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Police Jury approves administrative items, budget amendments and park and road policies
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting the DeSoto Parish Police Jury approved multiple administrative resolutions and budget amendments, including Cypress Energy bid authorization, reinstatement of a third‑party building inspector, a Cleco servitude excusal, delegation of polling‑location recommendations to the clerk, a $90,000 addition for Lumentite Park splash pad, a $6.06 million election budget amendment, approval to cut a baseball diamond and a neighborhood speed‑bumps policy.
The DeSoto Parish Police Jury approved several administrative items and budget changes during its Sept. 9 regular meeting.
Key actions the jury approved: authorizing the president to execute a resolution supporting Cypress Energy Corporation’s request to place a sealed bid with the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources; reinstating IBTS as a third‑party building‑inspection provider for unincorporated areas; authorizing the administrator to excuse a Cleco Power LLC servitude agreement; delegating to the clerk of court the authority to recommend election‑day polling locations; and naming a new E‑911 street, Star City Private Lane south of Board Road in Grand Cane.
On budgeting, the jury approved an amendment to the general fund to cover election expenses (an amount read in the meeting as “6,060 thousand dollars” and treated here as the figure provided in the transcript) and approved an additional $90,000 for repairs and additions to the Lumentite Park splash pad after discussion about whether funds were for repair only or to add new features. The jury also authorized using equipment and funds to cut a baseball diamond at Alumni Park and to purchase associated equipment for DeSoto Athletics.
Road‑related policies approved include allowing rumble strips and neighborhood speed bumps as a traffic‑calming measure. Several motions were moved, seconded and passed with no recorded roll‑call tallies in the transcript; the clerk will reflect final vote records in the official minutes.
