St. Tammany Parish Budget Hearings : October 15, 2026 PART 2

The St. Tammany Parish 2027 budget hearing on October 15, 2026, featured presentations on parishwide and district capital projects, utilities, facilities, IT, and equipment. Engineering proposed 38 parishwide capital projects—24 ongoing and 14 new—with 71% of requested funding directed to construction; drainage was the largest project area. The five-year capital plan is constrained by projected revenues and the 2031 tax sunset, with about $200 million in additional need identified to continue projects beyond that point. District Public Works presented about $23.1 million in road and drainage work. The overall capital budget was described as about $66 million, including roughly $61 million for roads, bridges, and drainage and $4.6 million for four water and wastewater projects. No project-award or budget-approval votes were recorded in the transcript.

Proposed purchases and costs included a $450,000 asphalt paver and $150,000 roller to support paving gravel roads, within an approximately $4 million capital-asset request; a $70,000 network-attached storage device; $92,400 for Justice Center air-handler drives; $156,200 to replace the EOC uninterruptible power supply; and $50,000 for an assessment of leaking Towers building windows. IT also said it expected to issue an RFP for building access controls, likely to state-contract vendors, with scope and pricing being refined to limit change orders. These items were presented as requests or plans, not recorded awards. The hearing also discussed future regionalization of wastewater service and possible internal AI and virtual-desktop capabilities, without a specific procurement decision on those initiatives.