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public hearing is called to order for
August 24th, 2026. We have several items

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on public hearing. The first is a
condemnation hearing at 55507

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Highway 51 Independence, assessment
number 426105

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in District 3. Jerry, will you come up?

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That mic needs to be turned on.
>> You got me?

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» There you go.
>> Good evening. Um, we're here concerning

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the condemnation
um hearing concerning the property at

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55507
Highway 51 Independence, which is in

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district number three. Uh, the ownership
of that property is Miss Connie Bell.

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Um, I've been working this case for for
some time now, and we have actually

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gotten to the process to We're here for
the owner's hearing tonight. Um, we've

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already been through uh courtesy notices
to the heirs. They've been contacted.

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Miss Myra Holden is here this evening.
She's going to give you a brief u idea

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of what they're planning to do with the
property from this point. Um, we've

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already been through the ROC letter that
the our building official Robert Morgan

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and our president Robert Miller have
signed off on. Uh, of course we have

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already had the ROC meeting and you've
given anonymous uh presentation and

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accepted and adopted that and we're here
now to uh find out what we can do with

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that with this property. It is
definitely condemnable. Um, it's a

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threetory singlestory structure and it
is definitely a danger to the community.

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We need to eliminate it. Um there have
been squatters that have been in this

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structure several times and uh that's
where we're at. Thank you.

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» If you would please state your name and
address.

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» Yes, ma'am. Good evening. My name is
Myra Holden. My address is 52245 Down

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Road, Independence, Louisiana.

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I ain't know nothing to speak in front
of all y'all. But anyway,

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here um
>> there are

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my grandmother. There were 12 children.
Of those 12 children, only one is living

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and that's my aunt Connie in the back.
She and two of her other sisters bought

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the house, but at the time the house was
put in one sister's name for whatever

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reason. And so that sister passed and so
she's unable to do anything to the house

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because it's in that sister's name. And
we've been going through trying to get

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all the signatures. That's what we are
now. Getting all the signatures so we

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can do a secession. We open the
secession so we can get the house in her

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name and is our plan to demolish the
house and she's going to sell the

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property. So that's where we are right
now. I have sent the letters to the

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cousins that are out of state. Neither
of the ladies in who were living in the

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house had any children. So I had to send
it to all all of us that were the

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children of the children.
>> The picture we have it doesn't look like

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the house is secured. Are you able to
secure it to board it up?

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» No, ma'am. About you said boarding it
up. We never tried to do that yet

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because we thought we'd be able to just
go in and do what we needed to do, but

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we didn't. and that's when we ran into
the um problem that we had to get it put

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in her name. So, if that's something we
need to do, we can

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look at doing that because we've never c
had to deal with something like this

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before.
>> Mr. Joseph,

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» your microphone, Mr.
>> I think it's the same property that Doug

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Marter and the church was.
>> Yes, that's going to help us with Yes,

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sir. That's it.
>> Yeah, it's on Highway 51. It really

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needs to be demolished and
I'm in agreement with whatever the

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family wants. I think we're going to
need more time for that though. Am I

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correct?
>> Yes, sir.

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» So, uh I think 30 days would be
sufficient.

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» I'm praying. Yes, sir.
>> About 30 more days will help you.

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» Yes, sir. It would definitely help. Yes,
sir.

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» Okay. I'm okay with that.
>> Do you think they should try to get

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those doors covered or you're okay with
it being like it is?

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» Well, it's just a matter of time before
it comes down. So, I don't think they do

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anything with it.
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» we're good. [clears throat] It's been
there forever.

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» Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. I'm glad you all are doing

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something with it, though.
>> Yes, sir. Thank you.

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» I tried a couple years ago and it was
kind of for the same problem with the

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airs, etc.
>> So, now we got that squared away.

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» Let's move forward.
>> All right. This will come back up for a

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vote under our um
>> and I'll make the motion

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» regular hearing. So, thank you so much.
[clears throat]

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» Thank you all.
>> So, so we're going to give them 30 days

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to
>> We'll bring we'll bring it back up.

