The Madison Parish Police Jury during its regular meeting Monday approved an indefinite burn ban, due in large part to the recent stint of dry weather.
Following the decision, Tallulah Fire Chief Harold Allen said the burn ban will last until weather conditions improve and will include all of Madison Parish, with the lone exception being local farmers.
“The decision to stop farmers from being able to burn would come from the Department of Agriculture,” Allen said. “But, those are controlled burns and we are going to continue to enforce this in the parish until the conditions improve.”
In other business during Monday’s meeting, the police jury: reported $36,900.56 in taxes collected in July; approved the investment of $3 million into three accounts at a 3.5 percent rate for six months with $1 million each coming from garbage, with a balance available of $1.9 million, the courthouse and jail fund, with a balance available of $3.6 million and the health unit fund, with a balance available of $2 million; approved raising the hourly rate of Police Jury Special Counsel Dannie P. Garrett III from $200 per hour to $220 per hour, effective September 1, 2022; approved (with the stipulation it is approved by Madison Parish Sheriff Sammie Byrd) an application from Bayou Side Consulting Inc.for the sale of firearms, manufacture and sale of ammunition; approved a cooperative endeavor agreement consistent with Act 170 and Act 199 of the 2022 Regular Legislative Session
