Council refers several ordinances to committee, approves fire bond and moves drainage renewals forward
April 30, 2026 | St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
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The St. Tammany Parish Council handled several routine but consequential items on Thursday’s agenda, referring multiple ordinances to committees and approving a limited-tax bond for a fire ladder truck.
After the administrator reviewed the agenda, members identified items to pull for discussion, including a moratorium (calendar 8093) and several finance and civil ordinances. The body voted to refer the remaining unpulled items to the full council and to send finance ordinances (calendar numbers 8100, 8101 and 8102) to the finance committee.
Councilmember Coogel moved discussion on ordinance calendar 8106, a proposed purchase of roughly 7.1 acres for a detention/retention pond near Crossgates Athletic Club. Planning staff explained that internal subdivision drainage improvements would transfer additional runoff off-site unless the parish provides external storage; members subsequently referred the ordinance to the appropriate committee.
Timothy Asher, president of Drainage District 4, spoke when the district’s five-year renewal (resolution council series 7304) was pulled. He described the district’s assets — about 5.5 miles of levee and a roughly 50-year-old pump station protecting nearly 1,500 homes — and asked about pursuing state capital funding to replace aging equipment; councilmembers suggested grant department assistance.
The council also moved and approved resolution C7306, a limited-tax bond requested by the fire district to fund a ladder truck purchase. Alani Johnson (representing Partnership 13) said the truck is expected in three to four years and that buying now would avoid anticipated price increases.
Most pulled items were forwarded for further committee or council review; where a vote was taken the chair called for voice votes and the motions carried. There were no final adoptions of the impact-fee ordinance during this meeting; several items were referred for more detailed committee consideration.
After the administrator reviewed the agenda, members identified items to pull for discussion, including a moratorium (calendar 8093) and several finance and civil ordinances. The body voted to refer the remaining unpulled items to the full council and to send finance ordinances (calendar numbers 8100, 8101 and 8102) to the finance committee.
Councilmember Coogel moved discussion on ordinance calendar 8106, a proposed purchase of roughly 7.1 acres for a detention/retention pond near Crossgates Athletic Club. Planning staff explained that internal subdivision drainage improvements would transfer additional runoff off-site unless the parish provides external storage; members subsequently referred the ordinance to the appropriate committee.
Timothy Asher, president of Drainage District 4, spoke when the district’s five-year renewal (resolution council series 7304) was pulled. He described the district’s assets — about 5.5 miles of levee and a roughly 50-year-old pump station protecting nearly 1,500 homes — and asked about pursuing state capital funding to replace aging equipment; councilmembers suggested grant department assistance.
The council also moved and approved resolution C7306, a limited-tax bond requested by the fire district to fund a ladder truck purchase. Alani Johnson (representing Partnership 13) said the truck is expected in three to four years and that buying now would avoid anticipated price increases.
Most pulled items were forwarded for further committee or council review; where a vote was taken the chair called for voice votes and the motions carried. There were no final adoptions of the impact-fee ordinance during this meeting; several items were referred for more detailed committee consideration.
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