St. Landry Parish Council

Parish to use own resources for spraying

A spraying program to control roadside weeds will have to wait at least a month, but it now appears it is likely to happen. At Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting the issue was continued until its Public Works Committee meets on June 3.

Eunice polling place changed approved

The St. Landry Parish Council approved changing the polling place from the building housing the Eunice Food Bank to the Eunice Career and Technical Center.

Parish Council wary of its finances as it considers weed spraying

The St. Landry Parish Council delayed a decision about spraying weeds along its roads. With Council members holding a teleconference meeting Wednesday, what would have been a routine expense came under the microscope.

Parish-owned properties in focus

By Harlan Kirgan Editor Tax-delinquent properties that end up owned by the parish may be on the agenda at a St. Landry Parish Council committee meeting on Jan. 2.

Parish Council budgets 5% pay increase

The St. Landry Parish Council 2020 budget includes a 5% pay raise for its employees — the first in 10 to 15 years, according to budget information handed out at a special meeting Thursday.

Grant might be the best medicine for Moosa hospital

Grant money will be sought through the Acadiana Planning Commission as an avenue to fund the demolition of the vacant and decaying Moosa Memorial Hospital. The St. Landry Parish Council’s Adminstrative-Finance Committee voted to request the assistance at a meeting Wednesday in Opelousas.

With Census count coming reapportionment is on the way

The 10-year Census count is on April 1, 2020, and demographer Mike Hefner urged the St. Landry Parish Council give him the green light to begin his work. Hefner, of Geographic Planning and Demographic Services, spoke to the Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee on Sept.

Parish burn ban may get repealed

A ban on burning in rural St. Landry Parish subdivisions passed in June is on the Parish Council’s Wednesday agenda. And this time the agenda item is for repeal of the ban at the meeting scheduled at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Old City Market, 131 W. Bellevue St., Opelousas.

Parish burn ban is a hot topic

A ban on burning in rural St. Landry Parish subdivisions is up for more discussion after the Parish Council approved it in June. At Wednesday’s meeting, the burn ban was sent back to a September committee meeting for more discussion.

Parish Council panel to investigate animal shelter policies, ordinances

The St. Landry Parish Council voted for a study of the parish’s animal control ordinances and policies that include the animal shelter.