Kinder Courier-News
March 12, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
RECREATION
DISTRICT NO. 6
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL ELECTION
Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Recreation District No. 6 of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the ÒGoverning AuthorityÓ), acting as the governing authority of Recreation District No. 6 of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the ÒDistrictÓ), on October 2, 2025, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the District on SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the District qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:
PROPOSITION
(IN-LIEU MILLAGE)
Shall Recreation District No. 6 of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the ÒDistrictÓ), levy a tax of 5 mills (the estimated amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of said tax for one entire year being $78,000) on all the property subject to taxation in the District for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2026 and ending with the year 2035, for the purpose of maintaining, operating and improving recreational facilities in the District, said tax to be in lieu of and completely replace an ad valorem tax of 3 mills authorized to be levied in the District through the year 2027 at an election held in the District on October 14, 2017?
The said special election shall be held at the polling places for the following precincts, which polls will open at seven oÕclock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight oÕclock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to-wit:
PRECINCTS
03-01
03-02
The polling places for the precincts set forth above are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.
The estimated cost of this election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $300.
Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.
The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Recreation District Community Center Room, 610 Rodeo Pen Road, Reeves, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026, at 6:30 P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election. All registered voters of the District are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used.
(PUBLISH: FEBRUARY 26, 2026; MARCH 5, 12 & 19, 2026)3T
Cost is $75.00