Acadia Parish jurors to seek bids on jail equipment
There was a lot of discussion but few recommendations coming out of committee meetings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night.
There was a lot of discussion but few recommendations coming out of committee meetings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night.
The Acadia Parish Police Jury has a six-year capital improvement plan for LeGros Memorial Airport in Estherwood.
What it doesn’t have is the estimated $5.8 million price tag that goes along with the plan.
St. Landry EMS apparently is not taking no for answer when it comes to seeking a permit to operate in Acadia Parish.
A plan to reopen the bridge on West Northern Avenue in Crowley that was closed several months ago was put into place Tuesday night.
In a move proponents said would promote “continuity of administrative procedures,” the Acadia Parish Police Jury voted 6-2 to appoint Donna Bertrand, current human resources officer, to serve as secretary-treasurer through the end of 2017.
Acadia’s mosquito control contractor seemingly got a thumbs-up from the police jury Tuesday night.
If the discussion during Tuesday night’s committee meeting did not scare off the candidates secretary-treasurer position, the Police Jury has a good field from which to choose a replacement for Laura Faul.
Acadia Parish Police Jury President David Savoy used Tuesday night’s meeting to address allegations made against him and outgoing Secretary-Treasurer Laura Faul in a letter to the editor published in The Crowley Post-Signal on Sunday.
Ever since he took office, District Attorney Keith Stutes has maintained that among the duties of his office is to provide free legal counsel for government entities within the parish, including the police jury.
After learning that state law prohibits the appointment of an “interim” treasurer, the Acadia Parish Police Jury will advertise to fill the vacancy in that position that will be created with the resignation of Laura Faul on Feb. 14.