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[7:18] Please bow your heads. Heavenly Father,
as we gather here tonight to make
[7:22] decisions that will shape our future of
our community, we ask for your guidance
[7:27] and we ask for your help. Help us to
rise above personal interests,
[7:31] individual agendas, and focus on what is
best for the entire parish. Grant us
[7:37] courage to make hard decisions even when
they are unpopular, knowing that you
[7:41] will ultimately make things right.
Strengn us, Lord. Unite us for the
[7:45] common purpose to serve our fellow
citizens with integrity, fairness, and
[7:50] compassion. May our work tonight reflect
your will and bring a more prosperous
[7:55] salina parish. deed and all blessing we
ask your son Jesus name. Amen.
[8:00] » Amen
[8:06] to the republic for which it stands one
nation under God indivisible with
[8:12] liberty and justice for all.
[8:24] At this time we have our roll call. Mr.
Charles Wamuse
[8:29] present Mr. Willie Morgan here.
>> Mr. Warren McCrae here.
[8:32] » Mr. Ryan Bird here.
>> Mr. Doug Watson here.
[8:35] » Okay. I didn't receive any public
comments for Mr. President.
[8:39] » Um first order is the approval of
minutes from last meeting of July 22nd,
[8:42] 2025.
>> I'll second it.
[8:46] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[8:51] » Yes. Okay. Yes.
>> Item number two, Mr. Josh Richardson
[8:56] with Swift Fiber to speak regarding
fiber build
[9:00] here.
[9:06] » Mrs. Josh, we ask that you stand right
next to the mic so they'll be able to
[9:08] hear you. Okay.
>> Yes, ma'am. Let me get one little pad
[9:11] out
[9:18] here.
Yes, sir.
[9:23] Yeah, my Can you hear me there?
Everybody hear me?
[9:26] » They can hear you.
>> Uh my name is Gwen Coglin. I'm not Josh,
[9:30] but uh I'm the project manager for Swift
Fiber that's going to be undertaking the
[9:35] project here in St. Helena Parish. Just
overwhelmed to get started and and I've
[9:40] been across different parish meetings
and all and this is one of the best
[9:44] turnouts and all which I'm glad to see.
Uh each and every one of you can see and
[9:49] and know me. I'll leave numbers and all
far as any problems that we have far as
[9:55] the citizens that y'all have that we
come into y'all's area. Just pick up the
[10:00] phone and give me a call. We'll get it
straight. Whatever we have to do far as
[10:03] the contractors that we have. Uh just
excited to come into y'all's parish and
[10:08] actually get started and and as you all
may not know, we are in the process of
[10:15] actually today getting rigs moved in and
going to the start in the parish. I
[10:20] apologize for the council that that I
hadn't been able to get up. You know,
[10:24] it's kind of a quick thing that come
about. Uh but I did know about it two
[10:29] weeks ago. So, we've got we got locates
called out. What that means is we've let
[10:35] water associations, which is one of the
bigger problems that we have in these
[10:39] parishes. It's it's not as much USIC
with the communications network, but a
[10:45] lot of times it's the water associations
that don't know where their water's at
[10:49] even, you know, and giving them time to
get stuff located. I've sent KMZ files,
[10:55] which means it's a mapping of actually
all of our of our expected drill sites,
[11:02] which sides of the roads and and each
and one of y'all I can I can get y'all
[11:07] as well, you know, if if you want to see
that in the future far as stuff. But all
[11:12] excited about getting started on this.
Uh I I don't talk a lot as far as the
[11:17] sales aspect of what it cost and uh but
I will let you know that that from what
[11:24] I've seen it's a real affordable
internet because we're going across the
[11:28] state rural American we all hopefully
will get it one day. Even myself, I'm on
[11:34] Starlink now that paying undone for it
that that I'm in rural America, but uh
[11:42] from what I've heard, it's real
affordable with a great network behind
[11:48] uh you not only get good price and it's
a good internet that you know compared
[11:52] to other suppliers that you may already
have or or that you hear of out there
[11:57] that I think think you'll be well
satisfied. kind of letting
[12:02] » Can you give us an idea of kind of where
you're going to be starting at?
[12:05] » Yeah, that's that's exactly what I start
with. We're starting today actually and
[12:10] right now we've got two design location
jobs which is actually a total of
[12:15] 700,000 ft in in St. Helina Parish,
which it'll be more, but uh and I
[12:22] actually had a computer that I was
hoping maybe to get in and kind of show
[12:26] y'all mapping and and could actually do.
So, I can get y'all set up not only with
[12:31] KMZ files, but I can get you lined up on
my computer where you can go in and
[12:36] actually see the same mapping that I
have as well. But, uh, we, uh, we're
[12:42] starting, we got a job that's that's
actually five or six miles east of here.
[12:49] Uh, that will come right off of 55. And
we're coming up to we we ain't coming up
[12:55] to the town, but we're running north
then up 38. Highway 38's the center
[13:00] point of the job going all the way up to
the Mississippi line.
[13:05] It'll follow all the way west then. Uh,
let me get my glasses here where I can
[13:10] kind of see far description of
>> Co
[13:15] 38.
>> I I think so. And we picking up this
[13:19] second job
there about let's see here. First job,
[13:22] same Atlanta. We'll uh
[13:28] go north close to the Mississippi line.
Pine Hill Road is the northern section
[13:34] up there that we'll kind of come across.
That's that's the part of y'all's
[13:38] parish.
>> We'll go south to Highway 10. That's
[13:44] » par road 100. That first road that I
seen today that I turned off of.
[13:52] I didn't write it down, but it was right
off of 55 that we're coming into and hit
[13:57] y'all's parish.
I didn't write it down. It was a gravel
[14:02] road that we started
>> on 38 on 38.
[14:05] » No, sir. No,
>> it's south of that 38 kind of splits
[14:09] that job. It's It's We got as much south
as we do north. We coming right toward
[14:17] y'all here. And then it stops and of
course we'll pick up and this second job
[14:23] is going to pick up on 38 in the
northern part and go go west then.
[14:30] » So that's right. We'll actually, you
know, that's 700,000 foot and we I don't
[14:36] know. I look for the design on far as
stuff that'll pick up from here and and
[14:41] go on west, but that hasn't come out
yet. I know y'all will get the question
[14:47] and and others, friends of y'all will
actually say, "Well, we don't get it. We
[14:51] don't get it." And and I can answer that
question sometimes if it's been put in
[14:57] our design by engineers. You know, I can
see it and say that yes, we're coming.
