Broussard council moves to create facilities maintenance department via budget reclassification

The Broussard City Council on Dec. 9 approved Resolution 872-25 to reclassify unspent funds from recreation, police, fire, and public works into the administration account to form a facilities maintenance department.

Why it matters: Officials said the change is intended to centralize building upkeep for city-owned facilities and make bookkeeping more efficient; staff told the council the reclassification follows guidance from the city27s CPA.

The presiding official described the item as "creating a facility maintenance department for the city to maintain the buildings that we own in what we believe will be a more efficient cost effective approach." The presiding official said staff member Kristen worked with department heads to identify monies already dedicated or spent on buildings and that remaining unspent funds would be moved now so they can be applied to projects; the full transfer at next year27s budget time was also described.

The transcript records the presiding official saying "The grand total for the year, budgeted was $4.38," but the remark does not specify units (for example, thousands or millions) or whether that figure refers to the full original budget or the remaining unspent balance. The council approved the resolution by roll-call vote with no recorded dissent.

Next steps: The resolution authorizes staff to reclassify the identified unspent funds into administration for facilities projects; the council directed implementation under the CPA's guidance, but did not specify individual projects or a detailed funding schedule in the meeting record.