Terrebonne Parish previews $25 million bond package and 2026 budget ahead of Feb. 25 meeting

Unidentified Speaker, host of the On the Agenda program, said Terrebonne Parish will present its adopted 2026 operating budget and a five-year capital outlay plan tied to Series 2025 sales-tax bonds totaling $25,000,000 at the upcoming Feb. 25 council meeting. "This is a $25,000,000 bonds that we're doing, some road repairs, some drainage repairs, and get some software to replace the aging software we've had since 1998 with our accounting software," the host said.

The package, as described on the program, would pay for road and drainage projects and for a new accounting software platform intended to display parish revenue and spending online once implemented. The host said the new software will allow residents to "see how much we collect, what we spend, and who we spend it with on our website once the new software accounting solution is implemented." The transcript does not record a vote; these items were presented as agenda items for the Feb. 25 council meeting.

The speaker also listed related utility- and public-services funding items discussed in committee, including $35,000 in utility administration, a $422,000 change order for Windy Bank (described as a change order) and a $441,000 chiller air-handler for the parish jail. The program noted ongoing HVAC work at the courthouse, courthouse annex, jail and towers intended to reduce rental costs for chiller units.

Next steps: the council will consider these budget and bond items at its Feb. 25 meeting. The program did not record committee votes or final council outcomes in the transcript provided.