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Ordinance No. 809 - 2026 Proposed Budget - All Funds - Wednesday, January 7, 2026

THUS INTRODUCED by Juror ________ and duly seconded by Juror __________at a regular meeting of the Police Jury of the Parish of Claiborne, Louisiana on December 10, 2025.


For:
Against:
Absent:
Abstain:
ORDINANCE NO. 809


AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN OPERATING BUDGET OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2026, AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31, 2026


BE IT ORDAINED by the Police Jury of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in a regularly called session, the Ordinance adopting an Operating Budget for Revenues and Expenditures for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026.


Section I. The following detailed estimate of Revenues and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026, be and the same is hereby adopted and known as an operating budget for the Claiborne Parish Police Jury during the same period is as follows:


Revenues
Taxes:
Ad valorem $2,626,800
Sales & use 755,600
Other 2,400
Licenses and permits 111,800
Intergovernmental revenues 2,431,500
State revenue sharing 88,200
Fines and forfeitures 263,200
Grants and awards 600,000
Other revenues 19,700
Use of property and money 245,200
Total Revenues $7,144,400


Expenditures
General government:
Legislative 183,700
Judicial 673,200
Elections 37,400
Finance and administrative 505,600
Other general government 472,100
Public safety 493,900
Public works 2,606,500
Sanitation 1,112,600
Health and welfare 22,400
Culture and recreation 2,129,200
Economic development and assistance 100,900
Debt service 191,200
Grants and rewards 300,000
Conservation 3,200
Total Expenditures 8,831,900


Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues
Over Expenditures (1,687,500)


Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Proceeds from borrowing -
Operating transfers in 1,250,000
Operating transfers out (1,250,000)


Total Other Financing
Sources (Uses) -


Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues and
Other Sources Over Expenditures
and Other Uses) (1,687,500)
Contingency -
Fund Balance at Beginning of Year 12,094,073


Fund Balance at End of Year $10,406,573


Section 2. The adoption of this operating budget of expenditures be and the same is hereby declared to operate as an appropriation of the amount therein set forth within the terms of the budget classification.


Section 3. Amounts are available for expenditures to the extent that is included within the 2026 budget.


Section 4. The Police Jury will exercise control over expenditures at the functional level.


THUS motioned by Juror ________ and duly seconded by Juror __________at a regular meeting of the Police Jury of the Parish of Claiborne, Louisiana on December 10, 2025.


For:
Against:
Absent:
Abstain:


THUS ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Police Jury of the Parish of Claiborne, Louisiana on January 7, 2026.


____________________________ _______________________________
Dwayne R. Woodard Scott Davidson
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT


 

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