Police pay raise OK’d with city budget

By Harlan Kirgan on Wednesday, June 14, 2023
  • Chaise Brown, right, receives his badge as Eunice fire chief from his brother Ben Brown, a Eunice firefighter/operator, at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting. In the background is Mayor Scott Fontenot. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    Chaise Brown, right, receives his badge as Eunice fire chief from his brother Ben Brown, a Eunice firefighter/operator, at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting. In the background is Mayor Scott Fontenot. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    Eunice police and firefighters help fill the room as the Eunice Board of Aldermen approved a pay raise for police and a new fire chief at Tuesday’s meeting Mayor Scott Fontenot said Wednesday he plans to sign the pay raise into effect on June 25 when the next pay period begins. Starting pay will be $16 an hour, up from $12.75 an hour for police officers. Other department employees are to ge...

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