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Votes at a glance: Morgan City council, municipal building authority and RDA actions, June 24, 2025
Summary
Morgan City elected bodies approved a slate of budget amendments, property purchases and new fees and taxes during joint meetings June 24. Key actions include adoption of a 6% municipal energy tax, multiple redevelopment land purchases to assemble a downtown plaza project, and adoption of the cityfinal 202526#8211;26 budget.
Morgan City elected bodies met in joint session June 24 and approved multiple resolutions and ordinances across the Municipal Building Authority, Redevelopment Agency and City Council.
The meeting produced unanimous approvals on routine and project-specific items, including amended and final budgets for the Municipal Building Authority and Redevelopment Agency, a redevelopment land-purchase package, a municipal energy sales-and-use tax, the certified property tax rate, an amended building-permit fee for basement finishes and the cityfinal 202526#8211;26 budget.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution M-25-12: Adopted. Opened and amended the Morgan City Municipal Building Authority 202426#8211;25 fiscal-year budget (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolution M-25-13: Adopted. Adopted the Municipal Building Authority final budget for fiscal year 202526#8211;26 (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolution R-25-14: Adopted. Opened and amended the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) 202426#8211;25 fiscal-year budget to reflect recent property purchases and project timing (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolution R-25-15: Adopted. Adopted the Redevelopment Agency 202526#8211;26 final budget, including a $300,000 planned transfer from the general fund for consolidated property holdings (motion carried unanimously).
- RDA annual report: Adopted. The agencyannual report for the reporting year was accepted and transmitted as required by state rules (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolutions R-25-16 through R-25-20: Adopted. The Redevelopment Agency approved five separate land-purchase agreements (Commercial Street LLC; Doug Buys Homes; Arden Limited Partnership; Old First National Bank Building LLC; Veil Leasing LLC) to assemble parcels for the downtown plaza/hotel/alleyway project (motion carried unanimously).
- Municipal wastewater planning program survey: Adopted. The council accepted the annual wastewater planning survey as presented by city staff/consultant (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolution 25-O-9 (City): Adopted. Opening and amending 202426#8211;25 city budgets to appropriate fund balance and account for timing of projects; discussed in work session and adopted (motion carried unanimously).
- Ordinance 25-O-8 (City): Adopted. Municipal energy sales-and-use tax enacted at a 6% rate on natural gas and electricity; revenue directed to the capital improvement fund to support near-term projects (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolution 25-10 (City): Adopted. Adoption of the certified property tax rate for 2025; council adopted the certified rate, avoiding a truth-in-taxation hearing (motion carried unanimously).
- Ordinance 25-O-9 (City): Adopted. Amendment to the consolidated fee schedule: residential basement finish building-permit fee increased from $100 to $500 to better cover inspection costs (motion carried unanimously).
- Resolution 25-11 (City): Adopted. City final budget for fiscal year 202526#8211;26 adopted after prior votes on tax and fee items (motion carried unanimously).
- Ordinance 25-O-7 (compensation for elected/appointed officers): Tabled. The council tabled the ordinance so staff can conduct the required separate public hearing notice (7-day statutory notice) and return with the item properly noticed.
What the votes mean
Most votes were unanimous and routine in form. Several items were connected: the municipal energy tax was added into the new budget plan as an anticipated revenue source (estimated by staff at roughly $300,000) to be used for capital projects; multiple RDA acquisitions consolidate property for a downtown plaza and alleyway project; and fee and budget technical updates were adopted to align accounting with actuals and inspection costs.
Formal actions and provenance
(Every item above corresponds to a formal motion recorded in the meeting minutes; evidence excerpts from the transcript record the motion and the close of the vote for each item.)
