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Plain Dealing schedules public hearing and special meeting on proposed millage increase
Summary
Mayor James Cook read a public notice scheduling an Aug. 5 public hearing and special meeting to consider levying increased millage rates; the notice estimates $44,877.65 in revenue and an increase of $5,374.05.
Mayor James Cook read a public notice at the July 8 Town Council meeting announcing a public hearing on Aug. 5, 2025, to consider levying increased millage rates following reassessment. "A Notice is hereby given pursuant to Article 7, Section 23(C) of the Louisiana Constitution and R.S. 47:1705(8)," Mayor Cook said, reading the text of the notice, and added that a special meeting to adopt any rates discussed will follow immediately after the hearing.
The notice included two dollar estimates: the town expects $44,877.65 in tax revenues next year from the proposed increase, and it put the amount of the increase attributable to the change at $5,374.05. The council did not debate the substance of a specific rate at the July 8 meeting; the purpose of the Aug. 5 session is to allow public comment and to give the council an opportunity to adopt adjusted rates up to the prior year's maximum after reassessment.
Under the legal citations read by the mayor, the hearing is a statutory step for municipalities considering millage adjustments following reassessment. The transcript does not record any staff presentation with alternative levy scenarios or a vote on a final millage rate at the July 8 meeting.
The council will meet for the public hearing and the special meeting on Aug. 5, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the Town Hall meeting room, Leon Sanders Jr. Municipal Complex.
