Vernon Parish

Shall the City of DeRidder ("City") pursuant to Article VI, Section 29 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to continue to levy and collect a sales and use tax of one percent (1%) upon sale at retail, use, lease or rental, consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services within the City, all as presently or hereafter defined in La. R.S. 47:301 to 317, inclusive ("Tax"), for a period of twenty years beginning January 1, 2012, with collections from levy of the Tax estimated to be $2,500,000 for one year, with avails of the Tax (after paying costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) dedicated and used for: A portion for constructing, improving, repairing, operating and maintaining public buildings; public streets and sidewalks; drains and drainage facilities; garbage and solid waste collection and disposal facilities; paying cost of other public services, including grass cutting; and paying cost of improving or extending City utilities to encourage and induce location of or additions to industrial enterprises having economic impact upon the City; A portion to pay cost of providing public safety and fire and police protection services and improving, repairing, operating and maintaining sewers and sewerage collection and disposal works, including acquisition of furnishings and equipment for any of said purposes; A portion to pay cost of constructing, improving, repairing, operating and maintaining public parks, playgrounds and recreation centers, including acquisition of equipment and furnishings therefor; and, authorization to fund avails of the Tax into bonds in various series at times, to be used to fund capital costs of such improvements within the City, and secure payment of such bonds by a pledge of net proceeds of the Tax, as permitted by Louisiana law?