The Advocate 10-27-2025

La.colleges arepaying athletes, butrecords aresecret

‘Revenue sharing’ arrangements raiseconcerns

BY JOSEPH CRANNEY |Staff writer

College athletesatpublic universities across Louisiana are expected to receive at least $20.7 millionin compensation this year,records and interviews show,after alandmark NCAA settlement in June allowed them to begin collecting paychecks directly from their schools.

LSU has earmarked $18 million in direct payments to its athletes, asenior athletic administrator said,90% of which willgotofootball andmen’s basketball players Among Louisiana’sremainingpublic schools, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Universityof Louisiana at Monroe and McNeese Statehave said they’ll payplayers more than $2.7 million, according to payroll records and athleticofficials for those schools.

Dunne

The payments are aturningpointin college sports. College athletes have beenallowed to earn money through endorsementssince 2021, which led to windfalls for brandforward Louisiana athletes like LSU gymnastOlivia Dunne. Endorsements are still permitted and will likely remain the primary breadwinnersfor many college athletes, though they’re subject to new NCAA regulations.

The House v. NCAA settlement in June, however,permits college athletes for the first time to also be paid directly by their universities, effectively in salaries.

The changes mean that powerhouse programs that rake in hundreds of millions of dollars ayear through conferenceroyalties, TV deals and ticket sales must share achunk of the money with their top players —upto an NCAA-set cap of $20.5 million, per school —orrisk them transferring to aschool that will

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BY QUINN COFFMAN |Staff writer

Treylin Deville was released from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center on July 23 after being held for10years for an armed robbery he committed at 17. Less than 24 hours later,the 27-year-old Deville was dying on

KELLY FIRED

LSU coach Brian Kelly listens to aquestion followingthe loss to Texas A&MatTiger

BY WILSONALEXANDER |Staff writer

BrianKellyparkedhis blackAudiina space reservedfor LSU’shead football coach for the last time at 7:58 p.m. Sunday,two minutes before thebeginning of ateam meeting. He tucked his left hand into the pocket of his jeans and walked inside the footballoperations building, wavingtoa couple staff members on his way to address theplayers and coaches.

It was thelast time Kelly would do so

In the midst of his fourth season, Kelly was fired Sunday evening. The decision was madethe dayafter the Tigers lost49-25 at home to No. 3Texas A&M, their third loss in the past four games. Decision-makers, includingGov.Jeff Landry, held discussionsthroughout

aroadside in Evangeline Parish, more than 80 miles from the Baton Rougegroup home where he wassupposed to be,according to internal emails from Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections staff. What happened in the intervening hours is still unknown, includ-

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the day, sourcessaid, relatedtoKelly’s future and his buyout.

Kelly is owed roughly $54 million, according to his contract, which would be the second-largest buyout in college football history.Thatcould be offset if Kelly takes another job in coaching, administration or media.The two sides will continue to negotiatetermsofthe buyout, whichwerenot finalized Sunday. It canbepaid in monthly installments through 2031.

“When coach Kelly arrivedatLSU

ing whether Deville, of Ville Platte, ever madeittothe group home or howhetraveled such alongdistance, leaving his family with questionsand planning alawsuit against theDOC.

Asked about the procedure of Deville’srelease, Tiffany Dickerson, communications director for

four years ago, we hadhigh hopesthat he would lead us to multiple SEC and national championshipsduringhis time in Baton Rouge,” LSU athletic director Scott Woodward said in astatement. “Ultimately,the success at the level that LSU demands simply did not materialize,and Imadethe decisiontomake achange after last night’sgame.”

Running backs coach andassociate head coach Frank Wilson was named the interim head coach forLSU’s last four games of the regular season and a potential bowl game. Wilson was previously the head coach at McNeese State and UTSA. The Tigers are 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the SEC heading into an open date before they play Alabama.

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theDOC,saidinanemailed statement that onecorrectionalofficer hasbeen placed on leave and “the administrative process is ongoing.”

Deville’sfamily says he suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder andwas incapableofadvocating forhimself. When authori-

ties calledtotellthemDeville had died, family members didn’teven knowhehad been released from prison, they said. DOCofficials have not provided atime or location that Deville was last undertheir care and supervi-

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BRIEFS FROM WIRE REPORTS

Suspects arrested

in Louvre jewel heist

PARIS Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt.

The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether any jewels had been recovered.

A police official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing case, told The Associated Press that two men in their 30s, both known to police, were taken into custody. He said one suspect was arrested as he attempted to board a plane bound for Algeria. The official added that one of the suspects was identified through DNA traces. Beccuau said earlier this week that forensics experts were analyzing 150 samples at the scene.

Thieves took less than eight minutes on Oct. 19 to steal jewels valued at $102 million from the museum.

Flights to airport halted by controller shortage

The Federal Aviation Administration said flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted Sunday morning due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility

The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world’s busiest airports soon after U.S Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed and canceled in the coming days as the nation’s air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown

During an appearance on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures,” Duffy said more controllers were calling in sick as money worries compound the stress of an already challenging job.

“Just yesterday we had 22 staffing triggers. That’s one of the highest that we have seen in the system since the shutdown began. And that’s a sign that the controllers are wearing thin,” he said.

The FAA said planes headed for Los Angeles were held at their originating airports starting at 10:42 a.m., causing delays averaging an hour and 40 minutes. The agency said it expected to lift the ground stop at 12:30 p.m. but might continue to restrict traffic into LAX.

1 killed in shooting at Pennsylvania university

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa Gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University late Saturday, killing one person and wounding six others as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at the historically Black school, authorities said.

A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said during a brief news conference early Sunday “We don’t have a lot of answers about exactly what happened,” he said “What I will tell you is that today we’re operating as if this is not an incident where someone came in with the design to inflict mass damage on a college campus.”

Authorities say the shooting took place at about 9:30 p.m. outside a large building called the International Cultural Center, where tents and tables were set up for tailgating and socializing after a football game earlier in the day

Authorities weren’t sharing details about the victims, including their conditions or where the injured were being treated

Melissa grows into Category 4 hurricane

Storm threatens Jamaica, Haiti

BY MAURICIO SAVARESE and JOHN MYERS JR. Associated Press

KINGSTON, Jamaica A strengthening Melissa grew into a Category 4 hurricane Sunday and U.S. forecasters said it could reach Category 5 status, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica,

The U.S. National Hurricane Center added that Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica as a major hurricane early Tuesday then reach Cuba Tuesday night, and head across the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday “Conditions (in Jamaica) are going to go down rapidly today,” Jamie Rhome, the center’s deputy director said on Sunday “Be ready to ride this out for several days.”

Melissa was centered about 115 miles southsouthwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 295 miles south-southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, on Sunday night. It had maximum sustained winds of 145 mph and was moving west at 5 mph, the hurricane center said.

Melissa was expected to drop rains of up to 30 inches on Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — Haiti and the Dominican Republic according to the hurricane center Some areas may see as much as 40 inches of rain.

It also warned that extensive damage to infrastructure, power and commu-

nication outages, and the isolation of communities in Jamaica were to be expected.

Melissa should be near or over Cuba by late Tuesday, where it could bring up to 12 inches of rain, before moving toward the Bahamas later Wednesday

The Cuban government issued a hurricane warning for the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, and Holguin. It also sent a tropical storm warning to the province of Las Tunas.

Jamaica’s two main airports, the Norman Manley International Airport and the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, were closed by Sunday

Local officials ordered the evacuation in the seaside community of Old Harbour Bay in the southern parish of St Catherine on Sunday

The order came after Jamaican officials said at a press conference earlier that they were contemplating enforcement because many residents in flood prone and low-lying communities were not heeding the advice to seek safer alternative locations.

Melissa is forecast to reach Category 5 when it makes landfall along the south coast on Tuesday Desmond McKenzie, who is leading the Jamaican government’s disaster response, said in a press conference, that all the more of 650 shelters in Jamaica are open.

Officials said earlier that warehouses across the island were well-stocked and thousands of food packages pre-positioned for quick distribution if needed.

Evan Thompson, the

principal director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, said the storm surge is expected mainly over the southern side of the island.

“There is potential (for) flooding in every parish of our country,” Thompson said. “If you’re in a flood prone, low-lying area, you need to take note. If you’re near a river course or a gully, you need to take special note and find some alternative location that you can move to should you be threatened by the heavy rainfall.”

Some foreign governments are also preparing for the hurricane’s arrival in Jamaica.

The government of Antigua and Barbuda is housing visiting students at a hotel in Kingston. As of Sunday morning, 52 of them had checked in.

“They have a better bounce back regimen here (at the hotel) in terms of standby power and water (in comparison with university dorms,” said Jewel Moore, 19, a chemistry student at UWI Mona. She and her fellow students are enjoying snacks and games before the hurricane arrives.

“The passing of the storm should be okay,” she added. “It’s getting out that will be a problem.”

The erratic and slowmoving storm has killed at least three people in Haiti and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic where another person remains missing.

Haitian authorities said three people had died as a consequence of the hurricane and another five were injured due to a collapsed wall.

Officials: Russia tests new nuclear-capable missile

By The Associated Press

MOSCOW Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military

President Vladimir Putin said in remarks released on Sunday.

The announcement, which followed years of tests of the Burevestnik missile, comes as part of nuclear messaging from the Kremlin, which has resisted Western pressure for a ceasefire in Ukraine and strongly warned the U.S. and other NATO allies against sanctioning strikes deep inside Russia with longer-range Western weapons

A video released by the Kremlin showed Putin, dressed in camouflage fatigues, receiving a report from Gen. Valery Gerasimov Russia’s chief of general staff, who told the

Russian leader that the Burevestnik covered 8,700 miles in a key test Tuesday Gerasimov said the Burevestnik, or storm petrel in Russian, spent 15 hours in the air on nuclear power adding “that’s not the limit.”

Little is known about the Burevestnik, which was code-named Skyfall by NATO, and many Western experts have been skeptical about it, noting that a nuclear engine could be highly unreliable.

When Putin first revealed that Russia was working on the weapon in his 2018 state-of-thenation address, he claimed it would have an unlimited range, allowing it to circle the globe undetected by missile defense systems.

Many observers argue such a missile could be difficult to handle and pose an environmental threat. The U.S. and the Soviet Union worked on nuclear-pow-

USDA says no food aid will go out Saturday

BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Saturday, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on.

The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP, flowing into November That program helps about 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries.

“Bottom line, the well has run dry,” the USDA notice says “At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats.”

The shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is now the second-longest on record. While the Republican administration took steps leading up to the shutdown to ensure SNAP benefits were paid this month, the cutoff would expand the impact of the impasse to a wider swath of Americans — and some of those most in need — unless a political resolution is found in just a few days.

The administration blames Democrats, who say they will not agree to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate with them on extending expiring subsidies under the

Affordable Care Act. Republicans say Democrats must first agree to reopen the government before negotiation.

Democratic lawmakers have written to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins requesting to use contingency funds to cover the bulk of next month’s benefits.

But a USDA memo that surfaced Friday says “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” The document says the money is reserved for such things such as helping people in disaster areas. It cited a storm named Melissa, which has strengthened into a major hurricane, as an example of why it’s important to have the money available to mobilize quickly in the event of a disaster

The prospect of families not receiving food aid has deeply concerned states run by both parties. Some states have pledged to keep SNAP benefits flowing even if the federal program halts payments, but there are questions about whether U.S. government directives may allow that to happen. The USDA memo also says states would not be reimbursed for temporarily picking up the cost. Other states are telling SNAP recipients to be ready for the benefits to stop. Arkansas and Oklahoma, for example, are advising recipients to identify food pantries and other groups that help with food

The U.S Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Saturday.

ered missiles during the Cold War, but they eventually shelved the projects, considering them too hazardous.

The Burevestnik reportedly suffered an explosion in August 2019 during tests at a navy range on the White Sea, killing five nuclear engineers and two service members and resulting in a brief spike in radioactivity that fueled fears in a nearby city.

Russian officials never identified the weapon involved, but the U.S said it was the Burevestnik.

“We need to determine the possible uses and begin preparing the infrastructure for deploying these weapons to our armed forces,” Putin told Gerasimov

The Russian leader also claimed it was invulnerable to current and future missile defenses, due to its almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.

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U.S. warshipdocksinTrinidadand Tobago

Move puts more pressure on Venezuela

BY ANSELM GIBBS Associated Press

PORT-OF-SPAIN,Trinidad andTobago AU.S.warshipdocked in Trinidad and Tobago‘s capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboringVenezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.

The arrival of the USS

Gravely,aguided missile destroyer, in thecapital of the Caribbeannationisinaddition to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticizedthe movement of thecarrier as an attempt by the U.S. government to fabricate”a neweternalwar”against his country President DonaldTrump hasaccused Maduro, without providing evidence, of being theleader of the organized crime gang Tren de Aragua.

Government officials from thetwin-island nation and the U.S. said the massive warship will remainin Trinidad until Thursday so bothcountries can carry out training exercises.

Aseniormilitary official in Trinidad and Tobago told TheAssociatedPress that the move was only recently scheduled. The official spoke undercondition of anonymity duetolack of authorization to discuss the matter publicly KamlaPersad-Bissessar, the prime ministerofTrini-

dad and Tobago, has been a vocal supporter of the U.S. military presenceand the deadly strikesonsuspected drug boatsinwatersoff Venezuela.

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jenifer Neidhart de Ortiz said in astatement that the exercises seek to “address sharedthreats like transnational crime and build resilience through training, humanitarian missions, and securityefforts.”

Thevisitcomes oneweek after theU.S.Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago warned

Americans to stay away from U.S. government facilities there. Local authorities saida reported threat against Americans prompted the warning.

Many people in Trinidad and Tobago criticize the warship’sdocking in town.

At arecent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy, David Abdulah, the leader of the Movement forSocial Justice political party,said Trinidad and Tobago should nothaveallowedthe warship into its waters.

“This is awarship in Trini-

dad, which will be anchored here forseveral days just milesoff Venezuela when there’sa threat of war,” said Abdulah, who is also the leader of the Movement for Social Justicepolitical party

“That’sanabomination.” Caricom, aregionaltrade bloc madeupof15Caribbean countries, has called for dialogue. Trinidad and Tobago is amember of the group, but Persad-Bissessar has said the region is not azone of peace, citing thenumber of murders andotherviolent crimes.

Hamasexpands search forremains of hostages in Gaza

BY SAMY MAGDYand

MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

CAIRO— Hamashas expanded its searchfor bodies of hostages in the GazaStrip, the Palestinian group said Sunday,aday after Egypt deployed ateam of experts and heavy equipment to help retrieve them.

Under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which took effect on Oct. 10, Hamas is expected to return the remains of all Israeli hostages as soon as possible. Israel has agreed to return 15 bodies of Palestinians for eachone Children and others watched the Egyptian equipment claw throughthe sand near badly damaged buildings in the southern city of Khan Younis. Hamas has returned the remains of 15 hostages but hasn’thanded over any in five days. Israel has returned the bodies of 195 Palestinians, many of them unidentified.

More complicated steps lie aheadunder the ceasefire plan, including the disarming of Hamasand the postwar governanceoffaminestricken Gaza, where the U.N. and partners continue

to urge Israeltoallow in more humanitarian aid Internationalmedia have been barred from Gaza asidefrombrief visits with Israel’smilitary,and Israel on Sundaysaid that hadn’t changed Hamas’chief in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya,saidthe group startedsearching new areas for bodies of the remaining 13 hostages, according to commentsthe group shared Sunday.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Saturday he was“watchingveryclosely” to ensure Hamas returns more bodies in thenext 48 hours. “Some of the bodies are hard to reach,but others they can return nowand,for some reason, they are not,” he wroteonsocial media.

Hamas hasrepeatedly said effortstoretrieve remains face challenges becauseof the massive destruction

An Egyptian teamwith equipment including an excavator and bulldozers entered Gaza on Saturdayas part of mediators’ efforts to shore up theceasefire, two Egyptian officials said. They spokeoncondition of anonymity becausethey were not authorized to talk to themedia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahudefended the military’sactions after Israeli forces struck the central Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza late Saturday according to Al-Awda Hospital, which received the wounded.

The military claimed it targetedmilitants associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group who were planning to attack troops. Is-

lamic Jihad, the second largest militantgroup in Gaza, denied theallegation.

Hamas called the strike a“clear violation” of the ceasefire agreement and accused Netanyahu of attempting to sabotage U.S. efforts to end the war “Ofcourse, we also thwart dangers as they are being formed, before they are carried out, as we didjust yesterday in theGaza Strip,”

Netanyahu said at the start of his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday Netanyahualsostressed that Israel remained in charge of itsown security, afteraccusations last week that theTrump administration wasdictating terms of Israel’sresponse to security concerns in Gaza. Vice President JD Vance denied any such speculation during his visit.

Israel also targeted Nuseirat on Oct. 19, after the militaryaccusedHamas militants of killing two soldiers. Israel that day launched dozensofstrikes across Gaza killing at least 36 Palestinians, including women and children, according to local health authorities. It was the most serious challenge to the ceasefire.

Over 68,500 Palestinians have diedintwo yearsof war sparked by theHamasledattack on Israel on Oct 7, 2023, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry,which doesn’t distinguish between civilians andcombatants in itscount.The ministry maintains detailed casualty records thatare seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. Israel hasdisputed them without providing its own toll.

Saturday’s strike came hours after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Israel. He wasthe latest top U.S. official to visit anew center for civilian and military coordination that is attempting to oversee the ceasefire. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,the president’sson-in-law,visited last week.

By The Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine— Russiatargeted Ukraine’scapital with drones, killing three people in their homes, authorities said early Sunday

At least 29 people were wounded, seven of them children, in the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives Ukraine’sInterior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother were among the killed.

Russiandronescausedfires in two residentialbuildings in the capital’sDesnianskyi district. Emergencycrews evacuated civilians from anine-story and a16-story building, put out flames and cleared the rubble.

Olha Yevhenivha, 74, said there was so much smoke

fromthe firethatshe couldn’t leave herapartment.

“Even until now ourwindows are totally black from thesmoke, and it wasimpossible to go down,sothat’swhy we put wet blankets on our doors and balcony,” she said.

Ihor Motchanyi, asoccerplayer,saidheand his parents “miraculously survived” after adrone sparked ablaze inside their home the dayafterhis 25thbirthday

“My mother and Ileft. My father stayed behind in the apartment and wanted to takesome documents, the most important things He couldn’tget out because therewas afire,sohejumped down from the (third) floor” intoanearby tree, Motchanyitold AP

He saidhis family were planning to leaveKyivtemporarily,and stay with rela-

tivesina village. Russia attacked Ukraine with 101 dronesovernight into Sunday, according to Ukraine’sair force, of which 90 were shot down and neutralized. Five drones hit four locations and drone debris fell on five other places, the statement said.

The attack came aday after aRussian missiles and drones killed four people, including twoKyiv,prompting freshpleas from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Westernair defense systems

Russia’sDefense Ministry claimed on Sunday that over the previous day,its forces struck energy facilities and rail infrastructure serving Ukraine’swar effort, as well as othermilitary targets such as troop deployment points and adrone factory

Trumpflies to Japantomeetnew primeminister

Keytoconnection

couldbe fleet of Ford trucks

BY JOSH BOAK and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press

TOKYO— President Donald Trump arrives MondayinJapan where new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is banking on building afriendly personal relationship with the U.S. leader to ease trade tensions.

One key to this strategy might lie in an idea floated by Japan’sgovernment to buy afleetofFord F-150 trucks, ameaningful gesture that may also be impractical given the narrow streets in Tokyo and other Japanese cities.

It’sanearly diplomatic test for Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan.She took office only last

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But sports legal analysts and some members of astate task force covering the subject say the so-called “revenue sharing” arrangements raise anumber of concerns and unanswered questions

For one, whenitcomes to recruiting players, it puts the have-nots —smaller schools with less money— further behind.

McNeese was the only Louisiana universitytoadvance past the firstround of themen’s basketballNCAA tournamentinMarch, and accomplished thatfeat with a 2024 athletic budget of $16.8 million. LSU’swas roughly 13 times that amount:$221million.

There’salsothe issueof parity: Because football brings in —byfar —the most money to athleticdepartments, even the most elite LSU gymnast or baseball player will likely neverbe paid as much as the university’sstarting quarterback.

Just last year,LSU football brought in more than $107.9 million, budget records show —morethan fourtimes as much as LSU’sremaining20 sports combined.

LSU women’sgymnastics and baseball won national championshipsin2024 and 2025, respectively,but combined will receive less than 5% of the money that LSU is paying players this year, according to the university’s figures.

Secret records

So just how much will LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier be paid? Or women’sbasketball star Flau’jae Johnson?

The Times-Picayune |The Advocate requested athlete payroll information from LSU,Southern and the nine public schools in the University of Louisiana system. Five schools Grambling State, NichollsState, Southeastern, Southern and the University of New Orleans —said they have no payment agreement in place with any athlete.

week, and has atenuous coalition backing her Trump instantly bought into the idea of Ford trucks as he flew to Asia aboard Air Force One.

tremelylookforward to welcoming him in Tokyo.”

“She has good taste,” Trump told reporters. “That’sahot truck.”

The two spoke over the phone whileTrump was mid-flight on Saturday Takaichi stressedher statusasa protege of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe afavorite ofTrump’sfrom hisfirstterm, andsaidshe praised himfor brokering theGaza ceasefire that led to thereturn of hostages heldbyHamas.

“I thought (Trump) is avery cheerful and fun person,” shesaid.

“He well recognizes me and said he remembers me as apolitician whom(former)Prime Minister Abe really caredabout,”she said.

“And Itold the president that Iex-

only university that shared itsathlete payroll, which showed $34,200 for three softball players and $90,728 for 17 football players, including one making $20,000. The namesofeach athlete were redacted.

The remaining universities across Louisiana,includingLSU,have not agreedto release detailed information about their payments to athletes and the terms of those agreements.

LSU has onlysaidthat it will pay players the maximumamount allowed, $20.5 million, oralittle less than 10% of its athletic budget. The payroll includes $2.5 million forscholarship increases and $18 millioninsalaries.

‘Noone’willhandover

No statelawshavebeen writtentocover disclosure of theserecords,specifically.But in Louisiana and in other states, college sports powerhouses have guarded them from thepublic and their competitors,blocking attempts by news organizations and other groups to obtain them through open records requests.

There are obvious incentives for universities to shield payroll information, saidNoah Henderson, Director of the Sport Management Program at Loyola University Chicago.

Forone,it’sseenbyathletic directors of major programs as atrade secret College sports rosters are constructed around complicated, occasionally proprietary,algorithms that determine aplayer’svalue, Henderson said. Revealing the dollar amountsthat athletic departments are actually assigningtoplayers couldgive away that edge, he said.

Louisiana Tech University Athletic Director Ryan Ivey said his departmenthas committed $1.6million in “total enhanced benefits”for its athletes. He declined to say how much of that money is being paid in direct compensation, however Louisiana-Monroe was the

“I don’tthink you’re going to have any school hand over those documents unless ajudge has ordered them to,” Henderson said. “This is something that no one will willingly hand over.”

Steven Procopio, president of the Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council, said the state’suniversities aretreating athletes differently than all other university employees, whose compensation records aresubject to public records laws

Procopionoted, though, that athletic departments largely draw from ticket sales and media rights, rather thandirect taxpayer contributions

“Bringing in star athletes helps bring in more revenue,

Beneaththe hospitalityisthe search fora strategytonavigate the increasinglycomplex trade relationshipthatTrump shook up earlier this year with tariffs

Trump wants allies to buy moreAmerican goods andalso make financial commitments to build factories and energy infrastructure in the U.S.

The meetings in aJapan comeahead of Trump’ssit-down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday in South Korea.

Both theU.S. and Japan have sought to limit China’smanufacturing ambitions,asthe emergence of Chineseelectricvehicles,artificial intelligence and advanced computerchips could undermine the American and Japaneseeconomies.

so it is understandable they don’twant to jeopardizethat and losetheir competitive edge,” Procopio said. “At the same time,these universities arepublic entities, and they have an obligation to be as transparent as possible abouthow they operate, especially when compensation is involved.”

