?NOTICE TO VOTERS OF
SPECIAL TAX ELECTION
To the qualified electors of Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 12th day of November, 2025, the Board of Commissioners, acting as the governing authority of Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, ordered that a special election be held in Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five on Saturday, the 16th day of May, 2026, or such other election date prescribed by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana as an alternative to such date in accordance with law, for the purpose of submitting to all qualified electors of said Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five, the following proposition:
MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSITION
Shall Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (“District”), continue to levy and collect a tax of 15.98 mills for a period not to exceed ten (10) years beginning in 2027, in excess of and in addition to other taxes levied by the District, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $702,468 for one entire year, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the District’s waterworks system, equipment and facilities, including both movable and immovable property, owned or used by the District, title to which shall be in the public?
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 Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. All registered voters in each of the following precincts shall be eligible to vote on the proposition:
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE
560 Starks School, 137 Highway 109 South, Starks
ONLY THOSE REGISTERED VOTERS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PRECINCTS WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. FOURTEEN OF WARD FIVE OF CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSITION:
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE
561 (Part) Starks School, 137 Highway 109 South, Starks
562 (Part) Edgerly Fire Station, 2205 Edgerly Road, Vinton
661 (Part) Wd 6 Fire District No. 1, Company No. Two Fire Station, 108 Marcantel Road, DeQuincy
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, acting as the governing authority of Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Voting machines will be used in the conduct of the election. All qualified electors of Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 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 Wednesday, the 10th day of June, 2026, at 6:30 o’clock p.m., the Board of Commissioners will meet in open and public session at the regular meeting place of the Board, 206 Highway 109 South, Starks, Louisiana, and will, then and there, examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election.
The estimated cost of the election to be paid by the Board as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and on actual costs of similar elections, is approximately $700.00.
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THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Starks, Louisiana, by authority of a Resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners, governing authority of Waterworks District No. Fourteen of Ward Five of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on the 12th day of November, 2025.
/s/GREG GILLIS,
President
ATTEST:
/s/CATHERINE BARKS,
Secretary
Run Date: Mar.4th,11th, & 25, 2026
(M-2) Cost per run: $54.00
