THESE PROPERTIES, AND PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT'S PLAYED A PART IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THIS HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED EITHER BY LDEQ. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE PARISH. 
          THE COLLECTIVE TEAM LATER THIS MONTH WITH A BROWN FIELD AWARD, BECAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO SEE. 
          WE'RE PROUD TO PLAY A PART IN IT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, NICOLE TAMBA, ESPECIALLY, WHO DIDN'T LET THIS GO. 
          THIS HAS BEEN, LIKE I SAID, YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          >> THANK YOU. MISS HURLEY, I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT MISS TAMBA WORKED WITH ME FOR YEARS ON THIS. 
          SHE IS THE ONE WHO FOUND THE PATH FORWARD. 
          SHE FOUND AN INDUSTRIAL LAW, UNDER STATE LAWS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY TO AN ADJACENT OWNER, AS LONG AS HE TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANING UP. 
          MR. DARDA IS GOING TO SPEND CLOSE TO $1 MILLION DEALING WITH THE ASBESTOS. 
          WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THIS PROPERTY TO HIM AND PUT IT IN COMMERCE. 
          HE'S BUILDING A FACILITY THERE TO STORE CARS, TO STORE MOVIE EQUIPMENT, AND ALL THAT. 
          WITH THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HIM, US, JET CO, AND ALL THE HARD WORK BY MISS TAMBA HAS MADE THIS BE POSSIBLE TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DEALING WITH THIS BLIGHTED PROPERTY ONCE AND FOR ALL. 
          >> JOE DODO IS HERE RIGHT NOW. 
          >> MR. JOEY HYDEN? OH, JOE, DID YOU WANT TO COME SAY ANYTHING? 
          >> NO. 
          >> YOU KNOW, THESE TWO GUYS ARE TWO REALLY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE. 
          HIS PARTNER RUSSELL EASILY IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. 
          THESE GUYS WORKED ON THIS FOR YEARS. 
          FANTASTIC JOB, GUYS. 
          >> YOU'RE NOT RELATED TO BLAKE, THOUGH, ARE YOU? BECAUSE I'D LOSE ALL RESPECT FOR YOU. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED? 
          >> I AIN'T MISSING THIS ONE. BEAKE HIRES, I'M GOING TO RISE IN OPPOSITION JUST FOR THE GRANT MONEY. 
          YOU GOT TO GET THAT GRANT MONEY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          HE'S GOING TO SPEND $1 MILLION, BUT THERE'S NO WAY HE'S SPEND $1 MILLION THAT HE'S NOT MAKING AT LEAST 1 MILLION OFF OF. 
          IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE BUSINESS SENSE. 
          IF THERE'S NO WAY TO DO THIS WITHOUT TAKING FROM THE FUTURE THROUGH GRANT MONEY, THEN AS A JEFFERSONIAN, IF THE WEST BANK WAS ITS OWN PARISH, JAKE GOES ON TO WEST BANK, IT SHOULD BE DOING THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WEST BANK. 
          IT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED OVER THERE. 
          THE WEST BANK DIDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER TO A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION. 
          ONLY HAD ONE PERSON, ONLY HAD DISTRICT 1 THAT THEY COULD COUNT ON. TUB LIMITED. 
          YOU'RE GONE AFTER THIS NEXT CYCLE. 
          [01:05:02]
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO TAKE DISTRICT 2. 
          SHOULD I RUN AND WOULD I BE THE BEST CANDIDATE TO REPRESENT THE WEST BANK? [OVERLAPPING] BUT THE POINT IS, IT'S A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ISSUES, WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY BIT OF THIS LOOKS WONDERFUL. 
          WE'RE STEALING FROM THE FUTURE AND IT HAS TAKEN A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION, THE REACH THAT JET CO HAS IN THE CHARTER REVIEW, ALONE. 
          THEIR POINT EE TO THE CHARTER REVIEW, NEVER SHOWED UP. 
          I REACHED OUT TO THEM TO REPLACE THAT PERSON, NEVER GOT A CALL BACK. 
          THE INFLUENCE THAT JET CO HAS IN THE WAY THAT THIS IS DONE, IT'S THE CONSTRUCT THAT I OPPOSE, NOT THE OUTCOMES. 
          IT'S A GOOD DEED. I TRUST THIS MAN TO DO WHAT HE PLANS TO DO, AND I TRUST THAT IT'LL BENEFIT THE PARISH. 
          ABSOLUTELY. WE PROBABLY HAVE MUTUAL FRIENDS EVEN. 
          >> THIS MAN HAS SPENT MORE OF HIS OWN MONEY. 
          CLEANING UP A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T EVEN BELONG TO HIM. 
          >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT QUESTIONING ANYBODY'S INTEGRITY OR INTENT? 
          >> THAT'S WHAT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. 
          THEN CLEARLY I'M BEING MISPERCEIVED. 
          BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYBODY'S INTENT OR ANYBODY'S INTEGRITY. 
          I TRUST YOUR INTEGRITY AND I TRUST YOUR INTENTION. 
          >> WAIT TILL YOU GET TO THE PODIUM PLEASE. PACK UP HERE. 
          >> THIS IS A PRINCIPLED DEPOSITION BECAUSE OF THE MONEYS THAT ARE TAKEN FROM ELSEWHERE THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS. 
          NOBODY WANTS TO CONSIDER THE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION, THE IMPOSITION IT HAS ON DIRECT TAXATION. 
          THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES DOWN TO. 
          THIS IS DIRECT TAXES. 
          >> HE'S GOING TO EITHER BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE DIRECT TAXATION OR HE'S GOING TO BE PUNISHED FOR THE DIRECT TAXATION. 
          SOME SIZES HE'S GOING TO WIN, SOME SIZES HE'S GOING TO LOSE. 
          I EXPECT THAT IF HE COULD PUT $1 MILLION OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET, THAT HE CAN PROBABLY AFFORD THE ACCOUNTANTS THAT'LL DO THIS WORK FOR HIM. THAT'S THE POINT. 
          IT'S A CONFUSION OF MULTITUDES, IT'S ACCUMULATION OF STATUTES THAT HE'S GOT TO TRY AND GET THROUGH TO GET HIS GOOD INTENTIONS FULFILLED. 
          HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS EFFORT. 
          I OPPOSE WHAT YOU'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO SEE THIS THROUGH. 
          >> YOU COULD CERTAINLY REBUT MR. DARDA IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE PODIUM. 
          >> WELL, YOU'RE WRONG? I SPENT $1.9 MILLION OF MY MONEY BUYING. 
          >> JUST SPEAK TO US UP HERE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          I SPENT 1.9 MILLION OF OUR MONEY BUYING THE PROPERTY. 
          I SPENT ANOTHER 500,000 CLEANING THE FRONT PROPERTY. 
          THE BACK PROPERTY HAS TO BE CLEANED BEFORE MY FRONT PROPERTY CAN MAKE MONEY. 
          I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DO IT THIS WAY. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR GRANT MONEY. 
          I DIDN'T ASK FOR A DIME FROM JET CO. JET CO CANNOT CLEAN THIS PROPERTY. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. JEFFON PARRISH DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 
          I'M CLEANING THE BACK PROPERTY. 
          I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY MONEY FROM JEFFERSON PARISH OR THE TAXPAYERS FOR IT. 
          I DIDN'T ASK FOR A TAX BREAK ON THE YEARLY TAXES ON THE PROPERTY. 
          I HAVE TO CLEAN IT. 
          WHETHER THE VAGRANTS WILL GET OUT THE PROPERTY, 'CAUSE JEFFERSON PARISH CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT. 
          YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT IT. I'M NOT MAKING ANYTHING. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. JOE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          >> I WILL MARK TWO IN FAMOUS. 
          ONE IN OPPOSITION, MADAM CLERK. IN OPPOSITION? 
          >> I JUST WANT TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP. 
          HE SAID JEFFERSON PARISH HAS NO MONEY TO CLEAN UP. 
          >> I BELIEVE HE WAS REFERENCING THE SUM OF MONEY, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. YES. THANK YOU. 
          >> BECAUSE WE JUST SIGNED THAT 40 MILLION 8 MILLION A YEAR TO CLEAN UP. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. TWO IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION AND ONE STATEMENT ON THE ISSUE. 
          MADAM CLERK, COUNCILMAN BANANO, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26618 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BANANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDER NUMBER 16. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26642, REVOKING AND DECLARING A PORTION OF CAINE STREET RIGHT AWAY ADJACENT TO 4701 PERRY DRIVE, LOT 12, SQUARE FIVE, PONCHATRAN SHORES ADDITION SUBDIVISION, NO LONGER NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING A SALE TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. 
          >> PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26642. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNSEL LIZBERG? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26642 ON MOTION OF COUNSEL LIZBERG, SECONDED BY COUNCIL WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          [OTHER ORDINANCES
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I HAVE A NOTE THAT 17 AND 18 ARE TO BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 10. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION ON THE DEFERRAL OF 17 AND 18? 
          >> MOVE TO DEFER. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 17 AND 18 TO DECEMBER 10, 2025 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDER. NUMBER 19, PLEASE. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26643, REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 22572, WHICH EXCLUDED FROM JEFFERSON PARISH USE AND SALES TAXES. 
          THE PURCHASE, LEASE, OR RENTAL, AND USE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED PREDOMINANTLY AND DIRECTLY TO MANUFACTURE TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY OR PRODUCE PROCESS AND STORE FOOD, FIBER, OR TIMBER FOR SALE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT ONE OF THE 2004 SESSION. 
          [01:10:01]
          >> WE'RE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26643. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          >> IF I READ THIS PHRASE, ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR. 
          WE'RE REPEALING SOMETHING THAT WAS A SALES TAX EVASION. DID I READ THIS RIGHT? 
          >> IT'S REPEALING A SALES TAX BREAK, YES. 
          >> YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR. 
          >> ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? 
          >> I WAS SEND IN OPPOSITION? 
          >> NO, I'M ASKING FOR OPPOSITION. 
          MADAM CLERK, I NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR. 
          COUNCILMAN VAN BRANK AND YOUR MOTION? 
          >> MOVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26643, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED NUMBER 20. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26644, AMENDING AUDITS NUMBER 14796, THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON POWERS, TO REVISE THE CLASS TITLE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION ELECTRICIAN TRAINEE. 
          >> NOW, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26644, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          >> ALRIGHT, I MIGHT HAVE TO DO BOTH. 
          BECAUSE I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, AS AN ELECTRICIAN, FORMER ELECTRICIAN. 
          ONLY TWO PEOPLE DESERVE MORE MONEY THAN A TEACHER. 
          THE PEOPLE I TRY AND KEEP OUT OF WORK, AS AN ELECTRICIAN, PEOPLE I TRY AND KEEP IN THE HOUSE. 
          MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE STAY IN THE HOUSE DO NOTHING. 
          LAY ON EACH OTHER'S LEGS. 
          I WANT THEM DOING NOTHING. 
          AS AN ELECTRICIAN, MY WHOLE JOB IS DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME DON'T EVER HAVE TO WORK. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DESERVE MORE MONEY THAN THEM, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE THE ON THEM AND THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE TO CARRY A FIREARM AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DESERVE MORE MONEY THAN A TEACHER. 
          CERTAINLY NO ADMINISTRATOR DOES. 
          NO ADMINISTRATOR, NO PUBLIC SERVANT. 
          THE FACT THAT WE GOT TO REVISE A PAY CLASSIFICATION AND TITLE FOR THE TRAINEE ELECTRICIAN. 
          I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT TRAINEE ELECTRICIAN. 
          I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE PARISH WORKING FOR MR. BANANO' S BROTHER, I HAD TO TAKE A PAY DECREASE AS A TEN KNOCKER. 