Seven-figure players

Even if LSU isn’tentirely willing to share,there are someclues as to how it’s doling out the money

An athletics administrator told TheAdvocate in June that LSUwill allocate75% of salariestofootball, or $13.5 million

Like other major programs, LSUreliesonsoftware that’salso usedby professional teams to createteam budgets, factoring in the value of each position. That meansfor most teams, premium positions like quarterback or passrusher are likely to get paid out first —reportedly as high as seven figures.

ESPN in August published asurvey of more than20 college general managers and player agents and found that starting quarterbacks of Power 4schoolsgenerally makebetween $1.5 million and$2million,though elite ones can make more.

That would likely place Nussmeier amongthe highest-paid recipientsofapublic salary in Louisiana.

LSU football coach Brian Kelly’s salary,whichisa public record, is morethan $10 million ayear,which does not include bonuses.

LSU saiditwill allocate 15% of its salariestomen’s basketball, or $2.7 million; 5% to women’s basketball, or $900,000; and 5% to its 18 remainingsports.

Shielded in otherstates

In declining to release revenue-sharing figures, three universities —LSU,ULLafayetteand Northwestern State —claimed that federal student privacy protections exempted them from disclosure.

Attorneys for the schools also citeda 2021 lawthat exempts disclosure of an athlete’s“contract forcompensation ”thoughthatlaw was written to cover endorsement deals, notsalaries.

LSU rivals in the Southeastern Conference including the University of Alabama, the UniversityofFlorida, the UniversityofMississippi, Mississippi StateUniversity and the University of South Carolina have rejected requests to turn their payroll records to news organizations or other requestors, according to news accounts in

“Inlight of theplanned meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping shortlyafterward, Trump may alsobeconsidering howhemight strengthen his hand by demonstrating the robustness of theU.S Japan relationship,” said Kristi Govella, Japan chairatthe Centerfor Strategicand InternationalStudies, aWashington think tank.

Japan’s previous administration agreed in Septembertoinvest $550 billion in the U.S., which led Trump to trim athreatened 25% tariff on Japanese goodsto15%.But Japan wants the investments to favor Japanesevendors and contractors.

Japan’seconomyand trade minister,Ryosei Akazawa, has said his ministry is compiling alist of projectsincomputer chips and energy to try to meet the investment target.

“As far as Iknow,I’m hearing that there are anumber of Japanese companies that are showing

interest,” he toldreporters Friday,though he did not give further details. Japanese officials are looking at the possibility of buying more American soybeans, liquefied natural gas and autos. For Trump, the prospect of Ford trucks in the skyscraperedstreets of Tokyo would be awin. The administration haslongcomplained that American vehicles were being shut outofa marketthatisthe home of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Isuzu, Mitsubishi and Subaru. Takaichi mayarrange forFord F-150 trucks to be showcased in a place Trumpgets to see them,Japan’sNikkei newspaper reported. The government is considering importing the trucks forits transport ministry to use for inspecting roads and infrastructure, though there are concerns that the F-150 could cause congestion on narrow Japanese streets.

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Those denials also cited the Family Educational Rights andPrivacy Act, according to newsreports.

Lawsuits challenging the denials have already been filed in South Carolina and New Mexico.

“The public hasasubstantial interestinUNM’s agreements with student-athletes, and with the content of other records relatedtothe House settlement,” theNew Mexico

Foundation forOpenGovernmentwrote in its lawsuit last month against the University of NewMexico. “The agreements involve the expenditure of millions of dollars of public money andstudent fees, and the public should know the details of these agreements.”

As forTulane, because it’sa privateschool, it’s notsubject to the state’spublic records laws. Its sports teams compete in theso-calledGroup

of Five, astep downfrom the NCAA’s four elite conferences. That likely means Tulane’s top athletes arepaidless, though the university in May announced it wasbolstering its in-house department that helps athletes obtain endorsement deals, fueledbya $3.5 million gift.

Askedhow much Tulane plans to pay athletes this year, an athletics spokesperson declined to discuss specifics.

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It was originally expected that LSU would make changes to the offensive staff Sunday after the loss, multiple sources said. Under secondyear offensive coordinator Joe Sloan, the Tigers rank 82nd in the country in scoring with an average of 25.5 points per game and 122nd in rushing offense at 106.3 yards per game. But even during the loss to Texas A&M the night before, conversations were taking place about Kelly’s future with the program. They continued into Sunday culminating with a meeting at the governor’s mansion. Landry, who appoints the LSU board of supervisors, was heavily involved in the talks about Kelly, sources said. LSU does not have a full-time school president in place. Hired from Notre Dame with the goal of winning his first Division I national title, Kelly signed a 10-year $95-million contract that easily rose over $10 million annually with built-in bonuses.

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sion, nor have they told The Advocate what the standard procedures are for releasing a mentally ill inmate.

On July 24, the day of Deville’s death, a social worker at Elayn Hunt assigned to him sent an email to the group home, asking if Deville had made it there. If the social worker received a response, it was not included in the internal emails that the DOC has released.

Heat exhaustion, dehydrated

During the last hours of Deville’s life, he seemed to be seeking help, police records show. He was stopping at homes along rural Prudhomme Lane, outside of Ville Platte, asking for water and acting erratically

When deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office located him around 9:30 a.m. July 24, Deville was standing in the roadway, having walked through a neighboring bean field

Although initially able to identify himself, Deville allegedly was having trouble walking and began stripping off his clothes when he was found. He then laid down on the road, breathing but unresponsive.

EMS was called, and Deville was taken to a hospital, where about 40 minutes later, he was pronounced dead

In September, Travis Johnson, a forensic pathologist with Gulf Coast Forensic Solutions in Lake Charles, ruled Deville’s cause of death as environmental heat exposure and dehydration

It was 88 degrees that day, with a peak humidity of 97%, which increased Deville’s chance of heat exposure, according to Johnson.

While DOC officials have not given a narrative of

LSU played for the SEC championship in his first season and produced Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels in his second, but it never came close to reaching the College Football Playoff in any of the four years he spent in Baton Rouge. Kelly finished at LSU with a 34-14 record.

After taking over a depleted roster at the end of the Ed Orgeron era, Kelly led LSU to back-to-back 10-win seasons, but there was always an issue that he needed to fix After the Tigers wasted Daniels’ Heisman season with a historically bad defense, Kelly overhauled his defensive staff.

After going 8-4 in his third year, LSU raised funding for its name, image and likeness efforts after trailing behind many of its SEC peers the past few years. The Tigers spent about $18 million on the roster Kelly said, and sources said that more than tripled what they had devoted during the 2024 season. The money helped LSU sign the No. 1 transfer portal class in the country, according to 247Sports, and retain key players. Though

Deville’s release, his family believes he was mistakenly dropped off at the Greyhound bus station on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge instead of at the group home where he was scheduled to report, which is about 7 miles from the bus depot

Based on a ticket they say was found on Deville’s body they believe he then took a bus from Baton Rouge to Lafayette.

Most distressing for Deville’s family is their theory that he then walked more than 40 miles from Lafayette to Ville Platte on the day of his death, trying to reach his childhood home where he lived with his family before his conviction.

Prudhomme Lane, where police found Deville, is less than 2 miles away from that house.

Morgan Bayman, Deville’s cousin, thinks that was his ultimate destination, but is unsure if he made it to the site before his death.

Even if he had, she says, there wouldn’t have been any home to return to: That house was torn down in 2019.

There, as a child, Deville rode horses and drove tractors for the family

“That was probably one of the only addresses that he could remember,” she said.

No idea of release

Deville’s family claims DOC officials lost track of their loved one, a man they say needed to be in an institution that could help him transition into free life.

Bayman said Deville was adopted by her aunt as a child. Bayman said she had considered herself his older sibling ever since he lost his 6-year-old sister in a boating accident.

Deville was showing symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as a young man before he was arrested, Bayman said

the season started with a promising win at Clemson, LSU fell out of contention. Its loss to Texas A&M erased whatever was left of its faint playoff hopes. After

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Treylin Deville, a 27-yearold inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center died on a roadside in Evangeline Parish.

She said she did her best to steer him in the right direction, but Deville fell in with a bad crowd before committing the crime that sent him to Elayn Hunt.

Bayman said the last time she saw him in person was several years ago when he was furloughed from prison to attend his father’s funeral.

Bayman said she was contacted by Deville’s social worker at Elayn Hunt about planning for his release. She said she knew Deville needed some kind of transition care, adding that no family members had room for Deville to live with them.

“He’s been locked up for 10 years,” Bayman said. “Things are different The home that he lived in is not even there. It’s just a field.”

Bayman said she spent weeks researching facilities that could house Deville, keep him on his medications and eventually help him prepare for life as a free man.

In May, Bayman said, the social worker told her neither of the two transition facilities she had found for Deville would work. He needed to go to an outpatient group home, she was told.

Bayman says that on May 30, the social worker told her Deville would be released to

the game, Kelly was asked to address his job security “That’s out of my hands,” Kelly said. “It’s impossible for the head coach that’s been here for four years

a group home on Mollylea Drive in Baton Rouge.

According to her, that was the last time she heard from the social worker and the last update she received on Deville’s release status.

When the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office called her about Deville’s death, Bayman said, she wasn’t even aware he had been released.

Email clues

The DOC released emails among Elayn Hunt staff about Deville under a public records request

On July 21, Deville’s social worker sent an email with an attached “discharge summary” for Deville to a list of other Elayn Hunt staff. The message omitted the address for the group home where Deville had been assigned.

and 35 years of doing this to think anything else, but this is my responsibility, and we’ve got to get it turned around.” Kelly also said he’d evalu-

On July 22 the day before Deville was to be released a manager at Elayn Hunt who works in inmate transfers responded to the social worker’s email, requesting a phone conversation and questioning the absence of an address in the previous message.

“Records should be notified BEFORE an email is sent out regarding an inmate’s release,” the Elayn Hunt manager said. “We don’t even know where he’s going and we still have to process the release.”

Later that day an employee who works in patient mental health sent the address for the group home on Mollylea Drive.

In the same email, the employee responded that it would be possible to reach

ate his program “from the inside out,” hinting at possible changes to his coaching staff. But those never came LSU’s three previous head coaches all won national championships by their fourth seasons, and eight games into his, Kelly was fired. Woodward said in the statement, LSU “will immediately begin a national search for a new head football coach.” “As a proud alum, and as the current caretaker of our athletics programs, I will not compromise in our pursuit of excellence and we will not lower our standards,”

out to the group home and change the transfer date, if necessary Bayman says Deville’s death could have been prevented if she and her family had been properly kept aware of when, where and how he was going to be released.

“If you would have just called me and said, ‘Hey we released him,’ I would have did the legwork to find him,” Bayman said. “I would have driven to Lafayette. I don’t care what stuff I had to pull to get to him.” Bayman added that even if Deville wasn’t taken to the right group home, DOC employees should have told her so.

“Somebody would be there for him,” she said. “He had family.”

High court questions ruling over unlawful land use

Decision allowed $185M expansion at Koch plant

BY DAVID J MITCHELL

Staff writer

The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to take a look at an appellate court ruling that found St. James Parish didn’t follow its own land-use rules when it backed a $185 million expansion of Koch Methanol in 2023

In a 3-2 vote in May, the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal found St James officials failed to apply the highest level of scrutiny called for in their ordinances associated with Koch Methanol’s plans overturning a lower court ruling that had blessed the land-use decision

Mount Triumph Baptist Church, parish resident Beverly Alexander, and environmental groups Rise St James and Inclusive Louisiana had previously challenged the land-use decision in state court, triggering the appellate litigation. The Environmental Law Clinic at Tulane and the Center for Constitutional Rights represent the plaintiffs.

The Koch expansion is expected to raise methanol production by 25% but will also increase annual air emissions by 50% or more in an area that federal data had shown led the state and nation in the burden residents bear from toxic air emissions and lifetime cancer risk from air pollution.

Despite the litigation, parts of the expansion have already been built and the plant is operating, company officials have said.

After the Louisiana 5th Circuit ruling, Koch and St. James Parish both filed writs with the state Supreme Court.

The high court notified them on Wednesday that it had accepted the appeals. Briefs are due later this fall, followed by oral arguments at a later date, according to court notices.

Victor J. Franckiewicz Jr. a parish attorney, said Friday the parish welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision and “looks forward to presenting” our case. A spokesperson for Koch Methanol added the case “has significant implications not just for St. James Parish, but for the economic growth and development of the entire state.”

Attorneys for the plaintiffs didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Friday

The state Supreme Court’s notice came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the parish government’s appeal of a federal appellate ruling over a separate lawsuit accusing St. James of a historic pattern of discriminatory decision-making involving industrial plant sites.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision means that federal case can go forward in U.S. District Court in New Orleans after the suit had been dismissed initially on procedural grounds. Mount Triumph Baptist Church and the environmental and legal aid groups that are on the plaintiffs’ side in the suit over Koch are also the plaintiffs in the federal case. In the Koch case in state court, a St. James Parish judge already had court proceedings and ruled for the parish and Koch.

The appellate ruling overturned the lower court, finding the parish made “arbitrary and capricious” decisions that allowed a 1,000foot section of a new ethane pipeline connection for the plant to go through wetlands and resulted in inadequate analysis of the overall project’s benefits and costs.

The parish argued it acted appropriately and that the appeals court had overstepped its bounds by finding new requirements in the law The plaintiffs argued the parish didn’t follow its own rules in reviewing Koch.

David J. Mitchell can be reached at dmitchell@ theadvocate.com.

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State advocates seek to block EPA Environmental groups sue to stop

BY JOSIE ABUGOV Staff writer

Louisiana environmental groups have sued President Donald Trump and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after the administration gave industrial facilities a reprieve from following an emissions reduction rule, arguing that the exemptions endanger the health of people living near chemical facilities and give the industry “a free pass to continue to pollute.”

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, responds to a July proclamation that gave 50 chemical manufacturers nationwide a two-year delay to comply with a 2024 rule aimed at curbing pollution and cutting cancer risks.

The exemptions include 12 companies in Louisiana operating in the industrial corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and the Lake Charles area. Local advocacy organizations RISE St. James, Concerned Citizens of St. John and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and other groups are asking the court to de-

pollution rule delays

clare Trump’s exemptions unlawful and stop the EPA from implementing them

The groups are represented by the environmental law firm Earthjustice. Community groups in Texas and national environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club, were other plaintiffs in the case.

“We think this is an unlawful, unprecedented use of power to give industry more time to delay while EPA tries to roll back these really important protections for people’s health,” said Adam Kron, senior attorney with Earthjustice.

A spokesperson for the EPA said the agency does not comment on any current or pending litigation.

David Cresson, CEO of the Louisiana Chemical Association industry group, said the Trump administration’s exemptions enabled facilities to continue operation without shutting down or disrupting supply chains.

Without these delays, the current regulations “do not provide a realistic timeline” for meeting the new standards.

Trump’s proclamation this

summer cites concerns over cost, national security impacts and technological availability for chemical companies to follow the EPA’s Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, known as the HON Rule. The exemptions delay compliance beyond the original 2026 and 2027 deadlines, the lawsuit notes.

“The HON Rule imposes substantial burdens on chemical manufacturers already operating under stringent regulations,” the proclamation states.

Industry groups similarly opposed the rule as too expensive and unsupported by science. Trump’s proclamation granted the twoyear exemptions to Shell, BASF, Dow, Union Carbide, Denka, Sasol, Westlake and other companies in the state.

Cresson, whose organization represents some of the state’s largest petrochemical companies, said that there are not enough contractors or equipment available to meet the HON Rule’s requirements without the exemptions.

“This, in turn, safeguards local jobs and supports our state’s eco-

nomic future,” he said of the exemptions

Last year, environmental advocates hailed the new rule as a major step in improving air quality for minority and poor communities that often bear the brunt of industrial pollution.

The rule required over 200 chemical manufacturers around the country to update operational practices, implement fence-line monitoring and repair their facilities, among other mandates. It put a special focus on reducing emissions of ethylene oxide and chloroprene, two chemicals linked to cancer

The EPA said it will reduce by 96% the number of people with increased cancer risks related to air toxics in communities within 6 miles of large plants.

“We really can’t wait,” said Shamell Lavigne, chief operating officer of RISE St. James. “We have family members in all of the parishes throughout Cancer Alley.”

The environmental groups see Trump’s exemptions for individual facilities as “a pretext” to relieve the chemical industry to comply with the HON Rule while the EPA tries to repeal it altogether

Carter-backed candidates fell short in elections

BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter acknowledges that three key members of his Algiers-based political organization didn’t perform well on election night in New Orleans two weeks ago.

Two of them lost badly as they sought more powerful positions, and the third, an incumbent, was forced into a runoff against a newcomer

But Carter dismisses any suggestion that the results say anything about his political influence at home or his political strength ahead of next year’s midterms, when he might face a rocky road to reelection if the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana’s congressional map

“In this town, where there’s always an election, you pick people that you think are the best for the job at the time,” Carter said. “Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. But when the race is over, you move on.”

State Rep Delisha Boyd lost her race to be an at-large city council member and Edwin Shorty constable for the 2nd City Court in Algiers, failed in his bid to become the sheriff.

Darren Lombard, the clerk of criminal district court, finished second in the primary and faces a tough battle to keep his seat in the runoff election on Nov 15.

Carter cut digital ads for all three of his candidates and campaigned in person for each one.

“His organization did not do well in this election,” said Robert Collins, a political analyst who is a professor at Dillard University Carter admitted that his candidates fell short of expectations in the Oct. 13 primary

“No doubt about it,” he said. “I have three very dear friends who had a bad night. But I’m loyal to a fault, and I stand with my friends. I had several good friends who had good nights, and I stand with

them as well. But I don’t throw my friends away when they have bad nights. My loyalty means something.”

Carter also endorsed Helena Moreno, who was elected mayor, and JP Morrell, who was reelected as a city council at-large member Carter’s record in the election

“was mixed,” said veteran pollster Ron Faucheux, who served as a state representative for eight years and finished second in the 1982 mayor’s race. “He had those two losses, but he did support the winning candidate for mayor And that may be more important than the other races.”

Moreno aired a TV commercial where Carter told viewers, “I’ve seen her fight every day to make our community better for everyone.”

Carter noted that his political group called the Alliance for Public Action and Change — backed two other candidates who won outright on Oct. 13 (assessor Errol Williams and council member Freddie King III), while two others are advancing to runoff elections next month. They are Holly Friedman for District A (which includes Uptown and Lakeview) and Jason Hughes for District E (which includes New Orleans East).

A tough night

But political insiders say the races that mattered most to him involved Boyd, Shorty and Lombard because of his close personal and political relationships with them.

Boyd was elected to the state House in 2022 to replace Gary Carter who won the state Senate seat vacated by Troy Carter when he was elected to the U.S House in 2021. Gary Carter is Troy Carter’s nephew Boyd announced in December that she would run for the council at-large seat that Moreno is giving up. In April, fellow state Rep. Matthew Willard joined the race. Boyd faced questions after The Times-Picayune reported on Sept.

24 that she and a group supporting her campaign had paid more than $39,000 in campaign money to a real estate company owned by her and her daughter The article also reported that her home in the English Turn neighborhood was facing foreclosure in November

On Oct. 9, the newspaper reported that Boyd had acknowledged using campaign funds to advertise her real estate business — a potential violation of state campaign finance laws.

Willard won easily with 59% of the vote to Boyd’s 31%.

“He was the far superior candidate,” said state Rep Mandie Landry, of New Orleans.

Landry’s support showed how Carter can alienate other elected officials when he endorses their opponents. In 2023, Carter and Boyd endorsed Landry’s opponent, Madison O’Malley, when Landry was reelected.

Shorty began his campaign late and never caught fire, although he sent out negative mail pieces on the front-runner former New Orleans Police Chief Michelle Woodfork.

Woodfork won with 53% while Shorty captured only 21%.

Meanwhile, Lombard tried to undermine his opponent, Calvin Duncan, who had served a life sentence in prison for a 1981 killing until he was freed in 2011 after his conviction was vacated. Lombard accused Duncan of murder Duncan has said court rulings show that he was innocent.

After the election, political analysts said the results showed that Lombard’s accusation boomeranged against him, and he won only 46%, one percentage point behind Duncan. Collins believes the primary election results indicate Duncan has the edge.

“If you’re happy with your incumbent, you’ll vote for them in the primary,” Collins said. “If they

don’t win in the primary, they may have hit their ceiling. Duncan is probably happy with his current position.”

Several incumbents who failed to win the primary lost in the runoff recently including former Sheriff Marlin Gusman and former Public Service Commissioner Lambert Boissiere III.

“He expended a lot of political capital,” said pollster Silas Lee. “But he won’t be judged eternally by a loss. Nobody has a 100% record of always winning elections.” Carter said he has so many friends after years of being in politics that, when he backs one over the other, that “doesn’t mean that when it’s over the world comes to an end. It means that we just continue doing the job that we do and that is doing what’s best for the people who jointly elect us, to continue to work as I do every day of my life, whether it’s in the nation’s capital fighting to bring resources home, or passing laws that will make life better.”

Faucheux said the recent failure of Carter’s candidates hurt him among political insiders, but said, “Troy still has a lot of allies. He’ll have the mayor of New Orleans and JP Morrell. He still has legislators who are friends. He has considerable support among voters.”

Email Tyler Bridges at tbridges@theadvocate.com.

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U.S.,China saytrade deal drawingcloser

Trump, Xi prep formeeting

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN, DAVID RISING and EILEENNG Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia— Atrade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer,officials from the world’stwo largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leaderXiJinping to aimto finalize during their highstakes meeting.

Any agreement would be arelief to international markets evenifitdoes not address underlying issues involving manufacturing imbalances and access to state-of-the-art computer chips.

Beijing recently limited exports of rareearthelements that are needed for advanced technologies,and Trump respondedbythreatening additional tariffs on Chinese products. The prospect of awidening conflict risked weakening economic growth worldwide.

China’stop trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, told reporters the two sides had reached a“preliminary consensus,” while Trump’s treasury secretary,Scott Bessent, said there was “a verysuccessful framework.”

Trump also expressed confidence that an agreement was at hand, saying the Chinese “want to make adeal and we want to make adeal.” The Republican president is set to meetwith Xi on Thursday in South Korea, the final stopofhis trip through Asia.

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AnutinCharnvirakul saidthe agreement creates “the building blocks for a lasting peace.”

Whenasked how close adeal was, Trump’strade representative,Jamieson Greer,said on “Fox News Sunday” that “it’sreally going to depend” on the two presidents Meanwhile, Trump reiterated that heplans to visit China in thefuture andsuggested that Xi could come to Washington or Mar-aLago, Trump’sprivateclub in Florida.

Theprogress toward a potential agreement came during the annual summit of theAssociation of Southeast AsianNations,in Kuala Lumpur,withTrump seeking to burnish his reputation as an international dealmaker.

Yethis way of pursuing deals has meant serious disruptions at home and abroad. His import taxes have scrambled relationships with trading partners while aU.S. government shutdown has him feuding with Democrats.

At the summit, Thailand and Cambodia signed an expanded ceasefire agreement duringaceremony attended by Trump. His threats of economic pressure prodded the two nations to halt skirmishes alongtheir disputed border earlier this year

Thailand will release Cambodian prisoners and Cambodia will begin withdrawing heavy artillery as part ofthe first phaseofthe deal. Regional observers will monitor thesituation to ensure fightingdoesn’t restart.

“Wedid something thata lot of people said couldn’t be done,” Trumpsaid. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet called it a“historic day,” and Thai Prime Min-

Bessent told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the threat of additional higher tariffs on China was “effectively off the table.” In interviews on several American news shows, he said discussions with China yielded initial agreements to stop the precursorchemicals for fentanylfrom cominginto theU.S., andthat Beijing would make “substantial” purchases of soybean and other agriculturalproducts while putting offexport controls on rare earths

The president signed economic frameworks with Cambodia,Thailandand Malaysia,some of them aimed at increasingtrade involving critical minerals. The United States wants to rely less on China, which has used limits on exports of keycomponents in technology manufacturing as abargaining chip in trade talks.

