Rapides Parish Police Jury

Posted September 4, 2014

REGULAR SESSION

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 3:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

1. Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on August 11, 2014 as published in the Official Journal.
2. Motion that approved bills be paid.
3. Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report. (FINANCE 9/2)
4. Recognize Dr. Ralph Abraham, candidate for U.S. Representative 5th Congressional District. (Mr. Billings)

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APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

**Appointment to the Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Ingrid Johnson, nominee of Alexandria Bar Association. Term will expire October 14, 2014. (Ltr sent certified 8/21) **Appointment to the Fire District #3 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. John Cummings, employee elect. Term will expire October 10, 2014. (Spoke with Department and election to be held before October meeting) **Appointment to the Fire District #3 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Melvin Christy, nominated by Police Jury. Term will expire October 14, 2014. **Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Melba Peart. Term will expire October 11, 2014. ** Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Bob Stevens. Term will expire October 11, 2014. ** Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Mark Scarber. Term will expire October 11, 2014. ** Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Greg Pharis. Term will expire October 11, 2014. **Appointment to the Housing Authority for a five (5) year term to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Billy Norris. Term will expire November 9, 2016. **Appointment to the Housing Authority for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Zelda Smith, tenant representative. Term will expire October 11, 2014. **Appointment to the Library Board of Control for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Eddy Boddie, representing Di strict C. Term will expire September 14, 2014. **Appointment to the Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Mary Wardsworth , representing Public Education . Term will expire October 13. 2014. **Appointment to the Rapides Finance Authority for a six (6) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Jack DeWitt. Term will expire October 9, 2014. ** Appointment to the Rapides Finance Authority for a six (6) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Barry Hines. Term will expire October 9, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #1 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Paul Williams. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #2 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Robert Nugent. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #2 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. John Miller. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #2 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. T.J. Speir. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Ward 10 Recreation District for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Jimmie Bernard. Term will expire October 9, 2014. **Appointment to the Ward 4 Recreation District for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Ruby Merchant. Term will expire October 12, 2014.

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5. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of a bandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Eighteen (18), Block Four (4) of Homewood Place Alexandria to Mr. Angelo D’Angelo, III for the consideration of $ 2,000.00 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)
6. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Two (2), Square Two (2) of Sunset Addition , D’Angelo, III for the consideration of $1,333.33 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)
7. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Seventeen (17), Block Four (4), Homewood Place Alexandria, to Mr. Angelo D’Angelo, III for the consideration of $2,000.00 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)
8. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot One (1), Square Three (3) of Sunset Addition , Angelo D’Angelo, III for the consideration of $949.01 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)
9. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Seven (7) of Square Six (6) of Homes Acres Subdivision, b earing the municipal address o f 3329 Lillie Grimble, Alexandria, to Mr. Arshad Bhatti for the consideration of $992.19 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)
10. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sa le of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Six (6) of Square Six (6) of Home Acres Subdivision, b earing the municipal address of 3403 Lillie Grimble, Alexandria, to Mr. Arshad Bhatti for the consideration of $905.44 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)

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11. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot containing 4.95 acres being in Section 1, T4N, R3E , bearing the municipal address of 69 Edgar Deville Road, Deville , to Mr. Scott Beaderstadt for the consideration of $2,427.91 cash. (FINANCE 9/2)
12. Motion to award Bid # 2365 – (Timberlake Street Repair Project) to the low bidder Turner & Turner Construction for the amount of $ 672,475.00 as recommended by the Public Works Director to be paid from Ward 1 District E. (FINANCE 9/2)
13. Motion to grant the 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 employees, effective August 1, 2014, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 4 Funds, as recommended by the Holiday Village Fire Association Board. (FINANCE 9/2)
14. Motion to enter into a professional services agreement with Alliance Design Group for the architectural work associated with the Robertson Branch or Gunter Branch Library, as requested by the Rapides Parish Library Board of Control; contingent upon legal counsel approval, to be paid with Library Funds; and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. (FINANCE 9/2)
15. Motion to adopt a resolution accepting as substantially complete the Taxiway Edge Lighting Rehabilitation at Esler Airport, with Petron, LLC, and to sign a Final Recap Change Order adjusting the final contract quantities and time period as necessary as recommended by the consultant Engineer, Pan American Engineers and authorize the President to sign same. (FINANCE 9/2)
16. Motion to accept the donation of land owned by the Deville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., located adjacent to the Training Center on Hwy 115, as recommend by the Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board, and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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(FINANCE 9/2)

17. Motion to adopt Notice of Intent of Sale through the Abandoned/Adjudicated Property procedures on the property listed below:

High Sierra Tax Sale Parts of Lots Thirteen (13) and Fourteen Properties (14) of Block 61, Kilpatrick Addition Bearing the municipal address of:

Jerry Johnson and/or Lot Thirteen (13) of Crepe Myrtle Robert Bonnette Subdivision Bearing the municipal address of: (FINANCE 9/2)

18. Motion to authorize Change Order #2 for the Construction Contract with Artech Construction & Design, LLC for an increased amount of $7,264.50 to remove gas line and gas heater, prepare electric service for two electric heaters and addition paving, as recommended by Steve Fontenot, Engineer and the Cotile Volunteer Fire Department Board. (FINANCE 9/2)
19. Motion to accept the Public Works Director's Report. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
20. Motion to transfer Asset # 5884 (1990 – Chev. Truck) from the Rapides Parish Courthouse Asset/Inventory to the Rapides Parish Highway Dept. Asset/Inventory, and transfer amount of $ 327.00 (bluebook value) as per Parish Engineer and Building Superintendent. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
21. Motion to award Bid No. 2380 Various Surplus Used Bridge Material (Concrete Bridge Spans, Concrete Culverts, and Creosote Bridge Timbers and Poles) to the highest bidder as follows: Ryland Enterprises, Inc. Lot 3 (Miscellaneous Creosote Bridge Timbers & Poles) bid $211.00, Lot 5 (Concrete Culverts, Various Widths and Lengths) bid $411.00, Lot 6 (Concrete Culverts, Various Widths and Lengths) bid $411.00, and Lot 7 REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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(Concrete Bridge Spans, T-Spans & Flat Spans) bid $128.04 per lot for first choice of 15 lots of 4 spans each; The Garden Path Lot 7 (Concrete Bridge Spans, T-Spans & Flat Spans) bid $100.00 per lot for second choice of 10 lots of 4 spans each as recommended by the Public Works Director and Purchasing Agent. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)

