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By admin on September 1, 2010
The New Orleans City Council will meet tomorrow for a regularly scheduled Council meeting. Among the agenda items to be addressed are:
* Ordinance to establish the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, to provide for membership composition and length of terms of members to the Commission (scheduled to be addressed at 1 p.m.)
Posted in City Government, Featured, Good Government, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 30, 2010
Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson, with Council President Arnie Fielkow and the Council’s budget staff, appeared at WBOK this morning to discuss the City’s operating budget with Girod Stevens and WBOK listeners.
Posted in City Government, Featured, Good Government, News, Press Releases, Recovery | Tagged Budget
By admin on August 26, 2010
At today’s City Council meeting, in commemoration of the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Council Vice President Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and the City Council payed tribute to several heroes of Hurricane Katrina.
Posted in City Government, Featured, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 25, 2010
Jenny Hamilton, of the New Orleans Ballet Association, which funds ballet programming for New Orleans youth through NORD, appeared before the Council’s Youth and Recreation Committee to help get this message to the public: arts and culture need to be a vital piece of NORD reform.
Posted in Arts and Culture, City Government, Featured, Photo Galleries | Tagged Youth and Recreation
By admin on August 24, 2010
The New Orleans City Council tonight will launch a series of public meetings promoting a proposed City Charter amendment that would reorganize the way the city administers and operates recreation programs.
Posted in City Government, Community, Featured, News, News Articles | Tagged NORD, Youth and Recreation
By admin on November 18, 2009
“The Council is the financial custodian of the City,” Clarkson said. “We have a responsibility to check and balance the City’s financial processes – including RFPs, especially those involving significant amounts of taxpayer dollars and those that have the potential to be renewed.”
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By admin on September 25, 2009
“There are some good arguments for why councilmembers should receive a pay raise to adjust for yearly increases in the cost of living. But I do not believe that now is the appropriate time, nor can I in good conscience vote to increase pay for a position I expect to hold again during the next four years.”
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By admin on August 20, 2009
Times Picuyune – “You can argue semantics all day long, but this is obviously a violation of the intent of the charter,” said City Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson. She makes a good point. The charter clearly envisions the council having a say in hiring firms that will represent the city’s legal interests. The Nagin administration’s actions have negated that role.
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, News Articles
By admin on August 18, 2009
Times Picayune – City Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson, who signed a letter Tuesday calling on the council’s lawyer to review the practice and consider legal remedies, also refused to accept the administration’s argument. “You can argue semantics all day long, but this is obviously a violation of the intent of the charter,” she said.
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, News Articles
