Public Meeting

Rapides Parish Police Jury

Name: Rapides Parish Police Jury — May 12, 2014
Start: 2014-05-12T00:00:00Z
Location: Police Jury Room, Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, LA 71301

May 12, 2014 · 3:00 p.m. announced

Police Jury Room, Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, LA 71301

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REGULAR SESSION

MAY 12, 2014 3:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on April 14, 2014 as published in the Official Journal.
Motion that approved bills be paid.
Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report. (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Part of Lot Twenty -Three (23) of Block Five (5) of Willow Glen Plantation Subdivision, bearing the municipal address of 5010 Morgan Street, Alexandria, to Frank Johnson , for the consideration of $2,333.33 cash. (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Four (4) of Homewood Place, bearing the municipal address of 69 Westwood Blvd, Alexandria , to Angelo D’Angelo for the consideration of $2,000.00 cash. (FINANCE 5/5)

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Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District #7 Asset/Inventory Program the following asset as it is no longer suitable for public use: Asset Number Description Disposal 6164 Portable Bldg Scrap 12x28 Ice House (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to approve Change Order No. 2 for the construction contract with Active Steel Construction fo r Rapides Fire District No. 6 Fire Truck Storage Building (Bid No. 2283) for Building Panel Door Jamb Upgrade for (4) Four Front Bay; remove the metal roof continuous ridge vent; and remove the side door awning upgrade, for a Total Change Order Amount of $0.00, as recommended by the Project Engineer and approved by Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. (FINANCE 5/5)
Levy the millage rates for 2014. (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to delete from the CDR Grant Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment being it is no longer suitable for public use: Asset Description Disposal 9553 Laptop Computer – Dell Scrap – to be auctioned (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Highway Department Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment as no longer suitable for public use:

Asset Description Disposal 9925 Chainsaw MS290 Broken – To be Auctioned 9887 Lightbar Broken – To be Auctioned 9531 Lincoln Grease Gun Broken – To be Auctioned 8705 Gas Powered Drill Broken – To be Auctioned 8334 Chainsaw Stihl 044 Broken – To be Auctioned 7724 Drill Broken – To be Auctioned 7651 Tiger Side Mower Broken – To be Auctioned 6763 Ice Machine w/Bin Broken – To be Auctioned 10420 Federal Light Bar Broken – To be Auctioned 10373 Heat 15 Gallon Broken – To be Auctioned (FINANCE 5/5)

Motion for Rapides Parish Fire District #4 to sell 1992 Ford (Asset # 6324) to Rapides Parish Fire District #6 for the amount of $300.00 as agreed by Holiday Village and Deville Volunteer Fire Department Boards. (FINANCE 5/5)

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Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District #6 Asset/Inventory Program the equipment listed as it is no longer suitable for public use: ASSET DESCRIPTION DISPOSAL 10572 2004 – Ford Crown Vic repairs beyond value-to be auctioned (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to declare one 1993 Chevrolet Caprice VIN# 1G1BL5376PR117490(Asset # 10906) as surplus and remove from the Rapides Parish Fire District #9 Asset/Inventory Program and offer it for sale by sealed bid as recommended by Echo -Poland Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. (FINANCE 5/5)
Motion to accept the Public Works Director's Report. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5)
Motion to authorize to advertise for bids for “Timberlake Subdivision Street Repairs” (Bid No. 2365), to be paid from Ward 1 District E Maintenance Funds as budgeted. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5)
Motion to approve Rapides Parish Roadway Capital Improvement Program 2014-2016, as recommended by the Public Works Director. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5)
Motion to retain the services of Steve Fontenot to develop plans to widen Laura Lane, District A, and to construct an extension of Laura Avenue to connect with LA Hwy 165. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5)
Motion to accept for Parish maintenance Thomas Nash Road, (0.7 mile), District H, pending approval of Public Works Director. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5)
Motion to authorize to advertise for bids to purchase or lease three (3) motor graders with 12’ blades & scarifiers for the Highway Department, to be paid from Road & Bridge Funds. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5)
Motion to authorize to a dvertise for bids to purchase a culvert cleaning system for the Highway Department, to be paid from Road & Bridge Funds. (PUBLIC WORKS 5/5) REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014
Motion to renew the Lease Agreement with the Louisiana Workforce Commission (Louisiana Department of Labor) for the rental of approximately 3,446 square feet of shared office space for the Rapides Parish Career Solutions Center located at 5610B Coliseum Blvd., for a period of one (1) year, commencing August 1, 2014 and ending July 31, 2015 for an amount of $ 5,583.33 per month and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. (WORKFORCE 5/5)
Motion for President to contract with CENCOR Consulting Group, LLC for $18,000 to provide business services to the Workforce Operations Department (WOD) for special projects to grow market share of employers using WOD services, survey employers to determine staffing needs in order to increase placement opportunities to public, and collaborate with WOD in assisting companies with their w orkforce needs. CENCOR Consulting’s staff are knowledgeable of Chamber of Commerce operations, have a former employee of the Louisiana Economic Development, and currently work with employers in a public environment. This contract is expected to con tinue until June 30, 2015 and will be funded from WIA funds. (WORKFORCE 5/5)
Motion to approve a contract between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Workforce Commission for the PY14/FY15 WIA Program in the amount of $688,205.00 ($ 212,683.00 for adults, $257,722.00 for dislocated workers and $217,800.00 for youth), and authorize the President to sign the contract and the Treasurer to amend the budget. (WORKFORCE 5/5)
Motion to adopt the criteria for hiring a Project Manager for administrative services for the Masonic Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project #1786 -079-0002) (CFDA #97.039). Phase 1 of this project was approved under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Prog ram (HMGP) by GOHSEP and FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish. (GRANTS 5/5)
Motion to advertise for Request for Prop osals for hiring a Project Manager for administrative services for the Masonic Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project #1786 -079-0002) (CFDA #97.039). Phase 1 of this project was approved under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by GOHSEP a nd FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish. (GRANTS 5/5)

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Motion to adopt the criteria for hiring a Project Engineer for engineering services for the Masonic Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by GOHSEP and FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish. (GRANTS 5/5)
Motion to advertise for Statement of Qualifications for hiring a Project Engineer for engineering servi ces for the Masonic Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project #1786 -079-0002) (CFDA #97.039). Phase 1 of this project was approved under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by GOHSEP and FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish. (GRANTS 5/5)
Motion to amend and adopt the updated selection criteria for hiring a Project Manager for administrative services related to the development of the Rapides Parish Comprehensive Resiliency Plan. This project is being funded through the Louisiana Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit as a result of Hurricane Gustav (Project Number – 724659) (CFDA – 14.228). This project is being 100% funded by the Office of Community Development. (GRANTS 5/5)
Motion to reject all bids and re -advertise Bid No. 2315 Red River Levee Recertification South Bank (Gustav/Ike Disaster Recovery, State Project No. 40PARA3303) construction project. (GRANTS 5/5)
Motion to discuss and or adopt a policy/procedures for the use of Police Jury property for non-governmental activities. (PAROCHIAL 5/5)
Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Cheneyville for the Rapides Parish Highway Department to furnish labor and equipment for approximately ten (10) hours of patching potholes on various roads, as requested by the Mayor o f Cheneyville, to be paid out of Road District #3A Maintenance Funds. (MUNICIPAL 5/5)

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Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for March 2014:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 481 80% 85.24% Pineville - 8 minute 156 80% 81.41% Rapides - 12 minute 170 80% 82.94% Rapides - 20 minute 181 80% 81.77% (INSURANCE 5/5)

Motion to authorize to enter into a Fire District No. 9 mu tual aid agreement with Fifth Ward Fire Department of Avoyelles Parish, as recommended by the Echo -Poland Volunteer Fire Department, and authorize the President to sign same. (INSURANCE 5/5)
Motion to name Steve Fontenot of Smith, Fontenot & Philips, as the Project Engineer for the construction of the new Rapides Parish Fire Alexandria, LA as recommended by the Fire Chief, to be paid from Fire District No. 2 funds. (INSURANCE 5/5)
Motion to nominate and appoint Mr. Samuel G. Stokes and Mr. Oliver Chamberlain to the Fire Protection District No. 17 Board and to set the first organizational meeting to be held on May 12, 2014, at 4:00 p.m., Police Jury Meeting R oom of the Rapides Parish Police Ju ry, Rapides Parish Notwithstanding the provisions of any resolution or ordinance to the contrary, the govern ing authority of the Fire Protection District shall be a board of commissioners as provided by R. S. 40:1496 B. (2). (INSURANCE 5/5)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE

JURY BUT WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA AFTER THE

COMMITTEE MEETING IN CO MPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC

MEETINGS LAW AND ARE NOW CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN

INCLUDED IN THE PUBLISHED AGENDA BY 2/3RD VOTE

Motion to amend Hidden Path Subdivision by dividing Lot 4 between Lot 5 and 3. Net results are Lot 5 is now 7.094 acres and Lot 3 is 5.733 acres , as recommended by the Rapides Area Planning Commission and pending approval of Public Works Director. (Mr. Bishop)

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Motion to recommend an endorsement of Dis -Tran Packaged S ubstations, LLC, as a participant in the benefits of the Louisiana Enterprise/Economic Development Zone Program, without rebate from the 1/2% Rapides Parish Police Jury Sales and Use Tax, as recommended by the Enterprise Zone Reviewing Agencies. (Mr. Bishop)
Motion to recommend an endorsement of Crest Operations, LLC, as a participant in the benefits of the Louisiana Enterprise/Economic Development Zone Program, without rebate from the 1/2% Rapides Parish Police Jury Sales and Use Tax, as recommended by the Enterprise Zone Reviewing Agencies. (Mr. Bishop)
Motion to recommend an endorsement of Beta Engineering, LLC, as a participant in the benefits of the Louisiana Enterprise/Economic Development Zone Program, without rebate from the 1/2% Rapides Parish Police Jury Sales and Use Tax, as recommended by the Enterprise Zone Reviewing Agencies. (Mr. Bishop)
Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, of Fire Protection District No.15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said Certificates; des ignating the date, denomination and place of payment of said Certificates; providing for the payment thereof in principal and interest; providing for the acceptance of an offer for the purchase of said Certificates; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (Mr. Vanderlick)
Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, of Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said Certificates; designating the date, denomination and place of payment of said Certificates; providing for the payment thereof in principal and interest; providing for the acceptance of an offer for the purchase of said Certificates; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (Mr. Vanderlick)
Motion to reappoint Mr. Lavasso Monk to the Central Louisiana Human Services District. (Mr. Bishop)

