Iberia Parish Special Finance Committee Meeting 10/26/26

The Iberia Parish Government Special Finance Committee met on October 26, 2026, to review proposed 2027 departmental budgets. Road District 10 discussed replacing its motor grader, with roughly $380,000 budgeted for equipment; members asked staff to compare purchase and lease options and the $96,000 engine-replacement estimate for the existing machine. Parishwide drainage discussed potential purchases of tractors, a mulcher attachment, a mini excavator, and a drone, with no approvals recorded. The road sales-tax budget discussion included a possible additional transfer to a new road-project bond fund, but the amount and action were not resolved in the transcript.

Solid Waste reported bulky-waste costs rising from about $625,000 to a projected $1.2 million and discussed ways to manage dumping and site operations, including weekend access arrangements and possible involvement by Waste Connections; no contract or policy decision was made. Other budget items included proposed pay and service-cost increases for the coroner’s office, a committee member’s request to remove a $36,000 executive professional-services item, GIS transition overlap and training costs, IT infrastructure and cybersecurity modernization, and emergency-management communications costs that may depend on grant funding. The meeting transcript records discussion and questions but no procurement awards, motions, or votes.