Terrebonne Parish ballot includes several amendments as well

Voters in Terrebonne Parish will be casting ballots on numerous local items on Nov. 4, in addition to voting for national candidates and state constitutional amendments.

Voters in Terrebonne Parish Council District 6 will fill the seat of the late Parish Councilman Leland Robichaux. Vying to take his place are Al Badeaux, Steve Robichaux and Kevin Voisin.

Parishwide, the ballot will have eight charter amendments.

• Amendment one makes the publication of the Terrebonne Parish Council’s agendas and minutes conform to state law.

• Amendment two allows the parish to assess development impact fees.

• Amendment three lengthens the amount of time allowed for parish ordinances to be published from three to five days.

• Amendment four forces all expenditures of the parish’s bond issues to be included in the parish’s capital budget.

• Amendment five increases the cap on the amount of money the parish can deposit in the parish’s Emergency Fund.

• Amendment six deals with the charter’s initiative and referendum provision.

• Amendment seven eliminates the provision in the parish charter requiring 25 percent of the registered voters in an elected official’s area to begin the recall process of the official.

• Amendment eight changes the date elected parish officials take office to the Thursday following the first Monday in January after their election.

In other parishwide elections, Orville Callahan and Brian LeBlanc are candidates for city marshal of Houma City Court.

Terrebonne’s Council on Aging has a 10-year, 7.5-mill property tax renewal on the ballot. The tax is expected to generate $4.4 million annually.

The Terrebonne Regional Mental Health Center is seeking to continue a 10-year, .42-mill property tax and the Terrebonne Parish Health Unit wants to renew a 10-year, 1.66-mill property tax.

The taxes are expected to generate $250,000 and $990,000 yearly, respectively.

Residents parishwide will also vote to renew a 10-year, 2.21-mill property tax to operate recreation programs and facilities in Terrebonne.

That tax will bring in an estimated $1.3 million annually.

In other district elections, voters in Fire Protection District No. 5 will decide on a new 20-year, $1.6 million bond funded with property taxes for acquiring equipment and maintaining buildings in the district.

Voters in Recreation District No. 9 will decide on a five-mill property tax increase. The total tax would take in $598,000 annually.

In Fire Protection District No. 8, residents will decide to renew a 10-year, 10.52-mill property tax which will bring in an estimated $305,000 yearly.

Voters in Road Lighting District No. 1 and District No. 5 are choosing to renew 10-year, 6.5-mill property taxes. The taxes are expected to bring in $340,000 and $100,000 annually, respectively.

Residents in wards 1 and 5 will elect justices of the peace and constables.

Justices of the peace will also be chosen in wards 5, 8 and 9.