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Defense challenges new evidence Lawyers for Cantrell, Vappie say claims a ‘figment of imagination’

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Attorneys for former Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her longtime police bodyguard are fighting a bid by federal prosecutors to lodge fresh evidence at their looming fraud trial, with one lawyer saying the new material resembles “a figment of a prosecutor’s imagina-

dollars on alcohol tion.” and clothes, then Last month, the fudged purchase U.S. Attorney’s records; and how Office asked to her New Orleans tell the jury about Police Departtwo new buckets of evidence that ment bodyguard are not directly and alleged parCantrell Vappie linked to the pair’s amour, Jeffrey criminal charges. They include Vappie, gifted her a pair of gold how Cantrell spent campaign rings he is accused of hiding from

the grand jury.

The new acts are unrelated to formal charges of wire fraud, obstruction and conspiracy the defendants face under the grand jury indictment returned in August, which accused them of spending taxpayer dollars on a series of romantic getaways, plus an associated cover-up.

Prosecutors, however, contend

the fresh material shows they operated by a modus operandi: a repeated tendency to hide evidence of their alleged wrongdoing. Judges can allow juries to weigh such evidence when they determine it is not overly prejudicial, though legal scholars say they tread carefully in doing so.

In a pair of blistering filings that hint at potential strategies for the planned October trial, lawyers for

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State Police to pay $4.8M in motorist’s 2019 death Ronald Greene fatally beaten after traffic stop

BY JOHN SIMERMAN, ANDREA GALLO and JAMES FINN Staff writers

STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER

Clerk of Court Chelsey Richard Napoleon speaks during a Thursday news conference at the Orleans Criminal District Court building in New Orleans.

Civil clerk sues mayor, City Council over move to oust her

post last week lodged a lawsuit to stop Napoleon aims to halt the city’s actions, Battle over new the moves. the latest volley in an intensifying legal suit filed Tuesday in Baton Rouge battle that began April 30 when Gov. Jeff combined post heats up byThe Chelsey Napoleon, the longtime Civil Landry signed Senate Bill 256 into law.

BY MATT BRUCE

District Court clerk who took over the duties of the criminal clerk earlier this month, names city leaders as defendants A day after the New Orleans City and claims they lacked the authority to Council appointed an interim clerk for undercut her lawful claim to a unified the Orleans Parish courts and called a clerk’s office Judge Tarvald Smith of the 19th Judispecial election to fill the seat, the person the state Legislature installed in the cial District set a hearing for Monday as

Staff writer

The act merged the clerks’ offices for Orleans Parish’s civil and criminal courts and abolished the criminal clerk seat won last fall by former Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola prisoner turned attorney Calvin Duncan.

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Almost seven years to the day after the death of Ronald Greene during an arrest

by Louisiana State Police, the agency agreed Tuesday to pay $4.8 million to settle a wrongful death case, said a source familiar with the negotiations.

Police body camera videos of Greene’s death prompted federal investigations, state legislative inquiries and charges against some of the troopers involved.

The videos showed a group of White troopers beating and dragging Greene, who was Black, as he cried out: “‘I’m scared!”

Tuesday’s settlement stemmed from a federal civil complaint Greene’s family initially filed in 2020, the year after his death. The petition was paused for several years as the U.S. Department of Justice weighed bringing federal criminal charges against troopers and while a bevy of other investigations into his death unfolded.

But other state and federal probes sputtered, and the family reopened the lawsuit in February of last year.

Five troopers and a Union Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy were named as defendants in the family’s civil complaint.

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Carbon capture becomes key issue in race for U.S. Senate Trump has thus far dominated election

questration has emerged as a key fault line in Saturday’s Senate primary.

State Treasurer John Fleming has made his forceful opposition

BY TYLER BRIDGES to the new process a key driver Staff writer of his campaign, saying it threatIn a campaign that has focused ens to poison waterways and strip more on President Donald Trump landowners of property rights. than the issues, government regThat has made him the target of ulation of carbon capture and se- attack ads broadcast by two out-

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ELECTION 2026 side groups associated with Gov. Jeff Landry and financed at least in part by oil and gas companies that want to inject the carbon dioxide deep in underground wells.

Fleming has counterattacked by saying that U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow,

who has Landry’s support, actually supports the industry because her fiancé, Kevin Ainsworth, is a major lobbyist for carbon capture and sequestration companies in Baton Rouge.

Letlow has called that accusation “a low blow.”

Letlow has said she favors letting local communities decide whether to allow the process.

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“If a project is not safe, if it’s not transparent and if it does not have community buy-in, it should not move forward,” she said in a radio debate May 5.

But in a separate interview, Letlow refused to be pinned down on how a community would decide to give a green light.

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Man with assault rifle shoots at drivers, is shot

BOSTON — A man previously convicted of shooting at police strode down a busy road outside Boston, firing an assault-style rifle at passing cars, shooting two drivers and sending others scrambling until he was wounded when a state trooper and a former Marine opened fire, authorities said.

As bullets tore through at least a dozen cars, including a state police cruiser, panicked motorists abandoned their vehicles or hid under them for cover, according to prosecutors and state police. Authorities said the gunman fired more than 60 rounds during the Monday afternoon attack in which two victims suffered life-threatening injuries.

The shooting happened on a heavily traveled road along the Charles River in Cambridge, home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sidewalks and riverside paths in the area are often crowded with pedestrians, joggers and cyclists.

“The suspect, identified by prosecutors as 46-year-old Tyler Brown of Boston, was shot multiple times in the extremities and is expected to face charges including two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and other gun offenses.

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FDA commissioner resigns

Makary faced pushback from pharma CEOs, activists

BY MATTHEW PERRONE and SEUNG MIN KIM AP health writer

WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump.

News of Makary’s departure Tuesday came just 13 months after he was confirmed to lead the powerful regulatory agency.

A surgeon and health researcher, Makary came to prominence among Republicans as an outspoken critic of COVID-19 health measures during the pandemic, when he frequently appeared on Fox News Channel. But he struggled to manage the FDA’s bureaucracy and failed to win the confidence of its staff after mass layoffs, leader-

ship upheavals and a series of controversies in which the agency’s scientific principles appeared to be overridden by political interests, including those of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “He’s a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “But he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.”

Trump later confirmed in a social media post that Kyle Diamantas, the agency’s chief for foods, is expected to take over as acting commissioner.

Diamantas is an attorney with personal ties to Donald Trump Jr. In that post, the president included what appeared to be a text message from Makary submitting his resignation. In it, he noted that “I announced 50 major FDA reforms.

Joe Biden’s FDA had none,” and thanked Trump for the chance to serve.

The FDA commissioner, as the

leader of an agency that regulates billions of dollars in consumer goods and medicines, is often required to juggle competing priorities that straddle science and politics.

Makary faced a unique challenge in balancing calls by Trump and other Republicans to cut red tape at the FDA, while also tending to Kennedy’s interest in scrutinizing the safety of vaccines, drugs and food additives. The decision to get rid of Makary was made by Kennedy, and then the White House signed off on it, according to an administration official who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to describe internal dynamics.

Virtually all of the FDA’s senior career officials resigned, retired or were forced out in the first year of the second-term Trump administration, leading to a steady stream of leaks and negative stories in the media cataloging low morale, dysfunction and frustration among staff.

Appeals court spares Trump from $83M payment temporarily

Three arrested, accused of plotting murder TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran authorities on Tuesday arrested three people, including a powerful politician, accused of masterminding the 2024 assassination of an environmental leader, which became a symbol of government corruption and the ongoing perils of protecting the environment in the region.

Adán Fúnez, former mayor of the city of Tocoa, was captured at his home on Tuesday on suspicion of masterminding the killing, following years of accusations by religious and environmental leaders.

Juan López was an anti-corruption crusader who led a fierce community effort against an iron oxide mining project in Colon, a rural region of northwestern Honduras, which activists said endangered the zone’s dense jungles and crystalline waters, including protected reserve areas. López was one of the fiercest critics of then-mayor, Adán Fúnez, a supporter of the mine and close ally of Honduras’ former President Xiomara Castro.

In September 2024, López called on Fúnez to step down because of a corruption scandal.

Days later, the environmental and human rights defender was shot six times in the chest and once in the head by a masked gunman, fueling demands for justice by the Biden administration, Pope Francis and the United Nations — and accusations against Fúnez, a power-broker in the region’s decades-long bloody agrarian conflict. The death brought back stark memories of the global outcry over the 2016 murder of Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

Rights group: Nigerian airstrike kills 100 civilians ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military Tuesday denied a rights group’s claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention turned again to a long-running fight against armed groups in the country’s volatile north.

Amnesty International in a statement Monday said a military airstrike on Sunday hit a market in Tumfa in Zamfara state. A Red Cross official in the state, Ibrahim Bello Garba, confirmed the strike to The Associated Press and said “multiple civilians” were killed.

“In one village alone, 80 people were buried and there is no evidence that any of those people killed is a bandit. They are all civilians. The majority of them are young girls and small boys,” Amnesty International Nigeria director Isa Sanusi told the AP. Nigeria’s military confirmed an airstrike to the AP but said “no verifiable evidence of civilian casualties as being suggested in the media has been established.”

The Amnesty allegation is the latest related to an accidental military airstrike hitting civilians in the West African nation that faces threats from militant groups including Boko Haram.

Makary’s handpicked deputy, Dr. Vinay Prasad, was pushed out of the agency twice in less than a year for running afoul of specialty drugmakers and groups for patients with rare diseases. Makary appeared poised to weather the controversy, despite an ongoing pressure campaign calling on Trump to fire him.

Recent weeks brought fresh criticisms from other interest groups that the White House considers key to Republican chances in November elections.

Anti-abortion groups have accused Makary of slow-walking an internal review of the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been on the market for 25 years but remains a target for conservative activists.

They are seeking to roll back FDA rules that currently allow the pill to be sent through the mail.

Vaping executives told Trump that Makary was blocking approval of their products, including new flavored e-cigarettes seen as crucial to the industry’s survival.

Defamation award delayed until Supreme Court review

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ALEX BRANDON

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine arrive to testify at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing for the Department of Defense on Tuesday, in Washington.

Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on costs of war Defense secretary faces pushback on endgame, diminishing stockpiles

subcommittee on defense.

Trump has assailed NATO allies and others for not helping reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping corridor, or otherwise offering more support, saying he plans to pull thousands of troops out of Germany in the coming months.

BY BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, the RepubBILL BARROW and STEPHEN GROVES lican chairman of the House AppropriaAssociated Press tions Committee, voiced his concerns in WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete a separate hearing, saying that “America Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday First has never meant American alone.”

“American power is most effective from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s when it’s exercised in concert with likeend game for the Iran war, the conflict’s minded nations who share our interests rising $29 billion cost and its impact on and our values,” Cole said. diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles.

While the Pentagon chief softened his Bipartisan pushback on munitions tone from hearings before Congress The hearings before the powerful House nearly two weeks ago, notably avoiding and Senate Appropriations defense subthe same pointed criticism of lawmak- committees spanned four hours as they ers, he got far more pushback from reviewed the Trump administration’s 2027 members of his own Republican Party military budget proposal, which calls for a about the levels of U.S. munitions used historic allocation of $1.5 trillion.

The discussions quickly veered into in the Iran war and President Donald Trump’s intense criticism of traditional the handling of a war that appears locked in a stalemate as higher fuel prices pose allies for not taking part in the conflict.

“I take issue with the characterization political problems for Republicans in the that munitions are depleted in a public midterm congressional elections.

California Republican Rep. Ken Calforum,” Hegseth said. “That’s not true.”

Even as he insisted that the U.S. military vert, the House subcommittee’s chair, has plenty of missile defense systems and asked about the impact of the Iran war other munitions for the Iran war or future on military funding as well as weapons conflicts, Hegseth told House and Senate stockpiles drawn down from the conflict. lawmakers overseeing defense spending “Questions persist about whether we are that the Trump administration is working building the depth and reliance required to ramp up production of weapons. for a high-end conflict,” Calvert said.

Pentagon officials also told lawmakers Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, the that the cost of the Iran war has risen to defense subcommittee’s ranking Demoabout $29 billion, the vast bulk of which crat, pressed Hegseth on whether the — roughly $24 billion — is related to re- military has a plan to draw down troops in placing munitions and repairing equip- the Middle East if Congress passes so-farment but also includes operational costs unsuccessful efforts to end the Iran war.

“We have a plan to escalate if necesto keep forces deployed. That is up from the overall total of $25 billion that Pen- sary,” Hegseth said. “We have a plan to tagon comptroller Jay Hurst revealed retrograde if necessary. We have a plan nearly two weeks ago. He said the up- to shift assets.”

He said he would not reveal any next dated estimate does not include the cost to repair or rebuild U.S. military sites steps publicly. Noting repeated questions from lawmakers over weapons stockdamaged in the region. piles, Hegseth said the concerns have Importance of American allies been “unhelpfully overstated” and that Hegseth faced notable pushback from “we have plenty of what we need.”

He said the defense industry has been Republicans on the Trump administration’s straining of relations with long- told to “build more and build faster,” time allies, with Kentucky Sen. Mitch blaming the military industrial base’s McConnell telling Hegseth that “NATO inadequate capacity on previous adminis the most important military alliance in istrations and U.S. aid to Ukraine in its world history.” war with Russia.

“It seems to me that a lot of the EuroThe Center for Strategic and Internapean countries think that we’re reduc- tional Studies has painted an alarming picing our influence there, they’re sort of ture of U.S. stockpiles of munitions, includon their own,” said McConnell, the GOP ing interceptors that can defend against chairman of the Senate Appropriations incoming enemy missiles on land and sea.

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by one of Trump’s lawyers that it let the president delay the payment to E. Jean Carroll, though it required that Trump post a $7.4 million bond to cover any additional interest costs, a request Carroll’s attorney had made.

The appeals court late last month refused Trump’s request for a rare meeting

of the full 2nd Circuit to hear an appeal of a threejudge panel’s affirmance of the January 2024 verdict.

Afterward, Trump attorney Justin D. Smith asked the 2nd Circuit to stay the effect of its decision upholding the award so that Trump would not be forced to pay the judgment before the high court has a chance to consider an appeal.

Smith said last week there was a “fair prospect” that the Supreme Court will find in favor of Trump, who has called Carroll’s claims first made publicly in 2019 that she was sexually attacked

by Trump in a Manhattan luxury department store dressing room in spring 1996 a “made up scam.”

The $83 million award to Carroll, 82, came from a jury that briefly heard Trump testify and observed his animated behavior for several days.

Trump is challenging the award on several grounds, asserting “absolute immunity” for comments he made while president.

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CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon to withdraw from talks with Israel

Vehicles drive Sunday past banners showing portraits of children who were killed during a February strike on a school in southern town of Minab at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran.

BY BASSEM MROUE and FADI TAWIL Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By VAHID SALEMI

Trump claims ‘control’ over Iran

Kuwait, which came under attack streets. Iranian state TV said there Shaky ceasefire tenuous by Iran in the war and during the were no reports of casualties. as Kuwait accuses Iran shaky ceasefire that is still holding. Kuwait said a paramilitary But the allegation and ongoing at- Revolutionary Guard team tried of failed attack tacks in the region have threat- to infiltrate Bubiyan Island in the

BY JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait said on Tuesday that Iran launched a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab country. The accusation came just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was to depart for Beijing on a high-stakes visit over the Iran war and other issues.

Trump said he would have a “long talk” about Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping but said trade would be a bigger focus. As he left for the summit, Trump again threatened Iran if its leaders don’t reach an agreement on its nuclear program.

“We have Iran very much under control,” Trump said. “We’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated. One way or the other, we win.”

Iranian state media quoted the country’s foreign ministry as calling “baseless” the allegation by

ened to reignite open warfare.

The narrow Strait of Hormuz remains in Iran’s chokehold, the U.S. is maintaining a blockade against Iran and negotiations between the two countries appear at a standstill.

“True peace cannot be built with a literature of humiliation, threats, and coercive score-settling,” Kazem Gharibabadi, an Iranian diplomat, said Tuesday on X. With the risk of the conflict breaking out again, Israel has sent Iron Dome air-defense weapons and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said.

It was the first publicly acknowledged deployment of Israel’s military to the Emirates — home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai — and underlined the growing relationship between Israel and the UAE. Also very late on Tuesday night, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook parts of Iran, followed by several aftershocks, according to Iranian state media. Witnesses felt the temblor in the capital of Tehran, where some people sought refuge in the

northwest corner of the Persian Gulf near Iraq and Iran on May 1.

Four men were detained and two escaped when Kuwait’s forces disrupted the attack, it said.

A statement that Iranian media attributed to the foreign ministry in Tehran said four officers on a “conventional maritime patrol mission” had entered Kuwait’s waters because of “a disruption in the navigation system.” It denied any hostile intent and called for the men’s release.

Bubiyan Island is home to Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, which is under construction as part of a Chinese plan to build infrastructure across the world. It also came under Iranian attack during the war.

Kuwait provided no reason for why it delayed linking the attack to Iran after initially announcing it on May 3 without any details.

Trump is traveling this week to China for a summit where Iran will likely be a main topic. Beijing long has been a buyer of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and has been hurt by the strait’s closure.

BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group called on the government on Tuesday to withdraw from direct talks with Israel this week in Washington, calling them a concession and instead urged for indirect negotiations.

Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold two days of talks in Washington, starting Thursday, in an attempt to end the latest IsraelHezbollah conflict that broke out two months ago, following the Iran war, and discuss the future of relations between the two countries, which have officially been at war since Israel was created in 1948.

Naim Kassem said in a letter directed to the group’s officials that direct negotiations benefit Israel and that they are “concessions by Lebanese authorities.”

He said Lebanon’s government should instead resort to indirect negotiations, as it has done in the past, such as when a ceasefire was reached in November 2024.

Indirect talks are usually done through a third party.

Kassem also said the dispute over Hezbollah’s weapons was an internal affair and should not be part of the talks with Israel. The Lebanese government has sought the disarmament of the militant group after the latest round of fighting broke out in early March, calling all military activities by the group illegal.

Lebanese authorities have also demanded the cessation of hostilities, Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, deployment of Lebanese troops south of the Litani River, the release of Lebanese prisoners held in Israel and the return of displaced people to their homes.

Kassem said Hezbollah is ready

to cooperate to help achieve the five points demanded by the Lebanese government.

Despite the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which went into effect on April 17, Israel and Hezbollah have continued carrying out daily attacks. The latest war started on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the United States and Israel attacked Iran.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah fired several drones at northern Israel, according to Israel’s military. The military said it intercepted several drones before they crossed the border, but some explosive ones detonated in Israel, near the border, though no injuries were reported.

Lebanese Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine told reporters that since the ceasefire went into effect, 380 people have been killed and 1,122 have been wounded. That brings the toll since the war began to 2,882 killed and 8,786 wounded.

From the early hours of Tuesday, Israel’s air force carried out strikes in different parts of southern Lebanon, as well as the village of Sohmor in the eastern Bekaa Valley, state-run National News Agency reported. The agency said airstrikes on the village of Jibchit killed three people and wounded four.

The Israeli military had earlier issued an evacuation warning to the residents of Sohmor and four villages in southern Lebanon.

The National News Agency said Israeli forces entered parts of the southern village of Deir Mimas on the Litani River and blew up a water pumping station that uses solar energy and supplies the village with fresh water. The agency said that the predawn blast at the station caused widespread damage.

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Redistricting push has mixed results Denver airport President’s efforts to reshape districts fizzle in S. Carolina, win in Missouri

who contend that the new districts can be suspended only after Hoskins determines the petition meets constitutional requirements and has enough valid signatures. Hoskins has until Aug. 4, the day of Missouri’s primary elections, to make that determination.

BY DAVID A. LIEB, JEFFREY COLLINS, JACK BROOK and KIM CHANDLER

Risk in redistricting

Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the nation’s U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires but Missouri’s top court upheld a new map that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the November midterm elections.

Rather than waning, a national redistricting battle that began 10 months ago has intensified — inflamed by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act and provided grounds for states to try to eliminate voting districts with large minority populations.

Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are wrestling with how politically aggressive to be when redrawing House districts after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a majority-Black district as an illegal racial gerrymander.

The ripples of the Louisiana ruling already have led to new U.S. House districts in Tennessee and have extended to Alabama, where Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced an Aug. 11 special primary for four of the state’s seven congressional districts. That came after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned an order mandating use of a map with two largely Black districts. The state plans to switch to a map passed in 2023 that has only one majority-Black district, giving Republicans a chance to win an additional seat.

Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from new House maps enacted so far in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio,

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By DAVID A. LIEB

Protesters against a Missouri congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday in Jefferson City, Mo. Florida and Tennessee. Democrats, meanwhile, think they could gain six seats from new maps in California and Utah.

The Virginia Supreme Court last week struck down a redistricting effort that could have yielded four more winnable seats for Democrats.

Split of Kansas City Missouri was the second Republican state, after Texas, to redraw its congressional districts at Trump’s urging last year.

Tuesday’s two unanimous state Supreme Court decisions, delivered just hours after arguments, “are a complete victory for Missouri and for the people’s elected representatives,” Republican Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said in a statement.

Attorneys for voters challenging Missouri’s new map had focused on changes to a Kansas City-based district long represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who previously was the city’s first Black mayor.

The new map takes a compact urban district that covered 20 miles and two counties and stretches it 200 miles over 15 counties, distorting it “into a sprawling behemoth that cuts clear across the state to unite territories that share nothing in common,”

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said Abha Khanna, a partner in the Elias Law Group, a Democratic firm.

But the Supreme Court upheld a March decision by a lower court, which found the map as a whole satisfied the compactness requirement even though the Kansas City district may look less compact. No Missouri court has ever struck down a congressional map for not being compact, said attorney John Gore, who defended the districts on behalf of the Republican Party.

A second case heard by the high court centered on whether the new map took effect in December, as asserted by Hanaway and Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, or whether it should have been suspended when referendum signatures were submitted.

To suspend the map before validating the signatures would let activists temporarily undercut laws by submitting boxes of fraudulent signatures, Missouri Solicitor General Lou Capozzi argued.

But to not immediately suspend the map “would dilute the referendum right, if not destroy it altogether,” said attorney Jonathan Hawley, arguing for voters who sued.

The Supreme Court agreed with Republican officials,

Trump urged South Carolina to redraw its congressional districts ahead of the November elections in an attempt to help Republicans win another seat. The state House voted in favor of letting lawmakers return after the regular session ends to consider redistricting, and proposed a new map that could eliminate the state’s only Democratic-held seat.

But the Senate had to give permission to take up redistricting, too. The 29-17 vote failed, coming just two votes short of the two-thirds needed, as five Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition. The Senate could try again before its regular work session ends Thursday Trump had said on social media that he was closely watching the redistricting vote, urging South Carolina senators to “be bold and courageous” and to delay the June 9 House primaries so new districts can be drawn.

Although Republicans have a supermajority in the chamber, some GOP senators weren’t sure the proposed map would guarantee the party could unseat longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn. They also said it could push enough Democrats into other districts to backfire, resulting in a 5-2 or even a 4-3 Republican split.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey acknowledged the pressure from Trump, but said he doesn’t like being asked to bend to someone’s will instead of doing what’s best for his state.

“I got too much Southern in my blood,” Massey said.

“I’ve got too much resistance in my heritage.”

security missed man killed by plane

via slides. Twelve Trespasser scaled evacuate people sustained minor inperimeter fence juries and five were taken to

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Workers at Denver airport missed a security breach by a man who scaled a perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.

The runway fatality underscores the longstanding challenge of keeping intruders out of major airports. Denver International Airport sprawls across 53 square miles — twice the size of Manhattan — on open prairie northeast of the city center.

The 41-year-old trespasser triggered an alarm as he crossed into the airport in a remote area about 2 miles from the terminal late Friday night. But security personnel mistakenly attributed that alarm to a herd of deer that was nearby and the airport did not find out about the intruder until after the fact, when the pilot notified the control tower that the plane had hit somebody.

Authorities said the man died by suicide. However, no note from the victim was immediately recovered.

The manner of death was determined based on the investigation at the scene, a records review and a postmortem examination, said Sterling McLaren, chief medical examiner for the city and county of Denver.

The collision involving the Frontier Airlines plane as it was taking off for Los Angeles sparked an engine fire that forced passengers to

hospitals. Four have since been released, said airport Chief Executive Officer Phillip Washington.

A black-and-white video released by the airport shows, from a distance, a figure walking toward the runway with arms swaying. The person crosses onto the runway at a slight angle and seconds later the plane is seen speeding past. It strikes the person with its right engine, which bursts into flame.

A few minutes before the man scaled the 8-foot fence, a ground-based radar system activated in the area, triggering an alarm. A worker at the city-owned airport checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said.

“The camera view was alternating between the wildlife and the individual.

There are some ditches in the area, so the person was out of view for a bit as well,” Washington said.

The man crossed about 650 feet from the fence to the runway and was inside the perimeter for only two minutes before being struck by the plane that was traveling at 150 mph, he said.

The airport declined to provide details on their procedures for dealing with trespassers or how often they enter its grounds.

The plane’s engine caused the man’s death, McLaren said. She described it as “a purposeful act with a foreseeable fatal outcome.”

Denver police Chief Ron Thomas said investigators were contacting the man’s family and those who knew him to seek more information about his motivations.

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Film critic Rex Reed smiles at the New york Film Critics Circle Awards gala in New york on March 16, 2022. He died on Tuesday at age 87.

BY ROBIN MILLER Staff writer

Rex Reed, who spent six decades reviewing movies and writing about their stars, died Tuesday in his Manhattan home at age 87.

Reed was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 2, 1938, and spent part of his childhood in Baton Rouge.

In a 2012 feature story for The Advocate, he recounted spending Saturdays hopping a bus from his home in the Villa Del Rey subdivision to downtown Baton Rouge, taking in a movie at the Paramount, then eating lunch at the Piccadilly Cafeteria on Third Street.

He was only 10 years old at the time.

“I felt so grown up, going downtown by myself,” he told The Advocate.

He graduated from LSU

AP FILE PHOTO with a degree in journalism in 1960. While in college, he wrote film reviews for LSU’s Daily Reveille and The Morning Advocate. He was inducted into the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication Hall of Fame in 1999.

Reed moved to New York in the early 1960s, where he not only wrote about pop culture, art and celebrities for publications such as GQ, Vogue and The New York Times, but also became a public figure who made reg-

in films such as Gore Vidal’s 1970 “Myra Breckinridge,” “Superman” in 1978, “Inchon” in 1981 and “Irreconcilable Differences” in 1984.

He also was a writer, and in 2012 brought his stage concert production, “The Man That Got Away: Ira Without George,” tracing the life and lyrics of Ira Gershwin, to the LSU Union Theater. Reed not only was the writer but also the narrator for this show, which featured Broadway star Sally Mayes, jazz singer Kurt Reichenbach and actors and singers Gregory Harrison and Linda Purl.

Reed had been suffering from declining health in recent months. In its obituary, The Hollywood Reporter noted that Reed’s reviews established him as the “bad boy of entertainment journalism.”

ular appearances on television talk shows and in films.

Reed also wrote the longtime column, “Talk of the Town,” for The New York Observer. The New York Times, in its own tribute to Reed, described his writing style as “prose that was graceful and evocative but often also the literary equivalent of a poison-tipped dagger plunged between the shoulder blades.”

The movie critic also oc- Email Robin Miller at casionally stepped in front romiller@theadvocate. of the camera, taking roles com.

French hantavirus patient critically ill Cases grow to 9 confirmed, 11 reported

BY THOMAS ADAMSON and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press

PARIS — A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed.

Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.

The French passenger hospitalized in Paris has a severe form of the disease that has caused life-threatening lung and heart problems, said Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease specialist at Bichat Hospital.

He said the woman is on a life-support device that pumps blood through an artificial lung, providing it with oxygen and returning it to the body. The hope is that the device relieves enough pressure on the lungs and heart to give them some time to recover. Lescure called it “the final stage of supportive care.”

With the evacuation of all passengers and many crew members completed, the MV Hondius is now sailing back to the Netherlands, where it will be cleaned and disinfected.

The director of the World Health Organization said confirmed and suspected cases have only been reported among the cruise ship’s passengers or crew.

“At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,” said Tedros Adha-

spread between people in rare cases. Symptoms — which can include fever, chills and muscle aches — usually show between one and eight weeks after exposure.

WHO chief Tedros has advised that returning passengers should stay in quarantine, either in their homes or in other facilities, for 42 days. He added that WHO cannot enforce its guidance, and that different countries ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MICHEL EULER may handle the monitoring of passengers without sympAn ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman toms in different ways.

who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care in Paris on Tuesday. nom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general. He added: “But of course the situation could change, and given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks.”

The latest person confirmed to be infected is a Spanish passenger who tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from the ship, Spain’s health ministry said Tuesday. The passenger was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid.

Health authorities say it is the first hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. While there is no cure or vaccine for hantavirus, the WHO says early detection and treatment improves survival rates.

Argentina investigating Argentina’s health ministry said Tuesday a team of scientific experts will be dispatched in the coming days to investigate the origin of outbreak.

A Dutch couple, identified by the WHO as the first cruise passengers infected with hantavirus, spent several months in Argentina and neighboring South American countries before boarding the cruise ship. The husband and wife later died.

Argentine officials have said the couple took a birdwatching tour that included

a stop at a garbage dump where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the infection. The health ministry said its team will investigate the landfill and other locations the couple visited where rats known to carry the virus are found, although local officials in the province where the cruise departed have challenged the theory it began there.

A total of 87 passengers and 35 crew were escorted from the ship to shore in Tenerife by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks in a carefully choreographed effort that ended Monday night.

Two aircraft arrived in the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven overnight carrying Dutch nationals as well as passengers from Australia and New Zealand and crew members from the Philippines. All were placed into quarantine, according to the Dutch government.

Some crew stayed aboard the ship and set course for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, said ship operator Oceanwide Expeditions.

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant.

U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have violated his November order that barred them from arresting anyone without a warrant unless they had probable cause to believe a person is in the country illegally and likely to escape before officers can get a warrant.

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Continued from page 1A U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Tuesday said he agrees with Fleming that oil and gas companies should not be able to exercise eminent domain to build pipelines and storage facilities without landowners’ approval.

Cassidy also said he supports the moratorium that Landry has imposed on new carbon capture and sequestration projects. Letlow also backs that moratorium.

Cassidy said allowing parish governments to block carbon capture and sequestration projects “is an acceptable option.”

Where the race stands Fleming and Letlow are trying to unseat Cassidy this year in the Republican election campaign. Saturday is the primary, where the top two Republican finishers, if no one wins above 50%, advance to a runoff on June 27.

All three candidates are predicting they will win one of the two spots in the June 27 runoff. Polls indicate that Letlow has the best chance.

But political analysts note that the new semi-closed primary election system and recent seismic events — including a U.S. Supreme Court decision that nullified Louisiana’s congressional map and Landry then canceling the House elections — make prognosticating Saturday’s results a challenge.

Three Democrats are vying in their own primary to face the Republican Senate nominee in November. They are Nick Albares, a policy analyst in New Orleans; Gary Crockett, a business owner in New Orleans; and Jamie Davis, a soybean, cotton and corn farmer in northeast Louisiana.

Albares said Tuesday that he sides with Fleming and Cassidy in not allowing companies to use eminent domain to build carbon capture and sequestration projects on private land.

Davis called for “binding

Cassidy

Fleming

consent from the people who live there, not a public comment period that gets ignored” before any injection wells are permitted.

Crockett said, “I’m totally against it.”

Trump dominates election Trump has been a dominant topic in the campaign because each of the three Republicans is claiming to be the candidate best aligned with the president.

Letlow has his endorsement.

The three Democrats have been scathing in their criticism of Trump.

In a weekly call with reporters Tuesday, Cassidy announced $150 million in additional federal money to build a replacement bridge on Interstate 10 over the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles.

In making the announcement, Cassidy slipped in a story about how he was riding on the ancient bridge with Trump in the presidential limousine nicknamed “the Beast” to an event in Hackberry in Cameron Parish in 2019. As they reached the top, Cassidy said, Trump wondered aloud, “Is this bridge going to hold us”?

Cassidy said the new bridge would be able to hold the Beast and is an example of how he delivers for Louisiana. He said the money came from the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, a President Joe Biden initiative that he supported, unlike the rest of Louisiana’s Republican delegation.

Fleming, meanwhile, speaking to a Republican luncheon Tuesday in Baton Rouge, highlighted a nine-page referral to the Department of Justice by a nonprofit group that accuses Letlow of filing false campaign finance reports to the Federal Elections Commission.

T h e Coolidge Reagan Foundation alleged that the Letl o w Vi c Letlow tory Fund raised money for two months without reporting it and then tried to conceal this later.

The foundation said it has filed previous complaints against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.

“With the FEC, you have to be very careful with your paperwork,” Fleming told the crowd at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon.

Letlow’s campaign dismissed the allegation.

“Bill Cassidy voted to convict President Trump (on impeachment charges in 2021) and has spent over $10 million attacking Julia Letlow,” Letlow’s campaign said in a statement. “Now, in an attempt to distract from President Trump’s endorsement of Letlow, Cassidy’s allies are desperately trying to dress up routine FEC paperwork questions because they can’t defend Cassidy’s record. The Letlow campaign takes compliance seriously and has filed all required reports with the FEC.” In recent days, Letlow has said that the defeat last week of five state senators opposed by Trump in Indiana bodes well for her campaign, since Trump wants to end Cassidy’s Senate career.

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Derek Babcock, the party chair, didn’t respond to a text Tuesday asking how the party’s executive committee, which actually issues the endorsement, will respond.

Attack ads target Fleming Landry has inserted himself into the campaign by raising money for two groups associated with him, the Accountability Project and MAGA Energy, to attack Fleming. Both groups are organized in a way that doesn’t require them to disclose their donors and are headed by two of his key campaign associates, Jay Connaughton and Jason Hebert.

Landry held an event at the Governor’s Mansion on April 20 with about 15 carbon capture and sequestration executives, said some-

one who attended the meeting but spoke on condition of anonymity. Landry warned the group that a Fleming victory would harm their industry. The executives then heard a pitch to raise $1.5 million to defeat Fleming, according to the source.

In a brief interview, Landry acknowledged holding the meeting but wouldn’t discuss it.

Fleming repeats his opposition to carbon capture and sequestration at every opportunity, telling the Reagan luncheon, “It’s just not good for Louisiana.”

In other appearances, Fleming has said the technology is unproven and dangerous, saying in a radio interview last month, “It’s stuffing toxic carbon dioxide in the ground and using your taxpayer money and stealing your land through private domain for profiteering.”

For a month, the Accountability Project and MAGA Energy have been attacking Fleming.

The Accountability Project has broadcast ads accusing Fleming of being a supporter of allowing illegal aliens across the Mexican border. Fleming called that a lie while speaking at the Reagan luncheon, saying he supports tough border restrictions.

MAGA Energy accuses Fleming of having voted for pro-carbon capture and sequestration bills while he served in the House. That, too, is a lie, Fleming told the Reagan crowd.

In a new line of attack, the Accountability Project is attempting to undermine a key part of Fleming’s proTrump biography by saying that Fleming never served as Trump’s deputy chief of staff during his final 10 months as president in his first term.

In campaign appearances, Fleming has said his office was 10 steps from the Oval Office in the West Wing, and he told the Reagan luncheon that the accusation was “an absolute lie.”

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for comment on the new defense filings. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jordan Ginsberg and Nick Moses are prosecuting the case.

Vappie and Cantrell denied having an affair while she was in office. The new filings leave open-ended the question of their current relationship status, with Cantrell’s referring to their involvement as an “alleged romantic relationship.”

Vappie’s does not detail their relationship status. During Vappie’s 2024 arraignment, Clarke described their connection as a “close friendship.” Clarke declined to comment and Castaing did not respond to a message.

Matt Coman, a New Orleansbased civil attorney and former federal prosecutor who led the case against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, said the filing from Cantrell’s attorney represents a somewhat standard attempt by defendants to limit the scope of alleged wrongdoing a jury hears. Vappie’s assertion that

he may seek to sever their trials hints at tension inherent to in cases with multiple defendants, and could lead to a “whole other ball of wax” in the form of additional thorny legal spats, Coman said.

Chief U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter, who is presiding over the case, will likely use a high bar in weighing whether to admit the evidence. “‘I want you to try this case, not another case’: That will often be the line defense lawyers employ with such motions,” Coman said.

“And in many cases, judges will adopt it.”

Vappie’s attorneys have previously argued that romantic activity does not amount to a federal crime. He was initially charged in 2024 with wire fraud and lying to federal agents, more than a year before the grand jury delivered charges against Cantrell in the form of a superseding indictment.

“The government is alleging that Vappie committed a federal crime by denying kissing a woman,” Clarke said during his client’s 2024 arraignment hearing. He added that Cantrell is “important to” Vappie and will be by his side amid “the greatest ordeal of his life.”

A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana did not immediately respond to a request

tion as an “unlawful attempt” to install a “competing” clerk in the seat she occupied lawfully.

It threatens to throw the clerk’s office into further chaos, Napoleon claims. She asked Smith, the Baton Rouge judge, for an emergency injunction to force New Orleans officials to call off the special election and remove the interim pick.

“The Council’s actions exceed its constitutional and statutory authority and threaten immediate and irreparable harm to the orderly administration of justice, judicial records, criminal filings, election records, and public confidence in the judicial system,” wrote Napoleon’s attorney, Geri Broussard.

Mayor Helena Moreno, the New Orleans City Council and City Council President JP Morrell are listed as defendants in the suit, along with Johnson, the council’s interim appointment.

Before the council vote on Mon-

day, Morrell cited a state law that mandates that local governing bodies appoint a qualified clerk in the absence of a clerk or chief deputy clerk to take the reins.

Napoleon, however, claims the clerk’s office is governed by the Louisiana Constitution and state laws, leaving New Orleans’ City Council with no authority to handpick its leader or call a vote.

Napoleon asserted that she remained the clerk. She planned to meet with poll commissioners Tuesday evening at the criminal courthouse for training ahead of Saturday’s election. In absorbing the criminal clerk’s duties under the new law, Napoleon became chief elections officer, overseeing election monitoring.

“As I have stated previously, my current focus is ensuring the office continues to function so that the people of New Orleans can rely on its services,” Napoleon said in a statement.

Separately, Napoleon and Duncan are seeking clarity from the courts over the rightful overseer of court records in New Orleans.

Duncan filed suit in federal court hours after passage of SB256, seeking to enjoin Gov. Landry and Secretary of State Nancy Landry from enforcing the merger.

U.S. District Judge John deGravelles, who was nominated to the federal bench by former President Barack Obama, obliged, ruling late on May 3 that the new law was unconstitutional. The next morning, on the first day of his elected term, Duncan briefly reported for duty and toured the criminal clerk’s operation.

Within a few hours, Attorney General Liz Murrill had won an emergency stay order from the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, preserving the new law and Napoleon’s oversight of the parishwide clerk’s office. That federal stay remains in place with no hearing

Continued from page 1A Vappie and Cantrell made clear last week that they believe the government has fallen well short of that burden.

Vappie’s attorney, Shaun Clarke, accused prosecutors of trying to make the trial a “referendum on defendant Latoya Cantrell’s campaign finance practices.” He argued that such evidence is irrelevant to Vappie’s case and said that if it’s admitted, he said he would seek to sever the two proceedings.

Clarke contended that prosecutors accused his client of withholding from a grand jury purchase records for one of the gold rings, but did not offer evidence that such records exist.

“Withholding documents that don’t exist is neither intrinsic to the charged offenses nor admissible under (evidence rules),” wrote Clarke, himself a former federal prosecutor. “It is a figment of a prosecutor’s imagination, devoid of evidentiary support.”

Cantrell’s attorney, veteran white collar defender Eddie Castaing, in his own filing skewered the government for comparing the alleged concealment of romance pursued on the city dime to misuse of private campaign money.

CLERK

Continued from page 1A Under the new law, Napoleon becomes the lone district court clerk for the parish. Duncan has sued Landry and Secretary of State Nancy Landry in federal court, while another challenge to the new state law is pending in Baton Rouge, filed by a candidate for U.S. Senate, Gary Crockett.

Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has secured stays of injunctions in both courts, as the fate of a position overseeing court records and elections in New Orleans remained in flux, even as Napoleon said she continued to be in charge of the combined office.

In her lawsuit, Napoleon described the council’s decision to remove her, appoint former criminal court judge Calvin Johnson as interim clerk and call a Nov. 3 elec-

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Prosecutors allege former New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell hid evidence of two rings given to her by former bodyguard Jeffrey Vappie.

They included this photo in court filings purportedly showing the rings in Cantrell’s official portrait.

“This is more disparate than comparing apples and oranges,” Castaing wrote.

Signs of strategy

Yearslong probe culminates Cantrell’s charges rendered her the first mayor in New Orleans’ history to face criminal allegations while in office. She left the office in January under a pall of cratered approval ratings, voter anger over her frequent out-ofstate travel, battles with a popular City Council and her looming federal prosecution.

The wide-ranging federal probe that yielded last year’s indictment began as early as 2022. At times, it touched on aspects of Cantrell’s governance that reappeared in prosecutors’ new evidentiary filing last month, including her alleged misuse of campaign fi-

nances.

When the indictment of Cantrell landed at the federal courthouse last August, the scope of allegations it contained was narrower than some legal insiders had predicted.

A private building inspector had been charged a year earlier with bribing the mayor as part of an alleged cover-up, but Cantrell was not charged in that scheme; nor did formal charges materialize regarding her use of campaign funds to purchase clothing — an early area of interest for FBI agents assigned to the case.

While Cantrell faced stiff criticism in her second mayoral term, Castaing’s new 23-page filing paints that period in rosier terms.

“Ms. Cantrell completed both terms of her office, to the best of her personal and professional ability, productively, and with no malice or ill intent,” Castaing wrote, “and in perfect good faith that she was always doing the right thing, even though she was frequently met with opposition, both good and bad faith attacks, and disagreements.”

James Finn covers federal law enforcement and courts for The Times-Picayune | The Advocate. Reach him at jfinn@ theadvocate.com or on Signal at jamesfinn.82.

date set.

On Friday, Moreno and District Attorney Jason Williams took a different tack, urging members of the New Orleans City Council in letters to call the special election.

Murrill shot back with a letter of her own, calling the proposed move out of bonds and threatening legal action.

The City Council defied her call to stand down, with Morrell drafting the resolutions that passed Monday.

One of them ordered the Nov. 3 special election to fill what Morrell deemed a “vacancy,” saying it was required. Council members also appointed Johnson as interim clerk until the special election.

Johnson, who was in the City Council chambers Monday when the council handed him the post, did not respond to messages Tuesday seeking comment.

Email Matt Bruce at matt. bruce@theadvocate.com.

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Netflix touts $325B economic impact

On the eve of its upfront presentation to the advertising industry, streaming giant Netflix is touting the economic results of its film and television show productions.

The Los Gatos, California, company’s programming has created more than 425,000 total jobs and contributed more than $325 billion to the global economy, Netflix said in a new report Tuesday. The company cited its filming work in more than 4,500 cities and towns around the world. Netflix said it has also invested more than $135 billion overall in its movies and shows.

“While other entertainment companies pull back, we’re leaning in,” co-chief executive Ted Sarandos wrote in a post Tuesday about the report. “As we look ahead to the next decade, we’ll keep investing in the relationships we’ve built with the creators we work with, the communities we depend on and the fans who love to watch.”

Netflix highlighted its work in California, noting that its legal drama “The Lincoln Lawyer” contributed more than $425 million to the Golden State’s economy and employed more than 4,300 cast and crew members over its four seasons. The show filmed at more than 50 locations throughout Los Angeles, including Dodger Stadium and Grand Central Market.

Filming in L.A. has emerged as a hot topic this week at the television industry’s annual upfront presentations in New York, particularly as California has battled other states and countries to retain productions locally.

eBay rejects GameStop’s $56B takeover offer Online seller eBay is rejecting an unsolicited $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop, calling the proposal “neither credible or attractive.”

Ryan Cohen’s GameStop disclosed earlier this month that it was pursuing a takeover of eBay, seeing it as a vehicle to compete with online retail giant Amazon.

The national gaming retailer said at the time that its approximately 1,600 U.S. stores could become drop-off and shipping locations. One proposal included live sales broadcasts from GameStop locations featuring eBay products.

GameStop’s bid is worth $125 per share in cash and stock. The equity value of the proposed deal is $55 billion on paper. The company previously said that it started accumulating shares in eBay beginning in February and currently has a 5% stake.

In a letter from eBay Chairman Paul Pressler sent to Cohen, eBay’s board said it had completed its review of GameStop’s offer and believes eBay is a “strong, resilient business.”

Under Armour reports additional sales decline Baltimore-based Under Armour reported another year of declining sales Tuesday as the athletic apparel company continued a sweeping restructuring effort under founder and CEO Kevin Plank aimed at stabilizing the business and repositioning the brand around premium products and performance innovation.

The company reported fourthquarter revenue of $1.2 billion, down 1% from the same period a year earlier, while full-year revenue fell 4% to $5 billion. North America, Under Armour’s largest market, remained a challenge, with quarterly sales down 7% and annual sales declining 8% to $2.9 billion.

Still, the company pointed to signs of improvement internationally, where fourth-quarter revenue rose 10% to $539 million. Sales grew 13% in Asia-Pacific and 22% in Latin America during the quarter.

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Market’s record-setting run halts AI stocks slump, oil prices rise

BY STAN CHOE

AP business writer A sudden halt for technology stocks put the brakes on Wall Street’s record-setting run Tuesday.

Some of the sharpest drops hit chip companies and stocks that had been on electric runs because of the artificial-intelligence boom.

Intel slumped 6.8% after its stock had more than tripled so far this year. Micron Technology dropped 3.6% after coming into the day with a gain of nearly 180% for the year to date, and CoreWeave sank 6.1% to cut into its gain of 60% for 2026.

The pullback for AI stocks began

earlier in the day in Asia, where South Korea’s Kospi index sank 2.3% from its all-time high on worries that the government may redistribute windfall AI profits from companies to its citizens.

Also weighing on Wall Street was another rise in oil prices as the war with Iran threatens to drag on. The price for a barrel of Brent crude climbed 3.4% to settle at $107.77 as a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire looks more tenuous. The war has essentially shut the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers, keeping them stuck in the Persian Gulf instead of delivering crude to customers worldwide.

The resulting leap for crude oil prices, with Brent up from roughly $70 per barrel before the war, caused inflation in the United States to worsen last month by more than economists expected,

according to a report released Tuesday. In another discouraging signal, price increases accelerated by more in April than economists expected even after excluding gasoline and food costs.

That could be a result of tariffs and bad weather also pushing prices higher, according to Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management.

Treasury yields rose in the bond market following an initial zigzag, suggesting traders suspect the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates high to combat inflation.

The Fed has been keeping its cuts to interest rates on hold recently, as it waits to see how high inflation will go because of the war with Iran and the tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump.

That’s because lower rates can worsen inflation at the same time

that they give the economy a boost.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.45% from 4.42% late Monday and remains well above its 3.97% level from before the war.

Traders still largely expect the Fed to keep its main interest rate steady this year, but they’re now betting on a better than 1-in-3 chance that it could hike rates by December, according to data from CME Group.

Zebra Technologies became the latest company in the S&P 500 to top analysts’ expectations for earnings, and its stock leaped 11.4%. The company, which helps customers digitize and automate their workflows with bar code scanners and other products, also gave a forecast for profit over the full year that topped analysts’ expectations.

A driver picks up an order at an Amazon Now location in Bellevue, Wash.

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Amazon prepares to raise consumer expectations with faster delivery

REDEFINING A NEED FOR SPEED

BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO

AP retail writer

NEW YORK — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee.

The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime members, is rapidly opening small order-processing hubs in dozens of U.S. and foreign cities to cater to shoppers who can’t or don’t want to wait for cough medicine to relieve flu symptoms or tomatoes for tonight’s dinner salad.

The ultrafast service, called Amazon Now, first launched in India last June. Amazon says 30-minute deliveries now are also available in urban areas of Brazil, Mexico, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The mini-warehouses devoted to Amazon Now are about the size of a CVS drugstore.

They stock about 3,500 products for expedited delivery, including beer, diapers, pet food, meat, nonprescription medications, playing cards and cellphone charging cables.

“We know that customers love speed and always have,” Beryl Tomay, Amazon’s head of transportation, said Monday. “What we see customers doing, when we offer faster speeds, are they purchase more from Amazon. And Amazon becomes more top of mind for that or other types of items as well.”

In the U.S., the company first tested Amazon Now in Seattle, the home of its headquarters, and in Philadelphia. Most residents of Atlanta and the Dallas-Fort Worth area now have access as well. The service is also live in Houston; Denver; Minneapolis; Phoenix; Oklahoma City; Orlando, Florida; and dozens of other cities, Amazon said, with New York City and others expected by year-end.

The service charges for Amazon Now start at $3.99 for Prime members, who pay an annual fee of $139, and $13.99 for nonmembers. A $1.99 small basket fee applies to orders under $15, Amazon said.

The company’s bet on a need for speed also comes as some consumers are rebelling against rushed deliveries as they weigh the potential impact on the environment and the workers tasked with preparing orders at a rapid rate.

Amazon’s approach A relentless focus on speed helped Amazon build a logistics and e-commerce empire.

After it made two days the new delivery time normal, Amazon moved into one-day and same-day deliveries for its Prime members. This spring, the company began making 90,000 products available in one hour or three hours at an extra cost.

The scaled down and sped up microhubs that are designed to handle 30-minute orders represent another step in Amazon’s pursuit.

Only a handful of people prepare orders from aisles of shelves in the 5,000- to 10,000-square-foot facilities, unlike the

sprawling fulfillment centers storing millions of items where Amazon employs a mix of human workers and robotics to pick and pack orders.

Amazon tailors the product inventory to each location and uses artificial intelligence and other technology to analyze what customers buy, as well as when and how often.

The most popular U.S. purchases so far include soap, toothpaste, mouthwash, toilet plungers, bananas, limes and wireless earbuds, Amazon said.

The competition Amazon’s attempt to up the instant gratification ante provides direct competition to on-demand food delivery platforms like Instacart, Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub, which don’t have the scale of the e-commerce titan, according to independent retail analyst Bruce Winder.

“What Amazon brings is their prowess in supply chain,” Winder said.

These smaller companies said they don’t see Amazon as a threat, though, citing the hundreds of thousands of items they are able to deliver to users’ doorsteps by partnering with various merchants and restaurants.

“DoorDash has a mission to empower grocers and retailers and augment their existing footprint, not to replace them,” DoorDash spokesperson Ali Musa said in an emailed statement. “We win only when they win, which is how we can offer over half a million grocery and retail items in under an hour across the country.”

“We know that customers love speed and always have.” | Beryl Tomay, Amazon’s head of transportation

Iran war hitting home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge

BY PAUL WISEMAN AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans.

The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in March. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4%, according to the data released Tuesday. The monthover-month gain was down from a 0.9% increase in overall prices

from February to March, when the initial financial shock from the war hit the U.S. economy.

Labor Department figures showed that gasoline prices are up more than 28% compared with a year ago.

However, the AAA motor club listed the average regular gallon of gasoline above $4.50 on Tuesday, about 44% more than it cost last year at this time.

Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called consumer core prices rose 0.4% last month from March and 2.8% from April 2025, relatively modest readings that suggest the energy price burst has yet to spill over more broadly into prices for other goods.

Grocery prices rose 0.7% from March to April as meat prices rose after they had declined slightly in the month before.

Prices are rising at a time when Americans are already frustrated by the high cost of living. Affordability is likely to be a key issue when voters go to the polls Nov. 3 to determine whether President Donald Trump’s Republican Party maintains control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

“Inflation is the key drag on the U.S. economy now,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, wrote. “There is a real financial squeeze underway.

For the first time in three years, inflation is eating up all wage gains.

This is a setback for middle-class and lower-income households and they know it. They are having to cut back on spending and stretch every dollar.”

In April, average hourly wages fell 0.3% from a year earlier after accounting for inflation — the first year-over-year drop in three years.

Inflation had been dropping more or less steadily since peaking with a 9.1% year-over-year spike in June 2022, a surge caused by supply chain bottlenecks at the end of COVID-19 lockdowns and a jolt for energy prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But inflation has remained above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

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Senate committee debates new congressional voting map

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

A Louisiana Senate committee worked into the night Tuesday to advance the deeply contentious process of redrawing Louisiana’s congressional voting map.

The Senate Governmental Affairs committee gaveled into a meeting at 7 p.m., and was expecting to unveil a new voting map that Senate leaders hope to advance to the House. By 7:30 p.m., they had yet to do so.

Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, said committee members were prepared to meet throughout the night to ensure the public could comment on the plans.

Echoing a marathon hearing on Friday, a crowd of activists and residents had flocked to the Capitol to push back on attempts to reduce the number of majority-Black election districts.

At points, in the hallways, they broke out into chants of “We ain’t goin’ back” and “Whose vote? Our vote,” among other refrains.

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Continued from page 1A Louisiana State Police agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle the case, the source said, specifically claims involving troopers John Clary, Dakota DeMoss, Kory York and Chris Hollingsworth, who has since died.

The settlement is subject to agreement from the joint legislative budget committee.

The settlement also named Christopher Harpin, a former Union Parish deputy, making him responsible for $50,000 in the deal.

State Police spokesperson Lt. Kate Stegall said Tuesday evening that the agency “is unable to discuss the terms of the settlement at this time, as the process has not yet been finalized.”

All of the troopers named in the settlement negotiations had previously been

The Legislature is racing to redraw the state’s congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current one is unconstitutional. That has provoked a ferocious debate over voting rights, with many Black lawmakers and citizens arguing Republicans are undermining decades of civil rights progress.

The burning question in the Capitol has been whether Republicans will draw a “5-1” map, keeping one of the two majority-Black seats, or a “6-0” map, which would have none.

Sen. Sam Jenkins, D-Shreveport, said Tuesday that the committee would not be advancing a 6-0 map.

Republican state leaders, including Gov. Jeff Landry, Senate President Cameron Henry and House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, have all expressed reservations about a 6-0 map, saying it could leave Republican candidates vulnerable to Democratic challengers. But President Donald Trump has been pushing GOP-led states

criminally charged in the case, though some had their charges dropped.

York, a former master trooper who faced the most serious charges, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery in Greene’s death and agreed to testify in a plea deal. He was originally charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance.

York was shown on body camera video dragging Greene’s body by the ankles and holding him prone on the roadside shortly before he died.

DeMoss was initially charged with obstruction in the case for turning off his body camera audio on the night of Greene’s death, but the indictment was later quashed. Clary was also originally charged with malfeasance of office and obstruction of justice, but the charges were later dropped.

Hollingsworth died in a car crash the same day he was told he would be fired

2026 LEGISLATURE across the country to maximize the number of Republican-leaning congressional voting districts in hopes of preventing Democrats from taking control of the U.S. House in November’s midterms.

On Tuesday, state leaders seemed to be bracing for disruptions during the committee meeting.

Landry released a video on social media just before noon, addressing the congressional map vote and calling for respect and civility.

“I know there is a lot of passion on both sides of this issue. And nobody appreciates a healthy debate more than me,” Landry said. “All I’m asking from fellow Louisianans is that we have a civil and intellectual debate.”

Hours before the committee convened, a crowd began to gather outside. When a security guard

over his role in Greene’s death.

Harpin pleaded no contest in 2025 to a misdemeanor simple battery charge related to Greene’s death.

In January 2025, federal prosecutors told Greene’s family they would not file criminal charges against the troopers.

A separate bid by the local district attorney to bring state criminal charges also flailed, with none of the troopers receiving time behind bars.

Findings of a three-year “pattern or practice” probe by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which included a determination that State Police “engage in a statewide pattern of using excessive force,” were also scrapped after President Donald Trump took office and abandoned such investigations nationwide.

Staff writer Missy Wilkinson contributed to this report.

started explaining that seating in the committee rooms and hallway would be limited, a verbal confrontation ensued between the guard and some members of the public.

“I feel restricted for my freedom and my rights,” said Laketa Smith, of Baton Rouge. “We’re not being treated with dignity and respect.”

“It feels like the new Jim Crow is taking a very, very dark turn on the state of Louisiana,” Smith said.

Tensions have been high in the Capitol ever since the Supreme Court’s ruling last month.

In a hearing Friday, residents and community leaders spoke for more than eight hours urging legislators not to eliminate Black districts.

At one point during Friday’s hearing, Sen. Gary Carter, D-New Orleans, accused Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, who is sponsoring legislation to draw a new map, of targeting Black elected officials.

“You’re suggesting that I called

you racist,” Carter, who is Black, said heatedly to Morris, who is White. “What I’m suggesting is that we look at the body of your work this session. You are the only member of this body that has legislation that reduces significant African American political power throughout the state of Louisiana.”

On Monday, Carter apologized to Morris on the Senate floor. And Tuesday, he said in a statement that he was stepping away from his role on the committee.

“For the betterment of the Committee, and in order to help restore the decorum and focus that this moment demands, I’ve taken a voluntary leave of absence from the Senate Government & Affairs Committee,” Carter said.

Sen. Royce Duplessis, a New Orleans Democrat, took Carter’s place on the committee.

Morris has said he faced a barrage of abusive phone messages after Friday’s hearing, one of which he said called for a mass shooting at his office.

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Trump set to meet with Xi as war, inflation weigh on presidency President to land in Beijing today

BY AAMER MADHANI, WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK Associated Press

BEIJING — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence.

“We’re the two superpowers,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Tuesday. “We’re the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military.

China’s considered second.”

While Trump likes to project a sense of strength, the state visit occurs at a delicate moment for his presidency as his popularity at home has been weighed down by the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran and rising inflation as a consequence of that conflict. The president is seeking a win by signing deals with China to buy more American food and aircraft, saying he’ll be talking with Xi about trade “more than anything else.”

The Trump administration hopes to begin the process of establishing a “Board of Trade” with China to address differences between the countries. The board could help prevent the trade war ignited last year after Trump’s tariff hikes, an action China countered through its control of rare earth minerals. That led to a oneyear truce last October.

But Trump comes to Beijing at a time when Iran continues to dominate his domestic agenda.

The war has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stranding oil and natural gas tankers and causing energy prices to spike to levels that could sabotage global economic growth. The U.S. president declared that Xi didn’t need to assist in resolving the conflict, even though Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Beijing last week.

“We have a lot of things to discuss. I wouldn’t say Iran is one of them, to be honest with you,

because we have Iran very much with Xi on Friday before returnunder control,” Trump told re- ing to the U.S. Despite Trump’s outward conporters Tuesday. fidence, China appears to be enTaiwan, trade high on agenda tering the meeting from “a much The status of Taiwan also ap- stronger place,” said Scott Kenpears to be a major topic as China nedy, a senior adviser on Chinese is displeased with U.S. plans to business and economics at the sell weapons to the self-govern- Center for Strategic and Intering island that the Chinese gov- national Studies, a Washington ernment claims as part of its own think tank.

China would like to reduce tech territory.

Trump told reporters Monday restrictions on accessing comthat he would be discussing with puter chips and find ways to reXi an $11 billion weapons package duce tariffs, among other goals. for Taiwan that the U.S. adminis“But even if they don’t get tration authorized in December much on any of those things, as long as there’s not a blow-up in but has not yet begun fulfilling.

The U.S. leader has demonstrat- the meeting and President Trump ed greater ambivalence toward doesn’t go away and look to re-esTaiwan, an approach that’s raising calate, China basically comes out questions about whether Trump stronger,” Kennedy said. could be open to dialing back supThree-way nuclear arms deal port for the island democracy.

