Parish council meets Wednesday

Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will convene in regular session Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Items on the agenda include:
—Resolutions on certificates of substantial completion on River Road and Carol Road concrete repairs, and the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport pump station rehab project; an agreement with the lowest bidder on the Morgan City Industrial Road project from Baker Hughes to Port Road; a request that all Louisiana coastal parishes offer coalition support in the same manner in furtherance of all coastal parish concerns in future state and federal legislative sessions; and endorsement of participation in the Enterprise Zone program by Bollinger Morgan City LLC and Bollinger Amelia Repair LLC.
—A request by 3rd Ward City Marshal David J. McCoy Jr., for $18,000 toward purchase of department automobiles.
—Requests by Councilman Lionel “Butch” Metz to transfer Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 three-tenths percent sales tax funds in the amounts $2,500 to the Town of Baldwin for Baldwin Little League to purchase a score board; $3,000 to Recreation District 5 for its summer youth program; and $5,000 to the Town of Baldwin for its summer program.
—A request by Councilman David Hanagriff to transfer $7,500 from the Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 three-tenths percent sales tax fund to the City of Franklin for improvements to Caffery Park and to purchase equipment for the Dixie Youth Program.
—A request by Councilman Glen Hidalgo to transfer $2,500 from the Wards 5 and 8 three-tenths percent sales tax fund to Recreation District 3 for portable pitcher mounds at Bayou Vista Community Center Complex.
The meeting will be held on the fifth floor of the courthouse in Franklin and is open to the public.

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