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Natchitoches Parish council approves interim transfer-station agreement, introduces lease ordinance with Waste Connection
Summary
The council authorized the parish president to sign an interim operating agreement for the transfer station and raised the interim monthly fee from $2,500 to $5,000. The body also introduced an ordinance to lease transportation services to Waste Connection from Sept. 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, at $5,000 per month.
The Natchitoches Parish council approved an interim operating agreement for the parish transfer station that increases the temporary monthly fee from $2,500 to $5,000 and introduced a lease ordinance with Waste Connection for transportation services.
At a special call meeting, an unidentified convenor said the council would "authorize the parish president to sign all necessary documents for an interim operating agreement of the transfer station and adjust the monthly fee from 2,500 to 5,000 a month until the ordinance can ... be executed." Mister Allen asked whether Waste Management was "in agreement," and Mister Sullivan replied, "Yes, sir." The council voted on the interim operating agreement and the presiding speaker announced, "It passed." The transcript does not record a roll-call tally for that vote.
On the council's agenda as Item 6, members introduced an ordinance described in the transcript as a 2024 lease to "waste connection" covering Sept. 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, for $5,000 per month. A second was noted and the council recorded affirmative responses from Mister Allen, Mister Cheatwood, Mister Braxton, Mister Holland and Mister Carey; the item was passed on introduction.
The actions taken are procedural steps: the first authorizes the parish president to execute an interim operating agreement and an interim fee increase while a formal ordinance is prepared; the second introduces a lease ordinance for further consideration. The transcript does not include the full ordinance number or text, the mover/second names for the interim-agreement motion, nor a detailed tally for the interim-agreement vote. The council moved to adjourn after the votes.
Next steps recorded in the meeting: the parish president is authorized to sign the interim agreement documents, and the lease ordinance will proceed through the council's normal ordinance process. The transcript does not specify an effective date for the interim agreement beyond the clause that the interim fee applies "until the ordinance can be executed."
