Parish council meets Wednesday

Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will meet in regular session Wednesday on the fifth floor of the courthouse in Franklin.
Items on the agenda include:
—Proposed ordinances up for consideration on a lease agreement with the state on the Grand Avoille Cove Boat Landing; and creation of a regional planning area and commission. A public hearing on the ordinances will be called at 5:45 p.m.
—Introduction of ordinances declaring certain public property surplus and authorizing the sale of same; amending the 2015 fiscal year budget; and granting a specific use permit to Thien Nai LLC for location of a church at 10107 La. 182 in Amelia.
—Resolutions awarding a contract to the lowest bidder on a runway/taxiway repair project at Harry P. Williams Airport; and agreements with Cenpatico Behavioral Health LLC and Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana Inc. for services at Fairview Treatment Center.
—Guests Eddie Guidry to announce his candidacy for District Judge, 16th Judicial District, Division D; and Judith Allain, chairman of Techeland Arts Council to request $4,000 to fund a story gathering workshop.
—A request of an $8,000 allocation to purchase three defibrillators for Fire Protection District 1.
—Requests by Councilman Lionel “Butch” Metz to transfer Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 three-tenths sales tax funds in the amounts of $4,000 to the Bayou Teche Pee Wee Football League, and $1,886 to the Town of Baldwin to pay for baseball equipment purchased for a previous season.
—A pre-application request from St. Mary Community Action Agency for its annual $69,500 allocation.
—Requests by Councilman David Hanagriff to transfer Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 three-tenths sales tax funds in the amounts of $25,000 to the Town of Baldwin for water and sewer system repairs, renovations and improvements; and $6,000 to St. Mary Community Action Agency for renovations to the Snow White Head Start Center.
The regular meeting begins at 6 p.m.