Council holds public hearing on 0.25% sales and use tax authorized by March special election

The New Iberia City Council held a public hearing on an ordinance to impose a 0.25 percentage-point city sales and use tax, an item the council said stems from voter authorization in a March special election. The hearing was opened and closed with no speakers from the public in the excerpted record, and councilors proceeded to the main motion. The ordinance (No. 2025-19) would levy a 0.25 cent sales and use tax within the city beginning July 1, 2025, covering retail sales, leases and rentals of tangible personal property and digital products and for the assessment, collection and dedication of the proceeds for specified municipal purposes. Council members opened the hearing, invited public comment, recorded none in the provided excerpt, and then moved to close the hearing and consider the ordinance. A machine vote was taken; the transcript excerpt does not include a numeric roll-call tally or the final recorded result in the portion provided. Ending: The council scheduled further consideration and voted by machine; the public record in the provided transcript does not show the numerical vote total.