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Finance Committee Meeting - August 8, 2022
A
B
B
A
A
The
person
I
was
supposed
to
come
speak
tonight
could
not
make
it
so
that
will
be
removed
from
the
general
business
and
we
actually
need
to
add
an
item,
and
this
item
is
an
approval
of
a
cooperative
endeavor
agreement
between
leadership,
ascension
foundation
and
ascension
parish
government
to
transfer
ownership
in
an
electronic
application
and
website
entitled
you
matter
ascension.
We
do
need
it
to
be
unanimous,
but
I
don't
know.
A
A
F
So
this
is
a
great
project,
so
we
were
in
we
just
graduated
from
leadership
this
year,
leadership,
ascension
and
sorry,
sorry
yeah.
So
we
just
graduated
from
leadership,
ascension
and
so
our
project
was,
you
know
we
wanted
to
decide
how
we
could
impact
the
parish
in
the
most
positive
way,
with
the
fewest
amount
of
dollars,
and
quite
a
few
people
in
our
group
are
passionate
about
mental
health
and
being
a
nurse
practitioner.
F
It's
one
of
the
most
difficult
things
to
refer
and
get
resources
and
stuff
in
the
community.
We
were
actually
at
an
event
this
weekend
and
and
just
there
are
so
many
resources
out
there
that
people
are
unaware
of.
So
our
project
is
to
bring
these
resources
together
for
our
parish,
whether
school-age
kids
parents,
teachers,
all
those
sort
of
things
to
be
able
to
have
that
resource
for
mental
health,
stuff.
G
So
we
developed
an
app,
and
so
with
that
app
people
can
download
it.
Our
citizens
can
download
the
app
and
they
can
access
mental
health
resources
along
with
the
web
page
and
so
what
we
did
we
went
through
and
we
vetted
through
all
mental
health,
a
variety
of
mental
health
resources
in
our
parish
and
outside
of
our
parish,
so
that
parents,
students,
community
members,
can
access
in
a
once
place
of
mental
health
resources
we
vetted
through
who
takes
medicaid,
who
takes
payments
a
payment
system.
G
We
also
have
an
opportunity
to
do
push
notifications.
So
when
we
have
like
the
event
this
weekend
in
donsonville,
we
can
push
notifications
through
the
app.
So
any
citizen
that
has
the
app
will
get
that
push
notification
about
different
community
events,
as
it
relates
to
mental
health
or
just
bringing
people
together
for
social
and
emotional
well-being.
G
H
H
I
have
a
couple
questions
about
it,
so
this
app
that
you
develop
has
access
to
the
mental
health
in
the
parish
and
when
you're
saying
you
vet
em,
it
has
your
medicaid
your
what
payments
they
accept,
et
cetera,
et
cetera
now
as
far
as
vetting
them,
I
guess,
qualifications
and
which
psychiatrist
or
psychologist
or
counselors,
are
better
for
which
type
situations
or
anything
like
that.
How
did
y'all
go
about
that
process?
Or
did
you
involve
that
process.
G
F
Yeah
and
we
part
of
the
vetting
process
was
basically
to
go
ahead
and
make
sure
these
individuals,
whether
it
be
pediatric,
specialty,
adult
specialty
or
those
sort
of
things,
those
were
all.
We
had
developed
a
questionnaire
to
ask
and
as
far
as
insurances-
and
you
know
what
type
of
patients
they
see
and
all
that
sort
of
stuff,
so
we
we
we've
not
only
done
ascension
parish
but
also
surrounding
parishes,
including
these
baton
rouge,
just
as
options
for
treatment
in
the
you
know,
in
the
absence
that
we
don't
have
it
here
in
this
pair.
So.
H
And
as
far
as
the
national
company
that
you
use
to
go
through
and
rate
the
different
doctors,
which
is
great,
I
think
that's
a
great
thing.
Have
you
all
thought
of,
or
are
there
any
other
sources
you'll
give
or
give
access
to
for
these
particular
doctors,
whether
it's,
I
don't
know
if,
if
they
have
them
on
like
angie
list
or
whatever
those
types
of
platforms
are
or
is
there
any
way
you
could
leave
something
for
any
of
the
public?
H
G
F
The
other
thing
I
didn't
mention,
which
is
a
huge
fan
for,
is
we're
going
to
have
the
option
too,
for
especially
from
the
app
platform
to
be
able
to
detect.
So
if
somebody's
in
suicide
crisis,
you
can
actually
get
on
the
app
and
I
can,
I
can
be
talking
to
a
counselor
within
just
a
few
minutes
time
and
that
that's
actually
goes
through
the
national
center.
So
we're
not
staffing
that
we're
not.
You
know
we're
not
training
those
counselors
and
that
sort
of
thing.
I
J
G
D
E
It
is,
and
particularly
as
it
relates
to
going
upstream
getting
into
high
schools
before
these
people
are
at
the
wits
end.
You
know,
there's
some
some
identifiers,
that
you
can
catch
some
risk
factors,
and
so
it's
it's
a
great
tool
and,
and
we're
excited
about
it,
and
once
again
it
goes
back
to
that
public
private
partnership.
We
don't
have
to
come
up
with
all
ideas.
We
just
have
to
facilitate
good
ideas,
so
I'm
excited
about
it.
M
N
We
have
outside
counsel
that
we
have
hired
to
review.
All
of
our
is
am
I
on
here.
What's
up
yes,
we've
hired
outside
council
to
review
all
of
our
medical
contracts
and
liabilities
along
those
lines,
the
council
approved
that
contract
and
they're
going
to
be
looking
at
at
the
whole
of
mental
health
and
and
our
health
services
for
those
kind
of
issues.
I'm
not
aware
at
this
time
again
we're
deferring
to
them
on
this
matter.
E
N
M
And
I
appreciate
that,
but
webmd
has
been
sued,
you
know
by
individuals
out
there
and
it's
it's
a
similar
scenario.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
saw
who
you
pointed
at
mr
lawler.
Oh,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
we're
not
putting
ourselves
in
that
same
boat,
so
I
just
the
simple
we're.
Okay,
I
think
would
be
it
would
be
and
for
you
guys
as
well,
I
mean
the
last
thing
you
would
want
would
be
to
open
yourselves
up
to
something
like
that.
So
I
just
think
you
know.
P
Mr
chairman,
member
of
the
committee,
I
have
with
me
adam
parker,
with
the
law
firm
of
butler
snow
who
go
through
the
process
with
you
and
explain
the
legalities
behind
setting
up
this
district.
I
just
want
to
describe,
in
general
the
boundaries
of
the
district
kind
of
follows:
the
highway
30
corridor
going
from
interstate
10,
all
the
way
out
to
the
parish
line
with
everville
it.
It
basically
goes
down
into
the
river
we're
capturing
a
lot
of
the
industrial
property.
That's
along
that
corridor
and
I'll.
P
E
So,
for
the
most
part,
it's
no
different
than
the
west
bank
economic
development
district.
We
we
created
one
difference
is
that
we've
already
negotiated
an
agreement
with
the
governor.
It's
a
verbal
agreement.
We
have
to
get
our
stuff
in
line
first,
but
for
every
one
cent
we
dedicate
to
infrastructure
in
this
district
they're
going
to
match
it
with
one
cent
of
state
dollars.
So
just
to
kind
of
put
that
in
perspective,
a
two
billion
dollar
industrial
expansion
will
generate
in
three
years
about
8.8
million
dollars.
E
So
if
we
create
this
district
and
all
goes
well
through
the
joint
budget
committee,
we
can
then
match
that
with
the
state
one
cent
or
even
the
state,
two
centers
depends
on
how
far
you
guys
want
to
go.
