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Good morning, everyone. Call the meeting to order. Microphone. Good morning. It's November 20th, it's 10 a.m. I'm going to call a meeting to order. First thing I'd like to do is we all stand to pledge allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under the indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Mr. Ruby, would you do the row call for

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boss, please. Oh, you want Greg to do it. Secretary. Do I have to I don't seem to have

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a copy of today's agenda with the rest of the materials you gave me. Okay, it's right

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there, but it's all

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Pete, the carry here. Michael Schnell here. Greg Marciglia here.

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Randy Noel, absent. Deborah Satune, absent. Roy Coruba, present. David Martin here.

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We have a quorum next is I need a motion to adopt the agenda motion motion by

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Coruver second by Mr. David Martin and and again like last week we want

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not verbal acknowledgement on all votes.

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So we'll call a row,

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Greg,

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not call a row, all in favor, or roll, roll, call the

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names.

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This is still proved in minutes.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Roll call vote.

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No, no, this is a motion to adopt the agenda.

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We're not on the minute yet.

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Okay.

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Correct.

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So, Roy, and then I was second by David.

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David.

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Pete Ficari.

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Michael Schnell.

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Gregory Morsickley.

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Randy Noel.

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Debra Satune.

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Roy Caruba.

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Yes.

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The agenda is adopted.

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Next, as I need a motion to approve the minutes of the public hearing and board meeting held on October

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16th I'll move second moved by Martin second by Carubert all in favor you call the role calling the role Pete

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Fakeri yes Michael Schnell yes Gregory Marceglia in favor Randy Noel absent Deborah Satune absent Roy Carubert yes David Martin yes

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Ms. Kerwin-Kayne-Absen, minister adopted.

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Thank you, sir.

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The opening comments, I would like at this time for everyone to please keep in your

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hearts and prayers, Ms. Debbie Satune, the reason why she's nine years, her husband passed

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the way Sunday a couple a few days ago. I'm not sure what day, but please in your prayers and

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thoughts for her. I know that's a tough time. I mean, I've lost family members and you go through

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it and it's a loss. But if she's watching, I'm gonna tell you, Debbie, it's, you know, you feel empty

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in your heart but as time goes it will get better and with that said just we wish

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you definitely to speed in the recovery that you deserve. So the other thing I'd

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like to say is you know we're green up here we might be stumbling a little bit

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but give us time next couple of meetings we'll be pros at this I hope. So next is

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public comments. I don't have any cards. No cards. Great. So next is a committee

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reports. Executive committee we met and they are items that are on here. Do we

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need to go through them all because they're going to be on the agenda also, right?

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Yeah, you're just going to give a report of what happened. Right. So all the items

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that won't own the executive committee or recommend it to the board for approval, basically.

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And we have two that we have people here that's going to do a presentation that we kind

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of just held with held our comments until such time as we hear the A&H and the data

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and the cultural transformation proposal.

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So we really would just hold,

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we held our thoughts on those

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till we hear the presentation.

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And I think doing one is that maybe

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what knowing the committee will hear listening.

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So should you have any questions or anything?

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No.

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Okay, Greg, legal committee?

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Report of the legal committee that met this morning,

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we discussed two matters. One is to consider hiring an additional attorney for the executive

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council's legal department, and that is referred to the board with a positive recommendation.

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The second matter considered this morning was to evaluate the propriety of the tax

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collection fee being charged by the City of New Orleans for collecting tax dollars that

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are dedicated to this agency. And this is borne out of the recent litigation between

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the Orleans Parish School Board and the City of New Orleans over the same issue. We're

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going to decide how it affects our agency and what if anything is appropriate with respect

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to that collection fee. And that's the recommendation to look at it and refer to this board with

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a positive recommendation.

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Thank you, Greg. I'm so glad you're the chair of personal

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act because you are the most qualified to attack those issues. Second, I really look

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forward in the getting that resolved. Okay, so next is the executive session. So shouldn't

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take too long so we ask everyone give some coffee whatever and said

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Titan will be back soon we need a motion motion motion motion by Roy

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second second by David all in favor I call that role no we're

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All right, everybody.

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Thank you.

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I need a motion on my

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executive session.

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Motion.

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Motion, by wrong.

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Your microphone is muted.

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I'm sorry.

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All in favor?

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Next is the regional director's report.

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Jeff.

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The floor is yours.

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Thank you, Mr. President.

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This one should be really short.

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we had a quiet month. First, I'd like to start with the readiness report.

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The infrastructure readiness, we are green there, all third quarter inspections are complete,

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all 17 PCC pumps are available, no threats to the system. Staff and readiness, we are green there,

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how a couple of vacancies that we're still trying to fill, but we are at about 99%. So we are

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are doing really well, especially after the job fair.

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Financial readiness, regreen, fund, stable,

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still secure bonds, investment still at 3.9 through 2029.

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So that's going to remain the same.

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Media coverage green, nothing significant to report there.

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No news is good news in my view.

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So we are strong as an organization all green.

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Engineering system update, again, no major issues.

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we issued 50 permits in the month of October. Again, our third quarter inspections are complete.

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The PCCP RTA leak update, I provided that information to the board. Again,

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we are slowly coming out of the government shutdown. I'm say, they, I'm sorry, the Corps of Engineers

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at the New Orleans District. So we are on top of that situation with weekly updates that we are

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providing the president and is at the top of the priority to get them to give us some

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answers on the leak at the PCP, pump station two of them at London and 17th Street.

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The Monticello lift risk assessment, nothing significant to report there.

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We're still in negotiations to turn over that portion of levy to soldier that ports levy

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on Monticello to soldier and water board.

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projects and engineering. Lakefront for sure protection. We we we we are still in

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negotiating big big time is picked up a big time with the core of engineers

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and CPRA to figure out where we're going to get the borrower source material

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from a lot of energy and effort that's going into that hopefully we should

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have a better understanding of where we are by next month's meeting. We have to switch

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borrow sources and who's going to be responsible for it and all that good stuff.

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Franklin Lake Shore Safety Project, that contract is executed in progress. West return wall,

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it was awarded contract execution is on the way. And that one is currently on the protest

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Is it that's the one? Yeah, offering a mavenium. That's that's the one. Offer them. Yeah, off him. That's yeah

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That's slow payment offense is on the protest, but we're looking like we're getting ready to

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dismiss. I don't know if I'm using the proper term of that protest for off him.

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And the civil survey IDIQ, we have 11 or 14 contracts executed there.

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PCCP operations, we have, again, we're focused on the repairs, those are still good.

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Here's all the additional items at each station, London, 80% complete, what an expectation

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to be complete, the climate screen gearbox in 26 January, a cathodic protection system

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next month, 99% complete there.

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The pump leaks, this is a little bit different than what we talked about earlier.

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This is actual pump leaks from the punch list of the repairs that we did is expected

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to be complete this month in basement cracks.

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Again, associated with the settlement agreement, 95 percent complete there, expected completion

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next month in December.

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Our lean's climate screens not started there yet, but with the expectation and complete in January of next year.

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Again, 99% complete on the cathodic protection system, no leaks at our lean to 95% complete with expectation on the basement cracks.

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Same thing, January of 2026, climate screens, basement cracks, 99%.

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60% complete on the pump leaks from the punch list and then 95% complete, again all of those things expected to be complete in this calendar year.

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Just an update on human resources as I talked about the head count is at 253 up 3 from last month.

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Again, we're over 250 at about 99% vacancy so doing really well.

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Just the last, last, since the last board meeting, we have a permanent regional director

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and our director of government affairs on board it since the last month.

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Some other HR, we had open enrollment that just completed that was very successful.

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New vendor selected for criminal background checks and we have a proposal on the review

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to transition HR records from paper to digital system.

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For your situation awareness to the board, again, the PCCP security assessment, we've been

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talking about that.

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We finally, because we come out of the government shutdown, data scheduled for next week.

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So a Roman and other members of the team, myself, will be out.

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Data scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday of next week at both at all three pump stations.

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And then some of our other complex structures, we will get those under, get dates for those.

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Good news on the audit, no findings on the audit.

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That is a good news story.

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FY 2027, budget development is on the way we've had initial meetings with just about

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every department.

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I think we have one more to go.

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So the board should expect to see some preliminary budget items coming out early next year in

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in order to be ready for a review in February

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in the final vote in March.

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We had a successful auction.

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Two days ago, regenerated over $19,000 in revenue.

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Who, who, good news story there?

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What's that?

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19, I'm sorry.

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900 in $19,000.

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Sorry, in revenue from the auction.

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And so that is a good news story.

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As we learned next last month, we are

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expecting a Louisiana legislative audit

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to start in January 26th.

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I reached out to the person in charge of that audit.

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So we're going to stand up a team here

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to be prepared for that audit.

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It's going to be an extension of the 2022 audit,

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along with other specific items so we have a team we have a

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The point person that is designated to lead that effort to give them any and every, uh, that information that they want.

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All right, Jeff, before you go, go back to the screen, this, this annual financial audit complete, no findings. That was done by a legislative auditor. No, that's not the legislative audit. That's the normal state. Um, what's the name of it? The need to find it? Yeah, I can't, I'm drawing a blank. Uh, but it's the, that's separate in the part from the legislative audit. All right.

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I just want to make sure people understand it together.

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The legislative auditors contract out to CPA firms.

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Sometimes they bid it out, sometimes they don't.

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But it is an audit from the Office of the Legislative Auditor.

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Thank you, Denise.

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By the way, I know you've been real busy this week with the auction and all.

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Did a good job.

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and then we'll hear more about these initiatives, but a couple of things initiatives

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that I have on a table for discussion here later today is about strengthen our culture

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and transparency.

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Look, we know that we have a world-class system here in this organization, the physical assets

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that we have, but at this point, we want to strengthen, you know, our people and the trust

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to sustain them as well as the transparency I talked about it in some of the executive

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I'm sorry, the executive committee earlier that we want to be transparent in one of the

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ways to do that is to create dashboards and data transparency.

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So we have some representative from AH.

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Data Linux here to present on how they will stand up a dashboard from some of those metrics,

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some of those knowledge, key performance indicators that we want to share with the public,

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whether it's safety, financial, permitting, any and everything that we think stakeholders,

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legislative, community partners want to know, we can have that information

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and show how we're performing, what we're spending, system readiness, and real time.

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That way people don't need to do public information requests all the time.