22. Motion to adopt an ordinance to amend and reenact Section 18-4.2 (E) speed limits so as to establish a 35 mph speed limit on H. Bryant Road, Ward 11 District C, effective immediately, and authorize the Parish Highway Department to erect signs. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
23. Motion to authorize the Rapides Parish Highway Department to mow and maintain the lots purchase by the Rapides Parish Police Jury through the Greenway Park Subdivision Acquisition Project and all expenses to be paid through the Road and Bridge Non-Dedicated Funds. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
24. Motion to accept Bid # 2364 (Fire District #6 – Paving Addition) with KEH Construction, LLC as substantially complete as recommended by Steve Fontenot, Project Engineer, and the Fire Department Board. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
25. Motion to create the position of Construction Foreman for the Rapides Parish Highway Department through the Rapides Parish Civil Service Board to construct and repair bridges, retaining walls, concrete structures, and other infrastructure as needed as recommended by the Public Works Director. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
26. Receive update from Tom Wells, Legal Counsel, on the speed limit of unmarked Parish Roads in Rapides Parish. (PUBLIC WORKS 9/2)
27. (OMIT)

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28. Motion to adopt a resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, to authorize the levy of a special tax therein; making application to the State Bond Commission in connection therewith; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (WORKFORCE 9/2)
29. Motion to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for LaRunda Hobbs Pierce to serve on the Rapides Parish Youth Council. Ms. Hobbs Pierce will be representing the Central Louisiana Technical Community College. (WORKFORCE 9/2)
30. Motion to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for Ms. Cynthia Baker, Human Resource Manager of Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61. Ms. Baker will be replacing private sector board member Susan Tudor. (WORKFORCE 9/2)
31. Motion to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for Mr. Bruce Kelly of the Rapides Parish Police Jury replacing Tim Ware, to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61. Mr. Kelly will be representing public sector board member. (WORKFORCE 9/2)
32. Motion to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for Ms. Caroline Cosenza to serve as the Liaison for the National Association of Hispanic Elderly, to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61. Ms. Cosenza will be replacing public sector board member Sandra O’Bryan. (WORKFORCE 9/2)
33. Motion to ratify approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between Rapides Parish Police Jury Workforce Investment Board and One-Stop Operator Consortium for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017 and to authorize the President to sign the Memorandum of Understanding designating The Rapides Parish Workforce Operations Department, as the REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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operator of a One-Stop delivery system in the Local Workforce Investment Area #61. (WORKFORCE 9/2)

34. Motion to authorize to advertise for bids for the Rapides Parish Red River Levee Recertification 19th Louisiana Levee District, Aloha-Rigolette North Bank Levee, River Mile 105 and 122, Phase I-Height Deficiencies Project, with bids being received at the appropriate time and date in accordance with the Louisiana Public Bid Law, as approved by Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix and Hixson, Project Engineer and Parish Treasurer. State Contract No. 679099 and State Project No. 40-PARA3301. (GRANTS 9/2)
35. Motion to award the Construction Contract for the Rapides Parish Gustav/Ike CDBG Disaster Recovery Program, City of Pineville, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Secondary Sewer Outfall Plugging and Sealing and Sewage Pump Station Abandonment Re-Bid (Location No. 2), State Project No. 40PARA3303 for the Base Bid to Don M. Barron Contractor, Inc, in the amount of $148,700.00, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC and Frye Magee, LLC, Program Consultant, to be paid from Ike/Gustav CDBG Disaster Recovery Project’s funds, DRU Project No. 40 DRLG7001, contingent upon approval from the State of Louisiana, Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit, pending approval of the Parish Treasurer. (GRANTS 9/2)
36. Motion to authorize Change Order No. 1 with Rylee Contracting, Inc., on the Gustav/Ike CDBG Project, Location #10-City of Pineville, 84” and 60” Gravity Drainage Outfall Rehabilitation at Huffman Creek, to provide a contract time extension of 222 days and an increase in the amount of $54,829.00, for a total construction amount of $451,745.00, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, Office of Community Development, Division of Administration and Frye-Magee and authorize the President to sign same. (Project #40-PARA-3304-10, PAE #8792-10) (GRANTS 9/2)
37. Motion to adopt a resolution for Financial Management; Requisition of Funds Policy; and Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan, as recommended by the Consultant Administrator, Frye Magee, LLC, and to appoint Ms. Elaine Morace as EEO Officer, Section 504 Compliance Officer and Residential Displacment Officer for the life of REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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the Project of the FY 2014/2015 LCDBG Public Facilities Grant for the Air Base Sewer Phase I Project. (GRANTS 9/2)

38. Motion to grant a new overhead primary electric service line right of way to Cleco Power for electrical services to the new Fire Station for Fire District #8 and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. (PAROCHIAL 9/2)
39. Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Glenmora for the Parish Highway Department to perform resurfacing of Gum Street, as requested by the Town of Glenmora, to be paid out of town’s portion of Road District 1A funds, and authorize the President to sign same. (MUNICIPAL LIAISON 9/2)
40. Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for July 2014:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 443 80% 85.78% Pineville - 8 minute 168 80% 84.52% Rapides - 12 minute 165 80% 86.06% Rapides - 20 minute 188 80% 81.38% (INSURANCE 9/2)

41. Motion to appoint the winner of the election to the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Civil Service Board, employee elected representative, to serve a three year term, as recommended by Chief Randy McCain. Mr. Jesse Smith’s term expired August 19, 2014. (Election held week of September 2-5, 2014) (INSURANCE 9/2)
42. Motion to proclaim September 13, 2014 as Firefighter Appreciation Day in Rapides Parish and announce Firefighter Appreciation Celebration to be held at the Old Lecompte High School in Lecompte, Louisiana, at 10:30 a.m. (INSURANCE 9/2) REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE

