PORT ALLEN - In West Baton Rouge, there are several tax renewals on the Nov. 15 ballot, including a 10-year drainage tax renewal that would generate around $5.9 million each year.

For a property values at $250,000, it will cost the property owner $180 per year, or $15 each month. It will be less than that if a homestead exemption applies.

"This is a renewal, it's not a new tax and it's something that they've been paying for quite some time. It being a dedicated tax to drainage. It can't be used on anything else besides drainage projects, salaries for our drainage department, machinery and equipment and any other type of materials that we need within our drainage department," West Baton Rouge Parish President Jason Manola said.

This is the second time this renewal is on the ballot. Back

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