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Voters approve CCOA four-mill tax; split on amendments
Concordia voters approved a four-mill tax for the Concordia Council on Aging (CCOA), while parish voters went with the trend statewide in supporting amendments one through three, but rejecting four through seven.
In the parishwide millage election, parish voters approved the tax 3,843 (53%) for to 3,277 (46.03%) against.
The tax won in the early voting count and was approved in 11 of the parish's 21 precincts.
"I'm happy the folks in Concordia Parish care about the elderly," said CCOA Executive Director Dorothy McDonald. "We'll be doing as much as we can as soon as we can, but don't know when the millage money will start to come in."
The millage will generate an estimated $400,000 a year and enable CCOA to offset skyrocketing costs and increased demand for services to a growing population of 60 and older residents in Concordia Parish, said McDonald.
The breakdown in the statewide and parishwide voting on the seven amendments was as follows:
No. 1: Establish term limits for members of state boards and commissions.
Statewide:
1,129,711 (69%) FOR
497,205 (31%) AGAINST
Concordia:
4,528 (64.89%) FOR
2,450 (35.11%) AGAINST
No. 2: Require two additional days of notice before calling a special legislative session.
Statewide:
951,980 (60%) FOR
641,262 (40%) AGAINST
Concordia:
4,167 (61.20%) FOR
2,642 (38.80%) AGAINST
No. 3: Allow a temporary successor to be appointed for legislators called to active military duty.
Statewide:
981,398 (62%) FOR
606,991 (38%) AGAINST
Concordia:
4,004 (59.14%) FOR
2,766 (40.86%) AGAINST
No. 4: Redistribute state severance tax revenue.
Statewide:
704,004 (45%) FOR
875,138 (55%) AGAINST
Concordia:
2,742 (41.21%) FOR
3,912 (58.79%) AGAINST
No. 5: Allow the transfer of special property tax assessment level for certain homeowners
Statewide:
778,148 (50%) FOR
779,996 (50%) AGAINST
Concordia:
2,798 (42.18%) FOR
3,835 (57.82%) AGAINST
No. 6: Change the requirements for public bodies to resell expropriated property
Statewide:
770,987 (49%) FOR
786,884 (51%) AGAINST
Concordia:
2,779 (41.80%) FOR
3,869 (58.20%) AGAINST
No. 7: Authorize certain post-retirement benefit funds to be invested in stocks
Statewide:
670,711 (44%) FOR
841,869 (56%) AGAINST
Concordia:
2,787 (42.90%) FOR
3,709 (57.10%) AGAINST |
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