Council Preview: City’s $49.3M debt issue & $1.7M for debris center
Lafayette’s councils will look at funding for a debris drop off center Tuesday while the City Council mulls $49 million in new debt.
Lafayette’s councils will look at funding for a debris drop off center Tuesday while the City Council mulls $49 million in new debt.
A long-shot bid to use private funds for a new jail is effectively dead, as a new M-P finds fault with her predecessor’s plan to pay for the deal.
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils have three executive sessions planned for Tuesday to discuss a trio of lawsuits related to LCG’s controversial 2022 removal of spoil banks in St. Martin Parish.
A shift in retirement plans, billed as a way to save millions on personnel costs, has ensnared LCG in a lawsuit that may instead cost it tens of millions.
Lafayette’s councils will cast big votes on land for a new library, funding for Brown Park and LUS’s $400 million gas plant in a pair of busy meetings Tuesday.
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will look this week at plans to buy land for a new library and to raise LUS rates for a new gas-powered plant.
LUS Fiber was a key part of Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s ascension, but she may face a messy path to finding it a new leader.
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.
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.
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.
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