City Council to Consider a Resolution Establishing a “Protect the City Committee”
Lafayette City District 1 Councilman Pat Lewis is proposing a resolution that would form a committee from which to gather the input of a diverse range of citizens on the benefits of City-Parish consolidation to the City of Lafayette.
Posted: Jan 8, 2021 4:04 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
Lafayette City District 1 Councilman Pat Lewis is proposing a resolution that would form a committee from which to gather the input of a diverse range of citizens on the benefits of City-Parish consolidation to the City of Lafayette. From 2011 through 2018, measures brought to the voters for deconsolidation and amendments to the Lafayette City-Parish Home Rule Charter have been unsuccessful and have proven to be punitive to the City of Lafayette. The level of autonomy that the majority of voters throughout Lafayette Parish desired for the City of Lafayette in 2018 has not been realized after the first year of se
Lafayette City Council to consider resolution establishing Protect the City Committee
and last updated 2021-01-08 21:02:04-05
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.