Terrebonne Parish approves wide set of contracts, budget amendments and condemnation hearings; public hearings scheduled

Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government members approved a string of contracts, bid awards, ordinance introductions and condemnations over the course of committee and council sessions recorded in the meeting transcript. Most items passed unanimously and several matters were set for public hearing.

The approvals included routine surplus declarations, bid awards for aggregate material and warehouse inventory, purchases of vehicles, and multiple task orders and contracts tied to disaster recovery, infrastructure and mitigation. Council members also introduced amendments to the 2025 operating budget to align beginning fund balances to the 2024 audited financials and scheduled public hearings on July 30, 2025. A lengthy list of condemned or derelict structures was set for a condemnation hearing on July 29, 2025.

Taken together, the votes move forward planned procurement and recovery work ahead of the public hearings and required follow-up actions. Several items called for the parish president or his designee to execute contracts, and the council authorized use of Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for subrecipient agreements and roof repair projects.

Key outcomes (selected items from the meetings): - Awarded RFP 25-EMGSW-17 (disaster recovery debris management) to DRC Emergency Services LLC; motion passed unanimously. The procurement used a mock-hurricane scoring method required by FEMA to determine lowest cost. - Introduced an ordinance to amend the 2025 adopted operating budget to align beginning fund balances with 2024 audited statements and called a public hearing for July 30, 2025; motion passed unanimously. - Introduced an ordinance to allocate CDBG-DR funding for roof repairs (listed in the agenda as $4,500,000) and called a public hearing for July 30, 2025; motion passed unanimously. - Authorized a subrecipient agreement using CDBG-DR funds between Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government and Terrebonne Parish Water Works (TPCW) for a project to address East Side waterline redundancy; the motion passed unanimously. - Approved a resolution to participate in the state Industrial Tax Exemption program for Gulf Island LLC (file #20230387-ITE); motion passed unanimously. - Approved a long list of condemnation hearings for July 29, 2025 (dozens of addresses were listed); one property (306 Grama Street) was pulled from the list by substitute motion and removed. - Adopted multiple other procurement and construction resolutions including award of a construction contract to Kempsbury South for hurricane Francine vegetation debris removal and authorization of a notice to proceed.

Several introductions and routine procurement approvals were voted without extended debate; when council members asked questions staff supplied clarifications recorded in the meeting backup. All recorded roll-call votes tied to the items above showed unanimous approval where noted (8–0 or 9–0 depending on the session or committee).

The meetings also scheduled multiple public hearings on July 30, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. on amendments to the budget and on millage and tax-roll adjustments, and set a separate public hearing when required for a partial rescission of ordinance number 9075 related to millage errors.

Members, staff and the parish president will complete ministerial steps such as contract execution or additional approvals where required. Public hearings scheduled in the motions provide opportunity for additional input before final ordinance adoption.