LaMATS was a proud sponsor of The Louisiana Association of Municipal Secretaries and Assistants’ (LAMSA) 36th annual Fall Conference, held September 16 - 18 in Metairie. Executive Director Cliff Palmer (pictured below, top right) addressed the membership, reminding them of the newly rolled out Occupational License Tax Program through License Nova. LaMATS has played a huge role in supporting LAMSA for over two decades, and they continue to encourage members to work toward achi

The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) has announced that Roslyn White, who served four years as Mayor of Abbeville, has joined the organization as Director of Government Relations, where she'll lead CPEX's newly launched Mayoral Energy Leadership Cohort alongside LaMATS and Groundswell Community Power. The cohort is designed to help Louisiana's 20 municipally owned electric utilities - serving more than 318,000 Louisianans - navigate affordability, reliability, and resili

Tomorrow, Friday, September 18, on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we'll join with the nation in honoring those Americans who were, and are, prisoners of war. And we'll be thankful that the federal POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues the search for the missing, fulfilling the nation's promise to leave no service member behind.

By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the U.S. Congress has designated each September 11 as “Patriot Day.” This nationwide observance marks the shocking 2001 attack on the United States in which thousands were killed by terrorists who crashed four hijacked civilian aircraft into The World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon building near Washington D.C., and a rural area in southwestern Pennsylvania. On Friday, September 11, 2026

According to LaMATS Capital Outlay Consultant, James Pupera, a new Capital Outlay Request Submittal website has been rolled out, and you can click here to follow instructions for creating an account. Both the requesting local government entity or NGO and consultants assisting with the submittals must create accounts on MyLA. If a consultant assists in the online submittal of a Capital Outlay request, Facility Planning will need a permission letter signed by an authorized offi

For the past five years LaMATS has partnered with GovDeals to offer an online auction marketplace that allows municipalities to easily sell declared surplus from utility vehicles, computers, furniture, heavy equipment, real estate, and more, itemizing over 100 different categories with a dedicated buyer base for each. “We have a resolution prepared that we send to a municipality that wishes to sell," explained Procurement Consultant Paul Holmes. "They fill in the blanks, have

2018 Freightliner Garbage Truck The Town of Amite City recently contracted for garbage collection, thereby eliminating the need for town-owned garbage trucks and making available one operational 2018 Freightliner Model 10850 garbage truck (VIN# 1FVAG5FE1JHJU5958) with: 8.9 liter, V24 Diesel engine; power steering; automatic transmission; gray interior; air conditioning; AM/FM radio; Rapid Rail, Heil Dump Body; and several thousand dollars' worth of added cameras, allowing d