[0:02] Okay. It being 5:00 PM, the LFUS Parish
Council meeting of October 14th, 2025 is
[0:06] hereby called to order. Miss Carlen, can
you please conduct roll call?
[0:09] » Yes, sir. Councilman Brumfield,
>> present.
[0:12] » Councilman Adams is absent tonight. Vice
Chair Burke
[0:15] » here.
>> Councilman Melvin here.
[0:17] » Councilman Pierce here.
>> Councilman Arab here.
[0:19] » Chairman Ot
>> here.
[0:21] » Councilwoman Shasso here.
>> Councilman Lraine
[0:23] » here.
>> Parish President OA
[0:26] » present.
>> Thank you very much, Miss Coren. If
[0:28] everyone please rise, we be led an
invocation by Counciloman Melvin,
[0:30] followed by pledge of allegiance by
Councilwoman Chessel. Father,
[0:35] Dear Lord, help us to please carry out
the business of our constituents who are
[0:39] also our fellow citizens of Lauch Parish
for the betterment of our parish and
[0:44] that we can strive to do well and put
our egos aside for the betterment of
[0:49] what we do. Amen.
>> Amen.
[0:50] » Amen.
I pledge algiance to the flag of the
[0:55] United States of America and to the
stands one nation
[1:01] indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.
[1:08] » All right, we like to welcome everyone
to tonight's meeting. Uh we first like
[1:11] to request that everyone please turn
your phones off and or put them on
[1:16] silent out of respect for the others in
the chambers.
[1:20] Also like to remind anyone wishing to
address the council, please fill out a
[1:23] blue form that was located at the door
that you came through. Uh get after the
[1:26] council clerk will be sure to recognize
you during public wishing to address the
[1:29] council. And just a reminder of the way
the meeting runs, uh during ordinances,
[1:35] we will ask three times for public input
um on each of the ordinances that are
[1:40] going to be uh up for discussion
tonight. Uh prior to the council
[1:44] deliberating and ultimately voting. When
we go to resolutions, there'll just be
[1:48] deliberations amongst the council and
then uh taking a vote. So, if you have
[1:51] an item on a resolution you want to talk
about, please [clears throat] fill out a
[1:56] form on public wish to address the
council. With that said, item A, state
[2:00] and or federal legislative updates. If
we have any state or federal
[2:03] legislators, I see none. Item B, we have
none, Miss Coren. Item C, presentations
[2:09] and or updates. We have
one tonight and that one is
[2:16] I got it. Uh, item one, presentation by
Dr. Laura Battle and Miss Kristen and
[2:20] Selme on the planning of the 2026
Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy. And
[2:25] y'all can come on up to the mic,
Miss Laura,
[2:31] Kristen,
[2:36] if you don't mind, just get your names
and addresses for the record so we can
[2:39] pick them up for the minutes.
And the mic is live.
[2:44] » All right. Hi Kristen Anelme uh 133
Rosedown Drive Tibido Louisiana 70301
[2:55] your address
Laurado
[3:01] 917 Jackson Street
>> Tibido thank you
[3:09] » you can recall Phillips 6508 Marshall F
Street, New Orleans.
[3:17] [snorts]
>> Good afternoon. Uh, thank you all for
[3:21] having us here and Miss Carlen for
coordinating with us. We're here to
[3:24] speak about um our 2025 Leadership
Academy and give a little bit of a
[3:29] report. And as we do that, I'm going to
introduce Theresa Stell. She's just
[3:32] going to give a little bit of a
testimony as to her experience with the
[3:35] Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy. And
we want to thank all of you uh for the
[3:41] LFU Parish Council for everything you've
done to help us in executing this
[3:46] program, making it possible.
Hi everyone, my name is Reese Stell
[3:52] Phillips and I'm a freshman at the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
[3:57] studying speech pathology and aiology.
I've been a part of LGLA since 2021,
[4:03] starting as a participant, then a junior
counselor, and this past year, I was a
[4:07] junior program assistant. My love and
gratitude for this program continues to
[4:12] grow every year. One of my favorite
gifts from LGLA are the friendships I
[4:17] have made. I've been surrounded by a
group of girls who have the same values
[4:21] and goals as me. We build each other up
year round.
[4:26] LGLA strives to show each aspect of
leadership, including public speaking,
[4:32] running for office, and owning a
business. There is even an etiquette
[4:36] class.
Through the many different panels,
[4:40] speakers, and group activities, each
girl walks away from the program feeling
[4:44] like she can conquer all her goals. The
ambassador campaign is an amazing part
[4:49] of LGLA. Here, each small group chooses
one or two candidates to run for LGLA
[4:55] ambassador. The groups become campaign
teams using their ci creativity to get
[5:00] their candidates name known. The
candidate also gives a speech to the
[5:04] entire program and then on the last day
the participants vote. Every night there
[5:10] is a fun activity to bring us all
together. My favorite activities have
[5:14] been the governor's dinner and the pool
party. LGLA is my home. It has given me
[5:20] my voice and my best friends. I cry
every year when it's over because it
[5:24] because it is where I feel the most
inspired and understood. I'm always
[5:28] counting down the days until the next
program. There is currently 236 days
[5:33] until LGLA 2026.
This past year, we received more
[5:38] applicants than ever before. So, our
need for funding has grown. It is help
[5:43] from people like y'all that makes this
program a reality for so many girls. I
[5:48] thank God every day for putting LGLA
into my life and I thank you all for
[5:53] allowing me to speak with you today.
Thank you.
[5:58] And we want to thank Reese Stell for
driving in from UL to be here with us
[6:02] tonight. Also here um LGLA is in its
19th year. Um and it is under the
[6:07] director actually of the LFU Parish
Commission for Women um President Dr.
[6:12] Dr. Laura Bado, who also serves as the
executive director for the Louisiana
[6:17] Center for Women in Government and
Business. As Reese Stell said, the
[6:20] program is only continuing to grow in
need. Last year, we received at the
[6:25] close 300 applications,
um, which was completely amazing. Um, we
[6:31] were able and funded to take 80 young
women into the program. It was very
[6:34] competitive, which is very exciting. In
these packets that you have of our
[6:38] report, you're going to see all of the
um 2025 data and survey results which
[6:44] show you the way the program has grown
since 2022 when we were fighting to
[6:48] receive 100 applications for 80 spots.
And to be where we are now is just
[6:52] incredible. And you'll also see um how
our participants ranked after going
[6:56] through the program. And like Risa
Stell, we have young women that fight to
[6:59] come back year after year because they
truly do meet women that are like
[7:03] themselves for the first time. They are
they are ambitious. They are driven.
[7:07] They want to be business owners. They
want to be civic leaders and leaders in
[7:11] their community. So, they truly find
their voice and their platform and they
[7:14] learn uh how to execute that and they
meet mentors through the program. I
[7:18] think I've written um six or seven um
college application um letters so far
[7:23] for recommendations.
With that being said, we're also doing a
[7:27] lot for Lefouch Parish. A lot of the
young women I think um our college rate
[7:32] is currently at 99% of those young women
that are graduating as seniors are
[7:36] metriculating into college and I want to
say 84% I don't know if I put that
[7:41] number in here it might be further in
the back are going to Nickels and some
[7:45] of these young women that didn't even
know Nickels existed before there but we
[7:48] implant them onto our campus and they
see everything that we have to offer in
[7:52] our community and they end up coming
back as Colonels. So we're really proud
[7:56] of that. um 100% of the funds that we
receive from Lefuch Parish go to housing
[8:01] and feeding our um participants at
Nickel State University. So um as those
[8:06] numbers grow up, as Reese Stell said, we
would love to expand our program. Our
[8:11] goal is to fund raise to be able to
accept Laura 100. That's the goal for
[8:15] this year is to be able is to be able to
expand to um accept 100 young women cuz
[8:21] we are expecting another hike um in the
programming. Um, Laura, would you like
[8:26] to say anything?
[8:32] » I know this is whole to believe that
that I can't speak. Uh, but I have a
[8:39] brain bleed from uh another hospital and
so I I'm going to be however full force
[8:49] by the uh day. So, thank you so much. I
can't tell you that what it has done
[8:58] all of Louisiana
because people are looking about
[9:03] Louisiana and about that we are taking
the um uh I can't see y'all. I'm sorry I
[9:10] can't see yet but I will. All right.
Please please understand how much this
[9:19] is going for for Tibido for uh Homer for
um
[9:26] » Racer. Yes. Thank you for helping us.
>> Yes. Thank you so much for all of your
[9:32] help. Um and does anybody have any
questions specifically about the program
[9:36] or I know y'all are pretty familiar with
us. We come every year and give our
[9:40] report.
>> Mr. Lraine's got some comments.
[9:43] » Okay. Yeah, I just wanted to thank you
all because this is a program that I've
[9:48] always push and try to help you all as
much as I can. I've been doing it for a
[9:52] long time and uh I I see uh in the
budget they put you 10,000, but we'll
[9:58] we'll keep it at that for now. We'll
wait till the budget comes up and see
[10:01] what happens. And uh I attended your
banquet the last day and I wish more
[10:07] councilman would attend, but some of
them got to work so I could understand
[10:10] that. Uh it's something really to see
what these young ladies can do. It's
[10:16] unbelievable the stunts that they do at
the end and they get together in all
[10:22] kind of little groups and and they
really put on something that's everybody
[10:27] should see. I made the one last year and
if God says I'm going to make the one
[10:32] this year and it's in it's at Nicholls.
It's at Nickels. Now, when they had the
[10:39] supper by the doctor's house, there were
quite a few councilmen that came. I
[10:43] don't remember all of them, but there
were there were a few that came, but uh
[10:46] I wish everybody would come if they can
to the banquet and see what these young
[10:52] girls can do. Y'all really motivate
these girls and they're all young kids.
[10:59] In fact, I could probably be that daddy,
but I'm not. Thank [laughter] God.
[11:04] But anyway,
>> daddy said grandpa.
[11:06] » Oh, I I should maybe be that grandpa.
>> Great grand. Great grandpa.
[11:10] » That's better [clears throat] than great
grandpa.
[11:12] » But anyway, I'm sure the council is
going to help you out the best they can.
[11:17] And I put a little more than 10,000 in
the budget at my request to them. But
[11:23] we'll see what happens. And you know, I
got to tell them 10,000 is is great.
[11:30] That's usually what you get. But don't
forget inflation, so it might go up a
[11:35] little bit. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Lraine.
