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Police Jury calls election to renew juvenile-detention millage estimated to raise $3.86M
Summary
Ouachita Parish approved Resolution No. 24-77 to call a March 29 special election to renew a 2.90-mill tax for the juvenile detention center, estimated to generate $3,864,044 in its first year; the minutes contain inconsistent year references that the Jury record otherwise treats as the same election cycle.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury on Nov. 18 adopted Resolution No. 24-77 calling a special election to renew a 2.90-mill tax to support the Ouachita Parish Juvenile Detention Center for 10 years, with an estimated first-year yield of $3,864,044. The resolution was adopted unanimously (motion offered by Shane Smiley, seconded by Lonnie Hudson).
The resolution text in the minutes contains typographical inconsistencies in the year cited in several sections (the body at times lists 2024 and 2014), but the surrounding context of the meeting, the Library resolution and the canvass dates indicate the Jail/Juvenile millage was intended for the same March 29 election cycle called elsewhere in the minutes. The Jury record sets publication and canvass procedures and instructs the Secretary to publish the Notice of Special Election in The Ouachita Citizen once weekly for four consecutive weeks.
The resolution specifies the uses of the millage as improving, maintaining, operating and equipping the Ouachita Parish Juvenile Detention Center. The minutes record procedural steps for forwarding certified copies of the resolution to the Secretary of State, the Commissioner of Elections, the Clerk of Court and other election officials to arrange the election and to apply to the State Bond Commission where required.
Next steps recorded include publishing the election notice and meeting to canvass returns in open session as provided by law.