JURY BUT WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA AFTER THE

COMMITTEE MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC

MEETINGS LAW AND ARE NOW CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN

INCLUDED IN THE PUBLISHED AGENDA BY 2/3RD VOTE

43. Motion to authorize the purchase of material and supplies to re -deck the dock on Cotile Lake at the Public Boat Landing at Hwy 1200 for an estimated amount of $2,000.00 (dollars) to be paid from Watershed Maintenance Funds. (Mr. Vanderlick)
44. Motion to amend a certain motion of August 11, 2014, to send an emergency request to the Secretary of State Office to relocate the polling place of Voting Precinct C21 A -K and L-Z from Newman United Methodist Church, back to Martin Park Elementary School (because it is now recommended by the Registrar of Voters and authorize su bmission of the polling place change to the Secretary of State and US Department of Justice for preclearance, enter into a polling place lease with Martin Park Elementary School and authorize the President to sign same. (Mr. Overton)
45. Motion to accept the settlement agreement with Barron, Heinberg & Brocato, in the amount of $325,000, pertaining to the Rapides Parish Coliseum Renovations and Construction Project and to authorize the President to sign any and all documents necessary to complete the settlement. (Mr. Bishop)
46. Motion to authorize Mr. Roy Strother, 205 Highway 462, Pitkin, Louisiana , as a Hardship Case, pending proper certification. (Mr. Billings)
47. Motion to authorize Ms. Yvonne Melder, 1574 East River Roa d, Glenmora, Louisiana, as a Hardship Case, pending proper certification. (Mr. Billings) REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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48. Motion to authorize the President to sign approval of Change Order No. 1 for the Esler Airport Main Terminal Ramp Overlay, State Project #H.010144 and H.011126, for an increase amount of $24,945.55, new contract amount $329,292.25, to adjust contract quantities to reflect actual installed, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, Project Engineers, pending approval of the State Department.
49. Motion to authorize to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the LSU AGCenter to provide the necessary equipment and labor for set up, dissemble, clean up and otherwise provide maintenance otherwise not owned or available to the LSU AGCenter for the public purpose of maintaining and improving properties owned by LSU AGCenter as permitted under the Local Services Law and the requesting party agrees to reimburse the incurred expenses. (Mr. Overton)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE

JURY AND WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE NOW

ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

ADJOURNMENT

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you ne ed special assistance to attend this public meeting, please contact the Police Jury Office at

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, September 8 , 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., Richard Vanderlick, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr., Sean McGlothlin , Richard Billings and Scott Perry, Jr.

Also present were Mr. Bruce Kelly , Treasurer; Ms. Elaine Morace, WIA O perations Director; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Ms. Donna Andries, Sales & Use Tax Administrator; Chief Randy McCain, Fire District No. 2; Mr. Dennis Woodward, Public Works Director; Ms. Sonya Wiley -Gremillion, OHSEP Director; Mr. Thomas O. Wells, Legal Counsel and Ms. Laurel Smith, Secretary.

The invocation was given by Mr. Scott Perry.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, Jr.

The Police Jury of 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 August 11, 2014 as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, that approved bills be paid. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to accept the Treasurer’s Report. On vote the motion carried.

The next item on the agenda was to recognize Dr. Ralph Abraham, candidate for U.S. Representative, 5th Congressional District.

Dr. Ralph Abraham requested the support of the Rapides Parish Police Jury in his candidacy for U.S. Representative, 5th Congressional District.

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The next item on the agenda was appointments to be announced at the next meeting.

**Appointment to the Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Ingrid Johnson, nominee of Alexandria Bar Association. Term will expire October 14, 2014. (Ltr sent certified 8/21) **Appointment to the Fire District #3 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. John Cummings, employee elect. Term will expire October 10, 2014. (Spoke with Department and election to be held before October meeting) **Appointment to the Fire District #3 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Melvin Christy, nominated by Police Jury. Term will expire October 14, 2014. **Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Melba Peart. Term will expire October 11, 2014. ** Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Bob Stevens. Term will expire October 11, 2014. ** Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Mark Scarber. Term will expire October 11, 2014. ** Appointment to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Greg Pharis. Term will expire October 11, 2014. **Appointment to the Housing Authority for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Zelda Smith, tenant representative. Term will expire October 11, 2014. **Appointment to the Libra ry Board of Control for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Eddy Boddie, representing District C. Term will expire September 14, 2014. **Appointment to the Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Ms. Mary Wardsworth, representing Public Education. Term will expire October 13. 2014. **Appointment to the Rapides Finance Authority for a six (6) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Jack DeWitt. Term will expire October 9, 2014. ** Appointment to the Rapides Finance Authority for a six (6) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Barry Hines. Term will expire October 9, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #1 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Paul Williams. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #2 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Robert Nugent. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #2 for a four (4) year t erm to fill the expiring term of Mr. John Miller. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the Sewerage District #2 for a four (4) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. T.J. Speir. Term will expire October 12, 2014. **Appointment to the W ard 10 Recreation District for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Jimmie Bernard. Term will expire October 9, 2014.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Ms. Melba Peart REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term will expire October 11, 2019. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. Bob Stevens to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term will expire October 11, 2019. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. Mark Scarber to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term will expire October 11, 2019. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. Greg Pharis to the Gas Utility District #2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term will expire October 11, 2019. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. Jack DeWitt to the Rapides Finance Authority Board for a six (6) year term. Term will expire October 9, 2020. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. Barry Hines to the Rapides Finance Authority Board for a six (6) year term. Term will expire October 9, 2020. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. Paul Williams to the Sewerage District #1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire October 12, 2018. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappointment Mr. John Miller to the Sewerage District #2 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire October 12, 2018. On vote the motion carried.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

A certain piece, parcel, or lot of ground, together with a ll rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows, to - wit:

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Lot 18, Block 4, Homewood Place Subdivision, 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 piece, parcel, or lot of ground, together with all rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in t he City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows, to - wit:

Lot 18, Block 4, Homewood Place Subdivision, 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, III, 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 woul d be in the public interest to convey the above -mentioned property to ANGELO D’ANGELO, III, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel, or lot of ground, tog ether with all rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Lot 18, Block 4, Homewood Place Subdivision, record s of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

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

Section 2. The acquiring person shal l 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, and 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

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the required notifications (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to the Civil Sheriff for his/her si gnature, 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 c hallenge 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 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 certificate (formerly “proces verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first pu blication, 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.
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• (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 owne r. 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 o f 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 ord er 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 ali enation 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 redhibi tory 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.
• (b) These waivers or exclusions of warranties shall be self -operative regardless of whether t he 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.

