* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. [SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS] WE, UM, IT'S A LIVELY MEETING THIS MORNING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, IT'S, UH, JULY 22ND. UM, BEFORE WE BEGIN THE OFFICIAL COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS. UM, AND SO WE WANNA START COUNCILMAN KERNER, UM, HAS SOME PROCLAMATIONS THIS MORNING, AND THEN COUNCILMAN BERG, UH, AS WELL, COUNCILMAN. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS ONE WAS ORIGINALLY ATTENDED 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE IN GRAND IS FOR THE GRAND ISLE, UH, UH, PR, WHAT IS IT? PRINCESS ARE QUEEN, IS IT THE QUEEN? RE NOW QUEEN. WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING, AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS. AND WHEREAS GRACIE ELLE HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A 2026 MISS GRAND ISLE, AN HONOR THAT REFLECTS HER DEDICATION, POISE, INTEGRITY, PRIDE IN REPRESENTING THE TOWN OF GRAND ISLE AND THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH. WHEREAS AS MISS GRAND ISLE, GRACE WILL SERVE AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR ONE OF THE LOUISIANA'S MOST TREASURED COASTAL COMMUNITIES, PROMOTING ITS RICH HERITAGE, UNIQUE CULTURE, RESILIENT SPIRIT, AND RENOWNED, RENOWNED HOSPITALITY, WHILE REPRESENTING GRAND OL AT CIVIC, CULTURAL, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WHEREAS GRACIE'S ACHIEVEMENT IS A TESTAMENT TO HER HARD WORK, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS AS SHE EXEMPLIFIES, EXEMPLIFY, EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF SERVICE, RESPECT, AND EXCELLENCE THAT MAKES JEFFERSON PARISH A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT. AND WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL REC RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENCOURAGING YOUNG LEADERS WHO DEMON DEMONSTRATE DEDICATION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WHO PROUDLY CARRY FORWARD TRADITIONS AND VALUES OF JEFFERSON PARISH. AND NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CONGRATULATES GRACE HERNANDEZ, MS. GREN 2026. NOW, GRACE ISN'T, UH, ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT MANY OF US ARE GONNA BE IN GRAND IS OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE TARPON RODEO, THE OLDEST FISHING TOURNAMENT, AND, UM, THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S RIGHT HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, THE WONDERFUL THING. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA DO A SPECIAL LITTLE RECOGNITION OF, UM, HER THERE. SO ANYBODY THAT'S WILLING TO ATTEND, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IT FRIDAY NIGHT. NOW, HERE'S THE SECOND ONE. AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IN THE WORLD AND, AND REALLY IN, IN POLITICS ESPECIALLY, WE ALMOST USE THE WORD YOU SEE SO MANY TIMES, GREAT. AND I, AND REALLY, I'M GONNA USE TWO OF THESE WORDS TODAY. UM, YOU HEAR GREAT PERSON OR HERO. AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THAT WORD IS USED TWO LOOSELY, WHERE IT ALMOST TAKES AWAY FROM, UH, PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE EARNED THAT HONOR. AND, UM, AND I TRY TO USE IT VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVELY. UM, I, I DON'T USE THESE WORDS, UM, UNLESS I TRULY, TRULY BELIEVE THE PERSON, UM, REALLY TRULY REPRESENTS THAT. AND I COULD TELL YOU TODAY IN OUR, UH, IN THE CHAMBER, WE HAVE A HERO, MR. JORDAN, MATTHEW FAMILY, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE AND STAND ON SIDE OF ME? YOU KNOW, JORDAN WAS, IS A SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER. AND, AND IN GRAND IS, HE LIVES IN MANDEVILLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTING PEOPLE BACK IN TO AND FROM THE BEACH. AND, UM, HE WENT TO GO PICK UP HIS FAMILY THAT HE, UH, HE DROPPED OFF EARLIER THAT DAY. HE SEES FRANTIC THINGS HAPPENING. UH, ON, ON ALONG THE BEACH, HE HOPS OUT TO GO CHECK WHAT IT IS. THERE WAS TWO WOMEN AND A LITTLE BOY DROWNING IN A RIP TIE, CAUGHT IN IT. THE, UM, THE, THE LADIES WENT OUT TO TRY TO SAVE THE LITTLE BOY, AND THEY GOT CAUGHT. THEY WERE EXHAUSTED. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DROWNED. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS CERTAINLY, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY WOULD, HE HOPPED OUT AND TOOK OFF HIS SHIRT, TOOK OFF HIS SHOES, JUMPED IN THERE WITHOUT A SECOND'S NOTICE. AND WHEN THE NEWSPAPER ASKED JORDAN, UH, WHETHER HE THINKS WHAT HE DID WAS, YOU KNOW, IF HE WAS A HERO, HE SAID, NO. HE SAID, HE'S NOT A HERO. HE WAS JUST DOING WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO. WELL, I GOTTA TELL YOU, JORDAN, YOU ARE A HERO. WHAT YOU DID WAS YOU SAVED NOT ONLY A YOUNG BOY'S LIFE, BUT YOU SAVED A MOM AND DAD FROM TRAGEDY. YOU SAVED A FUTURE SPOUSE FROM, UM, THEIR HUSBAND IN THE FUTURE. YOU SAVED A FUTURE FATHER, YOU, UM, [00:05:01] YOU, YOU CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES BY BEING COURAGEOUS. SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I DON'T USE THIS WORD, UH, YOU KNOW, TOO LOOSELY. AND YOU ARE BY EXAMPLE, A HERO, AND YOU SAVED THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF THAT. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. NOW, NOW I'LL READ OVER THIS PROCLAMATION, AND THEN I'M GONNA, UH, GIVE JORDAN A FLOOR AND SEE IF HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WHEREAS JORDAN MATTHEW, A RESIDENT, A RESIDENT OF MANDEVILLE, LOUISIANA, DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE, SELFLESSNESS, AND PRESENCE OF MINE DURING A LIFE-THREATENING, THREATENING EMERGENCY AT ELMER'S ISLAND REFUGE NEAR GRAND ISLE ON JUNE 15TH, 2026. AND WHEREAS UPON WITNESSING THREE TAURS, INCLUDING A YOUNG BOY CAUGHT IN A DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT, MR. MATTHEW IMMEDIATELY SPRANG INTO ACTION WITHOUT HESITATION AND WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF FORMAL, A FORMAL LIFEGUARD TRAINING. AND WHEREAS MR. MATTHEW FEARLESSLY ENTERED THE TURBULENT WATERS TO RESCUE THE YOUNG BOY AND TWO ADULTS REPEATEDLY RETURNING TO THE DANGEROUS SURF UNTIL ALL THREE SWIMMER SWIMMERS WERE SAFELY BROUGHT ASHORE. AND, AND WHEREAS THROUGH REMARKABLE COMPOSURE DE DETERMINATION AND COURAGE, MR. MATTHEW'S SWIFT ACTIONS SAVED THE LIVES OF THREE INDIVIDUALS PREVENTING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC OUTCOME. AND WHEREAS FOLLOWING THE RESCUE, MR. MATTHEW USED THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF RIP CURRENTS AND ENCOURAGING BEACH GOERS TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE ENJOYING LOUISIANA'S BEAUTIFUL COASTAL WATERS. AND I'M GONNA PAUSE THIS FOR A SECOND. AND HE SAID, ALSO SWIM. I'M GONNA LET HIM SAY IT, SWIM, UH, ON SIDE, NOT TOWARDS THE BEACH. UH, WHEREAS JORDAN MATTHEWS HEROIC RESCUE OF THREE SWIMMERS AT GRAND HOUSE REFLECTS THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF COURAGE, SELFLESSNESS, AND PUBLIC SERVICE, SERVING AS AN INSPIRATION TO THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH AND BEYOND. NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND HONORS JORDAN MATTHEW FOR HIS HEROIC RESCUE OF THREE SWIMMERS IN GRAND ISLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROTECTING OUR PARISH, PROTECTING PEOPLE, AND IT, AND, AND SAVING, UH, THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES. JORDAN, THANK YOU. YOU WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN KERNER AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL FOR THIS HONOR, AND TO THE GRAND ISLAND EMERGENCY TEAMS FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO. WHEN I SAW THEM IN THE WATER, I KNEW I COULDN'T LET THE SPIRIT OF FEAR CONSUME THAT FAMILY. SO I JUST DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE. MOVING FORWARD. MY FOCUS IS ON BUILDING MY BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS, WHILE EVENTUALLY ALIGNING MY PROTECTIVE BACKGROUND WITH FORMAL COLLEGE EDUCATION TO SPECIALIZE IN WILDLIFE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CHANNEL MY TRAINING INTO STATE PARK LEADERSHIP OR WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT THIS TERRITORY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND THE COUNCIL, IF Y'ALL WANT TO, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH THIS HERO PARISH PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [MEETING CALLED TO ORDER] GOOD MORNING. NOW WE'RE OFFICIALLY, UM, OPENING OUR JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND. WE'RE HERE IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN GRETNA, UM, 200 DERBAN STREET HERE. WE, OF COURSE, HAD PLANNED ON BEING GRAND ISLE. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR THOUGHTS ARE, UH, WITH EVERYONE DOWN ON THE COAST, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH AND, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, WISH THEM, UM, SAFETY IN THIS APPROACHING STORM. UM, AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GRAND EYE AS WELL. WE WILL CALL NOW ON, UM, UH, [00:10:01] WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. BUT, UM, PARISH PRESIDENT, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL, UM, LOSSES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE WE DO THAT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. I WANNA START. UM, WE LOST, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT EMPLOYEE, ESPECIALLY TO MY STAFF, UM, AND MR. ALFRED YEE. ALFRED WAS A BELOVED, A BELOVED MEMBER OF MY TEAM FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS. AND HE PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 12TH. UM, HE WAS VERY DEDICATED TO JEFFERSON PARISH. HE LOVED THE JOBS THAT HE HELD, AND HE, UM, FORMED MANY CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. ALFRED WAS UNIQUE. HE HAD A HEART OF GOLD. UM, HE HAD AN, A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. UM, LOVED COMIC BOOKS, DINOSAURS, CARS, PANDAS, COLLECTIBLES. UM, AND FORTUNATELY FOR HIM, HE WAS ABLE TO MEET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE BEFORE HE PASSED. AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET MARRIED ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE HE PASSED. SO, UM, TO HIS BELOVED WIFE, CHRISTINE, AND, AND MANY MEMBERS OF, UM, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, SO WE WOULD ASK FOR, I GUESS WE WILL DO 'EM ALL TOGETHER AND DO ONE MOMENT OF SILENCE. UM, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, WE ALSO LOST, UM, OUR LEITE POLICE CHIEF IN, UM, CHIEF MARCEL RODRIGUEZ. UM, I WILL PUSH, I WILL ASK, UM, COUNCILMAN KERNER TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE HE KNEW HIM WELL AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM IN THE LATER YEARS. BUT, UM, I'M GONNA DEFER TO COUNCILMAN KERNER, PLEASE. YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS WHEN I SAID I WAS GONNA USE THESE WORDS TWICE IN ONE DAY. THIS IS ONE OF 'EM. CHIEF MARCEL WAS, WAS A DEAR, DEAR FRIEND, AND, AND AN INCREDIBLE LEADER, AN INCREDIBLE POLICE CHIEF. UH, I LOVED THAT MAN. UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SUCH A GOOD MAN, BUT I LOVE WHAT HE, WHAT HE REPRESENTED SO MUCH. AND I THINK IT'S SO RARE IN TODAY'S WORLD. HE, HE HAD, HE WAS FIRM IN HIS, UH, IN, IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE. HE WAS STRICT IN THAT PURSUIT, BUT HE HAD SUCH A HEART AND HAD SUCH COMPASSION AND SHOWED MERCY WHEN IT WAS NEEDED. HE NOT ONLY CAUGHT CRIMINALS, BUT HE, BUT HE LOVED THE PEOPLE WHO WERE VICTIMS. AND HE, HE, HE UNDERSTOOD THE PEOPLE THAT WERE STRUGGLING, UH, FROM ADDICTION. AND, AND HE TRIED TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE. NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, HE SERVED FOR 30 YEARS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 15 YEARS AS CHIEF. BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS ABOUT CHIEF MARCEL. NOT ONLY DID HE DO THE JOB FIRST CLASS, HE WAS HOLDING PRAYER, PRAYER MEETINGS WHEN NOBODY KNEW HE WAS, UH, GOING MEET WITH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS, HE WAS CATCH A DRUG DEALER, UM, TWO OR THREE DRUG DEALERS, AND THEN HE WOULD GO TO THE DRUG USER'S HOUSE THAT WAS GETTING IN IT, AND HE WOULD GO MEET WITH THEM EVERY DAY. GO PRAY WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY, GIVE 'EM ACTS OF ENC, UH, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT. I KNOW PERSONALLY A FEW WHO, UH, WHO PEOPLE HAVE WROTE OFF THAT THAT THOUGHT, UH, THEIR FAMILIES WROTE 'EM OFF, THAT, THAT THEY WERE, IT WAS OVER. THEY WERE DONE. THEY WERE NEVER GONNA RECOVER. AND, AND BY CHIEF MORSEL, GOING BEYOND HIS DUTY WITH NO ONE KNOWING JUST HIS HEART AND COMPASSION LEADING THE WAY, HE, HE GOT THOSE PEOPLE OFF OF DRUGS. UM, SO, SO WHAT A MAN, WHAT A MAN HONOR. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN, UH, JEFFERSON PARISH HISTORY. UH, WE, WES, JEFF, HE, UM, HE WAS RECRUITED BY ALABAMA, LSU. HE WAS, HE WAS TRULY A STRONG SPECIAL MAN WITH THE BIGGEST HEART AND THE PEOPLE OF OF FEET, THE PEOPLE OF BAR TOWER, CROWN POINT PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH IS GONNA MISS HIM. SO, SO, SO DEARLY. COUNCILMAN KERNER. I ALSO GOT TO KNOW CHIEF, REALLY, WHEN I BECAME PARISH PRESIDENT. AND HE AND I WOULD TEXT A LOT. HE WOULD ALWAYS TEXT ME. AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH HIS TEXTS THAT HE SENT YEARS OF TEXT. AND IT WAS ALWAYS AN OPERATIONAL QUESTION. IT WAS ALWAYS TELLING ME SOMETHING ABOUT GREAT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS ALWAYS INTERSPERSED WITH SOME KIND OF NEED FOR SOMEONE THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE FOR. AND, UM, HE JUST REALLY HAD A LOT OF HUMANITY IN THE WAY HE DID HIS WORK. AND I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. SO, TOTALLY AGREE. ALSO, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE LADIES THAT WE HAVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE MANY WOMEN LIKE THIS WHO JUST GET INVOLVED IN A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO. UM, MS. JERRY KLEIN, SHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JULY 2ND, COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, SO MUCH TO MAKE JEFFERSON PARISH A BETTER PLACE. HER CIVIC INVOLVEMENT EARNED HER NUMEROUS HONORS THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. SHE WAS NAMED JEFFERSON PARISH WOMAN OF THE YEAR, SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR LAFFER PARK, WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ME METTERY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND PRESIDENT OF THE EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL WOMEN'S AUXILIARY. SO HER LEGACY WILL STILL WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE LOVED AND SERVED. SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF LOSSES. AND THEN, CERTAINLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR. LAWRENCE SING. WE, WE KNOW HIM AS LARRY SING PASSED AWAY ON JULY 6TH. HE SERVED AND WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS, EIGHT OF WHICH WAS AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. MANY OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING HIS TENURE INCLUDED ELIMINATING DEFICIT SPENDING, ESTABLISHING THE FIRST FULL-TIME KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN LOUISIANA, DESEGREGATING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS [00:15:01] FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. OBVIOUSLY HELPING US IN JEFFERSON PARISH WITH OUR INVESTMENTS AS WELL. SO, UM, A TOUGH TIME FOR US. A LOT OF, UM, BIG LOSSES IN JEFFERSON PARISH. SO, AGAIN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A, IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. LET ME, BEFORE WE, UM, DO THAT, WE, UH, AS WE WERE SPEAKING BEFORE THE MEETING, WE'VE JUST HAD SO MANY LOSSES, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR, UM, EXTENDED PARISH FAMILY, IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE THAT, THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED. UM, THREE OTHERS COME TO MIND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, NOTE THE PASSING BARBARA BECK, UM, JUST LIKE YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT MS. JERRY KLEIN. UH, BARBARA WAS SO INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I CAME TO KNOW HER AS THE LONGSTANDING CHAPLAIN OF THE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB OF JEFFERSON PARISH. UM, BUT SHE HAD A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMPUTER SHOP, UH, 30 YEARS IN OUR, IN OUR PARISH, UH, YOU KNOW, A SMALL SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. AND, UM, JUST WANNA REMEMBER HER CONTRIBUTIONS. AND THEN TWO LOSSES IN OUR EXTENDED FAMILY HERE IN THE PARISH, UM, THAT I KNOW WE ALL FEEL BECAUSE OF OUR CONNECTION AS EMPLOYEES AND, AND, UM, WHAT WE DO DAY TO DAY TOGETHER. UM, SHERRY, UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN, BUT ARITA BOON'S OFFICE, SHERRY LOST HER MOM, SUSAN MEIER. UM, AND, UH, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, OUR COUNCIL CLERK, WE WANNA NOTE THE PASSING OF YOUR MOM AND MARIE GIBSON. UM, BUTLER, UM, ELIZABETH, YOU HAVE NOT MISSED A BEAT. UM, AND SO IT JUST IS, UM, WE DON'T WANNA LET THIS MOMENT PASS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU, UM, IN EACH OF YOUR FAMILIES. AND, UH, WANNA REMEMBER, UM, OUR EXTENDED FAMILY IN THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE. SO LET'S DO THAT NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, PERSON AHEAD. SORRY FOR PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. YES. SO, IF Y'ALL RECALL A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, WE HAD A PARISH EMPLOYEE WHO MANY OF US KNOW FOR A LONG TIME, MR. PAT BODE COME AND SAY OUR OPENING PRAYER. PAT HAS BEEN BATTLING THROAT CANCER FOR SIX MONTHS, AND I TALKED TO HIM WEEKLY, AND HE WANTED ME TO THANK, THANK EVERYONE FOR HIS PRAYERS. HE HAS BEEN DECLARED CANCER FREE THIS WEEK. SO ON, ON A POSITIVE NOTE. SO JOYFUL, SO HAPPY FOR PAT. HE ASKED THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM, BUT THAT'S A GOOD NEWS THING FOR TODAY, COUNCILMAN. AND, AND IN LIGHT OF, UM, ELIZABETH, I CALL HER LIZ, IS, UM, PASSING OF OUR MOTHER. WE WANTED TO ASK HER IF SHE COULD DO THE INVOCATION TODAY, UH, IN HONOR OF HER LOVING MOTHER, AND FOR IN HONOR A WOMAN WHO, WHO RAISED A, ANOTHER WONDERFUL PERSON THAT CONTRIBUTES SO MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY BEHIND THE SCENES OF JEFFERSON PARISH IN SUCH A BIG WAY. UM, SO IF YOU CAN, CAN HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTY OF YOUR CREATION AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME ON THE WATER TODAY, I ASK FOR YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION OVER EVERYONE WHO IS FISHING AND BOATING, CALM THE WINDS, HOLD BACK THE STORMS, AND GUIDE US SAFELY THROUGH EVERY MOMENT. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS FOR, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET UNDERWAY OFFICIALLY, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CALL THE ROLE CHAIRWOMAN VAN RANKIN. PRESENT, COUNCILMAN KERNER, PRESENT, COUNCILMAN BON BANANA HERE. COUNCILMAN LEE HERE. COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNON. HERE. COUNCILMAN LOBERG HERE, PARISH PRESIDENT. MS. LEE SHANE HERE. AND I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLE. THANK YOU, PARISH PRESIDENT, [PARISH PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL] IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL TODAY. UH, I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND AS WELL AS OUR, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS STAFF HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE, WITH BOTH GRAND ISLAND LAET, WHICH WE'LL CERTAINLY SEE, UH, MORE OF THE EFFECTS THAN THAN US HERE IN UPPER JEFFERSON. UM, JUST TO NOTE, 196 OUT OF 198 PUMPS ARE [00:20:01] IN SERVICE, AND WE ALSO HAVE PORTABLE PUMPS THAT ALREADY, IF REQUIRED, ALL PUMP STATIONS WILL BE MANNED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT. AND CANALS HAVE BEEN LOWERED. AND ALSO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION STAFF IS CURRENTLY STAFFED 24 HOURS AND WILL REMAIN SO DURING THE, UM, DUR DURATION OF THIS EVENT, UM, I WANNA BRING YOU IN ON MY NEWEST OBSESSION. UH, IT KEPT ME UP VERY LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING, I HAD A CHECK ON IT, THE LIBRARY QUAIL CAM. AND I'M GONNA ASK JUSTIN OR NEIL, IF YOU CAN PULL IT UP. OKAY, HERE WE GO. UM, THIS IS, UH, OUR TERRYTOWN LIBRARY. WE HAVE, UH, QUAIL EGGS. THEY TOOK THE BABIES. THEY TOOK 'EM OUT, RIGHT? OH, THEY JUST TOOK 'EM OUT. THEY MOVED THEM. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY WERE CUTE LITTLE, I THINK THE WORD WAS HATCHLINGS. IS THAT THE TERM IN THERE? UM, AND THEY WERE FOUR WERE HATCHED LAST NIGHT, AND, UM, OH, NOW THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING. OKAY. UM, THERE WERE FOUR VERY CUTE ONES. UM, THIS MORNING THERE WERE STILL FOUR, SO YOU CAN WATCH THEM HATCH LIVE AT. THIS IS A, THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE TERRYTOWN LIBRARY. UM, I'M TOLD THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE ALSO DIALING INTO THIS, UM, QUAIL CAM THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND I'M ALREADY GETTING A LOT OF STRESS TEXT ABOUT HOW ARE THEY FED, WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE OVERNIGHT THEY WERE ALL THERE. SO I GUESS THEY TAKE THEM OUT, MOVE THEM TO A ROOSTING BOX, UM, WHERE THEY STAY FOR THREE WEEKS. SO THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE BEING HATCHED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PROBABLY MORE WILL BE HATCHED, UM, TODAY. SO WE WANNA THANK JESSICA STALLIONS AND BETTE RETE, UM, FOR THIS GREAT INITIATIVE. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE LIVE QUAIL CAM ON TARRYTOWN, UM, ON YOUTUBE. JUST SEARCH TARRYTOWN LIBRARY, QUAIL CAM, AND I'M SURE MORE WILL BE HATCHED TODAY. SO THEY WERE, THEY'RE PRECIOUS. WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL VERY OBSESSED WITH THEM. OKAY, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE FINANCIAL UPDATE. WE WANNA TAKE SOME TIME TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL UPDATE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SOME GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT. AS YOU WILL RECALL, IN 2024, WE LOST OUR BOND RATING. UM, THIS ISSUE WAS NOT ABOUT A LACK OF CASH. THIS WAS ABOUT AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDING THE PARISH TOOK IN, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE SIMPLY COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE PAPERWORK TO SUBMIT OUR TIMELY AUDITS. UM, FOR BACKGROUND, WE NORMALLY HAVE 33 MILLION GRANTS THAT WE WOULD TAKE IN A YEAR COMING UP INTO THE YEAR 2020. UM, AND IN A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, WE TOOK IN 586 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS. THAT'S ALL THE COVID MONEY, FOLLOWED BY THE IDA FUNDING THE, THE ARPA FUNDS, UM, UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF GRANT MONEY THAT CAME INTO THE PARISH. WE'RE WORKING ON OUR 2025 AUDIT WITH THE GOAL OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY ON TIME WITH THE 2026 AUDIT THAT'S DUE IN 2027. OBVIOUSLY, THIS DEMONSTRATES MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE OVERALL AUDIT COMPLETION PROCESS, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO RESTORING OUR BOND RATING. UH, WE'RE ALREADY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MOODY'S S AND P AND THE BOND COUNCIL AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS. OUR GOAL IS TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AND REQUEST RESTORATION OF OUR BOND RATINGS BEFORE THE YEAR END. UM, BUT WE DIDN'T JUST WANNA CATCH UP ON THE AUDIT, WE, AND JUST GET OUR BOND RATING RESTORED. WE REALLY WANTED TO PUT THE PARISH IN A POSITION IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE A LARGE INFLUX OF FUNDS AGAIN AND JUST MAKE OURSELVES OVERALL MORE EFFICIENT FOR MONTHLY CLOSEOUTS AND, AND PREP FOR YEARLY AUDITS. SO MUCH OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST ONE TO TWO YEARS, AND NOW MANY OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE NOW FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION. SO ON JULY 1ST, WE WENT THROUGH MOVING THE PARIS TO AN ENTIRELY NEW AND MODERN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FINALLY REPLACING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BEEN PATCHING UP SINCE 1995. I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE TIM, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE. UM, HE BROUGHT IN ASS 400 ON HIS TERM OF OFFICES. TIM, HE WAS HERE EARLIER. UM, TIM KLON WAS TEASING ME THAT WE WERE, UM, UH, TAKING OUT HIS PROJECT, BUT IT SERVED US WELL FOR DECADES. WE JUST COULDN'T PATCH IT ANYMORE AND WE NEEDED A, A NEW SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU, TIM, FOR BRINGING THAT IN. AND I LOOKED IF SOMEBODY GETS RID OF THIS SYSTEM AND IT LASTS AS LONG AS, UM, TIM'S IT WOULD BE 2056 WHEN, UM, THEY GET RID OF THE, THE NEW, THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE ENTERPRISE REPL RE, UM, RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM CALLED BRIDGE POWERED BY INFOR. SO THAT GO LIVE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL ON JULY 1ST. FIRST. UM, WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING STABILIZING THIS SYSTEM. THIS IS THE PARISH'S CORE FINANCIAL, UM, OPERATIONS INCLUDING PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, PAYROLL, BUDGETING, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE UTILIZING THIS SYSTEM TO CREATE REQUISITIONS, ISSUE, PURCHASE ORDERS, PUT OUT BIDS, PROCESS INVOICES, MANAGE CONTRACTS, AND PERFORM PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCES RELATED ACTIVITIES. WHILE THE CORE FUNCTIONALITY IS OPERATIONAL, THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION TEAM REMAINS FOCUSED ON SYSTEM STABILIZATION AND CONTINUES TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MONTHS FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION AND ARE ADDRESSED THROUGH ESTABLISHED SUPPORT PROCESSES. SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE, THE TEAM. UH, WE'VE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE REALLY SHOWN EXCEPTIONAL ADAPTABILITY [00:25:01] DURING THIS TRANSITION. AND THEIR CONTINUED FEEDBACK, UM, REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW SYSTEM. SO IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, WE HAD EMPLOYEES CALLED CHANGE CHAMPIONS, WHICH WERE REPRESENTATIVES THAT REALLY HAD TO LEARN THE SYSTEM TO HELP THEIR DEPARTMENTS GET THROUGH IT. STAFF FINANCE, BUDGETING, ACCOUNTING, PURCHASING, PAYROLL PERSONNEL, HUMAN RESOURCES. I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, VICTOR SHEREEN, Y'ALL, Y'ALL WORK SO VERY HARD ON THIS. UM, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT IT, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS OF HARD WORK, SO CONGRATULATIONS. UM, THE OTHER PART OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IS THE GRANTS PROCESS. SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ADMINISTER GRANTS INDEPENDENTLY, ALL WITH DIFFERENT PROCESSES, TIMELINES, AND REPORTING STRUCTURES. WE REALLY NEEDED TO CENTRALIZE THESE FUNCTIONS. WE CREATED AN OFFICE OF CENTRAL GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION. OBVIOUSLY, NICOLE GOBERT IS OVERSEEING THAT DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE CONSISTENCY IN INTERNAL COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN ALSO THE CO THE OTHER FACTOR OF THIS WHOLE FINANCIAL OVERHAUL IS THE CREATION OF A COMPTROLLER POSITION, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON GENERAL LEDGER OVERSIGHT, CLOSING PROCESSES IN THEIR INTERNAL CONTROL AND AUDIT PREP. SO BOTH THE CENTRAL GRANTS AND COMPTROLLER WILL HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR AUDIT FINDINGS AND WILL ADDRESS MANY HISTORIC DEFICIENCIES TO CREATE CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY. SO ON THAT NOTE, I WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1 95 AND ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF AN APPOINTING MADISON MARTIN TO SERVICE. COMPTROLLER MADISON IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND HOLDS A MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. HE SERVED JEFFERSON PARISH IN SEVERAL, UM, KEY FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP ROLES, INCLUDING HIS ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR, AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR. MADISON HAS BEEN INTEGRAL PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF OPERATIONS ON THIS IMPORTANT, UM, INITIATIVE. SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE MADISON MARTIN, HOPEFULLY HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. IS MADISON HERE? THERE WE GO. YES. THANK YOU MADISON. AGAIN, UH, MADISON FOR ITEM NUMBER 1 95. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE EVOLVING BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL BUDGETING THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE BY CREATING THE FINANCIAL PLANNING AND TREASURY DEPARTMENT. THAT IS ITEMS NUMBER 19 AND 20 ON YOUR AGENDA. WE'RE ASKING FOR SUCCESSFUL, UM, UH, SUPPORT FOR THAT. THAT WILL BE LONG-TERM FORECASTING, MILLAGE, LIFE CYCLES, CASH MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES. SO WE ARE LEAVING THINGS BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT, BUT IT IS A LOT OF HARD WORK AND YEARS OF, UM, YEARS OF DISCUSSION. SO I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT. UM, NEXT I WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER 1 94. THIS IS ASKING FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION IN APPOINTING DEPUTY PIO, RACHEL STREL TO PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. RACHEL HAS BEEN A VITAL MEMBER OF OUR PIO TEAM SINCE 2021, AND HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN OUR CRISIS ACTION TEAM, HELPING LEAD COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH MULTIPLE EMERGENCY EVENTS. UH, SHE HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN JOURNALISM, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION. SHE RECEIVED, UM, A CERTIFICATION IN ADVANCED CRISIS COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND GRADUATED FROM LOYOLA, UH, WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MASS COMMUNICATION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. SO, UM, BEFORE THAT SHE SERVED, UH, SHE WORKED AT GA COMMUNICATIONS WHERE SHE PLANNED PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS FROM CLIENTS, UM, ALSO PREVIOUSLY WITH THE TIMES UNE, ZENDO COMMUNICATIONS AND THE FRIENDS OF THE KADO. SO SHE COMES TO US VERY WELL QUALIFIED. UM, RACHEL, IS SHE? THERE WE GO. EVERYBODY KNOWS RACHEL STREL. CONGRATULATIONS, RACHEL. AND THEN I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF TALKING POINTS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS SOMETHING VERY EXCITING FOR KENNER, THE KENNER LOOP IMPROVEMENT. SO, UM, WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY MAYOR MIKE GLAZER AND JEFFERSON PARISH TRANSIT DIRECTOR NANETTE BARRIOS. WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS IN KENNER THAT WILL LAUNCH THIS SUNDAY, JULY 26TH. THE EXISTING E 2 0 1 KENNER LOOP, A SINGLE BUS ROUTE THAT TAKES APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE WILL BE REPLACED BY TWO ROUTES. THE E 2 0 1 KENNER LOOP AND THE NEW E NINE WILLIAMS BOULEVARD ROUTE. UM, BOTH BY DIVIDING THE EXISTING LOOP INTO TWO DIFFERENT ROUTES, WAIT TIMES WILL BE REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES. AND AS PART OF THIS TRANSITION, FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE WILL NO LONGER OPERATE ALONG EAST AND WEST LOYOLA DRIVE BETWEEN JOE YANI BOULEVARD AND WEST SPLINE EIGHTH AVENUE. THIS AREA WILL NOW INSTEAD BE SERVED BY JP TRANSIT'S LIFT ON DEMAND ZONE, KNOWN AS MOVING KENNER, WHICH WILL PROVIDE RIDERS WITH CONVENIENT CURB TO CURB TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR JP TRANSIT. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BRING ON THE MICRO TRANSIT SERVICES WITH LYFT, REDUCE BUS WAIT TIMES, IMPROVE MOBILITY, AND REALLY PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE MAYOR UM GLASER. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR THE INVITATION AND THE EASY PART OF ME SAYS WHAT SHE SAID'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE FOUR YEARS [00:30:01] AGO, ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS, OR THE MOST COMPLAINTS I HEAR IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY WAS THE KENNA LOOP'S JUST NOT, UH, EFFICIENT. AND SO WHAT I DID TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, 'CAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS, WAS I RODE THE BUS AND IT TAKES AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES TO MAKE AN ENTIRE LOOP OF THE CITY OF KENNER. THERE'S TWO BUSES, ONE'S UP HERE AND ONE'S DOWN HERE, AND THEY JUST DO THIS ALL DAY. UH, AND WHILE YOU'RE ON THE BUS TALKING TO THE PEOPLE, SOME OF THE, THE PROBLEMS WHERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE THAT YOU BUY SOMETHING FROZEN AND YOU BUY ICE CREAM BY THE TIME YOU GET HOME, IT'S HALF MELTED. UH, AND AT, AT THE TIME, LITTLE BRIEF LITTLE HISTORY SESSION, UH, IS WE COULDN'T GET OUT OF RTA AT THE TIME. SO WITH THIS COUNCIL AND STATE LEGISLATURE LAWS WERE CHANGED. IT WAS NOW PUT UNDER JEFFERSON TRANSIT. AND I CAN LOOK, I'M HERE TO THANK YOUR STAFF AND WHOEVER FOOLS WITH THE, THE OPERATIONS OF THE CANNA LOOP. IT'S MUCH, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT NOW WITH JUST THE UPGRADES OF BUS STOPS WHEN I WAS ON THE BUS. IF YOU'RE NOT FROM HERE AND YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A BUS STOP. ALL YOU SAW WAS A POLE WITH NO SIGNAGE ON IT. THE SIGNAGE HAS ALL BEEN CHANGED. THE BUSES ARE ARE VERY NICE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD TWO STOPS. IF YOU COULD IMAGINE A PUBLIC SERVICE SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T SERVICE A SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OR A HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH IT. SO THAT'S THE FIRST KIND OF TWO THINGS WE DID. SO THIS EFFICIENCY IS GONNA BE MUCH BETTER. 'CAUSE THE AREA THAT'S GONNA BE THE LIFTS PART OF IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT UTILIZED ENOUGH FOR THE BUSES TO CONTINUE UP AND DOWN THOSE STREETS. UH, AND ONE OF 'EM IS GONNA BE LIKE, I THINK IF ANNETTE'S TALKING, SHE'LL TELL YOU WILLIAMS BOULEVARD IS GONNA BE ONE, ONE BUS GOING UP AND DOWN WILLIAMS, WHICH WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT IN A, IN A KIND OF A, A SMALLER CANAL LOOP. UH, THAT'LL SERVICE THE OTHER AREAS. BUT IT'S A MUCH NEEDED CHANGE. IT'S GONNA BE MORE EFFICIENT. AND I'M SURE THERE ARE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF, OF KENNER. 'CAUSE WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE AIRPORT ALSO RIDE THESE BUSES. THEY SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THEIR, THEIR LUGGAGE AND IT DROPS 'EM OFF RIGHT AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL I GOT ON THE BUS AND MADE THE LOOP. SO, CHANGES WILL BE GREAT. THANK YOU ALL. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT TO THE, THE BUS RIDERS SOONER AS THAN LATER. I KNOW YOU HAVE AN APP THAT NEEDS TO BE UP, UH, UPDATED AND UPGRADED, BUT WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, PAPERS THAT'LL TELL 'EM UNTIL THAT'S, THAT'S DONE. I MAY, I MAY MAY LEARN SOMETHING TODAY THAT THE APP'S ALREADY BEEN UPGRADED, BUT THAT'S COMING. BUT THANK Y'ALL FOR THE, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE, UH, UPGRADES. OBVIOUSLY, MAYOR, YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE MOST I'VE EVER HEARD YOU TALK . WELL, YOU'RE A MAN OF FEW WORDS USUALLY, BUT I'M, I'M INVITED HERE TODAY 'CAUSE I EITHER WON A BET OR LOST A BET. I WON TO BET THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TWO HOURS TO COME SAY THIS. AND I LOST A BED. APPARENTLY. I'M COMING UP TO THIS PODIUM AGAIN TONIGHT. YES, UP TODAY. SO, YES. THANK Y'ALL. THANKS, MAYOR. YOU DO CLEAN UP. KIND OF NICE THOUGH, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. LET ME PUT YOU JUST REALLY QUICK. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO GOVERNMENT OR UNDERSTAND A MUNICIPALITY WORKING WITH THE PARISH GOVERNMENT LIKE THAT, IT'S BEEN A HUGE STEP. AND THIS IS PROBABLY OUR FIRST MAYOR, ONE OF THE FIRST MAYORS THAT HONESTLY SAID, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE LINES BEGIN AND END FOR THE MUNICIPALITY. AND, UH, IT WAS A, A, A BRAVE THING THAT HE ALLOWED US TO EVEN PRESENT THE CONSIDERATION AND THEN TO SAY YES. SO, AND ANNETTE VARIOS WORKED DILIGENTLY, HER WHOLE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MADE SENSE FOR KENNER AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. SO MANY, MANY THANKS TO HER AND THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION FOR, FOR REALLY OPENING YOUR DOORS TO HELPING US MAKE IT BETTER FOR THEM. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT, UM, IN, IN A MOMENT. IT, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES. JEFFERSON PARISH IS UNIQUE IN HAVING SIX CITIES WITHIN THE BORDERS OF JEFFERSON PARISH. AND, UM, WE DON'T WANNA LET TODAY PASS WITHOUT PUTTING A LITTLE EMPHASIS ON GRAND ISLE. UM, BUT FOR TROPICAL STORM BERTHA, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN GRAND ISLE THIS MORNING, UM, HAVING OUR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING THERE AS THE TOWN PREPARES FOR THE GRAND ISLE TARPON RODEO. SO WE DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES. WE, UH, I SPOKE WITH MAYOR CARINDALE, UH, YESTERDAY AND WAS TEXTING THIS MORNING. TOLD HIM WE'D DEFINITELY LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT GRAND ISLE IS READY AND WAITING. SO THE TARPON RODEO WILL GO ON JULY, UH, 23RD, WHICH IS TOMORROW THROUGH THE 25TH. THEY PUSH BACK THE START A LITTLE BIT. SO THE STARTING TIME WILL BE 5:00 PM TOMORROW EVENING. BY THAT, THE STORM WILL HAVE PASSED. THE FISHING WILL BE GREAT. YOU KNOW, THE, THE WATER WILL BE CHURNED UP AND, AND, UH, THE FISHERMEN SHOULD HAVE AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO GRAND ISLE, CERTAINLY THE TARPON RODEO IS A GREAT TIME TO GO, UM, AND [00:35:01] EXPERIENCE THE ISLAND, EXPERIENCE ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE AS PART OF THE, UM, UH, TARPON RODEO, BUT ALSO ANY TIME OF YEAR. THE BEACHES ARE BEAUTIFUL. THE FISHING IS GREAT. UM, IT'S ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE TIME FOR YOUR FAMILY. THERE'S A $64 MILLION BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY. I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT BEACH. IT IS, UH, JUST TWO HOURS SOUTH OF US AND READY AND WAITING FOR YOU TO ENJOY THE HISTORIC OLEANDER HOTEL. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALL WORKED ON, AND THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED AND THERE IS A VISION FOR RESTORING IT. UM, THE OAKS AND THE, THE TREE CANOPY THERE IS AMAZING. AND THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN, THIS COUNCIL HAS WORKED ON. UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH GRAND ISLE, THERE IS A NEW OYSTER AQUACULTURE WORKSTATION. THESE ARE PICTURES FROM JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. IT IS IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THIS IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE GRAND ISLE OFF BOTTOM, OYSTER CULTURE, GRAND ISLE JEWEL OYSTERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T TASTED THEM, THEY ARE DELICIOUS AND THEY'RE GROWN FLOATING IN CAGES. SO IT'S A WHOLE NEW, UM, PART OF THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY BEING, UH, REALLY NURTURED IN GRAND ISLE. SO, UM, AND THIS IS A LITTLE VIDEO, AND I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED, I THINK, AT HOW THE ISLAND HAS GROWN AND HOW VIBRANT IT IS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN, IT DEFINITELY IS THE TIME TO, UH, TO VISIT GRAND ISLE BEFORE THE SUMMER IS OVER. COUNCILMAN KERNER, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, IN TOUCH WITH GRAND ISLE AND, AND, UM, THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE STORM AND FOR THE TARPON RODEO. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR. I SPOKE TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND, UM, THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, AND THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THIS STORM. UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY, THEY WILL HAVE THE WORST OF IT. HOPEFULLY IT'S, IT'S NOT TOO BAD FOR 'EM. UH, BUT THEY'RE CONFIDENT THAT THEY'LL BE JUST FINE AND THAT TARPON RODEO WILL BE READY TO GO. SO, UM, AND LOOK, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT AND EVERYBODY'S READY TO GET THIS MEETING, UH, STARTED, BUT WHAT A GYM AND TREASURE WE HAVE. IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE, I MEAN, YOU, YOU TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, I WROTE SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT JEAN LA'S TREASURE, AND MAYBE IT WASN'T THE GOLD IN THE WATERWAYS, BUT IT WAS THE, THE AREA WHICH HE WORKED AND WHICH HE LIVED, WHICH IS THE, THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES OF GRAND IS TO THE BEAUTIFUL WATERWAYS. UH, SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WATERWAYS OF LAFITTE GUYS. WE HAVE SUCH GYMS IN JEFFERSON PARISH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, ON A, ON A PLANE OR 10 HOURS AWAY TO SEE SOME OF, UH, THE REALLY, THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES. IT IS SUCH A GYM. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AND PUT EYES ON YOURSELF, I REALLY RECOMMEND GOING THERE, BRINGING YOUR FAMILY THERE, HAVING A VACATION. THESE BEACHES RIVAL MANY BEACHES. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. THEY, UH, THEY'RE NOT PACKED. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A, UH, PRIVATE ISLAND. IT IS TRULY SPECIAL. SO PLEASE VISIT THESE PLACES. THEY, UH, THEY REALLY ARE TREASURES AND SOMETIMES THE BEST VACATIONS, THE BEST PLACE TO VISIT, TO SPEND YOUR MONEY IS, UH, IS THE STAYCATIONS, IS IS THE ONES AT HOME. AND YOU MIGHT FIND TREASURES THAT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND RIGHT, UM, OR RIGHT SOUTH OF YOU. SO, UM, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA WISH THE BEST FOR GRAND ISLAND, THEIR LEADERSHIP. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE STRONGEST LEADERSHIP, UH, IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THEY ENDURED. SO I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA, UH, WEATHER THE STORM AS AS GOOD AS ANYBODY. AND, UM, THE STORMS BROKE UP QUITE A BIT. SO, UH, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY THAT'S ABLE TO COME DOWN TO THE TARPON RODEO. IT'S OLD FISHING TOURNAMENT IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S RIGHT HERE AT HOME IN JEFFERSON PARISH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ONE OF OUR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. I DO. WHAT MY COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, WELL, GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS A VERY EXCITING MILESTONE, UM, FOR LAKE TOWN. UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING A MAJOR STEP FORWARD TODAY IN AUTHORIZING THE BUILD BID PROCESS TO BUILD THE LAKE TOWN AMPHITHEATER. [00:40:01] UM, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A RIBBON CUTTING AND IT'S NOT A GROUNDBREAKING, UM, BUT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF MONTHS AND MONTHS OF INNOVATION MEETINGS AND HARD WORK. AND WE ARE MOVING THIS VISION THAT WE HAD FROM, UH, REALLY JUST MERELY A VISION TO A REALITY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE ARE MAKING IN THIS GREEN AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IS WHERE THE AMPHITHEATER IS GOING TO GO TO THE RIGHT IS GOING TO BE AN INCLUSION PLAYGROUND, UM, A $1.8 MILLION PLAYGROUND. UM, COMBINED, WE ARE MAKING OVER $20 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LAKE TOWN AREA. THIS WILL BE OUR AMPHITHEATER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ARE ADDING A BREAKWATER. THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE PROPOSED, AND WE LOBBIED WITH CPRA AND RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO BUILD A BREAKWATER, UM, OUT THERE THAT'LL PROTECT OUR AMPHITHEATER AND THE INVESTMENT. UM, THERE WAS SOME COASTAL EROSION AND THE PORT IS GOING TO BE DOING A $155 MILLION PROJECT, UM, TO MAKE MAJOR UPGRADES TO THAT COASTAL, UM, THAT COASTLINE THERE. HANS AND I ARE BOTH REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO FROM THE WEST WALL ALL THE WAY TO CAUSEWAY, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ALONE. SO A BUNCH OF VERY SPECIAL THANK YOUS. UM, MIKE GLAZER'S HERE, THE ENTIRE KENNER CITY COUNCIL CSRS IS, UM, ESPECIALLY MATTHEW MARTIN, MICHELLE GONZALEZ HAS BEEN A CHAMPION, UH, FOR THIS IN MANY, MANY PROJECTS IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. STEPHANIE, UM, BRUMFIELD DARCELL, MATTHEW MCKAY, UM, SHELDON PERKINS, WHO I THINK MIGHT EVEN BE HERE. THERE, THERE HE IS. THANK YOU MY FRIEND. UM, WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THESE WEEKLY MEETINGS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WORK FOR THE PARISH, BUT THAT ARE FIGHTING, FIGHTING HARD FOR THIS PARISH. AND IT'S FUN TO BE A PART OF THAT. UM, MEGAN AND TONY HAVE DONE ALL OF OUR LEGAL WORK AND FROM LEASES WITH THE STATE TO LEASES WITH LIVE NATION, UM, THE ENTIRE TEAM AT, UM, LINFIELD, UM, ESPECIALLY CHARLES MU MUON. AND, UM, NATHAN JUS, UM, WE HAVE HAD, YOU CAN, UM, END THE SLIDE SHIFT. WE HAVE HAD, UM, COUNTLESS HOURS AND IT HAS TRULY BEEN A TEAM LEFT, UH, EFFORT. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY A GROUND, A GROUNDBREAKING, AND THEN, UM, ULTIMATELY A RIBBON CUTTING. UM, BUT TODAY DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED TOO. UM, IT IS OUR VISION BECOMING A TANGIBLE PROGRESS. UM, THE, THE SHARED VISION REALLY STARTED WITH MATTHEW MARTIN AND MAYOR GLASER. UM, SO MAYOR, IF YOU WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, UM, I KNOW HE'S JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM TO SPEAK, TO SPEAK ESPECIALLY YES. . YES. UH, THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF CANNER. AS MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE TREASURE CHEST MOVED FROM A BOAT TO A LAND-BASED CASINO AND KIND OF OPENED THAT WHOLE NORTH SIDE OF THE LEVEE IN LAKE TOWN UP FOR DEVELOPMENT. UM, IT'S ALL STATE OWNED LAND. THE CITY HAS LEASES FOR RECREATION OUT THERE. AND RIGHT AFTER COUNCILMAN BOHANNAN WAS ELECTED TO HER SEAT HERE, WE MET TO FIND OUT WHAT WERE THE, THE VISION AND THE GOALS OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE LEVY PROTECTANT, PROTECTANT PROTECTIVE SYSTEM IN KENNER IN LAKE TOWN. I SAID, WELL, WE THREW A COUPLE OF THINGS AROUND, AND A STAGE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AND I SAID, IT CAN'T JUST BE A COMMUNITY STAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM ALL OVER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WASTING MONEY. YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, CONCERT, UH, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN ON THE WEEKEND AND JUST NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE CITY OF KEN. I SAID, IT HAS TO BE BIGGER. IT'S GOTTA BE A REGIONAL DRAW FROM PEOPLE FROM PENSACOLA TO LAKE CHARLES TO COME IN EAST JEFFERSON ENCOUNTER AND SPEND THEIR MONEY, SPEND THEIR NIGHTS. UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE MAKE OUR REVENUE FROM AS EVERYONE KNOWS. UH, AND AS IT WENT ON, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME MONEY TO, TO MAKE THIS, UH, DREAM A REALITY. AND EVERYONE, SHE, UH, SHE PRETTY MUCH NAMED ON HELLO SLIDESHOW AND IT'S THIS TEAM AND PUTTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER IS, UH, I SIT AND LISTEN MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE ALL THE WORKER BEES ARE A LOT SMARTER THAN ME GOING THROUGH THIS, THE WHOLE PROGRAM TO TRY TO GET THE MONEY INTO THE BANK AND THEN THE, THE MONEY, UH, TO BE SPENT. SO WITH THAT, IT, IT'S GONNA BE VERY GOOD FOR THE C DIFF KENNER AND BLEED OVER IN ALL OF EAST JEFFERSON BECAUSE IF YOU COULD PUT 12, 14,000 PEOPLE ON WILLIAMS BOULEVARD AT ONE TIME, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA BE VERY GOOD FOR EAST JEFFERSON. 'CAUSE ALL THE HOTELS IN AND AROUND KENNER AND ALL IN IN ERY WILL HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, UH, BOOKINGS WHEN THEY HAVE A A PLUS CONCERT. AND THIS IS WHY I ASK EACH ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL [00:45:01] MEMBERS, OTHER THAN COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, WE CAN'T HAVE COUNTRY JUST THOUGHT , WE GOTTA HAVE SOME GOOD MUSIC FOR THE FIRST ACT. SO I'LL BE LOBBYING Y'ALL TO TRY TO HELP HER PICK SOMETHING ELSE. , I STAND WITH COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNON. I DO TOO. I LOVE ME. SOME COUNTRY. YOU'RE OUT. NUMBER ONE. I'M CLASSIC ROCK. I'M WITH YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT'S THREE AGAINST ONE. I GOTTA WORK ON BYRON AND DINO . THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. NO, IT, IT IS AN EXCITING DAY. WE ARE TRANSFORMING LAKE TOWN AND, UH, WE WERE, WE RECEIVED THE LARGEST ALLOTMENT OF CDBG FUNDING FOR ONE SINGLE PROJECT IN THE WHOLE STATE. AND IT WAS FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT. UH, SO IT, IT IS THE FIRST STEP IN TRANSFORMING, UH, THE WILLIAMS BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, UM, AND ALSO THE CITY OF KENNER. SO VERY, VERY EXCITED AND THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO'S HELPED OUT. THANK YOU. IT REALLY IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. UM, AS WELL. YEARS AGO, WITHIN THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE DID SOMETHING CALLED THE SWOT ANALYSIS, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED AT THAT TIME WAS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IS ONE OF UPPER JEFFERSON'S BIGGEST ASSETS, AND WE REALLY HAD NOT BEEN UTILIZING IT. AND SO OUR PARISH PRESIDENT, WHEN SHE WAS ON THE COUNCIL, I KNOW, STARTED, UM, BUILDING THOSE FISHING PIERS AND, UM, AND SLIPS OUT AT BUCKTOWN HARBOR, WHICH WE WERE THEN ABLE TO BUILD ON COUNCILMAN LOBERG AND MYSELF. UM, BUCKTOWN HARBOR IS VIBRANT NOW AND CONTINUING TO BE DEVELOPED. COUNCILMAN MOHAN NOW DEVELOPING IN THE LAKEFRONT OF THE KENNER AREA ON OUR WESTERN EDGE. UM, AND THEN PARISH PRESIDENT, UH, YOU WERE WITH MAYOR HELENA MORENO JUST LAST WEEK, UM, AGAIN CELEBRATING THAT WEST END IS COMING BACK. SO IT REALLY SHOWS FROM THE WESTERN EDGE OF OUR PARISH TO THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE PARISH AND BEYOND ENGAGING THAT LAKEFRONT AND DEVELOPING THE LAKEFRONT AS AN ASSET FOR EVERYONE IN JEFFERSON TO ENJOY REALLY IS A HUGE, UM, COOPERATIVE SUCCESS. SO KUDOS. ALL RIGHT. SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IS, UH, STORMS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S PART OF REALITY. UM, AND SO WE HAD A REQUEST FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND INFORM US THOUGH, ABOUT SOME ASSISTANCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AND SO, UH, JEFF DEY, UM, IS HERE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M JEFF DUHE. I AM WITH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AND IT'S VERY GRACIOUS AND MOST APPRECIATED THAT YOUR MINUTES OF TIME, UH, HAVE GONE TO ME TO EXPRESS, UH, UH, SOME NEWS TO YOU. I'M, I, I, I AM IN FACT A PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST. SO MY JOB IS TO SPREAD AS WIDE AND AS DEEP, UH, THE NEWS OF WHAT DISASTER ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE. AND, UM, THIS MORNING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY OFF YOUR, UH, MENTAL PLATE AT THIS POINT. AND THAT IS TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR, ESPECIALLY IN AVO, ST. LANDRY, TERREBONE AND ST. TAMMANY. AND THE REASON I MENTION THOSE PARISHES SPECIFICALLY IS WE ARE HERE AT THE INVITATION OF GOVERNOR LANDRY TO COME IN AND OFFER SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE SUFFERERS OF THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR NOT TALKING BIRTH, OF COURSE. AND SO THOSE FOUR PARISHES AT, AT GOVERNOR LANDRY'S REQUEST TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE DECLARED UNDER A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION TO BE DISASTER AREAS. NOW, PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION, AS YOU WELL KNOW, ONLY COME, DOESN'T COME AROUND AS OFTEN AS SOME OTHER DISASTER DECLARATION. IT'S SPECIAL. UH, I I FUNNY WORD TO USE FOR A DISASTER. I DON'T WANT TO USE IT IN A POSITIVE WAY, BUT IT'S SPECIAL THAT THE, THAT, THAT THE DAMAGE FROM, UH, HER TROPICAL STORM MARTHA, UH, AFFECTED THESE PARISHES MOST SEVERELY. NOW WHY WOULD I BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN JEFFERSON? WELL, JEFFERSON IS PART OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION AND, UH, SO ARE SEVERAL OTHER PARISHES THAT SURROUND ST. TAMMANY THAT SURROUND AND TOUCH TERREBONE, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, JEFFERSON PARISH, OF COURSE, HAS A CONTIGUOUS LINE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, ST. TAMMANY PARISH. AND, AND IN CASE YOUR GEOGRAPHY DOESN'T JOG YOUR MEMORY, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE PO TRAIN, ISN'T IT? BUT ANYWAY, THE RESULT OF THAT PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION, WHICH ONLY RECENTLY CAME DOWN FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, IS THAT JEFFERSON PARISH BUSINESS OPERATORS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC AS A DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE AND AID. AND THAT IS THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM AT A VERY LOW INTEREST RATE OVER 30 YEARS. IF [00:50:01] THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNER SHOULD CHOOSE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE MENTION AND WE HEAR ON THE NEWS WHEN A DISASTER IS DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR OR THE PRESIDENT, UH, WE HEAR THE NEWS ANCHOR SAY, THE DISASTER'S BEEN DECLARED, AND, AND THEN, AND THEN THEY SOMETIMES DON'T EXACTLY EXPRESS, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? WELL, IT MEANS THAT FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME AND FOR A PARTICULAR PLACE THAT IS NAMED IN A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION, THAT PLACE IS DESERVING OF SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR RECOVERY ASSISTANCE. NOW THAT'S BASICALLY MY ENTIRE MESSAGE, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE, UH, BE, UH, DRONING ON AND ON WITH YOU IN, IN THIS SITUATION. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS PLEASE ASK, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A TRUSTED VOICE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEN YOU'RE IN LINE AT WALMART OR WHEN YOU'RE STANDING AT, AT ANYWHERE, AND MAYBE ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS STARTS TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY BUSINESS REALLY, UH, IS KIND OF DOWNTURN BECAUSE OF, UH, TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR, PLEASE HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND. AND REMEMBER THAT THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS AUTHORIZED TO OFFER IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND IN ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF PARISHES, UH, SPECIAL, UH, UH, ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGES OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. UM, I'M FROM ST. JOHN PARISH AND Y'ALL REALLY GET ALONG HERE FOR SOME REASON. , I'M, I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE LISTENING TO Y'ALL, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, UH, PROGRESSIVE WORK AND, AND, AND COOPERATION. AND IT, IT JUST, IT JUST MA MAKES ME WANT TO COMMENT THAT, UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, WORK PROGRESSIVELY WITH YOUR OTHER AND, AND CITY LEADERS TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT AS WELL. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN JUST A PLEASURE BEING HERE. IS THERE ANY QUESTION AT ALL OR, I I DON'T, I WANNA BE BRIEF. I, I DON'T WANT TO THANK YOU. WE'RE VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. DEWEY, VERY MUCH. AND, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR PIO OFFICE, RACHEL, IF WE CAN PUT THIS INFORMATION ON, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE TO JEFFERSON PARISH, UM, BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE'RE CONTIGUOUS TO AVOID ST. LANDRY, ST. TAMMANY AND TERREBONNE. AND SOME OF THE APPLICATION FILING DEADLINES, UM, ARE COMING UP ONE IN AUGUST AND, UH, THEN ONE NEXT MARCH. SO IF WE CAN PUT A LINK OR PUT THAT, UM, THEN THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, TO, TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION MORE IN DEPTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, BRINGING NEWS OF THAT ASSISTANCE. ALL RIGHT, NOW TO OUR, UM, REGULAR PORTION OF THE MEETING, WE WANNA REQUEST THAT [PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGENDA] ANYONE WHO, UM, WISHES TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING. A RESOLUTION I SHOULD SAY ON THE AGENDA ORDINANCES HAVE THEIR OWN TIME, BUT A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A RESOLUTION. UM, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK. MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. WHEN I WOULD ASK THAT WE TAKE 97 OUTTA ORDER IN LINE WITH MS. ALEX AND MS. CHRISTINE'S COMMENTS THERE ABOUT THE MINUTES. DO YOU'LL WANNA DO, IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON 97 OR 37, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT AS WE TAKE THOSE UP. DO YOU WANNA DO IT THAT WAY OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO SPEAK? I'M, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW. WE'LL GET IT OUT THE WATER. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW. THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. YEAH. PERFECT. GOOD MORNING. CHRISTINE BRADY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF IN FAVOR OF UH, 97, WANNA INTRODUCE ALEX CARTER WITH DESIRE LINE WHO WE'RE WORKING WITH VERY CLOSELY ON THIS PROJECT. YEAH, AND IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR, UM, COUNCILMAN BOON'S CELEBRATION OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE BID PROCESS OUT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE IN THE SAME MINDSET WITH THE REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTER AND WORKING WITH DINO BANANA. AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR MEETING WITH OUR TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT SOME MONTHS AGO. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU ALL. IT'S REALLY JUST TO SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE SOME CRITICAL MEETINGS WITH SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND THIS RESOLUTION IS A KEY PIECE IN CONTINUING THOSE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OR COULD GET THE STATE TO COMMIT THE 15 MILLION IN P FIVE AS THE LAST BIT OF FUNDING TO COME IN. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRESS. YOU'LL ALSO FIND IN YOUR PACKET THE FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE PROJECT. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING TO THIS AND MAYBE HEARING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WANNA DIRECT Y'ALL TO WWW.FILLTHEPOOL.ORG. IF YOU'RE A SWIMMER, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE TALKED ABOUT A DROWNING DEATH THIS MORNING. THEY HAPPEN ALL TOO OFTEN. THIS IS A REGIONAL WELL PREVENTED YES, PREVENTATIVE, UH, TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR SWIM SAFETY AT THE HOPE HAVEN CAMPUS ON ARIA BOULEVARD RIGHT NEXT TO SHAW HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. UM, AND WE'RE [00:55:01] EXCITED TO ASK FOR Y'ALL'S SUPPORT TONIGHT FOR THESE ONGOING EFFORTS. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, , WE'RE GONNA TAKE 97 OUT OF ORDER AND 37 COMING OUT OF ORDER AS THE FIRST ITEMS. SO, UM, JUST STICK AROUND IF YOU WOULD, UM, FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS AS THEY COME UP. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON A RESOLUTION THAT IS ON TODAY'S COUNCIL AGENDA, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I, NINE NINE HOMER BOULEVARD. JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY IN 33 PAGES. 33 PAGES OF AN AGENDA, 213 214 ITEMS. AND I'LL TAKE EXCEPTION WITH 2 13, 2 14 RIGHT OFF THE TOP, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, THE SPECIAL DISTRICTING, THE ARBITRARY TAXATION THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT 59 TO 64. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOUR MONEY ANYMORE AND REALIZE THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PORTION OF THE MEETING WHEN THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BROUGHT UP. 'CAUSE THIS IS ONLY AGENDA RELATED MONEY. IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE END OF THE MEETING. MY PREDECESSOR USED TO TRY AND BUST YOU OFF FOR AN ACCUMULATION OF MONEY. THIS IS NOT AN ACCUMULATION OF MONEY. THIS IS MONEY THAT'S RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. I'M DONE. I CAN'T DO THIS, CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT. WHACK-A-MOLE IS NOT MY GAME. I'M ONLY LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE HOLDING THE AT LARGE MEMBERSHIPS OR PEOPLE ASPIRING TO HOLD AN AT LARGE MEMBERSHIP. THE MONEY THAT THAT GOES TO THAT LARGE MEMBERSHIP IS PARISH WIDE. MONEY IS STATEWIDE MONEY IS THE MONEY INTEREST THAT OWN TWO SEATS ON THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE THEIR SENATORIAL POSITIONS. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I'M GONNA LOOK AT EVERY PLACE WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT LARGE POSITIONS OR ARE GONNA BE IN AN AT LARGE POSITION, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM AND THE COMPANIES THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM. AND THAT'S WHERE THE OVERSIGHT SHOULD BE DONE BY EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD BE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT OTHERWISE IS KIND OF LIKE SUBJECT ARBITRARY TAXATION, IMPOSING THAT ARBITRARILY. SO WE GOT AGENDA ITEMS BEYOND THOSE. THAT WAS 59 64 THAT I COULD GET THROUGH. 33 PAGES, THREE MINUTES. 1 50, 1 57, 1 69, 180 7, 1 91, 1 90, 1 92, 1 95, 202 0 6, 2 13, 2 14 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT IN. 2 0 4. TALK ABOUT AN INSULT, RIGHT? I GOT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL THAT REPRESENT MUNICIPALITIES, TWO OR THREE MUNICIPALITIES AT LEAST, IF NOT, IF NOT FOUR OR FIVE. LIKE I SAID, WE GOT SIX MUNICIPALITIES. THEY'RE ALL TAXED DIFFERENTLY. THE FACT THAT ANY ONE OF YOU CAN DIP INTO WHAT IS DISTRICT FIVE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THE CONSOLIDATED EAST BANK FIREFIGHTERS AND SPEND IT ON ANYTHING THAT ISN'T RAISING THEIR BASE PAY. IT'S AN INSULT, ABSOLUTE INSULT. SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022. YOU TALK ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND UH, I LOOKED ON HERE AND WE GOT A HEAD START THING GOING ON AND I WISH MR. WALKER WAS HERE 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT NOBODY WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN THE ROOM. THERE AIN'T NO FREE SPEECH IN HERE. I WAS KICKED OUTTA HERE BECAUSE THE HEAD START MONEY, THE GRANT MONEY, THE BREW PUB MONEY 1 57 GRANT THEFT BOND RATINGS. IT'S LIKE DEJA VU. AND YOU CONVINCED ME THAT A COMPTROLLER 1 8 1 95 IS GONNA HELP DOWN TO THE CROTCHET, WHICH INGENUITY MAY INVENT THE COMBINATION THEY GIVE STRENGTH TO CARRY. AND IF ACHIEVED BY ANY MEANS, PRESCRIBED CONSTITUTIONALLY, YOU SWORE TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND A CONSTITUTION THAT WAS JUST PERFUNCTORY, HUH? 'CAUSE REPUBLICAN FORM. THAT'S NOT JUST FISHABLE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT IT IN HERE. THIS IS A PLACE, FIGURE IT OUT. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON A RESOLUTION THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONE ELSE, UM, WISHES TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THIS PUBLIC PORTION OF OUR MEETING. I HAVE A NOTATION [RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS (Part 1 of 2)] THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE 97 OUT OF ORDER. SO COUNCILMAN BANANA, YOUR MOTION. SO MOVED. COUNCILMAN BONANNO IS MOVING, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN BRECKEN TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 97 ON THE AGENDA OUT OF ORDER. SO MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WILL READ 97, OH, I'M SORRY, I DID THE MOTION AND SECOND, BUT NOT THE VOTE. VOTE ON THE, UH, TAKING THIS ITEM 97 OUT OF ORDER. SIX. YAY. ZERO NAYS. ZERO ABSTENTIONS AND COUNCILMAN WALKER IS ABSENT. SO MADAM CLERK NOW, IF YOU WILL READ 97 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTER ON HOPE, ON THE HOPE HAVEN CAMPUS IN JEFFERSON PARISH. RECOGNIZING THE ANTICIPATED STATE OF LOUISIANA CAPITAL OUTLAY [01:00:01] INVESTMENT IN THE ONGOING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS LED BY THE JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECREATIONAL HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND REGION, ENCOURAGING CONTINUING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UM, VOTING ON THIS ITEM. I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN BONANO WANTS TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT IT. AS YOU KNOW, JEFFERSON PARISH HAS WORKED HARD WITH OUR PARISH PRESIDENT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO MAKE JEFFERSON PARISH'S SENATE FOR SPORTS TOURISM IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. SO THIS IS A REGIONAL PROJECT, JUST NOT A JEFFERSON PROJECT. WE HAVE KNOW AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, AN AUDITORIUM WHERE OUR KIDS, OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, OUR COLLEGES CAN COMPETE IN THE FULL SIZE OLYMPIC POOL WHERE PARENTS CAN ALSO AT THE SAME TIME SIT THERE AND WATCH THEIR KIDS. SO NOT ONLY WILL WOULD THIS BE THIS, NOT ONLY WILL THIS NATATORIUM BE FOR OUR LOCAL PEOPLE, BUT WE HOPE TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO COME HERE TO COMPETE. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF INTEREST FROM A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE AREA. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND NOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS FUNDING IT. AND THAT'S WHY THE TWO LADIES WERE HERE TODAY. I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ADOPTED THIS AS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR JEFFERSON PARISH AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON NUMBER 97, MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN BONANO MOVES TO APPROVE. 97. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE GONNA NOW VOTE ON THIS ITEM RELATED TO THE, UH, NATATORIUM. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS. ONE. ABSENT THE ITEM PASSES, I HAVE A NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING [AUTHORIZE ADVERTISEMENT OR READVERTISEMENT FOR SEALED BIDS] TO MOVE TO TAKE ITEM 37 OUT OF ORDER. COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, IF YOU'LL MOTION TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 37 OUT OF ORDER. MOVE TO TAKE IT OUTTA ORDER, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN BONNA MOVES TO TAKE 37 OUT OF ORDER. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN WILL VOTE ON TAKING THIS ITEM OUT OF ORDER, ENDING THE VOTE. SIX ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. SO WE ARE TAKING ITEM 37 OUT OF ORDER. MADAM CLERK A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS FOR THE LAKE TOWN AMPHITHEATER. PROJECT NUMBER 2 0 2 5 0 1 8 CM FOR THE OFFICE OF ECOSYSTEM AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED BY LINFIELD HUNTER AND JUDITH INCORPORATED IN DESIGNATING THIS PROJECT HAS, HAS SALES TAX EXEMPTS. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN HAMON. VERY EXCITED TO MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN MOVES TO APPROVE. UH, ITEM 37, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. AND WE ARE NOW VOTING ON THIS ITEM, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. THE ITEM PASSES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TAKEN 97 OUT OF ORDER AND 37 OUT OF ORDER. WE WILL GO NOW [ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED] TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR AGENDA, ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE. I HAVE A NOTATION THAT THEY ARE, UM, ALL THREE TO BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 26. SO COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN YOUR MOTION TO DEFER THOSE ITEMS. MOVE TO DEFER COUNCILWOMAN HANON MOVES TO DEFER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN VOTING TO DEFER THOSE ITEMS. STARTING THE VOTE, CLOSING THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, LET'S SEE. AND DINO, YEAH, YOU WANNA VOICE VOTE . SO SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. COUNCILMAN WALKER BEING ABSENT ON THAT ITEM. SO THOSE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE WILL BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 26TH. MADAM CLERK [PROFESSIONAL SERVICES] ITEM FOUR, A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED IN QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ON AND HAS NEEDED BASIS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH FOR A MAXIMUM YEARLY CAP OF $500,000. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I WILL MAKE THE SELECTION SINCE COUNCILMAN WALKER, UM, AS THE OTHER AT LARGE IS, UH, NOT HERE TODAY. MOVING TO SELECT ALL QUALIFIED. UM, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION AND COUNCILMAN KERNER IF YOU WILL. SECOND. I SECOND. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN [01:05:01] KERNER SECONDS. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM FOUR. SELECTING ALL QUALIFIED, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX A ZERO NAYS, ZERO, UM, ABSTENTIONS, AND ONE ABSENT. COUNCILMAN WALKER BEING ABSENT. SO THOSE, UH, THE SELECTION OF ALL QUALIFIED ON FOUR. ITEM FIVE, MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION SELECTING FROM PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED IN QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS FOR A FEE OF $500,000 OR LESS PER ASSIGNMENT, EXCLUDING ANY FEE FOR RESIDENT INSPECTION SERVICES FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING THE DATE. THIS RESOLUTION SELECTING CONSULTANTS TO PERFORM ENGINEERING SERVICES IS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE ON. AGAIN, SELECTING ALL QUALIFIED, UM, MOVED BY MYSELF AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BONANO. UH, LET'S VOTE ON ALL QUALIFIED. THIS FIRST PART IS A LITTLE CLUNKY. CLOSING THE VOTE, SIX JS ZERO NAYS, ONE ABSENT AND, UH, ALL QUALIFIED ARE SELECTED FOR ITEM FIVE. ITEM SIX, MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION SELECTING FROM PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED IN QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SEWER SEWER PROJECTS FOR A FEE OF $500,000 OR LESS PER ASSIGNMENT, EXCLUDING ANY FEE FOR RESIDENT INSPECTION SERVICES FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING THE DATE. THIS RESOLUTION SELECTING CONSULTANTS TO PERFORM ENGINEERING SERVICES IS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. I'M GONNA MOVE AGAIN ON ALL QUALIFIED, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE. SO VOTING ON SELECTING ALL QUALIFIED. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. SO ALL QUALIFIED PASS ON ITEM SIX, MADAM CLERK ITEM SEVEN, A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND RELATED SERVICES TO CITIZENS IN JEFFERSON PARISH SHELTERS DURING DECLARED EMERGENCY EVENTS UNDER RFP NUMBERS 0 5 1 5. I'M GONNA MOVE TO SELECT MESSINA, WHICH IS THE ONLY, UM, RESPONDER QUALIFIED, UH, ON THIS ITEM. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN. SO VOTING ON SELECTING MESSINA. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX JS ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. SO SELECTING MESSINA FOR ITEM SEVEN, MADAM CLERK ITEM MADE A RESOLUTION SELECTING PERSONS OR FIRMS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND RELATED SERVICES FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH FIELD STAFF DURING DECLARED EMERGENCY EMERGENCY EVENTS UNDER RFP NUMBER 0 5 1 3. ALL RIGHT, SELECTING AGAIN, MESSINA'S IS THE ONLY RESPONDER RE QUALIFIED FOR THIS ITEM. SO, SELECTING MESSINA'S, UM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BERG AND VOTING ON ITEM NINE. UH, ITEM EIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, ONE ABSENT. SO MESSINA IS SELECTED FOR ITEM EIGHT, ITEM CLERK ITEM NINE, A RESOLUTION SELECTING ADDITIONAL PERSONS OR FIRMS INTERESTED IN QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE COASTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES ON AND HAS NEEDED BASIS FOR MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH WITH MAXIMUM ANNUAL ALLOWABLE FEES OF $500,000 PER PROJECT IN JEFFERSON PARISH, WHICH TERMINATES ON APRIL 5TH, 2028, WHO ARE NOT ONE OF THE 33 PERSONS OR FIRMS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 4 4 9 0 4. ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024. I'M GONNA MOVE ON. ALL QUALIFIED SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN KERNER PUTTING UP THE VOTING MACHINES. NOW AGAIN, THIS IS SELECTING ALL QUALIFIED ENDING THE VOTE. SIX. YAY, ZERO NAYS, ONE ABSENT. SO ALL QUALIFIED ARE SELECTED MADAM CLERK. ITEM 10 IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THAT IN ABOUT AN HOUR AT NOON. SO WE'LL GO TO, UM, NOW THIS IS THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE AGENDA WHERE WE HAVE ORDINANCES. SO IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY ON THESE ORDINANCES AS THEY COME UP IN THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE PORTION OF OUR AGENDA TODAY. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL [SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES] READ ITEM 11, SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 42 RESUB OF LOT G ONE B ELMWOOD, LEER, PLANTATION SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS, G ONE, B ONE, AND G ONE B TWO, AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION ES DASH 26 COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. WE'RE GONNA WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 11. SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 4 2. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD SEEING NO ONE APPEAR. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE NO ONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS [01:10:01] ITEM. COUNCILMAN BONNO YOUR MOTION, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN BONNO MOVES TO APPROVE. ITEM 11, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE VOTING ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11. CLOSING THE VOTE, RIGHT? YEAH. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX JS ZERO NAYS. ONE. ABSENT THE ITEM PASSES. THAT'S ITEM 11, MADAM [RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING ORDINANCES - PERMITTED USES] CLERK, ITEM 12, SUMMARY NUMBER 2, 6 7 5 3. WAIVING THE COURT PORT REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 76 DUN DUNLEY. COURT. MORERO COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. AND WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM. SO WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 12 ON THE AGENDA. OH, Y'ALL HAVE THE LONG DRAWING UP THERE. OH, ITEM NUMBER 12. LET'S SEE WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. THERE IS ITEM NUMBER 12. OH, OKAY. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO 12, UM, AGAIN, IS FOR, UH, A CARPORT, UM, IN MARRERO. WE'RE LEAVING THE READING. NOW IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST SEEING NO ONE HERE. UM, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE NOTE NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN LEE MOVES FOR APPROVAL SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. SO VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER 12 AND ENDING THE VOTE. SIX JS ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT THE ITEM PASSES. NOW ITEM 13, MADAM [RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING ORDINANCES - VARIANCES] CLERK SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 43 APPROVING SP DASH SEVEN SEVEN DASH 25 REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE LANDSCAPING AND PARKING REGULATIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE FOR SIREN BODY ART LOCATED AT 32 0 9 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY ON LOT ONE SQUARE C SHEARLING GARDEN SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. ALRIGHT, WE WAIVE THE READING AND WE ARE NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 13. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 4 3, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN BONANNO, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN BONANNO MOVES FOR APPROVAL SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. SO WE ARE OPENING THE VOTE ON THIS ITEM AGAIN, THIS ITEM NUMBER 13, CLOSING, CLOSING VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. ITEM NUMBER 13, PASSES. ALRIGHT, I HAVE NOTES THAT WE ARE [OTHER ORDINANCES] GOING TO DEFER ITEMS 14 THROUGH 17. SO 14 THROUGH 17. DEFERRING THESE ITEMS TO AUGUST 26. COUNCILMAN KERNER. YEAH, I MOVE TO DEFER THOSE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES TO DEFER ITEMS 14 THROUGH 17 SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE GONNA CLEAR THE VOTE ON, LET'S SEE, VOTING ON DEFERRING THESE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX A ZERO NAYS AND ONE ABSENT. SO 14 THROUGH 17 ARE DEFERRED TO AUGUST THE 26TH. MADAM CLERK NUMBER 18, SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 1. AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 4 7 9 6. THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO CREATE A NEW CLASSIFICATION, RIGHT, WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON, UM, THIS IS ITEM 18 ON YOUR AGENDA SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 1. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE, NO ONE. IF YOU ARE, UM, OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. I IN OPPOSITION. GOTTA DO THE NEXT ONE TOO. WAS REALLY MISSING. ITEM 14, I COULD RISE IN FAVOR OF THAT. OH MAN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CROTCHET WHICH INGENUITY INVENTS COMBINATIONS. THE DAY IS PAID CLASSIFICATION. I GET ANOTHER PERSON GONNA MAKE MORE MONEY CALLED SOMETHING ELSE. WE GOT THIS FISCAL THING COMING NEXT. I'M, I'M GUESSING THIS IS RELATED TO IT. HEY, IF YOU COULD TELL ME THAT IT'S A REDUCTION IN SOMEBODY'S PAY, I I COULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT, IT'D BE AWESOME. I NEVER SEE IT HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK? UM, IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 18, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL NOTE THAT ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AND NO ONE IN SUPPORT. UM, LET'S SEE. COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN LEE MOVES FOR APPROVAL SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE OPENING THE VOTE ON THIS ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 18. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX J ZERO NAYS AND ONE ABSENT. SO ITEM NUMBER 18 [01:15:01] PASSES. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL READ ITEM NUMBER 19 AND WE HAVE AMENDMENT. SO IF YOU'LL READ THE AMENDMENTS MOTION TO 21ST. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CORRECTION. SO ITEM NUMBER 20. LET'S SEE. COUNCILMAN LEE, WILL YOU MOVE ON? UM, TAKING ITEM 20 OUT OF ORDER. YES, I MOVE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM 20, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. LET'S VOTE ON TAKING THIS OUT OF ORDER. IF YOU'LL VOTE ON TAKING ITEM 20, UH, BEFORE 19 ESSENTIALLY. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. FIVE YAYS. THERE YOU GO. . WE'RE GONNA DO READING THE NEXT ONE. SIX YAYS. HE'S ALREADY AHEAD. SIX YAYS. UM, ZERO NAYS, ONE ABSENT. SO WE WILL CORRECT BY VOICE VOTE. SO, UM, TAKING ITEM 20, MADAM CLERK, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE AMENDMENTS ON 20? ALL RIGHT. SUMMARY NUMBER 2, 6 7 6 2 AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE FIVE, DIVISION 3.6, CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGETING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL PLANNING AND TREASURY, CREATING THE POSITION AND TITLE, DIRECTOR OF FISCAL PLANNING AND TREASURY AND PROVIDING FOR RELATIVE MATTERS REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATION, DUTIES AND SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR OF FISCAL PLANNING AND TREASURY. AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE ONLY ON THE AGENDA. IT SHOULD READ SUMMARY NUMBER 2, 6 7 6 3. AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, WILL YOU MOVE ON? THE AMENDMENTS MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN MOVES TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS TO ITEM NUMBER 20. UH, IS EVERYBODY CLOSING THE VOTE? SIX YAYS. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. SO THE AMENDMENTS PASSED. WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 20. UM, AND IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 20, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SEEING NO ONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR. ANYONE OPPOSED TO ITEM 20? PLEASE COME FORWARD. FRANKIE HIRES, WISHING SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD DO THIS. ANYBODY. LIPSTICK ON A PIG. THAT'S ALL IT IS. JUST LIPSTICK ON A PIG. WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS THE FISCAL FISCAL PLANNING AND TREASURY DIRECTOR. GOD BLESS 'EM, . GOD BLESS ANYBODY FOR STEPPING INTO ANY ONE OF THESE JOBS Y'ALL ARE CREATING NOW WE'RE GONNA REPEAL THIS CHARTER. NONE OF THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN. NONE. NONE OF THIS IS GONNA STAND THE TEST OF TIME. YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA DO THIS. IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CHANCE TO DO IT SOON ENOUGH. BUT RIGHT NOW I TAKE GREAT EXCEPTION. HEY, TAKE GREAT EXCEPTION WITH ALL OF IT. DEPARTMENT OF BUDGETING. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS DEPARTMENT OF BUDGETING. IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SPOKE ABOUT. QUIT PATTING YOURSELVES ON THE BACK. SEE THE JOB DONE. I SAID THIS TIME AND AGAIN SAID, QUIT GETTING THE AWARD. QUIT PATTING YOURSELF ON, ON THE BACK FOR GETTING AWARD THAT IT'S GIVING OUT TO 220 CITIES. THERE'S ONLY 219 CITIES THAT HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. EVERY CITY GETS IT. BUT Y'ALL SIT TOOK THE PHOTO OPS EVERY YEAR. I HAD TO SIT THROUGH A BUDGETARY PHOTO OP, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR. I HAD TO GET A PHOTO OP AND WE HAD TO SIT HERE AND WATCH IT HAPPEN. I HAD TO WATCH YOU TRY AND BLOCK ME FROM THE CAMERAS . AND THIS IS WHAT IT COMES TO. NOW WE'RE GONNA CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. SOMEBODY ELSE TO BLAME THE INEPTITUDE OF AN OF THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION AFTER IT GETS REELECTED. BE THE PARISH PRESIDENT, PARISH PRESIDENT ELECT. EVERYTHING'S LINING UP KIND OF LIKE I MIGHT'VE FORESEEN. YOU DESERVE BETTER. YOU DESERVE BETTER FOR YOURSELVES OURSELVES. WEST BANK SHOULD HAVE SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES ON A POLICE JURY THAT HAVE 15 SINGLE UNDER DISTRICTS. I WOULDN'T HAVE TWO SENATORS IN CAHOOTS. HERE I POSE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN I DEMAND OF GOVERNMENT IS FRUGAL AND SIMPLE, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EXPLAINED. ADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT UM, ONE HAS SPOKEN AGAINST ITEM 20. UH, COUNCILMAN LOBERG, YOUR MOTION MOVE. COUNCILMAN LOBERG MOVES TO APPROVE ITEM 22ND AND BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE VOTING ON THIS ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 20. UH, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, ONE ABSENT. SO ITEM NUMBER 20, PASSES. NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 19. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL READ THE AMENDMENTS SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 3 [01:20:01] AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 3 7 0 9, THE EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN TO INCORPORATE A NEW JOB CLASSIFICATION AND ESTABLISH A PAY GRADE FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF FISCAL PLANNING AND TREASURY WITHIN THE OFFICE OF FISCAL PLANNING AND TREASURY. AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE AGENDA ONLY. IT SHOULD READ SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 2. AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO JUST CORRECTING THE SUMMARY NUMBER, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MU BOHANNAN. IF YOU'LL MOVE, UH, ON THE AMENDMENTS, MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN MU BOHANNAN MOVES ON THE AMENDMENTS SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. WE'RE OPENING, UM, THE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS AMENDING THE SUMMARY NUMBER AND CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, ONE ABSENT. SO THE AMENDMENTS PASS. NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 3. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND AGAIN, REMEMBER THE UM, SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM HAS TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE ITEM ITSELF. PAY GRADE TO THIS POSITION. FRANKIE HIRES SPECIFIC PAY GRADE TO THIS POSITION, I BELIEVE IS GONNA BE SUBJECT TO EITHER CHOOSING WHETHER THEY'RE SUBJECT TO, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM OR THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL RETIREMENT BENEFITS SYSTEM. CORRECT? AND THAT'S GOING TO OBLIGE ME TO 12 AND A HALF CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR THEY EARN. I TAKE EXCEPTION, TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE CONSTRUCT. I TAKE EXCEPTION TO HAVE TO BE HERE. I TAKE EXCEPTION THAT MY OWN COUNSEL PERSON WON'T DO THIS, ANY OF THIS ON MY BEHALF. I OPPOSE. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONE. ONE OPPOSED? UM, NO ONE SPOKE IN SUPPORT. COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, IF YOU WILL MOVE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED. MOVE AS AMENDED. ALL RIGHT, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 19 AS AMENDED. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. ITEM NUMBER 19 PASSES. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE ALREADY DONE ITEM 20 OUT OF ORDER. SO NOW, UH, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL READ ITEM 21, SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 4 AMENDING THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET. ALRIGHT, THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS, SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. ITEM 21 IS OUR OPERATING BUDGET. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. NO AMENDMENTS. I'M GONNA RISE IN SUPPORT OF . WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA COME UP. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE NOTE, UM, ONE HAS SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 21, WHICH IS OUR OPERATING BUDGET. UM, COUNCILMAN KERNER, WHAT'S YOUR MOTION? I MOVE. COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FRANKEN. WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM 21, THE OPERATING BUDGET. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX J ZERO NAYS AND ONE ABSENT. ITEM 21 PASSES MADAM CLERK. ITEM 22, THE CAPITAL BUDGET SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 5. AMENDING THE 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET. ALRIGHT, AGAIN, NO AMENDMENTS. SO, UM, WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 6 5, WHICH IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE NO ONE APPEARED. SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE OPEN THE VOTING ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND. I'M SORRY. A MOTION A SECOND. I'M SORRY. UH, COUNCILMAN LEE, WILL YOU MOTION COUNCILMAN LEE MOVE SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. AGAIN, WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM 22, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. ITEM 22 PASSES. [RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR] ITEM 23 IS RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR. MADAM CLERK, COUNCILMAN LOBERG? NONE. COUNCILMAN KERNER? NONE. COUNCILMAN BANANA? NONE. COUNCILMAN LEE? NONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKIN? NONE. COUNCILWOMAN BO HANNON? NONE. WHAT? YOU NOT COMPLETED THE ROLE? ? NO MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR. THAT'LL SPEED IT UP 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN CLUNKY. ALL RIGHT, CONSENT [CONSENT AGENDA ONE] AGENDA ONE. UM, COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION, UH, FOR THE GLOBO AND GLOBO ADOPTION OF ITEMS NUMBER 24 THROUGH 96. I MOVE MINUS 37. ALL RIGHT, SO 24 THROUGH 96 MINUS 37, WHICH WE HAD ALREADY DONE. WE TOOK OUT OF ORDER, CORRECT FOR LAKE TOWN COUNCILMAN LEE, MOVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VAN RANKIN. SO OPENING THE [01:25:01] VOTE ON, UM, 24 THROUGH 96 LES 97 VOTING IS OPEN. DINO. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. UH, THOSE IN GLOBO ITEMS PASS. SO WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO [RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS (Part 2 of 2)] 97, WHICH WE TOOK OUT OF ORDER. SO LET'S SEE HOW TO GET THERE. ALL RIGHT, SO 97 IS ALREADY DONE. SO NOW WE'RE DOING, UM, AGAIN, IF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, IF YOU'LL MOVE ON IN GLOBO ITEMS 98 THROUGH 200 PLUS 1 96, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED MOVE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN MOVES ON, UH, IN GLOBO ADOPTION OF 98 THROUGH 200 MINUS 1 96. WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THESE ITEMS. NO. