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Ville Platte City Council Meeting - January 13, 2015

January 13, 2015

Ville Platte City Council

 

The Ville Platte City Council held its monthly meeting this evening at City Hall.  Mayor, Jennifer Vidrine, officially welcomed the newest member of the City Council, Bryant Riggs, and presented him with his official name plate. 

 

Jumping forward to the end of the meeting, Mayor Vidrine and the council surprised Councilman, C.J. Dardeau with a cake, plaque and celebration for not only his 79th birthday for his 38 years as as a public servant.  His family was there to surprise him as well.

 

CPA, Vic Slaven reported good news to the Council and the Mayor by announcing his findings during the recent city audit.  The Mayor and Council were very pleased when he reported a surplus of $512,906.00.  The good news kept coming as the Mayor reported expenditures for the month of December were $164,491.08 compared to $189,013.58 for the month of November.  The city spent $24,522.50 less in December.  The Mayor thanked all of the City Hall staff and supervisors for doing such a great job and doing what they needed to.

 

The Summer Feeding Program will take place again this year for any child age 1 – 18.  It will start the 1st Monday in June and will take place daily at Ville Platte High School.  The City sponsors the program; however, spends no funds on it as they receive grant money to fund the program.  No one will be required to fill out any paperwork in order to take advantage of the program and there will be buses on both sides of town to pick children up to go and eat, and then bring them back.

 

The Mayor and City Council congratulated and presented a plaque to Carlton “Duece” Doucet for his 16 years of faithful service as a city employee.  “Duece” retired in November.

 

There were two donations presented to the Mayor for The Boys & Girls Club.  The first came in the amount of $200.00 from the Evangeline Community Theatre who are celebrating their third anniversary this month; and the second was in the amount of $100.00 from the Veterans Foreign War.  The Mayor reminds everyone that you can always go online and make donations at cityofvilleplatte.com.  Go to The Boys & Girls Club and it will allow you to make donations.  In order to gain a charter from The Boys & Girls Club of America, there is a requirement to have $150,000.00 in the bank.

 

There were some very happy employees in the council chamber this evening, as the council approved the holiday schedule for 2015, which included an extra holiday which is Christmas Eve Day.  That brings their total paid vacation days to 16.  They were also excited when the council approved a 3% pay raise for all employees, and that includes part-timers.  The Mayor stated: “For the last four years, we have been able to provide an increase and our employees are working hard.”  There was also council approval for Longevity Pay for those employees with the city five years of more of service.  That bonus comes in a separate check.

 

Prairie Heritage, Inc., was granted a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement for an event being scheduled at Chicot State Park called “HOORAH”.  The event is planned for April 10th & 11th

 

City Engineer, Ronnie Landreneau, reported that they have just about wrapped Phase II of the water project and are now patching the holes in the streets that were created to do the work.

 

Police Chief, Neal Lartigue, requested the council’s approval of hiring 3 new full-time officers and 3 part-time jailers.  The council unanimously approved same.

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