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• (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 sha ll 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 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 writ ten 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 mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the aff idavit 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 cancellatio n, 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 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.
• (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 recorded affidavit contains REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 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 8th day of September, 2014.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

A certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, being, lying and situated in the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, and being more fully described as follows:

Lot 2, Square 2 Sunset Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in the plat records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $1,333.33 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, being, lying and situated in the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, and being more fully described as follows:

Lot 2, Square 2 Sunset Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in the plat 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, III, to purchase said property for the consideration of $1,333.33 cash, a t 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,

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to convey the above -mentioned property to ANGELO D’ANGELO, III, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, being, lying and situated in the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, and being more fully described as follows:

Lot 2, Square 2 Sunset Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in the plat records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, should be re -entered into the 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/h er agent has searched for all names and last known addresses of all owners, mortgages, and 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

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the 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 m ail*, 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 elapsed 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 y ears 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. REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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• (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 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 a ct 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 responsibl e for filing the sale or donation and payment of all filing fees.

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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 warrant y that the thing 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 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 mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affida vit 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.
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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 suffe r as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded 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 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 o n this 8th day of September, 2014.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

A certain piece, parcel, or lot of ground, together with all rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows, to - wit:

Lot 17, Block 4, Homewood Place Subdivision, 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 piece, parcel, or lot of ground, together with all rights, ways and REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows, to - wit:

Lot 17, Block 4, Homewood Place Subdivision, 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, III, to purchase said property for the consideration of $2,000.00 cash, at the time of sale, said con sideration 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, III, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel, or tract of ground, toge ther with all buildings and improvements located thereon, all rights, ways and privileges appertaining thereto, being lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Lot 17, Block 4, Homewood Pl ace Subdivision, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

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

Section 2. Th e 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, and any other person(s) who may have a vested or contingent interest in th e 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 REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the required notifications (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to the Civil Sherif f 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 propert y 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 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 ta x 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 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, eras e, terminate, or release the acts upon the r equest 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 REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 sal e 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 agai nst 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.
• (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. Th is 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 REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 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 enc umbrances 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.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the r ecorder 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 a ffidavit 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, release, 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 8th day of September, 2014.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

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A certain piece, parcel, or tract of ground, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, and all rights, ways, and appurtenances thereto appertaining and belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexa ndria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, further described as follows:

Lot 1, Square 3 of Sunset Addition to the City of Alexandria, as per plat thereof recorded in Conveyance Book Y, Page 432, and 433 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and having a municipal address of 536 Wheelock Street, Alexandria, Louisiana.

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $949.01 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel, or tract of ground, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, and all rights, ways, and appurte nances thereto appertaining and belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, further described as follows:

Lot 1, Square 3 of Sunset Addition to the City of Alexandria, as per plat thereof recorded in Convey ance Book Y, Page 432, and 433 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and having a municipal address of 536 Wheelock Street, Alexandria, 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, III, to purchase said property for the consideration of $949.01 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, III, for the offered consideration.

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

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Section 1. A certain piece, parcel, or tract of ground, together with all buildings and improvement s located thereon, and all rights, ways, and appurtenances thereto appertaining and belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, further described as follows:

Lot 1, Square 3 of Sunset Addition to the City o f Alexandria, as per plat thereof recorded in Conveyance Book Y, Page 432, and 433 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and having a municipal address of 536 Wheelock Street, Alexandria, Louisiana.

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, should be re -entered into the 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, and 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

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the required notifications (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to th e 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 rede em 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 the tax sale certificate (for merly “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). REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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Section 5. The acquiring person shall cause to be published in the official journal of this parish (currently the Town Talk) a noti ce 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 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 t ax 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 releas e 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 a ct 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 responsibl e 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.

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• (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 warrant y that the thing 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 containe d 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 int erest 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 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 o f 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 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 REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 sub sections (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, release, 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 8th day of September, 2014.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

A certain piece, parcel or t ract of land together with all buildings and improvements thereon a nd all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, being all of Lot 7 of Square 6 of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised) as per plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 8, Page 125, Records Of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. All as is shown in red on Plat, Marked As Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Property description taken from Conveyance Book 1667, Page 191.

Municipal Address: 3329 Lillie Gimble, Alexandria, LA

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $992.19 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel or t ract of land together with all buildings and improvements thereon a nd all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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being all of Lot 7 of Square 6 of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised) as per plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 8, Page 125, Records Of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. All as is shown in red on Plat, Marked As Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Property description taken from Conveyance Book 1667, Page 191.

Municipal Address: 3329 Lillie Gimble, Alexandria, LA

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 ARSHAD BHATTI ,to purchase said pr operty for the consideration of $992.19 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 ARSHAD BHATTI, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel or tract of land together with all buildings and improvements thereon a nd all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, being all of Lot 7 of Square 6 of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised) as per plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 8, Page 12 5, Records Of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. All as is shown in red on Plat, Marked As Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Property description taken from Conveyance Book 1667, Page 191.

Municipal Address: 3329 Lillie Gimble, Alexandria, LA

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, should be re -entered into the 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, and 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, REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 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” shou ld 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 e lapsed 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 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 mortg ages 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.

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periods, as applicable, set forth in R.S. 47:2206 (A) and (B), the acq uiring 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 owe d 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.
• (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 regardl ess 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 donatio n 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.

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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 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 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 governme ntal liens, and of all interests, liens, 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 cancellat ion, 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 ot her 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 t o incorrectly cancel, terminate, release, 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 8th day of September, 2014.

