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Terrebonne Parish Council adopts H Street 15 mph zone, approves surplus properties and budget changes
Summary
At its Aug. 13 meeting the Terrebonne Parish Council adopted a 15 mph speed limit ordinance for H Street, declared multiple adjudicated properties surplus and approved targeted budget amendments including funds for landfill, pump stations and downtown development.
The Terrebonne Parish Council on Aug. 13 adopted an ordinance establishing a 15 mph speed limit along the entire length of H Street and approved a package of property and budget measures.
The council closed the public hearing for the H Street speed-limit ordinance and a motion to adopt was recorded as passing "7 0" after a second by Councilmember Amadee. The ordinance calls for installation of signage and sets the new speed limit along H Street at 15 miles per hour.
Council also voted to declare surplus adjudicated property at 251 Orange Street, where the parish holds an 89% interest; the motions to close the public hearing and to adopt the ordinance were moved and seconded by Councilmembers Babin and Chauvin, respectively, and passed 8-0.
A separate ordinance declared seven adjudicated properties — described in the agenda as parcels where the parish holds 100% interest — surplus; that ordinance was presented and adopted with a recorded vote of 8-0.
The council adopted an amendment to the 2025 operating budget and the 2025 five-year capital outlay budget covering multiple line items. The ordinance lists the following adjustments on the agenda: Ashland Landfill, $28,350; North Treatment Plant safe room, $61,728; a FEMA Geraldine Pump Station adjustment shown as -$90,000; Home of Downtown Development donations of $2,935 and $55,857; emergency preparedness, $23,839; and Bayou Terrebonne pump station, $160,000. The transcript records the motion as "Motion passes 7 0, 3," a notation that is unclear in the record.
Committee business and routine items also moved through the meeting: the council ratified committee minutes and approved staff travel to the LAMSA annual conference Sept. 17–19 at Cypress Bend Resort.
No substantive public testimony was recorded in opposition to the ordinances during the hearings. The council scheduled additional public hearings for Aug. 27 on other proposed ordinances, including floodplain-variance rules and a property lease for 7910 Main Street.