[11:38] And Mr. Brumfield, you have the floor,
sir. Well, I I got the opportunity to
[11:42] attend to attend the the dinner that you
all had at the Dr. Tori's house and I
[11:48] was uh it was very impressive. So, my
prayer for you all is that God continues
[11:54] to order your steps and many more years
that it grows and grows and grows. Thank
[12:00] you. Thank you all so much. And um I if
you would like to help us, there is
[12:05] information in the packet on um what you
can do to help and the biggest thing is
[12:09] connecting us with businesses or with
individuals that have the same mission
[12:13] and would like to get in touch with us
about how they can help sponsor a young
[12:16] woman or help the program. But thank you
all so much for having us and your
[12:20] continued support.
>> Thank you. Thank you all very much. Good
[12:24] luck.
[12:28] All right.
[12:32] All right, that's it on presentations
and our updates brings us to item D,
[12:38] engineer and architect reports. And I'm
told we're not going to get any tonight,
[12:41] so we good. Item E, public wish address
at council public hearings agenda items
[12:45] or Miss Carlen.
>> Miss Jill Petri, if you'd come to the
[12:48] podium, state your name and address for
the record. And please remember, you
[12:53] have three minutes, Miss Petri.
[13:04] Gio Petri 3191 Shopar Road Tibido 70301.
Good evening. My name is Jill Petri and
[13:13] I want to begin by saying that I do
understand that this council cannot
[13:18] change a judge's ruling or reverse a
custody decision.
[13:22] What I am speaking about tonight is not
a dispute over custody. It's about how
[13:28] parish level agencies enforce court
orders and respond to protective order
[13:33] violations.
Those enforcement
[13:37] procedures and the coordination between
local departments or within your
[13:42] authority as parish leaders responsible
for public safety and accountability.
[13:47] October is domestic violence awareness
month. A time when we are reminded that
[13:53] every statistic is a story. A family and
often a child whose voice goes on
[13:58] unheard. I stand here not only as a
former caregiver who lived through that
[14:04] reality, but also as the founder of a
new initiative called the Petri Promise
[14:09] Project, [snorts] a nonprofit
organization dedicated to protecting
[14:14] children, supporting survivors, and
promoting accountability within the very
[14:19] systems meant to keep us safe. For more
than 500 days, I cared for a child
[14:26] under eight separate protection orders.
Seven issued by the same judge in Lafush
[14:31] Parish. Each one acknowledging clear and
ongoing danger. Protective orders are
[14:36] not issued casually. They are granted
only when a court determines protection
[14:40] is necessary. That same judge also
granted an expporte order and a consent
[14:45] judgment that legally recognized me as
having sole custody pertaining to the
[14:50] father, not the mother because she was
incarcerated. Those orders existed
[14:54] because the biological parent had a
documented pattern of instability,
[14:59] arrest, and court-ordered supervised
visitation limits. Then on January 3rd
[15:04] of 2025, everything changed. That same
judge abruptly reser reversed custody
[15:10] while a protective order was still
active and [clears throat] the local law
[15:14] enforcement carried out that transfer
without a signed judgment. The order was
[15:19] not signed until nearly 4 weeks later.
There was no transition plan, no
[15:24] rehabilitation requirement, and no best
interest review. That action blocked me
[15:29] from protecting the child and not only
from physical but also emotional harm,
[15:35] but also the continued instability and
neglect that the courts had already
[15:40] documented. When I continued to speak
up, a retalatory protective order was
[15:46] issued against me, the caregiver with no
criminal history, who had kept that
[15:51] child safe for nearly two years. It
stripped away the only consistent source
[15:55] of safety that child had. And it sent
the message that speaking up for a child
[16:00] in danger can be punished instead of
protected.
[16:06] After the reversal, the same parent was
arrested again.
[16:09] » Someone want to add the three minutes.
So relinquish three more minutes.
[16:15] » Thank you. Thank you. After after the
reversal, the same parent was arrested
[16:19] again. Proof that the risk was never
resolved. This is not about one child or
[16:25] one caregiver. It exposes a pattern that
endangers families in Lef Parish.
[16:30] Protective orders are issued and then
ignored. Custody transfers occur
[16:34] [clears throat] without jur
judicial verification, meaning law
[16:39] enforcement is acting on verbal
instructions given in open court. The
[16:44] Louisiana law requires that a signed
judgment be be presented before any
[16:49] custody is changed and any order goes
into effect. Agencies who are being
[16:54] notified of danger are failing to
coordinate and act. In my case, the
[16:59] child protective services told me they
could only intervene with the judge's
[17:03] signature, but there was no oversight to
ensure those signatures exist or align
[17:08] with the facts. children left completely
unprotected in this parish. I'm asking
[17:14] this council to take three realistic
local steps. Create a child safety
[17:18] oversight task force to review how
protective orders and custody changes
[17:23] are handled in Laush Parish. Adopt a
verification process requiring
[17:28] confirmation of a sign judgment before
any custody transfer is enforced by
[17:34] parish agencies. hold quarterly inter
agency meetings between law enforcement,
[17:39] child protective services, and community
advocates to close communication gaps.
[17:45] These are non-judicial actions. They are
public safety measures within your
[17:49] reach. The law that protect children
already exists. What's missing is local
[17:54] enforcement and coordination. Please let
this story be a warning and a call to
[17:58] action. I'm not asking for sympathy. I'm
asking for accountability, integrity,
[18:03] and courage. [snorts]
The calling that ensures the next child
[18:07] in danger will not be sa be failed by
this system. Thank you.
[18:12] » Thank you ma'am.
>> Were there any questions on
[18:15] » anybody has any issues? Any questions?
Any engagement?
[18:19] » No.
>> Thank you.
[18:20] » Thank you.
[18:23] » Mr. Elliott Day, if you come to the
podium, state your name and and your
[18:29] address for the record. Mr. Day
>> Le Elliot Day Jr. 1208 Highway 307,
[18:34] Tivida, Louisiana.
[18:39] Parish Council, Interum President OA and
citizens of Lefouch Parish. With pride,
[18:45] optimism, and excitement, I'm here to
announce my candidacy for Lef Parish
[18:49] President. I moved to Lefouch in 1991,
but have over three generations of my
[18:54] family buried in St. Joseph Cemetery.
While day may not be the most common
[18:57] name here in Lefouch, my family consists
of Gro, Clema, Diaz, Navar. [snorts] I
[19:03] am without a doubt a son of Laush
Parish. I don't come from a political
[19:07] family nor money. I've worked for
everything I have and strive to rise no
[19:10] matter what job I have. In 1998, I
graduated Bruley High School, attended
[19:15] LSU for two years for engineering and
ran out of money. moved back to Lefouch,
[19:21] started at Nicholls and worked for
Rousers where I quickly moved up from
[19:24] stock crew to assistant crew chief. Then
took a job with the sheriff's office so
[19:28] I could do my homework at night. I
signed on with Sheriff Duffy Bro.
[19:34] I then started correctional officer
work. worked my way to patrol where I
[19:38] patrolled mostly to central area then
detective where I did my most of my work
[19:42] in North Leouch and finally became a
DARE officer in South Lefouch from 1998
[19:46] to 2001 where I'm still proud to go down
and hear deputy day.
[19:52] I part-time for DARE as well as doing
other um activities from 2002 to 2008
[19:57] where I was also the reserve coordinator
volunteers and explorers. I was a state
[20:02] VIPS advocate, meaning volunteers and
patrol. Whenever someone wanted to start
[20:05] a volunteer program, the state goes,
governor's office of homeland security
[20:09] would direct them to me. In 2010, I was
named the National Sheriff's Association
[20:14] National Explorer Adviser of the Year.
And in 2012, I became the Lefuge Parish
[20:18] Range Master, taking over firearms as
well as running the same programs. In
[20:22] 2016, I was promoted to captain and put
as the academy director where I held up
[20:26] the training for over 44 law enforcement
agencies as well as the inservice
[20:30] training for our local law enforcement
here. In 2021, I was promoted to
[20:34] criminal major which puts me third in
place of the chart and third in
[20:38] supervision of the sheriff's office.
During Ida, I was the nighttime
[20:42] supervisor responsible for all
activities law enforcement related from
[20:45] 6:00 p. p.m. to 6:00 a.m. I lived right
there in Lockport except for the first
[20:51] week of the storm where we lived right
here because the we didn't have a place
[20:55] for the sheriff's office. We actually
embedded here with the parish
[20:58] government.
After a year and a half there, then I
[21:02] became crim uh operational support
major. In my last two years, I've been a
[21:06] community event coordinator,
coordinating over 500 events throughout
[21:09] Lefouch Parish to not only what the
sheriff's office could do, but if I
[21:12] could direct them to other programs or
services in Lefj Parish. During this
[21:16] time, I also kept a promise I'd made to
myself and my mother that I would
[21:20] graduate. And in 2001, I graduated my
associate degree from in criminal
[21:24] justice from Nichols. And in 2019, I
graduated with my bachelor's degree in
[21:29] criminal justice and continue to serve
Nickel State University on the criminal
[21:32] justice advisory board.
[21:38] » About to hit that three minute mark.
[laughter]
[21:42] Um I have received several recognitions.
Um someone was relinquish a few Mr.
[21:46] Arab. Yeah. Continue, Mr. D.
>> Thank you, sir. I'm not going to go
[21:49] through all the recognitions, but most
recently this year, I was received the
[21:52] service above self um award from Thrive
and Tibido. Last year, I received
[21:58] recognition from beyond the bell, beyond
the badge from working with bless your
[22:01] heart to give um housing to displaced
citizens in South Loo during after Ida.
[22:07] My community service also includes being
a hunter's ed instructor for over 30
[22:10] years where I last year was inducted in
the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
[22:13] Hall of Fame as an instructor. I've
taught women self-defense for over 30
[22:17] years and was given the aggressor award.
I was a founding member of the Beyond
[22:21] the Bell uh Friends of Beyond the Bell
where I support the Beyond the Bell
[22:25] efforts in the Alley Doll community. And
I'm also served as proxy off of the last
[22:29] three years on the LFU education
foundation um where I'll give props to
[22:33] Miss Deanna for the King Cake Festival
and the work that she's done with what
[22:37] goes on with the schools. I'm proud to
have been a member of that and continue
[22:39] to serve there. I also founded a
nonprofit for the youth group run by the
[22:44] sheriff's office which funds many of its
things and I've most for the last couple
[22:48] years I've been working um trying to
assist where I can last year especially
[22:52] with Bayou Community Foundation in this
anchor program which I was very proud to
[22:57] sit on with Mr. Lynch and Mr. Daniel
Lraine last week at the cutoff youth
[23:01] center as they're looking at what
services are needed in the South Luch
[23:04] area of this parish for leadership. I
was a founding secretary and two-time
[23:09] president of LEAF Deputies Association.
