City of Minden
The highlight of the March meeting of the Minden City Council was the appointment of several new positions. City Council members unanimously voted to appoint: Tyler Wallace as the Director of Public Works Zita Williams as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Minden Brian Williams as the Chief of the City […]
Personnel hires/promotions and board appointments topped the Minden City Council agenda on Monday night. The Council approved two new Police Department Hires: Anthony Crittenden and Cadyn O’Connor as full-time Police Officers, subject to passing all applicable tests. The Council also approved the promotions of Officer First Class Reece Tewell and Office First Class Christopher Coyer […]
It was the first meeting of the Minden City Council since the appointment of Tommy Davis as interim Mayor to finish the term of the late Terry Gardner. The council worked through a light agenda in less than thirty minutes Monday night, approving: Police Department Promotion of Lt. Ronald Payton to Captain Minden Municipal […]
Wednesday morning, Minden Mayor Terry Gardner announced a change in the Light and Water Department for the City of Minden. According to an emailed press release, a recent retirement in the department has caused a change to hours of operation to account for the loss of staffing. According to Gardner, the position will not be […]
A meeting with Minden Mayor, Terry Gardner, City Councilman (A) Wayne Edwards, and Acting City Clerk, Michael Fluhr on October 12th gives hope that there might finally be some progress made to adopting the City of Minden budget for 2021/22. The meeting was set in motion by Fluhr, who invited Councilmen Wayne Edwards, Vincen Bradford […]
As the old Yogi Berra saying goes, it was Deja vu all over again at the Minden City Council meeting Monday night. After a meeting that lasted nearly 2 and a half hours and featured numerous comments from the public that lectured the Minden City Council and Mayor on unity and working together, they failed […]
There was confusion during the Minden City Council Tuesday night, as the Mayor and members of the council were at odds over the vote regarding an ordinance for mobile food vendors. The ordinance, No. 1119, concerned occupational licenses for mobile food vendors as well as specific regulations regarding the operating of one. Councilwoman Pam Bloxom […]
It was a routine meeting for the Minden City Council on Monday night with 2 personnel promotions highlighting the agenda. The council approved the promotion of Sergeant Chris Hammontree to the rank of Lieutenant and approved the promotion of Fire Operator Matthew Wilson to the rank of Captain. In other business, the council approved: Condemning […]
After delaying trash pickup a week after last week’s winter storms, city of Minden residents will have to wait one extra day. Minden Mayor, Terry Gardner, announced that trash pickup for Minden will be Saturday, February 27. Gardner said that the delay was requested by Republic Services because the Claiborne Parish Police Jury and Claiborne […]
A light agenda awaited the Minden City Council on Monday night. The council had just a few items on the agenda for the February meeting, including the lease/purchase of a new street sweeper. The street sweeper is on a 7 year lease/purchase agreement which at the end of the 7 years, will belong to the […]
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