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Council limits mayor—s emergency powers, terminates sanitation proclamation for French Quarter
Summary
By a 5-1-1 vote, the New Orleans City Council on July 10 terminated a mayoral emergency proclamation that had declared a trash disaster in the French Quarter and the Downtown Development District, citing concern that the mayor—s unilateral cancellation of a low-bid emergency sanitation contract created the emergency.
The New Orleans City Council voted on July 10 to terminate a mayoral proclamation of emergency that had declared a sanitation "disaster" in parts of the city, including the French Quarter and the Downtown Development District.
The motion, M25 3 92, introduced by Council member King, would terminate the mayoral proclamation of emergency number 2025-06628 and prevent the mayor, for the period beginning on the date of the motion and continuing until Dec. 22, 2025, from issuing another declaration of emergency related to the absence of a sanitation vendor in Service Area 5. Council members said the emergency was created when the mayor—s office…
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