You
may
just
say
john:
we
want
to
dedicate
a
half
a
cent,
but,
but
you
know
the
bottom
line
is
we
can
take
8
million
and
turn
it
into
19
million.
If
we
go
2
cents,
you
know
in
short
order.
E
We
can
have
a
significant
amount
of
money
and
our
whole
point
behind
this
is,
I
think,
most
of
us
know
why
piku
lane's
there
it's
not
there,
because
the
state
could
afford
to
build
it.
It's
there,
because
east
baton
rouge
can
step
up
and
help
the
state
afford
to
build
it,
and
that's
essentially
what
we
want
to
develop
on
the
highway
30
corridor.
The
ability
to
have
some
leverage
to
go
to
the
state
and
make
improvements,
and
it's
not
just
highway
30
includes
73,
includes
corner
view.
E
If
you
look
at
the
map
pretty
much
any
public
state
road
within
that
region,
and
so
it
just
gives
us
an
opportunity
over
the
next
three
to
five
years.
When
we
have
a
you
know
at
least
13
billion
dollars
worth
of
industrial
expansion,
to
capture
some
of
that
money
and
match
it
with
the
state
dollars.
And
so
that's
that's
the
the
gist
of
the
tax
structure.
So.
Q
And
I'll
just
walk
adam
parker
with
butler
snow,
I'll,
walk
you
through
just
a
couple
of
you,
know
procedural
steps
and
also
kind
of
the
intended
purpose
behind
this
ordinance
to
create
the
economic
development
district.
So
this
obviously
is
the
first
kind
of
you
know:
you've
seen
it
in
the
finance
committee.
It
would
go
to
be
introduced
for
adoption
at
the
august
18th
council
meeting,
and
then
we
contemplated
adoption
on
september
15th.
Q
So
a
couple
of
different
steps,
and
at
that
september
15th
meeting
there
would
also
be
a
baseline
tax
that
was
set
just
also.
This
sometimes
causes
confusion.
It's
not
a
new
tax
and
in
this
particular
instance
well
this
this
has
voters
within
it.
This
particular
district.
Sometimes
you
see
edds
or
districts
that
do
not
have
voters.
You
know.
If
you
levy
a
new
additional
tax
or
anything,
then
you
would
have
to
you.
Don't
necessarily
have
an
election
to
do
anything
in
regard
to
any
additional
taxes.
Q
You
would
have
to
have
an
election
or
to
change
any
of
the
purposes
that
are
current.
Taxes
are
authorized
for,
you'd
have
to
have
an
election,
and
so
that's
one
feature
is
that
these
are,
for
you
know,
infrastructure
improvements,
as
mr
diaz
said,
I
mean
also
new
taxes
are
created
and
that's
kind
of
the
contemplated
structure.
I
Q
Is
incremental
taxes
just
generated
by
the
district,
we're
contemplating
sales
and
potentially
ad
valorem,
so
you
have
a
baseline
set.
You
know
you
make
sure
that
no
bond
impairment
issues
exist
and
then
essentially
anything
that's
above
that
would
be.
You
know
pledged,
and
the
idea
also
is
to
catch
some
of
the
the
state
incremental
tax
revenues
that
are
required,
and
the
statute
requires
that
for
the
local
government
authority
to
have
a
matching
provision
for
the
state
sales
tax.
So
that's
where
he's
kind
of
saying,
hey
up
to
two
percent.
You
know
they're.
Q
Basically,
how
much
can
we
pledge?
We've
looked
through
the
purposes
the
one
percent
general
alimony
parish
tax
would
fit
through
the
incremental.
We
also
believe
that
the
0.33,
which
is
essentially
two-thirds
of
the
half-cent
road
sales
tax,
may
be
the
drainage
we're
working
through
that
as
well,
but
really
as
we
work
through
this,
we
have
to
structure
and
make
sure
that
all
those
dollars
are
spent
and
the
purposes
that
the
voters
authorize.
Q
We
also
looked
at
the
general
alimony
of
the
parish,
as
well
as
the
road
lighting
district
number
six.
Those
are
two
villages
that
are
currently
levied
and
the
purposes
fit
within
the
contemplated
structure.
Parent
parish,
council
is
the
governing
authority.
So
it's
not
a
separately.
You
know
created
authority
parish,
council
as
sole
authority
to
do
as
it
will
with
this
district,
you
know
creating
it
and
then
governing
it
and
making
all
decisions
related
to
it
really
just
a
method
of
capturing.
Q
F
Q
E
E
K
E
Plants
say,
sell
pro
or
sell
or
create
sales
tax.
Normally,
that's
that's
included
or
included
in
the
budget
to
improve
conditions
throughout
the
whole
entire
parish.
Correct.
So
that's
why
it's
not
a
separate
commission.
It's
the
perishing.
You
know
it's.
The
entire
parish
council
as
the
governing
and.
Q
K
Q
Q
Q
So
the
road
lighting
district
and
I'm
I'm.
I
think
that
the
parish
council
is
the
governing
authority.
If
it
has
a
separate
governing
authority
and
they
collect
taxes,
there
has
to
be
a
cooperative
endeavor
agreement
between
the
existing
district.
You
know
that
has
a
separate
governing
authority
in
the
parish
council.
E
E
Q
E
Q
Q
K
Q
J
Oh
yeah,
I
knew
they're
on
a
on
a
much
smaller
scale,
but
isn't
tanger
and
and
cabela's.
That's
that's
their
own.
Individual,
taxing
districts
right
as
well
right
and
you
know,
and
whatever
funds
are,
are
created.
You
know
when
you
go
down
either
tango
to
cabela's
parkway,
I
want
to
say
each
one
has
an
extra
half
cent
sales
tax
or
or
something
like
that,
and
those
dollars
have
to
stay
within
the
boundary
of
that
district.
That's
what
we're
talking
about
here.
Q
Boundaries
are
directly
benefiting,
it
can
be,
you
know,
immediately
adjacent
or
there's
there's
some
room
for
when
you
have
a
direct
benefit
to
the
district
to
spend
dollars
outside
of
it.
But
it's
not
I
mean
it's
got
to
directly
relate
right
like
something
but
but
yeah.
That's
the
same
deal.
It's
we're
trying
to
benefit
that
particular
district
with
those
dollars.
E
E
As
a
result
of
a
two
billion
dollar
expansion,
it
will
generate
about
8.8
million
dollars
in
sales
tax.
Our
whole
point
is
to
capture
that
increment
to
make
infrastructure
improvements,
so
we
can
further
enhance
like
for
the
reason
we
did
on
the
west
bank
is
because
everybody
who
and
we've
had
some
close
ones.
We
had
a
six
billion
dollar
chemical
plant,
but
we
just
didn't
have
the
infrastructure
infrastructure.
This
would
allow
us
to
invest
back
in
highway,
30
1073.
H
H
H
In
those
districts
where
the
main
impact
is
located,
whether
that
be
we
have
a
specific
committee
amongst
the
council
or
if
we
have
a
designated
board
with
that
final
governing
authority
to
approve,
I
think
either
one
would
would
be
fine
kind
of
like
what
councilman
lawson
was
talking
about
with
the
tiff
that
they
did
for
cabela's
and
they
did
for
tanger,
where
any
of
the
tax
dollars
that
are
created
are
spent
on
infrastructure.
Within
that
particular
area.
E
Q
It
has
to
do,
and
you
also
adopt
an
economic
development
plan
and
then
that
economic
development
plan-
you
know
you
basically
can
describe
the
purposes
in
which
the
district
can
expend
money.
