City Council - Regular Meeting

Orleans County
Thursday, October 15, 2026

The New Orleans City Council held a Board of Review hearing for property tax appeals, receiving presentations from third-party appraiser HGI and public comments from advocates.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
New Orleans, LA
Meeting Date
October 15, 2026

Published excerpts

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2 sections

16:32 – 16:50•Freddie King III

Thank you. Council Member King. Good morning. Good morning, gentlemen. The assessor's letter... made a mention of a possible conflict. Can you flesh that out, not saying there is or is not a conflict, but just explain to us in the audience what that potential conflict may be and how did that go into this?

25:07 – 26:15•Aimee McCarron

Thank you. Thank you all for presenting today. So it's incredibly important that we have a process, obviously, that has integrity, fairness, and accountability. And here we have a situation where we have an elected official and his team pointing out considerable concerns on a small number of specific properties, which you all have discussed. And while we can't independently verify these concerns at this time, I believe at this time it's wise for the council to take heed of these issues and the perceived conflict of interest without penalizing those that have gone through the process to get rel

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