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Votes at a glance: Cameron Parish police jury meeting, Sept. 3, 2024
Summary
Summary list of motions and outcomes from the Cameron Parish Police Jury’s Sept. 3, 2024 meeting, including appointments, sponsorships, grant-authority resolutions, a tax-election resolution for Grand Lake Recreation District, and several administrative approvals; the Black Lake cleanup contract was tabled.
Below is a concise listing of the principal motions and the outcomes recorded in the Sept. 3, 2024 Cameron Parish Police Jury voting meeting.
- Remove agenda item 27: motion made, seconded and carried (motion recorded as removed). - Adopt August minutes: motion passed. - Appointments: Todd Connor (District 6) approved; Melissa Bonson (Recreation District No. 9) approved; Colton Sander appointed to Hackberry Fire District; District 1 incumbent reappointed. - Financial and administrative approvals: audit for year ending 12/31/2023 approved; monthly financial statements and budget-to-actual accepted; bills authorized for payment. - Sponsorship and dues: $5,000 sponsorship for the 2025 Louisiana Farm Wildlife Festival approved; $3,569.30 dues to the Southwest Louisiana Regional Planning Commission approved. - Permits and variances: variance and coastal-use permit application for public restrooms on the Creole Nature Trail in Holly Beach approved. - Contracts and change orders: OEP Pavilion change order (+$2,725) approved; North Cameron EOC contract time increase (18 days) approved; acceptance of the OEP Pavilion as substantially complete was tabled until the next meeting. - Grants and intergovernmental authority: resolution to apply for rural public transit funds (Council on Aging) approved; authority granted to apply for state capital outlay funding; OEP director authorized to sign an intergovernmental agreement for a mobile unit. - Tax and treasury actions: resolution ordering an election for the Grand Lake Recreation District to seek a tax increase from 4.3 mills to 9.3 mills approved; treasurer appointed to collect occupational tax beginning 07/01/2025. - Natural-resources and utilities: president authorized to sign oil and gas and mineral lease for Big Lake property; right-of-way ratification for Jeff Davis Electric Company approved. - Environmental cleanup: proposed contract with ICON Environmental for Black Lake cleanup tabled until next meeting pending legal approval. - Personnel: authority granted to advertise for an administrative assistant vacancy. - Executive session: jury entered executive session to discuss litigation; no action taken following the session.
Where the transcript records only voice votes the minutes show motions were seconded and carried; explicit roll-call tallies were not provided in the available transcript.
