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CPC to wrap up budget hearings

by Walter Pierce

The nine-member panel began combing through the budget in early August; final adoption is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 27.

The Lafayette City-Parish Council is scheduled to conclude discussion beginning at 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, Sept. 13, on the proposed 2011-2012 budget for Lafayette Consolidated Government. The nine-member panel began combing through the budget in early August; final adoption is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 27.

The proposed budget submitted by City-Parish President Joey Durel in late July totals $543.3 million. The current 2010-2011 budget is roughly $614.3 million.

View a PDF of the proposed budget here.