2/15/22 Council Preview: A new LUS director, redistricting, gaming, new fines for littering and other bad behaviors, and taking over state roads
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
We asked readers to weigh in. Here’s what they had to say.
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish Councils.
Legislative bodies appropriate money, not the executive branch. But that’s exactly what’s been happening at LCG for more than a decade in conflict with a pair of attorney general opinions.
Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
A busy schedule finds the councils tackling another veto override. LUS customers could see a new annual charge on their bills.
Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
The roles have reversed from the 2020 budget cycle, and now the City Council ought to play budget hawk.
Mayor-President Guillory wants the City Council to approve a $406 million five year capital improvement program that would saddle the city with $180 million in new debt. Yet he hasn’t revealed plans, garnered public input, or addressed long-term maintenance liabilities for most of these projects. The City Council should tread carefully.
Some controversial items are up for consideration this week, like declaring a new Willow Street jail a public necessity and calling a charter commission to examine further changes to Lafayette’s home rule charter.
Projecting historically big increases in sales tax revenue, he is championing a quarter billion dollar increase in the city’s five-year capital outlay plan, including $132 million of new debt.
The lack of engagement might be forgivable if the proposal was amazing, but it’s not. We need to start over from scratch.
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