2026-0214
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
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.
Body
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 - Ro...
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