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FERRIDAY, La. — This Saturday, the April 27 Municipal General Election will determine the next mayor of the Town of Ferriday and two aldermen seats.

Monterey Fire Protection District No. 1 also has two propositions to vote on that would benefit the fire service.

The deadline for a registrar of voters to receive a voted absentee ballot is April 26 by 4:30 p.m.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day.

All Ferriday voters can choose between Alvin Garrison and Joey Bazile in a runoff race to be the next mayor. In the March primary election, Garrison received 49 percent or 467 votes to Bazile’s 18 percent or 169. Incumbent Mayor Rydell Turner is no longer in the race.

The General Election ballot also includes the runoff election for Ferriday aldermen in District B and District D.

In District B, voters will choose either Devin Bryan or Devonte Schiele. Bryan collected 92 votes or 40 percent, and Schiele received 74 votes, or 32 percent in the primary.

In District D, voters have a choice between Incumbent Andre Keyes and Ashley Skipper. In the March primary election, Keyes received 48 percent or 105 votes, and Skipper received 71 votes or 32 percent.

Local propositions for Monterey Fire Protection District No. 1 on the ballot include a millage renewal and a parcel fee. The 10 mill renewal, if passed, would be for 10 years beginning in 2027 and ending in 2036, which would collect an estimated $150,230 annually “for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating the district’s fire protection facilities and equipment.”

The parcel-fee would begin in 2024 and end in 2033 and cost $50 per lot and collect an estimated $50,000 annually.

Read the full propositions below:

Proposition 1

“Shall Monterey Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana (the “District”), continue to levy a special tax of 10 mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $150,230 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2027 and ending with the year 2036, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating the District’s fire protection facilities and equipment, including paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?”

Proposition 2

“Shall Monterey Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect annually for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2024 and ending with year 2033, a parcel fee of $50.00 on each lot, subdivided portion of ground or individual tract upon which is located, either in whole or in part, a residential or commercial structure, regardless of the structure’s being occupied or unoccupied (an estimated $50,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the parcel fee for an entire year), for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating fire protection facilities for the District, including the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes and all purposes incidental thereto?”

To get election information, check registration status, or view your polling location, visit www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting.