Morgan City Council adopts 2025–2035 capital improvement list after funding discussion

Morgan City Council voted to adopt the city’s 2025–2035 capital improvement project list following a detailed staff presentation and council discussion about priorities and financing.

The council adopted the list at its April 22 meeting. Ty, a city staff member leading the budget discussion, told the council that adopting the list does not appropriate funds but places projects in the city’s planning and budget process and forwards the list to the Council of Governments (COG) for regional consideration. "The adopting the list does a couple things. 1, it’ll be incorporated in next year's budget for the projects that are 2025. And then this list also goes to the COG and is combined with the county's list," Ty said.

Why this matters: council members pressed staff on how feasible high-priority projects are to complete given limited cash on hand and possible borrowing. Council members focused on the city’s largest projects — notably a planned natural-gas-fired backup generator and a proposed public works building…