“It’svery important that we cooperateaswilling partners with each other to ensurethatwecan have smooth supply chains, secure supply chains, for thequalityoflife, for our people and security,”Greer said.

Trump attended this summit only once during hisfirstterm, andU.S.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seemed unfamiliar with ASEAN during hisconfirmation hearing in January

This year’s event was a chance for Trump to reengage withnations that have acombined $3.8 trillion economy and 680 million people.

“The UnitedStates is with you100%,and we intend to be astrong partnerand friend formany generationstocome,” Trumpsaid. He describedhis counterparts as “spectacularleaders” and saidthat “everything youtouch turns to gold.”

Trump’stariff threats were credited with helping spur negotiations between Thailand andCambodia.

Someofthe worst modernfightingbetween the two countries took place over five days in July,killing dozens anddisplacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Thepresidentthreatened, at thetime, to withhold trade agreements unlessthe fighting stopped. A shaky truce has persisted since then.

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Rachal, age82, anative of Cottonport,and aresident of Port Allen, passedaway October15, 2025, at The Butterfly Wing of BRG Medical Center,after ahard fought, 5year battle with cancer.She wasa devoted

homemaker, avidreader andgenealogy enthusiast. Shealso lovedconquering puzzles and brain teasers, alongwith painting. Time fishingfromthe houseboat with herhusband was much enjoyed,aslong as therewerenosnakes around.She is survivedby hertwo sons, Brent, and Keithand wife Carol;four grandchildren, Chad and wife Kaitlen; Allison,and DevinRachal, andBriley Roberts; fivegreat grandchildren; Oliver Mayes, Finley, Emmett, andElliott Rachal, andOlive Hebert; sister Yvonne Wyble and husband Melvin;brothers CarlDucote,and David Ducote andwife Karla, along with numerous nieces andnephews. She wasprecededindeathby herhusbandCarwyn, parents, Anthonyand Sadie Ducote,sister in law Kathryn Ducote,and nephewsJames and Joseph Ducote.The family wouldliketogive huge thanks to thestaff at La Plantation Retirement Community,Hospice of Baton Rouge,and hernumerouscaregivers. Visitation will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church,369 Jefferson Avenue, Port Allenon Monday October27th from 9am until11am, withMass following. Burial will be at ResthavenGardens of Memory in Baton Rouge at alater date. In lieu of flowers, donationsare requestedtoHospice of Baton Rouge,ora charity of yourchoice

WellsIII, Bennett BennettWells III entered intoeternal rest at hisresi‐dence in BatonRouge, Louisiana on October24, 2025. He wasa 55-yearold nativeofBaton Rouge. Vis‐itation at Miller &Daughter MortuaryonThursday, Oc‐tober 30,2025from10-11:45 am; ClosingCelebration of LifeService at 11:45am conducted by Pastor Ric Rheams. Survivorsinclude his siblings,Erika Rheams (Ric) andRandy Wells (Car‐manetha), BatonRouge; hostofnieces, nephews, other relativesand friends.

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that he is about make good on athreat to revoke millionsinfederal funds forCaliforniabecause he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens. In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s“Sunday MorningFutures,” Duffy said Gov.Gavin Newsom has refused to comply with DepartmentofTransportation rules that require the state to stop issuing such licenses and review those already issued.

“So, one, I’m about to pull $160 million from California,” Duffy said. “And, as we pull more money,we also have the option of pulling California’sability to issue commercial driver’s licenses.”

ANewsomspokesperson referred arequest for com-

ment to the state’s transportation agency,whichdid not immediately respond Sunday.

California hasdefended itspractices previously When Duffythreatened to revoke funds last month,a spokesperson for Newsom dismissedthe attack and noted that CDLholders from Californiahave asignificantly lowerrateofcrashes than boththe national averageand thatofTexas, which is theonlystate with more licensedcommercial drivers. Last month the Transportation Departmenttightened commercial driver’s license requirements for noncitizens after threefatal crashes that officials said were caused by immigrant truckdrivers. Only three specific classes of visa holders will be eligible for CDLs under thenew rules and states must verify an applicant’simmigration status in afederal database.The

licenses will be valid for up to one year unlessthe applicant’s visa expires sooner Duffy said last month that California should never have issued 25% of 145 licenses investigators reviewed. He cited four California licenses that remained valid after the driver’s workpermit expired sometimes years after.The state had30daystocomeup withaplan to comply or lose funding.

Anationwide commercial driver’s license audit began after officials sayadriverin the countryillegally made a U-turn and caused acrash in Florida thatkilled three people. It found licenses that wereissued improperly in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, SouthDakota, Texas and Washington. Duffy saidSundaythat California has unlawfully issued tens of thousands of these licenses to noncitizens.

Examinethe real costsof theMeta deal in Richland Parish

An article by Stephanie Riegel —“Tiny Louisiana parish becomes AI boomtown as Meta builds $10B data center” —was published on Aug. 20 in thenewspaper and discusses the project’s economic impacts on Richland Parish.

The piece fails to adequately address the potential consequences of this drastic andlikely temporary economic investment into acommunity that is already struggling. Richland Parish has a lower educational attainmentaverage and employment ratethan Louisiana as awhole. These factors likely contribute to thepovertyrate of 23.5% —higherthan Louisiana’saverage by nearly five percentage points.

The Meta data center is not a sound investment. It is the result of areckless deal meant to appeal to corporate interests instead of creating sustainablewealththat would support Richland Parish residents.

The prospect of 5,000 new jobs becauseofthis project seems promising in aparish of just 20,000. However,Meta hasnot guaranteed that theywillemploy locals, and only 500 jobs are expected to be permanent. When thefacility is complete and 5,000 workers leave Richland Parish, they will also takewith them the business that they have provided —these brand-new RV lots, hotels, gyms and restaurants. Five hundred employees will not be enough to sustain anewly built economy that was designed to meet the needs of aworking population 10 times as large. This project has costs. Those costs will not be borne by Meta, but by the residents of Richland Parish, who will be left with junk real estate and higher energy prices

Those are not factors that encourage growth and development —infact, they encourage outmigrationand disinvestment. The newspapershould not turn away from holding Gov.Jeff Landry’s administration accountablefor signing off on this deal that could do further damage to an already vulnerable Louisiana parish MARIONCANDLER student, Tulane University

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Signs opposing aproposed sale of water from ToledoBend Reservoir line La. 191, which

thelakeinwesternLouisiana.

Many questionsunansweredin proposed Toledo Bend watersale

In aguest column,H.N. Goodeaux II, chairman of the Sabine River Authorityof Louisiana,stated the proposed sale is only reallocating 5% of water that’sused for hydropower.Hedoesn’tsay this reallocation is for aTexas entity.Texas water studies show that alternative water sources are needed. A2022 legislative audit included several mattersfor legislative consideration, including arecommendation relevant to the developmentofacomprehensive water resource management plan and theregulation of surface water Louisiana has yet to conduct acomprehensive water study to project water needed for growth, alternatives to depleting aquifers supplying municipalities and agriculture, amongother things, over theproposed sale term. The Sabine River Authority of Louisiana was created to manage the water resource for Louisiana, not Texas. Goodeauxstates that just as hydropower water usage is managed to maintain lake levels, any water sale would follow safeguards. What is not said is current FERC licensing

safeguards to operate the hydropower facilitymay cease when hydropower ceases.

Correspondence between theauthority’s board and potential purchaser reveals water supplied to Texas is not obligated to maintain those safeguards, and aconstant supply of water will need to be assured, no matter the lake level.

The 99-year proposed sale starts at 200,000 acre-feet of water annually,escalating to 800,000 over 20 years. Separately,Texas has filed permitsthat allow about1million acrefeet of water withdrawal. The opposition is concerned by theabsence of acomprehensive Louisianawater study over the projected 99 years. This is not fear,but facts.

The opposition is not merely about lake levels, fishing tournaments and the direct correlation to property values. It is about preserving water toreplace Louisiana aquifers at risk from rapid depletion and attracting business and growth to improve the quality of life for the region.

MARK KYLE Many

Basicscience researchatuniversities should benefiteveryone, notjustindustry

Column ignored keyfacts about Republicans’ role in shutdown

Even if one disagreed with Quin Hillyer,itwas impossible not to respect his intelligence, thoughtfulness and intellectual honesty.The important wordinthat first sentence is “was.” His column, “The Democrats absolutely are to blame forshutdown,” destroyed any respect Ihad forhis objectivity In March, ahandful of Democrats voted foracontinuing resolution, hoping that it would avoid apending shutdownand give Congress timetoamendabill that would otherwise be disastrous to millions of poorer Americans —changes that had approval of three-quarters of the public, including amajority of MAGAsupporters.

Instead, the Republicans used the timetoshoot downevery Democrat suggestion, and the administration froze billions of dollars in Congressionally-appropriated federal spending, shuttered several executive agencies, deployed military troops to major U.S. cities, weaponized the Justice Department against its critics, bullied law firms and universities and terrified neighborhoods with masked, U.S. Immigration and CustomsEnforcement kidnappers acting without apparent controls.

Hillyer’smost unfortunate and misleading statement was, “This, though, is where Speaker Johnson’s consistent message has been right on target, and where Republicans in general have been on the side of angels.” Unless he meantthe fallen angels, Idonot understand. Speaker Mike Johnson’sresponse has been either early or prolonged recesses, and the administration canceled its originally scheduled meetings with the four Congressional leaders and then rescheduled a meeting at atimetoo late to do anything substantial. As soon as that meeting wasover,the White House released an AI-generated lampooning of the House Minority Leader with amustache and sombrero, thus proving it had not come to the meeting to dialogue in good faith. Nowhere have Democrats shown any desire to extend government health care to undocumented aliens. It seemstomethat it’sthe Republicans acting in bad faith.

KEVIN CALAHAN

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Theradical dismantling of governmentfunded basic research will acceleratethe deterioration of universities’ beneficent implementation of the scientific method thegreatest accomplishment of Western civilization.Since World WarII, universities have been thego-to source of innovation that was unhindered by intellectual property management. Youneed it, and it’salready yoursbecausethe public paid for it. In recent decades, science has become increasingly hamstrung by theencroachment of industry into university income streams. The Trumpadministration’sdrastic reduction of governmentgrantswill makethis worse by forcing universities to rely more on technologylicensing, start-up income and jointventures with industry.Asuniversities rush to enhance these activities, they encourageentrepreneurship by providing space, funding and administrative support, andby rewarding faculty with advancement and relief from their traditional duties. Faculty already experience the tension of withholding discoveriesfor the protection of intellectual propertyversus publishing discoveries for the benefitofeveryone. Intellectual property culture influences

faculty choices of research topics. Would studying this help everyone, or would studying this other thing lead to patentable tech? Somewould argue that protection of intellectual property is necessary forits commercialization because competition will be too fierce in thedevelopment phase. This argument was easier to accept when universitytech was developed through patents and licenses.

Nowadays, an almost equally common path is through astart-upenterprise, often with direct investmentbythe university.These activities encourage the profit motive at the expense of public welfare and stretch the capacity of research oversight mechanisms to protect the reliabilityand reputation of science. Whereas the Trumpadministration is tearing down basic science research, it should build up basic science research that benefitsall people and stimulates nonacademic entrepreneurs to invest in product development,rather than force universities to distract themselves with product development.

SAMUEL J. LANDRY DepartmentofBiochemistryand Molecular Biology, Tulane University

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CAROLYNROUSSEAU Slidell Maybethisyear’sstormsdidn’tget thenew Gulf map

Here it is October,and we Louisianans have been fortunateand blessed not to seea hurricanethis year Iwonder,and do you think,it’sbecause they can’tfind theGulf of Mexico? I’mjust saying.

The article on student absenteeism in public schools in arecent edition mademerealize that one important component of the problem seemstobemissing —that of parental responsibility.Itisthe parents of school-age children who are responsible forseeing that their children get up in the morning, have breakfast and get to school on time. If the family is eligible fora breakfast program,then the mother and/or father need to see that their children arrive on time. Truancy programsshould focus on including the parents in any plans. In actuality,schools have no control over whether astudent attends classes, so the school system should not be punished by having funds cut for truancy

GEORGIABRYANT NewOrleans

Americans’ pockets holddigital devices delivering oceansofinformation anddistractions.But another technology that dramatically shaped thenation’s life,and hadrevolutionary consequences abroad,was aditch. Raise aglass as the200th birthdayofthe Erie Canalwas celebrated on Sunday.

WINNER: Marshall Schwartz, NewOrleans

WHO-DAT CANDY

Wow! We received arecord-breaking 1,186 entries in this week’sCartoon Caption Contest.That’s themost since this contest beganbackin2014.There’sobviously alot of frustration with the way this season hasdeveloped, but your Who Dat sense of humor has remained Super Bowl quality Theseentries arrived before Sunday’s Bucs game —but winorlose, the hope for better days is palpable in your punchlines.Well played, everyone!Asalways, when we have duplicate entries, andwealways do, we pick theearliestsent in. Greatjob! —Walt

ROBERT KOHN, RIVER RIDGE: “Frightfully unsatisfying!”

CAROLYN MCCARTY,SLIDELL: “Ifthrown will be intercepted!”

STUART CLARK, LAFAYETTE: “you can’t be booing if youkeep on chewing.”

MARIANO HINOJOSA, BATONROUGE: “Free Saints tickets inside.

BROTHER PAUL MONTERO,S.C., BATON ROUGE: “Wrapper expands to large brown bag.”

BARRI BRONSTON, METAIRIE: “Mounds of Mistakes.

RICHARD ROBBINS,NEW ORLEANS: “Once youtry,ityou’ll demand your quarterback.”

LISA WINNINGKOFF,METAIRIE: “May cause upset stomach, anxiety,and depression.”

MARYPERRAULTWILLIAMS,BATON ROUGE: “FizzleSticks.”

LAURENGACHASSIN, NEWORLEANS: “Fuelfor fans still saying,‘We gotnext week!’ ”

DAVIA MORGAN,PONCHATOULA: “Guaranteed to slip through your fingers!”

JUDI GUTH, NEWORLEANS: “Sticks in your craw, not on your teeth!!”

DEVENDRA ALGU,GRETNA: “Warning: Hard to swallow.

RALPH STEPHENS,BATON ROUGE: “Always leavesyou wanting more.

GREGJOHNSON, JEFFERSON: “The candythat always tastes better next year!”

JEFFHARTZHEIM, FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C.: “Comes in five pieces since four quarters just ain’tenough!”

RORY STEEN, DENVER, CO: “Because heartbreak tastes better with caramel.”

KEITH SAGONA, FORDOCHE: “Full of SourPatches, Not ManySnickers, &Too

ManyButterfingers.”

ALAN SEICSHNAYDRE, METAIRIE: “I’m still ‘nuts’ about the Saints.”

RICHARD MILLER, BATONROUGE: “Sometimesyou feel likeachamp, most times youdon’t.”

JOHN CARLIN,MADISONVILLE: “Contents maycontainfalse hope.”

CINDY HARTZHEIM, FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C.: “Firstin flavor… last in the NFC South!”

MICHAEL B. RIEMER, JEFFERSON: “It’ll fill your tummy and break your heart!

JERRYDAVIS,CHICAGO: “So good you’ll forget about the losing.”

CHARLES SMITH, ST.ROSE: “Snap, crackle and flop.”

H.W.VANHORN, III, NEWORLEANS: “Potential chokinghazard.”

LAUREN GAUTHIER, KENNER: “It makes Kellen want Moore.”

Toronto’sBlueJaysare Canada’s team

MONTREAL Don’t think of them as Toronto’steam. Think of them insteadas Canada’steam. Suddenly the Toronto BlueJays, underdogs in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, have an entire country behind them. The Dallas Cowboys may have adapted acolorful asideduring their 1978 highlights film and made “America’s Team” their motto, but theynever were embraced nationally the way the Blue Jays are now.Besides, the Jays are Canada’s only major league baseball team.

But what really matters in the2025 World Series is that, like February’s4 Nation Face Off hockey tournament, simmeringgrievances against theUnited States and President Donald Trump have transformed asportingevent into acultural clash that’s part of amassive surge in Canadian nationalism. Now the Blue Jays are, in the words of Edward Rogers, executivechair of team owners Rogers Communications, “aninspiration for 41 million people in Canada from coasttocoast.” Trump is the bête noireofCanadian life, perhaps more prominent in daily conversation here than even in his own country.He’sthreatened steep tariffs on Canada. He’sattacked thecountry’s sovereignty by suggestingitshould be the 51st state. He denigrated former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as“Governor Trudeau.” The very fact that the Conservative leader Pierre Poilevre had asurfacesimilarity to Trumpassured that the Liberal Mark Carney would be elected prime minister in March’sfederal election Now all those tensions are focused on the World Series, which theBlueJays

won in 1992 and 1993. In truth, Trumphas prompted amajor transformation in therelations of the two countries, in effect all but severing theties that John F. Kennedy celebrated in a1961 address to the Canadian Parliament and that every Canadian politician andcommentator seems to know by heart:“Geographyhas made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics hasmade us partners. And necessity has madeusallies.”

No longer,apparently —afact of contemporary life that Canadians mourn, so much so that those draping themselves in Canadiana after theBlue Jays’ victory in the American League Championship don’thave to be Canadians at all.

ListentoGeorge Springer,whose seventh-inning homerun put theJays ahead in theseventh gameofthe American League championship game: “I’m just so happy for everybody here —our fans, our city,our country,” he said. He is from New Britain, Conn., and is married to an American softball star from Kingston,N.Y

Or to manager John Schneider,who spoke of how Canadians “have this team to grasp onto.”Hewas born in Princeton, N.J., and attended theUniversity of Delaware. Now he drinks TimHortons coffee every morning. All but a handful of theJays are Americans. The team’sstar,Vladimir Guerrero Jr., was born in Montreal, when his father,Vladimir Sr., played for the Montreal Expos, ateam that broke the city’sheart when it committed the unforgivable sin of becoming theWashington Nationals in 2005.

So many Canadians are American even Quebec francophones who regard Toronto with the contempt Bostonians reserve for New York.

“People who care about baseball here

in Quebec are definitely behind the Jays against an American team,” said Daniel Beland,director of the McGill Institute for theStudy of Canada. “Winning might be good for national pride but this World Series also underlines how closely the two countries’ geography and cultures are intertwined.”

Even that contributes to the current passion for theJays.

Canadians have long resented how writers, artists and musicians havefelt theneed to win cultural appropriation in the United States, withactors flocking to Hollywood, amere 5miles from Dodger Stadium. Just as Canadian writers such as Mordecai Richler (who wrote for The New Yorker) and Leonard Cohen (who wrote asong called “Chelsea Hotel No. 2,” inspired by his romance there with Janis Joplin), swarmed to New York, Canadians such as Raymond Burr,Glenn Ford Walter Huston, Raymond Massey,Jay Silverheels and Jack Warner fled to Hollywood. One of them:Mary Pickford, known, pointedly,as“America’sSweetheart.” She was born in Toronto.

Another flashpoint for Canadians: Los Angeles for manyyears was the home of hockey star Wayne Gretzky,revered in Canada until it becameknown he had consorted withTrumpand was photographed wearing aMAGA hat Kyle Wyatt, aNebraskan transplanted to Torontowho is theeditor of the Literary Review of Canada, believes there are three certainties growing out of this best-of-seven series: “Toronto won’tbe invited to celebrate in Trump’sWhite House. Canada won’tcare. Andthe MAGA faithful won’tbeable to stomach that we’re the‘American’League champions.”

Email David Shribman at dshribman@ post-gazette.com.

Its363 miles —the longest previous U.S. canal extended 27 miles —were dugbyhuman muscleinthe serviceofimprovised cleverness. Improvised because America hadfew engineers to create 18 aqueducts, and 83 locks, “to overcome changes in elevation totaling 675 feet.” So writes DanielWalkerHowe in “WhatHath God Wrought:The Transformation of America, 1815-1848” in theOxford History of theUnited States. Howenotes that thecanal,“oneofthe most importantachievements of national economic integration,” was wrought —two yearsahead of schedule andunderbudget— notbythe national government, but by onestate, which the canal would transform into theEmpire State. Work beganonJuly Fourth,1817. Thatyear,the NewYork Stock Exchange’s forerunner was founded. The canal “exemplified a‘secondcreation’byhuman ingenuity perfecting theoriginaldivine creation andcarryingout itspotential forhumanbetterment.”

Soon it wascarryingtwice thevalue of goods floating down theMississippi to NewOrleans. Horses or mules that could pull awagon weighing two tons could, walkingonthe canal’s towpath,pulla bargeweighing 50 tons.

From Buffalo to Albany,where it met the Hudson River, thecanal,40feet wide and4 feet deep,carried trafficat4mph.But it radically accelerated social change, discomfiting some alongits route. Thesudden disorienting growth of cities— e.g Rochester,Syracuse, Utica stirred religious intensity in what was calleda “burned-over” region.

Many NewEngland farmswere amongthe economic, cultural and emotional casualtiesof thedynamismunleashed by theErieCanal’s contribution to globalization. Americanswere, however,asHowe says, “a mobile andventuresomepeople, empowered by literacy andtechnological proficiency,” welcoming dynamism. Headlines announced thearrivalofLong Island oysters in Batavia,atown in western NewYork.By1850, theprice of awallclock had plunged from $60 to $3. Howe: Largelybecause of lowertransportation costs, “changes from the rustic to the commercial thathad taken centuries to unfoldinWestern civilization were telescoped intoageneration in westernNew York state.” By lessening thecommercial andpolitical isolation of prairiefarmers, thecanal helpedto populate theprairies by connecting them with Eastern markets. Andbylinking Americans living west of theAppalachianMountains to the Hudson River, it created New York City as a financial center.One dayin1824, Howewrites, there were324 ships in NewYork harbor. One dayin1836, there were 1,241. Through thecity’s port, America exported grainand revolution. In 1986, New York’s U.S. Sen. DanielPatrick Moynihan, speaking in Buffalo,speculated that America’s19th-century tsunami of immigration was“in considerable proportion”aresult of “the huge wave of agricultural exports that began to reach Europeoncethe railroads reached our Middle West.” Moynihancited ahistorian’scalculation that at least athird of amillionEuropean farms “in alongarc from England andDenmarkthrough PrussiaonintoRussia” were shut down by competition from theAmerican prairies. Wheat acreageinEngland alonewas reduced 40% between 1869 and1887. The historian wrote: “The smallcapitalistfarmers of NorthAmerica hacked away at the economicbase of theruling landedclasses in Europemore destructively than allthe revolutionaries on thecontinent.” To markthe canal’s opening, akeg of Lake Erie water was dumped intoNew York’sharbor— the“wedding of thewaters.” The 100,000 —halfthe city’s population —who celebrated exceeded allprior American gatherings. As Howesays, theErieCanal demonstrated “what could be done by an involvedgovernment.” The example is still pertinent.

Railroads soon eclipsed theimportance of canals, but before they did, in 1849, theU.S.government granted patentNo. 6469 foraninventionthatfacilitatedthe passageofcanal traffic “over bars, or through shallowwater.” The inventorwas aformer one-term congressman from Sangamon County,Illinois,who promoted canalsfor developing central Illinois. Abraham Lincolncould nothave anticipated theimportance of theErieCanal supplanting much Mississippi Rivercommercial trafficand stimulatingthe Midwest’spopulation growth. This changedthe primary axis of U.S. commerce from North-SouthtoWest-East,fueling Northern economicdynamism, withconsequences seen at Appomattox. Someditch Email George Will at georgewill@washpost. com.

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embarrassing 49-25loss toTexas A&M.

Former LSUcoach talked thetalk, butnever walked thewalk

LSU has fired Brian Kelly

Let those fivewords sink infor amoment.

That they becamereality on Oct. 26, 2025,isnot the most shocking thing. After Penn State jettisoned James Franklinafter athree-game losing streak earlier this season,anything seemed possible.

