Parish council adopts budget amendment and multiple ordinances, most unanimously

On Sept. 3 the Saint Tammany Parish Council adopted a package of ordinances including multiple zoning reclassifications, moratorium extensions, capital and grants budget amendments and code updates. Several rezoning items for Lacombe, Madisonville and other areas were approved as presented.

Notably, ordinance calendar item 7 — an amendment to the 2026 operating budget (amendment No. 10) to align beginning fund balances with audited actuals — passed with an 11‑1 vote and two absences. "The motion passes with 11 yays, 1 nay, and 2 absent," the clerk announced when recording the vote.

Other items — including capital improvement amendments for library projects, grant rollovers, opioid abatement funding, and authorizations to acquire parcels for drainage and bridge projects — were adopted, most by unanimous recorded vote. Council members used the consent calendar for many items and pulled only a subset for separate discussion.

By adopting the ordinances, the council updated the parish's official zoning map in several places and adjusted budgets to reflect audited numbers and carryovers from FY2025 to FY2026.