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Eunice board adopts 2025 property tax millage, tables budget and handles surplus-vehicle actions
Summary
At its June 10 meeting the Eunice Board of Aldermen and Alderwomen adopted Resolution 0625A setting the city’s 2025 property tax millage, moved to table the proposed 2025–26 budget until a special meeting, and approved motions concerning surplus and donation of police vehicles.
The Eunice Board of Aldermen and Alderwomen on June 10 adopted a resolution setting the city’s 2025 property tax millage and cleared several routine items including surplusing vehicles and tabling the proposed budget until a special meeting.
Mayor Scott A. Fontenot presided over the meeting at Eunice City Hall. The board voted to adopt Resolution 0625A setting the 2025 property tax millage rates at 6.77 mills for General Alimony and 5.00 mills for Street Maintenance after a motion was made and carried (motion recorded in the minutes as moved by Alderwoman Connie Thibodeaux and seconded by Alderwoman Germain Simpson).
Earlier in the meeting the council moved to table consideration of Ordinance 0625B, the proposed 2025–2026 budget, until a Special Council meeting; the motion to table was moved by Alderman At Large Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, seconded by Alderwoman Germain Simpson and carried. The minutes do not record a revised hearing date or vote totals for the budget item in the segments provided.
On equipment disposition, the council considered motions concerning city police vehicles. A motion by Alderwoman Connie Thibodeaux, seconded by Alderwoman Germain Simpson, proposed surplusing and donating two police units (2016 Chevrolet Caprice #6120 and 2016 Ford Explorer #1431) to the Town of Basile; the minutes record the motion but do not include a separate roll-call tally in the segment. Separately, a motion by Alderman At Large Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, seconded by Alderwoman Germain Simpson, carried to declare surplus a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria (#6491).
The board also approved payment of the city’s bills for May 2025 on a motion by Alderwoman Germain Simpson; the minutes indicate the motion was seconded and carried but the name of the seconding alderperson is not specified in the provided segment.
The meeting concluded after routine departmental reports and the board’s votes; the minutes record that the motion to adjourn carried.
