Councilmember you ready?

Okay, roll call.

Councilmember Morel.

Councilmember Jarusto.

Councilmember Harris.

Councilmember King.

Councilmember Green.

We have uh three members.

We have a quorum.

You want to do approval of the minutes real quick?

Yes.

All in favor.

All right.

Now you want to do that presentation.

Presentation bollard presentation.

So they can move on.

So this is item number six: a discussion of proposed contract with the TCP security services for fabrication of permanent gates along the areas of Bourbon Street to prohibit vehicular traffic during certain hours.

Yes, just for clarification to those uh tens of tens that are watching.

This is for discussion purposes only.

This will not be voted on.

We just want to kind of get an idea of what's going on.

So whenever you guys are ready, feel free to start.

Um do you want to do that there was one?

Oh, that's the presentation.

Sorry about that, guys.

Good morning, everyone.

Um, so what we're here to talk about today.

We uh after the January 1st event, we did have uh the Taneo group come in and make multiple recommendations to the city.

Um they made recommendations on how to close the quarter and uh how to protect Bourbon Street.

What we have been doing since that event is we have been closing Bourbon Street on a nightly basis in accordance with the ordinance, um, but allowing for the flow of cross traffic.

So vehicles are able to cross Bourbon Street on a regular night.

They're just not able to turn onto Bourbon Street.

Those closures begin at Canal and Bourbon, and on a nightly basis, they end at St.

Ann and Bourbon.

Uh the only barrier on St.

Ann is on the Canal Street side.

That way the residential people in the 800 block have access to their homes.

What we've been using is um what I call it's a temporary solution to a permanent problem, and that solution has been secure guards.

Currently, the Bourbon Street promenade officers go out, they close one gate at Bourbon and Canal, and then they have to move 32 barriers into place along Bourbon Street.

What we are looking at is a permanent solution to this, and they are swing gates uh through T uh TC T F T C P T TCP, I'm sorry.

Um the permanent gates do for us is it makes it a much easier operation, it makes it it takes it down from so right now.

You have 33 barriers that brings it down to 18, a single gate at each side of each intersection.

Um so not only does it make it less work to do, there's less points that can be messed with if you are um by a bad actor, right?

It takes that number from 33 down to 18.

The gates that we have looked at are not only functional in that the crash rating is very good on that.

You will see that I believe in slide four.

Um it is it is rated at 40 miles an hour for a seven and a half ton truck, which is a major truck, um, and is rated at 50 miles an hour for a one and a half ton truck.

A one and a half ton truck can be comparable to an F55 F 550, uh F 150 is more of a half ton truck.

Currently, what we have out there um is rated at I believe 10 miles an hour, the the the permanent install.

The other reason that we're looking at these gates is we want something that the community is also good with and that fits in.

So if you're familiar with the gate that we have at Bourbon and Canal, it is a very construction like simply security gate.

If you look at the photos of the gates that we're looking at, they meet much more with the the dynamics and the scenery of the French quarter.

Um it is a gate that I have proposed at different meetings, and that most individuals and businesses have said uh they like because they do mix in with uh the the scenery.

Um that's what I have.

I'm open to any questions that you have regarding these.

If I could just add something to this, uh me and Captain Columbo work together, these gates um are very low maintenance.

There's swing gates that are just swing open and swing closed, which makes the ease of them in a low maintenance problem, just require grease gun to maintain as opposed to the old barriers that we had where they had to slide, the beads got caught up as well.

So we went uh at Captain Palumbo's request, we went with something that was easy that was functional as well as it'll last a long time and we won't have the issues that we had with the uh previous barriers.

And so I'm sorry, if I could show you the map.

So if you're looking at that map, what you'll see is the red lines that are perpendicular, those are installed and those will be used on a nightly basis.

The last two barriers that you see running parallel to Bourbon Street, while those will be installed, those are the two that are not used on a nightly basis.

But for every special event, that's additional closures that we have, and what that does is if a vehicle comes up Dumain Street and wanted to go the wrong way up Bourbon Street, that protects that protects us from that.

So those barriers, that's why they're shown differently.

While they'll be installed, those two would only be used on the nights of special events, such as New Year's Eve, Sugar Bowl, Bayou Classic, uh things of that nature.