So
if
you
make
it
really,
you
can
say
within
the
district
are
directly
a
budding
or
you
can
make
it
as
specific,
as
you
would
like,
within
the
economic
development.
H
Plan
is
this
economic
development
district,
similar
to
the
economic
development
district
that
was
created
in
the
middle
of
gonzales
that
encompasses
the
movie
theater
a
little
bit
of
airline
highway
and
whatnot
to
where
the
particular
businesses
can
also
get
some
types
of
tax
breaks
or
can
do
some
type
of
infrastructure.
That
is
not
state
infrastructure,
but
it
does
connect
to
state
infrastructure.
S
Q
Q
Q
H
Of
the
economic
development
district,
I
was
speaking
of
one
of
the
purposes
is
you
can
and
do
a
tax
abatement?
If
you
take
an
old
rundown
building,
not
something
that's
not
built
and
completely
redo
it,
and
you
can
keep
and
freeze
property
taxes
for
five
years.
Two
consecutive
five-year
terms,
nothing
like
that's
nothing
that
would
have
anything
to
do
with.
Q
E
A
K
P
I
K
Ardennes,
so
how
wide
is
directly
related,
I
mean
I
know
it's
a
a
legal
term
that
somebody
like
aaron
will
come
up
with,
so
we
can
just
kind
of
really
expand
it
out.
So
how
far
could
gotta
be
good?
Yes,
you
know:
can
it
go
all
the
way
to
42?
So
that's
if
we
help
42
out
it's
going
to
help
traffic
in
the
edd,
because
it's
going
to
help
highway
73.
I
mean
how
broad
a
discretion.
Does
this
directly
related.
Q
It
you
know
they're
both
addressed
into
attorney
general's
opinions,
or
I
mean
my
view
would
be
within
the
district
and
that's
the
safest
conservative
view.
I
think
it's
been.
We
have
incidental
items
that
are
just
you
know
the
way
the
district
was
drawn.
The
way
the
lines
worked,
we
needed
this
sidewalk
directly
adjacent
to
it.
Out
of
the
district.
I
don't
think
it
directly
related
goes
much
further
than
just
something
almost
immediately
adjacent
to,
but
it's
something
that
you
define
the
economic
development
plan
as
a
parish
council.
Q
If
you,
if
you
want
to
get
specific
about
how
directly
related
that's
your
prerogative
about
you
know
how
specific
you
want
to
be,
but
I
do
think
that
if
you
were
to
go
non-adjacent
or
I'm
giving
you
the
it's
depends
answer
without
trying
to
say
it
depends
because
I
can't
stand
when
lawyers
do
that.
I
really
can't,
but
it
it
does
depend.
Q
But
it
depends
in
part
on
what
you,
how
what
how
far
out
of
the
district
you
would
allow
any
sort
of
development
you,
the
parish
council,
but
also
on
I
mean
how
close
of
a
approximate
test
you
can
show
that
it
directly
benefits
the
district
itself
right,
not
just
traffic
flow
generally,
but
the
district,
the
residents
of
the
district,
the
businesses
in
the
district,
the
roads
in
the
district,
the
projects
that
you're
are
specific.
So
it's
I.
I
Q
Q
Then
it
becomes
problematic
and
I
have
to
you
know,
stretch
my
legal
brain,
a
little
bit
and
kind
of
explain,
here's
how
it's
directly
rated
and
why
it
fits.
But
so
I
my
advice
has
always
been
to
make
things
as
close
or
contiguous
as
possible,
or
if
you
have
some
reason
that
you
need
to
expand,
it
then
change
the
boundaries
of
your
district.
You
know
if,
if
it's
something
that's
far
away,
you
know
and
not
directly
in
the
district,
then
change
the
boundaries
to
include
that,
because
then
we
don't
have
to
deal
with
that
problem.
Q
Q
E
So,
council
tournament,
I
had
a
separate
attorney,
explain
to
me
because
a
lot
of
the
description
says
in
or
near
the
district.
So
I
asked
him
what
is
near
because
it's
either
in
or
out
right
and
a
good
example
in
this
one
would
be
near
would
be
the
corner
of
corner
view
in
73..
Two-Thirds
of
that
intersection
is
not
in
this
district,
but
it's
near
it
and
you
can't
improve
one-third
of
that
intersection.
The
part
that
connects
73
to
corner
view
you
have
to,
and
so
that
was
his
description
of
me.
E
K
Maybe
want
to
say
that
we
expand
the
intersection
at
74
73
and
that's
going
to
benefit
the
edd.
So
we're
going
to
use
that
money
to
you
know
maybe
three
lane
on
each
side.
That's
what
I'm
hearing
if
we
could
probably
pull
something
like
like
that
off
correct,
because
it's
going
to
help
the
traffic
flow
going
into
the
edd
and
help
them
leave
out
correct.
Q
I
think
you'd
want
to
adjust
the
boundaries.
That's
because
when
we
start
doing
that
near
then
I
start
having
to
give
my
okay
near
fits.
You
know,
I'd
rather
have
it
in
the
district,
because
you
know
then
I
have
to
opine
on
whether
it's
allowable
project
expense,
so
better
just
have
the
boundaries
include
all
the
area
that
you
would
like
to
benefit
as
far
as
the
local
government
authority.
Q
So
there
are
a
lot
of
the
governing
authority.
There
are
a
lot
of
districts
that
are
created
by
statute.
This
particular
one
is
local
governing
authority.
It's
it's!
The
statute
does
require
that
the
parish
council
would
be
the
governing
authority.
You
could
establish
some
sort
of
committee,
or
you
know
some
local
ordinance
to
say,
but
we're
having
a
separate
committee
to
approve
any
sort
of
action
of
the
economic
development
district
in
this
area.
Q
E
K
Q
R
And
in
all
seriousness,
though,
I'd
prefer
to
see
these
boundaries
set
in
stone
per
se.
These
are
that,
if
we
understand
that
and
eliminating
the
ambiguity
of
near
or
having
to
state
what
is
directly
related,
if
we
feel
that
there's
a
project
that
is
so
worthy
of
this
area
that
we
need
to
expand
the
boundary,
it
shouldn't
be
hard
to
to
establish
I'm
sorry
to
get
those
votes
later
on
to
expand
the
boundary.
But
if
we
we
have
too
much
ambiguity,
it's
just
going
to
lead
to
okay.
Well,
does
this
count?
Does
this
not?
R
R
This
is
not
a
one
or
two
district
issue
that
we're
trying
to
fix
here.
This
is
not
only
is
it
a
multi-uh
district
issue,
it's
a
multi-parish
issue.
When
it
comes
down
to
it,
I
mean,
if
there's
any
way,
that
we
could
get
taxes
from
other
parishes
for
this
they're,
putting
a
lot
of
traffic
on
these
roads
also.
So
I
really
do
want
to
see
the
entire
council.
You
know
in
charge
of
this
and
making
these
decisions
because
it's
going
to
benefit
every
single
district,
but
a
lot
of
the
people
in
these
districts.
R
C
E
Do
not,
but
but
none
of
these
dollars
can
be
used
to
improve
highway,
30
or
any
road
in
eberville.
So
this
is
just
owning
our
own
problem
and
I'll
be
honest
with
you.
The
big
picture
is
how
can
we
collect
that
one
sense
that
that
we're
sending
to
the
state
that's
being
dispersed
throughout
the
state
and
keep
it
here?
That's
the
big
win
here
is
the
is
the
match
so.
Q
And
also
so,
within
the
economic
development
plan,
you
could
very
easily
say
that
dollars
could
only
be
expended
within
the
district.
