Public Meeting

Rapides Parish Police Jury

· 3:00 p.m. announced

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

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ORGANIZATIONAL AND

REGULAR SESSION

JANUARY 13, 2020 3:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION – Pastor Randy Harris Mt. Triumph Baptist Church

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL – Ms. Iris Scott

POSTING OF THE COLORS - RPSO Honor Guard in 2020

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mr. Oliver “Ollie” Overton Police Juror, District F

ROLL CALL

OATH OF OFFICE – Hon. Phillip Terrell Rapides Parish District Attorney

BENEDICTION - Pastor Randy Harris Mt. Triumph Baptist Church

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

  1. ELECTION OF OFFICERS – Greg Jones, Legal Counsel

President

Vice President

Treasurer

  1. Presentation of plaque to President and Vice President.
  2. Presentation of plaque to Mr. Richard Vanderlick and Mr. Richard Billings.
  3. Motion to lay over the adoption of the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on December 9, 2019 and in Special Session on December 18, 2019, as published in the Official Journal.
  4. Motion that approved bills be paid.

APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED ***Appointment to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Robert Matthew Ports. Term will expire February 12, 2020. ***Appointment to the Fire District No. 3 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expired term of Mr. Fred Steven Holt, LA College Nominee. Term expired October 10, 2019. (Letter was sent to College on September 3, 2019 along with phone call to Chancellor and Fire Department for names) ***Appointment to the Fire District No. 4 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expired term of Mr. Ian Anthony, Employee Elect. Term expired November 12, 2019. (Emails have been sent and phone call request for names) ***Appointment to the Fire District No. 7 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Paul Fuselier, LSU-A College nominee. Term will expire February 7, 2020. (Letter sent to College on January 8, 2020 for names) ***Appointment to the Rapides Housing Authority for a five (5) year term to fill the expired term of Mrs. Zelda Smith. Term expired October 11, 2019. ***Appointment to the Industrial Development Board for a six (6) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. David Walker. Term will expire February 14, 2020.

