Police Jury meeting held August 5

By Jeffra Wise DeViney

Cameron Parish Police Jury met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, Aug. 5.

In the voting meeting the following appointments were voted upon or tabled:

Fire Protection District No. 10 – Ian Griffin, term expired, moved to reappoint.

Gravity Drainage District No. 3 – Ryan Mallory, term expired, tabled.

Gravity Drainage District No. 9 – Grant Gremillion, term expired, moved to reappoint.

Lower Cameron Hospital Board – Margaret Jones, resigned, Vickie Kiffe appointed.

Mosquito Abatement Board – Marck Smythe, term expired, moved to reappoint.

Water Works District No. 7 – Lula LeBlanc, term expired, Vickie Kiffe appointed.

Water Works District No. 7 – Robin Morales, term expired, tabled.

Water Works District No. 16 – Geralyn Myers, term expired, moved to reappoint.

Beachfront Development District No. 1 – Mike Gaspard, resigned, appointed Tammy Erbelding to serve for remainder of term.

Louisiana Oyster Task Force – appointed qualified Cameron Parish Representative Ryan Mallory.

Approval to renew contract with the Picard Group for State and Federal lobbying services was granted.

The jurors voted to allocate funding in the amount of $10,273.50 to the LSU AgCenter for Extension Programs for July through December 2022.

Authority was approved by jurors for the building inspector to send Notice of Condemnation Hearing to all the properties on condemnation list. Fourteen were released in the first batch for the Private Propety Debris Removal Program. Listed is the applicant name, address of property, and structure to be demolished:

Dwayne Ezell, 150 Kathy Road, Lake Charles, Mobile home.

Thomas Debarge Jr., 197 Vincent Road, Lake Charles, Trailer house.

Oscar and Peggy Reyes, 207 Leboeuf Road, Bell City, Storage shed.

Teresa Mouton, 181 Bobbies Lane, Cameron, Mobile home.

Richard W. Carter, 4872 Gulf Beach Highway, Cameron, Barn.

Ernestine T. Horn, 711 Chenier Perdue Road, Creole, Metal structure (barn).

Gilbert L. Landry Estate, 4391 West Creole Highway, Creole, Home has been demolished.

Peter Dahlen, 1371 Little Chenier Road, Creole, House on 10 ft+ pilings.

Judith Halbrook, 5785 Grand Chenier Highway, Grand Chenier, Brick home slab on grade.

Joseph C. Reina, Jr., 1438 Oak Grove Highway, Grand Chenier, House on 10 ft+ pilings.

Dexter Harrison, 3355 Grand Chenier Highway, Grand Chenier, Brick home.

David LaFleur, 2893 Grand Chenier Highway, Grand Chenier, House on 7-8 ft+ pilings.

Alice Perez, 165 East Lane, Hackberry, Mobile home.

Mary Vincent, 1490 Horseshoe Lane, Hackberry, Storage shed.