Topics

Topics the Parish Council Tasked the City-Parish Alignment Commission With

  1. As the parish governing authority, how can the Lafayette Parish Council best fulfill its responsibility to protect Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government tax dollars?
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  2. How can the Lafayette Parish Council, all of whose members have constituents in the City of Lafayette, best protect the interest of all of our Parish of Lafayette citizens?
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  3. How can the Lafayette Parish Council best determine whether Lafayette Consolidated Government has fulfilled the purposes for which the consolidation of the City of Lafayette and Parish of Lafayette was advocated in 1992 when it was voted on?
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  4. How can the Lafayette Parish Council best evaluate the system of administrative cost allocations to determine whether there is significant deviation from the actual division of work between the City of Lafayette and the Parish of Lafayette?
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  5. Are parish tax dollars being spent within the city limits of Lafayette?
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  6. Is consolidation fair to all taxpayers of the Parish of Lafayette?
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  7. What are the likely consequences of deconsolidation?
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  8. Would a repeal of the “Fix the Charter” amendments, and a return to a consolidated Lafayette City-Parish Council, better serve the interests of the people of the City of Lafayette and the Parish of Lafayette?
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  9. How can working relationships be improved between the Lafayette City Council, the Lafayette Parish Council, and the Lafayette Mayor-President and executive branch of Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government?
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  10. The commissioners shall investigate and evaluate the findings and report of the Protect the City Committee.