Gonzales council introduces police and fire budgets and discusses 10‑day publication timeline

Gonzales council members introduced the city's police and fire department budgets and discussed the required publication timeline during a brief session that opened with an invocation and roll call.

The agenda item was presented "pursuant to LR33405C," and the introduction followed official requests by council members Tyler Turner, Kurt Budro and Terry Lambert, according to documents referenced at the meeting. Councilman Tyler Turner led the introduction of the budgets for the Gonzales Police Department and Gonzales Fire Department, and members signaled a motion and a second to proceed with the introduction.

Council members then discussed the 10-day publication requirement tied to the process. Speakers debated whether the 10 days should be counted as calendar days or business days; one participant calculated 10 business days from the referenced publication trigger to fall on July 10, and others noted the next regular council meeting date as July 14. The transcript records those scheduling exchanges but does not show a formal vote on the budgets or any outcome in the excerpt provided.

The meeting opened with an invocation delivered by Eddie and included a roll call that noted Councilwoman James, Councilman Tyler Turner and Miss Terry present. A motion to adjourn was made and seconded shortly after the budget introduction; the excerpt ends before any formal vote on the budgets is recorded.

Next procedural steps that appear in the transcript are publication under the stated 10‑day timeline and a subsequent council meeting (identified in the discussion as July 14) where the items could be considered further. The transcript does not include a recorded final approval or rejection of the budgets within the provided segment.