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Terrebonne Parish Council approves multiple budget amendments, insurance contracts and appointments
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Summary
At its March 25 meeting the council approved a package of 2026 budget amendments (pollution control, emergency preparedness, Shady Oaks, drainage, police items), multiple insurance agent appointments/renewals, and scheduled ratification of the fire‑chief appointment for April 15; most votes were unanimous.
The Terrebonne Parish Council on March 25 adopted a slate of ordinances making targeted adjustments to the 2026 operating and capital budgets, approved insurance agent appointments and scheduled a ratification vote for a fire‑chief appointment.
Key voted items included budget amendments for pollution control ($364,611), emergency preparedness line items (including $58,078 and smaller adjustments), funding for Shady Oaks ($10,000), drainage ($93,653), and several small police department line items. Council members moved to close the public hearings and adopted the ordinances, with most votes recorded as 9–0 or 8–0 depending on attendance and abstentions noted in the record.
The council also approved ordinances appointing AccuSure LLC and Lade Corporation (d/b/a Lade Insurance) as agents of record for various coverages effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, and ratified renewal option terms for those contracts. Additionally, the council set a ratification hearing for the parish president’s nomination of Mark Stephenson as Houma Fire Department chief at the April 15, 2026 meeting.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): several budget ordinances and insurance appointments — mostly 9–0; one zoning amendment (modular homes) passed 8–1. Several items were adopted after the council closed three public calls for each item.
