Metro Council to introduce 2027 budget Oct. 28, setting Dec. 8 hearing
BATON ROUGE - The Metropolitan Council will introduce the Mayor-President's ordinance adopting the city-parish's final 2027 operating and capital budgets on Oct. 28, setting a public hearing for Dec. 8, according to the council's agenda posted Friday.
The agenda does not list the budget's total.
Also introduced for Nov. 10 hearings: a discussion, requested by Councilwoman Carolyn Coleman, of the upcoming expiration of the city-parish franchise agreement with Baton Rouge Water Works Co., and the 2026 action plan for four U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants totaling $7,486,659.46.
Items up for a vote include a $1,440,483.80 change order adding 220 days to the bus rapid transit construction contract with Hard Rock Construction, raising it to $51,751,052.05. The council will also receive a finance report requested by Councilman Cleve Dunn Jr. on the cost implications of separating the city and parish.
Hearings set earlier, on 2% sales and hotel taxes in the Capitol House Economic Development District and a $1 million River Center renovation agreement, remain on the agenda.
The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in the Metropolitan Council Chambers on the third floor of City Hall. Residents may also comment online at brla.gov/councilcomment.