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

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ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

A certain piece, parcel or tract of land together with all bu ildings and improvements thereon and all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, being all of Lot 6 of Square 6 of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised) as per plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 8, Page 125, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address: 3403 Lillie Gimble, Alexandria, LA

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $905.44 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel or tr act of land together with all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, way and privileges ther eto appertaining, being all of L ot 6 of Square 6 of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised) as per plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 8, Page 125, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address: 3403 Lillie Gimble, Alexandria, LA

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 ARSHAD BHATTI ,to purchase said property for the consideration of $905.44 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 pr operty; and,

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

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel or tract of land together with all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, being all of Lot 6 of Square 6 of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised) as per plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 8, Page 125, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address: 3403 Lillie Gimble, Alexandria, LA

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

Section 2. The ac quiring 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, and any other person(s) who may have a vested or contingent interest in the pr operty, 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

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the required notifications (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to the Civil Sheriff fo r 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 elapsed 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 sa le 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 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. REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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• (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 o f 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, inc luding 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.
• (b) These waivers or exclusions of warran ties 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 acquirin g person. This provision supersedes the requirements of any other law.

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• (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 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 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, p rivileges, 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 al l 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 recorded affidavit contains REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 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 8th day of September, 2014.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

A certain piece, parcel or tract of ground, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, and all rights, ways, and servitudes thereto appertaining, being, lying and situated in the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1, T4N, R3E, containing 4.95 acres, more or less, and being shown as Tract “4” on a Certificate of Survey dated January 15, 1999 prepared by Jessie P Lachney, a copy of which is filed and recorded in Conveyance Book 1556 at page 613 of Rapides Parish records, referred to as “the Property.”

Bearing a Municipal Address of: 69 Edgar Deville Road, Deville, LA 71328

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $2,427.91 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel or tract of ground, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, and all rights, ways, and servitudes thereto appertaining, being, lying and situated in the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1, T4N, R3E, containing 4.95 acres, more or less, and being shown as Tract “4” on a Certificate of Survey dated January 15, 1999 prepared by Jessie P Lachney, a copy of which is filed and recorded in Conveyance Book 1556 at page 613 of Rapides Parish records, referred to as “the Property.”

Bearing a Municipal Address of: 69 Edgar Deville Road, Deville, LA 71328

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

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WHEREAS, a request has been received from SCOTT BEADERSTADT, to purchase said property for the consideration of $2,427.91 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 SCOTT BEADERSTADT, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel or tract of ground, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, and all rights, ways, and servitudes thereto appertaining, being, lying and situated in the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1, T4N, R3E, containing 4.95 acres, more or less, and being shown as Tract “4” on a Certificate of Survey dated January 15, 1999 prepared by Jessie P Lachney, a copy of which is filed and recorded in Conveyance Book 1556 at page 613 of Rapides Parish records, referred to as “the Property.”

Bearing a Municipal Address of: 69 Edgar Deville Road, Deville, LA 71328

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, should be re-entered into the 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, and 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

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the 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 REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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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 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 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.

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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.
• (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 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.

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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 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.
• (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 recorded 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 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 8th day of September, 2014.

On motion by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to award Bid # 2365 – (Timberlake Street Repair Project) to the low bidder Turner & Turner Construction for the amount of $672,475.00 as recommended by the Public Works Director to be paid from Ward 1, District E Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to grant the 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 employees, effective August 1, 2014, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 4 Funds, as recommended by the Holiday Village Fire Association Board. On vote the motion carried.

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On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Alliance Design Group for the architectural work associated with the Robertson Branch or Gunter Branch Library, as requested by the Rapides Parish Library Board of Control; contingent upon legal counsel approval, to be paid with Library Funds; and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, the following resolution was presented and adopted:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, PETRON, LLC, the Contractor for the project entitled, TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHTING REHABILITATION at Esler Regional Airport, has “Substantially Completed” the work under the Contract as recommended by the Engineer;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contract of PETRON, LLC, the Contractor for said work, is hereby accepted as “Substantially Complete” with the understanding that the final payment will be made upon satisfactory completion of any Punch List items and presentation of the Clear Lien Certificate as required by law; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signing and filing with the Clerk of Court of this Resolution of Contract Acceptance by the Rapides Parish Police Jury is hereby authorized; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is authorized to sign a Final Recap Change Order adjusting the final contract quantities and time period as necessary.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 8th day of September, 2014.

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to accept the donation of land owned by the Deville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., located adjacent to the Training Center on Hwy 115, as recommend by the Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board, and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, to adopt Notice of Intent of Sale through the Abandoned/Adjudicated Property procedures on the property listed below:

High Sierra Tax Sale Parts of Lots Thirteen (13) and Fourteen Properties (14) of Block 61, Kilpatrick Addition Bearing the municipal address of:

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Jerry Johnson and/or Lot Thirteen (13) of Crepe Myrtle Robert Bonnette Subdivision Bearing the municipal address of: On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize Change Order #2 for the Construction Contract with Artech Construction & Design, LLC for an increased amount of $7,264.50 to remove gas line and gas heater, prepare electric service for two electric heaters and additional paving, as recommended by Steve Fontenot, Engineer and the Cotile Volunteer Fire Department Board. On vote the motion carried.

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

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to transfer Asset # 5884 (1990 – Chev. Truck) from the Rapides Parish Courthouse Asset/Inventory to the Rapides Parish Highway Dept. Asset/Inventory, and transfer amount of $327.00 (bluebook value) as per Parish Engineer and Building Superintendent. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, to award Bid No. 2380 Various Surplus Used Bridge Material (Concrete Bridge Spans, Concrete Culverts, and Creosote Bridge Timbers and Poles) to the highest bidder as follows: Ryland Enterprises, Inc. Lot 3 (Miscellaneous Creosote Bridge Timbers & Poles) bid $211.00, Lot 5 (Concrete Culverts, Various Widths and Lengths) bid $411.00, Lot 6 (Concrete Culverts, Various Widths and Lengths) bid $411.00, and Lot 7 (Concrete Bridge Spans, T-Spans & Flat Spans) bid $128.04 per lot for first choice of 15 lots of 4 spans each; The Garden Path Lot 7 (Concrete Bridge Spans, T-Spans & Flat Spans) bid $100.00 per lot for second choice of 10 lots of 4 spans each as recommended by the Public Works Director and Purchasing Agent. On vote the motion carried.

