The 1999 Capital Budget

The parish’s 1999-2004 capital budget program projects expenditures of $175.9 million in 1999 from parish and other sources, involving juvenile services, parks and recreation, transit, and public works projects. Parish sources($71.7 million) include bond funds, millages, drainage/sewerage taxes, and operating budget funds. Other sources ($104.1 million) are derived from federal grants and state allocations.

Public works projects will account for about 95 percent of these expenditures with major outlays for parish-wide drainage projects ($71.5 million), westbank sewerage improvements ($14.3 million), westbank water projects ($9.5 million), and westbank street work ($10.1 million). The westbank is slated to receive roughly $144.3 million more for street improvements in 2000.

Other significant capital projects include construction of a new juvenile justice building as part of the Rivarde Detention Center ($3.1 million), and expansion of the parish’s transit system ($4.1 million). A portion of the Division of Juvenile Service’s growing fund balance will provide most of the construction costs for the new juvenile justice building. Transit improvements are supported largely by federal funds.