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AGENDA

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2024

6:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
LAPLACE, LOUISIANA
MICHAEL WRIGHT – CHAIRMAN
LENNIX MADERE, JR. – VICE-CHAIR

I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. OPENING PRAYER
IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
V. PUBLIC COMMENT – AGENDA ITEMS ONLY (3 minutes per citizen)
VI. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
A) Approval of Minutes – September 10th, 2024, Council Meeting
B) Councilman Madere – Appointment of Ursula Keller to the
Animal Control Board
C) Permit Approval – East St. John High School Annual
Homecoming Parade – Friday, October 4th, 2024 – 11:00 AM
until 1:00 PM – The parade with start at East St. John High
School to East Airline Hwy, through Belle Pointe along Belle
Pointe Blvd. then to Ory Drive to East St. John Prep and
ending at the Joe Keller Stadium parking lot
D) Permit Approval – West St. John High School Annual
Homecoming Parade – Friday, October 4th, 2024 – 11:00 AM
until 1:00 PM – The parade will start turning right onto LA-
18 out of the Juan Anthony Joseph Park – stopping in front
of Central Avenue, Castle Drive, West St. John Elementary
and the St. John Parish Courthouse – turn right onto Hwy.
640 – then turn left onto Hwy 3127 – returning and ending at
West St. John Highschool
E) Permit Approval – D.A.G.E. Parade – Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
beginning at 11:00 AM – Lineup will begin at the St. John
Civic Center, proceed to Airline Hwy, turn left on Airline
Hwy, then turning right on Main St, it will proceed along
Main St. to W. 5th St. where it will turn right on Hemlock
St., proceed across Airline Hwy onto Carrollwood Dr., turn
right at Greenwood Drive, then left at Madewood Dr., then
left at Fairway Dr and Belle Terre Blvd – Per Ord. 24-38
F) Permit Approval – Krewe of Agape Parade – Sunday, March 2nd,
2025 – immediately following the 11:00 AM parade – Lineup
will begin at the St. John Civic Center, proceed to Airline
Hwy, turn left on Airline Hwy, then turning right on Main
St, it will proceed along Main St. to W. 5th St. where it
will turn right on Hemlock St., proceed across Airline Hwy
onto Carrollwood Dr., turn right at Greenwood Drive, then
left at Madewood Dr., then left at Fairway Dr and Belle
Terre Blvd – Per Ord. 24-38

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VII. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Bridget A. Dinvaut, in her official capacity as District Attorney
v. St. John the Baptist Parish Governing Authority and St. John
the Baptist Parish Council, 40th JDC Docket No. 77055
VIII. REPORTS
A) President’s Report
B) Jaclyn Hotard – Monthly Financial Report (August 2024)
IX. PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION ON ORDINANCE(S)
A) 24-51 An ordinance to rescind Ordinance 24-22, which reads:
Ord. 24-22 – An ordinance approving the addition of a
structure within the design review corridor of the
Reserve Historical District as per St. John the Baptist
Parish Code of Ordinances Section 114-38, at Lot C,
Country Place Subdivision, which has a municipal address
of 123 Redemption Way, Reserve, St. John the Baptist
Parish, LA (HD-1048) (J. Hotard & T. Lambeth)

X. NEW BUSINESS
A) Michael Wright – Meeting time change of Tuesday, October 8th,
2024 to 12:00 PM Noon due to the Night
Out Against Crime
B) Jaclyn Hotard/Stacey Cador – Resolution – R24-175 – A
Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist
Parish to renew the Parish’s Retiree Health
Insurance for Medicare Parts A&B – Eligible
Retirees with Humana
C) Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R24-176 – A Resolution
authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish
President to execute Change Order No. 1 with
Bips & Sons Services, LLC for the St. John
Parish Water Distribution and Treatment
Maintenance/Emergency Repairs Project
D) Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R24-177 – A
Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist
Parish President to execute Change Order No.
3 with Pittsburgh Tank & Tower Co. for the
Elevated Water Tower and Storage Tank
Rehabilitation Project
E) Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R24-178 – A Resolution
authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish
President to execute Change Oreder No. 2 with
TBT Contracting, Inc. for the St. John the
Baptist Parish Street Light Warehouse Project

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F) Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R24-179 – A Resolution
authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish
President to execute the Certificate of
Substantial Completion with TBT Contracting,
Inc. for the St. John the Baptist Parish
Street Light Warehouse Project
XI. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES
XII. ADJOURNMENT
St. John the Baptist Parish will upon request and three (3) days’ notices provide
reasonable accommodation to any disabled individual wishing to attend the
meeting. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodation is requested to contact Mrs.
Stacey Cador at (985) 652-9569 (voice) or the Louisiana Relay Service 1-800-846-
5277 and ask for St. John the Baptist Parish at (985) 652-9569.