          I WAS MAKING 22 BUCKS AN HOUR OUT IN CALIFORNIA IN 1995. 
          I CAME HERE AND I HAD TO TAKE A PAY REDUCTION TO $8 AN HOUR AS AN ELECTRICIAN'S HELPER. 
          WITHIN A YEAR, I GOT A JOURNEYMAN'S CARD, AND I WAS MADE A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I GOT A PAY RAISE JUST BEFORE THAT TO $9 AN HOUR, AND HE WOULD NOT RAISE ME BEYOND THAT. 
          HE SAID, YOU JUST GOT A PAY RAISE. 
          JOURNEYMEN OR NOT, GO WAIT FOR IT. 
          THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PAY CLASSIFICATION OF TITLE, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I DON'T NECESSARILY, LIKE WHEN WE CHANGE THESE TITLES, IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT LEADS TO JUST A BIGGER PAY INCREASE. 
          WHEN I HAVE TO PAY $0.12 OR 12.5 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR THAT I'M PAYING EVERY PARISH EMPLOYEE, IT'S NO WONDER WHY NEW ORLEANS DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE EMPLOYEES. 
          THEY CAN'T AFFORD THIS. THERE'S AN UNSUSTAINABLE PENSION PLAN THAT'S SET UP HERE, BUT FOR PARISH EMPLOYEES. 
          THAT'S WHERE I END UP CONCERNED. 
          WHAT IS THE PAY OF THAT TRAINEE? HOW MUCH ARE WE INCREASING IT THROUGH THIS ACTION? 
          >> I BELIEVE ALL WE'RE DOING IS CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE JOB. IS THAT RIGHT? 
          >> ALRIGHT, THEN I'LL JUST CHANGE. 
          YOU CAN REGISTER THIS AS OPPOSITION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LEADS TO THE INCREASE. 
          >> ALRIGHT, SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION, THEN, IS ANYBODY IN FAVOR? 
          >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M JOHN DUMAS, THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR. 
          AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THIS IS SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE TRADES TO QUALIFY FOR THIS JOB. 
          REALLY, IT HELPS THE PARISH ITSELF BECAUSE WE ARE, IN ESSENCE, GROOMING AND TRAINING OUR OWN EMPLOYEES FOR NOT JUST THE ELECTRICAL WORK, BUT PLUMBING AND AC WORKING AS WELL. 
          IT DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF PAY INCREASE. 
          IT'S SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BROADEN OUR PERSPECTIVE ON WHO WILL QUALIFY FOR THESE JOBS. THANK YOU. 
          >> ONE IN FAVOR, THEN, ONE IN OPPOSITION. 
          MADAM CLERK, THAT'S WHO APPEARED, COUNSELMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT EFFICIENCY BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW THIS POSITION TO WORK IN ELECTRICAL PLUMBING, AND HVAC. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26644, MOTION OF COUNCILMAN AN FRANKEN SECONDED BY COUNSELMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDER. NUMBER 21, PLEASE. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26645, AMENDING SECTIONS 1-2, 1-10, 1-11, 2.5-7 AND 8-1104.3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, JEFFERSON PARISH, RELATIVE TO THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF PARISH ORDINANCES. 
          >> NOW WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26645, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          >> YOU REDUCING THEM? 
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          >> RAISING. THOSE OPPOSED? 
          >> ALRIGHT, CRESS, NEED A FRUGAL AND SIMPLE GOVERNMENT. 
          YOU KEEP ON ADDING TO THESE THINGS, AND NOTHING'S GETTING MORE FRUGAL AND NOTHING'S BEEN MADE MORE SIMPLE. 
          NOT IN 4.5 YEARS, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AN APPORTIONED REPRESENTATIVE BODY. 
          RECUSE YOURSELVES, PULL THESE THINGS FROM THE AGENDA. 
          RECUSE YOURSELVES AS A LARGE MEMBERS, YOUR SENATORS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE VOTING ON THIS. 
          >> ONE IN OPPOSITION. ONE IN FAVOR. 
          COUNCILMAN BANANO, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26645, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BANANO SECTION BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          ERIKEN, SO ORDER NUMBER 22. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26646, AMENDING SECTION 2-761 AND REPEAL SECTION 2-762 THROUGH 22-764 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF JEFFERSON PARISH, RELATIVE TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH HEAD START ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HEAD START PROGRAM. 
          >> WE'RE NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26646. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. THOSE OPPOSED? 
          >> A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT HEAD START RECENTLY IN HERE, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE REDUCED WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON HEADSTART. 
          I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE IN THIS, BUT THE HEAD START PROGRAM I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH BECAUSE I SAW A REDUCTION IN SPENDING TO THAT,. 
          >> REDUCING THIS ISN'T REDUCING ANY MONEY. 
          WELL, THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WHEN WE REVISE THINGS TO HEADSTART, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, I FIND, IS SUFFERING FROM BEING MISUNDERSTOOD. 
          IT WAS JUST ON THE NEWS THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST, AND IT GOT MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE ONLY 01,300 CHILDREN STATE WIDE BENEFITING FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          THERE ARE 500 EMPLOYEES. 
          THIS IS ALL BROUGHT TO ATTENTION BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND IT'S ALL AFFECTED BY THAT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
          I SAID, HEAD START COULD DISAPPEAR, IF NOT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. WITH THAT IN MIND. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, BUT THAT'S NOT RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          >> WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS RELATIVE? 
          >> THIS IS DISSOLVING THE HEADSTART ADVISORY COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE PARISH COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR HEAD START. 
          THEY WILL REPORT DIRECTLY. THEY WILL REPORT DIRECTLY TO US INSTEAD OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS THE GO BETWEEN. 
          >> MY CONCERN IS CERTAINLY WITH ALL THE COMMITTEES IN THE CONFUSION OF MULTITUDES. 
          IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AS A CITIZEN TOLD ANYBODY WHO ACCOUNT. 
          WHEN IT GETS ON THE NEWS, IT GETS MY ATTENTION, 1,300 KIDS STATEWIDE. 
          I BELIEVE WE MIGHT HAVE 140. 
          THERE'S AT BEST 130 TEACHERS. 
          I'VE GOT 370 ADMINISTRATORS BENEFITING FROM A PROGRAM THAT'S IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STATEWIDE, AND WE DON'T GET THAT MONEY BACK HERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO BETTER, SIR. GET US MORE MONEY BACK. 
          >> WE OUR HEAD START PROGRAM IS NOT BEING AFFECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THIS TIME. 
          THERE'S MONEY TO LAST WELLINGTON NEXT YEAR. 
          OTHER PARISHES HAVE THEIR PROGRAM BEING AFFECTED BY THE SHUTDOWN THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN JEFFERSON PARISH RIGHT NOW. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I'M SORRY. BUT IT IS VERY COMPLICATED. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO SOLIDIFY THINGS AND MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT. 
          ONE IN OPPOSITION, MADAM CLERK, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT EFFICIENCY SO THAT THE DIRECT REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WE'RE CUTTING OUT A COMMITTEE. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26646 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE. ORDER NUMBER 23 WITH AMENDMENTS, THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26649 AMENDING THE 2025 OPERATING BUDGET. 
          THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO CORRECT THE ALLOCATION FOR A CEA WITH PLANTATION ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS BY REVISING THE PREVIOUSLY STATED FUNDING AMOUNT OF $15,453 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT T'S VIDEO POKER FUND TO CORRECT THE AMOUNT OF 16,543 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE'S VIDEO POKER FUND. 
          ALLOCATE $20,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVES VIDEO POKER FUND TO ACCOUNT NUMBER 445604008745445629140 FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTING ON BONDI. 
          ALLOCATE $35,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVES VIDEO POKER FUND TO PROJECT NUMBER 46010013 FOR BONAV BOAT LAUNCH LIGHTS. 
          ALLOCATE $8,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE'S WEST BANK RIVER BOAT GAMING FUND FOR A CEA WITH ST. MARK'S CHURCH, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR A PUMPKIN PATCH WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $967 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE CDIA GENERAL FUND TO ACCOUNT NUMBER 1001000217331 FOR PAYMENT OF LEGAL INVOICES FOR THE 3520 18TH STREET ACQUISITION, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN AN RANKING, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS. 
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          >> MOVE ON THE AMENDMENTS. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THOSE AMENDMENTS, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EN VAKAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          WE'RE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMER NUMBER 26649. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. THOSE OPPOSED? 
          >> HEY, GUYS, SPARKED A LITTLE CURIOSITY. 
          A WAY WE GO, JUST SO OPPOSING ON SIMPLE CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS, ARTICLE 1, SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE ONE, UNIFORMITY CLAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THAT HOSPITALITY MONEY. 
          JUST RECONCILE THAT. JUST FIX IT. 
          IT'S A HALF A PERCENT DIFFERENCE FROM EAST BANK TO WEST BANK. 
          THE VIDEO POKER FUNDS, THE BOOMTOWN FUNDS, THE TREASURE CHESS FUNDS, IT'S JUST GOT TO BE THE SAME RATE OF TAXATION FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. 
          ARTICLE 1, SECTION TWO, CLAUSE THREE, VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION, EACH DIFFERENTLY TAXED SPECIAL DISTRICT. 
          MUNICIPALITY SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE WITHOUT HAVING THAT SITUATION, AND ALLOWING TWO SENATORS TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, I'M FORCED TO OPPOSE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENSE OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, ONE APPEAR IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26649 AS AMENDED ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED? NUMBER 24 WITH AMENDMENTS, THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26650, AMENDING THE 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ALLOCATE $967 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE CDIA GENERAL FUND TO ACCOUNT NUMBER 100 100-021-7331 FOR PAYMENT OF LEGAL INVOICES FOR THE 3520 18TH STREET ACQUISITION. 
          CORRECT. THE ALLOCATION OF $21162 FROM APPROPRIATION IN ACT ONE OF THE 2025 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE 2026 LOUISIANA CRAWFORD CHAMPIONSHIP AT NO DIRECT COST TO THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON TO CHANGE THE ACCOUNT NUMBER TO 445300000527045323003. 
          CORRECT THE ALLOCATION ACCEPTING FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF KINNER IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 
          >> FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CEA FOR THE CONVERSION OF TENNIS TENNIS COURTS TO PICKLE BALL COURTS LOCATED ON ALABAMA AVENUE BETWEEN WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE AND VINTAGE DRIVE, TO CHANGE THE ACCOUNT NUMBER FROM 446800005270468300122445300000527045331001. 
          TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $20,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVES VIDEO POKER FUND TO ACCOUNT NUMBER 445604008745445629140 FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTING ON BONNIB. 
          TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $35,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVES VIDEO POKER FUND TO PROJECT NUMBER 46010013 FOR BONNIBLE BOAT LAUNCH LIGHTS. 
          TO ALLOCATE $115,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER TWO FUND TO PROJECT NUMBER 46510083 VALPANA PARK INCLUSIVE TOT LT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN AND, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS? 
          >> MOVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION THE AMENDMENTS ON MOTION OF CUNCILWOMAN VAN BANKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26650. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. THOSE OPPOSED? 
          >> FROM EAST BANK TO WEST BANK, FRACKI HIRES, 509 HOMA. 
          SPARKLE A LITTLE CURIOSITY. WAY WE GO. 
          FROM EAST BANK TO WEST BANK, FROM KENER TO MARRERO, GRETNA, WEST BEGO, HARA HAN, ALL THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS. 
          JUST INTOLERABLE RESULTS. 
          IF ACHIEVED BY ANY MEANS, PRESCRIBED CONSTITUTIONALLY, I WOULD BE SITING DEAF. I'D BE PLAYING PIANO. 
          I'D I'D BE HAVING COFFEE. 
