Parish Council votes down changes to building addition

Two members change vote; project to go ahead as planned

St. Martinville – The St. Martin Parish Council voted at this past Tuesday’s regular council meeting to go ahead with plans for its government annex building expansion, two weeks after a clash at a committee meeting over an effort to scale back those plans.

Ordinance 1493-OR, introduced by District 5 Councilman Chris Tauzin, called for reducing the scope of the $1,844,894 annex building addition from plans for new office spaces and storage for parish clerk and Clerk of Court records, along with additional parking to mainly a storage only facility for the parish and court records.