PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Iberia Parish Council, State of Louisiana (the Governing Authority), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana (the Parish), on November 13, 2024, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Parish on SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the Parish 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 (LIBRARY MILLAGE CONTINUATION)

Shall the Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana (the Parish), continue to levy a special tax of 4.50 mills on all the property subject to taxation in the Parish (an estimated $2,654,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2025 and ending with the year 2034, for the purpose of operating and maintaining public libraries in the Parish?

Said special election will be held at each and every polling place in the Parish of Iberia, which polls will open at seven oclock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight oclock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541.

The polling places at the precincts in the Parish 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.

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 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 $93,400.

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 Council Chambers, 4th Floor Main Courthouse Building, 300 Iberia Street, New Iberia, Louisiana, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025, at 6:00 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 of the Parish are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used.

The cost of this notice is $615.60.

Daily Iberian:

Jan 22, 29, Feb. 5 an 12, 2025

SPECIAL ELECTION