PUBLIC NOTICE - - - CITY OF CENTRAL BY COUNCIL MEMBERS LAVERGNE AND MYER: ORDINANCE NO. 2026-12 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THE DEDICATED FUND BUDGETS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, DRAINAGE, AND LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT & MAINTENANCE, HALF CENT SALES AND USE TAX, MOVEBR, TRAFFIC CONTRIBUTION, AND CAPITAL OUTLAY & IMPROVEMENT FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 2025-10 the Council for the City of Central adopted the General Fund Budget and the Dedicated Fund Budgets for Emergency Services, Drainage, and Local Road Improvement & Maintenance (“ESDLRIM”), Half Cent Sales and Use Tax, MovEBR Traffic Contribution, and Capital Outlay & Improvement (collectively “Budgets”) for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2025 and ending on June 30, 2026 (“2025-2026 Fiscal Year”); and WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budgets to comply with the Local Governmental Budget Act, La. R.S. 38:1201, et seq. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Central, State of Louisiana: Section 1. Budget Amendments. The final amendments to General Fund Budget and the Dedicated Fund Budgets for the Emergency Services, Drainage, and Local Road Improvement & Maintenance, Half Cent Sales and Use Tax, MovEBR, Traffic Contribution, and Capital Outlay & Improvement Funds as presented in the 2026-2027 City of Central Budget, attached hereto as Exhibit A, are adopted. Section 2. Conflicts. The specific terms and conditions of this Ordinance shall prevail against prior ordinances of the City to the extent there is any conflict. 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 in the Official Journal. Introduced before the Council on May 26, 2026. Notice of public hearing was published in The Advocate on the 28th day of May, 2026. This Ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: For: Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer, Roy and Wells Against: None Absent: None Adopted this 9th day of June 2026. Signed the 12th day of June 2026. s/Mark Miley, City Clerk Delivered to the Mayor on the 15th day of June 2026. Approved: s/Wade Evans, Mayor Received from the Mayor on the 17th day of June 2026. 192352 June 2, 1t $48.56