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Port Barre council OKs resident sewer connection and grants Lions Club park lease for Cracklin' Festival
Summary
At its Sept. 3, 2024 meeting the Town Council of Port Barre approved a resident's request to tap the municipal sewer line—with the resident responsible for maintenance—and unanimously granted the Port Barre Lions Club a lease of Veterans Memorial Park for the Cracklin' Festival Nov. 3–11, 2024.
The Town Council of Port Barre on Sept. 3, 2024 approved a resident's request to connect to the municipal sewer system and unanimously granted the Port Barre Lions Club a lease of Veterans Memorial Park to hold the Cracklin' Festival from Nov. 3 through Nov. 11, 2024.
Mayor John P. Ardoin called the regular meeting to order and the council moved through several consent items. Ronnie Kimble moved to accept the minutes of the Aug. 6, 2024 meeting; SAMMY W. HAROY, II seconded and the motion was recorded as unanimous.
On a separate motion, the council granted Larance Goodwin permission to tap into the town's sewer line. The motion, moved by SAMMY W. HAROY, II and seconded by Donald Robin, included an explicit condition that Goodwin "is responsible for the maintenance and repairs of his lines and lift station/pump." The council approved the motion unanimously.
The council also approved a motion, moved by Donald Robin and seconded by Ronnie Kimble, authorizing the Port Barre Lions Club to lease Veterans Memorial Park from Nov. 3 through Nov. 11, 2024 for the Cracklin' Festival. That motion was recorded as unanimous.
All motions on these items were recorded by the clerk as carried unanimously; no roll-call tallies were provided in the meeting record. The meeting later accepted all financial and departmental reports and adjourned.
Next steps: the permissions take effect immediately as recorded in the minutes; the lease and the sewer-connection permission include operational conditions noted by the council (maintenance responsibility for the private sewer tie-in).
