District 1 Metropolitan Councilman Trae Welch will host his first monthly Metro 1 meeting of 2012 on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Zachary Police Training Room.

Councilman Welch would like to invite any citizen residing in District 1 to attend the monthly Metro 1 meetings, which are held throughout the district the first Tuesday of every month. District 1 covers the northern part of the parish, including Pride/Chaneyville areas and the cities of Baker and Zachary and a small portion of Central.

“My goal is to have public involvement, giving each and every person in Council District 1 an opportunity to voice their opinion, share ideas or suggestions and have Metro 1 serve as a clearinghouse for information," says Welch.

E-mail topic ideas or guest speaker suggestions to Lisa Rioux council-dist1@brgov.com.