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Council introduces ordinance to amend 2025 operating budget to recognize multiple CDBG, FMA and other recovery awards
Summary
The council approved introduction of an ordinance to amend the 2025 adopted operating budget to recognize a package of federal recovery awards and CDBG allocations totaling multiple millions for flood mitigation, wastewater implementation, boat launches and Main Street improvements; a public hearing was scheduled for late May.
Terrebonne Parish councilmembers voted to introduce an ordinance amending the 2025 adopted operating budget to recognize several federal and CDBG-funded projects, including flood mitigation and multiple community-development projects. The council also set a public hearing on the budget amendment for Wednesday in late May.
The listed items in the introduction included: FMA (Flood Mitigation Assistance) funding of $452,025; an LCLIP (or similar local allocation) amount listed as $100,7300 and 50 (as shown in the backup, amount formatting in the packet was unclear); pollution control funding of $155,000; multiple CDBG-DR (disaster recovery) projects including Village East wastewater implementation ($2.5 million), boat-launch and bayou activation Phase 1 ($1.5 million), Main Street improvements ($3 million), housing and human services facility ($2 million), east water line redundancy ($1.5 million) and a Bayou Terrebonne pump station ($10,547,426). The council called a public hearing for Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the ordinance.
Several council members asked for clearer public-facing project maps and documentation to explain how recovery dollars are being allocated, particularly to show project locations, affected communities and the rationale for selecting certain projects. One councilmember requested maps and more detailed background because constituents had asked where funds would be spent and how spending related to low-to-moderate income area designations.
The parish president’s office and recovery staff said application materials and maps are available on the parish recovery web page (tpcg.org/recovery) and that project applications and backup materials have been emailed to council members. Staff said they are working on a public-facing site with improved mapping and project-tracking functionality.
A council member noted that some constituents are concerned boat launches and projects tied to the seafood industry may not benefit non-boating residents; staff reiterated that many projects are CDBG-DR awards with program rules and eligible project types that constrain how funds can be used. Staff also confirmed the parish must recognize the grants in the budget before it can receive and spend the funds; reimbursements will follow established grant processes.
The ordinance introduction was moved by Clyde Hamner and seconded by Danny Babin. The council recorded the motion as passing in the meeting (recorded vote: yes:9, no:2, abstain:0). A public hearing was scheduled for May 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
Clarifying details: staff said the parish’s recovery website contains applications and maps and that additional public-facing mapping is being developed; the large Bayou Terrebonne pump-station allocation was listed as $10,547,426 in the agenda backup. Councilmembers asked for itemized breakdowns, the geographic distribution of projects and the underlying needs assessments for each project before the public hearing.
Votes at a glance: Introduction of ordinance to amend the 2025 adopted operating budget to recognize multiple FMA and CDBG-DR awards — moved Clyde Hamner, second Danny Babin; outcome: introduced (yes:9, no:2, abstain:0).