[15:02] But, uh, I guess the best thing is let
us get started in construction and get
[15:06] it going. Uh,
we moving pretty good on it. Of course,
[15:13] a lot of that is due to our utility
locates and all as well. Hopefully, you
[15:17] know that because I don't want to I had
bombarded them with the total number of
[15:22] rigs. We're looking at about 20 all
total from I'm gonna put four rigs on
[15:28] this western job, but there'll be around
16 rigs. It's not tomorrow that we
[15:35] slowly coming into this before locate
people can get adjusted to as well as to
[15:40] where we ain't bombarding them as well.
But we'll get to rolling pretty good and
[15:45] and and hopefully
y'all will see progress there that all
[15:49] of this will take place, you know,
pretty soon. And I've got this job
[15:53] forecasted in to around 40 something
days in this 700, you know, well, this
[16:00] 400,000 ft. That's the area coming back
into here as well.
[16:05] » So for the citizens that it affect, is
there a way they can go online to see
[16:08] what's covered if they're covered under
Swift?
[16:11] » I'm sorry.
>> Can they log Can the citizens that's the
[16:14] area that is going to affect Can they
log into Swift to see if they're
[16:17] actually covered?
>> Is there is there a website?
[16:20] » No, ma'am. far as actually you showing
the design of where it's going to be.
[16:25] » Unfortunately, not that's that's kind of
what that that I mean far as with our
[16:30] engineering bunch right now. I see that
that these jobs and as they let out I
[16:36] can let different ones know far as hey
we are going to be covering this. This
[16:41] job hasn't come out to me yet but I see
that we going to get it
[16:47] you know far as the near future.
>> I have a question.
[16:51] Can I speak?
>> Yes.
[16:53] » So, okay. Uh, we have uh spectrum on our
end on the lower court.
[16:58] » That's right. Obviously. So, are y'all
I'm hearing about the price change? I'm
[17:02] hearing about the uh compatible rates
and stuff like that. So, my question to
[17:09] you is,
is it going to eventually come down to
[17:12] my end as giving Spectrum uh a run for
their money, too?
[17:16] » Well, that's
>> I'm just
[17:19] » Yes, sir. I mean far as as us and seeing
spectrum we not holding off of that. The
[17:24] biggest thing in what I guess precise
far as from federal government and
[17:29] different agencies on far as where we
put this is rural America with little or
[17:35] no internet.
>> Yeah me.
[17:37] » Yeah. Well
I can hold my hand up to that too, you
[17:43] know. Uh and and really that's
we have got to those circumstances and
[17:49] have and hopefully it will to where it
at least you'll have something to kind
[17:54] of combat against as far as your
>> Yeah. Because you know they came in and
[17:58] said the same thing that you said
compatible rates.
[18:02] » Next thing you know they jumped up on
people.
[18:05] » So me asking you I mean we just got to
have some people that can you know
[18:11] » we can choose from. That's right.
>> Because you know, I mean, hey, I I'm
[18:15] here to ask a question for the for the
people.
[18:18] » I understand. And and and
I guess that's myself even where I live.
[18:23] I would love to see the same thing come
to where I could go to Starlink, you
[18:27] know, which has done me a great job.
>> Okay.
[18:30] » But, uh, you know, it's expensive.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, people can't can't
[18:33] afford I mean, they get they have set
in.
[18:35] » Exactly.
Don't hold me to this uh because I'm not
[18:40] in sales and I don't do that. They
probably would get on that that heard me
[18:45] quote me any kind of prices, but
>> No,
[18:48] » I've even heard of $50 to $60 rates with
with a
[18:53] » I can't even tell you the gigs or
nothing like that that you have, but
[18:57] it's it's a real good package that they
will offer. when they offered as soon as
[19:03] we get food and what I'm responsible for
is the construction part
[19:09] they're quick on the process of when we
get fiber placed in our duck out there.
[19:15] They're quick because they want y'all's
money then at that point. So, you know,
[19:21] that they going to be coming pretty
quick far as to get, you know,
[19:25] salespeople on far as what you what they
got we got to offer, you know, at that
[19:30] point. So uh they will come from safe.
We sell a handhole at your
[19:37] driveway. They will come then and they
will they will b
[19:46] a to your house.
>> Yes ma'am. It'll be fiber placed on the
[19:52] side of your home
you know from from this internet.
[19:59] » Yes sir. Yes, sir. Everything on board
and and uh you know they it'll actually
[20:05] be all be underground. It'll be five or
two your home won't be like as far as
[20:10] what I keep thinking of is my star link.
We rely on satellite.
[20:15] » You see all this will be done within 30
days.
[20:17] » Uh that's what I'm pushing to get it
done. uh
[20:22] with 16 drills, you know, we average we
average on on account of around 1,000
[20:28] foot a day. We'll be doing 16,000 foot,
you know, a day divided into about
[20:34] 400,000 and you'll see about 40
something days, working days. Um Yes,
[20:40] sir.
>> The water come, it's going to take up
[20:42] two or three weeks to locate all this
water.
[20:43] » Yes, sir. Are you with the water
association? Anybody else with water
[20:48] here?
with me in all we'll talk and all. What
[20:52] water company are you with? If you
communicated with with some of our
[20:55] drills now,
>> we having trouble because we have we've
[20:58] been bombarded with so many locator and
and good point. That's that's what you
[21:04] know that uh and what I like to do and
I' I've talked to my contractors on this
[21:09] as far as to get with you. Uh if you do
email in a bunch, this works great far
[21:14] as letting you know, hey, where these
drills is going to be this certain day,
[21:19] you know, to kind of give you direction.
You and I talk and all in a little while
[21:24] far as getting you up with these
contractors, letting you know they do
[21:29] call in these locates and they spread
out, but you don't have to worry about a
[21:34] certain section for these drills for
tomorrow. And that's what that's a daily
[21:39] process that I like my contractors to do
is is to communicate with you more so
[21:45] than any on far as where they going to
be, where you at, and we'll get through
[21:50] this.
You you one of the toughest people that
[21:54] that I know we have to deal with that we
work with.
[21:59] » Go ahead. So, so just a FYI, this is the
northern part of the parish mostly um in
[22:07] district one and district 6. Um this is
where a lot of the five is going. So up
[22:12] in the area north part of the parish,
easily
[22:16] um you know north of 38 from Tazole
across to East Fishana is where this
[22:25] father is going to run. Um now I don't
know if you can answer this question or
[22:28] not. So we know we have Aroff which was
federally funded for those areas and we
[22:35] also have you guys
be is this both deployments right now or
[22:41] is it
>> be is not turned loose yet? Okay. So
[22:46] this part off
>> possibly in the next couple of weeks it
[22:49] will.
>> Okay.
[22:50] » Uh I'm just noticing through this bill
that that there are a little be in it.
[22:57] But uh it is totally off from actually
doing construction on.
[23:03] Hopefully like I said in a couple of
weeks that that it'll be turned loose as
[23:07] well.