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Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Ball to overlay Cindy Street, Squyres Lane, Tall Pines Drive, and Adrian Drive under Rapides Parish Police Jury Bid No. 2359 as requested by the Town of Ball to be paid out of Ward 10, District A, Road Maintenance Funds. (Mr. Moreau)
Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Ward 10 Recreation District to overlay road into Ward 10 Recreation District site under Rapides Parish Police Jury Bid No. 2359 as reque sted by the Ward 10 Recreation District to be paid out of District A Reseal Funds. (Mr. Moreau)
Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Woodworth for the relocation of a waterline on the Bayou Clear Road in order to r eplace the Bayou Clear Road Bridge to be paid out of Ward 2, District E, Road Maintenance Funds as recommended by the Public Works Director. (Mr. Vanderlick)
Motion to authorize Change Order No. 1 on the Cloverdale/Grundy -Cooper Drainage Project, Phase III (La. Statewide Flood Control Project No. 576 - 40-0015 (333)/ H.003567) for the increased amount of $36,632.00 to delete Parish supplied rail car culverts and add Contractor supplied 60 inch coated corrugated metal pipe as reco mmended by Ballard and Associates, Project Engineer and the Public Works Director, contingent upon State approval, to be paid from State Funds and Road District 36A Maintenance Funds. (Mr. Overton)
Motion to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval and to sign a letter addressed to the Louisiana Workforce Commission for Mr. James Michiels with Sutherland Global to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61, replacing Ms. Mary Henton -Johnson. Mr. James will be r epresenting private sector board membership. Term date to begin May 29, 2014 and end May 29, 2016. (Mr. Vanderlick)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE

JURY AND WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE NOW

ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

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The Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of Monday, May 12, 2014, at three (3:00) o'clock p.m. (Central Standard Time).

There were present: Joe Bishop, President, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Vice President, and Police Jurors Craig Smith, Theodore Fountaine, Jr., Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr., Sean McGlothlin, Ric hard Billings and Scott Perry, Jr.

Police Jurors not present: Richard Vanderlick

Also present were Mr. Tim Ware, Treasurer; Ms. Elaine Morace, WIA Operations Director; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Ms. Donna Andries, Sales & Use Tax Administrator; Ms. Linda Sanders, Civil Service Director; Mr. Field Gremillion, Legal Counsel and Ms. Laurel Smith, Secretary.

The invocation was given by Mr. Scott Perry.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Sean McGlothlin.

The Police Jury o f the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, was duly convened as the governing authority of said Parish by Hon. Joe Bishop, President, who welcomed all present and then stated that the Police Jury was ready for the first item of business.

The President asked if there was any Public Comment on any Agenda Item, to which there was no response.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on April 14, 2014 as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, that approved bills be paid. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overt on, to accept the Treasurer’s Report. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr . Ollie Overton , seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau , the following ordinance was presented and on vote unanimously adopted:

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Sale of Adjudicated Property

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

TO SELL

Part of Lot Twenty -Three (23) of Block 5 of Willow Glen Plantation Subdivision as per plat recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 33, and as per certificate of survey of April 5, 1963 by Daniel D. Sandefur, as follows: Begin on Roberts Street at a point common to Lots 23 and 22; thence run back perpendicular to Roberts Street 60 feet; thence run parallel to Roberts Street 68.1 feet to Morgan Street; thence to along Morgan Street 69.24 feet to the corner of Roberts Street; thence go along Roberts 103.13 feet back to the point of beginning.

Municipal Address of the Property: 5010 Morgan Street, Alexandria, LA 71302

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $2,333.33 CASH

WHEREAS, the City of Alexa ndria and/or the City of Pineville and/or Parish of Rapides owns property described as

Municipal Address of the Property: 5010 Morgan Street, Alexandria, LA 71302

said property having been adjudicated to either of aforementioned Cities and/or the Parish for unpaid property taxes; and

WHEREAS, a request has been received from FRANK JOHNSON, a single man, to purchase said property for the consideration of $2,333.33 cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two -thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above -mentioned property to FRANK JOHNSON, a single man, for the offered consideration.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury that:

Section 1. Part of Lot Twenty -Three (23) of Block 5 of Willow Glen Plantation Subdivision as per plat recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 33, and as per REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

certificate of survey of April 5, 1963 by Daniel D. Sandefur, as follows: Begin on Roberts Street at a point common to Lots 23 and 22; thence run back perpendicular to Roberts Street 60 feet; thence run parallel to Roberts Street 68.1 feet to Morgan Street; thence to along Morgan Street 69.24 feet to the corner of Roberts Street; thence go along Roberts 103.13 feet back to the point of beginning.

71302

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, should be re -entered into the stream of commerce thereby serving the public interest.

 the mortgage and conveyance records of Rapides Parish,  the current telephone book,  any other exa mination resources, including Internet search engines, if any, the records of the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Secretary of States set forth by the names of identified entities

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the required notification s (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to the Civil Sheriff for his/her signature, and then notify those persons identified via regular mail, certified mail*, publication and/or service of process. *Copies of the “green and white receipts” should be maintained by the purchaser as indicia of compliance with the notice requirements;

Section 4. The acquiring person shall send a written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or donee intends to be terminated that the party has until the la ter of the following to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the potential sale or donation:

(a) Sixty days from the date of the notice provided in this Subsection, if five years have elapsed from the filing of t he tax sale certificate (formerly “proces verbal”), or six months after the date of the notice provided for in this Subsection, if five years have not elapsed since the filing of the tax sale certificate (formerly “proces verbal”);
(b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.
(c) The written notice required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47: 2206 A. (2).

Section 5. The acquiring person shall cause to be published in the official journal of this parish (curr ently the Town Talk) a notice that any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or donee intends to be terminated has, to redeem the property, until the later of:

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(a) Sixty days, for property on which a tax sale certificate (formerly “ proces verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “proces verbal”) was filed less than five years before the first publication of the notice provided for in this Subsection.
(b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.
(c) The publication required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47: 2206 B. (2).

Section 6. The acquiring person may file with the recorder of mortgages a copy of one of the notices that was sent to the tax debtor or the current owner. A transfer, mortgage, lien, privilege, or other encumbrance filed after the filing of the notice shall not affect the property. The recorder of mortgages or recorder of conveyances shall cancel, erase, terminate, or release the acts upon the request of the acquiring person.

Section 7. At any time after the expiration of the sixty -day or six -month periods, as applicable, set forth in R.S. 47:2206 (A) and (B), the acquiring person, or his/her successors and assigns, may send to this body a written notice requesting that the sale/donation to him/her be authenticated. The President of the Jury shall authenticate the sale or donation within ten days from the date of the request or as soon thereafter as practical. However, the President shall not execute the act of cash sale or act of donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President, that purchaser or donee has complied with the mandates of this Ordinance. The sale price shall be paid by cashier’s check or money order at the time of the sale.

NOTE: The initial application fee of $75.00 and any other costs incurred by the purchaser shall not be applied to the purchase price and shall not be refundable if the purchaser elects not to complete the process.

NOTE: The City of Alexandria and/or the City of Pineville and/or the Parish of Rapides shall reserve all oil, gas and other mineral rights in and to the property to be conveyed, but shall convey the surface rights of the said property.

Section 8. The acquiring person shall be responsible for filing the sale or donation and payment of all filing fees.

Section 9. The only warranty owed by the political subdivision or the municipalities shall be a warranty against eviction resulting from a prior alienation by the political subdivision or the municipality.

(a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.

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(b) These waive rs or exclusions of warranties shall be self -operative regardless of whether the waivers or exclusions are contained in the act of sale or donation, and regardless of whether they are clear and unambiguous, and regardless of whether they are brought to the attention of the acquiring person. This provision supersedes the requirements of any other law.
(c) The writing constituting the sale shall be in the form as provided in R.S. 47: 2207 B. and the writing constituting the donation shall be that which is included in R.S. 47: 2207 C.

Section 10. The provisions of R.S. 41:1338 shall not apply to the property being sold or donated in accordance with this Ordinance.

Section 11. A certified copy of the sale or donation shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of all matters dealing with the sale or donation and the validity of the sale or donation.

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her success ors, or assigns, may file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties whose interest the acquiring person, his/her successors, or assigns, intends to be terminated were identified, how the address of each tax sale party was obtained, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication.

(a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest to which the purchaser or donee takes subject. The recorder of mortga ges shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
(b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47: 2208.
(c) With respect to a sa le, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, lien s, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
(d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
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terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.

(f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation , termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any dames that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, relea se, or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity as a consequence of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 12 th day of May, 2014.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, the following ordinance was presented and on vote unanimously adopted:

Sale of Adjudicated Property

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

TO SELL

A certain lot of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereto belonging, being, lying and situated in t he City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Four (4) of Homewood Place (Continued) as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, page 162, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, said lot fronting 64 feet on Westwood Boulevard, and being the same property acquired by vendor from Alfred A. Mansour by deed date July 5, 1966, and duly recorded in the Conveyance Records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $2,000.00 CASH

WHEREAS, the City of Alexandria and/or the City of Pineville and/or Parish of Rapides owns property described as

A certain lot of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows: REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Four (4) of Homewood Place (Continued) as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, page 162, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, said lot fronting 64 feet on Westwood Boulevard, and being the same property acquired by v endor from Alfred A. Mansour by deed date July 5, 1966, and duly recorded in the Conveyance Records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

said property having been adjudicated to either of aforementioned Cities and/or the Parish for unpaid property taxes; and

WHEREAS, a request has been received from ANGELO D’ANGELO, to purchase said property for the consideration of $2,000.00 cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two -thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above-mentioned property to ANGELO D’ANGELO, for the offered consideration.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury that:

Section 1. A certain lot of ground, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, should be re -entered into t he stream of commerce thereby serving the public interest.