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. SO THOSE IN GLOBO ITEMS PASS MADAM CLERK 1 96, [OTHER RESOLUTIONS ] A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE PLAYFUL PELICAN TO PROVIDE INTERACTIVE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING THROUGH A SERIES OF POP-UP EVENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON PARISH, INCLUDING THE USE OF PARISH OWNED PROPERTY AS NECESSARY AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $20,000. AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE GONNA BE IN THE AGREEMENT TO ADD SECTION EIGHT INSURANCE EVENTS, UM, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND LOWER OF THE GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH HERE, ORGANIZATION AGREES THAT PRIOR TO CONDUCTING ANY EVENT OR ACTIVITY ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, IT SHALL OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ALL INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIRED BY PARISH FOR SUCH EVENT, INCLUDING ANY SPECIAL EVENT. LIABILITY INSURANCE OR OTHER COVERAGE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE PARISH ORGANIZATIONS SHALL PROVIDE SATISFACTORY PROOF OF SUCH COVERAGE TO PARISH PRIOR TO THE EVENT. NO EVENT SHALL BE CONDUCTED ON PARISH OWNED PROPERTY UNTIL THE REQUIRED INSURANCE COVERAGE HAS BEEN OBTAINED AND APPROVED BY THE PARISH. AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE AMENDMENTS ON ITEM 1 96, WHICH IS THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR WITH PLAYFUL PELICAN. COUNCILMAN KERNER, YOUR MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. THE AMENDMENTS ON ITEM 1 96. SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS. CLOSING THE VOTE, SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENCE. SO THE AMENDMENTS TO ITEM 1 96 PASS. UM, MADAM CLERK, UH, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. YOUR, UM, MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN TO APPROVE ITEM 1 96 AS AMENDED FOR OPENING THE VOTE. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX. YAY. ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. SO ITEM 1 96 PASSES AS AMENDED. WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 2 0 2. UM, AGAIN, 2 0 1 IS, UH, ADDENDUM AGENDA, BUT WE HAVE NO ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS. SO 2 0 2, [JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS] MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PAYMENT IN LU OF TAX INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PORT DISTRICT AND RICHARDS CLEARVIEW CITY CENTER, LLC RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 270 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR THE BENEFIT OF RICHARD'S CLEARVIEW CITY CENTER, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES IN A METRIE JEFFERSON PARISH HAS PART OF THE LARGER REDEVELOPMENT OF CLEARVIEW CITY CENTER AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR FOREGOING. OKAY, COUNCILMAN KERNER, YOUR MOTION? THIS IS ITEM 2 0 2. THAT'S MY MOTION? YES, MR. FOX. I'M BERG MOVE. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT YOU AND I'M THINKING KERNER BECAUSE GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. THERE'S ALL THESE HANDSOME GUYS ON THE COUNCIL. I KNOW. COUNCILMAN GERBERG. UM, IN WHOSE DISTRICT SITS CLEARVIEW CITY CENTER. AND THE, UM, I WENT TO THE NEW ZS, BY THE WAY. IT IS FABULOUS. SO COUNCILMAN GERBERG MOVES TO APPROVE. I'M GONNA, UH, COUNCILMAN KERNER. WILL YOU SECOND THAT? I'LL SECOND IT. ALRIGHT. I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN. UH, MY HUSBAND HAS DONE SOME LEGAL WORK FOR, UH, THE, THIS SHOPPING CENTER IN THE PAST. HE IS NOT ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH THIS, BUT JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I WILL, UM, VERBALLY ABSTAIN. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS ITEM. SO ITEM 2 0 2. [01:30:02] ALL RIGHT. AND ENDING THE VOTE. FIVE YAYS, UM, ONE ABSTENTION AND ZERO NAYS. AND COUNCILMAN WALKER ABSENT. SO THE ITEM PASSES, THAT'S ITEM 2 0 2. MADAM CLERK ITEM 2 0 3, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON AND THE GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVY DISTRICT AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 4 2 1 8 9, ADOPTED ON THE 14TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023, WHICH EXTENDS THE DATE TO EXPEND FUNDS FROM APRIL 30TH, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027. AND AMENDS THE REPORTING DEADLINE TO, TO ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30TH, 2027 TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES TO THE HURRICANE IDLE RECOVERY FUND GRANT PROGRAM, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN KERNER YOUR MOTION. I WANNA THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR, YOU KNOW, RUSHING TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. IT'S TIME SENSITIVE. UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES TO APPROVE ITEM 2 0 3. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE VOTE ON ITEM 2 0 3. ALL RIGHT, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT THE ITEM PASSES. SO THAT'S 2 0 3. THAT PASSES MADAM CLERK 2 0 4 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID OF FIRST RESPONDERS EQUIPMENT, UNIFORM DISTRIBUTORS. LLC TA A PE INCORPORATED AMERICAN POLICE EQUIPMENT INCORPORATED UNDER BID. PROPOSAL NUMBER 50 DASH 0 0 1 15 1 12 6 FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE UNIFORMS, ATHLETIC APPAREL BADGES, DRESS UNIFORMS, HATS, CAPS, DRESS BELT SHOES, NAME TAGS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EAST BANK, CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA AT THE BID TABULATION PRICE OF $641,967. MAXIMUM EXPENDITURES FOR THIS CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED $650,000 FOR THE TWO YEARS BY A FACTOR OF MORE THAN 10% WITHOUT AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN HANS BERG. YOUR MOTION MOVE. COUNCILMAN BERG MOVES SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE OPENING THE VOTE ON 2 0 4. SO VOTING IS OPEN ON 2 0 4. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. 2 0 4 PASSES, MADAM CLERK 2 0 5 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AT THE RATE OF 2% WITHIN CHURCHILL FARMS FAIRFIELD. NUMBER TWO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33 9 0 3 8 0.39. IN PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION, THEREWITH COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION COUNCILMAN LEE MOVES TO APPROVE ITEM 2 0 5, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. WE'RE OPENING THE VOTE ON ITEM 2 0 5, CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAY. ZERO NAYS AND ONE ABSENT. 2 0 5 PASSES, MADAM CLERK 2 0 6 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AT THE RATE OF 2% WITHIN CHURCHILL FARMS FAIRFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA PROVIDE STATUTE 33 9 0 3 8 0.39 AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION. THEREWITH COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION A MOVE COUNCILMAN LEE MOVES TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN OPENING THE VOTE ON ITEM 2 0 6. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX. YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. ITEM 2 0 6 PASSES, MADAM CLERK 2 0 7. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PAYMENT OF A VESTED PENSION BENEFIT TO ELLA DOUGLAS, WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED BY EAST JEFF GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE CENSUS DATA TRANSMITTED TO MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, MASS MUTUAL, AND THEREFORE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE OF THE SINGLE PREMIUM GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACT TO MASS MUTUAL AND APPROVING ACCEPTANCE AND EX EXECUTION OF THE SINGLE PREMIUM GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACT AND APPLICATION BETWEEN MASS MUTUAL AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, ACTING AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO, JEFFERSON PARISH STATE OF LOUISIANA RELATIVE TO THE TERMINATION PROCESS OF THE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL. COUNCILMAN BONANNO, YOUR MOTION ON 2 0 7 COUNCILMAN BONANNO [01:35:01] MOVES TO APPROVE. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN, VOTING ON 2 0 7. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. ITEM 2 0 7 PASSES. ITEM 2 0 8, MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT BETWEEN GOV WORK INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE COMMS COACH AUTOMATIC QUALITY ASSURANCE TRAIN AND SIMS TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT. COUNCILMAN KERNER, YOUR MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES TO APPROVE 2 0 8. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. OPENING THE VOTE ON ITEM 2 0 8. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT ITEM. UH, THAT ITEM PASSES MADAM CLERK, UM, 2 0 9. A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH EVANS CONSOLES INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE CONSOLE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING SERVICES. EVANS CONSOLES INCORPORATED WILL INSPECT, REPAIR, COLLABORATE, AND CLEAN ALL CONSOLES AT THE JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT. EVANS CONSOLES INCORPORATED WILL PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $13,430. COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION ON ITEM 2 0 9? I MOVE. COUNCILMAN LEE MOVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKIN, OPENING THE VOTE ON 2 0 9. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. 2 0 9 PASSES, MADAM CLERK. ITEM TEN TWO TEN A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF CONSOLIDATED SEWAGE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA TO ISSUE TAXABLE SEWER REVENUE BONDS IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20 MILLION. $20 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, ACQUIRING AND EQUIPPING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AND TREATMENT FACILITIES OF THE DISTRICT MAKING APP APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION FOR CONSENT AND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE, SELL AND DELIVER THE SEWER REVENUE BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION. THEREWITH COUNCILMAN BOHANNAN, WILL YOU MOVE ON? TWO 10 MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN MOVES TO APPROVE. TWO 10. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM TWO 10. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX JS ZERO NAYS AND ONE ABSENT. ITEM TWO 10 PASSES. MADAM CLERK ITEM TWO 11. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF LICENS LICENSING AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT BETWEEN JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT IN EGROUP AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR CISCO SMART NETWORK MICROSOFT SERVER DELL. TO MAINTAIN NETWORK SECURITY AND STABILITY FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $131,490 AND 85 CENTS. COUNCILMAN LOBERG YOUR MOTION ON TWO 11 MOVE COUNCILMAN LOBERG MOVES TO APPROVE SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. VOTING ON TWO 11 IS OPEN. DAMN VOTING IS CLOSED. SIX YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. ITEM TWO 11 PASSES MADAM CLERK TWO 12. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PORT DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FUNDING TOWARDS THE REVERSE TRADE MISSION FROM SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, WHICH IS A GLOBAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN AUGUST, 2026 THAT WILL PROMOTE INDUSTRY AND TRADE IN JEFFERSON PARISH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000. COUNCILMAN KERNER. YOUR MOTION ON ITEM TWO 12? MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES TO APPROVE. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM TWO 12. UH, VOTING IS CLOSED. SIX YAYS. ZERO NAY ONE ABSENT. ITEM TWO 12 PASSES. MADAM CLERK ITEM TWO 13. SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 5 8. ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL AND MONTHLY BASELINE COLLECTION RATE OF THE NON MILE POINT ROAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 5 8. IF YOU HAVE, UM, THOUGHTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL GETTING DONE IN GLOBAL. I OPPOSE ARBITRARY TAXATION. YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT? REPRESENTATIVES DIRECT TAXES SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG THE SEVERAL PARTS [01:40:01] OF THE PARISH ACCORDING TO RESPECTIVE NUMBERS. IF THEY'RE GETTING TAXED DIFFERENTLY, THEY NEED THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVE. FIGURE THIS OUT. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 5 8. UH, COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION I MOVE. COUNCILMAN LEE MOVES TO APPROVE SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN OPENING THE VOTE ON TWO 13. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. SO ITEM TWO 13 PASSES. MADAM CLERK TWO 14. SUMMARY NUMBER 2 6 7 5 9. ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL AND MONTHLY BASELINE COLLECTION RATE OF THE CHURCHILL FARMS FAIRFIELD. NUMBER TWO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, UM, WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE OPPOSED TO ITEM TWO 14, PLEASE COME FORWARD. CERTAINLY I'M AFFORDED FRANKIE HIGHER IS JUST THE SAME THING. AND, AND THE THE HARDEST PART, THE BIGGEST OPPOSITION I HAD TO MUCH OF WHAT WAS ON THAT AGENDA, THIS BEING AMONGST THEM AND, AND A FEW THAT WERE BEFORE. AND, AND IF ANYTHING IT'S, I GUESS I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS TIME TO SPEAK TO THIS, WAS THAT HOW MUCH OF THIS WAS PLANNED TO BE DONE ON THE ISLAND OF GRAND GRAND ISLE? THIS ALL THIS WAS GONNA BE DONE ON GRAND HELL. SO ANYBODY IN THE WEST BANK THAT HAD AN INTEREST IN THIS ITEM OR 213 OTHERS, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT TWO AND A HALF HOUR TRIP, THEY WEREN'T ON THE ROAD FOR SIX 30. THEY WEREN'T GETTING ANYTHING TO BE SAID ABOUT ANY OF THIS. I OPPOSE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE ONE SPOKEN OPPOSITION TO ITEM TWO 14. UH, COUNCILMAN LEE, I MOVE. COUNCILMAN LEE MOVES TO APPROVE SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN OPENING THE VOTE ON ITEM TWO 14. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND ONE ABSENT. ITEM TWO 14 PASSES. MADAM CLERK. OH NO. