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Sulphur council introduces ordinance to set 2025 property tax millage and to repeal earlier millage ordinance
Summary
At a July 28 special meeting, the Sulphur City Council introduced an ordinance to set property tax millage rates for tax year 2025 and an ordinance to repeal a prior millage ordinance. Mayor Dana said the city will roll the fire and street millage back to 5 mills after guidance from the state and a recommendation from the tax assessor; both introductions carried on roll-call motions.
The Sulphur City Council on July 28 introduced an ordinance to set property tax millage rates for tax year 2025 and a companion ordinance to repeal a prior millage ordinance, council records show.
Mayor Dana told the council the current combined rate for fire maintenance and street maintenance is 5.29 mills, a level set after a hurricane reduced property values. "The the current rate of our millages for fire maintenance and street maintenance is 5.29," she said, and added that a 2023 renewal had been run at 5 mills. "We received a call from the state once we submitted it at 5.29 saying that you have to roll it back to 5 mills," Mayor Dana said. "So, we're gonna ask that we move it back to the 5 mills to be in line with what the voters had approved."
The mayor also said the city’s tax assessor recommended the rollback be processed quickly. "We've spoken to the cashier's tax assessor, and she said she recommended we do it as quickly as possible," Mayor Dana said.
Councilmembers moved and seconded to introduce the ordinance setting the millage rates; a roll-call introduction vote was recorded and the motion carried. The council then introduced an ordinance to repeal "ordinance number 19 79 m-c series adopted 07/14/2025," also referenced in the meeting as ordinance 68-25, which the presiding officer and members described as rescinded consistent with the action just taken. That motion to introduce the repeal ordinance likewise carried on roll call.
No final adoption vote on the millage-setting ordinance or on the repeal was recorded at the special meeting: participants described both items as introductions. City staff announced the next regular council meeting for Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers at 501 Willow Avenue.
The meeting record shows the introductions moved forward by council motion and roll-call, with members recorded as voting in the affirmative; the items will return for subsequent consideration under the council’s normal procedures.
