While contractors hired by the city of Ruston yesterday began to remove yard debris caused by Hurricane Laura from roadsides within the city limits, public works crews for the Lincoln Parish Police Jury continue to make the rounds across the 450 miles of unincorporated parish roads.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury, acting as the parish Board of Review, didn’t have much to discuss Tuesday night before certifying Assessor Billy McBride’s property assessment list for 2020.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury will review Assessor Billy McBride’s tax assessment list for 2020 and listen to appeals at a special called meeting Tuesday.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury’s general fund would spend a little more than $39,000 extra in funding local agencies compared to last year if all requests made by those agencies are met in full.
An almost $3 million FEMA hazard mitigation grant recently allocated to Lincoln Parish because of the April 25, 2019 tornado became the topic of much debate at Tuesday’s Lincoln Parish Police Jury meeting.
A trucking company has been hired to haul hundreds of tons of excess wood waste from the Lincoln Parish Landfill because the contractor who burns the waste continues to fall behind.
As the parish, state and country continue to slowly emerge from measures put in place to hinder the spread of COVID-19, many trends that developed during the initial stay-at-home orders are now being discovered.
The Lincoln Parish Library Board of Control on Wednesday voted in support of a potential plan to adjust the millage rates of the library’s two ad valorem taxes for 2020 in such a way that will help the library pay off its bond debt without changing the total taxes residents have to pay.
The Lincoln Parish Geographic Information System Commission on Wednesday reviewed complaints against GIS District IT Manager and recent parish administrator candidate Tracy Calloway for alleged “un
In order to finish paying off its 20-year bond on the construction of the Lincoln Parish Library on time, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury is considering a pair of small millage adjustments for 2020 that would net no change in taxpayers’ total due.
