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DeSoto Parish Finance Committee approves 2026 budgets and shifts funds toward jail construction
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Summary
The Finance Committee approved multiple 2026 fund budgets and a plan to transfer money toward the new correctional facility, including a proposed $1 million transfer from the jail fund and a possible $500,000 sinking-fund transfer from tipping fees; the committee also authorized additional LCDBG street-improvement funding.
DeSoto Parish's Finance Committee approved a slate of 2026 budgets and authorized transfers to support the parish's new correctional facility during a meeting that included budget presentations, a contract review and a vote to confirm additional street-improvement funding.
Budget presenter Miss Lilly said the witness and jurors fund is projected to begin 2026 with $1,087,209, with proposed revenues of $149,000 and expenditures of $96,200, leaving a projected ending balance of $1,125,005.13. "We are projected to be have a beginning fund balance of $1,087,209," she said while outlining line-item changes and a planned transfer to the criminal court fund. The committee voted to approve that fund.
