?PROCEEDINGS
October 13, 2025, 6:00pm
There was a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District 9 at 6:00pm, Monday, October 13, 2025, at the Hackberry Waterworks Office, 1190 Main St., Hackberry, LA 70645.
Members Present: Wesley Hardin, Jared Desormeaux, Bobby Stansel, Will Aucoin, Gordon Gremillion
Employees Present: Brad Hinton and Shaun Kyle
Special Guest: Blaine Johnson – Southland Environmental Engineering, Alex Guillory and Jacob Roy with Blue Wing Civil Engineering
The meeting was called to order by president Wesley Hardin and the following business was discussed.
On motion of Gordon Gremillion, seconded by Jared Desormeaux and carried unanimously the Board approved the previous meeting minutes.
Updates were given on the School House Marsh project. Alex shared highlights from the meeting with Senator Mark Abraham, board members, engineers, and Parish Administrator Katie Armentor. He stated Senator Abraham was very receptive to the proposed School House Marsh project to protect the town of Hackberry from further salt water intrusion due to the increased tide levels. Also, there is a meeting scheduled with State Representative Ryan Bourriaque for October 23rd to further discuss project funding.
On motion of Jared Desormeaux, seconded by Will Aucoin and carried unanimously the Board elected to approve Blue Wing Civil Engineering to apply for the State Capital Outlay Grant on the behalf of the Gravity Drainage Board.
Board members met with land owner Randy Trahan to discuss signing the easement to construct the water control structure on his land and Mr. Trahan asked for wording to be added to the document clarifying that the Drainage District will maintain the road and a locked gate. The Drainage Board agreed and the wording will be updated.
On motion of Bobby Stansel, seconded by Will Aucoin and carried unanimously the Board elected to accept the 2024 Financial Audit from Gragson, Cassiday, and Guillory as presented.
On motion of Will Aucoin, seconded by Gordon Gremillion and carried unanimously the Board elected to renew the 2 maturing CDs with B1 Bank at $250,000 each for a one-year term.
Brad gave updates on lateral maintenance and upcoming projects were discussed.
On motion of Jared Desormeaux, seconded by Bobby Stansel and carried unanimously the Board approved all invoices for payment.
On motion of Jared Desormeaux, seconded by Bobby Stansel and carried unanimously the meeting was adjourned.
___________________________Wesley Hardin/
President
___________________________Shaun Kyle/
Secretary – Treasurer
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