There were several changes to the Red River Parish Police Jury on Wednesday.  The Jury accepted the resignation of President Shawn Beard.  Juror Tray Murray was elected to be the President for the coming year.

Beard resigned last month after he moved his home across Highway 507 and into another jury district.  His resignation letter was formerly accepted by the Jury on Wednesday.  The jury then appointed Shane Young as representative of District 3.  Young will serve until an election to fill the unexpired term can be held in the spring.

Young was one of three potential jurors discussed.  Jury members said in addition to Young, John King and John Lindsey had made contact with them expressing an interest in representing District 3.  The three were discussed during the committee meeting before Young was nominated and elected during the regular jury meeting.

The Police Jury adopted a resolution calling a Special Election to fill the vacancy in District 3.  The election will be held March 20^th with a runoff, if necessary, on April 24^th.  Qualifying will be open January 20^th through 22^nd.

Wednesday the jury also held elections of officers to serve for the next year.  Tray Murray was elected Jury President.  Ben Taylor was re-elected Vice President for another year.  Murray was presented the gavel and took over chairing the meeting at that point.  Taylor had chaired the meeting at the beginning until Murray was elected.

The Journal provided a live video stream of the meeting.  It is archived on Facebook.com./RedRiverParishJournal/videos.