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Jackson Parish Finance Committee recommends 2026 millage rates, sets library millage at 5.00 mills and accepts financial report
Summary
At its June 29 meeting in Jonesboro, the Jackson Parish Finance Committee accepted a financial report with a budget-to-actual update and recommended approval of the 2026 millage rates; the committee specified the library millage recommendation as 5.00 mills. No public comments were offered.
The Jackson Parish Finance Committee met on June 29, 2026, in Jonesboro and voted to accept a financial report and to recommend approval of the 2026 millage rates while designating the library millage at 5.00 mills.
Amy Magee, chair of the Finance Committee, called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. and presided over the session. Nia Watkins, the committee’s secretary-treasurer, presented a financial report that included a budget-to-actual update; the minutes record the committee accepting that report after a motion and second.
Committee member Keith Burris moved to accept the financial report presented by Watkins; the motion was seconded by Tarneshala Cowans and the minutes state the motion "carried." The minutes do not record vote tallies.
Burris also moved, with Cowans seconding, that the committee recommend approval of the 2026 millage rates with the exception of the library. The minutes record the committee’s recommendation that the library millage be set at 5.00 mills; the motion is recorded as carried and no vote counts are provided in the minutes.
The committee discussed agenda item No. 4 but took no formal action on that item; the minutes state "discussion only." Magee opened the public comment period and received no public comments; the minutes note that no members of the public were present.
The meeting concluded when Cowans moved to adjourn, Burris seconded, and the motion carried. The minutes do not specify next procedural steps for the millage recommendation or the timing of any subsequent votes by a governing body.
Attendance was recorded as Mrs. Tarneshala Cowans, Mr. Keith Burris and Mrs. Amy Magee; no absences were listed in the minutes. The meeting took place in the Nathaniel Zeno, Jr. Meeting Room, 160 Industrial Drive, Jonesboro, Louisiana.
