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St. Tammany Parish finance committee forwards four budget amendments after monthly finance briefing
Summary
The St. Tammany Parish Finance Committee reviewed October sales-tax receipts and projected fund balances, then voted to forward four budget amendments — two operating, one grant, one capital — to the full council for consideration.
The St. Tammany Parish Finance Committee on Thursday reviewed monthly finance figures showing parish sales-tax collections running ahead of last year and approved forwarding four budget amendments to the full Parish Council.
Annie, finance staff, told the committee that Sales Tax District 3 collections through September were up roughly 8% from the prior year and that parish-wide sales-tax receipts are projected in the $79 million to $80 million range — about $4 million over the adopted budget and roughly 4–5% higher than last year’s $76 million total. "We were up over the prior year collections of about 8%," Annie said.
Annie also noted one district with a small decline: Highway 21 EDD was down about 1.6% for September compared with the prior year, a difference of roughly $2,000; she said September was the first fully comparable month since Costco began collections there last year. "We collected…
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