Avoca Ferry funds set; PC hears from Marshal

St. Mary Parish Council members approved several resolutions on operation of the Avoca Island Ferry Wednesday.
The resolutions negotiated by the administration arrange support funding shared by the St. Mary Levee District, Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District, the City of Morgan City, Cleco, Avoca LLC and the Avoca Duck club totaling some $50,000.
The aging ferry has been a point of contention for several months with operating and maintenance costs under scrutiny.
In other business. Third Ward Court Marshal David McCoy announced that the Louisiana City Marshals and City Constables Training Conference will be held in Franklin April 27-30.
Events are scheduled throughout the weekend in addition to the training sessions.
Also Wednesday, the council introduced an ordinance for a routine zoning map amendment, and adopted ordinances granting a specific use permit and another zoning map amendment.
There were also resolutions of respect for Betran Philip “Bert” Williams; proclaiming the month of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, April as Fair Housing Month, April 17-22 as national Community Development Week; congratulations to the Morgan City Fancy Dancers for capturing the National High Kick Championship; a change order to reconstruction of Chitimacha Trail from La. 326 to La. 670 to tidy up intersecting concrete driveways; a change order to the Deer Island Pass Channel Dredging project; an intergovernmental agreement with the Wax Lake East Drainage District for the interchange of equipment.
The council approved allocation of $1,500 from the Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 three-tenths sales tax fund to the Town of Baldwin for their feeding program.
And Oscar “Sam” Toups was reappointed to the board of Recreation District 2 in the Siracusaville area.