By Malcolm Butler
Both the Lincoln Parish School Board and Lincoln Parish Police Jury have called special public sessions for this morning to discuss and vote on “Project Middle.”
The police jury will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Police Jury Conference Room at the Courthouse while the School Board will meet at 11 a.m. at the school board office.
According to the school board agenda emailed out Wednesday morning, the sole item is new business: “Consider a resolution conveying support of an annual payment-in-lieu of tax agreement between the Industrial Development Board of the City of Ruston, Louisiana, Inc. and ‘Project Middle'”
According to the police jury notice which was posted on the south doors to the courthouse, the sole item is new business: “Consider, and take action if necessary, adoption of resolution conveying support for an annual payment-in-lieu of tax agreement”
Ruston mayor Ronny Walker said he could not give specifics as to what company, but that “Project Middle” is a $39.8 million capital investment operations center located inside the city limits of Ruston that will include 50 net new jobs at the onset.
