The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury on Dec. 4 approved a slate of routine agenda items, moved the proposed fiscal year 2026 parish budget toward final consideration and accepted a $7,595,343 bid for thoroughfare roads and drainage rehabilitation.

The meeting opened with administrative items and the invocation. After roll call established a quorum, the jury adopted a series of resolutions and acts of sale tied to local infrastructure projects, including bridge replacement acts for Sunny Fontenot Road and Carlos Drive and intersection improvements at Swisco Road and Louisiana Highway 108.

On transportation measures the jury established 25 mph speed limits for streets in multiple subdivisions, including East Robinwood Drive, Orleans Run Drive, Hoyfair Drive and Ravenway Drive, and for Bridle Lane, Bullwhip Road, Saddle Drive and Wrangler Drive in Homewood Ranch Subdivision. Each item was moved, seconded and approved without recorded objection.

The budget committee reported it held a public hearing on the proposed 2026 parish budget and recommended the parish budget be approved at the police jury’s regular meeting on Dec. 18, 2025. The committee also recommended a grant allocation tied to Ward 4 to help cover costs associated with a certification training class for volunteer firefighters; the transcript presented the amount and participating districts, but the precise breakdown was described variably in committee remarks.

On procurement, staff recommended and the jury approved multiple material and fuel contracts. Notably, a juror recused themself from the thoroughfare roads and drainage rehabilitation item and the jury approved staff’s recommendation to accept the bid from RE Height Construction Company in the amount of $7,595,343. The meeting record shows staff also recommended acceptance of bids for concrete pipe, assorted pipe and fittings, and unbranded gasoline and diesel fuel from several local suppliers; those awards were approved.

The jury approved the minutes of the Nov. 6 regular meeting and accepted the solid waste and litter abatement committee’s report, which recognized local “pick it up” litter champs and schools for anti-litter efforts. The jury also reappointed Eric Avery and Nathaniel Allured to the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau and reappointed Evelyn White to the Center Authority.

Code-enforcement action included adoption of an ordinance authorizing condemnation, demolition and removal of a manufactured home at 1150 Pecan Street in DeQuincy with a 30-day timeline to remove or relocate the unit. One item was deferred for 60 days at staff’s request. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn.

The jury recorded no formal roll-call vote tallies in the accessible transcript; most items were recorded as moved, seconded and “carried.” Several names and spellings in the transcript were inconsistent; this summary uses corrected locality spelling and consolidated references where the record contained variant renderings. The jury is scheduled to consider the proposed 2026 parish budget at its Dec. 18, 2025 meeting.