?NOTICE TO VOTERS OF
SPECIAL TAX ELECTION
To the qualified electors of Cameron Parish Recreation District No. 6 in Creole, Louisiana:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 10th day of December, 2021, the Board of Commissioners, governing authority of Cameron Parish Recreation District No. 6 in Creole, Louisiana (the “District”), ordered that a special election be held in the District on Saturday, the 30th day of April, 2022, for the purpose of submitting to all qualified electors of the District the following proposition:
RENEWAL PROPOSITION
Shall Cameron Parish Recreation District No. 6 be authorized to renew the levy of a tax of nine and seventy-four hundredths (9.74) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in said district (an estimated 402,573.13 reasonably expected to be collected per annum) for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2023, for the purpose of operating and maintaining said district’s recreation facilities within and for said district, said tax to represent an increase of 2.81 mills authorized to be levied through the year 2022 pursuant to an election held on April 21, 2012, such increase resulting from reassessment in 2020?
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 places which are situated within the boundaries of the District. All registered voters in each of the following precincts shall be eligible to vote on the proposition:
PRECINCT; POLLING PLACE
2 (All); Creole Fire Station Mega Site, 184 East Creole Highway, Creole, Louisiana
15 (All); Creole Fire Station Mega Site, 184 East Creole Highway, Creole, Louisiana
ONLY THOSE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE FOLLOWING PRECINCTS WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF CAMERON PARISH RECREATION DISTRICT NO. 6 IN THE PARISH OF CAMERON, LOUISIANA, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSITION:
PRECINCT; POLLING PLACE
1 (Part); Johnson Bayou Recreation Center, 138 Berwick Road, Johnson Bayou, Louisiana
13 (Part); Creole Fire Station Mega Site, 184 East Creole Highway, Creole, Louisiana
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 special election will be held substantially in accordance with 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 set forth 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 Board of Commissioners, governing authority of the District. 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 12th day of May, 2022, at 4:00 o’clock p.m., the Board of Commissioners, governing authority of the District, will meet in open and public session at 300 LeBleu Camp Road, Creole, 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 $7,600.00 by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Cameron, Louisiana, by authority of a Resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the District, on the 10th day of December, 2021.
/s/ Melissa Kiffe
MELISSA KIFFE, President
/s/ Chris Mooney
CHRIS MOONEY, Secretary
RUN: Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3 (F 27)