Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot

By Harlan Kirgan
Editor
Leaky roofs at a slew of city buildings is among the topics that began to fill the Eunice Board of Aldermen’s agenda for a meeting Tuesday.
Mayor Scott Fontenot brought up the roof issue at a meeting Thursday to set the agenda for the meeting to begin at 6:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Eunice Municipal Complex.
There is money in the city’s capital outlay budget to repair the roofs, Fontenot said.
“It’s a major issue and if we don’t fix it, it is going to get worse,” he said.
The leaky roofs are located at:

The popular Circle Park is about to get new playground equipment and other improvements, Mayor Scott Fontenot said.
The Board of Aldermen gave the mayor the green light to gather bids for the Circle Park equipment along with splash pads at their November meeting.
Fontenot expects the Circle Park equipment is going to cost about $50,000.
“We plan on putting one big piece of equipment,” he said.
“We get can get a big one that can serve all the ages — anywhere from 4 on up to 12....” he said.

After Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot aired his department’s problem hiring and retaining employees, the mayor and aldermen joined in expressing their frustration with the city’s budget.
“We had another one resign today,” the police chief said. “Currently, I’m seven employees short. Six police officers and now a jailer, but it has been a constant hiring process ...”
Fontenot pointed to pay as an issue in hiring and keeping personnel. Starting pay for an officer is $9.75 a hour and jailers start at $8.50 a hour, he said.