Ordinance #11,934

ORDINANCE

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                                                        NO.  11,934               

 

            The following Ordinance was introduced by Mrs.  Ezernack                        who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Ms.  Woods                  :

An ordinance providing for the levying of special and general taxes for the city of monroe for the year 2019. (Adopting authorized Millage Rate(s))

 

Section 1.    Be it Ordained, by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that a tax of ten and forty-nine one hundredths (10.49) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation is hereby levied on all property, real and personal, movable immovable within the corporate limits of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, subject to payment of same for the year 2019, to be set aside and appropriated to the General Fund of the City of Monroe.  This millage is the “adjusted millage” rate based on the 2016  reassessment rolls set pursuant to Paragraph B of Section 23 of the Article VII of the Louisiana  Constitution and La. RS 47:1705 (B).

 

Section 2.    Be it further ordained, etc.,  That a special tax of one and eighty-nine one hundredths (1.89) mills, in excess of all other taxes on the dollar valuation, is hereby levied on the assessment of all property, real and personal, movable immovable within the corporate limits of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, subject to payment of same for the year 2019 for the purpose of maintaining and operating the Recreation Department of the City of Monroe, Louisiana  as authorized by taxpayers election of November 16, 2013.           

 

Section 3. be it further ordained, etc., That a special tax of one and seven one hundredths (1.07) mills, in excess of all other taxes on the dollar valuation, is hereby levied  on the assessment of all property, real and personal, movable immovable within the corporate limits of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, subject to payment of same for the year 2019 for the purpose of maintaining and operating municipal safety services for the City of Monroe, Louisiana  as authorized by taxpayers election of November 16, 2013.

 

            Section 4. be it further ordained, etc., That a special tax of one and thirty-two one hundredths (1.32) mills, in excess of all other taxes on the dollar valuation, is hereby levied on the assessment  of all property, real and personal, movable and immovable, within the corporate limits of the City of Monroe, Louisiana , subject to payment of same for the year 2019, for the purpose of maintaining and operating drainage facilities in the City of Monroe, Louisiana , as authorized by taxpayers election of November 16, 2013.

 

Section 5.  be it further ordained, etc., That acting under the authority of the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and pursuant to the authority of an election duly and legally held in the City of Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “City”), on November 18, 2017, the following special taxes be and the same are hereby levied, assessed and imposed on all of the taxable property in the City for the Year 2019:

 

  • A special tax in the amount of two and fifty-one one hundredths (2.51) mills for the purpose of paying a part of the cost of operating and maintaining the Monroe Civic Center Complex, including the cost of repairs, improvements and addition thereto

 

  • A special tax in the amount of two and fifty-one one hundredths (2.51) mills for the purpose of paying a part of the cost of operating and maintaining the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, including the cost of repairs, improvements and addition thereto.

 

  • A special tax of three and twenty-seven one hundredths (3.27) mills for the purpose of making capital improvements, including providing matching funds for federal, state or other grants for such capital improvements.

 

  • A special tax of one and fifty-one one hundredths (1.51) mills for the purpose of providing additional support to the Monroe City Police Department, including the acquisition of equipment and vehicles.

 

  • A special tax of one and fifty-one one hundredths (1.51) mills for the purpose of providing additional support to the Monroe City Fire Department, including the acquisition of equipment and vehicles.

 

  • A special tax of one and one hundredths (1.01) mills for the purpose of making capital improvements at the Monroe Regional Airport, including providing matching funds for federal and state or other grants for such capital improvements.

 

Section 7.   be it further ordained, etc.,   That this ordinance shall take effect as the law directs.

 

This Ordinance was introduced on the  23rd     day of  April               , 2019.

 

Notice published on the  26th         day of  April               , 2019.

      

            This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published was then submitted to a final vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

 

AYES:             Echols, Ezernack, Woods & Clark

 

NAYS:            None.

 

ABSTAIN:     None.

 

ABSENT:       Wilson

           

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  14th     day of  May                , 2019.

 

Gretchen H. Ezernack            

CHAIRMAN 

 

Carolus S. Riley                     

CITY CLERK

 

James E. Mayo                       

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

                                               

MAYOR’S VETO