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LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) -- It was one of the feel-good moments for members of the Lafayette City-Parish Council at the body's regular meeting Tuesday night. More than 100 residents of the Beau Parterre subdivision came to express their concern over a proposed connection to the new Woodlands of Acadiana subdivision to the north of them. The...

Lafayette City-Parish Council members voted Tuesday night to override a veto from Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel on an ordinance that places restrictions on the use of recreational park vehicles as permanent homes in the unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish.

The Lafayette City-Parish Council will revisit a proposed travel trailer ban tonight after President Joey Durel vetoed the measure at the Oct. 24 meeting.

The original ordinance was challenged in court in 2007 by a property owner after vehicles were seized from his property.

Kyle Bordelon, school district facilities planning director, says the council's decision doesn't affect the Lindon project because a permanent classroom wing addition will be built on School Board-owned property and not on the donated land.

While Tuesday's council action doesn't move the line, it does mean that the issue is back in legal dispute since both parishes can't agree on where the line should be.

Planning, Zoning and Codes Director Eleanor Bouy says they have received complaints about homeowners renting those trailers to itinerant workers.

Lafayette City Parish Councilman Don Bertrand says the proposal before the council next week would undo the settlement made a decade ago.

The Lafayette City-Parish Council approved major changes to Lafayette's solid waste laws last night, now requiring unincorporated residents to sign up for waste management services and imposing fines on those who leave garbage cans near the road after pickup.

The Lafayette City Parish Council voted to suspend the collection of the 0.94-mill Public Health Unit tax for property owners this year.

One Youngsville organization expressed concern Tuesday night after the Lafayette City-Parish Council introduced an ordinance transferring ownership of Youngsville's Foster Park from the Lafayette Consolidated Government to the City of Youngsville.

After surprise pay increases were approved at last night's budget adoption meeting, Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel spoke with "Your Afternoon Drive Home" to defend Lafayette Utilities System director Terry Huval's $100,000 raise, which Durel said was "a long time coming."

The Lafayette Conslidated Government's 2014 budget was approved tonight alongside significant pay increases for all Lafayette government employees.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The fate of a proposed pay raise for Lafayette city-parish employees will be decided when the City-Parish Council meets Thursday to adopt next year's budget.

Each of the original charter commission members was willing to join a new commission if asked to serve.

Chief Financial Office Lorrie Toups says the cost of the pay raise would be $2.8 million a year.

Durel says both the parish health unit tax and the mosquito abatement tax are bringing in more revenue than is needed for annual operations.

The assessment was based on concerns raised by the Lafayette City-Parish Council.

City-Parish President Joey Durel says turning it over to a nonprofit group will likely make it easier for them to raise money than local government.

If a deal is approved, Lafayette Central Park Inc. would be responsible for at least $6.8 million in improvements at property.