Section 2. The acquiring person shall certify, in writing, to the Purchasing Department that he/she or his/her agent has searched for all names and last known addresses of all owners, mortgages, a nd any other person(s) who may have a vested or contingent interest in the property, or who have filed a request for notice as indicated in those records and has so examined:  the mortgage and conveyance records of Rapides Parish,  the current telephone book,  any other examination resources, including Internet search engines, if any, the records of the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Secretary of States set forth by the names of identified entities

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Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit th e required notifications (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to the Civil Sheriff for his/her signature, and then notify those persons identified via regular mail, certified mail*, publication and/or service of process. *Copies of the “green and white receipts” should be maintained by the purchaser as indicia of compliance with the notice requirements;

Section 4. The acquiring person shall send a written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or donee intends to be terminated that the party has until the later of the following to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the potential sale or donation:

(a) Sixty days from the date of the notice provided in this Subsection, if five years have elaps ed from the filing of the tax sale certificate (formerly “proces verbal”), or six months after the date of the notice provided for in this Subsection, if five years have not elapsed since the filing of the tax sale certificate (formerly “proces verbal”);
(b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.
(c) The written notice required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47: 2206 A. (2).

Section 5. The acquiring person shall cause to be published in the official journal of this parish (currently the Town Talk) a notice that any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or donee intends to be terminated has, to redeem the property, until the later of:

(a) Sixty days, for property on which a tax sale certifica te (formerly “proces verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “proces verbal”) was filed less than five years before the first publication of the notice provided for in this Subsection.
(b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.
(c) The publication required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47: 2206 B. (2).

cash sale or act of donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President, that purchaser or donee has complied with the mandates of this Ordinance. The sale price shall be paid by cashier’s check or money order at the time of the sale.

Section 8. The acquiring person shall be responsible for filing the sale or donation and payment of all filing fees.

(a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the th ing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
(b) These waivers or exclusions of warranties shall be self -operative regardless of whether the waivers or exclusions are contained in the act of sale or donation, and regardless of whether they are clear and unambiguous, and regardless of whether they are brought to the attention of the acquiring person. This provision supersedes the requirements of any other law.
(c) The writing constituting the sale shall be in the form as provided in R.S. 47: 2207 B. and the writing constituting the donation shall be that which is included in R.S. 47: 2207 C.

Section 10. The provisions of R.S. 41:1338 shall not apply to the property being sold or donated in accordance with this Ordinance.

Section 11. A certified copy of the sale or donation shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of all matters dealing with the sale or donation and the validity of the sale or donation.

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her successors, or assigns, may file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties whose interest the acq uiring person, his/her successors, or assigns, intends to be terminated were identified, how the address of each tax sale party was obtained, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

(a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest to which the purchaser or donee takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
(b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47: 2208.
(c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
(d) With resp ect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
(e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
(f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any dames that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the rec orded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release, or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the recorder of conveyances shall not be liab le for any damages resulting to any person or entity as a consequence of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 12 th day of May, 2014.

On m otion by M r. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District #7 Asset/Inventory Program the following asset as it is no longer suitable for public use:

Asset Number Description Disposal 6164 Portable Bldg. Scrap 12x28 Ice House On vote the motion carried.

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On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to approve Change Order No. 2 for the construction contract with Active Steel Construction for Rapides Fire District No. 6 Fire Truck Stora ge Building (Bid No. 2283) for Building Panel Door Jam Upgrade for (4) Four Front Bay; remove the metal roof continuous ridge vent; and remove the side door awning upgrade, for a Total Change Order Amount of $0.00, as recommended by the Project Engineer an d approved by Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, that the millage rates for 2014 are hereby adopted as follows:

General Alimony 4.04 Exempted Municipalities 2.02 Fire Prot Dist No 2 15.52 Fire Prot Dist No 2 Area 1 16.31 Fire Prot Dist No 4 15.34 Fire Prot Dist No 6 20.02 Fire Prot Dist No 7 Maint. A 26.04 Fire Prot Dist No 7 Maint. B 14.26 Fire Prot Dist No 8 44.28 Fire Prot Dist No 9 24.02 Fire Prot Dist No 10 22.59 Fire Prot Dist No 10 21.23 Fire Prot Dist No 11 33.16 Fire Prot Dist No 11 Area 1 53.72 Fire Prot Dist No 14 21.93 Fire Prot Dist No 15 25.00 Fire Prot Dist No 16 15.00 Road Dist No 1A 25.03 Road Dist No 1B 15.00 Road Dist No 2C 54.49 Road Dist No 3A 32.00 Road Dist No 5A 48.24 Road Dist No 6A 20.36 Road Dist No 6A Maint.B 53.07 Road Dist No 7A 5.56 Road Dist No 9B 10.98 Road Dist No 10A 10.04 Road Dist No 36 10.77 Coliseum Maint. 1.00 Coliseum (Bond) 2.55 Health Unit 1.06 Renaissance 2.06 Libraries 7.08 Recreation Dist Buckeye 6.09 Senior Citizens Services 1.06

On vote the motion carried.

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On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to delete from the CDR Grant Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment being it is no longer suitable for public use:

Asset Description Disposal 9553 Laptop Computer – Dell Scrap – to be auctioned On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to delete from the Rapides Parish Highway Department Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment as no longer suitable for public use:

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, for Rapides Parish Fire District #4 to sell 1992 Ford (Asset # 6324) to Rapides Parish Fire District #6 for the amount of $300.00 as agreed by Holiday Village and Deville Volunteer Fire Department Boards. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District #6 Asset/Inventory Program the equipment listed as it is no longer suitable for public use: ASSET DESCRIPTION DISPOSAL 10572 2004 – Ford Crown Vic repairs beyond value-to be auctioned On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to declare one 1993 Chevrolet Caprice VIN# 1G1BL5376PR117490(Asset # 10906) as surplus and remove from the Rapides Parish Fire District #9 Asset/Inventory Program and offer it for sale by sealed bid as recommended by Echo -Poland Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to accept the Public Works Director's Report. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize to adverti se for bids for “Timberlake Subdivision Street Repairs” (Bid No. 2365), to be paid from Ward 1 District E Maintenance Funds as budgeted. On vote the motion carried.

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On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to approve Rapides Parish Roadway Capital Improvement Program 2014 -2016, as recommended by the Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to retain the services of Steve Fontenot to develop plans to widen Laura Lane, District A, and to construct an extension of Laura Avenue to connect with LA Hwy 165. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Craig Smit h, to accept for Parish maintenance Thomas Nash Road, (0.7 mile), District H, pending approval of Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to authorize to advertise for bids to purchase or lease three (3) motor graders with 12’ blades & scarifiers for the Highway Department, to be paid from Road & Bridge Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize to advertise for bids to purchase a culvert cleaning system for the Highway Department, to be paid from Road & Bridge Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to renew the Lease Agreement with the Louisiana Workforce Commission (Louisiana Department of Labor) for the rental of approximately 3,446 square feet of shared office space for the Rapides Parish Career Solutions Center located at 5610B Coliseum Blvd., for a period of one (1) year, commencing August 1, 2014 and ending July 31, 2015 for an amount of $5,583.33 per month and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, for President to contract with CENCOR Consulting Group, LLC for $18,000 to provide business services to the Workforce Operations Department (WOD) for special projects to grow market share of employers using WOD services, survey employers to determine staffing needs in order to increase placement opportunities to public, and collaborate with WOD in assisting companies with their workforce needs. CENCOR Consulting’s staff are knowledgeable of Chamber of Commerce operations, have a former employee of the Louisiana Econ omic Development, and currently work with employers in a public environment. This contract is expected to continue until June 30, 2015 and will be funded from WIA funds. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Ov erton, to approve a contract between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Workforce Commission for the PY14/FY15 WIA Program in the amount of $688,205.00 ($212,683.00 for adults, $257,722.00 for dislocated workers and $217,800.00 for youth), an d authorize the President to sign the contract and the Treasurer to amend the budget. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to adopt the criteria for hiring a Project Manager for administrative services f or the Masonic REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project #1786 -079-0002) (CFDA #97.039). Phase 1 of this project was approved under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by GOHSEP and FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish as follows:

Respondents will be evaluated on the basis of written materials submitted in the qualification statements and according to the following criteria. TOTAL MAXIMUM POINTS 100

Experience of the firm with this type of federal/state/local construction project during the past ten years (Total Possible Points 25pts.). 1). 20+ years 25 pts. 2). 10-20 years 15 pts. 3). Less than 10 years 5 pts.
Familiarity with Similar Drainage Projects - Including Projects w/ Significant Drainage Design (Total Possible Points 20) 1). 10 or more similar projects 20 pts. 2). Less than 10 similar projects 10 pts.
Demonstrated Capacity to Perform the Scope of Services (Total Possible Points 15) 1). Adequate professional staff (2 or more Professional 10 pts. Engineers and 1 or more registered professional land surveyors) 2). Application deadline can be met, and plans specs. be completed within 6 months, if individual application is funded 5 pts.
Past Satisfactory Performance with: (Total Possible Points 25) 1). Rapides Parish Police Jury 10 pts. 2). Local Government(s) within Rapides Parish 10 pts. 3). State/Federal Agencies governing drainage projects 5 pts.
Proximity to Project (Total Possible Points 15) 1). Less than 50 Miles 15 pts. 2). 51-100 Miles 10 pts. 3). 100-200 Miles 5 pts.

Items 1, 2 & 5 – Respondents can score in one rating items only. Items 3 & 4 – Respondents can score in all rating items.

On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to advertise for Request for Proposals for hiring a Project Manager for administrative services for the Masonic Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project #1786 -079-0002) (CFDA #97.039). Phase 1 of this project was approved under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by GOHSEP and FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RATING SYSTEM FOR THE SELECTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE/PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE MASONIC DRIVE DRAINAGE PROJECT Respondents will be evaluated on the basis of written material submitted and according to the following factors: ITEM 1 – Experience in administering state funded grants: (Maximum Points Possible: 10) (Choose one)

 Five or more similar projects 10 points  Two to five similar projects 5 points  Less than two similar projects 0 points ITEM 2 – Familiarity with the project applied for: (Maximum Points Possible:

(Choose one):  Very knowledgeable 30 points  Somewhat knowledgeable 15 points  No knowledge 0 points ITEM 3 – Capacity to perform the scope of work: (Maximum Points Possible:
(Choose All Applicable):  Adequate staff to perform work 10 points  Capacity to perform work 10 points ITEM 4 – Past performance with: (Total Points: 30) (Choose all applicable):  The local government agency 10 points  Other government agencies 10 points  Private industry 10 points ITEM 5 – Proposal Cost: (total possible points: 10)  Lowest Proposed Cost 10 points TOTAL POINTS AVAILABLE: 100 points On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to advertise for Statement of Qualifications for hiring a Project Engineer for engineering services for the Masonic Drive Drainage Improvement Project (Project #1786-079-0002) (CFDA #97.039). Phase 1 of this project was approved under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by GOHSEP and FEMA for the completion of engineering and surveying for a total of $216,406.00. The 25% match is being provided by the Gravity Drainage District #1 of Rapides Parish.