          I'D BE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. 
          BUT ACHIEVED BY MEANS, NOT PRESCRIBED CONSTANTLY, BECOMES ARBITRARY AND INADMISSIBLE. 
          IT'S ILL GOTTEN GAINS, IT'S FRUIT OF A POISONED TREE, SIMPLE CONSTRUCT ISSUES. 
          RECONCILE THIS BEGIN BY RECUSING YOURSELF. 
          I MEAN, YOUR COMPENSATION DOESN'T EVEN ABIDE THE CONSTITUTION. 
          ONLY TWO PARISHES. 
          >> THESE AMMENDMENTS. PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC. 
          >> YEAH. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. 
          THAT'S WHAT MR. ALE TOLD ME. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY HIRE. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, 
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NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL IS AMENDED. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMON NUMBER 26650. 
          MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR, NUMBER 25. 
          [RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
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CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK? 
          >> COUNCILMAN LEE? 
          >> I HAVE NONE. 
          >> COUNCILMAN WALKER? 
          >> NONE? 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN. 
          >> I HAVE NONE. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN? 
          >> I HAVE NONE. 
          >> COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG. 
          >> NONE. 
          >> HEY. COUNCILMAN KERNER. 
          >> I DO. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR THE SUBMITTAL OF A STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FROM PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AND SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ROSETHORNE GYM AND RELATED UTILITY RELOCATION WORK UNDER FIMA, PW5482, I MAY INCLUDE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADJACENT ROSETHORNE PLAYGROUND AND BALLFIELD PROJECT. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION, THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR. HEARING NONE. 
          WE NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION. 
          ANYONE IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN KERNER? 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD IN MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KERNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BONANO. 
          >> HAVE ONE, WOULD YOU READ IT FOR ME, PLEASE? 
          >> A RESOLUTION GRANTING PERMISSION TO NOEL'S COFFEE TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK AT HOPE HAVEN WALKING TRAIL BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025, OPERATING MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 6:00 AM. 
          UNTIL 12:00 PM. 
          FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR APPROVED BY THE PARKS AND MY RECREATION DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED THAT ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. 
          COUNCILMAN BONANO? 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD TO A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA ONE
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CONSENT AGENDA 1. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR MOTION ON THE GLOBO ADOPTION OF ITEMS 26-44. 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE GLOBO ADOPTION OF ITEMS 26 THROUGH 44. 
          CONSENT AGENDA 1. MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA TWO
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THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT AGENDA 2 AND ITEM NUMBER 45. 
          CONSENT AGENDA 2. HOLD ON. 
          WE'RE KEEPING 45 IN GLOBO. ONE MOMENT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS ON HERE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION ON THE GLOBO ADOPTION OF ITEMS, EXCUSE ME, 45 THROUGH 76-62, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED, AND 74 FROM WHICH YOU WILL ABSTAIN, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN. 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION, GLOBO ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA 2 ITEMS 45 THROUGH 76-62, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED AND 74, FROM WHICH COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN WILL ABSTAIN, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. 
          LET'S GO TO ITEM 62. WITH AMENDMENTS. 
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE CITY OF KENNER, FOR THE CONVERSION OF TENNIS COURTS TO PICKLEBALL COURTS LOCATED ON ALABAMA AVENUE BETWEEN WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE AND VINTAGE DRIVE, TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF KENNER IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000. 
          THE AMENDMENTS ARE IN SECTION 2, THE ACCOUNT NUMBER SHOULD READ 445300000527045331001, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS? MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          NOW, YOUR MOTION AS AMENDED? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION THAT RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED, NUMBER 74, PLEASE. 
          >> A RESOLUTION CORRECTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 146774, APPROVED ON THE 23RD DAY OF JULY 2025, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR A REVENUE GENERATING RFP FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR 
          [01:30:05]
FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS FOR THE JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, LOCATED AT 6,400 AIRLINE DRIVE IN METAIRIE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER WITH COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN ABSTAINING. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED NUMBER 77 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA. 
          [ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS
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PLEASE, MADAM CLERK. OR NUMBER 77, IS THE ADDENDUM AGENDA OF ITEM NUMBER 1, PLEASE. 
          >> A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION OF PARISH LINE DRAINAGE PUMP STATION, PHASE 2, COUNCIL DISTRICT 4. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, YOUR SELECTION? 
          >> I HAVE TWO LARGE SELECTIONS THAT I'LL BE MAKING AT THIS MEETING. 
          I WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE I DO. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF TIME THAT IS TAKEN BY THE FIRMS WHO SUBMIT FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          WE ARE BLESSED IN JEFFERSON PARISH TO HAVE AMAZING COMPANIES IN OUR PARISH. 
          THE HOURS AND HOURS THAT THEY SPEND PUTTING THE PROPOSALS TOGETHER, AND THEN IT COMES TO THE ADMINISTRATION, THE HOURS OF TIME THAT THEY SPEND IN SCORING THEM AND CREATING NOTES FOR US SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND. 
          IT'S A TOUGH DECISION SOMETIMES, BUT I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE ANY EFFORTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE MADE. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, FOR THIS PARTICULAR CHOICE, I SELECT DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND IMAGING AS PRESENTED IN THEIR RESPONSE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND IMAGING, ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED? ITEM NUMBER 2, PLEASE. 
          >> A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION OF VINTAGE DRIVE DRAINAGE PUMP STATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 4. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN. 
          >> FOR THIS ONE, I SELECT MSMM ENGINEERING, LC, AND THE TEAM THAT WAS ASSEMBLED UNDER THEIR PROPOSAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF MSMM ENGINEERING ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          NOW, COUNCILWOMAN VAN BRANCH, YOUR MOTION ON THE ENGLOBE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS 3 THROUGH 27 -16, WHICH WILL BE CANCELED, AND 25, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED. 
          >> MOVE. 
          >> 21 IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 14, 2026. 
          ITEM 23 IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 10TH. 
          >> YOU TOLD ME THAT, DIDN'T YOU EARLIER, AND I DIDN'T REMEMBER. 
          LET'S DO THAT AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION ON THE N GLOBE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS 3 THROUGH 27-16, WHICH WILL BE CANCELED 21, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR JANUARY 14 MEETING 23, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 10TH AND 25, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED. YOUR MOTION ON THAT? 
          >> MOVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM 3 THROUGH 27-16, WHICH WILL BE CANCELED, 21, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 14, 2026, 23, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 10TH AND 25, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED. 
          ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM 13, PLEASE. 
          >> TWENTY-FIVE. 
          >> TWENTY-FIVE. I WAS JUST KIDDING. SEEING IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION. 
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO RECEIVE AN APPROPRIATION IN ACT 1 OF THE 2025 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,162 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE 2026 LOUISIANA CRAWFISH BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          THERE ARE NO DIRECT COSTS TO THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGREEMENT. 
          THE AMENDMENTS ARE IN SECTION 2, THAT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER SHOULD READ 4453000005270445323003, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN BANANO YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT? 
          >> TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT AMENDMENT? MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BANANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPT. 
          WAIT DID I JUST READ THAT? AM I LOSING MY MIND? COUNCIL BANANO, 
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YOUR MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. 
          >> PROVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, ACTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDERED, NUMBER 28. 
          ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, PLEASE. 
          I HAVE A NOTE THAT WILL BE CANCELED. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANK, YOUR MOTION ON THAT CANCELLATION. 
          >> MOVE TO CANCEL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE CANCELLATION OF IDENTIFY AGENDA 28 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE. ORDER NUMBER 29. 
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON AND GAMBLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC RELATION SERVICES FOR THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON FOR THE, SORRY. 
          INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN RELATED TO THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE DEPARTMENT PAY PLAN AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000. 
          THE AMENDMENT IS IN SECTION TWO, THAT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER SHOULD READ 2210029217331, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? 
          >> THAT'S FINE. 
          >> I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THAT, PLEASE. 
          >> PRIOR TO YOU DOING THAT SAY SOMETHING. 
          >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> THE NECESSITY TO HIRE A PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM TO PREPARE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE THAT FULLY EXPLAINS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PAY PLAN, ALL OF ITS BENEFITS. 
          THE LAWS THAT MAKE THE PLAN, HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD TAKE TO FUND THE RAISES WAS NOT SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL HAD ANTICIPATED WOULD BE REQUIRED. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN THE UNION'S MEMBERS STARTED CREATING A NARRATIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IT DROVE DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS FROM OUR CITIZENS AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THESE STATEMENTS. 
          AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS IS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF A VERY COMPLICATED PAY PLAN THAT ONLY TELLS A PART OF THE STORY. 
          I WANT TO GIVE THE STARTING FIREFIGHTERS A RAISE. 
          BE CLEAR. THEY DESERVE A RAISE. 
          I'M THE ONE THAT FOUGHT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A 5% COST-OF-LIVING RAISE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          WELL, LISTEN, FROM THE AUDIENCE, MR. CHAIR. I ASK FOR SOME RESPECT FROM YOU GUYS. 
          THAT'S WHY Y'ALL CAN'T GET AN ATTRACTION WITH THE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE YOU'RE DISRESPECTFUL AND MEAN AND BULLYING. 
          >> GUYS, KEEP IT DOWN. 
          LOOK, PLEASE. 
          >> THE UNION HAS REQUESTED THAT WE SEEK A PROPERTY TAX TO FUND THEIR RAISE. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT EVERY CLASSIFICATION OF PAY BE PAID A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE HIGHER THAN THE ONE BELOW IT. 
          THIS LAW WOULD REQUIRE A HUGE TAX INCREASE IN ORDER TO AFFORD THESE RAISES. 
          THE CITIZENS OF THIS FIRE DISTRICT HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ALL OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE PAY PLAN, ESPECIALLY IF AT SOME POINT WE PUT IT OUT TO A VOTE FOR THEM. 
          I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD BE OPPOSED TO A FACT BASED EXPLANATION OF THIS PLAN. 
          DO WE REALLY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR KEEPING THE VOTERS IN THE DARK? YOU HAVE PUT US IN THIS POSITION WITH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT ONLY PROVIDES PARTS OF THE PLAN. 
          AS I'VE BEEN VISITING MY CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AT THEIR MEETINGS, THE CITIZENS ASKS, HEY, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY NEED TO BE EDUCATED. 
          THIS CONSULTANT WILL PREPARE AN EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENT WHOSE ACCURACY WILL BE VERIFIED BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRIOR TO ITS DISSEMINATION. 
          I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A STEP IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BEFORE ANY MORE DISCUSSION CAN BE HELD. 
          THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT YOUR BUDGETS CAN SIMPLY NOT AFFORD THE REQUESTED RAISES. 
          THE UNION CAN QUESTION ALL THE PAST EXPENDITURES THEY WANT, BUT THAT DOES NOT SOLVE THE CURRENT SITUATION. 
          WE CAN'T GET THAT MONEY BACK. 
          THIS IS A REALLY A CATCH-22 SITUATION, BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T REBUILD OR REMODEL OUR STATIONS OR REPLACE THE TRUCKS AS THEY WORN OUT, THE UNION WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          AGAIN, HOW CAN ANYONE BE OPPOSED TO EDUCATING THE VOTERS WITH THE FACTS? Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT TAKING THE GLOVES OFF? AND I'M GOING TOE Y ALL THIS, AND Y'ALL GONNA DISAGREE. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE THREATENED MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY. 
          I HAVE A NEPHEW WHO'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, AND A CAPTAIN, NOT EVEN A RANK OFF. 
          A CAPTAIN TOLD MY NEPHEW, TELL YOUR UNCLE, IF HE DON'T GIVE US OUR RAISES, WERE COMING AFTER HIM. 
