Central City News

CENTRAL — The current master privatization agreement for City Services between the City of Central and CH2MHILL provides details on how the transition will work if a new company is selected for the job. Section 14 of the contract provides that, upon termination of the agreement, both the City and CH2MHILL will work toward a […]

CENTRAL —  A non-profit organization established by the National Governors Association has made an unusual offer to the City of Central: If the organization gets the contract to administer city government in Central, it will return any profits to the taxpayers. The organization was already the low bidder at $16.2 million. The Institute for Building […]

CENTRAL — Read the latest on selection of Central’s new City Services Contractor in the May 12, 2011 Graduation edition of the Central City News — now available on the streets and on-line.  There are really two ways to view the newspaper on-line, depending on how you want to use it. 1) For a handy, […]

CENTRAL — Four contractors have made proposals to provide City Services in the City of Central for a five-year period beginning July 1, 2011.  The proposals were made in binders and on disks to the Mayor’s Committee on City Services on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. However, the public has had no access to the proposals […]

CENTRAL — The Mayor’s Committee on City Services received bids from four companies Wednesday for the City of Central’s proposed five-year City Services contract. Over the course of the five years, the difference between the lowest bidder, IBTS, and the highest bidder, CH2MHILL, is more than $2.7 million.  CH2MHILL currently holds the contract, but it […]

CENTRAL — When Mayor Mac Watts’ Committee on City Services opened proposals for a new master privatization agreement for the City  of Central this afternoon at the Central Fire Station on Sullivan Road, there was something of a surprise: CH2MHILL, the existing contractor, was not the low bidder. In fact, it wasn’t even close. IBTS […]

CENTRAL — The Central City News wants to express gratitude to its Facebook friends, who today passed the 1,000 mark! Facebook has added a new dimension to the Central City News’ coverage of the Central community and allows the newspaper to reach interested citizens directly and immediately. Each post by the Central City News on […]

MARKSVILLE — The Louisiana Press Association Saturday night presented the coveted Freedom of Information Award for 2010 to the Central City News for its efforts to protect the public’s right to know in Louisiana.  The LPA, which was meeting in its 131st annual convention, is composed of virtually all of Louisiana’s daily and weekly newspapers. […]

CENTRAL — In a letter to Central Mayor Mac Watts, Central City Councilman Louis DeJohn said Watts should make Councilman Tony LoBue “suffer the consequences” for having brought copies of City Attorney Sheri Morris’ monthly legal bills to the Mayor’s Committee on Legal Services, which LoBue chairs. LoBue says the Mayor appointed the committee to […]

CENTRAL — Central Mayor Mac Watts has demanded that Councilman Tony LoBue resign as Chairman of the Mayor’s Committee on Legal Services and keep quiet about it.  But Councilman LoBue said Monday he has no plan to resign.  Watts said he wanted an “immediate” resignation without “fanfare” or “undue publicity.” Meanwhile, Watts suspended the activities of the […]