I
mean
you
in
that
way
would
be
saying:
hey
in
the
district,
nothing
outside
of
it.
We
try
to
give
you
as
much
flexibility
as
possible
right
so
that
something
comes
up
down
the
road.
You
don't
have
to
amend
the
boundaries
and
you
know
have
okay,
well,
this
tiny
parts
outside
the
district,
so
that
was
kind
of
the
reasoning
there.
D
So
I'm
I'm
struggling
with
the
map
and
I
apologize
for
that.
It's
it's
moving
all
over
the
place
in
this
ipad,
but
it
probably
is
operator
era,
but
so
I'm
concerned
about
what
what
the
map
looks
like.
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
to
have
the
certainly
the
corner.
The
intersection
of
corner
view
at
73
is
critical
to
the
that
district.
I
E
E
I
E
South
down
highway
73
to
that
electrical
lines
which
takes
you
all
the
way
to
everville,
then
from
eberville,
we
go
to
the
center
line
of
the
mississippi
river
and
basically
just
meander
down
the
mississippi
river
until
we
get
to
darrow
and
we
come
up.
So
it's
just
trying
to
capture
all
the
industrial
area.
It's
trying
to
capture
some
of
the
major
roads.
We
want
to
improve
this
corner
view,
73,
30
and
also
too,
to
have
a
pot
of
money
potentially
for
an
interchange
in
that
area.
So.
D
E
D
T
K
A
A
Item
5d
approval
of
amendment
number
2
to
master
contract
for
professional
services
between
ascension
parish,
government
and
kind
dead,
keys,
collaborative
for
growth
management
and
regulatory
preparation
services
to
extend
the
contract
term
for
an
additional
year
through
july
21st
2023.
I
have
a
motion
by
councilman
alonso
second
by
councilman
mason,
and
I
have
questions
councilman
lawler.
R
U
E
M
U
U
U
So
we
decided
to
go
with
a
new
provider,
who's
local
who,
when
we
pick
up
the
phone,
we
call
them
we're
not
talking
to
somebody
in
georgia
or
dallas,
we're
talking
to
somebody
in
santa
monica,
so
it
it
is
a
little
bit
more
costly,
but
based
on
conversations
that
we've
had
with
other
agencies
locally,
who
have
also
changed
from
the
same
vendor
to
a
local
vendor
that
their
cost
and
their
level
of
service
have
improved.
Because
not
only
do
you
have
to.
M
M
N
Have
we
have
standard
contracts?
I'm
I
haven't
been
involved
in
this
particular
matter.
Kenneth
has
been
handling
this
one,
but
we
have
our
standard
contracts,
have
a
standard
indemnity
provision
that
we
have
that's
in
there.
But
again
we
don't
have
a
on
this
particular
matter.
That's
on
the
agenda.
Today
we
don't
have
a
contract
on
that.
Yet.
M
R
Yeah,
I
I've
heard
good
things
with
what
they're
doing
in
some
areas
as
far
as
keeping
things
clean,
I
do
have
a
lot
of
concerns
with
the
contracts,
the
insurance
issues
that,
because
we've
that
hasn't
been
met
in
based
on
other
contracts
that
we
have
with
them.
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
make
a
substitute
motion
that
requires
that,
prior
to
entering
into
the
contract
or
sign
the
contract,
the
contract
be
brought
to
us,
the
council
for
review,
but
that
we
also
have
legal
count.
N
R
R
In
fact,
we
have
a
contract
right
now,
where
required
that
we
get
proof
of
a
certificate
of
insurance
10
days
before
the
contract
was
entered
into,
and
we
didn't
get
that
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
crossing
our
eyes,
dotting
our
teas
and
doing
all
those
other
crazy
things.
We
do
that's
all
it
is.
R
R
A
M
M
My
concerns
are:
is
that
we're
getting
too
intertwined
with
one
particular
individual,
and
we
have
concerns
that
that
particular
individual
has,
you
know,
has
a
substantial
influence
over
the
parish
president
and
the
administration,
and
with
that
being
the
case,
I
agree
with
mr
lawler
that
we
need
to
go
outside
and
I
believe
we
need
to
table
this
matter
for
at
least
another
30
days
until
we
can
get
all
those
opinions
from
us.
You
know
for
us,
those
are
the
things
that
are
quite
necessary
in
this
matter.
V
Good
afternoon,
mr
chairman
council,
my
name
is
william
kluweit.
I'm
one
of
the
owners
of
trash
rangers
that
is
trash
rangers
to
correct
trash
range
is
commercial,
not
trash,
rangers
llc,
so
just
to
make
sure
everybody's
on
the
same
page.
As
far
as
the
insurance
goes,
we
use
a
third
party
insurance
firm.
We
do
not
use
the
insurance
firm
of.
K
V
Dustin
is
employed.
Certainly
he
mentioned
that
he
is
an
insurance
agent.
He
understands
the
risk
there
and
that's
the
point
he
was
making
there.
I
will
offer
you
this.
We
do
currently
work
with
with
one
of
the
other
parish
entities,
specifically
the
the
school
board,
where
we
provide
quite
a
few
units
quite
a
bit
more
than
this
we've
provided
all
the
necessary
licensure.
In
addition
to
the
the
insurance
requirements
there
and
and
I'd
offer
you
the
same
and
so
we've
operated
above
board.
V
We
had
insurance
at
the
time
that
we
entered
into
the
the
contracts
with
with
lamar
dixon,
so
we've
never
been
without
insurance.
I'll
tell
you
that,
so
if
you've
got
any
specific
questions
regarding
that
we'd
be
happy
to
address
that,
but
I'll
tell
you
one
is
the
fully
insured.
We
certainly
meet
the
requirements
of
the
ascension
prairie
school
board,
and
I
think
there
might
be
somebody
here
that
can
actually
testify
to
that
attest
to
that.
But
in
addition
to
that,
we
do
use
third-party
insurance.
V
V
Most
of
you
know
the
lightning
rod,
and
certainly
you
you
all
know
dustin,
but
to
the
other
people
that
are
involved
in
this
company
as
ownership
is,
is
casey
is
the
oldest
one
and
mason.
My
youngest
son
and
jamie
tone
play
our
operations
manager,
so
I
can
tell
you
that
you
know
these
are
all
members
of
this
parish
as
well.
I
V
You
know
we
we
certainly
operate
above
board
on
all
those,
so
I
I'm
I'd
be
happy
to
to
address
anything.
Certainly
you
can
continue
with
your
motion.
I
believe
the
the
service
that
we've
replaced
with
lots
of
these
businesses.
Certainly
some
of
the
other
entities
within
the
parish
have
been
as
a
result
of
service.
V
V
You
know
the
appendages
that
go
on
on
a
particular
unit
that
a
series
of
payment
terms
and
all
those
things.
So
with
that
being
said,
you
know,
there's
there's
all
sorts
of
things
that
go
into
it,
but
the
thing
that
was
mentioned
most,
I
think
by
mr
compton
before-
is
that
we're
servicing
we're
the
only
five
star
rated
service
supplying
this
service
to
any
government
entities
and
I'll
tell
you
you
know:
god
bless
them.
I
hope
we'll
be
as
big
as
those
other
two
one
day,
but
we're
not
you
know
and.
I
V
A
I'm
gonna
speak
right,
quick,
so
I'm
just
gonna
ask
everybody
as
we
proceed
forward.
Let's
be
respectful.
I'd
rather
stay
on
this
item
and
I
realized
that
there's
some
some
ethical
things
around
maybe
another
contract
they
have
with
lamar
dixon,
and
I
understand
that
we're
not
going
to
answer
that
here
tonight.
