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Local government without having to read a 247-page agenda. What is being proposed, what is coming up for a vote, what passed, and what it means for the street you live on.

Everything here is written in everyday words. The government's own wording is printed on every record too, exactly as published, so you can check it yourself.

What is local government doing near you?

Enter your home or business address to see government decisions, developments, projects, hearings and representatives that may affect you.

Your address is used to work out which districts and projects apply to you, then discarded. The Rabbit Hole does not keep a record of who searched for what, and your address is never put in the page address or shared with anyone.

What changed this week

If you paid no attention to local government all week, start here.

Records the government updated

Newest in the tracker

Coming up for a vote

Things with a meeting date still to come. Nothing here has been decided yet.

See all coming up for a vote →

On the map

2,003 records have a location the government published. Each pin sits in the middle of the piece of land the record is about.

Everything on this map is also in the list below, which works without JavaScript and with a screen reader.

Public meetings and hearings

Where the votes happen. Most meetings let people speak before the vote.

See all public meetings and hearings →

Parish Council and committee meetings

Every council and committee meeting the parish has published papers for, nearest date first. The parish’s own agenda, notice, minutes and video are linked on each one.

Agenda Review Committee

Wednesday 23 September 2026 · Already held

  • The agenda September 23, 2026 Agenda Review Committee Agenda

Finance Committee

Wednesday 23 September 2026 · Already held

Infrastructure Committee

Wednesday 23 September 2026 · Already held

  • The agenda September 23, 2026 Infrastructure Committee Agenda

Parish Council (special meeting)

Wednesday 23 September 2026 · Already held

  • The agenda September 23, 2026 Special Council Meeting Agenda

Parish Council

Thursday 3 September 2026 · Already held

Agenda Review Committee

Wednesday 26 August 2026 · Already held

  • The agenda August 26, 2026 Agenda Review Committee Meeting Agenda

Finance Committee

Wednesday 26 August 2026 · Already held

  • The agenda August 26, 2026 Finance Committee Meeting Agenda

A meeting record says which papers the parish published. It does not say what the council decided: the minutes are scanned documents, and how each member voted is not published in any form a computer can read.

What is on the agenda

The matters the parish has already put on a hearing date, in everyday words. This is built from the parish’s own published case list, not copied from the agenda document — always open the official agenda before you go.

St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission — Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Already heard — 11 matters scheduled · read the parish’s own agenda (PDF)

St. Tammany Parish Zoning Commission — Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Already heard — 9 matters scheduled · read the parish’s own agenda (PDF)

St. Tammany Parish Board of Adjustment — Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Already heard — 8 matters scheduled · read the parish’s own agenda (PDF)

St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission — Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Already heard — 13 matters scheduled · read the parish’s own agenda (PDF)

St. Tammany Parish Board of Adjustment — Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Already heard — 6 matters scheduled · read the parish’s own agenda (PDF)

St. Tammany Parish Zoning Commission — Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Already heard — 5 matters scheduled · read the parish’s own agenda (PDF)

Coming up for a vote

Nothing here has been decided. These are the matters with a date still ahead of them.

See all coming up for a vote →

Neither the parish nor the city publishes a list of how each member voted in a form a computer can read, so this tracker holds no vote counts and will not guess at them. Each decision below links to the government’s own record, which is where the result is written down.

The tracker holds 612 parish ordinances and 260 parish resolutions, read from the council’s own agendas between January 2024 and August 2026. Being on an agenda is not the same as being passed, and nothing here is marked passed.

Recently passed or failed

Decisions that have already been made, with a link to the government's own record.

See all recently passed or failed →

Where the parish has paused new building

In these places the parish has stopped taking new building, subdivision or rezoning requests for a set period. If you are buying land or planning work, check here first.

  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-5975

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Angelic Estates

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Angelic Estates. What is paused: Opening of New Streets in Angelic Estates Subdivision. It started on 4 June 2026 and runs out on 4 December 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-5975. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    4 Jun 2026
    Where
    Angelic Estates
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-5977

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Avery Estates

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Avery Estates. What is paused: Change to lot lines/Rezoning/Issuance of Permits for construction or placement of building structures. It started on 4 June 2026 and runs out on 4 December 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-5977. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    4 Jun 2026
    Where
    Avery Estates
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-6002

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Dist 7/Dist 11 N of I-12

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Dist 7/Dist 11 N of I-12. What is paused: Subdivision/change to lot lines/Rezoning/Permits for construction or placement of building structures. It started on 9 July 2026 and runs out on 7 January 2027, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-6002. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    9 Jul 2026
    Where
    Dist 7/Dist 11 N of I-12
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-6001

