Morgan City Councilman James Fontenot announced during Tuesday’s council meeting that he intends to resign from the council effective Thursday, citing a conflict of interest with a job he plans to accept. Fontenot, who has been unemployed for several weeks, said he recently found a job with the state of Louisiana that he expects to begin Friday. Fontenot did not want to specify what job he’s taking until he officially starts work. City officials had requested an opinion from Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office on whether the new job would be a conflict of interest to Fontenot’s continued service on ...