In
my
opinion,
we'd
be
happy
to,
but
well
I'd
rather
stay
away
from.
Okay,
because
we
stay
on
point
on
this
one.
A
S
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
First
off,
I
would
like
to
object
to
councilman
lawler's
sub
substitute
motion.
We
don't
do
this
to
any
other
contract
that
we
approve,
nor
have
we
ever
gone
into
this
much
discussion
over
a
simple
contract
and
the
fact
that
they're
providing
to
the
school
board
and
the
sheriff's
office.
I
think
if
they're
meeting
their
requirements,
they
can
meet
ours.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say,
like
I,
I
think,
we're
just
kind
of
wasting
everybody's
time
with
this
discussion,
but
yeah
I
just
object.
Thank
you.
R
My
concern
is
is
that
we
have
to
have
proof
of
that,
and
then
you
giggle
about
it,
but
when
we
were
asked
about
proof
of
insurance
and
it's
required
with
the
ldec
contract
was
to
provide
us
proof
10
days
ahead
of
time,
yet
we
didn't
get
proof
of
insurance
until
july,
27th
and
july
28
of
this
year
after
it
was
asked
about.
Moreover,
the
certificate
holders
were
supposed
to
list
the
parish
of
ascension
paris
of
ascension
employees,
lamar
dixon
and
lamar
dixon
employees,
yet
only
the
workers,
comp
insurance
has
lamar
dixon.
R
I
simply
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
properly
insured
right
now
at
lamar
dixon
there
is
a
diesel
fuel
that
is
stationed
that
is
prohibited
by
that
contract
sitting
on
our
property,
which
is
exposing
lamar,
dixon
and
ourselves
to
liability,
and
we
have
no
proof
that
there's
insurance.
For
that.
All
I'm
asking
is
that
we
follow
the
law
and
we
follow
the
contracts.
R
I
don't
think
it's
too
much
to
ask
that
we,
if,
if
there's
a
pattern
of
not
providing
that
coverage
before
which
there
is
now
and
there's
a
pattern
of
not
following
the
contract,
the
lamar
dixon
contract,
which
there
is
now.
I
would
ask
that
we
make
sure
that
we're
not
going
to
fall
into
that
pattern.
Again.
Sure.
O
But
go
ahead
yeah
as
far
as
the
insurance,
when
they
request
an
insurance
certificate,
we
send
them
one
as
an
insurance
attorney.
I'm
sure
you
understand
how
an
insurance
certificate
works.
Natalie
requested
one
from
our
provider,
which
is
not
me
to
be
honest
with
you
all
shelter.
Insurance
has
a
program
for
garbage
trucks,
that's
old
as
the
hills
and
that
to
our
trucks,
and
that's
who
our
general
liability
is
written
through,
not
through
my
agency
through
mr
gilley
birth
lot,
so
natalie
requests
a
certificate
from
natalie
requests
a
certificate
from
them.
R
O
That
certificate
that
you're
reading,
if
she,
if,
if
you
call
an
insurance
agency
and
say
hey,
please
send
me
a
certificate
to
lamar
dixon,
they
will
send
you
a
lamar
disc
certificate.
They
have
a
hundred
people.
There
are
certificate
holders
for
us
if
they
call
the
agency
hey
we're
an
additional
insured.
What
they'll
do
is
they'll
go
in
the
computer
system,
verify
it's
your
additional
insured
and
then
mark
it
off
and
send
it
to
you
and.
R
R
O
I
will
yes,
sir.
I
will
good
I
will
to
address
your
your
your
fuel
pumps,
you're,
saying
a
non-permanent
fuel
pump.
It
was
brought
to
our
attention
and
that
you
have
to
have
a
permit
to
have
a
diesel
tank.
Hey
look.
I
called
the
fire
marshal.
First,
three
people
I
talked
to
didn't
have
a
clue.
What
I
was
talking
about
even
went
a
little
bit
further,
so
the
permit
process
is
in
place.
We
will
have
a
permit
in
our
hands
effective
tomorrow.
O
The
guy
on
the
the
guy
on
the
other
end
of
the
line
said.
Is
this
a
lamar
dixon?
I
said
yes,
it
is.
He
says
it
just
for
y'all's
fuel
tanks
like
yeah.
He
said
what
about
the
other
fuel
tanks
mentioned
other
fuel
tanks,
not
only
on
lamar
dixon,
but
he
said
the
parish
has
six
different
locations
that
do
not
have
permits
and
not
that
the
parish
did
anything
wrong.
He
said
they've
been
there
forever.
This
is
something
that
I
can
tell
you.
O
I
talked
to
10
farmers
today,
you
know
10
people
if
you're
not
selling
fuel.
This
is
something
that
it's
not
very
common
and
so
much
that
when
I
called
the
fire
marshal
and
quote
unquote
turned
myself
in
they.
They
pretty
much
told
me
to
find
somebody
that
could
talk
to
me
and
call
me
back
later.
Well,.
R
V
I
think
I
think
you've
got
right
now,
like
you
said,
we'll
have
the
permit
tomorrow.
We're
gonna
review
the
contract
once
it's
sent.
In
addition
to
that,
I
I
think
we'll
abide
by
it,
and
we
got
a
lot
of
proof
here
that
we're
working
with
other
agencies
that
actually
abide
by
those
they
have
all
those
necessary
appendiculars.
If.
M
A
M
O
That's
not
what
we
do
at
all,
so
what
we
actually
so
we
clean
them
back
there
we
spray
offside,
no
different
than
if
a
matter
of
fact,
when
deq
came
out,
there
were
four
people
watching
rvs.
There's,
there's
no
difference
with
that.
We
have
switched
to
a
provider
that
now
basically
reclaims
all
their
water
from
cleaning
the
outside
of
our
truck.
They
place
a
berm
and
it's
a
contained
water.
They
suck
the
water
up
and
bring
it
back
to
them
so
that
that
has
been
anything
that's
been
brought
for
us
for
me
towards
us.
M
O
V
L
A
O
An
engineer
like
yourself
would
appreciate
them
when
you
turn
the
dumpster
upside
down,
it
automatically
unlocks
inside
due
to
a
magnet
the
biggest
problem
that
you
all
face,
or
anybody
with
a
dumpster
is
depth
of
service,
because
I
can
promise
you,
nobody
from
the
parish
threw
away
a
couch
at
oak
grove
community
center
today
you
know,
but
it's
in
there.
So
that's
something
that
we
plan
on
doing
and
just
like,
we
did
with
the
school
board.
O
We
went
back
six
months
after
we
had
the
contract
and
reviewed
them
and
we
were
able
to
reduce
their
bill
by
about
7
300
a
month
and
the
reason
being
is
the
end
users
of
these
dumpsters.
If
one's
full
all
the
time,
all
you
do,
is
you
just
order?
Another
one
and
the
end
user
doesn't
really
care
about
the
service.
So
what
we're
able
to
do
with
our
monitor
everything
we
do
is
complete.
All
of
our
trucks
are
completely
videoed.
What
we'll
know
is
hey
look
when
we
start.
O
V
V
Bucks,
so
what
what
dustin
mentioned
was
critical
not
only
for
for
the
service
but
the
the
penitures
that
we're
talking
about
adding
these
are
log
bars.
These
are
generally
charged
an
additional
installation
fee,
an
additional
monthly
fee.
As
I
recall,
we
did
not
charge
for
those
we're
not
charging
for
those,
so
probably
probably
not
properly
evaluated
and
and
normalized
on
a
bid
situation.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day
you
did
get
those
additional
services.
