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Police jury approves DOTD grant application, permitting software and homeowner‑location subscription
Summary
DeSoto Parish jurors authorized the president to apply for DOTD-managed FTA grant funds for the Council on Aging and approved cooperative‑endeavor agreements and subscriptions for online permitting software (~$4,800/year) and a Thomson Reuters homeowner‑locating service (~$3,600/year).
The DeSoto Parish Police Jury approved a set of administrative actions including a grant application, a cooperative‑endeavor agreement for online permit software and a three‑year subscription to a homeowner‑locating service used for nuisance‑abatement work.
The jury moved and passed a resolution authorizing the president to file an application with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for FTA programs on behalf of the Council on Aging (motion by Mr. Fuller; second by Mr. Clark). Separately, jurors approved a cooperative‑endeavor agreement to license a new online permitting and code‑enforcement software to replace the current permit system; staff said the new product would provide a building‑permit module and a code‑enforcement tool for the nuisance‑abatement officer and estimated combined cost at about $400/month ($4,800/year), compared with roughly $4,000 currently for the outgoing system.
The jury also approved a three‑year subscription to a Thomson Reuters service to help locate homeowners for notices and nuisance‑abatement work; staff said the subscription would cost about $3,600 a year and be assigned to the nuisance‑abatement officer; funding was identified from nuisance‑program monies previously set aside. Motions on each item passed; the transcript records the motions as "motion passed" but does not provide a roll‑call tally.
Next steps: staff will execute the necessary agreements, schedule a special meeting if required to finalize contract documents, and allocate funds from existing nuisance and permitting budgets as described.
