Votes at a glance: Water Sector Commission approves extensions, guidance changes and several scope actions
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Summary
The commission approved several procedural motions, deadline extensions and guidance changes, including minutes approval, project deadline extensions for three utilities, a scope-deferment for Pendleton, a Greenbrier clerical correction, and adoption of an amendment to the Phase 2 guidance.
The Louisiana Water Sector Commission recorded a series of voice-vote approvals on procedural items, deadline extensions and guidance amendments during its recent meeting.
Key outcomes included:
- Approval of meeting minutes (motion by Senator Womack). - Deadline extension approvals: Magnolia Plantation Water System was granted an eight-month extension to provide plans, specifications and match documentation; Pointe Coupee Parish Waterworks District No. 1 received a 90-day extension to finalize local match documentation and a consolidation agreement; West Baton Rouge Parish Sewer Project received a six-month extension to provide plans and specifications to LDH. - Scope and schedule actions: The commission approved a scope-change reallocation for St. John the Baptist Parish (detailed in a separate item) and approved Pendleton Water Association’s request to continue consideration to the November meeting so it could produce match documentation from the Delta Regional Authority (motion by Senator Reese; no objection recorded). - Funding correction: Greenbrier (Green Bridal Prairie Base in the packet) received a clerical correction to previously approved additional funding; Heather Paul said the correction did not change the funding already in place and the commission approved the correction (motion by Senator Reese). - Program guidance: The commission amended Phase 2 guidance to allow projects that had been terminated by the Water Sector Commission to apply for Phase 2 and future rounds, and the commission adopted the revised Phase 2 guidance as presented (motion to adopt by Senator Reese; approved). - Portal and administrative notices: Staff announced the Water Sector portal opening for 2026–27 applications on Friday at 7:30 a.m. and closing Dec. 1 at 4:30 p.m.
Most votes were taken by voice with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript. When roll-call counts were not provided, the meeting record states motions were approved with "hearing or seeing none" responses from commissioners.
Below is a consolidated list of actions recorded in the meeting packet and in the transcript, with the mover where specified and the commission outcome.
Votes (selected):
- Approve minutes — mover: Senator Womack — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Magnolia Plantation Water System: 8-month extension (to provide plans/specs and match documentation) — mover: Senator Jenkins — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Pointe Coupee Parish Waterworks District No. 1: 90-day extension (local match and consolidation agreement) — mover: not specified in transcript — outcome: approved (voice vote). - West Baton Rouge Parish Sewer Project: 6-month extension (provide plans/specs to LDH) — mover: Representative McFallon — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Pendleton Water Association: continue/extend consideration to November meeting for additional match verification (Delta Regional Authority) — mover: Senator Reese — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Greenbrier funding clerical correction: adopt corrected additional funding amount (no new funds requested) — mover: Senator Reese — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Phase 2 guidance amendment (allow terminated projects to reapply) and adoption of amended guidance — mover: Senator Reese — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Motion to adjourn — mover: Senator Reese — outcome: approved (voice vote).
Where the transcript records a named mover, that person is listed; where a mover or a vote tally was not voiced, the meeting is recorded as having approved the motion by voice vote with no roll-call recorded.
The commission packet and staff notes show no formal roll-call tallies for these items; individual articles on more substantive items (for example, the Tallulah scope change and the St. John reallocation) include more detail and speaker attribution.