Metro Council member Aaron Moak would like the governing body to create a task force to review all city-parish revenues and make recommendations on how best to support the financial needs of the city-parish.
The council approved its 2025 budget at a special meeting Tuesday night. The approved budget shows that East Baton Rouge Parish will lose close to $40 million in revenue in 2025 due to the creation of St. George.
The task force proposal will be introduced at tonight’s Metro Council meeting for a public hearing next month.
The proposed task force would comprise 11 members, led by the District 4 Council member Moak, who would serve as chair.
Here are the other proposed appointments.
- Metro Council designee
- Mayor-President designee
- BRAC designee
- Baton Rouge Growth Coalition designee
- Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Civic Associations designee
- Parish attorney designee
- Director of finance designee
- Council administrator-treasurer designee
- LSU department of economics chair designee
- Southern University department of economics chair designee
Designees from the parish attorney, council administrator and the two universities would not have a vote or count toward a quorum.
Two other items will be introduced during the regular meeting and heard at a public hearing next month:
- Separate cooperative endeavor agreements between the city-parish and the LSU Board of Supervisors and Southern University Board of Supervisors each in the amount of $100,000 to fund an East Baton Rouge Parish entrepreneurial and economic development program.
- The execution of a one-year contract with Patton Productions, Inc. for consulting services related to the Baton Rouge Film Commission for $120,000. The option for one-year renewals would be contingent on the available budget.
The regular meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. at City Hall. View the full agenda.
