St. Tammany holding millage rates steady

St. Tammany is one parish where millage rates won’t be going up. In a statement to residents, Parish President Kevin Davis confirms he is recommending there be no increases in millage rates, and the St. Tammany Parish Council apparently has tentatively agreed with him. “It is my recommendation, and the council concurred in committee, that there will be no increases in our millage rates,” Davis says. The council is set to vote on the matter tonight at a public hearing. St. Tammany residents have actively fought any increases since property values went up significantly with the 2008 assessment. Other parish entities, however, could roll theirs forward, as the 1st Fire Protection District chose to do earlier this month. Despite pleas from residents and elected officials who attended a meeting, the entity rolled its millage from 30 mills to 31 mills.—Penny Font