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DeSoto Parish jury approves 2026 budgets for airport, animal services and community programs
Summary
The jury approved the 2026 airport, animal services, Office of Community Services and rental-assistance budgets, with staff outlining balances, projected revenues and transfers; jurors discussed reimbursements, grant timing and necessary transfers from the general fund.
The DeSoto Parish Police Jury on Nov. 3 approved a slate of 2026 budgets for the airport, animal services, the Office of Community Services (OCS) and the rental-assistance (Section 8) fund.
Miss Lilly presented the airport budget, citing a projected beginning fund balance of $4,014,630, forecasted revenues of about $2,000,007, operating expenditures of $579,725 and capital outlays of $2,259,004.47. She said the airport projects a net fund-balance decrease of roughly $182,800 and an ending balance of $3,831,829; major capital projects (taxi lane/hangar construction and runway rehabilitation) are largely reimbursable by state and federal grants. Jurors voted to approve the airport budget.
Miss Lewin presented the animal-services budget, showing a projected beginning deficit of $8,004, revenues of $38,500 and operating expenditures of $688,728; staff proposed a transfer-in from the general fund of $662,000 to close the gap. Jurors approved the animal-services budget with that anticipated transfer.
The Office of Community Services budget reflected a beginning balance of $385,668, projected revenues of $1,405,827, operating expenditures of $1,218,094 and a capital outlay request for a vehicle ($66,000). Lilly explained that HUD-related administrative receipts previously shown in OCS were moved to the rental-assistance fund for 2026 and that a planned transfer from the general fund had been approved earlier in the year; jurors approved the OCS budget.
The rental-assistance (Section 8) fund was presented with a beginning balance of $37,001.86, projected revenues of $1,006,636 and expenditures of $995,006.89; staff noted an anticipated net decrease in fund balance and explained salary and administrative allocations. Jurors approved the rental-assistance budget.
Officials emphasized that many capital projects are reimbursable grants and that some transfers are temporary cash-flow measures tied to reimbursements expected from state and federal sources. Jurors set a follow-up budget meeting for Nov. 10 to finalize major budgets (general fund, solid waste, and roads) and asked that no unrelated items be added to that agenda.
