The St. Landry Parish Council voted 8-3 Wednesday to adopt its annual operating budget for 2026, but questions surrounding when the parish will receive $4 million from a payment in lieu of taxes agreement remain unanswered.
During a February council meeting, the parish debated whether to adopt the yearly budget ordinance, during which several council members pushed back on a budget line that projected $4.1 million in revenue from various PILOT agreements the parish is engaged in.
At the time, St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said he could not provide documentation of when the parish was set to receive payments, specifically under a PILOT agreement it has with NextEra Energy, a solar company operating in the parish…