V
It
probably
puts
it
as
as
as
a
as
an
even
but
it
has
an
additional
savings
because
there
are
typically
tonnage
charges
and
those
things
that
go
along
with
this
or
overfill
fees
by
by
putting
these
appendagers
on
there.
By
putting
those
locks
on
there,
you're
not
going
to
get
the
overfill
you're
not
going
to
get
somebody
driving
by
the
park.
V
Trust
me,
I'm,
you
know:
we've
got
a
wonderful
santa
mone
park
over
there,
where
I
grew
up
and-
and
now
and
thank
god
it's
you
know
it's
it's
named
after
my
brother,
but
we
watched
a
lot
of
people
drive
back
there
as
that
thing
was
dormant
and
dump
just
dump
stuff.
Just
dump
things.
Just
randomly
they
use
it
as
a
public
dump.
A
lot
of
these
places
used
as
public
dumps
so
you're
going
to
avoid
those
those
charges
downstream.
V
A
T
T
It
was
a
huge
effort,
randy
and
and
ricky
did
a
lot
of
work
to
get
a
lot
of
users
together
talking
to
other
entities
to
make
sure
this
was
the
best
deal
for
the
parish,
because
all
we
want
is
to
make
sure
we
have
the
best
deal
for
the
parish,
so
they
looked
at
the
quotes.
They
had
a
group
meeting,
they
have
got
a
binder
of
issues
with
the
current
company,
and
so
that
is
why
we
wanted
to
move
forward,
and
just
something
else
is
the
current
contract
expires
september
1st.
T
So
we
would
really
like
to
move
forward
with
this,
and
I
can
tell
you
I
will
commit
personally
to
make
sure
that
if
you
move
forward,
we
will
work
with
legal.
We
will
make
sure
everything
is
in
place
like
we
try
to
do
with
every
single
contract.
We
do
to
make
sure
that
all
the
requirements
are
met,
and
I
just
would
hate
to
delay
this,
because
the
staff
have
put
so
much
time
in
this
and
the
other
contracts
is
expiring.
R
V
I
can
tell
you
how
we
helped
him
out
between
jamie
and
and
dustin.
They
spent
four
hours
on
the
weekend.
This
is
a
lot
of
weekend
service
at
lamar.
Dixon,
totally
different
services
is,
first
of
all,
it's
a
different
response
to
a
different,
rfp
or
different.
I
should
say
quote
in
this
regard,
so
all
those
things
are
different,
you're
comparing
apples
to
bananas.
If
you
will,
you
know.
I
V
With
him
right
now
on
optimizing
that
service
than
we
have
by
the
way,
so
the
good
news
is
is
that
in
most
of
those
cases,
as
I
understand
it,
those
things
are
under
contract
to
the
actual
event
and
those
those
those
costs
get
passed
on.
That's
the
good
news,
so
yeah
a
lot
of
those
costs
anyway,
not
maybe
the
daily
costs.
V
E
V
C
I
C
A
R
W
A
W
Brought
this
matter
to
the
school
board,
but
the
staff
we
talked
about
it
because
mr
compton
asked
us
some
questions.
I
mean
we
transitioned
last
year
and
we've
had
good
service.
We've
had
great
service
it.
It
got
us
the
extra
things
that
we
were
looking
for.
It
did
come
at
an
extra
cost.
I
think
we're
paying
10
or
11
more
than
we
used
to
pay,
but
we're
happy
with
it
because
we're
getting
our
dumpsters
dumped.
So
that's
that's
where
we're
at
yeah.
C
We
just
had
a
school
cleanup
at
galvez
middle
and
I
stopped
you
know
just
off
of
my
services
and
pick
up
anything
extra
that
they
needed
and
they
the
principal
said
well,
mr
clue,
out
of
dropped
off
a
dump
that
helped
with
the
extra
brush
and
the
extra
cleanup.
So
you
know
this
is
what
we
want
in
the
parish.
We
want
people,
that's
gonna,
buy
in
and
stay,
and
I
just
wanted
to
see
what
the
school
board
would
say
about.
We've.
H
D
So
I
could,
I
couldn't
let
everybody
else
express
all
their
appreciation
without
doing
so
myself,
since
it's
an
opportunity
to
do
so
in
public.
My
husband
and
I
were
terribly
ill
back
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
I
realized
there's
been
a
separation
of
some
of
the
trash
ranger
entities.
But
at
that
time
these
were
all
one
entity
and-
and
my
garbage
was
stacking
up
in
my
garage
and
I
picked
up
the
phone.
I
called
trash
rangers
because
they
were
the
local
company
and
talked
to
the
young
woman
and.
I
D
I
didn't
say:
oh
by
the
way
this
is
councilwoman
caso.
I
want
y'all
to
come,
get
my
garbage.
Okay.
Anybody
knows
me
knows
that
didn't
happen,
and
but
I
I
the
next
thing
I
got
was
a
phone
call
from
dustin
who
said
miss
terry.
I
understand
that
y'all
are
having
problems
and
you're
sick
and
I'm
coming
to
your
house,
and
that's
going
to
be
me
going
in
your
garage
to
get
that
garbage
and
I'm
gonna
put
it
out.
We're
gonna,
get
it
out
to
the
road
and
you're
gonna.
Have
you
have
garbage
service?
D
E
H
A
Soon
and
I'll
just
make
one
last
comment
on
the
ldc
patrick
and
I
have
talked
about
it,
just
general
housekeeping
that
is
one
of
the
few
contracts
on
our
list.
That
does
not
have
a
not
to
exceed
amount,
and
we
talked
about-
and
I
think
mr
clue
out-
you
alluded
to
it,
optimizing
you
don't
have
to
get
up
and
speak.
A
I
know
it
does.
I
I
understand
that
and
that
that
comes
to
that'll
come
to
kyle,
also
to
be
a
steward
of
that
contract,
but
just
to
just
to
keep
it
consistent
with
everything
else.
We
do
realize
it's
a
sponsorship
agreement
and
I'm
not
sure
what
the
rules
are,
but
me
and
pat
just
giving
you
all
a
heads
up
that
we've
just
talked
about
having
that
that
guided
fence
on
it,
where
we
can
look
at
it.
A
A
Item
five
f
review
of
quotes
and
authority
and
entering
the
contract
for
lamar
dixon
fence
repair
with
the
lowest
responsive
quote,
submitted
by
amco's
fence
and
steel
company
llc
in
the
amount
of
fifty
five
thousand
three
hundred
sixty
dollars.
Promotion
motion
by
councilman
lawson
seconded
by
councilman
cagnellotti
any
objections.
A
J
X
This
is
going
to
be
the
majority
of
our
fence
that
part
over
there.
We
kind
of
have
some
trees
through.
It
probably
takes
some
mitigation
of
of
taking
down
some
some
down
logs,
taking
that
out
moving
everything
to
our
burn,
pile,
that's
kind
of
got
a
natural
barrier,
it's
not
as
big
of
a
concern
for
us.
This
is
more
of
our
internal
fencing,
our
fencing
along
this,
the
the
soccer
fields,
things
like
that.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
A
P
A
L
Basically,
what
it
is
when
we
took
down
the
existing
walls,
the
fire
marshal
came
out,
did
an
inspection
and
at
some
point
in
time
somebody
had
went
and
cut
a
bunch
of
holes
in
the
north
wall
ran
unistrut
and
conduit,
and
that's
supposed
to
be
a
fire
radio
off.
So
basically,
we're
gonna
have
to
rework
that
whole
wall
to
meet
fire
code
before
it'll
pass
again.
