# 2027 - Proposed Budget Hearings (Day 2)

The New Orleans City Council’s Day 2 proposed FY2027 budget hearings on October 1, 2026, reviewed budgets for the Orleans Parish Coroner, NOPD, Fire Department, fire pension, emergency management, JJIC, and Orleans Parish Communications District. No budget votes or contract awards were recorded. The Coroner requested at least $4.249 million, with a preferred budget of $4.556 million to reduce overtime; members also asked for overtime figures and details on $1.3 million in professional services, including contracted forensic psychiatrists. NOPD presented a proposed $10 million in reductions from its request, including reducing its annual Axon agreement from $5.5 million to $3 million and eliminating a $1.3 million traffic-investigation services contract. The proposed $9 million crime-lab retrofit was not included in the NOPD budget, and members requested actual spending comparisons and a written cost analysis of replacing the crash-response contract with an in-house service. The Fire Department proposed a $127.07 million general-fund budget, down $5.47 million, including attrition-based staffing reductions, postponing turnout-gear replacement, and ending the Ready Rebound agreement. It cited a $250,000 urban search-and-rescue award and an approximately $400,000 port-security grant. City staff also discussed a proposed $8.5 million reduction in fire-pension contributions, which remained under negotiation with the pension board.

Emergency management proposed a $2.74 million general-fund budget, about $574,000 below the prior adopted budget, with changes to the RAVE alert contract, removal of parade trackers, and deferral of EOC technology upgrades until 2028; officials said emergency alerts would continue. JJIC said it was seeking lower costs under its $1.4 million medical-services contract with Children’s Hospital and flagged approximately $181,000 in recurring licensing costs for its Tyler Technologies jail-management system after ARPA funding ends. Its chiller replacement was estimated at about $160,000 and was raised as a capital-funding need. The communications district discussed substantial technology and maintenance expenses, including roughly $650,000–$700,000 annually for its cloud-based 911 system, and was asked to provide a breakdown of a $512,000 repairs-and-maintenance line. Follow-up items included supplying budget actuals, staffing and contract analyses, and further details on costs; the hearing also highlighted grant funding and procurement-dependent technology and public-safety services.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Emergency Response, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 01, 2026

### Sources
- [2027 - Proposed Budget Hearings (Day 2)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf62YbD79kI) - New Orleans City Council