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It's there for them or they don't have to wait once a month to hear this information

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At a board meeting. We believe that information is going to improve the public trust

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Also legislative understanding and it positions us to be you know, a model for open government

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Look, we want to be transparent. I have the the support of the president because that's his word

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We he wants us to the public to know every single thing that we know and that's how we want to operate as a staff

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The second part, presentation that we'll have later today is a cultural transformation.

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A project, it's a two-part project, would be done by SSA consultant.

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So it'll be a two-part thing to get employee feedback, focus groups, that sort of thing

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and then take that data and information

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and then create a role map so to speak

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on what we need to do to help our culture.

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We've had some efforts like this in the past

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from talking to some of the directors

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and people and staffs like, yeah, we've had this,

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but nothing happens when we do this.

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So that's why we have a two-part proposal,

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two phases in this proposal to make sure

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that we actually get the things done, that's required.

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And to make sure they get done, as I spoke earlier, my continuous performance management plan,

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I have these things and would be if approved in that plan to make sure there's some accountability

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that we take these thoughts and ideas and information from this data to actually get them in place.

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So, hopefully, we'll have a successful vote on that after we hear from both AA data linux and SSA consultants.

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And with that, open it up for any questions.

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Anybody got any questions?

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None.

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Greg?

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Michael?

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David?

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Thank you, Jeff.

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Thank you.

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I'd like to back up a minute and apologize to everyone.

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I forgot. When we came out of the executive session, there was no action taken.

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Do you like it? I got it. All right. Next is Jeff. Thank you for your presentation, too,

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by the way. Next is the presentations. This is one is like Jeff was talking a little bit ago.

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the culture, transformation, proposal presented by SSA.

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Welcome. Please state your name and

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move the microphone if you want so everybody can hear you. For short people, thank you.

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Yeah, right. I didn't want to say that. I'm Crystal Slotter. Thank you very much. It's good to see some

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of the members that I've met with and worked with before and for those of you who I haven't met,

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It's wonderful to be here.

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You'll see on one of the slides that as this organization was being put together,

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our firm was hired and we actually had the pleasure of doing the first strategic plan.

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So I've been watching you all off and on for many, many years.

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And I'm very excited about your prospects right now.

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The board composition as well as your regional director.

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and we were delighted when we received a call about putting in a proposal for cultural transformation.

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We think that this is the key to success. Lots of times we're asked to come in and do cultural

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transformation for organizations, public and private. And we oftentimes struggle at the end to

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figure out how we measure success,

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but your regional director has figured out

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how he can get real data people

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who are going to be able to measure our success

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and put it out there transparently for you and the world

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to see because culture is measurable.

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And I'll give you some examples of that in a moment.

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The purpose of this is really to strengthen culture

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to support your mission critical activities and operations

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and create a high-performing culture that's interested in excellence.

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What I will do is provide you with data, as I said,

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and information on your investment, watching your performance indicators,

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how are you doing retaining your employees,

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and literally measuring the ability to watch trust increase.

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Our overall scope is to do a diagnostic instrument as well as the focus groups and interviews

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that were mentioned earlier to help align leadership, the starts of the topic, starts

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with you.

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I will be very honest with you.

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It starts with you, employees watch meetings, some of them are in here, and they watch what

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you do and what you expect.

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That then has to be aligned all the way down through the regional director and his leadership

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team all the way down to the very lowest level of organization.

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And if we can get that done, that really makes everything else easier.

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Lots of times there are things that get in the way, misunderstandings, miscommunication,

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old frameworks.

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And our job is to help people trust us and talk to us so that we can go in and help to solve

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some of those problems. There'll be a lot of engagement activities training. We will not be doing

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technical training. We may make recommendations on that, but we will certainly be doing organizational

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training, leadership training, team building and team training, and a lot of communication. We'll

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help build accountability systems and make sure that the culture is institutionalized. As was

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As mentioned, we see this as a two-part project so that we can get into heavy diagnostics

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and begin building the alignment and then in the second phase to really institutionalize

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it so that it lives on.

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We already know that you have some challenges.

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We think that turnover today in public organizations and quasi-public organizations is probably one

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of the biggest risks that's underestimated and I'll show you why in a minute.

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There is a lot of misalignment and low morale, maybe getting better, but certainly pockets

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of that and communication gaps that can be addressed.

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So let me talk a little bit about inefficiencies that are created by turnover.

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We actually looked at the hidden cost of not taking action against turnover for a client.

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These are their results, not yours, but in trying to apply this to your workforce, it

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could actually be a hidden cost of a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year or more.

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So in the client that asked us to actually measure his turnover cost, he was investing

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about fifteen or twenty-five thousand dollars just in recruitment and hiring process considering

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staff time, identification of job description, updating it, getting people in, interviewing

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them, checking references, et cetera, $10 or $20,000 for onboarding, bring them in, trying

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to get them set up.

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But the really hidden costs that are hard to find are the loss of productivity.

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I recently took a contract extension with the City of Admiralty, some of you all may

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have heard about that.

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And I'm helping the brand new mayor who has never been an elected official before trying

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reorganize his office, he started in January, we're in November, we're reorganizing.

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And the glaring issue is the lack of institutional knowledge because all but two people in his inner

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circle are new and they don't have the history, they don't know who to call, all the department

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has the same tremendous stability there but a lot of effort has to go into the mayor's office

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staff figuring out how and who they go to get things done. We're making a lot of progress but

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in the meantime there's a lot of loss of productivity. Lots of times it actually results in overtime,

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redundant work, etc. And of course turnover you do lose that institutional knowledge so that'll be

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one of the things, that's a tremendous measurement for cultural transformation, when people get

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up in the morning and like what they do and the people they work with and are excited

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about going to work and taking calls after hours and so on and so forth, it's a whole different

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atmosphere.

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In the mayor's office, we're already having people who say, this is fun, you know, we thought

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it was going to be fun, now it's starting to be fun, but that's fun leading to a lot

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of hard work.

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I have been in the middle of that Baton Rouge System six months for a permit because no

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department didn't they wasn't happy they didn't want to be there you know it was a mess finally

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I just told him look I'm selling the property I'm done with you people the next morning I

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had my permit oh funny how that is but I had to threaten to sell it move on and don't bring

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any better tax base for the city but you got your hands full over there

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But that's a great example because you all don't issue permits but you certainly measure

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turnaround time and we'll be able to measure even better and employees who are glad to

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be there will do a better job and go out of their way.

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Perfect example.

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We talked a little bit about the chief phases and a lot about employee engagement.

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This is a very busy slide, and it's explained more in the proposal, but in the first phase as we said, we'll be working a lot with your leadership.

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There's no use in going all the way down in the front line people if we don't have your leadership together.

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We'll be doing some executive coaching. We have some leadership instruments that are very helpful for people to learn about their blind spots, their ability to be better communicators, be more clear in giving direction, et cetera.

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And so the outcome is from that first page.

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The phase would be clarity in roles, align leadership,

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and measurable governance, meaning a lot of trust between you as the board

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and your regional director as well as the leaders who report to the regional directors

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and back up to the board.

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In phase two, we really get down into, and we'll start this in phase one,

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And we get into the teams.

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Actual productivity occurs in a natural work group.

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For those of you who have been on a team, it's the people who get together every day

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and they're immediate supervisor or manager, that's what makes a difference.

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And so building those from the ground up are going to be very important.

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It was nice to hear you recognize that the auction had pretty great results and that's

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always done with a leader in their team and coming off of an audit and everything else.

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lot of work there. So, people need recognition. People who are trying hard need to know that

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that is rewarded. And a reward can simply be someone noticing what they're doing. And that

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helps to change the culture tremendously. We need good performance tools in some of our

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discussions preparing for today and for the proposal. I asked if there was a sentiment that we have

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people who are more fearful in our workforce or people who are more entitled and we probably

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have both in different areas.

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So you kind of have to know where you're starting from and where to go but good performance

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tools can help build accountability and really help both sides of that equation.

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So we would hope that at the end of phase two you would have a stable top notch workforce

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improve communication and embedded accountability, and be really seen as the place to work.

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You have world-class facilities, you need a world-class workforce.

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I wanted to throw these the flood authority and I know if you're familiar with the city business.

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When every year they come out with the best place to work at, that is a great idea. You see, I was in it, I asked the body, said, well, yes, quasi state agency, we can't submit you. But the moral of the question was, at least people that sit out here, it worked for us. I want them to feel like they're working for the best place around because when I first came on, I told a lot of them, I'm not going to talk to you. I'm going to talk with you. And I believe that.

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Yeah, you know, anyway, go ahead. I'm sorry. That is marvelous idea and we will have tracking surveys that that mimic the survey that they use for best place to work. So you'll be able to make that. Yeah.

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These are some of the deliverables. We are thinking that we will be working in partnership with your data team.

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and so this is definitely not outside of the realm of possibilities

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and we can get started on those knowing what we want to achieve

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in the beginning of the project.

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So we see this as a one-time investment that creates tremendous value

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that you'll build off of year after year

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with improved morale and communication and trust,

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stronger leadership, emotional intelligence,

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more effective board and leadership work together

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clear accountability and measurable performance and cultural

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lines with your mission to protect lives and property.

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This is based on another project.

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I don't know that we can get these results.

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This is pretty spectacular.

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And we did know that we wanted to measure some of these in advance,

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so we went in to get baseline.

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We'll try and do the same thing here.

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The last thing that I wanted to mention, I mentioned in the beginning,

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Our farm created the business plan for the water institute phases one and two, which

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courses an entity today that's received national recognition for its research.

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The CPRA recognized someone in the room who had some experience there when Governor Gendle

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came in, Garrett Grace was put over this area and we had a very small piece of a project

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I have the last thing I want you to do with your contract, I want you to take 120 positions

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out of the Department of Natural Resources and 20 out of DOTD and make an organization out of it.

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I think we're going to, it's going to take a while to make this work and it did.

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But the entity today certainly stands on the zone and it's received national recognition.

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We did a couple of studies for DOTD MCPRA with levies that are outside of the New Orleans

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area, which was fascinating.

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And as I mentioned, we did the initial plan here.

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That's a subset.

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You can go on our website.

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If you want to see more.

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So I was asked to keep it very short.

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I hope I covered the important points.

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I'd be happy to answer any questions.

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Any questions, gentlemen?

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No.

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I have a statement.

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We allow to make statements.

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Let me before that.

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I have a one question and you can make this statement.

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Okay.

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I believe we need it.

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That's strictly needed.

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Are we budgeted for something like this?

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This particular effort is not budgeted but much like I spoke earlier about the attorney that

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we're talking about.

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We are tracking to be under budget in other areas.

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So I do track these savings.

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Yes, correct, sorry, to be on the budget.

