PROPOSITION #1
¼ RE-DEDICATION OF THE EXISTING 1981
ONE CENT SALES TAX DEDICATED FOR POLICE PROTECTION

To the voting citizens of Youngsville:                                           

Your city officials have unanimously responded to the recommendations of the Youngsville
Chief of Police and the Smart-Growth Committee by having Proposition #1 placed on the
February 9, 2008 ballot.  This letter is intended to provide you with background information
that will assist toward a better understanding of what Proposition #1 will accomplish.

When the 1981 One Cent Sales Tax was first enacted, it generated about $10,000 per month
to fund the operations of the Youngsville Police Department.  Presently, it generates an average
$76,986.25 per month that is dedicated to Police Department operations.  For the year ending
June 30, 2007, the cost to operate the Police Department averages out to be $45,945 per month,
which leaves a tremendous monthly surplus which cannot, by law, be used for anything else
unless the tax payers direct otherwise.  For 2007, the Police Department spent $545,934 and
showed a surplus of $340,856.  The accumulated Police Department surplus account presently
has a balance of almost $1,000,000.

The passage of Proposition #1 will rededicate ¼ of the future 1981 One Cent sales tax revenues
to provide funding for road improvements and construction.  By combining this ¼ Cent re-dedication
with other resources available to the city, the Youngsville City Council will be in a position during
the next 15 years to direct over $10,000,000 toward necessary road improvements without the
need for any additional tax burden over the present levels we enjoy.

I urge all voters to vote on February 9, 2008                     

Wilson B Viator Jr., Mayor   

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CITY OF YOUNGSVILLE PROPOSITIONS

PROPOSITION NO. 1
(SALES TAX REDEDICATION)

SUMMARY:  REDEDICATION OF THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER RECEIVED
FROM THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF THE CITY’S 1% SALES AND USE TAX AUTHORIZED AT AN
ELECTION HELD ON APRIL 27, 1968 SO THAT SUCH PROCEEDS MAY BE USED NOT ONLY FOR THE
PURPOSES AUTHORIZED AT SAID ELECTION (SEWERS AND SEWERAGE DISPOSAL WORKS AND
WATERWORKS) BUT ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING
PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE FACILITIES INCIDENTAL THERETO
AND ACQUIRING EQUIPMENT THEREFORE; AND AUTHORITY TO FUND THE TAX PROCEEDS INTO
BONDS OR USE THE TAX PROCEEDS TO PAY ANY BONDED OR FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE
CITY INCURRED FOR SUCH CAPITAL PURPOSES.

Shall the City of Youngsville, State of Louisiana (the “City)) under the provisions of Article VI,
Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974l, and other constitutional and
statutory authority, be authorized to rededicate and use the proceeds heretofore or hereafter
received from the levy and collection of its one percent (1%) sales and use tax authorized to be,
and now being levied and collected pursuant to an election held in the City on April 27, 1968
(the “Tax Proceeds”) so as to permit the use of such Tax Proceeds not only for the purposes
authorized at said election (sewers and sewerage disposal works and waterworks) but also for
the purposes of constructing, improving and maintaining public streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks,
drainage facilities incidental thereto and acquiring equipment therefore; and further shall the
governing authority for the City be authorized to fund the Tax Proceeds into bonds or use the
Tax Proceeds to pay any bonded or funded indebtedness of the City incurred for the aforesaid
capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner provided by state law.