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DeSoto Parish Police Jury approves routine ordinances, polling-location changes and policy updates
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting the jury approved an ordinance establishing public-records fees, corrected a polling-location address and ratified a lease with Benson Baptist Church for a polling site; jurors also approved policy revisions on benefits and several administrative routine items.
The DeSoto Parish Police Jury approved a series of routine but administratively important items in a single meeting block. Key votes included:
- Ordinance 3 of 2026: Jurors authorized the president to sign an ordinance establishing fees for public-records requests in the DeSoto Parish code of ordinances. Roll call recorded one "No" vote and otherwise widespread approval; the motion passed.
- Polling-location corrections and lease: The jury approved clerical corrections to a polling-location address and ratified the president’s authorization to execute a lease with Benson Baptist Church to relocate a polling location.
- Resolution 6 of 2026: Jurors affirmed a previously executed resolution changing a designated location from Benson Community Center to Benson Baptist Church.
- Policy revisions: Revisions to policies and procedures (numbers 3-11 and 3-15) covering benefits continuation, COBRA and short-term disability were approved by roll call.
- Additional administrative actions included naming private drives (Tall Pines Drive / Fox Glen Private Drive), authorizing a right-of-first-refusal document for a property at 132 West Industrial Drive, and other administrative housekeeping.
What’s next: Implementation steps (such as lease execution, ordinance publication and clerical corrections) will be handled by staff; no contested appeals or litigation was announced at the meeting.
