The St. John the Baptist Parish Council has postponed voting on Parish President Natalie Robottom's proposed 2014 budget. Instead, the council has elected to hold another special meeting next Monday to discuss the spending plan.
The sticking point continues to be a 5 percent across-the-board raise Robottom has proposed for her executive staff and herself that totals about $55,000.
Although the budget includes across-the-board raises for all of the parish's nearly 300 employees, a majority of the Parish Council members have balked at approving raises for non-classified employees and for Robottom, who they say are already well compensated.