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in District 12 Multi-family

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in District 12 Multi-family. What is paused: Rezoning/Permits for construction or placement of any new multi-family building structures (A-6 through A-8). It started on 9 July 2026 and runs out on 7 January 2027, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-6001. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    9 Jul 2026
    Where
    District 12 Multi-family
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-6024

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in District 9

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in District 9. What is paused: Subdivision/change to lot lines/Rezoning/Issuance of Permits for construction or placement (see Ordinance 24-5360). It started on 6 August 2026 and runs out on 5 February 2027, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-6024. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    6 Aug 2026
    Where
    District 9
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-6038

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in East Slidell

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in East Slidell. What is paused: Change to lot lines/Rezoning/Permits for construction or placement of any building structures. It started on 3 September 2026 and runs out on 5 March 2027, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-6038. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    3 Sep 2026
    Where
    East Slidell
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-5941

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Helenbirg Rd. Area

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Helenbirg Rd. Area. What is paused: Change to lot lines/Rezoning/Issuance of Permits for Residential Developments, PUDs & TNDs. It started on 9 April 2026 and runs out on 1 October 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-5941. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    9 Apr 2026
    Where
    Helenbirg Rd. Area
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-59-73

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in I-12/Hwy 11/Hwy 190/Precinct S19

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in I-12/Hwy 11/Hwy 190/Precinct S19. What is paused: Change to lot lines/Rezoning/Permits for construction or placement of any building structures. It started on 4 June 2026 and runs out on 4 December 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-59-73. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    4 Jun 2026
    Where
    I-12/Hwy 11/Hwy 190/Precinct S19
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-5976

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in I-12/Hwy. 59/Sharp Rd./Hwy. 190

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in I-12/Hwy. 59/Sharp Rd./Hwy. 190. What is paused: Change to lot lines/Rezoning/Permits for construction or placement of some building structures. It started on 4 June 2026 and runs out on 4 December 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-5976. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    4 Jun 2026
    Where
    I-12/Hwy. 59/Sharp Rd./Hwy. 190
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-5942

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Tammany Forest Subdivision

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Tammany Forest Subdivision. What is paused: Issuance of Permits for construction or placement of any new residence or dwelling. It started on 9 April 2026 and runs out on 3 October 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-5942. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    9 Apr 2026
    Where
    Tammany Forest Subdivision
  • Passed Ordinance C.S. 26-5974

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Town of Alton Subdivision

    The parish has paused new building and land changes in Town of Alton Subdivision. What is paused: Special permission Permits and/or Permits for construction or placement of building structures & mobile homes. It started on 4 June 2026 and runs out on 4 December 2026, unless the council extends it again. The council passed it as ordinance 26-5974. Some properties are let out of it one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department, not something this page can work out.

    Decided
    4 Jun 2026
    Where
    Town of Alton Subdivision

Individual properties are let out of a pause one at a time by council resolution. Whether yours is one of them is a question for the parish planning department — this page cannot work it out for you.

What is being proposed and built

Plans to split land into lots and build on it, working their way through parish review.

See all what is being proposed and built →

What can be built where

Requests to change the rules for a piece of land, or to bend them for one property.

See all what can be built where →

Road and drainage work the parish is paying for

These are the jobs in the parish’s own road programme, with the money it published beside each one. This is one programme of work — it is not everything the parish spends.

Jobs in the programme
93
8 of them are drainage work; the rest are road work.
Money set aside
$10,826,800
Added up from the 93 jobs the parish put a budget figure on.
Money actually signed for
$8,608,163.27
Added up from the 81 jobs that have a signed contract price. 12 jobs have no contract price published yet, so they are not in this total.

A signed contract is not a finished job. The parish does not publish whether the work is done, or what it finally cost after any changes, so the tracker does not say.

Set aside versus signed for

The jobs where the price the parish signed was furthest from the money it had set aside. Coming in under is normal and usually good news; this is simply what the parish published.

The biggest road and drainage jobs

Ordered by the amount the parish signed a contract for.

  • Work given to a company R02W005

    Rebuilding the road on Lee Rd.

    Rebuilding the road on Lee Rd. The parish describes the spot as: Begin at LA Tung Rd. to Parish Line. Length of the job: 1,800 Feet. The parish set aside $1,206,000 for this job and signed a contract for $864,909.40. That is $341,090.60 less than it set aside.

    Where
    Lee Rd.
    Value
    $864,909
  • Work given to a company R04D027

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Reiher Rd.

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Reiher Rd. The parish describes the spot as: From Sharp Rd to End of Road. Length of the job: 3,476 Feet. The parish set aside $315,000 for this job and signed a contract for $361,069.09. That is $46,069.09 more than it set aside.