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

ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION 18-4.2

• (E) SPEED LIMITS SO AS TO ESTABLISH A 35 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON H. BRYANT ROAD, WARD 11, DISTRICT C

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury in Regular Session convened on this 8th day of September, 2014, that Section 184.2 (e) of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended and reenacted to include the following road, as follows:

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Section 18-4.2. Speed limits designated on certain streets: ...

• (e) Thirty-five miles per hour. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon the following parish roads in Rapides Parish in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour. ...
• H. Bryant Road, Ward 11 ... (l). Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisoned in the Rapides Parish Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance is to be effective immediately.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED in all other respects Section 18 of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances shall remain unchanged.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Parish Highway Department is hereby authorized to erect speed limit signs on the road.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED on this 8th day of September, 2014.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to authorize the Rapides Parish Highway Department to mow and maintain the lots purchased by the Rapides Parish Police Jury through the Greenway Park Subdivision Acquisition Project and all expenses to be paid through the Road and Bridge NonDedicated Tax Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to accept Bid # 2364 (Fire District #6 – Paving Addition) with KEH Construction, LLC as substantially complete as recommended by Steve Fontenot, Project Engineer, and the Fire Department Board. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to create the position of Construction Foreman for the Rapides Parish Highway Department through the Rapides Parish Civil Service Board to construct and repair bridges, retaining walls, concrete structures, and other infrastructure as needed, as recommended by the Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

The next item on the agenda was to receive update from Tom Wells, Legal Counsel, on the speed limit of unmarked Parish Roads in Rapides Parish.

Mr. Tom Wells, Legal Counsel, stated he had passed out the ordinance on speed limit and if there were any questions he would gladly answer them.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau:

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RESOLUTION

A resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, to authorize the levy of a special tax therein; making application to the State Bond Commission in connection therewith; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), that:

SECTION 1. Election Call. Subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, and under the authority conferred by Article VI, Sections 30 and 32 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of the Louisiana Election Code, and other constitutional and statutory authority, a special election is hereby called and ordered to be held in the District on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2014, between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, and at the said election there shall be submitted to all registered voters qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and laws of this State and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:

SERVICE AREA NO. 1 OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 11 (SPRING CREEK) PROPOSITION (MILLAGE CONTINUATION)

Shall Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect a special tax of fifty-three and seventy-two hundredths (53.72) mills on all property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $85,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection facilities and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, said millage to represent a twenty-three and seventy-two hundredths mills (23.72) increase over the 30 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2014 pursuant to an election held on October 4, 2003?

SECTION 2. Publication of Notice of Election. A Notice of Special Election shall be published in the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, a newspaper of general circulation within the District, published in Alexandria, Louisiana (there being no newspaper published within said District), and being the official journal of the Parish, once a week for four consecutive weeks, with the first publication to REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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be made not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of the election, which Notice shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as "Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by reference the same as if it were set forth herein in full.

SECTION 3. Canvass. This Governing Authority shall meet at its regular meeting place, the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2nd Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015, at THREE O'CLOCK (3:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election.

SECTION 4. Polling Place. The polling place set forth in the aforesaid Notice of Special Election are hereby designated as the polling place at which to hold the said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, will be the same persons as those designated in accordance with law.

SECTION 5. Election Commissioners; Voting Machines. The officers designated to serve as Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners pursuant to Section 4 hereof, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, shall hold the said special election as herein provided, and shall make due returns of said election for the meeting of the Governing Authority to be held on Monday, January 12, 2015, as provided in Section 3 hereof. All registered voters in the District will be entitled to vote at the special election, and voting machines shall be used.

SECTION 6. Authorization of Officers. The Secretary of the Governing Authority is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to arrange for and to furnish to said election officers in ample time for the holding of said election, the necessary equipment, forms and other paraphernalia essential to the proper holding of said election and the President and/or Secretary of the Governing Authority are further authorized, empowered and directed to take any and all further action required by State and/or Federal law to arrange for the election.

SECTION 7. Furnishing Election Call to Election Officials. Certified copies of this resolution shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Parish Custodian of Voting Machines of Rapides Parish and the Registrar of Voters of Rapides Parish, as notification of the special election, in order that each may prepare for said election and perform their respective functions as required by law.

SECTION 8. Application to State Bond Commission. Application is made to the State Bond Commission for consent and authority to hold the special election as herein provided, and in the event said election carries for further consent and authority to levy and collect the special tax provided for therein. A certified copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the State Bond Commission on behalf of this Governing Authority, together with a letter requesting the prompt consideration and approval of this application.

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SECTION 9. Additional Notice Requirement. This Governing Authority made the announcement with respect to this resolution required by La. R.S. 42:19.1, at its public meeting on Monday, July 21, 2014 and published said announcement in the Official Journal on Friday, July 25, 2014.

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

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

And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 8th day of September, 2014.

/s/ Laurel Smith /s/ Joe Bishop Secretary President

EXHIBIT "A"

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

SERVICE AREA NO. 1 OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 11 (SPRING CREEK) PROPOSITION (MILLAGE CONTINUATION)

Shall Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect a special tax of fifty-three and seventy-two hundredths (53.72) mills on all property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $85,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection facilities and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, said millage to represent a twenty-three and seventy-two hundredths mills REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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(23.72) increase over the 30 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2014 pursuant to an election held on October 4, 2003?

The said special election will be held at the following polling place situated within the District, which poll will open at seven o'clock (7:00) a.m., and close at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, towit:

POLLING PLACE

Precinct Location S26 (IN PART) Glenmora Volunteer Fire Station

The polling place set forth above is hereby designated as the polling place at which to hold the said election, and the Commissioner-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.

Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.

The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2nd Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015, at THREE O'CLOCK (3:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election. All registered voters of the District are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Alexandria, Louisiana, on this, the 8th day of September, 2014.

