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DeSoto Parish police jury adopts 2026 general, road and solid‑waste budgets
Summary
The DeSoto Parish Police Jury approved the 2026 general fund, road fund, solid‑waste fund and self‑insurance fund budgets on a series of voice votes after presentations from finance staff and discussion of capital priorities, COLA increases and grant allocations.
The DeSoto Parish Police Jury voted to adopt the parish’s 2026 budgets, approving the general fund, road fund, solid‑waste fund and the self‑insurance fund following presentations from parish finance staff.
Miss Lilly, the finance presenter, opened the session with topline numbers for the general fund, reporting a beginning fund balance in the range of $14 million and total expenditures for the general fund in the low‑$11 million range. She highlighted projected revenue shifts — a roughly $216,000 reduction in ad valorem receipts, modest gains in interest earnings, and a $1.2 million Brownsville assessment grant — and outlined department‑level changes including COLA requests and line‑item adjustments. "Total expenditures is $11,018,004.71," Miss Lilly said while presenting the general fund schedule.
The budget package included capital outlay items: courthouse basement and ADA renovations, a Stonewall Park splash pad, and a $1.1 million allocation for the 4‑H cover arena. Miss Lilly said the KCS Sewer project came in substantially under the engineer’s estimate; the recorded bid was about $320,020 and was funded partly by $225,000 in LGAP and $100,000 in ARPA funds. She also reported an updated estimate of roughly $350,000 for a courthouse boiler replacement after engineering work.
On the road fund, finance staff presented a beginning balance of roughly $13.6 million, projected revenues near $26.0 million and capital works totaling millions for projects including Wallace Road, Cotton Belt and an Industrial Park/I‑49 segment expected to be supported by a $2 million EDA grant and an LCDBG allocation for Birch Streets. The jury discussed reductions to some operations lines, a plan to increase oil‑mix production and a reallocation of fleet and equipment expenses.
Miss Lilly reported the solid‑waste beginning fund balance at about $17.44 million but noted roughly $8 million of that is reserved for landfill post‑closure costs. She described declines in tipping‑fee revenue and a capital plan that includes compactor replacements, new portable buildings for compactor sites and construction of a new compactor facility; engineers also recommended a leachate pump station for off‑site disposal.
Each budget was approved by voice vote. For the general fund the motion passed by voice after a motion and second; the chair recorded multiple jurors saying “aye.” The road fund, solid‑waste fund and the self‑insurance fund were likewise approved by voice votes later in the meeting.
The jury recorded several procedural directions as they voted the budgets: staff were directed to prepare bid materials for environmental cleanup (Brownsville grant), investigate state‑contract purchasing options for an outside water system request (discussed during the grants segment) and to include a follow‑up water‑system funding item on the regular agenda for the next full jury meeting.
What’s next: the police jury adopted the budgets for 2026 and will consider individual non‑governmental grant awards and specific procurement decisions when the full jury finalizes line items at the upcoming regular meeting.