At the same time, Taiwan — as Trump also intends to raise the world’s leading chipmaker the idea of the U.S., China and — has become essential for the Russia signing a pact that would development of AI, with the U.S. set limits on the nuclear weapons importing more goods so far this each nation keeps in its arsenal, year from Taiwan than China. according to a senior Trump Trump has sought to use Biden- administration official who era programs and his own deals briefed reporters ahead of the to bring more chipmaking to trip. The official spoke on the America. condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White Relationship on solid footing House.

China has previously been cool But Trump was already portraying the trip as a success to entering such a pact. Beijing’s before he left White House arsenal, according to Pentagon grounds. He openly mused about estimates, exceeds more than Xi’s planned reciprocal visit to 600 operational nuclear warthe U.S., lamenting that the ball- heads and is far from parity with room under construction would the U.S. and Russia, which each are estimated to have more than not be completed in time.

“We’re going to have a great 5,000 nuclear warheads.

The last nuclear arms relationship for many, many decades to come,” Trump said pact, known as the New START of the U.S. and China. “As you treaty, between Russia and the know, President Xi will be com- United States expired in Februing here toward the end of the ary, removing any caps on the year. So that would be exciting. two largest atomic arsenals for I only wish we had the ballroom the first time in more than a halfcentury. As the treaty was set finished.”

Trump said he had spoken with to expire, Trump rejected a call the Chinese leader and the meet- by Russia to extend the two-couning would be “positive” as he em- try deal for another year and barked with a coterie of aides, called for “a new, improved, and CEOs and family members. He modernized” deal that includes will arrive in China on Wednes- China.

The Pentagon estimates China day evening and, after a ceremonial greeting, go to his hotel. He has more than 600 operational will attend a state banquet Thurs- nuclear warheads and will have day and have a working lunch over 1,000 by 2030.

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The cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md.

Ship operator, employee criminally charged in fatal Baltimore bridge crash

BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ED WHITE Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship operator of intentionally relying on an improper fuel pump that contributed to the ruinous crash and then lying about it to investigators.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called it a “preventable tragedy of enormous consequence.”

The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., based in Chennai, India. Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, an Indian national who was technical superintendent for the Dali container ship, was also charged.

Synergy Marine expressed disappointment and accused the U.S. Justice Department of turning an accident into a crime.

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Nair’s lawyer, David Gerger, had a similar response, saying his client “thinks about this accident every day, but he certainly did not cause it.”

The Dali, bound for Sri Lanka, lost power twice in a four-minute span as it moved to sea from the Port of Baltimore, causing it to crash into the Key Bridge in the early hours of March 26, 2024. Investigators say a loose wire in a switchboard likely caused the first power loss that led to its steering failure.

After regaining power, the ship found itself in trouble again. The Dali turned to a certain pump to supply fuel to two generators but the pump was not designed to automatically restart after the first blackout, so a second blackout occurred, the indictment says.

If the Dali had used the proper fuel pumps, according to the indictment, the vessel would have regained power in time to safely get under the bridge. Instead, it crashed into a supporting column of the bridge, killing six construction workers who had been filling potholes.

“As alleged, the bridge was struck and collapsed because those who were responsible for the ship’s operation deliberately cut corners at the expense of safety,” said Jimmy Paul, head of the FBI’s Baltimore office.

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Michelle Obama coming to Essence Fest More big names announced

BY VIOLET BUCARO Staff writer

Michelle Obama will open the Essence Festival of Culture’s popular concert series this summer with a live conversation related to her book, organizers announced this week.

Festival leaders gathered Tuesday morning at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to share their

Algiers stadium getting new turf field

“evolving vision” for the event that brings thousands to downtown New Orleans each year over the Fourth of July weekend.

Concert acts at the Caesars Superdome include musical celebrities Cardi B, Kehlani, Latto, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Patti LaBelle, and Brandy and Monica.

The scheduling is tighter than years past, festival CEO Richelieu

Dennis said. Last year’s event drew complaints after Lauryn Hill’s set ended just after 3:30 a.m.

“We said we are gonna make it a tighter one this year so you don’t have to worry about going over too late,” Dennis said. “I think we’ve got a really right lineup but a really tight run of show, which we think was important.”

But leaders focused Tuesday’s news conference on the other experiences the festival is trying to grow.

Obama will kick off the Evening

Concert Series on July 3 with a live conversation related to her book, ”The Look” about her personal style evolution.

“We are extremely, extremely grateful to have the opportunity to share her with this incredible community,” festival CEO Richelieu Dennis Obama said. Obama’s talk will be called, “IMO: The Look” in partnership with her podcast series

called Higher Ground.

“For Black women especially, ‘the look’ has never simply been about beauty or presentation — it has often been tied to respectability, survival, aspiration, and self-definition,” Essence magazine said in its online announcement. “Obama, whose image has been endlessly dissected since entering public life, occupies a unique place within that larger conversation about visibility and perception.”

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A day to relax

BY BLAKE PATERSON

Staff writer

New Orleans officials announced plans Tuesday to install new turf and goal posts at Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Stadium in Algiers, with the hope of finishing the project in time for the return of high school football in August.

The renovation is expected to cost between $750,000 and $1 million and will be funded primarily

by Friends of InspireNOLA, the nonprofit that supports the charter school network that oversees Edna Karr High School.

The city of New Orleans will chip in $100,000 in bond money as well as turf that was left over from hosting Super Bowl LIX in 2025, Mayor Helena Moreno said Tuesday.

Formerly known as Behrman Stadium, Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Stadium is the only facility of its kind on New Orleans’ West Bank.

But its aging turf has long posed a safety hazard for athletes. With the new turf, student athletes from Edna Karr and L.B. Landry High School will no longer have to leave the West Bank to play in a stadium with a state-of-the-art field.

“Right now, this facility doesn’t match the potential of the youth who use it,” said Ian Gray, a junior at Edna Karr who spoke at Tuesday’s news conference. “You’re not just fixing a stadium. You’re investing in opportunity. You’re giving kids like me a safe space to grow, to compete and to believe in something bigger than themselves.”

Jamar McKneely, CEO of InspireNOLA Charter Schools, said opposing teams often demand that games be played elsewhere.

He pointed to a crevice on the 45-yard-line as an example of the fields’ many defects.

“Whether you’re a championship team, or you’re a team that makes it to the playoff, or you’re Little League, there’s a chance you can get hurt doing what you love,” added Tammi Griffin-Major, chief executive of Algiers Charter Schools, which oversees L.B. Landry.

District C council member Freddie King Jr. said renovating the field became a priority for him last year after Edna Karr was selected to host a nationally-televised football game against a top-ranked Florida high school.

When organizers got a look at the stadium’s turf, it was “advised that they not put this field on national TV for the entire world to see.”

King said. “And I took that personally.” (The game was later moved to the Caesars Superdome.)

Under a 10-year agreement approved by the City Council last week, InspireNOLA will operate and manage the stadium from Thursday through Sunday. It will

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Low humidity, endless blue skies, and the shade of cypress trees turned the riverfront into a perfect little escape for an afternoon read. Along the Mississippi River, the breeze drifted through Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park as people stretched out beneath the trees, soaking in a picture-perfect spring not far from downtown New Orleans on Tuesday.

La. House passes bill to trim N.O. judges Proposal would remove one civil court spot previously spared

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

Louisiana House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a revamped version of a measure to eliminate several Orleans Parish judgeships, returning one civil court judge to the chopping block, three

weeks after the bill’s author had spared that court from losses.

Senate Bill 217 from Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, aims to reduce the number of criminal, civil and juvenile judges in New Orleans as part of a controversial realignment by Republican state lawmakers backed by Gov. Jeff Landry.

Landry and others are intent on trimming down Orleans Parish’s uniquely structured judiciary, claiming the workloads don’t justify so many judges compared with other parishes with heavy dockets. In all other Louisiana

parishes, civil and criminal courts are combined.

Morris originally proposed eliminating four of the 14 judges that preside over cases at the Civil District Courthouse. While presenting the bill in the Senate on April 20, Morris nipped those provisions from his bill as part of a concession to New Orleans delegates.

But on Tuesday, Rep. Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, offered an amended version that included the removal of one civil court judge. In addition, SB217 would ax three of 12 criminal court

judges and two of the four judges who oversee cases in Juvenile Court.

House members approved the measure by a 67-30 vote largely along party lines. Republican Reps. Jacob Braud, R-Belle Chasse, and Debbie Villio, R-Kenner, opposed the bill. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, and Robby Carter, D-Greensburg, were the only Democrats who voted for it.

Legislation to consolidate the three independent courts appears stalled as House Bill 911, spon-

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Veterans Nicaud, Williams compete for chief job

BY SARA PAGONES Contributing writer

Slidell voters will choose between two veteran law enforcement officers, both retired from the Slidell Police Department, when they elect a new police chief on May 16.

Brian Nicaud, a fourth-generation police officer with a 30-year career, and Tommy Williams, a Slidell native who spent part of his 30 years in law enforcement in Georgia before returning home, are vying to succeed Randy Fandal, now the city’s mayor.

The two Republicans are running on their experience, with

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Nicaud stressing his breadth of service and Williams touting his supervisory credentials. Both candidates say that they’ll keep Slidell a safe, peaceful community.

Brian Nicaud This New Orleans native went to work for the Slidell Police Department after moving to the city in 1990. He retired from active duty in 2016 after attaining the rank of sergeant and then working another decade in the Reserve Division,

including his service as a school resource officer. He stopped being a reserve officer when he decided to run for chief.

“I worked my way up by doing as I was told,” Nicaud said of his career. “I worked every division. … I know everything from the Nicaud ground up.”

After three years in patrol, he moved to the DARE program, working in that capacity for 13 years. After that, Nicaud worked in the detective division and then in fleet and facilities, where he

says he received a commendation for procedural changes that saved the department $1 million.

As chief, Nicaud said he will not be one-dimensional and will stress early intervention, with plans to create a 10-person volunteer board to create programs Williams for youth. He also wants to help adults find jobs. He does not plan to add officers and will focus on training and ensuring that the department is proac-

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BY JAMES FINN

Staff writer

Federal prosecutors in Kansas City charged a man with distributing videos they said were studied by Shamsud Din-Jabbar, who killed 14 people with a pickup truck on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day in 2025, to build explosive devices he planted in the French Quarter before

the attack.

Jordan Derrick, of Sweet Springs, Missouri, repeatedly shared videos of himself building improvised explosive devices on public social media pages beginning around September of 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri said in a news release Tuesday.

Derrick faces one count each of manufacturing explosive materials without a license, unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and distributing information related to making explosives.

Jabbar downloaded videos

from Derrick’s public accounts, according to an FBI complaint, and the improvised explosive devices he placed in several locations around downtown New Orleans on the morning of the attack were “consistent with Derrick’s instructional videos,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Law enforcement agents disarmed the devices before they could detonate.

Jabbar, who officials said later was inspired by the Islamic State terror group, was shot dead by police after barreling down a crowded Bourbon Street in his Ford F-150 Lightning shortly after 3 a.m.

on New Year’s Day last year.

The charges against Derrick mark the first instance of another person being charged in connection with the terror attack, which scrambled New Orleans’ security planning for Mardi Gras and the Sugar Bowl and spawned a frenzied law enforcement search for possible additional suspects.

Law enforcement initially said they believed Jabbar acted alongside accomplices they believed had helped him plant the explosive devices in several locations, but later backtracked and said they believe he had acted alone.

Officials in Iraq last year arrested a person they said

was responsible for “inciting” the attack, according to news agencies there. But the FBI responded by saying U.S. officials still believe Jabbar acted alone.

The FBI investigation into the attack is ongoing, officials said.

Prosecutors secured the charges against Derrick following a May 4 explosion at a home in Odessa, Missouri.

An occupant of the home told federal agents that he had made explosive devices after watching videos on social media, which the feds allege were made by Derrick, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Coroner: Remains ID’d as missing Slidell man

BY MARCO CARTOLANO

Staff writer

Human bones found near Slidell last month were identified as belonging to 67-year-old Maurice A. Appleton, of Slidell, according to the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office on Tuesday.

On April 20, skeletal remains were found by a person who was fishing at a retention pond near Indiana

Avenue and U.S. 11 in the Slidell area, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office, the Coroner’s Office and LSU’s Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services started an investigation.

The evidence, including clothing and surgical implants, led to the investigators to identify Appleton, who had been missing since

Aug. 25, according to a November Facebook post by the Sheriff’s Office.

Appleton was last seen leaving the main campus of Slidell Memorial near Gause and Robert boulevards at 11 p.m. that night, according to a November post from the Sheriff’s Office. Family members and authorities had been looking for him since then, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

“My family is very happy we have some closure even (though) we do not like the outcome and I was really hoping it would be different,” Tiffany Clinton, Appleton’s great-niece who lives in Tennessee, said in a message.

“We are all grieving but we can finally lay him to rest in a proper way,” Clinton said.

The investigation is ongoing and investigators are

still trying to establish time, cause and manner of death.

Foul play is not suspected, but has not been ruled out, according to the Coroner’s Office.

Anyone with information can call the Sheriff’s Office at (985) 898-2338, the Slidell Police Department at (985) 643-3131, or the Coroner’s Office at (985) 781-1150.

Staff writer Willie Swett contributed to this report.

LPA awards The Advocate | The Times-Picayune Staff report The Times-Picayune | The Advocate was named “Newspaper of the Year,” won the “General Excellence” category and received a bevy of individual awards for staffers in the Louisiana Press Association’s 2025 Better Newspaper Contest awards, which were announced Friday.

The Acadiana Advocate, judged in another size division, also won several awards.

The Times-Picayune | The Advocate also won the LPA’s prestigious Freedom of Information Award for its efforts to shine light on the state’s new death penalty methods, including asking to intervene in a federal court case to unseal Louisiana’s execution protocol.

“Having the execution method not only allowed us to inform readers about the state’s methods, it also prepared us for future coverage,” the newspaper’s contest entry letter stated.

“Our reporter, John Simerman, was a media witness for the execution. The protocol helped him prepare.”

Newspaper staff were recognized for news, feature and sports stories,

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Continued from page 1B Obama has previously given talks at Essence Fest, but this year, her move to the mainstage concert series signals a shift away from music and toward “voices shaping the culture,” the festival said in a news release.

Essence has been expanding events that allow for “political dialogue, wellness, entrepreneurship, spirituality,

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Continued from page 1B sored by state Rep. Dixon McMakin, R-Baton Rouge, has taken a back seat to Morris’ measure.

“It’s not merging the courts,” Zeringue explained Tuesday while answering questions about Morris’ proposal. “This bill is just right-sizing the numbers in terms of judges based on caseload and population.”

SB217 now heads to the Senate floor for approval of the amendments. If it clears the Senate, it heads to Landry’s desk. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law, just as he did Senate Bill 256, anoth-

along with videos, layout, headlines and more, while the company’s advertising team won several awards for campaigns and promotions.

Award winners from The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, both in Division 1, are: n Best front page: staff n Best overall website: staff n Best headline: first place, Andrea Daniel; second place, Jennifer Morrison n Best layout and design (Gary Hebert Award): first place, Tanya Ramirez; second and third place, staff n Best news story: first place, Alyse Pfeil; second place, Jenna Ross n Best breaking news story: first place, Christopher Cartwright; second place, staff; third place, Quinn Coffman and Ellyn Couvillion n Best feature story: first place, Christopher Cartwright; second place, Lauren Cheramie; third place, Desiree Stennett n Best investigative reporting (Gibbs Adams Award): first place, Jillian Kramer, Jeff Adelson and Sophia Germer; second place, Joseph Cranney and Ben Myers; third place, staff n Best news photo: first

Staff from The Times-Picayune | The Advocate pose Friday with awards from the 2025 Better Newspaper Contest of the Louisiana Press Association. place, Javier Gallegos; second place, David Grunfeld; third place, Enan Chediak n Best feature photo: first place, Javier Gallegos; second place, David Grunfeld n Best photo package: first place, John Ballance; second place, Javier Gallegos n Best sports photo: first place, Brett Duke; second place, Michael Johnson; third place, Sophia Germer n Best sports story: first place, Luke Johnson; second place, Reed Darcey n Best sports column: first place, Jeff Duncan; second

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and cultural criticism.” The event boasts over 20 experiences that include vendor expos, a film festival, book festival and a food and wine festival. The film festival has received 630 submissions, Dennis said, and the book festival will award five book deals.

New this year will be a Creator and Podcast Festival, which will allow festival attendees the opportunity to pitch original podcast concepts live onstage. Five finalists, judged

by a celebrity panel and audience members, will receive production support and a full launch marketing package.

“While many of today’s largest podcast networks skew heavily toward maledriven comedy and hip-hop programming, Essence is creating a scaled destination centered on the Black women audience,” the festival’s news release said.

Many of the festival’s announcement focused on ex-

panding branding for local Black-owned businesses and markets. Nearly 400 small businesses will have booths in the Convention Center, which will be accessible online at weloveus.shop.

In addition, healing circles, wellness intentions and local practitioners can be found throughout the convention center all weekend.

er of Morris’ proposals, on April 30.

Landry sparked a domino effect of legal action and political maneuvering when he enacted the latter bill, which merged the civil and criminal clerk’s offices in New Orleans, effectively eliminating the criminal clerk seat that ex-Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola lifer Calvin Duncan won last fall. The bill installed former Civil District Clerk Chelsey Napoleon as the parish’s lone district court clerk. The legal fight over the seat is ongoing.

The changes Morris envisions for the Orleans Parish courts have drawn intense criticism from a coalition of New Orleans lawmakers and advocates,

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who argue that reducing those judgeships will slow down the courts and delay cases.

Landry and other proponents insist the changes are needed to save the state about $5 million, including a $1.2 million general fund allotment to subsidize Orleans Parish Criminal District Court each year, according to fiscal notes for the bill.

“This bill recognizes that Orleans’ 46 trial judges are too many,” Zeringue said. “It will provide an opportunity for efficiencies and create some effectiveness in the system.”

Another of Morris’ bills, Senate Bill 197, proposes to cut the number of 4th Circuit Court of Appeal

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judges, who hear writs on civil and criminal appeals filed in Orleans, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. That bill was set to go before the House floor as well Tuesday, but the vote was postponed.

During Tuesday’s session, State Rep. Ed Larvadain, D-Alexandria, said the state is singling out New Orleans with the slate of cuts aimed at its judiciary.

“This is not right,” he said. “If we’re going to deal with a reduction of judges, it has to be a holistic approach. We have to look at all of the judges throughout the state.”

Senators have not set a date to consider SB217, the bill to reduce judgeships in New Orleans.

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The New Orleans Recreation and Development Commission, meanwhile, will manage the stadium Monday through Wednesday and will be responsible for utilities and maintenance for the rest of the stadium. It will also coordinate scheduling for the use of the stadium.

Moreno praised InspireNOLA on Tuesday for stepping up to fund the renovation, adding that it’s “through these types of partnerships we can really start moving forward on major projects particularly around recreation.”

Moreno, who took office in January, campaigned on ex-

tive on crime trends.

“Will I lead the department? Yes. Will I be tough on crime? Yes. Will I extend the olive branch? Yes,” he said.

Nicaud says he wants a return to community policing and building trust. He plans to have officers patrol neighborhoods on two bicycles and two golf carts and will have a rapid response team working directly under him to tackle problems quickly.

He said he will also personally ride neighborhoods and have monthly coffees, one in north Slidell and one in the south of town. “I will be available to people,” he said. “I plan to spend as little time in the station as possible.”

Tommy Williams Williams, whose father was a career Slidell Police Department officer, began his law enforcement career in 1995 after serving in the U.S. Navy, where he was a nuclear weapons technician. He was hired by the city of Roswell Police Department, where he spent 14 years, half of that time as a shift sergeant, returning to Slidell in 2007, where he served until retiring in 2015.

Since then, he’s been in the reserve division and teaches at the Slidell Regional Training Academy, where he says his background from a larger city is a training resource that would cost Slidell “hundreds of thousands … and I do it for free.”

Williams said his leadership and supervisory skills eclipse that of his opponent.

“Brian has never been a supervisor,” Williams said.

“I’ve got years of leadership and supervisory experience and have done hundreds of performance evaluations, letters of commendation and life-saving awards.”

Williams ran unsuccessfully for St. Tammany Parish sheriff in 2023, a campaign that he called an invaluable learning experience. He is a licensed U.S. Coast Guard captain, and he and his wife own a commercial fishing and charter business.

His top priority is public safety, Williams said. “In 2016, we drew a line around the city. Note to criminals: Do not come here with your foolishness. ... I intend to hold that line.”

He plans to use a datadriven approach to police work, using criminal analysis as do New Orleans and Jefferson Parish to speed response times.

Williams also hopes to increase the size of the department, noting that it has the same number of officers as in the 1970s, even as St. Tammany Parish has grown, with seven per shift: a lieutenant, a sergeant and five patrol officers. His goal is to increase the force by one officer per year to improve response to calls for service and help officers with their own work-life balance.

“I have the ability to inspire my subordinates, an ability to motivate and share my vision,” Williams said, adding that he will not run for mayor after serving as chief, as did three Slidell mayors who were previously police chiefs.

panding New Orleans’ recreational offerings and said Tuesday that “making sure that our youth have the right types of facilities and community centers is a major priority.”

Nicholas Johnson, a junior at L.B. Landry, said “the investment sends a message that we matter” and “that our hard work and our future are worth it.”

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New monitors reveal smaller earthquakes in North La. Federal seismometers were installed in March

BY ADAM DUVERNAY Staff writer

New earthquake monitors in northwest Louisiana are revealing more details and data on regional shaking than was previously possible.

Federal earthquake trackers installed and upgraded seismometers in northwest Louisiana after a magnitude 4.9 quake rattled the Coushatta area in March. Ever since, small quakes that were previously easy to miss are being recorded, and data about them is becoming more reliable.

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a public, real-time map of the world onto which geophysicists post incoming data on earthquakes, but its accuracy is constrained by available data. Data in northwest Louisiana, until recently, largely came from monitors far away from the epicenters.

The March 5 magnitude 4.9 quake caught the attention of USGS researchers, who deployed a team of technicians to set up new monitors and to upgrade existing seismic stations to transmit data wirelessly. Now, much smaller earthquakes are being identified and added to the map.

“By putting in the additional stations, we’re able to see more small earthquakes,” said USGS research geophysicist Justin Rubinstein. “We are putting in an effort to look for these smaller earthquakes … We have an interest from both the media as well as state and local government.”

From Dec. 4, 2018, to March 4, the USGS recorded 31 earthquakes on its map with epicenters in Louisiana, north of Natchitoches and between the Texas state line and Ruston. The majority were at or above magnitude 2.5, below which threshold quakes usually aren’t added to the map.

Between March 5 and May 8, USGS has mapped 41 earthquakes in northwest Louisiana, many of which were below magnitude 2.5.

The most recent small quake in northwest Louisiana uploaded to the USGS map was on May 3, a magnitude 1.3. It was one of 27 earthquakes smaller than magnitude 2.5 added to the map since March 9, the Monday following the weekend during which the new monitors were installed.

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4, USGS added eight earthquakes in northwest Louisiana below magnitude 2.5, the smallest being magnitude 2.1.

Rubinstein said northwest Louisiana is now an area of interest for USGS, so its more recent earthquakes of any size are of interest enough to undergo the manual analysis required to have them mapped. Older earthquakes below the magnitude 2.5 threshold in northwest Louisiana appearing on the USGS map, he said, were more likely initially registered by their automatic equipment as larger before that review process.

“The only earthquakes that we publish are earthquakes that have been manually reviewed. Normally, we just process earthquakes that are 2.5, 3 or bigger,” Rubinstein said. “Sometimes our automatic solutions make an earthquake look big, so the human will go process it. If it turns out to be a 2.1 or a 1.5, we’ve already done the work on the earthquake, so there’s no reason not to publish it.”

The new monitors are also capturing better data on the earthquakes’ epicenters, revealing clusters of small quakes in new places.

Before the new monitors were installed, the USGS map over the last two years showed earthquakes were happening largely in two areas of northwest Louisiana: Mooringsport and Coushatta. The Mooringsport area hasn’t seen a quake since early 2025, but Coushatta remains active.

Between March 5 and May 8, USGS recorded on its map 12 earthquakes north of Coushatta, including the magnitude 4.9 quake and its related shocks, and two more nearby west of Red River. But between those dates, the map now shows earthquakes in nearby areas it hasn’t before.

The map now shows since March 5 another 12 earthquakes have occurred southwest of the Coushatta area around Interstate 49. The largest was a magnitude 2.6 on April 9 about 7 miles west of Coushatta; the smallest

was a magnitude 1.3 on May 3.

The map also shows a cluster of 11 earthquakes since March 5 further south on the I-49 corridor, about 3 miles west of Powhatan, which is north of Natchitoches. The biggest of them was a magnitude 2.6 about 8 miles west of Powhatan and the smallest was a magnitude 1.8.

Additionally, the USGS map shows there were four quakes smaller than a magnitude 2.5 since March 5 in areas west of Ringgold.

Northwest Louisiana’s modern geological history is not prone to earthquakes. Their emergence in recent years may be linked to oil and gas activity, specifically the disposal of briny wastewater by injecting it deep in the ground, through a phenomenon known as “induced seismicity.”

“The recent increase in earthquakes in the central United States is primarily caused by disposal of waste fluids that are a byproduct of oil production,” the USGS website states.

“Wastewater disposal wells typically operate for longer durations and inject much more fluid than is injected during the hydraulic fracturing process, making them more likely to induce earthquakes. In Oklahoma, which has the most induced earthquakes in the United States, 2% of earthquakes can be linked to hydraulic fracturing operations.”

The EPA now is asking Louisiana to more closely monitor wastewater injection.

Rubinstein, who leads the USGS research group on induced earthquakes, said the study into the nature of northwest Louisiana quakes is ongoing.

“This is a work in progress. There is definitely evidence that these earthquakes could be induced.

There’s obviously lots of oil and gas activity in the area, which of course is not the only criteria that we need to determine whether these earthquakes are induced,” Rubinstein said.

Email Adam Duvernay at adam.duvernay@ theadvocate.com.

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Obituaries Angelico, Dr. Blaise Andrew

Dr. Blaise Andrew An‐ gelico, a beloved physician, devoted husband, and lov‐ ing father, passed away at in Metairie, home Louisiana on May 6, 2026.

He was 74 years old. Dr. Angelico was born on No‐ vember 17, 1951, and was the son of Blaise N. An‐ gelico and Dorothy B. An‐ gelico. Following his high school graduation from Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, he pursued his collegiate education at the University of Virginia where he was an Honors Scholar, member of Zeta Psi Fraternity, and lived on the Lawn during his fourth year. Upon receiving his undergraduate degree, he went on to study medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine from Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Dr. Angelico’s career in Internal Medicine spanned multiple decades and touched thousands of lives. His dedication to his patients and his profession was an inspiration and his legacy will be remembered as one of integrity, service and kindness. As a father he was a source of quiet strength and leadership; guidance when giving needed, praise when war‐ ranted, but always show‐ ing love and respect to‐ wards his boys. Even with a demanding work sched‐ ule, he made it a priority to be present in all aspects of his sons’ lives. In retire‐ ment, he and his wife of 49 years, Janet B. Angelico, enjoyed traveling overseas to explore European coun‐ tries. While at home, he en‐ joyed gardening, reading, spending time with his family, friends and grand‐ children, and was an active member of Munholland Church.

His Methodist warmth, generosity, and presence will be greatly missed. Dr. Angelico is sur‐ vived by his wife, Janet B. his brother, Angelico; Richard A. Angelico and his wife Diane; his children Blaise M. Angelico and his wife, Ashley, Andrew P. An‐ gelico and his wife Anne; grandchildren his Thatcher, Hadley, Chan‐ dler, Caroline and Henry. A memorial service and re‐ ception will be held at 11:00am Friday, May 15, at Munholland 2026 Church in Methodist Metairie, Louisiana. A visi‐ tation will be held prior to the service at 10:30am.

Burial will follow at 2:00pm at Garden of Memories. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Munhol‐ land Methodist Church.

Richard Henry Backus Richard Henry Backus, 92, died on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at around 5:00 am.

Born on January 15, 1934, in New York City, his father was a marine ship captain, and his mother an actress who at one point was a stand-in for Mary Pickford.

Richard went to high school at Fitch School in Groton, Connecticut; upon graduating, he went to work as a T.V. antenna installer. He had a natural ability at graphics and eventually found a job as a draftsman. Richard was "a fast learner" and became an excellent designer, a craft he spent his entire life doing. He always had a story to tell, saying he drew "everything from otthouses to the tail fins on a rocket ship". This was in reference to his trade as a "job shopper", taking designer-draftsman assignments all over the East Coast and Midwest.

In addition to his parents, Richard is preceded in death by his first wife Doris and stepdaughter Vickey. Also preceding him is his second wife Barbara Buffum. He is survived by his stepdaughter Jill Adams.

Richard came to the New Orleans area on Super Bowl Sunday in 1978, as he worked on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Project in Reserve, Louisiana, with Walk-Haydel. Since then, he had designed and drafted and one- and two-story buildings with an engineer named Arnold Smyth, followed by numerous commercial buildings for Randy Gaspard, a contractor with engineer Thomas Smith. As he would ride around the area, Richard would point to various parking and commercial buildings and say, "That's a project I did." In his forty -odd years in the New Orleans area, he designed about 500 small to mid-size commercial buildings, as well as at least 500 one- or two-story houses.

Richard had a very strong work ethic, often working on at least one project each day of the week. Although often busy, he did find free time to enjoy various TV programs, such as "Gold Rush", "Jeopardy!", "Wheel of Fortune", "Ancient Aliens", and any show related to fishing. He also had an idolized personality, striving to never make a mistake and being determined to get something done (he was a "bulldog", much like Donald Trump); he also had a heart of gold, allowing various people in need to stay at his house with him, especially in light of his wife's passing.

A celebration of life service will be held at Parkway Presbyterian Church, 6200 Camphor Street in Metairie, on May 16th at 11:00am.

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thoughts, fond memories, and condolences online at www.greenwoodfh.com.

Your shared memories will help us celebrate Betty’s life and keep her memory alive.

Cummings Sr., Anthony Louis 'Anky' Robert Whaley "Bobby"Breaux, beloved husband of Kim Breaux and eldest son of Charles W. Breaux Jr. and the late Joan Sicard Breaux, passed peacefully on May 7, 2026, at the age of 72. He leaves behind a legacy of deep family devotion, compassionate service, infectious joy, and steadfast leadership.

A dedicated family man, he cherished his wife Kim above all — their marriage a true love story marked by adventure, compassion, and unwavering partnership. He was a loving father to Parker Breaux (Molly) and Kara Viberg, and a proud grandfather to Landon and Luca. He was the family guiding light, their compass, their North Star.

He was passionate about fishing, the New Orleans Saints, music, crawfish boils, and hosting family and friends. Bobby and Kim co-founded NOLA Lab Rescue, where they helped save countless dogs from abuse and find them loving homes. Bobby was a quiet hero who carried out these valiant efforts with genuine humility and compassion. In retirement, the couple moved to Roseland, La., Bobby's "Garden of Eden" where he enjoyed the beauty of his wildlife sanctuary and especially his charm of resident hummingbirds. He and Kim traveled the country in their RV "Bitzel's Bus" with their three rescue dogs and their beloved cat, enjoying the Good Tyme Campers Group and the many's joys of the road.

Born November 12, 1953 in New Orleans, Bobby graduated from East Jefferson High School in 1972. He enjoyed a long, respected career with Sysco Corporation from 1980 until his retirement in 2020.

Quick-witted, playful, charming, and always carrying a twinkle in his striking blue eyes, Bobby was the eldest of six siblings and the natural leader of the Breaux clan. His remarkable eidetic memory served him well in mathematics, accounting, puzzles, and the friendly song games he loved to play with his brothers, who shared his passion for music. He was beloved brother of Susan Campbell (Frank Fairbanks), JoAnn Loupe (Scott), and Kenneth Breaux. He was preceded in death by his sister Deborah Hollingsworth (Sam), brother Charlie Breaux, and nephew John Paul Loupe.

A memorial gathering will be held on Monday, May 18, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans.

Flowers are welcome, but please be sure they are "cat safe."

Betty Amann Chouest, a devoted wife and mother, grandmother, cherished and great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and a talented musician, was called home by God to her eternal rest on April 27, 2026, in New Orleans, LA. She lived an incredible life defined by kindness, dedi‐ cation, and devotion, leav‐ ing a legacy that will shape generations to come. She was predeceased by her parents, George Howard Amann, Sr. and Helen Fos‐ ter Amann, her loving hus‐ Jefferson Felix band, Sr. and her Chouest, brother, George Howard Amann Jr. She is survived by her three children - Jef‐ ferson Felix Chouest, Jr. (Carol), Susan Chouest Hanemann (Michael) and Stephen Michael Chouest, Sr. (Lana) her 10 precious Christen, grandchildren– Ashley, Jeff III, Julien, Michael Jr., Stephen, Eliza‐ beth, Michelle, Stephen Jr. and Colin. She is also sur‐ vived by her great-grand‐ children - Madison, Joey, Cali, Lyla, Sophie, Rosie, Cecilia, Michael III, Max, Taylor, Kate, Jimmy, Claire, Marie, Jonathan, Anne Simon, and great-greatgranddaughter, Ellie. Betty, born on June 7, 1930, was a lifelong New Orleanian who spent her life raising her family and sharing her talents with others. She was an accomplished pi‐ anist who studied at New‐ comb College on the Tu‐ lane campus. Betty taught piano to hundreds of stu‐ dents of all ages and abili‐ ties for over 77 years. She was a faithful parishioner of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church since it moved to Lakeview in 1957. She taught Sunday School and music in both the church and the school for many years. In addition, she par‐ ticipated in numerous Out‐ reach programs at St. Paul’s Church, such as pro‐ viding music for fellow dancers at the Shepherd Center. In the community, volunteered for she decades at Sophie Gumble, Strive Center, the ARC, and St. Michael School, playing the piano, teaching music to students with special needs, and planning joyous Christmas parties for all to enjoy. In addition to her love for music, Betty had a passion for traveling with her family and friends, dancing, including toe-tap‐ ping, from an early age, hosting many gatherings at her home and pool, and, course, celebrating of Gras.

She was Mardi known for camping in urban and rural parts of many states, cruising with her husband, and giving free guided tours of her beloved city of New Or‐ leans to her Bed and Breakfast guests. Above all else, Betty treasured and was treasured by her im‐ and extended mediate family. She was known to everyone as “Grandmom” and had a welcoming spirit, extending hospital‐ ity and generosity to her entire community. Visita‐ tion will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6249 Canal Blvd., New Or‐ leans, LA 70124, in Lake‐ view on May 16, 2026, at 11:30 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 12:30 p.m. Please consider con‐ tributions to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. We also invite you to share your

Anthony Louis Cummings Sr. began his life on March 1, 1948, in New Orleans, LA, to the late Myrtle Richardson and Isaac Cummings Sr. He swung his last golf swing on May 10, 2026, at Ochsner Hospital after a 10 -year battle with prostate cancer — surrounded by family.

A graduate of John Martin High School, Anthony earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of New Orleans. For 34 years he worked as an accounting analyst in the oil and gas industry. He also served over 22 years in the United States Air Force.

Anthony coached his sons and mentored kids across the playground at Joe Brown Park — to many, he was simply "Coach" and "hero."

Anthony leaves behind his loving wife of 47 years, Daisy Cummings; his children Tresa (Dimitry) Wallace, Anthony Cummings Jr., and Marcus Cummings; and his grandchildren Kaleb Wallace, Khai Wallace, and Avah Cummings. He also leaves 5 siblings, 2 in-laws and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends who will miss his swing, his laugh, and his steady presence.

A viewing (wake) will be held from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM on 2026-05-15 at Corpus Christi-Epiphany Catholic Church, 2022 St Bernard Ave New Orleans, LA 70116 United States.

A funeral service will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on 2026-05-15 at Corpus Christi-Epiphany Catholic Church, 2022 St Bernard Ave New Orleans, LA 70116 United States.

Fasola, Lisa Ann

Lisa Ann Fasola (Nona) of Arlington, TN passed away peacefully at the age of 65, on May 2, 2026 in the comfort of her on home surrounded by her loved ones. Lisa was diagnosed with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in March 2025, but she did not let her diagnosis define her.

Lisa "The Warrior" put up a great fight and died with a smile on her face. She is preceded in death by her parents: Anthony and Olga Fasola, Sr. and her siblings: Mark Fasola and Sharon Fasola. Lisa was born and raised in New Orleans,

where she graduated from Dominican High School.

She was displaced to Arlington, TN (Memphis) in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. Lisa loved to scuba dive, take her yearly beach trips with the "Florida Girls", whip that limo bus around like a racecar, and most importantly, spend time with her children and grandchildren. Lisa knew how to bring love and excitement into every room she entered and was known for so many of her yatty sayings... "Ya hear me?!"

She is survived by her loving husband: Danny Jackson (his two children and six grandchildren), her two beautiful children: Lauren Maenza and Scott Sherman (along with their spouses and six grandchildren), and her siblings: Anthony Fasola, Jr., Ann Marie Sequeira, Missy Fasola, four nephews and one neice.

A service will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2026 @11:00am at Saint Ann Church, with a visitation beginning @10:00am. **Please wear red to honor Lisa "The Warrior"!

Celebration of Life to follow. A service will be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on 2026-06-06 at Saint Ann Church, 4940 Transcontinental Street.

Jake and Stephen.

Our grateful hearts are appreciative to the longterm loving and dedicated care provided by Charlestine Jones, Donna Manning, Shantrell York, Tomekia Bradley, and Valerie Williams.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70124 on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. until service time.

Interment will follow in Metairie Cemetery.

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Fuchs, Olive Marie Rodriguez

Olive Marie Rodriguez Fuchs peacefully died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 91. Olive graduated from Metairie Park Country Day School and attended LSU. In 1955, she married John Charles Fuchs, Jr. They resided in Metairie and raised 3 children: Mary Fuchs Gaudin (Hilary), Suzanne Fuchs Mueller (Walter), and David and their children continued the Country Day tradition.

She loved hosting family holidays, attending parades and balls, international travel, and was a regular bridge player.

Olive was also a skilled seamstress, including needlepoint, making clothes and costumes for her children and grandchildren.

At several times, Olive owned residences in Destin, Florida that she shared with family and friends. She was a member of philanthropic and social organizations.

She supported and donated to multiple charitable causes including St. Catherine of Sienna, East Jefferson Hospital, and PEO as a 50year member supporting women in education. She enjoyed watching all sports as an avid Saints and LSU fan and attended Super Bowl XLIV to watch her beloved Saints win.

Olive was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony and Josephine Rodriguez and her husband. She is survived by her children, her brother Antonio J. Rodriguez (Virginia), grandchildren: Jonathan Gaudin, Walter Tyler Mueller (Andresa), Chelsea Gaudin Favret (Thomas), Courtney Mueller Sharp (Dylan), Hilary Gaudin Robin (Hunter), Mary Olivia Gaudin Dupepe (Hunter), great grandchildren: Francis, Collins, Alina Marie, Riley and nephews

Eugenie Rousell Jack‐ son, transitioned quietly from her earthly home on Monday May 4, 2026. She was known to many as "Euge" and was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 5, 1937 to the late Ulmont B. Rousell and Ada M. Rousell. Euge was raised in a Christian home and was baptized at an early age, by the late Dr. Rev. Crispus S. Gordon, Sr. of the former First African Baptist Church 6th District.

Eugenie was a 1955 gradu‐ ate of Walter L. Cohen Sr. High School. She retired from LSU Health Care Net‐ work as supervisor for Medical Records. Euge's legacy extends beyond her professional and family achievements. She was known for her warmth,

generosity and unwavering strength in the face of ad‐ versity.

Her presence brightened every room and her kindness touched the lives of all who knew her.

She is survived by her daughter, Gwendolyn Jack‐ son-Gordon, Two sons; Freddie Jackson, Jr. and Eu‐ gene Jackson, 13 grand‐ children, 19 great-grand‐ children, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Eugenie will be cherished, loved and re‐ membered by all who knew her. She was pre‐ ceded in death by 5 broth‐ ers and 4 sisters. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Thursday May 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Greater An‐ tioch Missionary Baptist Church 2126 Simon Bolivar Ave. New Orleans, LA 70113. Rev. William Brent officiating. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. service time. Interment: St. Roch #2 Cemetery, New Or‐ leans, La. 70117. Arrange‐ ments Entrusted To Estelle J. Wilson Funeral Home, Inc. 2715 Danneel St. NOLA 70113. Information: (504) 895-4903. To sign online guest book please visit www.estellejwilsonfh.com

McMillan, Robert Anthony

Robert Anthony McMillan, 79, a resident of Des Allemands, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

Visitation will be held at Bible Center Church, 422 Barton Ave., in Luling, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 10:00 am until service

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Burial will be held at a later date.

Robert is survived by his wife of 59 years, Tanya Moser McMillan; children, R. Michael McMillan (Regina), Jennifer M. Cavallero (Andrew), Daniel M. McMillan (Randi Lyn); 10 grandchildren, Annemarie, Katherine, Abby, Ellie, Layla, Loie, Matthew, Laura, Leah, Mark; siblings, Margaret Hemphill (Rev. Bruce), Rosalie Ward (Rev. Mark), David McMillan (Nancy), Barbara Werner (Jim).

He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Robert Wilson McMillan and Nadzieja Kuszner McMillan.

He was a proud Vietnam Veteran serving as a member of the US Navy's Harbor and River Patrol in Qui Nhon and stationed on the USS Virgo, AE-30. After leaving the service, he supported his family as a committed and dedicated commercial diver for over thirty years, served on the Search and Rescue Team, was a member of VFW Post 3750, and was involved member of the Regional Military Museum in Houma.

In lieu of flowers, consider donations to Bible Center Church, 422 Barton Ave. Luling, LA 70070.

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Miramon, Gloria Schindler

Gloria Schindler Mira‐ 96, of Slidell, mon, Louisiana, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2026 in Slidell. Gloria was born September 27, 1929, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Fred‐ and Florence erick Schindler. In 1946 she mar‐ ried Louis “Pat” Miramon in New Orleans. They moved to Slidell in 1963 and became pillars of the community. She is remem‐ bered for her strong faith, and, as her husband would say, a very “Classy Broad”.

She was definitely the strength behind her hus‐ band, rolling her eyes when appropriate. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pat Miramon; and two sisters, Christel Tripp and Florence Jack‐ man. She is survived by four children, Debbie Mc‐ Math (Don), Donna Camp‐ bell (Brian), Dolly Miramon, Denise Miramon (Richie Brockhaus); seven grand‐ children, Tiffany Hymel, Patrick McMath, Christen Brian Douglas Siegel, Campbell, Catherine Niemi, Sadie Istre, Yvonne Bryant; seventeen great-grandchil‐ dren; and other relatives.

Funeral Mass will be held at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 910 Cross‐ gates Blvd., Slidell, LA 70461, on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 11:30 am. Friends may visit at the church on Friday beginning at 10:00 am. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Slidell.

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Roth PhD, James Frederick George Rojas drifted peacefully into spirit on Saturday, May 9, surrounded by family at home. Son of the late Joseph Edwin Rojas and the late Carroll Ann Buhler Rojas, he was a devoted husband & father, a devout Catholic, and a fun-loving New Orleanian.

George attended Sacred Heart of Jesus School, Jesuit High School, and Loyola University.

He served in Army Intelligence before running Scheuering Security Service until retiring last summer. A longtime member of the GNOEA and a member of American Legion Metairie Post 175, George also paraded with the Krewe of Endymion for two decades and hosted carnival celebrations at his offices near parade routes Downtown and in Metairie.

A cornerstone of St. Benilde Parish since 1964, George's efforts enriched the church, school, and parishioners' lives. He represented the parish at the Vatican for St. Benilde's canonization, coordinated Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel activities, served as a reader and Eucharistic minister for decades, and was deeply involved in parish fair activities, Men's Club, and Holy Name Society.

He thrived in leadership roles for parent organizations at Jesuit and Dominican High Schools and for Boy Scout Troop 227. Furthering his commitment to community service, he was a lifelong member of the Dawn Busters Kiwanis Club in Metairie.

He loved to travel, share his culture, laugh, tell stories, and celebrate events with family and friends who immediately felt like family. Wherever he went, he was the life of the party.

Family and friends are blessed to have shared in the joy of his life.

George is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Joy; his parents; his sister, Joe Ann, and her husband, Ernest Feigler; his brother, Joseph; and his son, Jeffrey. He is survived by his children, Stephen (Rory Centanni), Karen Rojas Terry, and David (Michael Burns); his grandchildren, Francis Rojas, Jeffrey Rojas, and Joel Terry; and his great-granddaughter, Ollie Sue Rojas. He is also survived by his sister-inlaw, Mona Rojas; a throng of cherished nieces, nephews, and cousins; and countless people whose lives he touched along his vibrant 91-year journey.

Visitation will be held at St. Benilde Church on Monday, May 18, 9:3011:30am, followed by a remembrance at 11:45 and mass at 12:00. Interment will follow at Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum.

Memorial contributions in George's name may be made to St. Benilde Church (https://stbenilde.org/egiving) or the Dawn Busters Foundation (https: //dawnbusters.org/dawn-

James Frederick Roth, PhD, born on September 9, 1949, in New Orleans, Louisiana, died peacefully at home in Covington, Louisiana, on May 9, 2026, surrounded by his family and dogs.

Jim was the husband of Rebecca "Becky" Roth and the loving father of Jennifer Cozad, Allison Hayward, and Shana Hayward. He was the father-in-law of Jeremy Cozad and a proud grandfather to Audrey Cozad and Vincent Costa. He leaves behind his siblings, Brian, Kathleen "Kit", Camors "Chris" Roth, and Alice "Sister" Morgan, and was preceded in death by his siblings, Yvonne Gelpi and Richard Roth Jr., and his parents, Richard and Alice Roth. He was also dearly loved by many nieces, nephews, extended family members, friends, and former students.

A lifelong learner, Jim touched countless lives through his work as an educator, coach, husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be profoundly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. Jim was truly one of a kind.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Jim was a proud graduate of De La Salle High School. He continued his education at Centenary College before earning advanced degrees from the University of Arkansas and ultimately completing his PhD at Louisiana State University.

Jim dedicated more than 43 years to education, devoting his life to inspiring and uplifting young people through his inventive, resourceful, and joyful approach to teaching.

Education was in his blood and stamped on his heart.

Throughout his distinguished career, he taught at Sacred Heart, Stuart Hall, and later spent 23 years at Lyon Elementary School in Covington. In 2014 he retired from his career as the "Dr. of Physical Education (PE)". Jim believed deeply in the potential of every child and was known for his wisdom, humor, and unwavering care.

Beyond the classroom, he was a coach and steadfast advocate for the educational community through both his work and service.

A faithful and active parishioner of St. Peter Catholic Church, Jim lived his faith through service and quiet strength. His spirituality guided the way he cared for his family, friends, and all those

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Jim also owned and operated Southern Cross Labradoodles alongside his wife, Becky, for more than 20 years, where together they lovingly raised Australian Labradoodles and connected countless families with furry companions. A familiar sight in downtown Covington, Jim could often be spotted in his signature fedora, walking his dogs or enjoying a sunset ride in his golf cart with his furry co-pilot.

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Patty was the loving mother of Brandi Mareno (David), Sean Scaruffi, and Scott Scaruffi (Stephanie).

Her greatest joy in life was being "Grandma Patty" to her treasured grandchildren: David Austin Mareno (Tarah), Daniel Brice Mareno, Tyler William Scaruffi, and Brooke Nicole Chevez.

Patty is also survived by her loving mother, Janet Van Hees Scaruffi, her siblings, Kathy Scaruffi, Tony Scaruffi (Maria), Julie Gaspard (Larry), and James Scaruffi (Cynthia).

She also leaves behind her adored nieces and nephews, and a host of first, second, and third cousins whom she loved dearly.

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Philip Paul Simoneaux died peacefully on Friday, May 8, 2026, at the age of 93 in his Metairie, LA home.

He was born on May 4, 1933, to the late Philip Lenes Simoneaux and Eva Dugas Simoneaux.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings: Roy Simoneaux (Doretha), his twin, James Simoneaux (Joyce), Wilma Simoneaux, Sr., Lucy Simoneaux, O.S.B, Evelyn Simoneaux Stamps (Hugh), Ethel Mae Simoneaux, and Marie Therese Simoneaux; a brother-in-law, Robert Francis; a son-in-law, Scott Brashear, and two grandchildren, Hayleigh Brashear and Lynnsey Simoneaux.

He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Carolyn Mills Simoneaux; two siblings, Katherine Simoneaux (Huey) and Mary Simoneaux Francis and his children, Hal Simoneaux (Susan), Beth Brashear, Steve Simoneaux (Betsy) and Mike Simoneaux (Tracey).

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Shifting support in anti-DEI era puts HBCUs in peril

There can be no question that historically Black colleges and universities have for decades stood firm in supporting educational opportunity for a large swath of Louisiana’s population.

Would that we as a state stood as firm in our support for them.

The latest blow comes as the Board of Regents announced a change in the formula it uses to dole out money to the state’s colleges and universities. For the fiscal year starting July 1, it will no longer use a metric that gave schools credit for graduating students from races that generally have lower graduation rates than the rest of the population. The so-called “underrepresented minority completer” metric was scrapped to comply with the Trump administration’s executive order to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs among all federal contractors.

To us, it isn’t clear at all that this metric violates such orders, as it purportedly applies to any race whose graduation rates are low and any school that improves them, but that is an argument for another day. The preemptive dismantling of programs that benefit minority institutions by labeling them DEI deserves more scrutiny.

The immediate effects of this move are clear.

The Southern University System, which comprises five campuses and is the only historically Black university system in the country, stands to lose around $1.5 million based on estimates from fiscal year 2025, when its annual budget was $191.8 million. Grambling State University, part of the University of Louisiana System, will take the second largest hit, standing to lose $899,000.

We understand that higher education is under pressure. Several universities, facing harassment and investigations by the U.S. Department of Education, have abandoned their DEI-related policies altogether. The Board of Regents itself is facing an inquiry from the department, announced in February, over efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving postsecondary credentials.

President Donald Trump and his administration used to tout their support for additional HBCU funding, but the frenzy to root out DEI undercuts that support.

Still, we do not have to turn our backs on these schools. There are things the state and its citizens can do.

We urge the Legislature to immediately approve the $19 million the Southern University System has requested for campus safety and infrastructure. We urge the Board of Regents to check its assumptions so it doesn’t fall into the trap of overcomplying with anti-DEI orders when no reason exists to do so. And we hope all who have the means will open their wallets and emulate noted philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who has donated to our Louisiana HBCUs to an extraordinary degree.

Let’s not forget that these institutions have always welcomed all races without legislation forcing them to do so. Now that the Department of Education says it’s interested in treating everyone fairly without regard to race, it is a shame HBCUs could lose out.

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Why preserving our wetlands is important

Humanitarian aid to Iran’s displaced needed In a recent article, Pope Leo spoke about not fearing President Donald Trump and his insistence on following the gospel’s call to protect the vulnerable. That same moral call should shape how we respond to the growing humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Iran.

The UN Refugee Agency estimates that about 3.2 million Iranians have been forced from their homes since the conflict escalated.

Families are sheltering in damaged buildings and overcrowded camps, often without reliable access to clean water, food or medical care. Many left behind jobs, schools and loved ones with only what they could carry. Children are facing interrupted education and trauma that will follow them long after the fighting ends.

Here in Louisiana, we know what it feels like to be displaced and to rely on others’ compassion. After hurricanes,

our communities depended on outside help for shelter, food and the chance to rebuild. For people in Iran today, international humanitarian aid plays that same life-saving role.

That is why I urge U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, a member of the Appropriations Committee’s foreign aid subcommittee, to support the highest possible level of funding for humanitarian aid. This support translates directly into shelter, medical supplies, food assistance and protection for civilians who have lost almost everything.

At a time when global crises are multiplying, the United States should not look away. New Orleans understands that in moments of disaster, the true measure of a society is whether it chooses to help. I hope our elected officials will choose to help now.

In Louisiana, one of the many things that protects residents from hurricanes is the coastal wetlands. However, with the rise of wetland loss, people in Louisiana have an increased susceptibility to negative effects on the economy and the environment.

Coastal wetlands are not just a defining geographical feature of Louisiana, but they are the barrier that helps protect communities and wildlife that must be preserved.

Some of the many benefits of coastal wetlands include reducing flooding, improving water quality and providing habitats for endangered species. Despite these many benefits, the rate of wetland loss in Louisiana has increased over the years. Approximately 450,000 acres of wetlands are projected to be lost by 2050. Wetland loss does not only mean loss of land, but also loss of communities, wildlife and the economy.

Coastal wetlands play an important role in flood prevention in Louisiana. This works through wetlands acting as a “giant sponge,” as the soil soaks up any excess water that is accumulated during a flood. Additionally, during hurricanes, wetlands act as a buffer between water and land; the wetland absorbs all the force of the water, preventing it from accumulating speed and height before it reaches developed areas like towns and cities.

It is important to preserve wetlands due to their contribution to improving the water quality in Louisiana. Wetlands retain and absorb pollutants and undergo disinfection due to UV radiation from the sun.

Louisiana policymakers must take immediate action to help protect and avoid any more wetland loss. To do this, increased funding for the restoration and conservation of coastal wetlands must be implemented. Finally, local and federal governments must collaborate with communities and public health agencies to help develop practical restoration plans.

NICOLE KORCHEV New Orleans

Post office needs more sustainable income It has come to my attention that the U.S. Postal Service is seeking to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 82 cents to address a severe financial crisis.

Without this increase, the USPS states it could run out of cash by February 2027.

The number of dollars this increase would generate is unknown, but, as we all know, it is only a temporary fix. Why go for a temporary fix when a more permanent fix could be initiated and possibly result in lowering the prices for some of the services they offer?

Currently, the USPS delivers mail to approximately 170 million individual delivery points for free.

Think of how much money could be

generated if a $1 a month fee were charged to each address receiving mail.

For those opting out of paying a fee, an assigned general delivery address at the closest post office in their area would become their new mailbox.

After traveling to their new assigned location and standing in line to receive their mail, the $1 fee would suddenly become reasonable.

Of course, it isn’t something that could happen overnight, but if the postmaster general had heeded my proposal years ago when I first, second and third presented it, the USPS wouldn’t be in the predicament it is now facing.

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COMMENTARY No, Gov. Landry, equal rights are not extra rights Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was quite proud of himself, landing a featured role in a CBS’ “60 Minutes” story about his efforts to lead Louisiana to a less diverse congressional delegation as swiftly as possible.

Landry got more than 15 minutes of fame. It came because he and our Republican-dominated state Legislature are moving quickly to take away the economic, political and social progress we’ve made. The guv had lots to say, but the one line that caught my attention and made me sit up was this: “In the United States, we get equal rights,” Landry Will said. “No one gets extra Sutton rights.”

That’s a problem. Equal in whose eyes? Extra in whose eyes?

Frankly, governor, when it comes to political representation, White people in Louisiana have “extra rights.” If White people make up about 55% of the state and Black people are about 33%, how does 55% of the population translate to a delegation that is two-thirds White?

This column isn’t long enough to provide a history lesson about equality and rights, but let’s start with the idea of opportunity.

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter has pointed out in recent days that there have been four Black members of Congress since Reconstruction, but there should have been five.

John Willis Menard should’ve been U.S. Rep. John Willis Menard.

He won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives with 68% of the vote in 1868.

That’s overwhelming by any political standard. But Congress refused to seat him, primarily because his opponent — the man who lost — said Congress wasn’t ready to include a Negro.

Congress chose to leave the seat vacant rather than have a duly elected Black man join them.

Louisiana first had two Black congres-

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From left, U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson and U.S. Rep. Troy Carter testify on Louisiana’s redistricting efforts during a Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the State Capitol on May 8. sional representatives when Cleo Fields and Bill Jefferson went to Washington from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, respectively, in the 1990s. Fields was elected to Congress in 1992, then lost the seat after a court order in 1996. Thirty years later, Fields returned to Congress. Now, he faces being sent home again, once more because of redistricting.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a 6-3 ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, specifically Section 2, which provides guidelines and tests to better ensure that voting patterns aren’t discriminatory. The high court said that Louisiana’s congressional map — with two majority-Black districts — was unconstitutional. Landry immediately moved to get the Legislature to make a quick change.

Four draft congressional maps were being considered in the Legislature on Tuesday. One would include six Republican districts. Another would include five majority-White districts and one majorityBlack district, based in Baton Rouge. A third would include five majority-White districts and one majority-Black district, based in New Orleans. The fourth would include four majority-White districts and two majority-Black districts, one based in Baton Rouge and another based in New Orleans.

For months, some have whispered that a possible “compromise” might be a 5-1 Republican-Democratic map, one that might bring about a Fields-Carter challenge for one majority Black district, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Fields and Carter are clear: Don’t choose.

“That’s what everybody wants to do.

They’re trying to pit us against each other,” Carter told me during a WBOK 1230 AM Good Morning Show program last month. “Here’s what we’re going to do: We’re going to fight for two seats. ….

We’re lock-step together. We’re going to go down this road. We’re going to fight for two seats.”

Fields agreed, ruling out the FieldsCarter battle. “I don’t know what the Legislature is going to do,” he added during the joint radio interview. “But I do know one thing: I have no desire to run for Congress against another African American congressman. I just don’t feel good about that.”

Fields and Carter said a 4-2 map is not only possible and reasonable, it can also meet all the constitutional principles outlined by the high court.

The high court took away the results test courts used to see the impact of racial discrimination, saying intent must be proven.

It’s hard to prove that someone intentionally hurt my feelings when I know I’m hurt. If this state and this nation want “equal rights,” even the playing field, stop giving White people a head start and let Black people compete with no guarantee.

The Supremes don’t want racial gerrymandering, only political gerrymandering.

Fields and Carter aren’t fighting for their political lives. They’re fighting for fair and just Black representation.

Black and White Democrats, Republicans and No Party voters should agree on fair representation and “equal rights” with a 4-2 congressional map.

That’s no guarantee. That’s an opportunity.

It ain’t extra.

Email Will Sutton at wsutton@ theadvocate.com.

ON THE BALLOT | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

La. would be more effective with Amendment 1 passage The goal of good government must Or perhaps those states recognize be the effective and efficient delivery that efficiency and effectiveness are of services for the benefit of citizens. not possible when, as in Louisiana, Without a doubt, voter approval of managers must operate under a burAmendment 1 on May 16 would be an densome bureaucracy. incremental step toward the Though opponents to achievement of that goal.

Amendment 1 suggest dire I have been in government consequences, nothing like service for many years, and that has materialized in other time and again I have heard states, nor in Louisiana’s own from agency heads that Louiunclassified agencies, which siana’s civil service system is Conrad include the Legislature, the attorney general’s office and so obstructive because it draAppel the Louisiana Military Departmatically restricts efforts to GUEST properly manage their staff. ment.

These agencies employ COLUMNIST In fact, as the votes on legislahundreds of non-civil service workers with good results. tive passage of Amendment 1 Public servants are the backbone demonstrate, legislators too believe of our government. Louisiana is forthat most agencies would rather move poorly performing employees tunate to have so many dedicated to proverbial “rubber rooms” rather long-term employees, classified and than ever trying to dismiss them. unclassified alike, whose expertise What does that say about the govern- and institutional knowledge are inment’s duty to its constituents to devaluable.

But that dedication makes our failliver effective and efficient services?

Amendment 1 simply allows the ure to reform all the more troubling.

