A ban on burning in rural residential subdivisions is on its way for repeal.
The St. Landry Parish Council voted 7-3 on Wednesday to repeal the burn ban that passed unanimously in June.
Before the vote, Eunice resident Floyd Young said he and his neighbors oppose the burn ban.
“If there is ban on burning and we have to put the trash on the road, you are talking about a terrible eyesore in St. Landry Parish,” he said.
Yard debris is picked up regularly in the city of Eunice, but in the parish, “branches stay there for weeks.”
Voting to repeal the ban were Nancy Carriere, Easton Shelvin, Alvin Stelly, Wayne Ardoin, Dexter Brown, Jimmie Edwards and Coby Clavier.
Voting against repeal were Mildred Thierry, Harold Taylor and Vivian Olivier.
The ban has been before the Council for months.
At the Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee on Sept. 4 meeting, Ardoin, committee chairman, said. “We all got phone calls about it. I think we should have left that alone — the whole thing about the burn ban.”
In other business Wednesday, the Council moved an ordinance to govern group homes in rural subdivisions to is October meeting. The measure would require Council approval before a group home opens in a rural residential area.
The Council also approved a $1 million line of credit used to bolster cash flow until property tax revenue arrives after the end of the year.
Amanda Cain, finance director, said parish government has saved about $610,000 and in about a year the parish will save its way out of using a line of credit.
