Finance Committee - November 10, 2026

The Ascension Parish Finance Committee met November 10, 2026. The committee considered a $4 million parish appropriation for the Ascension Parish Community Hub at River Parishes Community College, a roughly $60 million project combining workforce education, childcare, YMCA, and community services. The state is expected to fund 88% of the project, with Ascension Parish Public Schools contributing $2 million toward the match. The committee also considered a cooperative endeavor agreement with the McClendon Family Foundation for adaptive bikes: a motion proposed increasing the parish’s one-time contribution from $20,000 to $27,000 to support additional bikes. Other spending and funding actions included accepting a $60,265.36 state homeland security award, applying for water-enrichment and local-government assistance funding, and accepting a flood-mitigation agreement. A $122,535.25 non-state share was also presented for the Parish Utilities water plant feed tank project.

Construction and service-contract actions included advancing the lowest responsive bid of $2,243,000 from LCRI Contractors for Fire Protection District No. 1 renovations; a $633,400 bid from Delcon LLC for phase two of the Donaldsonville Courthouse renovations; and a $1,610,500 bid from Sage Construction for the Animal Services Center dirt package. The committee also considered a three-year Everbridge public-notification agreement at $36,243.50 annually, an agreement with the district attorney for a drug intervention program capped at $205,000, and renewals or agreements including Lifehouse (not to exceed $275,000), Evron LLC fire and security maintenance (not to exceed $63,120), and $5,000 for Fire District No. 3 IT support. Project changes included a $175,274 reduction to the Barry A. Construction contract for the Roddy Road widening project, a $36,619.70 reduction to the Council on Aging wellness center contract, and a $95,603.22 utility relocation agreement. Several professional-services amendments extended contract terms without changing prices. The committee approved a 2% cost-of-living adjustment for parish employees effective January 4, 2027. The transcript records motions and no objections on numerous items; some were expressly sent to the full council.