Louisiana Legislature to define which State agencies continue to struggle state positions fall inside or outside with recruiting and retaining skilled of the state civil service system. workers, and one reason is that we Positions can be added or removed maintain a system in which producthrough the legislative process, tive employees must absorb the meaning with public debate, recordextra burden of protected but noted votes and accountability to voters. so-productive co-workers. Giving the Legislature authority to revisit The proposed changes sought in which positions should be classified Amendment 1 are the norm across creates exactly the kind of adaptive the nation. Forty-three of the 48 mechanism that good management states that maintain civil service practices require in order to function systems already give this authority as expected. to their legislatures. Of the remainOpposition to civil service reform ing two states with civil service, only Louisiana and Michigan place author- draws the same criticisms every time it is proposed, but policies similar ity exclusively in appointed boards.

One argument against Amendment to ours have been abandoned by so many other states, and their and our 1 is that it dismantles our civil service system. It does not. It just brings own history disproves the naysayers.

Louisiana in line with how most of the To guide our future, it is long past time that we turn away from what rest of the country already operates. we have always done, because I supImportantly, the 43 other states that place authority in their legislapose that is just what we have always done, and look to well-proven best tures have not, as opponents have practices. suggested, experienced a collapse The goal of government must be of employee protection or the mass effectiveness and efficiency, not the politicization of their workforce. If fear of challenging the status quo. anything, placing this power within a directly elected legislature rather than a board of nonelected appoinConrad Appel is a member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and tees seems more democratic.

Secondary Education and a former Perhaps this is why almost every state senator. other state already does it this way.

Amendment 3 is good for teachers and for Louisiana The University of Louisiana at Lafayette educator can change the trajectory of is consistently among the state’s largest thousands of lives. Their examples shaped producers of teachers and school adminismy own commitment to higher education trators. Our graduates serve in early child- and continue to guide the way I think about Louisiana’s teachers and schools today. hood programs, elementary schools and That is why fiscal stability within Louihigh schools across nearly every parish and school district in Louisiana. They form siana’s education system matters and why the foundation of our state’s classAmendment 3 on the May 16 ballot has generated significant discussion rooms and help develop the skilled within the education community and workforce our economy requires. beyond.

Today’s teaching profession reAmendment 3 addresses longflects both extraordinary commitstanding retirement obligations. If ment and significant challenges.

Ramesh approved, the amendment would reMany talented students enter eduKolluru direct balances from three existing cation because they want to make a difference in children’s lives and constitutional education trust funds GUEST COLUMNIST to pay down a portion of the Teachstrengthen their communities.

Yet too many hesitate or leave the ers’ Retirement System of Louisiclassroom prematurely because of ana’s unfunded liability. By reducing concerns about compensation and career that debt, school systems would see lower sustainability. High turnover disrupts stuemployer retirement contribution costs.

I applaud Gov. Jeff Landry and memdent learning, strains school systems and ultimately affects student success. bers of the Louisiana Legislature for their The strength of Louisiana’s education sys- ongoing efforts to address teacher pay. If Amendment 3 is approved by voters, those tem is directly connected to the strength savings could create the opportunity for of Louisiana’s economy. Schools prepare the nurses, engineers, business owners and permanent salary increases — $2,250 for skilled professionals who sustain communi- teachers and certified personnel and $1,125 for eligible support staff — which could ties and drive economic growth across the provide a more stable source of compensastate. Behind many of those careers is a teacher who helped shape a student’s confi- tion over time.

The amendment could also affect how dence, direction and future. prospective educators view the long-term I have seen the impact of educators firststability of the profession. hand in my own life.

For universities like UL Lafayette that My mother had only an eighth grade train the next generation of teachers, polieducation before putting herself through college while raising my brother and me, cies related to compensation and fiscal stabecoming first a teacher, then a school prin- bility may influence enrollment, retention and student success. When students see a cipal. Throughout her career, she and my clearer and more stable financial path withfather quietly helped support many young people financially so they could continue in the profession, more may complete edutheir education. cation degrees and remain in classrooms When she passed away, thousands of across Louisiana. her former students came to pay their The influence of a great teacher extends respects. Many spoke about how she had far beyond a single classroom or school changed the course of their lives — not year. It can shape families, communities only through teaching, but through encour- and generations. Louisiana’s students deagement, support and belief in what they serve skilled, dedicated educators who can could become. focus on teaching rather than their own Until that moment, I did not fully underfinancial uncertainty. Future teachers destand the scale of her impact. serve a profession that values their contriAs a graduate student at UL, I saw that butions with reliable, long-term support. same quiet investment in others reflected And communities across Louisiana deby then-President Ray P. Authement, who serve schools that are stable, strong and took time to personally encourage people prepared to serve the next generation. like me and so many others.

My mother and Dr. Authement reinforced Ramesh Kolluru is the president of the something I have believed ever since: One University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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grandchildren: Philip (Caroline), Lauren (Amari), Travis (Jeannette), Anna Lisa, Steven, Jr. (Julie), Jamie (Anthony), Cody (Nicole), Chris (Casey) and Garrett, and great-grandchildren: Stone, Beckett, Felix, Tate, Tucker, Will, Coleman, Finley, Harper, Carter, Braston, Jonathan, Noah and Dax. He loved them and was adored by them. He also had a special place in his heart for his numerous nieces and nephews.

He served in the US Army during the Korean War and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant. He had a successful career in business, holding several titles including VP and board member of Chartres Corp.

During his retirement, he began working at the New Orleans Fairgrounds which he did for over 20 years. He enjoyed greeting arrivals to the clubhouse level with his gracious and warm smile.

As a profoundly devout Catholic, he believed in thanking God for all the many blessings bestowed upon him. His giving heart was on continuous display as he supported all his family members in need.

He was generous toward those less fortunate in life.

Next to his love of family, his motto was "you should work hard and play harder". This was fully displayed as an avid golfer and Cajun French speaking LSU fan.

Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at St. Benilde Catholic Church, 1901 Division St., Metairie LA, 70001.

A Funeral Mass will follow the visitation starting at 11:30 am. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.

The family invites you to share your thoughts, fond memories, and condolences online at www.leitz eaganfuneralhome.com.

Singleton, Alice Bourgeois

On April 30, 2026, Alice Bourgeois Singleton peace‐ fully passed away at the age of 85. Alice was born on January 18, 1941, to the union of the late Israel Bourgeois Sr. and Matilda Burns Bourgeois. Mrs. Alice dedicated many years of service as a manager of several hotels, where she developed a strong pas‐ sion for hospitality and helping others. After retir‐ ing, she devoted herself to being a loving homemaker and enjoyed a life sur‐ rounded by the love of her sons and family. Alice loved traveling, family va‐ cations, sports, outdoor adventures, and attending festivals. She was raised between Baton Rouge and Ponchatoula before even‐ tually settling in New Or‐ leans, Louisiana, with her late husband, Lionel Sin‐ gleton Sr. She was one of thirteen children and is survived by her two living siblings, Oscar Bourgeois and Charlene Bourgeois.

Mrs. Singleton was the beloved mother of six sons: Lionel Singleton Jr. (Lana), Vincent Lee Single‐ ton Sr., Kirkpatrick Single‐ ton (Cynthia), Dwight Sin‐ gleton (Lori), Jerome Sin‐ gleton (Suretta), and her youngest son, Timothy Sin‐ gleton (Lakisha). She also leaves to cherish her mem‐ her grandchildren: ory Joshua Sr., Jasmine, Vin‐ cent Jr., Jordan, Jailyn, Nicholas, K.P. Jr., Rene, Maya, and Mattinisha; and great-grandchildren: her Joshua Jr., Reginald Jr., Ryan, and Rene Jr. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, greatand greatnieces, nephews. Alice was pre‐ ceded in death by her hus‐ band, Lionel Singleton Sr., son, Vincent Lee Singleton Sr., ten siblings; Israel, Eve‐ lyn, Mary, Rosemary, Pearl, Shirley, Clifford, Edward, Joel, and Roland Bourgeois.

Family and friends are in‐ vited to attend the Cele‐ bration of Life service on Friday, May 15, 2026, at Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave, New Or‐ leans, LA 70125. Viewing will begin at 10:30 a.m., fol‐ lowed by the service at 11:00 a.m.

Ina Claire Thompson Slie was born on July 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and she peacefully entered the gates of heaven on May 2, 2026. She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Keila Slie Anderson; 3 grandchildren, Devin, Taylor and Chandler; 2 great grandchildren , Aurum and Slie; her brother, Paul Thompson; and a host of relatives and friends.

A Memorial Mass will be held at 10: 00 a.m. Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Corpus Christi Epiphany Church, 2022 St. Bernard Ave New Orleans, LA 70116.

Visitation at 9:00 a.m.

Sylvester SSF, Sr. Marie Antoinette

Sister Marie Antoinette Sylvester, SSF (nee Willie Mae Sylvester) the daugh‐ ter of Willie Sylvester and Cecile Henry Sylvester en‐ tered eternal life on Satur‐ day, May 9, 2026. She was 97 years old. Sister Marie Antoinette was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana on February 24, 1929. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family on September 8, 1948, made First Vows on June 14, 1951, and Perpet‐ ual Vows on June 14, 1956.

Sister Marie Antoinette had celebrated more than 75 years as a Sister of the Holy Family. To prepare for her ministry in education, Sister Marie Antoinette re‐ ceived a BA in education and a master’s degree in education and Academic Counseling from Xavier University of Louisiana.

Sister taught in the follow‐ ing places in Louisiana: Bastrop, even before she became a Sister, Donald‐ St. Catherine, sonville, Marksville, Holy Rosary In‐ stitute, St. Raymond, St. Joan of Arc, Corpus Christi, St. Paul the Apostle, New Orleans, St. Paul and Im‐ maculate Heart of Mary in Lafayette and St. Mary’s Academy; in Texas: San Galveston, St. Antonio, Nicholas, Our Mother of Mercy, and Holy Redeemer in Washington, DC. Sister also worked as Finance As‐ sistant at St. Mary’s Acad‐ emy besides being Acade‐ mic Counselor. For many years sister was the local treasurer at the mother‐ house balancing accounts accurately to the last penny. She moved to Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family following a serious fall more than two years ago, where she kept up a very active phone ministry her family and with friends. Sister Marie An‐ toinette was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Mrs. Hazel Broussard brothers: Harold and Raymond Sylvester, and Anthony Sylvester Sylvester. Sister is sur‐ vived by her sisters Mrs. Genevieve Matthews and Mrs. Veronica Honore. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, grandnieces and nephews, her friend, Con‐ stance Birabent, beloved students, friends and Sis‐ ters of the Holy Family.

Rest in Peace, Toinette!

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Chapel of the Sisters of the Holy at 6901 Chef Family Menteur Hwy. NOLA 70126.

Visitation begins at 8:00 a.m. Wake services begin at 9:15 a.m. and Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Interment at St. Louis Cemetery # 2. Professional arrangements entrusted to Majestic Mortuary 504-5235872.

Todd Sr., Richard M. 'Dickey'

Richard "Dickey" M. Todd, Sr., age 77, of Metairie, passed away on May 5, 2026. Dickey was born on November 8, 1948, and is the son of the late Wilmur and Marion Todd.

He was an entrepreneur, owning a construction company and a Bowling and Trophy Pro Shop in Kenner. He was an avid bowler and loved to watch Nascar Racing along with many realty TV shows. Fa‐ ther of Robert (Stacy) Todd and the late Richard Todd, Jr., grandfather of Reagan and Grayson Todd, brother of Billy (Carol) Todd, uncle of Tracy Todd Pearson and Stacy Todd. Family and friends are invited to at‐ tend a Visitation at 9:00 am on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Greenwood Funeral Home, 5200 Canal Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124 with the Funeral Service at 11:00 am. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.

Expressions of love and sympathy may be placed and viewed online at www. greenwoodfh.com.

Tortorice, Jane Fuselier

Jane Fuselier Tortorice passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at the age of 85. She was born in New Orleans, LA and a resident of Kenner, LA. Beloved wife of the late Frank Tortorice. Daughter of the late Pauline Faucheux Fuselier and Charles A. Fuselier.

Survived by many nieces, nephews and stepdaughters.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Visitation and Funeral Mass at Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 4337 Sal Lentini Pkwy., Kenner, LA 70065 on Friday, May 15, 2026.

Visitation will be held at the church from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. Interment in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, LA. Arrangements by L. A. Muhleisen & Son Funeral Home. To share memories or condolences, please visit www.muhleisen.com

Vanderbrook, Terri McCune 'Honey'

The angel population in heaven increased by one this week with the addition of a once in a generation soul.

Terri McCune Vanderbrook (aka Honey) passed away on Monday, May 4, 2026 due to complication from A Plastic Anemia after six weeks of intense treatment.

Terri is survived by the love of her life, Bob Vanderbrook; sons, Scott (Michele), Todd (Angie), and Chad; seven grandchildren, Trinity, Finley, Corinne, Declan, Robert, Katherine, and Christian; sisters, Debi (Ken) and Patty; sisters-in-law, Julie, Tammy, Giselle, Kathy, and Theresa; and brother-inlaw, Larry Vanderbrook.

She was preceded in death by parents, Dr. Lawrence and Beverly McCune; brothers, Timothy and Daniel; and brothers-in -law, Richard and Steve Vanderbrook.

Terri was a graduate of Mount Carmel Academy and served as the student body president in her senior year. She attended LSU Baton Rouge and then the LSU School of Dentistry in New Orleans. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene.

Terri met Bob while attending LSU in Baton

Rouge. After dating two years, they were married in 1974 and recently celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary. Terri and Bob renewed their vows while Terri was in the hospital. She was a devout Catholic and was actively involved in all school activities throughout her sons' educations. In grammar school as well as high school. She was a room mother, a volunteer tutor, and any other duty which required parental assistance. She was a volunteer and fundraiser extraordinaire. Terri was actively involved in fundraising committees at St. Angela Merici, Christian Brothers School, and Jesuit High School. She won the prestigious Alma Mater award at Jesuit in 2002.0 She and Bob were the Chair Couple of the Jesuit Celebration at the Hyatt Hotel which is their largest annual fundraiser.

Terri had a life that evolved around three principles: Faith, Family and Friends. She was everyone's best friend. She was loved by all and disliked by none. Adults, children, and anyone associated with her at any level called her "Honey." She made friends at the drop of a hat and kept them for life. She was everyone's favorite Aunt.

Her life was always about everyone else and never about her. She embraced motherhood and her grandchildren were the apple of her eyes.

She and Bob were deeply in love for over a half a century. They enjoyed traveling overseas with friends. Tim and Sue Berger and Richard and Yvonne Dietz. They loved the river cruises and traveled everywhere in Western Europe from Norway to Italy. They were particularly fond of Ireland. She was also a member of the Lakeside Ladies group and coordinated every monthly luncheon. She also oversaw her Ladies Saenger Theatre Group.

Although Terri's life was cut short, she achieved much during her time on earth. She was everyone's best friend, the best wife, mother, and grandmother.

She embraced every aspect of her life. She lived life to the fullest. Her life was a life of service. She lived in the present and did not worry about the future or dwell in the past.

Although she is gone, her spirit will live forever.

The family would like to thank Dr. James Perrien of East Jefferson Hospital and Doctors Carter Worth, Thomas Atkinson, and Thomas Morel of Ochsner Hospital for their extraordinary care for Terri at the hour of her greatest need.

Friends are invited to attend the visitation from 10:30 am until 12:00 noon on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at St Angela Merici Catholic Church, 835 Melody Drive, Metairie, LA 70002. The Memorial Mass will be celebrated at noon.

Interment will follow in Metairie Cemetery, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124.

To view and sign the family online guestbook and share your memories of Terri, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com In lieu of flowers and for those who so desire the family invites donations to be made in Terri's memory to Christian Brothers Foundation, Jesuit High School, or Ochsner Hospital Cancer Institute.

Vial III, Leon C. 'Sunny'

Leon C. "Sunny" Vial, III, of Hahnville, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of Mary Janet Hargrove Vial; father of Leon C."Lon" Vial IV, Mary Janet "Nanette" Vial, Thomas Edward Vial, and John Lowe Vial. He was the son of the late Leon C. Vial, Jr. and Jessee Lucille Lowe Vial, and the brother of the late Dr. David "Jerry" Vial.

Born in Paradis and a lifelong resident of Hahnville, Sunny graduated from Hahnville High School.

He attended Southwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology before serving in the United States Air Force,

where he became a jet fighter pilot and flight commander assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron flying the North American F-86 Sabre. Upon completion of his military service, Sunny attended Tulane University Law School and began a long and honorable legal career that spanned 62 years.

He served collectively for 23 years as parish attorney for the St. Charles Parish Police Jury and later the St. Charles Parish Council during the administrations of Parish Presidents Kevin Friloux, Albert Laque, and V. J. St. Pierre. He fully retired at the age of 93 after a distinguished career that began with the practice of law alongside his uncle, James P. Vial, and Harry T. Lemmon, in the firm Vial, Vial & Lemmon. His career was defined by integrity, honor, and dedication to others. Throughout his life, he quietly demonstrated a deep commitment to helping those in need throughout the community.

He was a member of St. Charles Masonic Lodge No. 445, the Consistory, and Jerusalem Temple, and was a 32nd Degree Mason in the Scottish Rite. He was a member of American Legion Post 131.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Funeral Service at New Life Community Church, 134 Lakewood Drive, Luling, Louisiana, on Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until noon, with the funeral service beginning at noon. Interment will follow at St. Charles Cemetery.

L.A. Muhleisen & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Paradis, LA. To share memories or condolences, please visit www.muhleisen.com

Vinet, Emilie Valdary

Emilie Valdary Vinet passed away on May 4, 2026, at the age of 86. Emi‐ lie is survived by her four children: Emile Vinet Jr., Keith A. Vinet, Michael A. Vinet and Sherri L. Vinet: by her five grandchildren: Andriel Gray Lewis, Ken‐ neth Gray, Angela Gray, Ana Gray and Eric Gray: by her two great grandchil‐ Jasmine Lewis, dren: Nathaniel Lewis. Also sur‐ vived by a host of other rel‐ atives and friends. Pre‐ ceded in death by Earnest Valdary, Willie Valdary and Valdary Jones.

Marilyn Family and friends are in‐ vited to attend the Cele‐ bration of Life Service on Thursday, May 14, 2026, for 2:00 p.m. at Pressing On‐ ward Baptist Church, lo‐ cated at 2413 Danneel Street, New Orleans, LA 70113. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. Pastor Mal‐ colm J. Collins Sr., officiat‐ ing. Interment is private.

Guestbook Online: www. anewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600.

Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐ rectors.

Von Behren, Marie Louise

Marie Louise Gracianette Von Behren died Sunday, May 10 at North Oaks Hospital in Hammond, LA surrounded by her family. She was born on July 18, 1933 to Louis and Louise Gracianette in New Orleans, LA. She was married to August Ervin Von Behren, Jr. for 52 years before his passing. Left to cherish her memory are her three daughters, Elizabeth V. Rockwell (Rusty -deceased), Lynn V. Suprean (Ricky) and Ann V. Bourliea (Wayne); also her grandchildren Shane Tucker (Cindy), Amy Friede, Rusty Rockwell (Sheila), Christian, Cory (Kristi), Cai Suprean (Sarah), Wendy Kinchen, Emily Hoyt (Cecil), Stacey

Synakiewicz (Michael) and Rebecca Bourliea and her 24 great-grandchildren along with a host of other relatives. She was preceded in death by her grandson Wayne Bourliea Jr. She was a lifelong loving support to her family and friends as daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.

She loved her Catholic faith and had many church volunteer jobs throughout her lifetime from Altar Society, Eucharistic Minister to PTA President at St. Marks Catholic School in Chalmette. After moving to Hammond, she belonged to the Catholic Daughters, Rosary Altar and was an Eucharistic Minister. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Mass at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Hammond, LA Monday, May 18 at 11 am, with visitation beginning at 9:00 am in the church. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church Cemetery at 14450 LA-442, Tickfaw, LA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Catholic Daughters of America Court 2050 or The Rosary Altar Society at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 601 N. Oak Street, Hammond, LA 70401 A visitation will be held at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 600 N. Oak Street.

Winn, Edna Mae Nicosia

Edna Mae Nicosia Winn, was born on February 20, 1933, and passed away on April 23, 2026, in River Ridge, Louisiana, at the age of 93. She lived a life marked by love, devotion, and grace. Edna is survived by her children, Kenneth Mark Winn and his wife Vicki Varisco Winn, Janice Winn Vamprine and her husband Edward Vam‐ prine, and Steven Michael Winn, grandchildren Gabriel D'Angelo, Evan Vamprine and his wife Mercedes, and Sasha Thornton and her husband Terrell, brother Gerald Tor‐ res and his wife Judy, sis‐ ters Bonnie Bayham, and Karen Torres Guidroz and her husband Gerald. Edna was raised in New Orleans and was a graduate of So‐ phie B. Wright High School.

After high school, she worked in the typing pool at Pan-American Life Insur‐ ance Group. She married Jack Winn on October 7, 1956, at St. Alphonsys Catholic Church and they were married for 29 years.

She later worked at Lake‐ side Hospital where she was honored as Employee of the Year and at The Treasure Casino Gift Shop.

Edna’s number one job though was as a devoted mother and grandmother who lived for her children and grandchildren and took great pride in her family, who brought her great joy and who will for‐ ever cherish her love, guid‐ ance, and encouragement.

Outside of work, Edna en‐ joyed living life to the fullest. She loved garden‐ ing, traveling, reading, doing crossword puzzles and the daily Wordle, and listening to music. She rekindled a friendship with Carl Meyer and had a long and wonderful relationship with him which lasted 20 years. Her life was a testa‐ ment to the importance of family, friendship, and sim‐ ple joys shared with those you love. She leaves behind a legacy of tenderness, strength, and devotion that will continue to live on in the hearts of her family and all who were blessed to know her. Edna’s story would not be complete without mentioning her 2 longtime friends Mary Morganti and Shirley Guer‐ cio, whose memories re‐ mained close to her heart throughout her life. Family and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Mass on Friday, May 15, 2026, at Greenwood Funeral Home, 5200 Canal Blvd., New Or‐ leans, LA 70124 beginning at 1:00 p.m. with visitation at 11:00 a.m. until service time. Burial will take place at Greenwood Cemetery.

Those in attendance are also invited to a Reception afterwards at the Green‐ wood Funeral Home Boule‐ vard Room. To sign the on‐ line guestbook, as well as share memories and con‐ dolences, please visit www.greenwoodfh.com.

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TU’s path to league tournament dicey at best

BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

STAFF FILE PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

LSU football coach Lane Kiffin speaks during a news conference on Feb. 4 at the LSU football operations facility.

Stoking the fire

Kiffin turned up the heat in already-hot LSU, Ole Miss rivalry with comments in Vanity Fair Back in December when LSU hired Lane Kiffin, I wrote that the “Lane Kiffin Experience may be like nothing ever before.”

Change that word “may” to “will.”

The Tigers’ new football coach has once again found himself broiling in a hot yoga studio of his own making, this time over quotes from a cover story profile of him in Vanity Fair.

In that article, Kiffin referred to experience with recruits at that Scott place” he coached (his frequent Rabalais “last reference to Ole Miss) who would sometimes (not every time) say their families had misgivings about them playing/living in Mississippi because of the state’s fraught history with civil rights. Kiffin went on to say recruits’ families didn’t express the same misgivings about Baton Rouge and LSU because of the diversity in the city and on the campus. “ ‘We want that for our kid because that’s the real world,’ ” Kiffin said in the Vanity Fair piece, requoting the recruits’ families talking about LSU. Kiffin did a follow-up interview with our former

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LSU coach addresses comments on recruiting Black players to Ole Miss

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

LSU coach Lane Kiffin offered an apology on Tuesday for what he said to Vanity Fair recently about the challenges of recruiting Black players while he was the coach at Ole Miss.

In his initial comments to Vanity Fair, Kiffin said that family members of top recruits would sometimes express reservations about letting their sons live in Mississippi, given the state’s checkered racial past and its reluctance to distance itself from certain symbols. Players’ parents, Kiffin said, have not been expressing that sentiment about Baton Rouge since he’s been in charge of the Tigers’ football program.

“I really apologize if anybody at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended by that,” Kiffin told On3.

“In a four-hour interview, I was asked a lot of questions on a lot of things, and Ole Miss has been

“I really apologize if anybody at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended by that.”

LANE KIFFIN, LSU coach wonderful to me and to my family. I was asked questions about the differences in recruiting, and I said a narrative that we battled there from some out-of-state Black parents and grandparents was not wanting their kid to move to Mississippi. That’s a narrative that coaches have been fighting forever. It wasn’t calculated by bringing it up.”

Kiffin’s remarks quickly went viral on Monday, straining the already tense relationship he has with Ole Miss. He spent six seasons with the Rebels, then left them in November before their

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Right before and after the Tulane baseball team completed a critical series win against South Florida on Sunday, a pair of outcomes in the American Conference made the Green Wave’s path to the eight-team league tournament more ä Tulane dicey. at Rice.

First, Memphis ended 6:35 P.M. Texas-San Antonio’s streak THURSDAy, of 18 conference series wins, pulling two games ESPN+ ahead of Tulane in the league standings.

Second, surging Charlotte beat UAB on the back of a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning, staying even with the Wave.

As a result, the scenarios for Tulane (25-28, 10-14 American) as it prepares for its regular-season ending series at Rice (31-21, 13-11) range from the longshot possibility of sweeping its way up to the No. 4 seed in Clearwater, Florida, to missing the tournament entirely — even if it wins two of three from the Owls.

“We don’t control anything outside of how we go about our business,” coach Jay Uhlman said following Tuesday morning’s practice. “It’s one of those things. If you go in and do everything you’re supposed to do and it doesn’t happen, you’ve made your own bed and you have to be able to deal with that. I want us to play competitively and play with pride. If we do that, we’ll be happy with the results.”

The dream scenario — getting automatic entry into the double-elimination portion of the tournament as the 4 seed — involves a 3-0 weekend while UAB (29-22, 13-11) wins at least once at league-leading UTSA (34-16, 16-8),

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Tulane left-hander Jake Toporek pitches in relief against LSU on May 5 at Alex Box Stadium.

Scheffler looking to ditch ‘bridesmaid’ label

After three runner-up finishes, star player set for PGA Championship

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

NEWTOWN SQAURE, Pa. — Scottie Scheffler is the reigning champion at the PGA Championship and feeling like a bridesmaid over the past month.

Runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick at the RBC Heritage.

Runner-up (by six shots) to Cameron Young at Doral.

“Last week my wife was like, ‘Hey, Scottie. You’re like the first guy in PGA Tour history to have three solo runner-ups in a row.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, it’s probably because the guy that was playing that good figured out a way to win one of those,’ ” Scheffler said Tuesday.

It hasn’t put much of a dent in his confidence going into the second major of the year. Scheffler is fierce when it comes to competiASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By CAROLyN KASTER tion, hates losing even in friendly matches with his caddie and still Scottie Scheffler hits from the bunker on the third green during a PGA has come to appreciate that winChampionship practice round at Aronimink Golf Club on Tuesday in ning isn’t always easy.

Newtown Square, Pa. Scheffler is hoping to repeat as champion.

He has a firm hold on the No. 1

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world ranking — he is approaching three straight years at the top of golf — despite not winning since his season debut in the California desert.

“You know you’re playing good golf, and you’d love to get some wins,” he said. “Finishing second hurts, but I think when you reflect and you’re looking at things to work on, there’s a lot less to clean up when you’re finishing second than there is when you’re finishing 30th.”

Not that he has a lot of experience with the latter — Scheffler hasn’t finished 30th or worse since August 2024.

To end that run of silver medal this week at Aronimink would allow him to join Brooks Koepka (2018-19) and Tiger Woods (199900 and 2006-07) as the only players to win back-to-back in the PGA Championship in stroke play.

In his way is a course has plenty

of room off the tee and little room for error when it comes to hitting the correct spot on the large, severely contoured greens.

He also faces the strongest field of the four majors, with 98 of the top 100 in the world, which includes the last three players to beat him — McIlroy (No. 2), Young (No. 3) and Fitzpatrick (No. 4).

McIlroy came up to Aronimink two weeks ago for a peek at the course he had not played since the BMW Championship in 2018, when it was so soft and mushy from rain that the event couldn’t finish until Monday. The hope this week is for minimal rain and firm, dry conditions.

“For the most part, it should be a bit drier, which really brings out the character of the greens,” McIlroy said. “The greens seem to be the big defense and the big talking point of the golf course.”

McIlroy had his practice round cut short on Tuesday with a blister on his right toe that was causing

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Thunder has a perfect record so far OKC now 8-0 in playoffs after another sweep

BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

LOS ANGELES — The Oklahoma City Thunder insists it hasn’t been perfect during their NBA title defense.

Its record at the playoffs’ halfway point disagrees.

The Thunder completed its second straight series sweep of the spring Monday night when it held off the resilient Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 of the second round. Oklahoma City went 8-0 against LeBron James and the Lakers this season — and the defending champs are also 8-0 in these playoffs after back-to-back routs of Phoenix and Los Angeles.

Sure, coach Mark Daigneault can see areas for improvement and problems to be solved. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander warns that the job is far from finished.

Yet the Thunder are unquestionably the class of the sport with this playoff streak following their dominant regular season as they seek the NBA’s first back-to-back championships since Golden State did it 2017 and 2018.

General manager Sam Presti’s merciless machine is looking fairly unbeatable as it heads to the Western Conference finals for the second straight year and the sixth time in the past 16 seasons.

“We’ve done our job so far, that’s all it really means,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We’ve gone out there, we’ve executed, we played at a high level and we’ve been able to win eight tough games against really

good opponents. That’s all it really means. And nothing is guaranteed.

In the playoffs, no two games are the same, especially when you change opponents. So the challenges are all coming up, I guess you can say.”

The next challenge is a date with either the San Antonio Spurs or the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals — after several more days of rest than those teams, which were tied heading to Game 5 on Tuesday night.

But whoever emerges from that rock fight of a series will face the NBA’s biggest challenge in the smooth, relentless Thunder, who appear to be operating on an even higher level than it reached last season while winning the title.

“We’ve been very, very good,” Daigneault said. “I thought we had more lapses tonight than we had had in previous games, so we have to learn from that. Obviously we have to play better in more of the 48 minutes, but I also think the wind is going to be in your face in a playoff game for different reasons at different times, and you’ve got to be able to recenter. I thought we did that exceptionally well.”

The Thunder had never swept back-to-back playoff series, and neither did the Seattle SuperSonics before it.

The Lakers got blown out by Oklahoma City three times before managing one close game. The Thunder trailed in a fourth quarter for the first time in these playoffs, and its five-point win was the smallest of the spring.

But the Thunder rallied, as it almost always does.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored nine of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. Ajay Mitchell, the backup guard

BY TIM REYNOLDS

LeBron James has options.

He could stay with the Los Angeles Lakers. He could decide to join another team. He could even retire and end the longest career in NBA history. He knows all this.

He just doesn’t know the answer.

“I don’t know what the future holds for me, obviously,” James said.

His 23rd season ended Monday night when the Lakers were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder. At 41, James likely doesn’t have many years left to play — if any. And now he’ll start the process of figuring out what he wants to do, what his family wants him to do and what’s best for all parties involved.

Dwyane Wade, James’ longtime friend and former teammate, was on the Amazon Prime broadcast of Game 4 of the Thunder-Lakers series as an analyst. And when the conversation turned to what James is going to do, he had some thoughts.

“That’s the question,” Wade said.

“And I think if we all know LeBron James, he’s going to take some time off and go drink some wine, go yacht a little bit around the world.

He’s going to spend some time with his family. He’s going to sit down and try to make the best decision for the James family at the end of the day.

“And then from there, you’ve got to look at the picture of the Lakers,” Wade continued. “LeBron, Year 24

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, left, drives by Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves during Game 4 of a playoff series on Monday in Los Angeles. who has become a star in Jalen Williams’ injury absence, poured in 10 of his career playoff-high 28 in the same period. Chet Holmgren had arguably the biggest baskets of all, including a go-ahead dunk with 32.8 seconds left.

The Thunder celebrated a closeout quarter that seemed to feature a big play from everybody who touched the court. A few minutes later, it was back to business.

“Everything that we’ve done so far is behind us,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We still have a huge target on.

We have two more series to win to reach our ultimate goal, and that’s what we’re focused on.”

Los Angeles coach JJ Redick and his staff appeared to have a surprising, effective game plan to harass the Thunder’s scorers — and yet it didn’t make much of an impact on the scoreboard at all.

I don’t think no one knows,” Wade said. “I think one of the things that him and his entire team have been great at is they hold their cards close to their chest. Decisions are made by LeBron, and they all respect it. And they wait on him to decide what he wants to do.”

A look at some of what James’ next moves could be (and for purposes of this exercise, the realities of the salary cap, the aprons, tax ramifications and whatever James will command in salary if he decides to keep playing do not apply).

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Continued from page 1C Florida Atlantic (27-24, 12-12) loses its home series against East Carolina (30-21-1, 14-10), Memphis (21-29, 12-12) goes 1-2 at Charlotte (25-25, 10-14) and Wichita State (26-25, 11-13) fails to sweep South Florida (30-20, 9-15) on the road.

Got that? Probably not, but the odds of each result occurring are slim anyway. Here are the more realistic outcomes and what they mean to Tulane’s fate: n If the Wave sweeps, it can book its flight to Florida, where

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Retirement

coming back next year if he does, he wants to play for something. So, are they in a position that he can play for something and compete for something?”

Salary will be another issue.

He made nearly $53 million this season. He could command somewhere around $60 million next season if he wanted. If he gives a team a discount to preserve flexibility, he could certainly afford to do so.

Wade doesn’t seem to think that’s likely.

“History shows that Mr. James ain’t taking a lot of discounts, right?

This one doesn’t seem likely even though James posted the lowest scoring average of his career — 20.933 points per game, down a teeny-tiny sliver from his 20.937 average as a rookie. Another made free throw this season would have been enough to keep this season’s average from being his worst.

The pessimists, or the anti-LeBron crowd, can say — accurately — that his numbers are declining.

They are. He averaged 30.3 points in 2021-22, and his per-game scoring average has fallen in every season since, going to 28.9 in 202223, 25.7 in 2023-24, 24.4 last season and 20.9 this season.

Of course, his role has changed as well and that has some effect on the numbers. James spent much of this season as the Lakers’ third option behind Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves and did so happily.

it would be anywhere from the fourth seed to the seventh seed. n If the Wave wins two of three, it will qualify for the tournament if South Florida sweeps Wichita State or Charlotte-Memphis ends in anything but a 2-1 series win for the 49ers. Charlotte taking two of three from the Tigers is the nightmare scenario for the Wave, putting it into a potential tiebreaker situation it would lose in almost all circumstances because of getting swept by the 49ers two weekends ago. n If the Wave wins one of three from Rice, the only way it would reach the tournament requires Memphis sweeping Charlotte.

In that case, Tulane would get in

ahead of Charlotte (based on the better record) and either Wichita State (tiebreaker) or South Florida (better record or tiebreaker) regardless of the outcome of that series, netting the eighth seed.

The teams seeded 5 through 8 will play a single-elimination round next Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the doubleelimination portion of the tournament beginning Thursday.

Tulane was the champion at BayCare Ballpark in 2023 and 2024 before losing in the title game last year.

“Just the opportunity to go back there would be really special,” said senior third baseman James Agabedis, who was on each of

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James stands on the court during Game 4 of a playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday in Los Angeles.

The Saints have given Brock Rechsteiner a reason to put his wrestling career on hold.

Rechsteiner, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner (Big Poppa Pump), signed with the Saints after the undrafted wide receiver impressed at the team’s rookie minicamp. The 6-foot-2, 225-pounder spent four seasons at Jacksonville State, catching 52 passes for 630 yards and seven touchdowns.

Rechsteiner has said that he plans to pursue wrestling after football, but wanted to fulfill his dream of playing in the NFL first.

As a corresponding move, the Saints placed guard Nick Saldiveri on reserve/physically unable to perform, meaning he’ll be required to miss the 2026 season.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at 29

Daigneault found teachable moments during his team’s demolition of the Lakers, who sent doubleteams at Gilgeous-Alexander and other ball-handlers at a rate they hadn’t seen since the Thunder’s playoff series with Denver a year ago.

In perhaps the most dismaying aspect of this series for the Thunder’s future opponents, it’s learned and improved from the Lakers’ meager successes.

“It really had us having to sharpen our attacks, but I thought we did a great job of that,” Daigneault said.

“Down the stretch, we had some big-time plays (with) high-lows, traps, and we had a dunk for Chet.

That was a great attack, and I just thought we showed great execution of that. So I think we’re a lot better in that area than we were coming into the series.”

LeBron has options for next season and beyond AP basketball writer

Saints sign son of WWE Hall of Famer Steiner

Stay with the Lakers To be fair, this wasn’t a bad season. Getting ousted in Round 2 by the overwhelming favorite to win the NBA title — the defending champion, too — isn’t exactly a collapse, and Doncic not being able to play because of injury almost made the outcome expected.

The Lakers have the seventh-best record in the NBA during James’ eight seasons there. Not great, not bad. But the playoffs, even with the run to the bubble championship in 2020, have not been to James’ expectations. The Lakers went 32-31 in playoff games during these last eight seasons, and remember, 16 of those wins came in the bubble.

Since then, the Lakers are just 1626 in playoff games.

Good enough? It wouldn’t seem so. The Lakers will have to give James reasons to stay. It’s simple as that.

Return to Cleveland Northeast Ohio is home and will forever be close to James’ heart.

He’s still (and forever will be) beloved there, and whatever anger existed over him leaving in 2010 was washed away forever when he delivered Cleveland’s NBA title in 2016.

Time healed all wounds. If James wants to go the sentimental route, he might go home again. It would likely be contingent on the Cavaliers finding a way to keep a roster that’s capable of contention.

those teams. “Whenever we’re there, we always have a chance to win.”

Lagniappe All of the scenarios listed above assume every game is played this weekend. Little rain is forecast for any of the five sites. … Tulane sophomore Jason Wachs was named American player of the week on Monday. In four games, he went 7 of 14 with two doubles, two home runs, nine RBIs, 15 total bases, a 1.071 slugging percentage and a .634 on-base percentage. He is the Wave’s first player of the week this season.

Trey Cehajic was named pitcher of the week on March 2.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, the team, his agency and the NBA said Tuesday. He was 29.

Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke’s agency, Priority Sports, provided any details about when, where or how Clarke died.

“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke. Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten,” the Grizzlies said in a statement. “We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed sympathies to Clarke’s family and friends and the Grizzlies organization.

Broncos to play Chiefs in Monday Night Football opener

NEW YORK — The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs will play Sept. 14 in the first game of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” schedule.

Where that game will be played was not part of Tuesday morning’s announcement. The location has not been determined yet with the NFL still finalizing things ahead of Thursday night’s 2026 season schedule release.

Another unknown is whether two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes will be available for the Chiefs’ season opener. His goal is to be ready for Week 1. The Chiefs quarterback tore the ACL and LCL in his left knee on Dec. 14 in the final minutes of a loss to the Chargers, which effectively eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention.

NBA’s first openly gay player, dies at 47 from brain tumor

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He revealed in 2013 that he was gay, an announcement that came toward the end of his playing career.

Collins had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, which has an extremely low survival rate. He was 47.

Jason Collins averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in his career. He helped the New Jersey Nets reach two NBA Finals and in his best season averaged 6.4 points.

Missouri RB Hardy released from hospital after shooting

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Star Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy has been released from the hospital and will soon be back on the University of Missouri campus following the gunshot wound he suffered over the weekend, a team official told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From a health standpoint, that’s positive news for the 20-year-old who underwent emergency surgery Sunday after he was shot in the leg early that morning.

There’s still no clarity over whether Hardy will be able to play for the Tigers in 2026. Team officials have emphasized that it’s far too early to know Hardy’s status for the season.

Details are still sparse regarding the circumstances of the shooting outside of a Laurel, Mississippi, club that left Hardy and one other person injured.

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BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

LSU football has another highprofile season opener this coming season, and ESPN wants its signature college football show to be there for it.

The network announced Tuesday that “College GameDay” is headed to Baton Rouge for the Tigers’ Week 1 showdown against Clemson, which is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in Tiger Stadium (ABC). That matchup, which is the second half of the two programs’ home-and-home series, will double as coach Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut.

In 2025, LSU opened its season with a 17-10 win at Clemson. It was coach Brian Kelly’s first seasonopening win of his tenure in Baton Rouge, but it didn’t propel the Tigers into the College Football Playoff like he hoped it would. The school fired him only eight games — and three losses — later, then named Kiffin his successor in late November.

Clemson also had a disappointing year. Coach Dabo Swinney’s

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Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss throws during the Fiesta Bowl against Miami on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz.

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LSU running back Caden Durham runs with the ball in the first half against Clemson on Aug. 30 in Clemson, S.C. Tigers finished their 2024 season with 10 wins and a CFP berth, but they tumbled to 7-6 in 2025. They wrapped the year with a loss to Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl.

LSU has opened each of the past six seasons against power-conference opponents. Its 2026 campaign will be the first in which it plays nine SEC games. The Tigers’ other two nonconference foes are Louisiana Tech (Sept. 12) and McNeese State (Oct. 3).

The most anticipated matchup of LSU’s 2026 slate is its SEC opener: a Sept. 19 road clash with Ole Miss.

That game will be Kiffin’s first in

Oxford, Mississippi, since he left the Rebels ahead of their CFP run in November, and it will kick off at 6:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN revealed Tuesday.

“College GameDay” last visited Baton Rouge in November 2024 before LSU’s 42-13 loss to Alabama. Its next trip to LSU’s campus will be its 500th road broadcast in show history.

On3 was first to report the news on Tuesday on that the show was coming to LSU-Clemson.

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Continued from page 1C colleague Wilson Alexander, now a national college football writer with On3.com, apologizing to folks in Ole Miss and Mississippi, though not venturing all the way down the road to contrition.

“That’s a narrative that coaches have been fighting forever” at Ole Miss, Kiffin told On3. “It wasn’t calculated by bringing it up.”

I wrote it before, write it again now, and will, I’m sure, do so in the future, but very few people who know of Kiffin have neutral opinions of him. Here are a few of mine when it comes to this latest episode: n Ole Miss folks don’t like to admit it, but their athletic programs, school and state have been haunted by issues over race for decades. I have no evidence but little doubt Kiffin had the conversations with recruits families like the ones he talked about in Vanity Fair. The team’s nickname, Rebels, is a direct reference to the Confederacy, after all. n That said, for Kiffin to say that now that he’s at LSU is something out of the “glass houses” department. LSU’s nickname, “Fighting Tigers,” is one given to a Louisiana Confederate unit during the Civil War. And Louisiana is one of several states controversially now considering redrawing its congressional map to the point it could eliminate the state’s two majority Black districts. n I think Kiffin really wants to be liked — and if that’s impossible considering the way he left Ole Miss, at least appreciated — for making the Rebels a winner during his six seasons there. The Rebels will likely never admit it, but Kiffin deserves a huge amount of credit for their season that found Ole Miss advancing all the way to the College Football Playoff semifinals, even if he didn’t coach in the CFP. Zero chance of that, so Kiffin makes jabs at Ole Miss in subtle but still stinging ways. n Kiffin should not have done the Vanity Fair interview, or at least not said anything derogatory about Ole Miss. Half of seeming clever, the author Patrick Rothfuss wrote, is keeping your mouth shut at the right times. That’s not Kiffin’s modus operandi.

In the end, there is little, if anything, Kiffin could say about Ole Miss or Mississippi that wouldn’t enrage Ole Miss and Mississippi people. He could say Oxford is the quaintest college town in the world and Ole Miss fans would take up pitchforks and

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Continued from page 1C College Football Playoff run so he could become LSU’s coach.

The Vanity Fair profile chronicled Kiffin’s controversial move and why he made it. In the interview, he discussed LSU’s resources and its history of success, while also outlining a conversation he’d sometimes have with players he was recruiting to Ole Miss.

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin looks on during the first day of spring practice on March 24 at the LSU football operations center.

torches.

Take the vitriol LSU fans had for Nick Saban returning to college football at Alabama and crank it up to 11. That anger LSU fans had for Saban started with a deep-seated fear, which was proven right, that he would beat LSU in football most of the time.

I think Ole Miss fans have a similar worry deep down about Kiffin and LSU. My main concern with all this is not some article or one quote within it. It is that anything involving Kiffin and Ole Miss continues to stoke the anger its fans have toward him and LSU, anger that has a very real possibility of boiling over Sept. 19 when the Tigers go to Oxford for their Southeastern Conference opener.

It’s a game that, no surprise, will be the backdrop for that Saturday’s “College GameDay” show and will be a 6:30 p.m. prime-time kickoff on ABC (“College GameDay” is also coming to Baton Rouge on Sept. 5 for the 6:30 p.m. opener with Clemson on ABC).

I am serious when I say that I hope LSU and Ole Miss officials have a very good security plan in place for LSU’s arrival/departure from VaughtHemingway Stadium and for Kiffin and the LSU team on the field. That viral video of an LSU baseball fan punching an Ole Miss fan earlier this season in Oxford he thought threw a drink on him is just the undercard for what Sept. 19 may bring.

Vanity Fair or not, it’s only going to get hotter in this border war over the next four months.

“ ‘Hey, coach, we really like you,’ ” Kiffin told the magazine. “ ‘But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.’ That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus’ diversity feels so great: ‘It feels like there’s no segregation. And we want that for our kid because that’s the real world.’ ” Kiffin later clarified the comment to Vanity Fair, saying that he hopes it “comes across respectful to Ole

Ole Miss’ Chambliss is ready to recharge

BY CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is ready to “disappear” for a while.

Having spent the previous eight months under college football’s media microscope, the sixth-year senior smiled when reporters asked about his summer plans once spring practice wrapped up.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said.

For Chambliss, the spring session finished with a weekend meet-and-greet fan function before a weeklong session of spring drills that were closed to reporters.

Chambliss planned to return with family to his childhood hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was expected to make personal appearances and speeches at school functions. Chambliss regularly touts his hometown roots, his experience at Division II Ferris State and an opportunity to “give back and tell (schoolchildren) if I can make it, you can make it.”

Coach Pete Golding said he encouraged all Ole Miss players to give themselves a break from football following spring football and exams.

“I told them I didn’t want to see them for a few weeks,” said Golding, who is heading into his first regular season as a head coach after going 2-1 in the College Football Playoff last season as current LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s successor.

“I do think it’s really important for them to get away from it,” Golding said. “They need a reset.”

Perhaps no player could appreciate a break more than Chambliss, who’d won a Division II national title in 2024 but remained relatively unknown before Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons was sidelined by an ankle injury. Elevated into a starting role, Chambliss debuted by leading the Rebels to a 41-35 home win over Arkansas.

By the time the season ended in a last-second, CFP semifinal loss to Miami, the dual-threat Chambliss had totaled more than 3,900 yards and accounted for 30 touchdowns.

The Rebels finished 13-2 and ranked No. 4 in the final Asso-

Miss.”

“There are some things that I’m saying that are factual,” Kiffin said. “They’re not shots.”

Kiffin’s first LSU roster, which wrapped up spring practices on April 25, features 60 newcomers. The new-look group will open its season at home against Clemson on Sept. 5, then host Louisiana Tech a week later before beginning SEC play at Ole Miss on Sept. 19.

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ciated Press Top 25. Along the way were a handful of victories over ranked teams, including Tulane and Georgia in the CFP. Chambliss routinely produced explosive, clutch plays, overcoming his less-than-ideal size (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) and emerging from a relative obscurity in ways that captured fans’ imagination.

NIL endorsements, estimated at $1.5 million by On3, followed.

AT&T, for example, traded off Chambliss’ transfer story, stylish demeanor and puckish smile.

Another big win for Chambliss came off the field after a three-month legal challenge that resulted in an additional year of eligibility. The ruling became a big win for Ole Miss when Chambliss opted to stay in Oxford.

“It was very stressful,” Chambliss said shortly after the Mississippi Supreme Court denied the final appeal by the NCAA in March. “I knew I was going to play football somewhere, either the NFL or here (Ole Miss), but not knowing was tough. I knew whatever happened was in God’s hands, but it was still tough.”

The decision to remain at Ole Miss was less difficult.

“You know, when I visited Oxford from Ferris State, I really liked it here and wasn’t promised anything about being the quarterback,” Chambliss said.

“The thing that helped was my parents really liked it here, too, on the visit. We’ve been treated great and once Ole Miss decided to go with PG (Pete Golding), we wanted to stay.”

While Chambliss takes his hiatus from Oxford, the Ole Miss media department intends to organize a Heisman Trophy campaign. Chambliss finished eighth in last year’s voting and has been listed with preseason front-runners Arch Manning of Texas and C.J. Carr of Notre Dame.

Ole Miss has a solid track record with quarterbacks in the Heisman Trophy race, with five – Charlie Conerly, Jake Gibbs, Archie Manning (twice) and Eli Manning — finishing in the top five.

The Rebels also have produced other prominent NFL quarterbacks, including 2025 first-round pick Jaxson Dart of the New York Giants.

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BY BOB LENTZ and DOUG FERGUSON AP sportswriters

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Jon Rahm hits a shot from the first tee during the first round of the LIV Golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club on Thursday in Sterling, Va.

Rahm says he’s better than his No. 20 ranking indicates NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Scottie Scheffler made a Sunday charge that came too late at the PGA Championship, a 65 that wasn’t enough to catch Brooks Koepka at Oak Hill. The runner-up finish came with a small consolation prize for Scheffler: He replaced Jon Rahm at No. 1 in the world.

Scheffler has been there ever since.

As for Rahm? He Doug Ferguson can only wonder which direction his career would have gone had he not bolted from the PGA Tour at the end of 2023 to take the Saudi riches of LIV Golf.

He firmly dismissed the notion Tuesday that his departure — six months after the PGA Tour tried to strike a deal with the Saudis — was an attempt to force the two circuits to unite.

“I was never thinking that I was going to be any sort of weight that would tip the scales to make things come together,” Rahm said.

“That was never an argument in my mind.”

The Spaniard prefers not to look back — not at any shot or any round that cost him a chance to win any tournament. And certainly not a decision that is starting to look worse by the day as LIV’s future no longer includes financial backing from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

“I’ve made a lot of decisions in my life, and I’ve never gone back thinking, ‘Oh, had I know this again, I would do ’x’ and ‘y’ different. I could do that about 15 different golf shots on the golf course every single day,” Rahm said. “If I lived my life like that as a golfer, I would be a very pessimistic person.

“So we don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, and all we can do is learn from things that happen in the past, good and bad,” he said. “Just to speculate on what

could have done, what could have been different, doesn’t really make much sense.”

Three years ago can seem even longer, considering where he was.

Scheffler won the Phoenix Open — Rahm finished third — to return to No. 1 in the world, which lasted all of one week until Rahm won at Riviera. Three weeks later, Scheffler went back to No. 1 by winning The Players Championship and stayed there for a month until Rahm won the Masters.

Back and forth they went — Rory McIlroy joined the fray in the summer — until December when Rahm famously wore that black letterman’s jacket during the announcement that he had joined LIV. Where are they now?

Scheffler has been No. 1 since that 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, the longest streak of anyone other than Tiger Woods since the ranking began in 1986.

Rahm is at No. 20, a ranking that comes with an asterisk because LIV Golf started getting ranking points only last year, and then at a reduced rate because of the size and strength of its field. Only the top 10 on LIV receive points, but Rahm has never finished out of the top 10. Moot point.

Rahm, though, is keenly aware of the perception.

He referred to himself as being under the radar at the Masters this year, and then lived up to that by nearly missing the cut.

But he has a point because he hasn’t been part of the conversation about the best golf. Despite two wins and four runner-up finishes in the seven LIV events this year, the talk of golf is Scheffler and McIlroy, with Cameron Young and Matt Fitzpatrick on the fringes.

“As good as I played this year, nobody expects anything from me this week,” Rahm said. “It’s just funny, in that sense. ... I think as players, we usually have a fairly

good assessment of where we stand. I don’t really necessarily need a ranking to tell me where I’m at or where I feel like I’m at.”

And where is that?

Rahm wasn’t about to attach a number to where he thinks he should be. That’s asking for a debate he doesn’t want.

“I will just say I feel like the way I’ve played, including the last three years, I feel like I’m playing better than the ranking I have now,” he said.

That makes weeks like this so important for Rahm.

It’s only four weeks a year that he gets a crack at a full field of golf’s best players, and it hasn’t gone very well for him since he left a full schedule of top competition.

In the eight majors Rahm has played since leaving for LIV, he has finished out of the top 30 in half of them, including a missed cut.

He has had three top 10s but only one serious chance of winning. That was last year in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow when he rallied from five shots back of Scheffler, only for his Sunday charge to stall. He played the last three holes in 5 over when the tournament already was decided and wound up in a tie for eight, seven shots behind.

He also tied for seventh in the U.S. Open, though he started the final round 11 shots behind. He tied for seventh in the 2024, eight shots behind.

Rahm described his form as “very, very comfortable.”

“I’ve been playing — obviously besides the Masters — pretty good golf up until now,” he said.

The Masters is where he gets the true measure. The PGA Championship is no different. Winning won’t return him to No. 1 in the world or get him close to Scheffler or even McIlroy. But it might at least get him back in the conversation.

Woods’ records to be handed over to prosecutors in Florida DUI case

BY DAVID FISCHER Associated Press

STUART, Fla. — Tiger Woods’ prescription drug records will be handed over to prosecutors following his March arrest in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence, a judge ruled Tuesday morning.

Judge Darren Steele approved an agreement between Woods’ defense attorney and prosecutors following a four-minute hearing in Martin County circuit court, just north of Palm Beach County.

Prosecutors had issued a subpoena seeking copies of all prescription medication records for the legendary golfer at a Palm Beach pharmacy from the start of the year through the end of March. Defense attorney Doug Duncan had previously argued that Woods has a constitutional

right to privacy when it comes to his prescription medications, but he acknowledged during the hearing that the right is not absolute and that prosecutors could make a compelling argument for why they were needed.

Meanwhile, prosecutors agreed to Duncan’s request for a protective order limiting the release of records only to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, state experts and Woods’ defense team.

Bob Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University who is not connected to the case, said the agreement and the judge’s approval seems normal for a DUI case, particularly one that involves drugs instead of alcohol. Florida law considers a driver with a bloodalcohol content of 0.08% or higher to be impaired, but there’s no clear, measurable standard to determine impairment for other drugs. That

means prosecutors will have to use field sobriety tests, officer testimony and other evidence to convince jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that Woods was impaired.

Jarvis said there’s no indication so far that Woods is receiving special treatment, either more harsh or more lenient, because of his celebrity status.

“We don’t know if the prosecutor offered a plea, and a typical defendant would have taken the plea, and Tiger Woods decided not to take the plea,” Jarvis said. “But other than that, I think that this is what would happen no matter who the defendant was.”

Woods has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence. A sheriff’s office report said deputies found two pain pills in his pocket, and he showed signs of impairment after his SUV clipped a truck’s trailer and rolled onto its side.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Good thing Masters champion Rory McIlroy came to Aronimink a few weeks ago for a PGA Championship preview. His first practice round Tuesday didn’t last very long. He stopped after three holes because of ongoing blister issues under his right pinky toe.

McIlroy removed his shoe on the fourth tee, got into a cart and headed in. He looked a little better leaving the clubhouse, stopping to sign autographs and pose for a few pictures.

McIlroy had a limp Sunday at the Truist Championship that he said was the result of a blister.

That was his only tournament since winning the Masters in April.

“Yeah, I’ve got a blister on my pinky toe on my right foot, but it’s underneath my nail,” McIlroy said Sunday. “I can’t really get to it, so it’s a little sore. But I’ll be all right.”

McIlroy told Irish media earlier Tuesday he had the nail removed and would be trying to find shoes to limit the discomfort. He has another day of practice — or maybe rest — before the opening round of the PGA Championship.

From England to Philly Justin Rose feels at home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Rose has a history of success on the Main Line as winner of the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion and a great track record with a win and playoff loss at Aronimink.

The 45-year-old Englishman’s second PGA Tour title came in the 2010 AT&T National. He lost to Keegan Bradley in a playoff at Aronimink in the 2018 BMW Championship. Sandwiched between those performances was his lone major victory.

Rose sounded a bit nostalgic explaining his repeated success in the region.

“I think the whole area feels

very familiar to the part of England I live in,” he said. “Very leafy, very green. Even this time of year I feel like the spring here is very much like the spring in England right now. So it feels very familiar from that point of view.”

It’s not just the change of seasons that seemingly puts Rose at ease. The old-fashioned course designs of Merion and Aronimink are part of it, too.

“I like the old-school golf,” the 25-time worldwide winner said.

“I like old-school tests of golf. I like the design and the architecture of these classic old courses, to be honest with you.”

Spanish Grand Slam Jon Rahm arrives at Aronimink seeking his third major title and with an equally important task for his fellow Spaniards.

Spanish players have won every major but the PGA Championship, the one tournament keeping the proud country from the Spanish Grand Slam.

Rahm won U.S. Open (2021) and Masters (2023). Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal each won the Masters twice, while Ballesteros was a three-time British Open champion. Sergio Garcia also won the Masters.

Scheffler takes the bait Scottie Scheffler is casting a wide net, on and off the golf course.

Scheffler, who is defending his PGA title this week, also has interests off the course, such as owning a professional fishing team.

The world’s top-ranked player bought the Texas Lone Stars Angling Club in 2024. The team is part of the Sport Fishing Championship and competes in saltwater tournaments.

“I’m definitely interested in other things ... The fishing team is really fun,” Scheffler said. “That’s something really interesting for me. I love being able to see that. I would like to be able to go to one of them one day. Something like that for me is really fun.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MATT SLOCUM

Rory McIlroy attends to his foot during a PGA Championship practice round on Tuesday at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa.

SCHEFFLER

Continued from page 1C some discomfort last week at the Truist Championship.

Not since Jordan Spieth in 2015 has anyone captured the first two majors of the season, and McIlroy has a chance to do that. The majors have become his focus of late, especially now that he finally has the career Grand Slam from winning the Masters a year ago.

McIlroy and Spieth are in the same group when the PGA Championship begins Thursday, along with Jon Rahm of LIV Golf. Spieth lacks only the PGA Championship to complete the career slam.

For all the talk about bunker complexes that seem to line every landing area — there are 20 bunkers on the 11th hole alone — players have been talking about the greens all week, particularly if the rain holds off and the course gets firm.

“Greens are diabolical. Should be a really good test,” Xander Schauffele said. “You can make it as easy or difficult on yourself as you’d like. If you get aggressive to certain pins and shortside yourself, you’re going to hit it to 20 or 30 feet at best, just based on how fast and firm it is

and how much it runs away from you. But at the same time, there’s certain pockets where ... you can hit a really good shot and get rewarded for it.

“The greens are definitely the thing to prepare for this tournament. I think it will be fun to watch.”

Scheffler and McIlroy have combined to win four of the last five majors — McIlroy at Augusta National the last two times, Scheffler at the PGA Championship and British Open last year.

Scheffler is more about precision, though he certainly has enough length. McIlroy feasts on wider fairways as one of the best drivers of the ball. Aronimink could test a little of each, though McIlroy was more concerned about the second shot.

“I think in this day and age I’m not sure if it’s going to test all aspects of your bag,” McIlroy said. “Strategy off the tee is pretty nonexistent. It’s basically bash driver down there and then figure it out from there. ... When these traditional golf courses take a lot of trees out, it makes strategy not as much of a concern off the tee.

