Finance committee forwards five budget and capital ordinances to full council
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Summary
By voice vote, the finance committee sent five ordinances — operating amendment for animal services and coroner adjustments; capital amendments for Sales Tax District 3 projects, coastal restoration; animal services capital; and a grants amendment — to the full council for final consideration.
The St. Tammany Parish Finance Committee voted by voice to forward five ordinances to the full council at its Sept. 1 meeting.
Miss Corbett moved and Mister Strickland seconded a motion to submit the following items to the full council: operating budget amendment number 17 (animal services HVAC and coroner fund adjustments), capital improvement amendment number 27 (Sales Tax District 3 capital projects), capital improvement amendment number 28 (coastal restoration projects), capital improvement amendment number 29 (animal services capital companion for the HVAC work) and grants budget amendment number 10 (Local Coastal Zone Program grant and Best Friends award). The chair called for the aye/aye voice vote and said the motion carries.
Key points for each ordinance introduced at the committee:
- Operating amendment #17 (07/09/1987): Adds $68,000 for design and construction to the animal services HVAC project (total project $428,000) and decreases coroner-related revenue and expenditures due to litigation (revenue decrease cited as $14,322,276; expenditure decrease $6,800,000); staff also budgeted roughly $400,000 additional back-taxes and interest earnings. Funding mix for the HVAC project cited $270,000 capital outlay and $158,000 bridal services ad valorem tax.
- Capital amendment #27 (07/09/1988): A package of Sales Tax District 3 capital projects including Carroll Road (total budget $798,000), Caswell Drive drainage (total $2,111,000), Harrison Avenue drainage and a separate Harrison Avenue mill-and-overlay (scope and budget adjustments), Lakeview Drive (budget adjusted), Mineggra Road (re-scoped for culverts, $250,000), North Shore Circle drainage (budget adjusted), Oak Harbor Boulevard (re-scoped; remaining budget $80,000), and US 190 North Pontchartrain Drive turn-lane design ($95,000 request; total project $345,000).
- Capital amendment #28 (07/09/1989): Coastal restoration projects including Car Drive hydrology restoration (additional $300,000; total project $800,000) and program-management phase 2 ($100,000; total $200,000), funded in part with state treasury funds and Gomesa funds.
- Capital amendment #29 (07/09/1990): Companion capital funding for the animal services HVAC replacement; total project $428,000.
- Grants amendment #10 (07/09/1991): Local Coastal Zone Program award ($92,739 plus required in-kind match of $92,739) and an additional Best Friends award ($10,000) for animal life-saving activities (total Best Friends award referenced as $19,000 received year-to-date).
Committee members asked clarifying questions about project scopes, the urban growth boundary and transport-impact-fee restrictions, and bid variances that allowed budget reductions on several projects. The committee made no final appropriations at the meeting; all five ordinances were introduced and forwarded to the full council for action.