Finance Chairman Brian Hillensbeck
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
May 12, 2026 – 5:30 PM
ASCENSION PARISH COURTHOUSE-Gonzales
AGENDA
(1) Call To Order / Invocation and Pledge
(2) Roll Call
(3) Chair’s Additions
(4) Public Comment
(5) GENERAL BUSINESS
a. Approval of Renewal of Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Nicholls State University to manage operations of the West Ascension Early Learning Center from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. Contract amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00 (Colleen Arceneaux, Director Health and Community Development)
b. Approval of Amendment No. 3 to Agreement for Autopsy Transport Services with Dr. Christopher Trevino and Harry Smith, Jr. dba KT Mortuary Transport Service, LLC to increase the contract amount by $35,000.00 for a new not to exceed amount of $110,999.00 (Colleen Arceneaux, Director Health and Community Development)
c. Approval of Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Woman’s Hospital Foundation with addition of Exhibit A. This agreement is for women’s healthcare services to the residents of Ascension Parish for $14,250.00 per month (Colleen Arceneaux, Director Health and Community Development)
d. Approval to authorize Parish President Clint Cointment to execute all documents pertaining to the Office of Community Development Block Grant Program as it relates to, including but not limited to, Contracts, Amendments, Change Orders, and Project Applications, and/or Dawn Caballero, Chief Financial Officer for financial documents (Hermina Edward-Irvin, Director Grants)
e. Approval to execute an Agreement with Acadian Total Security for GPS mobile monitoring not to exceed $150,000.00 annually. The exact payment will be only for units that get GPS devices installed. Units will be budgeted and paid for out of each department’s budget separately (Jade Robin, Director Drainage Operations)
f. Approval of Sponsorship Agreement between Trash Rangers of Louisiana, LLC and Lamar Dixon Expo Center (LDEC). Trash Rangers shall provide six (6) six-yard dumpsters emptied twice-weekly, billed at $208.00 per dumpster per month, and 30- yard roll off dumpsters provided and emptied at the request of LDEC, billed at $590.00 per dumpster pull, and payment to LDEC the sum of ten (10%) percent of the total billed amount per agreement year, in exchange for sponsorship rights and exclusive vendor status at LDEC (Kyle Rogers, General Manager Lamar Dixon Expo Center)
g. Approval of the Ascension Parish Professional Selection Committee’s recommendation to select the highest scoring respondent, Altura Solutions, LLC, for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan Project and to authorize the Parish President to enter a contract (Randy Mullis, Director Project Management)
h. Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Dantin Custom Homes, LLC dba Dantin Builders for the pavilion at Oak Grove Park project to decrease the total cost of the project by $21,400.00. This brings the new total contract price to $111,150.00 (Lane Blue, Project Manager II)
i. Approval of the Ascension Parish Professional Selection Committee’s recommendation to select the highest scoring respondent, Mougeot Architecture, LLC, for the National Guard Armory Renovation Project and to authorize the Parish President to enter a contract (Lane Blue, Project Manager II)
j. Approval of Change Order No. 3 – Triumph Construction, LLC for the PR 929 at PR 930 Roundabout Project in the Move Ascension Program, Contract No. 250209, to provide for adverse weather days and holiday impacts. This change order will increase the contract amount by 45 calendar days only; no increase in contract value (Daniel Helms, Director Transportation)
k. Approval of Change Order No. 4 to the contract with M&J Civil Construction, LLC for the Dutchtown Rear Access Road Project, to increase the contract times by 10 days and decrease the contract price by $115.00, for a total contract amount of $685,342.30 (Daniel Helms, Director Transportation)
l. Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Rigid Constructors, LLC for the Energy Transition Parkway – Phase II Project, to provide for 1) Additional work associated with restrictions outlined in the Letters of No Objection issued by pipeline companies including air bridging, installation of safety fencing, and hydrovac excavation, and 2) Revisions of the plan set relating to Enterprise Pipeline coordination. This change order results in an increase of $471,736.97, for a revised contract value of $7,796,736.97 (Daniel Helms, Director Transportation)
m. Approval of the Ascension Parish Professional Selection Committee’s recommendation to select the highest scoring respondent, AECOM Technical Services, Inc., for the Louisiana Highway 3127 Extension Project and to authorize the Parish President to enter a contract (Daniel Helms, Director Transportation)
n. Contract Report of all Contracts/Agreements entered into in the month of April 2026
6) FINANCE REPORTS
a. Budget Amendment No. 1 – Approval to amend 2026 Budget (Dawn Caballero, Chief Financial Officer)
b. Monthly Report of new positions added to the Ascension Parish Government Classification Plan in the month of April 2026 (Megan Babin, Director Human Resources)
c. Parish Position Report – 1st Quarter 2026 (Megan Babin, Director Human Resources)
d. Financial Update – Open Finance at https://ascensionparishla.finance.socrata.com/#!/dashboard
(7) Adjourn
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