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So it is my belief that the overall budget could withstand this effort.

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But again, this isn't a cost and I want to make it clear.

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This should be looked at as a profit center when you look, you know,

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look at some of the return on investment.

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This is an investment effort, budget and a not.

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I think the return on investment is, is, is, it's going to be significant.

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Roy?

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When I took over last year's Board President, they were to say they were cultural anomalies

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here was an understatement.

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They were systemic discrimination and racism.

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We started an investigation, the chief who knows civil service very well and is an expert,

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started that investigation and Dr. Slaughter was very instrumental in coaching me along

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due to my ignorance of public law because I come from the private sector.

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So until the chief's power was taken away by the board members that are no longer here,

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we made a lot of changes.

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So if this is a matter of recommending if we do this or not, I can speak to Dr. Slaughter's

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qualifications.

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She is extremely qualified to do this, and it would be a direct benefit to the agency continuing

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the work that was already started.

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what we made some pretty good strides and we definitely need to do this.

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And thank you for, I didn't know you were coming, but thank you for coming and you would

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always have my vote.

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No, no, no.

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Look, people who know me know I don't say nice things, so if I say something nice, you can

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take it to the bank.

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It's genuine.

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I even know that.

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Yeah, I know.

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And I was going to bring Tyra and a couple of other people, but unfortunately they ended

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up with conflicts, but they, they send their best wishes to you.

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They're excited about where you are.

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Well, you know, I look at it as the public is expecting us to put out best footfall to

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provide for protection and to provide an organization that is not dysfunction.

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So, you know, yes, as I'm just going to elaborate what Roy says, I think it's needed

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00:35:41,530 --> 00:35:48,970
and if there's any, you know, any other questions or anything, we entertain emotion, no?

460
00:35:49,670 --> 00:35:49,950
Discuss.

461
00:35:49,950 --> 00:35:54,450
presentation or just the presentation right right I'm sorry thank you it's

462
00:35:54,450 --> 00:35:56,590
it's after that's right thank

463
00:35:59,020 --> 00:36:03,880
you by the way so next is the A&H

464
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:09,860
danalytics presentation hi good morning y'all thank you very much for

465
00:36:09,860 --> 00:36:16,420
having me my name is Ben Horowitz I'm going to present you some of the work

466
00:36:16,420 --> 00:36:20,300
that we do and the work that we hope to be doing with y'all coming up here

467
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:22,720
the flood story with regard to a dashboard.

468
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,960
I want to introduce myself, my company,

469
00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:27,760
Age Data Analytics is a data analytics consulting firm.

470
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:31,860
We work to provide organizations serving the public good

471
00:36:31,860 --> 00:36:34,440
with analytics in the 21st century, right?

472
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,080
Help them better manage their organization

473
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,260
and tell their stories to the public.

474
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,120
Before Age Data Analytics,

475
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:43,720
I was the director of analytics

476
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:45,140
for the New Orleans Police Department.

477
00:36:45,380 --> 00:36:46,840
You may have heard that they were released

478
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:52,780
from the consent degree yesterday and a core component of that was the use of data to

479
00:36:52,780 --> 00:36:57,220
measure and manage performance within the agency and to be transparent and tell that

480
00:36:57,220 --> 00:37:02,140
story outside. My partner, Quinn and Vier is actually serving all

481
00:37:02,140 --> 00:37:07,800
one of the transition committees for Mayor-elect Marino and sort of in our capacity as age

482
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:14,340
analytics we've worked with a lot of New Orleans-based organizations as well as across the nation.

483
00:37:14,340 --> 00:37:20,160
So within New Orleans, we've provided City Council with dozens of dashboards and reports.

484
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:31,120
I'm going to show you one of them today in the presentation, and we're closely with them now mayor elect Marano and the council there as well as D.A. Williams and creating transparency pride for them.

485
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:39,040
Junoing the Business Council, the BioInnovation Center, Son of the St. Tim Blesin, and others within our community.

486
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:50,800
We've also worked nationally with the state of Louisiana with federal agencies and a variety of local cities around the nation.

487
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:57,580
We've worked with communities that are small, like the city of Ferguson and Missouri, to large ones like the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

488
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:04,840
And the work we try to do is help organizations tell their story when we work within an organization, which we do a lot of.

489
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,460
Obviously, I can't show that type of information,

490
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,200
but it's about trying to provide data

491
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:12,240
straight into the hands of decision makers.

492
00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:14,560
That might be frontline supervisors

493
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,440
or that might be the executive team

494
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,900
so they can make better decisions

495
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,600
and have that information at the forefront.

496
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,040
And then when we create public products,

497
00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:24,980
it's about helping you tell that story,

498
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:27,880
make it actionable to whether it's a board

499
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,400
or your public stakeholders make sure

500
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,780
that they can understand that story.

501
00:38:31,780 --> 00:38:37,800
So, one example is we worked with the Bureau of Indian Education. When we came aboard,

502
00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:44,280
they were collecting all of their data in paper. They had a lengthy report process that took

503
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:48,400
maybe 18 months before they could understand what was happening with their performance. We transformed

504
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:54,840
the way they collect, manage, and report their data. And while we have a slew of dashboards for

505
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:59,940
internal purposes, this is one of the external products that's similar to what we are proposing

506
00:38:59,940 --> 00:39:04,700
to create for y'all, that's trying to make the data really, really direct and engaging

507
00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:09,940
for the public. Create to find KPIs. So in this instance, it's how many families

508
00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:14,040
do we work with, how many children, right, how many participants, can I get this information

509
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:21,140
by site, can I get it on a map, right, what's been the actual impact on children, right,

510
00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:26,480
and providing that information and easy to access dashboards, these are designed not just

511
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,920
for the leadership team within the Bureau of Indian Education and report out to Congress,

512
00:39:31,220 --> 00:39:36,980
but also for, in this case, tribal leaders and their constituents, so it's accessible

513
00:39:36,980 --> 00:39:44,220
to them as well. And right, digging into staffing indicators that you just heard about as well.

514
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,580
Or we use data to tell stories, right, and that's really a critical component.

515
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,340
So here's an example of the type of dashboards we've made for the New Orleans City Council,

516
00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:55,160
know it's the branding is different, right?

517
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,600
It's at that New Orleans City Council blue.

518
00:39:58,780 --> 00:40:02,160
And being local in New Orleans, we know how critical people

519
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:03,520
might want to look at the data by their district,

520
00:40:03,740 --> 00:40:05,240
or by their neighborhood, right?

521
00:40:05,380 --> 00:40:07,540
So these geographic areas are really important.

522
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:10,180
And while you can have it within a map,

523
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,080
you can zoom into a lot of different components here.

524
00:40:13,420 --> 00:40:16,100
You can also see that story about the catch basins being cleaned

525
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:16,700
over time.

526
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,900
I don't know if it's obvious to you all what those spikes

527
00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:27,240
the first one was after the flooding in mid-city from the pre-tropical storm,

528
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:33,000
Barry Rainstorm in 2017. And then the catching up with cleaning all these catch basins

529
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,740
right after the fact. And it helps tell that story. The public can hold them accountable

530
00:40:36,740 --> 00:40:40,760
and say, hey, that's something you said you were going to do. The administration said

531
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,520
they were going to do it, and then you can see that result.

532
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,120
So, again, then the same interest trying to keep it short and compact.

533
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:52,140
What we're proposing to do is leverage what we can do with today's technology.

534
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:57,440
This is an example of the dashboard and custom dashboards that we're building.

535
00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:00,780
You've got KPIs right front and center within the dashboard.

536
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:02,900
All sorts of branding built within it.

537
00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:05,220
Really clear messaging integrated.

538
00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:06,720
Why is this here?

539
00:41:07,180 --> 00:41:08,060
Tell us more about this.

540
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,100
Can I download this data?

541
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,020
What's the methodology?

542
00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:13,060
Making that really simple to the community.

543
00:41:13,860 --> 00:41:18,940
Right? And we can even just look and point and click at data. Right? Make it really simple.

544
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:24,440
Show me traffic accidents. You know, in this case, we're mostly looking at law enforcement data.

545
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:33,360
Show me traffic accidents. Show me it by month or show me it over this like rolling curve. Right?

546
00:41:33,540 --> 00:41:38,360
I want it in various geographies and I want this data and information really dynamic.

547
00:41:38,980 --> 00:41:45,680
It can be a line chart, it can be that graph, we also have that dynamic visualization as

548
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,620
you switch between the two and sometimes just a simple table tells you the information

549
00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:54,720
that you need in really easy to access ways, make it simple to switch between them.

550
00:41:56,260 --> 00:41:59,840
And so really we're trying to, we go about building our products so that they're easy used

551
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:00,500
by the public.

552
00:42:00,940 --> 00:42:05,920
They help tell that clear story, right, they're flexible, dynamic, engaging.

553
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:11,200
It's simple to update the data, whether we're owning the data, your own in the data or whatever,

554
00:42:11,420 --> 00:42:15,740
whoever is in the process to update that, we make that as automated as possible, as easy

555
00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:16,860
as simple as possible.

556
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,780
And then what we do is we walk through a process working with your stakeholders to identify the

557
00:42:22,780 --> 00:42:23,680
data that we want to use.

558
00:42:23,820 --> 00:42:24,780
Make sure we can understand it.

559
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:29,000
What are the questions we want to know, what are the stories we want to tell, right,

560
00:42:29,060 --> 00:42:34,540
and bring it all together to understand financial performance, the permitting process, the police

561
00:42:34,540 --> 00:42:38,520
performance and other indicators we might want to look at as the flight authority.

562
00:42:40,020 --> 00:42:44,740
So that's really the quick and short version. I'm happy to show you a slew of any other

563
00:42:44,740 --> 00:42:48,080
dashboards that would be interested. I love talking about data for some people. They

564
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:52,780
need a couple of cup of coffee, you know, to get through that, but happy to answer any questions

565
00:42:52,780 --> 00:42:53,400
that you may have.

566
00:42:55,480 --> 00:43:03,700
Any questions, gentlemen? So if I appreciate the services from your company,

567
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:14,100
It is not only providing a platform through which the data can be presented, but also these

568
00:43:15,140 --> 00:43:19,580
visualizations that will change depending on the kind of data that we're trying to present

569
00:43:19,580 --> 00:43:22,080
or the message that is to be conveyed.

570
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:24,780
Do I follow it?

571
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:25,840
Did I overlook something about that?

572
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,500
No, you're nailing it, right?

