Red elected Parish Council chairman

By Rebecca Chaisson on Friday, February 17, 2023
Clavier is vice chairman
  • The new St. Landry Parish Council leadership team, from left, Coby Clavier, vice chairman, and Jerry Red, chairman, were elected at Wednesday’s Council meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    The new St. Landry Parish Council leadership team, from left, Coby Clavier, vice chairman, and Jerry Red, chairman, were elected at Wednesday’s Council meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

    With all 13 St. Landry Parish Council members present there could be seven votes needed to elect a chairman and that’s how many Jerry Red got at Wednesday’s meeting. The Council voted in January on its leadership, but with an absence and abstaining vote, the required seven votes could not be achieved. Red and Nancy Carriere were the nominees for chairman. Red voted for himself and was joined…