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Tax renewals, budget changes introduced at Metro Council meeting Wednesday night

1 month 2 weeks 3 days ago Wednesday, January 14 2026 Jan 14, 2026 January 14, 2026 10:27 PM January 14, 2026 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - A set of tax renewals and budget changes was introduced to the East Baton Rouge Metro Council on Wednesday night after the failure of the Thrive EBR plan.

The public library system put forward a new reduced millage proposal of 9.5 mills, a drop from the previous 9.89 mills.

The Council on Aging also introduced a millage rate of 2.0, which would be a decrease from the 2.25 rate that has been in place since 2016. The constable's office requested that the Metro Council reopen two positions previously frozen by budget cuts as well.

All three are set to hit the ballot on June 27, 2026, if approved during the Metro Council's meeting on Feb. 11, 2026

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