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Parish staff announces tax-deed ordinance, budget amendment and $22,889.02 contract change for Spanish Trail access road
Summary
Clerk/staff summarized agenda items including an ordinance to authorize sale of a tax-adjudicated property, a 2025 health-unit maintenance fund budget amendment, and a 7-day time extension plus change order (number 1) for the Spanish Trail Industrial Park access road reducing a BNSF commitment by $22,889.02 to free funds for the contractor.
Meeting staff read summaries of several formal agenda items affecting parish property, the health-unit budget and a road-construction contract.
A staff speaker (S8) read a summary of an ordinance to authorize St. Martin Parish government to sell property adjudicated by tax deed (summary number 15174R) "in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes," and also read summary number 15160R proposing an amendment to the 2025 operating and maintenance budget for the health unit maintenance fund. The transcript records the ordinance and budget-amendment summaries being read aloud but does not record motions or votes on those items in the supplied segments.
S8 also announced a 7-day contracted time extension and change order number 1 for the Spanish Trail Industrial Park Access Road project by Glen Leachier Construction LLC and BNSF in the amount of $22,889.02. Parish staff (S1) later explained that BNSF reduced a prior commitment by $22,889.02, which effectively freed that amount in the project budget and allowed payment to the contractor; S1 described the item as largely a "wash" and said the project is near substantial completion with only punch-list items remaining.
What happens next: The transcript segments provided do not include roll-call votes, motions with movers/seconders, or final outcomes for the ordinance or the budget amendment. The change-order amount and the time extension are noted in the record, and staff indicated next steps to put remaining funds into the budget and pursue capital outlay documentation for future project phases.
