St. Landry Parish Government

The St. Landry Parish Council approved applying for up to $2.3 million in reimbursement for expenses directly related to the coronavirus.
In a teleconference meeting, Amanda Cain, finance director and acting administrator, said parish government won’t have $2.3 million in expenses, but the CARES Act funding does offer 100% reimbursement.
FEMA reimburses 75% of emergency expenses, she said.
The funding will not cover lost revenue. Cain said the shutdown of gambling in the parish eliminated a source of revenue for two months, she said.

St. Landry Parish Government has announced sandbagging for the parish will be available Friday and Saturday at several locations in the parish.
Sandbags are free to the residence of St. Landry parish, but the public is asked to maintain social distancing protocols and bring their own shovel. There is a limit to four bags per entrance to the home or business.
The locations with sand and sandbags are as follows:
Opelousas — Yambilee Building (1939 W Landry Street). Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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.
The burn ordinance was placed on the agenda for repeal by a 3-2 vote of the Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee at a Sept. 4 meeting.