Council Meeting Dates

OFFERED BY:    Mr. J. Navy

SECONDED BY: Ms. C. Duplantis-Prather

RESOLUTION NO. 18-169

Amending Resolution No. 17-379, establishing the Terrebonne Parish Council meeting dates for FY 2018, to change the date for the first set of Committee Meetings for the month of September from Monday, September 10 , 2018 to Tuesday, September 11 , 2018 to accommodate the Police Jury Association's Regions 1 & 2 meeting, of which Terrebonne Parish are members of, and

WHEREAS, with regards to meetings of the Terrebonne Parish Council, the Home Rule Charter for a Consolidated Government for Terrebonne Parish provides as follows:

“Sec. 2-07.  Council meetings and rules.

(a) The council shall meet regularly at least twice a month at intervals of at least two (2) weeks at such times and places as the council may prescribe ..... "

WHEREAS, the usual dates for these meetings are the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, and

WHEREAS, due to certain *holidays, meetings & conferences which conflict with these meeting dates, there are certain months during which meeting days/dates must be changed, and

WHEREAS, a request has been made to accommodate the Police Jury Association of Louisiana's Regions 1 & 2 Board Meeting by changing the Terrebonne Council's Committee Meetings previously scheduled on Monday, September 10 , 2018 to Tuesday, September 11 , 2018,and

WHEREAS, in order to provide the general public ample time to schedule attendance at the meetings of the governing body, the Council wishes to establish a meeting schedule for the entire year.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Terrebonne Parish Council, on behalf of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, that the Council's Regular Session Meeting dates for 2018 remain as previously scheduled and the first set of Committee Meetings in September 2018 be changed to Tuesday, September 11 , 2018 as follows:

COMMITTEE MEETINGS	COUNCIL MEETINGS
January 8	January 10
January 22	January 23 (Tuesday due to Chamber Banquet on 24th.)
February 5 (1st week due to Mardi Gras)	February 7 (1st week due to Mardi Gras)
February 19 (3rd week due to Mardi Gras)	February 21 (3rd week due to Mardi Gras)
March 12	March 14
March 26	March 28
April 9	April 11
April 23	April 25
May 7	May 9
May 21	May 23
June 11	June 13
June 25	June 27
July 9	July 11
July 23	July 25
August 13	August 15
August 27	August 29
September 11 (Changed due to PJA Regions 1 & 2 meeting)	September 12
September 24	September 26
October 8	October 10
October 22	October 24
November 12	November 14
November 26	November 28
December 10 (NO PUBLIC HEARINGS CAN BE CALLED AT THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE ONLY 1 WEEK IN BETWEEN MEETINGS)	December 12
December 17 (CHANGED FROM 4th TO 3RD WEEK DUE TO HOLIDAYS)	December 19

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Regular Session Council Meetings shall begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Meeting Room on the second floor of the Govermnent Tower at 8026 Main Street, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council will schedule committee meetings on the Monday preceding the Regular Meetings of the Council as regularly as possible, however **committee meetings may be scheduled on a different day and/or at a different time, as decided upon by the Council; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council may call additional committee meetings and/or Special Sessions ofthe Council as deemed necessary.

THERE WAS RECORDED:

YEAS: G. Michel, C. Duplantis-Prather, D. W. Guidry, Sr., A. Marmande, D. J. Guidry, S. Trosclair, and J. Navy.
NAYS:  None.
ABSTAINING:  None.
ABSENT:  A. Williams and S. Dryden.
The Chairwoman declared the resolution adopted on this the 23rd day of April 2018.

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I, VENITA H. CHAUVIN, Council Clerk of the Terrebonne Parish Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Policy, Procedure, & Legal Committee on April 23, 2018 and subsequently ratified by the Assembled Council in Regular Session on April 25, 2018 at which meeting a quorum was present.

GIVEN UNDER MY OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 26TH DAY OF APRIL 2018.

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VENITA H. CHAUVIN,
COUNCIL CLERK
TERREBONNE PARISH COUNCIL