          YOU'VE TAKEN THE GLOVES OFF, AND THAT'S BEEN SEVERAL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          I DON'T RESPOND WELL TO BULLY AND INTIMIDATION. 
          >> PLEASE, MR. ORKS. 
          >> NOR WELL, I CAN STAND UP ALL YOU WANT, SIR? THIS IS THE FACTS. 
          WITH THAT, YOU CAN CALL FOR A BRU CALL BOAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE CITIZENS DESERVE TO KNOW ALL OF THE FACTS AND NOT BE KEPT IN THE DARK. 
          >> PLEASE, MR. ORKS, ONE MORE OUTBURST AND YOU HAVE TO WALK OUT. 
          WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS AS CIVIL AS POSSIBLE. 
          I KNOW TENSIONS ARE HIGH, I KNOW THIS HAS GONE ON FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WE'VE DONE THIS A LOT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO BEHAVE. 
          LET'S JUST MOVE ON WITH THE BUSINESS AT HAND. 
          >> LET ME ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. 
          THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE ENDING TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCE AS THE MONEY COMING FROM EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE BUDGET. 
          >> WE ALREADY DID THE AMENDMENT. 
          [01:40:02]
          >> DO WE VOTE? 
          >> SCOTT SAID. 
          >> I ASKED FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          >> ON THE AMENDMENTS. 
          >> ON THE AMENDMENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS VOTING ON THE FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH IS BEING ADDED OR PROPOSED AS AN AMENDMENT. 
          I DO NOT FEEL LIKE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED'S BUDGET SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF THIS. 
          I DO UNDERSTAND IF YOU ALL WANT. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION BECAUSE ALL OF OUR MILLAGE-BASED DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE BENEFIT OF WHEN THEIR MILLAGES ARE COMING UP FOR ELECTION. 
          OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE DOES THE WORK, AND THAT IS NOT CHARGED TO THEM IN THIS WAY. 
          THEY DON'T PAY FOR ADVERTISING. 
          I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED BEARING A COST THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING ANY OTHER MILLAGE DEPARTMENT TO BEAR. 
          ON THE FUNDING SOURCE COMING FROM EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. 
          >> I HAVE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION A QUESTION. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. 
          EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MILL ELECTION, MILLAGE ELECTION, DOES NOT THE DEPARTMENT WHOSE ELECTION IS IMPACTED PAY TO HAVE ANY PROMOTIONAL ITEMS PUT OUT THERE? 
          >> LET ME GET YOUR MIC VICTOR. 
          >> THEY PAY FOR THE COST OF THE ELECTION, NOT THE ADVERTISING. 
          >> WHO PAYS FOR THE ADVERTISING THEN? 
          >> WE DON'T ADVERTISE. 
          WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE DO IT. 
          [NOISE] [APPLAUSE] 
          >> GUYS. 
          >> IS NOT TRUE. 
          >> I MEAN, CORRECT ME IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT. 
          FOR ME, EVERY MILLAGE THAT WE DO, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION AND COUNSEL. 
          WE MAKE THE ROUNDS AT CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. 
          WE DO IT AS EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THE DEPARTMENT BEARS THE COST OF THE ELECTION COSTS BECAUSE THERE ARE ELECTION COSTS OF OF GOING TO SET UP THE POLLING PLACES. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, COUNCILMAN, THE MILLAGE-BASED DEPARTMENTS DO PAY FOR THE ELECTION AND THE ROLLING OUT OF THE MACHINES AND THOSE COSTS, BUT NOT FOR ADVERTISING. 
          >> WHO PAYS FOR THE SIGNS THAT THEY PUT ON THE STREETS. 
          >> THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT SIGNS. 
          >> WHO PAYS FOR THE BROCHURES THAT THEY BRING TO THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS? 
          >> GRETCHEN. 
          >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WHAT MY OFFICE DOES IT'S ALL OF THE TIME. 
          THE ACTUAL COSTS WOULD BE BILLED TO THE DEPARTMENTS IF IT'S A HARD COST. 
          IF IT'S LIKE ALL THE LARGE SIGNS OR IF THERE'S FLYERS, BUT TRADITIONALLY, WE DON'T PAY A BIG ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. 
          IT'S ALL EARNED COVERAGE, AND OF COURSE, WE DO OUR VIDEOS IN-HOUSE. 
          BUT THE COST FOR PHYSICAL MATERIALS WOULD BE BILLED TO THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          >> GENERALLY, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE IF THERE ARE MATERIALS, IT WOULD BE CHARGED TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THOSE TRADITIONAL COSTS DON'T APPROACH THE $50,000 RANGE. 
          >> IT'S USUALLY JUST THE COST FOR THE SIGNAGE, AND THAT WOULD BE [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WHICH IS WHAT? WHAT'S A BALLPARK? 
          >> LIKE, 5,000, MAYBE. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          >> IT WOULD BE DIVIDED AMONGST THE DEPARTMENTS IF THE MILLAGE IS FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT THAT'S AGAIN, TRADITIONALLY, HOW WE'VE HANDLED SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE PARISH. 
          >> I'D BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SAME AMOUNT COMING FROM THE MILLAGE DEPARTMENT THAT TRADITIONALLY COMES FROM MILLAGE DEPARTMENTS, BUT 50,000 IS NOT SOMETHING ANY OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS BEAR. 
          I DON'T WANT TO TREAT EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED DIFFERENTLY THAN WE WOULD ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT. 
          >> DOES THIS REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE? 
          >> FOR THE AMENDMENTS? TO BRING THE AMENDMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? 
          >> IT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. 
          >> LET'S JUST CALL THE VOTE. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, WE ALL KNOW WHERE WE ALL STAND. 
          LET'S JUST CALL THE VOTE INSTEAD OF A BIG DEBATE. 
          >> WELL, I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING BECAUSE WE'LL BE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO DEDICATE THE FUNDING SOURCE. 
          THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. 
          >> WE'LL VOTES. BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA THAT'S WHY IT'S ONLY FOUR VOTES. 
          >> QUICKLY, LOOK, THIS IS THE STUFF THAT MAKES OUR COUNCIL WORK. 
          WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THE WAYS TO GET THERE, BUT WE ALL WANT TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE. 
          I DON'T CRITICIZE MY COLLEAGUES FOR DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 
          I DISAGREED WITH THE VEHICLE TO GET THERE, AND I DISAGREE WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE. 
          I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EDUCATION. 
          I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING PAID FOR ALONG THE WAY. 
          I JUST DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO HIRE A PR FIRM AND TAKE IT FROM THE FIRE MILLAGE. 
          WE JUST DISAGREE ON HOW TO GET THERE. 
          [APPLAUSE] BUT THIS IS GOING TO GO WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, SO LET'S DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE, AND [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'D LIKE TO COMMENT AS WELL. 
          >> COUNCIL LILJEBERG. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE IT COME FROM THE PIO, AS I STATED. 
          BUT THAT'S BEEN EXPLAINED WHY WE CAN'T. HERE WE ARE. 
          [01:45:02]
          >> LOOK, I JUST WANT TO [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> BECAUSE THE PARISH PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO THROW HER PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE BUS, WHICH SHE'S ALREADY SAID. 
          >> BUT IT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY UP TO US, TOO. 
          >> LOOK, I DEFINITELY RESPECTED WHAT THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S CONCERNS WERE WHEN I ORIGINALLY VOTED, AND THINGS DID GET A LITTLE OUT OF HAND. 
          I DON'T APPRECIATE THE THREATS, BUT LOOK, I GET IT'S A HOSTILE SITUATION. 
          BUT THE FUNDING SOURCE ALSO IS SOMETHING I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE EAST BANK TAXPAYERS OR TAXPAYERS IN GENERAL PAID TO THIS MILLAGE TO USE A FUND TO, I GUESS, ADVOCATE IN THIS WAY FOR THIS MILLAGE. 
          BECAUSE OF THAT, ORIGINALLY WHEN I VOTED FOR IT, I DIDN'T KNOW IT COME OUT THE ACTUAL EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE MILLAGE. 
          NOW THAT IT IS, I THINK IT'S A BIT INAPPROPRIATE. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON THIS, COUNCILMAN LEE. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. 
          I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S MILLAGE. 
          [APPLAUSE] MY SOLUTION IS, IS THAT THE FOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE FUNDED FROM OUR DISTRICT ACCOUNTS. 
          >> NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          >> WELL, BUT WE DON'T, GO AHEAD, MADAM. 
          >> I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING YOU ARE. 
          THEN WE DON'T NEED THE AMENDMENT, INSTEAD OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. YOU JUST DON'T NEED AN AMENDMENT. 
          >> THEY JUST FUND IT SEPARATELY, AND WE'VE JUST VOTED ON THE RESOLUTION. 
          >> WELL, OF COURSE, WE MAY NEED AMENDMENT. 
          >> THERE'S NO FUNDING SOURCE IN HERE, SO THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AMENDMENT. 
          >> ADD THAT. 
          >> WOULD COUNCILMAN LEE AMEND THE AMENDMENT? 
          >> A PROPOSED AMENDMENT. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] WELL, THERE'S NO AMENDMENT. THERE'S NO REAL AMENDMENT. 
          >> LET'S DISPOSE OF THE [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> JUST A NEW AMENDMENT. 
          >> ON THE FLOOR TO A NEW AMENDMENT. 
          >> LET'S READ A NEW AMENDMENT, MADAM CLERK, THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT DISTRICTS 2, 03, 4 AND 5, AS THE FUNDING SOURCE, IS THAT RIGHT? OR DOES YOUR OPINION CHANGE, COUNCILMAN KERNER BASED ON THAT? 
          >> ACCOUNT TO BE IDENTIFIED. 
          >> THE ACCOUNT NUMBERS DON'T NEED TO BE SPECIFICALLY READ INTO THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          >> TO BE IDENTIFIED FROM THE DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4, AND 5. 
          >> THEY WOULD BE THE COSTS ABOVE THE $5,000. 
          >> I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          >> SECOND. THAT AMENDMENT IS BEING VOTED ON RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. 
          >> IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE MILLAGE FOR UP TO $5,000. 
          >> THERE WAS A SECOND? 
          >> YES. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT AMENDMENT? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          NOW, ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          >> I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL ON THAT. 
          >> YEAH. OKAY. 
          >> THIS IS NOT THE FUNDING SOURCE, BUT THE ITEM ITSELF TO HIRE GAMBLE. 
          >> I'LL SECOND HER MOTION FOR ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          >> COUNCILMAN KERNER. 
          >> BEFORE I VOTE, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, IF THERE IS ANY BIAS WHATSOEVER, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO CALL IT OUT. 
          I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN LEE FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA NOT TO TAKE OUT THE EAST BANK MILLAGE, SOMETHING I WASN'T OKAY WITH. 
          BUT BASED ON THE NEW FUNDING SOURCE, I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BONANO? 
          >> YES. 
          >> COUNCILMAN LEE. 
          >> YES. 
          >> COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          >> MUST STAY CONSISTENT WITH MY LAST TWO VOTES AND VOTE NO. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN. 
          >> I DO APPRECIATE MAKING IT BUDGET NEUTRAL TO EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED. 
          AGAIN, I THINK AS AMENDED, IT'S MUCH BETTER. 
          I DO THINK NOW THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY HAS GONE INTO EFFECT, I HAVE NOT SEEN THE ANIMOSITY AND THINK OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE COULD DO THIS AT NO COST, SO I'LL BE CONSISTENT AGAIN AND VOTE NO. 
          >> COUNCIL [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YOU SHOULD CHECK SOME OF OUR PAGES. I'D VOTE, YES. 
          >> YES. 
          >> THE MOTION PASSES. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30, PLEASE. 