“But the greens are the main focus this week, and I think getting yourself in the right sections of the greens, making sure you leave yourself below the hole for the most part. That’s the key.”

The Times-Picayune ✦ nola.com ✦ Wednesday, May 13, 2026 ✦ 5C

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Steelers expected to be Saints’ opponent in Paris

BY JEFF DUNCAN Sports columnist

The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to be the New Orleans Saints’ opponent for their game in Paris this season, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

The opponent for the game, which will be played Sunday, Oct. 25 at Stade de France, according to sources, will be formally announced by the NFL on Wednesday, when the league reveals its full slate of international games.

Media reports in February indicated the Cleveland Browns would serve as the Saints’ opponent for the game, which will be the first NFL contest in France as part of the NFL’s nine-game International Series for the 2026 season. Saints owner Gayle Benson denied those reports at the time, saying the opponent had not been determined

by NFL officials.

Instead, it is expected to be Pittsburgh, which went 10-7 and won the AFC North Division last season. The Saints own a 9-8 advantage in the all-time series between the teams, but the Steelers have won four of the past six meetings.

The reports ended a wild day of speculation, as some outlets

indicated the Green Bay Packers might be the Saints’ foe for the Week 7 contest.

Packers president Ed Policy said at the NFL owners meeting in March that the Packers were being considered as the opponent for both the Saints game in Paris and the Detroit Lions game in Munich.

On Tuesday, he told a Wisconsinbased podcast that he has learned Green Bay is no longer an option for the Lions game. A league source independently confirmed Tuesday to The Times-Picayune that the Packers will not play in the Munich game.

“My understanding is (the Lions game) is not going to happen,” Policy said to Cheesehead TV. “I can confirm that. The only other possibility is the Saints. They are hosting a game in Paris, and I have not heard one way or the other about that.”

The game is technically one of nine home games on the Saints’ 2026 schedule.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the Saints’ participation in the game at his state-of-the-league news conference before Super Bowl LX in San Francisco.

The NFL has targeted Paris as a priority international market in recent years as league officials

expand the international series to new cities across the globe.

The 80,698-seat Stade de France is the national stadium of France and the largest sporting facility in the country. It served as the host site for various events at the 2024 Summer Games, including the opening and closing ceremonies.

Saints and New Orleans tourism officials are collaborating to turn the game into a Washington Mardi Gras-style event, with multiple parties and marketing programs leading up to the game.

“We are excited to be selected to play in the first regular season game to be held in France,” Saints owner Gayle Benson said in February. “This moment is special not only because of the strong cultural connection between Louisiana and France, but also because we will compete before a growing Saints fan base in Paris.”

Team officials said season-ticket holders will be given a 10% price reduction on tickets and parking to reflect the cost of the lost game on the home schedule.

Fully paid season ticket holders will receive a credit and refund.

Season ticket holders also will be allowed priority presale access to a lottery for tickets for the Paris game.

SCOREBOARD Odds

College baseball

NBA

Southland Conference tournament

Wednesday

FAVORITE at DETROIT

MLB

(Double elimination; x-if necessary) LINE O/U OFF (OFF)

UNDERDOG Cleveland

American League FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND -141 at BALTIMORE OFF at TORONTO -162 Kansas City -119 Seattle -123 National League FAVORITE LINE at CINCINNATI -157 at PITTSBURGH -186 Chicago Cubs -138 at MILWAUKEE -137 at LA DODGERS -249 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at BOSTON -139 Detroit -112 Miami -124 at TEXAS -129 at ATHLETICS -141

NHL

FAVORITE at COLORADO

Thursday, May 14

G1: No. 4 Nicholls vs. No. 5 McNeese, 1 p.m.

G2: No. 1 Southeastern vs. No. 8 HCU, 6 p.m.

Wednesday

Wednesday

Hammond Bracket

Friday, May 15

UNDERDOG LA Angels N.Y Yankees Tampa Bay at WHITE SOX at HOUSTON

LINE +119 OFF +137 +101 +103

UNDERDOG Washington Colorado at ATLANTA San Diego San Francisco

LINE +132 +155 +117 +116 +204

UNDERDOG Philadelphia at N.Y METS at MINNESOTA Arizona St. Louis

LINE +117 -104 +105 +108 +119

LINE UNDERDOG -203 Minnesota

LINE +167

College softball NCAA Tournament glance (Double elimination; x-if necessary)

Baton Rouge (La.) Regional Friday, May 15

Game 1 — No. 5 Virginia St. (46-10) vs. South Alabama (32-25), 3 p.m.

Game 2 — Akron (34-23) vs. No. 4 LSU (3717), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBD Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBD. Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, TBD

Sunday, May 17

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

Bryan-College Station (Texas) Regional Friday, May 15

G3. Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m.

G4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

G5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m.

G6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 17

x-G7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m.

Beaumont Bracket

Thursday

G1: No. 3 UTRGV vs. No. 6 Northwestern State, 1 p.m.

G2: No. 2 Lamar vs. No. 7 SFA, 6 p.m.

Friday

G3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m.

G4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m.

Saturday

G5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m.

G6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 6 p.m.

Sunday

x-G7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m.

Championship Series May 21

G1: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

May 22

G2: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

May 23

x-G3: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

State scores, schedule Thursday’s games

Coastal Carolina at UL, 6 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Southern, 6 p.m.

Florida at LSU, 6:30 p.m.

Tulane at Rice, 6:35 p.m.

Friday’s games

Game 1 — No. 4 Texas A&M (45-9) vs. UConn (31-26), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — McNeese (40-20) vs. No. 5 Arizona St. (41-16), 3:30 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at UL, 6 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Southern, 6 p.m.

Florida at LSU, 6:30 p.m.

Tulane at Rice, 6:35 p.m.

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBD Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBD Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, TBD

Through Sunday Rec. Prev.

1. UCLA 46-5 1 2. North Carolina 40-9 2 3. Georgia Tech 42-8 3 4. Georgia 41-11 5 5. Auburn 35-15 6 6. Texas 37-12 4 7. Oregon State 40-11 10 8. Southern Miss 37-14 12 9. West Virginia 35-12 15 10. Texas A&M 37-12 9 11. Florida State 36-15 14 12. Arkansas 34-18 17 13. Mississippi State 38-14 11 14. Kansas 37-15 7 15. Ole Miss 34-18 20 16. Oregon 36-14 13 17. Southern Cal 41-12 18 18. Alabama 35-17 19 19. Florida 34-18 21 20. Coastal Carolina 34-17 8 21. Oklahoma State 33-18 NR 22. Arizona State 34-17 16 23. Boston College 36-17 22 24. Nebraska 37-14 25 25. Cincinnati 35-18 NR Dropped out: Virginia, Oklahoma

Saturday, May 16

Sunday, May 17

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Regional Friday, May 15

Game 1 — No. 1 Alabama (49-7) vs. USC Upstate (36-21), noon Game 2 — Belmont (40-22) vs. No. 8 Southeastern (46-14), 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBD Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBD Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, TBD

Sunday, May 17

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

NFCA Top 25 poll Through Sunday

Rec. Pts. Prev.

1. Nebraska (26) 46-6 768 2 2. Oklahoma (2) 48-8 720 1 3. Alabama 49-7 707 4 4. Texas Tech 52-6 671 3 5. UCLA 47-8 629 6 6. Texas 42-10 603 10 7. Florida State 49-8 600 8 8. Tennessee 42-10 583 5 9. Florida 48-10 561 7 10. Arkansas 42-11 494 9 11. Virginia Tech 46-10 437 13 12. Oregon 40-12 424 11 13. Duke 39-14 404 12 37-13 357 14 14. Stanford 15. Oklahoma State 38-15 306 16 16. Georgia 38-18 298 17 17. Texas A&M 36-17 284 15 37-17 219 18 18. LSU 19. Arizona State 41-16 191 24 20. Mississippi State 38-18 187 19 21. Grand Canyon 52-8 175 21 35-16 162 20 22. Arizona 23. UCF 38-16-1 81 22 24. Virginia 38-13 74 23 25. Louisville 44-12 66 25 Others receiving votes: Belmont (52), USF (15), Ole Miss (2), South Carolina (2), Southeastern (2), Omaha (1).

D1 Baseball Top 25 poll

Pro basketball NBA playoff glance SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Eastern Conference Detroit 2, Cleveland 2

Tuesday, May 5: Detroit 111, Cleveland 101 Thursday, May 7: Detroit 107, Cleveland 97 Saturday, May 9: Cleveland 116, Detroit 109 Monday, May 11: Cleveland 112, Detroit 103 Wednesday, May 13: Cleve. at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 15: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Cleveland at Detroit, TBA

New York 4, Philadelphia 0

Monday, May 4: New York 137, Philadelphia 98 Wednesday, May 6: New York 108, Philadelphia 102 Friday, May 8: New York 108, Philadelphia 94 Sunday, May 10: New York 144, Philadelphia 114

Western Conference

Oklahoma City 4, L.A. Lakers 0

Tuesday, May 5: OKC 108, L.A. Lakers 90 Thursday, May 7: OKC 125, L.A. Lakers 107 Saturday, May 9: OKC 131, L.A. Lakers 108 Monday, May 11: OKC 115, L.A. Lakers 110

San Antonio 2, Minnesota 2

Monday, May 4: Minn. 104, San Antonio 102 Wednesday, May 6: San Antonio 133, Minnesota 95 Friday, May 8: San Antonio 115, Minnesota 108 Sunday, May 10: Minnesota 114, San Antonio 109 Tuesday, May 12: Minnesota at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 15: San Antonio at Minn., TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Minn. at San Antonio, TBA

WNBA glance

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W New York 2 Chicago 1 Atlanta 1 Washington 1 Connecticut 0 Indiana 0 Toronto 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE W Golden State 2 Dallas 1 Phoenix 1 Seattle 1 Las Vegas 1 Los Angeles 0 Minnesota 0 Portland 0

Monday’s games

L 0 0 0 1 2 1 1

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .000 .000

GB — ½ ½ 1 2 1½ 1½

L 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000

GB — ½ 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 1½

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League

American League East Division Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Toronto Boston

W 27 26 19 18 17

L 13 16 23 23 23

Pct .675 .619 .452 .439 .425

GB — 2 9 9½ 10

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

W 22 19 19 19 18

L 21 21 22 22 23

Pct .512 .475 .463 .463 .439

GB — 1½ 2 2 3

Athletics Seattle Texas Houston Los Angeles

W 21 20 19 16 16

L 19 22 22 26 26

Pct .525 .476 .463 .381 .381

GB — 2 2½ 6 6

Central Division

West Division

Monday’s Games

East Division Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Washington New York

W 28 19 19 19 15

L 13 22 22 22 25

Pct GB .683 — .463 9 .463 9 .463 9 .375 12½

Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh

W 27 22 23 22 22

L 14 16 17 19 19

Pct .659 .579 .575 .537 .537

GB — 3½ 3½ 5 5

San Diego Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco Colorado

W 24 24 20 17 16

L 16 17 20 24 25

Pct .600 .585 .500 .415 .390

GB — ½ 4 7½ 8½

Central Division

West Division

Monday’s Games

Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Cleveland 7, L.A. Angels 2 Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 5 Arizona 1, Texas 0 Seattle 3, Houston 1

Arizona 1, Texas 0 San Francisco 9, L.A. Dodgers 3

Tuesday’s Games

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 3, L.A. Angels 2 Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay at Toronto, n Detroit at N.Y. Mets, n Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, n Miami at Minnesota, n Arizona at Texas, n Seattle at Houston, n St. Louis at Athletics, n

Wednesday’s Games

L.A. Angels (Detmers 1-3) at Cleveland (Messick 4-1), 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-2) at Baltimore (Bradish 1-5), 5:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Painter 1-4) at Boston (Gray 3-1), 5:45 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Jax 1-2) at Toronto (Cease 3-1), 6:07 p.m.

Detroit (Valdez 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Lugo 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Schultz 2-2), 6:40 p.m.

Miami (Meyer 2-0) at Minnesota (Woods Richardson 0-5), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (Nelson 1-3) at Texas (Rocker 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Miller 0-0) at Houston (McCullers 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Liberatore 2-1) at Athletics (Ginn 1-1), 8:40 p.m.

Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 1 Washington 10, Cincinnati 4 Detroit at N.Y. Mets, n Chicago Atlanta 5, Cubs 2 Miami at Minnesota, n San Diego at Milwaukee, n Arizona at Texas, n St. Louis at Athletics, n San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, n

Wednesday’s Games

Colorado (Quintana 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Keller 4-1), 5:40 p.m.

Washington (Irvin 1-4) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 0-1), 5:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Painter 1-4) at Boston (Gray 3-1), 5:45 p.m.

Detroit (Valdez 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 4-2) at Atlanta (Ritchie 1-0), 6:15 p.m.

Miami (Meyer 2-0) at Minnesota (Woods Richardson 0-5), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (King 3-2) at Milwaukee (Misiorowski 3-2), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (Nelson 1-3) at Texas (Rocker 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Liberatore 2-1) at Athletics (Ginn 1-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Ray 3-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ohtani 2-2), 9:10 p.m.

BOX SCORES Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 1

Philadelphia 2, Boston 1

Colorado

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Boston

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IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Lorenzen L,2-5 5 5 2 2 2 5 Halvorsen 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 ⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 Vodnik 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hill Herget 1 1 0 0 1 1 Pittsburgh Skenes W,6-2 8 2 0 0 0 10 Soto S,4-5 1 2 1 1 0 0 HBP_Skenes (Johnston).

ABS Challenge_Lowe (Strike-Confirmed); Reynolds (Strike-Confirmed); Davis (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Brock Ballou; First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Paul Clemons; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T_2:34. A_13,516 (38,753).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Turner ss 4 0 0 0 Ja.Duran lf 4 0 0 0 Schwarber dh31 1 1 Gasper 1b 4 1 1 0 Harper 1b 4 0 0 0 Abreu rf 4 0 1 0 García rf 4 0 0 0 Yoshida dh 3 0 1 0 Marsh lf 4 1 1 0 K-Falfa pr 0 0 0 0 Realmuto c 4 0 0 0 Story ss 3 0 1 0 Stott 2b 4 0 2 1 Rafaela cf 4 0 1 1 Bohm 3b 3 0 1 0 Mayer 2b 4 0 1 0 Crawford cf 2 0 0 0 Narváez c 3 0 1 0 Wong pr-c 0 0 0 0 Durbin 3b 3 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 32 1 7 1 Philadelphia 110 000 000 — 2 Boston 000 000 100 — 1 E_Realmuto (3). DP_Philadelphia 2, Boston 0. LOB_Philadelphia 5, Boston 6.

2B_Stott (6). HR_Schwarber (17). SB_ Crawford (4), Stott (8), Kiner-Falefa (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Wheeler W,2-0 7 1⁄3 6 1 1 0 4 2 Alvarado H,6 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Jh.Duran S,6-6 1 1 0 0 1 2 Boston Morán L,0-1 1 1 1 1 0 2 Bello 6 1⁄3 4 1 1 1 5 2 Samaniego ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP_Wheeler (Yoshida).

ABS Challenge_Bello (Ball-Overturned to Strike); García (Strike-Confirmed); Story (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Dan Merzel; First, Dan Bellino; Second, Mark Ripperger; Third, Shane Livensparger.

T_2:29. A_36,795 (37,755).

N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 2

Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 2

New York

Chicago

No games scheduled.

Tuesday’s games

Atlanta at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

New York at Portland, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Hockey NHL playoff glance SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 2, Buffalo 2

Wednesday, May 6: Buffalo 4, Montreal 2 Friday, May 8: Montreal 5, Buffalo 1 Sunday, May 10: Montreal 6, Buffalo 2 Tuesday, May 12: Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 Thursday, May 14: Montreal at Buffalo, TBA x-Saturday, May 16: Buffalo at Montreal, TBA x-Monday, May 18: Montreal at Buffalo, TBA

Carolina 4, Philadelphia 0

Saturday, May 2: Carolina 3, Philadelphia 0 Monday, May 4: Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Thursday, May 7: Carolina 4, Philadelphia 1 Saturday, May 9: Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT

WESTERN CONFERENCE Vegas 2, Anaheim 2

Monday, May 4: Vegas 3, Anaheim 1 Wednesday, May 6: Anaheim 3, Vegas 1 Friday, May 8: Vegas 6, Anaheim 2 Sunday, May 10: Anaheim 4, Vegas 3 Tuesday, May 12: Anaheim at Vegas, n Thursday, May 14: Vegas at Anaheim, TBA x-Saturday, May 16: Anaheim at Vegas, TBA

Colorado 3, Minnesota 1

Sunday, May 3: Colorado 9, Minnesota 6 Tuesday, May 5: Colorado 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday, May 9: Minnesota 5, Colorado 1 Monday, May 11: Colorado 5, Minnesota 2 Wednesday, May 13: Minn. at Colorado, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 15: Colorado at Minn., TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Minn. at Colorado, TBA

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IP H R ER BB SO New York Warren W,5-1 5 2⁄3 4 2 2 1 6 Cruz 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Bird ⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hill H,7 Bednar 1 0 0 0 0 1 Baltimore Rogers L,2-4 4 6 6 6 3 3 Walker 2 1 0 0 1 3 Cano 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kittredge 1 0 0 0 0 0 T.Wells 1 1 0 0 2 1 WP_Warren.

ABS Challenge_Cowser (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Walker (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Alonso (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Wells (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Edwin Moscoso; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Nic Lentz.

T_2:43. A_20,344 (45,971).

Pro tennis

Men’s Singles

Round of 16 Casper Ruud (23), Norway, def. Lorenzo Musetti (8), Italy, 6-3, 6-1.

Karen Khachanov (13), Russia, def. Dino Prizmic, Croatia, 6-1, 7-6 (2).

Rafael Jodar (32), Spain, def. Learner Tien (19), United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Jannik Sinner (1), Italy, def. Andrea Pellegrino, Italy, 6-2, 6-3.

Luciano Darderi (18), Italy, def. Alexander Zverev (2), Germany, 1-6, 7-6 (10), 6-0.

Andrey Rublev (12), Russia, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Martin Landaluce, Spain, def. Hamad Medjedovic, Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.

Daniil Medvedev (7), Russia, def. Thiago Agustin Tirante, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2.

Men’s Doubles

Round of 16 Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (2), Argentina, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Robert Galloway, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, Austria, def. Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz (6), Germany, 7-6 (10), 7-6 (4).

Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Marcelo Arevalo (5), El Salvador, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Hugo Nys, Monaco, 7-5, 6-3.

Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia, France, def. Joe Salisbury, Britain, and Francisco Cabral (8), Portugal, 7-5, 6-3.

Christian Harrison, United States, and Neal Skupski (4), Britain, def. Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner, Germany, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9.

Atlanta

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1911 — Detroit’s Ty Cobb hit his first grand slam. After six innings, the Tigers led the Red Sox, 10-1. Boston came back to win the game 13-11 in 10 innings.

1911 — The New York Giants scored a major league record 10 runs before the St. Louis Cardinals retired the first batter in the first inning. Fred Merkle drove in six of the Giants’ 13 runs in the first en route to a 19-5 rout.

1923 — Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians struck out twice in one game for the first time in his career. Washington Senator rookie Wally Warmoth was the pitcher. In a 14-year career, Sewell had only one other multiple strikeout game.

1942 — Boston’s Jim Tobin became the only pitcher in modern history to hit three home runs in one game. Tobin led the Braves to a 6-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.

His fourth at-bat was a fly ball caught against the fence in left field.

1955 — At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the first time in his major league career.

1958 — Teammates Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each had four long hits as San Francisco beat the Dodgers in Los Angeles 16-9. Mays had two homers, two triples, a single and four RBIs, and Spencer had two homers, a triple, a double and six RBIs for a combined 28 total bases.

1958 — Stan Musial got his 3,000th hit with a pinch-double off Chicago’s Moe Drabowsky at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals won 5-3.

1969 — Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs reaches the 1,500 runs batted in milestone

with seven RBI in a 19-0 shellacking of the expansion San Diego Padres.

1976 — For the sixth consecutive game, George Brett of the Kansas City Royals collects at least three hits.

1980 — Ray Knight of Cincinnati hit two home runs in the fifth inning — including a grand slam — to lead the Reds to a 15-4 rout of the New York Mets. 7.

1982 — The Chicago Cubs won game No. 8,000 in their history with a 5-0 victory over Houston at the Astrodome.

1989 — Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins tied a major league record with four doubles against the Blue Jays. He became the 35th player to hit four doubles in a game, the first since Toronto’s Damaso Garcia in 1986.

1993 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hits his 300th career home run in the 6th inning of a 7-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Brett is only the 6th major league player with at least 3,000 hits and 300 home runs.

1994 — Tim Salmon of the California Angels went 5-for-5 against the Seattle Mariners to give him 13 hits over three consecutive games.

2000 — Todd Stottlemyre of Arizona earned his seventh victory of the season as the Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 6-2. It was Todd’s 136th career win. He and father Mel Stottlemyre became the first father-son combination to record 300 wins.

2001 — Alex Rodriguez becomes the fifth-youngest big leaguer to hit his 200th career home run, at 25 years and 289 days.

Mel Ott accomplished the feat in 1934 at the youngest age (25 years, 144 days).

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St. Charles shortstop gets turn Jesuit announces to play for baseball state title Bairnsfather as

athletic director

youngest Pregeant brother leads team to state final

Administrator has extensive Catholic League experience

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE

Staff writer

Dax Pregeant watched from the bleachers when older brother Cade Pregeant played his final game in a St. Charles Catholic uniform while competing for a state championship.

“I remember him coming on the mound with a hurt arm,” Dax said.

“He knew he was hurt, and he still shoved. That’s what he does.”

Now comes Dax’s turn to end his high school career with a state title on the line.

The leadoff hitting shortstop has starred on a St. Charles team that will open the best-of-three Division II select series against top-seeded Vandebilt Catholic on Thursday in Sulphur.

Pregeant, a Murray State football signee, was a key factor in the team’s most recent win — a 4-1 victory that completed a semifinal sweep of Teurlings Catholic, the state champion last season.

St. Charles turned three double plays — with Pregeant in the mix on all of them. Another impressive play came with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth inning, when he snagged a one-hopper up the middle and made a backhanded flip to second baseman Landree LeBlanc for a force out that kept Teurlings from scoring.

“I could just tell by his jump he was going to get to it,” said LeBlanc, who has played in the middle infield with Pregeant since their childhood travel-ball days together.

Pregeant started the game with an infield single and scored on LeBlanc’s RBI single for a 1-0 lead.

He later drew a walk that loaded the bases during a two-run sixth that made the score 4-0.

He also starred on the state championship football team last fall — an all-state safety with more than 100 tackles and three interceptions, along with being the

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

STAFF FILE PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

St. Charles senior Dax Pregeant rounds the bases after hitting a home run against Destrehan last season.

LHSAA state baseball tournament pairings Finals (Best-of-3 series) Thursday-Saturday At McMurry Park, Sulphur

Division I select

No. 1 Brother Martin vs. No. 2 Catholic-BR

Division II select

No. 1 Vandebilt Catholic vs. No. 2 St. Charles

Division III select

No. 1 University High vs. No. 2 Newman

holder on Tyler Milioto’s 44-yard field goal that won the title game against Shaw.

The football team reached the state finals after an uncharacteristically early playoff exit in the second round the prior year. Baseball also had an early exit last season, losing in the quarterfinals.

“I think last year we kind of went through the motions and thought we would just get here, because that’s what the classes have done before us,” Pregeant said. “We realized it took a lot more work than that. You got to push every day to get where you want to be.”

Pregeant, with a .320 batting average and 31 stolen bases along with a 1.68 ERA in 161/ 2 innings, is

the last of three brothers to come through St. Charles. Cade is the oldest, followed by Bryce, another multi-sport athlete.

“Each one of them will have been able to end their career after a state championship game, win or lose,” said the boys’ father, Drew Pregeant, a former Louisiana Tech baseball player. Drew and his wife, Lisa, graduated from St. Charles together in 1991.

In Cade’s senior year, he pitched three innings of relief in a semifinal win against Lafayette Christian. In the state final that year, the shortstop moved to the mound with the bases loaded in the second inning and escaped the jam, lasting into the fifth inning before Notre Dame pulled away in the sixth.

Cade went on to play in college at Northwestern State and now Lamar University for his final college season. During Dax’s game Sunday, Cade homered in the second inning of his game. He homered again later in the game — his only two home runs this season.

Two careers coming to an end.

This time, it will be Dax who is playing his final games for St. Charles.

proud history, and our responsibility is to honor that history by developing each student into the man that God made him to be.”

Jesuit selected Bairnsfather after a national search that drew candidates and included interviews from multiple states, Catholic schools, independent schools and public-school athletic programs, the release said.

Bairnsfather has extensive experience in the Catholic League after multiple years as a teacher and head football coach at Shaw and Holy Cross.

“Coach Bairnsfather has earned the respect of our coaches because he understands their work, supports their programs, and holds himself to the same standards he expects of others,” Jesuit principal Jeremy Reuther said in a release.

With Bairnsfather’s promotion, wrestling coach Jonathan Orillion — a 2001 Jesuit graduate—will step into the assistant athletic director role in the fall.

Moreau, who announced in February his decision to leave the AD position, will assume the role of emeritus athletic director.

Jesuit did not need to look far to find its next athletic director.

The school on Tuesday announced Scott Bairnsfather as the athletic director in place of the retiring Dave Moreau after his 40-plus years at the school.

Bairnsfather has been at Jesuit since 2017 in a variety of roles — as a teacher, department chair, assistant athletic director and football coach. His current role has him managing athletic schedules, coordinating budgets and working closely with coaches across Jesuit’s athletic programs.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to serve Jesuit in this role,” Bairnsfather said in a release from the school. “Our coaches care deeply about our students, and I look forward to supporting them as we continue building programs that develop young men Contact Christopher Dabe at for others. Jesuit athletics has a cdabe@theadvocate.com

Scott Bairnsfather, seen in 2020 coaching Jesuit football players during a game, has been announced as the school’s new AD. FILE PHOTO

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Night of festivities to revere oyster culture

BY IAN McNULTY Staff writer

Raw, fried or chargrilled are only the start of growing options for oyster lovers around New Orleans these days. Now, there are also wild reef oysters or the newer cultivated type, and within that realm, there are more producers with their own brand names turning up on menus.

One night this week, there will be even more places to sample the Gulf’s abundance and variety, and a mission for the shells afterward to help protect Louisiana’s coastline.

This Thursday, May 14, is the return of Chefs Brigade’s OysterNight, with more than 90 restaurants, bars and taprooms around New Orleans, Metairie and the northshore offering oyster specials.

OysterNight creators call it a celebration of Louisiana oyster culture, and a way for people to connect with the local harvest as coastal conditions and farming methods are changing.

OysterNight debuted last year in conjunction with Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. It was created by Troy Gilbert, founder of Chefs Brigade, a local nonprofit formed in 2020 to support restaurants as the coronavirus crisis was shutting them down. The grassroots group paid otherwise idled restaurants to cook for first responders and healthcare workers and eventually supplied some 3.7 million meals. Many restaurants credit that work with keeping their businesses alive in the pandemic struggle.

STAFF PHOTOS By IAN McNULTy

Larry Thompson created Mr. Shrimp’s Kitchen from his seafood delivery business to become a restaurant for seasonal boiled seafood, fried and sauteed dishes, now in Marrero.

eatgood Look good, smell good,

They call him Mr. Shrimp but you can now snap up crawfish at his new West Bank restaurant

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Oysters are on ice at P&J Oyster Co. in New Orleans.

Deals, specials People participate by ordering featured oyster specials on Thursday. Shells will be collected for the Oyster Shell Recycling Program, from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.

The list of restaurants and bars participating in OysterNight includes some that normally serve oysters and others adding oysters or augmenting their offerings for the project.

Some are bringing in pop-up oyster bars for the night.

For instance, Reginelli’s Pizzeria locations will serve its oyster Reginelli pizza, a roasted riff on oysters Rockefeller, while Acme Oyster House locations will open four different specialty oysters at their raw bars to sample side by side (including La Belle, Lady Nellie, Little Moon and Salty Coast oysters).

In the Irish Channel, Miel Brewery hosts the Apres Vous pop-up raw bar for Brightside Oysters from Grand Isle, while in the Lower Garden District the Tell Me wine bar will have the NOLA Oyster Queen pop-up serving the same, Greta’s Sushi for oyster nigiri and oyster shooters from Half Shell Vodka (a spirit filtered using oyster shells).

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ne of the ways Mr. Shrimp has built his name is by turning up at customers’ doors with orders of fresh seafood. During the dark WHERE days of the pandemic, his NOLA deliveries were a bright spot for many. The food was EATS delicious; the bounce of his Subscribe personality was uplifting. to our free Now the customers come newsletter Boiled crawfish with turkey necks and sausage fills a takeout to his door, and it’s a new for all the latest carton at Mr. Shrimp’s Kitchen, a seafood restaurant in Marrero. one.

Mr. Shrimp is the busifood news. ness name and alter ego Visit nola.com/ “We’re bringing them back of Larry Thompson, who to ’90s,” Mr. Shrimp announced nolaeats turned his delivery busiwhile serving a carton of boiled crawfish with turkey necks ness into a restaurant a and sausage. “It’s that feeling few years ago. In April, of family and good times from he relocated to a Marrero back then, the backyard parties. strip mall with an expandI think we need more of that ed menu of new dishes now, that’s all we want to feel.” running alongside his repertoire of Mr. Shrimp’s redfish royale “Look good, smell good, eat good,” standards. is a specialty served over The sign out front is pretty small; ä See MR. SHRIMP, page 2D the personality inside is big, as usual. crabcakes.

BITES IN BRIEF: STAFF REPORTS

3 restaurants closing near downtown New Orleans Habana Outpost is a patio restaurant for Mexican and Cuban flavors on the edge of the French Quarter, built in what had been a longderelict gas station.

STAFF FILE PHOTO

By IAN McNULTy

Three restaurants in downtown New Orleans announced last week they are closing, days after the end of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival marked the beginning of the end of tourist season.

Habana Outpost, a Cuban and Mexican restaurant that transformed a long vacant edge of the French Quarter after years of community opposition, closed Wednesday after two

years in business.

Bratz Y’all! is set to close on May 31, ending nine years of German food, beer and live music on Piety Street.

And after more than 50 years in business, the owners of Leni’s Cafe in downtown New Orleans have announced the restaurant will serve its last meal on May 29.

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A 44-year friendship at risk over $4 lll

asked this longtime friend if she Dear Annie: I have had a close friend for 44 years. We have been would pick up a box of tea for me.

It cost $4. through marriages, chilA few days later, we met dren, illnesses, holidays, at bingo, and she brought losses and all the ordinary me the tea. I thought I had ups and downs that come smaller bills, but when I with a friendship that lasts looked in my purse, I only nearly half a century. That had two $20 bills. I got is why something very Annie up to go to the canteen to small has hurt me more Lane make change, but another than I expected.

DEAR ANNIE friend offered to break a Recently, I was very ill $20 for me. for three weeks with vomAs soon as I sat back down, my iting, then bronchitis, and I ended friend leaned over and said, “Did up in the hospital over Easter. you get the change for the $4?” It Because I was still recovering, I

wasn’t just the words. It was the tone and the look on her face. It felt as if she thought I might not pay her back.

I was stunned. In 44 years, I have never failed to repay her or anyone else. I am not someone who “forgets” debts, even tiny ones. I was also feeling fragile after being so sick, which may be why this hit me so hard. Still, I cannot shake the feeling that she doubted my character over $4.

I paid her, of course, but now I feel awkward and hurt. Part of me thinks I should let it go be-

cause it was only $4. Another part of me feels that after 44 years of friendship, she should know me better.

How do I process this without turning a small moment into a big fight? Should I say something, or should I chalk it up to a bad tone, a bad day and a very unfortunate cup of tea? — Steeped in Hurt Dear Steeped in Hurt: After 44 years, one awkward sentence should not be allowed to burn down the whole teahouse.

You were sick, tired and tender, so her tone landed hard. She

may have been rude, or she may simply have been focused on the money in an ungraceful moment.

Say gently, “I know it was only $4, but the way you asked made me feel like you didn’t trust me.

That hurt.” Then stop talking and let her answer.

Long friendships survive little bruises when both people are brave enough to name them and kind enough not to enlarge them.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators. com.

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Mr. Shrimp’s Kitchen is a seafood restaurant for boiled seasonal seafood, fried and sauteed dishes, now in Marrero.

MR. SHRIMP Continued from page 1D

is another of Mr. Shrimp’s current catchphrases, emblazoned on a wall mural.

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On the menu This counter service restaurant is centered on boiled seafood, and crawfish are the star item right now.

Mr. Shrimp’s own branded boil mix, dubbed “Throw It in the Pot,” brings a robust spice without being spicy hot. The spice accentuates the sweet-savory balance of the shellfish itself.

The menu has salads, including the “pretty salad” topped with a plank of salmon, along with seafood pastas and po-boys, called “rich boys” here. Some new additions include fried salmon bites and fried crab claws with fries, ready to dunk in hot sauce or ranch dressing.

“Mr. Shrimp’s redfish royale” is another new dish with a ’90s throwback appeal. The fish is sauteed and plated over a pair of crabcakes topped with sautéed vegetables and lemony butter sauce.

“I have a collection of 300 recipes; we’ll be working

Today is Wednesday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2026. There are 232 days left in the year.

Today in history: On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress formally declared war against Mexico, following battles along the disputed U.S.-Mexico border in the preceding weeks; the Mexican-American War would continue for nearly two years until the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.

Also on this date: In 1940, in his first speech to the House of Commons as British prime minister, Winston Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

In 1973, in tennis’ first so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, California.

(Billie Jean King soundly defeated Riggs at the Houston Astrodome later that year.)

In 1980, a tornado struck downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing five people and injuring 79.

In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

(Agca was sentenced to life in prison in Italy in July 1981, but was pardoned in 2000 at the Pope’s request.)

In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as a police helicopter dropped two bombs onto the group’s row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people (including five children) and destroyed 61 homes.

In 1995, British climber Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, without bottled oxygen or the help of sherpas. (The following August, she was one of several climbers to die in a sudden, fierce storm while descending from the pinnacle of K2, the world’s

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Habana Outpost closing

Fried salmon bites are on the menu at Mr. Shrimp’s Kitchen. more in,” Thompson said.

Becoming Mr. Shrimp Back in 2019, Thompson was working as a truck driver. He came to cooking by caring for his ailing father through a cancer battle.

Thompson cooked for him, and the praise his father gave him stirred something within.

From his home in Lestelle, on the road to the fishing docks of Laffite, he started a delivery business connecting shrimpers with restaurant clients in the city.

Chefs enthused over the quality and name-checked

Mr. Shrimp on their menus.

When the pandemic arrived and the restaurant world changed overnight, he took up home delivery of seafood and catering seafood boils. His following grew, in no small part due to the personality and goodwill Thompson brought to these hand-to-hand transactions.

He first opened Mr. Shrimp’s Kitchen in the food court of the Riverwalk Mall in 2023. That closed last fall.

The new Marrero location adds a late-night option on the West Bank, serving until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Continued from page 1D Pascal’s Manale Restaurant is extending its oyster happy hour all day (3 p.m. until closing), and serving both reef oysters and specialty Bayside Oysters from Grand Isle, with Bayside farmer Kirk Curole joining the restaurant’s resident shucking master Thomas “Uptown T” Stewart at the oyster bar.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER And while it’s called OysterNight, some of the Oysters from around the country and around the Gulf Coast specials start early, like at are the specialty of Sidecar Patio & Oyster Bar. breakfast spot Riccobono’s Panola Street Café, serving different types of oysters reef rehabilitation effort. a P&J Oyster Rockefeller and preparations from one Oyster reefs provide habieggs Benedict. stop to the next. tat for marine life (including Numerous participat- more oysters) and serve as Chart an ‘oyster crawl’ ing restaurants clustered a buffer against further land The network Chefs Bri- together in Bucktown and loss, breaking up the wave gade built was the frame- the West End, Lakeview energy approaching fragwork for OysterNight, and Mid-City, downtown or ile coastal features. Shells which this year has almost the French Quarter present make ideal building matedoubled in the number of easy itineraries for a pro- rial for such reefs, and now participating restaurants. more of the shells that would gressive meal.

They’re arranged by “We hope people to go out otherwise be discarded at neighborhood and mapped and try a few places, really area restaurants are now on the Chefs Brigade web- sample the merroir,” said going into these rebuilding projects. site, with specialty dishes Gilbert.

OysterNight should create listed for each. Gilbert is encouraging people to make a haul of spent shells, and See OysterNight a night of OysterNight and these will join the Coalition restaurants and specials visit different spots as an to Restore Coastal Louisi- at chefsbrigade.org/oyster“oyster crawl,” sampling ana’s ongoing recycling and night.

Habana Outpost opened in 2023 at the corner of North Rampart Street and Esplanade Avenue, serving Cuban sandwiches, street corn, tacos and margaritas from a once-blighted gas station reimagined as a vibrant, subtropical space.

Owner Sean Meenan said he is closing the restaurant to focus on family. He plans to continue operating his nonprofit, HavanaWorks, and to “contribute to the city that’s contributed so much to my family and me.”

Its closure is the latest in a string of French Quarter area eateries to shutter in the last two years, joining a list including Palace Cafe, China Moon Wok and Justine. Most recently, Checkpoint Charlie on Frenchmen Street closed as part of a three-property acquisition slated for conversion into a hotel and boutique venue.

A New York native, former boxing champion and founding adviser to Etsy, Meenan opened the first Habana Outpost in Brooklyn in 2005 as an offshoot of Cafe Habana in Manhattan.

The restaurant drew attention for its menu, openair setting and environmentally focused approach, billing itself as New York’s first solar-powered restaurant and incorporating features like rainwater collection.

Its profile grew after Lenny Kravitz filmed a music video there, and Meenan later expanded the brand to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Malibu and Tokyo.

After relocating to New Orleans in 2012, Meenan began planning to open the restaurant in the city.

His efforts were met with nearly a decade of opposition and lawsuits from residents and city leaders, who argued the restaurant would disrupt the character of the French Quarter and encroach on a residential area.

Habana Outpost ultimately opened with sustainability at its core, from compostable tableware converted to soil for farm-

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ing to geothermal systems used to cool equipment — part of Meenan’s effort “to be connected to the community in a more substantive way.”

Only Coffee, a coffee window specializing in espresso-filled ice cream cones, opened in the same building as Habana Outpost earlier this year. It will remain open and is hosting several events later in May, according to its Instagram page.

Bratz Y’all closing After learning that the rent would increase at his Bywater biergarten, Sven Vorkauf gathered his staff last week to announce that Bratz Y’all would close.

“I really gave my heart to this place,” Vorkauf said shortly afterward. “I’m 55, and have to start all over again.”

Its closure marks the end of the only German restaurant in New Orleans, decades after the city lost Kolb’s, which served German fare on St. Charles Avenue from 1899 to 1994.

A Berlin native, Vorkauf revived the city’s German food scene when he debuted Bratz Y’all! as a food booth at the Freret Street Market in 2012, two years after moving to New Orleans.

He initially served bratwurst sandwiches before expanding the menu with dishes that blended German and New Orleans flavors, including a schnitzel sandwich topped with crawfish remoulade slaw.

After building a local following — and winning the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival in his first year as a vendor, then four more times afterward — Vorkauf decided to open a permanent location.

Bratz Y’all! opened in the Bywater in 2017, as Piety Street continued evolving into the entertainment hub

second-highest peak.)

In 2012, 49 mutilated bodies were found dumped along a Mexican highway near the northern city of Monterrey in killings authorities blamed on fighting among rival drug gangs.

In 2016, the Obama administration issued a directive requiring public schools to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Harvey Keitel is 87. Musician Stevie Wonder is 76.

Screenwriter-producer David Simon (“The Wire”) is 67. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 65. TV host/comedian Stephen Colbert is 62. Musician Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 60.

Actor Samantha Morton is 49. Actor-writer-director Lena Dunham is 40. Actor Robert Pattinson is 40.

Actor Debby Ryan is 33.

Country musician Morgan Wallen is 33. Actor Mika Abdalla is 26.

it is today, following the earlier arrivals of Pizza Delicious and Crescent City Park. Tucked behind Pizza Delicious, the restaurant embodied the spirit of a traditional German biergarten, with a patio illuminated by pendant lights, giant barrels repurposed as tables and a carved service window beside a chalkboard listing the daily specials where patrons placed their orders.

Though the restaurant remained a neighborhood fixture, Vorkauf began facing mounting challenges last year, when an eviction notice was posted on the door of the building’s back room — a space long used for events such as Oktoberfest celebrations and weddings.

Then, last week, his landlords told him that the rent would increase. After a tumultuous year — including his wife’s breast cancer diagnosis, from which she has since recovered — Vorkauf said he could no longer keep up with rising costs, especially with the arrival of summer, a notoriously slow season for New Orleans restaurants.

“The phoenix will come out of the ashes,” he said.

Leni’s Cafe closing Leni’s Cafe, an old-school, lunch counter-style diner has served breakfast, poboys and daily specials to downtown workers for decades at 741 Baronne St. Pete Patselikos bought the no-frills restaurant in 1978, “from another Greek man who had run it since the 1950s and claimed it had been a restaurant dating back to World War I,” food writer Ian McNulty said in his 2013 review of the restaurant. Mr. Patselikos said he made few changes after purchasing it because customers were already accustomed to the comfortfood staple.

Owner Pete Patselikos said on social media that he and his wife, Despina “Deb” Patselikos, have decided to retire.

“We have had the privilege of serving generations of customers, many of whom have become like family,” Leni’s Cafe said in the Facebook post, the restaurant said in its Facebook post.

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Nell Nolan

SOCIETY Contact: nnolan@theadvocate.com

Marjorie Parker, Madison Paige Andrews, Linda Sevalia

PHOTOS By JEFF STROUT

n Sororal Salutes The 19th annual Pearls of Pride and Promise Cotillion amassed members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.| Omicron Lambda Omega Chapter to the Celestin Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel for a gala event. Titled “‘Becoming Her:’ The Essence of Excellence,” it was presented

by Crescent City OLQ Charitable Organization, which is chaired by Linda Barry Sevalia.

More important names are Omicron Lambda Chapter President Marjorie Parker and Dr. Yolonda Wornner Prevost, 2025-2026 cotillion chairman and ball captain, who opened the formalities with an introduction and welcome. Further program principals were, in turn, cotillion ball co-chair Judge Charlene Larche-Mason and cotillion co-chair Arlette Armour Jackson; mistress of ceremonies Tara Lampton Johnson; the 2026 “Pearls” mothers and escorts; the 2025 majesty, Miss Kelsey Amyri McPherson, queen legacy; president Marjorie Parker; debutantes and fathers, and then escorts, for the cotillion waltz; awards chair Nedra Alcorn for presentations; and Mss. Sevalia and Parker for acknowledgments.

LaShanda Prevost was the choreographer and 45 women served on the cotillion committee. The closing moments spotlighted the grand curtsy by the members of Omicron Lambda Omega Chapter.

All hailed as debutantes Miss Madison Paige Andrews, daughter of AKA member Traci Perry and Ronald Andrews, as queen. She was escorted by Miles Morton, one of 22 escorts. The respective first, second, third and fourth maids and their parents were Misses Laila Nicole Cooper, Nicole Cooper and the late Maj. Kelvin K. Cooper; Trinity Renay Wilson, Erica Singleton-Thompson and Xavier Wilson; Kimberly Reese Buckner, whose mother is Kimberly Reese; and

Lesli Harris, Shawn Lindsey, Paulette Irons

Marleigh Laraque, Trinity Wilson, Laila Cooper, Kimberly Buckner Seated: Layla Gourrier, Brea Evans; standing: Peyton Dunn, Saya Ducros, Dynasti Clark

Brea Hines, Karina Brown, Laila LeBeouf Marleigh Xavier Laraque, Shantel Ramsey Batiste and Jean Paul Batiste Sr. Additional debutantes and parents were Misses Cade Myka-Ann

Alphonse, Nicole E. Martin and Ardel D. Alphonse; Karina Angelique Brown,Tina and Kevin Brown; Dynasti Trinity Clark, Sasha Williams; Saya Vivian Ducros, Shantelle Ducros; Peyton Milan Dunn, Melanie G. and Andrew Dunn; Brea Alona Evans, Marcia Goff Evans and William Evans; Layla Marie Gourrier, LaCine Bertrand-Gourrier and Kevin Gourrier Jr.; Brea Rheann Hines, Kandi Francis; and Allynah Cire Lazard, Gelon Brandon and Eric Lazard.

Also, Laila Camille LeBeouf, Robinique and Larry LeBeouf; Braelyn Marie Martin, Chanelle Smith and Brelon Martin; Addisyn Maria Matthews, Charlinda Matthews and Avery Matthews Sr.; Kennedy Gabrielle Seals, Glory Carter Seals and Kenneth Seals; Victoria Louise Steib, Dr. Larissa

Cole Newton, Jackie Silverman

n Sheltering The alliterative (and rather homonymic) Bubbles and Bubbly titled a late-afternoon fundraiser in the Arbor Room at Popp Fountain in City Park to benefit the New Orleans Women’s & Children’s Shelter (NOWCS), the “only homeless shelter for intact families (including fathers) and PHOTOS By REAGAN LAQUE the largest homeless shelter for women Lisa and David Schlakman, Dawn Bradley-Fletcher, Shaun Mena and children in the Metro area.” During the past nine years, it has assisted more than 4,700 parents and children. Gulf Coast Bank & Trust was the Presenting Sponsor and youngsters under 12 attended free.

Promised, and delivered, was an evening of fabulous food, drinks, entertainment, games for kids and a silent auction.

Brheanna Boudreaux, WWL-TV anchor, repeated her role as event chair — and was duly appreciated and thanked. Further notables were NOWCS Board President David Schlakman with spouse Lisa, and founders Dan and Jackie Silverman, along with state Rep. Shaun Mena, New Orleans City Council member Lesli Harris, Elizabeth and Elizabeth and Slade Simons Slade Simons, Pippy Newton and T. Cole Newton, Gretchen Hirt Gendron, Melissa Vandiver,Ari Ferrand-Goodwin, Ginger Spencer, Karen Matthews, Bonnie Dye,Amy Dye Domangue and Brant, Drs. Julie Wang and Alfred Luk, Stephanie Willis, Seanne and James Falconer, and Andrea Ramsel. Awards for service to NOWCS tapped Slade Simons, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust; Mandy May, NOLA Bombshells; and Karen Matthews, NOWCS volunteer.

They, and others, admired the entrance decorations of large white balloon installations with 6-foot champagne bottle cutouts, and the signature purple white tablecloths that topped the tables where guests sat to enjoy donated purveyance by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Lucy Lee’s Confectionary, Market Wego, Crescent City Meat Co., and the NOWCS staff’s chef. Spirits came from three generous donors.

Punctuating the dining were hops up to bid on the 131 auction items (chief of which was a Pelicans VIP Experience donated by Keesler Federal Credit Union), as well as to test luck at the punch wall’s 80 items and the Crystal of Hope raffle donated by Earth Odyssey. More cause to move about came via DJ Captain Charles (Charles Leach), who spun the hits the crowd wanted to hear.

Seated: Braelyn Martin, Jasmine Williams, Allynah Lazard; standing: Addisyn Matthews, Kennedy Seals, Keilani Wicker, Jalin Williams Sean K. Johnson Jr. Several escorted relatives, especially sisters.

The youngest members of Pearls and Promise were princesses Lailah Avaé Bradstreet, Leonard and Arie Bradstreet; Saige Dior Nichols, Shantrice Nichols and Telemarcus Major; and Brylei Prevost, Jolisa Lombas; and pages Royce Saint Savage Brown, Naima Savage and Cale Brown; and Landon Morton Cook, Kelly Morton Cook and Vincent Cook. Their respective OLQ sponsors were members Chantell Washington, Kimberly McPherson, LaKeisha C. Victoria Steib, Cade Alphonse Ricks, and above Linda Sevalia and Kelly Morton Cook. Socializing Littleton-Steib and Kyle Steib; Keilani Niam- followed the formalities.

In 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha ya Diondri Wicker,Trina Wicker; Jalin Monet Sorority, Inc. became America’s Williams, James and Erica Williams; and first Greek letter organization esJasmine Mariah Williams, Dr. Chantell Washington-Williams and Hasson Williams. tablished by Black college womThe escorts, in addition to Mr. en. The recent Pearls of Pride Morton, were Messrs. Chase Cooper, and Promise Cotillion provided Reese Douglas, Chase Barrow,Todd Joseph an opportunity for young women Laraque Jr., Cole Alphonse, Saint Alexander to have a formal introduction to Durand, Joynal Abdin Jr., Carter Larchesociety, along with support and Mason, Myron May, John Terrance Carter Jr., guidance, to become successful Kaiden Baptiste, Korbyn Baptiste, Jabaree young women in our community.

Monday, Seth Ducros, Jamai Johnigan, In addition, all of the young peoMyles Williams, Kendrick Powell, Blake ple spotlighted reveled in fun and Steib, Brady P. Mitchell, Eric Plaisance, and friendship.

n Rights Once again, The Building on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. was the site for the night when the neighboring Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights held its annual fundraiser, the 10th one. Venue owners Connie and Christian Labat rated thanks aplenty. It was also the 20th year of LCCR’s work in the community.

A first for the PHOTOS By JEFF STROUT event was the Caroline McArthur, Miles Thomas, Jackson Thomas, Scott presentation of Burns the Diamonique Whaley Champion of Justice Award (with family members attending) that went to artist Journey Allen, founder of Spectrum Arts NOLA, for her work helping incarcerated youths “to engage healing through arts education.”

Two short videos produced Carlos Pollard, Wendy Hickok, Nick Marshall

by Heiress Marketing Carla Laroche, Allison showed, in turn, the ways LCCR supports Shapiro Dandry legal system-impacted young people, and a testimonial from a teen client, now on a good path.

The three raffles produced as winners a group from the Sessions Israel & Shartle Law Firm; Damia Khanboubi-Delahoussaye; and Miles and Rebecca Thomas.

Sweet Anoni’s Catering and Bakery fed the flock, Kristen Rome, Journey Allen who cast admiring eyes on The Building’s African American art that lined the walls.

Headliners included Celebration 2026 host committee members Allie Shapiro Dandry, Eileen Gleason, Carla Laroche, and Kaye Courington. Also, state Sen. Royce Duplessis; Judges Robin Pittman, Nandi Campbell, and Leon Roche; and Aaron Clark-Rizzio, former LCCR executive director. And, with titles, Thelma French, Gina Womack, Sarah Omojola, Kyla Romanach, Jared and Keshona Harris, Susan and Hervin Guidry, Georgiana and Ira Platt, Michelle and Anderson Baker,Wendy Hickok and Nick Marshall, a slew of lawyers, and about 150 others.

All rejoiced when the funds were tallied. More than $137,000 was raised, a new record for LCCR and Children’s Rights.

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How you spend your time will map out how you feel about yourself. cANcER (June 21-July 22) Be bold, aggressive and thoughtful when dealing with others, and you will have a positive impact on how situations unfold. Channeling your energy into being the best version of yourself will make you feel good.

LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Listen, learn, take notes and use the information you gather to elaborate on something you want to pursue. Actions speak louder than words and are more difficult for others to manipulate.

VIRGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Whether you are looking to enhance your skills, knowledge, experience or lifestyle, putting a plan in place that's doable will give you the strength and confidence to proceed.

LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 23) Sign up for something that will raise your awareness and give you something to consider that will encourage a positive lifestyle change.

A motion or signal someone offers will resonate with you. scoRPIo (oct. 24-Nov. 22) Hang on tight and move like the wind. Explore what's

available to you and how you can incorporate your dreams into an opportunity that may seem far-fetched to others but resonates with you. sAGIttARIus (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Stick close to home. Give yourself a chance to digest what's happening around you and find a place where you fit in and can apply what you do best to bring about positive change. cAPRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Hold tight.

Now isn't the time to make waves.

Observation is your friend and will help you dissect what you are up against and how to deliver the best option or outlet for change.

AQuARIus (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Money matters, and putting a budget in place before starting something will ease stress and keep you on track with your plans. Talk to experts and get second opinions.

PIscEs (Feb. 20-March 20) Financial discussions will help you decide what you can afford. Work with the numbers, manage your money and search for alternative means and methods to create the lifestyle you desire.

ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Get moving.

Exercise, conversations and being part of where the action is will elevate your creative imagination, giving way to something that excites you. Refuse to let what others say influence you.

The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

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By PHILLIP ALDER Jean Nidetch, a co-founder of Weight Watchers, said, “It’s choice — not chance — that determines your destiny.” At the bridge table, sometimes chance does determine your destiny. For example, when you are in a contract that depends solely on a finesse. But much more often, your choices are the determining factor.

In today’s deal, West had two choices on the first round of the auction: to make a takeout double or to overcall one notrump. Here, the double would have worked much better, because it would not have placed all of the missing honors in his hand. But West preferred one no-trump because it defined his hand strength much more accurately than double.

Against four hearts, West led the diamond queen. How did South plan the play?

North’s decision to jump to three hearts worked well. Anything less and his side probably would not have reached game.

Declarer was faced with four potential losers: one heart and three clubs. And since only 16 points were missing, West was marked with the heart king and club ace. South saw that his only chance was an endplay.

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today’s thought “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. you cannot serve God and mammon.”

Matthew 6:24 It’s all or nothing as far as God is concerned. Who are you serving? — G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

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The Bond shall be signed by the surety's agent or attor‐ ney-in-fact, and shall be in favor of the Orleans Parish School Board.

FOR: Mechanical Re‐ placement @ William Guste School 2625 Thalia Street New Orleans, LA 70113 PROJECT NUMBER: ITB25FAC-0018 Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments may be obtained from: Crumb Engineering, LLC 4609 Fairfield Street Metairie, LA 70006 Attn: Jason Crumb jcrumb@crumbengine ering.com 504-455-4450 Bid documents will be emailed by Architect or a downloadable link will be provided to obtain bid documents in PDF for‐ mat.

All Bids must be accom‐ panied by bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of the Base Bid and all Alter‐ nates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or the Orleans Parish School Board Bid Bond Form written by a surety com‐ pany licensed to do busi‐ ness in Louisiana, signed by the surety's agency or attorney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service list of approved bonding companies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it ob‐ ligates itself in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A - rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide.

If surety qualifies by virtue of its Best's listing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten per‐ cent of policyholders' surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the Orleans Parish School Board, and shall be accompanied by ap‐ propriate power of attor‐ ney. No Bid Bond indicat‐ ing an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is accept‐ able.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond written by a company li‐ censed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Con‐ tract amount.

Surety must be listed currently on the U. S. Department of Treasury Financial Management Service List (Treasury List) as ap‐ proved for an amount equal to or greater than the contract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana. If the Surety is not listed on the Trea‐ sury List, and has less than an “A-“ rating (as shown in the latest edi‐ tion of A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide) the maxi‐ mum Contract amount for which that Surety may provide a Bond is $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars), or fif‐ teen percent of the Surety’s policyhold‐ ers' surplus (as shown

by Surety's most recent financial statements filed with the Louisiana Department of Insur‐ ance), whichever is less.

If the Surety is not listed on the Treasury List, and has at least an “A”- rat‐ ing or better (as shown in the latest edition of A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide), the maximum amount for Contract which that Surety may provide a Bond is fifteen percent of the Surety’s policyholders' surplus (as shown by Surety's most recent financial

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2026 at Willaim Guste School located at 2625 Thalia Street., New Orleans, LA 70113.

Attendance at this con‐ ference is NOT required but highly encouraged and Bidders are advised that they will be required to state on the Bid Form that they are familiar with the Project site lo‐ cated at 2625 Thalia Street, New Orleans, LA 70113.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification of Mechan‐ ical Work. Bidder is re‐ quired to comply with provisions and require‐ ments of LA R.S.38:2212 (A)(1)(a). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after re‐ ceipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment bids, and those re‐ quired on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC FUND‐ ING: Notice is hereby given that this Project is to be financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which will not be readily available at the time the Bids are re‐ ceived. As a result, pur‐ suant to La. R.S. 38:2215, the Owner is exempt from the requirement of acting to award the Con‐ tract or reject all Bids within forty-five (45) cal‐ endar days of receipt of the Bids. Pursuant to this Statute, the Owner specifically reserves the right to hold all Bids for greater than forty-five (45) calendar days.

The Orleans Parish School Board shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract Between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

INCORPORATION OF IN‐ STRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS INTO ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Instructions to Bid‐ ders contained in the Bid Documents (referenced above), and all require‐ ments contained therein, are incorporated into this Advertisement for Bids as if completely set forth herein.

By: Mr. Paul Lucius Executive Director of Pro‐ curement Insertion dates: (1) Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (2) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 (3) Wednesday, May 20,2026 185684-may 6-13-20-3t $318

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If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 913-27, 951-15, 951-25 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: May 6, 13 and 20, 2026 NOCP 9046 186716-may 6-13-20-3t $107.31 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Capital Projects Administration TITLE: NOPD Evidence Warehouse Hurricane Ida Repairs SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4687

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The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 909,910 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: April 29, May 6, and 13, 2026 NOCP 9040 185892-apr 29-may 6-133t $109.32

PUBLIC NOTICE --Bids will be accepted by the Board of Commis‐ sioners of the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District, a political subdi‐ vision of the State of Louisiana, c/o Michael “Mickey” Simon, CPA, P.O. Drawer 369, Ham‐ mond, LA, 70404, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for selection of a fiscal agent to enter into a three (3) year fis‐ cal agency contract for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, with the option of ex‐ tending the contract for up to two additional oneyear periods, for the de‐ posit of funds belonging to the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District.

Interested parties may obtain bid specifications by contacting Michael “Mickey” Simon, CPA, at (985) 269-7277.

Published Three Times: • Wednesday, May 6, 2026 • Monday, May 11, 2026 • Wednesday, May 13, 2026 186497-may 6-11-13-3t $332.50 PUBLIC NOTICE --INVITATION TO BID

DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%)

CITY OF GRETNA WATER TREATMENT PLANT LOUISIANA POWER SYS‐ TEMS ISO PROJECT No. 35636 AUTOMATION SYS‐ TEM UPGRADES

RELEASED ON: April 29, 2026

CITY OF GRETNA, LOUISIANA

DEADLINE TO RESPOND: May 27, 2026

Sealed Bids will be re‐ ceived by the City of Gretna in the Mayor’s Of‐ fice, Gretna City Hall, 740 2nd Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053 or elec‐ tronically through the website www.publicp urchase.com on May 27, 2026 until 9:45 a.m. local time for:

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Construction

ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

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PRE-BID CONFERENCE: May 13, 2026

TITLE: St. Bernard Nbhd Campus Stormwater Resilience Project

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If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of

CITY OF GRETNA WATER TREATMENT PLANT LOUISIANA POWER SYS‐ TEMS ISO PROJECT No. 35636, AUTOMATION SYS‐ TEM UPGRADES At 10:00 a.m. local time on the same day, in the il h b

Public Notices Bids/Proposals y Council Chambers, Gretna City Hall, Gretna, Louisiana, all Bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Without limiting the scope of work described herein, the proposed bid provides for controls up‐ grades to the existing Caterpillar switchgear (hardware and software, replacement HMI touch‐ screens, replacement relays, re‐ protective placement DC batteries, full preventive mainte‐ nance service, arc flash analysis and coordina‐ tion study, upgrade ex‐ isting Caterpillar 750 kW EMCP to version 4.2 and all other incidental work thereto.

