The Regular Meeting of the Livingston Parish Council 10-8-26

The Livingston Parish Council’s regular meeting on October 8, 2026, approved several spending- and infrastructure-related actions. The Council unanimously approved and ratified bids for the 2025–26 Better Roads project, with the winning bid reported as $5,894,460.33; the transcript’s estimate figures are unclear. It also unanimously authorized the Parish President to act for the parish on matters related to the state capital outlay emergency response and evacuation center planning and construction project (FPNC 50-J32-26-02), including ratifying requests for state distributions. A separate resolution authorized an agreement among the parish, Fire Protection District 4, and the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office to distribute and use opioid litigation funds for life-saving equipment, including AEDs and Lucas automated CPR devices.

The Council also unanimously requested a comprehensive review of the parish’s fee schedule. It adopted Ordinance 26-34 to increase road bond amounts and inspection fees for work affecting parish roads, including work by private utilities, with bonds intended to fund repairs when damage is not corrected. An ordinance to acquire property under a FEMA hazard mitigation grant was introduced for a later public hearing, not adopted at this meeting. No vendor was identified for the road project in the transcript.