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Council accepts donation from 5th Ward Drainage District amid questions over tax timing and equipment use
Summary
The council approved a donation of equipment from Fifth Ward Drainage District No. 5, but Councilman Lorraine said the district shortened its millage term in 2023 and argued equipment purchased by district taxpayers should be used locally; the council voted to accept the donation.
The Lafourche Parish Council voted March 24 to accept donated equipment from Fifth Ward Drainage District No. 5 and to authorize the parish president to sign necessary documents, but the measure prompted questions about who paid for the equipment and where it may be used.
Councilman Lorraine told the council that the drainage district’s tax had been on a 10-year cycle and that the last approval was in 2017, meaning the tax should have remained in force until 2027. He…
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