Brief: Get caught up on Guillory’s mounting controversies
Local media turned up the heat on the mayor-president in August, reporting that may be turning into big-time investigations.
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Budget 2022
COLUMN: Five ways the councils should fix the budget
There are some good ideas in this year’s proposed budget. And some really bad ones.
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Council Preview: Budget hearing; $16 million for University Avenue
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 Parish Council appoints all but one library board member and appointed Robert Judge in a controversial move.
Source: The Advocate
LCG launched an infrastructure boom; Josh Guillory and his wife launched an equipment company
The firm’s creation, timed as LCG fuels a local construction boom, creates a minefield of potential conflicts.
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BRIEF: What’s in LCG’s capital plan?
This year’s budget includes dozens of projects worth $419 million over the next five years. Here’s how it works and what’s in it.
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LUS is asking for 3% increases in its base rate each year for the next two years. It is also asking to increase water rates by 8% and sewer rates by 9.5% a year for the next three years.
Source: The Advertiser
Lafayette Parish Council Finance Committee Chairman Kevin Naquin wants to remove from the proposed 2022-23 budget large pay raises for directors and other non civil service employees of Lafayette Consolidated Government.
Mayor-President Josh Guillory proposed pay raises in excess of $30,000 for some administrators who serve at his pleasure. Also in the proposed budget are raises between $8,000 and $20,000 for council administrative staff.
Source: The Advocate
COLUMN: How do we budget for LCG’s drainage follies?
There has been no public accounting of how much three drainage lawsuits could ultimately cost. The cases could blow multimillion-dollar holes in LCG’s budget.
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Mayor-President Josh Guillory is planning $211,000 in raises for his department directors in next year’s Lafayette Consolidated Government budget after 2% raises were approved in June.
Annual raises ranging from $5,000 to $38,000 were included for 11 department directors in Guillory’s proposed 2023 budget, which was revealed Tuesday.
Source: The Advertiser
Inflation, (big) raises and deficits: Five numbers to track in Lafayette’s proposed budget
LCG’s last two budget cycles were mirror images. M-P Josh Guillory’s first budget was notable for its cuts, his second for its spending. And this one? Maybe a reckoning of the two.
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Take control of Lafayette’s budget in four easy steps
Engaging in this budget-making process can be daunting. It doesn’t have to be.
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