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Parish reports 178 property cleanups since 2022 as council approves additional liens and demolitions
Summary
Parish President Miller told the council the cleanup program has led to owners or the parish addressing 178 properties since 2022; the council approved several contractor hires to cut grass, remove debris and authorize liens, and accepted multiple condemnation recommendations.
Tangipahoa Parish President Miller told the parish council on June 23 that the parish’s property-abatement and demolition program has led to 178 properties being cleaned up since the parish began more aggressive enforcement in 2022.
“We're currently working 37 demos for 2025 so far,” Parish President Miller said during the meeting. He summarized the outreach and enforcement pattern: many owners clean up after notice, and the parish performs removals when owners do not. “Since 2022, when we started aggressively doing this program, we've had a 142 owners clean up their own property. 40 that we've actually done. So it's a 156. And then and you add the Ida private property debris cleanup that we got grants for from from DRC. They did 22 more. So since 2022, we have cleaned up 178 properties,” Miller said.
During the meeting the council approved contracts to cut grass and remove debris at specific addresses and authorized liens to recover contract costs plus administrative fees. Actions recorded on the public record included approvals to hire contractors for: 57161 Haino Road (Independence, Assessment No. 481807), 42428 Yoakam Road (Ponchatoula, Assessment No. 5696003) and 4801 Whiskey Lane (Assessment No. 3981118, District 5). Each motion was adopted by roll call with votes recorded as 9-0.
Miller described the cost implications of the demolition and cleanup work in general terms. When asked to ballpark costs he said the parish estimates roughly $15,000 per teardown and cleanup, adding that even when owners perform cleanup there are still administrative costs for staff time, filings and mailings. “You've been looking at $6,070,000 dollars right there,” Miller said when illustrating the extrapolated scale of costs.
Council members thanked staff and residents for cooperation; one council member relayed that residents in Kentwood reported the parish cleanup crew made their road the cleanest it had been in 30 years.
Ending: The council approved the listed contractor hires and accepted several condemnation recommendations during the same session; staff were directed to proceed with liens and required filings as recorded in the meeting minutes.