          [01:50:11]
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON AND THE HOUSING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR RENT BY ELIGIBLE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS UNDER THE HUD HOME PROGRAM TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF WORK, EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE PERIOD, ADOPT A BUDGET AND INCREASE THE CONTRACT CAP TO $2,750,000. 
          >> COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> I MOVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE SO ORDER. NUMBER 78. 
          [JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS
]
          >> A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID OF CORPORATE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED UNDER BID PROPOSAL NUMBER 50-00148628 FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ON VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS OF HVAC HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FOR THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A BID TABULATION PRICE OF $207,570. 
          MAXIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR THIS CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED $1 MILLION. 
          COMPENSATION SHALL NOT EXCEED THIS AMOUNT BY A FACTOR OF MORE THAN 10% WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL. 
          >> COUNCILMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION. 
          MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. 
          HEARING NONE, SO ORDER. NUMBER 79. 
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PORT DISTRICT REGARDING THE PROVISIONS OF FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN? 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDER. NUMBER 80, PLEASE. 
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON AND THE GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY SECURITY ACT OF 2006 PHASE II FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $70,000 FOR THE ORANGE LANE PUMP STATION PROJECT, THEREBY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE AGREEMENT FROM $2,477,208 TO $2,547,208. 
          >> COUNCILMAN KERNER, YOUR MOTION? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN KERNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDER. NUMBER 81. 
          >> A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, LC DOING BUSINESS AS EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE BASED HEALTH WELFARE PROGRAM FOR THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, WHICH ADDS THE MULTI-CANCER EARLY DETECTION TEST TO ATTACHMENT A1 IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH RECENT STATE LAW CHANGES AND INCREASES THE ANNUAL CAP FROM $1,300,000 TO $1,573,700. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BONANO. 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDER. NUMBER 82. 
          >> SUMMARY NUMBER 26647, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, JEFFERSON PARISH, NAMELY CHAPTER 27, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 3, SECTION 27-47 IN SECTION 27-48, AND ALSO AMENDING IN CHAPTER 27 ARTICLE 5, DIVISION 2 SECTION 27-196 TO DEFINE AND PROVIDE FOR THE HANDLING OF WATER AND SEWER USERS FEES DETERMINED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MASTER METERED MULTI FAMILY COMPLEXES WITHIN CONSOLIDATED SEWAGE DISTRICT NUMBER 1, AND CONSOLIDATED WATER WORKS DISTRICT NUMBER 2. 
          >> NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26647. 
          ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN? 
          >> I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AND THANK WATER DIRECTOR SIDNEY BAZLEY AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MARK DREWES FOR WORKING TO CORRECT THIS. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26647 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. NO STATUS REPORTS, NO NEW BUSINESS. 
          AND NOW ANYONE WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE 
          [PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS
]
          [01:55:01]
THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS, MAY DO SO. 
          FILL OUT YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD IN THE BACK AND HAND IT UP TO THE CLERK AT THE FRONT, PLEASE. 
          PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, NANCY PEARSON, 8924 RENSU DRIVE. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD ON RESOLUTION WAS 81, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE PARISH WERE PRETTY MUCH OFF MY RADAR FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL ALL OF THIS STARTED AND I STARTED LOOKING INTO THINGS AND ALL. 
          I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL THAT YOU PASSED THAT RESOLUTION FOR 1.573 MILLION TO PAY FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR CONSOLIDATED. 
          BUT MOST OF US LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON, NOT IN CONSOLIDATED, BUT WE HAVE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 
          THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT SERVES OUR AREA HAS 48 PAID FULL-TIME FIREMEN AND FIVE IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. 
          MOST OF OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS I FOUND OUT ONLY OFFER THE ANNUAL PHYSICAL, EVEN THOUGH NOW THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO DO THE PRE-CANCER. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. 
          A LOT OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON THE WEST BANK, MOST OF THE BUSINESSES THAT NOW OR THERE HAVE BEEN TAX EXEMPT. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME TAX BASE AS THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. 
          WHOEVER DREW THESE MAPS UP WAY BEFORE OUR TIME DREW IT UP REALLY NICE, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE EAST BANK HAS A BIG TAX BASE, BUT THESE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE. 
          I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK IN WHICHEVER WAY WE CAN TO THESE VOLUNTEERS, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST, THIS 22 TEST THAT'S ON THAT RESOLUTION THAT YOU GUYS JUST PASSED. 
          I'M SURE YOU ALL LOOKED AT IT, ALL THE TESTS THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE REST OF THESE FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVE THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH, JUST LIKE THAT ONE DOES. 
          THEY'RE APT TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT THESE PEOPLE DO. 
          I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE BUDGET. 
          FOR THESE TESTS THAT NOW ARE AMENDED BY LAW. 
          THE STATE'S NOT PAYING FOR IT. 
          THEY MADE THE LAW, BUT THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. 
          GET THE STATE TO PAY FOR IT, OR I THINK THIS PARISH NEEDS TO LOOK INTO DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT THOSE GUYS AREN'T GETTING THE SAME TESTS AS THE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE PROTECTING THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> CHIEF ROBERTSON. 
          >> CHIEF ROBERTSON, DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICE FOR JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          MS. PEARSON IS CORRECT ON THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED. 
          THERE'S A REGIONAL CHIEF ASSOCIATION THAT HAS MET. 
          IT IS HEADED BY CHIEF MORRIS FROM THE KENNER FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET FUNDING FOR THE FIRE COMPANIES ON THE WEST BANK AND A THIRD DISTRICT FIRE COMPANY FOR THE TESTING FOR CANCER AND ALL THAT. 
          I WILL TELL YOU IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND I WILL KEEP UP WITH IT AND REPORT BACK WHEN WE GET SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THE FULL COST IS FOR THE FULL TEST AND HOW WE CAN HELP THE FIRE COMPANIES ON THE WEST BANK AND THE THIRD DISTRICTS TO PAY FOR THESE TESTS. 
          >> HOW MUCH IS THAT COST? WHAT'S THE TOTAL? 
          >> I DON'T HAVE THE FULL [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> ROUGHLY? 
          >> 700. 
          >> $700, I THOUGHT. 
          >> JUST THE ONE TEST. 
          >> HOW MANY OF THOSE TESTS ARE YOU GIVEN YEARLY? 
          >> IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN YEARLY. 
          IT'S LIKE 26 TESTS FOR THE COMPLETE SCREENING OF CANCER THAT THIS NEW ASSOCIATION HAS TALKED TO. 
          WHAT NANCY JUST HANDED ME WAS 26 TESTS. 
          THEN WE CAN COME UP WITH THE ACTUAL COST FOR ALL 26 TESTS. 
          WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION. 
          >> LET ME KNOW. MY OFFICE WILL PAY FOR IT IF WE CAN, AND WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT. 
          >> THANKS. 
          >> WE'LL GET ON THAT. 
          >> COUNCILMAN, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO 300,000 JUST FOR THE ONES THAT WE JUST DID. 
          THE STATE PASSED THE LAW, AND THEN THEY SEND IT DOWN TO US TO GO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          IT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT. 
          I THINK THAT THE COST FOR THE ONE THAT WE DID IS AROUND 300. 
          >> IT'S BEYOND THE $700 FOR 26 TEST WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> WE'LL PAY FOR SOME OF IT. [LAUGHTER] WATCH ME BACKTRACK. 
          NO, BUT WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP, DON. 
          >> YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. 
          >> MY NAME IS LISA ARCERI, THAT'S A R C E R I. I LIVE AT 2017 TRANSCONTINENTAL DRIVE IN NORTH BRIDGE DALE. 
          [02:00:09]
I TELL YOU, EVERYBODY SHOULD COME AND SIT IN ONE OF THESE MEETINGS SOMETIMES. 
          I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. 
          I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO. 
          YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR FAMILIES THAT GIVE UP A LOT, PROBABLY FOR WHAT YOU DO, I HAVE SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE FOR Y'ALL. 
          IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED AS MOST OF THE THINGS I'VE OBSERVED HERE. 
          SOMETHING REALLY SIMPLE. 
          I THINK SOMEBODY ONE OF Y'ALL CAN PROBABLY TELL ME, HEY, I CAN HANDLE THAT. 
          IT JUST WORKED OUT FOR ME TO COME TODAY. 
          I HAVE SOME FOLDERS FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVEN NEED TO GIVE THEM TO YOU WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY NECESSARY. 
          THIS IS SO SIMPLE. ALL I WANT IS I DON'T WANT A SMART WATER METER. 
          I DON'T HAVE A SMART ELECTRIC METER, AND ENERGY HAS FOUND IT REASONABLE TO LET PEOPLE OPT OUT OF THAT. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD I CAN'T OPT OUT OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH SMART WATER METER. 
          WATER IS SO VITAL. 
          IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE WATER. 
          A LOT OF THINGS, IF YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING, YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPTION. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OPTION TO HAVE RUNNING WATER IN MY HOME BESIDES THE JEFFERSON PARISH WATER DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK BECAUSE IT'S SO VITAL, ELECTRICITY IS VITAL, TOO, AND THAT'S WHY ENERGY ALLOWS PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT METER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT, I HAVE REASONS FOR THAT. 
          DO I NEED TO GIVE Y'ALL INFORMATION OR CAN SOMEONE UP HERE SAY, HEY, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET YOU A WAY AROUND GETTING THIS PARTICULAR WATER METER. ANYBODY? 
          >> MR. DREWS, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? 
          >> I'M GOING TO LET SIDNEY COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS. 
          AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE. 
          THIS HAS NOT BEEN A LARGE CONCERN, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO KEEP A MECHANICAL METING WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE READ BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT, AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON. 
          >> I CAN PAY ENERGY $15 A MONTH MORE EVERY MONTH BECAUSE I HAVE THAT EXCEPTION. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING A FEE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD. 
          >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE IN DISTRICT FOUR OR FIVE? 
          >> I'M IN YOUR DISTRICT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE. 
          >> OKAY, SO I DON'T NEED TO GIVE Y'ALL ANY MORE INFORMATION. 
          >> YOU CAN MAYBE LEAVE IT WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR SIDNEY, SO THEY'LL HAVE IT. 
          YOU'LL KNOW WE ARE CHANGING OUT THE WATER METERS, TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO OLD. 
          AGAIN, IT MAY BE THAT YOU GET A NEW METER, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT THE PART THAT. 
          >> I WANT THE SMART [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN FOR US 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND READ IT. 
          BUT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EXTRA FEE, THEN I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 
          >> OKAY, I'LL GIVE ONE TO HIM, AND THEN I HAVE ALREADY HAVE THESE FOLDERS. 
          I'LL LEAVE THEM WITH SOMEBODY TO GIVE TO Y'ALL IF Y'ALL WANT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FROM ME. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> JUST TO CLARIFY. 
          IT'S A MECHANICAL METER JUST LIKE WE HAVE. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IT'S ATTACHED TO A TRANSMITTER, WHICH ACTUALLY SEND THE READING TO IT. 
          SHE'LL GET A NEW METER, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF METER WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> WELL, IS IT GOING TO BE A SMART METER? 
          >> YES. THE TECHNOLOGY IS SUCH THAT NOW YOU CAN HAVE A TRANSMIT AT A MECHANICAL METER. 
          BUT WE CAN TALK TO HER. 
          I KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. 
          I GUESS THE ISSUE IS WITH THE ACTUAL TRANSMITTER, NOT THE METER ITSELF. 
          >> I THINK YOU'RE GOOD, SIDNEY, UNLESS YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> FRANK LORENZO 516 TUMBLE CREEK, IN MADISONVILLE, LOUISIANA. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND DIRECT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          THE ISSUE HERE IS SIMPLE. 
