St. Landry Parish Council to meet Wednesday (pdf)

AMENDED
AGENDA
ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
MAY 20, 2015 @ 6:00 P.M.
OLD CITY MARKET, 131 W. BELLEVUE ST.
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & INVOCATION
By Councilman Timmy Lejeune

III. ROLL CALL

IV. CONDOLENCES

V. PERSONS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL
• Charles Renaud- Announcement of Candidacy for State Representative District 40

VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting:
April 15, 2015

VII. PARISH PRESIDENT’S REPORT

VIII. NEW BUSINESS:
*Items passed through committee.

• Discuss the placement of complainant’s name on Code Enforcement letters.

• Request the movement of the voting precinct from Big Cane Baptist Church to District 7 Fire Station.

• Authorize Council Clerks to advertise for five appointments to the Bayou Plaquemine Gravity Drainage District No. 12. This is a four year term from 05-01-2015 to 5-01-2019.

• Discuss procedures for trash-pick up in the Parish. (St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District Board members were invited to attend the present meeting).

• Discuss the possibility of forming an advisory committee to oversee the trail ride permitting process.

• Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between The Town of Sunset and the St. Landry Parish Government to provide a grader to spread limestone on Woody Lane.

• Parish President Bill Fontenot shall provide at the present meeting a progress report on Phase 1-A and 1-B of the Smooth Ride Home Road Program.

• Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana and the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC). And authorize Parish President Bill Fontenot to sign all documents associated with this agreement.

• Request Administration to provide a list of all Parish Government employees and salaries.

• Request Administration to provide a list of any and all raises given to Parish Government employees within the last year.

• Request Administration to provide the total amount of fees paid to Manco Vegetation Management Inc.

• Vote for one appointment to the St. Landry Parish Economic Development Board (SLED) to serve a three year term.
Applicants are Catherine Lognion Normand, Donald Dejean and Don Reber.

• Vote on one appointment to the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission to fulfill the remaining term of Linda Taylor who has resigned. The term expires 2-19-2016.
Applicants are Lee R. Dorbonne, Wil E. Giron and Jim Bradshaw.

• Parish Administration shall provide a list of all professional fees paid during the 2014 year at the present meeting.

• Discuss having the Council approve all expense reimbursement forms for members of the Council before being submitted to Parish Government for payment.

• Parish President Bill Fontenot shall provide at the present meeting a report of any remaining revenue from the Gustav Fund.

• Parish President Bill Fontenot shall submit a name for one appointment to the St. Landry Parish Communications District E-911.

IX. SPECIAL BUSINESS:

• Discuss one appointment to the Fire District 3 Board. To replace Eddie Thibodeaux who has resigned. This term is set to expire 01-01-2016.

• Discuss one appointment to the Lawtell Water District No. 1 Board. To replace Eddie Thibodeaux who has resigned.

• Vote on two appointments to serve on the Economic Joint Commission (ECJC).
Applicants are Drake Aguillard, Dirk Boudreaux, Alvin Haynes, Frank Helton, Yvonne Normand, Mary Amy Taylor, and Tina Vidrine.

• Request the change of Fire District No. 7 boundaries to incorporate additional properties.

X. ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED:

• ORDINANCE NO. 2015-001

AN ORDINANCE OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES TO AMEND ORDINANCE 2005-0007

STATE OF LOUISIANA
ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
ORDINANCE NO. __ OF 2015 Dated _________________

AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2005-0007; IDLE-NO WAKE ZONE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT, that:

TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 2005-0007, Section 14-57 to read as follows:
(1) Two O’Clock Bayou-For a distance from U.S. Hwy. 190 (New Highway) South to landing (weir).

All other provisions of said Ordinance shall remain unchanged and having the same full effect of law.

XI. ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED:

None.

XII. RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED:

• RESOLUTION NO. 2015-003

A RESOLUTION REQUESTING PARISH ADMINISTRATION PLACE LONGWOOD DRIVE ON THE LIST TO HAVE ASPHALY LAID AND BE PAID OUT OF ROAD DISTRICT 1 OF 11 A FUND.

BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Landry Parish Council, acting as the governing authority of said Parish, that:

WHEREAS: Longwood Drive is a limestone road and has been accepted in the Parish Road System.

WHEREAS: The St. Landry Parish Council request that the Parish Administration get a price to have the Longwood Drive overlaid with asphalt.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOVLED by the Parish Council of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish that:

SECTION 1: That the Parish Administration place Longwood Drive on the list to have asphalt laid and be paid out of Road District 1 of 11 A Fund.

• RESOLUTION NO. 2015-004

A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPROVAL FOR LADOTD TO HAVE A DESIGN EXCEPTION FOR THE USE OF A TAPERED CONCRETE BARRIER RAIL IN LIEU OF USING A 75’ GUARD RAIL AT THE NORTH SIDE OF WESTERN APPROACH SLAB AT THE GALLOW ROAD BRIDGE (H.010034.6-SITE 2)

• RESOLUTION NO. 2015-005

A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPROVAL FOR LADOTD TO HAVE A DESIGN EXCEPTION FOR THE USE OF A TAPERED CONCRETE BARRIER RAIL IN LIEU OF USING A GUARD RAIL AT THE EAST APPROACH SLAB ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR SITE #2 (BAYOU GERIMOND ROAD BRIDGE) IN PROJECT H.0100035

XIII. COMMITTEE MINUTES

ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING
MAY 6th, 2015
OLD CITY MARKET, 131 W. BELLEVUE ST.
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

1. Chairman Leon Robinson called this meeting to order.

Councilman Jerry Red led the council in the Pledge of Allegiance and the Invocation.

2. Council Clerk Laycie Alfred called roll:
PRESENT: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Ronald Buschel, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune, and Leon Robinson, Ex-Officio: ABSENT: Gary Courville.

In the absence of Chairman Gary Courville, Chairman Ronald Buschel called the St. Landry Parish Public Works Committee meeting to order.