  1. Appointment to the Chamber of Commerce for one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, to fill the expiring term of Mr. Theodore Fountaine. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  2. Appointment to the Rapides Area Planning Commission for one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, to fill the expiring term of Mr. Theodore Fountaine. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  3. Appointment to the Regional Infrastructure Beltway for a one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, to fill the expiring term of Mr. Theodore Fountaine. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  4. Appointment to the Transportation Policy Committee for a one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, to fill the expiring term of Mr. Theodore Fountaine. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  5. Appointment to the Rapides Area Planning Commission for a four (4) year term concurrent with the term of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to fill the expiring term of Mr. Sean McGlothlin. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  6. Appointment to the Rapides Area Planning Commission for a four (4) year term concurrent with the term of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to fill the expiring term of Mr. Richard Vanderlick. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  7. Appointment to the Transportation Policy Committee for a four (4) year term concurrent with the four year term of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to fill the expiring term of Mr. Richard Vanderlick. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  8. Appointment to the Cocodrie Game and Fish Commission for a four (4) year term, to fill the expiring term of Mr. Henry Corley. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. (This runs concurrent with Police Juror’s term) (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  9. Appointment to the Cocodrie Game and Fish Commission for a four (4) year term, to fill the expiring term of Mr. Garland Carroll. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. (This runs concurrent with Police Juror’s term) (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  10. Motion to accept the resignation of Mr. Joe Sepulvado and appoint Mr. Chris Estes, Cleco Representative, to the Cocodrie Game and Fish Commission for a four (4) year term. Term to run concurrent with Pol ice Jury term. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. (This is an appointment of Cleco’s) (Appointments to be announced December 9, 2019)
  11. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property with the legal description of the front ½ of Lot Block 45, S. A. L. Company, City of Alexandria bearing the Municipal Address of 2421 Wise Street, Alexandria, LA to Ronald Dorsey for the consideration of $3,334.00 cash. (Finance 1/6)
  12. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property with the legal description of Lots 6 & 7 of a Sub of Lot 45 of Leland College, City of Alexandria bearing the Municipal Address of 3713 Koppers Street, Alexandria, LA to Pleasant Green Baptist Church for the consideration of $1,726.08 cash. (Finance 1/6)
  13. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property with the legal description of Lot 10 of Subd. of Lot 46, Leland College, City of Alexandria bearing the Municipal Address of 3634 Milton Alley, Alexandria, LA to Pleasant Green Baptist Church for the consideration of $2,733.33 cash. (Finance 1/6)
  14. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property with the legal description of Lot 14 Creosote Road Subd, City of Alexandria bearing the Municipal Address of 3603 Koppers Street, Alexandria, LA to Pleasant Green Baptist Church for the consideration of $3,000.00 cash. (Finance 1/6)
  15. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property with the legal description of the front ½ of Lot Ten (10), Square Twenty-Two (22), West Alexandria Addition, Fronting 55’ on Kelly St. x 55.59 bearing the Municipal address of 1523 Kelly Street, Alexandria, LA to John Kinder d/b/a SCK Ventures, LLC for the consideration of $2,000.00 cash. (Finance 1/6)
  16. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property with the legal description of Part of Lot Thirteen (13), Square Four (4), Samtown, Lot being 104.6’ x 40” bearing the Municipal address of 3213 Bloch Street, Alexandria, LA to Linda and Samuel Gaston for the consideration of $1,000.00 cash. (Finance 1/6)
  17. Motion to cease the process of purchasing the Abandoned/Adjudicated property, bearing the municipal address of 1512 Shirland Avenue, at the request of the prospective purchaser, as the municipality has the structure in line for demolition. (Finance 1/6)
  18. Motion to request that the Rapides Parish Police Jury accept on behalf of the Rapides Parish Library a donation of land from Wettermark LLC, being described as: 1.5 acres on Tract 13 (Post Office Tract South) 1.5 acres located in Section 4, Township 5 North, Range 3 West of the Louisiana Meridian, Southwestern District, Southeast of the Town of Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana for the purposes of constructing a library and to instruct legal counsel of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to order a title abstract of the property to be paid by the Rapides Parish Library. (Finance 1/6)
  19. Motion to authorize the President to sign certifications to the Legislative Auditor certifying on behalf of the Governing Body that funds made available during the year from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 48:751-760 have been expended in accordance with the provisions of those statutes and other standards established by law. (Finance 1/6)
  20. Motion to accept the Public Works Director's Report. (Public Works 1/6)
  21. Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Tioga Heritage Museum Commission for Rapides Parish Highway Department to install a culvert for Parish servitude drainage improvements and authorize the President to sign necessary documents. (Public Works 1/6)
  22. Motion to authorize renewal of Annual Intergovernmental Agreements with the following municipalities and authorize the President to sign same: Woodworth Road District 2C Cheneyville Road District 3A Ball Road District 10A Forest Hill Road District 1A Glenmora Road District 1A Lecompte Road District 3A Boyce Road District 7A (Public Works 1/6)
  23. Motion to call for a public hearing to be held February 3, 2020 to amend the Parish’s Gustav/Ike CDBG-DR program. (Grants 1/6)
  24. Motion to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs for the period of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 to provide support to the local Veterans’ Service Office, cost of $28,539.00, as recommended by the Treasurer and authorize the President to sign same. (Parochial 1/6)
  25. Motion to adopt a resolution to endorse Mr. Sean McGlothlin for Executive Board Member-at-Large of the Louisiana Police Jury Association. Copy of this resolution to be sent to all Parishes. (Parochial 1/6)
  26. Motion to reappoint Mr. Darren Sigur to the Alexandria/Pineville Convention & Visitors Bureau for a 1 (one) year term. Term will expire February 8, 2020. (Personnel 1/6)
  27. Motion to temporary appoint Mr. Cory Ashmore as the Parish Engineer Highway Department Supervisor, effective upon the retirement of Mr. Dennis Woodward, Public Works Director. (Personnel 1/6)
  28. Motion to adopt a resolution approving the holding of an election in Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on Saturday, May 9, 2020, to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds and the levy of a special tax therein". (Personnel 1/6)
  29. Motion to adopt a resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to authorize the renewal of a special tax therein; making application to the State Bond Commission in connection therewith; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (Personnel 1/6)
  30. Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for November, 2019:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 508 80% 86.61 % Pineville - 8 minute 170 80% 87.06 % Rapides - 12 minute 212 80% 93.87 % Rapides- 20 minute 208 80% 87.98 % (Insurance 1/6)

