Pursuant to the provisions of a Resolution adopted on July 14, 2025, by the Parish Council of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of Road Lighting District No. 7 of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana (the “District”), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held in the District on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025, and that at said election there will be submitted to all registered voters of the District, qualified and entitled to vote at said election under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States of America, the following proposition, to wit:
PROPOSITION
Shall Road Lighting District No. 7 of the Parish of Tangipahoa (“Road Lighting District No. 7”) be authorized to renew the levy and collection of a special ad valorem tax of ten (10) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of Road Lighting District No. 7 (the “Tax”) (an estimated $59,392.46 is 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 tax collection for the year 2027, and annually thereafter to and including the year 2036, the proceeds of said Tax to provide funds to be used entirely and exclusively to acquire, improve and equip the system of road lighting on the streets, roads, highways, alleys and public places of Road Lighting District No. 7, and to provide funds to pay the operation and maintenance costs and expenses in connection therewith?
The special election will be held in at the following polling places situated in the District, and which polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025, in compliance with the provisions of Section 541 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 18:541). The Commissioners-in-Charge and the Commissioners authorized to be selected by the Parish Board of Election Supervisors at the special election on Saturday, November 15, 2025, are hereby designated as the Commissioners-in-Charge and the Commissioners to serve at the following described polling places designated for this election, to-wit:
PRECINCT
POLLING PLACE
00/070 (PART OF)
Ponchatoula City Annex, 110 West Hickory Street, Ponchatoula
00/070A (PART OF)
Ponchatoula City Annex, 110 West Hickory Street, Ponchatoula
00/072 (PART OF)
Ponchatoula Community Center, 300 N Fifth Street, Ponchatoula
00/072A (PART OF)
Ponchatoula Community Center, 300 N. Fifth Street, Ponchatoula
00/073 (PART OF)
Ponchatoula Junior High School, 315 E. Oak Street, Ponchatoula
00/139 (PART OF)
Tangipahoa Parish Government Building, 15475 Club Deluxe Road, Hammond
The polling places set forth above and situated in the District, be and the same are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the special election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.
A portion of the monies collected from the Tax shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle 1 of Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 11:82).
In accordance with La. R.S. 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v), the estimated cost of holding the election will be $17,500.00.
The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapters 5 and 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority as applicable thereto, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in compliance with law, will make due returns thereof to the Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Tangipahoa Parish Gordon A. Burgess Governmental Building, 206 East Mulberry Street, Amite, Louisiana, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025 at 5:30 p.m., and will then and there in open and public session, proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the special election. All registered voters residing in the District are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used in connection therewith.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Amite, Louisiana, on this, the 14th day of July, 2025.
/s/ David Vial
David Vial, Chairman
Tangipahoa Parish Council
ATTEST:
/s/ Jill DeSouge
Jill DeSouge, Clerk
Tangipahoa Parish Council
/s/ Robby Miller
Robby Miller, President
Tangipahoa Parish