The Eunice Board of Aldermen voted to abolish the job of deputy chief in the Eunice Police Department.
And it is likely the Board will not fill an open lieutenant’s job in the department.
The Liberty Theater is poised for a renewal after the Board of Aldermen approved Mayor Scott Fontenot to complete an agreement with a non-profit.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot is to negotiate a request from the Rev. Kayla Givs to use the Southeast Community Center seven days a week for an after-school feeding program.
Mayor Scott Fontenot has cancelled the monthly Eunice council meeting, which would be held on April 14 citing the emergency situation due to the coronavirus COVID-19.
Eunice aldermen revoked Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot’s sole power to hire and fire police department employees.
The agenda for Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting, as of Thursday, was fairly light for two new members.
Chad Andrepont, Ward 1, and Ernest Blanchard, Ward 3, attended their first agenda meeting Thursday as aldermen.
Five properties in Eunice moved closer to a cleanup after Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen and mayor.
Two properties were given 30 days to get cleaned up. Those properties are 210 E. Oak St. and 571 Halsey St.
The agenda item was not much more than a blink of an eye, but in that moment the Eunice Board of Aldermen cleared the way to update the city’s aging fire truck fleet.
A six-year, $3.4 million plan for improvements at the Eunice Airport was approved by the Board of Aldermen at a meeting Tuesday.
Eunice aldermen drew the line for three properties in the city to either be repaired or demolished at a meeting Tuesday at the Eunice Municipal Complex.