Lafayette, Louisiana
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Lafayette is a city on the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Lafayette is the parish seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 110,257.
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[edit] Evaluating transparency of the city's website
[edit] The good
- Budget is posted.[1]
- Includes an "Ethics in Government" page.[2]
- Local tax information is provided.[3]
- City-Parish Council members are all listed with contact information.[4]
- Council agendas and meetings are available in a searchable database.[5]
- Meeting schedule is posted.[6]
- Zoning[7] and building permit information is available.[8]
[edit] The bad
- Administrative officials are not all listed with contact information.
- Audit reports are not available.
- City contracts are not online.
- Information on records management is provided, but it does not describe how to make a public records request.
[edit] Public records
The Lafayette City Council voted to lower the cost of public police and fire records on May 4, 2009. The new policy gives citizens the documents at cost, and removes the possibility of the city using public records requests as a source of revenue.
Incident reports will be 10 cents per black and white page and 25 cents a page for color copies. [9]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ Budget
- ↑ Ethics in Government
- ↑ Tax Information
- ↑ Council Members
- ↑ Council Minutes/Agendas
- ↑ Meeting Schedule
- ↑ Zoning
- ↑ Permits
- ↑ Lafayette records' fee reduced, JCOnline, May 5, 2009
