Vermilion Parish Police Jury will interview for administrator position

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has decided to narrow down the pool of applicants for the new Police Jury administrator position from 40 to seven.
Keith Roy, the current parish administrator, is expected to step down at the end of December.
Within the next week, the seven candidates will be contacted for an interview, scheduled for Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the police jury room.
Thirteen jurors will conduct the interviews, with the absence of Police Jury President Jason Picard.
Following the interviews, the police jury could vote to hire one of the candidates.
For the vote to be valid, a majority of the jurors, seven out of 13, must vote for the applicant.
In the case where no majority is reached, the top three candidates will be selected for a second round of voting.
In the second round, for an applicant to be hired, a majority of the police jury must agree. There is also the possibility that none of the seven candidates will be hired. If this occurs, the application process will be reopened.
The Meridional has obtained the names of the seven applicants, along with their current or past employment records. It is important to note that all seven candidates hold a college degree.
• Dawn Roussell from Kaplan is a former controller assistant for John N John Trucking Company out of Crowley. She also worked at FACT-5 in Abbeville.
• Grant Rabilais - LSU Ag County Agent in Avoyelles and Rapides parishes, also worked for the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana for two years, until August 2023.
• Jason Allen Jones has been the senior Deputy Marshal in Abbeville for the last three years. He is also a senior business consultant for Prestige Worldwide Consulting Group.
• Lauren Trahan is a former Abbeville High teacher who now oversees the operation of the Nehemiah Project in Abbeville.
•Monique Barras, who lives in Maurice, has worked for VISIO Lending in Austin, Texas, along with Neuerpate Law Firm out of Lafayette as the account and billing manager.
• Natalie Corley - Worked in sales for Command Tubular Products out of Houston and Worldwide Oilfield Machine.
• Tracette Hillman - Works as a production and logistics specialist, and she worked for NBC Universal as a health safety supervisor.