You may have a road that's just a small
[23:11] section that lists as B.
>> Yeah. At that point, we'll communicate
[23:16] with with the people there and let them
know kind of what's going on.
[23:20] » And and we're we're doing uh GIS mapping
actually in that part of Paris right now
[23:27] to try to get ahead of this to make sure
we can kind of have those addresses
[23:32] mapped out so when the services start we
don't have those issues. So we actually
[23:37] um in that area right now
>> there so but but we could all sync up um
[23:44] at some point with the water district so
we can have a a plan and I do have the
[23:49] maps. What we're going to do is kind of
put example on the website so people can
[23:55] kind of see the tracks that is going in
and as you update me I can update that
[24:00] and people can kind of see how the um
>> what I'll do is I'll leave you my card
[24:05] too. I'll make you I'll get you lined up
on what we call Oshious.
[24:08] » I have it.
>> You do?
[24:10] » Yes, I have a log in everything.
>> Oh, do you?
[24:13] » Yes.
>> Good deal. That That's perfect.
[24:15] » Yeah. So, I can view the maps of the
whole building.
[24:18] » I was wondering kind of the way you was
talking on edit sound. Good deal.
[24:23] » That that'll help tremendously in far
communicate with everybody on far as the
[24:27] direction and whatnot going.
>> So, so we it's coming y'all. Like I say,
[24:32] we don't it's it's definitely coming.
most definitely is. And I guess the
[24:36] biggest thing here as far as myself, uh,
I got good contractors on it saying
[24:41] that, you know, we won't have problems
or whatever. But, uh, if we do, don't
[24:47] hesitate any of y'all to contact me.
I'll leave numbers here and we'll get
[24:52] straight for sure.
[24:56] » Thank you.
>> Any of y'all got anything? think of
[25:05] » I'm I'm going to leave cards if that's
okay on the corner of the desk and y'all
[25:10] don't hesitate to give me a call.
>> And you put some on that back desk as
[25:14] well just in case any of the citizens
want.
[25:16] » Sure. Sure. Well,
>> thank you.
[25:20] » Yes, sir.
Okay, item three on the um agenda, Miss
[25:25] Virginia Bell to present the report on
RWE solar project.
[25:30] » Good evening everybody.
>> Good evening.
[25:32] » Uh this is going to be my second
presentation with regards to the solar
[25:36] project that's going on here in the
parish. So what we're doing tonight is
[25:41] translating community into a draft CBA
framework. And what that means simply is
[25:45] that we got a lot of information and we
need to condense it and narrow it down.
[25:49] That's kind of what we're doing tonight.
Okay. So, while we are here, um,
[25:54] community input has been gathered.
There's been interviews, telephone
[25:57] interviews, there's been, um, workshops,
there's been, um, stakeholders meetings,
[26:03] there's been a, uh, a lot of ways that
we've gathe gathered information. And
[26:08] so, what this report showed is how this
is going to translate, all this
[26:11] information that we gathered, how is
this going to translate into a community
[26:14] benefit, an agreement that's going to
help the entire parish? You know, how
[26:18] are we going to get the solar form
company? how they're going to help us.
[26:22] So today's goal is just to report out.
Okay. So uh there's been a stakeholder
[26:29] uh engagement since September of 24.
We've been doing this. We've been on
[26:33] this this process. Uh the themes have
been synthesized into community
[26:37] priorities. And so we're going to try to
get your input on some of that tonight
[26:40] on some of those priorities. We have a
draft CBA buckets that we've developed
[26:45] through feedback. We have parish
leadership going to play the very
[26:49] important role because we're not going
to finalize this until uh your input is
[26:54] is is uh
involved with it. We and afterwards
[26:59] we're going to do consensus building
workshops. That's going to be the next
[27:05] schedule events. So here are the
priorities um from the draft CBA
[27:08] buckets. These are the priorities that
we've gathered.
[27:12] Okay. So what we have is we have three
categories. Uh you guys can see we have
[27:17] community themes, we have the CBA draft
category, and then we have the partners
[27:21] because each one of these groups, these
themes, we're going to need partners in
[27:25] the parish to work with us. That's the
only way we're going to get it
[27:28] accomplished, that we have somebody in
the parish that we've identified who can
[27:31] work with us to accomplish these goals.
So one of the community things, and
[27:35] again, these are the things that the
people at this workshop, 50 or 60 people
[27:38] showed up at a workshop. We ask them,
what does the parish need? What do you
[27:41] want to see? somebody help us. If
they're coming in here to help us, what
[27:45] do you want them to do? What's the most
important thing that needs to be done
[27:48] here in Salem Parish? Okay. So, one
community theme. The first community
[27:53] theme internship and apprenticeships and
that category is going to fall under
[27:57] work workforce and education development
and the partners will be uh the school
[28:01] Dr. Joseph. The second community theme
is wellness and community life. That
[28:06] category is wellness and recreation.
We're going to use local nonprofits for
[28:10] that.
of course you know that we don't have a
[28:12] whole lot of local nonprofits here but
uh we identified them as the partners
[28:18] emergency and broadband access the
category is community access that would
[28:21] be the parish after school activities
for youth youth programs we're hoping
[28:26] the local churches can help us with that
uh solar specific concerns that's going
[28:30] to be the parish and Mr. bad news.
[28:36] Okay. Now to the board and this is not
rhetorical. Are there specific partners
[28:40] or institutions you would recommend?
[28:45] One would be would be the town and
implement in the town as well because if
[28:49] you're going to be doing something with
the youth and you want to get the
[28:52] surrounding uh
children involved is you have to
[28:56] incorporate the town as well. So, we
want to make sure that we add the the
[29:00] town of Greensburg up to the uh to the
list of partners.
[29:03] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[29:05] » I would like to add um our utility
companies too cuz that's I don't think
[29:09] they've been involved co or
>> like we need their input as well since
[29:15] this is energy. I think they need to be
at the table
[29:18] » right on side of the
>> I would say Williams with the pipeline
[29:23] gas pipeline. Uh and also we need to get
uh mount involved too because
[29:30] » um
>> the mount of greenber
[29:34] companies
>> hospital.
[29:39] » Okay. What part of the hospital
>> the youth
[29:42] » what they
sponsors a lot of the stuff down in
[29:46] Baton Rouge and so when you get the
hospitals involved they get the health
[29:49] involved and Pennington gets involved
>> and you get foundations involved.
[29:53] » Okay. So help the youth then
>> and you need to put an internship.
[29:59] » Yeah, we yeah we
>> so the hospital need to be involved.
