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The Livingston Parish Council’s regular meeting, identified in the title as November 5, 2026 (metadata timestamp: November 6 UTC), included a procurement action for the parish’s emergency response and evacuation center. The council unanimously authorized the parish president to contract with Grace Design Studios LLC for architectural design services after the project was re-procured. The overall project was described as approximately $45 million, with plans to phase the work and begin with an emergency operations center; no contract award amount was stated. The council also unanimously approved a corporate endeavor agreement with the Livingston Parish Law Enforcement District concerning a transfer, though the transcript provides few details. Members adopted the annual certification for the state off-system bridge replacement program.

The council unanimously amended and adopted its public-records request policy to remove the prohibition on taking photos during in-office record inspection; the discussed fee schedule included $1 per page for copies. In board appointments, members approved a candidate who owns a vehicle-oil-change business after stating that the business would stop servicing Ward 2 Water vehicles to address a potential conflict. Other actions included a 7–1 approval of a storage-facility fence-buffer variance and unanimous approval of naming a bridge the Tally Fletcher Memorial Bridge. No other contract awards or spending amounts were identified.