Parish president vacates two administrative positions
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard had vacated the public works and airport director jobs.
“I don’t want to wait on anything,” he said in explaining the move.
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard had vacated the public works and airport director jobs.
“I don’t want to wait on anything,” he said in explaining the move.
St. Landry Parish Council members weighed in on the demolition of the old Moosa Hospital by adding a few hurdles.
Parish President Jessie Bellard said he met with officials from the city and hospital district about the old hospital.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot says a proposal that was to be presented at Wednesdays’ St. Landry Parish Council meeting is “as close as we’ve ever been” to acting on the demolition of the old Moosa Hospital.
St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission members will receive an extra $50 for every meeting they attend.
As two storms threatened, the St. Landry Parish Council elected Jessie Bellard on a 7-6 vote as interim parish president on Monday.
The St. Landry Parish Council is changing its special meeting from Wednesday to Monday. The following was posted Saturday:
Outgoing St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot has recommended the Parish Council name Van Reed as the interim president.
An ordinance to activate the chief administrative officer job is headed to the Aug. 19 St. Landry Parish Council meeting.
The ordinance was introduced Wednesday prior to the Council’s committee meetings.
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The meeting to begin the process of hiring a chief administrative officer for St. Landry Parish Government stalled when only five Council members called into the teleconference.
The St. Landry Parish Council approved a $5 million line of credit payable over 10 years as it copes with losses created by coronavirus.