Jeff Davis voters will decide whether to rededicate existing sales tax for jail, animal shelter - American Press

Jeff Davis voters will decide whether to rededicate existing sales tax for jail, animal shelter - American Press

Jeff Davis Parish voters will decide on Nov. 15 whether to rededicate an existing half-cent sales tax that currently funds the maintenance and operation of the parish jail. The proposed rededication would earmark revenue from the tax to fund maintenance, operations, and improvements of the parish jail and a new $2.1 million, 4,374-square-foot animal shelter, which is currently under construction on U.S. 90 West, in front of the pariah jail. The …