Council Preview: Vote on property tax veto and $1M for golf carts
Lafayette’s Parish Council will vote Tuesday on overriding Mayor-President Josh Guillory’s veto of a small property tax bump.
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Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG)
Council Preview: $3 million in fire & police raises, plus a new approach to adjudications
Lafayette’s city and parish councils are looking at $3 million worth of raises for fire and police employees plus a new approach to adjudicated properties Tuesday.
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See The Current’s 2023 Hub Citizen Budget Guide
Mayor-President Josh Guillory’s proposed budget for next year is out, and our award-winning budget guide is updated with new info for LCG’s annual budget process.
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Council Preview: New budget, STR rules top lengthy meeting for Lafayette councils
The City Council is set to vote on new rules for short-term rentals that operators oppose, and Mayor-President Josh Guillory is set to introduce his proposed budget for next year.
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Short-term rentals by the numbers in Lafayette
Figures on how many short-term rentals there are in Lafayette are hard to come by. Here’s what we know.
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Still undecided, council advances competing short-term rental regs
Dozens of short-term rental operators are opposed to a pair of plans before the City Council that they say could put them out of business.
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Council Preview: Short-term rentals, long-term issue now before City Council
Lafayette’s City Council is eyeing two competing paths forward on short-term rentals like Airbnbs this week. One that would kick them out of much of the city, and another that solidify their statuin Lafayette.
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Heavier rain estimates offer a warning, opportunity to reassess drainage needs
Heavier rainfall estimates for Lafayette are a warning shot of things to come, but more research is needed locally before changing course, experts say.
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LCG digs back into delayed and costly flood project
More than a year after a judge halted work on a troubled detention pond, LCG aims to restart the Homewood project.
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Council Preview: Can the councils hire an attorney? Who pays for consolidation?
The councils will take up budget corrections, funding to buy land for a new jail and revisit the question of hiring special counsel.
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Lafayette has unlocked hundreds of adjudicated properties. But hundreds more remain.
Lafayette’s efforts to deal with adjudicated properties have seen slow but steady progress since adjudications peaked at 1,560 properties in July 2019. In the years since, LCG has brought hundreds of properties back into commerce.
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Heated meeting on audit leaves much unsettled at LCG
The Guillory administration mounted a vigorous but flawed defense this week in a special meeting held to review the extraordinary findings in an annual audit of Lafayette Consolidated Government.
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