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 (Public Comment Time!)
- City Agenda
Lafayette 101
Municipal bonds
Government bodies borrow money by issuing debt in the form of bonds, which are typically repaid over several years or even decades. Bonds are usually backed by specific sources of revenue, like sales taxes or utility collections, and they allow government bodies to undertake major projects that they otherwise couldn’t pay for up front. LCG’s existing bonds are available on its website, and others can be found online.
Parish Council
Final Adoption
No significant items.
Introduction
No items.
City Council
Final Adoption
No significant items.
Introduction
Bond issue. Lafayette’s City Council will give initial consideration to a pair of bond issues (A & B) totaling $49.3 million Tuesday, which would be the city’s first bonds issued since 2020, when former Mayor-President Josh Guillory’s administration borrowed $50 million and refinanced another $16 million in existing debt. Bonded debt is funded by city sales tax collections, which have grown substantially since the Covid-19 pandemic began. As of 2022, the city’s outstanding debt totaled roughly $220 million to be paid over many years.
Joint Items
Final Adoption
No items.
Introduction
Environmental center. Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s administration is asking the City and Parish councils to approve an additional $1.7 million for Lafayette Consolidated Government’s new Environmental Quality Convenience Center (debris drop off facility) after bids for the Dugas Road project came back higher than expected last year. The move would raise the project’s budget from $1.2 million to $2.9 million, all of which would come from LCG’s environmental quality fund, which relies on revenue from garbage collection fees in the city and parish.
Property
| Address | Approval | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 200 Byron St. | City Council | Condemnation [Final] |
| 200 Peter St. | City Council | Condemnation [Final] |
| 106 Texas St. | City Council | Condemnation [Final] |
| 226 Anne St. | City Council | Condemnation [Final] |
| 408 Saint John St. | City Council | Condemnation [Final] |
| 500 Block Ridge Road | City Council | Rezoning from Residential Single- Family (RS-1) to Commercial Mixed (CM-1) [Final] |
| 522 Jefferson St. | City Council | Conditional Use Permit for Downtown bar/lounge [Final] |
| 537 Jefferson St. | City Council | Conditional Use Permit for Downtown bar/lounge [Intro] |
Vacancies
| Board | Approval | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Parish Waterworks District North Board | Parish Council | Applicants must reside within district |
| Lafayette Parish Waterworks District South Board | Parish Council | Applicants must reside within district |
| Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority Board | City Council | None Listed |
| Transportation Policy Committee | City Council | None Listed |
Appointments
| Board | Approval | Applicants |
|---|---|---|
| Bayou Vermilion District | Local Area Mayors | Kyle Ferrell |
| Lafayette Economic Development Authority | Local Area Mayors | Pamela Granger |