2023 City Budget Hearings - Your chance to get involved.

Do you care about potholes getting filled? Affordable housing in your neighborhood? A sustainable solution to crime? If you care about any of this, you care about the City Budget.

City Council has just released their hearing schedule for the Mayor’s proposed City Budget beginning Tuesday, November 1, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber.  All hearing days begin at 9:30 a.m. Any revisions to the schedule will be posted at https://council.nola.gov/meetings/.

Each day, the Council hears a presentation from the Department Heads of each City department and Parish agency about their goals for the year and the budget they requested. They’ll answer questions and hear public comments, and will have to vote on the final budget by December 1st.

Hearing dates for individual departments, agencies and offices are:

DAY 1: Tuesday, November 1st

1. Orleans Parish Criminal District Court

2. New Orleans Police Department & Consent Decree Compliance

3. Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office

4. Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office

5. Orleans Parish Public Defender’s Office

DAY 2: Wednesday, November 2nd

1. Juvenile Justice Intervention Center

2. NORD + Parks Millage

3. Office of Independent Police Monitor

4. New Orleans Coroner’s Office

5. Municipal & Traffic Court

DAY 3: Friday, November 4th

1. MISC – Office of Police Secondary Employment

2. New Orleans Fire Department

3. Health EMS

4. New Orleans Health Department

5. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness

6. Orleans Parish Juvenile Court

DAY 4: Wednesday, November 9th

1. Department of Public Works

2. Office of Sanitation

3. CAO – Office of Capital Projects Administration

4. Capital Budget

5. Five Year Capital Plan

DAY 5: Thursday, November 10th

1. Mayor’s Office of Utilities

2. Office of Business & External Services

   1. Office of Code Enforcement

   2. Department of Safety & Permits

   3. City Planning Commission

   4. Historic District Landmarks Commission

   5. Vieux Carre Commission

   6. Office of Performance and Accountability

   7. Office of Economic Development

      1. Workforce Development

   8. Cultural Economy

3. Office of Community Development

4. New Orleans Redevelopment Authority

DAY 6: Friday, November 11th

1. Tax Levy Ordinance – Proposed Millage Rates

2. Board of City Trusts

3. Department of Finance

   1. Supplier Diversity

4. Chief Administrative Office

   1. Budget Office

   2. Office of Information Technology & Innovation

   3. Office of Service and Innovation

   4. Office of Employee & Labor Relations

5. New Orleans Public Library

6. Orleans Parish School Board & Agenda for Children– Millage

DAY 7: Monday, November 14th

1. Department of Parks and Parkways

2. Mayor’s Office

   1. Office of Youth & Families

   2. Office of Criminal Justice Coordination

   3. Office of Neighborhood Engagement

   4. Office of Transportation

   5. CORE

   6. IGR

3. French Market Corporation

4. Office of Resilience & Sustainability

5. Department of Property Management

   1. Real Estate Records

DAY 8: Tuesday, November 15th

1. Office of Inspector General

2. Law Department

3. Ethics Review Board

4. Civil Service Department

5. New Orleans Business Alliance

6. Algiers Development District

7. New Orleans Aviation Board

8. Regional Transit Authority

9. Downtown Development District

10. New Orleans Museum of Art

DAY 9: Wednesday, November 16th

1. Municipal Yacht Harbor Corporation

2. New Orleans Building Corporation

3. Orleans Parish Communications District

4. Municipal Participation in Civic Affairs

   1. Total Community Action

   2. New Orleans Council on Aging

   3. Louisiana SPCA

   4. Arts Council of New Orleans

   5. New Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund

DAY 10: Friday, November 18th

As needed

DAY 11: Monday, November 21st

As needed

DAY 12: Tuesday, November 22nd

As needed

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