Committee forwards several budget and grant amendments to full council; grants office reports FEMA activity
May 27, 2026 | St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
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The committee considered multiple operating and grants budget amendments and agreed to send the four packet items to the full parish council for consideration.
Annie summarized operating amendment number 7 (Safe Haven), which adjusts the beginning fund balance to reflect January 1, 2026 actuals and amends electricity expenditures. She told the committee the amendment uses Safe Haven and related program revenues and does not include general-fund support for 2027. "At this time, this does not leave any funds available for 2027," Annie said.
Operating amendment number 8 would reallocate returned sales-tax funds and closed-project funds: the packet lists $3,242,500 to public works (from 2025 sales-tax returns), $1,100,000 to drainage maintenance (from closed capital projects) and a $20,000 donation in animal services from the estate of Judy Duruan for a new washer/dryer and necessary plumbing work. Grants budget amendment number 5 includes a Community Service Block Grant award of $10,000 for supportive services and a DOTD general aviation maintenance award of $17,237 (the grant covers 25% of maintenance costs and 50% of other eligible expenditures, with the remainder matched using Highway 21 economic development funds).
Committee members moved the four items "in global" to the parish council; the transcript records a voice vote with the chair calling for "All in favor say I" and noting an opposed response, but no roll-call tally appears in the record.
Grants staff gave a quarterly update: FEMA has approved some amendments from 2022 and staff expect capital outlay and HUD-funded water/sewer projects to accelerate into the fall; staff said they typically manage a portfolio that can reach many millions in project value when larger water-sector grants are active.
The committee took no final appropriations action at the meeting; the budget and capital amendments will appear on the parish council agenda for formal consideration and any required votes.
Annie summarized operating amendment number 7 (Safe Haven), which adjusts the beginning fund balance to reflect January 1, 2026 actuals and amends electricity expenditures. She told the committee the amendment uses Safe Haven and related program revenues and does not include general-fund support for 2027. "At this time, this does not leave any funds available for 2027," Annie said.
Operating amendment number 8 would reallocate returned sales-tax funds and closed-project funds: the packet lists $3,242,500 to public works (from 2025 sales-tax returns), $1,100,000 to drainage maintenance (from closed capital projects) and a $20,000 donation in animal services from the estate of Judy Duruan for a new washer/dryer and necessary plumbing work. Grants budget amendment number 5 includes a Community Service Block Grant award of $10,000 for supportive services and a DOTD general aviation maintenance award of $17,237 (the grant covers 25% of maintenance costs and 50% of other eligible expenditures, with the remainder matched using Highway 21 economic development funds).
Committee members moved the four items "in global" to the parish council; the transcript records a voice vote with the chair calling for "All in favor say I" and noting an opposed response, but no roll-call tally appears in the record.
Grants staff gave a quarterly update: FEMA has approved some amendments from 2022 and staff expect capital outlay and HUD-funded water/sewer projects to accelerate into the fall; staff said they typically manage a portfolio that can reach many millions in project value when larger water-sector grants are active.
The committee took no final appropriations action at the meeting; the budget and capital amendments will appear on the parish council agenda for formal consideration and any required votes.
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