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Iberia Parish Council unanimously adopts 2025 budgets, approves equipment and project amendments
Summary
Iberia Parish Council on Dec. 4 unanimously adopted multiple 2025 fund budgets — including the general fund, road and solid-waste funds — and approved council amendments adding equipment and project line items such as laptops, a Bobcat, a $750,000 Port of Iberia Road item and a $300,000 grapple truck.
The Iberia Parish Council on Dec. 4, 2024 moved through its final-adoption agenda and unanimously approved dozens of 2025 fund budgets while adopting several council amendments that add equipment and project funding.
The council voted to adopt the 2025 general fund budget and a long list of special-purpose and district budgets "as publicized," following administrative changes presented by Budget Officer Michelle Sweare and several council amendments. Sweare told the council the administration proposed adding $50,000 to the governing-body professional-services line, $5,000 for equipment purchases (office furniture), $50,000 to finance professional services and a new $10,000 rental line for emergency management. "So for the governing body ... we wanna add $50,000," Sweare said when listing the administrative changes.
Why it matters: The package bundles the parish’s main operating plan with many smaller funds and discretionary line items. Administrative amendments adjust how the budget pays for services and timing of projects; council amendments add or…
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