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School board deadlocks on recommendation to forfeit Gator Mill Works' tax exemption benefits
Summary
The Livingston Parish School Board split 4–4 on a resolution seeking to forfeit years of industrial tax‑exemption benefits for Gator Mill Works after an extended discussion about timing, hiring and impacts of COVID and local floods. The motion did not carry, and staff noted the Commerce and Industry Board previously declined the parish's penalty.
The Livingston Parish School Board on Nov. 6, 2025, failed to adopt a resolution recommending that Gator Mill Works forfeit one year of industrial tax‑exemption benefits for each year the company did not meet its contract terms, after a 4–4 roll‑call vote left the measure without the majority needed to carry.
Melody Lockwood of the Livingston Economic Development Council told the board the company's noncompliance stemmed largely from timing and external disruptions, including floods, a statewide moratorium on new construction and the COVID‑19 pandemic that interrupted hiring and payroll calculations tied to the Louisiana Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP). Lockwood said the ITEP contract required…
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