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March 6

Council Preview: Questions on CFO

replacement, garbage contract,
Guillory’s security detail
by Andrew Capps

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and
Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below:

Parish Agenda (Public Comment Time!)

Special City Agenda

City Agenda

Parish Council Lafayette 101

Boards and Commissions
Final Adoption Lafayette Consolidated Government is the centerpoint for
31 boards and commissions. Some are purely advisory.
No significant items. Some govern public agencies. They cover a wide range of
affairs: zoning, health, education, criminal justice, quality of
life and more. These bodies offer a path to public service
Introduction for the dozens of appointees who run them. For many, they
are stepping stones to elected office.

No significant items.

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Special City Council Meeting

Fire & Police Board.

Fire & Police. The City Council is starting with a special meeting Tuesday to fill the
vacancy created on the Fire & Police Civil Service by departing board member
Kenneth Boudreaux, who was ineligible to serve because of his employment with
the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office. 

Three applicants were submitted by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in

accordance with state law, but only former board member Dwight Prudhomme
completed the council’s questionnaire for the position.

City Council

Reports

Chief Financial Officer. Longtime LCG CFO Lorrie Toups’ retirement in February left
LCG without a top accountant despite Toups’ announcement of her plans almost
three months before her departure.

LCG did not begin posting advertisements to fill the CFO position until Feb. 1, two
days before Toups left.

Council members pressed CAO Cydra Wingerter for details on the plan to replace
Toups in February without much success. LCG is undertaking an open-ended search
to fill the position until a sufficient replacement is found.

Garbage contracts. MP Josh Guillory announced in October that LCG will switch
waste collection providers for residents from Republic Services to Acadiana Waste
Services starting in November. 

Both councils gave him the greenlight to enter a contract with AWS last year. City
Councilwoman Liz Hebert, a dedicated scrutinizer of LCG’s trash collection services,
placed Tuesday’s discussion on the council’s agenda. 

Dignitary detail. Guillory’s use of LPD officers for personal security has drawn
scrutiny in recent months. The Current reported in January that the MP’s full-time
personal security was ended after the Louisiana Legislative Auditor began
investigating LCG. LPD Chief Judith Estorge later sent The Current a letter saying the
reporting was “riddled with false information” and “grossly irresponsible” but
refused to answer any questions or identify any inaccuracies. 

Guillory’s use of LPD’s dignitary detail is currently under investigation by the City
Council, and Council Chair Glenn Lazard is seeking an update and discussion on the
matter at Tuesday’s meeting. 

Final Adoption

No significant items.

Introduction

Lake Farm detention. CO-18 would move $600,000 from LCG’s Digby Avenue
Detention Pond project into its controversial Lake Farm Road Detention Pond,
which faced a lengthy court challenge of LCG’s expropriation of the 14-acre lot
where the pond was created in 2021.

Multiple condemnations. Seven residences will be considered for condemnation by

the City Council at its next meeting on March 21.

Joint Items

Final Adoption

No significant items.

Introduction

Playground in Parc Sans Souci. Downtown Lafayette Unlimited is teaming up with

LCG to build a playground in Parc Sans Souci Downtown. Both councils will consider
an ordinance allowing Guillory to enter a contract with DLU that would allow the
nonprofit to raise funds for the facility and install it in the park.

Vacancies

Board Approval Qualifications

Parish Registered voter and a resident of

Keep Lafayette Beautiful Board
Council Lafayette Parish

Parish Registered voter and a resident of

Library Board of Control
Council Lafayette Parish

Parish Registered voter and a resident of

Atchafalaya Trace Commission
Council  Lafayette Parish

Evangeline Thruway City Registered voter and a resident of

Redevelopment Team (2x) Council Lafayette Parish

To apply, email your resume to BCLafayette@LafayetteLA.gov by noon March 21.

Appointments

Board Appointed by Appointment

Emergency Medical Services Advisory Stephanie

One Acadiana 
Board Arceneaux

Bayou Vermilion District  Area Mayors Barry Ancelet

Lafayette Advisory Commission on Crime Councilman Pat Ursula

Prevention Lewis Anderson

Board of Zoning Adjustment (City) Mayor-President Jacob Weaver

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ABOUT ANDREW CAPPS

Andrew Capps has covered local government in Lafayette since moving here in 2019 to work for
The Daily Advertiser. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Andrew first began reporting for
the Knoxville News Sentinel in 2016. Since then, his work has been recognized by the Robert F.
Kennedy Human Rights Foundation, the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Louisiana Press
Association, among others.

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