Meeting Summary

This was a regular St. Charles Parish Council meeting on April 20, 2026, consisting mostly of proclamations honoring community members and organizations, routine contract renewals, and infrastructure/drainage business. The most consequential actions were council approval of a resolution calling a November 3, 2026 special election on two property-tax renewals (recreation and Council on Aging), and approval of a drainage servitude (easement) donation from the Vial family that officials said will meaningfully improve flooding in the Fashion neighborhood near the railroad tracks. Council Member Ms. Skiba was absent for the entire meeting and every vote.

Watch Items

• FAA review of the airport's Master Plan, draft submitted, approval still pending [00:38:41–00:38:58].
• New Citizens Request Management (CRM) system, documentation finished; parish is now choosing a vendor and hopes to launch this year [00:42:56–00:46:02].
• ADA web/document accessibility compliance, described as an "unfunded mandate," with a compliance deadline extension recently granted; work is ongoing with the Public Information Office [00:47:53–00:48:55].
• Zoning case 2026-0104 (Wolford rezoning request) remains tabled indefinitely; applicant has not responded to outreach and was not present [01:17:24–01:19:01].
• Future "jack and bore" drainage upgrades under the railroad tracks in the Fashion neighborhood, engineering/design not yet started, contingent on new servitude and state watershed modeling data [01:08:56–01:09:29].
• Coastal use permit for a low spot on the west Davis Pond guide levee, Jewell said there is "apparently" a permit to fix the section but was uncertain of details: "so um so there is i think a permit out to to fix that portion of levy... i'm not sure if that's exactly it but apparently that's going to be handled by the cpra whatever it is" [01:14:08–01:14:13].
• Statewide Flood Control Program pre-applications (Fairfield/Oakland pump station and St. Rose conveyance improvements), due May 1, 2026; outcome of state funding decision pending [01:19:52–01:24:16].
• Planning & Zoning Commission appointments for District 1 (replacing Marilyn K. Ross) and District 7 (replacing Richard J. Fulce, Jr.), nominations to be taken up at the May 4, 2026 meeting [01:25:51–01:26:39].
• Election dates: Parish Primary Election is May 16, 2026; voter registration deadline April 25, 2026; early voting May 2–3 and May 4–9, 2026 [01:27:24–01:28:29].