I doubt that we coordinated with other public safety agencies, particularly the New Orleans Fire Department and EMS, uh, to ensure that the installation of these uh that they'll be able to maneuver their vehicles around, and we were uh are developing a plan that uh will address uh being able to open them uh very quickly uh should there be some sort of you know uh fire incident or EMS incident that requires uh transit onto Bourbon Street.

And and to that point, the primary responsibility according to CAO Joe Threat, DPW will be responsible for that.

However, NOPD and the fire department will have whatever locking device we come up with, they will have access to that in case they need to open it up immediately, whether it be the fire department, police department to get an EMS or whomever in there, but DP DPW will have the primary responsibility of opening and closing the gates nightly.

Thank you.

Is that the presentation?

You're done.

All right, so let me just jump right into it and address the the elephant in the room uh with a couple questions.

What we have right now, the temporary gates.

Is that what is that what are they compared to the ones that the proposed gates, how how safe are they?

What can they stop?

What kind of those temporary gates stop compare to the new ones?

So the there's two different things out there, right?

There's the the things that were installed by the city, the ballers that we we don't utilize.

I believe those were rated at 10 miles an hour.

Um I know that the secure guards are rated at a much higher level.

I don't have the exact rating on those, but the secure guards are not a permanent solution.

Each secure guard has two mechanisms on it that has to be utilized to move them.

So at each intersection, you're looking at four barriers, so eight eight devices that have to be cranked up so that the they can be they can be moved.

So the one of the main concerns uh from the from the council and the fiscal leaves to money is tying up the new administration with a contract, a current contract now, and have it a having the new administration, new CAO, um deal with a contract that they weren't a part of.

But if personally for me, if you tell me from a public safety aspect, this is needed.

Um the secure guards are great.

Um they have been a solution that we needed, but they are not meant um to be utilized in the fashion they are.

Okay, uh they are put in place and then removed at the end of the event.

So think um think Mardi Gras where we use concrete barriers along St.

Charles Avenue, right?

That's something great for secure guards.

These devices are not meant to be moved twice a day every day.

Okay.

Um another question I have.

How much easier would it be for the men and women of NOPD and DPW to use these the proposed new gates compared to it's literally closing a gate?

Okay.

Um and we did have talks, like Chief Thomas said with DPW and being in charge of that.

One other recommendation I have made is perhaps to close them that we use tow trucks um for the reason that if we do also have a vehicle parked on Bourbon Street, when we need to close that area, it it it it could be twofold.

They'd be able to tow that vehicle out and close the gate.

But it is something that is very simple to operate.

Okay, my last question, the time.

So hypothetically, if the council, if this was approved today, which we're not going to vote on today, but if this is approved today, how soon could these new gates be installed?

I believe we're looking at a 22 to 23 week uh from order to install.

Okay.

July, around July, I think July, August.

If it as if it was executed by January 1, it looks like it's June 20th, I think I did that yesterday.

Then if the decision is to delay it because of which I'm not saying that's a decision, and let the new administration comb over the contract, how much would that delay the installation?

I mean it would be the same time, it's just whenever they would get started.

So you instead of June, if they wanted a full review and it ended up being maybe February or March, you push that out 22 to 24 weeks.

So it could be the fall.

Okay.

So nothing just wanna make the public very clear.

If this is decided, yay or nay, no matter or pause it for the next administration, you're still gonna go with New Year's, Mardi Gras, French Quarter Fest, all of the big the big events will still have the temporary um barriers in place.

Yes, correct, and National Guard as well.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Council McGill.

I just want to reiterate for the dozens that are watching.

We have a plan in place.

We for the time being a temporary plan in place, we have a new lease agreement on the existing bollards, the temporary ones, though that will be in place, and that Bourbon Street will always have protections in place in the wake of what happened last New Year's Eve, New Year's Day.

So I think from the council perspective, having spoken to my colleagues, really the question is for a contract of this magnitude, considering what we're responding to, I think prudence says we should probably allow the new administration with their own ideas of what they want these bollers to look like to have the ability to weigh in.

We all share the sense of urgency that is a 22 to 23 a week fabrication period, but considering that as things stand, as you said, it would be in June or July, whether it's in August or September seems pretty trivial.