I served 10 years on the executive board
[23:13] of Louisiana Association of Crisis
Negotiators, two as president and two as
[23:17] past president, during which time I
served six years on the national
[23:20] committee of negotiation agencies
setting the standards for negotiators
[23:24] and crisis intervention throughout the
nation. I'm a RAD I was the RAD
[23:28] director, state director that stands for
rape progression defense for women for
[23:31] three years. And I was also uh um held
it up our response with Orleans Parish
[23:37] to assist them with Marty Gro. And they
thought so much of me that after their
[23:41] recent troubles in supervision in
Orleans Parish, they started a training
[23:45] program for leadership and I was the
first instructor invited to come in and
[23:48] do two hours on leadership for their
supervisors.
[23:51] I also sit on the Louisiana Association
um sorry Louisiana Southeast Louisiana
[23:58] Human Services Authority Sasha. I sit on
their regional committee for crisis
[24:02] intervention where I teach active
listening and do the scenario training.
[24:04] I'll be doing that next week in St.
Charles.
[24:10] Leadership is defined as sharing a
vision, inspiring others, and enabling
[24:13] that group to meet that need and then
give them credit for making it. That's
[24:17] what I want to be a leader. I have
experience in leadership. I have
[24:20] experience in community service. I also
want to kill any rumors before they get
[24:24] started. Um, I've had people say, "Well,
what are you going to do about the
[24:27] current administration, the people that
work for parish government?" I'm not
[24:30] coming in here with five new people to
take over this parish government.
[24:33] There's good people that work here. I
respect them, and I consider many of
[24:36] them my friends, and I've worked with
them for years. I'm here to be the
[24:39] parish president, not to rewrite
everything. I'm here to ask for people's
[24:43] consideration in that. I believe in
servant leadership. Share the goal,
[24:47] allow the team to achieve it, and thank
them when it was accomplished. I want to
[24:51] be your servant leader. I have a proven
history of leadership, community
[24:54] involvement, 33 plus years and over 40
emergency responses. I've been here for
[24:58] hurricanes, active shooter and at the
Rose Cutoff. I was there for the oil
[25:02] spill and the floods. Um I have boots on
the ground experience in as well as
[25:07] leadership. Dr. Phil was once quoted as
saying, "The best predictor of true
[25:12] behavior behavior is past behavior." I
ask you to simply look at my past
[25:17] behavior to know where I'll be in the
future. Yesterday, today and every day.
[25:22] I am Elliot Day and I humbly ask your
consideration to be your Lefouch Parish
[25:26] President. A new day for Lef. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Day.
[25:32] » Miss Jessica Don,
if you come to the podium, state your
[25:36] name and address for the record. Please
remember you have three minutes.
[25:43] My name is Jessica Delom. My address is
120 East 58th Street in Cutoff.
[25:48] Um I'm here today. I've been here
multiple times before. Um regarding a
[25:55] land division on my property that um
through my neighbor, Mr. Terry Doy to
[26:00] Terry Dory, I found out I was not
legally put on the I forget what it's
[26:07] called, the map. All I know is it's
known as the map. Um, for 10 years now,
[26:12] I was getting
um, my tax paperwork, all of that stuff.
[26:18] I have all my paperwork from the clerk
of court that my property existed as
[26:21] mine. Come to find out at some point in
time, something fell apart, that I was
[26:27] not put on the map as legally owning my
property, that Mr. Terry Dory, which is
[26:32] my neighbor, still own the property. and
come to find out this was from like
[26:36] something that went on 20 plus years
ago, long before I got in the picture.
[26:42] Um, I've come here a couple of times
before. I've been working with Mr.
[26:46] David, Miss Delin, and Mr. Daniel to go
ahead and get all of that corrected so
[26:52] that it could become my property so Mr.
Terry could move forward with what he's
[26:58] trying to do on his property, which is
put another trailer for his parents. In
[27:02] the mix of all of this, um what we're
here for today is I have to ask for two
[27:08] variances
um for the council to vote on. The first
[27:11] one being that my driveway is not uh the
25 ft wide. I believe it's 15.
[27:18] Um the second one is the fire hydrant
issue. Um I know that the law or the
[27:23] rule states that I have to be within 500
ft. I had Leaf Fouch Parish Fire
[27:28] District come and measure it. Um there
was some discrepancies with that. Um I
[27:35] came last time with the planning
commission meeting and they said that
[27:38] I'd have to come back. I have all of my
paperwork and everything to have it
[27:41] voted on today. And I've been speaking
with Mr. Lynn and Mr. Daniel
[27:45] about it to have it corrected.
I don't know what else to say.
[27:53] » Yeah, those both those ordinances have
come up and you're welcome to come up
[27:56] and speak on each one as well if you
like. Um, certainly.
[28:00] » Okay. Um, if I need to, I will.
[laughter]
[28:04] » Very good. Mr. Lan, you have a question.
>> Talk to Miss Delin, too, cuz it's
[28:08] between the two districts. That's where
the bomb.
[28:10] » Yes, Miss What happened was is East 58.
Um, I didn't know that East 58 was
[28:15] divided down the street and Miss Dyn has
one side and Mr. Daniel has the other
[28:19] side.
>> She didn't want to take my side, so she
[28:21] took her side.
>> We had a better side, though. [laughter]
[28:26] Um but um I I've come a couple of times
before to have it corrected. We're just
[28:31] at I'm guessing at the point now where
we're trying to wrap everything up. So I
[28:36] don't know if y'all have any questions
about it. It's been a lengthy um issue.
[28:43] You can ask Mr. David. Um I think it was
a lot of con I'm really not sure what
[28:49] happened, but this is what I'm here for
today.
[28:52] » Very good. Thank you.
>> Okay.
[28:55] That's my matter.
>> All right. Thank you, Miss Coren. Brings
[28:59] us to M approval of minutes. I'll now
enterain a motion to accept the minutes
[29:02] of the September 23rd, 2025 regular
session. So moved by Mr. Perk, second by
[29:06] Mr. Pierce. Any discussion? There being
none. All in favor signify by saying I.
[29:11] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes. Eight
yay, zero nays, one absent. Absence
[29:16] being Councilman Adams. That brings us
to item G, public hearing or for
[29:20] ratification. I'll entertain a motion to
open public hearing. So moved by Mr.
[29:23] Broomfield second by Mr. Burke. All in
favor signify by saying I.
[29:27] » Is anyone opposed? Motion pass 8. Yay. Z
Naz one absence being councilman Adams.
[29:33] Item two ordinance ordering and calling
a special election to be held in the
[29:36] parish of the fool state of Louisiana to
authorize the continuations of ad
[29:39] valorum taxes therein making
applications to the state bond
[29:42] commission and providing for other
matters and connections therew with.
[29:47] This was uh sponsored by Mr. Perk for
administration. This was deferred from
[29:50] the 92325 LPC meeting. No public hearing
held. Can someone second that motion for
[29:55] Mr. Perk? Second by Mr. Bumfield. Would
anyone from the public like to comment
[30:00] on the ordinance at number two? Second
call. Public input. Ordinance at number
[30:04] two. Last and final call. Anyone from
the public wants to comment on this
[30:07] ordinance? There being none. Anyone from
the council?
[30:10] » I want you. Go ahead. Mr. L, you have a
question.
[30:12] » 1.67.
[clears throat] Wasn't that one time
[30:15] that was with drainage and two or three
other things?
[30:20] » So now it's by itself.
[30:24] » Someone can answer press press your
button. Can anyone answer that? Mr. Oz
[30:29] has pressed his button. You have any
other question?
[30:30] » Proposition one. The one we're talking
about.
[30:33] » All right, Mr. Oz, you have
>> two separate ordinances for the library.
[30:37] That's the other one.
>> Hold on, Mr. Mr. Lraine. Um, do you have
[30:43] a follow-up question for the pressure
button? Pressure button.
[30:47] » Oh, okay.
>> All right. Go ahead.
[30:49] » The 1.67. Didn't they have drainage and
something else with it at one time? I'm
[30:55] just asking. I always thought
maybe I thought wrong. I don't know. So,
[31:01] that's by itself. 1.67. And then the
other one is by itself.
[31:07] So, that would be two different
propositions on the ballot,
[31:11] right? Yeah.
>> Okay.
[31:16] » All right. I think I've already called.
So, any further discussion among the
[31:19] council?
>> All right. Let's bring it to vote. All
[31:21] in favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[31:23] » Any oppose?
>> All right. Motion pass eight. Yay. Zero
[31:27] nays. One absent absence being
councilman Adams. Item three, orange is
[31:30] granting a variance from LFUS Par
subdivision regulations from the
[31:33] installation of a fire hydrant in the
proposed Jessica Delone division as not
[31:37] recommended by the Lef Parish planning
commission at their August 27, 2025
[31:41] meeting. So move by Mr. Lraine for
administration. Second by Miss Chess
[31:45] would anyone from the public like to
comment on the ordinance set number
[31:47] three.
Second call public input ordinance set
[31:51] number three.
Last and final call. Anyone from the
[31:55] public wants to come in on the ordinance
at number three. Mr. Lraine, you have
[31:58] the floor. Well, you still had it. Press
your button again. I'm sorry. Go ahead.
[32:02] » Yeah. What what this is, gentlemen, is
it's it's short of the 500 ft, but I
[32:08] think new to you on the uh parishwide uh
deal, and I think what the planning
[32:13] commission did, they're going according
to what we have on the books, but I
[32:17] think there's a move instead of 500T for
hydrogen, they're working on trying to
[32:22] come up with 1,000 ft. And that would
solve a lot of lot of problems because
[32:28] all your fire trucks today are in better
more equipment and more things today
[32:33] than they had 20 years ago. So you have
a question. So you have a question for
[32:37] Miss Jessica cuz it look like she wants
to answer your question.
[32:39] » Questions for I think she wants to
answer one of your questions. You can
[32:41] come up to answer his question.
[laughter]
[32:46] » Can you put the the mic live? Okay, it's
live.
[32:49] » Okay. So
>> just state your name and address so the
[32:52] minister will get picked up.
>> I'm sorry. Uh Jessica the Lone 120 East
[32:55] 58th Street.
>> I have the maps. Um I brought some of
[32:59] the maps if you want me to explain it to
you what happened where my property sits
[33:05] like the the side of my property is
closer to the highway. So whenever the
[33:10] fire department, the chief came and he
measured
[33:14] » I was in the 500 ft
um of of a new a newer fire hydrant. I
[33:20] have the fire hydrant number and
everything there that he told me if a
[33:24] fire were to happen at my home, he was
like, "Look, we would probably park
[33:29] along the highway." And he said they
could connect to that hydrant or they
[33:33] could even pump from the bay if need be.
