Council members previously have balked at the size of some of the raises. Guillory asked that five of the positions received $25,000 or more in annual pay bumps after receiving a 2% cost-of-living raise earlier this summer.
Source: The Advertiser
Month: September 2022
The bollard project is designed to improve safety downtown during large-scale events like Festival International de Louisiane and smaller public events like Downtown Alive and ArtWalk by facilitating pedestrian and bicycle traffic in areas where automobile traffic will be prohibited temporarily.
Source: The Advocate
More than two-and-a-half centuries after the deportation, it was Queen Elizabeth II who issued an official apology for her country’s actions. The proclamation, issued in 2003, acknowledged the “trials and suffering experienced by the Acadian people during the Great Upheaval” and expressed “hope that the Acadian people can turn the page on this dark chapter of their history.”
Source: The Advertiser
COLUMN: City Council’s investigation isn’t ‘political theater’ — it’s democracy
The City Council’s decision to investigate Guillory isn’t about politics. It’s about holding him accountable.
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Scramble to keep digging after court stoppage jeopardizes $22 million for Lafayette detention project
In yet another unusual twist in the Guillory administration’s drainage program, the state is holding up funding because Rigid Constructors bought property to keep digging detention ponds after a district judge forced it to move locations.
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…issues with the project and LCG’s payment requests have caused the state to lock up the funding, leaving $22 million worth of reimbursements requested by LCG unpaid until the state government’s questions are answered.
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Council Preview: Guillory investigation launch; $1 million for shelter; property tax rates
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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The City Council is expected Tuesday to vote on a resolution authorizing an investigation, which the Home Rule Charter gives it the authority to do, and an ordinance budgeting $100,000 for the investigation. Cook said earlier this week she expects the council to hire an auditor and possibly others to investigate.
Source: The Advocate
A resolution initiating an investigation into the Guillory administration is on the agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting. The scope of the probe is wider than LCG’s drainage program, the original spark behind the City Council’s scrutiny, and would examine the mayor-president’s spending and use of public resources.
Source: KATC
Tropical Storm Danielle has formed in the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season, forecasters said Thursday morning.
Source: nola.com
After a quiet August, forecasters expect 1-3 named storms in the next few days.
Source: nola.com