Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners public meetings in 2024
7 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting. The agenda contains only procedural notice of the meeting time and location; no specific discussion items or decisions are listed.
The Board of Commissioners adopted the 2025 Budget and approved financial reports for August through October 2024. They authorized up to $40,000 for repairs to the Terral Island Boat Ramp and set the 2025 meeting schedule.
- Adopted 2025 Budget (unanimous)
- Approved August, September, and October 2024 Bank Account Summary (unanimous)
- Approved August, September, and October 2024 Bank Statement Reconciliation (unanimous)
- Approved August, September, and October 2024 Financial Report (unanimous)
- Authorized up to $40,000 for Terral Island Boat Ramp repairs and contract with lowest qualified quoter (unanimous)
- Scheduled 2025 regular meetings for the third Tuesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m. (unanimous)
- Postponed election of 2025 Officers until January 2025 meeting (unanimous)
- Approved September 2024 meeting minutes (unanimous)
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners of the Bayou D’Arbonne Lake Watershed District is rescheduling its regular September meeting from September 17 to September 24, 2024. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Union Parish Courthouse Annex. No other agenda items are listed.
- Regular meeting rescheduled from Sept 17 to Sept 24, 2024
- Meeting location: Union Parish Courthouse Annex, 303 East Water Street, Farmerville, LA
The Board approved funding for repairs and rock placement at the Highway 33 ramp road. Commissioners also authorized the purchase of plaques for businesses contributing to the fish stocking program. Financial reports for May, June, and July 2024 were approved.
- Approved spending up to $6,501.00 for Highway 33 ramp road repairs (Unanimous)
- Authorized Richard Royal to manage plaques and communications for fish stocking program contributors (Unanimous)
- Approved May, June, and July 2024 Bank Account Summary (Unanimous)
- Approved May, June, and July 2024 Bank Statement Reconciliation (Unanimous)
- Approved May, June, and July 2024 Financial Report (Unanimous)
- Approved meeting agenda (Unanimous)
- Approved May and July 2024 meeting minutes (Unanimous)
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
This is a procedural notice for a regular meeting of the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners. The agenda contains only boilerplate administrative items such as meeting time, location, and distribution list. No specific decisions or proposals are listed.
- Meeting scheduled for July 16, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in Union Parish Courthouse Annex
- Notice sent to state and local officials and newspapers
The board did not take any formal actions or approve any reports because a quorum was not present. Members discussed the fish stocking program, the upcoming lake drawdown, and a grant for a kayak launch ramp.
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting on May 21, 2024. The agenda provided contains only the formal notice of the meeting time and location.
The Commission voted to maintain the current lake drawdown schedule and approved participation in a handicap-accessible kayak launch project. The Board also authorized several temporary road closures for fireworks and fishing tournaments.
- Approved continuation of drawdown policy to five feet below pool stage starting September 3, 2024 (Unanimous)
- Approved participation in handicap accessible kayak launch at Highway 2 East (Unanimous)
- Approved closing Ramp Road from midnight July 5 to midnight July 6, 2024, for fireworks (Unanimous)
- Approved closing Highway 33 Ramp Road on June 15, 2024, for fishing tournaments (Unanimous)
- Approved March and April 2024 Bank Account Summary (Unanimous)
- Approved March and April 2024 Bank Statement Reconciliation (Unanimous)
- Approved March and April 2024 Financial Report (Unanimous)
- Approved March 2024 meeting minutes (Unanimous)
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners is holding a regular meeting on March 19, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Union Parish Courthouse Annex. The agenda contains only procedural boilerplate with no specific items listed.
The Commission approved the purchase of rock for two boat launch areas and renewed the mowing contract with Felix Castro. The Board also authorized legal counsel to respond to a lawsuit involving the Ryan Willis project.
- Approved purchase of two loads of rock for Jake’s and Terral Island (unanimous)
- Approved 2024 mowing contract with Felix Castro (unanimous)
- Authorized legal counsel to respond to litigation: Hicks v. Willis et al. (unanimous)
- Approved January and February 2024 Bank Account Summary (unanimous)
- Approved January and February 2024 Bank Statement Reconciliation (unanimous)
- Approved January and February 2024 Financial Report (unanimous)
- Approved January 2024 meeting minutes (unanimous)
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
The Board unanimously elected its 2024 officers and approved the 2023 actual budget figures. Members also approved financial reports for November and December 2023 and set a tentative 2024 meeting schedule.
- Approved November and December 2023 Bank Account Summary (unanimous)
- Approved November and December 2023 Bank Statement Reconciliation (unanimous)
- Approved November and December 2023 Financial Report (unanimous)
- Amended 2023 Budget to reflect actual figures (unanimous)
- Scheduled 2024 regular meetings for the third Tuesday of every other month, pending legal research (unanimous)
- Elected Terry Morris as President (unanimous)
- Elected Richard Royal as Vice-President (unanimous)
- Elected Todd DeMoss as Secretary-Treasurer (unanimous)
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners is convening a regular meeting at the Union Parish Courthouse Annex. The agenda provided contains only the formal notice of the meeting and does not list specific items for discussion or decision.