Mayor says city crews aren’t for garbage collection
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot made the city’s case at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting that its crews should not be picking garbage.
“We are not the trash collector in the parish,” he said.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot made the city’s case at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting that its crews should not be picking garbage.
“We are not the trash collector in the parish,” he said.
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.
The popular Circle Park is about to get new playground equipment and other improvements, Mayor Scott Fontenot 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.
The Eunice Board of Aldermen will once again try to steer the state Department of Transportation and Development to overlay La. 91 — West Maple Avenue — from La. 13 to the west city limits.
The Eunice Board of Aldermen is asking city attorney Vernon McManus to give notice to the St. Landry Parish School Board about its failure to live up to an agreement for sales and use tax collections.
During its second meeting, the newly formed Economic Development Committee heard from Mayor Scott Fontenot about some of his goals.
A possible donation of property to the city is on the Eunice Board of Aldermen’s agenda for the Tuesday meeting at the Eunice Municipal Complex.
Connie Thibodeaux took her oath as 4th Ward alderwoman Thursday morning and attended the agenda-setting meeting that day.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot launched the city’s eight-member Economic Development Committee on Thursday with a challenge that “You all are going to be crucial to the future of our city.”
Fontenot added, “I’m glad you all are on board.”