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Jefferson Davis Parish Tourist Commission approves Carter Prejean as tourism director
Summary
At a special meeting on April 24, 2025, the Jefferson Davis Parish Tourist Commission unanimously approved an employment contract for Carter Prejean to serve as the parish’s tourism director; the chair also said the commission’s policy manual will need a near-term amendment.
The Jefferson Davis Parish Tourist Commission on April 24, 2025, unanimously approved the employment contract of Carter Prejean as the parish tourism director.
Sheila Chapman, chair of the Jefferson Davis Parish Tourist Commission, called the special meeting to order and said the current policy manual “did not need to be amended at this time, but it would be necessary to amend it in the near future since the manual was created for the Jeff Davis Tourist Commission, Jeff Davis Economic Development, and Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce.” Chapman led the meeting’s official business, including the contract vote.
Commission member Jeremy Doucet, who represents Jennings on the commission, moved to approve the employment contract for Carter Prejean; Ronnie Petree, an at-large member, seconded the motion. The minutes record that the motion “passed unanimously to approve the employment contract of Carter Prejean as Jeff Davis Parish Tourism Director as presented.” The meeting minutes list 16 members and officials as present for the session.
There were no public comments during the meeting. After approving the contract, the commission voted to adjourn; that motion was also moved by Doucet, seconded by Petree, and passed unanimously. The meeting minutes were later certified by Chapman, who signed the attestation: “I, Sheila Chapman, certify that the above and foregoing constitute the minutes of the meeting of the commissioners of the Jeff Davis Tourist Commission held on April 24, 2025.”
The minutes do not include the terms of Prejean’s contract (salary, start date, or benefits) or a roll-call record tying individual votes to names, so those details are not specified in the public minutes. The chair’s note that the policy manual will need amendment signals the commission expects to review or revise governing documents that currently span multiple local organizations.
