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Eunice board reviews speed‑hump materials; fire chief cited emergency‑response concerns
Summary
Alderwoman Germaine Simpson presented materials from Fire Chief Chaise Brown about speed humps and their potential to hinder emergency vehicles and asked the board to review the documents to develop a city policy on requests to add or remove speed humps.
Alderwoman Germaine Simpson presented information compiled by Fire Chief Chaise Brown concerning speed humps and their effect on emergency‑vehicle response. Simpson asked the board to review the materials and to work toward a city policy that would guide decisions about installing or removing speed humps on Eunice streets.
Chief Brown’s materials, as described in the minutes, highlight potential hindrances to emergency response times caused by speed humps. The board did not adopt a policy at the Feb. 11 meeting but asked members to review the information and return with recommendations.
No formal motion or vote was recorded at the meeting on this matter; the board treated the item as a policy review and directed staff and members to evaluate the collected materials.