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY STATUS REPORTS. I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. LET'S SEE WHAT TIME IT IS. 1140. UM, CAN WE DO, LET'S DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT [PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS] PORTION. MM-HMM. SO IF ANYONE, UM, HERE IN THE PUBLIC, BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEFORE THIS COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUB SUBJECT MATTERS, PLEASE, UM, COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE NOTE MADAM CLERK THAT NO ONE HAD, OH, I'M SORRY. DIDN'T SEE YOU. GO AHEAD. GIVE ANYBODY ELSE A CHANCE. NOT THAT THEY, I MEAN THIS IS MORE PERFUNCTORY I THINK FOR ME THAN ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT. IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD SHOW UP TO DO EVEN WHAT MR. AL DID, I, I'M GONE PECAN. LIKE THIS IS JUST SUCH A WASTED EFFORT. UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO TELL Y'ALL BY THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU. THE QUALIFICATIONS LEGISL FOR THE UNION HAVE BEEN TRESPASSED. NONE OF NOT ONE PERSON IN HERE SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT. IT, IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY. IT, IT JUST BAFFLES MY MIND THAT THE EASTERN DISTRICT, LOUISIANA SENT, UH, FEDERAL COURT CAN BE SO OBTUSE TO THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT REPUBLICAN FOREMAN HERE, IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS IT. AND, AND NO, THE ATTORNEY WON'T EVER SAVE YOU 'CAUSE IT'S INSATIABLE. SO THE ATTORNEY, I DON'T CARE WHAT THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION IS ABOUT IT, IF YOU WANNA ARREST ON THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION, KEEP THAT TO YOURSELF. IT WON'T MATTER TO ME. I'M GONNA COME IN HERE AND I'M GONNA STAND BY THE REPUBLICAN FORUM. I'M GONNA SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE REPUBLICAN FORUM I'VE SWORN TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND. ALRIGHT? I'VE SWORN THAT OATH AND IT WASN'T PERFUNCTORY. SO WHEN I GET UP HERE AND DON'T, I DON'T EVER SUGGEST YOU HAVE ME LEAD YOU IN THE OATHS. IT DOESN'T READ THE SAME FOR ME. THAT REPUBLIC DOES NOT STAND. IT STOOD, STOOD FOR FIVE DECADES. WE SURRENDERED APPORTIONMENT IN 1842. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID SAME TIME THEY BANNED AT LARGE MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIPS TO A REPRESENTATIVE BODY. YOU CAN'T DO IT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S A SENATORIAL POSITION. YOU ANYBODY WANNA MAKE THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT? YOUR SENATORS, THE AT LARGE POSITION'S, A SENATOR, YOU'RE IN CAHOOTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE NEXT PARISH PRESIDENT BY DEFAULT. AND IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S NOT PERSONAL. I TOLD YOU THERE'S GONNA BE FIVE QUEENS RUN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 10 MILLION PEOPLE RULED BY FIVE QUEENS. YOU WANT TO BET IT'S HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR SEVEN QUEENS TO RUN THIS COUNCIL. HAN'S GONNA ALREADY DEFER INTO ANOTHER WOMAN COMING ONTO COUNCIL. AND I DON'T CARE. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE BOMB. [01:45:01] IT'S NOT WHO, IT'S HOW YOU'RE EMPOWERED. THAT POWER, THAT CONSTITUTION HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. REPRESENTATIVES, DIRECT TAXES, IF IT PLACES TAX DIFFERENTLY BY PROPERTY, DIRECT TAXES, SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT TAXATION. YOU GOTTA HAVE YOUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE. THIS ISN'T COMPLICATED. THAT'S WHY SOME OF THIS MAKES SENSE. WHY SOME OF WHAT I SAY, OH, I DO YOU LIKE TO AGREE WITH. I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU DISAGREE WITH. 'CAUSE YOU'D BE DISAGREEING WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON. STEP RIGHT UP. COME ON, BRING IT, ASK A QUESTION. QUESTION WHAT THOMAS JEFFERSON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS. WE'RE IN THE PARISH NAME FOR HIM. I'M GONNA GO OUT THERE AND GET A SELFIE WITH HIM RIGHT AFTER THIS. MR. HIAS HAD HAVING GONE TO UVAI AM GOING TO SAY I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON UH, RESPECT FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO, OUR NAME SAKE OF OUR PARISHES, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY SUBJECT MATTER? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT ONE SPOKE EXECUTIVE SESSION [EXECUTIVE SESSION] ITEM NUMBER 10. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT EARLY IF YOU'LL READ THAT MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNSEL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING LAWSUITS ENTITLED PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS ANNA DARKO, ENP ON SHORE 24 JDC NUMBER 7 3 2 7 7 2. DIVISION C, PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EQUITABLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION. 24TH. JDC NUMBER 7 3 2 7 7 5. DIVISION I, PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 24 JDC NUMBER 7 3 2 7 7 4. DIVISION C, PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS ATLANTIC. RICHFIELD. COMPANY 24TH. JDC NUMBER 7, 3 2 7 6 8. DIVISION N PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS KALIN OIL. COMPANY 24TH. JDC NUMBER 7 3 2 7 71 DIVISION H, PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS CHEVRON USA HOLDINGS INCORPORATED. 24TH. JDC NUMBER 7, 3, 2, 7, 6 9. DIVISION P, PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS DESTIN. OPERATING COMPANY INCORPORATED 24TH. J, DC NUMBER 7, 3 2, 7 7 DIVISION H AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN BONANNO, YOUR MOVE ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. COUNCILMAN BONANNO MOVES FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKEN. LET'S VOTE ON THAT REAL FAST. CLOSING THE VOTE. SIX. YAY. ZERO NAYS. ONE ABSENT. WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, WE ARE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE UM, COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM. UM, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL READ THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM, A RESOLUTION I APPROVING PARTIAL SETTLEMENTS AND LAWSUITS ENTITLED PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS ATLANTIC. RICHFIELD, COMPANY 24TH, JDC NUMBER 7, 3 2, 7 6 8 DIVISION N PARIS OF JEFFERSON VERSUS CHEVRON, USA HOLDINGS INCORPORATED 24TH, J, DC NUMBER 7, 3, 2, 7, 6, 9. DIVISION P, PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS DESTIN OPERATING COMPANY INCORPORATED 24TH, J, DC NUMBER 7, 3 2, 7 7 0. DIVISION H, PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EQUITABLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 24TH, J, DC NUMBER 7, 3, 2, 7, 7, 5. DIVISION I, PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION 24TH. J, D, C NUMBER 7, 3, 2, 7 7 4 DIVISION C. AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. ALRIGHT, SINCE THIS IS COMING FROM THE FLOOR, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A, A VOTE FOR THIS ITEM TO COME FROM THE FLOOR. SO IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM COMING FROM THE FLOOR, UM, VOTE NOW. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. OKAY, CLOSING THE VOTE. FIVE YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND TWO ABSENT. COUNCILMAN WALKER AND COUNCILMAN LEE. SO THE ITEM IS APPROVED TO COME FROM THE FLOOR. WE'RE NOW GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. SO IF YOU ARE, UM, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED. UH, COUNCILMAN BONANNO YOUR MOTION ON THE ADOPTION. COUNCILMAN BONANNO MOVES TO APPROVE THIS ITEM SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN. WE'RE VOTING ON THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM, CLOSING THE VOTE. FIVE YAYS, ZERO NAYS TO ABSENT THE ITEM PASSES. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE NO SPECIAL BUSINESS, WE HAVE NO STATUS REPORTS. SO THAT [ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY] BRINGS US TO READING ITEMS [01:50:01] INTO SUMMARY. AND ELIZABETH, DO YOU HAVE WATER? YEAH, . SEE I KNOW THIS IS, UH, A LONG, LONG LIST. SO GO AHEAD. IN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOTS, B ONE, B TWO AND UNIT ONE SQUARE 40 PONTCHARTRAIN GARDEN SUBDIVISION SECTION A INTO LOT Z ONE SQUARE 40 APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 28, A LOT NINE D SQUARE, THREE 30 MANSON SUBDIVISION LOTS D NINE 12 A SQUARE, 3 31 MANSON SUBDIVISION AND LOT NINE A SQUARE, THREE SQUARE 3 32, MANSON SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA INTO LOT 1 28 B APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOTS, ONE B ONE AND TWO B SQUARE FIVE. SECTION B OAKDALE SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS TWO B ONE TWO B TWO TWO B THREE, AND TWO B FOUR SQUARE FIVE SECTION B OAKDALE SUBDIVISION, AN ORDINANCE OF ENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 6 4 3 6 ADOPTED ON JUNE 15TH, 2022. FOR THE REQUEST SUBMITTED UNDER PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOCKET NUMBER SP DASH ONE DASH 21 TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY PERIOD OF USE APPROVING THE PRE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOTS ONE THROUGH SIX SQUARE SIX ODOM SUBDIVISION OF LOTS, ONE THROUGH 15 SQUARE FOUR HOMEDALE SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS ONE A SQUARE FOUR HOMEDALE SUBDIVISION APPROVING THE PRE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE SQUARE A RU ORLEANS SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS. ONE A, ONE B AND ONE C SQUARE. A SUBDIVISION APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE A GLEN SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS ONE A ONE AND ONE A TWO. GLEN SUBDIVISION. THE DEDICATION OF A 25 FOOT UTILITY SERVITUDE THROUGH LOT ONE A TWO IN FAVOR OF LOT ONE A ONE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF JEFFERSON PARISH, A PORTION OF LOT ONE SQUARE, A RURAL ORLEANS SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 69 11 LAPALCO BOULEVARD. MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM MUCD TO R ONE A, LEAVING AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AT THE RATE OF 2% WITHIN THE CHURCHILL FARMS FAIRFIELD. NUMBER TWO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA PROVIDE STATUTE 33 9 0 3 8 3 9 PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION, ADMINISTRATION, DEDICATION AND USE OF PROCEEDS THEREOF LEAVING AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AT THE RATE OF 2% WITHIN THE CHURCHILL FARMS FAIRFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA PROVIDE STATUTE 33 9 0 3 8 0.39. PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION, ADMINISTRATION, DEDICATION AND USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO WAIVE THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND PLAN REVIEW FEES FOR THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOOD AND BEVERAGE INCUBATOR. LOCATED AT THE CHURCHILL TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS PARK. ADDING THE FINES AND HEARING COSTS ASSESSED BY THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION ADJUDICATION PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA PROVIDE STATUTE 1 3 2 5 7 5 3 3, 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 9, AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 19 DASH 53 FOR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE DERELICT AND PER PRESENT. A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH. ADDING THE PURSUANT TO LOUISIANA REVIVE STATUTE 1 3 2 5 7 5 3 3 1, 2, 3, 6 4 9 IN THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 19 DASH 53. THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION ADJUDICATION. AND PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH. ADDING THE CUTTING AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR THE GRASS, NOXIOUS WEEDS OR OTHER UNHEALTH GROVES, TRASH DEBRIS OR DISCARDED MATTERS PURSUANT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES. SECTION 19 DASH 27 TO THE ANNUAL ADD ALARM TAX BILL. A SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL BOND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $20 MILLION OF TAXABLE SEWER REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026 OF CONSOLIDATED SEWAGE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF THE PARIS OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF A GENERAL BOND ORDINANCE HAS AMENDED PRESCRIBING THE FORM IN CERTAIN TERMS IN CONDITIONS OF THE SAID BONDS, PROVIDING FOR THE SALE AND SAID BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS. AMEND ORDINANCE [01:55:01] NUMBER 1 4 7 9 6, THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO CREATE A NEW CLASSIFICATION AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS AND ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY WAIVING PERMIT FEES IF THE PERMIT WAS NECESSARY BY DAMAGES FROM TROPICAL STORM AUTHOR ON JUNE 18TH, 2026, APPROVING THE REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL PERMANENT USE FOR A HAIR CARE ACCESSORY TO OPERATE AN IN-HOME HAIR SALON FOR GEO'S BARBER SHOP AND SALON AT 6 57 EAST WILLIAM DAVID PARKWAY. LOTS 43 AND 44 SQUARE 33 CANAL STREET. SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET IN ORDINANCE, AMENDING THE 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET. AND THAT'S ALL THE ORDINANCES I HAVE TO READ AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE ELIZABETH JOHNSON DOING THIS JOB AS COUNCIL CLERK. THANK YOU. UM, THAT IS THE END OF OUR MEETING REMINDING EVERYBODY. GRAND ISLE. OH, WE NEED TO ADOPT THOSE . WE DON'T WANNA LET YOUR READING GO TO WASTE. SO, UM, COUNCILMAN KERNER, YOUR MOTION, I MOVE TO ADOPT COUNCILMAN KERNER MOVES TO ADOPT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. THE PARISH CLERK JUST READ INTO SUMMARY, CLOSING THE VOTE, FIVE YAYS, ZERO NAYS, AND TWO ABSENT. SO ALL OF THOSE ARE ADOPTED. UM, AGAIN, GRAND TORAN RODEO STARTS THURSDAY, 5:00 PM UM, STAY TUNED, UH, OBVIOUSLY ON THE STORM. UM, CALL US IN OUR OFFICES IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WHILE WE HAVE THAT RAIN AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MADAM CHAIRMAN, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YES, I SEE WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR OVER THERE. YES. ANY UPDATES ON THE STORM OR ANYTHING YOU WANNA PROVIDE AT THIS TIME? YOU WANNA COME FORWARD? COME ON FORWARD, COME ON. YEAH, IF YOU WOULD. , DON'T HIDE BY DON ARE ACTING 'CAUSE HE CAN'T HELP YOU, DON. JUST GLAD SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GOTTA COME UP HERE. TURN ON THE, THERE YOU GO. SO, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, IT'S FINALLY MAKING A WESTERN TRACK. UH, THE WINDS ARE STARTING TO PICK UP GETTING SOME PRETTY HIGH GUST, BUT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAJORITY OF THE LANDFALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. STANDING BY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NOW COUNCILMAN LOBERG. MOTION ADJOURN. COUNCILMAN LOBERG MOVES TO ADJOURN. SECOND OF COUNCILWOMAN BEN FRANKEN, OPENING THE VOTE ON ADJOURNING AND CLOSING THE VOTE. FIVE YAYS, ZERO NAYS. TWO ABSENT. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.