In a quick meeting June 10, the Winnfield City Council added personnel to both its City Police and Winnfield Fire departments and handled some other matters.

For the Fire Department, members agreed to move Joshua Colyer Jr. from the position of part-time provisional to fulltime fireman.  They also agreed to hire Frederick T. Nichols as a part-time fireman, Nichols has been fulltime with the Natchitoches Parish Fire Department.  Chief Brian Montgomery explained that this does not change the department’s staffing numbers as Colyer moved up to fill a vacancy left when a fireman took a position with the State Fire Marshal’s Office and Nichols is moving here to fill Colyer’s spot.

Lt. Charles Curry made a presentation on behalf of Chief Johnny Ray Carpenter to council member Teresa Phillips for the Personnel Committee, seeking the City Council to approve the hiring of Brian Goody on fulltime provisionary status.  Goody was described as “highly qualified, post-certified with two years of experience.”  The council approved.

Council member Ada Hall introduced an ordinance that would impose speed bumps and a 15 mph speed limit on Moss Street.  Hall said that it has come to her attention that with the gym open for summer recreation, children would be crossing for that and the summer feeding program.  Traffic should be slowed for safety reasons, she said.

And the council approved Ordinance 6, “META Solutions Speed Control,” introduce by council member Chiquita Caldwell.  The measure had been introduced in April, tabled in May and brought back up and approved in June.  (See full details in related story, “Automated Traffic Control.”)