But what I think from my understanding
[33:38] what puts me out of the 500 ft is that
the the front of my property like the
[33:44] driveway to access point to the street
is not within the 500 ft. So um I think
[33:51] that's kind of the discrepancy that I
understood that's going on.
[33:56] » But but I did talk to Devin the fire
district three chief and he said it they
[34:02] did not see any problems with it. And I
got a letter here from Freddy who has
[34:05] been Freddy passed away years ago and I
had this similar problem on East 95th
[34:11] Street
>> and I got a letter right here from him.
[34:14] It says that they could put out any fire
that they have anywhere.
[34:18] » Right. So
>> that and I have a letter from um it's
[34:22] not from Devon. It's the gentleman
second in command in the Mr. seven. And
[34:26] he said the only problem would be if
somebody would build on that property by
[34:31] the highway, but when all of this is
actually done with um I'm working on
[34:38] purchasing that property from the
Leblons who currently own it. So, if I
[34:42] own that property, unless I build on it
and and like you said, you know, like
[34:47] they're not going to not put out
somebody's fire. But, um, my
[34:52] understanding is that that's the the
discrepancy in it that my my point of
[34:57] access, my driveway is not within the
500, but where they would access the
[35:01] fire is.
>> I'm not against it. I'm trying to get
[35:03] the council.
>> Okay. I'm sorry. I should have talked to
[35:06] y'all. I'm sorry.
>> I'm just trying to get the council cuz
[35:09] this is not the first time this has
happened. has happened many time. But
[35:12] once they're going to change the law,
it's going to be a lot better for all of
[35:16] us cuz a lot of it we won't have to give
a barrier.
[35:19] » And I definitely be in it because I'm
like right underneath the 500 ft from my
[35:25] technical point of access.
>> Right. This, you know, I'd appreciate if
[35:29] they would consider helping you out
because we've helped many others out
[35:33] » and I have like the map to kind of
explain it cuz it's confusing. The whole
[35:38] thing's been very confusing, [laughter]
but um I mean I have it if y'all need to
[35:44] see it.
>> Mr. Perk,
[35:47] » two questions.
>> Yes.
[35:48] » Um
>> no, first first question. What is your
[35:54] address?
>> Um it's 120 East 58th Street in Cutoff.
[36:01] I was just [snorts] I was I'm trying to
look at it on
[36:03] » Yeah, we
another thing that's happening is on the
[36:08] map. It does not I I do not that
property does not exist on the map.
[36:13] However, and I have it with me. Um
>> is that my tax? I'm sorry.
[36:18] » It's an empty lot currently.
>> No, I have my mobile home on it.
[36:24] » Okay. So, it's right behind the second.
>> Yes. It It's like the first house and
[36:29] then my driveway comes right here and
then there's another I'm kind of a way
[36:33] set back and see it. Yeah. You set back
off like my because I've been getting
[36:38] tax bills for 10 years now and I was
like well how come I'm getting a tax
[36:42] bill and y'all saying this is not my
property. That's crazy.
[36:46] » So the address exists like it exists in
911. Um a few years ago we actually had
[36:52] to call 911 for me to be picked up in an
ambulance and they found it. It's just
[36:56] I'm not on the map.
>> Okay.
[36:58] » Which is stopping Mr. Dory from doing
what he wants to do.
[37:01] » And then David, how far was
>> back if you want to ask Mitch and then
[37:06] if he wants to get with the planning
commission?
[37:09] » Yeah, I was just looking for the the
footage. It It's how much is
[37:15] » Oh,
[37:19] how long you going to have to Yeah. You
have to come up. David, if you don't
[37:23] mind, just state who you are so
>> David went on the F parish planning
[37:27] department uh here.
>> But uh [clears throat] current
[37:31] regulations state that a fire hydrant
needs to be within 500 ft of the lot
[37:38] you're creating. And I understand that
the fire hydrant is closer, but if
[37:44] someone was to construct in the empty
lot, then
[37:50] you know, I mean, I understand the
firemen will do what they have to to put
[37:53] the fire out, but it it it does, you
know,
[37:58] create a problem for them. And it's not
my position to go against the
[38:03] regulations.
>> Right. Right.
[38:07] I understand. We respect that and we
know that we just had these, you know,
[38:10] several fatalities. So, we we all have
to be very careful on on what we do
[38:15] [clears throat] when it comes to fires.
Is that it, Mr. P?
[38:18] » Yeah. It's just, you know, we Yeah. It's
just like like Non said, the chairperson
[38:24] said, it's just, you know, when we come
to these regulations with fire,
[38:28] especially with liability and exposure,
we've got several firemen here on the
[38:33] council. We're we're just very hesitant
to to to go against that. But um I'll
[38:40] let everybody speak their piece. Thank
you.
[38:44] » Ju uh excuse me just for the record, I
mean I did attend the fire district
[38:49] meeting and there is something in the
working but it's not current. I mean
[38:54] it's just
>> Yeah.
[38:59] Yeah. Go ahead, Mr. Melvin. You have the
floor, sir. So, if somebody builds on a
[39:03] new lot, that doesn't affect you,
correct? That's separate from you.
[39:06] » It it currently
currently it is separate from me. Um
[39:12] it it was in the works before for me to
purchase that lot and then all of this
[39:18] came up and I was like, well, I don't
even own this pro. Some places I do own
[39:23] this property, some places I don't. So
that kind of just got put aside because
[39:28] it was like, okay, like I kind of have
to fix this mess before I can add on.
[39:33] But there's currently nothing there. Um,
it's it's a Leon family. Um,
[39:39] » so but I mean it doesn't affect you
dealing with what we're doing right now.
[39:42] » No sir. Okay, good.
>> No sir. No sir. They're just and and uh
[39:46] Devon had told me that he said if
someone were to build on that they'd
[39:50] have he explained it that they would
have to cross the property and he's like
[39:55] you know they're still not going to
knock out a fire but there's that
[40:00] » yeah you know
>> and the challenge is that it's it's you
[40:02] do for one you really should be doing
for all and there so many of the same
[40:06] you know you're not unique there's
tremendous number of the same issues
[40:09] across the parish and um and I do thank
David for attending the last chief's
[40:13] association meeting and he's right, we
don't really object. We don't we like to
[40:17] stay neutral. Um, for me personally, I
respect what the planning commission
[40:21] does. They take their time. They
research it. And I just want to be
[40:25] uniform and how we because my neighbor I
say I say I've said this I don't know
[40:29] how many times had to spend $10,000 to
put a hydrant on my property cuz he
[40:33] couldn't cut across the property. So
that hydrant is on. He doesn't own it.
[40:37] He doesn't get to when he sells his
house, he doesn't get to leave with it.
[40:39] So anyway, I and I I do not object to
changing the regulations, but for me,
[40:44] it's just I want to be fair to
everybody,
[40:46] » right?
>> You have a follow, Mr. D?
[40:48] » That's what we're currently working
towards. And uh I mean, we're not saying
[40:53] that Mr. Loan didn't purchase property.
We're trying to correct something that
[40:58] happened years ago that should not have
happened because in Laooj Parish, it is
[41:04] a PLS, professional land surveyor that
can establish property lines. A notary
[41:09] cannot do that in a foo.
Yeah. All right. Very good. Thank you,
[41:15] Miss Jessica.
>> All right. If there's no further
[41:18] discussion, we'll bring it to a vote.
All in favor of granting the variance as
[41:22] not recommended uh state I.
>> I.
[41:25] » All against say nay. Nays raise your
hand. So motion passes with six yays.
[41:32] Two nays. Those nays being councilman
not councilman perk and one ab absence
[41:36] being councilman Adams. So you got your
variance, Miss Jessica.
[41:40] That said, brings us to item four or is
granting a variance from Lush Par
[41:43] subdivision regulations from the 25 foot
frontage off of a public road to reduce
[41:47] the 15 ft in the proposed Jessica Delone
division as rec as recommended by the
[41:51] Fush Parish Planning Commission at their
August 27, 2025 meeting. So moved by Mr.
[41:55] Lraine for administration, second by Mr.
Araby. Would anyone from the public like
[41:59] to comment on the ordinance at number
four?
[42:03] Second call. Public input ordinance at
number four. There's a final call.
[42:07] Anyone from the public wants to comment
in order number four? Anyone from the
[42:09] council?
Go ahead, Mr. Lynn.
[42:13] » Okay. So, this is the driveway. When you
purchase that front lot, I am assuming,
[42:21] and maybe I shouldn't, that that will be
your driveway coming off the highway.
[42:26] You won't be accessing from 58th Street
anymore.
[42:30] » So, once again, I'm sorry, Jessica, you
have to state your name and address for
[42:32] the record. just under the plans.
>> Um Jessica Delone, 120 East 58th Street
[42:37] cut off.
>> Um [laughter]
[42:41] so to have the property
legally okay, what what happened first
[42:47] was the driveway was a rideway um to
[clears throat] my sister and
[42:52] brother-in-law on the side of me because
we had understood and we're explaining
[42:56] that as long as we had a ride away. Yes,
I have some apps if y'all need it. Okay,
[43:02] [laughter] this one was recommended by
planning.
[43:03] » Okay. Um,
>> you can't make it white.
[43:08] » Okay. Yeah, that's what I what I was
saying. The ambulance was able to come
[43:13] scoot it was big enough screw me up.
But, um, so legally the the driveway is
[43:18] no longer a rideway. The driveway, we
are trying to make it legally under my
[43:22] name so that whenever I am able to
purchase that lot by the highway,
[43:27] I would like to make it an access to the
highway. I'd have, you know, I'd have to
[43:31] put, you know, gravel or whatever there.
That's my plans. But in the meantime,
[43:36] » we're just grinding the ground.
>> Yes.
[43:38] » Okay. Yes.
>> Thank you.
[43:39] » Thank you, ma'am.
>> Any further discussion? There being no
[43:43] bring it to a vote. All in favor signify
by saying I.
[43:46] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes. 8.
Yay. Z one absent. That absence being
[43:50] councilman Adams. So you got your
variance again.
[43:54] All right. That brings us now to item
five. artist approving an active
[43:59] donation between the foos government and
pavement services for the donation of
[44:03] reclaimed asphalt pavement and
authorizing the parish president to sign
[44:06] execut
documents Mr. Abby for administration
[44:10] second by Mr. Melvin anyone from the
public like to comment on the ordinance
[44:14] at number five second call public input
ordinance at five last and final call
[44:19] anyone wants to comment on this
ordinance anyone from the council Mr.
[44:23] Ter, you have the floor, sir.
>> Yeah. I just want to thank the
[44:26] administration for uh making this
happen. You know, paying attention was
[44:30] what's going on next door and was able
to get a bunch of recycle material for
[44:34] nothing. So, thank y'all.
All right. Any further discussion?