Just because as we know, when it comes to the French quarter, when it comes to the affected area, the time period from June to pretty much October is dead.

It's a dead period where we don't have a lot of events.

So go up, Mr.

Thomas.

If well, if I can just respond to that, I understand what you're saying.

However, June, July time frame is the early parts of the hurricane season, it gets a little more active as we go into the July-August time frame, and they're gonna have to dig into the ground on Bourbon Street.

And that's one of the things that we were trying to avoid or trying to escalate it just to get it in before the hurricane season got started.

There is a lot more reticence and a lot more from our perspective, there needs to be a lot more oversight and a lot more opportunities to take time to review the fabrication and specs because to be candid, the council and the administration and FQMD did not do that well, which is why we have unusable bollards that are already installed.

So I think from our perspective, it's not just an issue of the new administration weighing in.

We dropped the ball with the last time we installed bollards, so I think it's appropriate that we have a little bit more um reluctance to move forward on any new bollard contract without every single opportunity being made to do oversight to make sure this is going to be a final solution with the amount of money we're gonna spend and with the promise that we're all giving to the public that this is gonna indeed be the permanent final solution that's gonna make Burner Street safe.

Council member Harris.

Yeah, um, I mean a simple question is have you met with Councilmember Moreno, Mayor Electamoreno, and CAO in waiting, Judge Arusso?

I have not.

Okay, so maybe that's step one of maybe getting approval of the next administration.

Okay.

And I just want to add one thing that does make these gates to your point, Councilmember Morel, um, different than than what we've done in the past.

Uh the ones that are installed now, i i it's it's cumbersome to to have to move them.

Um if we put four poles on the ground and we have to get them out, that's four locks we have to unlock, four poles we have to move to get something in.

This is one point of access.

The second thing is that the gate itself doesn't rely on the levelness of the street and where some barriers are more effective on a much flatter ground, whereas you know our streets aren't that that flat in in most surfaces circumstances, the gate does not rely on that.

So that's that's more reasons.

I'm not talking about the post-Nice Landure administration bollards.

I'm talking about the fact that we wasted time with decorative bollards in the interim.

I think that part of the issue we have is in the wake of the Bourbon Street attack, we knew that there was construction going on along Bourbon to install other bollards that are not nearly as admittedly as secure as the ones you're proposing.

But the fact that we had gone so far along with that bollard plan that was insufficient.

I mean that is part of what I think gives the council pause on.

Let's make sure every I's dotted and T's is crossed and make sure that we have a robust communication with the public with the new administration as to what this is, why is the solution?

Everything you're showing us shows this is very likely the most appropriate solution.

And I'm not saying that ultimately it's not what we're gonna ultimately end up doing.

It's just we to all be on the same page with the new council and new administration.

This is the definitive fix.

This is what we all agree is gonna be the solution.

This is what we've sold the businesses, the residents of the French quarter, everyone that this is what's gonna solve the problem, and then we all kumbaya and pass it, which from my perspective, I appreciate what Mr.

Thomas said about the hurricane season, but it would be hard to convince me that waiting an extra month or two, considering that we won't be at the height of tourism season is really gonna move the needle that much.

If this was a question of we could have this installed in three weeks, and it would be there before January 1st, before Sugar Bowl, before uh French Quarterfest, before Jazz Fest, before Mardi Gras, very different conversation.

We were the this was gonna be like it's happening, then I mean there'd be a greater sense of urgency.

But the reality is this isn't gonna happen during those time periods.

And even if we wait a month or two, this will be installed be fabricated and likely installed before that season starts.

Mr.

King.

And I I definitely appreciate comments by Councilmember Morrill, and I agree with him.

I guess I'm a bit torn because when you I just would hate to see somebody with nothing to lose with bad intentions do something.

And this is replayed in it in the council is saying let's hold up.

At the same time, you want to make sure that what's what goes in place is Libyan Financial Responsible in the current administration the Fruit Administration has a lot of input.

I would like to hear from um if if they care to speak from the French quarter businesses and the residents and Mr.

Mr.

Billby or D's of you all want to kind of give you input, not vote on anything to do, but you see we're kind of we have two schools of thought.

