[StBernard] St. Bernard to consider residency requirement

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard to consider residency requirement
The Associated Press

Voters in St. Bernard Parish will consider a proposal on the Dec. 8 ballot
that would require parish employees to live in the parish.

Councilman Richie Lewis, who introduced the proposed charter amendment,
tells The Times-Picayune ( http://bit.ly/11pXoLE) it is a matter of making
sure parish employees have a personal stake in the community.

Neither New Orleans nor Jefferson, Plaquemines or St. Tammany Parish
governments have across-the-board residency requirements for parish
employees.

The city of Kenner requires department heads to live in the city; a 2007
Kenner referendum to eliminate that requirement was defeated.