[44:39] There'll be none. All in favor signify
saying I.
[44:42] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8. Yay.
Z one abs. And absence being Councilman
[44:47] Adams. I entertain a motion to close
public hearing. So moved by Mr. Perk,
[44:51] second by Mr. Brumfield. All in favor
signify by saying I. Is anyone opposed?
[44:56] Motion passes 8 Z one absent. Absence
being Councilman Adams. Item H proposed
[45:00] ordinances. Mr. Perk, if you press your
button, you have the mic, sir.
[45:05] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Number six,
proposed ordinance to install a no 18
[45:11] wheelers turning in parking lot sign off
of West 111 Street off of LA1 Cutoff,
[45:17] Louisiana, Ward 10, District 9, Parish
of Lafu, State of Louisiana, requiring
[45:23] the placement of a no 18-wheelers
turning in parking lot sign and
[45:29] providing penalties for the violations
thereof introduced by Councilman
[45:33] Lorraine. Number seven, proposed
ordinance establishing a 15 mph speed
[45:39] limit on St. James Street, Gaines,
Louisiana, Ward 8, District 6, Parish of
[45:44] Lefu, State of Louisiana, providing for
the placement of a speed limit sign and
[45:49] providing penalties for the violations
thereof introduced by Councilman Arave.
[45:55] Number eight, proposed ordinance
approving a servitude agreement between
[45:59] Lefuch Parish Water District number one
and LFU Parish government and the Tibido
[46:04] area and authorizing the parish
president to sign, execute, and
[46:07] administer set agreement and any and all
relevant documents. Councilman Melvin
[46:12] for the administration. Number nine,
proposed ordinance renewing the Larus
[46:19] boat launch facility, road rideway and
canal use lease agreement and
[46:25] authorizing the past president to sign,
execute and administer set agreement in
[46:31] any and all relevant documents. Chairman
Otamp Administration. Number 10,
[46:36] proposed ordinance amending ordinance
number 6993
[46:40] that declared property as surplus
belonging to Lefuch Parish government.
[46:46] Authorizing the disposal of surplus
property, authorizing the advertising of
[46:51] surplus items for sale, authorizing the
acceptance of the highest qualified
[46:56] biders and remaining items that are
deemed to have no value will be properly
[47:01] discarded and authorizing the parish
president to sign, execute and
[47:05] administer any and all relevant
documents.
[47:10] Council person Shass administration
number 11 proposed ordinance
[47:17] order ordering and calling a special
election to be held in the parish of
[47:21] Lefu, state of Louisiana to authorize
the continuation of a special tax
[47:27] therein making application to the state
bond bond commission and providing for
[47:32] other matters in connection there with
chairman OT administration.
[47:38] Number 12, proposed ordinance approving
an agreement between South Central
[47:43] Planning and Development Commission and
Laf Parish government transferring
[47:48] ownership of the 2024 GenerRack Power
System 7508
[47:55] and authorizing the parish president to
sign, execute, and administer said
[48:00] agreement and any and all relevant
documents. Chairman OTA for
[48:04] administration. Number 13, proposed
ordinance approving an agreement between
[48:09] South Central Planning and Development
Commission and Lafru Parish government
[48:14] transferring ownership of the 2024
Generrack Power System 7509
[48:21] and authorizing the parish president to
sign, execute, and administer set
[48:25] agreement and any and all relevant
documents. Chairman OTA administration
[48:32] number 14. a proposed ordinance to adopt
the 2026 operations and maintenance and
[48:38] capital budget for the Foo Parish
Council as well as setting the salaries
[48:43] of unclassified employees as provided
for by article 5 of the Foo Parish Home
[48:49] Roo Charter Chairman Otamp
Administration. And that is it, Mr.
[48:54] Chairman.
>> Thank you, Mr. Per. Brings us to item I
[48:56] schedule the budget public hearings and
enactment of the 2026 budget ordinance.
[49:00] Item 15, schedule the first P budget
public hearing. I'll now entertain a
[49:05] motion to schedule the first budget
public hearing on November 11th, 2025 at
[49:09] 5:00 PM. So moved by Mr. Perk, second by
Mr. Brumfield. Any discussion? All in
[49:14] favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[49:16] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes. 8 yay,
zero nays, one absence. That absence
[49:19] being Councilman Adams. Item 16 to
schedule the second budget public
[49:24] hearing. I'm not entertain a motion to
schedule the second budget public
[49:27] hearing on November 12th, 2025 at 5:00
p.m. So moved by Mr. Perk, second by Mr.
[49:31] Arab. Any discussion? All in favor
signify by saying I.
[49:35] » Is there anyone opposed? Motion pass 8.
Yay. Z absence. That absence being
[49:39] Councilman Adams. Item 17, schedule
enactment of the 2026 budget ordinance.
[49:45] I not entertain a motion to schedule the
enactment of the 2026 budget ordinance
[49:48] on November 25th, 2025. So moved by Mr.
Lraine, second by Mr. Pierce. Any
[49:54] discussion? All in favor signify by
saying I.
[49:57] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8. Yay.
Zero days. One absent. That absence
[50:01] being councilman Adams. And that brings
us to item J, resolutions. Item 18,
[50:06] resolution approving a cooperative
endeavor agreement between pavement
[50:09] services and loos parish government for
the donation of reclaimed asphalt
[50:12] pavement and authorizing the parish
president to sign execut agreement and
[50:16] any arriving documents. Moved by Mr.
Abby for administration. Second by Mr.
[50:19] Lraine. Any discussion?
There being none, all in favor signify
[50:24] by saying I.
>> Is anyone opposed?
[50:27] Motion passes. 8 zs. One absence. That
absence being Councilman Adams. Item 19,
[50:33] resolution approving a memorandum of
understanding between Lafush Paris
[50:36] government and Central Loo High School
to establish a temporary emergency
[50:40] shelter site and authorizing the Paris
President to sign execut memorandum of
[50:44] understanding and all any and all
relevant documents. Mr. Arab for
[50:48] administration. Second by Miss Chessel.
Any discussion?
[50:53] There being none. All in favor signify
by saying I.
[50:55] » Is anyone opposed? Motion pass. Yay.
Zay. One absence. That absence being
[51:00] Councilman Adams. Item 20. Resolution
approving a sidewalk agreement between
[51:04] the state of Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development and Loo
[51:08] Parish Council for the project titled
LA20 St. Patrick Street LA 304 and
[51:13] authorizing parish president to sign
executive minister set agreement and any
[51:16] revenue documents moved by Mr. Melvin
for the administration. Second by Mr.
[51:20] Arabine. Any discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I.
[51:26] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8A z
when absence. That absence being
[51:30] councilman Adams. Item 21. Resolution
approving a memorandum of understanding
[51:35] between Lush Parish School Board Career
Magnet Center and Lafush Parish
[51:38] government to provide service and
maintenance on parish owned vehicles and
[51:41] authorizing parish president to sign
execut agreement and arriving documents.
[51:45] Mr. Arab for the administration second
by Mr. Pierce. Any discussion
[51:52] I'll just make a comment. I think that's
a great great service that'll go on
[51:55] there at that location.
With that being said, all in favor
[51:58] signify by saying I.
>> Is anyone opposed? Motion pass eight yay
[52:03] or ns one absence. That absence being
Councilman Adams. Item 22, resolution
[52:09] resolution rescending resolution number
25-163
[52:13] that accepted the quote of Chess's
Demolition LLC in the amount of $4,000
[52:17] for contractor services related to the
demolition of condemned structure
[52:20] located at 227 East 85th Street Cut off
Louisiana 70345 assessment number
[52:25] 010233910
and authoriz present to sign Mr. Any
[52:31] documents Mr. Lraine for the
administration. Second by Miss Chessel.
[52:35] Any discussion? Mr. Lraine, you have the
floor, sir.
[52:38] » Yeah, I think they already did this one.
I want to make sure, but I'm sure
[52:42] because I went to Kar and it wasn't
there anymore.
[52:45] » So, you got to make sure. All right. So,
it's gone. All right. Good deal. Saves
[52:49] us $4,000. Very good. Any further
discussion? We'll bring it to a vote.
[52:53] All in favor signify by saying I. Is
anyone opposed? Motion passes 8 y z. One
[52:58] absence. That absence being Councilman
Adams.
[53:02] Item 23, resolution approving an
agreement between Loo Parish government
[53:05] and the coastal protection and
restoration authority for the north
[53:08] bayou Lewis terracing project and
authorizing parish president to sign
[53:12] executive minister set agreement and any
revenue document Mr. Lraine for
[53:16] administration second by Mr. Arab any
discussion
[53:20] there being none. All in favor signify
by saying I.
[53:23] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8. Yay.
Z N one absence. That absence being
[53:28] Councilman Adams. Item 24. Resolution
approving an agreement between Louisiana
[53:32] claims administrators and Laoose prayers
government to administer workers
[53:35] compensation and general liability
claims and authorizing the Paris
[53:38] President to sign execute and administer
set agreement. Any revenue documents
[53:41] moved by Mr. Per administration. Second
by Mr. Brumfield. Any discussion?
[53:48] All in favor signify by saying I. Is
anyone opposed? Motion passes 8. Yay. Z
[53:53] one absence. That absence being
Councilman Adams. Item 25, resolution
[54:00] accepting the bid from BET Construction
Incorporated in the total amount of
[54:04] $671,768
for the project titled hurricane idol
[54:09] repair renovation sheriff's office
interior phase 2 and authorize the
[54:13] parish president to sign administer an
agreement in NLE documents Mr. Perk
[54:17] administration second by
Mr. Pierce. Any discussion?
[54:22] Mr. Oall, you have the floor, sir.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh item 25 and
[54:27] actually item 26 are tied together. Um
item 25 is actually what we rescended uh
[54:35] few weeks [snorts] back. We actually had
um took a change order that had a
[54:40] reduction. The sheriff's building um
that we own on Canal Street. Um the
[54:46] exterior is in the process of getting
completed and the sheriff did ask to do
[54:51] some additional work that he's funding.
Um, and if you look at the next item,
[54:56] you'll see that that one's for $457,000.
He is covering that cost, and that's
[55:00] what that CEA is for. So, we're u only
going to be covering a very small
[55:04] portion of the overall project, but I
wanted to let you know that we had
[55:08] talked about at the last one that we
were going to bring it or take it back
[55:12] and rebid it. And uh, fortunately, we
even have a a local company, Bet Code,
[55:17] that's doing the work.
>> Very good. Any further discussion before
[55:22] we bring this to a vote? Mr. Terra, but
you have the floor, sir.
[55:25] » So, uh, Mitch, so what you're saying
here is, uh, the 671,000
[55:32] is going to be partly reversed by, uh,
reimbursed with the 400 some,000.
