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St. Martin Parish Council adopts Year 2026 sinking fund, operating and $49.43M capital outlay budgets
Summary
The St. Martin Parish Council on Dec. 2 adopted the Year 2026 sinking fund and operating budgets and approved a $49,426,655.91 capital outlay plan covering roads, drainage bonds, facility repairs and FEMA/state projects; ordinances take effect upon Parish President approval.
The St. Martin Parish Council voted unanimously Dec. 2 to adopt Ordinance No. 25-12-1524-OR, the Year 2026 Sinking Fund and Operating and Maintenance Budgets, and Ordinance No. 25-12-1525-OR, the Year 2026 Parish Capital Outlay Budget. The ordinances were approved by roll call (YEAS: Hoyt Louviere, Carla JeanBatiste, Tangie Narcisse, David Poirier, Chris Tauzin, Vincent Alexander, Ben Clay and Chris Courville; ABSENT: Corey Melancon) and become effective upon approval by Parish President Pete Delcambre under the St. Martin Parish Home Rule Charter.
The operating-and-sinking ordinance covers multiple parish funds including the General Fund; Sales Tax Districts #1 and #2; public safety, courts, health unit, mosquito control, wastewater and other enterprise and special funds. The capital outlay ordinance includes a detailed project and funding list showing total revenues and expenditures of $49,426,655.91. Noted capital items and funding sources in the adopted plan include drainage bond projects, state capital outlay allocations, FEMA/HMGP funds for home elevations, road improvement projects and targeted repairs for parish facilities.
Council members opened a public hearing on the proposed budgets and solicited public comment; none was offered before hearings were closed by motion. Clerk Brooke Thibodeaux presented the detailed fund worksheets and line-item summaries during the meeting.
The council adopted the budgets by motion (Carla JeanBatiste moved; David Poirier seconded). The adoption votes and the record show the ordinances were declared adopted Dec. 2, 2025, and will be effective immediately upon signature by the Parish President, as stated in the ordinances.
The council did not alter the published capital project list at the meeting; the capital outlay document included project-level entries such as road improvements, drainage bond projects and facility repairs with state and federal funding sources identified in the ordinance exhibits. The administration and the Director of Finance will implement the budgets and carry out required year-end reporting and accounting per parish procedures.
