Votes at a glance: Ascension Parish Council moves multiple ordinances and property acquisitions on April 2, 2026

At its April 2, 2026 meeting, the Ascension Parish Council advanced a series of ordinances and measures spanning land acquisitions, zoning changes, code updates and administrative housekeeping.

Key items the council moved with no recorded public speakers or objections include the following (actions were moved and seconded as shown on the record; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies):

- Introductions and authorizations to acquire parcels, servitudes and rights-of-way for several parish projects (agenda item 7, multiple parcels and project numbers such as MA-18-10, MA-19-03, MA-22-01, MA-22-04, MA-23-09). Motion introductions and seconds were recorded; no objections were noted.

- Zoning map amendment (8(a)) to rezone Lot 4B for Mickey Robertson (Zoning review ID PZ-3822.25) from rural to medium-intensity residential; the public hearing was opened and closed with no speakers and the ordinance was moved with no objections.

- Multiple amendments to the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances (chapter 18, articles on drainage districts and political subdivisions) updating terminology, designating the parish president as administrator for certain district services, and removing a joint service agreement reference; hearings were opened and closed with no speakers and each ordinance was moved.

- An ordinance to administer a stormwater management account and an ordinance declaring surplus movable equipment (8(p) and 8(s)); both proceeded through public hearing with no speakers and were moved with no objections.

- An ordinance to acquire two drainage servitudes for the Phase 4 Fontenot Road dredging project (Ascension Parish project 22503635) approving payment of $10,948 for Parcel 43 and $36,366 for Parcel 44 plus closing costs; the council authorized the parish president to negotiate and noted that Clint Coyne Moore, past district president, is authorized to sign necessary documents on behalf of the district.

- An ordinance providing temporary staggered terms for members of the Ascension Parish Zoning Board of Adjustment to restore staggered appointment cycles; the ordinance defines 1-, 2- and 3-year temporary terms for holdover members and was moved with no objections recorded.

The transcript consistently records motions, seconds and the chair asking for objections; in each listed case the chair recorded "hearing none" and moved the item. The record does not include roll-call tallies for these measures or detailed funding appropriations for the introduced acquisition ordinances.