This week, the City Council learned the Lemoine building needs at least $9.6 million in renovations.
Source: News15
News + Notes
Did LFT’s drainage bonanza pass its first test?
A minor storm offered the first test — or maybe a quiz — of many new drainage improvements in Lafayette last week to mixed results.
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Lafayette sheriff creates mental health response team
Consisting of two mental health professionals, the team has already assisted on 29 emergency calls. Sheriff Mark Garber hopes the program will save lives and improve public safety.
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Facing deadline, City Court move stalled by costly renovation
LCG has until Friday to decide on buying the Lemoine Building for $6.2 million, but City Council members are hesitant to commit to an estimated $9.6 million renovation.
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Monique Blanco Boulet tapped a former city-parish attorney, Pat Ottinger, to run her legal department, pending council approval. Ottinger was city-parish attorney in the Durel administration from 2004 to 2011. Lafayette Police Chief Judith Estorge and Fire Chief Robert Benoit will stay on when Boulet takes office early next year.
Source: KATC
Council Preview: Nurse raises proposed, City Court move revisited
A handful of nurses at the parish’s Public Health Unit are in line for raises of around $13,750 on average, depending on the Parish Council’s support.
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Customers claimed that neither the company nor the Public Service Commission notified them in advance of a meeting in which the rate increase for wastewater service was approved.
Source: The Advocate
COLUMN: Boulet needs a game plan to fix Guillory’s mess
Boulet’s next few months are going to be all about prioritizing which mess to clean first.
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One of four vendors implicated in a sprawling justice-for-sale scandal centered on the 15th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has been hit with a federal charge, the first visible development in
Source: The Advocate
Funding parish fire protection to be next council’s problem
Exiting council members say it’s time to revisit a tax to pay for fire protection in Lafayette’s unincorporated areas, an idea rejected by voters in 2018.
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Inside the transition to a new mayor-president
Incoming M-P Monique Blanco Boulet is on a tight timeline to build a new administration before taking office in January.
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Shut down by Hurricane Laura and mired in controversy, Cameron Parish’s only hospital remains closed
Hurricane Laura damaged the only hospital serving south Cameron Parish. A slow recovery process and political controversy mean there’s still no emergency care.
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