3. Persons to address the committee:
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Mr. Vincent Malbrough. Come up to the mic, please, and give your name and address. Please Sir.”
Vincent Malbrough, “My name is Vincent Malbrough. Some of y’all know me, some of y’all don’t. I got two (2) things to address here tonight. First thing I want to address is Elmwood Subdivision, off Hwy. 190, off Wilson Road. We pay a property tax. We got two (2ȼ) cents sales tax. When will we get our roads blacktopped in that area?”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “I’m not sure. Is this Vista Subdivision?”
Councilman Dexter Brown, “Right, Elmwood Subdivision. That’s in my area. It’s just off of Hwy. 190 and Wisdom Road.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Is that a gravel road?”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Yes Sir.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Gravel road now. Mr. Fontenot, would you have anything to add to that?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I don’t have this in front of me, but it is in our priority program, so it’s going to be paved. If you give me your number,”
Vincent Malbrough, “When?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I don’t have that right in front of me. Actually, I don’t know if I can tell you, because we bid it out. We bid out forty (40) something miles on each contract. Sometimes that takes about nine (9) months just to get it back. So, if you give me your name and your phone number I can get in touch with you.”
Vincent Malbrough, “I’ll definitely give it to you. I got yours in my cell phone. Next, I want to address, is that I got served today, with some papers about my property. I live on Hwy. 35. I bought the property with no restrictions on it. Now, they want to tell me what I can put on my property and what I cannot put on my property. It’s my property. I got five (5) cars on it and I can crank every last one of them. Just because it don’t have a license plate on it, that don’t mean it’s abandoned. Abandoned means when you got cars on property and nobody lives on the property. But, I live on this property. As a citizen, my constitutional right is being violated by trying to tell me what I can do with my property and what I cannot do.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Malbrough, would that letter that they served; is that something from Code Enforcement? Mr. Fontenot, this is a letter from Code Enforcement regarding junk, trash, and/or abandoned vehicles on the property. I would say that they have noxious growths around the cars.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “What’s the post office?”
Vincent Malbrough, “3088 Hwy. 35, Opelousas.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Opelousas, okay.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “When did you receive the letter Mr. Malbrough?”
Vincent Malbrough, “Today.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “It’s dated May the 4th.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Is that the first letter you got?”
Vincent Malbrough, “That’s the first letter.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “So what do they want you to do?”
Vincent Malbrough, “We went through this once before. This is what happens. I buy a car and each car, on the property is titled in my name, except one (1). I own these vehicles. I live on the property so they’re not abandoned. A few years ago, when they were doing a bridge on 35. When they tore the bridge out, everybody was making a turn-around in my driveway. The parish didn’t fix my driveway. The parish didn’t give me not even one (1) piece of limestone. Thanks to Mr. Fontenot, he with the State, he give me a little bit of limestone. I had to buy some more to finish fixing my driveway.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Malbrough, we’re going to check into it. Mr. Fontenot and the Director of our Public Works, Mr. Tim Marks. We’re going to see what’s what.”
Vincent Malbrough, “When y’all gonna let me know?
Councilman Jerry Red, ““Mr. Fontenot can tell you. Do you know anything about this Mr. Fontenot?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I know this happens, on occasion. I wasn’t aware of this incident. I’ll dig up the initial report. Sometimes it comes from somebody complaining and has an issue. I’m going look up that and I’ll get with you Mr. Malbrough.”
Vincent Malbrough, “I have an idea who it is. I know that’s him. It just makes me mad when somebody tries to tell how I got to live on my property.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Fontenot, can you find out something in the next couple of days and let me know, being he’s in my district. And I can call him back.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Yes Sir.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Mr. Attorney, on this note that they sent to this gentleman, is there anything, legally, to where we cannot put the complaint name on the form?”
Chairwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Sometimes it’s anonymous, because they call me and don’t want us to say who they are.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We need to put that on there. Let these people know. Because, some of these people doing what Mr. Malbrough is accusing in here of, just to aggravate him. I’ve had these same kind of letters and they’re anonymous, but we need to not take anonymous calls. If they cannot give it to you, document it, then we don’t need them.”
Chairwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Sometimes Code Enforcement will go out there and talk to the person before they send the letter and see, like if the grass is tall, and give the people a chance to cut it before they send letters.”
Vincent Malbrough, “A few years ago I had a young man, who worked for the parish, stopped there when I had a barn that was leaning. I had a dozer at the house to push the barn down. He said, ‘You need to tear that raggedy barn down.’ I said, ‘Sir, if you look you will see the process is being made.’ I took care of it.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “I’d like a motion at this time that we put a line on this notice to put who filed the complaint. Would someone give me that motion?”
Councilman Jerry Red, “I make the motion.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Second.”
Councilman Dexter Brown, “Mr. Chairman, if the Sheriff’s department, I know sometimes that they out there sometimes with Code Enforcement. We could probably get the name of the person who’s making the complaint and have it in house with Mr. Bill and Mr. Tim Marks. But, to put a name on the complaint sometimes the situations get extremely heated and some person may get hurt or hospitalized. It could lead up to a homicide. It would be a bad idea to put the complainants name on that Code Enforcement referral, because any citizen has the right to call the Sheriff’s department, call Code Enforcement, and file a complaint. It’s our job, as St. Landry Parish Government and as Councilmembers, to look into it and see if we can resolve it. But, if we start putting a name on those complaints, then somebody just may get seriously injured or killed.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “All that may be very true. If they get to the shooting stage, somebody might not be there to make the complaint the next time. But, this business of complaints is out of hand. There’s not a day goes by that I don’t get one (1) or two (2) complaints because somebody threw a beer can out of the window of a truck; or somebody threw a piece of trash that shouldn’t been; or they were driving fast; or some kind of complaint. This board cannot solve complaints. We can only have other people, like Mr. Fontenot and his crew, along with the Sheriff, solve the complaints. I guarantee you, if you put somebody’s name on the bottom of this page you going to find that there ain’t going to be that many complaints coming in anonymous anymore.”
Chairman Jerry Red, “Mr. Chairman, I think it all starts with communication. I have a constituent that came to this meeting with a problem and he received a letter. Yet, the Council, nor myself, received any thing about this. I think we need to work together so that we know what’s going on. Also, Mr. Malbrough, did you get a phone call from Code Enforcement?”
Vincent Malbrough, “No I did not Sir. It’s the first time I hear anything, when my wife called me and told me they came and served and she had to sign for it; it was certified and she had to sign for it. I never did get a phone call. If a person can pick up a phone and make a phone call, if I make a phone call to the Parish Council I want my name put on there, I want my address put on. That’s why I think everybody’s name should be put on the complaint. I appreciate it. I thank y’all.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, to forward to the full Council, that the name persons filing a complaint with the Code Enforcement office must be listed on the complaint form.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Timmy Lejeune. NAYS: Dexter Brown. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this, the 6th day of May, 2015.

Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Julie David.”
Julie David, “I’m here concerning Bear Street, which is in Miller Subdivision of Port Barre. I have come to you before, for the past ten (10) years, trying to get the parish to take in the road. It’s a small road. It was built in 2000. At that time the Police Jury was not taking any gravel roads in. But, whenever you did start taking in the gravel roads, this street fell through the cracks. It should have been grandfathered in, but it was inadvertently left out. I came to y’all in ’06 and ’07, went to many, many meetings and all to no avail. The road is not in that bad a condition, because the few people that live there pool our money together and have it graded and do what we can. We’re at the point now where paying taxes and having to hire somebody to take care of the road it’s really, plus, I’ve also had to put a lot of repairs on my daughter’s car. Luckily I drive a truck so the potholes don’t matter to my vehicle as much, but struts and shocks and stuff begin to add up. I’ve met with District 6 several times and, Mr. Wiltz is here; they are willing to take in the road. They have the funds, they have the means, they’re more than willing to take in the road and maintain it. All I need is for you to say okay. All I need is for you to put a green sign on there and let District 6 go to work. I’m also here about Matthew Road, which is in Courtableau Village Subdivision. You have Mouille Road already, as a parish road. There are two (2) other roads in that subdivision. There’s Clayton and Matthew Roads. Both of them are in very good condition. Again, the residents take care of it. But, at the end of Matthew Road there is a cul-de-sac. Someone put a culvert. Whoever owns the property put a culvert and it’s blocking the water from draining. My son owns the two (2) lots next to that culvert and when it rains the water is not allowed to drain into the slue. Sometimes it does take a very big rain. Since Mouille Road is being taken in and now being blacktopped by the parish, I ask that the two (2) remaining streets in the subdivision, likewise, be taken in and maintained in order that this problem with the slue and any future problems can handled. Once again, District 6 is ready to move in, all we need is a little green sign from all of y’all.”
Arnold Wiltz, “We have, in the past, taken care of those roads, before we were told not to because legalities wouldn’t allow us to get on private roads. The roads were given over to be accepted into the parish. Under Mr. Dupre’s predecessor, Mr. Ralph Neely, let it slip through the cracks and it wasn’t included in the other; it was on the list with the other roads, but, somehow or another, got bumped off some kind of way. I don’t know how. But, whenever they were taking in the gravel roads. The roads are in good condition, we got the money to take care of them. All we need is, like she says, the okay from y’all to let us do it. We’re willing to do it. The roads meet all the other requirements, they’re fifty foot (50’) wide; they’ve got ditches; they’ve got good drainage; they’ve got everything, other than that one culvert she’s talking about. There’s nothing wrong with the roads. There’s no reason we can’t take them into, and, if District 6 keeps going, which we’re up to vote in six (6) or eight (8) more years, we could probably blacktop them within the next five (5) or six (6) years. They’ll be ready to go. I just want to let y’all know that we are willing to and ready to take care of them. It meets all the other criteria other than blacktop.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Mr. Wiltz, would you please give us your name?”
Arnold Wiltz, “Arnold Wiltz, 225 Wiltz Road, Krotz Springs, Louisiana. I’m Chairman, District 6.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Chairman, I have two (2) questions. You just stated two (2) things that happened, back to the predecessor before Mr. Dupre. Was that done in a meeting?”
Arnold Wiltz, “Y’all, at one time, accepted gravel roads. The period between ’01 and ’05.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “That was under the Police Jury system.”
Arnold Wiltz, “Yes, that was somewhere in that area that they let the gravel roads back in. They had cut them out for a while, in the ’80’s and ‘90’s, and then they brought them back in the ’01 area, somewhere around that time for about four (4) years. The guy that has these subdivisions, he had a bunch of subdivisions. He bought up a bunch of land and made a bunch of subdivisions. A bunch of them got approved and then some didn’t. This is one that fell through the crack. A couple of the roads didn’t get accepted. The others were all gravel.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “If we take in these roads, we’re going to have to take in every private subdivision in the whole parish.”
Arnold Wiltz, “It’s a sticky situation, but, I would think, under some kind of a grandfather clause, that because these roads were missed through the cracks, that they should be grandfathered in.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Were they private roads back then?”
Arnold Wiltz, “Yes, they were all private.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Because they were private roads they wouldn’t be grandfathered.”
Arnold Wiltz, “The guy did take the roads. They were turned over to the Police Jury to be accepted. He turned them over, but those weren’t, somehow or another, they got lost in the process.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “If that’s the case that road, and these other roads, would be grandfathered in? Every other private subdivision would be grandfathered in also.”
Julie David, “Only if the subdivisions were established during that time frame, whenever you were not taking in gravel roads.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “It was established as a private subdivision.”
Julie David, “Because the Police Jury was not taking in gravel roads. But, when the Police Jury changed its mind and began taking in the gravel roads, this was on the list. Bear Street, in Miller Subdivision, was supposed to be taken in. But, it was not, it fell through the cracks. No one stood up for Bear Street. Then I started in ’05 and ’06 coming to you, and have been. And still, nothing has been done. I continue to pay taxes and I continue to bang my head against this wall. We’re talking about quarter (¼) of a mile.”
Arnold Wiltz, “I understand your situation. I can only speak for District 6 and we do have the means, right now, to take care of it.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Being that you are District 6, y’all have the means, and we have a subdivision ordinance that the roads have to be blacktopped. Are y’all planning on blacktopping those roads and then the parish can take it in?”
Arnold Wiltz, “We can’t. They’re private roads right now. I understand what you’re saying. I’m just saying that, because of the fact that they were made in that era where the gravel roads started, that they should be grandfathered in some kind of way.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “The reason why this Council took action, in 2008 or 2009, to develop a subdivision ordinance and every road had to be hard surfaced is because we had developers come and develop a subdivision. After they developed the subdivision then they tell people that the parish would be taking it in in a year’s time and now the parish has them.”
Arnold Wiltz, “That’s exactly what happened in this situation. Other than the rest of the subdivision got taken in and these three (3) roads didn’t.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “I applaud this Council for taking this action. Because of the two cent (2ȼ) sales tax that’s in place right now we’re able to overlay roads and to help out the situation.”
Arnold Wiltz, “If I’m not mistaken, y’all are not doing gravel roads. Y’all are just doing blacktop roads that were already blacktopped.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “We’re doing both. I feel for the people in private subdivisions. I took pictures of this road district yesterday. Those people are complaining about the same situation. They have deep holes in they’re roads.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Vidrine Heights. They came to a meeting, years back. We had a big community meeting about it and it was out of our hands. I have a lot of areas that I would want to take in too. We just can’t right now.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “I’m only speaking for myself. With thirteen (13) Councilmembers, if they see fit to do something.”
Arnold Wiltz, “I just hate seeing roads in our area that we can help and we can do something about.”
Julie David, “In order to understand, you said that in ’09 you passed an ordinance saying that the parish was taking in blacktop?”
Councilman Jerry Red, “We said that anyone that developed a subdivision, it had to be hard surfaced. That way, when we do take in the subdivision, it’s already up to par. It wouldn’t be a private subdivision.”
Julie David, “What about the subdivisions that were developed and you never took them in? For whatever reason. They’re there, but you didn’t take them in.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “The only way, I understand, we can take it in, the roads would have to be brought up to par, so the parish would be able to take it in.”
Julie David, “They are up to par.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “They are not hard surfaced.”
Julie David, “But, they don’t have to be. When the subdivision was established and when it was time for the Police Jury to take in Miller Road the Police Jury dropped the ball, did not take it in. At the time they were taking in gravel roads.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Thank you Ma’am, we appreciate it.”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “I’ve been fighting this deal for years. All we need to do is take blacktop out of our ordinance and we can work these roads. Most of the people that have these roads, all they want is some grading. Want somebody to fix it up and grade it for them. Some of them said they don’t have grading in their area. We need, in our area, if y’all don’t want to do it in y’all’s area, let’s do it in District 6 so we can do what we want to do. I’m asking for y’all’s help. I would appreciate every bit y’all can give us. Thank you.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Mr. Chairman, we could go over the minutes of that time and see the correct history and give us some insight on resolution.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “The three (3) roads that these people are talking about, along with about two (2) in my area, your predecessor threw them out. It wasn’t turned down, the Police Jury approved it. You’ll find it in the minutes, Section sixteen (16), seventeen (17), and today’s publication specifically says ‘Policy and procedure for accepting non-hard surfaced roads into the parish system.’ We went through this when we passed it, this specific part. We came up with a figure of about eleven ($11,000.00) to twelve ($12,000.00) thousand dollars more per lot if it had to be a hard surface. We’ve got people out here raking the bottom of the barrel to pay three ($3,000.00) or four ($4,000.00) thousand dollars for a lot, they just trying to find a place to live. They can’t afford these fine, big blacktop roads with the curb and gutter and storm sewer. They’ve got to live in what we can do for them. That was the argument that we had when we put this in there. I think the secretary needs to dig back and find that and bring it up at the next committee meeting.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Maybe we could at least clear up what the history is, the facts of the actions. Then we could work towards a resolution.”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “I asked our lawyer to check into it today. Mr. Pitre, did you come up with something?”
Legal Advisor Chad Pitre, “I’ll be happy to research it? What is it, exactly, that y’all are looking into?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “We want to work these roads for these people.”
Legal Advisor Chad Pitre, “You’ll probably have to change the ordinance.”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “All we have to change is that word blacktop.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “It would virtually be impossible to just accept five (5) roads in this parish and not everybody else. I have gravel roads in my subdivision as well. We’ve only got thirty three (33%) percent of the surfacing done with the two cent (2ȼ) sales tax. Maybe what we need to do is just wait a little while longer.”
Julie David, “Ten (10) years?”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “I understand you’re frustrated. I respect that. As time goes, we won’t have money being spent fixing pot holes, trying to keep roads surfaced enough to pass on, and y’all have more revenues. Therefore, your opportunities maybe a lot greater. At this point, if we accept more roads in, our funding doesn’t increase. The value of our services will, only in your area. What happens to the rest of the parish? All I’m asking you to do is understand that if we take in three (300) hundred more miles of roads, I don’t know how many miles it is. Let’s just assume it’s only two (200) hundred miles. We won’t have two (2) pennies to rub together to take care of them.”
Arnold Wiltz, “What if we change the ordinance to read ‘pre ’08 roads’ not all roads from ’09 up?
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “You have some roads that have been established since the same time hers was. It’s still more than we can handle.”
Julie David, “But, you have roads that were established years after mine that are being maintained by the Police Jury. Mouille is one of them.
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “I do understand that. That’s a private area. I reside in a private subdivision too. An ordinance should be passed on a different scale, that if you buy property or you are a developer, you should have a home-owners association in place before you get a permit to sell the first lot.”
Julie David, “I understand that and that’s a good idea for tomorrow. But, I’m talking about today and yesterday and the past ten (10) years of yesterdays.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Why don’t I commit to go dig in the minutes so we can at least clear up the history, because it seems unclear? If it was dropped through the cracks we can have a fair discussion on it, because some of us have a different opinion. That way, at least, if the answer is no we can do it with a little more confidence and clarity and something that would make some sense. We’ll do that within the next month and get with you.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Since they have a tax in that area, is there some way we can pass something to where District 6 can take in what they want and then District 6 tax would pay for the road and not take money from the general fund to maintain those roads?”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “That’s what me and Mr. Wiltz are going to meet about. We’ll let Mr. Fontenot look at it and find the minutes and bring it back to everybody concerned.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We don’t have anything here on it, so we’ll work on it, let Mr. Fontenot look into it, find the minutes, and bring it back to everybody concerned.”