I'd like to just hear from the the residents and uh French quarter representatives.

Hey, thank you.

Thank you very much for the opportunity.

Please pull the card.

I want you to think I didn't fill one out yet.

I I thought it was discussion only.

My name is Galay Bilby.

I'm a resident of the French Quarter.

I'm a commissioner of French quarter management district and and president of the French Quarter Citizens.

This is an issue that we've talked about out into an item.

And contrary to what might have been said, this was discussed quite a lot before the biologist were put in in the Landrew administration, and we spent buckets of money.

So I don't necessarily think that timing is the most important thing, although sometimes it is.

Getting it right is more important.

So we are in favor of doing something correctly that works well.

The thing now is a little bit cumbersome.

The plan in place is a little bit cumbersome.

I think we need to make it work for the NOPD, the supplemental police patrol, and DPW.

So whatever it is, we're gonna talk about that at French Quarter Management District and are in favor of whatever proposal comes through.

Uh quite frankly, to get this thing right.

So I appreciate it.

FQMD isn't isn't hung up on July, June, July, August.

In fact, unfortunately, we just heard about this last uh week this week on Monday at the Security Enforcement Committee meeting and the at the board meeting.

So we had really not had a lot of opportunity to talk about this.

Okay.

That works to me.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Well, appreciate your presentation.

Thank you guys.

Uh we look forward to visiting with y'all again on this issue.

All right.

Anita, what do you got next?

Listen, I think we have one appointment.

John Abby.

Yes.

We have a series of modern board appointment.

Oh, is there public comment on this?

Okay.

Thank you.

We have one sewage and water board appointment.

I believe we have a waiver that has been received on this one from my office.

Um that appointment is for Ariana Greenridge.

Greenage.

Um we have received the appointment.

We have received the waiver, which was timely and filed, and all of the documentation is in order in order.

I will move to approve area on Green Ridge.

Can I get a second?

Second by Mr.

King.

Please vote your machines.

Four yes, no nays.

She is approved.

Next up, we have contracts pursuant to Rule 57 for discussion and vote.

Did you want to do number four?

Oh, sorry, I missed four.

It's a presentation per uh resolution R25590 is a current uh let's do number four.

You're right.

Let's get the presentations out the way.

So this is the Department of Finance, the CAO, law department, to brief the committee on the status of our contracts currently in the routing process are executed within the last 60 days.

Good morning, council members.

Um Kim Delars Jr.

I am the assistant CAO of operations.

Um CAO threat asked me to start reviewing contracts maybe back in September.

Uh so we sent out a letter, Abby yesterday um in response to uh the council's request, as well as a detailed list of what we had approved um recently, and law can speak to that.

Um my team went through 62 or so contracts and gave you a briefing on what is currently in the CAO's queue.

Uh we have been in direct communication with the transition team.

Um to and that is why we haven't been moving things forward, of course, of course, with the impact to general fund.

Um there are some items on there that are capital funded that um probably there are some grant-funded ones that need to be discussed.

Uh we are in direct communication with the transition team on what we move and what we have not moved.

Um the only stuff that uh we have approved recently, like I said, is low impact on general fund as well as stuff that has been directly communicated to be approved to the transition team from the transition team.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate the fact you presented the council with a list of said contracts that are pending.

Um part of the purpose of us making this request is as you know at the tail end of any administration, there's always kind of a general concern by everyone, and especially in the public that there's kind of like a rush to approve long-term contracts, and from what you presented thus far, that's does not seem to be the case.

These are a lot of contracts that are ongoing contracts that um are for work that was previously done in kind of in an annual queue.

Um I think that it's important to note that many of these contracts come from funds that are passed through funds that come from federal or state grants.

And like I said, I appreciate the fact you've given us such comprehensive information regarding said contracts.

Um in your review, does it seem like that there have been any contracts that have been newly initiated in the last two to three months?

Uh I will let Andrew speak to that, but I didn't see any new initiatives.

Uh I know DPW had presented a couple that um was pending general fund that we spoke to Councilmember Jerusalem about it uh and we asked for his advice on that one is like six hundred thousand dollars related to a new initiative, I think on sidewalks or something like that.

We haven't pushed that one through.

