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May 9, 2018
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May 10, 2018
A troubled Terrebonne Parish recreation board received a total overhaul Wednesday night, when the Parish Council approved a slate of nine new members. Seventeen people had applied altogether.
Kevin Guidry, operations manager at Offshore Energy Services; Robbie Liner, owner of Alligator Contractors Group; Angi Falgout, executive director of the Bayouland YMCA; Christopher Chiasson, management trainee at Barker Buick GMC; Jeff Teuton, a truck dealer; Joe Teuton III, truck company manager; Shawn Dupre, a marine operations manager; Martin Majewski, a Shell Trading and Supply team leader; and CPA Michael Bergeron.
One of ten recreation districts in Terrebonne, District 2-3 raises its own taxes and is responsible for designing and operating buildings and fields within its jurisdiction for recreation. District 2-3 has earned a high profile because it is involved, through an agreement with the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, with development of the parish’s planned Bayou Country Sports Park.
That project’s delays made District 2-3 a lightning rod for criticism of the overall recreation district scheme used in Terrebonne.
Rec District 2-3 had operated as a five-member board for decades. But a series of high-profile gaffes kept its members in the public spotlight. At least one employee is under investigation by the Louisiana Board of Ethics. Thousands of dollars in concession receipts did not add up under scrutiny, with board members unable to explain. They routinely flouted open meetings laws. The Parish Council passed an ordinance affirming its recreation district oversight powers. Last month Parish Councilman Darrin Guidry introduced a measure increasing the number of the 2-3 board to nine.
Critics said that a triumvirate of board members ran the district, with other board members sometimes not knowing what matters had been discussed. Those discussion allegedly were held by telephone or in any event not always in members’ terms were set, by Guidry’s ordinance, to expire May 31. One of the reasons for increasing the number to nine was to prevent future power blocs.
Bobby Arceneaux, a veteran board member, withdrew his application at Wednesday’s meeting prior to votes being taken.
The other board members did not reapply.
For a more in-depth look at the decisions made at the meeting, read the May 16 paper edition of The Times.