Butifyou’d told me the night of Aug.30, less than twomonths back, in the afterglow of LSU’s gritty 17-10 win at preseason No. 4Clemson, that this would be Kelly’s fate, I’dhavethought therewas no way. Ibelievedthen, as most everyonewho follows college football did, that Kelly’sheroes were on their waytoa bigseason. Surely aberthinthe College Football Playoff. Maybe much morethan that.

But as was thecase withFranklin, the life of Brian at LSU unraveled at warp speed. Not witha three-game losingstreak, butclose —three Southeastern Conference losses in the past four games. By the second one, last week’s3124 loss at Vanderbilt,Iwrotethatit seemed like awatershed moment, an inflection point for theKelly era. After Saturday night’s49-25 drubbing by Texas A&M, anight filled with chants of “Fire Kelly”and chants of Aggie fans celebratingtheirmost lopsided win over the Tigers in more

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

LSUfiredcoach BrainKelly,following an embarrassing loss to Texas A&M on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.

Scott Rabalais

than ageneration, you knew there was noturning back.

Sunday was full of rumors and reports, smokeand fire. Would Kelly survive, for now,byjust firing some coaches like offensive coordinator Joe Sloan and offensive line coach

Moorebenches QB Rattlerfor Shough in ugly loss to Tampa

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Brad Davis? Would LSUreally find themoney for what is currently about a$54 million buyout?

By Sunday night,the news was stark and unbelievable, but true. Kelly is gone after three seasons plus eight games witha34-14 record. That’s a.708 winning percentage. That’s26points higher than the career record of Charles McClendon, LSU’sCollege Football Hall of Fame coach wholasted here for 18 seasons.

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The get-in price for theBucsSaintsgame Sunday was $7. That’sright. Youcould buy a ticket on the secondary market to see thegamefor less than a smoothie.

Andfor the resilient souls who sat through TampaBay’s23-3 demolition of theSaints, $7 probably seemed high. Whatever cost of admission Saints fans paid was too much for this stinker.Ona chamber of commerce day in New Orleans, there were plentyofbetter ways for them to spend their fall afternoon.

On Sunday,LSU leadership held discussionsabout Kelly’sfuture, sources said, including talk of apotential negotiated buyout. Those conversationswill continue into the Tigers’ open date.

Following the firing, Kelly is owed aroughly $54 million buyout —an amount large enough to becomeone of the mostexpensive buyouts in the history of college football.

Kelly was four yearsintothe

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have becomeeither an afterthought or alaughingstock, depending on your point of view

Alas,this is where the Saints are midway through the 2025 season. Their 1-7 start is tied for theworst in the league and is the club’sworst since 1999, the dark days of Ditka and the Billy Joes. For all intents andpurposes, the Saints

“Frustration,” is how Saints head coach Kellen Moore described the Saints’ postgamelocker room “We’ve got to play cleaner.We’ve got to play to ahigher standard.” No one in attendance at the SuperdomeonSunday would argue, especially after being forced to watch the team’s anemic, mistake-proneoffenseoperate. Theunithas lacked explosiveness and suffered from self-inflicted mistakes all season and has regressed as the season has progressed. Sunday marked the sixth timeineight games that the Saints have failed to score 20 points. It wasalso the sixth timethe

Pelicans rookies make early impact

BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

Jeremiah Fears is so fearless, he’s made Willie Green just as fearless.

How else do you explain Green’s willingness to throw two rookies (Fears and Derik Queen) into the fire down the stretch of Friday’s overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs?

The closing lineup in regulation consisted of Fears, Queen, Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy and Jordan Poole.

“I saw a lot of poise from both guys at the end of the game,” Green said. “Throughout the whole game, really. Their competitiveness, you can see it They want it. When you evaluate those two guys on the floor with our group, the future is bright.”

Both Queen and Fears made an impact in what ended up being a 120-116 loss. Of the nine Pelicans who played in the game, four had a positive plus-minus: Fears, Queen, Zion Williamson and Jordan Hawkins.

Fears, who scored 17 points on 7 of 10 shooting in the season-opening loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, followed that up with a 13-point, four-rebound performance. He’s made 12 of 18 shots He played a little over 28 minutes against the Spurs.

Queen’s workload was even heavier He played just over 34 minutes and finished with 15 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots against San Antonio.

“It shows that the coaching staff trusts you,” Fears said. “Especially being a rookie and playing in overtime and being able to play the last four minutes of the fourth quarter means a lot. There is still going to be some room for improvement Continuing to learn, continuing to grow It’s only the second game of the season, a long season. Stay confident.”

Fears’ productivity shouldn’t really come as a surprise He showed flashes in the preseason of why the Pelicans drafted him with the No. 7 overall pick.

Queen, however, didn’t even get a preseason. He was busy rehabbing a torn ligament in his left wrist suffered in summer league play He had surgery in the middle of July and was cleared by doctors just four days before the start of the season.

“Once I got cleared, I thought I was going to be the last man on

Ex-Jets center Mangold dies of kidney disease

Nick Mangold’s long, blond hair and bushy beard made him instantly recognizable. His gritty outstanding performances on the field for the New York Jets made him one of the franchise greats. Mangold, a two-time All-Pro center who helped lead the Jets to the AFC championship game twice, has died, the team announced Sunday He was 41. The Jets said in a statement that Mangold died Saturday night from complications of kidney disease. His death came less than two weeks after he announced on social media that he had kidney disease and needed a transplant. Mangold was diagnosed with a genetic defect in 2006 that led to chronic kidney disease. He was on dialysis while awaiting a transplant.

NHL suspends coach for season; Capitals fire him

NEWYORK The NHL has suspended Mitch Love for the remainder of the season after an investigation into allegations that arose while he was interviewing for head-coaching jobs around the league.

The Washington Capitals simultaneously fired Love, who served as an assistant on coach Spencer Carbery’s staff the past two years and was placed on leave last month pending the investigation. No details have been provided about the nature of the investigation.

The NHL said Love, 41, was suspended for conduct detrimental to the league, pending what it called a thorough investigation. Love is eligible to apply for reinstatement for the 2026-27 season subject to certain conditions.

the bench,” Queen said “Because

I haven’t had time to prove myself or do anything to show that

I’m ready I feel like the few practices I did have definitely helped.

Coach Green and everybody saw how hard I was working.”

Queen’s night included having to guard Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama.

“Everything he asks for, I just try to go out there and do it,”

Queen said.

Although Queen is only 20 and Fears just turned 19, their older teammates aren’t surprised they were on the Smoothie King Center floor during crunch time.

Murphy’s assessment of his young teammates?

“Phenomenal,” Murphy said.

“I’m not going to say I’m shocked because I’ve seen it in practice.

They are fearless Him and DQ played really big tonight Their future is so bright.”

While they are getting their minutes and points, they still haven’t got their first NBA win. They get another chance Mon-

day night when the Pelicans host the Boston Celtics The Pelicans have lost their past eight games against the Celtics. The Pels’ last win against Boston came in March 2021.

Fears was 14 then. Queen was 16. Now they are rookies in the NBA making an early impact.

“They want to step on the floor and contribute to winning,” Green said. “I can’t say I’m surprised. I get a chance behind closed doors to watch how they work. I’m very pleased with their play on the floor.”

Email Rod Walker at rwalker@ theadvocate.com.

LSU men win exhibition game over UCF

BY TOYLOY BROWN III

Staff writer

The LSU men’s basketball team opened a new season with a 75-68 exhibition victory over Central Florida on Sunday at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida. While the win won’t count, it was still an impressive performance against a Big 12 team that already played an exhibition at No. 6 Duke, where it lost 96-71. Fourth-year coach Matt McMahon was able to win even without two expected rotation players: returning forward Robert Miller and 22-year-old freshman signee Ron Zipper from Israel. Miller didn’t play after “tweaking” his ankle in a closed scrimmage last week Zipper wasn’t mentioned, according to LSU. While he has practiced throughout the offseason, he didn’t participate in LSU’s open practice on Oct. 13. Here are the three biggest takeaways from the Sunday matchup. LSU’s new point guard shines Fans will soon know the name Dedan Thomas if they don’t already The 6-foot-1 lefty point guard was clearly the best player for the Tigers. The UNLV transfer had 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and nine assists. The 20-year-old junior brought more order to the offense than at any time last year against quality opponents. His gaudy assists total doesn’t fully reflect how well he orches-

trated the team’s attack, as he had only two turnovers. Thomas’ most impressive pass was his second alley-oop pass to center Michael Nwoko for the slam. Thomas also scored 15 of his points in the second half. His floaters deceived defenders at times, who failed to contest because they thought it was an alley-oop pass. In his 31 minutes on the court, LSU outscored UCF by 19.

Jalen Reed is back healthy

Jalen Reed played his first organized basketball game since he tore his right ACL on Dec. 3 against Florida State. He looked healthy and finished the game with six points and four rebounds

in 19 minutes. The starting forward moved around without discomfort all game but did grimace once after being fouled toward the end of the game. Reed lightly limped to the free-throw line, made his second of two free throws and walked to the bench normally to be substituted out. The redshirt junior wore a knee brace and was notably rusty He made one of his four shot attempts, which was a 3-pointer, and also had three turnovers. None of this should be concerning since it was the first game against a quality opponent. Reed didn’t show anything to doubt that he’ll eventually look more like the player who averaged about

11 points and seven rebounds a season ago.

LSU is a much bigger team

After ending last season playing a four-guard lineup, size was a quality LSU desperately sought in the offseason. Against UCF, LSU finally showed it had it.

The Tigers started a front court of two 6-10 bigs and a 6-9 small forward in Marquell Sutton, an Omaha transfer They also played a pair of 6-6 guards in the game

— Rashad King and Max Mackinnon. Nwoko’s bulk was the most pronounced as he threw around his 261-pound body for six rebounds, with four on the offensive side, and three dunks. He also scored 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting, making a pair of post shots.

“I thought Nwoko was terrific for us around the basket,” McMahon told reporters after the game.

“He’s a lot more skilled as an offensive player than I anticipated, and I thought you saw some of that today with his jump hooks down in the post.”

Not to be outdone in using his size was Sutton. The 22-year-old, fifth-year senior was a menace on the glass with a game-high 11 rebounds. He was physical on defense and scored 14 points.

LSU’s next game will be the season opener against Tarleton State at 4 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Email Toyloy Brown III at toyloy.brown@theadvocate.com

Lakers’ Doncic out with finger sprain, bruised leg LOS ANGELES Luka Doncic is expected to be sidelined for at least one week because of a sprained finger on his left hand and a bruised lower left leg, the Los Angeles Lakers announced Sunday Doncic had been off to a spectacular start to the season with back-to-back 40-point games for the Lakers, who play at Sacramento on Sunday night. He will be reevaluated in approximately one week, the team said.

Doncic scored 43 points in the Lakers’ loss to Golden State on opening night, and he racked up 49 points in a victory over Minnesota last Friday night. Doncic scorched the Timberwolves despite spraining a finger on his non-shooting hand in the opening minutes.

The Lakers also are without LeBron James due to sciatica.

NCAA ordered to pay $18M in concussion suit

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The NCAA owes a former college football player and his wife $18 million, a South Carolina jury decided while finding college sports’ major governing body negligent in failing to warn the player about the longterm effects of concussions. Following a civil trial that wrapped up late last week, Orangeburg County jurors awarded $10 million to 68-year-old Robert Geathers, who played at South Carolina State University from 1977 to 1980 as a defensive end. His wife, Debra, was awarded $8 million, according to a court document. A physician diagnosed Robert Geathers with dementia several years ago. Now he has trouble with day-to-day tasks such as dressing himself and helping making meals

Lapuente, Mexico’s coach at 1998 World Cup, dies MEXICO CITY Manuel Lapuente, one of the most successful coaches in Mexican soccer history, has died. He was 81. The Mexican Soccer Federation made the announcement on its social media channels on Saturday without disclosing the cause of death.

Lapuente, who was a professional footballer between 1964 and 1975, had two stints as national team coach. The first in 1990-1991 lasted only 11 matches.

In the second, he won the 1999 Confederations Cup title with a 4-3 win against Brazil in the

Stroud leadsTexansoverthe

By The Associated Press

HOUSTON With star re-

ceiver Nico Collins out Sunday against San Francisco, the Houston Texans needed someone to step up to make up for his absence. Turns out alot of different players helped do that

C.J. Stroud threw for aseason-high 318 yards with two touchdowns and theTexans got off to aquick start and held on for a26-15 victory

Stroud did agreat job of distributing the ball, completing passes to nine differentplayerswithCollins out after sustaininga concussion Mondaynight. Xavier Hutchinson led the group with acareer-high 69 yards receiving and ascore and rookie Jaylin Noel added 63 to help the Texans (3-4) bounce back after aloss to Seattle.

“We’ve got alot of players who want the ball and can do something with the ball,” Hutchinson said. “I felt like that was agreat time forus to step up and show up and that’sexactly what we did.” Stroud knew it would have to be agroup effort to make up for Collins being out and was glad to see so many guys contribute.

“Spreading the ball around is great for everybody,” he said. “I love seeing my guys make plays.”

BRONCOS 44, COWBOYS24: In Denver,BoNix threw for four touchdowns, rookie R.J. Harveyscoredthree times and the Denver Broncos routed theDallas Cowboys for their fifth consecutive victory

J.K. Dobbins ran for 111 yards on 15 carries and the Broncos (6-2) also got big performances from rookies Pat Bryant and Jahdae Barron as they extendedthe NFL’s longest home winning streak to nine games. Bryant scored his first touchdown and Barron

picked off Dak Prescott for his first career interception.

DOLPHINS 34, FALCONS 10: In Atlanta, TuaTagovailoa threwaseason-high four touchdown passes and the Miami Dolphins ended their three-game losing streakby dominating the short-handed Atlanta Falcons. The Dolphins (2-6)outgainedthe Falcons (3-4) 338213. Tagovailoa, who threw three interceptions in each of hislast two games, was addedtothe injury report before the game with anillness but showed no signs of

being limited. Atlanta veteran quarterback KirkCousins made his first start since aDec. 16, 2024, win at LasVegas. Cousins, whoappeared in only onegame this season in abackup role,couldn’trescuethe offense against aMiamidefense determined to contain running back Bijan Robinson.

RAVENS 30, BEARS 16: In Baltimore, in what they hope will be theirfinal game before Lamar Jackson returns, the Baltimore Ravens finally looked pretty good without him.

Barkleyhas biggamein Eagles’victory over Giants

BY DANGELSTON Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA SaquonBarkley burst free for a65-yard touchdown on his firstcarry andtopped100 yards rushing for the first time this season before he left with a groin injury,the kind of setback that could derail last season’s2,000-yard rusher just as he was playing like his old self. Hold up, Barkley said. He’sfine, honest.

Barkley said he likely could have finished the game had the Philadelphia Eagles not been dominating the New York Giants —a hefty lead against hisold team thanks in largepart to his most prolific game of the season.

Barkley ran for 150 yards and the long TD, and he caught one of Jalen Hurts’ four scoring passes as the Eagles beat the Giants 38-20 on Sunday

“I don’tthink there’s anything that we can’tdo,” Hurtssaid. “It’samatter of are we working towards it and working in it the right way?”

Theanswerthrougheight games seems to be aclear yes. The Eagles (6-2) evened the season series against their NFC East rivals after the Giants won 34-17earlier this month, and they put the rest of the conference on notice over the last two games that their offense has its groove back.

Barkley ripped off a28yard run on the final playof the third quarter but shook his head as he ran gingerly back to the sideline. He was checked out inside the medical tent —hecalled the injury “nothing crazy” —and later grabbed his helmet and jumped in celebration when backup Tank Bigsby ran for a29-yard gain.

“I went out swinging,”

Barkley said with alaugh. Hurts, who completed15 of 20 passesfor 179 yards, put the game away witha 17-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Goedert to finish that drive and make it 31-13. Bigsby ranfor 104yards, andBarkley has an extra week to recover with the Eagles headedinto abye Hurts’ fourthTDpass of thegamewas a40-yard strike to Jahan Dotson

Barkley’sinitial carry gave him moreyards than he had in allbut one game this season. He had just 44 yards last week against Minnesotaand rushed for alow of 30 against Denver,aprecipitous drop aseason after he rushed formorethan 2,500 total yards forthe SuperBowl champions

“They controlled the line of scrimmage and that was amajor point of emphasis and give them creditfor doing that,”Giants coach Brian Daboll said. “When ateam runs for nearly 300 yards, it’s pretty difficultto control thegame,ifyou will. Andwe missedout on some opportunities.

Barkley’searly breakout was another sign theEagles’ offense is clicking after a sluggish start to the season In awin at Minnesotalast

week, Hurtsthrew for more than 300 yards and receiversA.J. Brownand DeVonta Smith had big games. The Eagles ran for 277 yards on Sunday, the finalpiece they needed underfirst-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo —who was on the hot seat early —tofeel like they’re on the path toward arepeat championship run.

“In football it’s always us. All of us,” coach Nick Sirianni said. “I know they love Kevin. But it’salwaysall of us. Ithink Kevin’sreally mentally tough. Youhave to be in this game.”

Hurtsconnectedwith Barkley for a9-yardtouchdown and threw a6-yard TD pass to Goedertthat sent the Eaglesinto halftime with a 21-10 lead.Goedert’stwo scores gave him acareerbest seven TDs this season.

Jaxson Dartfailed to duplicate his masterful first effort against the Eagles and threw for 193 yards and atouchdown for the Giants (2-6). With New York trailing 24-10 late in the third, Dart wassacked by Jalyx Hunt and the Giantssettled forGrahamGano’s34-yard field goal. Dart was sacked five times

Derrick Henry ranfor two touchdowns, Tyler Huntley madeabig third-down throw late in the fourth quarter and the Ravens beat theChicago Bears.

TheRavens (2-5)snapped afour-game skidand ended Chicago’sfour-game winning streak. The Bears(4-3) dominated the first quarter, but managed only two field goals in thatperiod and didn’tscore againuntil the fourth.

JETS 39, BENGALS 38: In Cincinnati, the winless start for the New York Jets took atoll on JustinFields. At onepoint

in the runup to thegamein Cincinnati, he found himself laying down in his closet and crying.

Helped by the support of family and friends, Fields got up. Then he rallied his team.

Breece Hall rushed for two second-half touchdowns and threwa4-yard TD pass to Mason Taylor with 1:54 left, helping Fields andthe Jets edge the Cincinnati Bengals for their first win under coach Aaron Glenn.

BILLS 40, PANTHERS 9: In Charlotte, North Carolina, alittle rest proved just what Josh

Allen and the Buffalo Bills needed.

JamesCookran fora career-high 216 yards and two touchdowns, Allen accounted forthreescoresand the Bills returnedfromtheir bye witharesoundingwin over the Carolina Panthers.

Allenimproved to 8-0following the bye week and establishedanNFL record by becoming the first player to run and throw for atouchdown in 46 games, breaking the mark previously held by former PanthersQBCam Newton.

PATRIOTS 32, BROWNS 13: In Foxborough, Massachusetts, the New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabelwanted to addenergy in Gillette Stadiumafter watching his team lose two of its first three games at home to open the season. He did it by bringing back individual pregame introductions for the first time since2001. It mighthave been exactly the boost New England needed.

Drake Maye threwthree second-half touchdown passes to help the Patriots (6-2) erase an early deficit and roll to their fifth straight victoryoverthe Cleveland Browns.

COLTS 38,TITANS 14: In Indianapolis,Jonathan Taylor rushed for two touchdowns and caught another in a milestone game, andDaniel Jonesthrew fortwo more scores to help the Indianapolis Colts continue their surprising start witha rout over Tennessee. Taylor also scored three TDs against theTitansin each of their previous two meetings, making him the first player in league history to have threetouchdowns in three consecutive games against the same team. He finished with 12 carries for 153yards, the fourth 100yard game this season for the league’srushing leader

TAMPA BAY 23, SAINTS 3

BY THE NUMBERS

DE Young provides spark for defense

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

New Orleans, Rattler 15-21-1-136, Shough 17-30-1-128. RECEIVING—Tampa Bay, T.Johnson 5-43, Otton 4-40, Egbuka 3-35, White 2-26, Shepard 1-8. New Orleans, Shaheed 9-75, Olave 8-63, Johnson 5-53, Cooks 3-22, Neal 3-11, Kamara 2-24, Vele 1-10, Hill 1-6. PUNT RETURNS—Tampa Bay, K.Johnson 1-8. New Orleans, Shaheed 1-8. KICKOFF RETURNS—Tampa Bay, Tucker 2-50. New Orleans, Neal 5-106, Tipton 1-36.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—Tampa Bay, Dean

5-1-0, David 4-6-0, Smith 4-4-0, Dennis 4-3-1, Winfield 4-2-0, Parrish 4-1-1, McCollum 2-4-0, Nelson 2-2-2, Morrison 2-1-0, D.Jones 2-0-0, E.Roberts 2-0-0, L.Hall 0-1-.5, Watts 0-1-.5, Diaby 0-1-0, Vea 0-1-0. New Orleans, D.Davis

4-7-0, Reid 4-3-.5, McKinstry 3-1-0, Sanker

3-1-0, Godchaux 2-4-0, Rumph 2-2-0, Howden

2-0-0, Riley 2-0-0, Taylor 2-0-0, C.Young 1-3-

1.5, Werner 1-3-0, Shepherd 1-2-1, Bullard

1-1-0, Stalbird 1-1-0, Burgess 1-0-0, Bresee

0-1-0, Granderson 0-1-0, Jordan 0-1-0, Ridgeway 0-1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS—Tampa Bay, Nelson 1-3, Winfield 1-0. New Orleans, None. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

OFFICIALS—Referee Ron Torbert, Ump Barry Anderson, HL Frank LeBlanc, LJ Brian Bolinger FJ Ryan Dickson, SJ Keith Washington, BJ Courtney Brown, Replay Kevin Stine.

Against one of the best left tackles in pro football, Chase Young recorded a trifecta. With less than a minute remaining in the first half, the New Orleans Saints defensive end used speed and power to beat tackle Tristan Wirfs around the edge, arriving just as quarterback Baker Mayfield was cocking his arm back to throw Young knocked the ball out of Mayfield’s hands, getting credit for the sack and the forced fumble. The ball bounced to the turf, and after several players failed to come up with it, Young scooped up the recovery as well. It was the type of effort the Saints must have envisioned when they signed Young to a three-year $51 million contract this offseason — a supremely talented player beating one of the NFL’s premier players to make an impact play

Young’s strip sack and recovery set the Saints up with a short field, leading to a field goal that represented the only points New Orleans scored. It was not Young’s only big play of the game. He split a sack with safety Justin Reid earlier in the game and made a tackle for loss as well. Young missed the first five games of the season with a calf injury, but he’s provided a spark to the Saints’ defense since his return. In three games, he’s now recorded two sacks, four quarterback hits and two pass breakups in addition to his forced fumble and recovery Inadvertent whistle

The Buccaneers appeared to take a 14-0 lead on the Saints late in the second quarter when safety Antoine Winfield scooped up a Rashid Shaheed fumble and raced 47 yards for a touchdown which would’ve been Tampa Bay’s sec-

ond defensive touchdown of the game.

But after a replay review, officials determined an inadvertent whistle had blown after the recovery thereby nullifying the return.

In a pool report after the game, NFL official Ron Torbert said, “We ruled that there was a fumble. It was recovered by the defense, but there was a whistle blown from the other side of the field. The official thought that the runner was down. We were able to award the defense the ball after the fumble but because the whistle had been blown, we could not award the advance afterwards.”

First of his kind

Alvin Kamara joined a prestigious group Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with his 600th career reception, joining Larry Centers and Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk and LaDanian Tomlinson as the only running backs to reach that mark

in NFL history

But of the group, Kamara was the only one to do it all with one franchise.

