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Finance director outlines capital outlay and building fund items; Sugar Cane Festival building close to transaction
Summary
Finance director Bridal Duplichan described roughly $885,000 in planned capital projects (deferred maintenance and building fund items), noted shifts of some facilities back to parish maintenance, and said legal counsel is finalizing the Sugar Cane Festival building transaction after an Attorney General opinion.
Bridal Duplichan, Iberia Parish finance director, briefed the committee on the parish’s capital and building fund priorities. Duplichan said the capital outlay plan focuses on deferred maintenance across public buildings and facilities, totaling about $885,000 in planned projects for the coming year.
She highlighted specific items such as two maintenance trucks (corrected to $80,000 total, not $160,000 as mis‑typed in the packet), roof repairs that have consumed building fund reserves, and added interior work at the annex after roof repairs were completed. Duplichan also noted new expense recognition following the parish’s decision to take back responsibility for several recreation buildings — those items now appear in the building fund and will be adjusted once transactions finalize.
On the Sugar Cane Festival building, council members were told the transaction is nearing completion: the parish received an opinion from the Attorney General last month and county and city attorneys are working to finalize details. The chair said he had an “ink pen ready” and expected to sign once attorneys settle final terms.
Duplichan reminded the committee that any adjustments will move through standard budget amendment or reallocation processes before final adoption.
