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Kenner council reconsiders mayor’s vetoes on 2025-26 operating, capital budgets
Summary
The Kenner City Council moved to reconsider two budget ordinances the mayor vetoed. The mayor’s written objections were read into the record; council held roll-call votes and overrode at least one veto.
The Kenner City Council on June 5, 2025 reconsidered two ordinances adopting the city’s operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2025–26 after Mayor Glazer issued line-item vetoes.
City Clerk read a May 27, 2025 letter from Mayor Glazer into the record outlining four reasons for the vetoes: the mayor said the amendments would further deplete the city’s fund balance; allocate money to narrow discretionary projects not in strategic capital planning; jeopardize community services and the city’s bond rating; and reverse what the mayor described as hard‑won fiscal discipline.
The council moved the two items—Summary Ordinance No. 12,813 (operating budget) and Summary Ordinance No. 12,814 (capital budget)—to the floor for reconsideration on motions by Council Member Lahat, seconded by Council Member McKinney. For the capital budget (Ordinance No. 12,814) the clerk recorded a roll‑call vote and the council overrode the mayor’s veto 6–1; Council Member Brennan cast the lone vote against the override. For the operating budget (Ordinance No. 12,813) the clerk conducted a roll‑call vote after advising that a “yes” vote would override the veto and add $150,000 to council accounts; the transcript of the meeting provided here shows the roll call in progress but does not contain a clear, unambiguous final tally for that ordinance.
The mayor’s letter, read into the record as required under the Kenner Charter, emphasized preserving the city’s fund balance and the city’s credit rating as reasons for withholding approval of the amendments. Council members proceeded directly to the roll‑call votes; no members of the public addressed the council on the vetoes during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript provided.
The override vote for the capital budget will allow the $150,000 council capital allocation that the mayor had objected to; the transcript does not show additional amendments or conditions attached to that ordinance in the portions provided.
