The Lafayette City Council heard a first reading on Ordinance 2025-57, a rezoning petition that would change approximately 47 acres from agricultural and general business zoning to I‑3 industrial to accommodate a new manufacturing plant.

Attorney Joe Calder, representing Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC (referred to in the record as ‘Premium’), told council the parcel is adjacent to an existing campus and that the petitioner expects the project to involve more than $400,000,000 in investment and create roughly 190 jobs. Calder said the rezoning request matches the city’s comprehensive plan and has unanimous support from the planning commission and staff.

Council did not record substantive objections during the first reading, and members approved the ordinance on first reading (roll call recorded 5‑0), advancing the rezoning to subsequent procedural steps. Calder offered printed materials presented to the planning commission for council review.