Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below:
- Parish Agenda
- City Agenda (Public Comment Time!)
Lafayette 101
LCG Fiscal Year
LCG’s fiscal year begins Nov. 1 and ends Oct. 31. Many of its contracts and financial commitments follow that schedule. The fiscal year splits LCG’s annual budget into two calendar years.
Parish Council
Final Adoption
Temporary housing during disasters. This ordinance authorizes the mayor-president to participate in the Temporary Housing and Shelter Assistance Program within the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The program requires waiving certain land use regulations temporarily.
Introduction
No ordinances are proposed for introduction.
City Council
Resolutions
Guillory investigation. This resolution authorizes the chair of the City Council to sign contracts involving this investigation. Normally contracts are signed by the mayor-president. The City Council has already appropriated funding, so once this passes the investigation can get started.
Unlocking debt capacity. This resolution is an administrative step to unlock $24.9 million of unissued bond capacity — essentially unused debt — from previous bond authorizations.
$277,000 funding for local nonprofits. This resolution approves the recommendations of the Community Development Arts and Community Development Social Services Review Panels. It allocates city funding for external agencies as follows:
Arts/Culture Applicants
| Applicant | Grant Request | Amount Granted |
| Children’s Museum of Acadiana | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Performing Arts Serving Acadiana | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| True Friends Society of Lafayette | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| CoCo Tribe of Canneci Tinne | $5,000 | $4,500 |
| CoCo Tribe of Canneci Tinne | $5,000 | $4,500 |
| Lafayette Art Association | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| Cite des Arts | $2,500 | $2,250 |
| Louisiana Folk Roots Inc. | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| Louisiana Folk Roots Inc. | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| Basin Arts | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| Southern Screen Film Festival Inc. | $5,000 | $3,000 |
| Basin Arts | $5,000 | $4,500 |
| Southern Screen Film Festival Inc. | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| Festival International | $45,500 | $45,500 |
| Mardi Gras Festival | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Festival Acadiens et Creole | $23,000 | $23,000 |
| Latin Music Festival | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Total | $146,000 | $133,500 |
Social Service Applicants
| Applicant | Grant Request | Amount Granted |
| Lafayette Council on Aging | $15,000 | $5,295 |
| Volunteer Instructors Teaching Adults Inc. | $15,000 | $10,500 |
| Safehouse by Landmark Inc. | $15,000 | $10,500 |
| Catholic Charities of Acadiana | $15,000 | $10,500 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $15,000 | $13,350 |
| The Family Tree | $15,000 | $10,950 |
| New Hope Community Development | $15,000 | $10,500 |
| Foster the Love | $12,820 | $9,359 |
| Faith House Inc. | $15,000 | $13,350 |
| SMILE Community Action Agency | $5,405 | $3,946 |
| Hospice of Acadiana Foundation Inc. | $15,000 | $10,950 |
| The Extra Mile Region IV Inc. | $15,000 | $10,500 |
| Acadiana Outreach Center | $15,000 | $13,350 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Acadiana | $15,000 | $10,950 |
| Total | $198,225 | $144,000 |
Discussions
Garbage Contract. Councilman Glenn Lazard has requested an update on LCG’s contract with Republic Services for garbage collection.
Public Records Request Policy. Councilman Glenn Lazard has requested discussion of the Guillory administration’s decision to impose high fees on digital public records and place obstacles in front of reporters to view public documents.
Final Adoption
Cajundome management. This ordinance authorizes the mayor-president to extend the management agreement between the city of Lafayette and UL to run the Cajundome. This relationship has been in place since 1987. The agreement was set to expire on Oct. 31, but this amendment extends the contract by six months.
$163,000 for police checkpoints. This ordinance recognizes $163,248 in revenue from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. This grant will pay for overtime hours to increase seat belt checks and OWI checkpoints.
Downtown Drainage Improvements Phase II. This ordinance declares Downtown Drainage Improvements Phase II a public necessity and authorizes the acquisition of property either on an amicable basis or through expropriation, if necessary. The scope of this authorization covers land adjacent to Johnson’s Boucanière near St. John Street. The project will install a subsurface storm drain storage basin.
Temporary housing during disasters. This ordinance authorizes the mayor-president to participate in the Temporary Housing and Shelter Assistance Program within the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The program requires waiving certain land use regulations temporarily.
Introduction
$100,000 to investigate the executive branch. This ordinance amends the upcoming budget to authorize funding for the Guillory investigation into the next fiscal year. The City Council previously appropriated this funding in the current fiscal year, which ends Oct. 31.
Joint Items
Final Adoption
No notable items.
Introduction
LCG staff raises. This ordinance rescinds two raises that survived cuts by the councils on a technicality. The City and Parish councils have already voted unanimously to reject a suite of raises for directors and other LCG staff. But the Guillory administration argued the budget amendment language did not include raises proposed for CAO Cydra Wingerter and a senior communications specialist.
Property
| Address | Approval | Action |
| 2000 Jefferson St. | Joint Council | Non-warranty cash sale to adjoining landowner |
| 805 North Pierce St. | City Council | Rezone RM-1 to PI-L |
| 1115 South Hugh Wallis Road | City Council | Rezone IL to RM-1 |
| 338 North Sterling St. | City Council | Conditional use permit for a Bed & Breakfast |
| 300 Block Monique Drive | City Council | Annexation and zoning as RS-1 |
| 2401 Louisiana Ave. | City Council | Rezone from MN-1 to CH(c) |