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:
New year, new leaders? At the first meeting of every year, both the Lafayette Parish and City councils elect a chair and vice-chair, a decision that is usually made casually, unanimously and non-politically. The chairs serve for one year and can be re-elected to the position, but tend to rotate, giving another member a turn. The position is mostly ceremonial, apart from having power over who gets to speak and for how long during council meetings by way of controlling the microphone. Both current Parish Council Chair A.B. Rubin and City Chair Kenneth Boudreaux, however, have commonly used the position to informally discuss off-agenda issues or voice opinions on such topics as the Parish Council’s library board appointments and trash pick-up.
Parish Council
Final Adoption
No Significant Items
Introduction
No Significant Items
City Council
Resolutions
40 years of MLK Day. In recognition of the 40th anniversary of Lafayette’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, the City Council is passing a resolution commemorating the past 40 years of celebrations organized by the MLK Jr. Holiday Committee of Lafayette. While the resolution has no direct policy effect, LCG, in partnership with other organizations, traditionally holds a flag-raising ceremony, breakfast and parade around the Monday holiday, which falls on Jan. 19 in 2026.
Final Adoption
Redevelopment funding. The state legislature has approved $250,000 to go specifically to North Lafayette redevelopment initiatives. The funds are part of Act 461, a state spending bill, along with tens of millions allocated across the state for various uses. Pulled from the state general fund, the money will be allocated to Lafayette’s Public Works department, and is part of a broader push for Northside development spearheaded by State Senator Gerald Boudreaux, D-Lafayette, both locally and at the state level. The senator has been pushing for changes he hopes will pave the way for more active redevelopment on Lafayette’s Northside, including a new law putting Lafayette Economic Development Authority in charge as Lafayette’s Northside redevelopment authority. However, the senator has said there is more work to be done at the state level to allow LEDA to operate effectively in that role.
Introduction
Another annexation. An LLC operated by several Baton Rouge and New Orleans-based real estate companies is looking to annex property on East Broussard Road into the parish to build housing on it, with the specific type of residential development still to be finalized. The City Planning and Zoning Committee recommended the annexation and proposed a change to the property’s zoning. While the applicant, Laf Brou Tract LLC, wants commercial mixed zoning, which would allow for more density, the committee recommended residential mixed zoning instead. The property in question is currently surrounded by land already annexed into and zoned by the city.
Townhome permit. A Lafayette developer is looking to build five townhomes in lots along Halcott Drive in the Broadmoor neighborhood, an area currently zoned primarily for single-family homes. Lafayette City’s Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) that would allow developer Marcus Trahan to start the development of the townhomes on the property he owns at 101 Halcott Drive, without having to change the area’s overall zoning. The land is part of the Brightwood subdivision, which currently has homes and open plots for sale.
Joint Items
Final Adoption
Crisis Center. Mayor-President Monique Boulet is set to sign a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of the Treasury for $125,000 in funding dedicated to a community assessment of the parish’s need for a mental health crisis center. The funds have already been approved at the state level. The funding requested is only for an assessment; Lafayette is not guaranteed to get a new crisis center as a result…