Lafayette Meetings

Back-to-school readiness, a proposed attendance-zone adjustment for two elementary schools, and the annual millage roll-forward decision.

• 2026–27 attendance zone adjustment — two elementary schools
• Ad valorem millage roll-forward / roll-back decision
• Personnel report and new-hire approvals
• Superintendent's back-to-school update

Rate study review, a substation upgrade contract, and a fiber expansion progress report from Lafayette Utilities System.

• Electric rate study — consultant presentation
• Substation transformer replacement — contract award
• LUS Fiber expansion status report

Variance requests for setbacks and signage, including a downtown property seeking relief from parking minimums to convert offices into apartments.

• Variance — parking minimum, downtown office-to-residential conversion
• Variance — rear setback, residential addition
• Variance — sign height, commercial frontage

Six rezoning and preliminary plat requests, including a proposed subdivision off Ambassador Caffery and a request to convert a corridor parcel from residential to light commercial.

• Preliminary plat — residential subdivision, Ambassador Caffery
• Rezoning — residential to light commercial, Johnston St corridor
• Conditional use permit — childcare facility
• Zoning text amendment — accessory dwelling units

Introductory ordinances on the FY2026–27 city budget adjustments, a rezoning near the Oil Center, and a franchise agreement renewal. Several items carried over from the last regular session.

• Final adoption — supplemental appropriations, General Fund
• Introduction — rezoning, Oil Center commercial corridor
• Franchise agreement renewal — utility right-of-way
• Board and commission appointments

Drainage project funding, a cooperative endeavor agreement with a rural fire district, and an update on the parish jail. The council meets immediately before the City Council.

• Resolution — drainage improvement funding, District 3 coulees
• Cooperative endeavor agreement — rural fire protection
• Parish correctional center operations update
• Public comment

Adopted supplemental appropriations for street resurfacing and approved two board appointments. A proposed short-term-rental ordinance was deferred to a later meeting after extended public comment.

• Adopted — street resurfacing appropriation
• Deferred — short-term rental regulation ordinance
• Approved — board and commission appointments

Approved a cooperative endeavor agreement for rural road maintenance and received an update on the parish's federal drainage grant application.

• Approved — rural road maintenance agreement
• Received — federal drainage grant application update
• Public comment

Adopted the 2026–27 general fund budget, approved summer maintenance contracts, and heard a report on the prior year's graduation rates.

• Adopted — 2026–27 general fund budget
• Approved — summer facilities maintenance contracts
• Received — graduation and completion rate report

Recommended approval of three rezonings and denied a request to place a self-storage facility adjacent to a residential neighborhood after opposition from residents.

• Recommended approval — three corridor rezonings
• Denied — self-storage rezoning near residential
• Approved — preliminary plat, north Lafayette