          THE PARISH PRESIDENT IS ACTING IF SHE'S ABOVE THE LAW, AND THAT CANNOT STAND. 
          UNDER REVISED STATUTE, 25 63 B, EVERY OFFICER OF THIS PARISH, INCLUDING THE PARISH PRESIDENT HAS A LEGAL DUTY TO FOLLOW AND UPHOLD THE RULES OF FIRE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. 
          WHICH MEANS SHE CANNOT IGNORE STATE LAW OR CIVIL SERVICE BOARD'S AUTHORITY, YET THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS DOING BY REFUSING TO IMPLEMENT LEGALLY MANDATED RULES AND BY TRYING TO ENFORCE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN LAWFULLY ADOPTED. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST A MINOR OVERSIGHT, IT'S A DIRECT VIOLATION OF 25 63 B. 
          THE PARISH PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW, AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT SHE AND ALL PARISH OFFICIALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          [02:05:06]
WE MUST HAVE A PARISH GOVERNMENT THAT RESPECTS AND FOLLOWS THE LAWS THAT PROTECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MY NAME IS JOSHUA MOSBY 805 SOPHIA STREET, RIVER, LOUISIANA. 
          MR. WALKER, LAST COUNCIL MEETING YOU SUGGESTED WE HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING TO GO OVER THE BUDGET LINE BY LINE. 
          THAT WAS SHOT DOWN. 
          WHY DO YOU THINK SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING? YEAH, I KNOW IT'S NOT A [OVERLAPPING], BUT IT'S ANSWER YOURSELF. 
          >> MR. KERNER, WHEN YOU RAN FOR OFFICE, THIS IS WHAT MADE ME A BIG FAN OF YOU. 
          YOUR OPPONENT SPREAD LIES ABOUT YOU, AND YOU CALLED HER OUT AND OPEN DEBATE. 
          SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP, DID YOU? 
          >> NO, SHE DIDN'T. THAT'S AWESOME. 
          YOU ACTUALLY INSPIRED ME TO GET OVER MY FEAR PUBLIC SPEAKING, TO LIKE, TALK. 
          I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MISS VAN VRANCKEN, I GAVE YOU SOME PAPERS. 
          THERE WAS ONE ON THERE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED. 
          IT'S THE FIRST YEAR FIREFIGHTERS PAYCHECK. 
          THE RATE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED. WHAT IS THE NUMBER? THE HOURLY RATE? IT'S $10.53. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> OKAY, SO I SOLVE THAT PROBLEM JUST NOW. GOT YOU. 
          I STOOD HERE AND PLAYED A RECORDING OF THE PARISH PRESIDENT ADMITTING THAT THE STANDARD STARTING HOURLY RATE WAS 10.53, AND THAT THE 16.97 FIGURE WAS JUST HER OPINION. 
          LIKE, 40 MINUTES LATER, SHE SAID IT AGAIN AND DOUBLED DOWN ON IT. 
          10.53, LITERALLY BY THE PAY CHECKS. 
          I GAVE MISS VAN REG AND OUR PAY MATRIX, I GAVE HER MY PEF, WHICH SHOWS TO MAKE 23.39 AT 13 YEARS AS AN OPERATOR. 
          YOU WERE SUBPOENAED BY THE FIRE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO ANSWER FOR THE EMR ISSUE. 
          YOU DIDN'T GO, AND WE ACTUALLY WERE SECOND LINE DANCING DOWNSTAIRS FOR A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO. 
          IT'S LIKE WHAT WAS IT EMPEROR NERO WATCHING ROME BURN WHEN HE PLAYS THE FIDDLE. 
          AWESOME. YOU TOLD PEOPLE THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL CALLS. 
          LIKE YOU SAID, THESE GUYS DON'T WANT TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL CALLS. THAT'S UNTRUE. 
          IT'S A LIE, WE WERE WILLING TO FOREGO A CERTIFICATION, AND WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATION, WE'D BE PERSONALLY LIABLE TO BE SUED. 
          WE WERE WILLING TO RISK OUR ASSETS, OUR LOVED ONES FINANCIAL FUTURE, JUST TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE YOU DO YOUR JOB. 
          THAT'S LITERALLY ALL THAT WAS. 
          THANK YOU FOR DANCING IT OUT. 
          THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WILLING TO THROW $10 MILLION AT A BREW PUB WITHOUT A SINGLE SOLID FUNDING PLAN. 
          BUT YOU'RE FIGHTING US UNDER THE GUISE OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          CAN WE ALL SAY THE UNCOMFORTABLE THING ABOUT WHAT THIS PROBABLY IS? IT LOOKS LIKE MONEY LAUNDERING, DUDE. 
          IT'S ROUGH. GOT YOU. 
          YOU SPENT OVER $100,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON THAT BICENTENNIAL ROYAL BALL GOT HIT IN GLOBO VOTE. 
          AWESOME. WHILE THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT THIS PARISH CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, WHAT DID MARIE ANTOINETTE SAY AS A PEOPLE STARVED? LET THEM EAT CAKE. 
          THAT FITS THIS ADMINISTRATION PERFECTLY. 
          TO QUOTE A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE IN KNIGHTS TAIL. 
          YOU'VE BEEN WEIGHED. YOU'VE BEEN MEASURED, AND YOU'VE BEEN FOUND WANTING. 
          THAT'S A PARAPHRASE, I THINK OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL FROM OLD TESTAMENT. 
          YOU'VE BEEN FOUND LACKING IN VIRTUE AND ABILITY AND MERIT. 
          YOU'VE FAILED TO MEET THE MOST BASIC STANDARDS OF HONESTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          WATCH ME GET THIS RAISE IN LIKE, 10 SECONDS. 
          THE WEST BANK CONSOLIDATION STUDY, THEY HAD THE ACTUAL COST OF HOW MUCH IT COST PER [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YOU'RE AT OF TIME. THERE ARE NO MORE SECONDS. 
          >> AH. GOT IT. 
          WELL, WE CAN AFFORD IT. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MARK DECKER 3913 CYPRESS STREET, METRE LOUISIANA. 
          THESE OPINIONS ARE OF MY OWN AND NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT TACT TODAY THAN I USUALLY DO. 
          I'M GOING TO STATE SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE MISSED IN ALL OUR DISCUSSIONS. 
          JPFD DISTRICT ONE IS A CLASS ONE DEPARTMENT THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST FUNDED AND BEST EQUIPPED IN THE STATE. 
          IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER. 
          I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. 
          I PAY PROPERTY TAX EVERY YEAR, AND I GET BENEFITS FROM IT. 
          I GET MY TRASH PICKED UP TWICE A WEEK, WATER, PARKS, MOSQUITO CONTROL, YOU NAME IT. 
          JPFD DEMANDS 10 STATIONS WITH 20 SUPPRESSION UNITS, WITH 64 TO 78 PERSONNEL ON DUTY, 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR, COVERING MERY, OLD MERY, OLD JEFFERSON, AND ELMWOOD. 
          THESE UNITS RESPOND IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. 
          WE CAN HANDLE UP TO FOUR AUTOMATIC ALARMS SIMULTANEOUSLY, UP TO TWO WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES AT THE SAME TIME, AND UP TO A THIRD ALARM WITHOUT MUTUAL AID. 
          BY CONTRAST, I REMEMBER A COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSING THE THIRD DISTRICT VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS NOW STAFFED FULLY PAID AND NO LONGER A VOLUNTEER. 
          ON JULY 18 OF THIS YEAR, AN APARTMENT FIRE ROSE TO A SECOND ALARM. 
          [02:10:03]
EVERY THIRD DISTRICT UNIT WAS USED ON THAT FIRE, REQUIRING MY ENGINE TO SUPPLY THEIR EMPTY FIREHOUSE WITH PROTECTION. 
          THE APARTMENT ROSE TO A THIRD ALARM. 
          AT THAT POINT, FIVE UNITS FROM KERNER AND JEFFERSON PARISH WERE BOTH BEING USED FOR THAT CALL, IN ADDITION TO OTHER UNITS COVERING THE EMPTY STATIONS DOING NORMAL RESPONSE. 
          AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. 
          REMEMBER, DESPITE THE NEW STATIONS AND THE SHINY TRUCKS YOU SEE, IT IS THE MEN AND WOMEN RESPONDING TO THE CALLS THAT ARE THIS DEPARTMENT. 
          FIREFIGHTERS ARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUCCESSFUL STOP AND SAVING THE SLAB OF A BUILDING. 
          AS STATED EARLIER, IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS FOR A FIREFIGHTER TO REACH JP'S STARTING PAY. 
          THE CRACKS ARE STARTING TO SHOW. 
          WE HAVE NO TRAINING OFFICERS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE WEST BANK, WE CAN'T EVEN HIRE ONE. 
          MAINTENANCE IS DOWN TO ONE MAN SET TO RETIRE THIS YEAR. 
          THE POOL OF FIREFIGHTERS HAS DWINDLED DOWN TO LESS THAN 30 MEN INTERVIEWING FOR THE JOB, AND SEVERAL OF THEM EITHER TURNED DOWN THE INTERVIEW OR DIDN'T TAKE THE POSITION. 
          THERE SHOULD BE LESS SPENDING AND MORE PAY. 
          REMEMBER THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> I'M GOING TO GET MY WATER, GUYS. 
          I DON'T HAVE TO SALARY. I GOT TO GET THIS. 
          >> PAUL ECOLOGY 134 RICHLAND DRIVE, SOUTH MANDEVILLE, LOUISIANA. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PR FIRM. 
          IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TO HAVE A PR FIRM HIRED. 
          LIKE YOU SAID, MR. BONANO, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC KNOW EVERYTHING. 
          WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN OPEN FORUM? WE'RE ALL GROWN MEN AND WOMEN. 
          WE DON'T NEED PASS NAMES BACK AND FORTH. 
          PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED ON BOTH ENDS, I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND. 
          HIS WIFE WAS CALLED FAT ON THE JP WEBSITE. 
          ALL KIND OF NAMES WERE HEADING HER WAY. 
          THAT'S PRETTY NASTY. 
          PEOPLE DO GET FRUSTRATED AND SAY THINGS. 
          WHY DON'T WE JUST SIT DOWN LIKE GROWN MEN AND WOMEN? TALK ABOUT IT, GET ALL THE ISSUES OUT AND LET THE PUBLIC SEE, INSTEAD OF HIRING A PR FIRM TO DO THIS, BECAUSE A PR FIRM, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO THIS. 
          YOU PAY THEM $50,000 TO EXPLAIN TO THE TAXPAYERS WHY YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FIREMEN? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'RE WASTING $50,000 RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACE. 
          YOU'RE INSULTING THEM. IT'S INSULTING TO US, I THINK WE CAN DO THIS LIKE MEN AND WOMEN. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK A LOT OF YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT FIREMEN GO THROUGH. 
          I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO Y'ALL WHAT OUR SITUATIONS ARE. 
          THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED. 
          I REMEMBER LAYING DOWN IN MY BED, STARING AT THE CEILING, THINKING TO MYSELF, HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE MY PAYMENTS? HOW AM I GOING TO PAY MY HOUSE? MY INSURANCE GOES UP. ALL OF THIS. 
          I WAS ON 10 YEARS, AND I SAID THIS BEFORE. 
          I MADE LESS THAN $8 AN HOUR. 
          IT'S REALLY A GUT WRENCHING THOUGHT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING OVER HERE SAYING, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY? Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION. 
          OF COURSE, A LOT OF Y'ALL ARE EDUCATED. 
          I GET IT. WE ARE, TOO. 
          BUT IT IS TOUGH ON GUYS THAT WORK 60 HOURS A WEEK, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND WORK ANOTHER FULL TIME JOB TO DO THINGS FOR THEIR FAMILY, ALRIGHT, TO PROVIDE. 