[30:02] » All right, that's what we get to what
what outcomes matters most to the
[30:06] parish. So let's go to the next and look
at at some of those. Okay, workforce
[30:11] education program. These are the
priorities ranked in order that this is
[30:15] our order. This is you know this is you
you of course will determine this
[30:19] internship and apprenticeship programs.
So in this um Superintendent Joseph was
[30:23] said about um trying to get some
internships because again the state has
[30:27] issued another another unfunded mandate
where the schools must place their
[30:33] seniors into internship programs and in
a parish like St. Alina that's very
[30:37] difficult. We have no businesses here
for interns to work there has to be a
[30:40] business for them to work in. Right? So
we don't have that. We don't have a tax
[30:44] tax base and and we don't have
businesses. We can use some of the
[30:47] governmental offices but all of them are
not um really financially uh stable to
[30:52] where they can hire a lot of interns.
So, you know, that's going to be a
[30:55] challenge for us the fact that it's
mandatory. Our students have to have
[31:00] internships. They have to go into
internships with with businesses. And
[31:03] so, um that's going to be an issue. A
student scholarship support. Now, that's
[31:07] pretty easy for a partner with um
developers uh Superintendent Joseph and
[31:12] President Cheney to prioritize students
pursuing inter trade and technical
[31:16] degrees because everybody's not going to
go to college to four-year college. So,
[31:20] we're going to need those uh those type
of degrees, technical training and
[31:24] credentials. Uh potential CBA provision
a partnership with the Dean Jones and
[31:29] Northshore Technical College
[31:33] for that type of training. Miss B, can I
ask you? Um, I know I know we talking
[31:37] about the school here in St. Lish, but
>> don't we have another school somewhere
[31:42] here on Shal about the church, bro?
>> Oh, the church. I think uh uh
[31:47] » it's a monary.
>> It's a monetary. They still got to get
[31:49] involved.
>> I'm not saying they don't
[31:52] mean we can't leave them out. I mean,
>> are they are they operational?
[31:56] » They have King
Lion King.
[32:02] » Okay. I know one time they were trying
to get
[32:06] » Okay.
>> Okay. Okay. Um
[32:11] » technical training and credentiing. Did
I say that? Potential partners, Dean
[32:15] Jones and and the technical college. And
of these three, what are your
[32:18] priorities?
[32:25] » You have any right now? You want to
think about that? Of course, you're
[32:27] going to get um Mr. Matthews going to
email all of this information to you. I
[32:31] mean they all they all important. I mean
>> just I mean
[32:35] » they are
>> I mean you can't put one from the other
[32:39] I mean because you need all all three.
So
[32:42] » okay thanks.
>> Okay. Um now this is a wellness and
[32:47] recreation provisions a multi-use
community center. So this is an idea of
[32:51] placing a community center parish office
emergency uh preparedness developer
[32:56] support and build of a renovative of a
multi-purpose center in Greensburg. So,
[33:01] you know, we have the one on the other
end down there on Highway 16, but
[33:05] there's no really multi-purpose center
or meeting place here in this area.
[33:10] » Nor District 4 nor District 4 either,
right? Which is, you know,
[33:15] » one
of the populated areas, you know, which
[33:19] which really again the only center
4,000t building that can hold big events
[33:24] is down way on the other end of the
parish. You know, this is the potential
[33:27] suggestion for having something in this
area here. A little closer. A Clarkson
[33:31] recreational space. Potential CBA
provision in partnership with St. Alia
[33:35] Police jury in the parks department to
develop um the Fifth W Recreation
[33:40] District's master plan. Of course, you
know, we've been trying to get that
[33:42] baseball field for the longest. You
know, the master if you go down there,
[33:45] you see the master plan is sitting
there. If you see it, a lot of it has
[33:49] been completed, but there's still one
primary section, and that's that uh
[33:53] baseball court
uh community infrastructure. Um they're
[33:57] looking at some places or considering
some places where you people can have
[34:01] resources. What do you need to to put an
application? I know there's the library,
[34:05] but um they're talking about resources
in other places where community members
[34:09] can go if they need to, you know, work
on a resume, if they need to get on the
[34:13] computer, if they need resources um that
that um can help them in their lives,
[34:18] you know, from for whatever area.
[34:24] Okay. Uh again with the wellness and
recreation, we have community wellness
[34:28] facilities, multi-purpose center, uh St.
Parish Office of Preparedness, Parks and
[34:32] Recreation, potential partners, St.
Police jury, community infrastructure,
[34:36] potential partners, local nonprofits. Do
you have a number one here?
[34:40] » Same thing. Well,
>> same thing. Who said number two? Uh,
[34:44] parks and recreational spaces,
important.
[34:52] » Okay.
>> Community infrastructure. Can you
[34:54] elaborate on that? What that includes?
>> Um,
[34:58] » are we talking about water? Are we
talking about sew? We talking about
[35:01] roads. What are we talking about when we
say infrastructure?
[35:04] » I think again that's I don't know if you
we talking about elaborate on that.
[35:08] » It's whatever you guys decided you want
it to be. I mean we're we're the
[35:13] developers here to listen to what you
guys want. So if you want it to be
[35:18] drainage management.
>> Well, we talked about it a lot in the
[35:22] meeting. So, I just wanted to kind of be
more specific on it that, you know, we
[35:26] talked about water infrastructure
because we still have spaces that don't
[35:30] have water in the parish. We we talked
about community sewer that would save
[35:35] our residents a lot of money um in the
parish. So, I just wanted to make sure
[35:40] we call them out by name so people could
realize like what these benefits would
[35:45] be.
>> And also, uh natural gas natural gas
[35:48] » is a is a is a plus.
>> That's something you're working on.
[35:51] That's that's something I'm working on
as we
[35:54] » and Mr. Lee over there. They both
working because we don't have natur
[36:14] » but you got to understand too.
>> Mr. President, can I speak?
[36:19] You got to understand too that it's got
a lot of regulations against the uh the
[36:23] gas pipelines now. So really and truly
you have to bring someone in that
[36:27] actually know exactly what they're doing
now because there so many regulations
[36:30] now
>> really.
[36:31] » So uh you know we I'm I'm talking to a
couple of companies so we can have some
[36:36] meetings with uh Mia uh Greensburg so
that we can make the right decisions on
[36:42] that part there too. So, um,
>> getting getting the right
[36:46] » getting the right people to come in
because it's so much regulation. I mean,
[36:49] it's going to different houses. You got
to have you got to be responsible for
[36:52] any leaks or anything that happens. You
understand what I'm saying? So, there's
[36:56] a process on that part, too.
>> It certainly would be good to have that.
