BATON ROUGE – Voters on Saturday approved continued funding for the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging, seven months after rejecting a plan that would have directed part of the agency’s budget to the city-parish’s general fund.
The so-called “clean” tax proposal will raise $12.5 million a year for programs benefiting the city-parish’s older residents. The Council on Aging operates the Meals on Wheels program and a number of senior centers parishwide.
Saturday’s renewal was a 2-mill property tax, down from a 2.25-mill tax approved by a 51-49 margin in 2016. The proposal was passed with a 68% to 32% vote…