A spraying program to control roadside weeds will have to wait at least a month, but it now appears it is likely to happen.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
A ban on burning in rural St. Landry Parish subdivisions passed in June is on the Parish Council’s Wednesday agenda.
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.
The St. Landry Parish Council voted for a study of the parish’s animal control ordinances and policies that include the animal shelter.