On motion by Mr. Scott Perry, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to amend and adopt the updated selection criteria for hiring a Project Manager for administrative services related to the development of the Rapides Parish Comprehensive REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

Resiliency Plan. This project is being funded through the Louisiana Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit as a result of Hurricane Gustav (Project Number – 724659) (CFDA – 14.228). This project is being 100% funded by the Office of Community Development.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RATING SYSTEM FOR THE

SELECTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE/PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE RESILIENCY PLAN. Respondents will be evaluated on the basis of written material submitted and according to the following factors: ITEM 1 – Experience in administering state funded grants: (Maximum Points Possible: 10) (Choose one)

 Five or more similar projects 10 points  Two to five similar projects 5 points  Less than two similar projects 0 points ITEM 2 – Education/Experience of expertise deemed valuable to the successful implementation of this project include: (Maximum Points Possible: 25) (Choose all applicable):  Floodplain Management 5 points  Local Building Codes 5 points  Economic Development 5 points  Transportation Planning 5 points  Drainage Studies 5 points ITEM 3 – Familiarity with the project applied for: (Maximum Points Possible:

(Choose one):  Very knowledgeable 30 points  Somewhat knowledgeable 15 points  No knowledge 0 points ITEM 4 – Capacity to perform the scope of work: (Maximum Points Possible:
(Choose All Applicable):  Adequate staff to perform work 5 points  Capacity to perform work 5 points ITEM 5 – Past performance with: (Total Points: 30) (Choose all applicable):  The local government agency 10 points  Other government agencies 10 points  Private industry 10 points ITEM 6 – Proposal Cost: (total possible points: 15)  Lowest Proposed Cost 15 points REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

TOTAL POINTS AVAILABLE: 120 points On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to reject all bids and re-advertise Bid No. 2315 Red River Levee Recertification South Bank (Gustav/Ike Disaster Recovery, State Project No. 40PARA3303) construction project. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to layover the following motion to discuss and or adopt a policy/procedures for the use of Police Jury property for non -governmental activities. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Sean McGlothlin voted nay to lay over the motion.

On m otion by Mr. Richard Billing s, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Cheneyville for the Rapides Parish Highway Department to furnish labor and equipment for approximately ten (10) hours of patching potholes on various roads, as r equested by the Mayor of Cheneyville, to be paid out of Road District #3A Maintenance Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for March 2014:

On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to authorize to enter into a Fire District No. 9 Mutual Aid Agreement with Fifth Ward Fire Department of Avoyelles Parish, as recommended by the Echo -Poland Volunteer Fire Department, and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to name Steve Fontenot of Smith, Fontenot & Philips, as the Project Engineer for the construction of the new Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 fire station to be located at 1431 Ransbottom Drive, Alexandria, LA as recommended by the Fire Chief, to be paid from Fire District No. 2 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to nominate and appoint Mr. Samuel G. Stokes and Mr. Oliver Chamberlain to the Fire Protection District No. 17 Board and to set the first organiza tional meeting to be held on May 1 2, 2014, at 4:00 p.m., Police Jury Meeting R oom of the Rapides Parish Police Ju ry, Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2n d Floor, Alexandria, LA 71301. Notwithstanding the provisions of any resolution or REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

ordinance to the contrary, the governing authority of the Fire Protection District shall be a board of commissioners as provided by R. S. 40:1496 B. (2). On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, that the following items were not considered by the Committee of the Jury but were posted on the agenda after the Committee Meeting and added to the Jury agenda in compliance with the Public Meetings Law and are now confirmed as having been added to the agenda by two-thirds vote:

Roll call vote was as follows:

YEAS: Joe Bishop, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Craig Smith, Theodore Fountaine, Jr., Oliver “Ollie” Overton Jr., Sean McGlothlin, Richard Billings, Scott Perry, Jr. NAYS: none ABSTAINED: none ABSENT: Richard Vanderlick

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to amend Hidden Path Subdivision by dividing Lot 4 between Lot 5 and 3. Net results are Lot 5 is now 7.094 acres and Lot 3 is 5.733 acres , as approved by the Rapides Area Planning Commission, Public Works Director and Legal Counsel . On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to recommend an endorsement of Dis -Tran Packaged Substations, LLC, as a participant in the benefits of the Louisiana Enterprise/Economic Development Zone Program, without rebate from the 1/2% Rapides Parish Police Jury Sales and Use Tax, as recommended by the Enterprise Zone Reviewing Agencies . On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to recommend an endorsement of Crest Operations, LLC, as a participant in the benefits of the Louisiana Enterprise/Economic Dev elopment Zone Program, without rebate from the 1/2% Rapides Parish Police Jury Sales and Use Tax, as recommended by the Enterprise Zone Reviewing Agencies. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seco nded by Mr. Craig Smith, to recommend an endorsement of Beta Engineering, LLC, as a participant in the benefits of the Louisiana Enterprise/Economic Development Zone Program, without rebate from the 1/2% Rapides Parish Police Jury Sales and Use Tax, as recommended by the Enterprise Zone Reviewing Agencies. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Bubba Moreau and seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton:

RESOLUTION

A resolution authoriz ing the incurring of debt and issuance of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

Indebtedness, Series 2014 , of Fire Protection District No.15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said Certificates; designating the date, denomination and place of payment of said Certificates; providing for the payment thereof in principal and in terest; providing for the acceptance of an offer for the pur chase of said Certificates; and provid ing for other matters in connection therewith.

WHEREAS, Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, authorizes Fire Protection District No.15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer") to borrow money in anticipation of revenues to be realized from a special tax of twenty -five (25) mills, authorized at an election held in the Issuer on November 16, 2013 (the "Tax"), to be used only for the purpose for which the Tax is authorized; and

WHEREAS, Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 39:742.2) (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority, authorizes the Issuer to borrow money in anticipation of all or a portion of the revenues to be realized from a tax to be used only for the purposes for which the tax was voted; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer is not now a party to any contract pledging or dedicating the revenues to be received from the levy and collection of the Tax; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer now desires to incur debt and issue Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) of its Limited Tax Certifi cates of Indebted ness, Series 2014, in the manner authorized a nd provided by the Act, as hereinaf ter provided, to provide funds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and improving fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the Issuer and paying the costs of issuance thereof; and

WHEREAS, the annual debt service on the Certificates proposed to be issued pursuant to this Resolution shall not in any year exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the estimated income to be realized from the levy and collection of the Tax during the period said Certificates are outstanding;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, that:

SECTION 1) Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority.

"Agreement" means the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and the Paying Agent pursuant to this Resolution.

"Certificate" or "Certificates" means the Issuer's Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, autho rized by this Resolut ion, in the total aggregate principal amount of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000), whether REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any certificate previously issued.

"Certificate Register" means the records k ept by the Paying Agent at its principal corporate trust office in which registration of the Certificates and transfers of the Certificates shall be made as provided herein.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Executive Officers" means, collec tively, the President and Secretary of the Governing Authority.

"Fiscal Year(s)" means the one -year accounting period beginning on January 1st of each year, or such other period as may be designated by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer.

"Governing Authority" means the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana.

"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obliga tions the principal of and interest on which are uncondi tionally guaranteed by the United States of America, which are non -callable prior to their maturity, may be United States Treasury obligations such as the State and Local Government Series and may be in book-entry form.

"Interest Payment Date" means each Marc h 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2015.

"Issuer" means Fire Protection District No.15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana.

"Outstanding" when used with respect to Certificates means, as of the date of determination, all Certificates there tofore issued and delivered under this Resolution, except:

Certificates theretofore canceled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;
Certificates for which payment or redemption suffi cient funds have been theretofore deposited in trust for the owners of such Certificates, provided that if such Certificates are to be re deemed, irrevocable notice of such redemp tion has been duly given or provided for pursuant to this Resolution or waived;
Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Resolution;
Certificates alleged to have been mutilated, de stroyed, lost or stolen which have been paid as provided in this Resolution or by law; and

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Certificates for the payment of the principal (or redemption price, if any) of and interest on which money or Government Securities or both are held in trust with the effect specified in this Resolution.

"Owner" or "Owners" when u sed with respect to any Certificate means the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.

"Paying Agent" means Regions Bank, in the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, until a successor Paying Agent shall have been ap pointed pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Resolution and thereafter "Paying Agent" shall mean such successor Paying Agent.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partner ship, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

"Purchaser" means Regions Bank, in the City of Monroe, Louisiana, the original purchaser of the Certificates.

"Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Resolution" means this Resolution authorizing the issuance of the Certificates, as it may be supplemented and amended.

"Tax" means the twenty -five (25) mi lls tax, authorized to be levied by the Issuer through 2023, pursuant to an election held in the Issuer on November 16, 2013, which election authorizes the Issuer to use the proceeds heretofore or hereafter received from the levy of such millage to be used for those purposes stated in the proposition.

SECTION 2) Authorization of Certificates; Maturities . In compliance with the terms and provisions of the Act, and other constitutional and statutory authority, there is hereby authorized th e incurring of an indebtedness of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) for, on behalf of, and in the name of the Issuer, to provide funds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and improving fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the Issuer, and paying the costs of issuance of the Certificates, and to represent said indebted ness, this Govern ing Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, of the Issuer. The Certificates shall be in the form of fully registered certificates, shall be dated the day of delivery, shall be issued in denominations corresponding to the principal amount of each maturity (one Certificate per maturity), and shall be numbered No. R-1 upward. The Certificates shall bear interest from the date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on each Interest Payment Date, commencing March 1, 201 5, at the following rates of interest per annum and shall become due and payable and mature serially on March 1 of the years and the amounts, as follows:

CERTIFICATE YEAR PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE

NUMBER (MARCH 1) AMOUNT PER ANNUM

R-1 2015 $50,000 2.21% REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

R-2 2016 65,000 2.21% R-3 2017 65,000 2.21% R-4 2018 65,000 2.21% R-5 2019 70,000 2.21% R-6 2020 70,000 2.21% R-7 2021 75,000 2.21% R-8 2022 75,000 2.21% R-9 2023 80,000 2.21% R-10 2024 85,000 2.21%

The principal of the Certificates, upon maturity or redemption, and the interest on the Certificates, shall be payable by check of the Paying Agent mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent to the Owner at the address shown on the Certificate Register, provi ded that the final installment of principal shall only be paid upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent. Any Certificate delivered under this Resolution upon transfer of, in exchange fo r or in lieu of any other Certificate shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Certificate, and any such Certificate shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so that neither gain nor loss i n interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution.