We've really only pushed through like few and things that have to keep things moving forward and things that are related to bonds.

I know we have the NSA contract that is um currently routing for that closing, and I I spoke with council member Jerusalem on that one.

Um and it's bond funded, right?

So it's not attached to any general fund.

So we're moving that when that has not been approved yet, but it is moving through the system pretty quickly.

So we've been very detailed in the way that we approach it.

Um, but Andrew probably can speak to more on what was approved prior to me getting involved.

Go ahead, Andrew.

Sure.

So we went through uh as requested, we looked through the contracts that have been signed uh in the last 60 days.

I think we uh the the start date was about uh October 1st.

So we went through and looked.

It was primarily just uh a lot of stuff for DPW, a lot of stuff uh that was grant funded.

Um a couple of things that were outside of that were again ongoing business, like there was uh some smaller contracts for uh moving services that we've had for multiple years, the uh safety and permits contract for safe built, which is something that they've had for multiple years and is part of the core work that they're doing in safety and permits.

So uh similar to what Kim was saying, it was all projects that were you know ongoing that are on or and you said uh projects that are ongoing, stuff that's primarily federally funded or grant or bond funded, uh items like that.

There wasn't anything that was really uh that really struck out as being uh something new or something that was uh focused on city funds.

Thank you.

It appears that the vast majority of our legal contracts are more for extensions of time and not for actual and increasing costs because obviously we when it comes to legal services, it's based upon hourly rates, and there'sn't been no movement necessarily on the files.

I do know that we are in the process of trying to negotiate and deal with a close out of the NOPD consent decree legal services because there is no longer a consent decree.

So we look forward to talking to um the law department to figure out how we're gonna exit that because I can't imagine with the fact that the decree is ended that we would need legal services beyond the end of January to do close out.

I agree.

Okay, any other council members for any questions?

Council members?

That's all right.

I wanted to just give you uh uh information on that.

So finance is working with us.

We received a final invoice or consent decree in the city's attorney's office share with us once that final invoice is paid, will be released from the consent decree so that finance is agreed to work with us.

We provided those invoices.

So just to share that information with you.

Okay.

Thank you, Brandy.

Well, that thank you for being here.

Appreciate you all the chart our questions, and thank you for all the information that was provided.

Have a great day.

All right.

Next, Anita, what you got?

Now it's time for your contracts for council rule 57.

Your first one is uh professional services agreement with GEC.

This is for engineering consulting um at the agricultural street landfill redevelopment.

And do we have someone from the administration to give us an overview?

All right, so come on up.

This contract with GEC is to uh it's a uh bond funded contract uh to continue some work at the Ag Street site to prepare it for the solar farm.

Uh some of the tasks are evaluating the Moton School for its environmental uh that we're looking to acquire for some of its environmental remediation that we need to do, um comparing some plans for the environmental protection agencies, construction administration, resident inspection, asbestos remediation, mulching, and uh and whatnot.

So it's really to prepare the site for for the solar farm.

All right, are there any questions?

Hearing on I'll move on the contract, move to adopt.

Second by councilmember Green, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays.

It is adopted.

Next up, we have the third amendment to fresh sources agreement.

Excuse me, councilman.

Yep, sorry.

Can we get an update on uh there were three contracts that were removed from the list?

I think that uh Frida was working with Julia on Yes.

Are those moving forwardly?

I would have to get I think Julia is not present.

There you go.

That's right.

We are still not moving forward on those.

We could have a follow-up conversation regarding that after the meeting.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

All right, next we have the third amendment to the special service agreement with Sheer Gardner Cahill.

Uh this deals with the amendment that extends the contract for one year, but no changes to the maximum amount payable.

I don't think there's any questions on that.

We've previously discussed it.

So I'll move to adopt that.

If I get a second, second by councilmember King, please vote your machines.

That is four years, no nays is adopted.

Amendment number two, the professional service agreement with Fast Enterprises LLC.

Is someone to present on that one?

Anyone?

This is number C.

Fast Service.

Yeah, this is for revenue.

Revenue, okay.

Good morning.

Uh the FAST contract is for our system of record for the Bureau of Revenue.

Uh that implementation began in May of 2024.

