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Ouachita Parish Police Jury adopts 2025 revenue ordinance, sets millage rates
Summary
The Police Jury adopted Ordinance No. 9523 on Aug. 4, 2025, establishing 2025 millage rates for parish funds including a 4.14-mil outside-municipality general alimony rate and an 18.00-mil rate for Fire Protection District No. 1; the roll call vote was 6–0.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury on Aug. 4 adopted Ordinance No. 9523, the parish’s 2025 revenue law, setting property millage rates for multiple parish funds and taxing districts.
Ordinance No. 9523, introduced July 21 and considered after a public hearing on Aug. 4 in which no members of the public spoke, establishes the following levies for 2025 (selected items): General Alimony (outside municipalities) 4.14 mils; General Alimony (inside municipalities) 2.07 mils; Public Library 7.64 mils; Health Unit/Animal Control 1.75 mils; Mosquito Abatement 1.97 mils; Juvenile Detention Center 2.90 mils; Ouachita Correctional Center 9.20 mils; Road Lighting District No. 1 $5.00 (and other district charges as listed); Fire Protection District No. 1 18.00 mils.
The ordinance directs the parish assessor to extend the levies on the 2025 assessment roll and authorizes the tax collector to collect the amounts in accordance with law. The ordinance was submitted to a roll call vote and adopted 6–0 (yeas: Toni Bacon, Jimmy Tyson, Larry Bratton, Michael Thompson, Shane Smiley, Lonnie Hudson).
The adoption follows the public hearing required by law; the minutes record that no one appeared to speak for or against the ordinance. The Jury’s action implements the rates that will be used to compute parish property tax bills for 2025 and instructs the assessor and tax collector to proceed under existing statutory procedures.
The ordinance was entered into the minutes on Aug. 4, 2025, and will be enforced and collected as provided by existing parish and state law.
