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Broussard council approves water‑pollution audit, ladder‑truck lease, $22,000 road‑striping amendment; introduces traffic‑calming policy and adopts $7.5 million
Summary
At the March 11 meeting the council approved three resolutions including a yearly LPDES audit and a lease purchase for a ladder truck (with a $70,000 prepayment discount), amended a street‑striping budget to $22,000, introduced a traffic‑calming ordinance, and adopted a $7.5 million recreational facility bond ordinance.
The Broussard City Council on March 11 approved a package of routine resolutions and a bond ordinance and introduced a policy ordinance on traffic calming.
Resolutions and actions
- Resolution 829‑25: Approved. The council adopted the municipal water pollution prevention (MWPP) environmental audit report required for the LPDES permit LA0020613. Presenter Mel Bertrand said the audit is an annual permit requirement by the Department of Environmental Quality and that the report is complete and ready for submission. "We do this every year," Bertrand said.
- Resolution 830‑25: Approved. The council authorized a lease‑purchase agreement for a ladder truck ordered previously. Chief Ron Chopin told the council the apparatus is due by the end of the year and staff were offered a prepayment discount estimated to save about $70,000. "So it's about $70,000 that we would save," Chopin said. The city will structure payments so the new note begins as prior notes end.
- Resolution 831‑25: Approved (amended). The council amended a proposed $15,000 street capital outlay allocation for thermoplastic skip line markers on North Riviera Road and expanded the request to include a second unstriped stretch; Councilman Reagan moved to increase the appropriation to $22,000 to cover both projects. The motion to amend and approve carried.
Ordinances
- Ordinance 25‑822: Introduced. The council introduced an ordinance creating a formal process for requests for traffic calming devices in residential neighborhoods, including a required traffic study, resident polling and additional HOA sign‑off where applicable. The council approved introduction on a roll call.
- Ordinance 25‑821: Adopted. The council adopted a supplemental ordinance authorizing $7,500,000 of recreational facility sales tax revenue bonds, series 2025, in accordance with the general bond ordinance adopted Nov. 13, 2012. The item had been presented at a prior meeting and passed unanimously at that earlier session; the council adopted the ordinance at this meeting.
Vote summary
All listed resolutions and ordinances were approved on roll-call votes at the March 11 meeting; the transcript records unanimous yes votes from council members present (tallies recorded by roll call where noted).