4. Public Works report:
a) Adopt a resolution supporting the approval for LADOTD to have a design exception for the use of a tapered concrete barrier rail in lieu of using a 75’ guard rail at the north side of western approach slab at the Gallow Road Bridge (H.010034.6-SITE 2)
b) Adopt a resolution supporting the approval for LADOTD to have a design exception for the use of a tapered concrete barrier rail in lieu of using a guard rail at the east approach slab on the north side for site #2 (Bayou Gerimond Road Bridge) in project H.0100035.

Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Yes Sir, I have those two (2) items. You can just read those. I’d need a resolution. This is due to a recommendation from the Louisiana DOTD and the design of these two (2) replacement structures in accordance with federal rules and policies. It’s pretty straight forward. Before you do that, I do want to say that issue about the towing truck operation versus storage yard. We’re going to try to get that cleared up, as far as information about what operation means what, Mr. Red. We’ll try to do that within the next two (2) to four (4) weeks and get some clarity on that.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “At the full Council meeting?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Yes, I’m going to try to do that in the next two (2) weeks.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Do I have a motion to move number four (4) to the full Council meeting?”

A motion was offered by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, seconded by Councilman Jerry Red, to forward to the full Council, the two (2) resolutions listed in the Parish President’s report above.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

5. Legislative update. (Councilman Jerry Red)
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Edwards and myself went to Baton Rouge last week. There’s one bill that is very important affecting St. Landry Parish. It is Senate Bill 177. It consists of constitutional amendments to exempt inventory held by manufacturers, distributors, retailers of natural gas held. If you remember, St. Landry Parish just won a ruling from a situation like this. If this does pass, we would lose out on a good amount of money, as far as natural gas in storage. At this time, I would like to make a motion and send it to our legislators, in Baton Rouge, letting them know that we oppose Senate Bill 177.
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “While I appreciate the fact that the natural gas would have a possibility of escaping St. Landry Parish coffers, I think you also need to take into account the small manufacturers that have chosen to put their businesses in this parish and are being taxed accordingly. As one of them, it’s getting a little tough to swallow to watch the governments, from every level, taking from the small business owners. We’re getting less and less in return for what we’re paying out. Is there a way that we can let them keep the natural gas in St. Landry Parish and just have them give up that inventory on the small businesses?”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “I’m not sure, Mrs. Gautreau. That would be a question that would have to be answered by the legislators.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, to forward a letter to legislators in Baton Rouge stating the St. Landry Parish Council’s opposition to Senate Bill 177.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune, Jerry Red. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

6. Discuss moving the voting precinct from Big Cane Baptist Church back to District 7 Fire Station. (Forwarded from regular meeting)

A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, to forward to the full Council, the discussion regarding moving the voting precinct from Big Cane Baptist Church back to District 7 Fire Station.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune, Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

7. Authorize Council Clerks to advertise for five appointments to Bayou Plaquemine Gravity Drainage District No. 12. (All members’ terms are set to expire 05-01-2015)

A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilman Dexter Brown, to authorize Council Clerks to advertise the five (5) appointments to the Bayou Plaquemine Gravity Drainage District No. 12, due to expire on May 1st, 2015.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Timmy Lejeune, Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

8. Adopt an ORDINANCE OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 2005-0007 SEC. 14-57-“IDLE–NO WAKE ZONE.” (Councilman Hurlin Dupre)
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “This was done years ago. I thought we had an ordinance in place. But, apparently, it’s not being enforced.”
Council Clerk Laycie Alfred, “It’s in y’all’s packet. I think he just wanted to change Two O’clock Bayou, from a distance from old Hwy. 190, south. I think he wants to put north.”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “The way that it reads ‘old 190.’ It’s got to go the new 190. In other words, it’s two hundred (200’) feet more.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “What you’re requesting is to increase the no wake zone, Mr. Hurlin?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “Just the footage. Just put from 190 road down south. That’s all I’m asking. We have it now at the old 190. The wake zone.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “So you want to increase the distance of the wake zone?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “The distance to the new 190.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “So, it’s not Idle-No Wake Zone, you’re just increasing the distance?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “Right. The game warden brought it to my attention. We put some signs up and he showed me it was south of the old 190. We’ve got to be south from the new 190. It’s about two hundred (200’), three hundred (300’) feet.”
Councilman Dexter Brown, “Do you want to be specific and say five hundred (500’) feet just to be on the safe side?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “Or from the new 190 bridge.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “What’s the purpose of increasing that wake zone, Mr. Hurlin?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “Right there at the bridge they got some land there. There is a ramp. The boats come off the ramp and what happens, they gun those engines and they’re washing the people’s lots out.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “It’s the wishes of the people in that area?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “Yes, they got a lot of people there. Everybody uses that ramp.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “If the people in the area want it, I don’t see why.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We need to make a motion to extend the wake zone three hundred (300’) feet farther north than presently established.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Dexter Brown, seconded by Jerry Red, to amend Ordinance No. 2005-0007, Section 14-57, Idle – No Wake Zone, to extend the wake zone three hundred (300’) feet farther north than presently established.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune, Jerry Red. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

9. Discuss the acceptance of Courtableau Village Subdivision, Miller Estates, and Robert Bihm Subdivision into the St. Landry Parish Road System. (Councilman Hurlin Dupre)

A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, to table any action on this matter until Parish President, Bill Fontenot, completes research into the meeting minutes.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

10. Discuss procedures for trash pick-up in the parish. (Councilman Timmy Lejeune)
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “The reason I put this on the agenda, I received several phone calls of concern about these blue trash cans that are being placed at the residences here in the cities, as well as rural St. Landry Parish. The concerns of the residents are, and myself, is that there was a tax that was passed, quite a few years ago, and it was to pick up the trash in every area of the parish. Right now, they’re bringing trash containers to many residents in the parish, and, from what I’m understanding, they’re limiting the people to how much trash they’re going to pick up. The container holds, I’m not sure, but I’m going to say maybe eighty (80) gallons of trash. We have a lot of people in the rural areas that have more than that much trash. They were told, on the phone, that if you need another bin they will supply it to you with a rental fee. When this tax was passed I think it was to pick up all the trash that you had if it was in a container or in a bag. Does anyone on this Council know anything about this procedure taking place in St. Landry Parish? Mr. Pitre, do you know anything about when the tax was passed? Specifically, the procedure on how to pick up the trash. Do you know if any of the procedures were changed or can they limit the people to how much trash they’re going to pick up per residence?”
Legal Advisor Chad Pitre, “No.”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “You can’t have that if you go by the old one we have in place. We pay our taxes, they pick up twice in the city limits, once in the country. They have to pick everything up. I have never heard of it changing.”
Legal Advisor Chad Pitre, “There’s no limit as to how much household garbage you can generate.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “There’s no limit to how much garbage they have to pick up? So, if they only provide you with one container and you have to rent another one in order for them to pick up your garbage, there is a limit. Because, you’re already paying for the pickup. Whenever the tax was passed, if it was in a plastic bag or plastic container, they didn’t tell you you could have one bag or one container. They would pick up your trash. Now, they’re giving you one container. What happens if you fill up that container and put three (3) bags on the side of it? They will not pick it up. What I would like to do is to make a motion that the members of Solid Waste’s board send someone here to answer questions, possibly at the full meeting.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, seconded by Councilman Jerry Red, to have a member(s) of the Solid Waste board in attendance at the full Council meeting to address concerns regarding trash pickup in St. Landry Parish.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion passed on this 6th day of May, 2015.

