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St. Martinville council adopts Main Street–Hwy 31 TAP match, approves nuisance abatement and vehicle purchases
Summary
On March 2, 2026, the St. Martinville Mayor and City Council adopted a resolution to provide a 10% local match for the Main Street–Hwy 31 Transportation Alternatives Program application and approved several local actions: declaring a property a nuisance and boarding it, granting a debris-removal extension, authorizing a drainage intergovernmental agreement, and buying four police vehicles.
On March 2, 2026, the Mayor and City Council of St. Martinville adopted a resolution accepting responsibility for the required local match to apply for Louisiana DOTD's Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) for the Main Street–Hwy 31 project and approved multiple local actions during a regular meeting at City Hall.
The council unanimously adopted the TAP resolution, which requests a funding split of 90% federal and 10% local for eligible construction costs. The resolution states the City of St. Martinville will serve as local sponsor, prepare and submit the TAP application, provide ongoing maintenance with its existing workforce, and accept liability for the pedestrian facilities. The recorded yeas on the resolution were Councilmembers Mike Fuselier, Carol Frederick, Jonas Fontenette and Janise Anthony; Councilwoman Flo Chatman was absent.
Council members also moved several other actions. By motion of Councilman Jonas Fontenette, seconded by Councilman Mike Fuselier and carried unanimously, the council declared the structure at 440 S. Vivier Street (owned by Myndal James and Jennifer Munro) a public nuisance based on evidence of unauthorized entry and reports that individuals had been starting fires inside the building. The council directed that the city board up doors and windows to prevent further entry and ordered that the cost of boarding be added to annual property taxes and secured by a lien on the property.
Blair Boudreaux, identified in the minutes as owner of the dilapidated structure at 215 Honore Street, told the council the structure is scheduled to be demolished during the week of March 9, 2026; the minutes record the report but show no formal council action on that item.
The council granted an additional 90 days for the owner Emile Ledet to remove debris from 211 Hyacinth after a motion by Councilwoman Janise Anthony, seconded by Councilman Fuselier; the motion carried unanimously.
On infrastructure, Councilwoman Carol Frederick moved and Councilwoman Janise Anthony seconded authorization for Mayor Jason Willis to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with St. Martin Parish Government for the Durand Subdivision Phase II Drainage Improvement Project (Olivier Lane and Stephanie Drive Outfall Improvements) Phase I; the motion carried unanimously.
The council also authorized Mayor Willis, on motion of Councilman Fontenette seconded by Councilman Fuselier and carried unanimously, to purchase four 2017 Ford Explorer police units from the City of New Iberia at $5,000 per unit. The minutes state funds will be taken from the Police Department budget.
The meeting record shows the council approved the February 16, 2026 minutes for publication in the Teche News and added the police-unit purchase discussion to the agenda earlier in the meeting; both procedural motions carried unanimously. With no further business, Mayor Willis adjourned the meeting.
What happens next: The city will prepare and submit the TAP application and, per the resolution, would be responsible for the local 10% match and ongoing maintenance of the pedestrian facilities if the application is successful. Other items—the demolition schedule for 215 Honore Street and the debris-removal extension—carry administrative follow-up as recorded in the minutes.
