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Dear Mayor Fontenot:

Your request for an opinion of the Attorney General regarding your authority to limit access to work areas at City facilities has been forwarded to me for response. Along with your request, you have attached an opinion of your City Attorney dated January 25, 2002, Section 6 through 27 of the New Iberia City Charter, and Attorney General Opinion No. 79-358 (dealing with the duties and powers of the Board of Trustees for the City of New Iberia).

As recognized in Attorney General Opinion No. 79-358, the City of New Iberia has chosen the Home Rule Charter form of government…