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» It's gonna come back up
>> and vote on it. make that motion.

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» All right. The next item is TP Ordinance
2627, an ordinance to declare surplus of

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one 2020 Dodge minivan bin number one
nine, I'm sorry, 11 198, asset number

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23978,
and authorize the donation of set asset

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to the Tanchaho Voluntary Council on
Aging. Is anyone here to speak on that?

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Next, we have TP Ordinance 2628, an
ordinance amending chapter 36, planning

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and development, and chapter 26, license
and miscellaneous [clears throat]

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business regulations to establish
standards for group homes or community

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homes and related matters.
The next one is TP Ordinance 2629, an

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ordinance establishing a 25 mph speed
limit sign on Poche Road in District 9.

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Okay, we'll go ahead and call the
regular business to order. If you have a

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cell phone, please mute it or turn it
off. We'll have the invocation by

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Councilwoman Seatat followed by the
pledge of allegiance led by Councilman

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Wells.

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Please bow your heads and pray with me.
Heavenly Father, we want to thank you

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for this opportunity to come here
tonight as a council and as a community.

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Father, we pray that you give this
council the wisdom and the knowledge to

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make the best decisions for the people
of our parish. We pray Lord for

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especially for Tantrao Parish. Uh please
put a hedge of protection over us from

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storms, any natural disasters as we're
still going through hurricane season.

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Lord, we pray for our military and our
first responders. We're so grateful to

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have them in this amazing country that
we call home. Lord, we continue to pray

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for our students, our teachers, and all
of our administrators as we're beginning

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our new school year to also place a
hedge of protection over our children.

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Lord, we pray that they have a wonderful
year with sports beginning and just

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protect them, Father, from any type of
harm. We pray that you protect us as we

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go home this evening. We thank you again
for all the blessings that you've given

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us. In your name we pray. Amen.
>> All veterans and active military Please

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present the proper salute. I pledge
algiance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the republic
for which it stands. One nation under

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God, indivisible with liberty and
justice for all. [clears throat]

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» Mr. Would you call roll, please?
>> Mr. Sagra

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» here.
>> Mr. Graia here.

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» Mr. Joseph,
>> present.

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» Mr. Havis
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» Mr. Richtol here.
>> Mr. Mayu here.

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» Mr. Wells
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» Mr. Val.
>> Miss Hyde

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» here. Miss Catapat
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» Right. Hopefully everyone's had a chance
to look over the minutes from our August

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10th meeting. If there are no
corrections, we'll entertain a motion to

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approve.
>> So move.

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» I second.
>> Have a motion by Mr. Wells, second by

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Mr. Joseph. Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Graia, yes. Mr. Joseph, Mr. Havis,

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yes.
>> Mr. Richtoell, Mr. Mayu, yes.

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» Mr. Wells,
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» Miss Hy, yes.
>> Miss Cotch, yes.

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» Mr. Agra.
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» Does anyone wish to to address an agenda
item that was not on public hearing? Not

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President Miller, will you come and give
us your report, please?

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» Good evening. [clears throat] We have
two quick items. I think the first one

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is a financial report, which we had a
finance committee meeting earlier.

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Finance committee met. Um, our budget's
in good shape. few adjustments here and

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there, but everything's staying in line
with what uh we projected for the year.

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Uh you [clears throat] have a copy
emailed to each of you if you have any

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questions. As always, call and ask our
staff. We'll be glad to get you any

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specifics that you need. The second item
is is a proclamation for National Seat

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Tracks Think Train uh Think Train Week,
September 21st through the 27th. We'll

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be participating with the railroad on
various social messaging and so forth.

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We have a proclamation for the railroad.
And that is the end of my report. If

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y'all have any questions, I'm I'm done.
Thank y'all very much.

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» M
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» yes.
>> I appreciate this u the presentation on

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safe track. I spoke with U. Kim Coats,
state rep involved in the accident we

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just had in Shiloh and she and her team
are working on getting the the arms to

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come,
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» with uh CNN. So I ask her to please keep
me informed and whenever that occurs, I

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can let the people in that community
know. So hopefully we can save somebody

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else's life.
>> Very much. Yeah. I mean, it's

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definitely, you know, it's annually they
do this, but it's every day that we need

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to make sure we
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» pay attention to the train.
>> And I saw the statistics, too, about how

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many people are killed yearly in the
United States.

