The Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting today at Nick’s on Main. 

Guest Speaker was Donald Bergeron, Secretary/Treasurer of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury.  He explained how far reaching the responsibilities of the Police Jury are.  From Libraries to Prisons and ditches and roads and everything in between.  He explained that the Police Jury is currently working with Congress to keep Tax Exemptions for Municipal Bonds.  If they did not have the exemptions, it would not be attractive to contractors interested in a project.  Mr. Bergeron explained part of the Road Work Project that Parish has been working on.  It is divided into the Northern Portion and the Southern Portion.  So far, in the Northern portion, they have laid 21 miles out of the 83 total miles and have spent 1.7 million dollars out of the total cost of 9.6 million dollars. In the Southern Portion, they have laid 12 of the 69 miles and spent 1.47 million dollars out of the total 9.3 million.  They will be moving into Phase II and then Phase III.

Angie Rozas with Cleco announced that this year’s Annual Banquet is going to be held on April 29^th.  The Social will be from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and the banquet starts at 7:00 p.m.  Clerk of Court, Randy Deshotel, announced this year’s theme will be “Casino Theme” and there will be a silent auction, cash bar and they are working on the entertainment. Tickets will be $40.00 and the Chamber will be sending out letters letting you know when they are available.  They will announce the following awards:

Man of the Year

Woman of the Year

Business of the Year

Business Person of the Year’

The deadline for you to nominate someone is April 3^rd.  Please include a Bio of the person when you nominate them.