573
00:43:27,740 --> 00:43:32,340
So it's doing the data engineering and all of that work, which is essential, but without

574
00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:36,340
trying to really understand what what does this data telling us you know what are

575
00:43:36,340 --> 00:43:40,160
the questions we need to understand where can we grab and get this information.

576
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,100
So coming at it both from a data analyst perspective thinking about it from the

577
00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:48,600
role of management and leadership right and then doing all the technical aspects to make that happen.

578
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:56,360
So we'll push out the data because it's ours and you will help to develop the

579
00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,480
presentation of the data to serve a message.

580
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:01,380
Yeah, that's right.

581
00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:01,800
Okay.

582
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:03,400
Thank you.

583
00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:08,740
And then whoever the individual is that's using the dashboard can manipulate the data to his

584
00:44:08,740 --> 00:44:09,600
or her own liking.

585
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:10,460
Right.

586
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:10,880
Exactly.

587
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,440
Usually within the parameters, he might want to set.

588
00:44:13,460 --> 00:44:17,460
We might want to allow them to look at things from different geography or over time.

589
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:18,960
And some indicators he might want to set.

590
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:20,800
This is how we're presenting the data to you, right?

591
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,720
This is, this is why this is the right way to analyze this information.

592
00:44:24,940 --> 00:44:29,240
This is both, you know, truthful, honest, this is the accurate, precise way, right?

593
00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:35,960
This is how you should look at these type of indicators and so we can help you with that telling that story component of it

594
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:45,140
Do you have any thoughts? Yeah, so basically to wrap up it is a store what I like to call a story tell it

595
00:44:46,180 --> 00:44:54,700
Platform so we have a story to tell we want to tell it in a basic way where someone in a grade to a PhD can understand it

596
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:59,120
Because that's important so we able to tell our story through data and through the graphics here

597
00:44:59,240 --> 00:44:59,960
That's the big-

598
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,980
Question for Jeff Funnan. What's the internal process? How will we handle our part of the decision making about what data to present and what message to convey? What's our internal process? Because I would imagine this comes from different departments, depending on. Yes, so part of one thing he did not mention. So part of this is once, if this were the past, we would engage, we would do sessions. They would actually help lead these precessions to determine

599
00:45:30,580 --> 00:45:34,760
We'll sit with this board. What is it important? What is the story to tell?

600
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:40,000
One, what do we want to tell? And then our external stakeholders in some of the community partners,

601
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,940
whether it's neighborhood association, whether it's civic organizations, some of our friends and

602
00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:50,940
partners at levies.org or whoever they may be, bring them in. What is it that you want to know?

603
00:45:51,220 --> 00:45:57,360
So once they help us host these sessions, we get that feedback both internally and externally.

604
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:01,700
And it will inform what it is, the final product would look like.

605
00:46:02,180 --> 00:46:04,720
And the cool thing is, it's not a one-time thing.

606
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:10,340
We get to change it and do whatever we want, add some track, which is where the annual

607
00:46:10,340 --> 00:46:13,260
maintenance fee and some of the data and so that thing comes up.

608
00:46:13,340 --> 00:46:14,300
So that's all the part of it.

609
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:19,720
It is truly customizable to whatever we want, informed by the board, internal leadership

610
00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,900
here at our channel or our partners.

611
00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:23,740
Okay.

612
00:46:24,420 --> 00:46:24,940
Thank you.

613
00:46:25,020 --> 00:46:25,560
Any other questions?

614
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:26,360
Yeah.

615
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,660
Thank you very much.

616
00:46:31,310 --> 00:46:33,450
Thank you very much for your presentation.

617
00:46:34,670 --> 00:46:36,650
Okay, next moving on to a new business.

618
00:46:37,970 --> 00:46:43,650
Number one is a motion to approve authorizing Jeff, director.

619
00:46:44,670 --> 00:46:52,650
Jeff Williams to enter into a negotiation and agreement with SSA to implement the cultural transformation project.

620
00:46:53,210 --> 00:46:53,590
Motion.

621
00:46:53,810 --> 00:46:56,750
Motion by Roy, second by David.

622
00:46:58,210 --> 00:47:05,830
any discussion can we touch on the budget. I think Jeff you mentioned that it's not currently budgeted, but you feel like we can absorb it.

623
00:47:07,230 --> 00:47:20,130
Yes, I did speak to the finance director. I think we have the ability. I will say we cannot afford not to at this point because it is a return on investment, so we will be fine overall from an annual perspective.

624
00:47:20,130 --> 00:47:27,610
I do think some of phase two will bleed into next fiscal year anyway, so I don't think

625
00:47:27,610 --> 00:47:36,070
the entire cost would be in this year, so we will plan some of that phase two portion

626
00:47:36,070 --> 00:47:38,050
into the next FYS budget in 27.

627
00:47:38,710 --> 00:47:42,130
And does this require any kind of budget amendment action on our part?

628
00:47:42,390 --> 00:47:42,810
It does not.

629
00:47:43,450 --> 00:47:43,750
Thank you.

630
00:47:43,750 --> 00:47:47,490
I, that sparks another question if I may go ahead.

631
00:47:48,450 --> 00:47:57,450
Will this be from our reporting and internal accounting be treated as part of our public

632
00:47:57,450 --> 00:48:00,530
information office expenditures?

633
00:48:01,830 --> 00:48:04,930
We haven't gotten into where it will reside.

634
00:48:05,250 --> 00:48:11,390
I think it will be, well, they are an executive branch, what is directly under my me or public

635
00:48:11,390 --> 00:48:12,070
information.

636
00:48:12,790 --> 00:48:16,190
I think this is an FPA thing for the SSA thing.

637
00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:19,370
I think the data at Elinix is budget in the IT area.

638
00:48:19,430 --> 00:48:20,490
I know we're not talking about that.

639
00:48:20,770 --> 00:48:23,630
So wherever I will answer the question like this,

640
00:48:23,650 --> 00:48:25,270
when talking to the finance director,

641
00:48:25,450 --> 00:48:28,190
wherever we deem most appropriate is where we would put it.

642
00:48:28,710 --> 00:48:29,670
Okay, thank you.

643
00:48:30,490 --> 00:48:30,830
Right.

644
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:34,960
Everybody's okay, roll call vote.

645
00:48:38,990 --> 00:48:39,650
Pete, for caring?

646
00:48:39,930 --> 00:48:40,110
Yes.

647
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:43,580
Michael Schnell?

648
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:44,080
Yes.

649
00:48:45,740 --> 00:48:47,160
Gregory Marsickley, yes.

650
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:57,640
Yes, Randy Noel, absent, Debra Satune, absent, Roy Caruiba, yes, David Martin, yes,

651
00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:04,700
Kerwin King, absent, Mr. President, measure passes.

652
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:05,880
Thank you, sir.

653
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:06,920
All right.

654
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:15,500
Moving on to item number two, the motion to approve the authorization to Jeff Williams to

655
00:49:15,500 --> 00:49:18,480
to enter into negotiation agreement with A and H

656
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,600
to develop a lens-transparent dashboard.

657
00:49:22,300 --> 00:49:23,040
I'll move.

658
00:49:23,540 --> 00:49:26,300
Move by David, second by Roy.

659
00:49:27,940 --> 00:49:29,160
I'll let you go first this time, David.

660
00:49:29,540 --> 00:49:30,140
Any discussion?

661
00:49:33,140 --> 00:49:35,680
Just like to come in, Jeff, on this initiative,

662
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,340
I think it's exciting to be able to,

663
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:41,780
of the dashboard that, or looking at the dashboards

664
00:49:41,780 --> 00:49:44,380
and city neurons, very illuminating and interesting.

665
00:49:44,380 --> 00:49:47,000
I think this is a great initiative.

666
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:53,780
I echo that the case has been trying to beat me up for three weeks to get this on.

667
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:02,560
So if I can make a recommendation, I know I see on the 8-8 analytics, use them in a board

668
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,140
of proofs when it comes to the board.

669
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:08,940
You need to prove up to $2 a minute on the proposed.

670
00:50:08,940 --> 00:50:10,180
Say it again, I didn't hear you.

671
00:50:10,180 --> 00:50:17,020
When a board approves, we're like an item like the data lyrics, we see a dollar amount here.

672
00:50:17,500 --> 00:50:23,620
The board needs to approve up to a dollar amount on these proposals in these contracts.

673
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,720
Does that call for a vote to amend the agenda?

674
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:38,060
Well, they have here on this proposal, I'm not sure about the SSA proposal where we are, but

675
00:50:38,060 --> 00:50:47,580
When you're authorizing the regional director to approve contracts you need to either to state a dollar amount or up to a dollar amount.

676
00:50:48,020 --> 00:50:54,600
I think we're just approving him to negotiate it and then come back to us for approval on the final contract amount, right?

677
00:50:55,460 --> 00:51:03,020
As I understand the resolution it's to enter into the definitive agreement so a dollar limit seems appropriate.

678
00:51:03,020 --> 00:51:12,980
And we do have the proposal dollar amount it was we can use those up to dollar amount there but negotiate up to those not to exceed numbers.

679
00:51:13,340 --> 00:51:16,900
I think if you have a mandate you can come back to the board to do that.

680
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:18,020
I'm sorry.

681
00:51:18,340 --> 00:51:21,700
And if you have to amend it because it's working progress.

682
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:22,220
Yeah.

683
00:51:22,580 --> 00:51:25,060
To add certain phases you can do that.

684
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:27,300
So the proposals are included in the packet.

685
00:51:27,300 --> 00:51:33,160
So if we do want to add a not to exceed dollar amounts for for this particular one, it's

686
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:42,800
Well, my only problem is is it if we state a not amount it doesn't give you any negotiation

687
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:43,860
Up to

688
00:51:43,860 --> 00:51:52,080
Rome so to speak. Well, it's up to an ape the person who I'm negotiating with has the created the proposals so they know the number

689
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:58,980
Well, yeah, so we're proving a number that they know that, you know, I'd like to see

690
00:51:58,980 --> 00:52:04,360
you negotiate down with, don't give you a, I'm just going to use a number dial up, you

691
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,080
know, that you want to negotiate down to 70 cents.

692
00:52:07,540 --> 00:52:10,200
That's your prerogative if you want to reduce that number.

693
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:12,840
So, well, no, I don't want you to do that.

694
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:15,620
We may have to leave this discussion.

695
00:52:15,620 --> 00:52:22,780
Give the approval to start negotiating an interim agreement and then the Reginald Director

696
00:52:22,780 --> 00:52:24,280
can report back to the board.

