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Task force to mitigate rural Louisiana disparities calls meeting to order amid light attendance
Summary
Chair Karen Weibel opened the task force meeting at 10:02 a.m., reviewed the group's purpose and membership instructions, and conducted a roll call noting some organizations absent.
Chair Karen Weibel called the Task Force to Mitigate Disparities in Rural Louisiana to order at 10:02 a.m., noting lighter-than-expected attendance and asking representatives to register their presence for the minutes.
The task force, which Weibel said was authored by Representative Dustin Miller and has existed for three years, has been reauthorized each year by the legislature and has not yet sunset. "We are going to go ahead and call this task force to order," Weibel said as the meeting began. She asked participants to press the button in front of them so their attendance would be recorded in the minutes: "You have to press the button in front of you so that we hear you say present so he does go into the archive, so for the minutes and the quorum."
Weibel said several invitees declined because of scheduling conflicts in October. During roll call, Leslie Tilley, identified as president of the board of directors for LSNA, stated she was present. The Louisiana State Board of Examiners representative, Vincent Collotta, was recorded as not present.
No formal motions or votes were recorded in the portion of the transcript provided. The chair indicated the meeting would continue as attendees arrived; further agenda items and substantive discussion were not included in the provided transcript.
