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St. Martinville council introduces amendments to current fiscal year budget and files FY2025-26 operating budget; budget hearing moved to June 16
Summary
Mayor Jason Willis presented a financial report and announced the city's budget hearing was rescheduled to June 16 at 4:30 p.m. The council introduced ordinances to amend the FY2024-25 operating budget and to adopt the FY2025-26 operating budget, each containing standard appropriation and mayoral-authority provisions.
Mayor Jason Willis presented a financial report prepared by Chief Financial Officer Katy Bujard and told the council the budget hearing originally set for June 2 was rescheduled for June 16 at 4:30 p.m.
The council then introduced two separate budget ordinances. The first ordinance would amend the operating budget of revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; the second would adopt the operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. Each ordinance text in the meeting record includes provisions declaring the adoption acts as appropriations, specifies that amounts are available only to the extent shown in the budget document, and grants the mayor authority to make intra-department changes provided the department's total allocation is not altered without governing-authority approval. The documents further state that any modification changing a department's total allocation or capital outlay must be approved by the Board of Councilmen.
The minutes contain formal adoption language for these ordinances but do not record yea/nay tallies; the record shows blank lines where yeas and nays would typically appear. The ordinances as introduced refer readers to attached detailed estimated revenue and expenditure schedules (not reproduced in the minutes).
Why it matters: The ordinances set the city's legally binding spending limits and outline who may reallocate funds within departments; the scheduled June 16 hearing is the next formal opportunity for public review and a recorded vote.
What happens next: The budget hearing is set for June 16 at 4:30 p.m., at which further public comment and a formal vote are expected. The minutes do not specify whether the introduced ordinances had already been approved in practice or whether the published adoption language is a template entry; the council record does not list vote counts for either ordinance.