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» Yeah.
>> Over 200 and something.

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» The train always wins.
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» All right. The first item under regular
business, we have a presentation from uh

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911 Kevin Spansel.

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» Good afternoon everybody. Um
uh to start off I wanted to kind of give

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you a quick uh apology because we had a
12minute video that we were going to

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show. Um unfortunately the company who
produced the video uh for Axon which is

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a vendor that we're we're utilizing to
move to our new system. Um, their legal

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team hasn't released that video to the
public yet. Uh, it was supposed to

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happen today. It didn't, so I apologize
about that. However,

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I'll tell you a little bit about it. In
the video, it starts off with a Hispanic

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speaking mother calling to uh let you
know, let 911 know that her son, who was

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autistic, um, was missing.
It took about four minutes to a language

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translator on the line to be able to
determine what language they were

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speaking and then what she was saying
and then another three to four minutes

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of back and forth conversation.
So because of this the current system

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we're using and this is all over the
country it delayed that patient care it

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delayed that child being found by almost
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of the language barrier. I think
everybody can understand and agree that

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people are speaking a lot of different
languages. We have a lot of issues with

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911 where they call in and getting that
information started is is a big problem.

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The second part of the video with the
new system that we are purchasing and

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will go live with in January between
January and February is going to help

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fix that problem. It utilizes AI to hear
the caller's voice and then translate it

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into English
depending on the language. There are

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currently 10 different languages that
the the company does voicetovoice.

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So when the caller speaks Spanish, my
call taker hears English. Then when my

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calls uh call uh taker speaks English,
the caller hears Spanish. It takes about

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a second and a half to translate that
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So, that's coming. The new big and
greatest thing is that we're going to

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get GPS uh coordinates from every cell
phone when it calls. We'll be able to

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get the X, the Y, and the Z. So, we'll
even be able to tell what floor a

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person's on that's calling.
Right now, about 90% of all of our calls

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are coming in cellular. So once we get
that information and the caller gives us

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permission to access their phone, we can
see what the caller's seeing. So if you

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have a school shooter, we're going to be
able to see what's going on in that

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school. If you have a fire, we're going
to be able to send that video to the

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fire department and they're going to be
able to see the fire. They're going to

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be able to see that before they get
there so they know if it's a run hot

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with lights and sirens or slow it down a
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Um, there's a lot of other stuff. I I
don't want to I could spend an hour

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talking about it because I'm excited
about it, but those are the big things

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we're going to see. However, what does
that cost? There is a cost for that.

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That software is going to cost us and
it's a subscription. It's moving us to

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cloud-bas.

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Motorola has also uh let us know that
the current radio system that we are on,

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which was installed April of last year,
will go end of life in 2030.

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I love Motorola. Anyway, um so we have a
lot of stuff. Also, in our last class

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that we we just started, we had 10
applicants. We were able to have we were

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able to hire two.
So, we have some pay increases that

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we're going to have to do to attract
some more people from the southern end

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of the parish to come up on up to a meet
and come work up here. It's it's a great

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place. And so, we need to get some
people to come up here and do that. And

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for $17 an hour, you can be a cashier at
Costco.

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No responsibility.
911 takes a lot more responsibility. So,

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we want to try to fix that, too. So,
with all of that, I get into my

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presentation and the slides we have. So,
in June of this year, uh, legislation

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passed to allow us to move the cell
phone fee from $1.25 to $2. That's per

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wire line per month. So, the average
caller is going to have see a yearly

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increase of $9. Um, with this
information, this is done by

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legislation. It hasn't been increased
since 2016.

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So, it really is time. We're looking at
10 years since the last increase. So,

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this is going to allow us to do all the
things that we want to do, including

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expanding or building a new building.

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The proposal, um, do you want to put it
up there or you don't have to.

