“A Message From Lafourche Parish Government”
Lafourche Parish Government has launched a public awareness campaign entitled Keep Lafourche Parish Clean. The campaign is aimed at informing residents of the dangers of littering and pollution, mostly as it pertains to hampering drainage and damaging the environment.
This campaign will feature billboard, newspaper and radio ads as well as several press releases over the next six months with information related to trash, recycling, hazardous materials, stormwater runoff and other issues. The parish will also use its website to help educate the public about these issues and will conduct online surveys to help better understand the pollution problems that plague Lafourche Parish.
A Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day has also been scheduled for April 24th at the Mathews Government Complex. Officials are aiming to educate residents on the fact that litter, aside from being unsightly and damaging to the environment, can also cause serious drainage concerns. Everyday items such as tree limbs, garbage can lids, basketballs and other trash can accumulate and clog ditches and culverts. Also, when trash and litter end up in a ditch, leftover materials like auto fluids, pesticides, and other household hazardous waste pollute stormwater runoff, causing harmful effects to the environment. Make sure you do your part to Keep Lafourche Parish Clean!
Daily Comet Building Purchased for Future Thibodaux Library
Last month, Lafourche Parish Government purchased the building that formerly served as the office for the Daily Comet newspaper to eventually serve as the future site of the Thibodaux Library. The Parish purchased the building for the amount of $2,268,392 with funding from the millage for library construction.
The Council and Library Board will now seek to renovate the building, located at 705 West Fifth Street in Thibodaux, for Library use.
Until last year, the Lafourche Parish Library Board had been planning for the construction of a new building on an alternate site along LA Highway 308 in Thibodaux. After budget concerns arose with regards to this new construction, inquiries were made about the building eventually being vacated by the newspaper.
On August 25, 2009, the Lafourche Parish Council passed Ordinance No. 4617 authorizing the purchase of the building and property which is located in Downtown Thibodaux. As of yet, no completion date has been set for the renovation project.
Employee of the Month
As part of our monthly article, we would like to begin recognizing Lafourche Parish Government’s Employee of the Month. Each month, one employee is selected by a committee of their peers to be recognized as the Employee of the Month. Also, other nominees not selected for that honor could instead receive the Wonderful Outstanding Worker (W.O.W.) recognition.
For the month of February, Stacey Savoy was selected as the Employee of the Month. Stacey was nominated for her ‘great work in the Office of Community Action.
Since this is the first time we recognize the Employee of Month, we would also like to recognize Jenica Collier, a Finance Department Accountant, who was selected for the honor in the month of January. Also, Community Action’s Executive Director Denise Hughes received a W.O.W. award in January.