          I REMEMBER ASKING, GUY, WHAT DO I DO? GIVE ME SOMETHING. GIVE ME AN IDEA. 
          STARTED WORKING CONSTRUCTION. 
          I DID SIDE JOBS EVERY DAY. 
          I WORKED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MOST OF THE TIME, OVER 100 HOURS A WEEK. 
          YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES. 
          THESE GUYS ARE DOING THIS. 
          PROBLEM IS, I STARTED THINKING MYSELF, NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I'M IN THIS RUT. 
          I'M MAKING GOOD MONEY, BUT I NEVER SEE MY KIDS. 
          I NEVER SEE MY FAMILY. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. 
          WHAT HAPPENS? BE CAREFUL FOR WHAT YOU ASK FOR. 
          BOOM. I GOT THROAT CANCER. 
          I GET 35 TREATMENTS OF RADIATION IN MY HEAD. 
          I GET FOUR CHEMOS, A STOMACH TUBE FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND THEN I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW? IF I DIE, MY KIDS DON'T HAVE A DAD. 
          IF I LIVE, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE A HOUSE. 
          I'M IN THIS BOAT. IT'S JUST A NO WIN SITUATION. 
          >> THAT'S YOUR TIME, SIR. 
          >> ALRIGHT. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THE FIREMAN BEHIND ME, THEY'RE IN THOSE SHOES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> HI. MY NAME IS CHRIS LOISEL. 
          [02:15:01]
I LIVE AT 622 WIRE STREET GRETNA LOUISIANA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PRESIDENT LICHANG, RESIDENTS JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          I'M HERE BECAUSE MY FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE CLEAR ANSWERS ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTER PAY STUDY. 
          ANSWERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED EVEN AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC. 
          PRESIDENT LICHANG HAS STATED THAT THE STUDY SHOWS OUR LOWER RANKS ARE UNDERPAID, MIDDLE RANKS ARE PAID FAIRLY, AND TOP RANKS ARE OVERPAID. 
          THOSE STATEMENTS CARRY REAL WEIGHT. 
          THEY SHAPE PUBLIC PERCEPTION, AFFECT FIREFIGHTER MORALE, AND INFLUENCE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR UNION. 
          FROM THE BEGINNING, OUR UNION AND THE ADMINISTRATION WORKED TOGETHER IN GOOD FAITH TO AGREE ON WHICH PARISHES WOULD SERVE AS FAIR COMPARISONS TO JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          BUT LATER WITHOUT NOTICE OR DISCUSSION, THE ADMINISTRATION ADDED DEPARTMENTS FROM THE 2020 STUDY, SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          THIS CHANGE SKEWED THE NUMBERS OF THE INITIAL DATA, WHICH REPORTEDLY SHOW THAT ALL RANKS WERE UNDERPAID. 
          TODAY, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR CLEAR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT HAVE GONE UNANSWERED FOR MONTHS. 
          WHY WERE THE ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS ADDED AFTER AN AGREEMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN REACHED? WHO MADE THAT DECISION, AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? WHAT DID THE ORIGINAL DATA SHOW BEFORE THE CHANGES WERE MADE? DOES PRESIDENT LICHANG NOW HAVE ACCESS TO THE INITIAL DATA AFTER PREVIOUSLY DENYING KNOWLEDGE OF IT? TO HELP ME ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, I'VE BROUGHT COPIES OF THE INITIAL DATA FROM MADAM PRESIDENT SHANG AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE PAY STUDY DRAFT I'VE PROVIDED INCLUDES THE MAJORITY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNION REPRESENTATIVES HAD AGREED UPON. 
          WITH THAT SAID, THE NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE SALARIES WERE UNDERREPORTED, AND IF UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CORRECT SALARIES, THEY WOULD SHOW AN EVEN GREATER DISPARITY BETWEEN JPFD PERSONNEL AND THEIR PEERS. 
          FIREFIGHTERS IN JEFFERSON PARISH SERVE WITH INTEGRITY, HUMILITY, AND COURAGE. 
          WE DON'T LOOK FOR RECOGNITION. 
          WE SIMPLY SHOW UP, DO OUR JOBS AND TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. 
          WE FACE CHALLENGES HEAD ON AND TELL THE TRUTH EVEN WHEN IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SAME HUMILITY AND HONESTY FROM OUR PARISH LEADERSHIP. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE SIMPLY ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HONEST COMMUNICATION. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS OF JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE RESIDENTS WE PROUDLY SERVE DESERVE. THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE COPIES OF THE DRAFT IF Y'ALL NEED IT, I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU NOW OR LATER ON. THANK YOU. 
          >> IT MIGHT BE A CHANGE OF SUBJECT, SORRY. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIC LINCOLN. 
          I LIVE IN HARAHAN. 
          I WAS EMPLOYED BY JEFFERSON PARISH FOR SEVEN YEARS, I'M CURRENTLY A FULL TIME DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS. 
          I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND ANY OTHER CITIZENS AFFECTED BY MY TOPIC. 
          I ASK FOR A REDUCTION OR A STOP TO THE INCREASES IN THE COST FOR WATER CONSUMPTION AND SEWAGE USAGE THAT HAVE FOLLOWED THE JANUARY 24 START OF THE PARISH'S 20 YEAR $2.3 BILLION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE PLAN. 
          THIS BURDEN HAS APPARENTLY BEEN PLACED SOLELY ON THE BACKS OF PARISH RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC STATUS. 
          ALONG WITH FLOOD AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING UP DRASTICALLY WITH NO IMPROVEMENT OR DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER IN THE SERVICES I RECEIVE. 
          THIS METHODICAL INCREASE IN MY WATER BILL IS JUST ONE MORE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE FIXATED ON DRAINING THE LAST OF MY FAMILY'S RESOURCES. 
          THE INCREASE HAS OUTPACED THE APPROXIMATE US INFLATION RATE OF 3%. 
          ACCORDING TO AN EIGHT PAGE PARISH POWERPOINT TITLED UTILITY INCREASE 2025, WHICH IS THE ONLY DOCUMENT ONLINE I COULD FIND ABOUT THE PLAN. 
          THE PARISH ALREADY ADDS AN ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OF 2.9% TO THE BILLS ANYWAY. 
          THERE ARE ATTEMPTS TO DEFEND THE INCREASE BY COMPARING THIS PARISH'S WATER COSTS TO NEW ORLEANS, BUT THE SAME COMPARISON COULD BE MADE WITH ANY CITY THAT CHARGES MORE. 
          BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE IN MY RESIDENTIAL BILLS FROM MARCH 23 TO NOVEMBER 25, THE COST FOR WATER HAS DOUBLED FROM 0.2 POINT $0.04 PER GALLON. 
          APPARENTLY, THE TOTAL INCREASE FOR AN ENTIRE AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER AND UTILITY BILL AT 06,200 GALLONS IS INTENDED TO BE BETWEEN 12 AND 17% ANNUALLY. 
          LOOKING FORWARD, THAT MEANS 6,200 GALLONS THAT WOULD HAVE COST ME $12 IN 2023, WILL COST ME $148 IN 2044. 
          THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 760% AND AN OVERALL BILL OF $733 WITH ALL SERVICES. 
          DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SAID IN NOVEMBER 23 NEWS ARTICLE THAT CITIZENS WILL SEE ABOUT A $13 PER MONTH INCREASE IN THE OVERALL BILL FOR 6,200 GALLONS. 
          THAT COMPOUNDED INCREASE ALONE PAID BY ALL 427,000 PARISH RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC STATUS, WOULD PROVIDE THE PARISH NOT WITH 2.3 BILLION BUT WITH 4.6 BILLION BY 2044, 
          [02:20:03]
AND THIS IS A BARE MINIMUM THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE BUSINESSES. 
          THERE'S A SEWAGE USAGE CHARGE ADDED TO EACH BILL AS ANOTHER 139% OF WATER CONSUMPTION COST. 
          SOME OF THAT IS OUTDOOR USE AND NOT GOING INTO A SOONER INTO A SEWER, WHICH MEANS I'M EFFECTIVELY PAYING FOR NOTHING. 
          CONTEND THAT DOUBLING THE COST OF WATER SHOULD SUFFICE AS FAR AS MY LOWER MIDDLE CLASS BUDGET GOES FOR UPGRADING PARISH WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AS A SOLUTION, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SAID IN A 2023 NEWS ARTICLE THAT WE SHOULD ALL LEARN TO MANAGE OUR WATER USE. 
          I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT PEOPLE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ECONOMIC PYRAMID ALREADY DO THAT. 
          THIS IS AKIN TO BEING TOLD THE COST OF FOOD WILL DOUBLE EVERY YEAR, AND THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT WILL JUST HAVE TO MANAGE TO EAT LESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> STEPHEN ORCS 104, PANARUN. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE NINE MILLION FOR AN 80% RAISE. 
          WELL, WHY ARE WE CRAZY ENOUGH TO ASK FOR AN 80% RAISE? IT'S BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE GOT A RAISE WAS IN 2007. 
          HAVE YOUR AIDES GOOGLE, WHICH YOUR COMPENSATION WAS AS COUNCILMAN, AS PARISH PRESIDENT IN 2007, COMPARED TO WHAT YOU MAKE NOW. 
          IT'S CRAZY THAT THAT NUMBER IS PRETTY HIGH. 
          BASED ON THAT, WHY WOULD WE BE DUMB ENOUGH TO PUT AN OFFER IN AT A MUCH LOWER NUMBER, KNOWING THAT IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN A RAISE? DINO CAN WALK OUT AND ACT LIKE HE GOT US THAT 6%. THANKS, DINO. 
          IT WAS IMMEDIATELY COVERED UP BY UNITED HEALTHCARE'S PREMIUM INCREASE TWO MONTHS LATER. 
          WE FOUND INSURANCE. 
          ALL THE GUYS THAT WERE GETTING COMPLETELY SCREWED OVER ARE NOW GOING TO BE PAYING HALF OF IT AND NOT ON THE PARISH'S PLAN ANYMORE, WHICH IS AWESOME. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THIS RAISE GOES, Y'ALL SAY THE GLOVES HAVE BEEN OFF, NO. 
          THE GLOVES HAVE NOT BEEN OFF, MAN. SOCIAL MEDIA FIGHTS. 
          RITA IS ACTING LIKE HER SON, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T SIT OUT HERE ON HIS FAKE ACCOUNTS AND GO BACK AT US THE SAME WAY. 
          IT'S SO HYPOCRITICAL. 
          THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO NEGOTIATE. 
          SHE WANTS TO WRITE A $300,000 CHECK FOR A HANDFUL OF GUYS AND ACT LIKE THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM. 
          WE'LL COME DOWN OFF THE 80%. I'M SURE WE WILL. 
          NO PROBLEM, BUT WHAT WE WON'T DO IS LISTEN TO YOU, GIVE THE PARISH ATTORNEYS THE INFORMATION ON YOUR OPINIONS TO JUMP OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND AND US NOT RETALIATE. 
          IF YOU THINK WE'VE DONE SOMETHING UP UNTIL NOW, YOU'RE SADLY MISTAKEN. 
          THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT WE MIGHT DO. 
          OR I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY STARTS LIKE GETTING REALLY BAD HEADACHES AND CAN'T COME TO WORK. 
          WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? BUT THE TRUTH IS, WE CAN'T EVEN NEGOTIATE ANYMORE. 
          YOU TWO HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE BURKETZEN FOREVER. 
          WE'RE AT A COMPLETE CROSSROADS. 
          WHETHER WE GIVE UP OUR OVERTIME AND JUST DON'T WORK IT ANYMORE, FORCE YOUR HAND, WE'RE OUT OF OPTIONS. 
