No decision yet on farmer's market at courthouse square

A request to utilize the St. Mary Parish Courthouse square for a farmer’s market in Franklin was not acted upon by parish council members Wednesday.
Faith Broussard, Centerville, approached the council with the idea in May. She is a grower and former vendor of the previous farmer’s market. Legal counsel Eric Duplantis was asked to investigate liability issues, if any.
Duplantis reported at the following meeting that he was still researching the matter. On Wednesday he asked for more time.
Chief Administrative Officer Henry “Bo” LaGrange said he recently met with the parish’s liability insurance carrier.
LaGrange said he learned the market could be covered by the existing parish policy, even if participants were not required to acquire coverage.
“However, I must caution you that, if we would want to do that without having coverage from those vendors is a policy decision that has to be made,” LaGrange said. “Our general liability policy has a $25,000 self-insured addition, which means that any legitimate liability claims, we’re on the hook for the first 25 grand.”