697
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:29,900
With a proposed contract and the specifics that we're concerned about, I move to amend

698
00:52:30,830 --> 00:52:37,920
the resolution in order to change from authorizing the regional director to enter into the

699
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:47,620
an agreement to instead authorize the regional director to negotiate a contract for board approval

700
00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:53,680
with the information that we need to make a decision. And that's going to be on numbers

701
00:52:53,680 --> 00:53:02,400
one in two of new business? Yes, basically, yeah. But then for him to come back to the board with the

702
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:06,640
actual contract amount for us to approve. Right. So let's go back to number one.

703
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:10,140
Jeff is sitting on needles over there, but I have a motion, but a second.

704
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:14,280
A second. I might go second. Jeff, you have a question. We have to vote on it.

705
00:53:14,340 --> 00:53:17,260
Huh? We have to vote on it. We're discussion, huh?

706
00:53:19,730 --> 00:53:20,550
So, wait.

707
00:53:21,830 --> 00:53:25,650
So are we going back to the first one? Yeah, let's go back to the first one.

708
00:53:25,650 --> 00:53:28,790
And I think you have to amend the first one as well.

709
00:53:33,460 --> 00:53:41,240
So we are moving an amendment to amend the first one and then to accept it as amended.

710
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:41,960
Right.

711
00:53:42,180 --> 00:53:46,400
We need a motion to amend the first one, but the first one, nobody.

712
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:48,020
I move to amend.

713
00:53:48,420 --> 00:53:48,720
I'll second.

714
00:53:49,420 --> 00:53:51,580
So Greg moves to amend Michael seconds.

715
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:53,440
All in favor.

716
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:54,440
Hi.

717
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:55,060
All right.

718
00:53:55,460 --> 00:53:55,620
Now.

719
00:53:55,620 --> 00:54:10,260
question question yes so yeah am I so the intent is to get this going so what we're doing

720
00:54:10,260 --> 00:54:17,460
what the amendment does is essentially push everything back a month right so the intent is if I

721
00:54:17,460 --> 00:54:24,340
had my way of commission of mercy there was to not to exceed a mile to actually enter into that's

722
00:54:24,340 --> 00:54:26,780
That's why the resolution was written that way.

723
00:54:27,740 --> 00:54:29,920
I do intend to negotiate.

724
00:54:30,140 --> 00:54:31,400
I understand that.

725
00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:34,040
I think they understand that.

726
00:54:34,140 --> 00:54:35,060
That's just the proposal.

727
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:40,320
So if we were to allow me to negotiate not to exceed the proposal amount,

728
00:54:40,660 --> 00:54:45,520
we can actually get going faster because it is critical on this effort.

729
00:54:45,900 --> 00:54:47,820
Do we have a proposed form of contract?

730
00:54:48,780 --> 00:54:49,620
We do not.

731
00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:50,220
Yes.

732
00:54:52,940 --> 00:55:01,100
My issue is the item on the agenda doesn't say what the maximum dollar is. I mean,

733
00:55:01,240 --> 00:55:09,080
you got to dig is this the maximum dollar? Yes. And both proposals have actually the

734
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:14,560
proposal amounts in your package. So the first one that we're talking about specifically

735
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:17,320
is this one. Yes. That's the one you're looking at. Right.

736
00:55:20,820 --> 00:55:22,080
In addition to the dollar amount

737
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:28,960
Mr. President what's that I'm sorry in addition to the dollar amount Mr. President the form of the contract I think

738
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:34,140
May contain other provisions that are important to us and

739
00:55:34,860 --> 00:55:36,380
To be considered by the board

740
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:38,000
Understood,

741
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:41,440
okay, so

742
00:55:43,060 --> 00:55:47,180
Do we understand what the motion and we had a motion in a second

743
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,980
So there was a motion to amend that we are number one, right

744
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:03,820
That was a motion to amend and the language that we're going to use on that was to remove

745
00:56:06,130 --> 00:56:08,270
enter into and where

746
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,960
it just says Jeff Williams to negotiate an agreement to

747
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,140
be subject

748
00:56:18,140 --> 00:56:19,340
to board approval.

749
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:26,740
It's a motion to authorizing Jeff to negotiate a contract subject to board approval.

750
00:56:28,740 --> 00:56:29,180
Okay.

751
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:32,860
Kirk is asking a question to not exceed the proposal amount.

752
00:56:36,780 --> 00:56:42,400
I don't think that's necessary if we're going to approve the final form of the contract

753
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:46,260
and the amount which will include the amount and all the material terms.

754
00:56:46,580 --> 00:56:50,500
Only thing we're doing today is giving him authorization to negotiate.

755
00:56:51,180 --> 00:56:51,500
That's it.

756
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:52,760
He can't sign a contract.

757
00:56:53,260 --> 00:56:53,720
Anything.

758
00:56:54,020 --> 00:56:55,320
Come back for December.

759
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:59,560
I understand you want to get this rolling and I do too, but we've got to get it right.

760
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:07,060
I have to ask Mr. President, I have to ask Mr. Board, that's in that language, so I need

761
00:57:07,060 --> 00:57:07,780
to vote on that.

762
00:57:07,860 --> 00:57:09,020
I have the motion in a second.

763
00:57:09,380 --> 00:57:10,400
And this is on the first one?

764
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:11,600
Yes, it is on the first one.

765
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:13,780
Okay, so Mr. Secretary would you call it off?

766
00:57:13,780 --> 00:57:14,180
For vote.

767
00:57:14,300 --> 00:57:14,860
Pete Vicari.

768
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:15,260
Yes.

769
00:57:16,500 --> 00:57:17,260
Michael Schnell.

770
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:17,700
Yes.

771
00:57:19,220 --> 00:57:26,180
Craig Marcigly of a in favor, Randy Noel, Absent, Cabrissotune, Absent, Roy Caruba.

772
00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:26,640
Yes.

773
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:28,320
David Martin.

774
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:29,040
Yes.

775
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,540
Yes, Kerwin King's absent.

776
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,820
Mr. President, the amendment passes.

777
00:57:35,380 --> 00:57:36,060
Thank you, sir.

778
00:57:36,180 --> 00:57:36,740
Just motion to it.

779
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:37,820
Now you have to.

780
00:57:38,060 --> 00:57:38,540
Number two.

781
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:39,080
Yes.

782
00:57:39,740 --> 00:57:43,320
We want motion to amend now to accept the motion as amended.

783
00:57:43,380 --> 00:57:43,860
I got it.

784
00:57:44,220 --> 00:57:45,660
I need a motion to amend.

785
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:47,100
I'll move to amend.

786
00:57:47,660 --> 00:57:48,160
Number two.

787
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:48,940
You're ready to have.

788
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:49,800
You're ready to do the amendment.

789
00:57:49,940 --> 00:57:50,680
Now you accept it.

790
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,900
Now you're doing the motion to accept the as amended.

791
00:57:54,020 --> 00:57:54,700
The vote you want to answer.

792
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:55,260
Oh, that's right.

793
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:56,040
Because we went back.

794
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:56,500
Okay.

795
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:56,780
Yeah.

796
00:57:56,780 --> 00:58:03,280
All right. So call for vote, Mr. President. Yes, please. Pete Vicari. Yes. Michael Schnell. Yes.

797
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:12,920
Gregory Marciglia. Yes. Randy Noel. Absent. Debra Satune. Absent. Roy Caruba. Yes.

798
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:19,960
David Martin. Yes. Mr. King is Absent. Mr. President, a matter of passes as amended.

799
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:26,260
So now we go to number three. Number two. Same thing, but now we're voting on the

800
00:58:26,780 --> 00:58:34,020
the amendment was passed. So now we're voting on giving Jeff the authorization

801
00:58:34,020 --> 00:58:43,480
negotiate a contract with come back to the border. Same as no. Motion by Roy.

802
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:56,760
Second

803
00:58:56,760 --> 00:59:05,120
Randy Noel, Absent, Deborah Satune, Absent, Roy Coruba, David Martin, yes,

804
00:59:05,980 --> 00:59:08,900
Kerwin King, Absent, Mr. President, matter, passes.

805
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:10,040
Thank you, sir.

806
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:11,060
Okay.

807
00:59:11,420 --> 00:59:12,900
All right, the motion takes up as amended.

808
00:59:13,260 --> 00:59:16,360
The motion, now we need a motion to take up as amended.

809
00:59:16,740 --> 00:59:16,920
Yes.

810
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:17,460
Motion.

811
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:18,460
Motion borrowed.

812
00:59:18,780 --> 00:59:19,440
Second by David.

813
00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:20,780
Any discussion?

814
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:22,040
No.

815
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:22,780
No.

816
00:59:23,100 --> 00:59:23,600
Discussion.

817
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:51,600
Mr. Secretary, all for the Pete Vicari. Yes, Michael Schnell. Yes, Gregory Marcigoli. Yes, Randy Newell, Absent, Debra Stun, Absent, Roy Coruba. Yes, David Martin. Yes, Herwin King's Absent. Mr. President, the matter passes. Thank you, sir. Now we're doing what item one and two. Yes, number three is motion to consider in a dog the updated organizational chalk.

818
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:55,940
Can I suggest that we push this a month, excuse me, can I suggest that we push this a month? I do.

819
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,960
First, right, and then we open this discussion to discuss it. Okay. We're going to have a. Wait, which you said you said what now? You're opening discussion on it. I thought we have to take a vote. Michael is a Michael wants to discuss it. Okay. I'm just. I don't have to make sure we do things right. Please speak in a microphone. I'm half deaf. I am speaking. All right. Go ahead, Michael. I'm sorry. So when I need a motion.

820
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:35,620
Yes, we need a motion in a second.

821
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:37,760
Motion by my second by Robert.

822
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:39,520
Oh, in favor.

823
01:00:39,940 --> 01:00:40,200
Hi.

824
01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:41,280
Okay.

825
01:00:41,380 --> 01:00:41,740
Okay.

826
01:00:41,940 --> 01:00:47,020
I was suggesting that we pushed this a month because the board is on the org chart.

827
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:51,660
The entire board is on this new org chart.

828
01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:54,980
And I feel like we should have more than just the minimum

829
01:00:54,980 --> 01:01:01,760
I'm making a decision on the short with it, even though my slight concern Jeff addressed.

830
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:07,040
I don't know if in three years from now, someone's going to go back and to the minutes and see that.

831
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:15,720
And there are stickers for details on the board that are not present and details matter when we're doing something like this.

832
01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:20,080
So I think it's just a good idea to push it one month to where we have more input from more members.