    Where
    Reiher Rd.
    Value
    $361,069
  • Work given to a company R07F014

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Pichon Rd. Ph.2

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Pichon Rd. Ph.2. The parish describes the spot as: From 12th St. to S. Ponchartrain. Length of the job: 6,100 Feet. The parish set aside $356,000 for this job and signed a contract for $347,357.59. That is $8,642.41 less than it set aside.

    Where
    Pichon Rd. Ph.2
    Value
    $347,358
  • Work given to a company R10C004

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Lowe Davis Rd.

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Lowe Davis Rd. The parish describes the spot as: From Asphalt change @ Allen Rd. Going West to Asphalt Change at station 66+67. Length of the job: 6,667 Feet. The parish set aside $353,000 for this job and signed a contract for $346,065.02. That is $6,934.98 less than it set aside.

    Where
    Lowe Davis Rd.
    Value
    $346,065
  • Work given to a company R02G006

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Anthony Rd., Ph.2

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Anthony Rd., Ph.2. The parish describes the spot as: From Buck Anthony Rd. to St. John Church Rd. Length of the job: 5,290 Feet. The parish set aside $344,000 for this job and signed a contract for $341,242. That is $2,758 less than it set aside.

    Where
    Anthony Rd., Ph.2
    Value
    $341,242
  • Meeting set R10D003

    Drawing up the plans before any work starts on Nolan Rd.

    Drawing up the plans before any work starts on Nolan Rd. The parish describes the spot as: From Hwy. 59 to End of Rd. Length of the job: 2,654 Feet. The parish set aside $320,300 for this job. It has not published a contract price.

    Where
    Nolan Rd.
    Value
    $320,300
  • Work given to a company R05E023

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Watts Rd.

    Grinding off the old road surface and laying new asphalt on Watts Rd. The parish describes the spot as: From Watts Thomas to Dead End. Length of the job: 5,057 Feet. The parish set aside $317,000 for this job and signed a contract for $289,330.51. That is $27,669.49 less than it set aside.

    Where
    Watts Rd.
    Value
    $289,331
  • Meeting set D09J007

    Measuring the site, getting the land rights, then building it on Lakeview Dr. Drainage

    Measuring the site, getting the land rights, then building it on Lakeview Dr. Drainage (drainage work). The parish set aside $250,000 for this job. It has not published a contract price.

    Where
    Lakeview Dr. Drainage
    Value
    $250,000

See all the biggest road and drainage jobs →

The one place the parish publishes what it paid

Most parish spending is not published as data. The road programme is the exception, and these are its totals.

Across 93 road and drainage jobs the parish set aside $10,826,800 and has signed contracts worth $8,608,163.27. See the jobs, street by street →

Follow the money

Work the parish wants to pay a company to do. A company listed here has done nothing wrong by bidding for public work.

  • Companies can bid now 923456-26-42-2

    LA 22 Beautification Project

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: LA 22 Beautification Project. The bid number is 923456-26-42-2.

    When
    Wed 14 Oct 2026
  • Companies can bid now 923456-26-41-2

    French Branch Pond Expansion

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: French Branch Pond Expansion. The bid number is 923456-26-41-2.

    When
    Thu 1 Oct 2026
  • Bidding is closed 923456-26-31-1

    E. Brewster Rd Pipe Repairs

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: E. Brewster Rd Pipe Repairs. The bid number is 923456-26-31-1.

    When
    Thu 17 Sep 2026
  • Bidding is closed 923456-26-29-1

    N 27th St Drainage

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: N 27th St Drainage. The bid number is 923456-26-29-1.

    When
    Thu 17 Sep 2026
  • Bidding is closed 923456-26-30-1

    Whispering Ln Drainage

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: Whispering Ln Drainage. The bid number is 923456-26-30-1.

    When
    Tue 15 Sep 2026
  • Bidding is closed 923456-26-40-2

    Nolan Rd Ph 2

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: Nolan Rd Ph 2. The bid number is 923456-26-40-2.

    When
    Tue 22 Sep 2026
  • Bidding is closed 923456-26-39-2

    Cherry Laurel Drainage

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: Cherry Laurel Drainage. The bid number is 923456-26-39-2.

    When
    Wed 9 Sep 2026
  • Bidding is closed 923456-26-28-1

    Kelly Dr Drainage

    The parish is asking companies to bid on this job: Kelly Dr Drainage. The bid number is 923456-26-28-1.

    When
    Thu 20 Aug 2026

See all follow the money →

What the money section does not have yet

A transparency page that hides its own gaps is not transparent. This is exactly what is missing, and why.

