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Ouachita Parish Police Jury adopts ordinances, approves $159,863.74 CARES payment for DA and awards Tanglewood Drive contract
Summary
At its Oct. 5 meeting the Ouachita Parish Police Jury adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions, including sales of adjudicated properties, revocation of part of Lucky Lane, a 15 mph limit on Meadowlark Drive, a $159,863.74 CARES Act payroll request for the Fourth Judicial District Attorney, and awarding a $485,502 construction contract for Tanglewood Drive.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury met Oct. 5, 2020, in Monroe and adopted a slate of ordinances and resolutions affecting property sales, roads, personnel matters and COVID-era payroll reimbursements.
The most significant financial action was Resolution No. 20-50, in which the Jury agreed to provide $159,863.74 to the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office for payroll-related expenses from Sept. 1–Sept. 30, 2020 and to request reimbursement through the Louisiana CARES Act program; minutes state the DA’s office will reimburse the parish for any money not approved by the state program. The resolution was added to the agenda and adopted without recorded opposition.
The Jury adopted Ordinance No. 9350 authorizing acts of sale for multiple adjudicated parcels offered at public auction and Ordinance No. 9353 authorizing sale of four additional adjudicated parcels; both ordinances list parcel numbers, purchasers and minimum bid and were adopted by roll call (YEAS: 5; NAYS: 0; ABSENT: 1). The ordinances require pre-closing certifications and notice procedures (E&P Consulting, LLC to certify mortgage/conveyance records and provide required notices under LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq.).
Also adopted was Ordinance No. 9351 revoking the westernmost portion of Lucky Lane at the request of Ouachita Christian School so the school can better control campus access, and Ordinance No. 9352 setting a 15 mph speed limit for Meadowlark Drive; both passed on unanimous roll-call votes of attending jurors.
On infrastructure procurement, the Jury adopted Resolution No. 20-48 to award the Tanglewood Drive construction contract (State Project No. H.013796) to apparent low bidder Amethyst Construction, Inc., with a bid of $485,502.00, subject to compliance with the State/Parish Agreement and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development approval.
In administrative and committee business, the Board of Review upheld the parish assessor’s prepared property assessments (motion by Larry Bratton, second Scotty Robinson) and referred the appeals to the Louisiana Tax Commission; Monroe Retail Group LLC withdrew its appeal. The Personnel Committee approved multiple fire department confirmations, promotions and a retirement and authorized opening a building/grounds worker position; a requested pay increase for two employees was tabled until the next meeting.
Routine items approved included acceptance of the lowest conforming Green Oaks food bid from Ben E. Keith for $30,179.62 and acceptance of federal grants for emergency management and homeland security with the parish acting as fiscal agent. The Jury also approved renewal of employee health insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield option 2) with the employer premium share reduced to 73% and moved its November meetings from Election Day to Nov. 9 and Nov. 23.
The meeting ended with approval of a 2021 beer and retail liquor renewal for Mohamed Ismail d/b/a King Food Mart LLC and adjournment at 6:27 p.m. The minutes record no recorded opposition on the main votes; absent juror was Jack Clampit (District B).
