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Council roundup: ordinances and contracts approved Dec. 16, 2024
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the St. Charles Parish Council approved multiple ordinances, budget adjustments, contracts and appointments. This article lists each formal action, the file number, a short description and the council outcome.
What the council approved Monday, Dec. 16 (selected ordinances, contracts, resolutions and appointments):
- File 2024‑0399 — Change order No. 1 (final) for the Automated Water Meter Reading installation program (project WWKS‑106): decreased contract amount by $124,520; approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0400 — Ordinance to rescind a prior ordinance and approve purchase and/or expropriation of a drainage servitude (parcel P‑100 and temporary construction servitude T‑100) owned by Christina Larocelle, Inc., for the Munce Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project; new appraisal set fair market value at $59,756; approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0402 — Final amendment to the 2024 consolidated operating and capital budget to adjust beginning fund balances and to reconcile revenues and expenditures (annual closeout): approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0403 — Road and Bridges Capital Program budget for fiscal years 2025–2027 (Parish Transportation Act required 3‑year program): approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0404 — Amend parish code to merge several voting precincts (visible precinct boundaries and polling places): approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0406 — Services agreement with Dynamic Group LLC for emergency repairs/debris removal for parish buildings and facilities (RFP awarded to highest‑scoring, lowest cost bidder): approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0408 — Construction contract with Jones Crock Construction Solutions LLC for East Bank Bridge Park lighting rebid (REC EB‑123), $1,267,000: approved unanimously; project previously rebid and value‑engineered.
- File 2024‑0409 — Amend water service ordinance to change language on meter installation charges and new water service installation fees; adjust several line‑item rates and index fees to procurement bid and department cost analysis; amendment adopted and ordinance approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0410 — Cooperative endeavor agreement with Pontchartrain Levee District for Cross Bayou pump station (see separate coverage): approved unanimously.
- Files 2024‑0386 / 2024‑0401 — Notices and ordinance creating the Luling Bridge Economic Development District No. 1 (boundary definition and next‑step authorization to pursue tax increment financing mechanisms): council approved the notice and the ordinance to create the district; amendment added Councilwoman Wilson as a cosponsor; approved unanimously.
- File 2024‑0418 — Resolution waiving the 500‑foot distance requirement to allow retail sale of prepackaged alcoholic beverages at KS Discount Express (12139 Highway 90) after letters of no objection were filed: approved unanimously.
- Appointments — The council confirmed Wilhelmina Simmons to the Board of Adjustments (District 1) and appointed Webb J. as the District 3 Planning & Zoning Commission representative to complete an unexpired term; both confirmations passed unanimously.
Meeting notes: Several items were routine and passed with no public comment; a few required presentations from department staff. Where a public hearing was required, the council opened and closed the public comment period before voting. The detailed agenda file numbers and the staff reports are available in the council packet for Dec. 16, 2024.
If residents want the exact ordinance text, funding amounts and the staff memos referenced at the meeting, those documents are posted in the parish agenda packet for Dec. 16, 2024.
