On July 5, 2012, St. Tammany Fire District #1, Fire Chief Larry Hess states the following:
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Article 7, Section 23(C) of the Constitution and R.S. 47:1705 (B) that a public hearing of the Board of Commissioners of the St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 will be held at the regular meeting place, 5th floor of the Towers Building located at 520 Old Spanish Trail, Slidell, Louisiana 70458 on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. to consider levying additional or increased millage rates without further voter approval or adopting the adjusted millage rate and rolling forward to a millage rate not to exceed the prior year’s maximum. The estimated amount of tax revenues to be collected in the next year from the increased millage is $13,607,996.62 and the amount of increase in taxes attributable to the millage increase is $438,967.63.