[55:37] Okay. I just wanted to make sure I was
on the right page. All right. Thank you,
[55:41] Mr. Aby. Any further discussion? Bring
this one to a vote. All in favor signify
[55:45] by saying I.
>> Is anyone opposed? Motion passes eight.
[55:49] Yay. Zero n absent. That absence being
Councilman Adams. Item 26, resolution
[55:54] approving an agreement between Lef
Parish government and Laoo Par Sheriff's
[55:57] Office to provide reimbursement for
alternate number one in the amount of
[56:00] $457,896
for the project titled Hurricane Idle
[56:05] Repair Renovation Sheriff's Office
interior phase 2 and authorized Paris
[56:09] present to sign execute and administer
set agreement any documents moved by Mr.
[56:13] Perk administration second by Mr.
Lraine. Any discussion?
[56:18] All in favor signify by saying I. Is
anyone opposed? Motion passes eight.
[56:23] Yay, zero nays, one absence. That
absence being Councilman Adams. Item 27,
[56:27] resolution authorizing four loose Paris
government employees to participate in
[56:31] the Louisiana property assistance agency
preference buyer program and authorizes
[56:35] Paris President to sign execute any
admin or set agreement any documents Mr.
[56:39] Perk on behalf of administration. Second
by Mr. Arab. Any discussion?
[56:44] There being none, all in favor signify
by saying I. I.
[56:47] » Is anyone opposed?
Motion passes. 8 ya z one absence that
[56:51] absence being councilman Adams. Item 28
resolution authorizing five loos parish
[56:57] government employees to purchase surplus
federal property from the Louisiana
[57:00] federal property assistance agency and
authorizing the parish president to sign
[57:04] execute and administer set agreement any
documents Mr. per uh for the
[57:08] administration second by
Mr. Arab. Any discussion?
[57:14] So that's federal employees working
right now.
[57:18] [snorts] All right. There's no further
discussion. We'll bring it to a vote.
[57:21] All in favor signify by saying I.
>> Any oppose? Motion pass. Eight. Yay.
[57:26] Zero nays. One absence. That absence
being Councilman Adams. I only say that
[57:31] because we finally got into a point of
two fire stations with FEMA and all of a
[57:35] sudden now we stop cuz they can't they
can't work. All right. With that said,
[57:40] item 29, resolution appointing one
member to the fire protection district
[57:42] number one board, Mr. Arab for
administration and Mr. Arabby, who do
[57:46] you have?
>> One vacancy, one applicant, Mr. Andre
[57:50] Danos.
>> Mr. Dan, second by Mr. Melvin. Any
[57:54] discussion? All in favor signify by
saying I.
[57:58] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8A 0 N
one absence. Absence being Councilman
[58:02] Adams. Item 30, resolution appointing
one member to the Leaf Parish Commission
[58:06] on Women Board, Mr. Perk Administration.
And who do you Mr. Per,
[58:09] » we have one vacancy, one application.
Brook Robo,
[58:15] » I get a second by Mr. Lraine. Any
discussion?
[58:18] There being none. All in favor signify
by saying I.
[58:21] » Is anyone opposed? Motion pass 8 years
0, one absent. That absence being
[58:25] Councilman Adams. Item 31, resolution
reappoint one member to the recreation
[58:30] district number eight board, Mr. Arab
for the administration. And who do you
[58:33] have? Mr. Arab.
Press your button. Press press your
[58:37] button.
All right, you got it.
[58:40] » One vacancy, one reappoint, Mr. Michael
Oguin. Can
[58:45] » I get a second? Second by Mr. Lorraine.
Any discussion?
[58:50] There being none, all in favor signify
by saying I.
[58:53] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8A zone
absence. That absence being Councilman
[58:58] Adams.
Item 32, resolution appointing one
[59:01] member on the Lush Parish Planning
Commission board, Mr. Lraine, for
[59:04] administration. And who do you have? Mr.
Lraine. One vacancy, one applicant. Jake
[59:07] Sheremy.
>> Mr. Sheremy. Second by Miss Chessel. Any
[59:11] discussion? All in favor signify by
saying I.
[59:14] » Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8 Z one
absence. That absence being Councilman
[59:19] Adams. Item 33. Resolution appointing
one member on the South Central
[59:23] Louisiana Human Services Authority
Board. Mr. Melvin for the
[59:26] administration. And who do you have? Mr.
Melvin.
[59:28] » One vacancy, one applicant, Mr. Adam
Chauan.
[59:31] » Mr. Chauan seconded by Miss Shessone.
Any discussion?
[59:35] All in favor signify by saying I. I.
>> Does anyone oppose? Motion passes. Eight
[59:41] yay, zero naysay, one absence. At
absence being Councilman Adams.
[59:43] » I didn't get that, Mr. Chairman.
Somebody brought me this. I didn't get
[59:47] that.
>> Um, so it's eight yays, zero nays, one
[59:51] absence at absence being Councilman
Adams. The motion was uh by Mr. Melvin
[59:56] for administration. Second by Miss
Shesson.
[59:58] » Thank you.
>> Good.
[1:00:00] » Yes, sir.
>> Need a break?
[1:00:03] » All right. [snorts]
Item 34 resolution appointing one member
[1:00:08] to the housing authority of LA Parish
Board. Mr. Aby for the administration
[1:00:12] and who do you have? Mr. Arab. One
vacancy, one nomination. Miss Katherine
[1:00:16] Bean. Second by Miss Shessel. Any
discussion?
[1:00:21] All in favor signify by saying I.
>> Is anyone opposed? Motion passes. Eight
[1:00:26] yay, zero nays, one absent. That absence
being Councilman Adams. And we're on to
[1:00:31] our last page.
Item 35, resolution approving change
[1:00:36] order number two for the project title
Sugar Ridge pump station rehabilitation
[1:00:40] increasing the contract price by $9,350
and adding 36 additional days to the
[1:00:45] contract time and authorizing the parish
president to sign execut
[1:00:49] order and all arriving documents. Mr.
Perk for the administration second by
[1:00:54] Mr. Lraine. Any discussion?
Mr. Oro, you have the floor, sir.
[1:01:00] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh if y'all
recall for the last change order that we
[1:01:03] had, we actually reduced the price by
$100,000. So we're still well within
[1:01:07] budget with this uh project. And this is
to actually uh make some adjustments on
[1:01:12] on the fuel system, make it a little bit
more resilient. Thanks.
[1:01:16] » And the extra time hopefully doesn't
affect anything cuz we're getting out of
[1:01:21] that bad season as we're starting to
cool down. All right, [snorts] there's
[1:01:24] no further discussion. We'll bring it to
a vote. All in favor 65 by saying I.
[1:01:27] » There's anyone opposed? Motion passes.
8A 0 N one absent that absence being
[1:01:31] Councilman Adams. Item 36 resolution
approving an agreement between Lafush
[1:01:35] Parish government and Dan's design group
PC to provide engineering and design
[1:01:39] services for the maintenance and repair
for parish own street lights and
[1:01:42] authorizing parish president to sign and
administer set agreement any Mr. before
[1:01:47] the administration. Second by Miss
Chessel. Any discussion?
[1:01:53] None. All in favor signify by saying I.
>> Anyone opposed?
[1:01:58] Motion passes unanimously with eight
yay, zero nays, and one absence. That
[1:02:03] absence being by Councilman Adams. I'm a
little enthusiastic on that one. Item
[1:02:08] 37, resolution approving change order
number five for the project titled
[1:02:11] Hurricane Ida Galliano government
complex interior rebuild increasing the
[1:02:15] contract price by $27,393.37
[1:02:20] authorizing Paris president to sign
executive minister said change order and
[1:02:23] any raing documents Mr. Lraine for
administration second by Miss Chess
[1:02:28] discussion Mr. Ozar you have the floor
first sir
[1:02:33] » thank you Mr. President. Uh for this
particular item, again, this is one is a
[1:02:37] large chunk of change. Uh but I would
like to take a moment to explain exactly
[1:02:42] what we have going on here. Um this is
actually to address our lift station and
[1:02:48] sewer system that we have here. Um there
is only one single lift station and the
[1:02:55] the lift station that is there services
two restaurants uh and and the whole
[1:03:00] rest of the building. We've had nothing
but issues associated with the um that
[1:03:06] particular lift station and it's owned
by the investment group that owns the
[1:03:10] rest of the building. Uh this actually
is going to allow us to install our own
[1:03:17] lift station such that we don't have
sewer backup into the building once it's
[1:03:24] completed. And the next thing that we're
going to have to look at and address not
[1:03:29] too long from now is going to be the
actual sewer system itself. I've been in
[1:03:33] discussions personally with the other
neighboring property on a Dorsy
[1:03:38] Investments to split the cost on that
sewer unit. Um, but this is to install
[1:03:43] our own independent lift station. That
way we can control our own destiny and
[1:03:49] not have grease and other materials that
we don't want in a lift station and
[1:03:56] ultimately causing backups into a brand
new building that is coming along
[1:04:00] beautifully. We which we actually
tooured Deanna, myself and James uh this
[1:04:06] afternoon which we'll be putting
pictures up also on Facebook. So this
[1:04:10] allows us to keep to our schedule on
opening it in January. Thank you, Mr.
[1:04:14] Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Ro, Mr. Lraine.
You have the floor.
[1:04:17] » Yeah, as as you said, that that doesn't
belong to the parish. That that sew
[1:04:23] system, they put that on the parishes
property, and it's always been problems
[1:04:28] with that thing according to the
residents that live there.
[1:04:32] So my question to you with all this and
all this 7,138,000
[1:04:40] is the parish paying and the library
board paying or FEMA's paying or who's
[1:04:44] paying for all this
the the whole project is FEMA
[1:04:51] participating in this? Mr. Rain, if you
got any other question, ask them before
[1:04:55] I cut you off to to recognize Mr. Wrong.
>> You got to just get for now. No, just
[1:04:59] you got the complex is the parish
government and the library, right?
[1:05:06] » Before I can recognize them, I got
that's it. I got to cut you off to put
[1:05:09] him up. All right, Mr. Roar, go ahead.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Council Rainey,
[1:05:14] yes, it is owned by Lefuge Parish
government. That portion of the building
[1:05:20] and property is owned by us. That is
correct. FEMA [snorts] is participating
[1:05:25] in this. We have to finish settling our
insurance before FEMA picks up the
[1:05:30] additional cost. So, we're using the
bond that you guys and gals have
[1:05:35] approved back when to cover that. FEMA
has issued an obligation, but they won't
[1:05:40] reimburse us until we're finished with
the insurance. But to answer your
[1:05:44] question, yes, FEMA is picking up the
cost along with whatever proceeds we get
[1:05:49] from the insurance company.
