The Kenner City Council met on March 5, 2026, at 6:00 PM (2300 UTC). The meeting included a prayer, pledge of allegiance, and a quorum was established. Mayor Glazer reported that year-to-date revenues are up 6.73% ($2,101,522.42) compared to the previous fiscal year. Senator Kirk Talbot provided a legislative update on upcoming session and constitutional amendments. The council approved a consent agenda, several public hearings, and numerous contracts. An executive session was held regarding a pending lawsuit.
Are there any special intention? Yes, Councilman Brennan. Thank you, Council Chair. Just uh with everything going on, I thought maybe uh we do our prayer. We could include uh our country and all our military personnel and for their safety as well. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Brennan. Um Councilwoman Dunn, would you please lead us in the prayer? Let us bow our heads in prayer. Father, in the name of Jesus, dear master, as we come together once again this hour in the evening, dear God. We just want to come and tell you thank you for all that you joined in our lives, dear master. The police chief, for the administration, for the council, for everyone that makes up this body that we call the city of Kenner, the police, I mean the fire chief. God, I pray that you would be with all of us, and that you would give us wisdom, knowledge, and understanding till as we move this city forward, dear God, that we won't do it without you, that we would do the things that's pleasing in your sight. And dear master, I pray today, dear God, that you would continue to be with us, walk with us, talk with us. And I pray tonight, dear God, for those that are less fortunate that we are, that you would be with them, dear master. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Uh Councilmember Brennan, would you please lead us in a pledge? Please place your hand over your marks. And to the Republic for which the stands will tell us for all Madam Chairman, you have a quorum. In accordance with council resolution number B, 14550. Please be advised that our cellular telephones and other devices of this nature must be deactivated or silenced throughout the council meeting. Next we have correspondence reports from the mayor, CAO, or department heads. Um Mayor Glazer. Yes. Compared to February 25. For the current fiscal year, we're up 6.73%, which is $2,101,522 and 42 cents compared to this time last year. Last meeting I had uh announced that we're moving on re an overlay re-asphalting power boulevard from uh West Planet and to vintage. Um we received DOTD numbers this week, so we can move on to design uh phase of that. So you know we're gonna have uh a lot of road work coming up in the next 18 months. So but once we get through it, we'll have our new brand new roadways on major uh thoroughfares in the city of Kenner. The Italian Fest here in Rivertown is this weekend, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Uh come out and enjoy the music and food. And we have a guest that would like to address you all about the upcoming session. Senator Kirk Talbot. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh thank you, Council President, members of the council, um, Kirk Talbot, Senate District 10. Just wanted to um touch touch on a few things. We start session Monday. It is a non-fiscal session, so we would not be um dealing with any kind of tax issues or anything like that. It's an 85-day session, so this is one of the long ones as a former representative Wilmot can attest to. Um last year was a 60-day uh session. We do have um some constitutional amendments coming up on the ballot May 5th, May 16th, if I could touch on those. Um of them is on a teacher pay raise, which is a very important constitutional amendment. I I would hope that that this passes what we're doing is we're gonna take two billion dollars from an education fund, pay down some high interest education retirement debt, which is gonna free up local school boards to be able to give teachers pay raise and a permanent raise, not something that we funded outside of the of the of the normal raise where it's like a supplemental thing that's not permanent. So it's a it's a very smart thing to do fiscally, and it also gives teachers a permanent pay raise. So I think that's an important thing. We also have a constitutional amendment on the city of St.