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

  1. Motion to enter into an agreement with the Alexandria Lions Club to conduct Cotile Trade Days on March 28 and March 29, 2020 and authorize the President to sign same. (Mr. Vanderlick)
  2. Motion to accept the resignation of Ms. Melanie Norris on the Fire District No. 18 Board and appoint Mr. Ronnie Roberts to fill the unexpired two (2) year term. Term will expire January 1, 2022. (Mr. Overton)
  3. Motion to discuss and award Request for Qualifications No. 2787 - Engineering Services for Esler Regional Airport. (Mr. Moreau)
  4. Motion to acknowledge the election of Ms. Marla West, employee elected, to fill the unexpired term of Ms. Angelique Francisco on the Rapides Parish Civil Service Board. Term will ex pire August 17, 2023 (Mr. Moreau)

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

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Alexandria, Louisiana January 9, 2020

There were present: Theodore Fountaine, Jr., President, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Vice President and Jurors Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Joe Bishop, Craig Smith, Rusty Wilder, David Johnson and Scott Perry, Jr.

Police Juror absent: Sean McGlothlin

Also present were Mr. Bruce Kelly, Treasurer; Ms. Sonya Wiley-Gremillion, OHSEP Director; Ms. Elaine Morace, WIA Operations Director; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Ms. Donna Andries, Sales & Use Tax Administrator; Ms. Linda Sanders, Civil Service Director; Mr. Greg Jones, Legal Counsel, Mr. Phillip Terrell, District Attorney and Ms. Laurel Smith, Secretary.

The invocation was given by Pastor Randy Harris, Mt. Triumph Baptist Church.

Ms. Iris Scott sang America the Beautiful.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff Department Honor Guard in 2020 Posted the Colors.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Oliver “Ollie” Overton.

Mr. Theodore Fountaine, Jr. called the meeting to order.

The Honorable Phillip Terrell, District Attorney, Rapides Parish, administered the Oath of Office to the Police Jurors.

The new Police Jurors, having been duly sworn into office, proceeded with the business at hand.

The benediction was given by Pastor Randy Harris, Mt. Triumph Baptist Church.

The President asked if there was any public comment on any agenda item, to which there was no response.

Mr. Greg Jones, Legal Counsel and Parliamentarian, then opened for the election of officers for 2020.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, that Mr. Craig Smith be elected President for 2020.

There being no other nominations, motion by Mr. Scott Perry, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau that nominations cease.

On voice vote, Mr. Craig Smith was unanimously elected President for 2020.

On motion by Mr. Theodore Fountaine, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, that Mr. Ollie Overton be elected Vice President for 2020.

There being no other nominations, motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith that nominations cease.

On voice vote, Mr. Ollie Overton was unanimously elected Vice President for 2020.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, that Mr. Bruce Kelly be appointed Treasurer.

There being no other nominations, motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton that nominations cease.

On voice vote, Mr. Bruce Kelly was unanimously appointed Treasurer.

Mr. Theodore Fountaine presented a plaque to Mr. Ollie Overton for his service as Vice President of the Rapides Parish Police Jury for the year of 2019.

Mr. Ollie Overton presented a plaque to Mr. Theodore Fountaine for his service as President for the year of 2019.

