St. Landry Parish Council

Superintendent dismissed at Parish Council meeting

The St. Landry Parish Council dismissed hearing from school Superintendent Patrick Jenkins at a meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was called to discuss parish government’s budget, but Jenkins was added to the agenda to talk about the lease of a parish-owned Head Start site.

Racino dough smells good to Council

Beset by budget woes, some members of the St. Landry Parish Council want to take a second look at how the money from Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino is split. The parish receives about $2.7 million before it is divided across 11 entities.

IT, server contract revision underway

A new lease purchase agreement for a computer network server is headed toward the Sept. 19 St. Landry Parish Council meeting.

Speed bump removal questioned

St. Landry Parish Councilman Ken Marks said when Midway Lane was resurfaced the speed bumps were removed. Now, he says residents are calling him asking what happened to the speed bumps.

Council hacked over IT situation

The fax machine and printer aren’t working in the St. Landry Parish Council office and that was on the agenda of the Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee on Wednesday. Also on the agenda was an item for an update on the IT (information technology) person.

Prisoner bill again draws Council concern

The cost of housing of parish prisoners outside St. Landry Parish once again drew the attention of the Parish Council. Councilmen Ken Marks and Harold Taylor reported on their study of the prisoner problem at a meeting Wednesday in Opelousas.

Parish Council approves $1.5M credit line

For a second year the St. Landry Parish Council approved an ordinance allowing the government to borrow up to $1.5 million. Parish President Bill Fontenot said he has learned much since taking the job six years ago.

After paving 300 miles, road complaints keep resurfacing

St. Landry Parish Government has paved about 300 miles of road in the Smooth Ride Home program, but it is the remaining roads, often pot-holed and flood-prone, that the Parish Council hears about on a regular basis.

Residents air road, drainage complaints (Pdf)

Two rural residents east of Eunice complained about bad roads and flooding dur- ing a St. Landry Parish Council Public Works Committee. Andrea Edwards, of Lois Lane, said she is often trapped by a flood- ed road.

List of St. Landry Parish road work (pdf)

St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot handed out a list of roads that have received road material on them this year. The list does not include Smooth Ride Home roads.