So this is just renewing the contract, and inside of the contract, there's a five percent increase each year.

And so the 490,000 dollars represents the increase year over year for the contract.

So it's not new, it's our assess our system of record.

And so this contains for a hosting, our maintenance, and for personnel for that contract for our revenue system.

Okay, are there any questions?

Hearing none, I will move.

Can I get a second?

Second McCallmer King, please vote your machines.

That is four years, no nays adopted.

Next up, we have the N Harris Computer Corporation Credit Card Payment Gateway Solution Services.

I think this one is pretty self-explanatory.

This one deals with our credit card processes, I understand.

Yes.

All right.

That was an easy one.

No questions, I'll move.

Can I get a second?

Second by Councilmember King, please vote your machines.

Four body.

There you go.

Four years, no nays adopted.

Uh E is similar.

Uh I will move on E, which also deals with uh cashier hardware and services from the same corporation.

Second by Councilmember King, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays adopted.

We have F, which is service agreement with I3 software and services LLC.

This is comprehensive sales tax collection software.

This is pretty self-explanatory.

Okay.

I will move.

Gotta get a second.

Second by Council Burke King, please vote your machines.

All right, four years, no nays.

Next up we have Bayou Tree Services.

Michael is here for that one, I'm assuming.

And I think the next two are Bayou Tree Services.

Maybe you can explain both real quick to us, Mike.

Sure.

Good morning, Council members.

Uh the two contracts that we have for Bayou Tree or as needed contracts that assist our gr uh forestry teams for trimming and removals as needed uh throughout the year.

Uh we also have two additional contracts for our grass maintenance contractor, which I'll speak to if that's to follow.

I think that'll but the uh two Bayou contracts, as I said, are um as needed.

So we're in a position going into 2026 to where uh the budget cuts will affect the amount of funding that we'll be able to allocate for these contracts, and we're looking at various ways to potentially uh reduce other contract costs to provide similar allocations that we have in years past to ensure appropriate services for our forestry needs.

I will move on G.

Second by Council Murray, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays, and then I'll move on H.

These are both the Bayou Tree contracts.

Can I get a second?

Second by Council Murray King, please vote your machines.

And then you can get started.

Mike explained the H and O investments, LLC contracts.

So the two HO uh investments contracts comprise two different zones of the city.

Uh they total just over uh I think uh one million twenty-six thousand dollars annually, and that covers uh over seven hundred and thirty acres of neutral grounds across the city, and so um it's right at about half of the acreage of parks and parkways is responsible for maintaining the other half is done by Rent House teams, um, and that contract uh has been fully funded uh through our allocation for next year.

Okay, uh Mr.

Green's question.

Has the issue of the chemicals been addressed?

I'm sorry because there are many neutral grounds that have ground um surroundings, and it hasn't recovered since the summer, and I presume we won't recover during this winter period.

But what was going on then and has that issue been resolved?

On Gentili Boulevard, there was uh a section of edging that was sprayed uh in order to reduce the uh to allow uh the uh machinery to come in and clear out uh the overgrowth, and that was uh a one-time event through our contractor.

Is that something is that a chemical that will no longer be used?

It certainly it certainly wasn't the intended result because it went back so far from the curve.

Um we do not so we do not have an active uh spraying contract any longer in Orleans Parish uh for both treating um neutral grounds or uh for um cutting back any of the overgrowth from neutral grounds, any work that is being done on neutral grounds or um in various areas overpasses is done by our in-house teams.

So that uh that event on gentili was a one-time event.

Okay.

Thank you.

We have any questions?

Any questions?

I will move on I second by council member green, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays, it is adopted, and I'll move on J, which is the other HO contract.

I get a second, second by Councilmember Harris, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays is adopted.

Thank you, Mike.

Thank you.

Next up, Matt.

We're talking about fresh service agreement with IV waste for area five pursuant to the six-month uh period.

I think this is also kind of explanatory.

You may just want to give us a like a two-minute yeah.

Absolutely.

So uh good morning, council members.

This contract is for service area five, which encompasses the French Quarter and downtown development district.

Our current emergency contract ends on December 22nd.

