The St. Martin Parish Council will vote on an intergovernmental agreement Tuesday night that will extend the parish’s lease for fire equipment to be stationed in Arnaudville — and help pay for a new station to house the units.
At its committee hearings on May 19, St. Martin Parish Fire District Coordinator Brody Miller explained the proposed agreement under which the parish would pay St. Landry Parish Fire Protection District 5 the sum of $450,000 in exchange for a 50-year lease to place five fire units and crew at a proposed new fire station in Arnaudville.
The parish has had an agreement with St. Landry to co-locate its equipment at the current Arnaudville firehouse, but it is being decommissioned and transferred to the town of Arnaudville. A new station will take its place.
“This will prevent us from having to build a fire station,” Miller said, which would also save the parish between $500,000 and $1 million dollars.