The Leesville City Council met Monday at 3 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Phillip Hunt stood in for absent Mayor Rick Allen.
Monthly bills were presented in the amount of $40,015.92. Nicole Naral with Finance said three months into the fiscal year, the City should be at 25% of budget. They are recently at 26%.
The Council passed a resolution to cancel the Council meeting November 11 due to Veterans’ Day. The Council also passed a resolution disapproving of Carbon Capture Sequestration in Vernon Parish. They are opposed to test and actual wells.
City Engineer Mark McCarty reported that the Entrance Road lift project had crossed on to Jeane-Chapel Road and was nearing completion. The street rehab project is also winding down this week. Asphalt work is done, and concrete crews will finish the remaining driveway and curb work this week. RC Paving has repaired the culvert crossing on Belview Road, addressed the intersection of Herring and Carl Streets, patched Jean Street from Port Arthur Terrace to 10th Street, repaired Loblolly Lane, overlayed Merchants Boulevard from Merritt Street to Jean Street, and Merritt Street from Aaron Avenue to Merchants Boulevard. Repairs were also made on Powell Drive from South Whispering Pines Loop to North Whispering Pines Loop, as well as Port Arthur Terrace and Spruce Street.
City Administrator Patti Larney said that due to severe weather concerns this Thursday, the City will officially allow door-to-door trick-or-treating on Saturday, November 2, from 6 – 8 p.m.
Officials with Witch Way to Main Street will likewise not hold their downtown event on Halloween. It will not be immediately rescheduled due to several weekend events in the City. It will return in 2025.