Mayor-President Josh Guillory has appointed a former Lafayette deputy marshal to act as a liaison between small cities and the Lafayette Consolidated Government.

Nathan Broussard introduced himself to elected and municipal leaders of Broussard on Tuesday evening at the close of the city's council meeting.

"It's my honor to be here to see y'all in action. I appreciate it," Broussard told the city council Tuesday. "Josh Guillory has appointed me the chief of governmental affairs and that's to bring Lafayette Parish closer to our small towns, and we just want to try to do the best we can to get you in the right direction. If you need help with anything, I'm willing to help out."

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When approached after the meeting, Broussard declined to comment. Instead, he told a reporter to wait for Guillory to send out a news release, even though Broussard has worked in the position for more than a week and had discussed his new role at the public meeting.

Guillory was unavailable Wednesday to comment for this story, according to his administrative staff.

Instead, Robert Benoit, the confidential assistant to former mayor-president Joel Robideaux who is now chief of staff for Guillory, shared details about Broussard's role in the administration.

Broussard is working in the same job held by Marcus Bruno under the former administration, Benoit said, noting that Broussard started in his new position Jan. 20.

Bruno earned a salary of $91,035 while working as the governmental affairs liaison under Robideaux. He was not retained by Guillory, who recently slashed the position's salary to $50,000.

"It's basically the same job," Benoit said Wednesday afternoon. "It's an unclassified job, so we don't really have a formal, written job description. We'd like to evolve the job so it includes more interaction with our small town mayors, with LCG and with legislators."

Broussard describes himself on his LinkedIn profile as an experienced business owner from Scott and a representative of the Louisiana Department of Justice.

His listed work experience includes serving as a deputy marshal in the warrant division of the Lafayette City Marshal's office, a body guard for the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, a district representative for the Louisiana Republican Party and a disc jockey.

He studied engineering and criminal justice at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, according to the professional networking website.

Broussard wrote on LinkedIn that he has a "demonstrated history of working in conjunction with elected officials in Government and in the political business industries."

Benoit said he did not know Broussard before he started in his new role last week.

"Josh came to me and said he had a good, qualified person for the job," Benoit said. "Josh had a lot of confidence in him, as do I after working with him for over a week. Through his formal relations with working for the attorney general and the city marshal, he knows a whole lot of people, so that's a big advantage in tackling this position."

This is the latest in a series of administrative changes made by the incoming mayor-president, who was elected in November and sworn into office Jan. 6.

Guillory announced last week that Carlos Harvin, his opponent in the mayor-president race, was appointed to a new position within his administration as chief of minority affairs.

A week prior, Guillory replaced Beth Guidry, the chief administrative officer he appointed in December, with Cydra Wingerter, who was serving as chief communications officer before.

Guillory also hired Hollis Conway as community development director in December.

Benoit said new job titles and descriptions for all positions within Guillory's administration will likely go before the city and parish councils in March.