So the city did an RFP and Ivy Waste was selected as the uh intended awardee for that new six-month contract, which will take us uh into the Merino administration and allow them to decide a long-term path for sanitation services in area five.

So the six-month contract, uh the rates uh remain largely unchanged from the emergency contract.

The maximum amount for the six months is three point four million dollars, uh, and it includes all of the enhanced services that we currently receive uh via the emergency contract.

Uh just just a quick question.

I understand that there was a period in which we had approached IV waste about continuing the existing contract versus going out for RFP.

Uh is my understanding that in going out for RFP IV waste one, but the bid was higher after we went out to bid.

Is that correct?

Yes.

Uh the the monthly cost went up twelve thousand dollars per month.

And in talking with Ivy Waste, that was you know, based on insurance and other overhead costs uh as a result of us going back out versus uh doing a uh negotiated agreement.

So for clarification, by going back to bid, we actually ended up paying more money.

Yes, that is accurate.

All right.

I will move to approve.

Any second?

Second by councilmember green, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays.

Thank you, Mr.

Torre.

Uh next up, we have the fresh source grant between the city and United Healthcare Services, but a health care plan for active retired city employees to extend the term for one year.

Does anyone here present on that one?

All right, come on.

Our name's everyone.

Um before you um we have just um the previous contract was signed, and we're just trying to um update the exhibits that should have been with the contract currently, and there's no uh additional costs of feats um that would be changed in the contract.

It's um is the administrative service agreement that we had to add the exhibit one attached here, and it outlines the agreement between the city of New Orleans and United Healthcare.

Okay.

Uh thank you for your presentation.

Any questions?

Hearing none, I will move.

Can I get a second?

Second by Councilman King, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays is adopted.

Thank you very much for being here to that.

Uh, next up for discussion and vote, we have an ordinance to amend and reordain section one five four seven seven.

This deals with the fees for non-consensual towing or covering any race set by the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

So basically, ladies and gentlemen, this is pretty straightforward.

It's my ordinance.

Um the public service commission updates the entire towing fees for the state of Louisiana on a pretty regular basis, more so than we do as a council.

Um in regards to that, the statewide costs for towing have gone up substantially to a level that is functional for towing companies.

We do not update ours.

So rather than going through the process of updating ours, we're simply gonna say that our towing fees will align on what what every other municipality is doing in the entire state of Louisiana going forward.

Are there any questions?

Any public comment?

All right, I'll move.

Freddie King has moved, Councilman Harris has seconded.

Please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays is adopted.

Uh the next item uh is Councilmember, you want that on the um contribution.

Yes, ma'am.

Uh next up we have the ordinance to amend the uh parking rates for city streets five respect here through.

This deals with extending the period of time for which people can have their parking rates.

As many of you know, we were approached by the administration to raise parking rates to raise revenue.

Uh the council instead is moving forward with extending the period of time in which you can pre-pay parking, which should lead to an increase in revenue without increasing the overall cost of parking, as it is a burden upon our residents, particularly our service industry who has to park in the CBD and French border areas.

Is there any public comment on this, Anita?

All right.

Uh, we'll move.

Can I get a second?

Second by Councilmember King, please look at your machines.

It's four years, no nays adopted.

And we have the amount of ordinance calendar to specify the boundaries so at a higher rate of meter parking to correct errors in formatting.

As you know, there are parts of the city that have higher metered parking because of the desirability and the high turnover.

This simply clarifies where those are areas are by providing the specific boundaries and to correct errors that previously existed in the formatting.

I will move.

Can I get a second?

Councilmember Harris, please vote your machines.

Four years, no nays.

It is adopted.

So just to clarify, since um this is an amendment to an ordinance, these all the committee's recommending approval the amendment and as amended.

Yes, I apologize.

That is amendment to the previous ordinance and the we are allowing the staff to go in and also correct that for errors.

So what do we want to vote on the first one as amended?

Go back and vote on as amended.

Um, I think we can just say based on the vote now that this committee is recommending to the council to adopt both of these.

Okay, and that will remind me not consent.

All right.

So with that being said, there are no other items.

Councilman Green moves we adjourn.

Councilman Harris seconds.

Yeah.

Hearing none.

Councilwoman.

Sorry.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Four yes, no nays, we're adjourned.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.