P U B L I C N O T I C E
ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC HEARING
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT IT WILL HOLD A
PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2026 AT OLD CITY MARKET
LOCATED AT 131 W. BELLEVUE STREET, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
THE HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS
FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING:
5:30 p.m.
🔴 ORDINANCE NO. 2026-004
(Sponsored by: Councilman Jimmie Edwards)
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS, the 2026 St. Landry Parish Operating Budget, herein attached, is hereby adopted to
reflect the detailed estimate of revenues and expenses for the fiscal year beginning January 1,
2026, and ending December 31, 2026, being the same is hereby adopted to serve as the
operating Budget of Revenues and Expenses for the Parish of St. Landry during the said period.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
THAT:
Section 1. The attached, detailed estimates of revenues for the fiscal year beginning January
1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026, is hereby adopted to serve as the operating Budget
of Revenues for the Parish of St. Landry during the said period.
Section 2. The attached estimates of expenditures by department for fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026, is hereby adopted to serve as an operating
Budget of Expenditures for the Parish of St. Landry during the said period.
Section 3. The adoption of the Operating Budget of Expenditures being the same is hereby
declared to operate as an appropriation of the amount therein set forth within the terms of
the budget classification.
Section 4. Amounts are available for expenditures only to the extent included within the
2026 Budget.
Section 5. All power to alter this Budget is reserved by the St. Landry Parish Council.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2026-007
(Sponsored by: Councilwoman Mildred Thierry)
AN ORDINANCE TO SELL ADJUDICATED PROPERTY BEARING PARCEL NUMBER
8178722206 TO AN ADJOINING LANDOWNER OF THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY
AS PER LA R.S. 47:2202 (B)
WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statute 47:2202 B. states that the governing authority of each
political subdivision may allow an adjoining landowner to purchase adjudicated property for any
price set by the governing authority without public bidding at a public meeting of the governing
authority; provided, that the governing authority determines that the adjoining landowner has
maintained the adjudicated property for a period of one year prior to the sale. Such a sale shall be
deemed a public sale.
WHEREAS, the St. Landry Parish Government has determined that Genevieve Zachery is the
adjoining landowner of adjudicated property and has maintained said adjudicated property for a
period of one year or more, and thus, Genevieve Zachery may purchase the adjudicated property
through a public sale without public bidding.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT that
the following adjudicated property shall be sold by public sale to Genevieve Zachery, an
adjoining land owner to the adjudicated property who maintained said adjudicated property
for one year or more, without public bidding, for a price set by St. Landry Parish
Government, as per LA R.S. 47:2202 B., and said adjudicated property is described as
follows:
1 LOT 35 (50 X 93.2) CHARLES O. BURR ADD 689829 (1-25-386) 1007796
This adjudicated property bearing parcel number 8178722206 in the St. Landry Parish land
records which adjoins the property bearing parcel number 0103372500
🔴 ORDINANCE NO. 2026-008
(Sponsored by: Councilman Ken Marks)
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 2025-035, WHICH IS AN
ORDINANCE TO SELL ADJUDICATED PROPERTY TO AN ADJOINING
LANDOWNER OF THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE
OWNER OF THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY REDEEMED THE PROPERTY PRIOR
TO ORDINANCE NO. 2025-035 BEING ENACTED
WHEREAS , Ordinance No. 2025-035 was enacted by the St. Landry Parish Council on October
15, 2025, and said Ordinance ordained that adjudicated property bearing parcel number
0105907050C would be sold to the adjoining landowner, Gilda Gretchain, as per LA R.S. 47:2202
(B).
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2025-035 was recorded in the Conveyance records of the St. Landry
Parish Clerk of Court on October 16, 2025, under Act number 1274250.
WHEREAS, the owner of the adjudicated property, James Larry Thibodeaux, redeemed the
property prior to Ordinance No. 2025-035 being enacted.
WHEREAS, no Conveyance or Non-warranty Cash Sale conveying the property to Gilda
Gretchain has been signed or recorded with the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court.
WHEREAS, the St. Landry Parish Council shall repeal Ordinance No. 2025-035 because the
adjudicated property has been redeemed by the owner of the property.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT that
St. Landry Parish Ordinance number 2025-035, which conveys formerly adjudicated
property bearing parcel number 0105907050C, and being described as 1 LOT TRACT 8-C
(53.75X197.24) (.243 AC) PARTITION OF LOT 8 OF LEONARD CHENIER ESTATE, N
TRACT 8-D; S TRACK 8-B; E LAZARD; W LOT 7, IN SEC. 71, T-5-S, R-3-E, 1034295
PLAT, to the adjoining landowner of that property, is hereby repealed.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT that the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court is hereby requested and
authorized to make note of this Ordinance on the Ordinance that is being repealed which is
recorded under Act number 1274250 in the Conveyance records of the St. Landry Parish
Clerk of Court.
🔴 ORDINANCE NO. 2026-009
(Sponsored By: Councilman Ken Marks)
AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON BATISTE ROAD IN ST. LANDRY PARISH
WHEREAS, St. Landry Parish Government has decided to abandon Batiste Road in
St. Landry Parish because Batiste Road is no longer needed for public purposes, as per Louisiana
Revised Statute 48:701.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT that Batiste Road in St. Landry Parish is hereby abandoned.
BY ORDER OF ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
/s/ Wayne Ardoin, Chairman
Sherell Jordan, Council Clerk
St. Landry Parish Council
P.O. Drawer 100, Opelousas, LA 70570
Telephone Number: 337-942-6863
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Sherell Jordan or Karen Barlow at 337-942-6863 describing the assistance that is necessary.