11. Discuss condition of roads located in District 7. (Councilman Alvin Stelly)
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Mr. Fontenot, three (3) weeks ago, we talked about Lanclos Road that was supposed to have been crushed. What happened with that? We’ve got three (3) roads, Lanclos Road, Devillier Road, Lucien Richard Road. The newspaper carrier doesn’t want to go down there anymore. The mail carriers threatened to quit. School bus drivers are complaining. There’s no more road. It’s unpassable.”

Parish President Bill Fontenot, “The three (3) of them are?”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Lanclos, Lucien Richard Road, and Devillier Road. They are all join together. When can that be done?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “We’re going to see about that in the next week or so. I’m going to go with the public works crew and I need to go see what they’ve done so far.”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “They need to take time to do something.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Are you asking them to do something special? You want them to have the roads passable, right?”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “We’re going to have it crushed because there’s no more passing.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “You want to crush it to gravel?”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “That’s what the people want.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I wasn’t looking at doing that, but if you’d like me to do that. I’ll go look at that and try to come up with a remedy.”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Another question, we had this problem already, and it looks like we didn’t solve it. Digging ditches in St. Landry Parish and hauling the dirt to St. Martin Parish where the people want it right next to where they digging.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I thought that was resolved. The point is, to dig the ditches and put it at the nearest place or we can waste it. Would that have happened in the last month?”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “In the last two (2) weeks.”

12. Discuss any other business properly brought before this committee.
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “I wanted to look into the possibility of forming a trail ride board to oversee what is going on with these applications and the trail rides that are coming into the parish. We should have some type of board that consists of members that are voted on by the Council, people will come in and put forth their applications, just like we do any other boards. It’s hard to say who’s from the parish or who’s coming from outside. We’ve been running into a few issues lately. So, I wanted to see if the Council would vote to form a board for the trail rides and to see what y’all thought about that.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “I think we have somebody in parish government that over sees that division. The Sheriff’s department reviews all of the applications. We have elected officials, and the law, that handles that division. I don’t think we need to create a committee.”
Councilman Dexter Brown, “The Sheriff’s department issues all of the permits and oversees the applications.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Being that it’s under parish government’s authority, would we be able to create a committee?”
Legal Advisor Chad Pitre, “You can’t delegate your authority as a legislature. You, possibly, could create an advisory committee to report back to you. Just in an advisory capacity, they couldn’t take action.
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Mr. Pitre, could you research and see what we can form. We’ve had some issues in the past with somebody sending in an application and they’re not from the parish, or they might have too many rides running into one another. People not submitting applications in a timely fashion. I feel like we have boards for every other thing, so I don’t see what the big deal would be to form one more. There’s people who actually want to be involved in the board.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “I think we should table it for now before we put an advisory board in place. It’s not in our jurisdiction, it’s in the jurisdiction of the Parish President. Let them make sure that there’s no out of town people doing what they’re doing. Right now, we can’t take any action because of the fact it’s not under the council heading anymore.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “Do we need to look at the ordinance again. What is going on that there is always an issue?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Since you’ve had this law I know that my office has approved, probably, more than one (100) hundred permits and we’ve had, maybe, one (1) or two (2) questions. Last time we had it, we had two (2) men from another trail ride come in and dispute the original complaint and showed that it was inaccurate. The complaint was really a non-complaint. The facts were disputed accurately and they testified to it. They always have that right to come to you if they’re not happy with the decision from the President, but I would say we’ve had none to be overturned. There’s really no disputes. I meet with the trail ride membership on a regular basis as they have their meetings. They have good rules and they try to always emphasize following our ordinances. That has gone very well.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Since you brought this up and are discussing it, in my district they decided they were going to have a four-wheeler ride. One of them made a mistake and cut across a U.S. highway in front of a State Trooper. In just a little while there was enough law enforcement out there to sink a battle ship. By the time the dust cleared and they all got through hiding and trying to get away, they didn’t make the grade. They confiscated twenty seven (27) different four-wheelers. A large portion of them had the serial numbers ground off of them. I’m not sure whether they had a permit, but they should have had a permit. If they didn’t that may be something else that they need to be charged with. We can’t continue having this. These people were in people’s yards, they were in the highway, they blocked traffic. I don’t know what the estimate was, but the estimate was close to five (500) hundred four-wheelers there. They were not from St. Landry Parish. This is a hole St. Landry Parish has been known that accumulates everything from parish wide. What nobody else wants they send to St. Landry Parish. It’s time for it to stop. Such as trail rides, I’m not in favor of getting rid of them, but we’ve got to have some kind of law and order in these. Alexandria has a lot of them going on up there. Mud riding they call it, but it’s between the river and the levee. Doesn’t affect anybody. But, St. Landry Parish, we have our mud riding in the middle of the blacktop road. Just go out here and look at some of these rural roads. I got some that have ruts three (3’) and three and a half (3½’) feet deep on the edge of a blacktop road. We need to do something about it.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “I want to make a motion that we look into forming an advisory committee that can look at things that are going on and can report back to the Council when things take place. If we have an advisory committee that saw everything that was coming across each week, they can report back to us when things like that happen and we won’t be left out.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “I think we would have somebody overlooking employees of parish government and the Sheriff’s. Now if you want to put a stamp on that thing and you have people sign the date it’s received, something of that nature. You can add to it.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “The only time we had an issue about untimely submittal, it was proven to be an inaccurate report. We don’t have one issue that we didn’t resolve. If somebody was untimely, they didn’t get the permit. The one that we allegedly gave, it was proven not to be accurate.”

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, seconded by Councilman Dexter Brown, to research the possibility of forming an advisory committee to oversee the trail ride permitting process.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, NAYS: Timmy Lejeune. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

Chairman Ronald Buschel, “I would like to go into this trash business. From the time the tax was passed, parish wide, until today. When the parish passed the tax, years ago, the Police Jury decided to give certain groups, areas, subdivisions, a bulk trash bin. It seems as if the subdivision on 190 was given one (1) gondola of twenty seven (27) yards. Through the years, they have accumulated two (2) gondolas which is fine because they need more. People passing on the road, stopping and dump their trash in it. The only problem is, about half (½) of it doesn’t wind up in the gondolas, the refuse winds up on the ground. Mr. Fontenot, do we have a trash abatement program?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Yes Sir.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Can we pick up trash at the gondolas at Three Mile Lake? They’re on state property.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “We get a minimum amount of funding for it because we try to use funds supplied by Solid Waste. We’re getting less and less every year. This year we haven’t received anything yet and it looks like we might not because they’ve lost their contract with Evangeline Parish. I don’t know that we’ll be able to do that because we won’t have the forces to do it. You’re talking about these trash bins? They are not picking those up?”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Not regularly. When they do pick them up whatever’s on the ground, stays on the ground.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I’ll be glad to collaborate with Mr. Martin and see if we can improve that.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We need to do something with it because it needs to be addressed. We need to find out who was given these bins. We don’t want them given away for favoritism, we want them given away for agreements. For public use.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I’ll get with him and get some information on that.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “I’d like to see the secretary try to get the original vote on the tax. Did they ever submit anything for us to give these bins away?”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Mr. Buschel, I went through that problem three (3) weeks ago. They need to talk to Mr. Stelly, he’s the one in charge of all that.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We were given a list of ordinances that we had passed. One (1) of them was to create a parish wide inspector. The Home Rule Charter specifically states that the Council can hire secretaries and any other people that they deem necessary to work in the Council. I think we deem necessary to hire somebody to do something about these people tearing up stuff across this parish and throwing trash all over. It’s time for this to stop. We’ve got a good trash dump. If they’re not from the parish, they can’t dump there and they check them. I can’t worry about what’s going to happen in adjacent parishes that are sending trash in here to our trash dump. They are doing it. I’ve got some roads that I spend more time fixing about four (4) roads than I do fixing the other fifty (50) that I’ve got. We need to implement this.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “Mr. Buschel, do you feel like we should put stronger penalties in the ordinance that we have about tearing up roads?”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Somebody’s got to enforce it. We need to send somebody out there to catch these people that’s tearing up public property at night. We have the authority according to the Home Rule Charter to hire a person. Not the administration, but the Council. If we feel that this Council needs somebody to help us do our job, we have the authority to hire them. Mr. Pitre, I’d like for you to research that report that back to us at the full Council.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Wouldn’t that be the Sheriff enforcing it?”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We don’t have to have the Sheriff enforce it.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “He’s the enforcer of the parish. That’s his job.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “We need to do something about this. It’s not doing us any good to continue fixing these same roads over and over, they’re gravel, they’re dirt, they’re way out in the country, but they’re necessary.”
Councilman Timmy Lejeune, “Mr. Fontenot, is there any way you could meet with the Sheriff and find out what we can do, what needs to be done?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Sure, I’ll be glad to. I think he’d be interested in helping us.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Fontenot, on a couple of roads that were over laid, I spoke to you about possibly raising the speed limit on Acadiana Road and Frank Road, from twenty (20) to thirty (30) or thirty five (35). Have you looked into that?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “We’re having that evaluated. Yes Sir.”
Chairman Ronald Buschel, “Would you mind adding WPA and Rideau to it too.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Okay.”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Mr. Bill, about those speed bumps on those roads. Will they re-install speed bumps where they had them?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Since the traffic will be a little bit different, could be that we’ll do them exactly, or we may change the locations so it will be more effective. We’re going to look at that particular road, it might not be exactly in that same location. Now, with higher speeds, may not need them quite as often. Since they were there, we’re certainly going to consider replacing them in those roads.”
Councilman Dexter Brown, “Mr. Bill, at the corner of John Paul Drive and Hwy. 104, it’s kind of elevated. The water runs east on both sides of the road. About two (200) yards east of the junction of John Paul Drive and Hwy. 104 there’s a drive way. What they did, at this house to the right of the road, was they ran concrete up to the culvert. The culvert is too high and it backs up the water to the property and it floods the property behind his house and his outdoor kitchen. His outdoor kitchen is on John Paul Drive. His name is Mr. Paul Tinkersley. The culvert just needs to be lowered about six (6”) inches or so. After the culvert the water flows freely. Can you get Mr. Marks to look into that for me please?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Yes Sir. Do you have his address?”
Councilman Dexter Brown, “It’s on Hwy. 104. He lives on the corner of John Paul Drive and Hwy. 104.”
Councilman Wayne Ardoin, “Mr. Fontenot, do you know if there is a program that will be in place in reference to the storms we just had recently. There was something in the paper where the Governor declared St. Landry Parish a disaster situation. Is there going to be any funds available to clean up some of these lateral or some bayous? I’m getting calls about some trees that have fallen and they’re not in a drainage district.”
Parish President, “When did that happen?”
Councilman Wayne Ardoin, “The last storms that we just had. We got some trees that have fallen on the south end of Opelousas and we got some calls in reference to it. There was something in the paper, in the Daily World, in reference to the Governor announcing that was going to declare some kind of disaster. I’m just wondering if there’s going to be some funds available, like when Gustav hit and all these others hit. I’m just wondering would you check into that?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I’ll certainly check on that.”
Councilman Wayne Ardoin, “Next item. Would you please get public works to look at the situation in Royal Gardens? There’s curb and gutter in Royal Gardens. In that area, people would like to get curb and gutters cleaned. Mr. Velton Stelly called me. Mr. Keith Robin called me. They asked if we have a program in place where the Sheriff’s office, with their abatement program, that they could possible do it?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “We can team up on that.”
Councilman Wayne Ardoin, “Next item, storm drains that Mr. Meche and Mr. Barron came here about. Have you done anything with that yet?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Yes, We’re working towards a solution. That’s also in Royal Gardens?”
Councilman Wayne Ardoin, “It is in Royal Gardens. Thank you Sir.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Mayor James, of the Town of Sunset, approached me this morning and asked if the committee would consider forwarding, to the full Council, an intergovernmental agreement for us to provide a grader for Woody Lane in Sunset. They have the material, but they do not have the wear-with-all to distribute the limestone. I would ask that your committee make a motion to forward, to the full Council, to allow the Council to vote on that.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, to forward, to the full Council, the request for an intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Sunset and the St. Landry Parish Government to provide grader service for the spreading of limestone on Woody Lane, in the Town of Sunset. The Town of Sunset will provide the limestone.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune, Jerry Red. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Thank You. Also, Mr. Buschel, yesterday I was on Hwy. 761 and did not realize that it was a Parish Government dump truck. The truck had stopped because it had over shot the road that it, apparently, was looking for. There were no brake lights; there was no reverse lights; there was no indication that this truck was stopped on a fifty five (55) mile an hour highway. It then proceeded to back up onto the vehicle in which I was traveling. Again, no brake lights, no reverse lights, no nothing. There was no indication, on the back of that dump truck that it was a parish vehicle. There was no number to take to say a specific truck number needs to be passed through maintenance for parish government. My question is, who is in charge of maintaining the fleets and do they not check, every morning, before those trucks leave our yards that they are operating safely on our parish roads?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “They should have all those lights. What time was that? What day and what road?”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “That would have been about two (2:00) o’clock yesterday afternoon. It was going down where Hank’s Bar is.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “What road is that on?”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Hwy. 761. The next request I have is, Mr. Buschel, is I received a letter in my packet. It’s dated April 10th. All of you have a copy of it. I’ll just read it real quick, it says:
‘April 10, 2015. Second time. To this date, nothing has been done with these concerns on Mendell Road. More debris and cars have been added to several of the houses. I am not signing this letter on purpose, but something needs to be done immediately’
According to this, it says on February 15th, 2015 the first letter was sent. It was addressed to Pam Gautreau, but I only received the second letter, which is post marked April 15th. So, I’m not sure where the February 15th letter was sent, or who received it. But, Pam Gautreau, as their Councilwoman, did not receive it. It states, also, that they sent this to the St. Landry Public Works, Ordinance Control Supervisor, and to Pam Gautreau, from a concerned citizen.
‘As a resident of Mendell Road, I have major concerns that need to be addressed regarding many houses on this road that are illegal dumping grounds. This is a neighborhood. The first issue is when you come down the road, the first thing you see, are three (3) dilapidated houses that people live in. There is trash all over and a collection of items that are very unsightly to look at and probably not sanitary. Once in a while, there is also a dog that can be seen in a cage. Also, in front of the houses, is a large trash pile that is, I am sure, very against the law. Trash, household items and other things are being thrown into it and then it is burned. Then when you ride all the way down the road, there is a house with an abandoned trailer on the property. Whoever owns the abandoned trailer dumps all kinds of items, old cars, campers, junk, in front and back of the trailer. I am sure this is also illegal to harbor and use land, in a neighborhood, to be a dumps site. I hope these two (2) situations can get corrected soon. Thank you for your attention in the matter.’
So, I would just ask that your committee please have someone from Public Works take a look at this. Again, this is the first I get notice of this letter coming here. I have seen the burn pile. Its right off of Hwy. 93, you can miss it. There is things on fire, when the wind is picking up, it’s just taking it everywhere. It’s not the first time we’ve complained about it. Also, why does the grader go when the road is at its muddiest and then we get the complaints? The people have been calling for a grader on various and sundry roads, but it always seems to be a coincidence, after we’ve had a tremendous amount of rain, that the grader gets sent out to address the roads and then we get the complaints about the ruts and the gravel washouts. What is the protocol to send a grader out on a muddy road?” Why would we send a piece of heavy equipment like that to go out on the muddiest conditions?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “If we’re doing that, it’s a matter of evaluating the road and its condition. If it’s so bad and impassable with rutting of the regular traffic, we’re trying to recover some of that material that’s now piled up and creating a rut. We’re trying to recover it and level it off so that the traffic will have an easier path to take. You don’t do much good sometimes, because if there’s no foundation to the road, it could be worse. So, we don’t want to make it worse, but the attempt is to actually clear up some rutting that has occurred due to the rain and the traffic.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Also, can we get, for the full Council meeting, the progress report of Phase 1-A of the Smooth Road Home, so that we can know which roads have been addressed and which roads have not been.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Sure.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Mr. Buschel, if one of your committee members would make that in the form of a motion so that everybody has the support on that.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Timmy Lejeune, seconded by Councilman Jerry Red, that Parish President Bill Fontenot, bring to the full Council meeting a progress reports on Phase 1-A and 1-B of the Smooth Ride Home road program.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune, Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