[37:02] » Okay. Uh, youth programs, educational
support. uh potential CPA provision is
[37:07] to partner with the school district for
youth educational organizations to
[37:10] develop this program for mentorship
academic tutoring. That would be great
[37:15] if we could have some mentorships. If we
can have some uh academic tutoring um
[37:19] we're offering our center we just um we
just donated, thank God, some laptops
[37:24] that we're trying to get some um retired
teachers to come in in the afternoons
[37:28] and help our students. you know, we we
have still having major issues with with
[37:32] um scores, our student scores, they need
exams and they the students need help,
[37:38] you know, because a lot of times in the
homes they just don't have it. But if we
[37:42] have some place where we can get some
teachers to come in after school and
[37:45] they got these computers that the kids
can work on, that would be a great
[37:48] program.
>> Can we home kids in that we're talking
[37:52] about partnering with the school?
>> Partnering with the schools home kids in
[37:55] the parish who I mean those thankfully
mine are out of school. think I'm done.
[37:59] But I mean, I still pay the same taxes
to the school board. I'm not using those
[38:03] services. I don't get those services and
their scholarships and all the stuff
[38:06] that comes with kids.
>> I think
[38:12] other children that's
>> okay. And then recreational program, uh,
[38:17] local youth serving nonprofits, uh,
churches, uh, whomever is available. Um,
[38:22] again, we're so limited when it comes
to, you know, these type of
[38:25] organizations here that could uh that
could partner and and and create and set
[38:30] up and manage these types of programs.
uh priorities. Um again, continue with
[38:35] the youth programs, educational support.
Um partners with uh we do have um the um
[38:41] school and also the mayor of Greensburg
um and the local library for those
[38:46] supports, recreational programs,
potential partners, local youth,
[38:50] nonprofits, any priorities.
>> So, I do have a question. Are we making
[38:55] a selection out of each one of the
categories or do we need to compo
[39:00] compile all the three together and then
choose one or the other?
[39:03] » We going to do the categories first.
>> Okay. So, we need to pick one individ
[39:07] one each category and then we
>> just Yeah, just prioritize. Not pick
[39:11] one. Just go which one you
>> prioritize. We just want to do some
[39:14] more.
>> I still think we need to add he said the
[39:18] mayor of Greensburg. I think you need to
put the mayor of mouth also.
[39:22] » Okay. I mean, we got to get this about
it, too.
[39:26] » Okay. We add Mayor Jardina to that one.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[39:29] » All right.
[39:34] Next.
[39:37] » Okay. Consensus building workshops. So
now that um we've narrowed it down this
[39:42] four uh we we need to go ahead and and
start having um the groups that um
[39:47] initiated these suggestions. We want to
get them together and have a consensus
[39:51] building workshop where we all agree,
you know, you all agree because our
[39:55] ultimate goal is to consensus building
workshop. The goal is to gather parish
[40:00] leadership and key partners and develop
specific CBA provisions, specific ones.
[40:04] Now I'll pull a one pager. That's our
goal is a one pager and dates. We're
[40:10] suggesting the dates if after this
meeting then we're going to u put out
[40:13] some dates and maybe some polls to see
um when you're available. We know that
[40:17] we have to stick to the six o'clock the
evening dates. Mr. Matthews
[40:23] to benefit agree. Now this is a sample.
This is what we're ultimately trying to
[40:26] get to this. All right. This is our one
pager. This is a sample from I don't
[40:31] know what some state that that's done
these and they ultimately this is what
[40:35] they ended up with. They condensed all
of this information. Remember the first
[40:39] report in 24 how long that PowerPoint
was. So I've come back this one this one
[40:43] is shorter. We condensed it. So
ultimately this is what we want. We want
[40:47] this one pager ask.
So it's going to look something like
[40:51] this after the consensus building
workshop. Mr. methods.
[40:56] » Next steps,
dates. We're going to send you some
[41:00] dates and you're going to have to
suggest them to to identify partners and
[41:03] send out invitations and then uh the
pilot and the industrial development
[41:07] board. Um I believe the parish working
on that. U Matthews.
[41:11] » Yes.
>> Uh so they're they're getting that
[41:13] together and then um that the CBA
ultimately when it's done will be a part
[41:18] of that.
>> Okay.
[41:20] » Another question.
>> Yes. So
[41:23] » you asking us to do all this? You got a
time frame on this?
[41:26] » Well, uh let's Can you go to the next
slide? Okay, there you go. This is RWE's
[41:32] timeline. Um so this is kind of what
their schedule looks like. This is what
[41:36] they're hoping uh to accomplish and when
the dates they're hoping to accomplish
[41:40] it. And um you will see that um
[41:46] where we are right now. It says uh final
investment decision RWE board 425. We
[41:53] passed that started construction 2 or
26. So we're somewhere between these
[41:57] two. This is where we are now.
>> And we did receive um feedback from RW
[42:04] today on the ordinance. So we're going
to go back and kind of work through that
[42:09] and hopefully get something soon so we
can start that process as well.
[42:13] » Right. where you bring that ordinance to
the board so that ordinance can be
[42:17] adopted. So that's what that's what we
want to get to get that we get that in
[42:22] place.
[42:25] » I mean we looked at Tampaole um Parish
Point
[42:30] is quite a few.
[42:35] » Yeah, we look at all of them but we want
to have a St. Helena audience because
[42:39] St. Helena is like nowhere else.
>> That's true. Andre, you want to add some
[42:43] points?
[42:47] » I believe you have a question, Mr. McC.
>> So, don't they have a site coming up in
[42:52] um East Louisiana right now as we call I
mean
[42:56] » the uh
>> RW? No, I think that's Echoplexes.
[42:59] » It's EOlexes, right?
>> Where's that? Oh, there's Echoplexes.
[43:02] » Okay.
>> That's got the
[43:05] type.
>> Okay. Thank you all.
[43:08] » Thank you.
[43:12] Item number four on the agenda is Mrs.
Corman Overton is requesting an update
[43:15] on special event ordinance in reference
to trail rides.
[43:19] We are in the process of setting another
we have to meet again
[43:24] who is helping us with writing the
ordinance. So we are in the final phase
[43:28] of it. Once we meet have another meeting
we're going to have another committee
[43:31] meeting to bring it before the ordinance
committee and then we'll bring it before
[43:35] the full board for introduction public
hearing and then it'll go for adoption.
[43:40] Um and also what is the um what
procedure are they currently using since
[43:46] the moratorum expired? What is the
procedure that they're using?
[43:51] » If they have a special event,
>> they don't have one. They don't have
[43:56] anything in place right now.
