Tangipahoa council paves way for bond sale
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AMITE — The Tangipahoa Parish Council cleared the way for the sale of bonds to finance construction of a new Ponchatoula Area Recreation District 1 gymnasium.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved a resolution providing for the sale of bonds not to exceed $6.5 million at a cost of no more than 7 percent interest.
The bonds are to be repaid through millage revenue approved in 2008. Only those living in Ponchatoula Area Recreation District 1 will pay the additional millage. That millage is dedicated solely to the construction and outfitting of a multipurpose gymnasium.
The sale of bonds is expected by the end of this year, said James Ryan, financial adviser for the parish.
In other business, the council approved advertisement for five 125-kilowatt-hour generators for use at parish emergency shelters.
The remaining five generators will be purchased with grant money obtained through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The parish has already purchased with Homeland Security funds: a 500-kwh generator for use at the parish Health Unit in Hammond, and a 400-kwh generator for use at the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office in Amite.
Also, two 56-kwh generators for use at the Amite City Hall and Manchac Fire Department; a 125-kwh generator for use at the Ponchatoula Police Department; and two 125-kwh generators for use at two of seven parish shelters.
Cost of the remaining five generators is estimated between $5,000 and $7,000 per unit.
After a presentation by the council pledging cooperation with the 2010 U.S. Census, Dieter Krause, senior partnership specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Census, said outside council chambers that a Hammond Census Bureau Office, employing 50 to 70 people, is expected to open Oct. 1.
Krause said anyone wishing a position with the office can apply online at http://www.census.gov/, or at http://www.USAjobs.gov/.
He said those who already completed census-field-worker tests must likewise complete the online supervisor’s test if they wish to be considered for an office job.
“Right now, there are technically very few (people) working,” he said. Hiring will increase after the opening of the office and as the end of the year approaches, Kraus said.
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