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St. Martinville adopts amended FY2024–25 budget and approves FY2025–26 budget with capital outlay request
Summary
The St. Martinville mayor and city council adopted Ordinance 25-07 (amended FY2024–25 budget) and Ordinance 25-08 (FY2025–26 budget) at their June 16 meeting. The proposed FY2026 budget includes a capital outlay request of $8,814,383 and a 2% wage increase for most employees; utility rate changes were also included.
The St. Martinville Mayor and City Council adopted an amended operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (Ordinance No. 25-07) and approved the operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026 (Ordinance No. 25-08) during their June 16, 2025 regular meeting at City Hall.
The council recorded the vote on Ordinance 25-07 as YEAS: M. Fuselier, C. Frederick, J. Anthony and F. Chatman; NAYS: None; ABSENT: J. Fontenette. Ordinance 25-08 was adopted with the same recorded affirmative votes and Councilman Jonas Fontenette absent. Mayor Jason Willis presided over the meeting.
The FY2026 transmittal letter included several items the council flagged during the meeting: a proposed 2% salary and wage increase for most employees (excluding those in the Public Safety Department and elected officials), which the budget document lists as an approximate $84,000 additional cost; a capital outlay request totaling $8,814,383; and proposed utility rate adjustments for electric, water and sewer customers shown in tiered tables provided with the budget.
Council received detailed multi-year revenue and expenditure tables for the General Fund and the Utility Fund during the presentation. The consolidated budget document presented revenue and expenditure summaries, including projected operating revenues and fund balances; the transmittal shows an ending consolidated fund balance in the budget tables and includes staff projections and assumptions used to prepare the estimates.
The budget documents also state the mayor may incorporate adjustments arising from the public hearing into a final document; the mayor noted availability to assist council with any requested changes. The council adjourned after completing the agenda.
What happens next: the ordinances are recorded in the minutes, and the mayor and city staff will implement the adopted budget and any subsequent adjustments resulting from the public hearing and council direction.
