Nine seek secretary-treasurer’s position

CROWLEY - The position of police jury secretary-treasurer is an appointed one. This year, for the first time, the appointment is for a term of four years.
The Acadia Parish Police Jury, acting as a committee of the whole, will meet with and interview potential candidates for that position at 6 p.m. tonight.
The jury advertised for the position in mid-December at the request of five jurors-elect. Per their recommendation, the application period was set to run from Dec. 16, 2019, to Jan. 3, 2020.
The advertisement was authorized by then-President David Savoy.
Four applications were received during the prescribed time frame – A.J. “Fatty” Broussard (the current secretary-treasurer), Sandra Hanks, Terry Magnon and Amy Pousson.
Five additional applications have been submitted since Jan. 3 – Kerry Gibson, Terry Lacombe, David Melancon, David Savoie and Stephen Sislock.
At its first meeting as a new jury on Jan. 14, jurors voted to accept all of the applications.
Alfred Joseph “A.J. Fatty” Broussard: Broussard is a 1976 graduate of Crowley High School and a former member of the police jury, where he served as vice president and president.
A former insurance agent, he has served as secretary-treasurer for the jury for the past two years.
Sandra Hanks: Hanks is a graduate of Rayne High School and attended LSU-Eunce.
For the past two years Hanks has worked as administrative assistant / human resources for STS / DS Bus South, the company contracted by the Acadia Parish School Board to transport students.
Terry D. Magnon: Magnon currently is CEO of Acadiana Construction Consultants, LLC, in Rayne. He formerly worked for the city of Lake Charles and the city of Crowley.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in general studies with a concentration in math and applied science from UL-Lafayette and a master’s degree in public administration from Post University.
Amy Pousson: Pousson is a 1996 graduate of Iota High School and holds a technical degree in accounting from Louisiana Technical College in Jennings.
She is currently an accounting assistant at Jennings American Legion Hospital. She previously worked as an accounting clerk at Savoy Medical in Mamou and as payroll clerk at Jennings ALH.
Kerry S. Gibson: Gibson is director of administration at GT Technical Solutions, LLC, of Crowley, an information technology enterprise. He has previous experience in the health care industry.
Gibson earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now UL-Lafayette) in 1983.
Terry L. Lacombe: Lacombe is the managing member of Advanced Investigation Technologies, LLC, a private investigation agency, and of Deerfield Services, LLC, a professional services consulting company.
He previously served as secretary-treasurer of the Acadia Parish Police jury from 1978 to 1984 and from 2008 to 2012.
David Melancon: Melancon is a graduate of Rayne High School with various certifications, including shielded metal arc welding, Marine Corps Institute, commercial diving and Louisiana POST certification.
He is currently employed as a business systems analyst for McDermott and has a number of years experience in law enforcement and in military intelligence.
David M. Savoie: Savoie is a resident of Crowley with a bachelor of science degree from UL-Lafayette in agri-business and a master of science degree in agricultural economics from LSU.
He is currently employed as sales manager for Sunshine Quality Solutions and previously worked for firms in Falls Church, Virginia, and New Orleans.
Stephen M. Sislock: Sislock most recently worked as plant human resource project manager for Elmer Chocolate Corp. in Ponchatoula. He previously worked in human resources at Bristow U.S., LLC, in New Iberia and at Lockheed Martin Corp. in Texas, Virginia and Louisiana.
A graduate of LSU, he also worked at Quality Equipment and Rice City Tractor.
Tonight’s meeting will be held in the meeting room on the third floor of the parish courthouse. It is open to the general public.