2026-0214
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to amend the 2026 Consolidated Operating and Capital Budget, Amendment No. 1 to add revenues and transfers totaling of $17,205,154, an addition of accumulated fund balance of $65,875,729 and expenditures, including transfers, totaling of $80,338,499 for all Governmental Funds for the purpose of adjusting beginning 2026 fund balances across all funds to match ending 2025 Final Budget balances and to re-apply various construction, architectural/engineering, and other fees unexpended in 2025 for Parish projects that were not completed during 2025 and apply them to 2026.
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WHEREAS, the 2026 St. Charles Parish Consolidated Operating and Capital Budget was adopted on November 3, 2025 by Ordinance No. 25-11-2; and amended on January 26, 2026 by Executive Order No. 2026-01; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish Council has taken under consideration the study of Amendment No. 1 to the St. Charles Parish Consolidated Operating and Capital Budget for fiscal year 2026: to increase beginning General Fund balance by $4,593,997 and to add Revenues totaling $3,008,862 as well as expenditures totaling $7,551,546; to increase the beginning Fund balance in Fund 102 - Parish Transportation by $151,218 and to increase capital expenditures by $144,359; to increase beginning Fund balance in Fund 105 -Road Lighting by $871,063; to reduce beginning fund balance in Fund 110 - Criminal Court Fund by $4,249; to increase the beginning Fund balance in Fund 112 by $20,927,709 and to add revenues including transfers totaling $5,924,038 and expenditures totaling $26,797,807 for construction, architectural/engineering and other fees for: Fund 112 - Roads and Drainage - Paved Streets - Account No.112-420210 total expenditures in the amount of $5,740,515; Fund 112 - Roads and Drainage - Sidewalks, Account No. 112-420230 in the amount of $502,070; Fund 112 - Roads and Drainage Fund - Cross Bayou Pump Station - Account No. 112-420240 total expenditures in the amount $2,755,362 of Fund 112 - Roads and Drainage Fund - Drainage - Account No. 112-420260 total expenditures in the amount of $17,799,860; Fund 113 - Recreation Fund, a decrease in beginning Fund Balance totaling $917,188, an increase in Revenues totaling $3,845,215, and an increase in Capital Expenditures totaling $1,722,000; to increase beginning Fund balance in Fund 114 - Mosquito Control by $46,787; to increase beginning Fund balance in Fund 123 - Flood Protection Fund - by $35,910,692 and to add revenues totaling $1,160,996 and expenditures of $38,006,936; to increase Debt Service Funds beginning Fund Balance by $4,860; to increase beginning Fund Balance in Fund 302 - Recreation Facilities Construction Fund by $8,054; to increase beginning Fund balance in Fund 312 - GOMESA Construction Fund by $4,069,158 and increase total capital expenditures by $4,049,808; to increase beginning Fund Balance for Fund 313 LCDBG Public Facilities Construction Fund by $214,242 and increase total revenues and expenditures by $1,685,126; to decrease beginning Fund Balance for Fund 316 - Front Foot Assessment Capital Projects Fund by $614, all as shown by the Revision Schedule.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Sections D, E, and F of the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter and with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act (R.S. 39:1301 et. seq.), the St. Charles Parish Council does hereby amend the 2026 St. Charles Parish Consolidated Operating and Capital Budget, as amended, as per "Exhibit A".
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this _______ day of ___________, 2026, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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SECRETARY:
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