Jeff Davis Parish police jurors will place a tax renewal for drainage on the March 30, 2019, ballot.
A resolution was adopted this week approving holding an election for voters in the Bayou Nezpique Gravity Drainage District for a 10-year, 20.98 mills tax renewal for maintenance and operation of rural drainage and ditches. The district runs from the Elton area to Houssiere Park in Jennings.
The renewal is expected to bring in around $180,000 per year according to District 8 Police Juror Wayne Fruge.