St. Tammany Parish employees may not get raises next year and the Safe Haven mental health campus would lose its funding under amendments to Parish President Mike Cooper's 2026 budget proposed by Parish Council members this week.

At the same time, the council proposed adding $5 million in additional funding for road and drainage improvements and other infrastructure projects across council districts.

The amendments, part of council members’ efforts to put their stamp on Cooper’s plans to budget for an expected $180 million in revenue for next year, came during a special council meeting Monday. The budget must be adopted by the end of the year, and the amendments paved the way for council members to approve the revised budget at their Dec. 4 meeting.

Council member Cheryl Tanner, the cou

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