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Calcasieu Parish Police Jury approves package of ordinances, contracts and grant submittals
Summary
At its March 26 meeting the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury approved multiple ordinances and resolutions, including rezoning on Big Lake Road, project actions for bridge and waterline work, CWPPRA project support, procurement awards, and a grant submittal to Keep Louisiana Beautiful for debris-capture devices.
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury on March 26, 2026, approved a series of ordinances, resolutions, contract amendments and procurement actions covering land use, infrastructure projects, environmental project support and grant submittals.
The Jury adopted an ordinance rezoning 50 507 Big Lake Road in Ward 3 from mixed residential to light commercial to allow nurseries. It also declared 201 Edgar Street in Sulphur surplus and authorized advertisement for bids. A resolution amending the professional engineering contract for the McGuire Road Drainage Repair Project was approved, as were actions approving permanent utility servitudes for the Big Lake Road and Nelson Road water expansion projects and an act of sale related to the Gary Road Cutoff Bridge Replacement Project.
The Jury approved expropriation of property in full fee ownership for the Gary Cutoff Bridge Replacement Project and passed a resolution supporting the Pecan Bayou Marsh Creation and Holly Beach East Shoreline Protection Projects for Phase 1 funding from the CWPPRA Task Force.
On administrative matters the Jury adopted the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire required for the Police Jury 2025 audit and approved a federally funded public assistance memorandum of understanding connected to winter storm "Fern." The Jury certified that the Calcasieu Parish Housing Choice Voucher tenant-based rental assistance program is categorically excluded from certain environmental review activities and proclaimed April 2026 as Fair Housing Month in Calcasieu Parish.
Procurement and contract actions approved included qualification of Associated Design Group for engineering and technical services for emergency generator projects; acceptance of the Dunham Price bid for ready-mix concrete (one member recorded a recusal on the record); and acceptance of bids from BlueWater Design Technologies, HydroLink Systems, and OTT Hydromet for water level monitoring station parts. The Jury also approved payment of current invoices and received budget-to-actual advisories.
A motion to submit a grant application to Keep Louisiana Beautiful for litter-removal devices that capture debris from waterways and stormwater systems was approved; specific technical details of the devices were not provided at the meeting and staff said they would supply more information.
All recorded agenda items were moved, seconded and carried with "Any objection? Motion carries" recorded in the public transcript; no roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the public record for these items.
