Negotiations between council members are ramping up, two weeks after parish president Clint Cointment proposed a year-long moratorium on any new, future development. Cointment s plan was released hours after heavy rainfall led to widespread flooding last month. It s a measure he has considered since taking office.
Several Ascension Parish residents spoke in favor of Parish President Clint Cointment’s proposed 12-month moratorium on development during the May 20 council meeting at the new courthouse in Gonzales.
Michael Tortorich
The Ascension Parish Council emerged from executive session after nearly a half hour April 15 to approve the preliminary plat of the Delaune Estates subdivision.
The vote for the subdivision planned for the Prairieville area was 6-5, which Parish President Clint Cointment announced the following day that he would veto.
Council members voting to approve were: Alvin “Coach” Thomas, Corey Orgeron, Dempsey Lambert, Teri James Casso, Aaron Lawler, and John Cagnolatti.
Orgeron included a motion to reduce the total lots of the subdivision by ten. Previously known as Antebellum Pointe, the plan had included 237 lots.
The council’s vote during the meeting in Gonzales was to settle a September 2020 lawsuit filed by the property owners of the 86-acre pastureland located off of Hwy. 73 at White Road. About a mile down from Interstate 10, the property is across from St. John Catholic Church in a highly traveled area of the parish.
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Michael Tortorich
Shanie Bourg has been appointed Registrar of Voters by the Ascension Parish Council.
She was chosen from a field of 17 candidates after a three-night interview process that ended Thursday night at the Courthouse Annex in Gonzales.
Bourg has served as Director of Election Operations for the Louisiana Secretary of State since 2009. I love elections. I m very passionate about this, and I ve been doing it for almost 18 years. There s not a whole lot I don t know about it, she said in her interview.
Bourg stressed the importance of integrity and transparency. I don t think the public knows enough about the process of our elections. I don t think they are aware that everything we do is a public meeting, she said to the council.