NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance adopted on October 25, 2022, by Lafourche Parish Council, State of Louisiana (the Governing Authority), acting as the governing authority of Road Sales Tax District of the Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana (the District), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held in the District on SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023, and that at said election there will be submitted to all registered voters of the District, qualified in and entitled to vote at 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
Shall Road Sales Tax District of the Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana (the District) be authorized to levy and collect a sales and use tax of 0.50% within the District (the Tax) for a period of twenty (20) years, commencing October 1, 2023 (an estimated $6,200,000.00 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from levy of the Tax for an entire year), with the proceeds of the Tax to be dedicated and used for the purposes of constructing, improving, and/or maintaining public roads, bridges and drainage works in the District and for funding the proceeds of the Tax into bonds to be issued for any of the aforesaid purposes, including refinancing outstanding debt of Consolidated Sales Tax District A and Road District #2 (collectively, the Underlying Districts), said Tax shall be levied in lieu of all sales and use taxes currently levied by the Underlying Districts and shall be contingent upon voter approval of the Sales Tax District No. 4 0.3% reduced sales and use tax proposition presented contemporaneously herewith?
The special election will be held in at the following polling places situated within the corporate limits of the District, and which polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. on SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023, in compliance with the provisions of Section 541 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 18:541), to-wit:
WARD/PRECINCT
PRECINCT LOCATION
01/01 St. John Catholic Church Hall, 2085 St. Mary Street, Thibodaux
01/02 Thibodaux Health Unit, 2535 Veterans Blvd., Thibodaux
01/03 St. John Volunteer Fire Department District #6, 2429 Parish Road, Thibodaux
01/04 (PART OF) W S Lafargue School, 700 Plantation Road, Thibodaux
01/05 St. John Volunteer Fire Department District #6, 2429 Parish Road, Thibodaux
01/06 St. John Volunteer Fire Department District #6, 2429 Parish Road, Thibodaux
02/01 (PART OF) Thibodaux KC Home, 108 St. Patrick Highway, Thibodaux
02/01A (PART OF) Thibodaux KC Home, 108 St. Patrick Highway, Thibodaux
02/02A (PART OF) Vigilant Chemical & Hose Fire Co.. 921 North Canal Blvd., Thibodaux
02/02B (PART OF) Vigilant Chemical & Hose Fire Co.. 921 North Canal Blvd., Thibodaux
02/09 (PART OF) Thibodaux Health Unit, 2535 Veterans Blvd., Thibodaux
02/11 (PART OF) C.M. Washington Elementary School, 200 Iris Street, Thibodaux
02/12 (PART OF) Bowie Fire Company #1, 1075 Highway 1, Thibodaux
02/13 Bowie Fire Company #1, 1075 Highway 1, Thibodaux
02/15 (PART OF) Lafourche Crossing 308 Volunteer Fire Department, 691 Highway 308, Thibodaux
02/16 (PART OF) West Thibodaux Fire Station, 200 Notre Dame Street, Thibodaux
03/01 St. Charles Elementary School, 1690 Highway 1, Thibodaux
03/02 St. Charles Borromeo Church-Mauret Family Center, 1985 Highway 308, Thibodaux
03/03 Raceland AG Building, 115 Texas Street, Raceland
03/04 Central Fire Station, 102 St. Philip Street, Raceland
03/05 Central Fire Station, 102 St. Philip Street, Raceland
03/06 Fire Station #2, 4470 Highway 1, Raceland
03/07 Raceland AG Building, 115 Texas Street, Raceland
04/01 Lockport Volunteer Fire Station, 20 Central Lafourche Drive, Mathews
04/02 Lockport Volunteer Fire Co., 5511 Highway 1, Lockport
04/03 Lockport Town Hall (New), 710 Church Street, Lockport
04/04 Lockport Town Hall (New), 710 Church Street, Lockport
04/05 Belle-Vue Fire Station, 7519 Highway 1, Lockport
