Council administrator outlines June agenda including millage, zoning and bridge project

Council Administrator Ashley Gonzales — introduced by the chair — provided an overview of the St. Tammany Parish Council’s June agenda, detailing a wide range of items the council is scheduled to consider.

Gonzales listed proposed actions to set millage rates for several funds (general fund, drainage maintenance, animal services, library, council and aging, and a lighting district), and identified parcel fees proposals for lighting districts 10, 11 and 14. She also noted two moratorium-renewal ordinances (affecting districts 12, 7 and 11), eight development and zoning ordinances affecting districts 13, 1, 7 and 6, and a proposed Unified Development Code (UDC) update.

Among civil ordinances and other items, Gonzales mentioned a Cleco servitude agreement affecting multiple districts, authorization to sell property to DOTD for the Keller Street Bridge project, and acceptance of roads and drainage in River Park Crossing phase two. The agenda also listed code amendments (no parking on Harvey Drive and Wadsworth Parkway), fireworks sales regulation in district nine, a change to boundaries for Recreation District 10, and a clarification of the party responsible for costs related to prepping and filing an appeal.

Resolutions on the agenda include vacating parcels within a moratorium in District 14, approving the parish official journal, one annexation in Folsom, calling an election for a parish-wide sales tax to appear on the November ballot, and declaring results from a recent special election for lighting districts 4, 9 and 16.

The overview was procedural; the council later identified four finance items for separate referral to the Finance Committee. The transcript does not include reported dollar amounts for budget or grant amendments; those details are expected to be reviewed at committee meetings and in posted agenda materials.