All Bids must be in accor‐ dance with the Contract Documents on file on publicpurchase.com and at the office of BURKKLEINPETER, INC., Con‐ sulting Engineers, 2400 Veteran’s Blvd., Suite 310 Kenner, Louisiana 70062.

Copies of the Bidding Documents and Contract Documents, consisting of drawings and specifica‐ tions for use in preparing Bids may be secured from publicpur‐ chase.com or the office of BURK-KLEINPETER, INC., Consulting Engi‐ neers, 2400 Veteran’s Blvd., Suite 310 Kenner, Louisiana 70062 by li‐ censed contractors upon payment of $20.00 per set or through the website www.publicpurchase. com.

Each Bidder must obtain a contractor's license from the State of Louisiana prior to sub‐ mitting his bid.

The work for this project is classified as Electrical and/or Category IV, Mu‐ nicipal and Public Works Construction, ONLY Con‐ tractors with this classi‐ fication may submit bids for this project. Bids re‐ ceived by Contractors without this classifica‐ tion will not be opened.

Bids will be received on a unit price basis as de‐ scribed in the Contract Documents.

All work is to commence immediately after the Date of Contract. Com‐ pletion of the work is re‐ quired within 240 calen‐ dar days. All time limits commencing upon the date of issuance by reg‐ istered mail of the Owner’s “Notice to Pro‐ ceed.” security in the Bid amount of 5 percent (5%) of the total Bid must ac‐ company each Bid. The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond guaran‐ teeing faithful perfor‐ mance and the payment of all bills and obliga‐ tions arising from the performance of the con‐ tract.

Sureties will be required to meet qualifications set forth in the Contract Documents.

Bidders must attend a mandatory pre-bid con‐ ference Friday May 22, 2026 1:30 pm at the Gretna Water Plant 100 5th Street, Gretna La. 70053 to discuss the pro‐ ject. Prebid conference details are set forth in the Bidding Documents.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn within a period of 45 days after the date fixed for opening Bids.

The City of Gretna re‐ serves the right to reject all Bids, and to reject nonconforming, nonre‐ sponsive, or conditional Bids.

CITY OF GRETNA BELINDA C. CONSTANT

MONDAY ONDAY,, MAY 25TH 25T

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And will be observing the following Early Deadline: Deadline: Thursday May 21 @ 3pm

Run Date Tuesday May 26 Wednesday May 27

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MAYOR CITY OF GRETNA STATE OF LOUISIANA 185460-apr 29-may 6-1320-4t $242.76

PUBLIC NOTICE --Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived until the hour of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday May 27, 2026 at the Jef‐ ferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Administrative Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, La. 4th floor, room 411. Bid will be opened at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday May 27, 2026 and read aloud for: LEAD AMMUNITION Detailed list of specifica‐ tions is available at the above address. The Sher‐ iff, Parish of Jefferson, reserves the right to ac‐ cept or reject any and all bids in whole or in part and waive formalities.

JOSEPH LOPINTO III, SHERIFF PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA. Bid # 26-MAY-2701 ADV: The New Orleans Advocate April 29, May 5 and 13, 2026 185413 APR 29 may 5-13-3 $47.67 PUBLIC NOTICE --JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ADVERTISEMENT OF ONLINE AUCTION The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office will pro‐ ceed to sell used fleet ve‐ hicles and surplus equip‐ ment to the highest bid‐ der. The auction will be held ONLINE ONLY. The auction will open online on May 28, 2026 and close on May 29, 2026 JJKANE Southeast Region timed auction. Items will be viewable online be‐ ginning May 21, 2026. To register and view auction items, please visit www. jjkane.com. Direct all in‐ quiries to Jordan Bane at 769-231-2679.

JOSEPH LOPINTO III, SHERIFF PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA. ADV: The New Orleans Advocate Adv: May 6, 13 and 20, 2026 185434-may 6-13-20-3t

PUBLIC NOTICE --NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD COMMIS‐ SION FOR THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS INVITATION TO BID NO. 3121: CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONTINENTAL CEMENT RAIL SPURS: April 23, 2026 The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commis‐ sion for the Port of New Orleans (“NOPB”) is so‐ liciting bids for the Con‐ struction of the Conti‐ nental Cement Rail Spurs (the “Project”) in accor‐ dance with the General Conditions, Special Con‐ ditions, and Drawings at‐ tached hereto, and sub‐ ject to the terms and conditions set forth in the form agreement at‐ tached hereto (the “Agreement”).

Official bid documents are available for down‐ load from Central Bid‐ ding at www.centralbidd ing.com and the Sebcon‐ nect App. For any ques‐ tions relating to the elec‐ tronic bidding process, please call Central Bid‐ ding at 225-810-4814. The i il bl f

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y May 28, 2026, at Gillis W. Long Center (Conference Room – Building 10), 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, Louisiana 70721. Atten‐ dance at this Conference is mandatory. Prospec‐ tive bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid conference in order to submit a bid.

The Gillis W. Long Center point of contact is Curtis “Randy” Crawford, Email: curtis.r.crawford.nfg@ army.mil Facility Engi‐ neers Building 10, 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, LA 70721, Phone: (225) 319-4689.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: The NOPB will host an in person pre-bid confer‐ ence on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 10:00am C.S.T., meeting at Continental Cement’s location at 2315 France Street, New Orleans, LA, 70117.

Please bring Hard Hat, Safety Shoes, safety glasses and high visibil‐ ity vest.

NOPB CONTACT: Bidders must submit questions via email to procure‐ ment@railnola.com by Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. C.S.T. As neces‐ sary, addenda to this ITB will be issued to all bid‐ ders receiving this ITB. Questions, answers, and all forms required will be posted on Central Bid‐ ding at www.centralbidd ing.com.

BID SUBMISSION: NOPB will accept electronic bids at www.centralbidd ing.com until 10:00 a.m.

C.S.T. on Thursday, May 28, 2026 the (“Bid Sub‐ mission Deadline”). Any bid received after the Bid Submission Deadline will not be considered.

Bids must be submitted electronically at www. centralbidding.com For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Cen‐ tral Bidding at 225-8104814. The bidder must at‐ tach a completed and signed digital copy of the Bid Form, Proof of Au‐ thority and any other documents required in the Bidding Documents.

The NOPB shall not be re‐ sponsible if a bidder can‐ not complete or submit an electronic bid. Bidders shall be responsible for receiving confirmation that the bid was suc‐ cessfully delivered prior to the Bid Submission Deadline.

BID OPENING: Immedi‐ ately following the Bid Submission Deadline, bids will be opened in ac‐ cordance with the Bid‐ ding Documents.

185259-apr 23-may 5-133t $121.44

PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Water, Fire, and Sewage Line Upgrades, Gillis W. Long Center, 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, Louisiana 70721 will be received at the Gillis W. Long Center (Conference Room – Building 10), 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, LA until 10:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY CURTIS “RANDY” CRAW‐ FORD OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION RE‐ QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from Forte and Tablada.

Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms. Plan hold‐ ers are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at Forte and Tablada Inc., 9107 Interline Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809. Phone (225) 9279321. Attention: Cody Sharpe, Construction Project Manager. E-Mail Address: csharpe@For teandTablada.com.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. CT on, Thursday, illi

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY CURTIS “RANDY” CRAW‐ FORD OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION RE‐ QUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of MUNICI‐ PAL AND PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Louisiana Military De‐ partment by submitting their bid along with their bid security to https:// www.centralauctionh ouse.com. Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 10:00 a.m. CT on June 11, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s electroni‐ cally submitted packet must be sent to Facility Engineers Office, Gillis W. Long Center, ATTN: Cur‐ tis “Randy” Crawford, Building 10, 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, LA 70721, telephone 225-3194689. Contractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid conference scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at the listed above location in order to sub‐ mit an electronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid form shall not be waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

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y Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

p 355 Airport Road, Re‐ serve, Louisiana 70084. A Terminal building and several port-owned hangars are onsite.

PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL POST HURRICANE DISASTER RELATED SERVICES 1.0 Introduction.

This Request for Pro‐ posal (RFP) is issued by the Port of South Louisiana (hereinafter re‐ ferred to as the "Port”).

The Port’s district spans 54 miles of the Missis‐ sippi River in the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James. The Port of South Louisiana Adminis‐ tration Building is lo‐ cated at 1720 Highway 44, Reserve, Louisiana. Its Globalplex site is adja‐ cent to the building . The Globalplex facility is a 335-acre maritime indus‐ trial park. Globalplex consists of office build‐ ings, multiple ware‐ houses and an antebel‐ lum house. The Port also owns other warehouses and office building along West 10th Street in Re‐ serve, Louisiana.

The Port is the operator of the Port of South La Executive Regional Air‐ port (KAPS) located at i d

2.0 Scope of Works The purpose of this RFP is to establish a con‐ tract(s) with a qualified contractor(s) for various disaster related recovery services. The intent is to establish Master Service Agreements so that Task Orders can be subse‐ quently issued for spe‐ cific scopes in a prompt manner for disaster re‐ lated services post hurri‐ cane.

Proposals shall be re‐ ceived until Monday, June 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Port of South Louisiana Administration Building located at 1720 Highway 18, Reserve, Louisiana 70084 or at www.centralauctionh ouse.com.

Proposal and sample agreement can be viewed at www.central auctionhouse, www. portsl.com or at the Port of South Louisiana Ad‐ ministration Building.

A walk through of the Port-owned facilities (Globalplex and Airport) is scheduled on Thurs‐ day, June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Port of South Louisiana Administration Building located at 1720 Highway 18, Reserve, Louisiana 70084.

The Port will accept pro‐ posals from qualified contractors with experi‐ ence in providing these disaster recovery ser‐ vices:

1) Tree Cutter and Re‐ moval of Debris- re‐ moval, transporting, and disposal of the debris lo‐ cated at the Globalplex site and/or Airport to an approved landfill. Com‐ pleting all necessary re‐ ports and/or documents.

2) Temporary Roofing Services- temporary re‐ pairs and/or tarp.

3) Restoration Services storm or flood damage cleanup, mold removal, specialty cleaning ser‐ vices, carpet removal, odor removal.

4) Electrician Services ALL WORK WILL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED BY FEMA. 3.0 General Conditions License Contractor. Con‐ tractor must be licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana at the time of submittal of the RFP. Mobilization. Contractor shall be prepared to mo‐ bilize as soon as a Task Order and Notice to Pro‐ ceed are issued.

Labor And Equipment.

Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, sup‐ plies, equipment, tools, and supervision and management necessary to complete the Work.

Safety And Quality As‐ surance. Contractor shall provide safety and qual‐ ity controls to assure the safety quality and com‐ pleteness, and timely progress of the work.

Contractor must adhere to all required local, state and federal guide‐ lines, law, rules, regula‐ i i l di l

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g tions including regula‐ tions that relate historic preservation, environ‐ mental protection and restoration.

p j provide references for 3 projects in the past 10 years) • Price and Bonding Ca‐ pacity 0-15pts (Contrac‐ tor to submit proposed hourly rates for job clas‐ sifications and other as‐ sociated costs for scope of service as well as evi‐ dence of bonding capac‐ ity, if any) • Location 0-10 pts • Proposal Understanding 0-10pts

TWIC Card. Contractor shall possess a TWIC card.

E-VERIFY. All employees must have U.S. Citizen‐ ship or legal authoriza‐ tion to Work in the United States.

Payment Bond and Per‐ formance Bond. If re‐ quired by law, a Task Order may require the Contractor to provide a Payment Bond and Per‐ formance Bond for the full value of the contract (the costs of which will be paid by the Port). The Contractor will not be re‐ quired to accept a Task Order if bonding is re‐ quired and cannot be ob‐ tained by Contractor.

Insurance and Indemnity.

Contractor shall provide the following insurances as required by the Mas‐ ter Service Agreement: general liability insur‐ ance, worker’s compen‐ sation, and automobile insurance. The Port shall be named as an addi‐ tional insured on the general liability and au‐ tomobile insurance poli‐ cies.

4.0 EVALUATION CRITERIA • Firm Team Qualifica‐ tions/Experience 0-30pts • Key Personnel Service Qualifications/Experi‐ ence 0-20pts (Resumes and Certifica‐ tions) • Relevant Past Project Experience 0-15pts (Experience with FEMA disaster related projectsid f f

The Evaluation Commit‐ tee will perform the eval‐ uation and present the result and recommenda‐ tion to the Executive Di‐ rector.

This agreement is nonexclusive. The Port re‐ serves the right to enter into contracts with multi‐ ple vendors for similar services, procure ser‐ vices from alternate sources when necessary, or utilize internal staff or other contracted service providers. This contract does not guarantee a minimum volume of work to any contractor.

The Port reserves the right to cancel this Re‐ quest for Proposal and not award an agreement in its sole discretion for any reason.

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ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from CFMO Energy LAANG. Printed copies are not available from the Project Man‐ ager, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Project Manager at CFMO Energy LAANG, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117. Phone (504) 278-8047. Attention: Karr A. Benoit. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Bogalusa Readiness Center Class‐ room, 59406 Hwy 10 (LA10), Bogalusa, LA 70427.

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Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Construc‐ tion and Facilities Man‐ agement Office point of contact is Karr A. Benoit, Email: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil CFMO Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117, 504278-8047.

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those required on the bid not be form shall waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 11:00 a.m.

CT on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s electroni‐ cally submitted packet must be sent to ATTN: Karr A. Benoit, Construc‐ tion and Facility Mainte‐ nance Office Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Ave, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117, tele‐ phone 504-278-8047. Con‐ tractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednes‐ day, May 20, 2026, at the listed above location in order to submit an elec‐ tronic bid.

All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of ELECTRI‐ CAL and/or MECHANICAL. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

183931-apr 29-mar 6-13-3t $202.63 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Cov‐ ington BAS, 1320 N Co‐ lumbia St, Covington, LA 70433 will be received at the Covington Readiness Center Classroom, 1320 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, until 11:00 a.m.

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The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ bl i l i f

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS Parish & City Officials Parish President Cynthia LeeSheng Parish Council Jennifer Van Vrancken Council Chairwoman Dist. 1: Timothy P. Kerner Jr. Dist. 2: Deano A. Bonano Dist. 3: Byron L. Lee Dist. 4: Arita M. L. Bohannan Dist. 5: Hans J. Liljeberg Council At Large Div. A: Jennifer Van Vrancken Div. B: Scott A. Walker Sheriff Joseph P. Lopinto, III District Attorney Paul Connick, Jr. Assessor Thomas J. Capella Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich, M.D. Registrar of Voters Dennis DiMarco Parish Clerk Lizabeth A. Johnston Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer School Board President- Kriss Fairbairn Fortunato Vice-President- Ralph Brandt, Jr. District 1 – Dr. Gerard LeBlanc District 2 – Ricky Johnson District 3 – Kriss Fairbairn Fortunato District 4 – Clay Moise District 5 – Derrick Shepherd

District 6 – Michael Pedalino District 7 – Ralph Brandt District 8 – Chad Nugent District 9 – Steven Guitterrez Superintendent Dr. James Gray 24th Judicial District Div. A: Raymond S. Steib, Jr. Div. B: R. Christopher Cox, III Div. C: June Berry Darensburg Div. D: Jacqueline Maloney Div. E: Frank A. Brindisi.

Div. F: Michael P. Mentz Div. G: E. Adrian Adams Div. H: Donald “Chick” Foret Div. I: Nancy A. Miller Div. J: Stephen C. Grefer Div. K: Ellen Shirer Kovach Div. L: Donald A. Rowan, Jr. Div. M: Shayna Beevers Morvant Div. N: Stephen D. Enright, Jr. Div. O: Danyelle M. Taylor Div. P: Lee V. Faulker, Jr. Criminal Court Commissioners: David P. Wolff & Paul Schneider Domestic Court Commissioners: David P. Wolff and Ashley Schepens Domestic Hearing Officers: Lisa Matthews, Theresa Piglia, Chelsea Kiefer, Donald Rose First Parish Court Judge, Division A: Rebecca M. Olivier Judge, Division B: Johnny Lee Traffic Hearing Officer changes monthly Second Parish Court Div. A: Sharlayne Jackson

Prevost Div. B: Raylyn R. Beevers Constables 1st Justice Court Jonathan Liberto 2nd Justice Court Kendall C. Bussey 3rd Justice Court Brennan Rojas 4th Justice Court Leon F Bradberry, Sr. 5th Justice Court Allen Leone, Jr. 6th Justice Court Jason Ural 7th Justice Court Floyd Davis 8th Justice Court Charles L. Wilson Justice of the Peace Div. 1 Vernon J. Wilty, III Div. 2 Mark Spears Div. 3 Charles R. Kerner Div. 4 Leon Bradberry, Jr. Div. 5 Charles V. Cusimano, II Div. 6 Kevin Centanni Div. 7 Michele P. Holmes Div. 8 Roscoe W. Lewis Juvenile Court Section A: Judge Jennifer Guillot Womble Section B: Judge Amanda Chauvin Calogero Section C: Judge Barron C. Burmaster Grand Isle Independent Levee District David Camardelle President/Director Kelly Besson, Sr., VicePresident Michael Scioneaux, Secretary/Treasurer Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Peter G. Vicari, President Roy M. Carubba, VicePresident David A. Martin, Treasurer

Gregory S. Marsiglia, Secretary Kerwyn King, Commissioner Ronald Schumann, Jr., Commissioner Ronald Schumann Elton J. Meyers Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West Commissioners Scott M. Burke, President Kyle J. Galloway, P.E., VicePresident Stephen P. Gauthé, Secretary-Treasurer Larry B. Ardoin, P.E., Commissioner William B. Fogle, Commissioner Mitchell L. Kirkland, P.E., Commissioner Ronnie L. Robinson, P.E., Commissioner Jesse D. Noel, P.E., Regional Director Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission Col. Evans Spiceland – Chair Ralph C. Cox Jr. -Vice Chair Timothy Coulon – Treasurer Justin R. Clinton – Secretary James W. Tucker - Member GRAND ISLE Mayor David Camardelle Council Members Seat A- Councilmember James Cheramie Seat B- Councilmember Harley Stelly Seat C – Councilmember Loren Gonzalez Seat D –Councilmember Brian Barthelemy Seat E – Councilmember Michael Scioneaux

Chief of Police Christopher Hernandez

Chief of Police Marcell Rodriguez

Grand Isle Port Commission John Cheramie – President Terrill Pizani – Vice President Kerry Besson – Sec/ Treasurer Ernie BallardCommissioner Patrick LandryCommissioner Weldon Danos- Executive Director

KENNER Mayor Michael J. Glaser, Sr.

GRETNA Mayor Belinda Cambre Constant Council Members Dist. At Large: Wayne A. Rau Dist. 1: Rudy S. Smith Dist. 2: Michael A. Hinyub Dist. 3: Mark K. Miller District 4: Randy S. Carr Chief of Police Brett J. Lawson HARAHAN Mayor: Tim Baudier Council Members Jason D. Asbill Tommy Budde Eric Chatelain Paul Johnston Michael Ricks Chief of Police Edward “Ed” Lepre JEAN LAFITTE Mayor: Yvette Crain Council Members Barry Bartholomew Larry Kerner Jr. Chirsty N. Creppel Kyle Darda Verna Smith

Council Members Kristi K. McKinney, At-Large Div. A Thomas “Tom” Willmott, At-Large Div. B Dee B. Dunn, District 1 Ronald R. Scharwath, District 2 Joseph F. LaHatte, III, District 3 George L. Branigan, District 4 Brian Brennan, District 5 Chief of Police Keith Conley WESTWEGO Mayor Robert. E. Billiot, Sr. Council Members Dist. 1: John I. Shaddinger, Jr. Dist 2: Hon. Johnny S. Nobles, Jr. Dist. 3 Hon. Lisa Valence Dist. 4 Hon. Robert “Bobby” Utley Dist. 5 Hon. Robert “Bobby B” Bonvillian Chief of Police Hon. Dwaye J. Munch, Sr. JEDCO Commissioners Chairman – James R. Martin Jr. Vice Chair – Stephen E. Robinson Jr. Treasurer – Joseph F. Riccobono Secretary – Robert Stevens Mickal P. Adler Roxanne Arocha James Kenneth Baum Jr. Darren Chifici

William Douglass Joseph J. Ewell Jr. Josline Gosserand Frank Maria Teresa C. Lawrence James Robert Martin Jr. Michael O’Connor Melissa Barrett O’Neal Mayra Elizabeth Pineda Paula Scalco Polito Joseph Riccobono Stephen Edwin Robinson Jr. Eugene Paul Sausse Jr. Melissa Bennette Simeon Lynda Nugent Smith Robert Stevens Teri Boudreaux Tucker Shondra Griffin Williams Directory of Parish & City Officials JEFFERSON PARISH COURTHOUSE

DISTRICT 7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 340-0318 EAST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT 203 Plauche Court Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 733-0087 GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXPRESSWAY COMMISSIONS P.O. Box 7656 Metairie, LA 70010 (504) 835-3188 TOWN OF GRAND ISLE 170 Ludwig Lane P.O. Box 200 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-3196 GRAND ISLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 3101 LA Highway One P.O. Box 880 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-2104

West Bank Office 200 Derbigby St. Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 736-6000 East Bank Offices Joseph S. Yenni Bldg.

1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 736-6000 JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE 1233 Westbank Expressway Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 363-5500 JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 501 Manhattan Blvd.

Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 349-7600

GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICT P.O. Box 757 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-3196 GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION P.O. Box 500 Grand Isle, La 70358 Office phone: 985-787-2229 CITY OF GRETNA 740 Huey P. Long Avenue , Gretna, LA, 70053 P.O. Box 404 Gretna, LA 70054-0404 (504) 363-1500

CLERK OF COURT P.O. Box 10 Gretna, LA 70054 (504) 364-2900 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

(504) 736-6390 WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE

CITY OF HARAHAN 6437 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-6383 HARAHAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 6441 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-9763 TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE 4917 City Park Drive Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 689-2208 JEAN LAFITTE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2607 Jean Lafitte Blvd.

Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 689-3132 CITY OF KENNER 1801 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 468-7200 KENNER POLICE DEPARTMENT 500 Veterans Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 712-2200 CITY OF WESTWEGO 1100 Fourth Street Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-3424 WESTWEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 401 Fourth Street Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-5428 JEDCO 700 Churchill Parkway Avondale, LA 70094 Phone/ Fax: (504) 875-3916

GRETNA POLICE DEPARTMENT 200 5th Street Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 366-4374

In accordance wIth provIsIons of the amerIcan wIth dIsabIlItIes act amendments act of 2008, as amended, Jefferson parIsh shall not dIscrImInate agaInst IndIvIduals wIth dIsabIlItIes on the basIs of dIsabIlIty In Its servIces, programs or actIvItIes. If you requIre auxIlIary aIds or devIces, or other reasonable accommodatIon under the ada amendments act, please submIt your request to the ada coordInator at least forty-eIght (48) hours In advance or as soon as practIcal. a seventy-two (72) hour advanced notIce Is requIred to request certIfIed asl Interpreters. ada coordInator/offIce of cItIzens wIth dIsabIlItIes 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

SuitE 403 JEffErSon, la 70123 (504) 736-6086 ada@JEffPariSh.nEt All Jefferson Parish Council minutes can be found at the JeffParish. gov website or the nola.com public notices tab.

Jefferson, Louisiana Wednesday, May 6, 2026 The Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, met in regular session on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at ten (10:00) o’clock a.m. in the Council Chambers, Joseph S. Yenni Building, Jefferson, Louisiana.

Ms. Jennifer Van Vrancken, Chairwoman of the Jefferson Parish Council presided, called the meeting to order. Ms. Violet Peters gave the invocation. Chairwoman Van Vrancken lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

The Chairwoman then requested the Parish Clerk to call the roll. The following members were present: Jennifer Van Vrancken, Chairwoman, and Councilmembers: Scott Walker, Timothy Kerner, Jr., Deano Bonano, Byron Lee, Arita Bohannan, and Hans Liljeberg.

Ms. Cynthia Lee Sheng, Parish President was present.

The following members were absent: None The Chairwoman called upon the Honorable Cynthia Lee Sheng, Parish President to address the Council at this time.

The next item of business was the cancelation of Item number 1.

It was on motion of Mr. Liljeberg, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, that Item 1 be canceled.

Vote on the adoption of the foregoing motion resulted as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Liljeberg, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. IS HEREBY CANCELLED A resolution to conduct a hearing to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café should be suspended or revoked pursuant to section 4-32 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. (Council District 5) WHEREAS, Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café, located at 2708 N. Hullen Street, Metairie, holds a 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit; and WHEREAS, in response to complaints received by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office relative to gunshots fired outside of Vogue Bar and Café, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation on March 22, 2026 and made arrest for Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Illegal discharge of a Firearm, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm at Vogue Bar and Café; and WHEREAS, the Jefferson Parish Council adopted Resolution 148447 on April 22, 2026, which called for a hearing to be set on May 6, 2026 to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café should be suspended or revoked pursuant to section 4-32 et seq. of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, that constitutes a motion to have a hearing set and heard by the Jefferson Parish Council to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of the aforementioned permit holder should be suspended or revoked for reasons to include, but not limited to, the discharge of any firearm on an alcoholic beverage retail dealer’s premises including the vicinity thereof and the commission of any unlawful act on an alcoholic beverage retail dealer’s premises, including the vicinity thereof, which may endanger patrons of the establishment and/or members of the public residing, commuting, or patronizing businesses in the vicinity of the establishment, in violation of section 4-32 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, on April 23, 2026, notice of the hearing was sent via certified mail to Mei Fen Chen, 4709 Woodland Ave., Metairie, LA 70002 and Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café 2708 N. Hullen St., Metairie, LA 70002.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That a hearing be held to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café should be suspended or revoked pursuant to section 4-32 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

SECTION 2. That following the hearing on the matter, it is ordered that the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café _____________________.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Lee, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26712 ORDINANCE NO. IS HEREBY CANCELLED An ordinance rescinding the Development Agreement authorized by Ordinance No. 26970, adopted on April 9, 2025, under Docket No. WS-131-24, relative to Lots G-3-A-1 and G-3-B-1, Segnette Park Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and to provide for related matters.

(Council District 3) The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

It was moved by Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, that Item #3 on the agenda of an ordinance submitted under Docket No. SP-85-25 approving requested variances to the area regulations, parking requirements, and landscape and buffer requirements of the CPZ Commercial Parkway Overlay Zone for a mixed-use development located at 3407 Jefferson Hwy. on Lot X-1-A, Sq. A, Claiborne Gateway Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA in the area bounded by Shrewsbury Rd., Berwick St., & Rencopas Ct. is hereby deferred to June 10, 2026. (Council District 2) The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148464 A resolution authorizing the Council to go into executive

session to discuss legal matters concerning a lawsuit entitled North Oaks Health System vs. CCMSI, Jefferson Parish Fire Department, OWC Docket Number 25-02530, District 6 and to provide for related matters. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, the Parish is authorized by LA R.S. 42:17 to enter into executive session to discuss this matter.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana: SECTION 1. That the Council be and is hereby authorized to go into executive session to discuss a lawsuit entitled North Oaks Health System vs. CCMSI, Jefferson Parish Fire Department, OWC Docket Number 25-02530, District 6.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148465 A resolution authorizing a settlement in a lawsuit entitled North Oaks Health System vs. CCMSI, Jefferson Parish Fire Department, OWC Docket Number 25-02530, District 6 and to provide for related matters. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, the Parish of Jefferson is a party in a lawsuit entitled North Oaks Health System vs. CCMSI, Jefferson Parish Fire Department, OWC Docket Number 25-02530, District 6; and WHEREAS, the Parish and North Oaks Health System have reached a tentative agreement on a proposed settlement; and WHEREAS, the Jefferson Parish Council desires to settle this matter amicably.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana: SECTION 1. That the Parish Attorney is hereby authorized to agree to the proposed settlement in a lawsuit entitled North Oaks Health System vs. CCMSI, Jefferson Parish Fire Department, OWC Docket Number 25-02530, District 6 and to sign and file with the Court any and all pleadings and other papers consistent with the terms of that settlement, and take any other actions necessary or advisable to effectuate the settlement.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Bonano, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26721 ORDINANCE NO. 27165 An ordinance submitted under Docket No. ES-8-26 approving the Preliminary and Final Plat of subdivision Lots 7 and 8, Fairlane Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA, into Lots 7-A and 8-A, Fairlane Subdivision, with a waiver to the area regulations of the R-1A Single Family Residential in accordance with Sec. 33-2.35 Subdivision Waivers of the Unified Development Code, which lots are owned by Manuel and Manuela Torres and approving and accepting the Final Plat of said subdivision. (Council District 2) WHEREAS, Manuel and Manuela Torres are the owner of Lots 7 and 8, Fairlane Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA, which were acquired by Act before William J. Jung III, Notary Public, dated April 17th, 2025 registered in COB 3510, Folio 51, Parish of Jefferson; and WHEREAS, said owner desires to subdivide said Lots into Lots to be designated as Lots 7-A and 8-A, Fairlane Subdivision; and WHEREAS, no public improvements are required, therefore the Preliminary Plat and Final Plat may be approved and accepted in combination in accordance with Section 33-2.32.4.(b)(5); and WHEREAS, the Planning Director of this Parish has caused to be duly advertised, as prescribed by law, a public hearing in connection with the subdivision of said lots under Docket No. ES-8-26; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Planning Advisory Board, in accordance with the law.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That the Preliminary and Final Plat by Richmond W. Krebs dated January 15th, 2026 submitted under Docket No. ES8-26, showing the subdivision of Lots 7 and 8, Fairlane Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA into Lots 7-A and 8-A, Fairlane Subdivision in accordance with said plan, is hereby approved and accepted.

SECTION 2. That in accordance with Section 33-2.35 of the Unified Development Code (UDC), Subdivision Waivers, the insufficient lot width of 44.82 feet at the street and an average width of 47 feet for Lot 8-A instead of the required lot width of 50 feet in R-1A Single Family Residential is hereby waived, approved and accepted.

SECTION 3. That the Parish of Jefferson has not examined or reviewed the title of any portion of land shown, or any restrictive covenants or restrictions placed on said property, and that the action of the Parish in this matter does not imply (1) that the applicant’s or owner’s title or ownership is valid, (2) that there are or are not any restrictive covenants or other restrictions on said property, or (3) that any restrictive covenants or restrictions that may be on said property are enforceable or are not enforceable.

SECTION 4. That the Planning Director is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to sign all documents and acts necessary and proper in the premises to give full force and effect to this ordinance.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

On motion of Mr. Liljeberg, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26722 ORDINANCE NO. 27166 An ordinance submitted under Docket No. ES-16-26 approving the Preliminary and Final Plat of subdivision of Lots 32-38 and 43-47; Sq. 30, Canal Street Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA, into Lot 32A, Sq. 30 Canal Street Subdivision, which lots are owned by Cal Realty, LLC, and approving and accepting the Final Plat of said subdivision.

(Council District 5)

WHEREAS, Cal Realty LLC is the owner of Lots 32-38 and 43-47, Sq 30, Canal Street Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA, which was acquired by Act before Harry L. Cahill III, Notary Public, dated September 24th, 2004 registered in COB 3132 Folio 575, Parish of Jefferson; and WHEREAS, said owner desires to subdivide said Lots into a Lot to be designated as Lot 32A, Square 30, Canal Street Subdivision; and WHEREAS, no public improvements are required, therefore the Preliminary Plat and Final Plat may be approved and accepted in combination in accordance with Section 33-2.32.4. (b)(5); and WHEREAS, the Planning Director of this Parish has caused to be duly advertised, as prescribed by law, a public hearing in connection with the subdivision of said lots under Docket No. ES-16-26; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Planning Advisory Board, in accordance with the law.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That the Preliminary and Final Plat by Clint M. Simoneaux, dated May 31st, 2018 submitted under Docket No. ES-16-26, showing the subdivision of Lots 32-38 and 43-47, Sq 30, Canal Street Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA, into Lot 32A, Square 30, Canal Street Subdivision in accordance with said plan, is hereby approved and accepted.

SECTION 2. That the Parish of Jefferson has not examined or reviewed the title of any portion of land shown, or any restrictive covenants or restrictions placed on said property, and that the action of the Parish in this matter does not imply (1) that the applicant’s or owner’s title or ownership is valid, (2) that there are or are not any restrictive covenants or other restrictions on said property, or (3) that any restrictive covenants or restrictions that may be on said property are enforceable or are not enforceable.

SECTION 3. That the Planning Director is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to sign all documents and acts necessary and proper in the premises to give full force and effect to this ordinance.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

On motion of Mr. Bonano, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26723 ORDINANCE NO. 27167 An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 27146, adopted on April 8th, 2026, to correct the named facility in Section 1 of the Special Permitted Use approval for Vertex Refining LA, LLC-Marrero Facility processed under Docket No. SPU10-25 and providing for related matters. (Council District 2) WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 27146, adopted April 8th, 2026, approved the Special Permitted Use (SPU) for the processing, refining, and bulk storage of hazardous materials for the Vertex Refining LA, LLC—Marrero Facility used oil re-refining facility; and WHEREAS, Section 1, Subsection 3 of Ordinance 27146 includes two erroneous references to “Cornerstone” instead of “Vertex Refining LA, LLC-Marrero Facility” and “Vertex”.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That Section 1, Subsection 3 of Ordinance No. 27146, adopted April 8th, 2026, be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 3) Vertex shall take whatever measures necessary to control odors from any and all processes, structures, vessels and vehicles, including during truck loading and unloading operations. These odor control measures shall include measures described in an odor management plan submitted

by Vertex. If at any time during a six-month period the Parish or Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) confirms six (6) or more odor incidents attributable to Vertex Refining LA, LLC—Marrero Facility, the company will be required to take actions to prevent further odors.

These actions may include solutions negotiated between the Parish and Vertex. Any actions taken will be at the approval of the Jefferson Parish Departments of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Affairs and the applicable fire department(s).

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

It was moved by Mr. Lee, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, that Item #8 on the agenda of an ordinance declaring portions of Plot Nos. 1 to 15, Unit #2, Modern Farms Subdivision, Waggaman no longer needed for a public purpose, and authorizing the advertisement for the sale of said property pursuant to the provisions of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, Section 2-951, et seq., and providing for related matters is hereby deferred to May 20, 2026. (Council District 3) (Placed on the agenda by Mr. Lee) The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Lee, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26717 ORDINANCE NO. 27168 An ordinance creating a new economic development district in Jefferson Parish, to be named “Churchill FarmsFairfield No. 2 Economic Development District”, defining the boundaries thereof, and providing for the purpose, rights, powers of said District in accordance with La. R.S. 33:9038.31 et seq. (Council District 3) WHEREAS, Summary No. 26717 was introduced on April 8,

2026, and notice of intention duly published in the official journal on April 15, 2026 and April 22, 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Pursuant to the authority contained in La. R.S. 33:9038.31 et seq. (the “Act”) and the Jefferson Parish Charter, there is hereby created an economic development district of the state of Louisiana, to be known and designated as “Churchill Farms-Fairfield No. 2 Economic Development District of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana” (the “District”) and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes all as granted by the Act and by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana to such corporations, including, but not limited to, the power to incur debt, issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, and provide for the payment and security thereof.

SECTION 2. The District shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries to wit: The property bounded by US Hwy 90, Avondale Canal, Main Canal Ext., and Inner Cataouatche Canal excluding Lots 34 through 62, Square 3, Avondale Gardens Subdivision and the residential portions of Avondale Homes South Subdivision and Homeplace Subdivision (sometimes referred to as Steeplechase at Homeplace), and as further depicted and described on Exhibit “A”, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 3. The District is established to promote economic development throughout the District, including but not limited to the Churchill Technology and Business Park and other business and industries, and commercial, industrial, residential and recreational developments situated within the District; and any authorized purpose of the District.

SECTION 4. In accordance with the Act and the Jefferson Parish Charter, the Jefferson Parish Council is hereby designated as the governing authority of the District, the domicile of the District is hereby designated as the same as the Jefferson Parish Council, and the seal of the Parish of Jefferson and the official journal of the Parish of Jefferson shall be the official seal and the official journal of the District.

SECTION 5. There is hereby created a special trust fund, to be named the “Churchill Farms-Fairfield No. 2 Economic Development District Trust Fund” into which local sales tax increments designated therefore shall be deposited to fund economic development and infrastructure improvements in Churchill Technology and Business Park and within the following described boundaries: US Hwy 90, Avondale Canal, Main Canal Ext., and Inner Cataouatche Canal excluding Lots 34 through 62, Square 3, Avondale Gardens Subdivision and the residential portions of Avondale Homes South Subdivision and Homeplace Subdivision (sometimes referred to as Steeplechase at Homeplace).

SECTION 6. As provided herein, the revenues generated within the District shall be allocated between the Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District (“JEDCO”), for use in furthering economic development and infrastructure improvements within Churchill Technology and Business Park, and the District, for use in implementing improvements and beautification within the Fairfield area.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

EXHIBIT “A” Survey of Churchill Farms-Fairfield No. 2 Economic Development District On motion of Mr. Lee, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26718 ORDINANCE NO. 27169 An ordinance creating a new economic development district in Jefferson Parish, to be named “Nine Mile Point Rd Economic Development District”, defining the boundaries thereof, and providing for the purpose, rights, powers of said District in accordance with La. R.S. 33:9038.31 et seq.

(Council District 3) WHEREAS, Summary No. 26718 was introduced on April 8, 2026, and notice of intention duly published in the official journal on April 15, 2026 and April 22, 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Pursuant to the authority contained in La. R.S. 33:9038.31 et seq. (the “Act”) and the Jefferson Parish Charter, there is hereby created an economic development district of the state of Louisiana, to be known and designated as “Nine Mile Point Rd Economic Development District of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana” (the “District”) and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana and shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes all as granted by the Act and by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana to such corporations, including, but not limited to, the power to incur debt, issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, and provide for the payment and security thereof.

SECTION 2. The District shall comprise and embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries to wit: The property bounded by US Hwy 90, Westbank Expressway, LP&L #1 Canal and Seven Oaks Blvd., and as further depicted and described on Exhibit “A”, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 3. The District is established to promote economic development throughout the District, including but not limited to business and industries, and commercial, industrial, residential and recreational developments situated within the District; and any authorized purpose of the District.

SECTION 4. In accordance with the Act and the Jefferson Parish Charter, the Jefferson Parish Council is hereby designated as the governing authority of the District, the domicile of the District is hereby designated as the same as the Jefferson Parish Council, and the seal of the Parish of Jefferson and the official journal of the Parish of Jefferson shall be the official seal and the official journal of the District.

SECTION 5. There is hereby created a special trust fund, to be named the “Nine Mile Point Rd Economic Development District Trust Fund” into which local sales tax increments designated therefore shall be deposited to fund economic development and infrastructure

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS improvements within the following described boundaries: US Hwy 90, Westbank Expressway, LP&L #1 Canal and Seven Oaks Blvd.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

capital for the year 2027

4.76

4.76

Consolidated Sewerage District No. 1 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

4.75

4.75

Consolidated Jefferson Recreation and Community Center and Playground District To pay costs of maintenance and operation for 9.22 the year 2027

9.22

Community Center and Playground District No. 16 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027 9.89

9.89

EXHIBIT “A” Survey of Nine Mile Point Rd Economic Development District

Consolidated Drainage District No. 2 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

4.30

4.30

On motion of Ms. Bohannan, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered:

Consolidated Drainage District No. 2 (SELA) To pay costs for drainage improvements related to the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project (SELA) and to use surplus tax proceeds for drainage projects not eligible for SELA for the year 2027

4.77

4.77

Public Transportation System To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

1.85

1.85

Public Transportation System/Mobility Impaired, Physically Disadvantaged and Elderly To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

0.92

0.92

Court & Judicial/Comm. Park To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

1.00

1.00

Special Services District To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

2.50

2.50

Office of Inspector General To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

SUMMARY NO. 26725 ORDINANCE NO. 27170 An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 10188 to clarify the eastern boundary line of the City of Kenner. (Council Districts 3 & 4) WHEREAS, when the City of Kenner was incorporated as the Village of Kenner on December 13, 1913, the eastern village boundary line was established as the eastern boundary line of Filmore (or Fillmore) Street, as projected from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, pursuant to a survey by Frank T. Payne, C.E., dated October 14, 1913, which limits remained unchanged upon Kenner later becoming a town, then a city, and finally a home rule city; and WHEREAS, as suburban growth spread past the northern end of Filmore Street, the eastern city limits were difficult to determine in the field, especially as development reached Lake Pontchartrain; and WHEREAS, as a result a survey was created by Everett G. Roessle, C.E. and L.S., of Roessle & Galloway, Consulting Engineers, dated May 22, 1957, revised October 15, 1957, tying the projection of the eastern boundary line of Filmore Street in relation to the newer subdivisions north of Airline Drive (formerly Airline Highway); and WHEREAS, the intention of the Roessle survey was not to shift the city limits, but rather to clarify its location in accordance with the older Payne survey; and WHEREAS, the City of Kenner adopted Ordinance No. 1299 on April 26, 1971, to take effect 10 days after publication, declaring the Roessle survey as depicting the official eastern boundary line of the City of Kenner; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Parish adopted Ordinance No. 10188 on June 10, 1971, with an effective date of June 21, 1971, declaring the Roessle survey as depicting the official eastern boundary line of the City of Kenner; and WHEREAS, the Kenner ordinance is registered at COB 738, folio 542, Instrument No. 524277; the Parish ordinance is registered at COB 737, folio 947, Instrument No. 523460; and the Roessle survey is registered at Plan Book 74, folio 39/Cabinet N, Slide 86AB; and WHEREAS, the Roessle survey is what developers, surveyors, and government officials have used to determine the eastern Kenner city boundary in relation to the newer subdivisions; and WHEREAS, both ordinances wrongly state that the Payne and Roessle surveys marked the eastern Kenner corporate boundary line as being the centerline of Filmore Street, when, in fact, the eastern boundary line of Filmore Street was clearly used on both surveys as the eastern Kenner corporate boundary line; and WHEREAS, both ordinances wrongly state the date Kenner became a village, which was actually on December 13, 1913 and not on December 13, 1918; and WHEREAS, both ordinances neglect to reference the revision date of October 15, 1957 for the Roessle survey, which is the version signed by the Kenner Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman, the Kenner Mayor, the Jefferson Parish Planning Director, and the Jefferson Parish Council Chairwoman; and WHEREAS, subsequent surveyors have erroneously marked the centerline of Filmore Street as the eastern Kenner city limits, apparently relying upon the faulty wording in both the Kenner and Jefferson Parish ordinances; and WHEREAS, this has caused confusion as to jurisdiction, ownership, and maintenance issues regarding Filmore Street; and WHEREAS, both the Kenner and Jefferson Parish ordinances need to be amended to cure this matter; and WHEREAS, the City of Kenner has agreed to amend its ordinance.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 10188 is hereby amended to reflect that the eastern boundary line of Filmore (or Fillmore) Street, as well as its projection to the Mississippi River and to Lake Pontchartrain, was and remains the eastern boundary of the City of Kenner, as originally shown on a survey by Frank T. Payne, C.E., dated October 14, 1913, adopted when Kenner was incorporated as a village on December 13, 1913, and later updated via a survey by Everett G. Roessle, C.E. and L.S., of Roessle & Galloway, Consulting Engineers, dated May 22, 1957, revised October 15, 1957.

SECTION 2. The Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson shall note this amendment within the margin of the records at COB 737, folio 947, Instrument No. 523460, to serve as notice of said amendment.

SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 10188 shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

0.47

0.47

Old Metairie Security Enhancement District To pay costs for annual security enhancement forthe year 2027

$780.00

$780.00

Stonebridge Subdivision Special District To pay costs for annual security enhancement for the year 2027

$499.09

$511.57

Plantation Estates Subdivision Special District To pay costs for annual security enhancement for the year 2027 $575.00

$575.00

Timberlane Neighborhood Improvement and Beautification District To pay costs for improvements for the year 2027

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26727 ORDINANCE NO. 27171 An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 14796, The Pay Plan for the Classified Service of Jefferson Parish, to create new classifications and provide for related matters. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 4, Section 4.03 of the Parish Charter, the Personnel Board approved, after duly advertised public hearing, an amendment of the Pay Plan for the Classified Service of Jefferson Parish; and WHEREAS, an evaluation of the essential functions of the position established that there is no current class of work in the Pay Plan for the Classified Service that sufficiently identified the duties associated with these new positions; and WHEREAS, this proposal has been forwarded to this Council through the Parish President; and WHEREAS, this proposal has been recommended to this Council as necessary and in the best interest of the Parish Service.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 14796, The Pay Plan for the Classified Service of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana be, and is hereby, amended to create the following new class titles: Class Class Title Code 1224

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26728 ORDINANCE NO. 27172 An ordinance to adopt millage rates to be extended on the Assessor’s Tax Rolls for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, for the year 2026 based on the 2026 Jefferson Parish assessment roll, and to provide for all other related matters. (Parishwide) THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The Assessor of the Parish of Jefferson is authorized and empowered to extend the tax millage rates in the Districts as indicated below on full value of the assessment rolls as prepared by the Assessor of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, for the year 2026, as follows, with comparative rates for the year 2025 also shown:

Parish of Jefferson All taxable property in the Parish of Jefferson excluding Kenner

2025 Mills 2026 For Comparison Mills 1.21

1.21

All taxable property in the City of Kenner To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

0.59

0.59

Jefferson Parish Library Maintenance Tax To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

5.72

5.72

Jefferson Parish Health Unit To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027 Juvenile Detention Home To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

2.15

2.15

3.34

3.34

Jefferson Parish Consolidated Road Lighting District To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027 3.00

3.00

Consolidated Garbage District No. 1 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027 Road Lighting District No. 7 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

3.80

5.46

3.80

5.46

Ambulance Service District No. 2 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

20.00

20.00

East Bank Consolidated Fire Protection District To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

23.76

23.76

Fire Protection District No. 3 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

25.00

25.00

Fire Protection District No. 4 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

13.21

13.21

Fire Protection District No. 5 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027 Fire Protection District No. 6 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

1225

Pay Annual Salary Range Grade Normal Min. Rate Max. Rate Deputy Grants 34 62466 96905 Administrator Grants 31 58362 90538 Compliance Officer

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SECTION 2. That all other ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

On motion of Mr. Kerner, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered: SUMMARY NO. 26729 ORDINANCE NO. 27173 An ordinance to adopt an increased millage rate, but not in excess of the prior year’s maximum rate, to be extended on the Assessor’s Tax Rolls for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, for the year 2026 based on the 2026 Jefferson Parish assessment roll, and to provide for all other related matters. (Parishwide) THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The Assessor of the Parish of Jefferson is authorized and empowered to levy the increased tax millage rate, but not in excess of the prior year’s maximum in the District as indicated below on full value of the assessment rolls as prepared by the Assessor of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, for the year 2026, as follows, with comparative adjusted rate also shown:

Fire Protection District No. 4 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

2026 Adjusted Mills For Comparison

2026 Levy Mills

13.21

17.32

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Sheriff, Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the Parish of Jefferson be and is hereby authorized and empowered to collect the above tax on all taxable property in the Parish of Jefferson and all special taxes levied on all taxable property within the above-mentioned district for the purposes hereinabove specified.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered as amended:

25.00

24.81

25.00

24.81

Fire Protection District No. 7 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

23.23

23.23

Fire Protection District No. 8 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

23.60

23.60

Fire Protection District No. 9 To pay costs of maintenance and operation for the year 2027

18.98

18.98

Consolidated Waterworks District No. 2 To pay costs of maintenance and operation or

$1,950.00 $1,950.00

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Sheriff, Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the Parish of Jefferson be and is hereby authorized and empowered to collect the above taxes on all taxable property in the Parish of Jefferson and all special taxes levied on all taxable property within the above-mentioned districts for the purposes hereinabove specified.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

SUMMARY NO. 26730 ORDINANCE NO. 27174 An ordinance amending the 2026 Operating Budget of Jefferson Parish, and providing for related matters.

(Parishwide) NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That the 2026 Operating Budget of Jefferson Parish is amended by appropriating and authorizing funds in support of the following departments: OFF TRACK BETTING (FUND 22010) Revenues 22010-4460 Appropriate $3,850 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22010-2741-7911.22390 (20141.000) 3,850 (Trf to Consl Garbage) VIDEO POKER (FUND 22020) Revenues

22020-4460 Appropriate $61,000 71,000 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22020-2753-7699.9 (20253.000) 27,500 (Misc Exp) 22020-2753-7550 (20253.000) 8,500 (Printing) 22020-2754-7331 (20254.000) 25,000 (Prof Services) 22020-2752-7680.50 (20252.000) 10,000 (Jefferson Beautification) TOURISM (FUND 22030) Revenues 22030-4460 Appropriate $25,500 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22030-2761-127-7680.201 (20361.000) 25,000 (GI Tarpon Rodeo) 22030-2765-126-7680.401 (20365.000) 500 (Fleet Feet) WESTBANK RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND (FUND 22040) Revenues 22040-4460 Appropriate $89,505 304,505 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22040-2771-7680.425 (20471.000) 500 (Jeff Tennis Club) 22040-2771-7911.21830 (20471.000) 1,542 (Trf to Recreation) 22040-2753-7235.7 (20473.000) 26,000 (Food) 22040-2773-7748 (20473.000) 11,463 (Video Equipment) 22040-2773-7911.44530 (20473.000) 50,000 (Trf to Council Dist Proj) 22040-2771-7911.44560 (20471.000) 15,000 (Trf to Cap Proj) 22040-2772-7911.44670 (20472.000) 200,000 (Trf to WB Playground Improv) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 6 (FUND 22130) Revenues 22130-4460 Appropriate $527,460 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22130-2950-7346.1 527,460 (Fire Services) CONSOLIDATED GARBAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 (FUND 22390) Revenues 22390-4460 Appropriate $2,625 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22390-3340-7911.39990 2,625 (Trf to LCDA Loan 2025) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (FUND 22520) Revenues 22520-4460 Appropriate $150,000 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 22520-2297-7680.419 (25207.000) 150,000 (Champions Sport Mgmt) BP SETTLEMENT FUNDS (FUND 23010) Revenues 23010-4460 Appropriate $565,000 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 23010-2783-7680.361 (30183.000) 565,000 (Housing Services Dev Dist).

HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 (FUND 96010) Revenues 96010-4460 Appropriate $21,900 76,900 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) Expenditures 96010-9621-7911.44670 (60101.000) 21,900 76,900 (Trf to WB Playground Improv) SECTION 2. That the 2026 Operating Budget of Jefferson Parish is amended by adjusting the revenues and/or expenditures within the following departments: GENERAL FUND (FUND 10010) Revenues 10010-0000-5911.44530 $25,000 (Trf frm Council Dist Prj) Expenditures 10010-0150-7331 25,000 (Prof Services) CONSOLIDATED RECREATION (FUND 21830) Revenues 21830-0000-5911.22040 $1,542 (Trf frm WBRG) Expenditures 21830-2533-7562.4 1,542 (Travel) OFF TRACK BETTING (FUND 22010) Expenditures 22010-2744-7680.158 (20144.000) ($5,306) (JP Pub Schools) VIDEO POKER (FUND 22020) Expenditures 22020-2754-7680.366 (20254.000) ($5,000) (Jeff Bar Association) WESTBANK RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND (FUND 22040) Expenditures 22040-2771-7641.02 (20471.000) ($5,233) (JCVB) CONSOLIDATED GARBAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 (FUND 22390) Revenues 22390-0000-5911.22010 $3,850 (Trf frm OTB) Expenditures 22390-3340-7331 3,850 (Prof Services) LCDA REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS 2025 (FUND 39990) Revenues 39990-0000-5911.22390 $2,625 (Trf frm Consl Garbage) Expenditures 39990-5151-7830 2,625 (Service Charges) SECTION 3. That the following line-item transfers within the 2026 Operating Budget of Jefferson Parish are hereby authorized: GENERAL FUND (FUND 10010) DISTRICT COURT (DEPARTMENT 0022) Expenditures 10010-0022-114-7431.1 $45,000 (Building & Structure) 10010-0022-114-7748 (45,000) (Video Equipment) SECTION 4. That the Finance Director is authorized to perform such ancillary transactions as are necessary to give full force and effect to this ordinance.

SECTION 5. The monthly status report of the 2023 audit findings, have been submitted to the Parish Council and Office of Research and Budget in compliance with the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Statewide Agreed-Upon Procedures.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following ordinance was offered as amended: SUMMARY NO. 26731 ORDINANCE NO. 27175 An ordinance amending the 2026 Capital Budget of Jefferson Parish, and providing for related matters.

(Parishwide) NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That the 2026 Capital Budget is amended by adjusting the revenues and/or expenditures within the following projects: ROADS/SEWER SALES TAX CAP (FUND 44200) Revenues 44200-4460 Appropriate $1,100,000 (Unappropriated Fund Balance) COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECTS (FUND 44530) Revenues 44530-0000-5911.22040 $50,000 1,079,040 (Trf frm WBRG) Expenditures Land Bank Initiative (1) (Project 45325.401) Lafreniere Park Drainage Improv (3,548) (Project 45325.402) Vets Mem Blvd Path (328,648) (Project 45325.406) Lafreniere Park Interior Bike Trail (308,836) (Project 45325.408) 1006 Pailet Ave 50,000 (Project 45333.001) Hurricane Ida Recovery Fund 25,000 (Project 45325.001) 6000 Airline Dr. 1,000,000 (Project 45325.010) 2026 LCCAC Conf Championship 4,040 (Project 45325.722) PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL PROJECTS (FUND 44560) Revenues 44560-0000-5911.44200 $1,100,000 (Trf frm Roads/Sewers ST) 44560-0000-5911.22040 15,000 (Trf frm WBRG) Expenditures Causeway Blvd Bridge at Vets 650,000 (Project 45638.037) Traffic Signals W. Esplande & Power 450,000 (Project 45648.004) Hillcrest Drive Sign 15,000 (Project 45629.151) WEST BANK PLAYGROUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT (FUND 44670) Revenues 44670-0000-5911.96010 $21,900 (Other Governmental)

44670-0000-5911.22040 200,000 (Trf frm WBRG) 44670-0000-5911.96010 55,000 (Trf frm HSD1) Expenditures Glissen Park Tot Lot Resurf 21,900 (Project 46739.003) Homedale Park 200,000 (Project 46759.001) Woodland West Walking Trail 55,000 (Project 46735.006) EAST BANK PLAYGROUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT (FUND 44680) Revenues 44680-0000-5270 $150,000 (Other Governmental) Expenditures Act 461 Little Farms Field Renovation 150,000 (Project 46823.022) SECTION 2. That the Finance Director is authorized to perform such ancillary transactions as are necessary to give full force and effect to this ordinance.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The ordinance was declared adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026, and shall become effective as follows, if signed forthwith by the Parish President, ten (10) days after adoption; thereafter, upon the signature by the Parish President, or, if not signed by the Parish President, upon expiration of the time for ordinances to be considered finally adopted without the signature of the Parish President, as provided in Section 2.07 of the Charter. If vetoed by the Parish President and subsequently approved by the Council, this ordinance shall become effective on the day of such approval.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered, it was moved, that the reading of the minutes of the Jefferson Parish Council Meeting of Wednesday, April 8, 2026 be dispensed with and said minutes be approved and adopted as recorded in the Official Journal of the Parish of Jefferson and the Official Minute book and further the minutes of the Jefferson Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 be corrected with notations of corrections of publication as follows.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2026 Published In: The Advocate/ Times-Picayune Newspaper, April 15, 2026 None APPROVAL OF MINUTES JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING WEDNESDAY, March 18, 2026 Published In: The Advocate/Times-Picayune Newspaper, March 25, 2026 Resolution No. 148262 the company name should read as American Heart Association, Inc. in the preamble, 4th and 9th whereas and not as American Heart Association.

Resolution No. 148144 the date of the event was changed to Sunday, April 26, 2026 instead of Saturday, April 25, 2026.

The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148466 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said parish: SECTION 1. That 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit and Officer/ Manager Permits: MANAGERS/OFFICERS NAME ABO NUMBER

DATE APPROVED

NAME OF BUSINESS

Zachary Goldstein

54382

4/15/2026

Dinky’s 4725 Quincy St. Metairie, LA 70006 (Council District 5)

RETAIL- NEW (2026) NAME

ABO NUMBER

DATE APPROVED

NAME OF BUSINESS

Amy Quinette Lee McDaniel

1069308169

4/15/2026

Tingwu Xie Qin Yun Xie

1071079678

4/15/2026

Louisiana Purchase Kitchen Express 3050 Downs Blvd. #3 Metairie, LA 70003 (Council District 4) Kumo Hibachi & Sushi 1818 Manhattan Blvd. #11 Harvey, LA 70058 (Council District 2)

ABO NUMBER

DATE APPROVED

NAME OF BUSINESS

1008636755

4/15/2026

Food Symphony LLC 4001 Lapalco Blvd. #5 Harvey, LA 70058 (Council District 3)

RENEWALS (2026) NAME Derron Allen Booker Cross Tammy Cross Charles Scott Kevin Warner

are hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That the Sheriff, Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the Parish of Jefferson be and is hereby authorized to issue proper licenses to cover the herein approved applications within the time prescribed by law.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148467 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said parish: SECTION 1. That the Applicants, who have been issued the following Application Numbers, be and are hereby authorized to be issued Certificates of Qualification for Alcoholic Beverage Outlets: INDIVIDUALS/SERVERS NAME

VICE NUMBER

DATE APPROVED

NAME OF BUSINESS

Thu T. Nguyen

V-41228

4/14/2026

Rita Verdin

V-42430

4/14/2026

Ina M. Anderson

V-72039

4/14/2026

Ashley Lirette

V-107523

4/14/2026

Angela Snyder

V-122764

4/14/2026

Briana Jones

V-126685

4/14/2026

Michele P. Almon-Gurtner

V-129743

4/14/2026

MelisaHerrera Brehm

V-129744

4/14/2026

Alizon I. Alvarado

V-129745

4/14/2026

Johnny G. Blackwell, V-129746 Jr.

4/14/2026

Alaina J. Penton

V-129748

4/14/2026

Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 6720 Lapalco Blvd., Ste. A Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 3) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2) Fair Grounds OTB Casino 2700 Edenborn Ave. Metairie, LA 70002 (Council District 5) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2) Rudy’s 8014 W. Metairie Ave. Metairie, LA 70003 (Council District 4) Boomtown Casino & Hotel New Orleans 4132 Peters Rd. Harvey, LA 70058 (Council District 1) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2) Hooter’s 4748 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie, LA 70006 (Council District 5) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2)

Priscilla M. Garcia

V-129749

4/14/2026

Kimberly Fayard

V-129763

4/14/2026

Savannah Thigpen

V-129764

4/14/2026

Tyler Christen

V-129765

4/14/2026

NAME

VICE NUMBER

DATE APPROVED

NAME OF BUSINESS

Asiann Whitley Armant

V-123964

4/15/2026

Lacey Singleton

V-124583

4/15/2026

Alison Carter

V-129603

4/13/2026

Boomtown Casino & Hotel New Orleans 4132 Peters Rd. Harvey, LA 70058 (Council District 1) New Orleans Original Daiquiris 620 Terry Pkwy.

Gretna, LA 70056 (Council District 1) Da Bar 629 5th Ave. Harvey, LA 70058 (Council District 2)

Hooter’s 2781 Belle Chasse Hwy. Gretna, LA 70056 (Council District 1) Lefort’s Seafood Restaurant 1512 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 2) Bayou Barn 7145 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 1) Bayou Barn 7145 Barataria Blvd.