04/06 North Larose Elementary School, 175 Richardel Drive, Larose
05/01 St. John Catholic Church Hall, 2085 St. Mary Street, Thibodaux
05/01A St. John Catholic Church Hall, 2085 St. Mary Street, Thibodaux
05/02 Lafourche Crossing 308 Volunteer Fire Department, 691 Highway 308, Thibodaux
05/03 St. John Catholic Church Hall, 2085 St. Mary Street, Thibodaux
06/01 Chackbay Elementary School, 450 Highway 20, Thibodaux
06/02 Wilbert J. Tauzin Center, 1531 Highway 20, Thibodaux
06/03 Bayou Boeuf Volunteer Fire Station, 3457 Highway 307, Thibodaux
06/04 Choctaw Volunteer Fire Station, 2854 Choctaw Road, Thibodaux
06/05 Chackbay Elementary School, 450 Highway 20, Thibodaux
07/01 St. Charles Borromeo Church-Mauret Family Center, 1985 Highway 308, Thibodaux
07/02 Fire Station #3, 2924 Highway 308, Raceland
07/03 Fire Protection District No 1, 4062 Highway 90 E, Des Allemands
07/04 Raceland AG Building, 115 Texas Street, Raceland
08/01 Vacherie-Gheens Community Center, 1783 Highway 654, Gheens
09/01 Career Magnet Center, 6419 Highway 308, Lockport
09/02 North Larose Elementary School, 175 Richardel Drive, Larose
10/01 Larose Civic Center, 307 E. Fifth Street, Larose
10/02 Virtual Academy of Lafourche (SL Campus), 14669 East Main Street, Cut Off
10/03 South Lafourche High School, 16911 East Main Street, Cut Off
10/04 South Lafourche High School, 16911 East Main Street, Cut Off
10/06 East Galliano Fire Station, 18255 East Main Street, Galliano
10/08 Golden Meadow Middle School, 630 South Bayou Drive, Golden Meadow
10/09 Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School, 124 North 3rd Street, Golden Meadow
10/10 St. Joseph Church Recreation Center, 17980 West Main Street, Galliano
10/11 Galliano Elementary School, 148 West 158th Street, Galliano
10/12 South Lafourche High School, 16911 East Main Street, Cut Off
10/13 Cut Off Elementary School, 177 W. 55th Street, Cut Off
10/14 Cut Off Elementary School, 177 W. 55th Street, Cut Off
10/15 Cut Off Elementary School, 177 W. 55th Street, Cut Off
10/16 Larose-Cut Off Middle School, 13356 West Main Street, Larose
11/01 St. Charles Borromeo Church/Point-Auxchenes, 1237 Highway 665, Montegut
11/02A Bayou Blue Recreation District 11, 200 Mazerac Street, Houma
11/02B Bayou Blue Recreation District 11, 200 Mazerac Street, Houma
11/03 Bayou Blue Recreation District 11, 200 Mazerac Street, Houma
11/04 St. Charles Elementary School, 1690 Highway 1, Thibodaux
11/05 Bayou Blue Recreation District 11, 200 Mazerac Street, Houma
The polling places set forth above and situated within the corporate limits of the District be and the same are hereby designated as the polling places in which to hold the said special election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law pursuant to Section 1286(A) or Section 1286.1, as the case may be, of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
In accordance with La. R.S. 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v), the estimated cost of holding the election will be $34,000.00.
The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, 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 Section 1287 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 18:1287), will make due returns thereof to the Lafourche Parish Council, as governing authority of the District, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that said Lafourche Parish Council, acting as governing authority of the District, will meet at its regular meeting place, at the Mathews Government Complex, 4876 Highway 1, Mathews, Louisiana, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 5:00 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 in the District are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used in connection therewith.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Matthews, Louisiana, on this, the 25th of October, 2022.
/s/ James Wendell
JAMES WENDELL, CHAIRMAN
LAFOURCHE PARISH COUNCIL
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