?NOTICE TO VOTERS OF
TAX ELECTION
To the qualified electors of Recreation District No. 5 (“District”) of Cameron Parish, State of Louisiana:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 19th day of September 2024, the Recreation District No. 5 of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana (“District”), ordered that an election be held in Recreation District No. 5 on Saturday, the 29th day of March 2025, for the purpose of submitting to all qualified electors of the District the following proposition:
MILLAGE PROPOSITION
(In Lieu of)
Shall Recreation District No. 5 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana (“District”), be authorized to levy and collect a tax of nine and three-tenths (9.30) mills on all property subject to taxation in said District (“Tax”) in lieu of 4.30 mills previously levied in the District per Proces Verbal adopted and dated May 18, 2017, (with $379,212.66 estimated and reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Tax per annum) for a period of ten (10) years, commencing in 2026 for the purpose of operating and maintaining said District’s recreation facilities constituting works of public improvement, title to which shall be in the public within and for said District?
A portion of the monies collected shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.
Said election will be held at all polling place which is situated within the boundaries of the District of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. All registered voters in each of the following precincts shall be eligible to vote on the proposition:
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE
05N (All) Grand Lake High School Gym 1039 Hwy. 384 Grand Lake
05S (All) Grand Lake High School Gym 1039 Hwy. 384 Grand Lake
08 (Part) Lowry Fire Station 460 Lowry Hwy. Lowry
13 (Part) South Cameron High School 753 Oak Grove Hwy. Grand Chenier
16A (All) Grand Lake High School Gym 1039 Hwy. 384 Grand Lake
16B (Part) Grand Lake High School Gym 1039 Hwy. 384 Grand Lake
The polls will be open at seven (7:00) o’clock a.m. and shall remain open until not later than eight (8:00) o’clock p.m. The said election will be held substantially by the general election laws of the State of Louisiana, except that the election is called and shall be conducted, canvassed, and promulgated, and notice thereof given in accordance with the procedures outlined in Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. The officials appointed to hold the election or such substitutes therefor as may be selected, designated, and sworn in compliance with Sections 1286 through 1289 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, will make due returns thereof to the Recreation District No. 5. Voting machines will be used in the conduct of the election. All qualified electors of the District will be entitled to vote. No voter shall be required to sign a ballot or vote assessed valuation of property.
Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, the 17th of April, 2025 at six (6:00) o’clock p.m., Recreation District No. 5 will meet in open and public session at the regular meeting place of the Recreation District No. 5, 10098 Gulf Highway Lake Charles, Louisiana, and will, then and there, examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election.
The cost to conduct and canvass the returns of the election provided for herein is estimated to be $18,000 by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
RUN: Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6 (J 10)
Cost of Notice: $48.00