Votes at a glance: committees approve contracts, rezones, surplus declarations and street rename hearings

Multiple Terrebonne Parish committee meetings moved a slate of routine resolutions and ordinance introductions forward with unanimous or near‑unanimous votes.

Highlights

- Condemnation hearing calls: The Community Development committee called condemnation hearings for a list of properties (residential, commercial and a mobile home) to be held Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. The list named the addresses and owners as shown in the meeting materials.

- Contract awards and appointments: The Budget and Finance committee approved awarding the bid for the new Houma Fire Department Air Base Station to 44A Contracting Group LLC (contract details in backup materials). Committees ratified appointments of engineering and architectural firms for hurricane‑damaged parish facilities and awarded a cemetery mowing and maintenance contract to Angelo's Landscaping Plus.

- Insurance, intergovernmental and safety agreements: The committee approved a parish property insurance coverage adjustment and an intergovernmental agreement involving the Terrebonne Parish School District, Sheriff's Office, Economic Development Authority and Assessor's Office. The committee also authorized a cooperative agreement for school safety funding with the school district.

- Professional services and surplus: The council authorized a professional services agreement with Pivotal GR Solutions LLC for consulting and lobbying services, declared assorted equipment and vehicles as surplus for disposition, and introduced an ordinance to declare solid waste equipment surplus and call a public hearing for April 16, 2025.

- Rezonings and street renaming: The Community Development committee introduced rezonings (for example, 1141 Roussel Street from R‑1 to R‑2 and 7401 Park Avenue from R‑1 to C‑2) and set corresponding public hearings for April 30, 2025. The committee also introduced an ordinance to rename Billy Street to Hazel Boykin Street and scheduled a public hearing for April 16, 2025.

- Public Service items: The Public Service committee approved change order number 2 for the Bayou Terrebonne/Bayou Caine pump station project (staff said a construction permit was not obtained at the start and had to be added), ratified GIS Engineering for the Brady Road freshwater diversion project and accepted substantial completion for Head Start HVAC renovations. The committee also convened an executive session on pending litigation (Short et al. v. TPCG) and returned with a motion to concur on actions discussed in executive session.

Most votes on these procedural and contract items were recorded unanimously (9–0) where votes were noted in the record.

Detailed vote list (selected items)

- Resolution calling condemnation hearings for listed properties (public hearing 04/15/2025 at 5:30PM): motion passed (vote recorded as unanimous where noted). - Resolution authorizing cooperative endeavor agreement with Louisiana OCD Disaster Recovery Unit (CDBG‑DR program income transfer): passed 9–0 (see separate article). - Award bid: Houma Fire Department Air Base Station to 44A Contracting Group LLC: passed (vote recorded 9–0 where noted in Budget and Finance minutes). - Cemetery mowing contract to Angelo's Landscaping Plus: passed 9–0. - Professional services with Pivotal GR Solutions LLC (lobbying): passed (vote recorded in meeting). - Introduced ordinances for rezoning (1141 Roussel Street; 7401 Park Avenue) and public hearings: introduced and hearings scheduled 04/30/2025. - Introduced ordinance to rename Billy Street to Hazel Boykin Street (public hearing scheduled 04/16/2025): introduced and motion passed.

What comes next: items introduced for public hearing will be published for public comment and return to the council for final action after the scheduled hearings; executed contracts and engineering agreements will proceed under their respective procurement and contract administration processes.