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DeSoto Parish Police Jury approves grants, Unity Fiber contract, covered‑arena funding and $1 million landfill trust transfer
Summary
Jurors authorized several actions including an EPA brownfields environmental assessment grant (reported), a contract with Unity Fiber, $775,000 allocated toward a covered arena parking lot, and a $1,000,000 transfer from the solid waste fund to a CD for Mundy Landfill post-closure costs.
At its regular meeting, the DeSoto Parish Police Jury approved multiple administrative resolutions and contracts, advancing infrastructure, internet connectivity and landfill-closure financing.
Key approvals: Jurors authorized the president to execute a grant application to the Delta Regional Authority’s 2025 Community Infrastructure Fund and accepted grant awards reported elsewhere in the meeting (including an EPA Brownfields environmental assessment grant reportedly worth $1.2 million). The jury authorized a contract with Unity Fiber to serve as the parish’s new internet provider. Jurors also directed engineering to proceed with plans for a covered arena and approved allocating $775,000 for the parking-lot portion of the project, plus $100,000 from the ET Gathering Pilot Program and $150,000 from the general fund.
Fiscal and solid-waste actions: The solid-waste committee recommended and the jurors authorized transferring $1,000,000 from the solid-waste fund to a certificate of deposit at Community Bank of Louisiana to cover the estimated costs for amendment #10 of the standby trust agreement related to Mundy Landfill post-closure obligations pursuant to Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) requirements. Jurors also approved a waste-supply agreement extension for developers planning a recycling center on Upland Road.
Process notes and votes: Most motions were moved, seconded and passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript. A noted exception: when jurors approved a liquor license earlier in the meeting, one juror stated an intent to abstain "for religious reasons." The meeting included a brief executive session under La. Rev. Stat. 42:17; jurors said no action was taken in executive session.
What’s next: Several items will return for additional review, including a deferred resolution related to a first-right-of-refusal/deed amendment on 132 West Industrial Park Drive so the district attorney and staff can review amended deed language. Engineering work on the covered arena will proceed per the motion.