11. A motion was offered by Councilman Jerry Red, seconded by Councilman Dexter Brown, to adjourn this meeting of the St. Landry Parish Public Works Committee.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Jerry Red, Fekisha Miller Matthews, Dexter Brown, Timmy Lejeune. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Gary Courville. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was passed on this 6th day of May, 2015.

This meeting was adjourned.

I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE EXACT AND TRUE.
MONA COURVILLE, CLERK FOR THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL.

ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
MAY 6th, 2015
OLD CITY MARKET, 131 W. BELLEVUE ST.
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA

ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

1. Chairman Wayne Ardoin called the Administrative/Finance Committee of the St. Landry Parish Council to order.
Chairman Wayne Ardoin asked for roll call:
PRESENT: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards:
ABSENT: None.

2. Persons to address the committee:
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “Ms. Linda Senegal. Would you please come up Ma’am? State your name and address. You’re here in reference to insurance coverage mandatory for trail rides.”
Linda Senegal, “Good evening Parish Council and Mr. Fontenot. I was here in March. I am the one that voiced the complaint about the ninety (90) days not being enforced. Mr. Fontenot stated that it was inaccurate, which it was accurate. He stated it was not because of the two (2) members, Mr. Bob and Mr. Bellard, which it was pertaining to Mr. Bellard that did not have the ninety (90) days. Which he moved his ride within one (1) week knowing that he’s not a first time trail rider? He’s been doing this for quite some time. I think was because of the employee, Mr. Mitchell, that had signed it and it was not on there where it was another application for the permit. But, all in all said, I would just like to clear up my self, saying that it was not inaccurate; it was accurate. The next thing, I would like to talk about insurance. When I put on a ride three (3) years ago, it was not mandatory, but it was asked that I have insurance, a one million ($1,000,000.00) dollar coverage that covered me, my group, as well as anybody else. Any injury, anything that would occur, that we was covered. In this day and age, it’s more than right that you come in here, you put on a trail ride, you leave tax free dollars. You don’t pay any taxes on there, you leave with this money, but, if a injury or anything transpires, well that’s very irresponsible, well I don’t put that on. I’m not responsible for that. There was an injury. On J. Paul Rabble Rider, on the 21st or the 22nd, it was a Saturday. Ms. Tina Francis’ son, 16 years old, got punched in the nose by a 20 year old. The arrest was made by OPD (Opelousas Police Department). The 16 year old got released into the custody of the mother. The 20 year old had to go to court, it is still pending. But, she wanted to seek medical costs, because whoever put the ride on was responsible. And, you are responsible. I’ve put on two (2) rides and I was responsible. I did not take the money and just run and say ‘Oh well, that’s on you.’ So, I’m saying, that they need have an ordinance in place, as well as, where you rent the AG Arena, as well as the Yambilee building to alleviate. Because, if somebody gets seriously hurt, and it was my legal advisor that told it to me, that it can be the Parish Council and the Parish President, or whoever own the building, would legally liable. Now, the Council is here, Mr. Pitre can disagree or agree. But, I think it need to be something in place, where if you want to put on a function as such, that you have the amount sufficient coverage and that’s insurance coverage for anything that may happen.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “Do we have any questions from any Councilmembers on this committee in reference to what she is speaking about?”
Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Yes, do we have any policy, Mr. Bill, that says that they have to have liability?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I’d have to look at the application. I can’t recall right at this moment.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Mr. Chairman, when we adopted and changed the trail ride ordinance, there is something in place about the liability of those putting on the trail rides. We’ll get a copy of the trail ride ordinance as it is currently written and as it was adopted. I think we’ll find that there is ample wording in there for insurance and liability.”
Linda Senegal, “Meaning that they would have to have a policy in place. Is there somebody that would check this policy out, instead of just a copy and paste?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Are you saying that we would make something up, is that what you’re telling me. I’m gonna say that she’s charging me with doing something. I’m going to look it up, I’m going to give you the certified ordinance from the Clerk.”
Linda Senegal, “Whoever put the trail ride on could. Mr. Fontenot, you taking all out of contents. I didn’t say you. I said whoever would put on the trail ride, would it be a copy and a paste that they would present and somebody could verify that it’s legitimate.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “They have to use our permit application.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “I’m going to ask, Ma’am, that the administration send you a copy of the application, so that you can see that there is a clause where you’d have to have insurance. We have your address. After you have seen it, if you have anything else, please come back to our committee meeting or our Council meeting and ask us.”
Linda Senegal, “Yes Sir.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “I think your question is, is anyone from Parish Government checking on the insurance, if there are in fact, claiming that they have insurance, is anyone verifying. And that’s all that’s about.”
Linda Senegal, “If it is valid. Yes.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “This Council wants to satisfy you, but you also have to realize, they have an application. We’re not aware of what’s on the application, but we’re going to get you a copy of it. If you have any other questions, please come back. Any other questions from any other Councilmembers that are on this committee in reference to her question or any other Councilmembers that are present?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I want to add, you don’t actually have to spend your time coming here, you can come to my office if you’ve got any questions. You’ve done that before and I would be happy to discuss it and work through it with you, if you have any questions at all. I’m willing to do that and I’ve done it before with you.”
Linda Senegal, “Thank you.”

3. Parish President’s report:
a) Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana and the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC). And authorize Parish President Bill Fontenot to sign all documents associated to this agreement.
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “What I have on there is for the Council to authorize the President to sign the documents associated with the Acadiana Planning Commission’s agreement with the State of Louisiana, which is that commission which once was the Acadian Regional Development District, where we can get, potentially, get funding and resources for projects in this parish.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Jimmy Edwards, seconded by Councilman Huet Dupre, to authorize Parish President Bill Fontenot to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Louisiana and the Acadiana Planning Commission and to sign all documents associated with this agreement.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards, Huet Dupre. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

A motion was offered by Councilman Huet Dupre, seconded by Councilman Jimmie Edward, to accept the Parish President’s report.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards, Huet Dupre. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

4. Request Administration provide a list of all Parish Government employees and salaries. (Councilman Wayne Ardoin)
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “I requested that, Mr. Fontenot. Would you have a problem with furnishing that?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “No I don’t. I would feel better about it if I knew we were trying to accomplish something.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “We need to be brought up to date. Tonight a lady just came in and introduced herself. She’s the new animal shelter person. We were not aware you hired a new animal shelter person. That’s one of the reasons. To answer your question, Mr. Fontenot. That is why I’m asking that.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I hire and fire every day.”