[1:05:54] I I'll tell you this. I just got three
emails from FEMA. So, I guess they're
[1:05:57] working for free right now.
>> Some departments are working, Mr.
[1:06:00] Chairman, in various areas.
>> I'm just looking. I just just got three
[1:06:04] emails from
>> it. It's been spotty.
[1:06:06] » All right. You have followup, Mr. Are
you good? You want me to?
[1:06:10] » Okay.
>> So, my question is this. I think um so I
[1:06:15] do have a question. You're sponsoring
it. You're in favor of it.
[1:06:19] » What's that?
>> You're sponsoring this. You're you are
[1:06:21] in favor of it.
>> Okay. Okay. I'm just making sure.
[1:06:25] » I got to keep them.
>> All right.
[1:06:26] » All right. I'll I'll vote with you on
this one. All right. All in favor
[1:06:29] signify by saying I.
>> Is anyone opposed? Motion pass 8A zone
[1:06:34] absent. That absence being Councilman
Adams.
[1:06:37] And that brings us to item 38.
Resolution accepting the completion of
[1:06:41] the project titled LA1 Lush Parish
government center trail head state
[1:06:45] project number H.013369.
Authorize the parish president to sign
[1:06:50] ex any documents Mr. Arabby for
administration second by Mr. the rain.
[1:06:54] Any discussion?
There being none, all in favor signify
[1:06:57] by saying I. Is anyone opposed? Motion
passes 8 Z. One absent. Absence being
[1:07:02] Councilman Adams. Item 39. Resolution
accepting a grant for homeland security
[1:07:07] equipment from South Central Planning
and Development Commission funded
[1:07:10] through the fiscal year 22 Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency
[1:07:13] Preparedness Grant number
EMT-2022-EP-00003
[1:07:19] and authorize the Paris President to
sign this administer any arriving
[1:07:22] documents. This will be Mr. Arab math
administration. Second by Mr. Pierce.
[1:07:27] Any discussion?
There being none. All in favor signify
[1:07:30] by saying I.
>> Is anyone opposed? Motion passes 8A zone
[1:07:35] absence. That absence being Councilman
Adams.
[1:07:38] And that brings us to item K. Parish
President department has directors or
[1:07:41] managers reports presentations and or
updates. Item 40, Department of Public
[1:07:45] Works representative to present a
report.
[1:07:51] Mr. Sunny, you have the floor, sir.
>> Y'all should all have the October report
[1:07:56] and I have the quality report for y'all.
>> Very good. Thank you, sir.
[1:08:04] [clears throat] So, you going to go
through this or no?
[1:08:08] » I'm Go ahead, Mr. Ora. Wait, let me cut
Sunny off. All right, you got it.
[1:08:11] » So, Mr. Chairman, in the past, we were
doing a quarterly just presentation. We
[1:08:15] can email it to you. We can present it.
It It's purely your preference, sir.
[1:08:19] » I'm I'm good with emails. Fine. Okay.
>> Fine by me. Is everyone in agreement
[1:08:22] there?
>> Yeah. So, I'm going to jump to item L.
[1:08:25] Questions for the administration. And
Mr. Lorraine, you have the floor first,
[1:08:28] sir.
>> Yeah.
[1:08:28] » I just want to ask on that Brent the
Roach, uh, the rottaways, what what's
[1:08:35] holding us up.
[1:08:39] » I think they went and meet with him and
this guy wants to give us the rideways
[1:08:44] today, but this has been going on for a
while. Uh, it's been going on with the
[1:08:48] other administration for too long. So, I
hope this one gets it done.
[1:08:55] You know what I'm talking about.
South of West 159 on 3235 on the west
[1:09:01] side.
The guy's willing to give us the
[1:09:04] rightways and it will take care of
everything on the east side of 3235.
[1:09:10] So, just hope we can get it done soon.
been waiting long enough. I don't want
[1:09:17] to say nothing bad about the other
administration, but I'm almost fixing
[1:09:20] to, but that's okay.
>> You have any other questions for the
[1:09:23] administration, uh, Mr. You want to
bring up right now? So, because there's
[1:09:26] a long list. Looks like we have a lot of
lights lit.
[1:09:28] » Yeah. Go ahead. I
>> I just want to say about the trash. It
[1:09:33] It got It got a lot better. And I thank
you guys for for jumping in. In my
[1:09:38] district, it got way better. I I think
Sam and his staff along with River
[1:09:44] Burge,
I could see the difference. I don't I
[1:09:47] don't know about you guys, but I could
see the difference from us having that
[1:09:51] meeting. We had a meeting with Mitch and
then the council kind of got a little
[1:09:57] active at the last meeting and I could
see the difference and and I want to
[1:10:01] thank him and I hope they continue the
service that they're doing now. you
[1:10:06] know, they they caught up in my area and
I'm I hope they did it all in the rest
[1:10:12] of the parish, but I hope they continue
it cuz I will be keeping an eye on them.
[1:10:20] » Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lraine. And
with that said, TA, you have the floor,
[1:10:24] sir.
>> I just got to uh I want to thank the
[1:10:28] Department of Public Works, Mr. Sunny
and his crew and the trustees for going
[1:10:32] take care of a little issue I had right
there by the overpass by the uh south
[1:10:36] service road and also uh for Paris
President making that happen for us. It
[1:10:41] really looks good. They did a great job.
Thank y'all.
[1:10:44] All right, that brings us to Mr. Perk.
You have the floor, sir.
[1:10:50] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
>> You press your button after I recognize
[1:10:54] you. So, unfortunately, you go back to
the bottom of the list. Sorry about
[1:10:58] that, Mr. Pierce, go ahead.
>> I just uh uh Mitch, I I don't know if
[1:11:03] you recall this uh that a while back
Archie and I had uh there was a an issue
[1:11:11] on Lake Long with a uh drainage issue
and possibly putting a pump in some
[1:11:17] money we got from uh Mike Fecy, Senator
Mike Fecy. Uh I haven't heard any kind
[1:11:24] of progress report on that in a couple
of months now. I know they were
[1:11:28] supposedly starting to do the survey
work. Uh where where are we at with that
[1:11:33] project?
>> That's it.
[1:11:36] » All right. Thank you, Mr. Pierce. And
that brings us to Mr. Melvin.
[1:11:43] » Pass me up. If you already press my
button
[1:11:47] once I recognize, you can't press your
button again. [laughter]
[1:11:51] » Mr. Fir,
you're back to the bottom list. Melvin,
[1:11:55] sorry.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, Mr.
[1:11:58] President, just uh relative to
resolution 36, I I know this is we had
[1:12:05] the planist design group do a um
>> lights
[1:12:09] » for the the lights that were owned by
energy and and you were supposed to meet
[1:12:13] with them. I was just curious if we've
made any progress relative to the what
[1:12:17] 1,200 lights I think that were out,
something like that. So, it was
[1:12:22] interesting as I was driving south a
couple of weeks ago and it was dark. I
[1:12:26] was thinking about
>> uh Chairman Uni uh Otan cuz my wife and
[1:12:32] I started counting and and we caught
like 20 of them within a 2 mile
[1:12:37] distance. So, just curious.
>> Yep. Very good question, Mr. Perk. And
[1:12:42] now, Mr. Melvin, you have the floor,
sir.
[1:12:44] » Yes. I had a question uh for I already
spoke to Mr. Sunny, but uh President
[1:12:51] Ozone, I know that um there was some
requests to have some levies looked at
[1:12:54] at uh Thorbred and um Supercharge and I
spoke to Dwayne Bourgeoa and Dwayne told
[1:13:01] me and also Mr. Sunny that we want to
refer him uh the gentleman in question
[1:13:07] uh to Dwayne Bourgeoa and Dwayne said he
would go over some things with him and
[1:13:11] uh is that okay with y'all? I mean, it's
good for now until we see what we're
[1:13:14] going to do. Thank you. Any questions?
So, Mitch, you want to front these and
[1:13:19] then divert where you have to?
>> Sure.
[1:13:22] » All right. So, Mr. O, you have the
floor, sir.
[1:13:24] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, we will
follow up with you, Councilman Lorraine,
[1:13:29] on your uh right away. Um, I I know that
we did um look discuss that and look
[1:13:36] into it. As far as the trash, you are
correct. They have made some progress.
[1:13:41] Um, surely they have more progress to
make. We do want to also thank River
[1:13:46] Birch for the fact that they have
stepped it up. Uh we met with them last
[1:13:51] week to address the issues across the
parish. Um particularly with regards to
[1:13:58] the bulky pickup and um sticking to
their schedule in particular. Sam has
[1:14:04] has stayed very close to that. Deanna
has as well. Um, so there's there's been
[1:14:10] a lot of folks that have been watching
this and of course any observations that
[1:14:15] y'all make out in the field, please pass
it on to us so we can continue to push
[1:14:20] on them that they perform. Um, for Lake
Long Pump, uh, Councilman Pierce, I can
[1:14:27] tell you that I met with Stevie Smith a
couple weeks ago and they were in the
[1:14:30] process of doing their survey so they
can get going with with their
[1:14:34] engineering so we can get that work
done. So, it is something that we're
[1:14:37] we're watching.
>> Okay.
[1:14:39] » Um, yes, Councilman Melvin, please uh
revert him to um Director um BGEOA and
[1:14:49] pass, you know, any of that information
over to him. We we meet on occasion
[1:14:53] typically every other month
>> to go over items across the entire
[1:14:57] district for him. And uh we also do the
same thing with South.
[1:15:02] Um the item that you asked for on the
lights, that particular item was uh we
[1:15:08] contract with them whenever we need to
install a new light. I've actually
[1:15:12] reached out to Energy as of late and
told them that we have nearly 2,000
[1:15:16] lights out across the parish. It is a
statewide issue. I've requested a
[1:15:21] meeting with the CEO. Um they have yet
to grant that meeting. I did tell them
[1:15:27] that we were going to hold their
franchise agreement until they came in
[1:15:31] and told us how they were going to
address the light situation in the Foo
[1:15:34] Parish. So, um, apparently they want to
put their hand in the head in the sand
[1:15:40] and not
make due consideration to our demands
[1:15:44] and ensuring that we are providing a
good public safety and service. So the
[1:15:49] next step is taking a look at the bill
and and actually reducing the bill by
[1:15:53] 20%. And start paying that and hopefully
money will will make them recognize
[1:16:00] that they're not serving us
appropriately.
[1:16:02] » Let's just get a program that's keeps
doing that because I know it's four,
[1:16:05] five, six months repetitively.
>> Absolutely.
[1:16:09] » All right. So Mr.
