Officials Attend LMA Mid-Winter Conference

BATON ROUGE — Central Mayor Mac Watts and City Councilman Wayne Messina were among over 400 attendees from Louisiana’s municipalities who participated in the Louisiana Municipal Association’s Mid-Winter Conference for Municipal Officials at The Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center here.
Councilman Messina said this annual conference is aimed at updating elected and appointed town and city officials, including newcomers to public service, on state laws that affect municipal government and providing the latest information on current and emerging issues facing the state’s municipalities.
Messina said he found many of the topics covered at the conference of importance to Central, including
•    Economic development
•    City liability
•    Ethics
•    DOTD
•    City budgets