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Votes at a glance: parish approves multiple contracts, budget introductions and zoning hearing notices
Summary
Terrebonne Parish council and committees approved a series of motions including utility upgrades, pavement-marking contracts, staffing agreements, budget and capital-outlay introductions, and public-hearing notices. Several items passed unanimously; a staffing-agreement motion passed on a divided vote.
A summary of motions taken by the Terrebonne Parish council and its committees during the meeting follows. All outcomes are recorded as the council/committee reported on the meeting record.
- EnLink regulator upgrades (reimbursement agreement): Resolution authorizing the Parish President to execute a reimbursement agreement with EnLink I L G LLC to upgrade two regulator stations to increase natural-gas delivery to the City of Houma system. Moved by Councilman Babin, second by Councilman Champagne; motion recorded as passed (vote recorded as 8-0).
- Pavement Markings LLC contract: Resolution awarding and authorizing a construction contract to Pavement Markings LLC for Parish Project No. 20-road-54 (pavement markings project, phase 2) — work identified for Saint Charles and Hollywood streets during discussion. Motion moved by Councilman Babin and seconded by Councilman Hamner; recorded vote 8-0, motion passed.
- Staffing agreement (BND Contracting Inc.): Resolution authorizing the Parish President or designee to execute an agreement with BND Contracting Inc. for staffing needs and temporary employees. Committee discussion noted documents were being finalized and applications expected to increase; motion recorded as passed (vote reported as 5 yeas, 4 nays).
- Award bid (adjudicated property sale): Budget & Finance Committee accepted the award of bid No. 23-s/p-83 (rebid surplus sale of adjudicated property at 1843 Highway 505) to Tyler Bussey. Motion moved and passed by roll call; recorded as 9-0.
- Louisiana compliance questionnaire: Committee accepted and approved the Louisiana compliance questionnaire required for the 2024 audited financial reports. Motion recorded as 9-0.
- Addendum to legal services contract: Committee approved an addendum to Michelle Lyons Neal LLC’s 2024 legal-services contract to authorize billing for a law clerk at a new rate. Motion recorded as 6-3 (see separate article for detail).
- Risk management authority ordinance (introduction): Committee approved introduction of an ordinance to amend Section 2-233(b) of the Terrebonne Parish Code to increase the authority of the risk-management department to settle risk claims without approval of legal counsel; a public hearing was set for June 11, 2025. Motion recorded as 8-0 to introduce.
- Millage rates ordinance (introduction): Committee approved introduction of an ordinance to adopt millage rates for tax year 2025 with no roll forward; public hearing set for June 11, 2025. Motion recorded as 9-0 to introduce.
- 2025 budget and five-year capital outlay amendment (introduction): Committee approved introduction of amendments to the 2025 operating budget and five-year capital outlay budget covering multiple CDBG-DR and infrastructure items, including (as listed on the agenda) $5,750,000 for stormwater berm/detention pond, $20,000,000 for garbage-collection relocation, $8,500,000 for Bayou Lafourche pump station waterworks, and $3,000,000 for a school relocation project; a public hearing was set for June 11, 2025. Motion recorded as 8-0 to introduce.
- Zoning map amendment (notice and hearing): Resolution giving notice of intent to adopt an ordinance to rezone property at 132 Armagh Road Drive from R-3 (multifamily residential) to C-2 (general commercial) for the Terrebonne Children’s Advocacy Center and calling a public hearing on July 16, 2025. Motion recorded as 8-0 to call the hearing.
Ending: Several routine procurement and administrative motions passed unanimously; a staffing-agreement vote was split. Where the record contained only tallies and not individual roll-call votes, the summary uses the meeting tallies as reported on the record.
