Council Preview: Boulet’s shake up comes to councils
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will take their first look at Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s plan to shake up top brass at City-Parish Hall.
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will take their first look at Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s plan to shake up top brass at City-Parish Hall.
Where her predecessor and erstwhile opponent made a splash within days of taking office, Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is entering with a calculated ripple.
Developers and residents alike say Lafayette’s codes let down both groups by causing heartburn for residents and giving false hope to builders.
Voters in the city of Lafayette may be asked at an election this spring to fix an issue with how Lafayette Consolidated Government is allowed to spend sales tax revenue.
Space heaters are now being used to warm the diner to the extent possible, and Catholic Charities says repairing the unit could take four to six weeks.
Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet showed a key shift in approach to an issue that defined former M-P Josh Guillory’s term at Tuesday’s council meeting.
A federal judge dismissed all claims in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of a 31-year-old Black man shot and killed by Lafayette officers in 2020 that sparked months of community outrage and protests.
Lafayette’s councils will elect new leaders Tuesday and consider plans left by M-P Josh Guillory’s admin to spend $86 million in federal stimulus funds before a Dec. 31 deadline.
In town halls held this week, economic development emerged as the central tenet of incoming M-P Boulet’s vision for Lafayette.
Lafayette’s Parish Council will vote on raises for public nurses Tuesday while the City Council will vote on $3M to settle an expropriation lawsuit.
Incoming M-P Boulet is holding three town hall meetings next week to gather input from the public on a trio of key local issues.
Boulet takes office with a to-do list full of costly, difficult and politically-complicated challenges left over from Guillory’s single term in office.
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