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Jul 17, 2024 · It would've created two new positions to coordinate Lafayette's response to emergency weather situations. Some council members expressed concerns about the funding for the plan. Boulet said it is needed to bring Lafayette's emergency response up to national standards.
Jul 17, 2024 · The difference between the existing emergency operations plan and the proposed plan outlined in next year's budget would come at an additional cost of $73,000 to the parish.
Jul 30, 2024 · In mid-July the Lafayette Parish Council voted down Boulet’s proposed parish ordinance to establish the emergency management office but did take what can be viewed as a first step toward a new plan by repealing at the same meeting an outdated emergency ordinance. Still, the proposed preparedness office won’t move forward until the council agrees to fund it.
Jul 2, 2024 · Lafayette’s current ordinance governing emergency response hasn’t been updated since 1977 and, according to Boulet, was primarily designed to respond to bomb threats. The proposal seeks to completely repeal the existing ordinance in favor of a new one that would create two positions — one director and one manager — and bring the city’s system in compliance with state law.
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Sep 25, 2024 · by Camden Doherty. Illustration by Peter DeHart. M-P Monique Boulet has named Scott Fire Chief Chad Sonnier as director of the parish’s new emergency preparedness office. Sonnier, chosen out of 19 other applicants, has 23 years of experience as Scott’s Fire Chief and was inducted into the Louisiana Fire Chief Hall of Fame in 2020.
L AFAYETTE, La. — The Lafayette Parish Council voted against the mayor-president’s proposal to staff a local parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness at its Tuesday meeting.
May 30, 2024 · Interim Police Chief Paul Trouard is introduced as Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Boulet speaks during a press conference Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at city hall in Lafayette, La. Rachel Godeaux ...