No Certificate shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Resolution, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of r egistration, substantially in the form provided in this Resolution, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature.

SECTION 3) Redemption Provisions. The Certificates maturing on or after March 1, 2020 are callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full or in part anytime on or after March 1, 2019 , and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at the principal amou nt thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. In the event a Certificate is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Certificate ($5,000 or any multiple thereo f) may be redeemed. Certificates are not required to be re deemed in inverse order of maturity. Official notice of such call of any of the Certificates for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the rede mption date addressed to the registered owner of each Certificate to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

SECTION 4) Registration and Transfer . The Issuer shall cause the Certifi - cate Register to be kept by the Paying Agent. The Certificates may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Certifi cate Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Certificate may be assigned by the execution of an assignm ent form on the Certifi cate or by other instru ments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Certificate or Certificates will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Certificate after receipt of the Certificate to be transferred in proper form.

SECTION 5) Form of Certificates. The Certificates and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in substantially the following forms, respectively, to-wit: REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

(FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATES)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF RAPIDES

LIMITED TAX CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2014 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 15 OF THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA

Certificate Certificate Principal Interest Number Date Amount Rate

R-___ _, 2015 $ _____%

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 15 OF THE PARISH OF

RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA (the "Issuer"), promis es to pay, but solely from the source and as hereinafter provided, to:

REGIONS BANK

or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above, together with interest thereon from the Certificate Date set forth above or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above, pa yable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing March 1, 2015 (each an "Interest Payment Date"). The principal of this Certificate, upon maturity or redemption, is payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the princi pal office of Regions Bank, in the City of Alexandria, Louisiana, or successor thereto (the "Paying Agent"), upon presentation and surrender hereof. Interest on this Certificate is payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the registered owner (determined as of the close of business on the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding each Interest Payment Date) at the address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

This Certificate is one of an authorized issue aggregating in princ ipal the sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014 (the "Certificates"), all of like tenor and effect except as to number, denomination, interest rate and maturity, said Certificates having been issued by the Issuer pursuant to a Resolution adopted by its governing authority on May 12, 2014 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and improving fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the Issuer, and paying the costs of issuance of the Certificates, under the authority conferred by Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 39:742.2), and other constitutional and statutory authority.

the event a Certificate is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Certificate ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Certificates are not required to be redeemed in inverse order of maturity . Official notice of such call of any of the Certificates for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date addressed to the regis tered owner of each Certificate to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registra tion books of the Paying Agent.

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the principal office of the Paying Agent a register (the "Certificate Register") in which registrat ion of the Certificates and of transfers of the Certificates shall be made as provided in the Resolution. The Certificates may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Certificate Register, and such registra tion shall be at the expense of the I ssuer. The Certificates may be assigned by the execution of the assignment form hereon or by other instrument of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Certificate or Certificates will be deliv ered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new registered owner) in exchange for this trans ferred and assigned Certificates after receipt of this Certificate to be transferred in proper form.

The Certificates are secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the proceeds to be derived from the levy and collection of a tax of twenty -five (25) mills (such tax being subject to millage rate adjustment from time to time due to reassessment) levied and to be levied through 2023, on all the property subject to taxation within the Issu er, pursuant to an election held in the Issuer on November 16, 2013. For a complete statement of the tax revenues from which and conditions under which this Certificate is issued, reference is hereby made to the Resolution. The Issuer, in the Resolution, has also entered into certain other covenants and agreements with the registered owner of this Certificate for the terms of which reference is made to the Resolution.

This Certificate shall not be valid or become obligato ry for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the certifi cate of registration hereon shall have been signed by the Paying Agent.

It is certified that this Certificate is authorized by and issued in conformity with the requirements of the Const itution and statutes of the State of Louisiana. It is further certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things re quired to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Certificate and the issue of whi ch it forms a part to constitute the same legal, binding and valid obligations of the Issuer have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the indebtedness of the Issuer, including this Certif icate, does not exceed the limitations prescribed by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, has caused t his Certificate to be executed in the name of the Issuer by the manual signatures of its President and its Secretary, and the Issuer's corporate seal to be impressed hereon.

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 15 OF THE

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PARISH OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA

Secretary, Police Jury President, Police Jury

(FORM OF PAYING AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION)

This Certificate is one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Resolution.

REGIONS BANK

ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA

Date of Registration: ___________ By: _____________________________ Authorized Officer

(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

Please Insert Social Security or other Identifying Number of Assignee

the within Certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________________________ ________ attorney or agent to transfer the within Certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ___________________________________________________ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SECTION 6) Execution of Certificates. The Certificates shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of and under the corporate seal of t he Issuer, which signa tures and corporate seal may be either manual or facsimile.

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SECTION 7) Pledge and Dedication of Revenues . Pursuant to the Act, the Certificates shall be secured by and payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the avails or proceeds of the Tax. This Governing Authority does hereby obligate itself and its successors in office to impose and collect the Tax annually through the year 2023, so long as the Certificates are outstan ding, as provided in the proposition authorizing the Tax, and does hereby irrevocably and irrepealably dedicate, appropriate and pledge the annual income to be derived from the assessment, levy and collection of the Tax in each of the years through 2023, inclusive, to the payment of the Certificates and any future parity certificates.

SECTION 8) Sinking Fund. For the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Certificates, there is hereby created a special fund to be known as "Fire Protection District No.15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana - Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, Sinking Fund" , said Sinking Fund to be established and maintained with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank of the Is suer. The Issuer shall deposit in the Sinking Fund from the first revenues of the Tax levy of any year, funds fully sufficient to promptly pay the maturing principal and/or interest so falling due on the interest and principal payment dates of the followi ng year. Said fiscal agent bank shall make available from said Sinking Fund to the Paying Agent for the Certificates at least one (1) day in advance of the date on which each payment of principal and interest falls due, funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest falling due on such date.

It shall be specifical ly understood and agreed, however, and this provision shall be a part of this contract, that after the funds have actually been budgeted and set aside out of the revenues derived from the levy and collection of the Tax in any Fiscal Year sufficient to pay the princi pal and interest on the Certificates for that Fiscal Year, then any excess of such revenues remaining in that Fiscal Year shall be free for expenditure by the Issuer for any purposes for which the Tax was voted.

All moneys deposited with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank or banks of the Issuer or the Paying Agent under the terms of this Resolution shall constitute sacred funds for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates, and shall be secured by said fiduciaries at all times to the full extent thereof in the manner required by law for the securing of deposits of public funds.

All or any part of the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall, at the written request of the Issuer, be invested in accordance with the provi sions of the laws of the State of Louisiana, in which event all income derived from such invest ments shall transferred to the general fund.

SECTION 9) Budget; Audit. As long as the Certificates are outstanding and unpaid in principal or interest, the Issuer shall prepare and adopt a budget prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year and shall furnish a copy of such budget within thirty (30) days after its adoption to the Paying Agent and the Purchaser; the Issuer shall also furnish a copy of such budget to the Owners of any of the Certificates who requests the same. After the close of each Fiscal Year the Issuer shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made by the Legislative Auditor or an independent firm of certified public accountants showing the receipts and disbursements made by the Issuer during the previous Fiscal Year. Such audit REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

shall be available for inspection by the Owner of the Certificates, and a cop y of such audit shall be promptly furnished to the Purchaser.

SECTION 10) Parity Certificates. The Issuer shall issue no other certificates of indebtedness or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the revenues of the Tax having priority over or parity with the Certificates, except that additional certificates of indebtedness may hereafter be issued on a parity with the Certificates under the following conditions:

(1) The Certificates herein authorized or an y part thereof, including the interest thereon, may be refunded, and the refunding certificates so issued shall enjoy complete equality of lien with the portion of the Certificates, which is not refunded, if there be any, and the refunding certificates sha ll continue to enjoy whatever priority of lien over subsequent issues may have been enjoyed by the Certificates refunded; provided, however, that if only a portion of the Certificates outstanding is so refunded and the refunding certificates require total principal and interest payments during any year in excess of the principal and interest which would have been required in such year to pay the Certificates refunded thereby, then such Certificates may not be refunded without the consent of the Owner of the unrefunded portion of the Certificates issued hereunder (provid ed such consent shall not be required if such refunding certificates meet the requirements set forth in clause 2 of this Section).
(2) Additional certificates of indebtedness may be issued on and enjoy a full and complete parity with the Certificates with respect to the Tax, provided that the combined principal and interest requirements for any calendar year on the Certificates and the said additional certifi cates of indebtedness may not e xceed 65% of the revenues estimated to be realized from the levy of the Tax in the year in which such additional certificates of indebtedness are issued based on a calculation of the taxable assessed valuation of the Issuer as certified by the Parish Asses sor and shown on the last assessment roll filed and of record at that time; it being provided, however, that the proceeds of said additional certificates of indebted ness are to be expended only for the purposes for which the Tax is levied.
(3) Junior and subordinate certificates of indebtedness may be issued without restriction.
(4) The Issuer must be in full compliance with all covenants and undertakings in connection with the Certificates and there must be no delinquencies in payments required to be made in connection therewith.
(5) The additional certificates must be payable as to principal on March 1st of each year, and payable as to interest on March 1 and September 1 of each year.

SECTION 11) Application of Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Resolution, to cause the necessary Certificates to be typed or printed, to issue, execute and seal the Certificates, and to effect delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. The proceeds REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

derived from the sale of the Certificates, except accrued interest, shall be deposited by the Issuer with its fiscal agent bank or banks to be used only for th e purpose for which the Certificates are issued. Accrued interest, if any, derived from the sale of the Certificates shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund to be applied to the first interest payment.

SECTION 12) Certificate Legal Obli gation. The Certificates shall constitute a legal, binding and valid obliga tion of the Issuer and shall be the only representation of the indebtedness as herein authorized and created.

SECTION 13) Resolution a Contract . The provisions of this Resolution shall constitute a contract between the Issuer, or its successor in law, and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Certificates and the provisions of such contract shall be enforceable by appropriate proceedings to be taken by such Owner or Owners, either by law or in equity. No material modification or amendment of this Resolution, or any Resolution or ordinance or enactment amendatory hereof or supple mental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owner or Owners of the Certificates then outstanding.

