Evangeline Economic Development Authority, LA
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Fri Dec 11, 2026
Evangeline Economic Development Authority
📄 From the minutes
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Monthly Meeting 6:00 pm December 11th, 2025 Solacc- Ville Platte Campus Minutes Call to Order @ 6:00 Chairman, Opal Andrus Roll Call Secretary, Raquel Manuel Present: Michael Anderson, Opal Andrus, Brian Ardoin, Jason Fontenot, John Eric
Fontenot,
Liz
Chatelain,
Maggie
Eades,
Eric
Fontenot,
Raquel
Manuel,
Joey
West
Absent:
Krista
Vidrine
1. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance 2. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes a. Motion by Liz, second by Eric to approve with typo correction, unanimously
approved
3. Industry Presentation: None 4. Executive Committee Report: Vice Chair Liz Chatelain a. Update on State Treasury Application b. Secretary of the Board i. The executive committee position of secretary will become vacant in the
coming
months;
Issue
tabled.
5. Finance Committee Report: Eric Fontenot a. Resolution to create a new account for treasury funds in processing 6. Communications Committee Report: No report 7. Continuing Business a. Update on Grants Committee i. Updated DRA grant in development 8. New Business a. Annual Ethics Training Reminder (Final Notice) b. Mayor Ryan Ledet will be speaking in January c. The organizational priority list will be resent, and a survey will be sent for
commissioners
to
complete.
d. New organizational office space at Solacc is still in development. 9. Adjournment 6:33 pm a. Made by Jason, seconded by Liz, unanimously approved
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Thu Jan 8, 2026
Evangeline Economic Development Authority
Evangeline Economic Development Authority meets Jan 8 to review 2025 and Royal Road Project
The Evangeline Economic Development Authority will hold a public meeting to receive reports from its executive, finance, and communications committees, hear a mayoral presentation, and receive updates on the Royal Road Project and SOLACC office agreement.
- Royal Road Project update
- SOLACC Office/agreement status
- 2025 Year in Review presentation
- State Treasury Application update
- New board member welcome and nominations
economic-developmentroyal-road-projectsolacc-officeboard-meetingfinance-report
📄 From the agenda
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A NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING I. A public meeting will be held as follows: DATE: January 8th, 2026 TIME: 6:00 p.m. LOCATION: SoLAcc Ville Platte Campus Conference Room (C.B. Coreil) 1124 Vocational Dr. Ville Platte, LA 70586 Agenda Call to Order Chairman, Opal Andrus Roll Call Secretary, Raquel Manuel 1. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance 2. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes 3. Industry Presentation a. Ryan Leday Williams- Mayor of Ville Platte 4. Executive Committee Report: Secretary, Raquel Manuel a. Welcome to the New Board Members i. John Eric Fontenot & Lelia Thrasher b. Update on State Treasury Application c. Secretary of the Board- Ask for nominations/vote 5. Finance Committee Report: Eric Fontenot a. General Finance Report b. New Account status 6. Communications Committee Report: Maggie Eades a. Mission and Vision statement considerations 7. Continuing Business a. Update on Grants Committee b. Annual Ethics Training Reminder (Final Notice) c. Royal Road Project update d. Status of SOLACC Office/agreement 8. New Business a. 2025 Year in Review 9. Adjournment
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