SHELLYLEJEUNE:Imakeamotionthismeetingbeadjourned. TERRYCAMARDELLE: Letmejustsaysomethingfirst. Before
weadjournwestillgotthecommitteemeetingwhichis goingtotakealittlewhileandIfigureeverybodyis aboutreadyforabreak. Afterweadjournthismeeting we'lltakeabreakandcomebackinabout15minutestodo thetrustfundcommitteeandthenwe'llbedone. Motion
toadjourn.
SHELLYLEJEUNE:Yes.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:SecondedbyHerb.Allinfavor.
Oppose.Adjournfor15 minutes.
Liketocallthemeetingtoorderoftheblindvendors trustfund. Needarollcallofcommitteemembers. I'm
TerryfromNewOrleans.
FRANKGAFFNEY:FrankGaffneyShreveport. SHELLYLEJEUNE: ShellyLeJeuneBatonRouge. LEEFRAZIER: LeeFrazierFortPolk.
EARLHEBERT:EarlHebertLafayette. HEBERTREADO:HebertReadoNewOrleans. MARKMARTIN: MarkMartin,director.
GESILARJOSEPH:GesilarJosephBatonRouge.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Reviewoftheagenda.Everybodygotthe agenda. ApprovaloftheminutesMarchthe20th. Any deletionsorcorrections? Motiontoaccepttheminutes.
SHELLYLEJEUNE:Imakeamotiontoaccepttheminutes.
HEBERTREADO:Seconded.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Newbusiness.Thetrustfundmonthly incomedisbursements. Didn'tpassoutnomagnifier.
JANELLBOSARGE:Didyougetthisonewiththechart.
That'salittlebigger.Theexpendituresandthe collections.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Anycomments,questions?
LEJEUNE:What'sthebalance?
JANELLBOSARGE:697,417.67asofMay31st.
STEVEDEBRUHL:SinceJulyoflastyearwespent395,414 dollarsandcollected348,210dollars.
JANELLBOSARGE:WehadthelossatFortPolkforthe Decemberquarterandthensomeofthatlosscomeoutof thelastcheckwegot. Wegot2checksfromBCIthis
year.Oneofthemwasaround46,000andtheotheronewas
18,000soweprobablyifwehadthewholeyear,allthe moneyweprobablywouldhavebeeneven.
LEEFRAZIER:Thelossofthe4thquarterwasthearmy's lackofintelligenceandsowelostourbuttandit's taken2quarterstocatchup.
HEBERTREADO:Johngetsmetodohisdirtyworkforhim.
AboutthecommissionfromFortPolkarewegetting,that's includedinthere?
JANELLBOSARGE:That'sincludedinthere.Wegot2 quartersworthinthere,soyeahthatisincludedin
there.Shortbecauseitwasalossforthefirsttimeat theendofDecemberandwegotnothinginandthenwhenwe gotthefirstquarterthiscalendaryearitwasreducedby ourportionofthelossfromthe4thquartersowe've received,probablyreceivedabout65,000dollarsthisyear whereusuallywe'reclosertoa100,alittleover.
That'swhereIthinkifwewouldhavehadthatprobably beeneven. WestillgetmoremoneyinJuneandprobably stillspendmoneyinJunetoo.
LEEFRAZIER:ThePNLlikelyintalkingtoBCIpayrollrep shouldbeherefirstofAugust.
JANELLBOSARGE:That'sgoesintonextyear'smoney.
HEBERTREADO:We'reallcurrent?
LEEFRAZIER:Yes,ifthenumbersIgetarecorrect,and I'msuretheyare,wewouldhavebeenuptoa111,000in donationstothetrustfund.
LEJEUNE:Thosefundswouldn'tcomenobodywouldgeta stipendisthatit.
JANELLBOSARGE:No,wouldjusthavemorecomeoutofthe balanceofthetrustfund. Thestipendtheycomeouta
100percentofthetrustfundsoyeah.Thatmoney'sbeen nice.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Wewouldbeintroublewithoutitis thatwhatyou'resaying?
JANELLBOSARGE:No,justreducethebalanceofthetrust
fund.Alotsooner.Wecankeepup,we'rewaitingforif theyopenupthenewhospitalwe're hopingwillincrease theamountwe'regettingforthe oneinNewOrleans.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Arewestillgettingtheonefromhotel? JANELLBOSARGE: Yeah. That'sabigpartofit.
STEVEDEBRUHL:There'sacoupledifferentbuildings
outsideofuniversityhospitalgoingtobeconsolidatedto newuniversityhospital. There'sgoingtobesome
outlyingthingsallinonelocationnow,alsonewmachines thatweshouldbegettingnewrevenue. Muchbigger hospitalthanwhatitisnow. Moneyfromthelegislature hopefullythey'llmoveforward.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Thelastday.Anyotherquestions?
Appropriatingbodydeterminationletter,Frank.
