Ouachita Parish introduces 2025 revenue ordinance listing millage rates and service charges

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury on July 21 introduced Ordinance No. 9523, the parish's 2025 revenue law, which lists proposed millage rates and service charges to be extended on the 2025 assessment roll.

The ordinance, presented by Mrs. Toni Bacon (District A), lists millage rates including a 4.14-mill outside-municipality general alimony rate, a 2.07-mill inside-municipality general alimony rate, a 7.64-mill public library rate, a 1.75-mill health unit/animal control rate and a 9.20-mill Ouachita Correctional Center rate, among others. It also enumerates fees and collection charges for multiple road-lighting districts (amounts range by district and are itemized in the ordinance text).

According to the ordinance text, the assessor shall extend the taxes on the official assessment roll and the tax collector shall collect and remit them "in accordance with law." The ordinance notes an August 4, 2025 public meeting in which the Jury's action on revenue matters will be conducted consistent with the Open Meetings Law and constitutional provisions cited in the document. The minutes record the ordinance's introduction and the full ordinance text appears in the minutes; a recorded vote or final adoption is not specified in the provided minutes.

If adopted, the listed rates and charges would fund services such as the public library, mosquito abatement, juvenile detention, road lighting districts and the Ouachita Correctional Center, among other parish functions. Further action or formal adoption was referenced for a public meeting on August 4, 2025.