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St. Martin Parish board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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St. Martin Parish board panel approves mineral lease resolutions, athletic training contract 0:45

  • Motions passed on an athletic training contract and on resolutions on oil and gas leases. 0:45
  • A substitute motion for $15,000 did not advance. 14:12
  • A district staff member told the board the district was looking at over a $4 million proposed deficit and would not formally adopt its budget until September. 19:45
  • A motion was made to eliminate one HR supervisor position, and a district staff member said there was only one supervisor in HR and the other employee held a coordinator position. 37:34
Item by item (13)
  1. Opening and agenda change 0:00
    • The meeting opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. ~0:00
    • A speaker asked to remove a discussion regarding use of school board vehicles, saying it duplicated a topic discussed last month. 0:27
  2. Athletic training contract 0:45
    • The board considered a contract with Lafayette General Health System for athletic training. 0:45
    • A speaker said the athletic trainers would be placed on their own salary and would not have to get a CDL. 1:00
    • The motion passed. ~1:47
  3. Oil and gas lease resolutions 1:47
    • The item called for adopting 3 resolutions authorizing the Louisiana State Mineral and Energy Board and Office of Mineral Resources to accept nominations, take bids and execute oil and gas leases on behalf of the board. 1:47
    • A speaker representing the company seeking the leases said the request covered 3 separate 16th sections and was a conventional oil and gas project, not a carbon capture project. 2:50
    • The speaker said the state minimum royalty is 12.5% and the state was getting anywhere from $100 to $200 an acre, and that the board could set minimums. 6:40
    • The motion passed. ~10:58
  4. Annual SMITA contribution 11:02
    • A district staff member said the organization requested the same contribution as in past years, $29,055. 11:07
    • A speaker said the group's president used to come before the board, and a staff member said the president could be asked to attend the next meeting. 11:23
    • A substitute motion for $15,000 did not advance. 14:12
  5. Salary schedule 14:42
    • A district staff member said the only difference from last year was $2,000 in October, and that $9,000 was what employees ultimately received this year. 15:29
    • A staff member confirmed that a teacher with a bachelor's degree could start at $56,000. 16:09
    • The sales tax administrator and transportation manager listings were removed before the vote. 16:29
    • The motion passed. ~16:34
  6. Sales tax supplement 16:34
    • A staff member proposed a substitute motion for paraprofessionals to get $1,000 instead of $750. 17:23
    • A district staff member said state guidance allowed pay above the salary schedule, including sales tax supplements, to count toward the $2,000, so MFP money did not need to be rededicated. 18:44
    • The item passed. ~19:39
  7. Budget discussion 19:41
    • A district staff member cited a $1.3 million swing in MFP because of student loss, a liability claim of close to $2 million and salaries at 84% of the total budget. 19:45
    • A district staff member described recommendations from a person the staff member had spoken with, including a 90-day plan on vacancy governance and possibly increasing the pupil-teacher ratio. 23:12
    • A speaker suggested combining Burbank Primary and Burbank Elementary to cut costs. 26:31
  8. Monthly reports and audit findings 27:12
    • A district staff member said no action was needed on the monthly budget report. 27:18
    • A staff member said an unresolved audit finding was down to less than $2,000 and should be resolved within 5, 6 months. 27:28
  9. Creating new positions 28:05
    • A district staff member said the sales tax department is self-funded and not a general fund expense. 29:05
  10. Abolishing positions 30:56
    • A speaker made a motion to abolish one of the HR supervisor positions, saying the district no longer had Head Start and was losing students. 35:29
    • The staff member said the other employee was a coordinator, not a supervisor, and that there is only one supervisor in the department. 37:34
    • A district staff member said the department had 125 new hire recommendations, 57 transfers and 37 exits since June. 37:54
  11. Regular meeting opening 40:39
    • The regular meeting opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. 40:39
  12. Recognitions 41:55
    • Students in the Area Health Education Center summer program showed a video and received certificates of completion. 41:55
    • The board recognized its employee of the month, a Title I secretary and homeless liaison who organized a families in transition resource fair. 50:18
  13. Consent agenda and committee recommendations 53:17
    • The board voted on the consent agenda and the recommendations of the Finance Committee meetings. 53:17
    • A requested discussion of Stevensville Elementary was postponed to next month's agenda. 54:11
    • The motions on the consent agenda and committee recommendations passed. 53:17

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Video: posted by the district as “St. Martin Parish Finance and Regular Board Meeting August 5, 2026”