Gov. Bobby Jindal kept his veto pen away from St. Mary capital outlay projects in House Bill 2 but two agencies in line for direct cash funding in House Bill 1 got the axe Monday as Jindal revealed a 46-page veto message.

Dumped from the state’s operating budget was $100,000 for office furniture for Community Action Agency and $50,000 for recreational improvements at Centerville Park. In all Jindal vetoed 258 individual, mostly local, items in the state’s operating budget.

Agencies and projects that survived the veto pen in HB 1 include: Berwick $50,000 to round out funding for the Oregon Street sewer project.; Franklin, two allocations of $15,000 each for infrastructure improvements at Caffery Park and to add names of veterans of the Iraq War to the Peace Memorial monument; Morgan City, $10,000 for assistance to senior citizen organizations and $10,000 for street paving; Patterson, will receive $100,000 for Catherine Street paving; and Patterson Cypress Museum tallied $10,000 for acquisition of artifacts.

The parish council’s tally dropped from four projects to three after the Centerville Park veto. Projects that survived were: $25,000 for unspecified flood control and drainage improvements; $15,000 for unspecified recreation district and youth services; and $15,000 for volunteer fire department expenditures.

Other agencies receiving funding include $25,000 to the 16th Judicial District Court for the Juvenile Youth Planning Board (each parish in the district received $25,000 for a $75,000 total).

Missing from HB 1 this year was the annual $15,000 allocation to the Council on Aging for the senior citizen feeding program.

Morgan City received authorization in HB 1287, the supplemental appropriations bill, for a change order in the amount of $65,347 for Brashear Avenue drainage improvements.

The Stephensville area also received $25,000 in direct funding in HB 1 for Sewer and Water District No 1 for infrastructure improvements, pumps and vehicles.