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Ouachita Parish Finance Committee approves 2024 amended and 2025 proposed budgets for multiple funds
Summary
At a Sept. 16, 2024 meeting, the Ouachita Parish Police Jury Finance Committee approved a series of 2024 amended and 2025 proposed budgets covering cemetery funds, sewer districts, road-improvement and general funds, and adopted the 2025 indirect cost allocation. Dollar amounts were not specified in the transcript.
Mrs. Toni Bacon, Chair of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury Finance Committee, called the committee to order at 7:38 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2024, at the Police Jury administrative building. Treasurer Brad Cammack presented a slate of 2024 Amended and 2025 Proposed budgets across multiple funds, and jurors moved to approve each item; motions were recorded and each passed without opposition.
The committee approved the 2024 Amended and 2025 Proposed budgets for Smith Cemetery (moved by Mr. Michael Thompson; seconded by Mr. Lonnie Hudson) and for JS Clark Cemetery (moved by Mr. Larry Bratton; seconded by Mr. Lonnie Hudson). The committee also approved General Fund items including General Fund – Reserved (moved by Bratton; seconded by Thompson), General Fund – Interest Reserved, General Fund – Hospital Settlement, General Fund – Pump Station and General Fund – Economic Development; each approval was recorded as passing without opposition.
The committee approved budgets for multiple sewer districts and maintenance funds presented by the treasurer, including Green Acres Sewer District 13, West Ouachita Sewer District #9, Southeast Sewer District 3, Humphries/Garrett Road Sewer Maintenance Fund, Eastern Forest Sewer District and Ingleside Sewer District. Members likewise approved the Eagle Lake Subdivision Road Improvement Fund and Calvert Estates/Hodge Watson Road Sewer Maintenance Fund. The Debt Service Fund – Economic Development – Auto Plant budget was also approved.
Mr. Cammack summarized a General Fund overview that showed actual amounts for 2021–2023 and projections for 2024 and 2025; the transcript does not record dollar amounts. The committee approved the Administrative Fund budgets and adopted the Indirect Cost Allocation for 2025 (moved by Mr. Lonnie Hudson; seconded by Mr. Shane Smiley). All recorded motions passed without opposition.
Votes at a glance: each motion recorded in the minutes was adopted "without opposition." Movers and seconders recorded in the minutes include Mr. Michael Thompson, Mr. Lonnie Hudson, Mr. Larry Bratton and Mr. Shane Smiley as noted above. The minutes list six police jurors present for the meeting.
Mrs. Bacon announced there would not be a Budget Meeting after the next Police Jury meeting on Oct. 7, 2024. Mr. Smiley moved to adjourn and Mr. Hudson seconded; the motion passed without opposition and the committee adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
The transcript records approvals and procedural votes but does not list budget dollar amounts, individual vote tallies beyond "without opposition," or additional discussion about the funding details.