>> They don't consider trying to put
[44:00] something in place in between the gap
until it's expired. It just I mean
[44:05] anything that goes on I mean if any
activity that goes on outside that you
[44:09] know that's within the law you know we
do have something in place for the
[44:12] sheriff we'll go out there and regulate
those things any type of criminal
[44:15] activities or like we have corn
ordinances in place like if we have a
[44:20] ordinance about loudness you know loud
music or where they can be at um if they
[44:24] on the highway parking rightways all
those things are already in place. So,
[44:29] we have those things that are in place
already that the sheriff can already go
[44:32] and implement at this time. But the
other thing on there that we're going to
[44:37] bring is for a special event. We're
going to it'll be presented to the
[44:40] public for you all to see.
>> And what's the time frame again?
[44:45] » Hopefully, I can have something to
present to you all within the next 30
[44:48] days.
>> Thank you.
[44:53] » Item number five on the agenda, Mr.
Trevor Collins discuss millage renewal
[44:57] for libraries.
[45:04] » Trevor Collins, Autoan Regional Library.
Um,
[45:09] this isn't an action item. We're just
bringing it to your attention. We'd like
[45:14] to request with your approval uh that
that you consider calling the election
[45:19] on attorney, which we've we've given to
you. It'll be the same millage. It's
[45:22] just just a continuation of the
millillage. We would like to do one
[45:26] thing different this time uh and that's
to ask uh for rededication of the funds.
[45:32] So specifically the millillage wording
in the past
[45:37] hasn't explicitly listed capital work
and we if we ever get the feat to do so
[45:42] we'd like to be able to build maybe a
small community branch somewhere like
[45:45] Mount Pillar. Uh and that would allow us
to do that. So that's really the only
[45:50] change. everything else will will stay
the same as it has been. Uh the the the
[45:56] call to election would happen on
September 9th. Um this is just us
[46:01] letting you know about it and requesting
that you consider it.
[46:05] » Okay.
[46:08] » Item number on the six on the agenda,
adopt resolution opposing the Amid River
[46:13] Basin Commission master plan regarding
the building of dams and reservoirs and
[46:17] family in the parish. I'll make the
motion. Second. Mr.
[46:22] » Yes.
>> Mr. Morgan.
[46:23] » Yes.
>> McCra.
[46:24] » Yes.
>> Mr. Watson.
[46:25] » Yes.
>> Item number seven, adopt resolution
[46:28] opposing carbon capture in the family in
the parish. I make the motion. I second.
[46:33] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[46:35] » Mrs.
Mr.
[46:38] » Yes.
>> Item number eight, a resolution
[46:42] declaring a state of emergency regarding
fire protection and emergency medical
[46:46] services in St. S Helina Fire District
Court 4 and further declaring the Selena
[46:50] Parish Police Jury to exercise interim
administrative and operational control
[46:54] over said district. I make the motion.
>> I miss.
[47:00] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin.
[47:02] » Yes.
>> Mr. McCra.
[47:03] » Yes. Mr. W.
>> Yes.
[47:05] » Okay. We will begin. This here is going
to take effect immediately. Um so myself
[47:10] along with Mr. Matthews and I'm going to
get with the board member Miss Overton
[47:13] so that we can u make the next steps in
this transition. So, I'll be getting
[47:17] with you on tomorrow.
Item number nine on the agenda,
[47:22] authorized president to sign contracts
between the Division of Administration,
[47:26] Office of Community Development, and St.
Helena Parish Police Jury for fiscal
[47:30] year 2024 2025 LGAP funding in the
amount of $200,000 for rehabilitation
[47:36] and renovations of buildings. Amen.
foot.
[47:40] » And just an FYI on this, this is where
we were able to get the $100,000 that we
[47:45] weren't able to get on last year. They
gave it to us on this one. So that's why
[47:49] we get 200,000 this year.
>> So we're going to put it toward the
[47:52] governmental buildings, right?
>> Yes. And I rece I um emailed you all a
[47:57] copy of the
>> the LGAP contract.
[47:59] » Mr.
Smith.
[48:01] » Yes.
>> Mr. McCra.
[48:03] » Yes.
>> Number 10. Authorize president to sign
[48:09] contract between the division of
administration office of community
[48:12] development and san police jury for
fiscal year 2024 2025 CWEF funding in
[48:19] the amount of $140,000 for portable
water improvement.
[48:23] » I'll second it.
>> Mr.
[48:25] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[48:27] » Mr. Martin.
>> Yes. Murray.
[48:29] » Yes.
>> Mr.
[48:31] » Item number 11 on the agenda. Approve
invoice from H. Davis Cole in the amount
[48:37] of $27,94720
[48:40] for the Sland Par Police Jury Department
of Public Works building payable from
[48:44] spons received through act 776. I'll
make the motion.
[48:48] » I
miss
[48:54] » Mr. Ros.
>> Yes.
[48:56] Item 12, approve invoice from H. Davis
Cole in the amount of $11,97920
[49:04] for the Otis and Willie Matthews Road
cover replacement project payable upon
[49:07] receipt of funds from disaster recovery
4611.
[49:10] » I just want to see some of the progress
on that bridge and how it's coming
[49:15] together.
[49:20] » It's looking pretty good.
[49:26] Yeah, they're going they're going to do
the guardrails. What next week?
[49:30] » Tomorrow.
>> Tomorrow. Oh, tomorrow. So, the
[49:31] guardrails going to be installed next.
[49:43] » Mr. W.
>> I make the motion.
[49:45] » I
don't like it.
[49:49] » M.
>> Yes.
[49:51] » Mr.
>> Yes.
[49:52] » Mr. Morgan.
>> Yes.
[49:54] » Mr.
Yes, Mr. Watson.
[49:56] » Yes.
>> Item number 13 on the agenda, approve
[50:00] test order number 11 between the
Sandland Parish Police Jury and H. Davis
[50:05] Cole and Associates LLC for the Sandland
Parish Flood Mitigation Project drainage
[50:10] improvements along Joseph Branch and LA
Highway 10, which was damaged as a
[50:14] result of flooding during Hurricane Ida.
>> So, let me let me speak on this. So this
[50:21] is um act was called it back in the 2016
flood. It was part of that application.
[50:28] Um and this is really to address the
flood that happens under the hills,
[50:33] right? That's been going on for years.
And so fast forwarding to 2025, one of
[50:41] the problems we had with this project
that we couldn't get it moving is we
[50:44] didn't have the match money to go along
with it. Um since then we've worked out
[50:49] the office of community development have
a global match so the parents don't have
[50:53] to come out of pocket on anything but
working with um our our parish engineer
[50:59] firm along with the states firm we were
able to take this project and really
[51:03] elevate it to the next level. So what
what we have the approval for right now
[51:08] is just phase one which is like $580
some thousand dollars of improvements
[51:13] but ultimately we we have funded from
FEMA is close to $5 million for this. So
[51:19] so and again we don't have to spend a
penny of the parish money. All this will
[51:24] be funded um 100%. So this going to help
us um do some of that. Mr. Cole is here.
