St. Charles Parish - File #: 2021-0126

• File #: 2021-0126
• Version: 1
• Name: Special election to authorize the renewal of a special tax (mosquito abatement renewal)
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 5/3/2021
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 5/3/2021
• Final action: 5/3/2021
• Enactment #: 6558
• Title: A resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana, to authorize the renewal of a special tax (mosquito abatement renewal) therein; making application to the State Bond Commission and providing for other matters in connection therewith.
• Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Bond Counsel
• Indexes: Election, Mosquito Control, Taxes
• Related files: 2001-0269, 2011-0048, 2021-0305, 2021-0250

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/18/2021	1	Council Secretary	Correspondence Received
7/2/2021	1	Council Secretary	Correspondence Received
6/16/2021	1	Council Secretary	Correspondence Received
5/5/2021	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
5/3/2021	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
5/3/2021	1	Parish President	Introduced

2021-0126
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(BOND COUNSEL)
RESOLUTION NO.
Title
A resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana, to authorize the renewal of a special tax (mosquito abatement renewal) therein; making application to the State Bond Commission and providing for other matters in connection therewith.
Body
BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Charles Parish Council (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), that:
SECTION 1. Election Call. Subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, and under the authority conferred by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, including Article VI, Section 32 thereof, the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code, and other constitutional and statutory authority, a special election is hereby called and ordered to be held in the Parish on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2021, between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, and at the said election there shall be submitted to all registered voters qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and laws of this State and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:

PROPOSITION
(MOSQUITO ABATEMENT RENEWAL)
Shall the Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), continue to levy a one and six hundredths (1.06) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in said Parish (an estimated $1,800,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2022 and ending with the year 2031, for the purpose of abatement, control, eradication and study of mosquitos and other arthropods of public health importance and all activities incidental ther...