ATTEST: /s/ Joe Bishop President /s/ Laurel Smith Secretary

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF RAPIDES

I, the undersigned Secretary of the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), the governing authority of Service Area REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), do hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of the proceedings taken by the Governing Authority on September 8, 2014, ordering and calling a special election to be held in Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 11 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, to authorize the levy of a special tax therein; making application to the State Bond Commission in connection therewith; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature of the Police Jury at Alexandria, Louisiana, on this, the 8th day of September, 2014.

Secretary

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for LaRunda Hobbs Pierce to serve on the Rapides Parish Youth Council. Ms. Hobbs Pierce will be representing the Central Louisiana Technical Community College. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for Ms. Cynthia Baker, Human Resource Manager of Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61. Ms. Baker will be replacing private sector board member Susan Tudor. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for Mr. Bruce Kelly of the Rapides Parish Police Jury replacing Tim Ware, to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61. Mr. Kelly will be representing public sector board member. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, to ratify approval to authorize the President to sign Nomination Approval for Ms. Caroline Cosenza to serve as the Liaison for the National Association of Hispanic Elderly, to serve on the Rapides Parish Workforce Investment Board LWIA #61. Ms. Cosenza will be replacing public sector board member Sandra O’Bryan. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, to ratify approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between Rapides Parish Police Jury Workforce Investment Board and One-Stop Operator Consortium for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017 and to authorize the President to sign the Memorandum of Understanding designating The Rapides Parish Workforce Operations Department, as the operator of a One-Stop delivery system in the Local Workforce Investment Area #61. On vote the motion carried.

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On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, the following resolution was presented and duly adopted:

LCDBG Gustav/Ike Disaster Recovery Program State Contract No. 679099 and State Project No. 40 PARA3301 Resolution Authorizing Advertisement for Bids

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury entered into a Cooperative Endeavor & Development Agreement on October 1, 2012, with the City of Pineville, 19th Levee District and the Red River Atchafalaya Bayou Bouef Levee District; North and South Bank Red River Levees which described and included into the list of projects the Height Deficiency Project in Grant Parish; and,

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury desires to construct Red River Levee Recertification improvements to segments of the existing Aloha-Rigolette North Bank Levee, River Mile 105 and 122, Phase I - Height Deficiencies (State Contract No. 679099 and State Project No. 40 PARA3301), within the 19th Louisiana Levee District; and,

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury has received funds in the form of a LCDBG Gustav/Ike Disaster Recovery program appropriation of $1,079,137, to fund the Red River Levee Recertification 19th Louisiana Levee District, AlohaRigolette North Bank Levee, River Mile 105 and 122, Phase I – Height Deficiencies project, which covers the Engineer’s cost estimate; and,

WHEREAS, the Division of Administration has authorized the Rapides Parish Police Jury to advertise for bids;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the President is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, to publicly advertise for bids for the Red River Levee Recertification 19th Louisiana Levee District, AlohaRigolette North Bank Levee, River Mile 105 and 122, Phase I - Height Deficiencies project, with bids being received at the appropriate time and date in accordance with the Louisiana Public Bid Law.

This Resolution being submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

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

And the Resolution was declared adopted on this 8th day of September 2014.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith, the following resolution was presented and duly adopted: REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury received the following Bids on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 for the Location 2- City of Pineville, Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Sewer Outfall Plugging and Sealing and Sewage Pump Station Abandonment Re-Bid project.

WHEREAS, the Bids have been reviewed and tabulated by Pan American Engineers – Alexandria, La., with a recommendation of award being made to the low Bidder;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the contract for said construction project is hereby awarded to the low Bidder, Don M. Barron Contractor, Inc. for the Base Bid of $148,700.00, contingent upon the following:

1. Receipt of approved “Verification of Prime Contractor Eligibility - Form 6-12” from the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Community Development.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is hereby authorized to execute contracts and change orders between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the successful Bidder.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 8th day of September 2014.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize Change Order No. 1 with Rylee Contracting, Inc., on the Gustav/Ike CDBG Project, Location #10-City of Pineville, 84” and 60” Gravity Drainage Outfall Rehabilitation at Huffman Creek, to provide a contract time extension of 222 days and an increase in the amount of $54,829.00, for a total construction amount of $451,745.00, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, Office of Community Development, Division of Administration and Frye-Magee and authorize the President to sign same. (Project #40-PARA-3304-10, PAE #8792-10) On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to adopt a resolution for Financial Management; Requisition of Funds Policy; and Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan, as recommended by the Consultant Administrator, Frye Magee, LLC, and to appoint Ms. Elaine Morace as EEO Officer, Section 504 Compliance Officer and Residential Displacement Officer for the life of the Project of the FY 2014/2015 LCDBG Public Facilities Grant for the Air Base Sewer Phase I Project. The resolution adopted was as follows:

RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury has been afforded the opportunity to participate in the 2014/2015 State of Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (LCDBG) Program administered by the Division of Administration for sewer improvements; and,

WHEREAS, it is necessary under the program regulations to authorize certain actions and individuals to perform certain designated functions by the State.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jury as legal recipient of the LCDBG funds does hereby authorize the following actions:

SECTION I.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

WHEREAS, it is necessary under the Financial Management regulations of the LCDBG program to authorize certain individuals to sign for drawdowns for request for payments and to authorize one certain individual to certify the correctness of each signature; and,

WHEREAS, it is further necessary under the Financial Management regulations of the LCDBG program to designate an official depository to hold LCDBG funds;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Rapides Parish Police Jury as legal authorized recipient of the LCDBG funds, in regular session convened, that Bruce Kelly, Theresa Pacholik, and Vickie Sergent are hereby authorized to sign “Authorized Signature Card for Request for Payment;” and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Joe Bishop, President shall certify to the correctness of the signatures; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Chase Bank is hereby designated as the official depository for direct deposit of grant funds for the LCDBG project.

Section II.

