Parish council meets Wed.

Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will meet in regular session Wednesday at the courthouse in Franklin.
Items on the agenda include:
—Introduction of proposed ordinances declaring certain real property as surplus, and reducing the number of board members on Water and Sewer Commission 1 from seven to five.
—Consideration of proposed ordinances rezoning property owned by Marnie Vaughan at 103 Big Bear Lane, Franklin, from an existing neighborhood zone to general commercial; and granting specific use permits to Craig Walker for a pond installation at 10222 La. 182 W, Franklin, and to the Veeder estate for a 15-lot RV park in the vicinity of the Charenton levee. A public hearing on the proposed ordinances will be called at 5:45 p.m.
—Resolutions authorizing on a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Department of Transportation and Development on the donation of reclaimed asphalt pavement from the La. 182 maintenance project; requesting that DOTD installs “No Right Turn on Red” signs on both sides of La. 318 at U.S. 90; giving preliminary approval on the refinancing of up to $2.5 million in sewer sales tax bonds; and proclamations declaring April as Fair Housing Month and Autism Awareness Month.
—Discussion and action on installation of a gate on the southern end of Cotten Road.
—Discussion by Todd Pellerin on garbage collection problems.
—A request by Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris for disbursement of the city fire department’s share of the three-quarter percent sales tax collections from 2010 through the current fiscal year.
—A request from Councilman Glen Hidalgo for transfer of $10,000 from the Wards 5 and 8 three-tenths percent sales tax fund to Fire District 7 for improvements to the interior of the Saturn Street Fire Station in Bayou Vista.
The regular meeting that begins at 6 p.m. will be preceded by a meeting of the road district board at 5:50 p.m. A single item on that agenda is a resolution canvassing the returns and declaring the result of the March 28 special election in which voters turned down a $6.5 million bond proposal for road improvements.