>> I do have a couple announcements
[1:16:11] whenever you're ready
>> for under discussion or administration.
[1:16:16] » Discussion. Okay. We'll come back to
that.
[1:16:18] » Thank you.
>> Mr. Sunny, you have the floor, sir.
[1:16:21] » Uh, Councilman Lorine, uh, we did work
on those rideaways and after
[1:16:26] investigating it, we found that we do
have rightways on both of those
[1:16:30] outfalls. So, the next step is to get
work orders put in and for the outfalls
[1:16:35] to be cleaned up.
>> Oh, all right. I got to cut you off,
[1:16:40] Sunny. And Mr. You have the floor.
>> If you have the rotties, get with it.
[1:16:46] » All right. Get with it. That's it. All
right. Brings us. So, um, we had we have
[1:16:51] a late and this is just for discussion.
Um, we have a late public wishing
[1:16:55] address of council. I in my term here 10
years I've never seen this. So, if y'all
[1:17:01] are interested, someone could we could
uh have a motion where we deviate from
[1:17:05] the agenda and go back to public wish
the council. Okay. So, we have a motion
[1:17:10] by Mr. Lorraine that we deviate from the
regular agenda and revert back to item
[1:17:17] G. No, I'm sorry. Item E, public wishing
to address the council. Is that your
[1:17:21] motion, Mr. Lraine? Second by Mr.
Arabie. All in favor signify by saying
[1:17:26] I.
>> Is there anyone opposed? Motion passes
[1:17:29] 8A z absence. That absence being council
Adams. I would just state that we try to
[1:17:33] keep it to to the three minutes.
>> Yes. Miss Lisa Machan,
[1:17:38] come to the podium. State your name and
address for the record. Please remember
[1:17:41] you have three minutes.
[1:17:47] » Hi, I'm Lisa Machan. I think I'm in
district 6. Uh, I wanted to say thank
[1:17:53] you for the good job you did with the
hurricane. It was pretty amazing. So,
[1:17:56] I'm here to talk about domestic abuse
and asking for transparency and funding.
[1:18:01] I'm looking to provide a public
disclosure of federal, state, and parish
[1:18:06] funds allocated for domestic abuse or
family violence related services. I'm
[1:18:10] looking to identify which agencies or
departments including but not limited to
[1:18:15] LFU Parish, police officers, um
sheriff's department, police department,
[1:18:21] Lafush Parish School Board. What do they
receive, manage, and redistribute of
[1:18:26] these funds? I'd like clarity as to
whether any of these funds are
[1:18:30] redirected, co-mingled, funneled into
unrelated programs, general budgets,
[1:18:35] administrative costs, and I'd like to
see published documentation showing how
[1:18:40] compliance and audits are conducted to
ensure funds are used for their intended
[1:18:46] purpose, to protect victims and further
abuse.
[1:18:50] Um, about 75,000
women and children live in our district.
[1:18:57] Um they say about 25% of women and
children are affected by domestic abuse.
[1:19:03] Untrained
officials will see a woman and a child
[1:19:08] experiencing domestic abuse and call it
mental illness instability.
[1:19:14] They are not traumainformed and they do
not understand what it is like to be
[1:19:18] afraid in their own home. There's
someone in every one of your districts
[1:19:24] hurting tonight.
There is a child in every one of your
[1:19:28] districts
hiding in their home covering their
[1:19:33] ears.
We need to protect our women and
[1:19:36] children. You all know
we all say, "What am I doing here? What
[1:19:41] is my purpose?" Our purpose isn't money.
It isn't power. Our purpose is to love
[1:19:46] each other and to make our communities
better. The world's falling apart. But
[1:19:50] we can start to stop it here. And to
address a problem, we have to be able to
[1:19:55] acknowledge a problem. Where is the
money? Where is it going? Why are the
[1:20:01] first responders, the teachers, the
police not asking the right question?
[1:20:06] Why are women being put into mental
institutions and jails trying to protect
[1:20:11] their own children?
This happens nationwide, but it can stop
[1:20:16] here.
And we can do it together. You might
[1:20:20] say, "Who am I to be asking this? Who
are you to be stepping up? Oh, well, I'm
[1:20:27] a man. I don't do that. It's not my
problem." Who are we not to respond?
[1:20:33] Who are you to look into the eyes of a
woman or a child in this parish and say,
[1:20:38] "I don't know where those funds are
going, and I don't know why they didn't
[1:20:41] treat you white, right? And I don't know
why you're not protected." It has to
[1:20:46] stop. And it starts with clarity and
transparency and no blame. But what can
[1:20:52] we do? So I'm requesting that this
information be presented to me publicly
[1:20:58] or privately. There is a law in
Louisiana that says when you request
[1:21:03] this information, it should be given to
you in 3 days. I'm included on this
[1:21:07] paper all of the legal obligations
requiring disclosure. Louisiana public
[1:21:13] law records. um the Violence Against
Women Act, the Violence of Crime Act,
[1:21:18] the Louisiana Domestic Abuse Assistance
Act. Um and there's um also I'd like to
[1:21:24] say I am in here in good faith not
speaking confrontation, but clarity.
[1:21:30] Transparency is not only a legal duty of
this board.
[1:21:35] It is an act of respect for the
residents that you represent.
[1:21:41] » Thank you.
>> Thank you for your service. Y
[1:21:44] Is that it?
>> No, I was.
[1:21:46] » So, okay. So, so she's asking for a
Freedom of Information Act specific only
[1:21:49] to this council because we can only
address with this council's and so she
[1:21:53] would is does she need to submit
something in writing to you, Miss
[1:21:55] Carlen? And that would be only specific
to us and that's it. So, all these other
[1:21:59] entities, funding sources, you'd have to
identify and go after them. And because
[1:22:02] I didn't hear you mention any funding
sources that you're asking of. You
[1:22:05] asking how they're being spent. So, it
might be a little confusing on how you
[1:22:08] » Well, I have three minutes. So,
>> yeah,
[1:22:10] » I do have the funding sources. I mean, I
think y'all y'all administrate about $58
[1:22:14] million. Correct.
>> Um, in domestic violence.
[1:22:19] » No, not in domestic violence completely,
and I think a lot of those grants
[1:22:22] overlap controlling the rights and and
laws that protect women and children. I
[1:22:27] I don't know how it's funding and how
it's going into that program, but I know
[1:22:31] that you have a commission for women and
I think it's only $10,000. So, out of a
[1:22:36] $ 58 million budget, I know that those
things have to go through a grant
[1:22:40] process. Mhm.
>> But some of those grants do overlap to
[1:22:43] protect women and children.
>> I would request if you stay after the
[1:22:46] meeting, you can just consult with Miss
Carlen. She'll make sure she gets the
[1:22:48] right information for exactly so she can
try to research exactly what you're
[1:22:51] looking for.
>> Absolutely. I'm only looking for you
[1:22:53] guys to give me the information then you
can. I know we all have limited things
[1:22:56] within our scope of control.
>> Thank you, ma'am.
[1:22:59] » Thank you.
>> Very good. I'll now entertain a motion
[1:23:02] to resume back to regular schedule
meeting. Uh so move and that's bringing
[1:23:06] us back to item discussion. So moved by
Mr. Arab, second by Mr. Melvin. All in
[1:23:10] favor signify by saying I. Anyone
opposed? Motion passes 8A zone absent.
[1:23:14] Absence being Councilman Adams brings us
to item M discussion. And Mr. Ora, I
[1:23:18] know you have some discussion. If you
want to press you, we'll recognize you
[1:23:21] first. Go ahead, sir.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, a couple of
[1:23:24] items. So, senior sources. We had a
senior sources event
[1:23:28] um that our district attorney, Christine
Russell, puts on and invites all the
[1:23:32] elected officials to provide services to
our seniors. We had one in Larose Ro
[1:23:37] today, but there will be another one
coming up in Tibido on Tuesday 10:21.
[1:23:41] That is a week from today at 11:00 a.m.
So, of course, inviting council members
[1:23:46] to come by if you can. Also, um I'm sure
that you've already received information
[1:23:52] on this, but I want to remind you that
on Thursday, that is this Thursday,
[1:23:57] October 16th, we are doing a dedication
for the Port Fushon Terraces and Living
[1:24:01] Shoreline. Um, if you could come out,
there's going to be a dedication at
[1:24:07] 11:00 a.m. and then there's going to be
a lunch and a project tour of the area
[1:24:11] also. So that that is again Thursday,
October 16th at 11:00 a.m. down in
[1:24:16] Fusho. I want to personally invite
everyone to come. Thank you, Mr.
[1:24:21] Chairman.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ozro. Anyone else have
[1:24:23] any kind of discussion? Mr. Lraine, you
have the floor, sir. Yeah, I what I want
[1:24:27] to do is uh last Friday on October the
10th
[1:24:32] uh there was a at the Golden Meta
Oakidge Park there was a trunk or treat
[1:24:37] and I want to thank the mayor Buzzigar,
Councilman Jody Sher,
[1:24:44] Councilman Kip Pleasance, Councilman
Nancy Fillinich, Councilman Mike Bilard,
[1:24:51] and Councilman Connie Deir who's in
charge of the park. They had over 2,000
[1:24:57] people there and they gave out hot dogs,
drinks. The kids enjoyed themselves. I
[1:25:04] think the grown-ups enjoyed themselves
more than the kids. They had some of
[1:25:08] them that were were costumes. It was
unbelievable, man.
[1:25:12] And uh I just I just want to thank them
for putting that on. I'm I'm telling
[1:25:16] you, they had
Mr. Day was there. They had at least
[1:25:21] 2,000 people, maybe more. you dressed
up.
[1:25:24] » And I want to thank the town officials
for doing that. And I want to thank
[1:25:28] Mitch for finally starting
uh Oakidge uh Ridgewood Drive and Ducy
[1:25:37] Street. Thank you. All right. Thank you,
Mr. Lraine. So, I'll end the meeting by
[1:25:42] once again because we are in October,
which is fire prevention month, just
[1:25:47] remind everyone, your constituents uh to
make sure they have smoke alarms. They
[1:25:51] actually do make a difference. They do
save lives. Uh each of the fire
[1:25:54] departments have access to smoke alarms
through the state fire marshall's
[1:25:57] office. So please um get that word out.
We we certainly appreciate it. And with
[1:26:03] that said, I entertain a motion um that
there being no further business. The
[1:26:08] food council 14th, 2025 will be
adjourned. So moved by Mr. Perk, second
[1:26:12] by Mr. Brumfield. All in favor signify
by saying I.
[1:26:16] » I. And we are adjourned at 1826 hours by
a vote of 8 yay zero nas one absence
[1:26:24] being Mr. Adams.
[1:26:29] in your 30.