City Council - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

The Lake Charles City Council approved several infrastructure projects, deferred multiple property demolition items, and authorized the purchase of new vehicles and equipment.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Lake Charles, LA
Meeting Date
October 21, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

9 sections

6:50 – 7:05•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

I've spoken to all parties already, including the new owner. They will be pulling a permit on next week, so we can just defer it. I know they also spoke with Ms. Shelley as well. So we can just, I don't know if we want to defer it or just take it off, but the new owners will be pulling a permit on next week.

7:15•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

We can just defer it 30 days to make sure it happens, but I've spoken to both boards.

7:31•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

On Maple. Okay. It's the two sides. They actually divide them. Okay. Yeah, like the 700 block.

10:23•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

Would it be fair if we gave you 60 days to at least just get everything secured and cleaned up and then you could submit a plan of action to Mr. Hester?

10:34•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

So my suggestion would be that we defer for 60 days, pending he have communication with Mr. Hester, as far as just securing the property, then you can come back and submit a plan as far as how you want.

14:50 – 15:02•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

All right. Mr. Harvey. 1515. Just for the record, there's some tires that's been recently dumped there. And if we can include in the bid to remove the fence as well. Okay. Thank you.

23:03 – 23:16•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

Just as a suggestion I know it's not my district but being that this is his residence could we just deferred for 30 days to give him a plan of action so he can secure some additional housing before we make a decision because if this is his only place of residence it's basically going to leave him homeless.

25:03•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

Okay, so. So basically, we need to rebid rebid.

26:49•Ronnie Harvey, Jr.

So I move that we reject those three bids and accept the plan of action that Ms. Emily and Mr. Castile recommendation.

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