PUBLIC NOTICE - - - CITY OF CENTRAL BY COUNCIL MEMBERS MCKINNEY AND ROY: ORDINANCE NO. 2026-06 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURES RELATED TO ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, the City of Central provided for expenditures related to drainage repairs and maintenance in its 2025-2026 Budget; WHEREAS, the City of Central has identified additional required repairs and maintenance in excess of its original budget allocation; WHEREAS, the Council desires to amend the Budget for 2025-2026 related to the above stated matters; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Central, State of Louisiana as follows: Section 1. Amendments to 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget and Related Matters: A. Drainage (ESDLRIM Fund Expenditure Acct No. 110.431.60.000) is hereby increased by $200,000 to provide additional funds for expenditures related to drainage repair and maintenance required for 2025-2026. Section 2. Conflicts All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. Severability If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this Ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such declaration of invalidity shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or parts thereof, other than the part declared invalid. The remainder of the Ordinance shall not be affected by the declaration of invalidity and shall remain in force and effect. Section 4. Effective Date This Ordinance shall be effective upon publication. Introduced before the Council on March 10, 2026. Notice of public hearing was published in The Advocate on the 14th day of March, 2026. This Ordinance having been submitted to a vote; the vote thereon was as follows: For: Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer, Roy and Wells Against: None Absent: Fralick Abstained/Recused: None Adopted this 24th day of March 2026. Signed the 27th day of March 2026. s/Mark Miley, City Clerk Delivered to the Mayor on the 27th day of March 2026. Approved: s/Wade Evans, Mayor Received from the Mayor on the 1st day of April 2026. 183884 April 11, 1t $44.52