L
A
L
A
Thank
you.
Dean
item
5h
approval
of
change,
order,
number
4,
manshack
acres
at
muddy,
creek
bridge
replacement,
parish,
project
08391-006
river
road
construction,
incorporated
for
the
addition
of
62
calendar
days
due
to
the
abnormal
high
water
levels,
adverse
weather
conditions
outside
of
the
allocated
contract
time,
resulting
in
unworkable
site
conditions
and
necessary
re-rating
work.
Concrete
delivery
has
also
been
delayed
due
to
industry
availability.
J
Y
This
project
is
basically
working
in
a
drainage.
Ditch.
Muddy
creek
is
a
very
important
drainage
for
a
lot
of
people
in
that
area.
Muddy
creek
starts
from
airline
highway
and
meanders
across
henry
road
crosses
la-42
and
then
finally
crosses
manchak
acres.
So
all
of
that
water
goes
through
this
project.
Y
A
lot
of
the
work
of
this
project
was
to
pour
concrete,
set
box
culverts
and
finally
build
the
wing
walls
at
the
end
of
the
box
culverts
all
of
that
in
the
bottom
of
muddy
creek.
So
every
time
not
even
a
significant
rain.
Every
time
a
moderate
rain
happens,
the
contractor
essentially
has
to
break
the
dam
that
he
has
to
build
in
order
to
work
in
that
area,
so
the
water
will
either
over
top
his
his
berm
or
he
has
to
go
and
physically
take
down
his
berm.
Y
Y
The
next
task
is,
so
that's
been
the
routine
for
months,
because
every
time
it
rains
and
we've
had
a
pretty
good
rain
season
in
the
month
of
july
june,
wasn't
much
better,
but
every
time
it
rains
he's
gotta.
You
know
deal
with
the
elements
and
and
reestablish
his
work
area
prior
to
that
it
did
mention
material
in
this
project,
the
parish
or
we
have
a
contract
that
supplies
box
coverage
and
we
use
that
contract
for
this
project.
Y
H
Q
C
A
Motion
by
councilman
cadillac
is
second
by
councilman
lambert.
Any
questions,
any
objections,
hearing
none
that
passes
to
the
full
council
for
approval
item
5k
approval
of
amendment
number
three
to
mastercat
to
master
contract
for
pavement
preservation
with
material
resources
inc
to
extend
the
current
contract
term
for
an
additional
six
months
through
february,
2nd
2023
to
complete
the
current
project.
This
amendment
extends
the
contract
term
only
and
does
not
affect
the
contract
price
motion
by
councilman
roberts.
Second,
by
councilman
cagnellotti.
A
Any
questions,
any
objections,
hearing
none
that
motion
passes
to
the
full
council
for
approval,
5l
approval
of
change,
order,
number
five
parish;
project,
m8-17-11,
seabro,
road
safety,
widening
bluff,
road
to
la
73,
paris,
project,
ma-17-11,
command,
construction
industries,
llc
to
add
items
and
finalize
project
quantities.
The
change
order
would
add
an
additional
25
days
to
the
contract
time
to
compensate
for
weather
days,
utility
work
and
time
for
scheduling
the
scan,
the
substantial
completion
inspection
and
also
would
subtract
180,
000,
157
and
84
cents
for
a
total
contract
amount
of
1
million
953
107.77.
A
Who
made
the
first
motion?
Y'all
did
all
right:
councilman
robert
second
councilwoman
caso,
any
objections
hearing,
none
that
passes
to
the
full
council
for
approval,
5n
approval
of
certificate
of
substantial
completion,
seabro
road
safety,
widening
bluff,
road
to
la-73
motioned
by
councilman,
alonso
second,
by
councilwoman
casso,
any
oh
yeah,
councilwoman
castle.
D
Joey,
I
just
want
to
take
this
opportunity.
Thank
you
for
that
project.
I
think
the
the
the
move
ascension
program
and
you
particularly
there
were
lots
of
challenges
along
zebra
road.
I
want
the
administration
to
know
that
joey
represented
them.
Well
all
of
you
to
know
that
when
there
were
challenges
he
went
and
visited
on
with
people
knocked
on
their
doors
and
and
did
his
level
best
to
solve
the
whatever
construction
related
problems
they
had
discovered.
D
So
this
was
a
fantastic
project.
Although
we
have
created
somewhat
of
a
drag
strip,
it's
you
know
it.
That's
just
typical
and
eventually
people
will
realize
that
they
need
to
slow
down,
but
it's
a
beautiful
project,
and
I
thank
you
very
very
much
for
all
your
effort
and,
and
certainly
the
contractor
did
an
outstanding
job.
A
All
right
any
objections,
hearing,
none
that
passes
to
the
full
council
for
approval,
5n
approval
of
certificate
of
substantial
completion,
bro
road
at
germany,
road
clearing
and
grubbing
parish,
project
ma-18-07,
la
contracting
enterprise,
llc
promotion
by
councilman,
malassa
second,
by
councilman,
k,
galati
any
objections
hearing,
none
that
motion
passes
to
the
full
council
for
approval
5-0
contract
report.
For
the
month
of
july,
I
was
going
to
say
a
couple
words
I
this
is
the
second
time
we've
seen
it.
A
A
So
if
you
want
to
look
ahead
to
next
month,
those
are
right
next,
in
line
they're
doing
a
good
job
of
we
had
asked,
I
think,
a
year
ago,
maybe
two
years
ago,
pay
better
attention,
so
we're
not
hurrying
up
and
getting
stuff
thrown
at
us
at
the
last
minute.
Although
that
still
happens,
some
it
does
seem
like
the
contracts
are
definitely
going
smoother
and
we're
getting
advance
notice
and
they're
not
sneaking
up
on
us.
So
we
appreciate
that
effort
with
that
being
said,
does
anybody
have
any
questions
on
the
contract
report
for
this
month?
A
L
H
A
T
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
You
know
it's
always
great
to
have
a
presentation
last
on
the
agenda,
but
we're
going
to
try
to
keep
it
brief.
This
is
actually
our
second
presentation
in
our
series
we're
hoping
to
slowly
work
for
the
different
departments.
We
had
transportation,
and
now
we
have
recreation
and
again,
this
is
just
a
a
brief
overview.
Obviously
there's
a
lot
of
details
we
can't
get
into,
but
we
would.
T
T
T
T
They
opened
the
dog
park
reopened,
skate
park,
near
completion
of
led
ballpark
lighting
projects,
secured
over
2
million
in
grants
for
recreation
projects,
and
so
on.
So
just
wanted
to
kind
of
highlight
a
few
of
those
things
and
also
point
you
back
to
the
budget
to
look
at
the
strategic
planning
part
like
we
did
with
transportation.
We
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
recreation
committee
and
what
the
responsibilities
are
for
our
ordinance.
T
It's
review
new
concepts,
recreation
programs
as
presented
by
recreation,
governing
board,
overseeing
finance
and
determining
solutions
for
any
problems
that
may
arise
just
a
suggestion,
and
this
is
purely
a
suggestion.
From
from
myself.
I've
done
a
lot
of
auditing
of
strategic
planning
and
missions,
goals
and
objectives
and
and
committees
and
different
things.
I
think,
there's
probably
an
opportunity
here
to
maybe
revis
revisit
these
and
when
you
can
contrast
it
to
the
transportation
committee,
it
talks
about
master
planning.
T
It
talks
about
moving
forward,
and
you
know
I've
been
to
the
recreation
committees
and
they
you
do
all
those
things
already.
