West Feliciana Parish voters who go to the polls Nov. 3 will be asked to renew three property taxes collected by the parish government.

Voters will also see a sales tax proposition that is almost, but not quite, a renewal request because of an apparent oversight and a technicality in the parish’s home-rule charter.

Attorney Dannie Garrett told the Parish Council at its June 8 meeting that a half-cent sales tax now being collected to support recreation and parks activities will be on the ballot, but it cannot be styled as a tax renewal because the tax now being collected will expire Sept. 30.

If voters support the sales tax, it will be collected again for seven years, starting on Jan. 1.

Up to 25% of the sales tax revenue also can be used for social services and programs.

Garrett said the tax could not have been put on the ballot last year because the home-rule charter requires voting on tax propositions at the same time as congressional or gubernatorial elections.

The year 2025 had neither.

The tax could have been put up for renewal in 2023 or 2024, but no one, including the parish’s bond attorneys, realized then that the charter would prohibit the vote in 2025.

The property taxes that will be on the ballot are:

• A 0.5-mill levy for 10 years to support the parish hospital.

• A 1-mill tax to support the parish health unit, animal control services, mosquito abatement, garbage collection and the coroner’s office.

• An 8.89-mill tax, with 50% of the revenue dedicated to roads, bridges and drainage, 33% for maintaining public buildings and 17% for recreation programs and facilities.

On another matter, the council appointed Sara Klein and Libby Leake to the parish Tourist Commission, replacing two of four members who have resigned since April McGhee, which Councilman John Thompson said was concerning to him.

Councilman Tab Ballard said the resignations may have stemmed from “frustration” linked to the commission operating without a director for months. The commission recently hired McGehee, a former employee of Temple Design in St. Francisville.