City Council

AGENDA SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025, AT 5:30 P.M. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SULPHUR CITY COUNCIL, MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025, AT 5:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 501 WILLOW AVENUE, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING: CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL 1. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE setting forth the property tax millage rates for tax year 2025. ORD67-25 (Mayor Danahay) 2. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance No. 1979, M-C Series, adopted July 14, 2025, which set forth the property tax millage rates for tax year 2025. ORD68-25 (Mayor Danahay) ADJOURNMENT ***The next regular City Council meeting will be held on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 501 Willow Avenue, Sulphur, Louisiana. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to attend this meeting, please contact Arlene Blanchard at 527-4500, describing the assistance that is necessary.  ORDINANCE NO. M-C SERIES ORDINANCE WHICH SETS FORTH THE GENERAL ALIMONY, STREET MAINTENANCE, AND FIRE MAINTENANCE AUTHORIZED MILLAGE RATES IN THE CITY OF SULPHUR FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR. SECTION 1: BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Sulphur, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the City of Sulphur of the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana, in a public meeting held on August 11, 2025, which meeting was conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Law and the additional requirements of Article XII, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution and R.S. 42:11 – 28 [R.S. 42:11, et seq.] that the following millage rate(s) be and they are hereby levied upon the dollar of each assessed valuation of all property which is subject to ad valorem taxation within said City for the year 2025 for the purpose of raising revenue: Tax Description: Millage Rate(s): General Alimony (5096 001): 5.84 mills Street Maintenance (5096 002): 5.00 mills Fire Maintenance (5096 003): 5.00 mills SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the proper administrative officials of the Parish of Calcasieu, State of Louisiana, be and they are hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to spread said taxes, as hereinabove set forth, upon the assessment roll of said Parish for the year 2025, and to make the collection of the taxes imposed for and on behalf of the taxing authority, according to law, and that the taxes herein levied shall become a permanent lien and privilege on all property subject to taxation as herein set forth, and collection thereof shall be enforceable in the manner provided by law. Motioned by: Seconded by: The foregoing ordinance was read in full; the roll was called on the adoption thereof, and the ordinance was adopted by the following votes: YEAS: NAYS: ABSTAINED: ABSENT: APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Sulphur, Louisiana, on this ______ day of ____________ 2025. ________________________________ JOY ABSHIRE, Chairman I HEREBY CERTIFY that the I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have received foregoing Ordinance has been from the Mayor at ______ o’clock ___.m. presented to the Mayor on this on this ________ day of _______________, ____ day of ______________, 2025, the foregoing ordinance which has 2025, at _____ o’clock ____.m. approved/vetoed by the Mayor. __________________________ __________________________ ARLENE BLANCHARD, Clerk ARLENE BLANCHARD, Clerk  CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the ordinance adopted at the duly called meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Sulphur, Louisiana, which was held on August 11, 2025, at which meeting a quorum was present and voting. Sulphur, Louisiana, this 12th day of August, 2025. ________________________________________ Mike Danahay; Mayor City of Sulphur, State of Louisiana  ORDINANCE NO. M-C SERIES ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1979, M-C SERIES, ADOPTED JULY 14, 2025, WHICH SET FORTH THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATES FOR TAX YEAR 2025. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Sulphur, the governing authority thereof, that they do hereby repeal Ordinance No. 1979, M-C Series, adopted July 14, 2025, which set forth the property tax millage rates for tax year 2025. APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Sulphur, Louisiana, on this ______ day of ____________ 2025. ________________________________ JOY ABSHIRE, Chairman I HEREBY CERTIFY that the I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have received foregoing Ordinance has been from the Mayor at ______ o’clock ___.m. presented to the Mayor on this on this ________ day of _______________, ____ day of ______________, 2025, the foregoing ordinance which has 2025, at _____ o’clock ____.m. approved/vetoed by the Mayor. __________________________ __________________________ ARLENE BLANCHARD, Clerk ARLENE BLANCHARD, Clerk