SLP Government Committee Meeting 1

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ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCE COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025

6 O’CLOCK PM

oLD CITY MARKET, 131 W. BELLEVUE ST.

OPELOUSAS, LOUTSTANA
AGENDA

MEMBERS: Faltery Jolivette, Harold Tayloro Ken Markso Dexter Brown,
Timmy Lejeune and Ernest Blanchard. Ex-Officio: Jody White.

Call To Order.
Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation. (Councilman Wayne Ardoin)
Roll Call
Persons to Address the Committee
Parish President & Finance Reports
Update on the list of all of the vendors and the amount of funds that were made at the
Barbecue Festival.
Legal Counsel update on Ordinance for Mobile Homes and Manufactured Home Permits,
Regulations, and Standards.
Forward to Full Council Resolution No. 027-2025
A resolution authorizing the St. Landry Parish President to (opt-in/opt-out) of the FEMA
Temporary Housing and Shelter Assistance Program – Expedited Temporary Housing
Assistance Waiver of Land Use/Permitting for the year 2025-2026.
WHEREAS, hurricane season in Louisiana presents unique and diverse obstacles for parish
and municipal governments and their residents; and
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) offer programs to help in the recovery efforts after storms; and

WHEREAS, one of those programs is the Temporary Housing and Shelter Program,
which, once activated in the parish, allows homeowners to place a temporary housing unit next
to their damaged home; and
WHEREAS, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
(GOHSEP) and FEMA, as directed by Louisiana Act 526,have created the Expedited
Temporary Housing Assistance Waiver for Land Use to allow homeowners the ability to
install temporary shelters quickly and seamlessly; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana Act 526 requires parishes and municipalities to opt-in or opt-out of
the waiver each year and return those waivers to the parish office of homeland security and
emergency preparedness;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED on this 17th of September.2025, that the
St. Landry Parish Council authorizes the Parish President to (opt-in/opt-out) of the
Expedited Temporary Housing Assistance Waiver for Land Use for the year 2025-2026,to
be reevaluated in September of 2026, and that this action would only take effect if the
Temporary Housing and Shelter Program is activated following a presidential emergency
declaration for St. Landry Parish.

Forward to Full Council Resolution No. 028-2025
A resolution authorizing the President to execute an Agreement with the Louisiana Department
of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD) for improvements at the St. Landry Parish
Airport.
WHEREAS, Act 451 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature authorized the
financing of certain airport improvements from funds appropriated from the Transportation
Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, the St. Landry Parish Government has requested funding assistance from the LA
DOTD for reimbursement of General Aviation Maintenance Expenses; and
WHEREAS, the stated project has been approved by the Louisiana Legislature and the LA
DOTD is agreeable to the implementation of this project and desires to cooperate with the
St. Landry Parish Government according to the terms and conditions identified in the attached
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the LA DOTD will provide the necessary funding for the GA Maintenance2025
and reimburse the sponsor up to $101306.58 of project cost.

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NOW TIIEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Landry Parish Govemment that it does
hereby authoize the President to execute an Agreement for the project identified as SPN
H.016467, more fully identified in the Agreement attached hereto, and to execute any
subsequent related documents, including, but not limited to, amendments to said agreement.
This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption.