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The Lafayette City and Parish councils meet in regular session on Tuesday, and among the topics set to be discussed are booze and ambulances.
Both councils will consider an ordinance that would set out the structure that allows companies to deliver alcohol in the city and parish. Also on the agenda is the exclusive contract for Acadian Ambulance to provide ambulance services in the city and parish.
On the City agenda are more appointments to the so-called Save the City committee, which will be examining the idea of further de-consolidation. Among the applicants for the committee are a variety of people, including government employees, several lawyers, real estate developers, non-profit employees, current/retired educators and activists. On the list are Mayor-President Josh Guillory s CFO, Lorrie Toups, and his chief of staff, Robert Benoit, who worked for parish government before consolidation and worked in the Walter Comeaux administratio