SECTION 14) Recital of Regularity . This Governing Authority having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with the Certificates and having determined the same to be regular, the Certificates shall contain the following recital, to-wit:

"It is certified that this Certif icate is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana."

SECTION 15) Effect of Registration. The Issuer, the Paying Agent, and any agent of either of them may treat the Owner in whose name the Certificates are registered as the Owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal (and redemption price) of and interest on such Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoev er, and to the extent permitted by law, neither the Issuer, the Paying Agent, nor any agent of either of them shall be affected by n otice to the contrary.

SECTION 16) Cancellation of Certificates. Any Certif icate surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent, shall be prompt ly canceled by it and, if surr endered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Certifi cate previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and any Certificate so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. Any canceled Certificate held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer.

SECTION 17) Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement . The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifica tions hereinafter described for the perfor mance of the duties hereunder for the Certificates. The designa tion of the initial Paying Agent in this Resolution is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then per forming such function a certified copy of a Resolution or Resolution giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exer cise trust powers, and subject to supervi sion or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Issuer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signa tures of said officers on such Agreement to be conc lusive evi dence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder.

SECTION 18) Arbitrage. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Code in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclusion from "gross income" of interest on the Certificates under the Code. The Issuer further covenants and agrees that it will not take any action, fai l to take any action, or permit any action within its control to be taken, or permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the Certificates or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indirectly in any manner, the effect of which would be to cause the Certificates to be "arbitrage bonds" or would result in the inclusion of the interest on the Certificates in gross income under the Code, including, without limitation,

(i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of Certifi cate proceeds or (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of arbitrage earnings to the United States of America or (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Certificate in a manner which would cause the Certificates to be "private activity bonds".

SECTION 19) Designation as "Qualified Tax -Exempt Obligation" . The Certificates are designated as “ qualified tax -exempt obliga tions" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3)(B ) of the Code. In making this designation, the Issuer finds and determines that:

(a) the Certificates are not “private activity bonds" within the meaning of the Code; and
(b) the reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax -exempt obligations which will be issued by the Issuer and all subordi nate entities in calendar year 2014 does not exceed $10,000,000.

The Executive Officers are hereby empow ered, autho rized and directed to take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section.

SECTION 20) Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2 -12(b). It is recognized that the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in the Rule 15c2 -12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR '240.15c2-12(b)], because:

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(b) the Certificates are being sold to only one financial institution ( i.e., no more than thirty -five persons), which (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Certificates and (ii) is not purchasing the Certificates for more than one account or with a view to distributing the Certificates.

SECTION 21) Publication. A copy of this Resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in one (1) issue of the official journal of the Issuer. If the validity of the issuance of the Certificates is not raised within thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, the Certificates shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers thereof for value and no court shall have authority to inquire into the legality thereof.

SECTION 22) Award of Certificates. The Issuer hereby accepts the offer of the Purchaser to purchase the Certificates, attached as Exhibit "A" hereto. The Certificates shall be delivered to the Purchaser upon the payment of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest from the date of the Certificates to the date of delivery thereof.

SECTION 23. Post-Issuance Compliance. The Executive Off icers and/or their designees are directed to establish written procedures to assist the Issuer in complying with various State and Federal statues, rules and regulations applicable to the Bonds and are further authorized to take any and all actions as may be required by said written procedures to ensure continued compliance with such statues, rules and regulations throughout the term of the Bonds.

SECTION 24. Headings. The headings of the various sections hereof are inserted for convenience of reference o nly and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 25. Effective Date . This Resolution shall become effective immediately.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS: Joe Bishop, Bubba Moreau, Craig Smith, Ollie Overton, Sean McGlothlin, Richard Billings, Scott Perry

NAYS: Theodore Fountaine

ABSENT:Richard Vanderlick

And the Resolution was declared adopted on this, the 12th day of May, 2014. /s/ Laurel Smith /s/ Joe Bishop Secretary, Police Jury President, Police Jury

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF COMMITMENT LETTER

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May 9, 2014

Hon. Police Jury Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana Alexandria, LA

Series 2014, of Fire Protection District No. 15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana

Please accept this letter as a commitment of the undersigned to purchase the abovecaptioned Certificates (the "Certificates") upon the terms and conditions outlined below:

Issuer and Amount: $700,000 of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, issued by Fire Protection District No. 15 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer").
Purpose of Issue: Acquiring, constructing and improving fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the Issuer, and paying the costs of issuance of the Certificates.
Authority for Issue: Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
Dated Date of Certificates: - Date of Delivery.
Form of Certificates: The Certificates will be issued as a single typewritten or printed certificate, in fully registered form, per each maturity.
Interest Rates & Maturities (NOT TO EXCEED 6%): The Certificates will mature according to the following schedule and bear interest at rates as follows: Year Principal Interest (Mar.1) Due Rate 2015 $50,000 2.21% 2016 65,000 2.21% 2017 65,000 2.21% 2018 65,000 2.21% 2019 70,000 2.21% 2020 70,000 2.21% 2021 75,000 2.21% 2022 75,000 2.21% 2023 80,000 2.21% 2024 85,000 2.21%
Interest Payments: Semi-annually on March 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2015, based on a 30/360-day year.
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Issuer in full or in part at anytime on or after March I, 2019, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

Security: The Certificates will be secured by a pledge of the proceeds of the Issuer's 25 mills tax, which was approved pursuant to a proposition approved by the voters at an election held in the Issuer on November 16, 2013, effective through the year 2023 (the "Tax"), (such rate being subject to adjustment from time to time due to reassessment).
Paying Agent: Regions, in the City of Alexandria, LA. Fees $0 will/ $0 will not be due the Paying Agent for serving in this capacity. (If fees are to be due paying Agent, schedule of fees is to be attached hereto and form a part of the proposal.)
Bank Eligibility: The Certificates will be designated as "qualified taxexempt obligations" under Section 265(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Investment Letter: The undersigned will sign an investment letter indicating that it has made a full investigation of the security for the issue and has not relied upon or requested that any disclosure document be prepared by or on behalf of the Issuer, and further that it is purchasing the Certificates without any intention to sell any portion thereof to any person other than another financial institution and then only on the terms and conditions set forth therein.
Legal Opinion: Legal opinion of Foley & Judell, L.L.P., as to the due authorization, validity and federal tax-exemption of interest on the Certificates will be required.
Parity Certificates: The Issuer may issue additional certificates of indebtedness (or other obligations) payable from the pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the levy and collection of the Tax on a parity with the Certificates as described in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the Certificates.
Annual Financial Statements: Until principal and interest of the Certificates are paid in full, annual audited financial statements of the Issuer shall be promptly furnished to the undersigned.
Comprehensive Budget: The Issuer shall prepare and adopt a budget at the beginning of each fiscal year and furnish the undersigned a copy of such budget within 30 days after its adoption.
Continuing Disclosure: It is understood that, with respect to the Certificates, the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements of SEC Rule lSc2-12(b).
Delivery: On or about June 24, 2014.

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If the foregoing meets with your approval, please sign two copies of this letter in the space provided below and return one copy to the undersigned.

Yours very truly, By: /s/ Leo Nelson Sr. Vice President, Regions Bank Accepted by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana By: /s/Laurel Smith Title: Secretary, Police Jury

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Bubba Moreau and seconded by Mr. Craig Smith:

RESOLUTION

A resolution authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, of Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said Certificates; designating the date, denomination and place of payment of said Certificates; providing for the payment thereof in princ ipal and interest; providing for the acceptance of an offer for the purchase of said Certificates; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

WHEREAS, Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, authorizes Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer") to borrow money in anticipation of revenues to be realized from a special tax of fifteen (15) mills, authorized at an election held in the Issuer on April 6, 2013 (the "Tax "), to be used only for the purpose for which the Tax is authorized; and

WHEREAS, Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 39:742.2) (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority, authorizes the Iss uer to borrow money in anticipation of all or a portion of the revenues to be realized from a tax to be used only for the purposes for which the tax was voted; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer is not now a party to any contract pledging or dedicating the revenues to be received from the levy and collection of the Tax; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer now desires to incur debt and issue One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of its Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, in the manner authorized and provided by t he Act, as hereinafter provided, to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and keeping in repair the public roads, highways, bridges and related drainage within said Issuer, and paying the costs of issuance thereof; and

Tax during the period said Certificates are outstanding;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, that:

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority.

"Agreement" means the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and the Paying Agent pursuant to this Resolution.

"Certificate" or "Certificates" means the Issuer's Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, authorized by this Resolution, in the total aggregate principal amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any certificate previously issued.

"Certificate Register" means the records kept by the Paying Agent at its principal corpora te trust office in which registration of the Certificates and transfers of the Certificates shall be made as provided herein. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Executive Officers" means, collec tively, the President and Secretar y of the Governing Authority.

"Fiscal Year(s)" means the one -year accounting period beginning on January 1st of each year, or such other period as may be designated by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer.

"Governing Authority" means the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana.

"Interest Payment Date" means each March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2014.

"Issuer" means Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana

"Outstanding" when used with respect to Certificates means, as of the date of determination, all Certificates thereto fore issued and delivered under this Resolution, except:

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Certificates theretofore canceled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;
Certificates for which payment or redemption suffi cient funds have been theretofore deposited in trust for the owners of such Certificates, provided that if such Certificates are to be re deemed, irrevocable notice of such redemp tion has been duly given or provided for pursuant to this Resolution or waived;
Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Resolution;
Certificates alleged to have been mutilated, de stroyed, lost or stolen which have been paid as provided in this Resolution or by law; and
Certificates for the payment of the principal (or redemption price, if any) of and interest on which money or Government Securities or both are held in trust with the effect specified in this Resolution.

"Owner" or "Owners" when used with respect to any Certificate means the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.

"Paying Agent" means Whitney Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, until a successor Paying Agent shall have been ap pointed pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Resolution and thereafter "Paying Agent" s hall mean such successor Paying Agent.

"Purchaser" means Whitney Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the original purchaser of the Certificates.

"Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Resolution" means this Resolution authorizing the issuance of the Certificates, as it may be supplemented and amended.

"Tax" means the fifteen (15) mills tax, authorized to be levied by the Issuer through 2022, pursuant to an election held in the Issuer on April 6, 2013 , which election authorizes the Issuer to use the proceeds heretofore or hereafter received from the levy of such millage to be used for those purposes stated in the proposition.

