2027 City Budget Ordinances

At a glance

What: the ordinances adopting the city's 2027 budgets, all by Councilmembers Harris, Morrell and Green (by request) and introduced September 22, 2026: the operating budget of revenues (Calendar No. 35,579), the operating budget of expenditures (35,580) and the capital budget (35,581).
Where it stands: on October 1 all three were deferred to November 19, 2026, the date the budget director hoped for adoption (see 2027 budget personnel reductions and civil service process).
Also deferred to November 19: Calendar No. 35,586, adopting the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Foundation's Tourism and Cultural Economy Program, grant scoring matrix and 2027 budget (same sponsors), and on October 15 Calendar No. 35,585, setting fees for notarial services (Section 2-1103).
Related: 2027 Property Tax Millage Ordinances, Permit Fee Increase Ordinance and the department hearings, for example Sanitation 2027 budget cuts and Safety and Permits 2027 budget.

Day 9 of the 2027 budget hearings (agenda posted); Day 10 follows on 2026-10-29 - City Council Budget Hearings. The ordinances remain deferred to November 19.

Notarial services fee ordinance (35,585) deferred to November 19.

Operating revenue, operating expenditure and capital budget ordinances, and the Tourism and Cultural Fund ordinance, deferred to November 19.

2026-10-22 - 2026-10-22 - Budget-Audit-Board of Review Committee: the administration said the 2027 budget gap is 77 million dollars even with a millage roll forward, listed priorities it would restore (low barrier shelter, sanitation, Mardi Gras cleanup, parks and parkways, neighborhood engagement, fire, civilian police responders, maternal health), and presented the August 2026 budget report. See 2027 Property Tax Millage Ordinances.