City Council meets for routine, short agenda

RAYNE - A rather routine and abbreviated City Council meeting was held Monday evening at City Hall by the Rayne City Council.
The very light agenda included the monthly financial update presented by City Clerk Annette Cutrera and accepted by the Council.
The Council approved a street drive to be held by the Knights of Columbus, Acadian Council #1897, on Dec. 21 and 22, at major intersections of the city. Proceeds will be donated to The Daily Manna Center.
Announcement was made of the 2018 Christmas Parade to be presented by the City of Rayne on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. The parade will begin at the Civic Center and conclude at The Depot where youngsters (young and not so young) will visit with Santa and submit their wish lists.
The lone resolution submitted and approved by the Council was “the authorizing and directing the mayor to submit for and on behalf of the City of Rayne a grant application to the Office of Community Development’s Community Water Enrichment Fund Program for water distribution system improvements” as noted by engineer Tim Mader of Mader Engineering during the engineer’s report.
The approval allows the City of Rayne to apply for the FY 2018-2019 CWEF program grant funding which is due by Nov. 30, 2018. Under the program, municipalities classified as a “city” is eligible to apply for up to $50,000 for improvements to its water system. The maximum allocation amount available per parish for the program is $79,200, which will be divided amongst the various municipalities who own their water systems, which Rayne qualifies.
Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux thanked everyone’s participation in the recently concluded city-wide election, “I thank everyone for keeping it clean and getting to the facts of what our city needs.”
The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.