833
01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:27,080
So if I understand the comment or the discussion, your concern is that it'd be considered by the full board

834
01:01:28,580 --> 01:01:33,600
because we have some absent members, not any specific concern about this chart.

835
01:01:34,020 --> 01:01:34,140
Correct.

836
01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:35,280
Okay, got it.

837
01:01:35,580 --> 01:01:36,600
Well, we have a quorum.

838
01:01:37,140 --> 01:01:45,620
So, I mean, if we would wait until we have a full board on everything, it's like every meeting with somebody is missing.

839
01:01:45,620 --> 01:01:52,980
So we wouldn't be able to go forward with business, so we just need to put it to a vote.

840
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:54,540
We just need to put it to a vote.

841
01:01:54,740 --> 01:01:54,980
Yes.

842
01:01:55,640 --> 01:01:58,660
I move for a vote to adopt the organizational chart as proposed.

843
01:01:59,380 --> 01:02:00,980
Move by Greg.

844
01:02:01,620 --> 01:02:02,460
Second by.

845
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:02,820
Second.

846
01:02:03,120 --> 01:02:03,340
Roy.

847
01:02:04,380 --> 01:02:05,240
Any discussion?

848
01:02:06,840 --> 01:02:07,080
Yes.

849
01:02:07,460 --> 01:02:09,540
I understand that

850
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:14,080
this is how we are operating currently.

851
01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:18,060
what? Yes, functionally, this is how we are. Yes.

852
01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:22,220
Okay. My appreciation was this is what

853
01:02:22,220 --> 01:02:27,160
we're doing. So it seems like an insubstantial. We're not changing anything. We're just formalizing

854
01:02:27,940 --> 01:02:34,360
the what is actual. Exactly. Jeff, do you have something you want to add? No. So, yeah, just

855
01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:40,820
to add, this is functionally how we had in those who wasn't in the executive committee, which

856
01:02:40,820 --> 01:02:43,480
I believe they recommended to move forward with this.

857
01:02:44,290 --> 01:02:51,240
There is multiple organization structures and charts, I want to make that distinction.

858
01:02:52,350 --> 01:02:58,980
That's between what we have in the emergency management plan, what we have with civil service

859
01:02:58,980 --> 01:03:01,420
and even in other systems in ADP.

860
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:08,540
This is to memorialize what we are structurally following and this is to be the authoritative

861
01:03:08,540 --> 01:03:17,360
structure that the board may do per the bylaws and is the distinct difference between this

862
01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:23,620
and the org chart that the regional director is then required to post on a yearly basis

863
01:03:23,620 --> 01:03:27,160
or whenever there's substantial change from the staff level down.

864
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:32,900
Right, and I'm glad you made that point. The executive committee recommended a tune. It will

865
01:03:32,900 --> 01:03:35,840
has recommended to the boy to approve it.

866
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:38,520
And for clarification, but I believe this is the case.

867
01:03:39,020 --> 01:03:42,520
We have an emergency management plan that puts in place,

868
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:45,920
or can put in place a different structure

869
01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:49,460
during emergencies for which it's applicable.

870
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:51,980
So this is the general organizational chart

871
01:03:51,980 --> 01:03:54,900
that applies in the absence of some special circumstance.

872
01:03:55,820 --> 01:03:56,180
Correct.

873
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:57,560
And I want to be clear.

874
01:03:57,940 --> 01:04:01,520
And I know I want to be clear on a language

875
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:13,000
which we call initial structure and not chart because that's what the by-laws call it in there is a distinction of chart as a depiction of structure is what we do correct. Thank you.

876
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:27,660
Okay. Any other discussion? The motion says organizational chart. The motion or the I'm sorry, the resolution itself says organizational chart seems like it should say sure.

877
01:04:27,660 --> 01:04:28,680
Yeah, that needs to be amended.

878
01:04:29,100 --> 01:04:33,940
So I would move to amend the title of the resolution

879
01:04:33,940 --> 01:04:37,820
to read approval of SLFPA-E organizational

880
01:04:39,900 --> 01:04:42,280
organization structure, as depicted on the chart.

881
01:04:42,420 --> 01:04:43,180
As depicted on the chart.

882
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:44,140
OK.

883
01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:44,700
Second.

884
01:04:45,900 --> 01:04:48,220
Prove by, well, you move, right?

885
01:04:48,620 --> 01:04:48,780
Yes.

886
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:49,940
Second by, Greg.

887
01:04:51,240 --> 01:04:52,540
And we've made a move.

888
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:53,160
David moved.

889
01:04:53,540 --> 01:04:54,280
Second by, Greg.

890
01:04:54,540 --> 01:04:56,500
At the vote of an all in favor.

891
01:04:56,500 --> 01:05:01,420
I my calling the peak for carried yes

892
01:05:02,340 --> 01:05:06,180
Michael Schnell. This is on the amendment. Aye. Yes

893
01:05:06,780 --> 01:05:09,180
Gregory, Marcigly. Yes, Randy, Noel

894
01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:15,040
absent to ever sit in absent Roy Caruiba. Yes

895
01:05:15,940 --> 01:05:17,520
David Martin. Yes

896
01:05:18,140 --> 01:05:25,220
Kerwin King's absent Mr. President the motion passes to the amendment pass the motion to amend the

897
01:05:25,220 --> 01:05:34,860
resolution passes. Now we need to vote on the actual resolution as amended motion by

898
01:05:34,860 --> 01:05:38,800
Rowan's second by David in discussion.

899
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:44,220
Mr. Secretary called Rowan.

900
01:05:46,710 --> 01:05:48,090
Pete Ficarid. Yes.

901
01:05:49,090 --> 01:05:51,330
Michael Schnell. Abstain.

902
01:05:55,270 --> 01:06:01,270
Gregory Marcikli. Yes. Randy Newell. Absent. Taber Satune.

903
01:06:12,620 --> 01:06:18,080
We have only four votes in favor, it is not a majority of the nine seats on the board.

904
01:06:18,660 --> 01:06:21,220
Therefore, the measure does not pass.

905
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:24,360
Moving on next.

906
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:27,840
Motion to...

907
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:28,520
Is that correct?

908
01:06:30,780 --> 01:06:34,900
The motion to approve hired a attorney for the legal department.

909
01:06:37,100 --> 01:06:37,780
You're up.

910
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:40,560
So the chair speaks about the recommendation.

911
01:06:42,040 --> 01:06:46,320
I believe the legal committee report has been presented already and

912
01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:56,080
it is in favor of hiring an attorney for the executive council's office.

913
01:06:56,080 --> 01:07:01,740
And so that the public knows, Commissioner Greg Morsigny is the chair of the legal committee.

914
01:07:02,500 --> 01:07:03,160
That's correct.

915
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:04,100
Okay, motion.

916
01:07:04,500 --> 01:07:06,220
That's going to report out of the committee this morning.

917
01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:11,060
This, I don't believe this is a budgeted position.

918
01:07:11,260 --> 01:07:13,000
Is there a requirement for budget amendment, Jeff?

919
01:07:13,980 --> 01:07:18,980
It is not a budgeted committee, after speaking with the finance director, we can absorb this

920
01:07:18,980 --> 01:07:20,980
also in areas no requirement for the amendment.

921
01:07:23,170 --> 01:07:23,630
Thank you.

922
01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:28,140
I made a motion.

923
01:07:33,220 --> 01:07:37,820
So we have a motion by Roy, second by Greg, in discussion.

924
01:07:39,320 --> 01:07:39,940
I have a discussion.

925
01:07:40,560 --> 01:07:45,820
I wasn't in the legal committee meeting but I was listening to it.

926
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:53,920
And there was a phrase for Kirk lowering the amount of cases from I think close to 42.

927
01:07:54,260 --> 01:07:55,280
I think we're in the teens now.

928
01:07:55,280 --> 01:08:03,000
So we granted a raise because of the good job he's doing last month, and now we're

929
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:07,240
talking about hiring an extra attorney that feels like a double dip.

930
01:08:09,750 --> 01:08:14,030
I feel like we're proud of the job that is happening so much that a majority of the

931
01:08:14,030 --> 01:08:17,170
board granted a raise, why are we now hiring assistance?

932
01:08:19,430 --> 01:08:20,670
Do you want to answer?

933
01:08:22,170 --> 01:08:32,130
I would just offer my own contribution to the discussion and that is double dip implies

934
01:08:32,130 --> 01:08:42,310
that there is an overlap or a duplication when I think that the appropriate perspective

935
01:08:42,310 --> 01:08:45,870
is that the flood authority has a need.

936
01:08:45,870 --> 01:08:54,530
need. These are two separate steps in order to meet the need so that they are not duplicative

937
01:08:54,530 --> 01:09:02,130
in this instance. It is two different steps in order to address a need.

938
01:09:04,470 --> 01:09:07,210
Mr. Ordoin's compensation

939
01:09:07,210 --> 01:09:17,810
was increased, not as a bonus or reward, it was in order to compensate him for the value to the authority.

940
01:09:19,230 --> 01:09:22,070
For all the reasons that would normally apply to such things, right?

941
01:09:23,650 --> 01:09:34,670
We have valuable employees whose knowledge, education and experience needs to be compensated or we're not going to retain them.

942
01:09:34,670 --> 01:09:43,890
And I think we've considered earlier today a study so that we are appropriately treating

943
01:09:43,890 --> 01:09:44,490
our employees.

944
01:09:45,310 --> 01:09:51,970
So that's my comment is that these are two different things, but both addressing a

945
01:09:51,970 --> 01:09:53,330
need for the authority.

946
01:09:53,870 --> 01:10:00,230
I have the reservation about whether the compensation for the position will be sufficient to meet the

947
01:10:00,230 --> 01:10:03,710
need but that's not being dressed at this time.

948
01:10:04,810 --> 01:10:10,090
And to dub to you along Greg's comments, Kirk and his current duty is overloaded and

949
01:10:10,090 --> 01:10:10,590
needs help.

950
01:10:11,110 --> 01:10:18,870
And this position is being created to help him do some more items in the day-to-day description

951
01:10:18,870 --> 01:10:22,690
of his job contract negotiations and things we talked about in the legal committee.

952
01:10:23,190 --> 01:10:29,230
So Greg's right, Kirk's raise and the request for an additional attorney are two separate

953
01:10:29,230 --> 01:10:33,930
part items in the growth of the agency and what its needs currently are in the legal

954
01:10:33,930 --> 01:10:34,390
department.

