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Bogalusa City Council keeps 2026 millage rates unchanged, approves supplier contract and appointments
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the Bogalusa City Council adopted the annual ad valorem tax ordinance with no change to millage rates, approved a one-year materials contract with the low bidder for quarry supplies, accepted completion of a USDA-funded street project, approved a planning-and-zoning appointment, and set a June 2 public hearing on a 5-foot setback variance.
The Bogalusa City Council on May 19 adopted the city’s annual ad valorem tax ordinance for 2026 and approved several routine items including a one-year contract for quarry materials and an appointment to the planning and zoning commission.
Bond counsel called to the podium told the council that the ordinance levies the city’s property taxes for the year and that the total millage rate in the draft is “42.25 mills. It’s exactly the same as it was last year,” a point reiterated during the public hearing. The ordinance must be finalized and submitted to the parish assessor before the June 1 deadline.
The public hearing drew one speaker, Yvette Christian, who asked whether the measures on the agenda represented an increase in property taxes and whether a previously discussed DEQ loan repayment would be paid from those taxes. The attorney answered that the ad valorem rates on the table were unchanged from last year and that the DEQ loan referenced had been paid from sales-tax revenue, not property taxes.
On procurement, the council approved an ordinance authorizing the fiscal administrator to contract with the low bidder, identified in the record as DK Cruising, to supply sand, gravel, washed stone and red clay. Unit prices read into the record were: sand $16.25 per cubic yard, gravel $38 per cubic yard, limestone $75 per ton and red clay $16.25 per cubic yard; the contract term is one year unless terminated earlier per the bid terms.
The council also voted to accept completion of a USDA Rural Business Development Program street-repair project (referred to in the meeting as the Memphis Street project) and authorized staff to turn in final cost paperwork to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Members approved the nomination of Margaret Helen Hopwood to the Planning and Zoning Commission after a short period of public and council discussion. The council introduced, but did not decide on, a planning-and-zoning request from Kevin Mayes of Snowball Stand seeking a 5-foot setback variance for property at 708 East Court Street; a public hearing on that request was set for June 2 at 5:30 p.m.
Administrative remarks closed the meeting, including thank-you remarks to outgoing Councilwoman Temple for her service to District B and a reminder of the next meeting on June 2 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:43 p.m.