Mr. Theodore Fountaine presented a plaque to Mr. Richard Vanderlick for his years of service with the Rapides Parish Police Jury.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on December 9, 2019 and in Special Session on December 18, 2019, as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

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

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

***Appointment to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Robert Matthew Ports. Term will expire February 12, 2020. ***Appointment to the Fire District No. 3 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expired term of Mr. Fred Steven Holt, LA College Nominee. Term expired October 10, 2019. ***Appointment to the Fire District No. 4 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expired term of Mr. Ian Anthony, Employee Elect. Term expired November 12, 2019. (Emails have been sent and phone call request for names) ***Appointment to the Fire District No. 7 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. Paul Fuselier, LSU-A College nominee. Term will expire February 7, 2020. (Letter sent to College on January 8, 2020 for names) ***Appointment to the Rapides Housing Authority for a five (5) year term to fill the expired term of Mrs. Zelda Smith. Term expired October 11, 2019. ***Appointment to the Industrial Development Board for a six (6) year term to fill the expiring term of Mr. David Walker. Term will expire February 14, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to appoint Mr. Craig Smith to the Chamber of Commerce for one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to appoint Mr. Craig Smith to the Rapides Area Planning Commission for one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to appoint Mr. Craig Smith to the Regional Infrastructure Beltway for a one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to appoint Mr. Craig Smith to the Transportation Policy Committee for a one (1) year term concurrent with the term of the Chief Executive Officer of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Term will expire on January 11, 2021. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to reappoint Mr. Sean McGlothlin to the Rapides Area Planning Commission for a four (4) year term concurrent with the term of the Rapides Parish Police. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to appoint Mr. Davron “Bubba” Moreau to the Rapides Area Planning Commission for a four (4) year term concurrent with the term of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to appoint Mr. Rusty Wilder to the Transportation Policy Committee for a four (4) year term concurrent with the term of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

Mr. David Johnson requested to lay over the appointment to the Cocodrie Game and Fish Commission for a four (4) year term, to fill the expired term of Mr. Henry Corley. Term expired on January 13, 2020.

Mr. David Johnson requested to lay over the appointment to the Cocodrie Game and Fish Commission for a four (4) year term, to fill the expired term of Mr. Garland Carroll. Term expired on January 13, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to accept the resignation of Mr. Joe Sepulvado and appoint Mr. Chris Estes, to the Cocodrie Game and Fish Commission, Cleco Representative, for a four (4) year term. Term to run concurrent with Police Jury term. Term will expire on January 8, 2024. 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

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $3,334.00 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 tract of land together with all buildings and Improvements thereon situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being the front ½ of Block Forty-Five (45)of S.

  • A. L. Company by or in the City of Alexandria, 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 Ronald Dorsey Alexandria, to purchase said property for the consideration of $3,334.00 (Three Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-Four dollars and no cents) 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 Ronald Dorsey, P. O. Box 5125, Alexandria, LA 71302 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 situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, , and being ½ of Block Forty-Five

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • (a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
  • (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 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 13th day of January, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $1,726.08 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 land together with all buildings and Improvements thereon situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining and being Lots Six (6) and Seven (7) of a subdivision of Lot Forty-Five (45) of Leland College by or in the City of Alexandria, 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 Pleasant Green Baptist Church of Alexandria, to purchase said property for the consideration of $1,726.08 (One Thousand – Seven Hundred Twenty-Six dollars and Eight cents) 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 Pleasant Green Baptist Church, P. O. Box 8303

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 situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, appertaining and being Lot Six (6) and Seven (7) of a subdivision of Lot Forty-Five (45) of Leland College by or in the City of Alexandria, 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/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 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 “process 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 “process 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 “process verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “process 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, mort gage, lien, privilege, or other encumbrance filed after the filing of the notice shall not affect the property. The recorder of mortgages or recorder of conveyances shall cancel, erase, terminate, or release the acts upon the request of the acquiring person.

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

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

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

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

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

  • (a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
  • (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 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 13th day of January, 2020.