Kamara ranks second in franchise history in career receptions, trailing only Marques Colston (711 receptions). He is less than 100 yards shy of 5,000 career receiving yards, and if he gets there this season, he would become the fourth player in NFL history with at least 7,000 career rushing yards and 5,000 career receiving yards. Odds and ends

Kamara led the pregame Who Dat chant With a short dumpoff to Kamara that turned into a 15-yard gain late in the first half, Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler converted his first third down of 9 or more yards this season through the air Before that pass, Rattler had completed 15 of 24 passes for 84 yards on third and 9 or longer without converting a first down this season.

through the third quarter the black-and-gold faithful cheered as loudly as they had all day

The change did not lead to a different result, however

Moore benched Rattler for Shough in Sunday’s 23-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but the Saints fell to 1-7 on a season that has been increasingly hard to watch at the near-halfway point

“We just need to find a way to create something on offense,” Moore said. “It has more to do with the offense collectively We’re just not executing at a high enough standard, and we’ve got to find a way to move the football consistently.”

So what comes next?

Moore declined to name a starter for next week’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, telling reporters he’d take the next 48 hours to make a decision. But the Saints’ season had been trending toward this point, particularly with how Rattler’s play appeared to regress over the last two weeks.

Rattler said he did not put pressure on himself following a fourturnover, four-sack debacle in last week’s loss to the Chicago Bears. But the reality was that performance had already prompted questions over whether it was time to turn to Shough. And while Moore stood by Rattler throughout the week, it was clear that for the quarterback to save his job he needed to perform significantly better against the Buccaneers. He did not.

By the time Rattler was pulled with 3:57 left in the third, down 17-3 after an ugly three-and-out,

the Saints had very little to show offensively New Orleans crossed into Tampa Bay’s territory four times on six possessions, though it only produced three points — a 48-yard field goal just before halftime.

What ultimately doomed Rattler was the turnovers.

After throwing three interceptions and fumbling last week, the 25-year-old fumbled on the Saints’ opening possession and then threw a pick six backed up near the team’s own goal line early in the second quarter

Six turnovers in two games from Rattler were too much for Moore to ignore. It was an unfortunate development for the quarterback, too, because he won — and maintained — the starting job in part because he showed clear growth in his decision-making before this recent rut. Rattler committed just one turnover in his first six outings this season, a year after committing eight turnovers in seven games as a rookie.

“A little bit,” Rattler said when asked if he was surprised about his benching. “But hey no bad feelings at all with Kellen. We haven’t really gotten anything going on offense the last two weeks, so you know, hey, I understand.

“I’ve just got to show back up and figure out what we need to get better at.”

Moore said he told Rattler that he made the switch because the Saints were looking for a spark.

Shough, though, didn’t provide much of one.

The Louisville product went 17 of 30 for 128 yards and threw an unfortunate interception, one that was snatched from an open Chris Olave’s hands as the wide receiver went to the ground. Moore said he saw “little moments” from

Shough that helped the offense perform better but said he also needs to do a better job of putting the offense in a position to be successful.

“I felt prepared,” Shough said. “For me, I was just going out there and doing everything I can.” The offensive struggles were even more frustrating for the Saints because of the defense’s performance. Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield — an MVP candidate — was limited to only 152 passing yards. The Saints’ defensive line also responded after a poor showing in Chicago. The front forced one goal-line stand in the first

quarter to kill a 17-play drive and nearly another in the third, until Bucs running back Sean Tucker punched it in on fourth down. Pass rusher Chase Young stripped Mayfield and recovered a fumble that set up New Orleans’ lone points. New Orleans even caught a break from the officials. An inadvertent whistle wiped out a Buccaneers touchdown return on a Rashid Shaheed fumble, forcing Tampa Bay to take the ball at the 47-yard line rather than giving them a 14-0 lead.

Rattler said he saw the Saints’ defense “playing with more fire.”

He indicated his unit didn’t play with that same level of intensity

“You got to catch a rhythm,” Rattler said. “Our rhythm wasn’t there. We started out the game well, turned it over That’s not great, but how you respond is everything. We didn’t respond well. You gotta execute to have that fire. We’re dialed in, but we just gotta execute better.” Rattler seemed especially bothered by his first turnover He repeatedly noted he should have kept the ball “high and tight,” and failing to do so led to Buccaneers pass rusher Anthony Nelson punching the ball out on a scramble. He appeared to have less of a problem with the second, crediting Nelson for making a great play Shortly after New Orleans’ goalline stand, Nelson batted Rattler’s pass with his left arm, caught it with the right and took it to the house for an easy score to put Tampa Bay up 7-0.

“I thought we were gonna respond and try to bounce back from that,” Rattler said.

But the Saints were never in a position to truly rally Even when Young forced a turnover, for instance, the ensuing sequence summed up much of Rattler’s season: The Saints moved the ball — but not enough. They had to settle for a disappointing field goal. Now, if Moore sticks with Shough for another week, the Saints will see if the rookie can be any different. “I love Spence, I love Tyler; I love these guys to death,” Moore said. “These are never easy things. They are really, really challenging, because I know what each of these guys puts into it every single day But we’re just trying to find

mula that works to our advantage.” Email

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youknewKellen Moore wouldeventually make the switch.With the seasonalready pretty much down the drain and Spencer Rattler not being able to getthe team into the end zone,itwas time Late in the third quarter,MooregaveTylerShough his chance. Rattler took care of the ballthe first six weeks of the season (just three turnovers), but thelasttwo weeks weren’t kind to him. Oneweek aftercommitting four turnovers against the Bears, he committedtwo more Sunday. His dayincluded acostly pick-six. So it’s understandable whyMoore wantedto seewhat the No 40 draft pick coulddo. It was waytoo small of asample size to knowwhat Shough (17of30, 128 yards) cando.

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DEFENSEDID ITSPART

youreally couldn’t have asked formuch morefromthe Saints defense.Theyheld the Buccaneerstojust81yards in the firsthalf andkept them out of the endzone throughthe first twoquarters.The most impressive sequence came in the second quarter,when theBucs had first-and-goal from the1.The Saints stuffed them on four straight running plays and breathed some life into the Dome. Unfortunately,the defense, led by Chaseyoung, didn’t getmuch help from itsoffense.IfItoldyou beforethe game that the Saints wouldholdMVP candidate Baker Mayfield to just 152 passingyards,you would’veliked the Saints’ chances.

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QUIETONTHE SET

The WhoDat Nation is clearly frustratedwith this season forthe Saints, nowoff to a1-7 start.There were plenty of emptyseats in the Dome on Sunday, particularly in the 600 level.you couldhear boos at times when the Saints offense couldn’t move the chains or when there was apenalty flag thrown.With along road trip to Los Angeles to face the Rams next week, it would be asurprise if the Saints aren’t 1-8seven days from now. Sunday was just the latest reminder that the Saints are in serious rebuild mode. If you’re aSaints fan, I’dadvise you to exercisesomeserious patience. This might takea while.

‘Itdidn’tseemtoo fast forhim’

Saints turn to Shough in search of aspark

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

It was 5:04 p.m. in the 504 when the New Orleans Saints made what might’ve beentheirmostconsequential decision of the 2025 season After nearly three quarters of ineffective offensive football, Saints coach Kellen Moore decided there was no more reason to wait. With theSaints trailing 17-3 late in the third quarter,rookie quarterbackTyler Shough jogged onto the field with the starting offense in place of Spencer Rattler

The fans in the Superdome met the decision with cheers. That wasthe loudest ovation Shough would get for the rest of the day

Getting his most extensive playing time of the season, the No.40overall pick turned in roughly equivalent results to what New Orleans had gotten outofRattler.Shough completed 17 of his 30 attempts for 128 yards with an interception,and none of his four drives resultedinpoints

“At the endofthe day,wedidn’tscore enough points, so it sucks,” Shough said “We’ll lookatit, and especially myself, and see how Ican get better,and then we’ll continue to grow as an offensive unit to try and get the job done.”

But this is less about what happened Sunday and more about what toexpect for the rest of the season.Eventhough Moore declined to name Shough the starter beyond Sunday’sgame, somethingclearly shifted in the loss to the Buccaneers.

“We’ll make that evaluation here quickly and make some decisions moving forward,” Moore said. “But this had to do with the whole offense not playing well enough and hopefully trying to generate some formofaspark there.”

Things appeared to be trending this directioninrecent weeks.

Though Rattler had outplayed the modest expectations of him coming into the season, the Saints entered their Week 8gamewitha1-6 record. Rattler’sindividual playhad also started to slip; the negative plays he’d avoided early in the season began to pile up in losses to the Bears and Buccaneers, against whom he took acombined seven sacks while committing six turnovers.

Though the outside questions wondering when Shough wouldget his opportunity began to get louder,inside thebuilding the Saintsdid not have any sort of meeting or conversation with their young quarterback about himgettingonthe field any time soon Shough, instead, prepared the way he had allseason:Heoperated the scoutteam offense, featuring theSaints’ backup offensive players, against the first-team defense. Thoserepswereeffectively theextent of hison-field preparation. While Shough studieshis ownoffensive game plans every week in the event his number wouldbecalled, his actual playing time was almost exclusively limited to the scout team. That hadits benefits,though.

“For me, it’sjust football,” Shough said. “You’re not going against ascouted look,alook of what you may see. So how can you make it like agame? And that’s kind of beenthe emphasis

(from) my quarterback coach,Kellen and all the guys: How can Imake this game-like?” Shough had somebright moments Sunday, despite the results. He made some difficult sideline throws andwas generallydecisive with thefootball. Of his four drives, tworeached inside TampaBay’s25-yard line.

“I thought Tyler did great to be able to get in in themiddle of the game and be able to execute some of those plays,” veteran wideout Brandin Cooks said. “It didn’tseem too fast for him.” His teammates also did not always help him out Tightend Juwan Johnsonhad oneobviousdrop to negate apotential explosive play andmissedanother catchableopportunitytoconvert afourth down. The interception came when Shough pinned athrowtoChris Olave’schest, only to see TampaBay safety Antoine Winfield arrive during theprocess of the catch to rip the ball out of Olave’shands.

Shough hadsome regrettable moments, too. The Saints were in comeback modewhile he was in, meaning TampaBay consistently sent pressure his way,sacking him twice and disrupting the timing of severalotherplays. Shoughalsooverthrew apotential touchdown pass to Rashid Shaheed,a play that happened quickly with pressure closing in.

Nowthe Saints have to decide their next move. New Orleanshas another difficult game on the schedule next week, aroad game against a5-2 Los AngelesRams team that is coming off its bye week.

If NewOrleansdoes decide to turn the offense over to its rookie quarterback, he stated asimple goal.

“I want to win,” Shough said. “We’ve got to go out there and execute and win.”

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Saints have trailed essentially from start to finish, failing to lead fora single minute

It was the third consecutive game the Saints haven’thad arun of more than 10 yards. Only one of the Saints’ 71 playscovered more than 16 yards.

“Wedidn’tdoenough good on offense to give ourselves achance,” Moore said. “We’ve got to find away to move the ball consistently.”

Thegame’sonly redeeming value came in the second half, when Moore finally turned the keys to theSaints offenseover to Tyler Shough.

The rookie quarterback responded with afew flashy throws to give Saints fans amuch-needed glimmer of hope for the future. He completed 17 of 30 passes for 128 yards, mostly on throwsunderneath the Bucs’ conservative coverage.But otherwise, that was about the extent of the positivity from this one On aday when the Saints committed four turnovers and 11 penalties, they were no match for their NFC South division rivals. Once the Bucs received their wake-up call at halftime, they pretty much did what they pleased against the Saints. They scored on their first four second-half possessions to quickly quash any potential

Saints coachKellen Moore looks on near the end of agameagainst

BayBuccaneers on Sunday

upset hopes the Saints might have entertained By the9-minute markofthe fourth quarter,the Dome had largely emptied out. Mercifully,the Bucs finally put anend to things with asack of Shough onthe game’sfinal play.Itwas afittingend to aforgettable afternoon for theSaints. Whether the quarterback switch proves to be permanentorsimply a

one-off remains to be seen. Moore was non-committal afterward, saying he and the team’sbrain trust “have to makesome decisions in thenext 48 hours” and “evaluate this whole thing.”

“I’m not intoflip-flopping quarterbacks,”Moore said. “I love Spence. I love Tyler.These (decisions) are never easy.We’vegot to findaformula that works to our advantage.”

The benching of Rattler felt significant, though. After asolid start to the season, the second-year passer has regressed in recent weeks. He committed four turnovers against the Chicago Bears last weekand followed that up with twomore in the first half against the Bucs. His fumble on the Saints’ opening drive took potential points off the board. His interception in the second quarter resulted in atouchdown. In seven possessions, he led the offense to only seven first downs and 121 total yards. The Saints’ only points came after asack-fumble forced by Chase Young just before halftime. Otherwise, the offense couldn’tget out of its own way. The offensive inefficiency wasn’tall Rattler’sfault. Between the penalties, dropped passes and anemic rushing attack, the entire unit was abumbling mess. But clearly something had to be done, and giving Shough achance to provide aspark wasthe right —and popular —call.

“Weneed to findaway to get this thing going,” Moore said. “We’re not there yet.” At this point, it’sfair to wonder if Moore and the Saints will ever get there during what has becomealost and forgettable season. The Saints aren’tgetting better.They’re getting worse.

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5 quick facts about interim LSU coach

BY REED DARCEY

LSU fired coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, and now coach Frank Wilson will take over the program on an interim basis, the school said.

Wilson, the Tigers’ associate head coach and running backs coach, has worked on Kelly’s staff since his tenure in Baton Rouge began in 2022. LSU hired the New Orleans native away from his previous position as head coach of McNeese’s football program, bringing him back for a second stint with the Tigers LSU decided to fire Kelly on Sunday after his team suffered a 49-25 loss at home to No. 3 Texas A&M. The two sides now plan to carry discussions of a potential negotiated buyout into the Tigers’ open date, according to a statement from athletic director Scott Woodward. Kelly is owed a buyout of roughly $54 million — a figure that would become the secondlargest severance agreement in the history of college football.

Here are five things to know about Wilson, the coach who will now lead the Tigers through the last four games of a lost season

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But patience is virtually nonexistent in college football anymore. Especially at a school like LSU. Still, why was Kelly sent packing so relatively fast? You can look at his 5-11 record against top 25 opponents. You can say 2022, with an SEC West title coming on the heels of a Texas Bowl that LSU played with 39 scholarship players, was his high-water mark. The goodwill from that year’s thrilling overtime win over Nick Saban and Alabama was mighty shortlived. People say Kelly wasn’t a fit. I’m not sure I buy that. Saban wasn’t a fit, either, never having set foot at LSU until the day of his introductory news conference. No one was a better fit than South Louisiana’s own Ed Orgeron, and LSU fired him two years after leading the Tigers to their greatest season ever Kelly doomed himself in two important ways. One, he talked a big game and never quite delivered.

“LSU football and LSU athletics is about being elite,” Kelly said in July at the Baton Rouge Rotary Club meeting. “It’s about a standard, a Tiger standard, that is a high bar, that we expect you to meet and exceed every day.” Kelly never got LSU to that standard, and the talk of “We’ve got to get better” wore thin So did his teams’ inability to play what he always preached: “complementary football.” Something was always missing from Kelly’s teams — special teams, defense, or this season, an offense that functioned properly All three elements failed LSU against Texas A&M, a team that complementary footballed the Tigers into a TKO before the end of the third quarter Why now, LSU? Well, Kelly is already the seventh Power Four coach to be fired this season and 10th in the FBS overall. You have to light up your “Vacancy” sign early these days, though this has

Head-coaching experience

Wilson is the only Kelly assistant with head coaching experience — he’s spent six years of his career as a head coach. He ran UTSA’s football program from 2016-2019, then took over the head job at McNeese in 2020.

The Roadrunners won 19 of the 40 games they played during Wilson’s tenure, which included an appearance in the New Mexico Bowl at the end of his first season in charge. Wilson also guided the Cowboys to seven wins in two years, even though Hurricanes Delta and Laura devastated the Lake Charles area shortly before his coaching tenure at McNeese began.

Second stint at LSU

Wilson has worked under two LSU head coaches. He was a running backs coach and a recruiting coordinator on Les Miles’ staff from 2010-2015 — a stretch in which the Tigers relied heavily on star tailbacks such as Leonard Fournette, Jeremy Hill, Stevan Ridley, Spencer Ware, Alfred Blue and Kenny Hilliard. Wilson recruited those running backs to Baton Rouge and oversaw their

collegiate careers, helping each of them develop into NFL draftees. Fournette was one of the most highly rated recruits LSU ever signed, and today, he’s the Tigers’ fourth all-time leading rusher

One of Kelly’s first hires

When Kelly took the LSU job, he made sure to add some Louisiana flavor to his coaching staff. So, one of his first decisions was to hire Wilson, a New Orleans native who attended St. Augustine High School and either played or coached across the southern half of the state. Wilson played his college football at Nicholls, then began his coaching career at Edna Karr in Algiers, then returned to Louisiana for stays in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles after he made stops outside the state. He knows how to recruit in-state talent

Ace recruiter It’s not just Fournette and the running backs. Wilson also had a hand in recruiting Louisiana natives and program greats Tyrann Mathieu, Odell Beckham and Devin White in his first stint at LSU, according to 247Sports, as well as linebacker Harold Perkins, defensive tackle Dominick

been LSU’s M.O for decades. Mike Archer, Curley Hallman, Gerry DiNardo, Les Miles and Orgeron were all fired before their final seasons ended. The fact that LSU has fired six of its last seven full-time head coaches is a cautionary tale for the next man up. Nonetheless, I believe LSU is still a great job.

It’s the lone Power Four program in a talent-rich state, with money great facilities, a huge stadium and tradition There arguably isn’t another job quite like it. One last thing, and it’s a very big thing: Will athletic director Scott Woodward get to do the hiring? Woodward’s resume includes two major whiffs Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M and now Kelly

Even though Fisher was at another school, it will be interesting to see if he gets a third trip to the plate. There is also the fact that LSU

is without a full-time president. Will that be resolved this coming week? How much will Gov Jeff Landry, who rightly criticized LSU after the A&M rout for its ham-handed announcement that it’s raising ticket prices for 2026, be involved?

You can get folks to accept ticket price increases if you get the right guy Hope is powerful advertising.

“Will we win a national championship?” Kelly asked at the Rotary luncheon in July “(That) is not the question. It’s when are we going to win a national championship? Because we will.” Someone will at LSU. One day It won’t be Brian Kelly After a whirlwind Sunday, that fact is still sinking in.

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Coach did not want to fire offensive coordinator, source says

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

LSU coach Brian Kelly has coached his last game in Baton Rouge, as sources told The Advocate on Sunday that the Tigers are moving on from Kelly after less than four seasons.

But tension had reportedly started to build between LSU and coach Brian Kelly earlier in the day

On Sunday, following the Tigers’ 49-25 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday, Kelly and athletic director Scott Woodward, according to The Athletic, got into a heated discussion regarding potential changes on staff.

McKinley and running back Harlem Berry in his second. Wilson also worked as one of the lead recruiters for U-High star senior defensive lineman Lamar Brown, an LSU commit who’s rated as one of the country’s five best recruits from the Class of 2026.

Faced harassment allegations

In 2022, a former LSU athletics employee named Sharon Lewis said in court filings of a retaliation lawsuit she filed against the university that Wilson “exposed himself” to her in 2013. Wilson was not a defendant in the suit, but he did face two separate allegations — one from Lewis and another from a different LSU employee who said he once kissed her without her consent. LSU said at the time that it had found no evidence that those accusations were ever reported to school officials, while Kelly said the allegations were “egregious” and “unfounded.” Lewis’ lawsuit was later dismissed.

Wilson Alexander contributed to this report.

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10-year, $100 million contract he signed in 2022 to succeed Ed Orgeron as LSU’s football coach. According to his term sheet, the school’s athletic department would owe him 90% of the remaining value of the contract should it fire him without cause at any point before the deal expires.

The current buyout cost for Kelly dwarfs the one LSU agreed to pay when it fired Orgeron. The school owed him only $17 million then, and it won’t even finish paying the full amount of that deal until the end of 2025.

Kelly’s buyout could have a similar structure. His contract allows LSU to split its total buyout cost into equal installments that it would pay monthly until 2031.

LSU could also fire Kelly without having to buy his assistants out of their contracts. All coaches on his staff signed deals with clauses that free the athletic department from paying the full cost of their buyouts, whether Kelly is no longer LSU’s head coach or if they leave the program to take other jobs. Still, firing Kelly comes with a historically large price tag. In 2023, Texas A&M agreed to pay coach Jimbo Fisher a record $77 million when it fired him near the end of a 7-6 season. His buyout is still by far the largest ever paid in the history of the sport, though hefty severance payments have become more common because coaches across the country have commanded increasingly longer contracts and higher salaries in recent years.

Penn State fired coach James Franklin on Oct. 12 — only four years after the school signed him to a 10-year, $85 million contract extension. Franklin’s buyout could cost as much as $49 million, though a clause in his deal reportedly says that if he lands another job, then Penn

Woodward, per the report, approached Kelly on Sunday afternoon, requesting that he make changes to his staff, including firing offensive coordinator Joe Sloan. LSU’s offense is 12th in the Southeastern Conference in scoring and 14th in yards per contest.

But, instead of granting his athletic director’s wishes, Kelly reportedly told Woodward that he wanted to make other staff changes that Woodward didn’t approve of. The situation then reportedly escalated further, with Kelly continuing to disagree with his boss. “It went bad fast,” an LSU program source told The Athletic. Sources had told The Advocate on Sunday that discussions regarding his future at LSU had begun within the leadership at the school.

Kelly’s record at LSU was 3414 as the defeat to Texas A&M dropped the Tigers to 5-3 on the season and essentially eliminated them from College Football Playoff contention. LSU never made the CFP under Kelly

Staff writer Wilson Alexander contributed to this report.

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State would owe him only the difference between his new salary and his old one.

Kelly has a similar “duty to mitigate” clause in his contract which requires him to pursue other jobs “with due diligence and good faith” for as long as he receives money from LSU.

Kelly, 64, is already one of the most accomplished coaches in college football history Earlier this season, he became just the 20th coach to win at least 200 career games at the FBS level. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is the only active FBS coach with more career wins. LSU won at least nine contests in each of the first three seasons of Kelly’s tenure, but it still hasn’t reached the College Football Playoff since he took over in 2022. An offseason fundraising push, coupled with the implementation of a revenuesharing system, allowed LSU to triple the size of its football program’s payroll before the 2025 season. Kelly said before the year kicked off that he and his staff had spent around $18 million to build their most recent roster But that team, because it fell to Texas A&M on Saturday, has now dropped three of its last four games and lost any chance it had of sneaking into the 12-team CFP field.

LSU will next begin an open date, then enter November with three losses for the first time since Kelly took over During his tenure, the Tigers are went 5-11 against ranked opponents. The Aggies hadn’t won in Tiger Stadium since 1994 before they blew out LSU on Saturday “I get it,” Kelly said. “There should be noise. You should be disappointed. I’m disappointed, but I have to really focus my time inside out the program so we can make sure this never happens again.”

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Fundamentalerrorsled to SU defense’scollapse

BY TOYLOYBROWN III Staff writer

Some of the Southern faithful, who endured the pregame rain, hadtofind the exit early onceagain at A.W. Mumford Stadium. The most noticeable exodus came after FloridaA&M’s second-bestrunning back, Jamal Hailey,took ahandoff upthe middle, bounced off an attempted tackle and ran the ball 56 yards to the end zone with5:41 remaining in the contest

This was the first playofa drivewhere Southern only trailedbyseven points. This moment was the last of atrio of explosive fourth-quarter scores thatappearedavoidable had the Jaguars been disciplinedand focused. Instead, they relented threestraightpossessions, taking a43-35 loss toFAMU at home on Saturday

“A lot of missed tackles, alot of missed assignments,” SouthernsafetyHerman Brister said. “I just think we allgot to want to make aplay.Ithink we doing too much of other guys looking to(someone else to) make aplay.I think we all got to just rally to the ball. It’sthat simple.”