Marrero, LA 70072 (Council District 1)

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are hereby approved.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS RESOLUTION NO. 148468 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said parish: SECTION 1. That 2026 Tobacco Permit and Officer/Manager Permits: RETAIL – NEW (2026) NAME

TO NUMBER

DATE APPROVED

NAME OF BUSINESS

Aos Ayyad

1067529021

4/15/2026

Vape & More 2307 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie, LA 70002 (Council District 5)

are hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That the Sheriff, Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the Parish of Jefferson be and is hereby authorized to issue proper licenses to cover the herein approved Applications within the time prescribed by law.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148469 A resolution authorizing the Purchasing Department to advertise for sealed bids for the construction of Waterline Improvements Along Williams Blvd. (Airline Hwy. to W. Metairie Ave.), Public Works Project No. 2023-023-WRB, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared

by Professional Engineering Consultants Corporation and designating this project as sales tax exempt. (Council District 4) WHEREAS, the Council has engaged the services of Professional Engineering Consultants Corporation to provide professional engineering services relative to the design of Waterline Improvements Along Williams Blvd. (Airline Hwy. to W. Metairie Ave.), Public Works Project No. 2023-023-WRB; and WHEREAS, the design of Waterline Improvements Williams Blvd.

(Airline Hwy. to W. Metairie Ave.), Public Works Project No. 2023-023WRB is complete; and WHEREAS, this Jefferson Parish Council desires to advertise for competitive bids, in accordance with LRS 38:2212, et seq., for the award of a contract in the name of the Jefferson Parish Council; and WHEREAS, the administration has qualified this project to be presented to the Jefferson Parish Council for consideration and designation as “Sales Tax Exempt”; and WHEREAS, the plans and specifications for this bid contain necessary language notifying all prospective bidders that this project has been designated as “Sales Tax Exempt”; and WHEREAS, the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish is the New Orleans Advocate; and WHEREAS, this project is funded by the Water Rate Plan; and WHEREAS, sufficient local funds are available to advertise this project.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, be and is hereby authorized, to advertise for sealed bids for the construction of Waterline Improvements Along Williams Blvd. (Airline Hwy. to W. Metairie Ave.), Public Works Project No. 2023-023WRB, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by Professional Engineering Consultants Corporation.

SECTION 2. That all necessary requirements are included as provided by Louisiana Public Bid Law LRS 38:2211 et. seq. in the Jefferson Parish advertising procedures in the Advertisement, the Bid Proposal Form and Specifications for said project.

SECTION 3. That all costs associated with construction of Waterline Improvements Along Williams Blvd. (Airline Hwy. to W. Metairie Ave.), Public Works Project No. 2023-023-WRB are to be charged to the following Account Number: 45400-4045-7454 (54052.306).

SECTION 4. That all costs associated with the advertisement of the Waterline Improvements Along Williams Blvd. (Airline Hwy. to W. Metairie Ave.), Public Works Project No. 2023-023-WRB are to be charged to the following Account Number: 45400-4045-7540 (54052.306).

SECTION 5. That this project is hereby designated as sales tax exempt and shall include all the necessary language related to this exemption in the bid specifications.

SECTION 6. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148470 A resolution cancelling Bid Proposal No. 50-00149283 and authorizing the Purchasing Department to re-advertise for sealed bids for the lease of a portion of space for a monopole cellular transmission tower on a portion of Lot A, Lower Estelle Plantation Subdivision, 5801 Leo Kerner Lafitte Parkway, Marrero, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2, Section 2-877.3 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances and the specifications attached hereto.

(Council District 1) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 143337 authorized by the Jefferson Parish Council on December 6, 2023, the Department of Purchasing was instructed to advertise for sealed bids for the lease of a portion of space for a monopole cellular transmission tower on a portion of Lot A, Lower Estelle Plantation Subdivision, 5801 Leo Kerner Lafitte Parkway, Marrero; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147042 adopted September 17, 2025, Bid Proposal No. 50-00144265 was cancelled and the Purchasing Department was authorized to re-advertise the bid in order to be compliant with Parish bid requirements; and WHEREAS, the lone responder to Bid Proposal No. 50-00148944 failed to utilize the Addendum 1 unit price sheet which caused the bid to be rejected; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147640 adopted December 10, 2025, Bid Proposal No. 50-00148944 was cancelled and the Purchasing Department was authorized to re-advertise the bid in order to be compliant with Parish bid requirements; and WHEREAS, the only two responders to Bid Proposal No. 5000149283 failed to properly submit their bids which caused the bid to be rejected.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That Bid No. 50-00149283 is hereby cancelled.

SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Department be and is hereby authorized to re-advertise for sealed bids for the lease of a portion of space for a monopole cellular transmission tower on a portion of Lot A, Lower Estelle Plantation Subdivision, 5801 Leo Kerner Lafitte Parkway, Marrero, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2, Section 2-877.3 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances and the specifications attached hereto.

SECTION 3. That in re-advertising, all the usual requirements as are provided in regular Jefferson Parish advertising procedures be included in the advertisement, Bid Proposal Form and Specifications for said project.

SECTION 4. That a special permitted use/conditional use may be required in accordance with the provisions of Section 40-761, et seq., of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances.

SECTION 5. That all fees incurred by the Parish in connection with the preparation of this lease shall be paid by the successful bidder.

SECTION 6. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148471 A resolution canceling Bid Proposal No. 50-00149580, rejecting the only valid bid received, and authorizing the Purchasing Department to re-advertise for labor, materials, equipment, and all other incidentals necessary to install ten (10) front access stainless steel cabinet showers at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center located at 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, Louisiana, and designating this project as sales tax exempt for the Department of General Services. (Council District 1) WHEREAS, bids were received on April 2, 2026; and WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is in the best interest of Jefferson Parish to cancel and re-advertise due to budget constraints; and WHEREAS, the only acceptable bid of ARC Mechanical Contractors, Inc. was greater than the estimated budget for this contract; and WHEREAS, the specifications for this bid contain necessary language noticing all prospective bidders that this project has been designated as “Sales Tax Exempt.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That Bid Proposal 50-00149580 is hereby cancelled and the only valid bid received under Bid Proposal 50-00149580 for labor, materials, equipment, and all other incidentals necessary to install ten (10) front access stainless steel cabinet showers at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center located at 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, Louisiana for the Department of General Services, is hereby rejected.

SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Department is hereby authorized to re-advertise for labor, materials, equipment, and all other incidentals necessary to install ten (10) front access stainless steel cabinet showers at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center located at 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, Louisiana for the Department of General Services.

SECTION 3. That expenditures are to be charged to 10010-

0120-026-7540; Advertising.

SECTION 4. That this project is hereby designated as sales tax exempt and shall include all the necessary language related to this exemption in the bid specifications.

SECTION 5. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148472 A resolution approving the actions of the Director of the Department of General Services by terminating the Agreement by and between the Parish of Jefferson and Brazos Industries, LLC under Bid No. 50-00148496, and authorizing the Purchasing Department to re-advertise with revised specifications for labor, materials, equipment, crane work, and incidentals necessary to install an elastomeric roof coating system at the Walkertown Way Building, located at 1425 Walkertown Way, Marrero, LA, 70072 for the Department of General Services. (Council District 3) WHEREAS, bids were received on October 7, 2025; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by Brazos Industries, LLC with a bid tabulation price of Ninety-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven dollars and Sixty Cents ($96,911.60) which includes Item No. 1, Base Bid to install an elastomeric roof coating system in the amount of Ninety-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($96,880.00); and Item No. 2, Ancillary Work to Remove, Repair and Replace water-damaged roofing materials in the amount of Thirty-One Dollars and Sixty Cents ($31.60) per square foot with a cost not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), for a total contract cap not to exceed One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven Dollars and Sixty Cents ($146,911.60); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147517, adopted on the 10th day of December, 2025, accepting the low bid of Brazos Industries, LLC; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Parish has issued a 30-day written notice to terminate the current Agreement as per the terms in the Agreement, which state that the Parish reserves the right to cancel any contract at any time and for any reason by issuing a 30-day written notice to the contractor; and WHEREAS, the ancillary work to remove, repair and replace water-damaged roofing materials was greater than the estimated budget; and WHEREAS, specifications will be revised and sent back through the bidding process; and WHEREAS, it has been determined it is in the best interest of Jefferson Parish for the Council to ratify the action of the Director of General Services in cancelling the contract with Brazos Industries, LLC bid under Bid No. 50-00148496 due to budget constraints for the ancillary work and re-advertise the revised specifications for the roof coating system at the Walkertown Way Building.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the actions of the Director of the Department of General Services by terminating the Agreement by and between the Parish of Jefferson and Brazos Industries, LLC, that provided labor, materials, equipment, crane work, and incidentals necessary to install an elastomeric roof coating system at the Walkertown Way Building, located at 1425 Walkertown Way, Marrero, LA 70072 for the Department of General Services dated January 14, 2026, authorized

by Resolution No. 147517, is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Department is hereby authorized to re-advertise the revised specifications to provide labor, materials, equipment, crane work, and incidentals necessary to install an elastomeric roof coating system at the Walkertown Way Building, located at 1425 Walkertown Way, Marrero, LA, 70072 for the Department of General Services.

SECTION 3. That all expenditures shall be charged to Account No. 45850-4085-7540 (58514.071).

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148473 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of Fucich Contracting, Inc., under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149323 for a two (2) year contract to provide preventative mechanical maintenance, non-emergency, and emergency repairs for the Department of Public Works – Drainage Pump Stations and all Jefferson Parish Agencies at the bid tabulation price of $120,400.00. Maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed $4,500,000.00 for the two (2) years, by a factor of more than 10% without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Council. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, bids were received on February 24, 2026; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by Fucich Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $120,400.00; and WHEREAS, expenditures to date have totaled $3,492,878.41 for the current contract (Contract No. #55-00022398) with Fucich Contracting, Inc., for the period from November 20, 2024 to present; and WHEREAS, the current contract (Contract No. #55-00022398) will expire on November 19, 2026; and WHEREAS, maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed $4,500,000.00 for the two (2) years, for preventative mechanical maintenance, non-emergency, and emergency repairs.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of Fucich Contracting, Inc. under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149323 for a two (2) year contract to provide preventative mechanical maintenance, non-emergency, and emergency repairs for the Department of Public Works – Drainage Pump Stations at the bid tabulation price of $120,400.00, be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That costs related to the above are to be charged to Account No. 45210-4037-7454 (52110.063) of the Department of Drainage.

SECTION 3. That maximum expenditures shall not exceed $4,500,000.00 for the two (2) years, by a factor of more than 10% without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Council.

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148474 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of Innovative Flow Solutions, Inc. under Bid Proposal No. 5000149618 for the Purchase of Various Valve Assemblies for the Jefferson Parish Department of Drainage at the bid tabulation price of $317,210.00 and authorizing the Purchasing Department to issue a purchase order for a onetime purchase. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, bids were received on March 19, 2026 for the Purchase of Various Valve Assemblies; and WHEREAS, the DC Export LLC was rejected despite having the lowest bid for not having their signatory name on the evidence of authority; and WHEREAS, the next lowest responsible bid was received by Innovative Flow Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $317,210.00.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of Innovative Flow Solutions, Inc. under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149618 for the Purchase of Various Valve Assemblies for the Jefferson Parish Department of Drainage, at the bid tabulation price of $317,210.00, be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Department be and is hereby authorized to issue a purchase order for Various Valve Assemblies to Innovative Flow Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $317,210.00 for a one-time purchase.

SECTION 3. That all expenditures shall be charged to Account No. 45210-4037-7231.3 (52110.001).

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148475 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of Mac Ryan’s Fire Safety Solutions LLC under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149550 for a (3) three-year contract to perform annual fire extinguisher normal maintenance inspections and needed repairs for various size fire extinguishers for various departments throughout Jefferson Parish for the Department of General Services at the bid tabulation price of Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($865.00). Maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) for the (3) three years, by a factor of more than 10% without

amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Council. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, bids were received on April 7, 2026; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by Mac Ryan’s Fire Safety Solutions LLC in the amount of $865.00; and WHEREAS, the bid of First Class Fire Protection Services was rejected for not submitting an affidavit; and WHEREAS, the Louisiana State Contract No. 4400027258 will expire on 5/30/26; and WHEREAS, maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed One Million Dollars and Zero Cents (1,000,000.00) for the (3) three-years, for to perform annual fire extinguisher normal maintenance inspections and needed repairs for various size fire extinguishers for various departments throughout Jefferson Parish.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of Mac Ryan’s Fire Safety Solutions LLC under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149550 for a (3) three-year contract to perform annual fire extinguisher normal maintenance inspections and needed repairs for various size fire extinguishers for various departments throughout Jefferson Parish for the Department of General Services at the bid tabulation price of Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($865.00), be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That costs related to the above are to be charged to Account No. 7431.4 of the User Department.

SECTION 3. That maximum expenditures shall not exceed One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) for the (3) three years, by a factor of more than 10% without authorization by resolution of the Council.

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148476 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of A/C Electric Services, Inc., under Bid No. 50-00149631, with a bid tabulation price of Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($883,300.00) to provide a three (3) year contract to furnish labor, materials, transportation, supervision, and equipment to troubleshoot, repair and install electrical equipment for various parish buildings for the Department of General Services. Maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed Three Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,000,000.00). Compensation shall not exceed this amount by a factor of more than 10% without authorization by resolution of the Council.

(Parishwide) WHEREAS, bids were received on April 14, 2026; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by A/C Electric Services, Inc., with a bid tabulation price of Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($883,300.00); and WHEREAS, the bid of A-1 Electrical Contractors, Inc. was rejected for submitting an incomplete affidavit; and WHEREAS, the bid of JBolt Electrical LLC was rejected for putting his name on the bid form instead of the company name; and WHEREAS, expenditures to date have totaled $1,565,229.60 for the current contract (Contract No. 55-21267) with A/C Electric Services, Inc. from the period of 7/29/23 to present; and WHEREAS, maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed $3,000,000.00 for the three (3) years, to furnish labor, materials, transportation, supervision, and equipment to troubleshoot, repair and install electrical equipment for various parish buildings.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of A/C Electric Services, Inc., bid under Bid No. 50-00149631, at the bid tabulation price of Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($883,300.00). Maximum expenditures for this contract shall not exceed Three Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,000,000.00). Compensation shall not exceed this amount by a factor of more than 10% without authorization by resolution of the Council, to provide a three (3) year contract to furnish labor, materials, transportation, supervision, and equipment to troubleshoot, repair and install electrical equipment for various parish buildings for the Department of General Services, be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

SECTION 3. That all expenditures shall be charged to Account No. 7431.1; Contracted Repairs & Maintenance of the user department.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148477 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of Motors & Controls, Inc. under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149619 for the one-time Purchase of Pump Motors for The Estelle Pump Station for The Jefferson Parish Department of Drainage at the bid tabulation price of $111,952.00 for the Jefferson Parish Department of Drainage and authorizing the Purchasing Department to issue a purchase order.

(Council District 1) WHEREAS, bids were received on March 19, 2026; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by Motors & Controls, Inc. in the amount of $111,952.00; and WHEREAS, the bid received by Broad Point Power Solutions was rejected due to failure to submit the signature page, corporate resolution, generic affidavit, Addendum No.1 acknowledgement, and unit price page; and WHEREAS, the bid received by Kijero, LLC was rejected due to failure to sign the bid form with a font signature, failure to acknowledge Addendum No.1, and failure to complete corporate resolution and generic affidavit.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of Motors & Controls, Inc. under Bid Proposal No. 50-00149619 for the onetime Purchase of Pump Motors for The Estelle Pump Station for The Jefferson Parish Department of Drainage is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Department is hereby authorized to issue a purchase order to Motors & Controls, Inc. at the bid tabulation price of $111,952.00, be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 3. That costs related to the above are to be charged to Account No. 45210-4037-7231.3 (52110.001).

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148478 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of Industrial and Mechanical Contractors, Inc., bid under Bid No. 50-00149529, with a bid tabulation amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($114,100.00) which includes Item No. 1, Base Bid to provide labor, materials, equipment, transportation, and all other incidentals necessary to remove, properly dispose of, supply, and install three (3) new water boilers, Serial No. G11H00234400, 3115101830594, and 1944116828663 in the amount of Seventy-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($79,500.00); Alternate No. 1, Replace, supply, and install one (1) boiler, Serial No. I12H00243326, in the amount of Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,300.00); Alternate No. 2, Replace, supply, and install one (1) boiler, Serial No. I12H00243019 in the amount of Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,300.00) at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center located at 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, LA and designating this project as sales tax exempt, for the Department of General Services. (Council District 1) WHEREAS, bids were received on April 2, 2026; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by Industrial and Mechanical Contractors, Inc., in the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($114,100.00); and WHEREAS, the specifications for this bid contain necessary language designating this project as “Sales Tax Exempt”.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of Industrial and Mechanical Contractors, Inc., bid under Bid No. 50-00149529, at the bid tabulation amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($114,100.00) which includes Item No. 1, Base Bid to provide labor, materials, equipment, transportation, and all other incidentals necessary to remove, properly dispose of, supply, and install three (3) new water boilers, Serial No. G11H00234400, 3115101830594, and 1944116828663 in the amount of Seventy-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($79,500.00); Alternate No. 1, Replace, supply, and install one (1) boiler, Serial No. I12H00243326, in the amount of Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,300.00); Alternate No. 2, Replace, supply, and install one (1) boiler, Serial No. I12H00243019 in the amount of Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,300.00) at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center located at 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, LA and

designating this project as sales tax exempt, for the Department of General Services, be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of General Services is hereby authorized to execute the “Designation of Construction Contractor as Agent of a Governmental Entity and Sales Tax Exemption Certificate.”

SECTION 3. That all expenditures shall be charged to Account No. 45850-4085-7431.1 (58510.077); Contracted Repairs & Maintenance.

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148479 A resolution accepting the lowest responsible bid of Hahn Enterprises, Inc., bid under Bid No. 50-00149714, with a bid tabulation amount of Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents ($66,917.00) to provide labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals necessary to install new Telescoping Gym Bleachers at Miley Playground, for the Recreation Department. (Council District 2) WHEREAS, bids were received on April 14, 2026; and WHEREAS, the sole responsive and responsible bid was received

by Hahn Enterprises, Inc., in the amount of Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents ($66,917.00).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the lowest responsible bid of Hahn Enterprises, Inc., bid under Bid No. 50-00149714, at the bid tabulation amount of Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents ($66,917.00) to provide labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals necessary to install new Telescoping Gym Bleachers at Miley Playground, for the Recreation Department for the Recreation Department, be and is hereby accepted.

SECTION 2. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

SECTION 3. That expenditures shall be charged as follows: Account No. 44680-4015-7431.1 (46814.029).

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148480 A resolution authorizing and approving Change Order No. 1 to Contract No. 55-21175 with ARCCO Company Services, Inc. dated June 21, 2023, bid under Bid No. 50-00141832, adding to the Contract Time, If the Scope of Work pertains to an emergency pre-placed contract and if Jefferson Parish has not entered into a new contract for the same Scope of Work prior to May 1st of the year in which the contract is set to expire, then the contract shall automatically extend until the end of the calendar year of the same year that the contract is set to expire and adding 194 days to the original contract for generator and various power equipment rental.

(Parishwide) WHEREAS, bids were received on May 9, 2023; and WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was received by ARCCO Company Services, Inc. in the amount of One Million Eight Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Three Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Sixty-Five Cents ($1,891,316.65) under resolution No. 142099 approved on June 14, 2023; and WHEREAS, the current contract will expire on June 20, 2026; and WHEREAS, this Change Order No. 1 would add to the Section regarding Contract Time, that if the Scope of Work pertains to an emergency pre-placed contract and if Jefferson Parish has not entered into a new contract for the same Scope of Work prior to May 1st of the year in which the contract is set to expire, then the contract shall automatically extend until the end of the calendar year of the same year that the contract is set to expire; and WHEREAS, this Change Order No. 1 would add an additional 194 days to the contract; and WHEREAS, all other terms and conditions of the contract shall remain the same.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Council does hereby authorize and approve Change Order No. 1 to Contract No. 55-21175, with ARCCO Company Services, Inc., dated June 21, 2023, bid under Bid No. 5000141832, insert changes to contract.

SECTION 2. That the cost of Change Order No. 1 shall be charged to Account No. 7443 of the user department.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148481 A resolution granting an acceptance to Towers Construction LLC upon adoption of this resolution, for their completed contract (55-23266), dated September 30, 2025, bid under Bid No. 50-00147737, in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,554.00) to provide labor, materials, transportation, supervision, crane work, and equipment necessary to remove and properly dispose of, supply, and install five (5) HVAC Systems in the elevator equipment rooms located in the General Government Complex located at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA, for the Department of General Services, which contract is recorded with the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court in MOB 5128 FOLIO 227, Instrument NO. 12541954.

(Council District 1) WHEREAS, bids were received on July 15, 2025; and WHEREAS, Towers Construction LLC was the lowest responsible bidder; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 146872 adopted August 20, 2025, accepted Towers Construction LLC bid under Bid No. 50-147737, in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,554.00), to provide labor, materials, transportation, supervision, crane work, and equipment necessary to remove and properly dispose of, supply, and install five (5) HVAC Systems in the elevator equipment rooms located in the General Government Complex located at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA, for the Department of General Services; and WHEREAS, all work described in the contract was completed satisfactory.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That Towers Construction LLC, is hereby granted an acceptance, upon adoption of this resolution, for their completed contract (55-23266), dated September 30, 2025, bid under Bid No. 50147737, to provide labor, materials, transportation, supervision, crane work, and equipment necessary to remove and properly dispose of, supply, and install Five (5) HVAC Systems in the elevator equipment rooms located in the General Government Complex located at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA, for the Department of General Services which contract is recorded with the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court in MOB 5128, FOLIO 227, Instrument NO. 12541954.

SECTION 2. That the said Towers Construction LLC be and is hereby authorized to file a copy of this resolution with the said Clerk of Court as evidence of the acceptance of completion of said contract, and in order that the 45 days lien and privilege period may begin from the date of filing thereof with the said Clerk of Court.

SECTION 3. That at the expiration of the 45 days, the said Towers Construction LLC shall furnish the Department of General Services of Jefferson Parish with a clear lien and privilege certificate from the Clerk of Court and upon presentation of said certificate, the Department of General Services will prepare the necessary documents to authorize payment of retainage on said certificate.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148482 A resolution granting permission to Daughters of Isabella, 444 Metairie Road, Metairie, Louisiana 70005, represented

by Catherine Hock, to conduct an International Food Festival on Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and to provide for related matters. (Council District 5) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority for said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission is hereby granted to Daughters of Isabella, 444 Metairie Road, Metairie, Louisiana 70005, represented

by Catherine Hock, to conduct an International Food Festival on Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 5:00p.m. until 8:00p.m.; to allow the sale and service of beer, wine, beverages and food; in connection with said event all Jefferson Parish taxes are hereby waived, provided a permit is obtained from the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, the Health Department, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and from the State of Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control to conduct such an event and that all requirements and regulations of said departments have been met.

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The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148483 A resolution granting permission for Crescent City Christian School to place signs at various locations to advertise their Summer Camp Event, and to provide for related matters.

(Council District 5) WHEREAS, they have requested permission to place signs advertising their Summer Camp event at various locations starting Thursday, May 14, 2026 and ending Thursday, May 28, 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. Crescent City Christian School, is hereby granted permission to place signs advertising their Summer Camp Event at the following locations starting Thursday, May 14, 2026 and ending Thursday, May 28, 2026 • 1915 Airline (Celebration) (18x24” lawn signs) • Veterans Blvd and Causeway Blvd (4x8’ banner) • Transcontinental Dr and Utica (4x8’ banner) • Clearview Pkwy and Quincy St (by Target) (18x24” lawn signs) • Transcontinental Dr and W Napoleon Ave (18x24” lawn signs) • N Causeway Blvd and 47th St (18x24”) • Airline Dr and N Labarre Rd (18x24”) SECTION 2. That the signs permitted for placement on public rights-of-way herein shall not include any corporate or sponsor names, logos or text, except to identify the primary sponsoring organization to which this resolution grants permission to erect said sign advertising the primary sponsor’s function or event. These signs must be installed without obstructing the view of traffic.

SECTION 3. That all signs placed on roadways controlled by Louisiana Department of Transportation shall require the permission of the Louisiana DOTD before placement of signs.

SECTION 4. That permission is hereby granted to erect temporary signs advertising the Crescent City Christian School Summer Camp Event. signs to be removed Friday, May 29, 2026.

SECTION 5. The Parish Clerk is hereby requested to forward a copy of this resolution to Fran McDowell, 1915 Airline Dr, Metairie LA 70001, and the Jefferson Parish Department of Traffic Engineering.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148484 A resolution granting permission to LA Health Solutions, 3001 Division Street, Metairie, Louisiana 70002, represented

by Lyle Schween, to host a Crawfish Boil and Oyster Bake on Friday, May 8, 2026 from 2:00p.m. until 7:00p.m. and to provide for related matters. (Council District 5) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority for said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission is hereby granted to LA Health Solutions, 3001 Division Street, Metairie, Louisiana 70002, represented by Lyle Schween, to host a Crawfish Boil and Oyster Bake on Friday, May 8, 2026 from 2:00p.m. until 7:00p.m.; to serve beer, wine, liquor, beverages, and food; to have Live music; to erect 1 tent (41’ or larger); and to close Tierney Street from Hessmer Ave to Division Street; provided all permits are obtained from the Department of Citizen’s Affairs, Code Compliance & Enforcement, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the State of Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and that all requirements of said departments are met.

SECTION 2. That a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to Lyle Schween 3001 Division Street, Metairie LA 70002.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148485 A resolution granting permission to the Gretna Elks Lodge represented by Ms. Jessica Bourgeois, to erect temporary signs advertising their “Hartz and Hands” event to be held on May 16, 2026. (Council District 1) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission is hereby granted to the Gretna Elks Lodge, represented by Ms. Jessica Bourgeois, to erect temporary signs advertising their “Hartz and Hands” event to be held on May 16, 2026 in the public medians at the following locations: 1) Barataria Boulevard 2) The Westbank Expressway 3) Lafayette Street SECTION 2. That the signs permitted for placement on public rights-of-way herein shall not include any corporate or sponsor names, logos or text, except to identify the primary sponsoring organization to which this resolution grants permission to erect said signs advertising the primary sponsor’s function or event.

SECTION 3. That the signs are to measure no more than four feet wide by four feet in height and a copy of this resolution shall be attached to each sign.

SECTION 4. That permission is hereby granted to erect the temporary signs advertising the said event from May 1, 2026, through May 22, 2026.

SECTION 5. That the Council Clerk is hereby requested to forward a copy of this resolution to Ms. Jessica Bourgeois, 900 Monroe St, Gretna, Louisiana 70053, and the Department of Code Compliance & Enforcement.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148486 A resolution authorizing the addition of subcontractors to the contract between Jefferson Parish and N-Y Associates, Inc. to provide Professional Architectural and Engineering Services on an as-needed basis for architectural type projects located throughout the Parish. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, the Parish has an agreement with N-Y Associates, Inc. dated May 30, 2025, as authorized by Resolution No. 146425 (adopted May 21, 2025), to provide professional architectural and engineering services on an as-needed basis for architectural related projects located throughout the Parish; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 101506 requires that each prime professional service provider submit to the Parish an affidavit containing a list of subcontractors involved in each contract; and WHEREAS, N-Y Associates, Inc. wishes to add Futch Design Associates, Inc. to the list of subcontractors authorized to provide professional services under this contract.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That Futch Design Associates, Inc. shall be added to the list of subcontractors for professional services to N-Y Associates, Inc. under the contract between Jefferson Parish and N-Y Associates, Inc. dated May 30, 2025 to provide Professional Architectural and Engineering services on an as-needed basis throughout the Parish for a total not-to-exceed annual fee of $500,000.00.

SECTION 2. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

It was moved by Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken Item #40 on the agenda of a resolution appointing Mr. Edward A. “Ned” Rodrigue to the Inspector General Quality Assurance Review Advisory Committee established by Section 2-155.10(16) of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, replacing Mr. John Benz as the representative of the Jefferson Parish Council on the committee is hereby deferred to May 20, 2026. (Parishwide) The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148487 A resolution appointing Robynn Beck, replacing Greg Faia, to the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Parish Finance Authority as the representative of Council District 4. (Council District 4) WHEREAS, by virtue of Resolution No. 141038 adopted on December 14, 2022, Greg Faia was originally appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Parish Finance Authority, representing Jefferson Parish Council District 4, and to serve thereafter at the will of the Jefferson Parish Council; and WHEREAS, it is the intention of Council District 4 that Robynn Beck be appointed to said Board replacing Greg Faia.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority for

said Parish: SECTION 1. That Robynn Beck, replacing Greg Faia, be and is hereby appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Parish Finance Authority as the representative of Council District 4.

SECTION 2. That a copy of the resolution be sent to Robynn Beck at (RBeck@dhhmcpa.com) and to her residence at 29 Palmetto Drive, Kenner, LA 70065 and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Parish Finance Authority.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148488 A resolution prohibiting parking from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on both sides of S. Al Davis Road from the intersection of S. Al Davis Road and Mounes Street to the southern terminus of S. Al Davis Road, in Jefferson, Louisiana, in compliance with Section 36-30 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances. (Council District 2) WHEREAS, businesses on S. Al Davis Road use the street for overflow parking 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which has resulted in numerous complaints from other businesses trying to maneuver delivery trucks in and out and maintain the property near the parked vehicles.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That parking is prohibited from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on both sides of S. Al Davis Road from the intersection of S. Al Davis Road and Mounes Street to the southern terminus of S. Al Davis Road, Jefferson, LA. SECTION 2. That the Traffic Engineering Division of the Department of Engineering is hereby authorized and directed to install the appropriate “No Parking” signs.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote; the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148489 A resolution approving a merit raise for the Chief of Staff to the Councilmember for Council District Three pursuant to Ordinance No. 13709, the Jefferson Parish Executive Pay Plan for Unclassified Employees, Rule XVIII, Section 18.5.

(Council District 3) WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 13709, the Jefferson Parish Executive Pay Plan for Unclassified Employees, Rule XVIII, Section 18.5, provides the Appointing Authority discretion to grant to an executive employee a merit raise for outstanding job performance of up to five percent (5%) of the employee’s salary.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That a merit raise in the amount of five percent (5%) of the employee’s salary, is hereby approved for the Chief of Staff to the Councilmember for Council District Three, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13709, the Jefferson Parish Executive Pay Plan for Unclassified Employees, Rule XVIII, Section 18.5, effective May 16, 2026.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148490 A resolution approving the First Amendment to the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Phelps Dunbar, LLP to provide legal services to the Jefferson Parish Retirement Board and to provide for related matters.

(Parishwide) WHEREAS, by virtue of Resolution No. 139971, adopted on June 29, 2022, a pre-approved list of persons or firms for miscellaneous legal services for Jefferson Parish was established; and WHEREAS, the Legal Services Evaluation Committee met on June 12, 2023 to discuss the selection of counsel to provide legal services in the Employees’ Retirement System of Jefferson; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 142312, adopted on July 12, 2023, the Jefferson Parish Council approved the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Phelps Dunbar, LLP to provide legal services to provide legal services to the Jefferson Parish Retirement Board; and WHEREAS, the legal services provided by Phelps Dunbar, LLP are ongoing; and WHEREAS, the current contract expires June 11, 2026; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Parish to extend the term of the Agreement for an additional two (2) years to expire on June 11, 2028 and to also adopt the new maximum hourly fee schedule attached to the Agreement as Attachment “A”, which falls within the Attorney General’s parameters, for all legal invoicing for services rendered after August 1, 2024.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana: SECTION 1. That the Council does hereby approve the First Amendment between the Parish of Jefferson and Phelps Dunbar, LLP to provide legal services to the Jefferson Parish Retirement Board, to extend the term of the Agreement for an additional two (2) years with a new a new expiration date of June 11, 2028 and to add an additional Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to the Agreement for a total contract cap not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and to adopt the new maximum hourly fee schedule attached to the Amendment as Attachment “A”, which falls with the Attorney General’s parameters, for all legal invoicing for services rendered after August 1, 2024.

SECTION 2. That all other terms and conditions of the original agreement, as amended shall remain unchanged.

SECTION 3. That all costs associated with the Agreement shall be charged to Account No. 10010-1364.3 and shall not exceed $500,000.00 for the additional two (2) year period of this agreement.

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148491 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and All South Consulting Engineers, LLC to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18A-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and All South Consulting Engineers, LLC to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148492 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Design Engineering, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18D-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Design Engineering, Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148493 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Digital Engineering & Imaging, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18E-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Digital Engineering & Imaging, Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148494 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and G.E.C., Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18F-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and G.E.C., Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148495 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Gresham Smith to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18G-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Gresham Smith to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148496 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Linfield, Hunter & Junius, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18H-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Linfield, Hunter & Junius, Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Neel-Schaffer to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148498 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Pivotal Engineering, LLC to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18J-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Pivotal Engineering, LLC to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148499 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Volkert, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18N-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Volkert, Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148500 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Urban Systems, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18L-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Urban Systems, Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00, by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148501 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18C-TR. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 148270, adopted April 8, 2026, the Jefferson Parish Council selected vendors to provide AsNeeded Traffic Engineering Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, State of Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. to provide As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services at an amount not to exceed $500,000.00, by a factor of more than 10% per year is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. The cost of the As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services shall be charged to the appropriate account line on a jobto-job basis.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

RESOLUTION NO. 148497 A resolution approving a two-year Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Neel-Schaffer, Inc. to provide Traffic Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis for projects located throughout Jefferson Parish with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year, not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year without amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council, Public Works No. 2026-18I-TR. (Parishwide)

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 147575, adopted December 10, 2025, the Jefferson Parish Council authorized the Purchasing Department to advertise for the submittal of a Statement

WHEREAS, Resolution 148181, adopted on March 18, 2026, approved the Second Amendment to the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and The Leader Guides LLCs, extending the term

RESOLUTION NO. 148502 A resolution amending Resolution No. 148181, adopted on March 18, 2026, which approved the Second Amendment to the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and The Leader Guides LLC, extending the term of the agreement by one year, to fix the total cost. (Parishwide)

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS of the agreement by one year; and WHEREAS, the Resolution has that this amendment will be at “no cost” to the Parish; and WHEREAS, while the Second Amendment keeps the annual notto-exceed amount at $40,000.00, the total contract amount for the entire term of the Agreement will be increased to $120,000.00.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the preamble be replaced in its entirety with the following language: A resolution approving this Second Amendment to the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and The Leader Guides LLC, to extend the term of the agreement for one (1) additional year, for a new termination date of May 31, 2027, and add $40,000.00 to the total contract amount, for a new total contract amount of $120,000.00. (Parishwide) SECTION 2. That the third “Whereas” Clause be replaced in its entirety with the following language: WHEREAS, pursuant to resolution No. 146445 the First Amended Agreement was adopted on the 21st day of May 2025 (“First Amendment”) extended the term of the Original Agreement for one (1) additional year for a new termination date of May 31, 2026 and added $40,000.00 to the total contract amount, for a new total contract amount of $80,000.00; and SECTION 3. That the following language be added as a new “Whereas” Clause: WHEREAS, the annual not-to-exceed amount will remain at $40,000.00, making a new total contract amount of $120,000.00 for the entire term of the contract.

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148503 A resolution approving Amendment No. 2, which amends the existing Engineering Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Hartman Engineering, Inc. dated July 14, 2021, authorized by Resolution No. 137859 (adopted 6/30/2021), to provide Professional Engineering Services for the design of Dickory Avenue Extension to Jefferson Highway, Public Works Project No. 2020-010-RBP, Contract No. 55-00019777, to establish a new termination date of July 14, 2027, which does not increase the total contract amount of $800,260.83, with this cost not to be exceeded by a factor of more than ten (10) percent without an amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Council. (Council District 2) WHEREAS, there is an Engineering Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson (hereinafter, OWNER) and Hartman Engineering, Inc. (hereinafter, ENGINEER), dated July 14, 2021, authorized

by Resolution No.137859 (adopted on 6/30/2021), to provide professional engineering services for the design of Dickory Avenue Extension to Jefferson Highway, Public Works Project No. 2020-010RBP (hereinafter, the PROJECT); and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 1, dated July 1, 2024, as authorized

by Resolution No. 144408 (adopted 6/12/2024), increased the Engineering Fees by $123,318.40 for scope changes to include signalization design, changes existing Hickory Avenue intersection at Jefferson Highway and extended the contract time by two (2) years; and WHEREAS, the engineering agreement currently expires on July 14, 2026; and WHEREAS, considering the ENGINEER’S familiarity with the scope of work and previous work performed, it is in the best interest of the OWNER to extend the Agreement for one (1) year to allow for completion of the design of the PROJECT, authorizing a new termination date of July 14, 2027.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Council does hereby approve Amendment No. 2, which amends the existing Engineering Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Hartman Engineering, Inc., dated July 14, 2021, authorized by Resolution No. 137859 (adopted 6/30/2021), to provide Professional Engineering Services for the design of Dickory Avenue Extension to Jefferson Highway, Public Works Project No. 2020-010-RBP, Contract No. 55-00019777, to establish a new termination date of July 14, 2027, which does not increase the total contract amount of $800,260.83, with this cost not to be exceeded by a factor of more than ten (10) percent without an amendment to the contract authorized by resolution of the Council.

SECTION 2. That the cost for Basic Engineering services shall continue to be charged to Budget Account No. 44220-41007451(42210.034).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148504 A resolution approving the First Amendment to the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and NOLA Protection Group, LLC, authorized by Resolution 142461, adopted on the 9th day of August, 2023, for event security and staffing services on an as-needed basis for the John A. Alario, Sr. Event Center under RFP No. 0454. to extend the term of the agreement by one year and increase the total not-to-exceed amount by $43,000.00, for a new total notto-exceed amount of $172,000.00. (Council District 3) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 142217, adopted on the 12th day of July, 2023, the Parish Council selected NOLA Protection Group, LLC under RFP No. 0454 to provide event security and staffing services for a period of (3) three years; and WHEREAS, NOLA Protection Group, LLC has continually provided satisfactory service during the term of the Original Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Original Agreement is set to expire at midnight on August 28, 2026; and WHEREAS, NOLA Protection Group, LLC has agreed to this extension and a letter confirming consent is attached hereto; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Parish to extend the Original Agreement, for an additional year; and WHEREAS, the annual contract cap for the additional year will remain at $43,000; and WHEREAS, therefore, it is necessary to add $43,000.00 to the total contract cap of $129,000.00 for a new not to exceed total contract amount of $172,000.00; and WHEREAS, all other terms and conditions under RFP 0454 will remain the same.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the First Amendment to the Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and NOLA Protection Group, LLC, authorized by Resolution 142461, adopted on the 9th day of August, 2023, for event security and staffing services on an as-needed basis for the John A. Alario, Sr. Event Center under RFP No. 0454 to extend the term by one year and increase the total not-to-exceed contract amount by $43,000.00, for a new total not-to-exceed contract amount of $172,000.00, is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That all expenditures under this Agreement shall be charged to Account No. 21850-2615-7424.2 for the John A. Alario, Sr. Event Center.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148505 A resolution approving the First Amendment to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and University Healthcare System, L.L.C. d/b/a East Jefferson General Hospital to provide Jefferson Parish with emergency parking during hurricanes, natural disasters and/or severe weather events to extend the contract by two years pursuant to the Agreement’s option to renew.

(Parishwide) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 142170, adopted on June 14, 2023, which was amended by Resolution No. 142365, adopted on July 12, 2023, the Parish of Jefferson (“Parish”) and University Healthcare System L.L.C. d/b/a East Jefferson General Hospital (“EJGH”) entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (the “Original Agreement”), dated July 26, 2023, to provide Jefferson Parish with emergency parking during hurricanes, natural disasters and/or sever weather events for three years at no cost to the Parish; and WHEREAS, the Original Agreement contained an option to renew the Agreement for two (2) years; and WHEREAS, Parish and EJGH wish to amend the Original Agreement by exercising the option to renew and extend the Original Agreement by two (2) years.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the First Amendment to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and University Healthcare System, L.L.C. d/b/a East Jefferson General Hospital, to provide Jefferson Parish with emergency parking during hurricanes, natural disasters and/or severe weather events to extend the Agreement by two years pursuant to the Agreement’s option to renew is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That there are no direct costs associated with this

Agreement.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148506 A resolution authorizing and approving the Renewal of the Sole Source Agreement with Procare Software, LLC d.b.a.

ChildPlus Software to renew the subscription agreement for a cost not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($17,346.15) and to approve the “Standard Learning Plan” Training Agreement for a cost not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for a total cost not to exceed Thirty Two Thousand Three Hundred Forty Six Dollars and 15/100 ($32,346.15). (Parishwide) WHEREAS, the Jefferson Community Action Program (JeffCAP) Head Start Birth to Five program utilizes ChildPlus software to manage the program’s data and utilizes the training services to effectively train its staff and childcare partners to use the said software; and WHEREAS, ChildPlus Software subscription and training agreements requires annual renewal; and WHEREAS, the Head Start Management Software efficiently and effectively maintain records and protect confidentiality of enrolled Head Start and Early Head Start children and families; and WHEREAS, ChildPlus calculates the Program Information Report data (PIR) to meet the Head Start Performance Standards requirements; and WHEREAS, the ChildPlus data management system and applications are customized to JeffCAP Head Start, it includes a centralize children’s data, attendance tracking, analyze reports to make data-driven decisions, and track trends to improve the agency’s overall management system; and WHEREAS, the software also identifies and resolves issues to help JeffCAP Head Start Birth to Five maintain compliance; and WHEREAS, ChildPlus Software, working from a secure shared database reduces errors and paperwork and allows staff to proactively manage tasks; and WHEREAS, ChildPlus Software is the sole source for this software as it is the copyrighter, developer, producer, owner and sole distributor of ChildPlus Software product line and the sole source provider of consultant training for the software.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. The Renewal of the Sole Source Agreement with Procare Software, LLC d.b.a. ChildPlus Software to renew the subscription agreement for a cost not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($17,346.15) and to approve the “Standard Learning Plan” Training Agreement for a cost not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for a total cost not to exceed Thirty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and 15/100 ($32,346.15) is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That all costs associated with this Agreement shall be charged to Account No. 21020-1010-214-7331/102XX-XXX and 21020-1010-214-7518/XXX-XX, not to exceed Thirty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and 15/100 Dollars ($32,346.15).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148507 A resolution approving the appointment of Mr. Stephen Guidroz to the position Director of Fire Services and to provide for related matters. (Parishwide) WHEREAS, Mr. Stephen Guidroz meets all of the qualifications required by Section 2-212 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances to be appointed to the position Director of Fire Services.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the appointment of Mr. Stephen Guidroz to the position Director of Fire Services is hereby approved in accordance with Section 2-212 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148508 A resolution approving an Agreement with Millard Mulé and Associates, LLC to provide Business/Economic Development Consulting and Grant funding opportunities in support of Council District 4’s efforts, at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

(Council District 4) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Jefferson Parish Council hereby approves the terms of the Agreement with Millard Mulé and Associates, LLC to provide Business/Economic Development Consulting and Grant funding opportunities in support of Council District 4’s efforts, at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

SECTION 2. That the term of the Agreement shall begin on April 1, 2026.

SECTION 3. That the cost associated with this Agreement shall be charged to Account No. 22020-2754-7331 (20254.000) (Council District 4 – Video Poker).

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148509 A resolution approving a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and RS Walker & Associates, Inc. dba Fleet Feet Metairie to provide funding for the Global Running Day, at a cost not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). (Council District 5) WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that public funds may be used for programs of social welfare for the aid and support of the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Parish is authorized by Section 1.01(15) of the Jefferson Parish Charter to enter into this Agreement for the development and administration of recreational and cultural facilities and programs; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is to promote health and fitness in Jefferson Parish through the support of RS Walker & Associates, Inc. dba Fleet Feet Metairie conducting Global Running Day at Bonnabel Boat Launch on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, or alternate date; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Parish has a reasonable expectation of receiving the benefit and value of increased health and fitness in Jefferson Parish which is at least equivalent to the Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public funds or property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Parish desires to cooperate with ORGANIZATION in the implementation of the project as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and RS Walker & Associates, Inc. dba Fleet Feet Metairie to provide funding for the Global Running Day, at a cost not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That RS Walker & Associates, Inc. dba Fleet Feet Metairie shall be responsible for timely obtaining all required permits from the Jefferson Parish Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the State of Louisiana Office of Alcohol Beverage Control, the Health Department, & the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and shall ensure that all requirements & regulations of said departments have been met.

SECTION 3. That the term of the contract shall commence on the date of execution and end on midnight of the date immediately preceding the first anniversary.

SECTION 4. That any costs associated with this agreement shall be taken from Account No. 22030-2765-126-7680.401 (20365.000) (Council District 5 – Eastbank Tourism).

SECTION 5. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148510 A resolution approving a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and the Jefferson Tennis Club of Terrytown, which provides funding for recreational opportunities through tennis, at a cost not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). (Council District 1) WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that public funds may be used for programs of social welfare for the aid and support of the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and WHEREAS, Parish of Jefferson is authorized by Section 1.01(15) of the Jefferson Parish Charter to enter into this Agreement for development and administration of recreational programs; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is described as developing and providing recreational opportunities for the residents of Jefferson Parish through various tennis programs; and WHEREAS, the Parish of Jefferson has a reasonable expectation of receiving a benefit or value of increased recreational opportunities for the citizens of Jefferson Parish which is at least equivalent to the $500.00 provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public funds or property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together; and WHEREAS, the Parish of Jefferson desires to cooperate with Jefferson Tennis Club of Terrytown in the implementation of the project as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and the Jefferson Tennis Club of Terrytown, which provides funding for funding for recreational opportunities through tennis, at a cost not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That the funds provided in this Agreement shall be taken from Account No. 22040-2771-7680.425 (20471.000) (Council District 1 – Westbank Riverboat Gaming).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148511 A resolution authorizing the Finance Department to issue payment to Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP for an invoice dated April 6, 2026 in the amount of $5630.00 for legal services rendered in regards to the establishment of a New Churchill/Nine Mile Point Economic Development District and associated guidance concerning Tax Increment Financing under Contract No. 55-22627. (Council District 3) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 145730, adopted on January 15, 2025, the Parish of Jefferson and Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP entered into an Agreement dated March 18, 2025 to provide legal services for the establishment of a New Churchill/Nine Mile Point Economic Development District and associated guidance concerning Tax Increment Financing; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 145998, adopted on February 26, 2025, the Agreement was amended to correct the term of the contract from two years to one year; and WHEREAS, the Agreement expired on January 8, 2026; and WHEREAS, Invoice No. 521778, dated April 9, 2026 for work performed in February 2026, in the amount of $5630.00 has been received from Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Department of Finance be and is hereby authorized to pay the Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP Invoice No. 521778, dated April 9, 2026, in the amount of $5630.00 for legal services rendered in regards to the establishment of a New Churchill/ Nine Mile Point Economic Development District and associated guidance concerning Tax Increment Financing under Contract No. 55-22627.

SECTION 2. That the cost of said invoices be charged to Account No. 10010-0021-7321.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in his or her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148512 A resolution amending Resolution No. 148333, adopted on April 8, 2026, which approved a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Entergy Louisiana, LLC to add language to the resolution that provides legal authority for the Parish to enter this Agreement. (Council District 3) WHEREAS, Resolution 148333, adopted on April 8, 2026, approved a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Entergy Louisiana, LLC for use of the Alario Center in the event of a disaster and/or emergency event at the Waterford III Power Plant; and WHEREAS, Resolution 148333, did not include language in the “Whereas” clauses that gives the Parish of Jefferson legal authority to enter the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the following language be added as additional “Whereas” clauses: WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, PARISH is authorized by Article VII, Sec. 14(C) to enter into this Agreement for use of the Alario Center facilities as an evacuation center in the event of an accident at Entergy Operations, Inc., Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, and the nature of such accident is of a magnitude mandating such use; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is described as use of the Alario Center, owned by the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (LSED), under the management of the PARISH, for use as a reception center for evacuees in the event of an accident at Entergy Operations, Inc., Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford-3); and WHEREAS, PARISH has a reasonable expectation of receiving a benefit or value of which is at least equivalent to or greater than the use of said facility as provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public funds or property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together.

SECTION 2. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

It was moved by Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, that Item #67 on the agenda of a resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Champions Sports Management LLC dated March 24, 2026 regarding funding for concession equipment at the John Alario Jr. Sports Complex, which provides for an additional $150,000.00 in funding for the construction of covered open-air shelters at the Complex, the purchase and installation of a modular building, and the purchase and golf carts, and adds additional insurance requirements is hereby deferred to May 20, 2026. (Council District 3) The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148513 A resolution granting permission to Asian Pacific American Society, represented by Grace Chan, to sell beer, wine, and liquor at their upcoming Asian Pacific American Society – Asian Heritage Festival to be held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Lafreniere Park; to allow erection of tents and booths; and to allow live/ amplified/DJ music outdoors until 5:00 p.m. (provided that the Parish noise ordinance is observed in all cases), in connection therewith. (Council District 4) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, acting as governing authority of said parish: SECTION 1. That permission be and is hereby granted to Asian Pacific American Society, represented by Grace Chan, to sell beer, wine and liquor at their upcoming “Asian Heritage Festival” to be held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at

Lafreniere; to allow erection of tents and booths; and to allow live/ amplified/DJ music until 5:00 p.m. (provided that the Parish noise ordinance is observed in all cases), in connection therewith.

SECTION 2. That this permission is granted provided that all necessary permits are obtained from the Department of Code Compliance and Enforcement, the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, Lafreniere Park and from the State of Louisiana Office of Alcohol Beverage Control to conduct such a celebration and that all indemnification and insurance requirements set forth by the Jefferson Parish Director of the Department of Risk Management and all federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations are met; and waiving all Jefferson Parish taxes.

SECTION 3. That permission is also granted to Asian Pacific American Society, represented by Grace Chan, to erect temporary signs not to exceed 4-foot by 8-foot announcing their Asian Heritage Festival from May 2, 2026 to May 16, 2026, at the following locations provided that the placement of all signs is approved by the Jefferson Parish Traffic Engineering Division and that none of said signs cause any sight obstructions for motorists: 1) Veterans Blvd. and Causeway Blvd.

2) Veterans Blvd. and Downs Blvd.

3) West Napoleon Avenue and Downs Blvd.

SECTION 4. That a copy of said resolution be attached to each sign and banner while displayed.

SECTION 5. That signs permitted for placement on public rightsof-way herein shall not include any corporate or sponsor names, logos or text, except to identify the primary sponsoring organization to which this resolution grants permission to erect said sign advertising the primary sponsor’s function or event.

SECTION 6. That all signs placed on roadways controlled by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development shall require the permission to the Louisiana DOTD before placement of said signs.

SECTION 7. That the proceeds from said event will go to Asian Pacific American Society.

SECTION 8. That a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Asian Pacific American Society, c/o Grace Chan, P.O. Box 1978, Metairie, LA 70004 and all departments in connection therewith.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148514 A resolution granting permission to Safaris Circus Bavaria Corporation, represented by Bryanna Brusco, to conduct its Germany’s Great Bavarian Circus, at 197 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, LA 70053, on May 21, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., May 22, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., May 23, 2026 at 1:30, 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., May 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m., May 25, 2206 at 7:00 p.m., May 26, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., May 28, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., May 29, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., May 30, 2026 at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., and May 31, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.; and in connection therewith to erect 1 tent 41’ or larger, to have DJ/amplified music, and to sell and serve beverages and food; provided that all permits have been obtained from the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, Department of Compliance and Code Enforcement, and the Louisiana Department of Health; provided all requirements of said departments are met.

(Council District 1) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission is hereby granted to Safaris Circus Bavaria Corporation, represented by Bryanna Brusco, to conduct its Germany’s Great Bavarian Circus, at 197 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, LA 70053, on May 21, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., May 22, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., May 23, 2026 at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., May 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m., May 25, 2206 at 7:00 p.m., May 26, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., May 28, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., May 29, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., May 30, 2026 at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., and May 31, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.; and in connection therewith to erect 1 tent 41’ or larger, to have DJ/amplified music, and to sell and serve beverages and food; provided that all permits have been obtained from the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, Department of Compliance and Code Enforcement, and the Louisiana Department of Health; provided all requirements of said departments are met.

SECTION 2. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Safaris Circus Bavaria Corporation, 2011 61st St. Sarasota, Florida, 34243, the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, Department of Compliance and Code Enforcement, and the Louisiana Department of Health.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148515 A resolution granting permission to New Orleans Harley Davidson, 6015 Airline Drive, Metairie LA, 70003, represented by Mr. Steven Kirkland, to conduct a Papa Palooza, at 6015 Airline Drive, Metairie LA, 70003, Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; to allow the serving of beverages ,beer ,liquor and food ; to allow live music and DJ Amplified; to allow outdoor cooking; and to allow 4 craft booths, in connection therewith, provided that all necessary permits have been obtained from the Department of Inspection and Code Enforcement, the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and from the State of Louisiana Office of Beverage Control and that all requirements and regulations of said departments are met; and waiving all taxes. (Council District 2) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission is hereby granted to New Orleans Harley Davidson, 6015 Airline Drive, Metairie LA, 70003, represented

by Mr. Steven Kirkland, to conduct a Papa Palooza, at 6015 Airline Drive, Metairie LA, 70003, represented by Mr. Steven Kirkland, to conduct a Papa Palooza, at 6015 Airline Drive, Metairie LA, 70003, Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; to allow the serving of beverages ,beer ,liquor and food ; to allow live music and DJ Amplified; to allow outdoor cooking; and to allow 4 craft booths,, in connection therewith, provided that all necessary permits have been obtained from the Department of Inspection and Code Enforcement, the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and from the State of Louisiana Office of Beverage Control and that all requirements and regulations of said departments are met; and waiving all taxes.

SECTION 2. That permission is granted provided there is off street parking; detail police on traffic control and no fireworks display.

SECTION 3. That permission is hereby granted provided that all necessary permits are obtained from the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, Department of Inspection and Code, Jefferson Parish Health Department, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and from the State of Louisiana Office of Alcohol Beverage Control and that all indemnification and insurance requirements set forth by the Jefferson Parish Director of the Department of Loss Control and all federal, state and local laws, ordinance and regulations are met.

SECTION 4. That the Parish Council Clerk forward a copy of this resolution to Mr. Steven Kirkland, 6015 Airline Drive, Metairie LA, 70003; and all departments in connection therewith.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148516 A resolution granting permission to the Carlos Portugal, represented by Mr. Carlos Portugal, to hold a Do Portugal Circus at the parking lot of the Shrine on Airline, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie LA 70003, from Thursday, May 21 through May 24, 2026 from 2:00p.m to 9:45p.m; to serve and to sell beverages and food; to erect 1 large tents; to allow DJ/ Amplified music; provided that all necessary permits have been obtained from, the Department of Inspection and Code Enforcement, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, the Jefferson Parish Health Department; the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and the State of Louisiana Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control to conduct such an event; and that all requirements and regulations of said departments are complied with. (Council District 2) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission is hereby granted Do Portugal Circus LLC, represented by Mr. Carlos Portugal, to hold a Do Portugal Circus at the parking lot of the Shrine on Airline, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie LA 70003, from Thursday, May 21 through May 24, 2026 from 2:00p.m to 9:45p.m; to serve and to sell beverages and food; to erect 1 large tents; to allow DJ/Amplified music; provided that all necessary permits have been obtained from, the Department of Inspection and Code Enforcement, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, the Jefferson Parish Health Department; the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and the State of Louisiana Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control to conduct such an event; and that all requirements and regulations of said departments are complied with.

SECTION 2. That a copy of this resolution be mailed to Mr. Carlos Portugal, 1225 N Expy Way c1-7, Brownsville, TX 78520 the Department of Inspection and Code Enforcement, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department, the Jefferson Parish Health Department and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS RESOLUTION NO. 148517 A resolution granting permission to Eternal Flame Candles LLC., represented by Bridget Green, to conduct its Eternal Flame Candles Spring Pop-up Market, at 2100 Alex Kornman Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058, on May 2, 2026, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; allowing DJ amplified music, outdoor cooking, sale of food and beverages, sale of tangible products/merchandise, and to erect 20 canopies, in connection with the event; provided that a permit is obtained from the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Department of Compliance and Code Enforcement, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and that all requirements of said Departments are met. (Council District 3) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority for said Parish: SECTION 1. That permission be and is hereby granted to Eternal Flame Candles LLC., represented by Bridget Green, to conduct its Eternal Flame Candles Spring Pop-up Market, at 2100 Alex Kornman Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058, on May 2, 2026, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; allowing DJ amplified music, outdoor cooking, sale of food and beverages, sale of tangible products/merchandise, and to erect 20 canopies, in connection with the event; provided that a permit is obtained from the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Department of Compliance and Code Enforcement, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and that all requirements of said Departments are met.

SECTION 2. This resolution is granted with the full understanding that said applicant shall comply with the requirements set forth in Chapter 22 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, and with any other applicable laws.

SECTION 3. That the Parish Council Clerk forward a copy of this resolution to Bridget Green, 3833 Chriswood Lane, Harvey, LA 70058, the Department of Citizens’ Affairs, the Department of Compliance and Code Enforcement, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

It was moved by Mr. Walker, and seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, that Item #6 AA on the addendum agenda authorizing appointing Bryan C. Reuter to the Inspector General Quality Assurance Review Advisory Committee established by Section 2-155.10(16) of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, replacing Mr. John Benz as the representative of the Jefferson Parish Council on the committee is hereby deferred to May 20, 2026. (Parishwide) The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148518 A resolution calling for a hearing to be set and heard by the Jefferson Parish Council to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of Lucky Chen, LLC d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café, should be suspended or revoked pursuant to Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, Section 4-32 et seq., and to provide for related matters. (Council District 5) WHEREAS, Lucky Chen, LLC, d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café, located at 2708 N. Hullen Street, Metairie, holds a 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit; and WHEREAS, in response to complaints received by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office relative to gunshots fired outside of Vogue Bar and Café, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation on March 22, 2026 and made arrest for Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Illegal discharge of a Firearm, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm at Vogue Bar and Café; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, Section 4-34, this is a motion to have a hearing set and heard by the Jefferson Parish Council to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of the aforementioned permit holder should be suspended or revoked for reasons to include, but not limited to, the discharge of any firearm on an alcoholic beverage retail dealer’s premises including the vicinity thereof and the commission of any unlawful act on an alcoholic beverage retail dealer’s premises, including the vicinity thereof, which may endanger patrons of the establishment and/or members of the public residing, commuting, or patronizing businesses in the vicinity of the establishment, in violation of Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, Section 4-32 et seq.; and WHEREAS, Vogue Bar and Café requested that the hearing scheduled on May 6, 2026 be continued.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That this resolution approves the motion for a hearing to be heard by the Jefferson Parish Council and set on May 20, 2026 at the start of the council meeting in the Westbank Council Chambers, 200 Derbigny Street, 2nd Floor, Gretna in order to determine whether the 2026 Alcoholic Beverage Permit of Lucky Chen, LLC, d/b/a Vogue Bar and Café, located at 2708 N. Hullen Street, Metairie, should be suspended or revoked pursuant to the causes set herein, and to provide for related matters.