FRANKGAFFNEY:Justgoingtodiscussthatalittle.There wasabillinthehouseorsenateonetheywereputting throughthatifyouwereonacommitteeandyoudidn'tget paidorgetadividendwhereeverythingwaspaidfor,per diem,thatyouwouldn'tberequiredtodotheethicsform. Rockydidsomeresearchintoitandeventhoughthey
passedthatthroughthe waythepartwhoisrequiredtodo
itthat'sawastedbillbecauseifyouevensitdown,
neveropenyourmouth,
stillgottosignit.
theyneveraskyouathingyou
Thatbroughtanendtothatpartof
themeetingwherewewouldtalkaboutit.
STEVEDEBRUHL:Havey'allbeendoingthat?
FRANKGAFFNEY:Oh,yeah.Ithinkafewofuswent2years atonetimeandtheysentusanastylettergoingtobe finedsomuchperday. ButIwashopingthatwould eliminateussincewedon'tgetaperdiem,butonthe otherhandwhohasto,everybodyhasto.
MARKMARTIN:You'retalkingaboutfillingoutthe financialdisclosureform. It'scrystalclearthisboard hasnoauthoritytoexpendfunds. Inorderto haveto fillthatoutyouhavetobeabletoexpendfunds.We don'tdothathere. Sothereforeyoushouldnothaveto filloutthosethingsandtheydosendyounastyletters. Wejustsentanotherlettertothemthisweekaskingthem togoaheadandforanexemptionsoyoudon'treceive thosethings. Ifanybodydoesgetthemletmeknow. I
don'tunderstandI'monboardsthatIhavetofilloutthe formtier2.1fiscaldisclosure,buttheyaresoclear there'sonlyacoupleofcriteriaandsoIdon'tknow. I hademployeesthathadbeenonboardsandcommissionstwo yearsagothatgot,Idon'tknowthename,butdelivered
totheirhome.Itwascertifiedmailthatcametothem sayingtheyweren'tevenontheboardlastyear. They hadn'treallygottheirstufftogether. Weneedan exemptionforthis.
JANELLBOSARGE:Ihadcalledtheladyandtalkedto her
andshetoldmethat'swhatweneededtodo. MARKMARTIN: Shesaidnoproblem.
JANELLBOSARGE:Whenitcomesbackhe'llsendthatoutto y'all.
FRANKGAFFNEY:Allthatfineprintinthatlawboy everybody.
JANELLBOSARGE:Iwrotewhatwasinthelawnoneofthat wasinthere.
FRANKGAFFNEY:EverytimeIfillit outIputonthetopI
donothaveauthoritytospendanymoney.
LEJEUNE:ItalkedtoRobinshesaiditdoesn'tmatter.
Theassumptioncausethere'smoneythereyoustillhaveto fillitout. Andtheyevenwanttoknownowlikespouse.
MARKMARTIN:YoucangoonDofAswebsiteseehowmuch
moneyImake,howmuchmoneymywifemakesbecauseIsit onboards. It'spublicinformationanyway,butnotmy wife. Stateworkerbaby,workingforthepeople.
FRANKGAFFNEY:Weneedthatexemptionputintothat.
MARKMARTIN:TerryassoonaswehearbackfromthemI'll letyouknowwhattheysaidandyoucanleteverybody know.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Happytodothat.Fightingthisbattle what15years. Allright,onlyotherthingwegotthere's nothingelseunderthatright? Onlyotherthingisopen discussion. Anyopendiscussiononthisoranythingelse?
STEVEDEBRUHL:HerbdoesJohnhaveanything? HEBERTREADO: That'sit.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Didheaskyoutobringupsetaside.
HEBERTREADO:No.
LEJEUNE:Howmanymeetingscanyoumissandthenyou're kickedoff?
FRANKGAFFNEY:Three.
JANELLBOSARGE:Y'allgoingtohaveyourRSVLmeeting next? Itoldthemy'allmaystillbeheresoIjust wantedtomakesure.
ROCKYMARCEL:No,we'regoingtoLogans.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Doesanybodywanttotalkaboutset asides?
LEEFRAZIER:Ithinkeverymanagerinthestateshould haveavote.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Theyhaveto.Yougottogettheballot first. Passtogettheballotput out.
LEEFRAZIER:Someofthesmallersystemsinmyareasays theywon'tpayitcausetheycan'tafforditandIsaid heyifyougoingtovoteonitthenthat'syourdecision, butyoushouldhavearighttovote.
FRANKGAFFNEY:Rockyyouwanttosayanythingaboutthat taxlawtheytriedtoputthrough?
ROCKYMARCEL:There'snothingtotalkabout.Idon't botherwithsomethingthatdies. Everythingisthesame,
nothing'schanged.Theyaregood.
TERRYCAMARDELLE:Doesanybodyhaveanythingelsetobring up?Motiontoadjourn.
SHELLYLEJEUNE:Imakeamotiontrustfundbeadjourned.TERRYCAMARDELLE: AndLeeseconded. Inallfavor.