REQUISITION OF FUNDS

WHEREAS, the State requires adequate financial management control over LCDBG funds. The establishment of a Requisition of Funds policy is a vital tool to such control.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, By the Rapides Parish Police Jury that all invoices for work performed or materials used in relation to the LCDBG Program, prior to payment, must have attached a signed pre-printed project requisition form. The form and invoice shall be approved in the following order: REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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1. Approval by Project Administrator for budget control.
2. Approval by the Secretary.
3. Approval by the President.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Treasurer and President are hereby authorized to sign checks written on the LCDBG account.

SECTION III

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

WHEREAS, equal opportunity regulations of the LCDBG program require the appointment by the recipient of an Equal Opportunity Officer (EEO Officer) to have the responsibility for maintaining all pertinent EEO files, submitting on a timely basis all reports, answer all related correspondence and monitor all EEO areas;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Rapides Parish Police Jury that Elaine Morace, is hereby appointed as EEO Officer for the life of the LCDBG program and as such is charged to faithfully execute all duties and responsibilities herein described.

SECTION IV

504 COORDINATOR

WHEREAS, the State requires Grantees to designate a responsible person to Coordinate the Parish’s efforts to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Elaine Morace is appointed as Section 504 Compliance Officer.

RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION

ASSISTANCE PLAN UNDER SECTION 104(d) OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED

The Rapides Parish Police Jury will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate-income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate-income housing as a direct result of activities assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended as described in 24 CFR 570.606(b)(1). The Rapides Parish Police Jury Antidisplacement contact person is Elaine Morace, who can be reached at (318) 473-6660.

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expending funds that will directly result in such demolition or conversion, the Rapides Parish Police Jury will notify the public and submit to the Division of Administration the following information in writing:

1. A description of the proposed assisted activity;
2. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than low/moderate-income dwelling units as a directly result of the assisted activity;
3. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversion;
4. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units;
5. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units; and
6. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain in a low/moderate- income unit for at least 10 years from the date of initial occupancy.

The Rapides Parish Police Jury will provide relocation assistance, as described in 570.606(b) (2), to each low/moderate- income household displaced by the demolition of housing or by the conversion of a low/moderate- income dwelling to another use as a direct result of assisted activities.

Consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under the Act, the Rapides Parish Police Jury will take up the following steps to minimize displacement of persons from their homes;

1. All public facilities projects (water, sewer, gas, etc.) will be designed so that there will be no displacement of any residences or businesses;
2. No homes will be demolished that can be rehabilitated; and
3. There will be no displacement of any residential or business occupants on LCDBG projects.

RESOLUTION TO ADOPT RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury has received approval of a Louisiana Community Development Block Grant Program for the fiscal year 2014 and

WHEREAS, the LCDBG Program requires that all grant recipients adopt by resolution a Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jury hereby adopts the attached Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan.

THUS DONE this 8th day of September, 2014 in legal session at the Rapides Parish Police Jury, Parish of Rapides and State of Louisiana.

REGULAR MEETING

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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On motion by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to grant a new overhead primary electric service line right-of-way to Cleco Power for electrical services to the new Fire Station for Fire District #8 and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Glenmora for the Parish Highway Department to perform resurfacing of Gum Street, as requested by the Town of Glenmora, to be paid out of town’s portion of Road District 1A funds, and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Scott Perry, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for July 2014:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 443 80% 85.78% Pineville - 8 minute 168 80% 84.52% Rapides - 12 minute 165 80% 86.06% Rapides - 20 minute 188 80% 81.38% On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to appoint Mr. Billy Hinson to the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Civil Service Board, employee elected representative, to serve a three (3) year term, as recommended by Chief Randy McCain. Term will expire August 19, 2017. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to proclaim September 13, 2014 as Firefighter Appreciation Day in Rapides Parish and announce Firefighter Appreciation Celebration to be held at the Old Lecompte High School in Lecompte, Louisiana, at 10:30 a.m. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, that the following items were not considered by the Committee of the Jury but were posted on the ag enda 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., Richard Vanderlick, Oliver “Ollie” Overton Jr., Sean McGlothlin, Richard Billings, Scott Perry, Jr. NAYS: none ABSTAINED: none ABSENT: none On vote the motion carried unanimously.

REGULAR MEETING

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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On motion by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize the purchase of material and supplies to re -deck the dock on Cotile Lake at the Public Boat Landing at Hwy 1200 for an estimated amount of $2,000.00 (dollars) to be paid from Watershed Maintenance Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, to amend a certain motion of August 11, 2014, to send an emergency request to the Secretary of State Office to relocate the polling place of Voting Precinct C21 A -K and L-Z from Newman United Methodist Church, back to Martin Park Elementary School (because it is now available after renovations) , 4203 Lisa Street, Alexandria, as recommended by the Registrar of Voters and authorize submission of the polling place change to the Secretary of State and US Department of Justice for preclearance, enter into a polling place lease with Martin Park Elementary School and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, to accept the settlement agreement with Barron, Heinberg & Brocato, in the amount of $325,000, pertaining to the Rapides Parish Coliseum Renovations and Construction Project and to authorize the Presid ent to sign any and all documents necessary to complete the settlement . On vote the motion carried. Mr. Sean McGlothlin voted nay.

On m otion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize Mr. Roy Strother, 205 Highway 462, Pitkin, Louisiana , as a Hardship Case, pending proper certification. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to authorize Ms. Yvonne Melder, 1574 East River Road, Glenmora, Louisiana , as a Hardship Case, pending proper certification. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Richard Billings, to authorize the President to sign approval of Change Order No. 1 for the Esl er Airport Main Terminal Ramp Overlay, State Project #H.010144 and H.011126, for an increased amount of $24,945.55, new contract amount $329,292.25, to adjust contract quantities to reflect actual installed, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, Project Engineers, pending approval of the State Department. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Richard Vanderlick, to authorize to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the LSU AgCenter, to provide the necessary equipment and labor for set up, dissemble, clean up and otherwise provide maintenance otherwise not owned or available to the LSU AgCenter for the public purpose of maintaining and impr oving properties owned by LSU Ag Center as per mitted under the Local Services Law and the requesting party agrees to reimburse the incurred expenses. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Richard Billings, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, there being no further business, the meeting be adjourned at 3:30 p.m. REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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