The Saint Charles Parish Council took a series of procedural and ordinance votes on Dec. 1, most by unanimous vote.

Key outcomes

- Approval of minutes: The council approved the Nov. 17, 2025 meeting minutes (unanimous).

- Postpone introduction: The administration's request to postpone File 2025-0362 from introduction was granted (motion, second; unanimous).

- Contract change order (File 2025-0341): The council approved a final change order for phase 3 of a water main replacement (Bonnet Carre Spillway, project WWKS105) that decreased the contract by $35,294 following a presentation by Greg Gordon, director of Waterworks (unanimous).

- Roads & bridges capital program (File 2025-0342): The three-year roads and bridges capital program was adopted to comply with the Parish Transportation Act and to secure $500,000 per year in maintenance funding; item passed unanimously.

- Traffic control (File 2025-0351): The council approved installation of an all-way stop at the end of Petrie Street in the Fairfield Oaks Plantation subdivision in Saint Rose after council discussion about safety at the 90-degree intersection (unanimous).

- Appointments and confirmations: The council confirmed nominees to the Saint Charles Parish Board of Adjustment for multiple districts (unanimous). The chair accepted nominations and closed them for a council ex officio appointment to the Parish Housing Authority and the council processed additional confirmations for 2026 presiding officers (Councilman Walter Pillier as chairman and Councilwoman Michelle as vice chair), both confirmed unanimously.

- Schedule amendment (File 2025-0353): The council amended the 2026 meeting schedule to move the July 6 meeting to July 13; the amendment passed unanimously.

Adjournment: A motion to adjourn passed unanimously and the meeting closed.

Where recorded, votes were unanimous; where mover/second names were not provided in the public transcript, the clerk recorded the motion, second and the unanimous tally.