SECTION 23) Authorization of Certificates; Maturities . In compliance with the terms and provisions of the Act, and other constitutional and statutory authority, there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for, on behalf of, and in the name of the Issuer, to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and keeping in repair the public roads, highways, bridges and related drainage within said Issuer, and REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

paying the costs of issuance of the Certificates, and to represent said indebted ness, this Governing Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of Limited Tax Certifi cates of Indebtedness, Series 2014 , of the Issuer. The Certificates shall be in the form of fully registered certificates, shall be dated the day of delivery, shall be issued in denominations corresponding to the principal amount of each maturity (one Certificate per maturity), and shall be numbered No. R -1 upward. The Certificates shall bear interest from the date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on each Interest Payment Date, commencing September 1, 2014, at the following rates of interest per annum and shall become due and payable and mature serially on Mar ch 1 of the years and the amounts, as follows:

CERTIFICATE YEAR PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE

NUMBER (MARCH 1) AMOUNT PER ANNUM

R-1 2015 $100,000 2.29% R-2 2016 100,000 2.29% R-3 2017 105,000 2.29% R-4 2018 105,000 2.29% R-5 2019 110,000 2.29% R-6 2020 115,000 2.29% R-7 2021 120,000 2.29% R-8 2022 120,000 2.29% R-9 2023 125,000 2.29%

The principal of the Certificates, upon maturity or redemption, and the interest on the Certificates, shall be payable by check of the Paying Agent mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent to the Owner at the address shown on the Certificate Register, provided that the final installment of principal shall only be paid upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent. Any Certificate delivered under this Resolution upon transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of any other Certificate shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Certificate, and any such Certificate shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution.

No Certificate shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Resolution, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of registration, substantially in the form provided in this Resolution, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature.

SECTION 3. Redemption Provisions. The C ertificates maturing on or after March 1, 2020 are callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full or in part anytime on or after March 1, 2019, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at the principal amount thereo f and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. In the event a Certificate is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Certificate ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Certificates are not required to be redeemed in inverse order of maturity. Official notice of such call of any of the Certificates for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption dat e addressed to REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

the registered owner of each Certificate to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

SECTION 4. Registration and Transfer. The Issuer shall cause the Certificate Register to be kept by the Paying Agent. The Certificates may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Certificate Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Certificate may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Certificate or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Certificate or Certificates will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Certificate after re ceipt of the Certificate to be transferred in proper form.

SECTION 5. Form of Certificates. The Certificates and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in substantially the following forms, respectively, to wit:

(FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATES)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF RAPIDES

LIMITED TAX CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2014 ROAD DISTRICT NO. 1B OF THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA

Certificate Certificate Principal Interest Number Date Amount Rate

R-___ _, 2015 $ _____%

ROAD DISTRICT NO. 1B OF THE PARISH OF RAPIDES,

STATE OF LOUISIANA (the "Issuer"), promis es to pay, but solely from the source and as hereinafter provided, to:

WHITNEY BANK

or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above, together with interest thereon from the Certificate Date set forth above or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly pro vided for, at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above, payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2014 (each an "Interest Payment Date"). The principal of this Certificate, upon maturity or redemption, is pay able in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Whitney Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, or successor thereto (the "Paying Agent"), upon presentation and surrender hereof. Interest on this Certificate is payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the registered owner (determined as of the close of business on the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding each Interest Payment Date) at the address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

This Certificate is one of an authorized issue aggregating in principal the REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014 (the "Certificates"), all of like tenor and effect except as to number, denominatio n, interest rate and maturity, said Certificates having been issued by the Issuer pursuant to a Resolution adopted by its governing authority on May 12, 2014 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and keeping in repair the public roads, highways and bridges within said Issuer, and paying the costs of issuance of the Certificates, under the authority conferred by Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 39:742.2), and other constitutional and statutory authority.

The Certificates maturing on or after March 1, 2020 are callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full or in part at anytime on or after March 1, 2019, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such matu rity, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. In the event a Certificate is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Certificate ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Certificates are not required to be redeemed in inverse order of maturity. Official notice of such call of any of the Certificates for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date addressed to the registered owner of each Certificate to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the principal office of the Paying Agent a register (the "Certificate Register") in which registration of the Certificates and of transfers of the Certificates shall be made as provided in the Resolution. The Certificates may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Certificate Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. The Certificates may be assigned by the execution of the assignment form hereon or by other instrument of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Certificate or Certi ficates will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new registered owner) in exchange for this transferred and assigned Certificates after receipt of this Certificate to be transferred in proper form.

The Certificates are secured by a n irrevocable pledge and dedication of the proceeds to be derived from the levy and collection of a tax of fifteen (15) mills (such tax being subject to millage rate adjustment from time to time due to reassessment) levied and to be levied through 2022, on all the property subject to taxation within the Issuer, pursuant to an election held in the Issuer on April 6, 2013. For a complete statement of the tax revenues from which and conditions under which this Certificate is issued, reference is hereby made t o the Resolution. The Issuer, in the Resolution, has also entered into certain other covenants and agreements with the registered owner of this Certificate for the terms of which reference is made to the Resolution.

This Certificate shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the certificate of registration hereon shall have been signed by the Paying Agent.

to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issu ance of this Certificate and the issue of which it forms a part to constitute the same legal, binding and valid obligations of the Issuer have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the indebtedness of the Issuer, including this Certificate, does not exceed the limitations prescribed by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, has caused this Certificate to be executed in the name of the Issuer by the manual signatures of its President and its Secretary, and the Issuer's corporate seal to be impressed hereon.

ROAD DISTRICT NO. 1B OF THE PARISH

OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA

Secretary, Police Jury President, Police Jury

[SEAL]

(FORM OF PAYING AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION)

This Certificate is one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Resolution.

WHITNEY BANK

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

Date of Registration: ___________ By: _____________________________ Authorized Officer

(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

Please Insert Social Security or other Identifying Number of Assignee

the within Certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________________________________ attorney or agent to transfer the within Certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

Dated: ___________________________________________________ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspo nd with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SECTION 6. Execution of Certificates. The Certificates shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of and under the corporate seal of the Issuer, which signatures and corporate seal may be either manual or facsimile.

SECTION 7. Pledge and Dedication of Revenues. Pursuant to the Act, the Certificates shall be secured by and payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the avails or proceeds of the Tax. This Governing Authority does hereby obligate itself and its successors in office to impose and collect the Tax annually through the year 202 2, so long as the Certificates are outstanding, as provided in the proposition authorizing the Tax, and does hereby irrevocably and irrepealably dedicate, appropriate and pledge the annual income to be derived from the assessment, levy and collection of th e Tax in each of the years through 2022, inclusive, to the payment of the Certificates and any future parity certificates.

SECTION 8. Sinking Fund. For the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Certificates, there is hereby created a speci al fund to be known as "Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana - Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, Sinking Fund", said Sinking Fund to be established and maintained with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank of the Issuer. The Issuer shall deposit in the Sinking Fund from the first revenues of the Tax levy of any year, funds fully sufficient to promptly pay the maturing principal and/or interest so falling due on the interest and principal payment dates of the following year. Said fiscal agent bank shall make available from said Sinking Fund to the Paying Agent for the Certificates at least one (1) day in advance of the date on which each payment of principal and interest falls due, funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest falling due on such date.

It shall be specifically understood and agreed, however, and this provision shall be a part of this contract, that after the funds have actually been budgeted and set aside out of the revenues derived from the levy and collection of the Tax in any Fiscal Year sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the Certificates for that Fiscal Year, then any excess of such revenues remaining in that Fiscal Year shall be free for expenditure by the Issuer for any purposes for which the Tax was voted.

All moneys deposited with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank or banks of the Issuer or the Paying Agent under the terms of this Resolution shall constitute sacred funds for the benefit o f the Owners of the Certificates, and shall be secured by said fiduciaries at all times to the full extent thereof in the manner required by law for the securing of deposits of public funds.

All or any part of the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall, at the written request of the Issuer, be invested in accordance with the provisions of the laws of REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

the State of Louisiana, in which event all income derived from such investments shall transferred to the general fund.

SECTION 9. Budget; Audit. As long as the Ce rtificates are outstanding and unpaid in principal or interest, the Issuer shall prepare and adopt a budget prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year and shall furnish a copy of such budget within thirty (30) days after its adoption to the Paying Agent an d the Purchaser; the Issuer shall also furnish a copy of such budget to the Owners of any of the Certificates who requests the same. After the close of each Fiscal Year the Issuer shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made by the Legislativ e Auditor or an independent firm of certified public accountants showing the receipts and disbursements made by the Issuer during the previous Fiscal Year. Such audit shall be available for inspection by the Owner of the Certificates, and a copy of such audit shall be promptly furnished to the Purchaser.

SECTION 10. Parity Certificates. The Issuer shall issue no other certificates of indebtedness or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the revenues of the Tax having p riority over or parity with the Certificates, except that additional certificates of indebtedness may hereafter be issued on a parity with the Certificates under the following conditions:

(1) The Certificates herein authorized or any part thereof, includi ng the interest thereon, may be refunded, and the refunding certificates so issued shall enjoy complete equality of lien with the portion of the Certificates, which is not refunded, if there be any, and the refunding certificates shall continue to enjoy whatever priority of lien over subsequent issues may have been enjoyed by the Certificates refunded; provided, however, that if only a portion of the Certificates outstanding is so refunded and the refunding certificates require total principal and interest payments during any year in excess of the principal and interest which would have been required in such year to pay the Certificates refunded thereby, then such Certificates may not be refunded without the consent of the Owner of the unrefunded portion of the Certificates issued hereunder (provided such consent shall not be required if such refunding certificates meet the requirements set forth in clause 2 of this Section).
(2) Additional certificates of indebtedness may be issued on and enjoy a full and c omplete parity with the Certificates with respect to the Tax, provided that the combined principal and interest requirements for any calendar year on the Certificates and the said additional certificates of indebtedness may not exceed 65% of the revenues e stimated to be realized from the levy of the Tax in the year in which such additional certificates of indebtedness are issued based on a calculation of the taxable assessed valuation of the Issuer as certified by the Parish Assessor and shown on the last a ssessment roll filed and of record at that time; it being provided, however, that the proceeds of said additional certificates of indebtedness are to be expended only for the purposes for which the Tax is levied.
(3) Junior and subordinate certificates of indebtedness may be issued without restriction.
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undertakings in connection with the Certificates and there must be no delinquencies in payments required to be made in connection therewith.

