City of DeQuincy
AMENDED BUDGET
ORDINANCE—YE 09/30/26
ORDINANCE NUMBER
995-B
The following ordinance was offered by Margaret Brown and seconded by Eddy Dahlquist.
An Ordinance adopting an Amended Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026–See attached Budget FYE 09/30/2026- Estimated Amounts.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF DEQUINCY, LOUISIANA, in general session convened that:
SECTION 1: The attached detailed estimate of Revenues for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026, be and the same is hereby adopted to serve as an Operation Budget of Revenues for the City of DeQuincy, during the same period.
SECTION 2: The attached estimates of Expenditures by departments for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, be and the same is hereby adopted to serve as a budget of Expenditures for the City of DeQuincy during the same period.
SECTION 3: The adoption of this Operating Budget of Expenditures be and the same is hereby declared to operate as an appropriation of the amount therein set forth within the terms of the budget classification.
SECTION 4: Amounts are available for expenditures only to the extent included with the 2025-26 budget document, presented as estimated amounts.
SECTION 5: The Mayor of the City of DeQuincy shall have the authority to make changes within each department’s operating budget to the extent that the department’s total budget allocation is not modified without approval by the governing authority (City Council). Modifications which change a department’s total budget allocation must be approved by the City Council. Additionally, all modifications to budgeted capital outlay must be approved by the City Council.
The above ordinance was adopted on a vote taken by yeas and nays entered on the minutes of the clerk as follows:
YEAS: 5
NAYS: 0
The ordinance is declared PASSED AND ADOPTED AT DeQuincy, Louisiana, on this the 10th day of August, 2026.
/s/Riley Smith
Riley Smith Mayor
/s/Sherri Breaux
Sherri Breaux
Clerk of the Council and City Clerk
/s/Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Chairman of Council
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I certify that the above and foregoing constitute a true and correct copy of an Ordinance duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of the City of DeQuincy, approved and received from the mayor at 6:00 pm on the 10th day of August, 2026, at which meeting a quorum was present and voted in favor of said Ordinance. /s/Sherri Breaux
Sherri Breaux
Clerk of the Council and City Clerk
Run Date: 08/19/26 (Au-8)
Cost of Notice: $42.00
