Alligator Advisory Council public meetings in 2021
3 substantive meetings from 2021, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Alligator Advisory Council
The Alligator Advisory Council will meet to elect officers and approve minutes from the June 23, 2021 meeting. The body will also discuss alligator regulations and Best Management Practices (BMPs).
- Election of Officers
- Approval of June 23, 2021 meeting minutes
- Discussion of Alligator Regulations and BMPs
Alligator Advisory Council
The Alligator Advisory Council is meeting to review a video contract and discuss alligator release rates. The body will also review an LSU study regarding alligator disease.
- Ben Isenberg Video Contract
- Decrease in Alligator Release Rate
- LSU Alligator Disease Study
The Alligator Advisory Council approved a contract for promotional videos and supported a proposal to reduce the alligator release percentage from 10% to 5%. The council also reviewed a study on alligator diseases and imports from Florida.
- Approved March 22, 2021 minutes
- Approved Alligator Program Promotional Videos contract for $74,000
- Supported proposal to decrease alligator release percentage (5-1)
- Motion to request testing of hatchling alligators for Chlamydia before state entry failed to progress to a vote
Alligator Advisory Council
The Alligator Advisory Council will meet to approve previous meeting minutes, consider a marketing and technical representation contract in executive session, and hear a digital marketing proposal from LSU. An alligator program update will also be presented.
- Approval of minutes from November 18, 2020 meeting
- Marketing and Technical Representation Contract Consideration (Executive Session)
- LSU Digital Marketing Proposal by Chuanlan Liu
- Alligator Program Update by Ruth Elsey
The Alligator Advisory Council recommended approving a three-year contract with Monarch Marketing for $250,000 annually. The council also approved the minutes from the November 2020 meeting.
- Approved November 2020 meeting minutes
- Recommended approval of Monarch Marketing contract for three years at $250,000 annually