[51:32] he could kind of give you some of the
examples of uh what we plan to do. I
[51:37] know some elevations and
>> yeah, we're um we're looking at
[51:40] elevating under the hill road. There's a
bridges or box there
[51:46] increase and up size and then also the
channel itself go branch part of the
[51:51] funding they want us to use green
infrastructure techniques. looking at
[51:56] maybe some recreational component trail.
[52:09] » So, so again, this is a drainage
project. Um, but but because we know we
[52:13] have limited resource in the parish, we
have tried to be creative and tie in the
[52:18] needs into whatever way we can get. Um,
we we also going to be proposing some
[52:23] things later on for the fifth ward park
as well that we may be able to do some
[52:29] drainage work there to help them
accomplish what they're trying to do
[52:32] with those baseball fields as well and
team up with them. So, we we have some
[52:37] stuff in the works that we could talk
about with that on some LWI buddies.
[52:47] » Second.
>> Yes.
[52:49] » Yes.
Yes.
[52:52] » Mr. Watson.
>> Yeah.
[52:54] » Item number 14 on the agenda to Mr.
Rogers Matthews.
[52:58] » Good evening. I'm the brief um OEP
report. So, right now, again, we're in
[53:03] hurricane season. Um so, we are actively
monitoring everything that goes on. We
[53:08] have a couple um systems that's out
there now. One they think is forming
[53:14] coming towards the east coast. Nothing
that's saying is going to come to our
[53:18] area just yet, but our eyes are open.
We're trying to make sure that we're
[53:23] keeping an eye on what's going on so
that if we have an event, we can get out
[53:29] early and start alerting people and
preparing to um just hunker down in and
[53:33] bear through it. Uh last week I attended
the Brownsfield conference uh in
[53:38] Chicago. Brownsfields is something that
we have a lot in Sanina Parish.
[53:43] Brownfield deals with a lot of the older
buildings that were built with a vestas
[53:49] um lead paint those things in it. And so
the federal government had money set
[53:54] aside to go in and rehabilitate those
facilities. So one of the facilities
[54:00] that I met with um the EPA on at the
conference was the Pine Grove um school.
[54:07] And so we have a couple challenges there
that we have to get past, not just
[54:11] because of the vesters and lead, but
because the colony of endangered bats
[54:16] that's at that thing. And so I put it on
that table and let them know that, hey,
[54:21] we want to mitigate this property, but
we have to deal with the bats and
[54:25] because it's a dangerous species, we
have to have them migrated to another
[54:30] colony or things like that. What I'm
trying to do is maybe reach out to a
[54:34] couple zoos, see if they want to maybe
have a display of bats because they're
[54:38] endangered. They can have them over
there. We migrate them. They'll have a
[54:41] nice environment that they can be in and
then we can get in there and do the
[54:45] work. Now, once we do that, what this
grant will allow us to do is to clean
[54:50] that property up, get all that
contaminants out of the ground, and then
[54:54] redevelop it. We need a grocery store.
We need, you know, housing. We need um
[55:00] you know child care centers, schools,
and so as we mitigate these properties
[55:05] that we have, we're also looking to get
money to redevelop and put things uh in
[55:10] these areas that we need. We need parks
in that area. So kind of just we're just
[55:15] kind of keeping our eyes, our minds open
to the possibility once we can get it
[55:19] clean, then what we could put back um
that would benefit um the group. And so
[55:25] just like we did with the solar panel
thing, we really need to do some SWAT
[55:29] analysis with those communities and
really see what the people desires are,
[55:34] see what they want. Um,
so that's all I have pretty much for the
[55:40] report. Item B is signing a renewal of
Crowd Strike. Crowd Strike is what we
[55:45] use for our anti- virus, anti-malware
software on our computers. Uh I don't
[55:52] know if you can remember a while back
you know the system was hacked a few
[55:56] years the state had to come in take over
everything and so the state did they
[56:01] came in they put firewalls in place but
this last year when we did the cyber
[56:06] security study with them they put in
this crowd strike software so crowd
[56:12] strike is the leading software when it
comes to um security on PCs and so we're
[56:20] just signing agree to continue to use
their endpoint software on our devices
[56:26] and this is not costing us anything as
well.
[56:31] » I second it.
>> Mr.
[56:33] » Yeah. M.
>> Yes. Mr.
[56:35] » Yes.
>> Yes. Mr.
[56:37] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Item C is um so you know we
[56:44] attended the Nico conference in
Philadelphia. Nico is the National uh
[56:49] Association of County Officials and Nico
does a lot to help bring funding into uh
[56:57] not just local government but rural
areas. U they lobby to um to Congress in
[57:04] Washington DC. They try to help us get
bills passed that we need. um they
[57:09] helped us kind of go to Washington, meet
with our senator, um Senator Cassidy and
[57:15] Congresswoman Menlo. And so they do a
lot to help development get funding and
[57:20] function. They do a lot of trainings.
And so I'm proud to announce that I was
[57:25] appointed for the second year to two
committees with this organization. One
[57:29] is the IT standing committee. Again, it
is my background. So I serve on that.
[57:35] And also I was uh appointed to the rural
action caucus. Now the rural action
[57:40] caucus we meet and it's all about places
like St. Helena and finding money. How
[57:46] can rural areas get money? We can't
compete with big areas because we don't
[57:50] have those funds but it they help us
kind of find ways to bring the money
[57:55] that you see coming into the parish is a
result of you know kind of meeting and
[58:00] being on these committees. So this is
just a FYI uh that I was appointed by
[58:05] the president to these two committees.
>> Congratulations.
[58:10] » Thank you. Um item D. Also FYI, um
myself and my deputy OP director Tony
[58:18] Melton, we attended uh disaster debris
management training and you have a copy
[58:24] of our certificates for completing that
training in your packet. Let me say this
[58:28] here. The biggest thing that we deal
with in storms is debris. That's that's
[58:34] the big that's the biggest money that we
have to put out is debris. You know,
[58:38] we're rural. We have a lot of
vegetation, a lot of trees, and when
[58:42] when when it comes through, it's a lot
of cleanup. We have to clean up for a
[58:47] long time. And so there's so many rules
with that. If we make a mistake and do
[58:53] the wrong thing, then the parish is on
the hook. They have to pay a lot of this
[58:57] money. So, we want to make sure that we
keep ourselves trained and certified so
[59:02] we know how to manage it and know we're
getting the best bang for our buck and
[59:06] the parish can recruit as much money as
possible. And that's all I have.
[59:13] » Thank you.
>> Item 15 on the agendas with the RBM
[59:16] department. A is to transfer Derek Cass
from road district number three to RBM.