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» No. Okay. Don't worry about it. It's
okay. Um,

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what it is, again, we're just going to
increase from $1.25 to $2. It's going to

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start January 1, 2027,
and is supported by act 947, which was

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previously House Bill 463.
It was authored by uh, Representative

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McMacken.
Um, it basically took the legislation

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that was done in 2016 and it basically
nullvoided it. It passed in the House

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and the Senate unanimously.
Um, and again, it became law without the

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governor's signature. So, once it, I
believe it's 22 days, uh, if it sits

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after it's been voted on and the
governor doesn't sign it, it

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automatically becomes law, which it did.
[snorts]

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Um, part of that law did change a couple
things. one, we have to have a public

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hearing now before we're allowed to
increase those rates. And before we can

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have that public hearing, we have to let
all of the parish councils know. This

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will be statewide. So, this is me
letting you guys know that we

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potentially will be increasing our
rates. On Thursday, we will be having a

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public hearing. [snorts] Um, after that
public hearing, our board of

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commissioners will vote on if we're
going to go to the $2 or not. Um then

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after we do all of that, we are going to
have to prepare a annual report that

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will come both to the parish council and
to the secretary of state and to the

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governor's office of homeland security
and about 10 other agencies that we will

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produce the number of calls we are
receiving. [snorts] We will produce um a

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figure in what this increase has uh
generated. All of that will be done on a

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yearly basis and provided to you guys
sort of at a state of the 911 address.

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Um, and we'll do that publicly.
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do y'all have any questions on any of
that?

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» Yes, sir.
>> 2.1. Did you guys

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uh look into any grants out there
through GOAP?

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We have looked at several grants.
Unfortunately,

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for one reason or another, we either
don't fit into it or we missed the

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deadline for it. Um, so there are
unfortunately no available grants

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currently for this type of upgrade. I
can get a grant to paint my building. I

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can get a grant to to do all kinds of
different stuff, but to increase the

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technology, there's no grants right now
for that.

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» Well, you said technology. I said public
safety.

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I don't disagree.
>> Okay.

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» All right. Well, thank you all very
much.

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» So, I I got a question, too. Go
>> ahead. [clears throat]

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» If y'all do the do this increase, and
I'm sure it probably will pass.

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» Um,
once you get past this this hump of of

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of this initial payment, will y'all roll
that back?

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» Would that be considered? I mean, at
least it definitely should be considered

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a hope.
>> I would love to tell you that yes, we'll

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definitely do that. I think with
everything getting more expensive, you

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don't see things rolling back too often.
But if there is if we have an excessive

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amount of money that is being generated
from this, then yes, I would imagine us

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to back off of that. But with the
increase in that, a new radio system is

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going to be about a million dollars. Um,
and a new building can be anywhere from

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five to 10 million depending on the the
size. So, it's going to take a long time

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for that to
>> to balance out.

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» What What What is y'all's current
revenue now? You know that off top of

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your head? Curious.
>> Currently, we are just shy of $3 million

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is our yearly budget.
>> Okay. That's what I quite do, but

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» Kevin, the the increase that that you
did, what was it? February and then that

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went effect in April. That was only on
landlines.

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» That [clears throat] was on landlines
and uh business phones.

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» Okay. So, this is only on sale. Correct.
>> Correct.

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» Do you know about how many cell phones
there are?

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» I don't have the exact number of cell
phones. I do know that it it right now

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we're about 90% of our calls are
cellular. Um and it's really that was

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one of the things that this law was
fighting for. Um,

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basically they were going to require the
phone companies to provide us uh

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documentation
um and allow us to audit their numbers.

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That got lobbyed out of this law really
quick and did not last long. So, it's

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not in this law. However, the directors
uh for the whole state, we have 64

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parishes. They're all represented with a
number one or e 911 board director. Um

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we are fighting together to get that
change because right now we're at their

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whim. Um so this will allow us to force
them to provide that information to us.

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» So how are you anticipating
what the 75 cent increase will bring in?

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If you don't
>> historical numbers only.

