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Harahan council considers reallocating fire sales-tax windfall and a millage strategy to close a budget gap
Summary
Facing a projected $846,000 city deficit, councilors discussed using excess fire sales-tax revenue to cover police shortfalls, creating a police capital fund from reallocations, and a possible repeal-and-replace millage strategy to increase dedicated police funding.
At the Dec. 11 budget hearing, Harahan council members debated short- and long-term approaches to closing a projected $846,000 city deficit in the preliminary 2026 budget.
One councilmember proposed reducing a planned $388,000 general-fund contribution to the fire department—leaving the fire department largely self-funded from an unexpected sales-tax windfall—and directing roughly $288,000 of that money to the police operating budget with…
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