[59:21] And B is to hire Ricardo Patty as road
district 3 labor at 1350 per hour
[59:26] effective upon passing a drug screen and
physical.
[59:29] » I'll make the motion A and B.
>> Second.
[59:33] » I'll second.
>> Yes.
[59:36] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[59:40] » Yeah.
>> Item 16 on the agenda. acknowledge
[59:44] receipt of work reports as submitted by
superintendent and you do have a Mr.
[59:48] Matthews does have a slide.
>> So again, it just kind of like give you
[59:51] a breakdown so you can kind of see
what's going on. So right now we still
[59:55] in grass cutting season. A bulk of the
work that's happening uh in the
[59:59] districts is going to be around mowing.
Um but we we have some other things that
[1:00:04] we're doing as well that's just as
important to trying to keep the roads
[1:00:09] looking good. The cos that's a that's a
big big thing. That's something that
[1:00:14] hadn't really been addressed in the past
like it should have been. And right now
[1:00:19] from the beginning of the year to today,
we have put over 80 new cos in the
[1:00:25] ground. What this is is this is how we
have the drainage. We could go out, we
[1:00:30] could build as many roads as possible,
but if the drainage is not right, that
[1:00:34] water is just going to tear that road up
again. So again, we want to take a
[1:00:38] strategic approach to our roads and make
sure when we build a road, it can last
[1:00:43] for 15, 20 years. We don't have to go
back a year later because water has
[1:00:48] washed something away. And that happens
by putting in these cos and and and
[1:00:52] recognize drainage. Drainage is a very
important part of public works. Um you
[1:00:58] know, grading the the the railroads. We
have that that motorbraider that we
[1:01:02] purchased. Um, that helps us keep the
railroads good. Patching potholes,
[1:01:08] putting up signs. That's something that
we do a lot of times. You know, we have
[1:01:11] to try to get signs replaced. Tree
removal as we have these little storms
[1:01:16] that happen, you know, in the days.
Trees fall down over the road. They're
[1:01:21] on side the road. And so, our crew is is
is constantly going out and and dealing
[1:01:27] with this and hauling out material. But
what I want to say is we have an
[1:01:32] excellent group of individuals that work
in our public work department. I I think
[1:01:37] they are the the highlight of police
jury right now. The work that they do is
[1:01:42] amazing. These guys go out late at
night. They're clearing roadways. Um I
[1:01:48] mean they're they're putting in the
work. They're working in the heat
[1:01:51] constantly. Um weed eating, picking up
trash, but they get it done. We have an
[1:01:57] excellent team. um right now and you
know I we we definitely need to
[1:02:02] appreciate them and the work that they
do. So I just wanted to make a note of
[1:02:05] that.
>> Can can I ask a question too?
[1:02:08] » Uh this is actually going toward uh Mr.
Mr. Coleman that work for the sheriff
[1:02:13] department. Can we get a list of of the
roads that they actually pick up so we
[1:02:17] can keep a track on what they do too?
>> So he meets him and Brandon is tied
[1:02:21] together. Brandon give them a schedule
where they're going to be at. They
[1:02:24] coordinate so they can kind of go and
try to clean. Now, he has one crew,
[1:02:29] right? And and and we thank the sheriff
for that one crew, but we still have our
[1:02:36] districts have to clean up a lot of the
trash. So, so the same guys that's
[1:02:40] cutting the the grass, the same guys
that's doing weed, they also have to go
[1:02:45] out there and pick up trash. I mean,
they they doing it all. So, that's why I
[1:02:49] wanted to highlight them. But it's a
great help that we do have the sheriff
[1:02:53] moving through and they're kind of
getting some of the roads and we try to
[1:02:56] prioritize what roads may have the most
trash or be long. There's like a lot of
[1:03:03] districts up in the the first district.
There's a lot of long roads. It's a lot
[1:03:07] of traveling. So, we try to prioritize
the road that we get their help on, but
[1:03:12] the two of them been working excellent.
I just want to empas emper
[1:03:20] um it definitely helps us but
>> they still have to get out there and
[1:03:24] pick up trash on the road that they can
only do so much.
[1:03:26] » Okay.
>> We try to get ahead of the cut crew. So
[1:03:29] we go out there pick up one cut.
>> Okay.
[1:03:34] » So that's why I coordinate with public
work. We get ahead of cut.
[1:03:42] We go down there. He come behind us the
next day. One day, one day he was behind
[1:03:47] us.
[1:03:51] He cut behind us coming. We made it.
[1:03:58] » I get a motion and second. I'll make a
motion.
[1:04:01] » I second. Mr.
>> Yes.
[1:04:04] » Yes.
>> M.
[1:04:05] » Yes.
>> M.
[1:04:07] » Mr.
>> Yes. Yes.
[1:04:09] » Item 17 of food.
[1:04:14] » Anybody know anybody who need community
service?
[1:04:18] » Anybody we can use them on our
>> So who we get a hold of? You
[1:04:26] » Yes.
[1:04:29] DWI something like 32 hours.
My name is on the sheet.
[1:04:38] Sometime
[1:04:47] you do.
>> Yeah.
[1:04:51] » I need my wife in about a month.
I need my wife about
[1:05:08] Item number 17, approve requisitions as
copies submitted by first agent.
[1:05:17] » I'll second it.
>> Yes. to the
[1:05:22] » Mr.
[1:05:28] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[1:05:30] » Okay.
[1:05:34] » What date?
>> About two weeks about a week or two ago.
[1:05:38] Same thing.
>> Item number 18, approve checks written
[1:05:44] after the last regular meeting in the
amount of 669,53394.
[1:05:50] I'll make the motion.
>> Second, Mr.
[1:05:53] » Yes. M.
>> Yes.
[1:05:55] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[1:05:57] » Yes. Oh yes.
>> Item number 19 is to enter into
[1:06:01] executive session to discuss strategy
regarding upcoming September 2025th
[1:06:05] trials in federal court litigation
Antoine Jackson versus Fland Parish
[1:06:09] Police Jury.
>> I
[1:06:25] I wasn't
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[1:15:49] At this time, you entertain a motion to
reconvene back into regular session.
[1:15:54] » I'll second it.
>> Yes.
[1:15:58] » Yes. Yes.
>> Yes.
[1:16:01] » Is there anything action to bring into a
vote out?
[1:16:06] » No action. Okay.
>> And number 20 is just an FYI. The
[1:16:10] deadline to submit item for the August
26th meeting is 12 p.m. on Monday,
[1:16:14] August 18th. And the deadline to submit
for the 2026 budget is September 30th.
[1:16:19] And if there's no further business to
bring before the board, Mr. President, I
[1:16:24] entertain a motion to adjourn. I'll make
it.
[1:16:26] » I'll second it.