Shrimp and Petroleum Festival will seek City Council OK

Requests to hold several events, including the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, are on Tuesday’s Morgan City Council Agenda.
Hailee Thomas, the festival’s executive director, will appear before the council to ask permission to hold the event Sept. 2-6.
The event was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The council also will hear a request from Morgan City Main Street Director Beth Price to approve of her applying for a Special Events Alcohol License from the Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control for the city’s 4th of July Lake Jam. The event is set for July 4 at Lake End Parkway.
Morgan City Main Street also will request permission to close Greenwood and Front streets July 24 from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. for a vender market during the Bayou BBQ Bash.
Also on the agenda is a request by Courtney Long to hold a Juneteenth Bike Ride on June 19, beginning at 8 a.m. The event will start at the former Sumpter Williams School and end at Jimmie Johnson Memorial Park.
The council also will hear a request from Kevin Williams of the Morgan City High School Alumni Tournament to use Complex Park to hold the alumni ragball tournament July 31 and to sell alcohol during the event.
In another appearance, the council will hear the annual report from St. Mary Parish Council on Aging Executive Director Beverly Domangeaux.
In other news, the council is expected to consider resolutions awarding a bid for its Municipal Steam Plant Demolition, consider a request for a right of way at David Drive, select a website agreement and authorize a signature for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Neigh-borhood Grant.
Other agenda items include the adoption of millage rates for the 2021 tax year, declare property adjacent to 1811 Front St. as surplus and approve it to be sold, approve 2021-22 Class A and Class B Liquor License renewals and consider a Class A liquor and beer permit for Yui Sushi Inc., doing business as Sushiro Steak House, at 6214 La. 182 East.