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Lafayette City Council to consider resolution establishing Protect the City Committee
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LAFAYETTE, La. â The Lafayette City Council will consider a resolution at its next meeting on Jan. 19 that would establish a committee to gather input from citizens on the benefits of City-Parish consolidation.
Proposed by District 1 Councilman Pat Lewis, the committee would ask for input from a diverse range of citizens on how consolidation benefits the City of Lafayette.
According to a release, Lewis says it would provide an open, public, transparent forum for the discussion of the city s continuing problems with consolidation.
The committee would consist of seven members - each of the five districts would directly appoint a single committee member, and two additional members would be appointed by the city council as a whole.