Council Appointment Confirmations

At a glance

What: the council's confirmations and appointments to boards and task forces in the fall of 2026.
October 1: Motion M-26-414 by Councilmember Green (by request) confirmed the Mayor's appointment of Travis Phipps (vice Toni-Hackett Antrum) as the at-large member of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority board, term ending June 30, 2030. Motion M-26-417, by all seven members, confirmed Jacques Detiege (vice Ruth White Davis), nominee of Dillard University, to the New Orleans Civil Service Commission, term ending October 1, 2032. Both were adopted on the consent agenda after committee recommendation. Motion M-26-436 confirmed Kerwin Julien Sr. to the Sewerage and Water Board (see Water Board Repayment Directive).
September 3: Motion M-26-372 by Councilmember Willard appointed nine members of the Prenatal-to-Three Task Force, nominees of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Coordination and Emergency Management, the Office of Sustainability, the New Orleans Public Library, Agenda for Children, TrainingGrounds, and the chairs of the Community Development, Climate Change and Sustainability, and Quality of Life Committees; rules suspended to receive and add, adopted 6-0 with Morrell absent.
Executive appointment received: the Chief Administrative Officer, Joseph I. Giarrusso III, notified the council on September 3 that Austin P. Wilty would serve as Director of the Department of Property Management effective September 11, 2026.

Board and commission confirmations adopted.

Prenatal-to-Three Task Force appointments adopted 6-0; Property Management director appointment received.