Southern has lost six straight gamesfor the first time since 2010

Trey Holly,who rushed 26 times for145 yardsand two touchdowns, said it seemed the team didn’tremain as strong-willed when the FAMU scores piled up. “I feel like they thought thegamewas over,” theLSU transfer said. “Imean, we still had alot of clock. So Imean, defense got down, was tryingto pick them up. Offense, Ifeel like we got downas well, once we seen them score. So Imean, overall, Ifeel like you got to do better as ateam.”

away in the fourth quarter after Southern tooka 28-22 advantage thankstoa quarterback sneak fora1-yard touchdownfor Ashton Strother

The fourth-quarter scorethat started the 21-0 scoring run was a39-yard rush by Hailey on third and 5. Defenders seemed to wander away fromthe center of thefield, which waswhere the run occurred. Instead of forcing theRattlersintoa fourth-down play,Southern was tied 28-28. Thenextscorewas atwo-playdrive. FAMU quarterback RJ Johnson flicked a pass at theline of scrimmage to wide receiver Goldie Lawrence. Theskill player followed hisreceivers’blocks andwent untouched fora74-yard touchdown.

Southern interim coach Fred McNair said these instant explosive plays were the product of fundamental errors.

“Well, missed gap assignments, and then youhad missed tackles,”hesaid. “We’re not locking up, wrapping up on tackles and things of that nature. We got to fix that. That will be corrected through the course of the week in preparation to play against the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.”

Brister,who had ateam-high 14 tackles, was asked if the team got tired later in the game.

“I don’tthink fatigue wasafactor,” the redshirt sophomore said. “I think it was more so nobody wantedtomake aplay.I think it was,everybody waslooking forthe next man to makeaplay.Instead of all 11 of us wanted to makeaplay.”

Southern(1-7, 0-4 SWAC) played its closest game of the season since its3429 win at Mississippi ValleyState on Aug. 30. The Jaguars also finally found theiroffense, which had abandoned them since that same game. Thefive touchdowns scored against FAMU (3-4,2-1) matched their totalintheirprevious five games combined.

The team’sreturn to scoring also encouraged the other side to do well throughout thegame.

The Southern defense started well, too. It gotoff thefield on thirddownsand led 14-3 with 14:33 remaining in thesecond quarter

“Who don’twant to seethe offense moving the ball and scoring?” safety Elijah West said. “It gives the defense confidence, because, you know,your offense is putting the ball in thebox. So it just gives us confidence to play free.”

That confidence appeared to steadily drift

Losses andmeltdowns spur

Kelly’sfiring in fourth season

BY SPENCERURQUHART

Staff writer

LSU football coach BrianKelly

was fired on Sunday after adisappointing 2025 season that’sseen the Tigers lose three of theirpast four games.

Kellywas letgoafter eight games with LSU all but out ofCollege Football Playoff contention, receiving abuyout of roughly $54 million. Kelly served as LSU’s head coach since 2022 but had several low points that led to his firing.

Listed below are events and reasons that led to LSU movingon from Kelly in his fourth season as head coach.

Pressconferencemeltdowns

LSU defeated Florida20-10 to begin the 2025 season 3-0, but Kelly was unhappywhen a reporter beganthe postgame press conference by asking about LSU’soffense. LSU was coming off an underwhelming performance on offense against Louisiana Tech and once again struggled to score against Florida, but Kelly wasn’tinthe mood for questions about theoffense following the win.

“Stop, really,isthat the first question?” Kelly said when the reporter asked about LSU’soffense. “Wewon the game 20-10, try another question.” Kelly went on to say,“What do you want, do you want us to win70-0 against Florida to keep you happy,” calling the reporter “spoiled” and saying that the question was“out of line.” Kelly apologized to the reporter on the following Monday This wasn’tthe first timeKelly got angry during apressconference. He poundedhis fist in frustration after aseason-openingloss to USC in 2024 in which he said, “we’re sitting here, again, talking about the same things. I’m not doing agood enough job as acoach.”

The USC game marked LSU’sfifth straight opening-week loss, three of which occurred under Kelly Offenseunderperforming

It turned out the early-season concerns about LSU’soffense were valid, as theTigers failed to score more than 25 points in any of their five gamesagainst SEC opponents. LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier was among the Heisman Trophy favorites before the startofthe 2025 season, but the senior has underperformed, with some speculating that he’splaying throughaninjury

An improved LSU ground game was apoint of emphasis heading into the season, but it’sbeen amajor disappointment through eight weeks. The Tigersrank last in the

Brian Kelly coaches in the first half of agamebetween LSU andSouth CarolinaonOct. 11 at TigerStadium. Kelly was fired Sunday.

SECinrushing yards.LSU has averaged just 25.5 points per game in 2025,ranking 12th in theSEC while ranking 14thintotal yards per game

Failingtoliveuptoexpectations

LSU wasrankedNo. 9inthe preseason AP Top25entering 2025, so the expectationwas thataCollege FootballPlayoff berth would be achieved under Kelly this year.A loss to Ole Miss meant LSU couldn’tafford more than one more SEC loss to havearealistic shot at theCFP,but asecond loss to Vanderbilt made it to where it needed to win the rest of its gamestostayinpostseason contention.LSU fell flat the following week againstTexas A&M, anda three-loss season proved too much for Kelly to keep his job. This season wasn’tthe first time Kelly failed to live up to expectations.LSU had the nation’s top-scoring offense in 2023 with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels and1,000-yardreceivers Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas, but astruggling defense cost LSU ashotatthe CFPdespite the

prolificoffense. LSU’s defense ranked second-to-last in points allowed amongSEC teams in 2023 in what ended up being a 10-3 season.

Disappointinglosses

LSU sufferedsometough defeats in Kelly’stenureashead coach, including athree-year losingstreak in season openers. LSU lost to FloridaState in 2022 and 2023, with the second straight season-opening lossbeinganugly 45-24 defeat. The following year resulted in a27-20 opening loss to USC, which finishedits season a disappointing 7-6. Kelly’sTigers also suffered their share of tough SEClosses. LSU reached the SEC Championship game in Kelly’sfirst season but fell to Georgia in a50-30 defeat.The following season, atwo-loss LSU team entereda contestagainst Alabama with achance at the postseason, but a42-28 defeat dashed their hopes.LSU didn’tfare any better against Alabama the followingyearina 42-13 loss. This season’stwo-game losing streak began with a31-24 loss to Vanderbilt followed by a49-25 home loss to Texas A&M.

Southern should be encouraged somewhat because it looked competitive in agame forthe first time in twomonths. However,it’sa challenge to be upbeat when the defense faltered at the worst time and the team loses afourth home game. Southern’s next outing is at Arkansas-Pine Bluffat2p.m. Saturday

Week 9ofthe college football season had somenear-upsets, but it ended up becoming a pretty tame weekend across the country.Ifyou wanted more fireworks, direct your ire to Alabama and Texas forstaging comeback wins.

Buteven if we didn’tget a bunch of surprise results, we still have an AP poll to fill out this week. Here is my AP Top25poll after Week 9. Koki’s AP poll afterWeek9

1. Indiana, 2. Texas A&M, 3. Ohio State, 4. Alabama, 5. Georgia, 6. Miami, 7. Notre Dame, 8. Texas Tech, 9. Ole Miss, 10. Vanderbilt, 11. Oregon, 12. Tennessee, 13. Louisville, 14. BYU, 15. Southern Cal, 16. Oklahoma, 17. Georgia Tech, 18. Missouri, 19. Michigan, 20. Washington, 21. Utah, 22. Houston, 23. Illinois, 24. Cincinnati, 25. Texas Just missed: Iowa,South Florida, Virginia, Nebraska OleMissearns acriticalwin

The top 8ofmypoll remained unchanged. Three of theteams (Ohio State, Georgiaand Notre Dame) didn’teven play thisweekend, and the only team thatplayed in aclose gamewas Alabama. Therefore, Ole Miss rising to No. 9inmypoll was my first notable alteration. The Rebels took down my No.10team heading into this week in Oklahomaon theroad, losing the lead briefly but looking like the better team for most of the day

Iconsideredtaking the Rebels over Texas Tech in my poll this week, but the Red Raiders’ only loss was on the road to adecent Arizona State team without their starting quarterback. And though Texas Tech doesn’thave awin that’sasimpressive as Ole Miss’ this week, it’sdominated everyone elseonits schedule while Ole Miss struggled to beat Kentucky, Arkansas and Washington State. As for Oklahoma, theSooners have anice winover Michigan but not much else on their resume. I haven’tpunished themseverely for the Texas loss because of how limited quarterback John Mateer was in that game, but thisOle Miss defeat showed how flawed the offense is around him.

Istill kept theSooners ahead of Georgia Tech because the win over the Wolverines is still alot more impressive thananything the Yellow Jackets have done this year.Georgia Tech has the No. 83 strength of schedule in the nation Vandykeeps winning Joining Ole Miss in my top 10

this weekwas Vanderbilt, ateam Islid past both the Sooners and Oregon, despite the Ducks taking downWisconsin on Saturday Vanderbilt’s17-10 win over Missouri on Saturday was its best win yet, but it wasn’ta wildly successful performance. The Commodores had nine fewer first downs, were outpossessed by nearly 13 minutes and the Tigers outgained thembyover 100 yards.

Missouri also lost starting quarterback Beau Pribula in the third quarter,and despite it, had achance to winthe gameinthe final seconds.

Iconsidered keeping Vanderbilt behind Oregon even after defeating atop-20 team forthose reasons, but the Ducks’ resume is severely lacking abig win, and a14-point winathome this weekend over one of the worst power conference teams in the country (Wisconsin) didn’tdo them any favors either Othernotes

There was adropoffinmypoll after Georgia Tech at 17. Missouri, Michigan and Washington took the next three slots fordifferent reasons. The Tigers may have lost this week, but they outplayed Vanderbilt anyway and they lost their quarterback. How they look moving forward, likely without Pribula forthe rest of the year,isanother story,but close losses to twotop-10 teams (the other being Alabama) is no crime in my book.

Ididn’tloveMichigan being in aclose game with Michigan State thisweek, but the Wolverines don’thave abad loss, and they have nice wins over adecent Nebraska team on the road and Washington at home last week. Speaking of theHuskies, they finally mademypoll this week after flirting with my top 25 for the openingeight weeks. Washington earned it with itsfirst good win of theyear over Illinois at home. TheFightingIllininow have three losses, but that’sstill atop-25 win in my book because Illinois beat USC andDuke on the road, qualitywinsintheirown right Houston also made my rankings for the first time after taking down ASU on the road. It was the Cougars’ first good win of the season, and given that their only loss came to Texas Tech, theywere an obvious addition to my rankings. Texas, despite barely beating lowly Kentucky andMississippi State,stayedinmyrankings on the strength of soundly beating adepletedOklahoma team andlosing by just atouchdown to my No. 3team (Ohio State). But alosstoVanderbilt at home next Saturdaylikely means the Longhorns areout of my top 25.

Pitchers throwing their hardest in October

BY RONALD BLUM AP baseball writer

TORONTO Velocity rules in October.

There have been a record 255 pitches of 100 mph or faster this postseason, up from 105 last year and the previous high of 169 in 2022.

Right-handed relievers averaged 96.2 mph with their four-seam fastballs through the World Series opener, an increase from 95.8 mph last postseason and 93.3 mph when Major League Baseball started tracking in 2008.

“That’s crazy That’s insane,” Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott said. “You see kids in college throwing 100 (mph) and a couple of years ago they were throwing what, 94, 95?”

Pitchers averaged a record 94.5 mph with four-seam fastballs during the 2025 regular season, a speedup from 91.9 mph in 2008. Among righties, this year’s average was 95 mph, including 95.6 mph by relievers.

Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman is averaging 96.4 mph with his fourseamer in October, up from 95.6 mph during the season.

“A lot of it is adrenaline and knowing that this is it. You’ve got to empty your tank every single night,” he said.

“Velocity is king. I know there are a lot of kind of conflicting opinions on that, but it’s harder to hit faster pitches, so it’s important to have your best stuff.” While pitches are getting faster, offspeed use is increasing Pitchers have thrown four-seamers 32.8% of the time during the postseason, down from a high of 40.9% in 2014.

Overall use includes 17.2% sliders, 15.2% two-seamers, 9% curveballs, 8% changeups, 6.5% splitters, 5.9% cutters, 4.6% sweepers and 0.7% slurves.

A study released by MLB last offseason concluded rising velocities, pitch shaping and emphasis on maximum effort are the likely

causes of the vast increase in pitcher injuries.

MLB decided last month to prohibit scouting of many high school prospects for three months during the offseason and of college prospects for two months in an effort to mandate recovery time.

“Starting at the bottom is the best

way,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said Saturday “That’s part of a larger program that we’re going to continue to roll out in an effort to address this issue.”

Dodgers pitchers have averaged 96.2 mph with four-seamers in the postseason, up from 94.7 mph during the regular season, and Blue

Jays pitchers 95.1 mph, an increase from 94 mph. Among righty relievers, Los Angeles is averaging 97.6 mph in October and Toronto 96.8 mph.

“These are the most significant pitches that anybody’s thrown all year,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said. “A lot of it just happens to do with the pressure of these situations, and I think you see it across baseball in the playoffs. Everybody’s stuff ticks up, for the most part. It seems like their stuff is at a different level.”

Milwaukee rookie Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph with 58 pitches — more than the entire postseason total as recently as 2018. He was followed by Cincinnati’s Hunter Greene (28), Philadelphia’s Jhoan Duran (25) the Chicago Cubs’ Daniel Palencia (23) and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal (22). San Diego’s Mason Miller threw a 104.5 mph called third strike to the Chicago Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series, the fastest postseason pitch in the Statcast era. Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen said particular playoff environments can lead to faster pitches.

“When you go to places like the Padres last year, you just feel the hate, so you’re trying to counter with an ability to keep quiet,” he said. “The more you get deeper into the playoffs, the more you are just competing with it’s energy At this point in the World Series you are trying to empty the tank.”

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We’re not talking here aboutcarving an old-fashioned spooky face with triangular eyesand ajagged,toothy grin into apumpkinpatch find with adullbutcher knife.

No, we’re talking about trying to create one of those elaborate, artistic jack-o’lanterns,withfine lines, authentic features, and other creative complexities.

We’re talking aboutmaking ajack-o’-lanternthe way Michelangelo would have done it. Or Banksy anyway

After tryingmaking one myself, by drawing and then carving abat that’s supposed to look like afleur-de-lis (and it does,kindof), I’ve created astep-by-step guide that will lead you to certain success. Maybe.

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What are ways to include an individual with dementiainHalloween activities?

Halloween is one of the most celebrated days in the United States and the second-largest commercial holiday,with Americans spending more than $6 billion annually on costumes, candy,decorations and the like.

Scary costumes and frightening decor can create anxiety or stress forsomeone with Alzheimer’sordementia. For some, “Halloween activates that sense of someone being in danger and being surprised and caught unaware,” says Dr.Lauren Cook, atherapist, speaker and author.Therefore, it is so important to organize and makeHalloween stressfree and an occasion forfun and enjoyment forthe individual with dementia.

BR restaurant ownersopening newItalian eatery

ä See PUMPKIN, page 2C BYLAURENCHERAMIE

Staff writer

Twoyears after renovating

Jed’sLocal in Mid City,restaurateursSally and Russell Davis are ready for anew venture.

Enter: Josephine’sItalian Restaurant. In the space that was formerly Roman’s Greek andLebanese Cafe on Government Street in BatonRouge, the couplewill pay homage to Russell’smaternal grandmother,the restaurant’s namesake.They will use her recipesfor meatballs, pomodoro and antipasto.

“She was pretty much thereason why Ifellinlove with cooking, andshe’s100% Sicilian,” said RussellDavis, whocalled his grandmother“Nan.”

Nan’sparents, his great-grand-

parents, came over from Sicily,went through Ellis Island and eventually settled in Massachusetts.Growing up in Manchesterby-the-Sea, Massachusetts, he remembers hisgrandmother’s Sundaydinners, watching her saucesimmeronthe stove while she sneaked him meatballs He moved to Louisiana in 1989 when he was 23. The goal of the new restaurant

is to bring thatsame intimate family feeling to Josephine’s. Russell Davis saystheyhope to open the new venture before the end of the year His goal is to fill it with people who have great conversation while eating delicious food based on the Italian classics his grandmother made.

ä See JOSEPHINE’S, page 2C

Think about the decorations in the house. These should be kept to aminimum.Such things as creepy plastic, hanging spiders, skeleton or monster decor,anoutdoor fake cemetery,scary and abrupt sounds, and even candles and flashlights lit all through the homeshould be avoided. An individual with Alzheimer’sor dementia often experiences visual perception changes and these lights cast shadowsand eerie glowsthat can lead to anxiety.Agood rule of thumb is that if it scares a6-year-old, it will scare the affected individual. Trydecorating with traditional autumn colors and use non-threatening Halloween and/or fall decor to represent the holiday Crowded parties and/or elaborate celebrations may be too much external stimulation forthe affected individual, so try to organize opportunities forsmaller,more intimate gatherings so the individual can be included and feel more comfortable. Additionally,the constant ring of the doorbell or the knock on the door and children yelling, “Trick or treat!”, can makethe affected individual extremely nervous and anxious. Agood suggestion forthe caregiver and loved one would be to sit outside near the front door,and if the individual with dementia is willing, have them distribute the candy to the kids. This provides opportunities forsocialization and enjoyment in the community and chances to share in the excitement of little children. However,asmentioned, do be aware if the affected individual becomes anxious or agitated at seeing all the various costumes the trick-or-treaters are wearing. If behavioral expressions begin to spew, take the individual to amore comfortable, quiet place inside until they settle down. There is really no Halloween without candy,with filled candy dishes around the house and kids sharing their trickor-treat goodies with siblings and friends. It is difficult for the affected individual to avoid

Walkingafter amealhelps keep bloodsugar in check

Dear Doctors: My husband has prediabetes. Iread that going for awalk after you eat can help your blood sugar,soIalways do that But my husband says when you sitdown again, your blood sugar goes right back up, so what’s the point? Is that true? I’m not giving up on him joining me.

Dear reader: Prediabetes is a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to meet the threshold for diabetes. However, prediabetes is considered awarning sign of an increased risk of developing Type 2diabetes. Type 2diabetes is when the body can’tuse insulin effectively to control blood sugar levels. Sometimes, the body can also no longer produce the required

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amounts of thehormone. Over time,the chronichighblood sugar of Type 2diabetes cancause tissue, nerve and organ damage. More seriouscomplications include cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney issues and blindness. All of this means it’simportant to take the prediabetes warning seriously

Now let’stalk about the post-

meal walksthat you have added to your routine. Several years ago, agroup of researchers in Ireland found that taking awalk after ameal has abeneficial effect on blood sugar.This proved true even when the walk was only five minutes long and taken an hour after eating. Somepeople in thestudy had diabetes, and some did not.The beneficial effectson blood sugar occurred in all of the participants, regardless of their diabetes status. Although simply standing after ameal also improved blood sugar numbers, the resultswere far more modest. The reason apost-meal walk is good for blood sugar control lies in the muscles. Even theslight contractions, like standing up, help use up glucose available

The lavish supplies we bought to produce oneofthosefancy

until the management sees this expense report!

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1. Before attempting an artsy pumpkin,ask yourselfsome important questions.Are you crafty? Do you have time to kill? Are you able to endure the torture of your own perfectionism? If you even equivocatedwhile answering any of the above, turn back now 2. Buy an expensive pumpkin carving kit. Sure, you probably alreadyhave all the tools necessary in your kitchen drawers —aserving spoon and an old grapefruit knife wouldprobablydothe trick.But areal pumpkin carving kit is better,because all the tiny sawsand the serrated scooper will help you pretend to be a ghoulish medieval surgeon.

3. Buy,download, or draw apattern for your jack-o’-lantern before youbuy your pumpkin. That way you can find apumpkin the right size to fit the pattern. Much, much easier than enlarging the pattern.

4. Use your largebone saw to cut acircle around the stem. The hole must be big enough for your hand to go through. Remove the cap. Scrape out the pumpkin brains —all the seeds

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The menu will include risotto, polenta,lasagna, osso buco, pizza, pasta, apanzanella salad and localseafood.A frequentvisitor of the Red Stick Farmers Market,Russell Davisisfocused on using localfarmers in all of his restaurants. Along with Jed’s Local, the Davises also own

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Trytokeep the candy in a safe place and out of sight as the affected individual oftentimes has no control when it comes to sweets Allow him or her to enjoy the celebrations and monitor intake.

andgoo —with your serrated spoon. If this is your favorite part, you really shouldn’ttell anybody.

4B.Separate the seeds from the stringy stuff, coat them in some olive oil and lots of salt, and roast them until they’re crisp. Eat them. Or just feed the whole unspeakablemesstothe birds.

5. Carefully tape your stencil to the pumpkinjust so. Since flat paper doesn’treally like to wrap around apumpkin, youprobablyneed to cut some slits here andthere, from theedges toward the center,until you cantape the stencil down smoothly

6. Useasafety pin or abulletin board tack to pricktiny holes through thepaper, tracing thepattern onto the pumpkin. Take yourtime. Make lots and lotsofholes. This will be your pattern when carving. Note: Some fancy-schmancy pumpkin carvingkits come witha little pinwheel gizmothat probablymakes this easier

7. Remove the stencil. Usea nail, or the plastic poker in your jack-o’-lantern carvingkit, to pierce ahole somewhere in the negative area of thepattern (the part where goingtocut the pumpkinaway that will subsequently glow)

8. Useyour finest, narrowest, cerebral saw to carefully,

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“We’re going to use as much local produce totry to createa marriage between Italy and Louisiana,” hesaid of Josephine’s. For dessert,“you gotta have panna cotta and tiramisu,” he said.

Therestaurant will also feature daily specials. On Sundays,theywill serve brunch. “Mid City is growing in all kinds of different directions,

Aside from these precautions, Halloween can be adapted and personalizedto make ameaningful andenjoyable celebration forthe individualwith Alzheimer’s or dementia.Involve the affected individual as much as possible, like making decorationstogether,allowing forcreative self-expression, carvingjack-o’-lanterns, and building self-esteem.Keep in mind personalchoices, culturaldifferences,and

meticulously,tediously,cut out the pattern. Keep your head in thegame. Don’tsaw off apinkie. And don’tmess up thewhole project by cutting out what you’re supposed to save and saving thepart you’re supposed to cut out. Aren’tyou glad you madeplenty of holes?

8B.Next year I’m investing in the battery-operated jack-o’-lanternsaw.Yes, there really is such athing.

9.Trynot to dwellonthe imperfections. If there are places where your carving sags, you can maybe support the area with toothpicks. Note: The ears on my bat are messed up alittle. They’re supposed to be thicker and morecurvy on the inside. Butthere was no time to start over.Drat!

10. Installa votive candle, or asafe LED votive candle. Voilà, after abreezy three or four hours, your fancyschmancy jack-o’-lantern is finished. Relax. Sip a decaf pumpkin spice latte. Preparetograciously accept the praise of passersby and the envy of neighbors. Begin planning your Mardi Gras costume.

Editor’snote: Aversion of this column firstran in 2022.

Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@theadvocate. com.

so we’re excited to piggyback offofJed’s right around the corner,” RussellDavis said. “It gives us alot of satisfaction to hear thepositive things people say,and to walk into the dining room and see abunch of smiling faces, people hanging out on dates or families together, it’sreally rewarding.”

Email Lauren Cheramie at lauren.cheramie@ theadvocate.com.

past experiences withHalloween celebrations in the life of the affected individual and honor them.

Dana Territo is an Alzheimer’s advocate and author of “What My Grandchildren Taught Me About Alzheimer’s Disease.” She hosts“The Memory Whisperer.” Emailher at thememorywhisperer@ gmail.com.

after ameal.When you walk, you are using someofthe largest muscles in the body.Those are thegluteus maximus, the hamstrings andthe quadriceps. The latissimus dorsi, fan-shaped muscles in the mid-back that help support trunk andarm movement, are also working. When activated, these muscle groups use glucose, which helps prevent the spikes associated with diabetes. Managing those blood sugar spikes is an important factor in lowering cardiovascular risk. Amongpeople whowalked, the post-meal spike was not only less extreme, but the spike wasalso moregradual. There is also evidence that repeated blood sugar spikes play arole in the developmentofType 2diabetes.

