Turkey Creek OK’s millage rate

The Turkey Creek Village Council unanimoulsy approved the adoption of a resolution to set the 2016 Millage Property Tax at a rate of 6.200, which was previously 6.56.
No public comments were made during the meeting.
During the meeting council members discussed a leash law ordinance. Pine Praire and Mamou have leash laws.
“This is just a possiblity,” Mayor Heather Cloud said. “We have not proposed anything. This was talked about at our last meeting. Pine Praire and Mamou have ordinances, and there is also a state-wide vicious dog ordinance.”
Cloud said there has been a recent problem with dogs being dropped off near Chappel’s Store on at the intersection of La. 13 and U.S. 167, and at one point, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office was called in to assist with the issue. Cloud said the problem is not so much an issue of having dangerous dogs in the village, but of strays being dumped in the village.
Council members also discussed widening intersections in the town so that school buses would be able to turn around easier and traffic would continue to flow normally. Council member Joey Ducote suggested widening on Pine Street and at the intersection of Magnolia Street and U.S. 167. Council member Neal King suggested widening whole streets as well.
Cloud said she would have those intersections studied and that maybe the town would be able to widen one or two roads each year until the roads have all been brought up to the same standards.
The council also looked over the Financial Report and Comparison of Collections Report during the meeting. The Self and Use tax fund had a selection of $5, 519.32. The difference between July 2015 and July 2016 was $3,953.17. The reports garnered no questions from the council members.