INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE)
RESOLUTION NO. __________
Title
A resolution declaring the Parish Council's intention to seek voter authorization for the levy of an additional 1% sales and use tax to be used by the Parish for operating, maintaining, improving the Wastewater and Sewer Systems and facilities in said Parish, and constructing and acquiring additions and improvements thereto or paying debt service on obligations issued for the purpose of constructing and acquiring said systems and facilities or additions and improvements thereto, and used to construct, acquire and improve levee systems for hurricane protection, drains, drainage canals, pumps and pumping stations, and streets, roads and bridges, providing any such capital improvements and providing for funding said tax into bonds.
Body
WHEREAS, It is the desire of this Parish President and Parish Council to support our Wastewater System without increasing fees for Parish residents; and,
WHEREAS, It is the desire of this Parish President and Parish Council to expedite construction of Parish hurricane protection and other drainage needs; and,
WHEREAS, It is the desire of this Parish President and Parish Council to provide a source of funds dedicated to capital improvements in St. Charles Parish.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby intend to order and call a special sales tax election on April 7, 2001, for the purpose of authorizing the following proposition:
Shall the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), be authorized to levy and collect an additional tax of one percent (1%) (the "Tax"), upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the Parish, all as defined in La. R.S. 47:301 to 47:317, inclusive, with the avails or proceeds of said Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be subject to funding into bonds maturing over a period not exceeding twenty-five (25) years from the date thereof, to be sold at par, premium or discount, to bear interest at a rate not exceeding ten per centum (10%) per annum and otherwise issued in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall the remainder of the avails or proceeds be used and dedicated as follows: (a) an amount equal to one-half of the avails or proceeds for the purpose of paying the costs of operating, maintaining, improving the wastewater and sewer systems and facilities in said Parish, and constructing and acquiring additions and improvements thereto or paying debt service on obligations issued for the purpose of constructing and acquiring said systems and facilities or additions and improvements thereto, and (b) the remainder (not exceeding one-half of the avails or proceeds) to be dedicated and used to construct, acquire and improve levee systems for hurricane protection, drains, drainage canals, pumps and pumping stations, and streets, roads and bridges, providing any such capital improvements shall be as established and set forth in the Parish's then current capital budget adopted after public hearings held in the manner required by the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter.
Vote
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this ____ day of ____________, 2000, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN: _______________________________
SECRETARY: ______________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT: __________________
APPROVED: ________ DISAPPROVED: ________
PARISH PRESIDENT: _______________________
RETD/SECRETARY: ________________________
AT: _______________RECD BY: ______________