955
01:10:34,990 --> 01:10:40,970
So, if we can, if you look at similar organizations, say the port of New Orleans, they have 50

956
01:10:40,970 --> 01:10:48,150
less employees, they have an executive council whose main role is to advise the board, underneath

957
01:10:48,150 --> 01:10:53,290
the executive council as a general council, and the general council assist with giving legal

958
01:10:53,290 --> 01:11:00,210
advice to the departments within the port for day-to-day operations, then underneath that

959
01:11:00,210 --> 01:11:06,790
position, when I worked there, because I was there for several years, was we had several

960
01:11:06,790 --> 01:11:14,790
attorney threes to assist the port in New Orleans. Here, I'm the only attorney. There, we

961
01:11:14,790 --> 01:11:20,170
did hire outside counsel like we do here, but I'm being asked from different departments

962
01:11:20,170 --> 01:11:25,270
provide legal advice on different issues that I cannot always get to because I'm advising

963
01:11:25,270 --> 01:11:29,090
the board, that's my primary responsibility is advising the board.

964
01:11:29,250 --> 01:11:34,270
Now I do advise the new regional director and there's new initiatives, but it's hard

965
01:11:34,270 --> 01:11:39,770
to put, you know, do all the litigation and I'm getting pulled from different departments

966
01:11:39,770 --> 01:11:45,230
to try to assist them, but I don't have any attorneys in house to assist with the workflow.

967
01:11:46,590 --> 01:11:49,970
You only have so many hours in inventory, right?

968
01:11:50,290 --> 01:11:54,750
Well, there's times where we're talking about something and his phone and stuff is going

969
01:11:54,750 --> 01:11:57,370
off and he's being pulled in so many different directions.

970
01:11:57,810 --> 01:12:01,430
And there's direct, there's times when I'm in meetings and then there's directors walking

971
01:12:01,430 --> 01:12:05,230
up outside and I can see through the glass window in my office and they're trying to get

972
01:12:05,230 --> 01:12:09,650
to me and then they're off to say, I'll call you right back or I'll come and walk by your

973
01:12:09,650 --> 01:12:10,130
office.

974
01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:13,470
Do you want to say something Michael?

975
01:12:13,470 --> 01:12:15,170
have we ever had two before?

976
01:12:16,350 --> 01:12:16,870
Attorneys?

977
01:12:17,370 --> 01:12:21,330
No, but the previous executive council has stated publicly

978
01:12:21,330 --> 01:12:25,230
at a board meeting that their role was to strictly advise the board.

979
01:12:28,620 --> 01:12:32,640
And there's a lot of other legal issues that need to be handled

980
01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:36,180
that are separate from just advising the board.

981
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:38,040
Yeah, I find it interesting.

982
01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:41,940
And it's also trying to save money from hiring outside council

983
01:12:41,940 --> 01:12:43,760
to review templates.

984
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:45,460
but sometimes when you're reviewing templates

985
01:12:45,460 --> 01:12:47,340
for an organization this size,

986
01:12:47,680 --> 01:12:49,360
it may take three to four weeks

987
01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:50,740
to go through all the law

988
01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:53,780
and look at what's being done across the state

989
01:12:54,280 --> 01:12:56,860
and look at their contracts, their templates,

990
01:12:57,300 --> 01:12:58,720
and it takes a long time.

991
01:12:59,340 --> 01:13:01,380
I would also offer this request

992
01:13:01,380 --> 01:13:03,160
for another attorney is probably part

993
01:13:03,700 --> 01:13:05,780
of the cultural transformation of this board

994
01:13:05,780 --> 01:13:08,620
to help it run in this agency to run more functionally.

995
01:13:09,260 --> 01:13:11,700
When I got here last year to say it was dysfunctional

996
01:13:11,700 --> 01:13:12,620
was an understatement

997
01:13:12,620 --> 01:13:16,380
And those things are being corrected through Jeff's efforts and everybody else's.

998
01:13:16,380 --> 01:13:17,860
Any role in your eyes, but it's true.

999
01:13:19,500 --> 01:13:25,780
It's true, sorry. And I think this is part and parcel for making it operate a little bit more functional and normal.

1000
01:13:26,740 --> 01:13:32,040
And in accordance with civil service, we cannot bring on a general counsel underneath the executive counsel.

1001
01:13:32,180 --> 01:13:38,640
I'm doing both roles because the general counsel is a classified position and you need attorneys

1002
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:42,360
underneath the general counsel in order to get that approved through civil service.

1003
01:13:42,580 --> 01:13:48,980
So as an attorney three, it's at a lot lower pay and I'm hoping if the board approves

1004
01:13:48,980 --> 01:13:54,360
and we can advertise if we can get someone qualified to have with contract reviewing contracts

1005
01:13:54,360 --> 01:14:02,260
on different HR issues that may come about and other issues agency-wide, the salary would

1006
01:14:02,260 --> 01:14:09,160
be subject to board approval? Yes, because, of course, to the bylaws, the board can say

1007
01:14:09,160 --> 01:14:13,320
in one or more counsel to represent it. The candidate and the salary, so we'll have

1008
01:14:13,320 --> 01:14:18,580
a chance to evaluate the credentials of whomever might be considered.

1009
01:14:18,700 --> 01:14:24,560
No, that would be a legal, the legal department, but it's the salary set by still will serve

1010
01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:27,280
as the salary range. But there's a range and it's an attorney

1011
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:28,140
33 position.

1012
01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:30,680
Thank you for clarifying that.

1013
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:36,100
I like Roy from from the private sector and civil service is not always my area of expertise.

1014
01:14:39,150 --> 01:14:40,690
Any other discussion?

1015
01:14:43,210 --> 01:14:45,030
Do we have a motion in the second?

1016
01:14:45,290 --> 01:14:45,390
Yes.

1017
01:14:46,970 --> 01:14:48,590
Well, in the second here you want to call the road.

1018
01:14:50,930 --> 01:14:56,230
And my appreciation, Mr. President, is this is a resolution to authorize.

1019
01:15:00,180 --> 01:15:26,440
And this will be subject to board approval of the candidate and the salary? No, it's just proven the hiring and that's going through classified advertising and through civil service. And the salary range is approved within that. I mean, based off their years of experience. Okay. And the decision on who that might be and what to pay them will be your decision. I work in coordination, which is HR director with Kenyatta.

1020
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:38,280
I'm willing to revisit later, but no.

1021
01:15:41,060 --> 01:15:42,760
Gregory Marscigley, yes.

1022
01:15:43,160 --> 01:15:44,820
Randy Noel, absent.

1023
01:15:45,940 --> 01:15:47,320
Debra Satune, absent.

1024
01:15:48,540 --> 01:15:50,140
Roy Caruba, yes.

1025
01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:52,260
David Martin, yes.

1026
01:15:53,280 --> 01:16:00,560
Kerwin King is absent. Mr. President, the motion does not pass. We have four votes of nine.

1027
01:16:01,460 --> 01:16:05,180
Five is necessary for a favorable adoption.

1028
01:16:05,980 --> 01:16:11,840
Okay. Moving on, next is the motion to sell. Actually, this is not worth it, right?

1029
01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:20,380
This is a motion. Well, yeah, it's a motion to sell equipment to LMA via ACEA.

1030
01:16:20,380 --> 01:16:28,500
And we just, just as the meeting started, we have the C.A. But it, it, I understand it needs some,

1031
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:34,760
it's the word, some language to it, because we just received a few minutes before the committee's meeting started this morning.

1032
01:16:35,160 --> 01:16:39,920
But I guess what I'd like to do is, is to move distinct forwarders,

1033
01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:49,580
Let's have a motion to approve the sale with your changes or whatever, with Lewis and

1034
01:16:49,580 --> 01:16:52,960
you get to tell the subject to you, whatever changes you all need to do.

1035
01:16:55,350 --> 01:16:55,430
Okay.

1036
01:16:56,070 --> 01:16:57,270
That will work.

1037
01:16:58,030 --> 01:17:04,050
It would just be amendments to approve for the regional director to execute any documents

1038
01:17:04,050 --> 01:17:09,950
to transfer the property from the sale, from the auction, before the auction.

1039
01:17:10,690 --> 01:17:13,410
and it would be subject to legal review and approval.

1040
01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:18,120
What's this about meeting in the middle?

1041
01:17:19,260 --> 01:17:22,500
It was a dollar amount, they asked us to donate.

1042
01:17:22,700 --> 01:17:23,380
We were meeting in the middle.

1043
01:17:24,100 --> 01:17:24,560
Say it again.

1044
01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:33,240
We have, to my understanding, an agreement on the prices, however, I don't see that as part

1045
01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:34,500
of the resolution.

1046
01:17:35,500 --> 01:17:36,300
Yes sir.

1047
01:17:36,500 --> 01:17:37,080
I'm sorry.

1048
01:17:37,080 --> 01:17:42,060
Let me give you a little bit of history for the benefit of some of them that wasn't in the meeting

1049
01:17:43,300 --> 01:17:49,080
The LMA presented to us a document or a statue that would

1050
01:17:50,140 --> 01:17:52,560
Allow them to take the stuff as a donation

1051
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:57,580
Okay, I didn't want to go with that. I didn't for the benefit of the public

1052
01:17:58,180 --> 01:18:03,220
This is you know tax dollars. It's tax assets. I should say and

1053
01:18:03,220 --> 01:18:10,120
And as a compromise, Jeff and I worked and we said, look, let's take the blue book value

1054
01:18:10,120 --> 01:18:16,900
or whatever and we'll take half of it because legally, yes, we could donate it to them.

1055
01:18:17,260 --> 01:18:22,180
But for the best interest of the Florida Authority and the public, we least get in half of

1056
01:18:22,180 --> 01:18:22,640
the value.

1057
01:18:23,340 --> 01:18:27,800
Because they need it, you know, like one of one of the items was the bucket truck.

1058
01:18:27,940 --> 01:18:32,020
Well, they fixed the lights on the light front so they need that truck.

1059
01:18:32,020 --> 01:18:38,420
So, that's a little bit of the history, and as I said earlier, the motion is, I'm okay

1060
01:18:38,420 --> 01:18:46,060
with it, and the motion is to sell it to them, provide it that whatever legal says changes

1061
01:18:46,060 --> 01:18:51,320
need to be in it, for who's specifically responsible for transferring and whatever.

1062
01:18:52,780 --> 01:18:58,400
And the value is still, I don't know what that number is, Jeff, do you know?

