The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and contract awards at the Nov. 20 meeting, including a rezoning, floodplain-code amendment, rescission of condemnation ordinances, servitude agreements for waterworks infrastructure, contract awards and multiple procurement decisions.

Key actions approved (motion/second as recorded in the public transcript):

- Rezoning (Item 1b): Rezone the 3800 block of Highway 90 West in Ward 7 from agricultural to light industrial to allow a warehouse. Motion to approve with conditions carried (mover recorded as 'Mister Morgantel', second 'Mister Burling').

- Floodplain code amendment (Item 1c): Adopt ordinance amending chapter 26 (floodplain management); motion by 'Mister Quinn', second by 'Mister Markantill'; motion carried.

- Rescind condemnation ordinances (Item 1d): Rescission of ordinances (Nos. 81 21 and 81 21 a) ordering condemnation of a house at 2913 Crockett Street, Westlake; motion by 'Mister Burley', second by 'Mister Eason'; motion carried.

- Servitudes for waterworks and sewer projects (Items 3a–3c): Approved permanent utility servitudes with temporary construction servitudes for the Gauthier Road Sewer Project and for portions of the East Calcasieu Parish Consolidated Water Works project; motions carried on staff recommendation.

- Contract and procurement approvals (Items 5b–5h): The jury authorized an RFQ for bridge reconstruction engineering; accepted staff recommendation to award contracts for Gordon Denison Road realignment/paving to CH Fincenmaker and Associates; approved purchase recommendation for tandem dump trucks from Mark Truck Center at $309,992; accepted bids for water-testing chemicals (Hawkins Incorporated), multiple vendors for mosquito-control chemicals, crushed-stone suppliers (Apex Aggregate Supply and Port Aggregates), and accepted road striping as substantially complete.

Most items passed with routine motions and no recorded roll-call tallies in the public transcript. The jury recessed into an executive session later in the meeting; no content of that session is recorded in the public minutes and no votes from the executive session were disclosed.

The meeting adjourned following return from executive session.