SECTION 2. That the Clerk of the Council notify the aforementioned permit holder of this hearing and forward a copy of this resolution to the permit holder.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148519 A resolution approving Amendment No. 4 to the Professional Services Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Colvin | Brothers Law Firm, APLC to provide legal services for land acquisition services for West Bank Parish Wide Road Bond Projects, Dakin Street East Bank Road Bond Project and West Bank S.E.L.A. Urban Flood Drainage Projects to extend the Agreement by two (2) years and add Nine Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($980,000.00) to the total contract cap. (Council Districts 1, 2 & 3) WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 136461, adopted on October 14, 2020, the Jefferson Parish Council approved an Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Colvin Law Firm, APLC to provide legal services for land acquisition services for West Bank Parish Wide Road Bond Projects, Dakin Street East Bank Road Bond Project and West Bank S.E.L.A. Urban Flood Drainage Projects for two (2) years to expire on August 31, 2022 and not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($250,000.00); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 138456, adopted on October 27, 2021, the Jefferson Parish Council approved Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement to increase the total contract cap by Three Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($300,000.00) for a new total contract cap of Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($550,000.00) and added Architects Plus as a subcontractor to the Professional Services Agreement; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 140060, adopted on July 27, 2022, which was amended by Resolution No. 140274, adopted on August 24, 2022, the Jefferson Parish Council approved Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement to add Fifty Thousand Dollars to the annual contract cap for a new annual contract cap of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), to extend the term of the Agreement by two years for a new expiration date of August 31, 2024, and to change the name of the law firm from Colvin Law Firm, APLC to Colvin | Brothers Law Firm, APLC; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 143860, adopted on March 6, 2024, the Jefferson Parish Council approved Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement to increase the annual contract cap by Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) per year for a new annual contract cap of Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars ($360,000.00) and to extend the term for an additional two (2) years for a new expiration date of August 21, 2026; and WHEREAS, the current contract expires on August 31, 2026; and WHEREAS, the legal services provided by Colvin | Brothers Law Firm, APLC are ongoing and the Parish wishes to add Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars to the total contract cap for the remaining term; and WHEREAS, it is also in the best interest of the Parish to extend the term of the Agreement for an additional two (2) years with a new expiration date of August 31, 2028, where the annual contract cap will remain at Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand ($360,000.00); and WHEREAS, the total contract cap shall be increased by Two Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($260,000.00) for the current Agreement and by Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00) for the requested two (2) year extension, for a total increase of Nine Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($980,000.00).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Council does hereby approve Amendment No. 4 between the Parish of Jefferson and Colvin | Brothers Law Firm, APLC to provide legal services for land acquisition services for West Bank Parish Wide Road Bond Projects, Dakin Street East Bank Road Bond Project and West Bank S.E.L.A. Urban Flood Drainage Projects, to extend the term of the Agreement for an additional two (2) years and to add an additional Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($980,000.00) to the Agreement.

SECTION 2. That all other terms and conditions of the original agreement, as amended shall remain unchanged.

SECTION 3. That all costs associated with this contract shall come from Budget Account Number 44200-4002-7321 (42010-XXX) or Budget Account Number 44220-4100-7321 (42211-XXX).

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148520 A resolution authorizing the Parish Clerk to advertise for

proposals from publishers qualified to be selected as the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish; and further establishing a procedure for naming the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish for the contract year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027. (Parishwide) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Parish Clerk is hereby authorized to advertise for proposals (to be opened at the June 10, 2026 meeting of this Council) from publishers qualified to be selected as the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish; said proposals to include the price per column inch for printing the Journal.

SECTION 2. That the procedure for naming the publisher of the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish for the contract year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027 shall be as follows: a. That the sealed proposals of the publishers submitting shall be opened and read at this Council’s meeting of June 10, 2024.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148521 A resolution approving a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, Inc., to provide funding for the 2026 Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, at a cost not to exceed TwentyFive Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), and use of the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo Pavilion on July 23 - 25, 2026. (Council District 1) WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that public funds may be used for programs of social welfare for the aid and support of the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and WHEREAS, the Parish is authorized by Art. I, Sec. 1 of the Louisiana Constitution to enter into this Agreement to promote the happiness and general welfare of the public; and WHEREAS, PARISH desires to cooperate with the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, Inc. in the implementation of the Project as hereinafter provided; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is to increase tourism and economic development through the production of the 2026 Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo in Grand Isle; and WHEREAS, the PARISH has a reasonable expectation of receiving a benefit of increased tourism and economic growth of Jefferson Parish, which is at least equivalent to the Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public funds or property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, Inc., to provide funding for the 2026 Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), and use of the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo Pavilion on July 23 - 25, 2026, is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That the costs associated with this agreement shall not exceed $25,000.00, which shall be taken from Account No. 22030-2761-127-7680.201 (20361.000) (Council District 1 – West Bank Tourism).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

lighting on Colonial Club Drive, is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That all costs associated with this Agreement shall be charged to Account No. 44530-4007-7680.162 (45325.217).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148524 A resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the Project Development Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District dated November 8, 2023, which provides for an additional One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in Parish funding if the facility configuration and seat counts correspond to that drawing that is labeled Exhibit A and attached to Amendment No. 1. (Council District 2) WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Act 640 of the 1993 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (“LSED”) constructed a baseball stadium known as the “Shrine on Airline” on property located on Airline Drive; and WHEREAS, the stadium is owned by LSED; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Parish Council Resolution No. 143173, adopted on November 8, 2023, approved a Project Development Agreement (hereinafter “Original Agreement”) between the Parish of Jefferson (“PARISH”) and LSED to provide for the design, renovation and construction of improvements to the “Shrine on Airline” baseball stadium at a cost not to exceed Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00); and WHEREAS, PARISH and LSED entered into the Original Agreement on February 29, 2024; and WHEREAS, PARISH and LSED desire to amend the Original Agreement to include the provision of an addition One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in PARISH-provided funding if the facility configuration and seat counts correspond to that drawing dated April 20, 2026, which is labeled “Exhibit A” and attached to Amendment No. 1 to the Project Development Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish; SECTION 1. That Amendment No. 1 to the Project Development Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District dated November 8, 2023, which provides for an additional One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in Parish funding if the facility configuration and seat counts correspond to that drawing that is labeled Exhibit A and attached to Amendment No. 1, is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That the additional $1,000,000.00 in funding provided through this Amendment No. 1 shall be charged to Account No. 44530-4007-7XXX(45325.010).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148525 A resolution approving a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Nunez Community College to host the 2026 Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference (LCCAC) Region 23 Conference Championship Tournament at Segnette Field at no direct cost to the Parish. (Council District 3)

WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that public funds may be used for programs of social welfare for the aid and support of the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and WHEREAS, Parish of Jefferson (“PARISH”) is authorized by Art. 1 Sec. 1 of the Louisiana Constitution to enter into this Agreement to promote the happiness and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is described as providing enhanced greenspace for the residents of Jefferson Parish through landscaping and a memorial plaque at Lasalle Park; and WHEREAS, PARISH has a reasonable expectation of receiving a benefit or value of enhanced greenspace which is at least equivalent to the $10,000.00 provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public funds or property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together; and WHEREAS, PARISH desires to cooperate with ORGANIZATION in the implementation of the project as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Jefferson Beautification, Inc. for the cost of a memorial plaque and landscaping, for a cost not to exceed $10,000.00, is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That all costs associated with this Agreement be charged to Account no. 22020-2752-7680.50 (20252.000).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

WHEREAS, ORGANIZATION is hosting the 2026 Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference (LCCAC) Region 23 Conference Championship Tournament at Segnette Field; and WHEREAS, ORGANIZATION will rent the baseball stadium at Segnette Field from May 7-May 10, 2026 at a cost not to exceed Four Thousand Forty Dollars ($4,040.00); and WHEREAS, this tournament will bring community college teams from around Louisiana and visitors to PARISH for the LCCAC Conference Championship; and WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, PARISH is authorized by Art. 1. Sec. 1 of the Louisiana Constitution to enter into this Agreement to promote the happiness and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, PARISH is authorized by Section 1.01(15) of the Jefferson Parish Charter to enter into this Agreement for development and administration of recreational programs; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is to stimulate economic development and sports tourism through the support of a recreation event that will bring community college teams and attract visitors to the Parish; and WHEREAS, PARISH has a reasonable expectation of receiving a benefit or value of economic development and increased sports tourism, as well as recreational events for Parish residents, which is at least equivalent to the use of the Parish property provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together; and WHEREAS, PARISH desires to cooperate with ORGANIZATION in the implementation of the project as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Nunez Community College to host the 2026 Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference (LCCAC) Region 23 Conference Championship Tournament at Segnette Field at no direct cost to the Parish is hereby approved.

SECTION 2. That all cost associated with this Agreement shall be deposited into Account No 45325-4007-7680.426 (45325.721).

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

RESOLUTION NO. 148523 A resolution approving the Cooperative Endeavor Agreements between the Parish of Jefferson and the City of Harahan to provide $1,384,192.50 in funding for the design and construction of street lighting on Colonial Club Drive.

(Council District 2)

RESOLUTION NO. 148526 A resolution approving a Sole Source procurement with Covington Sales & Service for a one-time purchase of a Vac-Con combination vacuum and cleaning truck, for the Department of Public Works-Investigation and Rehab Section, Maximum expenditures for this purchase shall not exceed $604,000.00 for one year. (Parishwide)

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148522 A resolution authorizing a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Jefferson and Jefferson Beautification, Inc. to install a memorial plaque and landscaping, for a cost not to exceed $10,000.00. (Council District 2)

WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that for a public purpose, the State and its political subdivisions may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private organization, corporation or individuals; and WHEREAS, Art. VII, Sec. 14(B) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that public funds may be used for programs of social welfare for the aid and support of the citizens of Jefferson Parish; and WHEREAS, PARISH is a constitutionally and statutorily-created local political body of the State of Louisiana with the constitutional and statutory authority to contract, including entering into Cooperative Endeavor agreements; and WHEREAS, CITY is a constitutionally and statutorily-created local political body of the State of Louisiana with the constitutional and statutory authority to contract, including entering into Cooperative Endeavor agreements; and WHEREAS, PARISH and CITY are authorized to enter into this Cooperative Endeavor Agreement pursuant to La. R.S. 33:1324 which permits any parish, municipality or political subdivision of the state, or any combination thereof, to make agreements between or among themselves for public projects and improvements; and WHEREAS, PARISH is authorized by Section 1.01(3) of the Jefferson Parish Charter to enter into this Agreement to provide and maintain streets, highways, bridges, tunnels and off-street parking facilities; and WHEREAS, the public purpose of the Project is described as to provide funding towards the design and construction of street lighting on Colonial Club Drive; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 145559 the Parish of Jefferson and represented CITY entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, (“Original Agreement”) to provide funding towards the design and construction of street lighting on Colonial Club Drive at a cost not to exceed $1,517,000.00 provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, PARISH has a reasonable expectation of receiving a benefit or value of safer streets for motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and workers which is at least equivalent to the remaining $1,384,192.50 provided for in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the transfer or expenditure of public funds or property is not a gratuitous donation; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson Parish will benefit from the efforts of these parties working together; and WHEREAS, PARISH desires to cooperate with the City of Harahan in the implementation of the project as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreements between the Parish of Jefferson and the City of Harahan to provide $1,384,192.50 in funding for the design and construction of street

WHEREAS, Covington Sales and Service, Inc. is the only authorized Vac-Con dealer for sales, parts and service for the States of Louisiana and Mississippi. Vac-Con is the only manufacturer that offers dual engine combination jet/vacuum machines, no other company can sell, make and/or repair Vac-Con Combination Vacuum/ Cleaning Trucks for the purpose of cleaning sewer/drain lines and structures.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council, of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the sole source procurement of a Vac-Con combination vacuum and cleaning truck, at a cost not to exceed $604,000.00 for the year, for the Department of Public Works Investigation and Rehab Section is hereby authorized.

SECTION 2. That the Purchasing Department be and is hereby authorized to issue a purchase order for the purchase of said items, in accordance with the terms of this resolution.

SECTION 3. That the cost of these items is charged to the Department of Public Works-Investigation & Rehab Budget Account No. 63830-3976-7750.

SECTION 4. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IV (“Payment”) of the Agreement, Company may make written requests for adjustments to the Contract Consideration or for additional one-time allocations of funds from District; and WHEREAS, Article IV also provides that the grant of any Contract Consideration increase or of one-time allocation of District funds shall be at the discretion of District’s governing authority, and may contain restrictions, requirements, or conditions regarding the expenditure of said funding, which shall become a part of the Agreement; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 132071, adopted on August 29, 2018, increased the amount of Contract Consideration payable to Company from $275,000.00 per month to $300,000.00 per month effective January 1, 2019; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 143491, adopted on January 17, 2024, increased the amount of Contract Consideration payable to Company from $300,000.00 per month to $490,000.00 per month; and WHEREAS, Company has submitted a written request that its Contract Consideration be increased from $490,000.00 per month to $533,955.00 per month to support enhanced staffing and to better prepare for unforeseen events.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council, acting as governing authority of Fire Protection District No. 6 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana: SECTION 1. That in accordance with the terms of the Fire Protection Agreement between Fire Protection District No. 6 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana and Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 dated May 21, 2018, the Contract Consideration payable to Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 is hereby increased from $490,000.00 per month to $533,955.00 per month effective January 1, 2026.

SECTION 2. That the increase to the Contract Consideration authorized herein shall be charged to Account No. 22130-29507346.1.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

ORDINANCES INTRODUCED FOR PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY AND PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THEIR FINAL ADOPTION ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2026, BEGINNING AT TEN (10:00) O’CLOCK A.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING, GRETNA, LOUISIANA. On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following Summaries of Ordinances were read in full and were introduced for publication in Summary and Public Hearings for consideration for final adoption on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, beginning at ten (10:00) o’clock a.m. in the Council Chambers, General Government Building, Gretna, Louisiana.

The following ordinances having been read are available for public inspection in the Parish Clerk’s Office, Suite 6700, General Government Building, Gretna, LA between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026.

SUMMARIES OF ORDINANCES INTRODUCED THIS DAY ARE AS FOLLOWS: SUMMARY NO. 26732 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending the Development Agreement approved under Ordinance No. 26970 adopted on April 9, 2025 which approved the Preliminary and Final Plat of subdivision of Tracts G-3-A, G-3-B, and G-3-C, Segnette Park Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA, into Lots G-3-A-1 and G-3-B-1, Segnette Park Subdivision submitted under Planning Department Docket No. WS-131-24. (Council District 3) SUMMARY NO. 26733 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map of Jefferson Parish, Lot 21A Square 94, Terrytown No. 6 Subdivision, bounded by Terry Parkway, Harvard Avenue, Glencove Lane, and Guardian Avenue; more particularly amending the zoning classification from R-1A Single-Family Residential to GO-2 General Offices, as requested under Planning Department Docket No. WZ-2-26. (Council District 1) SUMMARY NO. 26734 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map of Jefferson Parish, Lot 6, Square 3, J. S. Brady Subdivision, located at 300 block of Avondale Garden Road, bounded by Second Street, Center Street, and First Street; more particularly amending the zoning classification from R-1A, Single Family Residential District to R-2, Two Family Residential District, as requested under Planning Department Docket No. WZ-3-26. (Council District 3) SUMMARY NO. 26735 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance approving the Conditional Zoning of Lot 2, Square B, Buccaneer Villa Subdivision, located at 2653 Buccaneer Dr., bounded

by Buccaneer Drive, East Ames Boulevard, Kirkwood Drive, and Ames Boulevard; more particularly approving the Conditional Zoning for an attached Accessory Dwelling Unit, as requested under Planning Department Docket No. CZ-1-26. (Council District 1) SUMMARY NO. 26736 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance submitted under SPU-12-25, amending the standards and conditions of the Special Permitted Use (SPU) for the processing, refining, or bulk storage of flammable and combustible liquids, approved for the BWC Terminals Tank Farm and established

by Ordinance No. 25971, adopted March 8, 2020, specifically approving the construction of 13 new tanks, the removal of 9 tanks, the relocation of 3 tanks, and changes to the size and/or product class of 4 tanks, with no change to the site’s total capacity, on Lot W-3-A-1, Southeastern Land District, bounded by the Mississippi River, Dolhonde St., Fourth St., and Brown Ave., owned by BWC Terminals LLC.; which lot is zoned I-H Heavy Industrial District/HM-O Hazardous Materials Overlay District. (Council District 2) SUMMARY NO. 26737 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance submitted under Docket No. SP-59-25 approving requested variances to the landscaping, fencing, and screening regulations of the I-L Light Industrial District for Jamaica Joe Welding Services, located at 2329 Pailet Ave. on Lot 1-B, Sq. 67, Harvey Canal Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, LA in the area bounded by Bathia St., Dogwood Dr., and Joseph St. (Council District 3) SUMMARY NO. 26738 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 27158, adopted on April 22nd, 2026, to correct the revision dates for Sheets A2.1 and A2.2 for the 7Brew Coffee Site Plan processed under Docket No. SP-81-25 and providing for related matters. (Council District 3) SUMMARY NO. 26739 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance declaring a portion of Lot X-6 Soniat-Tchoupitoulas Plantation, Metairie adjacent to Lot 1, Soniat Plantation, Lot X-1 and Lot X-2, David Drive Subdivision, Metairie, measuring approximately 43,495 square feet or .999 acres, no longer needed for a public purpose and authorizing a sale to the adjacent property owner, LeBlanc Investments, LLC and providing for related matters. (Council District 4) SUMMARY NO. 26740 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending the 2026 Operating Budget of Jefferson Parish, and providing for related matters. (Parishwide) SUMMARY NO. 26741 - ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending the 2026 Capital Budget of Jefferson Parish, and providing for related matters. (Parishwide) It was moved by Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the meeting was declared to be officially adjourned by the Chairwoman at 12:40 P.M. The foregoing motion having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The motion was declared to be adopted on the 6th day of May, 2026.

APPROVED: JENNIFER VAN VRANCKEN CHAIRWOMAN JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL

LIZABETH A. JOHNSTON PARISH CLERK JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL

On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered: RESOLUTION NO. 148520 A resolution authorizing the Parish Clerk to advertise for proposals from publishers qualified to be selected as the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish; and further establishing a procedure for naming the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish for the contract year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027. (Parishwide)

RESOLUTION NO. 148527 A resolution approving an increase to the contract consideration payable to Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 from $490,000.00 per month to $533,955.00 per month in accordance with the terms of the Fire Protection Agreement between Fire Protection District No. 6 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana and Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No. 2. (Council District 2)

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Parish Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, acting as governing authority of said Parish: SECTION 1. That the Parish Clerk is hereby authorized to advertise for proposals (to be opened at the June 10, 2026 meeting of this Council) from publishers qualified to be selected as the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish; said proposals to include the price per column inch for printing the Journal.

SECTION 2. That the procedure for naming the publisher of the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish for the contract year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027 shall be as follows: a. That the sealed proposals of the publishers submitting shall be opened and read at this Council’s meeting of June 10, 2024.

SECTION 3. That the Chairperson of the Jefferson Parish Council, or in her absence the Vice-Chairperson, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give full force and effect to this resolution.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: 7 NAYS: None ABSENT: None The resolution was declared to be adopted on this the 6th day of May, 2026.

WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution No. 130383 adopted on November 15, 2017, Fire Protection District No. 6 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana (“District”) entered into a Fire Protection Agreement (“Agreement”) with Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 (“Company”) dated May 21, 2018 for fire suppression services and fire prevention services; and

The Jefferson Parish Council is hereby soliciting sealed proposals from qualified publishers to be selected as the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish; for the contract year beginning July 1, 2026 and

On motion of Mr. Bonano, seconded by Ms. Van Vrancken, the following resolution was offered:

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS ending June 30, 2027.

Sealed proposals may be submitted to Mrs. Lizabeth A. Johnston, Parish Clerk, Suite 6700, General Government Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana, no later 10:00 A.M, Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

No proposals will be accepted after the deadline.

Specifications may be obtained from the Parish Clerk’s Office, Suite 6700, General Government Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA 70053. (504- 364-2626) /s/Jennifer Van Vrancken Chairwoman Jefferson Parish Council

/s/Lizabeth A. Johnston Parish Clerk, Jefferson Parish Counci

OFFICIAL JOURNAL SPECIFICATIONS DEFINITIONS: As used in this Proposal, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) Bona fide paying subscribers shall mean persons who have subscribed at a subscription rate which is not nominal, whether by mail subscriptions, purchases through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sellers, or any combination thereof, but shall not include free circulation, sales at token or nominal subscription price, and sales in bulk for purposes other than for resale for individual subscribers.

(2) General paid circulation shall not include publications when onehalf or more of all copies circulated are provided free of charge to the ultimate recipients, or are paid for at nominal rates by the ultimate recipients.

(3) Newspaper shall mean a publication that during each year of the five-year period prior to the first publication of any legal or official notice therein: (a) Has been published at regular intervals of not less than weekly. (b) Has been originated and published for the dissemination of current news and intelligence of varied, broad, and general public interest, including regular news coverage of local public meetings and events, and is not devoted to the interests of, or published for the entertainment or instruction of, or has a circulation restricted to, any particular sect, denomination, labor or fraternal organization, or other special group or class of citizens. (c) Has not been published primarily for advertising purposes and has not contained more than seventy-five percent advertising in more than one-half of its issues, excluding separate advertising supplements inserted into but separately identifiable from any regular issue or issues. (d) Has maintained a general paid circulation to bona fide paying subscribers within the area the publication is required.

(4) Nominal rate(s) shall mean a price which is so small or slight that it is not considered real or substantial in comparison with what might reasonably be expected.

(5) Office shall mean the newspaper’s principal public business office and need not be the place at which the newspaper’s printing presses are physically located. A newspaper shall have only one principal public business office; however, any newspaper with a principal business office in a parish adjoining Jefferson Parish which within one year prior to June 1, 1986, has actually published official proceedings of any municipal corporation, parish council, police jury, or school board in Jefferson Parish shall be deemed to be published in an office physically located in both the parish where the newspaper maintains its principal business office and Jefferson Parish.

STATEMENT OF WORK: The Jefferson Parish Council is hereby soliciting sealed proposals from qualified publishers to be selected as the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish; the contract year beginning July 1, 2026.

The deadline for submitting sealed proposals from qualified publishers is 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Sealed Proposals may be submitted prior to that date to Mrs. Lizabeth A. Johnston, Parish Clerk, General Government Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 6700, Gretna, Louisiana 70053. No proposals will be accepted after the deadline.

Specifications may be obtained from the Parish Clerk’s Office, General Government Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 6700, Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 3642626.

QUALIFICATIONS OF NEWSPAPER A. The newspaper: (1) Shall have been published in an office physically located in the parish in which the body is located for a period of five years preceding the selection; (2) Shall not have missed during that period as many as three consecutive issues unless caused by fire, flood, strike, or natural disaster; (3) Shall have maintained a general paid circulation in the parish in which the body is located for five consecutive years prior to the selection; and (4) Shall have been entered in a U.S. post office in that parish under a periodical permit in that parish for a period of five consecutive years prior to the selection.

B. The provisions of this Section relating to the five-year requirement shall not contravene any contract existing between any governing body and a newspaper on and prior to May 11, 1970; nor shall the five-year requirement herein be applied in assessing the qualifications of a newspaper which was in existence on May 11, 1970; nor shall any provision of this Chapter prohibit a publication from becoming an official journal in Jefferson Parish if the publication is qualified to publish judicial advertisements and legal notices in Jefferson or Orleans Parish or has actually published official proceedings within one year prior to June 1, 1986, of any municipal corporation, parish council, police jury, or school board within Jefferson Parish.

EXCEPTIONS: In the event there is no newspaper published in an office physically located within Jefferson Parish which meets the requirements of R.S. 43:140(3), a newspaper in an adjoining parish may be designated as the official journal.”

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: In addition, the Newspaper: a) Must contain the identity of the editor, managing editor, publishers and owners which shall have been published in each edition of the newspaper for a minimum of two (2) consecutive years immediately preceding selection. b) It shall be capable of receiving minutes of the Jefferson Parish Council meeting on a Friday morning, or on the following Monday morning and published as required by the Jefferson Parish Charter and Code of Ordinances. c) The newspaper shall be required to furnish every Department of the Parish with copies of all publications. d) The newspaper shall include in its proposal a rate per column inch (eight columns per page, fourteen lines per column inch) for publication of the minutes of the Jefferson Parish Council meetings and also for separate advertisements, such as notices of intention, advertisements for sealed bids or any other special advertisements separate from the minutes. e) The newspaper shall furnish the Finance Department of the Parish of Jefferson current billings (separate billings for minutes and for each advertisement). Bills for each issue of the paper should be submitted on a weekly basis. f) The newspaper shall print minutes by an electronically transmitted format at four (4) columns per page, so that it will not be necessary to proof read the minutes of the Jefferson Parish Council. g) The newspaper shall furnish a Certificate of Publication whenever requested. h) The newspaper shall have a minimum of six (6) outlets on each bank (East and West) of the Parish for the purchase of the publication by the general public. These outlets are to be located in such a manner as to afford maximum accessibility to the general public.

CONTRACT PROVISIONS: Among other things, the following provisions will be made part of the written contract, to wit: While in the performance of services, duties and other obligations under this Agreement, PUBLISHING COMPANY shall be acting in the capacity of an independent contractor and not as an employee of the PARISH. Neither PUBLISHING COMPANY nor its personnel are entitled to, or eligible for, any employee benefits program of the PARISH, including but not limited to retirement, disability pay, worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation or any other form of employee benefits.

The initial term of this Agreement shall be one (1) year, commencing July 1, 2026 and terminating on June 30, 2027.

All terms and conditions of this Agreement are considered material, and failure to perform any part of the Agreement shall be considered a breach of contract. Should PUBLISHING COMPANY fail to perform any of their contractual obligations, the PARISH may, at its option, immediately terminate this Agreement after ten (10) working days written notice to PUBLISHING COMPANY, unless the PUBLISHING COMPANY have remedied the violation within said ten (10) working day period.

In the event that it shall become impossible or unlawful for the PUBLISHING COMPANY to continue the performance of this Agreement by reason of an Act of God, an act of the Legislature hereinafter passed, any act of the Parish Council, or by reason of change in the Charter of the Parish, or by reason of final order by a court of record in proceedings not instituted by or acquiesced in by the PUBLISHING COMPANY, directly or indirectly, and not due to any act of negligence of the PUBLISHING COMPANY, the PUBLISHING COMPANY shall not be liable for damages arising solely out of such impossibility.

This Agreement may be terminated under any of all of the following conditions: A. By mutual Agreement and consent of the parties hereto.

B. By the PARISH as a consequence of the events described above.

C. By either party upon the failure of the other party to fulfill its obligations as set forth in this Agreement.

Upon termination, PUBLISHING COMPANY shall be paid for services performed prior to notice of termination on a pro-rata share of its fee.

PUBLISHING COMPANY shall submit all invoices for services to: Jefferson Parish Council Clerk General Government Building 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 6700 Gretna, Louisiana 70053 Payment requests which are received without proper documentation will be returned or held until proper documentation is received from PUBLISHING COMPANY. Whenever any provision of this Agreement requires the giving of written notice, it shall be deemed sufficient if delivered in person to either of the PUBLISHING COMPANY, or if delivered at or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the last business address known to the giver of the notice. Notice to the PARISH shall be directed to

the Council Clerk. The current addresses to which notices are to be sent are: JEFFERSON PARISH Jefferson Parish Council Clerk General Government Building 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 6700 Gretna, Louisiana 70053 PUBLISHING COMPANY This Agreement is for the professional services of the PUBLISHING COMPANY. No assignment of the Agreement or any rights accruing under this Agreement shall be made in whole or in part by the PUBLISHING COMPANY without the express written consent of the PARISH. In the event of any assignment, the assignee shall assume all obligations of the PUBLISHING COMPANY. PUBLISHING COMPANY warrants that it has not employed or retained any company or person to solicit or secure this Agreement, and that it has not paid or agreed to pay any company or person, any fee commission, percentage brokerage fee, gifts, or any other consideration, contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this Agreement. For breach or violation of this warranty, the PARISH shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement without liability.

If there is any dispute concerning this Agreement, the laws of Louisiana shall apply. Proper venue and jurisdiction for all lawsuits, claims, disputes and other matters in question between the parties to this Agreement or any breach thereof, shall be the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150001 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June 4, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project:

Act of 1974, Section 503 (Non-Discrimination Against Employees with Disabilities) and Section 504 (non- discrimination against individuals with disabilities) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Segregated Facilities, Executive Order 11246, equal opportunity requirements, and all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal Government and State of Louisiana and bonding and insurance requirements. For more information see the CDBG-DR Rider in the project manual.

All contractors and subcontractors will be required to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis Bacon Act, the AntiKickback Act, and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman owned business enterprises, small businesses (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) along with veteran-owned businesses and labor surplus area firms (See U.S. Department of Labor’s List), and Section 3 Business Concerns to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Jefferson Parish is an equal opportunity employer.

Sureties used for obtaining bonds for this project must appear as acceptable on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Circular 570. This is required by the funding agency.

Successful bidder must have an active Unique Entity ID (UEI), as verified on www.sam.gov, prior to award of contract.

Any person with disabilities requiring special accommodations must contact Jefferson Parish no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening: ADA Coordinator/Office of Citizens with Disabilities, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 403 Jefferson, LA 70123, (504) 736-6086, ADA@jeffparish.net Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 6, 13, and 20, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at http://purchasing.jeffparish.net or you may call 504-364-2678.

Two (2) Year Contract for Preventative Maintenance & Repairs of Electrical Switchgear & Related Equipment for the Jefferson Parish Department of Public Works-Water Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 9:00 am on May 15, 2026 at the Jefferson Parish Westbank Water Plant, located at 4500 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, LA 70072. All interested parties are invited to attend. All bidders must attend the Mandatory pre-bid conference and will be required to sign in and out as evidence of attendance. In accordance with LA R.S. 38:2212(I), all prospective bidders shall be present at the beginning of the Mandatory pre-bid conference and shall remain in attendance for the duration of the conference. Any prospective bidder who fails to attend the conference or remain for the duration shall be prohibited from submitting a bid for the project.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150028 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June, 11, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www. jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Harbor Improvements to The Bucktown Harbor Including a Precast Concrete Transient Dock Bucktown Transient Dock Project LOCD Project Number 26LDRC7719 This Bid is being funded with Federal financial assistance in the form of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBGDR) funds from the Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery under the Resilient Communities Infrastructure Program (“RCIP” or “Program”) and therefore will include the associated federal requirements in the Community Development Block Grant Program - Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Rider (“CDBG-DR Rider”) as applicable in this solicitation and any resulting contract. Bidder shall comply with all federal requirements applicable to this bid. a. b. c.

Funding by CDBG-DR (SAM.gov Assistance Listing 14.228) Resilient Communities Infrastructure Program (RCIP) RCIP Project No. 26LDRC7721

Purchases for this project shall be exempt from state sales and use tax according to La. R.S. 47:301(8)(c)(i). The successful bidder shall be granted the tax-exempt status of Jefferson Parish via Form R-1020, Designation of Construction Contractor as Agent of a Governmental Entity Sales Tax Exemption Certificate. Form R-1020 is distributed by the Louisiana Department of Revenue.

All bids must be in accordance with the contract documents on file with the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana. Late bids will not be accepted.

Each Bid must be accompanied by an electronic bid surety bond in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount bid, and payable without condition to the owner. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The drawings and specifications are on file and open for inspection in the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana. Geotechnical information related to this project, if available, is also on file for review with the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department. This geotechnical information is for reference for bidding purposes only, and may not be representative of the total area of the project as soil characteristics may vary from one place to another.

Contractor may be required to conduct their own geotechnical inspection and provide proof of said inspection prior to the start of work. A complete set of Contract Documents may be secured from MSMM Engineering, LLC, 4508 Clearview Pkwy Suite B. Metairie, LA 70006, Phone: 504-570-6098 by licensed contractors upon receipt of $150.00 per set. Deposit on the first set of documents furnished bona fide prime bidders will be fully refunded upon return of documents in good condition no later than ten (10) days after receipts of bids.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond guaranteeing faithful performance of the contract. Companies providing the bonds shall comply with the requirements of LA-R.S. 38:2218 and R.S. 38:2219 as applicable.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law.

Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s and Veterans Owned Businesses), and Section 3 Business Concerns to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

All prospective bidders are invited to attend the non-mandatory pre-bid conference which will be held at 10:00 a.m. on May 21, 2026 at The General Government Building located at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053. However, failure to attend the pre-bid conference shall not relieve the bidder of responsibility for information discussed at the conference. Furthermore, failure to attend the pre-bid conference and inspection does not relieve the successful bidder from the necessity of furnishing materials or performing any work that may be required to complete the work in accordance with the specification with no additional cost to the owner.

The attention of bidders is called particularly to the requirements for conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates (federal prevailing wage rates) to be paid under the Contract, Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968, Section 109 (Non Discrimination) of the Housing and Community Development

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150020 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June 4, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: One (1) Year Labor Only Contract to Troubleshoot, Repair, Install, and Calibrate Commercial Kitchen Equipment for the Jefferson Parish Department of General Services Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 6, 13, and 20, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150019 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June 2, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Labor, Materials, and All Incidentals Necessary to Supply and Install New Sign Face Replacement, LED Retrofit, and New Electronic Message Center at Mike Miley Playground Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 6, 13, and 20, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ 26-013 Provide Court Reporting Services on an as Needed Basis The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No. 148425 is hereby soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire (rev. 02/22/2022) from persons or firms interested in contracting with the Parish to provide court reporting services on an as needed basis for the Parish of Jefferson including but not limited to all Parish departments, boards and commissions.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., May 14, 2026 The persons or firms under consideration shall have at least one (1) principal who has at least five (5) years’ experiences in the performance of court reporting services. The following ranking criteria, listed in order of importance, shall be used to evaluate the submittals from each firm/individual submitting to provide court reporting services on an as needed basis: A.

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Professional qualifications, training and experience of the firm/individuals assigned to this project and the breadth of their experience in the performance of court reporting services. (25 Points) Fee Proposal. The firm shall submit a fee proposal for consideration. The proposal must include the Appearance Fee for each proposed employee/subcontractor, including costs for certified transcripts. The firm may also propose additional fees. All fees are subject to negotiation; inclusion of any item in the proposal does not guarantee or entitle the firm to payment of that fee. (25 Points) Size of firm; Capacity for timely completion of work. (20 Points) Nature, quantity and value of Jefferson Parish court reporting services previously and currently being performed.

(15 Points) Nature, quantity and value of court reporting services performed for other public entities. (10 Points) Location of the office where the work will be performed.

Preference shall be given to persons or firms with a principal business office at which the work will be performed as follows: (1) Jefferson Parish, including municipalities within Jefferson Parish – 5 Points; (2) Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region, which includes:

Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. Tammany Parishes – 3 Points; (3) Parishes other than the foregoing – 2 Points Submittals for Court Reporters must include fee proposals. All firms or individuals must submit a Statement of Qualification (General Professional Services Questionnaire). Each sub-consultant shall be required to submit a (General Professional Services Questionnaire) and all documents and information included in the questionnaire.

(Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928) All persons or firms (including sub-consultants) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/468/Statement-of-Qualifications-SOQ. Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www.centralauctionhouse. com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following link: www. centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 6, and May 13, 2026 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150026 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., May 21, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Two (2) Year Contract to Provide Retroreflective Pavement markings for the Jefferson Parish Department of traffic Engineering Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 6, and May 13, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

Corrected ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149981 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., May 19, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: One (1) Year Contract for the Supply of 2027 Light Duty Vehicles on an as needed basis for the Jefferson Parish Department of Fleet Management.

Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: April 29 , May 06 and 13, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150014 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June 02, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Two (2) Year Contract to Provide Wrecker Services on an as needed basis for the Jefferson Parish East and West Bank Department of Fleet Management.

Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 06,13 and 20, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150105 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., May 28, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be publicly opened and read aloud.

At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Two (2) Year Contract for Office Supplies for all Jefferson Parish Departments Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/ Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House and place the electronic bid bond number as indicated on the electronic envelope. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 13, and May 20, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00150011 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June 11, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www. jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: JPRD West Bank Office and Warehouse Roof Replacement Jefferson Parish Project No. 25-1130-0022 The project consists of the removal/replacement of existing metal roof system down to structure and replace it with a new pre-finished standing seam metal roof system.

Removal/ replacement of the existing mansard roof metal panel to match new roof system. Removal and replace existing metal gutters and downspouts where indicated. Remove existing roof batt insulation and replace with a new insulation liner system.

Purchases for this project shall be exempt from state sales and use tax according to La. R.S. 47:301(8)(c)(i). The successful bidder shall be granted the tax-exempt status of Jefferson Parish via Form R-1020, Designation of Construction Contractor as Agent of a Governmental Entity Sales Tax Exemption Certificate. Form R-1020 is distributed by the Louisiana Department of Revenue.

The drawings and specifications are on file and open for inspection in the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana. Geotechnical information related to this project, if available, is also on file for review with the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department. This geotechnical information is for reference for bidding purposes only and may not be representative of the total area of the project as soil characteristics may vary from one place to another.

Contractor may be required to conduct their own geotechnical inspection and provide proof of said inspection prior to the start of work. A complete set of drawings and specifications may be secured from Meyer Engineers, Ltd., 4937 Hearst Street, Suite 1B, Metairie, LA 70001 Phone: 504-885-9892 by licensed contractors upon receipt of non-refundable fee of $25.00 for an electronic set on USB Flash-Drive, or hard copy set will be available upon request for a deposit of $75.00 per set. Deposit on the first set of documents furnished bona fide prime bidders will be fully refunded upon return of documents in good condition no later than ten (10) days after receipts of bids.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a payment bond and a performance bond guaranteeing faithful performance of the contract. Companies providing the bonds shall comply with the requirements of LRS-R.S. 38:2218 and R.S. 38:2219 as applicable.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs.

Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

All prospective bidders are invited to attend this non-mandatory pre-bid conference which will be held at 10:00 AM on May 18, 2026 at the JPRD Westbank Office in the conference room located at 7437 Lapalco Boulevard, Marrero, LA 70072. However, failure to attend the pre-bid conference shall not relieve the bidder of responsibility for information discussed at the conference.

Furthermore, failure to attend the pre-bid conference and inspection does not relieve the successful bidder from the necessity of furnishing materials or performing any work that may be required to complete the work in accordance with the specification with no additional cost to the owner.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: April 29, May 6, and 13, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678.

ES-10-26 5900 Airline Dr Subdivision of Lot G-1-B, Elmwood Lafreniere Plantation Subdivision into Lots G-1-B-1 and G-1-B-2, Elmwood Lafreniere Plantation Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana as a preliminary/final plat; bounded by Eastern boundary of Elmwood Lafreniere Plantation Subdivision, Earhart Expressway, and Dep. James Clarius Dr.; zoned Industrial Mixed-Use (I-MU). (Council District 2) SP-77-25 3209 Jefferson Hwy., Request for variances to the landscaping and parking regulations of the Commercial Parkway Overlay Zone (CPZ) for a body art facility on Lot 1, Square C, Sherling Gardens Subdivision; bounded by William Ave., Louis Ave., and Marilyn Ave.; zoned Neighborhood Commercial District (C-1)/ Commercial Parkway Overlay Zone (CPZ). (Council District 2) Bert Turner, PAB Chair NOTICE OF PENDING FORFEITURE On July 4, 2025, at 2101 I-10 Service Road, Kenner, LA 70065, in Jefferson Parish, the property described as a 2016 Acura MDX VIN #: 5FRYD4H47GB058767 was seized pursuant to La.R.S. 40:2601 et seq by the Louisiana State Police.

Each Bid must be accompanied by an electronic bid surety bond in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount bid, and payable without condition to the owner. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The property was seized with respect to an alleged violation of Title 40 Sections 2603 and 2604 of the Seizure and Controlled Dangerous Substances Property Forfeiture Act of 1989 and/or Title 40 Section 1041 and will be forfeited pursuant to that Act.

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for this project are avail able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from CFMO Energy LAANG. Printed copies are not available from the Project Man‐ ager, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Project Manager at CFMO Energy LAANG, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117. Phone (504) 278-8047. Attention: Karr A. Benoit. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil.

St Claude Ave, New Or leans, LA 70117, tele‐ phone 504-278-8047. Con‐ tractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Thurs‐ day, May 21, 2026, at the listed above location in order to submit an elec‐ tronic bid.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, May 21, 2026, Covington Readiness Center Class‐ room, 1320 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433.

Attendance at this Con‐ ference is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Construc‐ tion and Facilities Man‐ agement Office point of contact is Karr A. Benoit, Email: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil CFMO Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117, 504278-8047.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of ELECTRI‐ CAL and/or MECHANICAL. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 11:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s electroni‐ cally submitted packet must be sent to ATTN: Karr A. Benoit, Construc‐ tion and Facility Mainte‐ nance Office Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Ave, New Or‐ l LA 70117 t l

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid not be form shall waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

183920 April 29, May 6, 13, 3t, $201.79 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Invitation to Bid Asphalt Truck 2026-SWB-05 The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (Board) is soliciting bids from companies to pur‐ chase an Asphalt Truck.

Invitation to Bid (ITB) will be available May 13, 2026, for download at the following websites: Board: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181 Bids will be received by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Procurement Department

by May 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (Central Time). For submission instructions, see bid documents.

Bids will be publicly opened on May 29, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. (Central Time) in the Procurement Conference Room, Rm 131, located at 625 St. Joseph St., New Orleans, Louisiana 70165.

Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/23832902135 5432?p=LiXBW8MXIb5 eUNKS2L Meeting ID: 238 329 021 355 432 Passcode: zF9d29FB Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 830123991# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID:

The failure to timely file a motion for an extension of time to file a claim or the failure to timely mail a claim to the seizing agency and the District Attorney’s Office will result in forfeiture of the property to the State of Louisiana without further notice or hearing.

Louisiana State Police 437 West Mills Avenue Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office Asset Forfeitures 200 Derbigny Street Gretna, LA 70053 PUBLIC NOTICE In compliance with LSA: R.S. 13:5109, the Parish of Jefferson does hereby publicize its intent to settle and compromise that certain claim made by Roosevelt Jessie against the Parish of Jefferson, State of LA, regarding damages caused on or about May 2, 2025 in an automobile accident claim (Claim No. 25G57M665096). The total settlement and compromise is being made for the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) and will be consummated ten (10) days, or later, subsequent to the date of publication of this notice.

Parish of Jefferson By: Yvette Hargis Assistant to Parish Attorney The Parish of Jefferson hereby notifies the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or other interested parties of the following properties that it will conduct an administrative hearing pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 and Jefferson Parish Ordinance NO. 23373, thereby seeking to have the buildings at the following locations vacated, secured, repaired, or demolished, as their conditions may warrant.

THE HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: 1:30 PM, Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Yenni Building 6th Floor, Room 606 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

Jefferson, LA 70123

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Jefferson Parish Planning Advisory Board will conduct a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Joseph S. Yenni Bldg., 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., at 5:00 P.M., on Thursday, May 28, 2026 for the purpose of hearing arguments for and against land development requests.

All bids must be in accordance with the contract documents on file with the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department, Suite 4400, Jefferson Parish General Government Building, at 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana. Late bids will not be accepted.

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your interest in the property. You must mail this claim by certified mail, return receipt requested, within thirty (30) days from the date of this publication or file a motion requesting an extension of time to file a claim within sixty (60) days from the date of this publication.

Under La.R.S. 40:2610, the claim shall be in affidavit form, signed by the Claimant under oath, before one who has authority to administer the oath, under penalty of perjury or false swearing. It shall set forth the caption of the forfeiture proceedings; the address where the Claimant will accept mail; the nature and extent of the Claimant’s interest in the property; the date and identity of the transferor/seller and the circumstances of the Claimant’s acquisition of interest in the property; the specific provision under La.R.S. 2601 et seq relied on in asserting that the property is not subject to forfeiture; all essential facts supporting each assertion and the specific relief sought.

If you desire to contest the forfeiture of this property, you must mail a claim to the seizing agency and District Attorney’s Office stating

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830 123 991# LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 187264-may 13-20-2t $72.94 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Request for Proposal Classification and Compensation Study Services 2026-SWB-01 The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) seeks to en‐ gage a qualified consult‐ ing firm to conduct a comprehensive review of its classification, com‐ pensation, and benefits structures.

RFP will be available May 6, 2026, for download at the following websites: SWBNO: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181 A non-mandatory preproposal conference for this RFP will be held on May 14, 2026, at 11:30 A.M. (CDT) at the SWBNO Administration Building, 625 St. Joseph St. – Exec‐ utive Boardroom, New Orleans, LA 70165 or if you are unable to attend this in-person meeting, you can also join via tele‐ conference call: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/28009026199 1766?p=tzJX7F4179o7rEZ Nl3 Meeting ID: 280 090 261 991 766 Passcode: zP6HQ76j Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 809961015# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 809 961 015#

At this meeting, staff will discuss the scope of work, proposal require‐ ments and respond to questions from the at‐ tendees.

Inquiries and/or Re‐ quests for Clarification are due to Prentice Mackyeon, on May 18, 2026, no later than 5:00 pm CST via in writing or email to pmackyeon@ swbno.org. All responses will be posted on or be‐ fore May 21, 2026.

Proposals will be re‐ ceived by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Procurement De‐ partment May 29, 2026, at 11:00 am local time. For submission instructions, see proposal documents.

LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 186502-may 6-13-2t $90.46 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Request for Proposal Professional and Technical Assistance for Title V Air Permit Compliance The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) is issuing a re‐ quest for proposals (RFP) from an experienced, lifi d i t l

Public Notices Bids/Proposals from an experienced, qualified environmental consultants / contractor with specialized experi‐ ence in the Clean Air Act, (CAA), Title 33 Part III and Title V Part 70 Operating Permits, specifically Title V Part 70 Operating Per‐ mit No. 2140-00128-V5 (LDEQ Document No. 11285150) for the SWBNO Power Plant.

RFP will be available May 13, 2026, for download at the following websites: SWBNO: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181 A pre-bid conference for this RFP will be held on May 20, 2026, at 11:30 am CDT at the SWBNO Ad‐ ministration Building, 625 St. Joseph St. – Executive Boardroom, New Orleans, LA 70165 or if you are un‐ able to attend this inperson meeting, you can also join via teleconfer‐ ence call: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams. microsoft.com/meet/298 957898752231?p=fB4 RyMhUGFOOmmsHBX Meeting ID: 298 957 898 752 231 Passcode: VQ3mF7He Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 445923208# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 445 923 208# At this meeting, staff will discuss the scope of work, proposal require‐ ments and respond to questions from the at‐ tendees.

Inquiries and/or Re‐ quests for Clarification are due to Prentice Mackyeon, on May 21, 2026, no later than 5:00 pm CDT via in writing or email to pmackyeon@ swbno.org. All responses will be posted on or be‐ fore May 27, 2026.

Proposals will be re‐ ceived by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Procurement De‐ partment by June 3, 2026, at 11:00 am CDT. For sub‐ mission instructions, see proposal documents.

LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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Department of Property Management Information Technology and Innovation (ITI) Capital Projects Administration Office of Economic Development Office of Community Development

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.873-059 DIVISION “I” RE: SUCCESSION OF WILBON J BORDELON NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this es‐ tate and all other per‐ sons herein interested to show cause within seven (7) days from the publi‐ cation of this notice, if any they have or can, why the Tableau of Dis‐ tribution filed by GARY BORDELON, Administra‐ tor, should not be ap‐ proved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance therewith.

Attorney: BRIAN F GUILLOT 1716 Apple St, Metairie, LA 70001 504-522-7296 Publication: TIMES PICAYUNE/THE ADVOCATE 187348 May 13, 1t $135.17 PUBLIC NOTICE --City Planning Commission Public Hearing Notice Capital Improvement Plan 2027-2031

The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposals for a Public, Private Partnership pro‐ ject to operate certain components of Poverty Point State Park and Black Bear Golf Course.

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Monday, May 18 Infrastructure, Resilience, Economic Development

2026 LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING AND MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Begin at 9:30 am Department of Public Works Office of Sustainability Department of Sanitation Department of Parks and Parkways Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD)

The New Orleans Council on Aging, (NOCOA)/Or‐ l

Begin at 1:00 pm Department of Property M t

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Owner 3: Owner 4: Owner 5: Owner 6: Owner 7:

In accordance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), Jefferson Parish shall not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodations under the ADA, submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance or as soon as possible. A 72-hour notice is needed to request Certified ASL interpreters.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or interested parties for any of the above listed properties, or if you have any interest in the compliance with the violation(s) at any of the above listed properties, please contact the office at (504) 364-3560, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM. CYNTHIA LEE SHENG LIZA M. CALUDA PARISH PRESIDENT Director161 CODE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT To be run May 06, 2026, and May 13, 2026 BILL TO : DANGEROUS BUILDING ABATEMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Jefferson Parish BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS will hold its regularly scheduled Public Hearing on Monday, May 18, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. in the West Bank Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of the General Government Building, 200 Derbigny St., Gretna, Louisiana.

E-6118 303 Bonnabel Blvd., Metairie, to permit a new singlefamily residence with living space in the required rear yard creating insufficient rear yard setback. R-1A/MRTPD Single-Family Residential District/Metairie Ridge Tree Preservation District.

E-6119 1740 Upland Ct., Metairie, to permit a new single-family residence in the required side yard creating insufficient side yard setback. R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

E-6120 8 Hennessey Ct., River Ridge, to permit a new single-family residence with living and attached garage in the required rear yard creating insufficient rear yard setback. R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

W-2687 431 Realty Dr., Gretna, to permit a new school gymnasium (athletic field) in the required front and rear yards creating insufficient front and rear yard setbacks. C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.

W-2688 567 Oak St., Marrero, to permit a generator in the required front yard creating insufficient front yard setback. R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

W-2689 4578 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, to permit a new single-family residence with living space and attached garage in the required side yard creating insufficient side yard setback. R-1D Rural Residential District.

NOTE: Cases to be heard at the Next regularly scheduled Public Hearing on Monday, June 01, 2026 MUST BE FILED BEFORE Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Grace Shockman, Administrative Assistant TIMOTHY VALENTI, CHAIRMAN ADV: The New Orleans Advocate May 6 and 13, 2026.

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Lot(s) 43, 44, Sq 3 EASTBANK DIVISION

on Aging, (NOCOA)/Or leans Area Agency on Aging (AAA) will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at the Pontchartrain Park Community Center at 6520 Congress Drive at 12:00p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

NOCOA is accepting ap‐ plications for member‐ ship until May 27, 2026.

Anyone 18 years of age and older who resides in Orleans parish is eligible to become a member. For more information, con‐ tact Sontra M. Car‐ mouche, Assistant Exec‐ utive Director, II. via SMCAR‐ email at: MOUCHE@nocoa.org or at (504) 821-4121 Ext 105

The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with Sections 3-117, 5402, and 6-104 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, will hold public hearings to consider Capital Budget requests by the depart‐ ments and agencies of the City for the 2027-2031 program years. All hear‐ ings will be held in a des‐ ignated conference room located in New Orleans City Hall, at 1300 Perdido Street, 7th Floor, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana, on the dates and times listed below.

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Lot(s) 87 & 1/2 OF 86, Sq 14 OWN YOUR OWN 916 WILKER NEAL AVE in METAIRIE RAYMOND MCCALLUM JR 916 WILKER NEAL AVE METAIRIE, LA 70003 DEMETRICE J MCCALLUM 916 WILKER NEAL AVE METAIRIE, LA 70003 DEMETRICE J MCCALLUM 3701 W NAPOLEON AVE., APT 242 METAIRIE, LA 70001

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1429 MEADOW ST in METAIRIE MATTHEW SOUTHERLAND NEEB 1429 MEADOW ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 MATTHEW SOUTHERLAND NEEB 136 DELMONT AVE WORCESTER, MA 01604 SHANTEL CRYER & ESTATE OF VELMA LEE CRYER 1429 MEADOW ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 MATTHEW S NEEB 443 ALLISON DR N.E. ATLANTA, GA 30342 VELMA L CRYER 1429 MEADOW ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 VELMA L CRYER P.O. BOX 1833 KENNER, LA 70063 SHANTELL CRYER 7136 ASHEVILLE HWY SPARTENBURG, SC 29303

E-6117 3509 7th St., Metairie, to permit an addition to an accessory structure exceeding the 13’ height in the required rear yard. R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

Lot(s) 61 & 62, 65, 66, 67 & 68, Sq 3 EASTBANK DIVISION 7214 MISTLETOE ST in METAIRIE GEORGE W SMALL SR, RHODE T SMALL, C/O PEGGY BURNS 7214 MISTLETOE ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 PEGGY BURNS 7214 MISTLETOE ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 GEORGE SMALL 700 WALDO ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 RHODE SMALL 700 WALDO ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 PEGGY BURNS 1339 S ELM METAIRIE, LA 70003 PEGGY BURNS, RHODA SMALL & THE ESTATE OF GEORGE W SMALL SR 7214 MISTLETOE ST METAIRIE, LA 70003

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Tuesday, May 19 Public Safety Agencies Begin at 9:30 am New Orleans Police De‐ partment (NOPD) New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Office of Public Safety Support Services (RTCC) Office of Coordination and Emergency Pre‐ paredness Criminal District Court Begin at 1:00 pm New Orleans Fire Depart‐ ment (NOFD) Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Clerk of Criminal District Court Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office

Wednesday, May 20 Public Safety Agencies (Day 2) and City Entities Begin at 9:30 am District Attorney’s Office New Orleans Municipal & Traffic Court Mayor's Office of Cen‐ tralized Adjudication New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Con‐ trol Board Juvenile Justice Interven‐ tion Center Begin at 1:00 pm Municipal Yacht Harbor New Orleans Registrar of Voters New Orleans City Council Department of Treasury Finance Office of Independent Po‐ lice Monitor (OIPM)

Thursday, May 21 Recreation, Parks, Arts, Other Agencies Begin at 9:30 am New Orleans Recreation Development Commis‐ sion New Orleans City Park Audubon Commission New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans Public Li‐ brary Begin at 1:00 pm French Market Corpora‐ tion New Orleans Aviation Board New Orleans Building Corporation City Planning Commis‐ sion

Wednesday, May 27 10:00 AM Reserved 10:30 AM Reserved 11:00 AM Reserved 11:30 AM Reserved 1:00 PM Reserved 1:30 PM Reserved 2:00 PM Reserved 2:30 PM Reserved The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with Sections 3-117, 5402, and 6-104 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, will hold public hearings to consider Capital Budget requests by the depart‐ ments and agencies of the City for the 2027-2031 program years. All inter‐ ested parties are encour‐ aged to attend and all relevant comments con‐ cerning the proposed budget requests are en‐ couraged. You may also submit written com‐ ments to the Executive Director in advance by mail (1300 Perdido Street, 7th floor, New Orleans LA 70112) or email (CPCinfo@nola.gov).

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May 6 and May 13, 2026

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (CITY HALL - 1E07)

Robert Rivers, Executive Director

The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with the provisions of Ar‐ ticle 4 of the Comprehen‐ sive Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, will hold a public hearing.

The public hearing will consider the following proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans.

NOCP 9048 186719-MAY 6-13-2T $ PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Materials for these items may be viewed via https://onestopapp.nola. gov/

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026, 1:30 P.M.

The public comment deadline is 5 pm on the Monday that is 8 days b f h i d

PUBLIC HEARING CITY HALL, 1300 PERDIDO STREET

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Zoning Docket 053/26 Applicant(s): Bearchild Company, LLC Request: Conditional use to permit a commercial short term rental in a C-2 Auto-Oriented Commer‐ cial District and the Tran‐ sient Lodging Interim Zoning District Property description: Square 359, Lot C, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Reverend John Raphael Jr. Way, Clio Street, Earhart Boulevard, and Freret Street Address(es): 1131-1133 Reverend John Raphael Jr. Way Zoning Docket 054/26 Applicant(s): WDG, LLC Request: Conditional Use t ll i l

NOTICE OF ELECTION Pursuant to Resolution R-26-107, as adopted by the City Council of New Orleans on March 12, 2026, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election will be held in New Orleans on Saturday, June 27, 2026.

The following proposition will be submitted to all registered voters (who are qualified and entitled to vote at this election in accordance with all state and federal laws) residing in the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District (“District”), which is comprised of the area of the City of New Orleans within the boundaries of the Lake Forest Estates Subdivision: LAKE FOREST ESTATES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PROPOSITION Shall the City of New Orleans levy an annual fee on each parcel of taxable real property located within the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District (“District”), the boundaries of which are coterminous with those of the Lake Forest Estates Subdivision, in the amount of $550, for seven years, beginning January 1, 2027 and ending December 31, 2033, which is estimated to generate $99,000 annually, to be used exclusively for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the District, except for a 1% City collection fee, and provided that, if used to fund additional law enforcement or security personnel and services, such personnel and services shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of those provided by the New Orleans Police Department?

This election shall be held at the polling place(s) provided below, which will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. in accordance with La. R.S. 18:541. Registered voters in each of the following precincts who are residents of the District shall be eligible to vote on said proposition: POLLING PLACE(S) WARD 9

PRECINCT 44M(P)

LOCATION Household of Faith Church 9300 I-10 Service Rd

The estimated cost of this election, as determined by the Louisiana Secretary of State and based upon the provisions of Title 18, Chapter 8A of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and the actual costs of similar elections, is $8,200.

The Council, acting under the powers granted to it by the City Charter and state statutes, shall meet, in open session, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, August 6, 2026, beginning at 10:00 a.m. to examine and canvass the returns and declare the election result.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: April 29, May 6, 13 and 20, 2026 NOCP 9036 185754-642317-apr 29-may 6-13-20-4t $ 388.08

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF KENNER CITY OF KENNER LEGALS Kenner City Officials Mayor Michael J. Glaser, Sr.

Chief of Police Keith A. Conley

Council Members At-Large Kristi K. McKinney, Div. A At-Large Thomas “Tom” Willmott, Div. B District 1 Dee B. Dunn District 2 Ronald R. Scharwath District 3 Joseph F. LaHatte, III District 4 George L. Branigan District 5 Brian Brennan

City Hall 1801 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone (504) 468-7200 Kenner Police 500 Veterans Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone (504) 712-2200

ON JOINT MOTION BY ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT, THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS WERE INTRODUCED IN SUMMARY FOR PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA. COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE/RESOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL PLEASE CALL (504)468-7254 FOR AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. AND 4:30 P.M. MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS, HOLIDAYS EXCEPTED. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,114, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF KENNER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027. (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF KENNER CHARTER, THIS ITEM SHALL HAVE A 28 DAY LAYOVER) PUBLISH ON APRIL 22, 29 & MAY 6 &13, 2026 ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventy- two (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

PUBLIC NOTICE THE KENNER CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF KENNER WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING: SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,114, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF KENNER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027. (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF KENNER CHARTER, THIS ITEM SHALL HAVE A 28 DAY LAYOVER)

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NATALIE HALL TARTAGLIA CLERK OF THE COUNCIL

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KRISTI MCKINNEY PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

POSTED ON APRIL 17, 2026 3:00 P.M. PUBLISH ON APRIL 22, 29 & MAY 6 & 13, 2026 ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventy- two (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

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CITY OF KENNER OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL

MICHAEL J. GLASER, SR

NATALIE HALL TARTAGLIA

Mayor

Council Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF KENNER WILL MEET ON TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026 AT 9:00 A.M. – UNTIL, AND IF NECESSARY, MAY 20, 2026 AT 9:00 A.M. – UNTIL, AS WELL AS MAY 21, 2026 AT 9:00 A.M. – UNTIL, AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS FOR CITY OF KENNER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026/2027.

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS, OBJECTIONS, ETC.