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» I'm sorry.
>> Historical numbers only.

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» Okay. So, we're looking at trends and
what we've seen. And if we take what

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we've received payment for and we we
extrapolate that out, it'll give us the

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the number that we're expecting
just shy of a million dollar uh influx

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with this increase.
>> Okay. You have any other questions? Put

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your mic on.
>> Daryl. Daryl.

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» Put your mic on. 1 million extra with 75
cents. Correct.

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» Is what you're looking
>> correct. We're looking to be just shy of

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a million.
>> Okay.

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» All right. Is there any other questions?
We don't need to take any action on

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this.
>> Thank you very much for your time. I

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appreciate it.
>> All right. Item four, discussion and

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possible action on condemnation 55507,
Highway 51, Independence, assessment

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number 426105,
Mr. Joseph.

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» Yes. I mean, you all heard what the uh
Miss Holden had to say previously

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and that's something we've been working
on for a good while. So, I think it's in

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order. It's on Highway 51 on the main
drag. It's an eyesore. So, I recommend

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we give them 30 more days to uh run down
the heirs. It's very difficult when you

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have 15 20 airs and they all are not
here. Chicago, New York. So, I think

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they need time to get that done. So,
I'll make that motion.

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» Okay.
>> Have a motion by Mr. Joseph. Second by

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Mr. Wells. Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Joseph?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Havis?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Richell? Yes.

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» Mr. Mayu?
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Wells?
>> Yes.

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» Miss Hyde?
>> Yes. Miss Seat?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Sagra? Yes,

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» Mr. Grant.
>> Yes.

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» Thank you.
>> You're welcome.

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» All right. We have three ordinances for
adoption. The first one is TP Ordinance

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2627, an ordinance to declare one 2020
Dodge minivan, VIN number 1198,

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asset 23978,
and to authorize the donation of set

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asset to the Tancho Voluntary Council on
Aging.

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» So move.
>> I'll second.

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» I have a motion by Mr. Mayu, second by
Mr. Wells. Roll call, please.

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» Mr. Havis,
>> yes.

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» Mr. Richel, Mr. Mayu, yes. Mr. Wells,
yes.

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» Miss Hyde, yes.
>> Miss Sat, yes.

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» Mr. Sagra, yes.
>> Mr. Engra, yes. Mr. Joseph,

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» yes.
>> Adoption of TP Ordinance 2628, an

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ordinance amending chapter 36, planning
and development, and chapter 26, license

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and miscellaneous business regulations
to establish standards for group homes

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or community homes and related matters.
This is being recommended by the DRC.

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So move.
>> I'll second. Who was first?

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» I'll second.
>> Motion by Mr. Joseph, second by Miss

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Cotat. Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Richtoell,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Mayu,

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» yes.
>> Mr. WS, yes.

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» Miss Hy, yes. Miss Cotat,
>> yes.

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» Mr. Sager, [clears throat] yes.
>> Mr. Graphic,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Joseph, Mr. Havis,

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» yes.
>> Adoption of TP ordinance 2629, an

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ordinance ordinance establishing a 25
mph speed limit on Poche Road. That's in

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my district. If somebody will make that
motion for me.

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» Second.
>> Have a motion by Mr. Wells, second by

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Mr. Havis. Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Mayu.

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Wells?

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» Yes.
>> Miss Hyde?

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» Yes.
>> Miss Sat?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Sinagra? Yes.

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» Mr. Graphic? Yes. Mr. Joseph? Yes. Mr.
Havis? Yes.

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» Mr. Rich?
>> Yes.

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» All right. We have three items uh to be
introduced tonight. The first is

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introduction of TP Ordinance 2630, an
ordinance establishing a three-way stop

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at the intersection of Shingle Singleton
Road and Smart Road in District 3.

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» Any motion? So, I got it.
>> Okay.

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» Second.
>> I have a motion by Mr. Joseph, second by

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Mr. Ingraphy. Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Wells?

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» Yes.
>> Miss Hyde? Yes.

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» Miss Seat?
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Sagra? Yes.
>> Mr. Mr. Joseph?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Havis?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Richtol?