          MR. WALKER HAS OFFERED TO BE A MEDIATOR. 
          MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO LET HIM GET IN THE ROOM BETWEEN US. 
          HE SEEMS PRETTY CONFIDENT, PRETTY INTELLIGENT. 
          MS. VAN VRANCKEN COULD MAYBE HELP HIM, MAYBE MR. KERNER. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF ALL ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT BEING POLITICIANS THAN THE OTHER. 
          BUT THIS ISN'T REALLY THAT HARD IF YOU JUST SIT DOWN, LISTEN. 
          MAYBE WHEN WE MAKE AN OFFER, YOU MAKE AN OFFER BACK. 
          THAT'S USUALLY HOW NEGOTIATIONS WORK. 
          IT'S NOT SO MUCH LIKE, I'M ONLY GIVING YOU THIS, AND THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S NOT REALLY NEGOTIATING. 
          I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, MS. SHANG, THAT [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> THREE SECONDS. 
          >> WE'RE IN COCONUT BEACH WHERE YOU PLAY VOLLEYBALL. 
          WE HAVE EYES AND EARS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          >> IT'S TIME. 
          >> WE KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE US. 
          [OVERLAPPING] PLEASE FIND A MEDIATOR. THANK YOU. 
          >> HE'S THREATENING. THAT IS A THREAT. 
          >> THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PHYSICAL THREAT. 
          I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ON THE RECORD. 
          WHAT HE SAID? BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, I WANT IT NOTED IN THIS MEETING. 
          >> TRAVIS. 
          >> IF YOU TELL ME YOU KNOW WHERE I AM. THAT IS A THREAT. 
          >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. TRAVIS BOZEMAN, LIEUTENANT, 20.5 YEARS, 4604 CONLIN STREET, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA. 
          AS A COLLECTIVE, EVERYBODY'S VERY FRUSTRATED. 
          SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT MAYBE THE COLLECTIVE DON'T AGREE WITH. 
          [02:25:05]
PLEASE WE APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE WHO SHOW TOO MUCH EMOTIONS IN THIS SIX YEAR DRAWN OUT CONFUSING BID TO GET A LIVABLE WAGE. 
          I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT PAUL CALDEE GOT UP AND TALKED ABOUT HIS CANCER. 
          I MYSELF HAVE HAD SOME CANCER REMOVED. 
          IN FACT, I AM RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DEBATING WITH THE WORKMAN'S COMP. 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE FIREMAN'S BILL OF RIGHT THAT BASICALLY STATES THAT CANCER CANNOT BE PROVEN BY CAUSE BECAUSE OF MY WORK, BECAUSE OF 20 YEARS OF BEING EXPOSED BY CARCINOGENS IN THE FIRE. 
          A WORKMAN'S COMP ADVOCATE IS TALKING TO MY DERMATOLOGIST THAT REMOVES SAID CANCER AND ASKING HER AS A PROFESSIONAL TO TELL HER WHAT CAUSED MY CANCER. 
          WHEN I TELL HER, IT'S AMBIGUOUS, THE DOCTOR DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES THE CANCER UNDER THE FIREMAN'S BILL OF RIGHTS, IT COVERS MY HEART, MY LUNG, AND CANCER IN GENERAL. 
          IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE DRAG THEIR FEET AND DON'T JUST FOLLOW THE RULE, SO TO SPEAK. 
          EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, THEY PROBABLY HAD THIS SAME CONVERSATION WITH COUNTLESS FIREMEN ABOUT CANCER, BUT YET THEY WANT TO GET A PARTICULAR DOCTOR TO FILL OUT A FORM THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED THAT PARTICULAR SLOT ON IT. 
          I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU THAT I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED ABOUT GETTING THIS PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY TO TELL THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR PAY. 
          I WOULD BASICALLY CHALLENGE EVERYONE HERE DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE GET PAID? DO YOU KNOW OUR PAY METRICS? DO YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE LINE ITEMS OF OUR MILLAGE ARE GOING? JUST BECAUSE THEY DEDICATE A LINE ITEM, AND THEN THEY DON'T BUILD THE STATION, WHERE DOES THAT TWO MILLION DOLLARS GO THAT WAS IN THE LIGHT ITEM FROM THE YEAR PREVIOUS? DOES IT DISAPPEAR? DOES IT GO ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR? THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE JUST UNSAID AND LOST IN A GRAY AREA. 
          NOW YOU WANT TO GET IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY TO TALK ABOUT THINGS PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS AND IN CITY COUNCIL THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR PAY, BECAUSE IT IS COMPLICATED. 
          BUT YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT AND GIVE IT TO THE PUBLIC [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT'S YOUR TIME. 
          >> THINK THAT THEY'LL UNDERSTAND. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> HEY, GUYS, SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY ANYWAY WE GO AHEAD. 
          >> I'M LOOKING AT THE TAPE FROM LAST MEETING, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY LOOK AT THESE THINGS THROUGH THE SAME LENS. 
          HAVING FOUR YEARS WITH Y'ALL AND HAVING SEEN HOW THIS MACHINATION WORKS. 
          HUGE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
          I GOT A GOOD COP BAD COP SCENARIO HERE, WHERE THE AT LARGE MEMBERS GET TO PLAY LIKE THEY'RE THE GOOD GOOD GUYS IN THIS ONE. 
          THOSE TWO GOOD GUYS UP THERE THEY VOTED FOR ALL YOUR MONEY TO GET SPENT. 
          THAT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS BUILDING AND THAT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. 
          EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL VOTED FOR ALL THAT MONEY TO GO AWAY. 
          YOU GOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER AND DOING THIS BUSINESS FOR 12 YEARS. 
          THE OTHER ONE FOR EIGHT YEARS. 
          IT'S THE CONSTRUCT. IT'S NOT THE PARTICIPANTS. 
          FOUR DISTRICTS SHOULD BE VOTING AGAINST ANYTHING THAT BENEFITS THEM EVERY TIME, CAUSE YOU'D BE DOING A DISSERVICE TO YOUR OWN CONSTITUENCIES IF YOU FUND THEM. 
          OF COURSE, NONE OF THE PEOPLE'S PAY. 
          NONE OF THIS WHOLE THING IS SUSTAINABLE FROM THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PENSION FUND, WHERE I'M SPENDING 12.5 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR FOR EVERY PARISH EMPLOYEE THAT JUST GOT A 5% RAISE AGAIN, ONE BILLION DOLLARS. 
          FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IT WAS LESS THAN HALF THE BUDGET. 
          THE WATER BILL. I'M GOING TO GO VISIT MS. LISA. 
          I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT METER. 
          YOU GOT 20 YEARS THAT YOU PLAN TO JUKE THE TAXPAYERS INTO THE WATER FEE PEOPLE SUBJECT TO WATER FEES. 
          IT'S 165,000 BILLS RESIDENTIALLY, NOT 420,000. 
          I'LL CORRECT THAT ONE FOR YOU, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 
          YOU GOT A 20 YEAR PLAN TO STEAL FROM US. 
          YOU WANT EVERYBODY PAYING $100 A MONTH. 
          YOU'RE STEALING FROM US BECAUSE THE POWER IS STOLEN INHERENTLY BY THIS CONSTRUCT. 
          [02:30:03]
ONLY ORLEANS PERISH MIRRORS IT. 
          YOU DON'T EVEN COMPENSATE YOURSELVES CONSTITUTIONALLY. 
          THE 27TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. 
          OUR NEIGHBORING PARISHES ABIDE THAT. 
          YOUR PAY RAISES. 
          YOU GET PAID AS JUDGES, HALF AD DISTRICT COURT JUDGE OR THREE QUARTERS OF A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, $140,000 TO THE AT LARGE, 85 $90,000 PER DISTRICT, ARBITRARILY DETERMINED BY A STATE LEGISLATURE THAT FAVORS RURAL PARISHES. 
          EVERY STATE LAW FAVORS RURAL PARISHES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A STRANGLEHOLD ON THE POWER THROUGH VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION. 
          FIFTY FIVE PARISHES, 55 OUT OF 105 DISTRICTS REPRESENT MORE THAN ONE PARISH. 
          VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION. 
          DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTS FOUR DIFFERENTLY TAX PLACES. 
          NEVER MIND THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS. 
          NOBODY EVEN KNOWS ABOUT ALL THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS YOU'VE CREATED. 
          LITTLE CAVEATS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND ASSOCIATES TO ESCAPE PROPERTY TAXATION. 
          ALL COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF FIREFIGHTERS, TEACHERS, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND ULTIMATELY THE TAXPAYER. 
          I DON'T NEED ANY LEADERS. 
          >> IT'S TIME, MR. MYERS. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ 
          [ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY
]
THE ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION INTO SUMMARY. 
          >> THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO READ IS GOING TO REQUIRE UNANIMOUS VOTE. 
          AMENDING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 12 ELECTIONS OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALIGN WITH THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE PRECINCT LIST TO MERGE UNDER SIZED PRECINCTS AS REQUIRED BY THE LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE. 
          >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT ORDINANCE READ INTO THE SUMMARY AND MOTION OF COUNCIL OF RANK AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          >> A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO THE FRONT YARD FENCE AND SIGN REGULATIONS OF R1A, ST. VILLA PRE K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL LOCATED AT 2200 LA POCO BOULEVARD ON LOT T2-HAND DIVISION SUBDIVISION. 
          THE EXTENSION ADDITION OR ENLARGEMENT OF A STRUCTURE WITH VARIANCES TO THE REAR YARD DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS OF THE TC MU RICO'S TIRES AND WHEELS LOCATED AT 2609 DAVID DRIVE ON LOT 16 SQUARE THREE. 
          AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP LOT FIVE A SQUARE 154 SOUTH NEW ORLEANS SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 2408 AVENUE, AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM MUCD TO R1A. 
          AMEND CHAPTER 33 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ELEVATE AND UPDATE THE QUALIFICATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD, RECOMMENDED BY THE STUDY OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 147380 ON OCTOBER 22, 2025. 
          AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP LOTS 11 THROUGH 17, OAKWOOD ESTATE SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 1:21 123, 125127, AND 129 HOLMES BOULEVARD, AMENDING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION FROM C1 CPZ, PED, G02 CPZ, PEDESTRIAN OLAY. 
          AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP LOT 1 B1 BB, SQUARE 22, TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2, LOCATED AT 111 RIGHT AVENUE, AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM C1 CPZ TO C2 CPZ. 
          AMEND SECTION 4-18 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PERMIT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES BY LESE OF THE POINTE AT LEIFER PARK. 
          AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 5, RELATIVE TO CARNIVAL, MARDIGRA, AND OTHER PARADES REGARDING ATTIRE AND CHARTIZATION, INSURANCE, MARCHING CLUBS, AND VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. 
          AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A SECTION TO BE NUMBER 20-46.1 TO PROHIBIT ACTIVITIES IN THE COURTHOUSE AND ENTRY WAYS. 
          AMEND SECTION 27-196 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO THE HANDLING OF ACCOUNTS, AMENDING THE 2025 OPERATING BUDGET, AMENDING THE 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THAT'S ALL THE ORDINANCES I HAVE TO READ. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCES READ IN THE SUMMARY A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN MAN RANKING SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR ON DECEMBER 10, WE'RE THEY'RE ALREADY. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT? 
          >> ARE YOU GOING TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN? 
          >> HER BIRTHDAY IS TWO DAYS AWAY. 
          IT'S FRIDAY? HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I'M NOT GOING TO LEAD THE SINGING. 
          [02:35:01]
[LAUGHTER] BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARLY TO COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN. 
          [LAUGHTER] ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND A GREAT BIRTHDAY.
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