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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 · Boulet said a dedicated in-house department is needed to bring the parish’s emergency response capabilities up to the national standard. The proposed plan would have been funded by the parish.
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.
- Alena Maschke
Aug 5, 2024 · Rescue plan money. This ordinance allocates the majority of $2.25 million in federal housing funds distributed to Lafayette in 2021 through the American Rescue Plan Act. The Acadiana Outreach Center, Catholic Charities of Acadiana and the Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing will receive funding, leaving $871,581 uncommitted.
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 · Boulet reminded residents during a Tuesday public safety media event to make a plan, assemble an emergency kit, secure property and help neighbors this hurricane season.
