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Votes at a glance: Sabine Parish jury approves budgets, audits, transportation list and personnel moves; Road District tax defeated
Summary
On Dec. 18 the Sabine Parish Police Jury approved the 2025 library budget, engaged auditors for the 2024 audit ($57,250 total), adopted the Parish Transportation Act priority list for 2025–27, created new operational positions (pug mill and dump‑site crews), and approved a $450,000 sales tax transfer. The jury also canvassed a special Road District No. 4, Ward 7 election, which failed (204 for, 233 against).
At its Dec. 18 meeting the Sabine Parish Police Jury considered a series of routine but consequential motions during the consent and business portions of the agenda.
Election canvass: The jury read and adopted a resolution canvassing the certified returns of a Nov. special election in Road District No. 4 Ward 7. The clerk read certified totals (204 votes in favor, 233 against), and the jury declared the proposition defeated and directed that the canvass be published as required by law.
Budgets and audits: The jury reviewed and approved the Sabine Parish Library proposed 2025 budget after correcting a typographical subtotal; the library director reported operating hours would remain the same and fund balances would cover projected expenditures. The jury engaged Rosier, McKay & Willis to perform the 2024 annual audit and associated statewide procedures for a combined fee not to exceed $57,250 ($51,000 audit; $6,250 agreed‑upon procedures).
Parish Transportation Act: The jury adopted the three‑year Parish Transportation Act priority list for 2025–27 and reviewed PTA spending since 2020 by ward (for example Ward 3 ~$1.157 million; Wards 6–8 and 10 showed $0 historically on the list). Jurors discussed using oil‑sand to reduce paving costs and noted an ongoing monthly PTA income estimate of about $30,000.
Procurement and spraying: The road and shop committee recommended awards for 2025 materials and services and the jury accepted all items except the herbicide spraying contract because the low bidder requested a hearing; jurors scheduled the protest hearing for Dec. 23 and debated whether performance, not price, should guide acceptance.
Personnel and transfers: The jury approved creating three pug mill positions (operator/foreman and two crewmen) with a plan to initially fill two positions, and approved two parishwide utility labor positions focused on compactor and dump‑site maintenance (effective Jan. 1). The jury also approved an appropriation transfer of $450,000 in sales tax for December operations.
Each item was adopted by motion and second; the transcript records motions and 'motion carried' language for the items listed above.