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» Yes. Mr. Mayu.
>> Yes.

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» Right. Introduction of TP Ordinance
2631, an ordinance amending and enacting

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chapter chapter 6, alcoholic beverages.
U, this is just basically cleaning up

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some language on our process um to get
approval. This is also recommended by

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the DRC.

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» So second
>> have a motion by Mr. Joseph, second by

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Mr. Havis. Roll call, please.
>> Miss Hyde.

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» Yes.
>> Miss Sat.

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» Yes. Mr. Sinager. Yes. Mr. Graphy. Yes.
Mr. Joseph. Yes. Mr. Havis.

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Richel. Yes. Mr. Mayu. Yes. Mr.

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Wells.
>> Yes. Right.

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» The last one is introduction of TP
Ordinance 2632, an ordinance to

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authorize the parish president or his
authorized designate to execute any and

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all documents in regard to the purchase
and acquisition of property through the

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hazard mitigation grant program. Y'all
have any questions for Missy?

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This this is the resolution
[clears throat] so we get to participate

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in that program. If we don't have it,
they won't let us. So this a formality

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that we have to do.
>> I'll make the motion.

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» I'll second it.
>> I have a motion by Mr. Havis, second by

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Mr. Wells. Roll call, please.
>> Miss Sat?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Sagra? Yes.

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» Mr. Graphia?
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Joseph?
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Havis?
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Richtor? Yes.
>> Mr. Mayu? Yes.

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» Mr. Wells? Yes. Miss Hyde?
>> Yes. Those uh ordinances will be on

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public hearing at the September 14th
meeting at 5:30.

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We have two resolutions. The first is
adoption of TP resolution 2623, a

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resolution of the Tancho Parish Council
President Government authorizing the

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filing of an application with the
Louisiana Department of Transportation

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and Development for a grant under any of
the following FTA programs managed

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through the Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development.

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Does Miss Debbie need to speak on this,
Robbie, or this is just an annual

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resolution?

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» I'll make that motion, madam.
>> All right,

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» I'll second.
>> It's another one of those annual things

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that we have to do.
>> Mhm.

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» I have a motion by Mr. Wells, second by
Mr. Havis. Roll call, please. Mr. Sagra,

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yes. Mr. Graia, yes. Mr. Joseph, Mr.
Havis,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Richel, Mr. Mayu, yes. Mr. Wells,

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yes. Miss Hy, yes. Missat,
>> yes.

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» All right. The last one is adoption of
TP ordinance 2624, a resolution

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authorizing the parish president or his
authorized designate to execute an

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intergovernmental agreement between the
Tancho Parish government and the Tancho

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Parish Sheriff's Office regarding new
construction of an inmate dormatory

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associated expenses and release
liability. I think Sheriff, would you

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like to come and speak on that?

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be a test here. Okay, I got it. Good
evening, council. Good evening, uh,

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President Miller. Uh, I want to I have a
statement prepared. I just like to read

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it so I don't ramble and, uh, want to
respect everyone's time here. I come

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[clears throat] to you today in a
partnership with parish government

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regarding a new building dedicated to
housing my agency's work release program

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operations. The partnership is founded
through an agreement that commits parish

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officials to providing the physical
structure of the housing facility,

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including all amenities as detailed in
the pre-bid opening. The Tangible Parish

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Sheriff's Office commits to maintaining
the structure and managing the

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operations that occur within that
structure. I'm grateful to the parish

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for agreeing to fund the complete
construction of this facility. Upon the

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finalization of the finer details of
that agreement with the legal uh with

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the legal teams, I believe the end
result will satisfy all outstanding

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legal matters between Tangible Parish
government and the Tangible Parish

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Sheriff's Office related to the Tangible
Parish Jail and concludes all litigation

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between the parish government and the
sheriff's office. Uh your support of

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this productive engagement is most
appreciated. And uh so what this is is a

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a work work release dorm. It will allow
us to um you know replace the very

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outdated facility that our work release
inmates are currently in. We house about

