With Guillory away, Lafayette councils weigh appointment of acting M-P
The gist: Council members attempted to name an acting replacement for Mayor-President Josh Guillory while he’s in rehab. The administration resisted.
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Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG)
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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7/19/22 Council Preview: Budget season kickoff; M-P offers plan for new jail; $250K for a skate park; $1M for new shelter
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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A day after a federal judge dismissed LCG’s lawsuit against them, St. Martin Parish has filed suit over a controversial drainage project.
The Petition for Mandatory Injunction filed Wednesday in 16th Judicial District Court asks the court to order LCG to restore, replace and reconstruct” the spoil bank it “illegally” removed.
Source: KATC
M-P Josh Guillory punts council questions on embattled drainage projects
In a letter delivered to both councils, M-P Josh Guillory suggests deferring questions about his drainage projects to an auditor.
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How should LCG spend your money?
LCG’s budget is a vision statement and an action plan. What matters then, is what we believe our priorities should be. What are yours?
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COLUMN: We’re going to pay for LCG’s bad behavior on drainage
Problems with several major drainage projects threaten to waste millions of public dollars on actions that may not save anyone from flooding. It’s bad government, and the taxpayers are going to pay for it.
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‘Gratuitous donation’: Lafayette overpaid for spoil banks property
LCG paid quadruple for the land it razed to knock down spoil levees on the Vermilion River and left one of the land’s owners out of the deal. It could spell more legal trouble.
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6/7 Council Preview: City Council to probe contract on spoil banks project; new council maps
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Lafayette’s spoil banks project in St. Martin Parish avoided public bid law and netted a contractor millions
The $3.8 million project, now the subject of a barbed federal lawsuit with St. Martin Parish, was top secret and may have violated public bid law with a peculiar contract arrangement.
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COLUMN: Lafayette needs its own mayor, and we’re losing our chance to get one
The population of the city of Lafayette may no longer make up the majority of the parish. That means our city is stuck without a full-time leader who is focused solely on city business and who is accountable to city residents.
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