(5) The additional certificates must be payable as to principal on March 1st of each year, and payable as to interest on March 1 and September 1 of each year.

SECTION 11. Application of Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Resolution, to cause the necessary Certificates to be typed or printed, to issue, execute and seal the Certificates, and to effect delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Certificates, except accrued interest, shall be deposited by the Issuer with its fiscal agent bank or banks to be used only for the purpose for which the Certificates are issued. Accrued interest, if any, derived from the sale of the Certificates shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund to be applied to the first interest payment.

SECTION 12. Certificate Legal Obligation. The Certificates shall constitute a legal, binding and valid obligati on of the Issuer and shall be the only representation of the indebtedness as herein authorized and created.

SECTION 13. Resolution a Contract. The provisions of this Resolution shall constitute a contract between the Issuer, or its successor in law, and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Certificates and the provisions of such contract shall be enforceable by appropriate proceedings to be taken by such Owner or Owners, either by law or in equity. No material modification or amendment of this R esolution, or any Resolution or ordinance or enactment amendatory hereof or supplemental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owner or Owners of the Certificates then outstanding.

SECTION 14. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Au thority having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with the Certificates and having determined the same to be regular, the Certificates shall contain the following recital, to-wit:

"It is certified that this Certificate is au thorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana."

SECTION 15. Effect of Registration. The Issuer, the Paying Agent, and any agent of either of them may treat the Owner in whose name the Certificates are registered as the Owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal (and redemption price) of and interest on such Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever, and to the extent permitted by law, ne ither the Issuer, the Paying Agent, nor any agent of either of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 16. Cancellation of Certificates. Any Certificate surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surren dered to the Paying Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already canceled, shall be REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Certificate previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and any Certificate so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. Any canceled Certificate held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer.

SECTION 17. Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifications hereinafter described for the perfor mance of the duties hereunder for the Certificates. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Resolution is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then perf orming such function a certified copy of a Resolution or Resolution giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executi ve Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Issuer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said officers on such Agreement to be conclusiv e evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder.

SECTION 18. Arbitrage. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Code in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclusion from "gross income" of interest on the Certificates under the Code. The Issuer further covenants and agrees that it will not take any action, fail to take any action, or permit any action within its control to be taken , or permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the Certificates or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indirectly in any manner, the effect of which would be to cause the Certificates to be "arbitrage bonds" or would result in the inclusion of the interest on the Certificates in gross income under the Code, including, without limitation,

(i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of Certificate proceeds or (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of arbitrage ea rnings to the United States of America or (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Certificate in a manner which would cause the Certificates to be "private activity bonds".

SECTION 19. Designation as "Qualified Tax -Exempt Obligation". The Certificates are designated as “ qualified tax -exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3)(B ) of the Code. In making this designation, the Issuer finds and determines that:

(a) the Certificates are not “private activity bonds" within the meaning of the Code; and
(b) the reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax -exempt obligations which will be issued by the Issuer and all subordinate entities in calendar year 2014 does not exceed $10,000,000.

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take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section.

SECTION 20. Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12(b). It is recognized that the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in the Rule 15c2 -12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR '240.15c2-12(b)], because:

(a) the Certificates are not being purchased by a broker, dealer or municipal securities dealer acting as an underwriter in a primary offering of municipal securities, and
(b) the Certificates are being sold to only one financial institution (i.e., no more than thirty -five persons), which (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Certificates and (ii) is not purchasing the Certificates for more than one account or with a view to distributing the Certificates.

SECTION 21. Publication. A copy of this Resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in one (1) issue of the official journal of the Issuer. If the validity of the issuance of the Certificates is not raised within thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, the Certificates shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers thereof for value and no court shall have authority to inquire into the legality thereof.

SECTION 22. Award of Certificates. The Issuer hereby accepts the offer of the Purchaser to purchase the Certificates, attached as Exhibit "A" hereto. The Certificates shall be delivered to the Purchaser upon the payment of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest from the date of the Certificates to the date of delivery thereof.

SECTION 23. Post -Issuance Compliance. The Executive Officers and/or their designees are directed to establish written procedures to assist the Issuer in complying with various State and Federal statues, rules and regulations applicabl e to the Bonds and are further authorized to take any and all actions as may be required by said written procedures to ensure continued compliance with such statues, rules and regulations throughout the term of the Bonds.

SECTION 24. Headings. The headi ngs of the various sections hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 25. Effective Date. This Resolu tion shall become effective immediately.

The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS: Joe Bishop, Bubba Moreau, Craig Smith, Ollie Overton, Sean McGlothlin, Richard Billings, Scott Perry

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NAYS: Theodore Fountaine

ABSENT: Richard Vanderlick

And the Resolution was declared adopted on this, the 12th day of May, 2014 /s/ Laurel Smith /s/ Joe Bishop Secretary, Police Jury President, Police Jury

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF COMMITMENT LETTER

May 9, 2014

Hon. Police Jury Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana Alexandria, LA

Indebtedness, Series 2014, of Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana

Please accept this letter as a commitment of the undersigned to purchase the abovecaptioned Certificates (the "Certificates") upon the terms and conditions outlined below:

Issuer and Amount: $1,000,000 of Limited Tax Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2014, issued by Road District No. 1B of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer").
Purpose of Issue: Constructing, maintaining, draining and keeping in repair the public roads, highways and bridges within said Issuer, and paying the costs of issuance thereof.
Authority for Issue: Section 742.2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
Dated Date of Certificates: - Date of Delivery.
Form of Certificates: The Certificates will be issued as a single typewritten or printed certificate, in fully registered form, per each maturity.
Interest Rates & Maturities (NOT TO EXCEED 6%): The Certificates will mature according to the following schedule and bear interest at rates as follows:

Year Principal Interest (Mar, 1) Due Rate 2015 $100,000 2.29 % 2016 100,000 2.29 % REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

2017 105,000 2.29 % 2018 105,000 2.29 % 2019 110,000 2.29 % 2020 115,000 2.29 % 2021 120,000 2.29 % 2022 120,000 2.29 % 2023 125,000 2.29 %

Interest Payments: Semi-annually on March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2014, based on a 30/360-day year.
Redemption Provisions: The Certificates maturing on or after March 1, 2020 are callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full or in part at any time on or after March I, 2019, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
Security: The Certificates will be secured by a pledge of the proceeds of the Issuer's 15 mills tax, which was approved pursuant to a proposition approved by the voters at an election held in the Issuer on April 6, 2013, effective through the year 2022 (the "Tax"), (such rate being subject to adjustment from time to time due to reassessment.)
Paying Agent: Whitney Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Fees X will/ will not be due the Paying Agent for serving in this capacity. (If fees are to be due Paying Agent, schedule of fees is to be attached hereto and form a part of the proposal.)
Bank Eligibility: The Certificates will be designated as "qualified taxexempt obligations" under Section 265(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Investment Letter: The undersigned will sign an investment letter indicating that it has made a full investigation of the security for the issue and has not relied upon or requested that any disclosure document be prepared by or on behalf of the Issuer, and further that it is purchasing the Certificates without any intention to sell any portion thereof to any person other than another financial institution and then only on the terms and conditions set forth therein.
Legal Opinion: Legal opinion of Foley & Judell, L.L.P., as to the due authorization, validity and federal tax-exemption of interest on the Certificates will be required.
Parity Certificates: The Issuer may issue additional certificates of indebtedness (or other obligations) payable from the pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the levy and collection of the Tax on a parity with the Certificates as described in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the Certificates.

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Annual Financial Statements: Until principal and interest of the Certificates are paid in full, annual audited financial statements of the Issuer shall be promptly furnished to the undersigned.
Comprehensive Budget: The Issuer shall prepare and adopt a budget at the beginning of each fiscal year and furnish the undersigned a copy of such budget within 30 days after its adoption.
Continuing Disclosure: It is understood that, with respect to the Certificates, the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements of SEC Rule 15c2-12(b).
Delivery: On or about June 24, 2014.

If the foregoing meets with your approval, please sign two copies of this letter in the space provided below and return one copy to the undersigned.

Yours very truly, Whitney Bank By/s/ Steven Singleterry Title: Assistant Vice President

Accepted by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana /s/ Laurel Smith Secretary, Police Jury

ROAD DISTRICT 1B OF RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA

$1,000,000 LIMITED CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2014

SCHEDULE OF PAYING AGENT FEES

Fee Schedule for Paying Agent and Registrar Services

Acceptance Fee

Account Acceptance and Set-Up Fee $ 0.00

Annual Administration Fee

Administration Fee $ 250.00

On m otion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to reappoint Mr. Lavasso Monk to the Central Louisiana Human Services District. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Ball to overlay Cindy Street, Squyres Lane, Tall Pines Drive, and Adrian Drive under Rapides Parish Police Jury Bid No. 2359 as requested by t he Town of Ball to be paid out of Ward 10, District A, Road Maintenance Funds. On vote the motion carried. Mr. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2014

Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Ward 10 Recreation District to overlay road into Ward 10 Recreation District site under Rapides Parish Police Jury Bid No. 2359 as requested by the Ward 10 Recreation District to be paid out of District A Reseal Funds. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theo dore Fountaine voted nay.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Woodworth for the relocation of a waterline on the Bayou Clear Road in order to replace the Bayou Clear Road Bridge to be paid out of Ward 2, District E, Road Maintenance Funds as recommended by the Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On m otion by Mr. Scott Perry, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to authorize Change Order No. 1 on the Cloverdale/Grundy-Cooper Drainage Project, Phase III (La. Statewide Flood Control Project No. 576 -40-0015 (333)/ H.003567) for the increased amount of $36,632.00 to delete Parish supplied rail car culverts and add Contractor supplied 60 inch coated corrugated metal pipe as recommended by Ballard and Associates, Project Engineer and the Public Works Director, contingent upon State approval, to be paid from State Funds and Road District 36A Maintenance Funds. On vote the moti on carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval and to sign a letter addressed to the Louisiana Workforce Commission for Mr. James Michiels wi th Sutherland Global to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61, replacing Ms. Mary Henton -Johnson. Mr. James will be representing private sector board membership. Term date to begin May 29, 2014 and end May 29, 2016. On vote the motion carried. Mr. Theodore Fountaine voted nay.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, there being no further business, the meeting be adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

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