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Terrebonne Parish councils approve multiple routine resolutions, set public hearing on precinct changes
Summary
Across three committee meetings, Terrebonne Parish officials approved a slate of resolutions and contracts including FEMA mitigation grants, ARP-funded construction, budget amendments, and procurement of equipment; a public hearing on precinct boundary changes was scheduled for Jan. 15, 2025.
Terrebonne Parish Council committees on separate agendas voted unanimously on a series of routine resolutions, budget amendments and contracts and scheduled a public hearing on precinct boundary changes.
The Council’s Budget & Finance Committee, Community Development Planning Committee and Public Service Committee recorded approvals on items ranging from surplus declarations and equipment purchases to FEMA hazard mitigation grants and a construction contract funded by the American Rescue Plan. Several items drew brief questions but no roll-call opposition.
Why it matters: The approvals clear administrative and procurement steps for parish operations, hazard mitigation repairs, social-service grants and an ARP-funded crisis center project. The precinct-boundary ordinance sets a Jan. 15, 2025 public hearing, a necessary step before final adoption.
Key votes (all recorded as unanimous in committee): - Budget & Finance: Surplus declaration for damaged candle inventory (moved Danny Babin, second Clyde Hamner) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Budget & Finance: Surplus declaration for assorted equipment (computer towers, keyboards, vehicles, etc.; moved Carl Harding, second Danny Babin) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Budget & Finance: 2024 balancing adjustment for the 2025 budget plan, Terrebonne Parish Veterans Memorial Fund (moved Clyde Hamner, second Kevin Champagne) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Budget & Finance: Ratify owner/contractor agreement for Water Life Museum termite repairs (moved John Amity, second Kim Chauvin) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Budget & Finance: Purchase roll-off containers from Pelican Waste and Debris per contract (moved John Amity, second Kim Chauvin) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Budget & Finance: 2024 final budget balancing amendment and 2025 plan for the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority (moved Danny Babin, second Kevin Champagne) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding obligations for 117 Anderson St., Chauvin (moved John Amade, second Trosclair) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: FEMA HMGP funding obligation for 213 Ashland Drive, Houma (moved Danny Babin, second John Amade) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: Memorandum of understanding with the Saint Bernard Project Inc. (moved Danny Babin, second Pledger) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: Authorization to apply to the Administration for Children and Families for Head Start FY2021–2026 budget (moved Carl Harding, second Clyde Hamner) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: Emergency Solutions Grant agreement with the Louisiana Housing Corporation (moved Trosclair, second John Amade) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: Approval to purchase team-sports insurance estimated at $65,000–$75,000 for FY2025–26 (moved Danny Babin, second John Amade) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Community Development: Introduction of an ordinance to merge certain voting precincts and set a public hearing for Jan. 15, 2025 (moved Pledger, second Carl Harding) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Public Service: Amend condemnation order deadline for 5709 West Park Ave. (moved Voisin, second John Amade) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Public Service: Construction contracts for courthouse and annex HVAC renovations (moved Kim Chauvin; second John Amade) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Public Service: HVAC renovations at the Robert Bobby Bergeron Government Towers (moved Mr. Hamner, second Kim Chauvin) — vote 9-0, motion passes. - Public Service: Award construction contract for the START Crisis Center (moved Kim Chauvin, second Carl Harding) — vote 9-0, motion passes.
Several of the motions were procedural or contractual in nature and carried without extended debate. Members asked for clarifications on scope, funding source and contract terms when items involved federal grant money or multi-year commitments.
The committees adjourned after completing their agendas; most items will next be forwarded per normal county/council procedures for final council action or implementation.
