Meeting Summary

The St. Charles Parish Council held its regular meeting on September 8, 2025, opening with a series of proclamations honoring Constitution Week, the King Kat Fishing Tournament, Alligator Weekend, and National Hunting and Fishing Day, along with a special recognition of Waterford 3's 40th year of operation. The most consequential news came from Entergy, which formally announced plans to build two new combined-cycle power generating units, Waterford 5 and Waterford 6, at its Killona site in a project valued at more than $2 billion and expected to bring hundreds of construction jobs and about 30 permanent positions once operational around 2029-2030. The Council also introduced several infrastructure ordinances for a future public hearing, approved funding agreements for drainage and road-safety projects, and made multiple appointments to parish boards and committees.

Watch Items

• Public hearing scheduled for Monday, September 22, 2025, 6:00 p.m., Council Chambers, Courthouse, Hahnville, where the Council will consider final passage of the following ordinances:

- An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Service Agreement with Waggoner Engineering, Inc. to perform engineering services for the East Bank A and B Plant Demolition (Project No. WWKS 116), in the lump sum amount of $213,023.00. - An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of Change Order No. 1 for the Lakewood Dr. Reconstruction (Project No P190201, State Project No. H.014051, Federal Aid Project No. H014051), decreasing the contract amount by $622,252.34. - An ordinance to revoke and abandon the Drainage Right of Way along Davis Plantation granted by J. B. Levert Land Company, Inc. to St. Charles Parish on November 6, 1998. - An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Contract with Anders Construction, Inc. for the Raw Water Intake Structure Access Bridge Pile Replacement (Project No. WWKS 112), in the amount of $201,670.00. - An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Digital Engineering & Imaging, Inc., for Road Maintenance Manuals 2026 (Project No. P250703), not to exceed $124,104.24. - An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of Amendment No. 2 to Ordinance No. 21-8-16 with Duplantis Design Group (DDG) for additional engineering services on the Des Allemands Boat Launch (Project No. P210705), increasing the contract by $394,440.19 for an overall value of $1,004,796.19. - An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with GIS Engineering, LLC, for the Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), not to exceed $609,085.50.

• Boat launch on Hwy 3127 in Hahnville: A resident, Mr. Edward Hymel, told the Council the launch has been unusable since a vehicle accident damaged the ramp. Parish President Matthew Jewell said staff are negotiating property agreements with the state and a private landowner before rebuilding the ramp, and that the Council may later be asked to fund paving and lighting improvements to the site. No timeline was given for reopening.

• Entergy's Waterford 5 and 6 project: The company plans two public open houses (September 17 at the RPCC campus in Boutte, and the following Wednesday at the Killona Fire Department) to share more details with residents. Council members may want to follow whether any existing generating units are phased out as the new plants come online, a question Entergy said remains under ongoing internal review.

• Legal Department: The parish's Hurricane Ida-related legal matters are expected to be resolved within the next couple of months, according to the Department of Legal Services report.