DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) - Property owners in Ascension Parish will see slightly higher tax bills next year.
The Ascension Parish Council voted Thursday night to levy a 20-year parish-wide 1-mill property tax which will be used to fund juvenile detention costs and construct a juvenile detention center.
O'Neal Parenton, the parish's attorney, said the money raised from the tax will be used first to fund a $456,250 annual agreement with Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack to house parish juveniles awaiting trial at the Assumption Parish Juvenile Detention Center in Napoleonville.
The revenue from the new tax also would cover any additional associated juvenile detention costs such as medical care or more beds than the guaranteed 10 provided to the parish in the agreement.