Jefferson Davis Parish

Shall the City of Jennings, Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, Sub-Part D, Part I, Chapter 6, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (La. R.S. 33:2711, et seq.), and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one percent (1%) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the City of Jennings, Louisiana, all presently or hereafter defined in La. R.S. 47:301 through La. R.S. 47:318, inclusive, for a period of twenty-five years beginning April 1, 2010, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $2,000,000 for one entire year, with the proceeds of said tax (after paying reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the tax) to be dedicated and used for the following purposes, viz: establishing, acquiring, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining (1) streets, sidewalks and bridges; (2) drains and drainage facilities; (3) waterworks facilities; (4) sewer and sewerage disposal works; (5) garbage and solid waste facilities; (6) public parks and recreational facilities; (7) fire department stations and equipment, including fire trucks; (8) police department stations and equipment; and (9) public buildings; and purchasing and acquiring the necessary land, equipment and furnishings for any of the aforesaid public works, improvements and facilities, including salaries of City employees, or for any one or more of said purposes the said tax to be subject to funding into bonds by the City for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of capital improvements for the aforesaid purposes, or any other lawful corporate purpose to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?