Burn ban and Youngs’ Coulee grant request face Police Jury review September 16

Vermilion Parish police jurors are scheduled to consider lifting the burn ban, seeking drainage-project funding and awarding an emergency-generator contract at their September 16 meeting. The agenda posted September 15 at 2:30 p.m. sets the meeting for 5:30 p.m. in the courthouse’s second-floor Police Jury room, 100 North State Street in Abbeville.

The burn-ban item is a recommendation for approval. Its appearance on the agenda does not lift the restriction.

For Youngs’ Coulee, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Committee recommends applying for a fiscal 2027 Parish Matching Program grant requesting $1 million with a $100,000 match. A separate recommendation would submit a proposed “green line” alignment to the 2029 Coastal Master Plan; the agenda does not describe its route.

The generator recommendation would award the bid and alternates for critical facilities to Del-Con, LLC, conditional on FEMA extending the performance period into next year.

Jurors will also consider the assessor’s 2026 valuations and a process for evaluating firms to assess parish roads and bridges. The agenda provides a public-comment period for items under consideration. These are scheduled decisions, not reported votes; outcomes require the meeting record.