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Terrebonne Council actions: coastal resiliency plan approved; salary ordinance fails; fire district election set
Summary
At its Feb. 12 meeting the Terrebonne Parish Council approved a coastal resiliency plan resolution, set an election for Fire Protection District No. 4, adopted a surplus-vehicle ordinance for the police department, amended a condemnation deadline and rejected a proposed council-staff salary ordinance.
The Terrebonne Parish Council voted on a series of items during its Feb. 12 session. Key outcomes included approval of a coastal-resiliency plan resolution, setting an election date for a fire-protection district, adoption of a surplus-vehicle ordinance for the police department and the defeat of a proposed salary ordinance for council staff.
- Coastal resiliency plan: The council moved and passed a resolution accepting and improving the Terrebonne Parish coastal resiliency plan. The motion was moved by Councilmember Amadee and seconded by Councilmember Champagne; the recorded result was 9–0 in favor of the resolution.
- Fire-protection district election: The council approved a resolution authorizing an election for Fire Protection District No. 4 to be held May 3, 2025, to consider levying a special tax. The motion was moved by Councilmember Babin and seconded by Councilmember Hamadi; the council recorded the vote in favor (9–0).
- Surplus vehicles (police department): The council held a public hearing and adopted an ordinance declaring two police-department vehicles surplus and authorizing legal disposal. The motion to adopt was moved by Councilmember Pleasure and seconded by Councilmember Trusclare; the motion passed (vote recorded as 9–0).
- Condemnation amendment (residential structure): The council approved an amendment to a prior condemnation order for a residential structure at 216 Out of Cuba Road, extending the deadline to repair, demolish or remove the structure from Oct. 29, 2024, to April 23, 2025. The motion was moved by Councilmember Amadee and seconded by Councilmember Babin; the recorded vote was 9–0.
- Council-staff salaries ordinance: A motion to adopt an ordinance setting council-staff salaries and incorporating a 2025 salary adjustment failed on the council floor. The motion to adopt (moved by Councilmember Tuscaray and seconded by Councilmember Pleasure) failed on recorded vote (4 yays, 5 nays).
Other routine procedural items — including approval of several sets of minutes, accounts-payable lists and committee reports — were approved by the council during the meeting.
Votes listed above reflect the council tallies as stated in the meeting transcript; member-by-member roll-call votes were not provided in every case in the transcript record.