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50. This will bring it up to about 180.
So with that uh you know obviously it's

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an increase of much needed revenue for
for our sheriff's office. Um, but it

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will not only uh help with the care,
custody, and control of those inmates,

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but it will allow us uh to give them a
road map to once they get out of jail,

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they're already going to be having a
job. And, you know, they'll leave with a

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paycheck and hopefully land on their
feet and be able to sustain sustain

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themselves where we won't come back. And
uh I I appreciate the cooperation with

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President Miller and we've made great
strides in the jail over the last uh two

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years plus that I've been in office and
Jeffrey's been on the front line there

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and I I appreciate and applaud his his
efforts and um and so we uh we've come a

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long way and uh we've done so with the
help of of our parish government and I

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greatly appreciate that but we got a
ways to go. So that any questions or

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comments?
>> Thank you, Senator.

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» I appreciate y'all's time. Thank you.
>> I will partnership.

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» Okay.
>> All right. I have a motion by Mr. Havis.

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» Second.
>> And a second by Miss Cat. Roll call,

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please. Mr. Graphia.
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Joseph, yes.
>> Mr. Havis,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Richell, Mr. Mayu, yes.

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» Mr. Wells? Yes.
>> Miss Hyde?

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» Yes. Miss Attack.
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Sager.
>> Yes.

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» All right. Beer, wine, and liquor
permit.

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» None. Legal matters.
>> Life is good. Nothing to report tonight.

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» All right. Councilman's privileges.
>> Yes, ma'am. I have one. I'd like to

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introduce one of my constituents, Mr.
Ron Jenko, who is our new school board

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superintendent. [applause]

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Ron, we have Miss C. Attach. She could
tell you any problem in a schooling

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system. [laughter]
We have Mr. Lewis Joseph who used to be

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a superintendent when
>> any problem.

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» So if you want to come up and say a few
words, we'd love to hear you.

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» Thank you. Uh President Miller, thank
you. Council, thank you. I'm smart

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enough to know when a meetings going
quick, do not be the reason everybody

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stays late. [laughter]
Uh so I just thank y'all for the support

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that y'all have given the school system
over the years. We look forward to

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continuing that. uh to the community,
just know that I'm coming. Whether it is

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another council meeting, etc. We need
your help. It is not a oneperson job, as

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I said the other night, it's not a
nine-person job. It is everyone in the

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district from the north end to the south
end. We know we live in the best parish.

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Now, we're going to get have the best
school system. Uh years ago, Mr. Miller

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and I had a talk and he said, "Ron, what
do you want to do?" And I said, "I want

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to have the best school system." He
said, "Why stop in just the state?" and

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he's right because our kids compete in
regional uh against regional competition

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for jobs. So that's what we're going to
do. We're going to start being the best

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in the state and we're going to work on
out of that. So with your help, we're

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going to get there. Uh if you get a
chance and when you see Miss Melissa

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Stilly, I would be remiss if we did not
thank her for where she's brought us to

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this point. Now she's handing the baton
to me and it's my job to get us to where

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I know we can be. So thank you for your
support. Uh we'll take some prayers. So,

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thank you. [laughter]
>> Thank you. [applause]

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» All right, we have a fireboard meeting.
We'll take a few minutes.

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» Can I pick it back off?
>> Oh, yeah. Go ahead. I'm sorry.

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» Coach, I want to thank you again. You
know, you and I have been partners in

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crime for a long time. Uh, his dad and I
worked together and Ron coached my kids

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when he was at Independence High School.
Outstanding educator. His wife is an

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educator, principal at Luranja. So Ron,
we appreciate all all that you are doing

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and what you're going to do. And if you
need some advice, you got my phone

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number. [laughter]
>> And I would like to piggyback as well,

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Mr. Jenko. I've seen your leadership and
I truly appreciate all that you do for

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everyone that works for the TPO Parish
School System. And you are very well

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respected, very much admired, and we are
all beyond thrilled to have you as our

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next superintendent. So thank you.
Congratulations.

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» [laughter]
>> All right, Mr. Wales.

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» Yeah.