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Jefferson Parish council adopts operating and capital budget amendments, allocates opioid settlement funds to homeless services
Summary
Council approved amendments to the 2026 operating and capital budgets including a one-time $275,000 transfer for a Grand Isle ambulance, landscaping/speed-trailer allocations, and $500,000 from the opioid settlement for a homeless service center run by the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority.
On Jan. 14 the Jefferson Parish Council voted unanimously to approve amendments to the 2026 operating and capital budgets. The operating budget amendments include a $275,000 appropriation from ambulance district fund balance for a one-time payment to Grand Isle Volunteer Emergency Services for a new ambulance, smaller district-level allocations for speed trailers…
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