Your husband is correct that blood sugar will rise again after the walk. However,the change will be gradual and less extreme than without the added exercise. Walking smooths out those dangerous spikes and lessens the risk of the health consequences we just discussed. Your husband is fortunate that his blood sugar issues were noticed at the prediabetes stage. With proper diet and exercise, he still has timetoprevent an escalation to Type 2.

Send yourquestions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla edu, or write: Ask theDoctors c/oUCLA HealthSciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd.,Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

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Today is Monday

Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in theyear

Todayinhistory: On Oct. 27, 2018, agunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded sixothers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in thedeadliest domestic attack on Jews in U.S. history;authorities saidthe suspect, Robert Bowers, raged against Jews during and after the rampage. (Bowers was convicted and sentenced to death in 2023.)

Also on this date:

In 1787, thefirst of the Federalist Papers, aseries of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published.

In 1962, during theCuban missile crisis, aU-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot,U.S. Air Force Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr In 1995, asniper killed one soldier and wounded

18 others during an outdoor physical training sessionatFortBragg, North Carolina. (Paratrooper WilliamJ.Kreutzer was convictedinthe shootings andcondemned to death; the sentence was latercommutedtolife in prison.)

In 1998, powerful HurricaneMitchcut through the western Caribbean, pummeling coastalHondurasand Belize;the storm causedseveral thousand deaths in Central Americabeforeeventually making U.S. landfall in southwest Florida as a tropical storm.

In 2004, the BostonRed Soxwon their first World Seriessince1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in four games.

In 2019, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi diedbydetonating a suicide vest as U.S. special forces raidedhis compound in northwest Syria. He once commanded tens of thousands of fighters who had carvedout aterritorialcaliphate for a time in parts of Syria and

Iraq andcarriedout a wave of atrocities. In 2023, Israel knocked outcommunications and created anear-blackout of informationwith steppedup bombardment andartillery fire in the Gaza Strip. The Israelimilitary said it wasexpanding ground operations in the territory ahead of aplannedinvasionasitsought to crush the ruling Hamas militant group afterits Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack and hostage-taking in southern Israel.

Today’sbirthdays: ActorcomedianJohnCleese is 86. AuthorMaxine Hong Kingstonis85. Country singerLee Greenwoodis 83. BrazilianPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is 80. AuthorFranLebowitz is 75. Actor-director Roberto Benigni is 73. Golf Hall of Famer Patty Sheehanis69. SingerSimon Le Bon(Duran Duran) is 67. Internet news editor Matt Drudge is 59.AuthorAnthony Doerr is 52. Violinist Vanessa-Mae is 47. TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 41.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Work your magic, interact, participate and paint a vivid, compelling picture. It's time to stand out rather than work behind the scenes. Be bold and expressive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Refuse to let anyone dictate or complicate your life. Emotional meddling can interfere with how you do your job or earn your living. Don't hesitate to make a change if someone is taking advantage of you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) When opportunity knocks, open the door. Discuss possibilities and do your due diligence. What you discover will lead to interesting suggestions and the foresight to commit and make a difference.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Put more emphasis on making money and investing wisely. Enhance your skills, knowledge and experience, and navigate your way forward.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Live, learn and excel. You have more going for you than you realize. Engage in talks, listen attentively and connect with people who have something to offer in return.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) If something sounds too good to be true, it's probably false. Hard work pays the bills and helps you gain respect. Trust your instincts and see things through to completion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Be open to suggestions and learn all you can, but do only what's in your best interest. Focus on domestic issues, lowering your

overhead and investing more time and money in personal growth and financial gain.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) A shift is taking place. Allow your mind to wander, explore and learn, and embrace the freedom to grow Ask questions and you'll gain insight into what's valid and what's fake.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Pay attention to detail and do your best in everything you pursue. You will gain ground in ways that will enhance your reputation, life or position. Protect yourself from injury, illness and emotional manipulation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Change or let go of whatever doesn't really matter or make sense to hold on to. Engage only in pastimes that address concerns or make your world a better place. Positive actions bring peace of mind.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept 22) Communication will determine your next move. Explore the possibilities of travel, relocation or acquiring a new skill. A commitment will stabilize your life. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Emotions are on the rise. Overdoing it or spending impulsively will leave you at a loss. Protect your physical well-being and your heart from manipulative people. Practice self-love.

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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORTAUTHORITY

EAST BATON ROUGESEWERAGE COMMISSION CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTSDISTRICT

CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

Wednesday,October 8, 2025 4:00 PM

The Metropolitan Council of the Parish ofEast BatonRougeand the City of Baton Rouge convened in regularsessiononWednesday,October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM, in the Council Chambers of the Governmental Building, Room 348, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Meeting was calledtoorder by the Presiding Officerand the following members werepresent:

Present: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Absent: None

CONDEMNATIONS

PENTECOSTALONE WAYHOLYCHURCH OF GOD located at 1002 Columbus Dunn Dr.(House(Church), Rear Shed and Abandoned Vehicle), Lot 20, Sq. 37, Greenville Extension Subdivision, Baton Rouge,Louisiana 11649

WANDA GAILTATEMYLES located at 5025 Maple Dr.(Only5025 Maple), Lot 9, Sq. 3, Schorten Place Subdivision, BatonRouge, Louisiana 11650

SAMTRUMAN COLEMAN1327 LORRI BURGESS AVE. (AKA 1327 E WASHINGTON ST.), LOT 16, SQ.4 SOUTH BATONROUGESUBDIVISION -COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 -COLEMAN

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding Amotion was madebyMr. Kenneyand seconded by Ms. Amorosoto defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on December 10, 2025. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent: Moak, Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting,and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

ALPHONSO OTIS POTTER, III 955 COTTON ST.(FIRE-DAMAGED DWELLING WITH SIDE PARKING COVER),LOTS5 &6 ADDITIONTO SUBURB SWARTSUBDIVISION -COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 -COLEMAN

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or againstthe proposed condemnationproceeding. Amotion was made by Mr.Kenneyand seconded by Ms. Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on December 10, 2025. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains:None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: Moak,Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

MICHAEL LYRON DUPUY 18115 PLANK RD. (ABANDONED, UNSECURED BUILDING AND MOBILEHOME), SEC. 5(4.42 ACRES DESIGNATED AS TRACT 5SUBDIV. OF THETRACT CONT.126.93 ACRES AND BEING APARTOFLOT 3, SEC.9,T5S, R1E), WD 2,DUPUY TRACT -COUNCIL DISTRICT 2–KENNEY

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. Amotion was made by Mr.Kenneyand seconded by Ms. Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on November 12, 2025. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains:None Did Not Vote: None

Absent: Moak,Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

EDEASSA JONES LAWSONAND MARK JEROME LAWSON 11625 NIMITZ ST.(HOUSE AND ABANDONED VEHICLES),LOT 22-AHARDING HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION -COUNCIL DISTRICT 2–KENNEY

The Presiding Officerannounced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or againstthe proposed condemnation proceeding. Amotion was made by Mr.Kenneyand seconded by Ms. Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on December 10, 2025. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Noel Nays: None

Abstains:None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Moak,Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

TOM DREW WAFER, JR. located at 1834 Wimpole St., Lot 62, Broadmoor Place Subdivision, 2nd Filing, Part2,BatonRouge,Louisiana 11651 DKFASHION LLC4472 CLAYTONST.,LOT 13&14, SQ. 3,NORTH HIGHLANDS ADDITION SUBDIVISION -COUNCILDISTRICT 7- HARRIS

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to delete the proposed condemnation proceeding. AYea and Nay votewas called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Noel Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: Moak, Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting,and 2absent, the motion wasadopted.

RYAN ANTONIO STARKS 4662 UNDERWOODAVE LOT65, FOSTER

HEIGHTSSUBDIVISION -COUNCIL DISTRICT 7- HARRIS

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or againstthe proposed condemnationproceeding Amotion was madebyMr. Kenneyand seconded by Ms. Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on January 14, 2026. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Moak, Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting,and 2absent, the motion wasadopted.

GREGORYLATHAN 118 N26TH ST LOT7 SQ. 5, LINCOLN PARK

SUBDIVISION -COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 –COLEMAN

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or againstthe proposed condemnationproceeding. Amotion was made by Mr.Kenneyand seconded by Ms. Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on November 12, 2025. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman, DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Noel Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: Moak, Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting,and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

LUCILLE F. BLAND located at 1532 N36th St. (House and Any Auxiliary Structures), Lot 19-20, Sq. 32, Eden ParkSubdivision, BatonRouge,

Louisiana 11652

THE ESTATE OF PATRICIACHAMBERS WILLIS (P-100841)located at 10041 Avenue J(House and Abandoned Vehicles), Lot 35, Sq. 30, University Place Subdivision, BatonRouge, Louisiana 11653

KENDRICKJACKSONlocated at 1702 Mast Dr.(4-plex), Lot 12-B, South Highland Industrial ParkSubdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11654

LATONYARENEE JONES 5507 PAIGEST.,LOT 13 &14, SQ.39, FORTUNEADDITIONSUBDIVISION -COUNCILDISTRICT5 -HURST

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above condemnation proceedingwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnationproceeding. A motionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms.Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnationproceedingtothe council meetingon January 14, 2026. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:Moak, Racca

With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

SARAHCHRISTINESIMS, TORIN VONHORTON,JR.,AND ALAYNA

TORIHORTON located at 8584 Hooper Rd. (Abandoned Unsecured Dwelling and Rear Shed), Lot 4, Sq. 2, York Place (Acquisition Reads York) Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11655

CHRISTINAALEXANDERlocatedat3333 PrescottRd.,Lot 12+ (Lots 12 & 13), RoppoloVilla Subdivision, BatonRouge, Louisiana 11656

SARAHCHRISTINESIMS, TORIN VONHORTON,JR.,AND ALAYNATORI HORTON 8584 HOOPERRD. (ABANDONED UNSECURED DWELLING ANDREARSHED),LOT 4, SQ.2,YORKPLACE (ACQUISITIONREADS YORK) SUBDIVISION- COUNCILDISTRICT5 –HURST

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above condemnation proceedingwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnationproceeding. A motionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms.Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnationproceedingtothe council meetingon November 12, 2025. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:Moak, Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

EARL A. MARCELLE, JR.,LAMAR A. MARCELLE, MARVIN M. MARCELLE, CHERYL R. MARCELLE MURRAY,YVONNEM.MARCELLE, ANDYVETTE A. MARCELLE 1026 LORRI BURGESSAVE LOT 2PT+(WESTERN5FT. OF LOT 3AND EASTERN30FT. OF LOT 2),3 PT (PORTION OF LOT 3SQ. 14 SOUTH BATON ROUGE, MEAS.35FT. FRONT ON THESOUTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON ST.) &4(LESS &EXCEPTPARCEL13-2 TI DOTD BN), SQ.14, SOUTHBATON ROUGESUBDIVISION -COUNCILDISTRICT10 –COLEMAN

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above condemnation proceedingwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms.Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnationproceedingtothe council meetingon November 12, 2025. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:Moak, Racca

With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

ACOX ANDASSOCIATES LLC 817 N25TH ST LOT 13, SQ.4,SUBURB ABRAMSONSUBDIVISION -COUNCILDISTRICT10-COLEMAN

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above condemnation proceedingwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either fororagainst the proposed condemnationproceeding. Amotionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms.Amoroso to defer the proposed condemnationproceedingtothe council meetingon January 14, 2026. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:Moak, Racca

With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

THE ESTATE OF FRANCESPIGEON 2332 HURONST. (REARSHED ONLY), LOT9PT+(WESTERN 45.5 FT.ONLOTS 9AND 10),SQ. 66, SUBURB ISTROUMASUBDIVISION -COUNCILDISTRICT10–COLEMAN

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above condemnation proceedingwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either fororagainst the proposed condemnationproceeding. A motionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms.Amoroso to delete the proposed condemnation proceeding. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Noel

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:Moak, Racca With 10 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 2absent, the motion was adopted.

PUBLIC HEARING /MEETING RESOLUTION 58919

ARESOLUTION APPROVING THEISSUANCE, SALE ANDDELIVERY OF THENOT EXCEEDING $215,000 REVENUEBONDS, SERIES 2025, OF THE CHANEYVILLE FIRE PROTECTIONDISTRICTNO. 7OFTHE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATEOFLOUISIANA;AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTIONTHEREWITH

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either for oragainst the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Noel and seconded by Ms.Adamstoadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AFOURTH AMENDED ANDRESTATED COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORAND

INTERGOVERNMENTALAGREEMENT WITH EAST BATON ROUGE REDEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY (DBA BUILD BATON ROUGE) AND THEEASTBATON ROUGEPARISHSHERIFF’S OFFICETOEXTEND THECURRENTAGREEMENT TO DECEMBER31, 2025, PROVIDING THEPARAMETERS OF THEPOTENTIAL TRANSFER OF ADJUDICATED

PROPERTIESIDENTIFIED IN TARGETED AREAS TO BUILD BATON

ROUGEFOR REDEVELOPMENT

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above

resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either fororagainst the proposed resolution. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolutionwas PhillipLillard. Amotionwas made by Ms.Adamsand seconded by Ms.Amoroso to deletethe proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58920

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AND

EXECUTE AFFILIATION AGREEMENTSWITH PHYSICIAN GROUPS

PROVIDING QUALIFYING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES

AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS, AS REQUIRED BY THE LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (LDH), PROVIDEPHYSICIAN GROUPS WITH ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE CERTAINSUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR MEDICAID SERVICES INCREASING ACCESSFOR LOWINCOMEAND

NEEDYPATIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against theproposed resolution. Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Ms. Amoroso to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Kenney,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: Hurst, Moak With 10 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and2 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58921

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-01

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORTCOMMISSION TO EXECUTEA PROFESSIONAL SERVICECONTRACTWITH MARSH MCLENNANAGENCY TO PROVIDE PROPERTYAND CASUALTY INSURANCE BROKER SERVICES IN AN AMOUNTNOT TO EXCEED $120,000

ThePresidingOfficerannounced that apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against theproposed resolution. Amotion wasmade by Mr.Gaudet andseconded by Ms. Adams to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Kenney,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: Hurst, Moak With 10 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and2 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58922

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-02

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORTCOMMISSION TO CONSENTTOANASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASE FROM CNAK CONSULTING, LLCAND ITS ASSIGNEE, DAWSON MANAGEMENT,LLC TO HANCOCK AVIATION, LLCAND EXECUTEACONSENTTOLEASEHOLD MORTGAGE.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr Dunn Jr andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and0 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58923

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-03

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORTCOMMISSION TO EXECUTEACONSENTTO ASSIGNMENTAND ASSUMPTION OF LEASE FROM GULF WIDE AVIATION, L.L.C TO GH.ENTERPRISES, INC.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Ms. Amoroso andseconded by Ms. Adams to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and0 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58924

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-04

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORTCOMMISSION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH LYFT,INC.,FOR TRANSPORTSERVICESFOR PASSENGERS AT THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORTFOR APERIOD OF 5YEARS AT ARATE OF $5.00PER PICK UP ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr.DunnJr. andseconded by Mr.Moak to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and0 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58925

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-05

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORTCOMMISSION TO EXECUTEALEASE AGREEMENT WITH GATAIRLINE GROUND SUPPORT, FOR A100 SQ. FT.ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE LOCATED IN THE TERMINAL BUILDINGFOR AN ANNUAL RATE OF $8,000.00FOR APERIOD OF ONE (1)YEAR, WITH AONE (1)YEAR MUTUALOPTION TO RENEW.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr.DunnJr. andseconded by Mr.Kenneytoadopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and0 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58926

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-06

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORTCOMMISSION TO EXECUTEANON-FEDERAL REIMBURSABLEAGREEMENT #AJW-FN-CSA-25-SW-007046

BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORTDISTRICTINTHE AMOUNTOF$76,214.91 FOR THE PAVEMENTREPLACEMENTONRUNWAY 22R-4L

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr.DunnJr. andseconded by Ms. Adams to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays,0 abstains,0not voting, and0 absent,the motion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION 58927

AIRPORTAUTHORITYRESOLUTION 10-08-25-07

RESOLUTIONAUTHORIZING AND ADOPTING ANEW PARKING RATE STRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC PARKINGATTHE BATON ROUGE

METROPOLITAN AIRPORT.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr.DunnJr. andseconded by Mr.Moak to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalled for andresulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58928

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OFTHE PRE-LITIGATIONCLAIM OF JADA PITTS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROMANAUTO

ACCIDENT CAUSED BY ABATON ROUGEPOLICE OFFICER,INTHE AMOUNT OF $19,500.00, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED “INSURANCE -AUTO LIABILITY” (1000.4700.10.0550.0000. 0000.000000.644120). *THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVESESSION.

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Gaudet and seconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58929

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OFTHE PRE-LITIGATIONCLAIM OF QUINDARISROBINS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROMANAUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY ABATON ROUGEPOLICEOFFICER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $28,500.00, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED “INSURANCE -AUTO LIABILITY” (1000.4700.10.0550.0000. 0000.000000.644120). *THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVESESSION.

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays:None Abstains:None Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58930

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OFTHE PRE-LITIGATION CLAIM OF DAVID SWINDELL FOR DAMAGESRESULTING FROMA SEWERBACKUP IN CLAIMANT’S HOME, FORA TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,838.72 WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROMTHE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED “INSURANCE -GENERAL LIABILITY” (1000. 4700. 10. 0550. 0000. 0000. 000000.644110). *THIS MATTER MAYBEDISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution.A motionwas made by Ms. Racca and seconded by Mr.Gaudet to adopt the proposedresolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58931

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OFTHE PRE-LITIGATIONCLAIM OF KESHAUN KNOX FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROMANAUTO

ACCIDENT CAUSED BY ABATON ROUGEPOLICEOFFICER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,100.00, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THEACCOUNT DESIGNATED “INSURANCE -AUTO LIABILITY” (1000.4700.10.0550.0000. 0000.000000.644120). *THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVESESSION.

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Gaudet and seconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58932

CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEP APPLICATION FROM W.R. GRACE &CO. FOR APROJECT LOCATED IN EAST BATONROUGE PARISH REFERRED TO THE PARISH BY THEBOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AS TAXEXEMPTION APPLICATION TAXEXEMPTION APPLICATION #20230485-ITE -$31,241,000.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interestedcitizenspeaking in favor of the proposed resolution as well as to provide informationwas Jason Newell. Amotion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr toadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58933

CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEPAPPLICATION FROM INTERNATIONAL MEZZO FOR APROJECT LOCATED IN EAST BATONROUGE PARISH REFERRED TO THE PARISH BY THE BOARD OFCOMMERCE AND INDUSTRYASTAX EXEMPTIONAPPLICATION#20240044-ITE$216,368.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interestedcitizenspeaking in favor of the proposed resolution as well as to provide informationwas Jason Newell. Amotion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr toadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58934

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT,ONBEHALF OFTHE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO EXECUTEANAMENDMENT TO CONTRACT NO. 800006374 WITH PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION,INC

BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATONROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $125,000.00 FOR ANEW TOTAL NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $639,250.00, AND

AUTHORIZES THE EXECUTIONOFALL NECESSARYDOCUMENTS

The Presiding Officerannounced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr.Hurst to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION58935

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT,ONBEHALF OFTHE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,TOEXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT NO. 800006337 WITH EDR CONSTRUCTION, LLC

BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OFEASTBATON

ROUGE,INCREASING THECONTRACT AMOUNT BY $125,000.00 FOR ANEW TOTAL NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF$739,250.00 AND AUTHORIZES THE EXECUTIONOFALL NECESSARYDOCUMENTS.

seconded by Mr.Noel to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay

vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58936

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT,ONBEHALFOFTHE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENTTO CONTRACT NO.800006369 WITH PENCONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC BETWEEN THECITY OF BATON ROUGEPARISHOFEASTBATON ROUGE, INCREASING THECONTRACT AMOUNT BY $125,000.00

FOR ANEW TOTAL NOT-TO-EXCEEDAMOUNT OF $639,250.00 AND

AUTHORIZES THEEXECUTIONOFALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for oragainst the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Amoroso and seconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58937

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT,ONBEHALFOFTHE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,TOEXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT NO.800006331 WITH URBANRESTORATION

ENHANCEMENT CORP (UREC) BETWEEN THECITY OF BATON ROUGE

PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, INCREASING THECONTRACT

AMOUNT BY $125,000.00 FOR ANEW TOTAL NOT-TO-EXCEED

AMOUNT OF $470,000.00 ANDAUTHORIZES THEEXECUTIONOFALL

NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Hurst and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr.toadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58938

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THEDIVISION OF HUMANDEVELOPMENT&SERVICES, HEAD STARTPROGRAMS, AMENDING RESOLUTION 25-00972SOASTOEXTEND THEDATES OF THECONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CLAY YOUNGENTERPRISES

LLC TO DECEMBER 31, 2025, FOR THE PROVISION OF ALL MEDIA BUYS ANDAUTHORIZING THEEXECUTIONOFALL DOCUMENTSIN CONNECTION THEREWITH

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for oragainst the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Harris and seconded by Mr.Hurst to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58939

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT&SERVICESRYANWHITE PROGRAM TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THEUSDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANDHUMAN SERVICES,HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMANDEVELOPMENT ANDSERVICESFOR THERYANWHITE HIV/ AIDS PROGRAM WHICHINCLUDESRYANWHITE ENDING THEHIV EPIDEMIC (EHE)FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT OF $417,954.00(1ST ALLOCATION -$841,600.00 –2ND ALLOCATION -$740,446.00, 3RD ALLOCATION -$417,954.00 =TOTAL FEDERAL AWARD -$2,000,000.00)

FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF MARCH 1, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2026, ANDAUTHORIZING THEEXECUTIONOFALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Moak and seconded by Mr.Hurst to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58940

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THEDIVISION OF HUMANDEVELOPMENT &SERVICESRYANWHITE PROGRAM TO ACCEPT FUNDINGFROMTHE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANDHUMAN SERVICES,HEALTH RESOURCES ANDSERVICES ADMINISTRATION, ON BEHALF OF THEDIVISIONOFHUMAN DEVELOPMENT ANDSERVICESFOR THERYANWHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDESRYANWHITE ENDING THEHIV EPIDEMIC (EHE)FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT OF $858,459.00(1ST ALLOCATION -$841,600.00 –2ND ALLOCATION -$740,446.00, 3RD ALLOCATION$417,954.00 AND4TH ALLOCATION -$858,459.00= TOTAL FEDERAL AWARD -$2,858,459.00) FOR THE GRANTPERIODOFMARCH 1, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY28, 2026, ANDAUTHORIZING THEEXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for oragainst the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Amoroso and seconded by Mr.Moak to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58941

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THEDIVISION OF HUMANDEVELOPMENT &SERVICESRYANWHITE PROGRAMTO AMENDA SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACTWITHNOAIDSTASKFORCE IN THEAMOUNTOF$69,365.00, FOR ATOTAL AWARDED AMOUNT OF $124,467.00, WHICH INCLUDESALL FUNDING UNDERTHE RYAN WHITE PART AHIV EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING THEEXECUTIONOFALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Moak and seconded by Ms.Adamstoadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay

vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0 nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58942

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THEDIVISION OF HUMANDEVELOPMENT &SERVICES, HEAD

THEREWITH. ThePresidingOfficerannounced that apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr.Moak and secondedbyMs. Adams to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresultedasfollows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58943

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT AGRANT APPLICATION AND RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF NUTRITION SERVICES FOR THE CHILDAND ADULTCARE FOOD PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMANDEVELOPMENT &SERVICESHEADSTART PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNTOF$917,224.56FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER1,2025-SEPTEMBER31, 2026 AND AUTHORIZINGTHE EXECUTIONOFALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt theproposed resolution.A Yeaand Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows:

Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58944

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEANAGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL AREACONSTRUCTION, LLC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES,PACKAGE A11INANAMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $73,493.00

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows:

Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58945

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEANAGREEMENT WITH ABG CONTRACTORS, INC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES,PACKAGE A12INANAMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80,360.00. ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58946

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEANAGREEMENT WITH SPURLOCK COMPANY,INC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES,PACKAGE A13INANAMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,350.00. ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58947

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEANAGREEMENT WITH SPURLOCK COMPANY,INC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES,PACKAGE A14INANAMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $104,825.00.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58948

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEANAGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL AREACONSTRUCTION, LLC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES,PACKAGE A15INANAMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,114.00. ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58949

RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERKOFCOURT TO CANCEL THE NOTICETOATTENDRECORDED ON FEBRUARY 19,2025, AT ORIGINAL 707OFBUNDLE 13356, ORIGINAL 708OFBUNDLE 13356; AND THE DECISION AND ORDERRECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 AT ORIGINAL 747OFBUNDLE 13390INTHE MATTER OF “CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS. JAMESE.STEPTER AND VERNAL W. STEPTER” -CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING NO. 11628(12965WEDGEWOOD DR.(FLOODDAMAGED PROPERTY), LOT89, HARDINGTERRACE SUBDIVISION). ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution. Amotion wasmade by Mr.Hudson andseconded by Ms. Amoroso to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58950

RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERKOFCOURT TO CANCEL THE NOTICETOATTENDRECORDED ON JANUARY13, 2025,AT ORIGINAL 231OFBUNDLE 13351, AND THE DECISION AND ORDER RECORDED ON JUNE 3, 2025,ATORIGINAL 731OFBUNDLE 13374 IN THE MATTER OF “CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS. JILL ANN GRAVES CRUTTI” -CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING NO. 11549(3138 ELMDR. (HOUSEAND REAR SHED), LOT49, SOUTH DAYTON SUBDIVISION.) ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthatapublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Harris and

seconded by Ms. Amorosotoadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays:None

Abstains:None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58951

RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OFCOURT TO CANCEL THENOTICE TO ATTEND RECORDED ON MAY12, 2023, AT ORIGINAL 343OFBUNDLE13253,ORIGINAL344 OFBUNDLE13253,ORIGINAL 345 OF BUNDLE 13253, ORIGINAL 346 OF BUNDLE13253;AND THE DECISIONAND ORDERRECORDEDONMAY 25, 2023, AT ORIGINAL 394 OF BUNDLE 13255 IN THE MATTER OF “CITY OFBATON ROUGE VS.CLIFFORD WARREN SANFORD; OLLIE BELL DANIEL SANFORD; JUANITASANFORD BRADFORD; AND LA STUDIO 19 LLC”CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING NO. 11228 (8446 SCOTLANDAVE,LOT

2, SQ. 6, NORTH BATON ROUGE SUBDIVISION).