It's
just
not
necessarily
in
the
responsibilities
in
the
ordinance.
So
there
may
be
an
opportunity
to
mend
that
ordinance
and
put
some
of
the
things
you're
already
doing
like
looking
at
the
master
plan
plan-
and
I
know
michael
and
ricky
have
been
working
on
that
for
a
while
and
and
those
type
of
things
might
be
good
to
add.
T
The
other
piece
is
the
park
construction
fund
and
that's
the
capital
side.
That's
in
the
back
of
the
budget
in
the
in
the
capital
portion
and
those
are
the
major
projects,
and
you
know,
there's
6.3
million
of
those
going
on
right
now,
so
there's
the
capital
projects
and
then
the
operating.
So
you
need
both
sides
to
make
the
whole
and
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
the
the
funding
comes
from,
and
you
know
I've
been
asked
about,
can
we
do
a
schedule
of
presentations
and
part
of
my
thought
was
well.
T
You
know
each
presentation
takes
a
little
bit
of
time
because
they
tell
a
story
and
you
really
need
to
flesh
out
what
each
department
story
is.
Unfortunately,
recreation
story
is
similar
to
transportation
in
terms
of
dedicated
funding.
When
you
look
at
recreation,
you
see
there
is
sales
tax
number
one,
but
that's
ten
percent
of
the
net
revenues,
and
that's
just
in
the
budget
ordinance
each
year
there
is
no
set
dedication
like
a
specific
tax.
T
That's
set
aside
for
them
other
than
that
in
the
budget
ordinance
we
set
aside
10
percent
for
the
recreation
fund,
then
there's
a
small
amount
of
miscellaneous
the
park
construction
fund.
You
know
we'll
get
in
grants,
but
the
main
thing
is
transfers
from
recreation
if
it's
not
transferred
from
the
recreation
fund,
there's
really
not
a
lot
of
money
that
can
go
into
that
capital
side.
So
when
you
try
try
to
improve
a
park,
you've
got
to
find
find
funds
for
that
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
moving
forward.
T
The
only
other
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is
y'all
have
been
sitting
in
the
budget.
Ordinance,
25
of
excess
sales
tax
gets
transferred
to
the
recreation
fund
and
it
it
is
pretty
significant
because
we've
been
fairly
conservative
with
our
revenue
projections
and
sales
tax
has
been
going
up,
which
is
good
for
recreation,
because
that
25
results
in
1.3
million,
1.1
million
or
so
each
year.
T
So
it
is
a
a
decent
set
of
amount
of
revenue,
but
it's
not
guaranteed
it's
not
consistent
and
if
sales
tax
doesn't
keep
going
up
like
it
has
been,
that
amount
will
go
down
now,
just
to
give
you
kind
of
a
graphical
picture
of
all
of
the
recreations
historical
spending,
the
recreation
fund
and
the
park
construction
fund
you'll
see
this
simple
graph
and
just
to
remind
you
again,
when
you
see
the
dotted
lines,
that's
the
budget.
We
try
to
make
sure
we
separate
those
out,
because
the
budget
is
a
plan.
T
T
So
let's
talk
about
the
operating
side.
First,
the
historical
spending
and
probably
the
first
thing
you
notice
from
this
graph-
is
the
purple
line
where
other
financing
uses
the
transfers
out.
That
is,
where
you're
transferring
money
into
the
construction
fund.
So
that's
when
you're
transferring
it
to
the
capital
side.
T
T
T
T
T
So
when
we
look
at
the
the
construction
fund,
now
we're
switching
over
to
that
side,
you'll
see
it's
it's
relatively
flat,
except
for
2019,
and
that
was
for
two
different
things.
There
was
a
large
transfer
from
the
recreation
fund
and
also
there
was
three
million
that
was
loaned
to
the
recreation
from
the
sales
tax
and
it's
being
paid
at
300
000
per
year
for
the
next.
T
You
know
for
10
years,
but
you
do
see
the
expenditures
increasing
starting
in
21,
and
I
think,
if
you
look
at
the
next
graph,
I
think
this
will
give
you
a
good
explanation
of
why
this
is
one
a
chart.
We
we
showed
in
the
transportation
slides
and
it
represents
that
fund
balance
and
what's
been
happening
to
the
fund
balance
and
also
what's
going
on
with
the
expenditures.
So
those
blue
bars
are
the
actual
expenditures
and
the
green
is
the
excess
of
revenue
over
expenditures.
T
So
you
can
see
that
big
jump
in
2019
from
that
infusion
of
cash
and
the
fund
balance
went
up.
It
continued
to
go
up
in
2020,
but
then
in
21
and
22
in
the
actuals
in
21.
You
see
that
three
million
dollars
of
park
expenditures,
so
a
lot
of
capital
work
started
getting
done
and
in
2022
you
see
6.3
and
again,
that's
the
plan
to
get
a
lot
done.
T
So
that's
going
to
be
a
nice
infusion
where
some
of
these
projects
may
actually
get
moved
up
as
long
as
we
can,
you
know,
get
them
underway
and
and
don't
have
any
supply
chain
issues.
We
can
really
get
things
moving
by
the
end
of
the
year,
just
a
quick
overview
of
what
those
rescue
plan
funds
are
going
for.
T
You
had
that
in
your
packet
last
thursday,
we've
got
the
health
and
wellness
center
site
work
at
parks,
new
restrooms
walking
paths,
playgrounds,
other
park
upgrades,
so
there's
a
lot
of
things,
good
things
that
will
happen
with
those
funds
just
in
the
next
year
or
so
again,
that's
just
a
very
quick
overview.
We've
got
ricky
and
we've
got
michael
king
here
and
again
I
want
to
thank
both
of
them.
K
H
H
H
T
Well,
and
just
to
add
to
that
you
know,
we've
talked
about
with
the
capital
plan
that
we
put
out
the
five
year
plan
this
next
year.
Our
goal
is
to
assign
the
revenues
to
those
so
in
entities
like
transportation
and
recreation
you're
going
to
see.
We
have
a
lot
more
plans
than
we
necessarily
have
dedicated
dollars
to.
T
J
Oh
yeah
I'll
just
be
real,
quick
on
the
on
the
programs
I
want
to
give.
Oh
I
want
to
give
mr
king
a
huge,
huge
shout
out.
You
know
one
of
the
most
impressive
things
we've
done
since
he
started.
His
tenure
was
our
partnership
with
impact
sports
for
the
baseball
team
and
we're
only
in
year
two
of
that
partnership.
J
J
I
don't
know
I
guess.
Like
two
three
weeks
ago
we
made
the
field
trip
in
a
field
trip.
We
stopped
looked
at
some
other
phenomenal
parks,
baseball
parks
on
the
way,
and
we
got
to
watch
our
9
10
and
11.
U
all-stars
all
win
the
state,
the
state
championships
simultaneously,
you
know.
So
that's
that's
something
I
don't
think
has
ever
been
done
with
our
baseball
league.
So
you
know
I'm
really
excited
you
know
about
division
with
mr
compton,
mr
king
and
everybody
going
forward.
J
So
I
really
just
want
to
give
a
huge
shout
out
because
ap
baseball
is
relevant
again
and
for
anybody
who
doesn't
know
the
12u
is
the
the
first
age
group
that
has
the
shot
you
know
to
go
to.
You
know
the
little
league
world
series
and
our
11
10
and
nine
year
olds,
just
one
state
so
the
next
three
years,
man,
it's
it's
possible
that
we
could
see
an
ascension
parish
team,
just
like
the
east
bank.
What
was
it
2018
or
2019?
They
won
the
little
league
world
series.