Budget/Audit/Board of Review
March 05, 2024 10:00 AM
City Council Chamber
1. Roll Call
2. Approval of the Budget Committee meeting minutes of January 11, 2024
3. Pay Plan Amendments approved by the Civil Service Commission
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Morrell, Green and Thomas
(For Discussion and Vote)
a) M-24-75 - New Classification of Fire Training Instructor (Approved Jan. 19, 2024)
b) M-24-76 - New Classification of Airport Janitorial Supervisor (Approved Jan. 19, 2024)
c) M-24-77 - Grade Change for Zoning Administrator (Approved Jan. 19, 2024)
d) M-24-78 - Grade Change for CURO, Deputy Chief of Staff (Approved Jan. 19, 2024)
e) M-24-79 - Executive Retention Special Rate of Pay (Approved Jan. 19, 2024)
4. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,537 and 34,538 (Introduced January 18, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate an additional $109,085,404 for Intergovernmental Revenues and Expenditures; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfer an additional $109,085,404 in Intergovernmental Revenues and Expenditures (FUND 6699).
5. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,575 and 34,576 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate funds to the Chief Administrative Office to support Canal Street Algiers Ferry operations in 2024; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $3,000,000 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the General Fund (Fund 1000) in the Chief Administrative Office (200 – Other Operating)
6. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,577 and 34,578 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate additional Capital Outlay funds awarded by the State of Louisiana Facility Planning and Control Board (FP&C) to the Chief Administrative Office for the Sewerage and Water Board Power Plant FP&C Project No. 50-ML3-18-02; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $15,000,000 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the Louisiana Dept. of Administration (Fund 4404) in the Chief Administrative Office (200 – Other Operating)
7. Ord. Cal. No. 34,579 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
This Ordinance amends Ordinance No. 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to transfer funds from the Department of Safety and Permits to the Department of Code Enforcement for the Centralized Adjudication Bureau; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: This Ordinance transfers $400,000 from the General Fund (Fund 1000) in the Department of Safety and Permits ($300,000 – 100 Personal Services; $100,000 – 200 Other Operating) to the General Fund (Fund 1000) in the Department of Code Enforcement ($300,000 – 100 Personal Services; $100,000 – 200 Other Operating).
8. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,580 and 34,581 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate grant funds to the Health Department for Emergency Medical Services to purchase computers, virtual reality headsets required for VR (virtual reality) training and (6) pre-hospital ultrasound machines; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $73,878 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the Federal Dept. of Emergency (Fund 4115) in the Health Dept. (200 – Other Operating)
9. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,582 and 34,583 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate grant funds to the Department of Health for Emergency Medical Services to hire and train a NOEMS Project Coordinator, three Outreach Coordinators with Odyssey House and to purchase (350) Narcan kits; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfer $1,261,771 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the Federal Dept. of Justice (Fund 4147) in the Health Dept. ($894,661 – 100 Personal Services; $367,110 – 200 Other Operating).
10. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,584 and 34,585 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate grant funds to the Health Department for Emergency Medical Services to purchase rescue equipment; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $55,503 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the Federal Dept. of Homeland Security (Fund 4136) in the Health Dept. (200 – Other Operating)
11. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,586 and 34,587 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate State Act 397 funds to The Office of the Mayor for the Office of Youth and Families Pathways and Parent Leadership Training Institute Programs; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $800,000 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the State ACT Funding (Fund 1184) in the Office of the Mayor (200 – Other Operating)
12. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,588 and 34,589 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate funds to the Office of the Mayor for the Advancing Cities initiative to support growth in the Blue and Green Infrastructure Sector through Workforce and Economic Development; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $128,000 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to Private Grants (Fund 4900) in the Office of the Mayor (200 – Other Operating)
13. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,590 and 34,591 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate funds to the Chief Administrative Office and to the Police Department for the Supplemental Police Patrol Program; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $4,142,371 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the French Quarter Development District (Fund 5128) in the Police Dept. ($2,827,257 – 100 Personal Services) and the Chief Administrative Office ($1,315,114 – 200 Other Operating).
14. Ord. Cal. Nos 34,593 and 34,594 (Introduced February 22, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Green and Thomas (By Request)
(For Discussion and Vote)
These Ordinances amend Ordinance No’s. 29735 M.C.S. and 29736 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2024”, to appropriate unspent funds for the purchase of vehicles in FY 2023 to the Chief Administrative Office; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.
Description: These Ordinances transfers $25,000,000 from Intergovernmental Revenues (Fund 6699) to the General Fund (Fund 1000) in the Chief Administrative Office (200 – Other Operating)
15. Resolution No. R-24-82 (Introduced March 7, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Morrell, Green and Thomas (By Request)
This Resolution approves the Eleventh Supplemental Sewerage Service Revenue Bond Resolution in connection with the issuance of the not exceeding Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) Sewerage Service Revenue Bonds of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana; approving the terms, security, and manner of execution of said bonds; and providing for other matters in connection with the foregoing.
16. Resolution No. R-24-83 (Introduced March 7, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Morrell, Green and Thomas (By Request)
This Resolution provides for the preliminary approval for the issuance of not exceeding Ninety Million Dollars ($90,000,000) of City of New Orleans Water Revenue Bonds to be paid solely and exclusively from water revenues collected by the Sewerage and Water Board.
17. Resolution No. R-24-86 (Introduced March 7, 2024)
By: Councilmembers Giarrusso, Moreno, Morrell, Green and Thomas (By Request)
This Resolution approves the Tenth Supplemental Sewerage Service Revenue Bond Resolution in connection with the issuance of the not exceeding Thirty-Eight Million Nine Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($38,948,200) Sewerage Service Revenue Bonds of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana; approving the terms, security, and manner of execution of said bonds; and providing for other matters in connection with the foregoing.
18. Executive Session:
Executive Session to discuss the following litigation:
- La. Bucket Brigade v. River District Neighborhood Investors Subdistrict and City of New Orleans, Case No. 2024-00689, Division I-5, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Judge Lori Jupiter
- River District Neighborhood Investors, LLC v. Five O Fore Golf LLC; Yang Qi Holdings LLC; Centergy Properties Management, LLC; and Carey John Chauvin, Case No. 2024-00882, Division E, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Judge Omar Mason
- Stanton Square, LLC v. City of New Orleans, New Orleans City Council, and Freddie King, III, in his official capacity as a member of the New Orleans City Council, Case No. 2:23-cv-05733; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, District Judge Brandon S. Long and Magistrate Judge Michael North
- Samantha Hignell-Stark; White Spider Rental Concierge, LLC; Russel Frank; Samantha and Bob McRaney; and Jimmie Taylor v. City of New Orleans, Civ. Action No. 19-cv-13773, consolidated with Kurt Klebe v. City of New Orleans, Civ. Action No. 22-2991, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle
19. Presentation from Sunae Villavaso from the Office of Workforce Development regarding summer jobs preparation:
- Ordinances will provide an additional $2.1M to the Office of Workforce Development for 700 additional summer job spots for a total of 1,000 spots. These ordinances will be filed for first reads at the March 7th Council meeting and are for discussion purposes only.
20. Presentation from Larry Barabino with NORD regarding summer jobs preparations.
21. Budget Reports Period Ending December 31, 2023 - CAO/Finance:
a) Revenue Collections Report
b) Personnel Spending Forecast
c) Operating Expenses – Available Balances by Department
d) Staffing Report
e) Reports on Citywide FTE’s
i. Filled vs. Vacant FTE’s
ii. Budget: Filled vs. Vacant FTE’s
f) Fund balances report
22. Adjournment
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