The Lafayette City Council took a step closer to creating an advisory committee to approve changes to Mardi Gras parade routes and events.
The council successfully introduced an ordinance that seeks to create a nine-person Mardi Gras Activities Advisory Committee at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. It also deferred a vote on a measure that would have provided space for the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission along the Jefferson Street parade route.
But the make-up of that committee and whether or not a parade would still be coming to Jefferson Street was part of a heated debate between Councilman Kenneth Boudreaux and Mayor-President Monique Boulet…