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There are numerous ways in which Abbeville can grow during the next 20 years.
City officials, both present and future, will now have a plan to reference to help guide any potential growth.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the Abbeville City Council adopted a resolution endorsing the Abbeville Planning Commission’s adoption of Imagine Abbeville, the city’s 20-year master plan. While not everyone in attendance agreed, the council voted 5-0 in favor of the agenda item. The planning commission previously adopted the master plan during a meeting on April 28.

The Police Jury Public Works Committee voted 7-5 to stick with the same trash pickup company, even though another company offered to do the same job for $108,000 less each year.
The public works committee will let the whole police jury know what they recommend, and then the Police Jury board will vote on it in the next two weeks. For the last 10 years, Waste Connections Bayou has been picking up the trashcans in the parish.  They first signed a five-year contract with the Police Jury, and then the Police Jury renewed its contract for another five years. 

State Fire Marshal (SFM) deputies arrested an Abbeville man for defrauding an insurance company by intentionally setting fire to his home.
Last week, State Fire Marshal deputies arrested Jonathan D. Lovett (44) of 9437 Louisiana Highway 343, Abbeville and booked him into the Vermilion Parish Jail today on a charge of Arson with Intent to Defraud.