2025-0098
INTRODUCED BY: HOLLY FONSECA, COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
Title
A resolution nominating and electing a St. Charles Parish Council voting member representative to the Local ITEP Committee.
Body
WHEREAS, Article 7, Section 21(F) of the Louisiana Constitution provides for the Board of Commerce and Industry, with the approval of the Governor, to approve contracts for the exemption of ad valorem taxes of a new manufacturing establishment or an addition to an existing manufacturing establishment, on such terms and conditions as the board, with the approval of the Governor, deems in the best interest of the State; and,
WHEREAS, Governor Landry, through Executive Order JML 24-23, has set forth the conditions for his approval of Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) contracts, and affirmed that those conditions are in the best interest of the State of Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, Title 13 Section 549(A) of the ITEP Rules authorizes local governmental entities, which include the School Board, Parish Council, and Sheriff, to establish a Local ITEP Committee to provide input to the Governor or Board of Commerce and Industry on pending Project Applications; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order JML 24-23, the St. Charles Parish Council believes it is in the best interest of the Parish to participate in a Local ITEP Committee and utilize the authority granted to it under the newly established ITEP Rules to elect a voting member representative to serve on the Local ITEP Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, agree it is in the best interest of the Parish to participate in a Local ITEP Committee and to elect a voting member representative to serve on the Local ITEP Committee;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, upon consideration of the foregoing, and the public discussion held this day, that WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby elect Parish Presiden...
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