1063
01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:05,340
It's I want to say it's 70 something eight thousand design. Yeah, the total for all of the items were

1064
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:11,520
North of 130,000 with the 50% value being 65 plus

1065
01:19:12,140 --> 01:19:13,140
Okay motion

1066
01:19:13,140 --> 01:19:16,760
So if the Louisiana Constitution permits

1067
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:19,220
Motion second

1068
01:19:20,040 --> 01:19:21,340
I'll second Michael

1069
01:19:22,780 --> 01:19:28,040
Which I just I was just providing information that the Louisiana Constitution provides

1070
01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:32,900
C.E.A.'s between eight, the state and political, it's political subdivisions.

1071
01:19:33,540 --> 01:19:40,340
And if it's a political subdivisions, do public safety as a function, that it can actually,

1072
01:19:40,560 --> 01:19:49,420
that's where you were citing earlier, Mr. Chair, that you could donate that property without

1073
01:19:49,420 --> 01:19:51,320
any sale or anything.

1074
01:19:51,780 --> 01:19:51,940
Correct.

1075
01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:54,740
So by statute, we could do it.

1076
01:19:54,780 --> 01:19:55,460
We could do it.

1077
01:19:55,460 --> 01:20:07,700
I don't have a Louisiana Constitution as long as you have a C.E.A. and both the L.M.A. and the Flood Authority qualify within as per the Constitution.

1078
01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:17,600
I use that. So Lewis, I apologize, but we're going to make you pay for it for the benefit of the public. We've got to get something out of it.

1079
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:20,220
You want to go ahead and say something?

1080
01:20:24,550 --> 01:20:28,010
Lewis Capo, the executive director for the LMA.

1081
01:20:28,670 --> 01:20:31,170
We had talked about the eight pieces of equipment

1082
01:20:31,170 --> 01:20:35,650
and we had agreed to pay 50% of the blue book value.

1083
01:20:36,010 --> 01:20:36,330
Thank you.

1084
01:20:36,830 --> 01:20:40,310
Preferably, like we were discussing donation

1085
01:20:40,310 --> 01:20:43,730
would be more profitable to us, but we agree.

1086
01:20:44,010 --> 01:20:47,230
And then we end talks right now with MSY or Louis Armstrong

1087
01:20:47,230 --> 01:20:52,010
for half a million dollars donation of a fire truck to us.

1088
01:20:52,590 --> 01:21:00,570
So yes, donations can be made but we have agreed to pay 50% of the blue bit value.

1089
01:21:01,630 --> 01:21:02,110
Thank you, sir.

1090
01:21:02,610 --> 01:21:04,030
All right, we have to go ahead.

1091
01:21:04,310 --> 01:21:09,670
So I think we've discussed some amendments to the resolution as written.

1092
01:21:10,290 --> 01:21:15,910
One would be that the final form of the documents is to be determined by executive council.

1093
01:21:15,910 --> 01:21:28,010
is that that's correct. So subject to Council's approval of the form of the

1094
01:21:28,010 --> 01:21:29,830
documents we're

1095
01:21:33,700 --> 01:21:40,340
going to put the price in the we've got an agreement on what the items are right that's

1096
01:21:40,340 --> 01:21:47,220
included with the resolution to list of equipment and will we as aboard a dot price that's been

1097
01:21:47,220 --> 01:21:49,820
agreed to. I would suggest we do.

1098
01:21:50,120 --> 01:21:57,520
Mr. Williams has 50 just what I would suggest we include that the price of 70 what you

1099
01:21:57,520 --> 01:22:08,260
said, Joe. It is $65,109 in 50 cents right because it was one 30 and half of the half

1100
01:22:08,260 --> 01:22:16,660
of that. And I guess this is a matter of form to which we're going to rely on.

1101
01:22:16,660 --> 01:22:20,880
and executive council, but sell without warranties?

1102
01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:22,620
Correct.

1103
01:22:22,820 --> 01:22:22,960
Yes.

1104
01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:23,940
As is.

1105
01:22:24,520 --> 01:22:24,980
Okay.

1106
01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:26,820
All right.

1107
01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:27,520
Let's call the roll.

1108
01:22:28,220 --> 01:22:28,580
For the amendment.

1109
01:22:28,940 --> 01:22:29,400
Yes.

1110
01:22:30,300 --> 01:22:30,800
As amended.

1111
01:22:31,940 --> 01:22:33,500
I mean, this is for the amendment.

1112
01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:33,960
I'm sorry.

1113
01:22:34,340 --> 01:22:35,660
Motion to adopt the amendment.

1114
01:22:35,960 --> 01:22:37,240
Everybody clear on what the amendments are?

1115
01:22:37,580 --> 01:22:39,180
This is a motion to amend the resolution.

1116
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:39,860
Correct.

1117
01:22:40,140 --> 01:22:40,300
Right.

1118
01:22:40,680 --> 01:22:41,560
That adds the value.

1119
01:22:42,260 --> 01:22:45,420
It's just a motion to amend the resolution

1120
01:22:45,420 --> 01:22:48,760
a solution based on what Commissioner Marcigly just described to everyone.

1121
01:22:49,060 --> 01:22:53,040
It was two things to add to value and of Kirk's final approval.

1122
01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:57,320
Yes. Well, and without warranties, if not already part of it.

1123
01:22:58,380 --> 01:23:02,060
So I will make the motion, is there a second?

1124
01:23:02,300 --> 01:23:02,780
Second.

1125
01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:06,940
Mr. President, call for a vote.

1126
01:23:07,140 --> 01:23:07,280
Yes.

1127
01:23:07,660 --> 01:23:08,320
Pete Ficarri?

1128
01:23:08,440 --> 01:23:08,600
Yes.

1129
01:23:09,660 --> 01:23:10,480
Michael Schnell?

1130
01:23:10,700 --> 01:23:10,860
Yes.

1131
01:23:12,140 --> 01:23:13,180
Gregory, Marcigly.

1132
01:23:13,180 --> 01:23:21,540
Yes, Randy Noel, absent, Deborah Satune, absent, Roy Caruiba, yes, David Martin, yes,

1133
01:23:22,380 --> 01:23:28,940
Kerwin King is absent, but Mr. President, the motion to amend the resolution in three

1134
01:23:28,940 --> 01:23:36,440
particulars has passed, I move for a vote on the, to adopt the resolution as amended.

1135
01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:36,980
Second.

1136
01:23:36,980 --> 01:23:45,160
motion by Greg second by Ryan in discussion all in favor I'm sorry call a

1137
01:23:45,160 --> 01:23:50,680
roll. Pete Vicari yes Michael Schnell yes Gregory more sickly yes

1138
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:58,320
Randy Noel absent Deborah Shtoon absent Roy Caruba yes David Martin yes

1139
01:23:58,320 --> 01:24:03,500
her which thing is absent Mr. President the resolution as amended is adopted

1140
01:24:03,500 --> 01:24:12,460
Okay, next is number six discussion in administer the administrative collection fees charged by the city of New

1141
01:24:12,460 --> 01:24:22,380
Ones. That went to committee this morning. And second to discuss. I'm motion to discuss. What's that?

1142
01:24:23,080 --> 01:24:30,520
Emotion to discuss. Second to discuss. I'm sorry. The head of myself. Second motion was by Michael.

1143
01:24:32,740 --> 01:24:33,480
Second by

1144
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:40,260
So it went to committee this morning and Greg, you want to kind of move on top of this?

1145
01:24:40,560 --> 01:24:47,880
Yeah, my concern is in duplicating the committee report that I presented earlier.

1146
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:49,400
But this is the board meeting.

1147
01:24:50,000 --> 01:24:52,360
No, no, the committee report I made during the board meeting.

1148
01:24:52,360 --> 01:25:04,220
Okay, so I would, as I, the recommendation of the legal committee is to evaluate the

1149
01:25:05,040 --> 01:25:15,120
appropriateness of the city's tax collection fee that is, the city is deducting from property

1150
01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:23,680
tax revenue that is dedicated by voters to this flood authority and whether the fee is

1151
01:25:23,680 --> 01:25:29,800
lawful, appropriate, or whether some other action is in order.

1152
01:25:31,320 --> 01:25:39,200
The recommendation of legal committee is to investigate that and then I believe that's

1153
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:41,060
the extended by discussion of it.

1154
01:25:41,060 --> 01:25:47,500
So how do we investigate by make a motion to defer until next month so we can have some time to investigate it?

1155
01:25:48,660 --> 01:25:53,680
No, it's the rule resolution just to investigate this. There is no resolution

1156
01:25:53,680 --> 01:25:58,840
No resolution just a discussion. Yeah, so this is just a discussion

1157
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:06,100
We how will we investigate that do we do it internally? Oh, we do it outside

1158
01:26:06,100 --> 01:26:11,960
Council, I would do it internally and what I have in mind perhaps is in time with Denise Williams

1159
01:26:12,780 --> 01:26:17,540
for which I'd ask the Board President's authorization to have that direct communication

1160
01:26:18,680 --> 01:26:25,220
so that have a better understanding of how the process is working before we and to look at the

1161
01:26:25,780 --> 01:26:34,280
statutory law that governs the state tax collector, which is an officer of the city in

1162
01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:40,700
New Orleans and the city's finance department, which actually does the collecting before

1163
01:26:40,700 --> 01:26:42,020
the monies are remitted to us.

1164
01:26:43,700 --> 01:26:51,900
So given that you can go ahead and communicate with Denise and Kirk now, as we said that

1165
01:26:51,900 --> 01:26:53,400
in the committee meeting.

1166
01:26:54,240 --> 01:26:56,780
So and then you're most qualified for this still.

1167
01:26:57,160 --> 01:26:59,540
So glad you want it.

1168
01:26:59,540 --> 01:27:05,740
And then we'll could take it up and consider what the result of that investigation is and whether we should do anything

1169
01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:07,100
Okay, so

1170
01:27:08,260 --> 01:27:15,880
So there's no motion there. So it's just a discussion. Okay, so discussions been had right so next is engineering you have nothing

1171
01:27:17,260 --> 01:27:24,800
They're not that for this month. Okay, just please stay on you know 17th Street and the line that stay on it. Let me see

1172
01:27:25,820 --> 01:27:26,680
All right

1173
01:27:26,680 --> 01:27:28,620
Any action items list

1174
01:27:29,540 --> 01:27:38,440
No, okay. Well, the announcement for the next board is December 18th right here at 10 o'clock, right?

1175
01:27:40,020 --> 01:27:46,260
Okay, I need a motion to adjourn, ladies. Motion to motion. Motion by Roy. Second by Greg.

1176
01:27:47,320 --> 01:27:50,180
Is there any discussion on? No, but shall we take a vote?

1177
01:27:52,060 --> 01:27:53,760
All in favor. All in favor.