What we have now
2 jobs open for bidding and 10 closed, read from the state bid board. Each one says what work the parish wants done and when bidding closes. Alongside them, 93 road and drainage jobs from the parish’s own road programme, with the money it set aside and the price it signed for.
Who won the work
Not available. The state bid board publishes the request, not the award, and the road programme names the price but not the company. Award notices and company names would have to come from the parish’s own procurement records, which it does not publish as data.
What things cost
93 records carry a dollar figure the government published, nearly all of them road and drainage jobs. For everything else there is no figure, so the tracker shows none rather than a guess.
Budgets, payments and vendors
Not connected yet. The parish and city budgets are published as documents rather than data, and there is no public feed of cheques or vendor payments. Until one is connected, the tracker will not show vendor totals — a partial total is worse than none.
Is this everything the parish spends?
No, and it is not close. What is here is one road programme and the jobs currently out for bid. Salaries, day-to-day running costs, grants, debt payments and every other department are not in any source the tracker has been able to connect.
Change orders and final costs
Not available. These appear in council packets, which are scanned documents. The tracker links those documents where it has them rather than claiming to have read them.

Who represents you, and how they vote

The people holding the seats, taken from the parish and city’s own published lists. Enter your address above to see which of them is yours.

Neither St. Tammany Parish nor the City of Slidell publishes a list of how each member voted in a form a computer can read. So this tracker holds no vote counts, and it will not guess at them. Every law and decision here links to the government’s own record, which is where the result is written down. The Rabbit Hole does not give officials scores or ratings.

The original records

Every document the tracker has read or linked, kept in one place. The tracker stores the address of each file, never a copy, so every link opens the government’s own record.

7,638 documents on file.

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Where this comes from

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  • St. Tammany planning & zoning cases Parish GIS layer of cases for public hearing. Gives case number, type code, meeting date and parcel geometry. Address and description are only populated on a minority of records; where the parish leaves them blank the tracker leaves them blank. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • St. Tammany hearing agendas The agenda PDF the parish publishes for each hearing date. The tracker checks whether the file exists before it links to it, and links nothing when the parish has not published one. Source · checked 3 hours ago
  • St. Tammany Parish Council meetings & documents The parish's own council document centre: every council and committee meeting with its agenda, notice, minutes, agenda package and video. It records which documents exist, never what was decided in them. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • St. Tammany Parish Council agenda packages The full text of each council agenda: every ordinance and resolution by number, who put it forward and which district it affects. An agenda says what is scheduled, never how the vote went, and the tracker says no more than that. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • St. Tammany council districts & members Parish GIS council district layer, which the parish publishes with the sitting member name, phone, email, role and term dates attached. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • St. Tammany solicitations (LaPAC) Louisiana state procurement portal, filtered to St. Tammany Parish Government. Open solicitations only; the state does not publish awards here. Source · checked 3 hours ago
  • St. Tammany budgeted road & drainage projects The parish road programme with the budgeted price and the contracted price for each job. It is one programme of work, not the parish budget and not a check register, and the tracker says so wherever the totals appear. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • Slidell council districts City GIS district boundaries. The member names on this layer are stale, so only the geometry and district letter are taken from it; names come from the city website. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • Slidell meetings calendar The city publishes its meeting calendar as structured JSON. Used for upcoming council, planning and zoning meetings. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • Slidell ordinances & resolutions The city publishes adopted ordinances and resolutions as HTML index tables with number, date and description. The linked PDFs are scans, so only the index text is read and the PDF is offered to the reader as the authoritative record. Source · checked 3 hours ago
  • St. Tammany building moratoriums Areas where the parish has paused new building, subdivision or rezoning, with the ordinance number and the dates it runs between. The tracker will not say whether a particular property is exempt; that is a question for the planning department. Source · checked 16 minutes ago
  • St. Tammany annexations Land a town has taken in from the unincorporated parish. Only the annexations the parish dated are recorded; the undated historical outlines are left out because there is nothing on them a reader could check. Source · checked 3 hours ago
  • Covington ordinances & resolutions The city lists its ordinances under separate "Introduced" and "Adopted" headings. That grouping is the city saying an ordinance passed, and it is the only outcome the tracker records from it. Resolutions carry no outcome, so none is shown. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • Covington council meetings Covington council meeting agendas and approved minutes, by date. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • Mandeville ordinances & resolutions The city publishes an adopted date beside each ordinance and resolution. Where that date is filled in the tracker records the adoption; where the city has left it blank the tracker says the outcome is not published, and never reads a blank cell as a failure. Source · checked 4 hours ago
  • Mandeville meetings Council, planning and commission meetings with the agenda, agenda packet and minutes the city published for each. Source · checked 4 hours ago

The Rabbit Hole is not a government agency and this page is not an official record. Where a decision affects you, check the government’s own document before you act on it — every record here links to one.

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