St. Landry Parish Council

St. Landry Parish Government audit: Findings reduced, account balances in the black

St. Landry Parish Government’s account balances are overwhelmingly in the black and the number of problems found in the 2016 audit are down from the 2015 audit. Steven Moosa, CPA, of Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick, presented the 2016 audit to the Parish Council on Wednesday.

Parish Council confronts its limitation

Despite a 2-cent tax funding a $66 million bond issue to pave more than 300 miles of roads, the St. Landry Parish Council confronted its monthly limitation to keep up maintenance and drainage on its other roads. The tax passed in 2013 is collected in rural St.

New bridge celebrated in Swords

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on July 1 to mark the completion of a new bridge on Joe W Road, also designated the Mathias Guillory Memorial Roadway, in the Swords community.

Dissolution of hospital district, agreement for division of assets earns judicial approval

The dissolution of a hospital board and an agreement between St. Landry and St. Martin parishes to divide the board’s assets was approved Thursday by 27th Judicial District Judge James P. Doherty. Doherty presided over a writ of mandamus suit filed by the two parish governments.

Parish moving on speed limits, speed bumps

New speed limits on St. Landry Parish’s newly paved roads may be brought up for Parish Council as early as April, according to Parish President Bill Fontenot. Speed limits are as low as 20 mph on some parish roads that up until the Smooth Ride Home Program were either pot-holed or gravel.

Sheriff requests Parish Council raise speed limits on newly paved roads

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz urged the Parish Council to raise speed limits on newly paved roads in the parish.

St. Martin Parish Council OKs end to hospital district

The St. Martin Parish Council voted 9-0 to agreement with St. Landry Parish to dissolve the hospital district that operated St. Luke Hospital in Arnaudville. The vote to end the district formed in 1963 was made at the Council’s Feb. 7 meeting in St. Martinville. The St.

Arnaudville residents fear AG opinion will lead to delay in hospital action

A request for an Attorney General’s opinion on the use of money from the district governing St. Luke Hospital raised fears among some Arnaudville residents that it was a tactic to delay an agreement to disband the district. The item was on a special meeting of the St.

Parish on track to cut 17 employees

St. Landry Parish Government is on track to cut 17 jobs as part of a plan to bring spending in line with revenue. Parish President Bill Fontenot said nine people were off the payroll as of Wednesday’s Administrative-Finance Committee meeting.

Former LSUE accountant hired to help parish finances

A former accountant at LSUE, Amanda Cain, has been hired to guide St. Landry Parish Government through a fiscal crisis.  Cain’s hiring was announced Wednesday by Parish President Bill Fontenot at an Administrative-Finance Committee meeting.