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NATALIE A. HALL

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CLERK OF THE COUNCIL

KRISTI MCKINNEY PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

POSTED ON APRIL 27, 2026< 11:00 A.M. PUBLISHED ON MAY 6, 13, 2026

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE

In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventy- two (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

1801 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD – CITY HALL – BUILDING B, 3RD FLOOR – KENNER, LOUISIANA 70062 – OFFICE 504-468-7254 FACSIMILE 504-468-6633 – WWW.KENNER.LA.US – NHALL@KENNER.LA.US

______________________________________________________________ THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA, MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026 AT 5:30 P.M., AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD, KENNER, LOUISIANA WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: KRISTI K. MCKINNEY THOMAS “TOM” WILLMOTT DEE B. DUNN RONALD SCHARWATH JOSEPH LAHATTE GEORGE BRANIGAN BRIAN BRENNAN NATALIE HALL THERESA HASTINGS

COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE, DIV. A COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE, DIV. B COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 1 COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 3 COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 4 COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 5 COUNCIL CLERK ASST. COUNCIL CLERK

PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT

AFTER THE MEETING HAD BEEN CALLED TO ORDER WITH THE ABOVE RESULTS, PURSUANT TO MOTIONS DULY MADE AND CARRIED, THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED AND/OR ADOPTED. ON JOINT MOTION BY ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT, THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS WERE INTRODUCED IN SUMMARY FOR PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA. COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE/RESOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL PLEASE CALL (504)468-7254 FOR AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. AND 4:30 P.M. MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS, HOLIDAYS EXCEPTED. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,127, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF KENNER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027.

SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,128, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM A-1 SIGNS, LLC TO FURNISH AND INSTALL A WELCOME TO KENNER SIGN AT 2899 VETERANS BOULEVARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ELECTRONIC BID 26-2214 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $22,234.00 FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,129, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 13,054 AND ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM HY-TECH ROOFING SERVICES, INC. TO REMOVE, FURNISH AND INSTALL FRONT METAL ROOF AT RIVERTOWN THEATER LOCATED AT 401 MINOR STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH ELECTRONIC BID 262199 IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,853.00 FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,130, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM ROOFING SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR KENNER CITY HALL BUILDING C ROOF REPAIRS AND WINDOW REPLACEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEALED BID 26-6957 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $457,000.00 FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,131, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM VULCAN, INC. TO SUPPLY ALUMINUM SHEET AND SIGN BLANKS AS NEEDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ELECTRONIC BID 26-2213 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,132, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ABNORMAL AI SECURITY SOFTWARE FROM SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION UNDER STATE CONTRACT NO. 4400035170 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,746.02 ANNUALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,133, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, LOUISIANA COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FY 2024, AWARD NO. 2024-DJ-01-9004, IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,838.00 FOR POLICE OFFICER OVERTIME FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT FUNDS FOR THE KENNER POLICE DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,134, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH GROW ENVIRONMENTAL & CONSTRUCTION, LLC DATED AUGUST 26, 2025 REGARDING THE WOODLAKE PLAYGROUND CONCESSION BUILDING DEMOLITION FOR A NET INCREASE OF $41,301.81 INCREASING THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED TO $138,301.81 AND ADDING ONE HUNDRED ONE (101) WORKING DAYS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,135, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE USE OF LOUISIANA STATE CONTRACT NO. 4400034949 WITH SWIFT RECREATION LLC TO PURCHASE PLAYGROUND SYSTEMS AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS NOT TO EXCEED $750,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,136, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CIMSCO, INC. DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 TO PROVIDE VALVES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, INCREASING THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT BY $100,000.00 ANNUALLY, FOR A NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $175,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,137, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM CIMSCO, INC. TO PROVIDE CLAMPS, COUPLINGS, PVC AND ETC. ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEALED BID 26-6956 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,138, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM CIMSCO, INC. TO PROVIDE VALVES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEALED BID 26-6954 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,139, AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AN EMERGENCY REPAIR OF 2013 VACCON VAC TRUCK BY COVINGTON SALES & SERVICE, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,050.62 FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,140, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH DXP ENTERPRISES, INC D/B/A DELTA PROCESS, DATED OCTOBER 21, 2025 TO PROVIDE GORMAN RUPP PUMP AND ACCESSORIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS INCREASING THE AGREEMENT AMOUNT BY $400,000.00 FOR A NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $800,000.00 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,141, AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF A VARIABLE SPEED GEAR MOTOR FOR THE ASHBROOK BELT PRESS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BY GSM ENGINEERED FABRICS, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,575.00 FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,142, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID RECEIVED FROM MONOPOLY RENTAL PROPERTIES TO PROVIDE BLADES, MESH AND REBAR ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEALED BID 26-6955 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,143, AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AN EMERGENCY REPAIR OF THE 300HP MOTOR FOR EFFLUENT PUMP #5 AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

BY PRECISION P.S.I., LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,769.60 FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,144, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE QUOTE RECEIVED FROM PRECISION P.S.I., LLC TO FURNISH AND INSTALL (1) GRUNDFOS RAS PUMP #2 FOR CLARIFIERS 5-6 AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $43,958.47 FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,145, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE USE OF STATE OF LOUISIANA CONTRACT NO. 4400023793 WITH ST MARTIN PARISH ACQUISITIONS, LLC TO PURCHASE VEHICLES STATEWIDE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.00 FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,146, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. FOR GRANT WRITING AND OTHER SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.00.

SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,147, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE GROUP LIFE INSURANCE POLICY AND RATES FOR GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND AD&D COVERAGE FOR THE CITY OF KENNER EMPLOYEES/RETIREES/DEPENDENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS JULY 1, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30,2029 WITH THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,148, AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE POLICY AND RATES FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE FOR THE CITY OF KENNER FOR THE POLICY YEAR JUNE 1, 2026 THROUGH MAY 31, 2027.

PUBLISH ON MAY 13, 2026 ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE

In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventy- two (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

PUBLIC NOTICE THE KENNER CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF KENNER WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING: SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,127, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF KENNER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027. /S/

NATALIE HALL TARTAGLIA CLERK OF THE COUNCIL

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KRISTI MCKINNEY PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

POSTED ON MAY 7, 2026 3:00 P.M. PUBLISH ON MAY 13, 2026 ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventy- two (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF KENNER CITY OF KENNER LEGALS May 20, 2026 ______________________________________________________________

9:45am, by the City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at: 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner, Louisiana 70062

INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bid No. 26-6970 May 6, 2026 Refurbish, Furnish and Install One (1) 2.0M Klampress Belt Filter Press Sealed Bid No. 26-6970 The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for: REFURBISH, FURNISH AND INSTALL ONE (1) 2.0 KLAMPRESS BELT FILTER PRESS Bidders may obtain copies of the bid documents by visiting the City of Kenner’s website at www.kenner.la.us. Bidders may also obtain copies of the bid documents and submit bids electronically by visiting www.centralauctionhouse.com. Sealed bids may also be received by mail or in-person until Friday, June 5, 2026 at 9:45 a.m.

CST, by the City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at: 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner, Louisiana 70062 All interested parties are invited to attend the Bid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. in the City of Kenner, Building D Auditorium, 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, 70062 at which time the bids will be publicly read.

Advertisement: The Advocate May 6, 2026 May 13, 2026 ______________________________________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bid No. 26-6965

City of Kenner A.P. Clay Community Center Reconstruction

INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bid No. 26-6971

Sealed bids will be received until May 27, 2026 at 9:45am by the City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at:

FURNISH AND INSTALL SOLAR LIGHTS AND POLES Bidders may obtain copies of the bid documents by visiting the City of Kenner’s website at www.kenner.la.us. Bidders may also obtain copies of the bid documents and submit bids electronically by visiting www.centralauctionhouse.com. Sealed bids may also be received by mail or in-person until Monday, June 8, 2026 at 9:45 a.m.

CST, by the City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at: 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner, Louisiana 70062 All interested parties are invited to attend the Bid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. CST in the City of Kenner, Building D Auditorium, 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, 70062 at which time the bids will be publicly read. There will be an optional pre-bid meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CST at Veterans Park located at 1900 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70062. All interested bidders are encouraged to attend.

CITY OF KENNER /s/Elizabeth Herring Chief Financial Officer Advertisement: The Advocate May 6, 2026 May 13, 2026

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q Conditional Use to allow a commercial use (office) over 5,000 square feet in floor area in an S-LB2 Lake Area Neighborhood Business District Property description: Square 22, Lots 11 through 13, Homedale Park Annex, in the Sec‐ ond Municipal District, bounded by Canal Street, Greenwood Street, Vicks‐ burg Street, and Weiblen Street Address(es): 5325 Canal Boulevard

gomery and Nicolette Montgomery Request: Conditional use to permit a commercial short term rental in a CBD-2 Historic Commer‐ cial and Mixed-Use Dis‐ trict and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District Property description: Square 130, Lots 14 and 15, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Natchez Street, Maga‐ zine Street, Poydras Street, and Tchoupi‐ toulas Street Address(es): 422 Natchez Street

Zoning Docket 055/26 Applicant(s): Gabrielle Riles Request: Zoning change from an HU-B1 Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District to a HUMU Neighborhood MixedUse District and a condi‐ tional use to permit a re‐ ception facility Property description: Square 766, Lot 1, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Saint Bernard Avenue, North Derbigny Street, London Avenue, New Orleans Street, and North Roman Street Address(es): 1701 Saint Benard Avenue Zoning Docket 056/26 Applicant(s): Tony Mont‐ gomery and Nicolette M t

Bidders may obtain copies of the bid documents by visiting the City of Kenner’s website at www.kenner.la.us. Bidders may also obtain copies of the bid documents and submit bids electronically by visiting www.centralauctionhouse.com. Sealed bids may also be received by mail or in-person until Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. CST, by the City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at:

All interested parties are invited to attend the Bid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. in the City of Kenner, Building D Auditorium, 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, at which time the bids will be publicly read.

CITY OF KENNER /s/Elizabeth Herring Chief Financial Officer Advertisement: The Advocate May 6, 2026 May 13, 2026 ______________________________________________________________ INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bid No. 26-6972 May 6, 2026 Lead Safe Hazard Reduction (LSHR) Bid Packet #9 Sealed Bid No. 26-6972 The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for: Lead Safe Hazard Reduction in homes located at: 723 Coleman Street 311 Morey Street Bidders may also obtain copies of the bid documents and submit bids electronically by visiting www.centralauctionhouse.com. Sealed bids may also be received by mail or in-person until May 21, 2026 at

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Zoning Docket 057/26 Applicant(s): MMJSS Holdings, LLC Request: Amendment to the text of Section 24.13.G.3.d Retail Facili‐ ties in the VCS and VCS-1 Districts to alter the sig‐ nage regulations for re‐ tail centers owned or controlled by a single en‐ tity, not anchored by a major department store, unified by a specific ar‐ chitectural theme and consisting of a major public or private space, with more than 55,000 square feet of enclosed gross leasable area de‐ voted primarily to di‐ verse retail, food, and en‐ tertainment facilities.

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In person public comment: The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance, Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, will hear proponents and opponents to the above proposed changes to the Comprehensive Zoning Law of the City of New Orleans. All interested parties are encouraged to attend and all relevant comments concerning the proposed changes are encouraged. The CPC has established public hearing rules within its Administrative Rules, Policies, & Procedures, which are available on the CPC website (www. nola.gov/cpc).

Written public comment: You may also submit written comments to the Executive Director in ad‐ vance by mail (1300 Per‐ dido Street, 7th floor, New Orleans LA 70112) or email (CPCinfo@nola. gov). All written com‐ ments must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, May 18.

May 6, May 13, and M 20 2026

CITY OF HARAHAN LEGALS Mayor Tim Baudier Councilmen Jason D. Asbill Tommy Budde Eric Chatelain Paul Johnston Michael Ricks Chief of Police Edward “Ed” Lepre City Clerk/Tax Collector Carrie Heustis

City of Harahan 6437 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-6383 Harahan Police 6441 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-9763

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a regular meeting of the Board of Adjustments and Appeals of the City of Harahan, State of Louisiana, will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2025, at 7:00pm at 6437 Jefferson Highway, Harahan, Louisiana, 70123 for the following case: (CASE 1-26) – Michelle Rigney, 7918 Ferrara Dr. Harahan, LA 70123 Requesting approval of existing 16.75’ setback instead of the required 20’.

THIS NOTICE IS TO ADVISE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST APPLIED FOR BY THEIR NEIGHBORS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND EXPRESS THEIR OPINION ON THE REQUEST.

BY THE ORDER RICHARD KITTOK – CHAIRMAN BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS

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CITY OF KENNER /s/Elizabeth Herring Chief Financial Officer Advertisement: The Advocate May 13, 2026 May 20, 2026

All interested parties are invited to attend the Bid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. in the City of Kenner, Building D Auditorium, 1610 Rev. Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, at which time the bids will be publicly read. Any person with disabilities requiring special accommodations must contact the City of no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening.

There will be a pre-bid meeting on April 28, 2026 at 10:00am at City of Kenner Building D Auditorium, 1610 Rev. Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, LA 70062. All interested bidders are encouraged to attend.

All bids must be in accordance with the Contract Documents (which include, but are not limited to, all documents, sections, terms, provisions, and any requirements provided for in this bid) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In accordance with Sec. 91/2-7 of the City of Kenner Code of Ordinances, Regulations for removal of weeds, grass or other noxious matter, the following property owner(s) are hereby notified that within five (5) days of this notice, if said property owner(s) do not cut, destroy or remove such weeds, grass or deleterious, unhealthy growth, trash, debris, refuse, discarded or noxious matter from the premises involved, the City of Kenner will undertake the removal of weeds, grass or other noxious matter assessing all costs and an administrative fee of $250.00 against said property. The City of Kenner may undertake continued monthly maintenance of said property for a period of twelve (12) months without giving any additional notification to the owner.

JOHNSON, DARIUS CLEANINESS NO VERMIN/RODENTS 2004 ROOSEVELT BLVD JOHNSON, DARIUS MAINTAIN EXT FOUN/WALL/ROOF 2004 ROOSEVELT BLVD MARTIN, SHANE M NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES 3568 W LOYOLA DR SQ 19/LOT 45A/UNIVERSITY CITY BIRDSALL, BENJAMIN J JR NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES 145 W 23RD LOTS 11-17, SQ 21, CRESTVIEW SUBDIVISION GONZALEZ, J B MACHINE SHOP INC NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES 21 W 27TH ST SQ 225/LOT 65/ CRESTVIEW GONZALEZ, J B MACHINE SHOP INC NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES 21 W 27TH ST SQ 225/LOT 66/CRESTVIEW GONZALEZ, J B MACHINE SHOP INC NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES 21 W 27TH ST SQ 225/LOT 67/CRESTVIEW GONZALEZ, J B MACHINE SHOP INC NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES 21 W 27TH ST SQ 225/LOT 68/CRESTVIEW GONZALEZ, J B MACHINE SHOP INC NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES 21 W 27TH ST SQ 225/LOT 69/CRESTVIEW APPLEWOOD PROPERTIES W/ 54 VERDE STWOODLAKE, SQ A LOT 29 SECT 1 UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES APPLEWOOD PROPERTIES W/ UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY STAGNANT WATER-MOSQUITO BREED 54 VERDE STWOODLAKE, SQ A LOT 29 SECT 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In accordance with Sec. 91/2-7 of the City of Kenner Code of Ordinances, Regulations for removal of weeds, grass or other noxious matter, the following property owner(s) are hereby notified that within five (5) days of this notice, if said property owner(s) do not cut, destroy or remove such weeds, grass or deleterious, unhealthy growth, trash, debris, refuse, discarded or noxious matter from the premises involved, the City of Kenner will undertake the removal of weeds, grass or other noxious matter assessing all costs and an administrative fee of $250.00 against said property. The City of Kenner may undertake continued monthly maintenance of said property for a period of twelve (12) months without giving any additional notification to the owner.

DELORD, JOHN P JR RODRIGUEZ, JACQUELINE RODRIQUEZ, MILTON E

NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES

58 MONTERREY DR 1915 KENTUCKY AVE 1915 KENTUCKY AVE

HIGHWAY PARK SQ519 LOT 50-51 HIGHWAY PARK SQ519 LOT 50-51 187321-647250-may 13-1t $ 1,309.77

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May 6, May 13, and May 20, 2026

undertaken by Jefferson Parish REQUEST FOR OF FUNDS

mental Review Record (ERR) on file at Jefferson Parish Consolidated Gov‐ ernment, Department of Community Develop‐ ment, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd, Suite 605, Jefferson, LA and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Any individual, group, or agency may submit writ‐ ten comments on the ERR to Jefferson Parish Department of Commu‐ nity Development. All comments received by Friday May 29, 2026 will be considered by Jeffer‐ son Parish prior to au‐ thorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should which Notice specify h dd i

specify which Notice they are addressing.

Robert Rivers, Executive Director

$1,100,000.00. The project involves removal of the existing pumps, pump controls, piping, valves, equipment, and the lift station entrance tube and installation of a new wet well with sub‐ mersible pumps, piping, controls, valves and re‐ lated equipment as well as odor control facilities.

A Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and emergency generator quick-connect isolation junction box will also be installed. The estimated is total HUD funds $1,100,000.00.

NOCP 9047 186717-may 6-13-20-3t $210.39 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO RE‐ QUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS May 13, 2026 Jefferson Parish Consoli‐ dated Government (Jef‐ ferson Parish) Department of Commu‐ nity Development 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd, Suite 605 Jefferson, LA 70123 504-736-6262 These notices shall sat‐ isfy two separate but re‐ lated procedural require‐ ments for activities to be undertaken by Jefferson i h

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On or about Monday, June 1, 2026 Jefferson Parish will submit a re‐ quest to the Louisiana Office of Community De‐ velopment-Disaster Re‐ covery (LOCD-DR) for the release of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR): Resilient Community Infrastruc‐ ture Program (RCIP) funds through the Disas‐ ter Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub.L.117-43, as amended); in Federal Docket No. FR-6303-N-01, to undertake a project known as the Sewer Pro‐ ject L-12-2 Lift Station for the purpose of retro‐ fitting the existing sew‐ erage lift station by con‐ verting the existing drypit configuration to a valve pit and construct‐ ing a new wet well with piping and submersible pumps, in the amount of $1,100,000.00. The project i l l f th

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFI‐ CANT IMPACT Jefferson Parish has de‐ termined that the project will have no significant impact on the human en‐ vironment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the Na‐ tional Environmental Pol‐ icy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environ‐ mental Review Record (ERR) fil t J ff

TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE LEGALS Jean Lafitte Officials Mayor Yvette Crain Councilman Kyle Darda Councilman Barry Bartholomew Councilwoman Verna Smith Councilwoman Christy Creppel Councilman Larry Kerner, Jr.

Police Chief Marcell Rodriguez Town of Jean Lafitte 4917 City Park Drive, Lafitte, LA 70067 Office: (504) 6892208 Fax: (504) 233-1207

PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or b it it

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTI‐ FICATION Jefferson Parish certifies to The Louisiana Office of Community Develop‐ ment-Disaster Recovery (LOCD-DR) that Stephanie Brumfield in her capacity as Jefferson Parish Director of Office f i l

PUBLIC NOTICE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE Joseph P. Lopinto, III in his capacity as Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, hereby notifies his intent to donate, auction, retain or destroy unclaimed property in accordance with JP Ordinance 31-8 unless otherwise claimed by the owner within 30 days of publication of this notice.

Property may be claimed by contacting the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Property and Evidence Division, located at 1801 West Bank Expressway, Harvey, LA 700548, or by calling 504-376-2384. All claimants must provide proof of ownership before any property may be released.

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A-02866-21

Clothing and personal items

Owner Found

H-11168-21

Brown guitar Mark II

Found Found

H-11168-21

Tan and Brown Guitar

H-11168-21

Anchor Lantern

Found

H-11168-21

Rothenberg violin

Found

H-11168-21

Ridgid drill SN:CS2…415

Found

H-11168-21

Ridgid Saw SN: NC2…336

Found

H-11168-21

Hart drill SN: CS2…937

Found

H-11168-21

Hart multi-tool SN: NC2…296

Found Found

H-11168-21

Hart drill SN: NC2…147

H-11168-21

Dewalt organizer

Found

H-11168-21

Ridgid batteries SN: CS2…365

Found Found

H-11168-21

Hart tool bag cont tools

H-11168-21

Ridgid drill SN: CS2…165

Found

H-11168-21

Huskey tool bag cont tools

Found

TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE ADVERTISEMENT OF ONLINE AUCTION

H-17000-21

BB Gun

Found

J-13957-20

Bag of misc clothes

Found

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office will proceed to sell used fleet vehicles and surplus equipment to the highest bidder. The auction will be held ONLINE ONLY. The auction will open online on May 28, 2026 and close on May 29, 2026 JJKANE Southeast Region timed auction. Items will be viewable online beginning May 21, 2026. To register and view auction items, please visit www. jjkane.com. Direct all inquiries to Lance Heinen at 337-246-0506.

L-05685-20

HP Stream laptop

Found

JOSEPH LOPINTO III, SHERIFF PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA. ADV: The New Orleans Advocate Adv: May 6, 13 and 20, 2026

ADVERTISE: APRIL 29, MAY 6 & 13, 2026 187320-647249-may 13-1t $ 62.37

The building classification CONSTRUCTION.

1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner, Louisiana 70062

1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner, Louisiana 70062

The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for:

Applicable to all contracts, if subcontracts are to be let, the prime contractor (consultant) shall take all necessary steps identified in 2 C.F.R. § 200.321(b)(1)-(5) to ensure small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, veteran-owned businesses, Section 3 businesses and labor surplus area firms are used when possible. The primary contractor (consultant) shall require the same of its subcontractors (subconsultant) and include this and all 2 C.F.R. § 200.321 requirements in all subcontracts.

The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for:

Advertisement: The Advocate May 6, 2026 May 13, 2026 May 20, 2026 ______________________________________________________________

ONE-TIME PURCHASE OF ONE (1) US MOTORS TITAN 200HP MOTOR.

May 6, 2026 Furnish and Install Solar Lights and Poles Sealed Bid No. 26-6969

The City of Kenner is an equal opportunity employer. The Attention of Bidders is also called particularly to the requirements for conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contract (Davis-Bacon Act), Section 3 (Low Income Resident Participation) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Section 109 (Non-Discrimination) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Section 503 (Non-Discrimination Against Employees with Disabilities) and Section 504 (Non-Discrimination Against Individuals with Disabilities) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Segregated Facilities, and all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and State of Louisiana and bonding and insurance requirements.

/s/Elizabeth Herring Chief Financial Officer

The proposed work (“Work”) includes: The Work consists of a new 1-story approximately 8,634 sf community resource center which will house a medical office building. Work includes selective demolition, site improvements, pile supported concrete slab foundation, wood structure, exterior walls of stucco, metal wall panels, and aluminum storefront, interior partitions, doors and frames, finishes, casework, equipment, mechanical, electrical, sprinkler, communications, and fire alarm work for a complete and fully functional medical office building.

The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for:

INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bid No. 26-6969

Each bidder must have an active UEI Number, as verified on www. sam.gov, prior to the beginning of construction.

CITY OF KENNER

May 6, 2026 One-Time Purchase of One (1) US Motors Titan 200HP Motor Sealed Bid No. 26-6971

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Copies of Contract Documents for review or for use in preparing bids may be obtained from VergesRome Architects, 320 Carrollton Ave. Suite 100, New Orleans, LA 70119 at www.Centralauctionhouse. com. Bidders may also obtain copies of Contract Documents for review and may also submit bids electronically by visiting www. centralauctionhouse.com.

All interested parties are invited to attend the Bid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. in the City of Kenner, Building D Auditorium, 1610 Rev. Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, at which time the bids will be publicly read. There will be an optional pre-bid meeting on May 14, 2026 at 10 am in the City of Kenner Building D Auditorium, 1610 Rev. Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, LA 70062.

The site visits will be held at each location on May 14, 2026 from 11:00am-12:30pm. All interested bidders are encouraged to attend.

CITY OF KENNER /s/Elizabeth Herring Chief Financial Officer

on file with VergesRome Architects, 320 Carrollton Ave. Suite 100, New Orleans, LA 70119, the Design Consulting Professionals (also referenced as “Design Professional”) for this project.

187322-647521-may 13-1t $ 69.30

L-05685-20

Dell chrome book laptop

Found

L-05685-20

Apple macbook pro laptop

Found

L-05685-20

Apple macbook air laptop

Found

L-05685-20

Dell XPS laptop

Found

L-05685-20

Dell laptop bag

Found

L-05685-20

Senco, ridgidand metabo nail guns

Found

L-05685-20

Ochsner backpack

Found

A-15535-22

Clothing and personal items

Bertram Redhead

187115-646586-may 13-1t $ 93.56

20D ✦ Wednesday, May 13, 2026 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune Legal Notices

Parish Director of Office of Community Develop‐ ment consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an ac‐ tion is brought to enforce responsibilities in rela‐ tion to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

Louisiana Office of Com‐ munity Development’s approval of the certifica‐ tion satisfies its respon‐ sibilities under NEPA and related laws and authori‐ ties and allows Jefferson Parish to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS Louisiana Office of Com‐ munity Development-Dis‐ aster Recovery will ac‐ cept objections to its re‐ lease of funds and Jeffer‐ son Parish’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the antici‐ pated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certifica‐ tion was not executed by the Certifying Officer of Jefferson Parish; (b) Jef‐ ferson Parish has omit‐ ted a step or failed to make a decision or find‐ ing required by HUD reg‐ ulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or under‐ taken activities no au‐ thorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by OCD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written find‐ ing that the project is un‐ satisfactory from the standpoint of environ‐ mental quality. Objec‐ tions must be prepared and submitted in accor‐ dance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Louisiana Office of Com‐ munity Development – Disaster Recovery at Murilo.Martins@la.gov or mail to Louisiana Office of Community Develop‐ ment – Disaster Recovery at: Gina Campo 617 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 Potential objectors should contact Louisiana Office of Community De‐ velopment – Disaster Re‐ covery to verify the ac‐ tual last day of the objec‐ tion period.

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Stephanie Brumfield Director, Jefferson Parish Office of Community De‐ velopment 187218-may 13-1t $103.88 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE WILLIAM WINANS WALL MORRIS, EMMA AU‐ GUSTA BRIERRE BOON, AMELIA LEE LOEB LEMLE, AND MARION O’NIEL MORRIS Pursuant to an order of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans in the matter of USCS CAPITAL, LLC, PRAYING FOR MONITION, Docket No. 2026-03980, Div. I, CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, Parish of OR‐ LEANS, State of Louisiana, dated May 8, 2026, it was ordered as follows: WHEREAS, USCS CAPITAL, LLC, by act exe‐ cuted by Norman White, Chief Financial Officer and Ex-Officio Tax Collec‐ tor for the City of New Orleans, for unpaid 20192021 ad valorem taxes, which sale took place during the legal hours for public auctions, as memorialized in the Tax Sale Certificate recorded in the Conveyance Office of Orleans Parish, bear‐ ing NA #2022-47679 and CIN 721038; WHEREAS, USCS CAPITAL, LLC has applied to this Honorable Court for a Monition or advertisement, in confor‐ mity with LA. REV. STAT. § 47:2271, et. seq.; THERE‐ FORE, in the name of the State of Louisiana and the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, all interested persons are cited and admonished to show cause within six (6) months from the date on which this Monition is first advertised, why grounds exist for a nul‐ lity under the provisions of Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The property affected by this monition is: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurte‐ nances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the THIRD DISTRICT of the city of New Orleans in LOT 12A of SQUARE 12 bounded by PORT STREET, 42 feet wide; IN‐ DUSTRY STREET 64 feet wide; PRESS STREET, 47.78 feet wide; Lots 16 through 21 of old Square 1603 and now part of Square 12 and the curved right-of-way line of now or formerly GULF MOBILE NORTHERN RAILROAD

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or formerly GULF MOBILE NORTHERN RAILROAD, 100 feet wide, said Lot 12A measures as follows: Begin at intersection of east line of Port Street with south line of Indus‐ try Street; thence east‐ erly along Industry Street 688.93 feet to line of Press Street; thence southerly along same 148.01 feet to northerly line of Lot 21; thence westerly along same 189.88 feet to rear line of Lots 19, 20, 21; thence southerly along same 90 feet to south line of Lot 19; thence easterly along same 30 feet to rear line of Lot 18; thence southerly along same 30 feet to southerly line of Lot 18; thence easterly along same; 90 feet to west line of Lot 16; thence southerly along same 125.5 feet to the north line of Florida Av‐ enue at a point which lies 69.88 feet westerly from the west line of Press Street; thence westerly along the north line of Florida Avenue 17.62 feet to the curved northerly right-of-way line of now or formerly Gulf Mobile Northern Railroad; thence north‐ westerly along the arc of a curve to the right hav‐ ing a radius of 1062 feet, go an arc distance of 677.12 feet to easterly line of Port Street; thence northerly along same 103.86 feet to south line of Industry Street and the point of beginning, containing approxi‐ mately 177,063 square feet. The municipal ad‐ dress is 2900 Industry Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126. The Hon. Chelsey Richard Napoleon Clerk of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans 1340 Poydras Street 4th Floor New Orleans, LA 70112.

Jonah Freedman, Esq. La. Bar No. 35780, 700 Camp Street Suite 316 New Or‐ leans, LA 70130 Counsel for USCS CAPITAL, LLC. 187281-may 13-20-2t $127.52

PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposal for a Public, Pri‐ vate Partnership project to renovate the Beach Bathhouse at Fontainebleau State Park into an events facility.

For more information go to Opportunitiesin‐ Louisiana.com 186232-may 9-16-8t $36.96

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation will introduce the 2026-27 budget and hold its first public hearing on the 2026-27 budget on May 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm at Edgar P Harney Build‐ ing located at 2503 Wil‐ low St., New Orleans, LA 70113 (LA R.S. 39:1307).

ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation is the charter school management or‐ ganization operating ReNEW Laurel Elemen‐ tary, ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary, ReNEW Schaumburg Ele‐ mentary, and ReNEW Moton Lakefront Elemen‐ tary. A physical copy of the 2026-2027 budget is available at 10001 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite 710, New Orleans, LA 70127.

186911-may 9-aug 27 $956

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 3235 3237 BLOOM‐ INGDALE CT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COM‐ MERCIAL CAPI‐ TAL LOAN TRUST 2023 4 VERSUS FAMILY TREE INVEST‐ MENTS LLC CIVIL

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2026-317 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, SITU‐ ATED INTHE SIXTH DISTRICT OF PRLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS THE REAR OF BLOO‐ MINDALE COURT, AND BEING DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT 84 ON A SURVEY BY DADING, MARQUES & ASSOCIATES

MARQUES & ASSOCIATES, INC., DATED MARCH 10, 2005, SAID LOT SITU‐ ATED IN THE SQUARE BOUNDED BY BLOOMINDALE COURT, OLIVE STREET ERATO STREET (SIDE), S. TELEMACHUS STREET (SIDE), AND FORSHEY STREET (FOR‐ MERLY THALIA STREET), SAID LOT MEA‐ SURING 30 FEET 2 INCHES 5 LINES FRONT ON BLOOMINDALE COURT, A WIDTH IN THE REAR OF 30 FEET 4 INCHES 3 LINES BY A DEPTH OF 65 FEET 3 INCHES 7 LINES ON THE LINE SEPARAT‐ ING IT FROM LOT 83 AND A DEPTH AND FRONT ON FORSHEY STREET OF 66 FEET 4 INCHES 6 LINES. MUNICIPAL AD‐ DRESS: 3225 3237 BLOOM‐ INGDALE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125 WRIT AMOUNT: $103,991.64 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ f h

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posit of ten per cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

Gretna City Officials

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t

Mayor Belinda Cambre Constant Council Members: Dist. at Large: Wayne A. Rau Dist. 1: Rudy S. Smith Dist. 2: Michael A. Hinyub Dist. 3: Mark K. Miller Dist. 4: Randy S. Carr Chief of Police Brett J. Lawson

P.O. Box 404 Gretna, LA 70054 Telephone: (504) 3631500 Website: www.gretnala.com Gretna Police Department 200 5th Street Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504) 3664374 Website: www.gretnapolice.com

City of Gretna Gretna City Hall 740 Second Street Gretna, LA 70053

INVITATION TO BID CITY OF GRETNA WATER TREATMENT PLANT LOUISIANA POWER SYSTEMS ISO PROJECT No. 35636 AUTOMATION SYSTEM UPGRADES CITY OF GRETNA, LOUISIANA Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Gretna in the Mayor’s Office, Gretna City Hall, 740 2nd Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053 or electronically through the website www.publicpurchase.com on May 27, 2026 until 9:45 a.m. local time for: CITY OF GRETNA WATER TREATMENT PLANT LOUISIANA POWER SYSTEMS ISO PROJECT No. 35636, AUTOMATION SYSTEM UPGRADES

Each Bidder must obtain a contractor’s license from the State of Louisiana prior to submitting his bid.

The work for this project is classified as Electrical and/or Category IV, Municipal and Public Works Construction, ONLY Contractors with this classification may submit bids for this project. Bids received by Contractors without this classification will not be opened.

All Bids must be in accordance with the Contract Documents on file on

THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 6212 OXFORD PL, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS RUSSELL MIGUEL AUGUS‐ TINE AND RAQUEL MONTRICE AU‐ GUSTINE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-12134 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure d l di

Pursuant to La. R.S. 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(iii), notice is further given that if implemented, a portion of the monies collected from the special tax or fee shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.

Said election shall be held at the polling places located within the precincts delineated hereinbelow. The polls in such precincts will open at seven o’clock in the morning (7:00 a.m.) and close at eight o’clock in the evening (8:00 p.m.), in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541. Registered voters in each of the following precincts who are residents of the District shall be eligible to vote on said proposition: POLLING PLACES

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Sureties will be required to meet qualifications set forth in the Contract Documents.

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Bidders must attend a mandatory pre-bid conference Friday May 22, 2026 1:30 pm at the Gretna Water Plant 100 5th Street, Gretna La. 70053 to discuss the project.

Prebid conference details are set forth in the Bidding Documents.

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Bid security in the amount of 5 percent (5%) of the total Bid must accompany each Bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the contract.

No Bid may be withdrawn within a period of 45 days after the date fixed for opening Bids.

The City of Gretna reserves the right to reject all Bids, and to reject nonconforming, nonresponsive, or conditional Bids.

CITY OF GRETNA BELINDA C. CONSTANT MAYOR CITY OF GRETNA STATE OF LOUISIANA

6212 OXFORD PL NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 LOT 2 - SQUARE 6 5TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1221092 WRIT AMOUNT: $86,622.85

GARDEN DISTRICT’S SECURITY DISTRICT PROPOSITION Shall the City of New Orleans be authorized to impose and collect an annual fee not to exceed nineteen mills (subject to the homestead exception) on each parcel of land located within the Garden District’s Security District (“District”), delineated by La. R.S. 33:9091.2(B) as the area bounded by and including both sides of Carondelet Street, Jackson Avenue, Magazine Street, and Louisiana Avenue, for eight (8) years, beginning January 1, 2027 and ending December 31, 2034, which fee (estimated to be $852,000 in the first year of collection) shall be set by the resolution of the District board of commissioners and used exclusively, subject to a 1% City collection fee, to promote and encourage security within the District?

PRECINCT 8(P), 9(P)

All work is to commence immediately after the Date of Contract. Completion of the work is required within 240 calendar days. All time limits commencing upon the date of issuance by registered mail of the Owner’s “Notice to Proceed.”

Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

Pursuant to the provisions of Resolution R-26-76, adopted by the City Council of New Orleans on February 12, 2026, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election will be held in New Orleans on Saturday, June 27, 2026 and at the election there will be submitted to all registered voters (who are qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution and Laws of the United States) residing in the Garden District’s Security District (“District”), which is comprised of the area of the City of New Orleans located within and including the following boundaries: both sides of Carondelet Street, Jackson Avenue, Magazine Street, and Louisiana Avenue, to wit:

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Bids will be received on a unit price basis as described in the Contract Documents.

At 10:00 a.m. local time on the same day, in the Council Chambers, Gretna City Hall, Gretna, Louisiana, all Bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Without limiting the scope of work described herein, the proposed bid provides for controls upgrades to the existing Caterpillar switchgear (hardware and software, replacement HMI touchscreens, replacement protective relays, replacement DC batteries, full preventive maintenance service, arc flash analysis and coordination study, upgrade existing Caterpillar 750 kW EMCP to version 4.2 and all other incidental work thereto.

PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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NOTICE OF ELECTION

publicpurchase.com and at the office of BURK-KLEINPETER, INC., Consulting Engineers, 2400 Veteran’s Blvd., Suite 310 Kenner, Louisiana 70062.

Copies of the Bidding Documents and Contract Documents, consisting of drawings and specifications for use in preparing Bids may be secured from publicpurchase. com or the office of BURK-KLEINPETER, INC., Consulting Engineers, 2400 Veteran’s Blvd., Suite 310 Kenner, Louisiana 70062 by licensed contractors upon payment of $20.00 per set or through the website www.publicpurchase.com.

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LOCATION Renew Sci Tech Academy at Laurel Site 820 Jackson Avenue Dryades YMCA 2220 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard Engine #1, Task Force 5 2920 Magazine Street N.O. Speech & Hearing Center 1636 Toledano Street Benjamin Franklin Elementary School 3649 Laurel Street Sophie B. Wright Charter School 1426 Napoleon Avenue Lawrence D. Crocker College Prep 2301 Marengo Street

The estimated cost of this election, as determined by the Louisiana Secretary of State, based upon the provisions of Title 18, Chapter 8A of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and the actual costs of similar elections is $20,500.

The Council, acting under the powers granted to it by the City Charter and state statutes, shall meet at its regular meeting place, the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, August 6, 2026 beginning at ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

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Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 7 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-3881440 CANDACE A. COURTEAU The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 412426 ELBA ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FED‐ ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐ SOCIATION VER‐ SUS KATHERINE MICHELE BOYKINSANDERS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-4190 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4124-26 ELBA ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125 LOT 13 AND PORTION OF 12 SQUARE 175 6TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1383032 WRIT AMOUNT: $316,775.79 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 8 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440 CANDACE A. COURTEAU The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date

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may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 3610 RUE NICHOLE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: NFCU VERSUS TYREON ASHLEY ED‐ MOND AKA TYREON ASHLEY EDMOND FRANK AND RONARD FRANK,SR CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-3992 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 3610 RUE NIC‐ HOLE NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70131 LOT 30 - SQUARE 136 5TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1396378 BOCAGE SUBDI‐ VISION WRIT AMOUNT: $296,814.11 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 9 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 18311833 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FI‐ DELITY BANK VERSUS ROBERTA C. SCHADWELL WILLIAMS, DI‐ VORCED WIFE

BY FIRST MAR‐ RIAGE OF CHARLES IN‐ TROVICE, DI‐ VORCED WIFE

BY SECOND MARRIAGE OF MICHAEL WILLIAMS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF

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PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10956 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 1831-1833 ELYSIAN FIELDS AV NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70117 LOT: P, SQUARE: 883 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1184623 WRIT AMOUNT: $39,916.33 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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GH 12 GRAHAM, ARCE‐ NEAUX & ALLEN, LLC 504-5228256 LOUIS G. ARCE‐ NEAUX The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 501 VERRET ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: NUBRIDGE COM‐ MERCIAL LEND‐ ING LLC VERSUS WRIGHT HOUSES NOLA LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-3431 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 501 VERRET ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOTS A & B SQUARE 92 5TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1412108 WRIT AMOUNT: $500,000.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment

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at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 14 JACKSON & MCPHERSON, LLC 504-5819444 CRIS JACKSON The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 6950 QUEENSWAY DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: MORT‐ GAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT LLC F/K/A RE‐ VERSE MORT‐ GAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. VERSUS BETTY GREEN SIM‐ MONS A/K/A BETTY G. SIM‐ MONS A/K/A BETTY SIM‐ MONS A/K/A BETTY GREEN AND ELIE SIM‐ MONS A/K/A ELIE SIMMONS, JR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-4539 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 6950 QUEENSWAY DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70128 LOT 148 SQUARE E 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 994131 KINGWOOD SUB‐ DIVISION PHASE I WRIT AMOUNT: $217,644.34 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 5 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC (225) 7560373

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The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 3939 MIMOSA DRIVE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: MIDFIRST BANK VERSUS CRAIG CHRISTO‐ PHER VICTOR, SR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-4979 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 3939 MIMOSA DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70131 LOT 505, SQUARE 106 FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1183744 TALL TIMBERS, SECTION 8 SUB‐ DIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $181,527.73 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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GH 6 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4611 NIGHTHART ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: RE‐ GIONS BANK VERSUS MARY L. THOMPSON A/K/A MARY SHERMAN THOMPSON A/K/A MARY S. THOMPSON A/K/A MARY THOMPSON AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LU‐ CIUS THOMPSON LU‐ CIUS THOMP‐ SON CIVIL DISTRICT

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DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-11986 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4611 NIGHTHART ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 LOT 11 - SQUARE 6 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1077680 GENTILLY OAKS SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $57,140.31 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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15 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 DENNIS F. WIG‐ GINS The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1222 BARONNE STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LOAN FUNDER LLC VERSUS 1222 BARONNE, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2026-1758 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, sit‐ uated in the FIRST DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, in Square 239, bounded by BARONNE, CARONDELET, CLIO and ERATO

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CLIO and ERATO STREETS, and according to the plan of E. Pille, Surveyor, dated October 13, 1893, said lot commences at a distance of 127 feet, 10 inches, 6 lines from the corner of Erato Street and Baronne Street, and measures thence 30 feet front on Baronne Street, by a depth of 127 feet, 8 inches, 0 lines between equal and parallel lines, said lot is designated as Lot 8 or 26.

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

According to a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Sur‐ veyors, dated May 16, 1977, at‐ tached to an act before John D. Kitchen, N.P., dated 5/25177.

NA #242 357, the said lot is lo‐ cated the same distance from the corner of Baronne and Erato Streets and bears the same measurements and lot and square num‐ bers.

4101 STEPHEN GIRARD AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 SQUARE 18, LOT 5 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1437764 WRIT AMOUNT: $139,267.10

Being a portion of the same property ac‐ quired by Robert Louis Cangemi by act recorded at Inst. 2014 18987, CIN 554977.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1222 Baronne St, New Orleans, LA 70113.

WRIT AMOUNT: $1,053,540.43 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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GH 28 THE LAW OFFICE OF KYLE S SCLAFANI LLC KYLE S. SCLAFANI The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4101 STEPHEN GIRAD AVENUE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: JPMOR‐ GAN CHASE BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION VERSUS THE OPENED SUCCESSION OF GENEL VERDUN JAMES, (A/K/A GENEL JAMES, GENEL VERDUN) AND CLIFTON CHARLES JAMES, JR., CLIFTON C. JAMES, JR., (A/K/A CLIFTON CHARLES JAMES, JR., CLIFTON JAMES, JR., CLIFTON JAMES) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-9476 By virtue of a W it f S i

Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans BD 18 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY MUELLER The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 6710 DORIAN STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: STATEFARM ACCEP‐ TANCE VEN‐ TURES, L.L.C. VERSUS REGINA LEBLANC MOR‐ GAN WIFE OF/AND RYAN J. MORGAN, SR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-5888 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 6710 DORIAN ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 17, SQUARE: 8 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1378518 WRIT AMOUNT: $9,466.17 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance

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the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 19 NEWMAN, MATHIS, BRADY & SPEDALE 225343-3456 JOSHUA P. MATHEWS The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NO. 601-03 BARTHOLOMEW STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQ‐ UITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQ‐ UITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-ASAP1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES VERSUS DAVID H. DOTSON A/K/A DAVID DOTSON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-8802 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 601-03 BARTHOLOMEW STREET LOT A ADJOINS LOT 14, SQUARE 132 (LATE SQUARE 5), THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQUIRED MIN 885558 WRIT AMOUNT: $157,362.25 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance thirty within days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans BD 22 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR., L.L.C. (225) 756-0373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date

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apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 203 NEIL AVENUE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: NATION‐ STAR MORT‐ GAGE VERSUS TEX MICHAEL ARMENTOR A/K/A TEX M. ARMENTOR A/K/A TEX AR‐ MENTOR AND BARBARA SUE ARMENTOR A/K/A BARBARA S. ARMENTOR A/K/A BARBARA ARMENTOR CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-391 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 203 NEIL AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 SQUARE J, LOT 2 FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:947939 WRIT AMOUNT: $40,111.11 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

MASKS FACE AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 23 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR., L.L.C. (225) 756-0373 DENNIS F. WIG‐ GINS, JR. The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 12940 CHANELLE COURT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SER‐ VICING VERSUS OCTAVE J. LAROCHE, JR., A/K/A OCTAVE JOSEPH LAROCHE , JR. A/K/A OCTAVE LAROCHE, JR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS

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ORLEANS Case No: 2025-9348 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 12940 CHANELLE CT NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70128 LOT: 18, SQUARE: 3 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1140313 LAKE CARMEL SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $46,417.65 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 15 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC (225) 7560373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 5700 VICKSBURG, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VERSUS SUC‐ CESSION OF LEON S. MUSAC‐ CHIA AND SUCCESSION OF FLORENCE DORN MUSACCHIA CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-7284 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 5700 VICKSBURG ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70124 SQUARE 396, LOTS 20,21. AND 22 SECOND MUNIC‐ IPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1424435 WRIT AMOUNT: $550,420.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH.

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TERMS CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans BD 2 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS 504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 3505 GRAIVER STREET AND 739 SOUTH CLARK STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: HAN‐ COCK WHITNEY BANK VERSUS PONTCHAR‐ TRAIN PART‐ NERS, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-6857 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN POR‐ TION OF GROUND situ‐ ated in the First District of the City of New Or‐ leans, in Square Number 702, bounded by Gravier, Clark, and Genois Streets and Tu‐ lane Avenue (formerly Com‐ mon), which said portion be‐ gins at a dis‐ tance of eighty seven feet, two inches, five lines (87' 2” 5’’’) from the corner of Gravier and Clark Streets, and measures thence fifty three feet, six inches, six lines (53' 6” 6’’’) front on Gravier Street, same width in the rear, by a depth be‐ equal tween and parallel lines of one hundred twenty feet (120'), said portion of ground is com‐ posed of all of original Lot Number 5 and twenty five feet, four inches, seven lines (25' 4” 7’’’) of original Lot Number 4 on a plan drawn by R.P. Rordam, C.E., dated September 25, 1951, and re‐ vised July 26, 1256, a certified copy of which is annexed to an act before Richard L. Voelker, Jr., Notary Public, 27 d t d J l

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Notary Public, dated July 27, 1956.

All as per sur‐ vey of BFM Cor‐ poration dated July 31, 1998, an‐ nexed to and made part of a Cash Sale dated Sep‐ tember 1, 1998, recorded as In‐ strument num‐ ber 165224 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder for the Parish of Or‐ leans, State of Louisiana, ex‐ cept that Genois Street is now South Genois Street and Clark Street is now South Clark Street.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number 3505 Gravier Street, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana.

AND A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND sit‐ uated in the First District of the City of New Orleans, designated by the Lot Num‐ bers 31 and 32 of Square 702, which square is bounded by Tu‐ lane Avenue (late Common), Gravier, Clark and Genois Streets, on a plan of L. Riezenstein dated June 30, 1893, in the office of F.J. Dreyous, Notary Public, and to an act passed on May 28, 1876 before Michael Gerson, late Notary Pub‐ lic, which said lots are contigu‐ ous and mea‐ sure as follows: Lot 31 measures thirty feet, eleven inches (30’ 11”) front on South Clark Street and Lot 32 measures thirty feet, eleven inches and one line (30’ 11” 1’’’) front on South Clark Street.

Each lot has a depth of one hundred forty feet, nine inches and two lines (140’ 9” 2’’’) between parallel lines; Lot 32 being nearest to and a distance of one hundred twenty feet (120’) from Gravier Street.

Said lots adjoin each other.

And in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey made by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated Novem‐ ber 5, 1959, said property is situated in the same Parish, District and Square thereof and is desig‐ nated by the same lot numbers. Lot 31 measures thirty feet, eleven inches and one line (30’ 11” 1’’’) front on South Clark Street, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred forty feet, nine inches, two lines (140’ 9” 2’’’). Lot 32 ad‐ joins Lot 31 and measures thirty feet, eleven inches, one line (30’ 11” 1’’’) front on South Clark Street, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred forty feet, nine inches, two lines (140’ 9” 2’’’). Lot 32 lies nearer to and commences at a distance of one hundred twenty feet (120’) from the corner of South Clark and Gravier Streets.

According to the sketch of survey made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Civil Engi‐ d S

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Sons, Civil Engi neers and Sur‐ veyors, dated Novem‐ ber 22, 1968, said property is designated by the same num‐ bers, has the same location and measurements as above set forth.

A CERTAIN POR‐ TION OF GROUND situ‐ ated in the First District of the City of New Or‐ leans, in Square Number 702 bounded by Gravier, South Clark, and South Genois Streets and Tulane Avenue (for‐ merly Common Street); said portion of ground forms the corner of Gravier and South Clark Streets, and measures eighty seven feet, two inches and five lines (87’ 2” 5’’’) front on Gravier Street, by a depth between equal and paral‐ lel lines and front on South Clark Street of one hundred twenty feet (120’), and con‐ sists of all of original Lots 1, 2 and 3 and two feet, nine inches and zero lines (2’ 9” 0’’’) of Lot 4, all adjoining as shown on a plan drawn by L. Riezenstein, of date June 30, 1869, a sketch whereof is an‐ nexed for refer‐ ence to an act of sale before Michael Gernon, late No‐ tary Public, on May 26, 1873.

Together with all the build‐ ings, improve‐ ments, and other construc‐ tions situated on the above de‐ scribed immov‐ able property and all appurte‐ nances, rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, pre‐ scriptions and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, including, but without limita‐ tion, all compo‐ nent parts of the above de‐ scribed immov‐ able property, and all component parts of any building, im‐ provement, or other construc‐ tion located on the above described im‐ movable prop‐ erty.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number 739 S. Clark Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

WRIT AMOUNT: $3,343,127.62 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

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apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4965 SANDALWOOD STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: FREE‐ DOM MORT‐ GAGE CORPORA‐ TION VERSUS BARBARA ANN JONES AND KIM MARIE JONES AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRA‐ TORS OF THE SUCCESSION OF WALTER LEE JONES AND REBECCA FAIR‐ FAX JONES CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-5492 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4965 SANDAL‐ WOOD STREET LOT 23, SQUARE 18, THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT LAKELAND ACRES ADDI‐ TION SUBDIVI‐ SION ACQUIRED MIN 1253843 WRIT AMOUNT: $142,734.82 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 1481 N PRIEUR ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70116 LOT H - SQUARE 899 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 988138 WRIT AMOUNT: $265,671.60 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 10 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐ RIS The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 9 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-11477

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure Sale di‐ and rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

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GH 6 CARVER, DAR‐ DEN, KORETZKY, TESSIER, FINN, BLOSSMAN & AREAUX L.L.C 504 585 3800

DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10605

THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1451 TENNESSEE ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FREE‐ DOM MORT‐ GAGE CORPORA‐ TION VERSUS WAYNE P. BOYD, SR. A/K/A WAYNE P. BOYD A/K/A WAYNE BOYD, SR. A/K/A WAYNE BOYD

THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1481 N. PRIEUS ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEAN, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: GITSIT SO‐ LUTIONS, LLC, NOT IN ITS INDI‐ VIDUAL CAPAC‐ ITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF GV TRUST 2025-1 VERSUS LEROY TILLMAN THOMAS

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1451 TENNESSEE ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70117 LOT 35 - SQARE 546-583 (SQUARE # 54C583 ACCORDING TO TITLE) 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1386053 WRIT AMOUNT:

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WRIT AMOUNT: $137,419.45 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 11 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440 ELIZABETH CROWELL PRICE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 20122014 FRANKLIN AVENUE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: LAKE‐ VIEW LOAN SER‐ VICING, LLC VERSUS TREVOR WILLIAMS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10445 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 2012-2014 FRANKLIN AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT G, SQUARE 1017 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 202438793 WRIT AMOUNT: $176,433.80 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 12 JACKSON & MCPHERSON, L.L.C. 504-5819444 KATE A. SOTO‐ LONGO The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date PRINT ADVERTISING WORKS

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apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1009 PACIFIC AVE, CITY OF NEW OLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: KEITH R. KIRALY VERSUS POLKLAND PROPERTIES, LLC AND TIMO‐ THY C. POLK CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10312 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 1009 PACIFIC AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOT 13 - SQUARE 177 5TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1422994 WRIT AMOUNT: $114,058.01 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 24 THE SILVER‐ STEIN LAW FIRM, A PLC 504362-3692 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4547 MARQUE DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: MID‐ FIRST BANK VERSUS MICHELLE M. HUBBARD (A/K/A) MICHELLE HUBBARD CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10411 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ d ll b

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cause, I will pro ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4547 MARQUE DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70127 LOT 18 - SQUARE 7 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1227878 WRIT AMOUNT: $138,741.90 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 16 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4043 S PIN OAK AVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: AMERI‐ HOME MORT‐ GAGE COMPANY, LLC VERSUS AN‐ THONY WASHINGTON AND KATIE PHILLIPS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7990 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4043 S PIN OAK AV NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70131 LOT 90 - SQUARE 104 5TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1407609 TALL TIMBERS SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $314,476.41 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

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CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2021-4 VERSUS MUSE INDUSTRIAL SO‐ LUTIONS, LLC

Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2026-213

RB 17 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY A. MUELLER The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 86308632 DINKINS ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LAKE‐ VIEW LOAN SER‐ VICING, LLC VERSUS BEN‐ JAMIN OSBORNE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-6048 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 8630-8632 DINK‐ INS ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70127 LOT 14 - SQUARE D 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1411768 GROVES PARK SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $194,489.96 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle M. Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 16 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC (225) 7560373 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 633 ST. MARY STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 633 ST MARY ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 LOT 7 - SQUARE 69A 4TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1371287 WRIT AMOUNT: $211,665.76 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 21 MCCABE LAW FIRM, LLC 504782-3436 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2416-18 SOUTH JOHN‐ SON STREET, CITY OF NEW OR‐ LEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: BANKPLUS VER‐ SUS 2416 JOHN‐ SON LLC

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Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 24 NEWMAN, MATHIS, BRADY & SPEDALE, APLC 225-3433456 MARK C. LANDRY The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 16631665 NORTH ROCHEBLAVE STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE ENCORE CREDIT RE‐ CEIABLES TRUST 2005-3 VERSUS HAZEL M. LEWIS (A/K/A HAZEL LEWIS) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-8128 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-11938

1663-1665 N ROCHEBLAVE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 LOT: 6, SQUARE: 1341 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 824917 WRIT AMOUNT: $72,112.82

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

2416-18 S JOHN‐ SON ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70125 LOT: 18, SQUARE: 435 FOURTH MUNIC‐ IPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1399910 WRIT AMOUNT: $211,080.36

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GH 18 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 AMY R. ORTIS

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The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4631 ALBA RD, CITY OF NEW OR‐ LEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: PEN‐ NYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VERSUS KYLE JOSEPH GROETSCH A/K/A KYLE J. GROETSCH A/K/A KYLE GROETSCH CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-5839 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4631 ALBA RD NEW ORLEANS, LA 70129 LOTS 9 & 10 SQUARE 15 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1228593 VENETIAN ISLES SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $172,791.51 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 27 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC (225) 7560373 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 151 PINEHURST COURT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: GREEN PRAIRIES, LLC VERSUS AIR‐ WARE DATA AN‐ ALYTICS, LLC; TERRY WILLIAMS AND KAREN VALTEAU WILLIAMS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10625

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By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 151 PINEHURST CT NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70128 LOT 6 - SQUARE 1 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1397887 EASTOVER WRIT AMOUNT: $165,899.99 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 25 NEWMAN, MATHIS, BRADY & SPEDALE, APLC 225-3433456 SIERRA E. GRASS The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 48014803 RHODES DRIVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: MOVE‐ MENT MORT‐ GAGE, LLC VER‐ SUS SHAKIR WA‐ TERS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2026-237 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4801-4803 RHODES DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 1, SQUARE: 13 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1253285 WRIT AMOUNT: $69,055.72 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ f h

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posit of ten per cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 30 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 5752 BANCROFT DRIVE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: NATION‐ STAR MORT‐ GAGE LLC VER‐ SUS LOUELLA P. GIVENS HARD‐ ING, (A/K/A LOUELLA PEARL GIVENS, LOUELLA PEARL HARDING, LOUELLA P. HARDING, LOUELLA PEARL GIVENS HARDING, LOUELLA GIVENS HARD‐ ING) AND THE OPENED SUC‐ CESSION OF CHARLES HARD‐ ING, (A/K/A CHARLES COR‐ NELIUS HARD‐ ING) AND 41 EN‐ CAMPMENT, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-6824 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 5752 BANCROFT DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70122 LOT: 6, SQUARE: 46 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 712387 OAK PARK GAR‐ DENS WRIT AMOUNT: $173,657.10 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 3 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813-

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LAW, P.A. 813 221-4743 PENNY DAIGRE‐ PONT The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 1820 LAURDALE DRIVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VERSUS ZULEMA WYNA TAYLOR (A/K/A ZULEMA W. TAY‐ LOR) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7158 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on June 18, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 1820 LAU‐ RADALE DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOT: 3, SQUARE: 9 FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT MIN: ACQ 653450 WRIT AMOUNT: $38,161.30 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 4 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813221-4743 PENNY M. DAI‐ GREPONT The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 5/13/2026 & 6/17/2026 may 13-jun 17-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MU‐ NICIPAL NO. 3755 PITTARI PLACE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE CASE ENTITLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VER‐ SUS STELLA LOUISE WILLIAMSON MARCELLE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2018-1850 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to

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cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on May 14, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 3755 PITTARI PLACE LOT 19, SQUARE 7, FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT RIVER PARK ACQ MIN: 1185245 WRIT AMOUNT: $9,315.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 4 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (504) 658-4346 ANNA T. LEE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 4/8/2026 & 5/13/2026 apr 8-may 13-2t Public Notices Successions

PUBLIC NOTICE --24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 850-178, DIVISION "F” SEBASTIAN PROPERTIES, LLC VS. CHAIRS FIRST, LLC, KELAN D. CHAIRS, SR., CAPRICIA CHAIRS and REPUBLIC FI‐ NANCE PUBLIC NOTICE-PARTI‐ TION BY PRIVATE SALE By virtue of an order of this Honorable Court in the above and titled mat‐ ter, Renee Schallenberg, will proceed to sell, by private sale, the immov‐ able property described as: Portion of land located in Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, adjoining the City of Kenner, and forming a part of Arpent Lots Nos. 450 and 445 and designated as LOT LET‐ TERED “B” which lot com‐ mences at a distance of 120 feet from the inter‐ section of Filmore Street and the right of way of the L & A Railroad, and measures thence 30 feet front on Filmore Street, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 192 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines all in accordance with a survey of S. K. Landry, C.E., dated April 14, 1959, and annexed to Ordinance No. 4100 of the Parish of Jefferson, regis‐ tered in COB 481 folio 18.

Said Lot “B” is composed of a portion of ground originally 60 feet front by 192 feet in depth, as shown in accordance with a plan of Alvin E. Ho‐ tard, C.E., dated August 7, 1944, annexed to an act before George Thompson, N.P., on Octo‐ ber 17, 1944, registered in COB 209 folio 185.

Address: 728-30 Filmore St., Kenner, LA 70062, Tax Assessment: 0910010586 Under the terms and the price as set out in the Pe‐ tition for Partition by Pri‐ vate Sale and the judg‐ ment entered in the above referenced case, said sale to take place on May 18, 2026, at 9 AM at Title Stream, 3939 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 105, Metairie, LA 184265-apr 15-may 13-2t $79.68

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