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Alvin Stelly, that Parish Government provide a list of all employees and their salaries to the Council.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

5. Request Administration to provide a list of raises given to all Parish Government employees within the last year. (Councilman Wayne Ardoin)
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “I asked for that to be on the agenda also, because of questions from other employees that you have in your regime, that are asking those questions.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “And the purpose of that? What are we going to try to produce there? I don’t think you have any authority to handle that. You can look at the public record.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Mr. Chairman, this also falls under the Home Rule Charter. When this Council adopted the budget there was no discussion about the budget. This would fall under the transparency of Parish Government. I’m going to make a motion that Parish Government provide a list of any and all raises given to any and all Parish Government employees within the last year.”

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Alvin Stelly, that Parish Government provide, to the Council a list of all raises given to any/all parish employees within the past year.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

6. Discuss the fees paid to Manco Vegetation Management, Inc. (Councilman Huet Dupre)
Councilman Huet Dupre, “Mr. Bill, last year District 4 wasn’t poisoned at all. What was the total bill for poisoning the whole parish?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I can get that for you. I’m not so sure we didn’t spray in District 4. I’ll certainly get that to you.”
Councilman Huet Dupre, “It wasn’t only District 4 that wasn’t poisoned.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “Well, we couldn’t spray the whole parish.”
Councilman Huet Dupre, “The year before, District 4 was poisoned.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “And, one (1) year, as I recall, I don’t think it was sprayed at all. I think spraying helps the grass cutting progress.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Huet Dupre, seconded by Councilman Jimmie Edwards, forward to the full Council a discussion regarding fees paid to MANCO Vegetation Management.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards, Huet Dupre. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

7. Vote for one appointment to the St. Landry Economic Development District Board (SLED).
Applicants are Catherine Lognion Normand, Donald Dejean and Don Reber.

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Alvin Stelly, to forward to the full Council the vote to appoint one St. Landry Economic Development District Board member. The applicants are Catherine Lognion Normand, Donald Dejean and Don Reber.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

8. Vote for one appointment to the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission. Applicants are Lee R. Darbonne, Wil E. Giron and Jim Bradshaw.

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Huet Dupre, to forward to the full Council a vote to appoint one member to the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission. The applicants are Lee R. Darbonne, Wil E. Giron and Jim Bradshaw.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards, Huet Dupre. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

9. Discuss Parish Council going paperless. (Councilman Jerry Red)
Councilman Jerry Red, “When we were at Legislative Day in Baton Rouge, I met with another Councilperson from another parish. They discussed how they save a couple of thousand dollars, and also, they paid for iPads in about a year’s time, not having to mail out all of the agendas. You have before you different prices. What’s so good about this is, if we have anything we have to look up we would also have a device before us, rather than waiting for the next meeting. We can go back and pull up the necessary things that we need to pull up. I just wanted to bring this to us so we can look at it and consider going paperless and then we wouldn’t have to print so many papers. I believe the device could pay for itself in at least a year’s period of time.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “Do we have any discussion from any Councilmembers on the committee?”
Councilman Hurlin Dupre, “Some of us don’t have computers.”
Councilman Jerry Red, “Mr. Dupre, it would be something similar to this just a little bit bigger. You would have all the information right in front of you, rather than having papers being mailed out to you, as well as, having documents printed out. If you notice, the document that was mailed out to you, this past week, was about seven ($7.00) dollars to mail out those documents. If you have three (3) or four (4) different meetings, that could add up real fast. I think it would benefit, over a period of time, not having to mail out documents and, also, printing out so many papers. I think this is something we need to look at.”
Councilwoman Fekisha Miller Matthews, “We can probably getting someone to show some of the Councilmembers how to use the device. That might be an issue to some people might not be used to that kind of thing. They would just have to teach them how to use it for that. I know it’s very helpful that she emails the minutes, so I’m able to look at it on my phone at any moment so I really don’t need the paper. It’s just something to look into to save a little money.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “Anyone else have anything on this matter?”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the committee table this, momentarily, until next month to give us a chance to look at these figures. What we’re looking at is forty nine hundred ($4,900.00) dollars for the tablets; ten thousand ($10,000.00) for the Galaxy notes; twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars for the LTE’s; and a minimum of five hundred nineteen ($519.00) dollars a month for thirteen (13) Councilmembers to have this available to them. I think we need to take a look at the finances.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “I have a motion, from Ms. Gautreau, to table this matter momentarily, to look at prices. It has been seconded by Mr. Hurlin Dupre.”

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Hurlin Dupre, to table the matter of purchasing I-pads, and the cost thereof, for the Council.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

10. Discuss any other business properly brought before this committee.
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “Mr. Chairman, I have one (1). I am going to offer up a motion that, for the next full Council meeting, the parish administration provide this Council with the total amount of money spent on professional fees for the year 2014, who those fees were paid to, and why. If it’s under professional fees in the budget the motion is to have the Council made aware as to who was paid and why and how much.”

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Alvin Stelly, that the parish administration provide, at the next full Council meeting, the total amount paid for professional fees during the year 20014, who was paid and for which services where they paid.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards, Huet Dupre. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “I have one (1) other item. When any Councilmember turns in an expense sheet, does it go to the Council Clerks office and then it gets forwarded to the Parish Government’s office, or is this something that the Councilmembers, individually, walk over to the Courthouse and bring to parish administration to be paid? My question is, to the parish administration, individual Councilmembers that turn in expense reports and expect to be reimbursed for whatever expenses they have incurred as Councilmembers, do y’all just approve it and write the check?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “No Ma’am. We look at what event that they’re asking for the payment and make sure it fits with the criteria.”
Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, “I am going to make a motion, at this time, that as Councilmembers, the Finance Committee and the Council should be voting and approving the Council’s expenses before they are forwarded to Parish Government.”

A motion was offered by Councilwoman Pam Gautreau, seconded by Councilman Hurlin Dupre that any expense sheets submitted by Councilmembers should come before the Council to be approved before being sent to Parish Government for payment.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau. NAYS: Jimmie Edwards. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

Councilman Alvin Stelly, “Mr. Bill, I’ve had a few people call me about the Justice of the Peace Convention. They weren’t paid for their expenses yet.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “It’s being processed and it’s approved for payment now. If they didn’t receive it today, it should be in the next couple of days. They had a lot of them and some were new, some of the Constables. So, there were a couple of corrections that we got with them to make to make sure it was done right.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “Any other business to be brought before this committee? Any other Councilmember have anything, anyone on the Public Works committee? I have a couple of items. Mr. Fontenot, I think you received your packet in reference to the 911 minutes that you insisted that I had never brought it up before. It was on the agenda three (3) times. Mr. Have you come up with anything on the 911 situation?”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “If it’s on the full Council agenda next time I will.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “I’m going to ask that it be put on the full Council agenda Madam Clerk. The next item I have is a question for administration. On the Mindenville situation, the Gustav funds. What do we have available or do you want to wait and give us that at the full Council meeting also.”
Parish President Bill Fontenot, “I can give you a full report on that. I’ll have to get it for you, I didn’t bring it today.”
Chairman Wayne Ardoin, “I’m going to ask for a motion for that. This is in reference to the Gustav funds that were left over, that has not been extended yet.”

A motion was offered by Councilman Huet Dupre, seconded by Councilman Jimmie Edwards, that Parish President Bill Fontenot bring to the full Council meeting, a report regarding any revenue remaining from the Gustav funds that have not been extended.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards, Huet Dupre. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion was forwarded on this 6th day of May, 2015.

11. A motion was offered by Councilman Hurlin Dupre, seconded by Councilman Jimmie Edwards, that the St. Landry Parish Council’s Administrative/Finance committee meeting be adjourned.
On roll call vote: YEAS: Huet Dupre, Hurlin Dupre, Alvin Stelly, Pam Gautreau, Jimmie Edwards. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
WHEREUPON, this motion carried on this 6th day of May, 2015.

This meeting was adjourned.

I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE EXACT AND TRUE.
MONA COURVILLE, CLERK FOR THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL.

XV. ADJOURNMENT