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Kenney and seconded by Ms.Adams to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58952

RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OFCOURT TO CANCEL THENOTICE TO ATTEND RECORDED ON JULY22, 2024, AT ORIGINAL 134OFBUNDLE 13323, ORIGINAL 135 OFBUNDLE13323;AND THE DECISION AND ORDER RECORDED ON OCTOBER11, 2024, AT ORIGINAL 8OFBUNDLE 13338 IN THE MATTER OF “CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS. ETHEL MAEWILLIAMS AND THE ESTATEOFDARRYL WINFREY” -CONDEMNATIONPROCEEDING NO.11420 (1513 MYRTLE WALK, LOT 11, SQ. 3, O’CONNORPLACE SUBDIVISION).

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19643

REPEALING ORDINANCE 8668, ADOPTED MAY25, 21988 AND AMENDING ORDINANCE 8148, ADOPTED MAY14, 1986, RELATING TO THE EASTBATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATIONSDISTRICT

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either fororagainst the proposed ordinance. Amotionwas made by Mr.Gaudet and seconded by Mr.Hudson to adopt the proposed ordinance. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19644

AMENDING TITLE 12 (NUISANCES), CHAPTER 2, SECTION12:101 (SAME-ENUMERATED), SO AS TO ADDADECIBEL THRESHOLDAND

ADD SECTION 12:105 (EXCEPTIONS).

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. Amotionwas made by Ms. Amoroso andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt the proposed ordinance. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19645

AMENDING TITLE 9(LICENSING AND REGULATION OF TRADESAND OCCUPATIONS), SO AS TO ADDCHAPTER 26 (PRIVATEBOOTING AND IMMOBILIZATION)

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. An interestedcitizenspeaking in favorofthe proposed ordinance was Whitney Hoffman Sayal. Interested citizens speaking without favororoppositionofthe proposedordinance wereAaron Harrell, Chad Jenkins, Ann Spink,Theresa Jenkins, and John Herron. Amotion was made by Ms. Racca and seconded by Ms. Coleman to adopt the proposed ordinance with amendments to the Section 14:09 title. AYea and Nay vote was calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays:None Abstains:None Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19646

AMENDING TITLE 9(LICENSING AND REGULATION OF TRADES AND OCCUPATION),CHAPTER 18 (WINE, BEER AND LIQUOR)

SECTION 9:1010 (BUILDING, LOCATION,ZONING,AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSES), SO AS TO ADDSUBSECTION (SECURITY)

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either fororagainst the proposed ordinance. Amotionwas made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Ms. Coleman to adopt the proposed ordinance. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays:None

Abstains:None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58953

AUTHORIZING THE FINANCEDIRECTORTOREFUNDAN ERRONEOUS REMITTANCEOFSALES TAXES TO DRIVETIME CARSALES COMPANY LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $477,264.80 FOR REMITTING SALESTAX TO THECITY OF BATON ROUGE, WHICH WASALSOREMITTEDTOTHE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,OFFICEOFMOTOR VEHICLES, FORTHE AUDIT PERIODOFDECEMBER 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023, WITH THE COSTOFSUCH REFUND TO BE CHARGED AGAINST SALES TAXREVENUES

The Presiding Officer announced that apublic hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms. Amoroso andsecondedby Ms. Adams to adoptthe proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted. RESOLUTION 58954 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTETHE ENTITYSTATEAGREEMENT WITH THE STATEOFLOUISIANA VIADEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT,INCONNECTION WITH STATEPROJECT NO. H.014675, US 61X:(N. 22ND STREET– US 61) AKA FLORIDA BOULEVARD CORRIDORENHANCEMENT (N. 22ND STREET

–AIRLINEHWY)PROJECT IN THECITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF

EAST BATON ROUGE. The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolutionasPhillipLillard. Amotionwas made by Ms.Coleman and seconded by Ms.Amoroso to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58955

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTBETWEENTHE STATEOF LOUISIANADEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANDDEVELOPMENT

ANDTHE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANATOPROVIDE DETOURROUTE FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ON CHANEY ROAD ANDMILLDALE ROAD DURING CONSTRUCTION OF STATEPROJECT NUMBER H. 0115549.

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Noel and seconded by Ms.Adamstoadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58956

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO APPROPRIATETRAFFIC IMPACT FEESFOR THEINSTALLATION OF AROUND-ABOUTON BLUEBONNETAND HARVESTON WAYFOR CONSTRUCTION IN AMOUNT NOTTOEXCEED$1.2 MILLION

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above

resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Adams and seconded by Mr.Gaudet to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58957

AUTHORIZE THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEA CONTRACT FORCONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONSERVICESWITH GOTECHINC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEBRPROJECT TERRACE AVE(HIGHLANDROADTOPERKINS ROAD), BEINGCITY-PARISH PROJECTNO.20-EN-HC-0045, IN AN AMOUNT NOTTOEXCEED $484,500.00(ACCOUNT NO.9217100080-4370.00000-0000000000653100) The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Adamsand seconded by Mr.Gaudet to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58958

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTTOCONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONSERVICESWITHSUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATEDWITH MOVEBR CAPACITY PROJECTOLD HAMMONDHWY SEGMENT1,PHASE A, BEINGCITYPARISH PROJECTNO. 12-CP-HC-0043A,INANAMOUNT NOTTO

EXCEED$18,000.00. (ACCOUNTNO. 921710034-10000 4371.00000000000000-653100). The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Adams and seconded by Mr.Gaudet to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58959

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTFOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH TRCENGINEERS, INC.,FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEBR CAPACITYPROJECT OLD HAMMONDHIGHWAY –SEGMENT 2 (MILLERVILLE BOULEVARDTOO’NEALLANE),BEINGCITY-PARISH PROJECTNO.06-CS-HC-0028, IN AN AMOUNT NOTTOEXCEED $110,540.00 (ACCOUNTNO. 9217100023-437100000-0000000000653240)

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Adams and seconded by Mr.Gaudet to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58960

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEA SUPPLEMENTALAGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES WITHMODJESKI ANDMASTERS, INC. FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATEDWITHMOVEBRCAPACITYPROJECTMALLOF LOUISIANABOULEVARD(RR BRIDGE ANDPUMPSTATION),BEING CITY-PARISHPROJECT NO. 12-CS-HC-0043D, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED$405,000 FOR THISSUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT ANDA TOTAL CONTRACT VALUEOF$935,000. (ACCOUNTNO. 92171000270006-4303.0006-0000000000-653240).

The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either fororagainst the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Ms.Adams and seconded by Mr.Gaudet to adopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst,Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58961

AUTHORIZING THEMAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTFOR ADDITIONALPROFESSIONAL ENGINEERINGSERVICESWITHEVANS-GRAVES ENGINEERS, INCFOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEBR CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PROJECTNORTH BOULEVARD(I-110 TO FOSTER/FLORIDA), BEING CITY-PARISHPROJECT NO. 20-EN-HC-0002, IN AN AMOUNT NOTTO EXCEED$120,486.50. (ACCOUNT NO. 9217100078-00000-4370.000000000000000-653240).

AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58962

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEACONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES WITH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONSLLC,FOR SERVICESASSOCIATEDWITH MOVEBR ADATRANSITION AND VARIOUSENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, BEING CITY-PARISH PROJECT NO. 20-EN-HC-0020,INANAMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $489,000.(ACCOUNT NO.9227100039-4372.000000000000000-653100-$340,000;9227100040-4370.00000-0000000000653100-$149,000) ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against theproposed resolution. Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalled for andresultedasfollows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58963

REQUESTTOAUTHORIZETHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE MAINTENANCEAGREEMENT INCLUDING MOWING AND LITTER PICK-UP FOR THE FISCALYEARENDINGJUNE 30,2026BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE STATEOFLOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT ThePresidingOfficerannounced that apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interestedcitizens spoke either for or against theproposed resolution. Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Ms. Amoroso to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

ADJUDICATEDPROPERTIES

ORDINANCE 19647

AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT77, GREENDALESUBDIVISION, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH,LOUISIANA, AS SURPLUS PROPERTYAND TO AUTHORIZETHE DONATION OF ITS INTEREST IN SAME TO THROUGH HIS EYES MINISTRY, THROUGH THE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE PROGRAM WITH THE PAYMENTOFTHE ADVANCED COSTS REQUIRED FOR THIS LOT, AS AN IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LA.R.S.47:2201ETSEQ., THE LOUISIANACONSTITUTION, ARTICLE7,SECTION 14,AND PRIOR ORDINANCE OF THIS COUNCIL ESTABLISHING THE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE PROGRAM ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above ordinance wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed ordinance.A motion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt theproposed ordinance.A Yeaand Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

ORDINANCE 19648

AUTHORIZINGTHE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT31+ SQUARE23FORTUNESUBDIVISION,PAIGE STREET,PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH,LOUISIANA,AS SURPLUS PROPERTYAND TO AUTHORIZETHE SALEOFITS INTEREST IN SAME TO PURLEAN ROSS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ONE HUNDRED &00/100 ($100.00)DOLLARS CASHFOR EACH LOT, AND THE PAYMENTOFTHE ADVANCED COSTS REQUIRED FOR THIS LOT, AS AMOW TO OWN PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LA.R.S.47:2202(B) ET SEQ., AND PRIOR ORDINANCE OF THIS COUNCIL.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above ordinance wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed ordinance.A motion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt theproposed ordinance.A Yeaand Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

ADMINISTRATIVEMATTERS

ADMINISTRATIVEMATTER INTRODUCTIONS

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

ARESOLUTIONAPPROVINGANANNUAL PAYMENTINLIEU OF TAX TO THE SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN AN AMOUNT

NOT TO EXCEED $500 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AREAFINANCE AUTHORITY AND HOUSING PRESERVATION, INC.

Amotion wasmade by Mr.Kenneyand secondedbyMs. Amoroso that theintroduction of theabove proposed resolution be published in accordance withlaw andthatapublic hearingthereonbecalled for the council meeting on October22, 2025.AYea andNay vote wascalledfor andresulted as follows:

Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

ARESOLUTIONAPPROVINGANANNUAL PAYMENTINLIEU OF TAX

TO THE SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN AN AMOUNT

NOT TO EXCEED $1,500 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AREAFINANCE AUTHORITY AND HOUSING PRESERVATION, INC.

Amotion wasmade by Mr.Kenney andseconded by Ms. Amoroso that theintroduction of theabove proposed resolution be published in accordance withlaw andthatapublic hearingthereonbecalled for the council meeting on October22, 2025.AYea andNay vote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote:None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

ADMINISTRATIVEMATTER ITEMS

RESOLUTION58965

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEAFOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AND INTERGOVERNMENTALAGREEMENT WITH EAST BATON ROUGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (DBA BUILDBATON ROUGE) AND THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO EXTEND THE CURRENTAGREEMENT TO APRIL 1, 2026,PROVIDINGTHE PARAMETERS OF THE POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN TARGETED AREAS TO BUILDBATON ROUGE FOR REDEVELOPMENT

ThePresidingOfficerannounced that apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Gaudettoadopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalledfor andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris,

Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays:None

Abstains:None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

APPOINTMENTS

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone member toserve on theBatonRouge

Regional Airport Authority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is

a five (5) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (application received)

Matthew Butler (application received)

CleveDunn (application received)

John Fife (application received)

Valery

Aaron Moak (application received)

“Val” Lowery (application received)

Kizzy Payton (application received)

Bill Profita (application received)

Joy Womack (application received)

Amotion was made by Mr.Moakand seconded by Mr.DunnJr. to appoint

Cleve Dunn. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATON ROUGEREGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone membertoserve on theBatonRouge

Regional AirportAuthority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is

a five (5) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (application received)

Matthew Butler (application received)

Cleve Dunn (application received)

John Fife (application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery (application received)

Aaron Moak (application received)

Kizzy Payton (application received)

Bill Profita (application received)

Joy Womack (application received)

Asubstitute motion was made by Mr.Moakand seconded by Mr.Dunn

Jr.toappoint John Fife. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone member toserve on theBatonRouge Regional Airport Authority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is afour (4) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (application received)

Matthew Butler (application received)

CleveDunn (application received)

John Fife (application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery (application received)

Aaron Moak (application received)

Kizzy Payton (application received)

Bill Profita (application received)

Joy Womack (application received)

Amotion was made by Mr.Dunn Jr.and seconded by Ms. Racca to appoint Bill Profita. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone member toserve on the Baton Rouge Regional AirportAuthority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is afour (4) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (application received)

Matthew Butler (application received)

CleveDunn (application received)

John Fife (application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery (application received)

Aaron Moak (application received)

Kizzy Payton (application received)

Bill Profita (application received)

Joy Womack (application received)

Amotion was made by Mr.Moakand seconded by Mr.DunnJr. to appoint Kizzy Payton. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone member toserve on the Baton Rouge Regional AirportAuthority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is

athree (3) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (application received)

Matthew Butler (application received)

Cleve Dunn (application received)

John Fife (application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery (application received)

Aaron Moak (application received)

Kizzy Payton (application received)

Bill Profita (application received)

Joy Womack (application received)

Amotion was made by Mr.Dunn Jr.and seconded by Mr.Moaktoappoint

Aaron Moak. AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone member toserve on theBatonRouge Regional Airport Authority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is

athree (3) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (application received)

Matthew Butler (application received)

Cleve Dunn (application received)

John Fife (application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery (application received)

Aaron Moak (application received)

Kizzy Payton (application received)

Bill Profita (application received)

Joy Womack (application received)

Amotion was made by Mr.Moakand seconded by Mr.DunnJr. to appoint

Valery “Val” Lowery.AYea and Nay votewas calledfor and resulted as

follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,Coleman,DunnJr.,Gaudet, Harris, Hudson,Hurst, Kenney,Moak,Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

Did Not Vote: None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL AIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointmentofone member toserve on the Baton Rouge Regional AirportAuthority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is

atwo (2) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (applicationreceived)

Matthew Butler(application received)

Cleve Dunn (applicationreceived)

John Fife(applicationreceived)

Valery “Val” Lowery(application received)

Aaron Moak (applicationreceived)

Kizzy Payton (applicationreceived)

Bill Profita (applicationreceived)

Joy Womack (applicationreceived)

Amotionwas made by Mr.Dunn Jr.and seconded by Mr.Moak to appoint

Paul Arrigo. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATONROUGEREGIONALAIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointment of one member to serve on the BatonRouge

Regional Airport Authority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is atwo (2) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (applicationreceived)

Matthew Butler (applicationreceived)

Cleve Dunn (applicationreceived)

John Fife(application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery(application received)

Aaron Moak (applicationreceived)

Kizzy Payton (applicationreceived)

Bill Profita (applicationreceived)

Joy Womack (applicationreceived)

Amotionwas made by Mr.Moakand seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr.toappoint

Matthew Butler. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

BATONROUGEREGIONALAIRPORTAUTHORITY:

Consideration of appointment of one member to serve on the BatonRouge

Regional Airport Authority,effective October 9, 2025. This appointment is aone (1) year term.

Current Ballot

Paul Arrigo (applicationreceived)

Matthew Butler (applicationreceived)

Cleve Dunn (applicationreceived)

John Fife(application received)

Valery “Val” Lowery(application received)

Aaron Moak (applicationreceived)

Kizzy Payton (applicationreceived)

Bill Profita (applicationreceived)

Joy Womack (applicationreceived)

Amotionwas made by Mr.Dunn Jr.and seconded by Mr.Moak to appoint

JoyWomack.AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

EAST BATONROUGEPARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT

Twoappointmentsto fill newly-created positions on the boardof commissioners. Each appointment is forafour-year term. Termsbegin on October 9, 2025.

Current Ballot Clay Rives (submitted application)

Amotionwas made by Mr.Moak and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr.toappoint

Clay Rives and Frederick Roberson. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

ITEMS

CHANGE ORDERS

RESOLUTION 58966

AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ACHANGE ORDER, BEINGCHANGE ORDER NO.1,TOTHE CONTRACTEXECUTED BETWEENTHE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGEAND OOKJANITORIAL SERVICES,FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUSPUBLIC WORK FACILITIES, BEINGPROJECT NO. CONTRACT #800007168

ThePresiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for oragainst the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Moak and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr.toadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58967

AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ACHANGE ORDER, BEINGCHANGE

ORDER NO.1,TOTHE CONTRACTEXECUTED BETWEENTHE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGEAND RAMELLI JANITORIAL SERVICES,FOR JANITORIALSERVICESFOR VARIOUS PUBLICWORKLOCATIONS,BEING PROJECT NO.CONTRACT # 800007167. The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Moak and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr.toadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58968

AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ACHANGE ORDER, CHANGEORDER NO.1,TOTHE CONTRACTEXECUTED BETWEENTHE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGEAND LAPSERVICES, LLC, FOR PUBLICSAFETY COMPLEX H2 ROOF RECOVER, BEINGPROJECT NO. 21-ASC-CP-1567. The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Amotionwas made by Mr.Moak and seconded by Mr.Dunn Jr.toadopt the proposed resolution. AYea and Nay vote was called forand resulted as follows:

Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None DidNot Vote: None

Absent:None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and 0absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 58969

AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ACHANGE ORDER, BEINGCHANGE ORDER NO.1,TOTHE CONTRACTEXECUTED BETWEENTHE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGEAND SIENNA CONSTRUCTION,LLC,FOR PUBLICSAFETY COMPLEX H2 BUILDING RENOVATION FOR VETERAN’SAFFAIRS,BEINGPROJECT NO. 21-ASCCP-1558. The Presiding Officer announced that apublichearing on the above resolutionwas in order at thistime. No interested citizensspoke

Nayvote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58970 EBROSCO

AUTHORIZINGEXECUTIONOFACHANGE

COMMISSION AND GRADYCRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,INC.,FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM -SULLIVANROAD (WAX-HOOPER)

SANITARYSEWERIMPROVEMENTS, BEINGPROJECTNO. H.002320

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.A motion wasmade by Mr.Moak and secondedbyMr. Dunn Jr.toadopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None

With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

FINAL ACCEPTANCES

RESOLUTION58971

EBROSCO RESOLUTION8730

ACCEPTING ALLWORK DONEBYTHE CONTRACTOR UNDERTHE CONTRACTFOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE WASTEWATERSYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM -SULLIVANROAD (WAX-HOOPER) SANITARYSEWERIMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NO. H.002320.

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Moak to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

RESOLUTION58972

ACCEPTING ALLWORK DONEBYTHE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE CONTRACTFOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX H2 BUILDING RENOVATION FOR VETERAN’S AFFAIRS, PROJECT NO. 21-ASCCP-1558

ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Mr.Moak to adopt theproposed resolution. AYea and Nayvote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None

Abstains: None

DidNot Vote:None

Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS

RESOLUTION58973

EBROSCO RESOLUTION8930 AWARDINGTHE CONTRACTFOR CENTRAL WASTEWATERTREATMENT PLANT DEMOLITION,BEING PROJECT NO. 14-TP-MS-016D, TO THE LOWEST BIDDERTHEREFOR, ZIMMER-ESCHETTE SERVICEII, LLC; AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTIONOFTHE CONTRACTCOVERING SUCHWORK. ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Harris and secondedbyMr. Noeltoadopt theproposed resolution. AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresultedasfollows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca

Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

OTHERITEMS

RECEIVING THE THIRD QUARTER 2025 REPORT FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above report wasinorder at this time. No interestedcitizensspoke either for or against theproposed report. Thereport wasreceived.

RECEIVING AN INTRODUCTORYREPORTBYTHE NEWCEO OF ST VINCENTDEPAUL,OUTLINING HERVISIONFOR THE ORGANIZATION. ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.The report wasreceived.

OTHERITEMS TO BE ADOPTED (EMERGENCY) RESOLUTION58974

AUTHORIZINGTHE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTEACONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION TESTING AND LABORATORYSERVICESWITH SOUTHERN EARTHSCIENCESINC. FOR SERVICESASSOCIATEDWITH MOVEBR PROJECT MALL OF LOUISIANA(PERKINSTOPICARDY), BEING CITY-PARISH PROJECT NO.12-CS-HC-0043D, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.00(ACCOUNT NO. 9217100027-RRUPS4360.00006-0000000000-653100). ThePresidingOfficerannouncedthat apublic hearingonthe above resolution wasinorder at this time. No interested citizensspoke either for or against theproposed resolution.Amotion wasmade by Ms. Adams andseconded by Ms. Amoroso to adopt theproposed resolution.AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0not voting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted.

ADJOURNMENT

Amotion wasmade by Ms. Amoroso andseconded by Mr.Noelto adjourn. AYea andNay vote wascalled for andresulted as follows: Yeas:Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet,Harris, Hudson, Hurst, Kenney,Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None DidNot Vote:None Absent: None With 12 yeas, 0nays, 0abstains, 0 notvoting, and0 absent, themotion wasadopted. ThePresidingOfficerdeclaredthe meeting adjourned

Council Administrator/TreasurerMayor-President Pro-Tempore 163980-573338-oct27-1t

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