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

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $2,733.33 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 land together with all buildings and Improvements thereon situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining and being Lot ten

  • (10) of Subdivision of Lot Forty-six (46) Leland College by or in the City of Alexandria, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address of the Property: 3634 Milton Alley, 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 Pleasant Green Baptist Church of Alexandria, to purchase said property for the consideration of $2,733.33 (Two Thousand – Seven Hundred Thirty Three dollars and Thirty-Three cents) 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 Pleasant Green Baptist Church, P. O. Box 8303

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 situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being, appertaining and being Lot ten (10) of Subdivision of Lot Forty-six (46) Leland College by or in the City of Alexandria, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address of the Property: 3634 Milton Alley, 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, 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 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 “process 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 “process 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 “process verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “process verbal”) was filed less than five years before the first publication of the notice provided for in this Subsection.
  • (b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.
  • (c) The publication required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47:2206 B. (2).

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • (a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
  • (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 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 13th day of January, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $3,000.00 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 tract of land together with all buildings and Improvements thereon situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, Lot Fourteen (14) Creosote Road Subdivision by or in the City of Alexandria, 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 Pleasant Green Baptist Church of Alexandria, to purchase said property for the consideration of $3,000.00 (Three Thousand dollars and no cents) 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 Pleasant Green Baptist Church, P. O. Box 8303

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 situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being, Lot Fourteen (14) Creosote Road Subdivision by or in the City of Alexandria, 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/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 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 “process 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 “process 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 “process verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “process 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, mort gage, lien, privilege, or other encumbrance filed after the filing of the notice shall not affect the property. The recorder of mortgages or recorder of conveyances shall cancel, erase, terminate, or release the acts upon the request of the acquiring person.

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

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

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

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

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

  • (a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
  • (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 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 13th day of January, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

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 tract of land together with all buildings and Improvements thereon situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being the front ½ of Lot Ten (10), Square Twenty-two (22), West Alexandria Addition, fronting 55’ on Kelly Street by 55.59’ in the City of Alexandria, 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 John Kinder dba SCK Ventures, LLC of Alexandria, to purchase said property for the consideration of $2,000.00 (Two thousand dollars and no cents) 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 John Kinder dba SCK Ventures, LLC, 330 West Shore

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 situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and being the front ½ of Lot Ten (10), Square Twenty-two (22), West Alexandria Addition, fronting 55’ on Kelly Street by 55.59’ in the City of Alexandria, 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/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 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 “process 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 “process verbal”);

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:

Sixty days, for property on which a tax sale certificate (formerly “process verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “process verbal”) was filed less than five years before the first publication of the notice provided for in this Subsection.

The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.

  • (c) The publication required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47:2206 B. (2).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

  • (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest to which the purchaser or donee takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
  • (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
  • (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
  • (d) With 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 13th day of January, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $1,000.00 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 tract of land together with all buildings and Improvements thereon situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being Part of Lot Thirteen (13) Square Four (4) Samtown, Lot being 104.6’ x 40’ in the City of Alexandria, 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 Linda and Samuel Gaston of Alexandria, to purchase said property for the consideration of $1,000.00 (One thousand dollars and no cents) 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 Linda and Samuel Gaston Williams, 3215 Bloch Street,

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 situated and all rights, way and privileges thereon appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being Part of Lot Thirteen

  • (13) Square Four (4) Samtown, Lot being 104.6’ x 40’ in the City of Alexandria, 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/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 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 “process 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 “process 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 “process verbal”) was filed over five years previous of the first publication, or six month if the tax sale certificate (formerly “process verbal”) was filed less than five years before the first publication of the notice provided for in this Subsection.
  • (b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property.
  • (c) The publication required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S. 47:2206 B. (2).

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • (a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against redhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sole is reasonable fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
  • (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 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 13th day of January, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to cease the process of purchasing the Abandoned/Adjudicated property, bearing the municipal address of 1512 Shirland Avenue, at the request of the prospective purchaser, as the municipality has the structure in line for demolition. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Rusty Wilder, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to request that the Rapides Parish Police Jury accept, on behalf of the Rapides Parish Library, a donation of land from Wettermark LLC, being described as: 1.5 acres on Tract 13 (Post Office Tract South) 1.5 acres located in Section 4, Township 5 North, Range 3 West of the Louisiana Meridian, Southwestern District, Southeast of the Town of Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana for the purposes of constructing a library and to instruct legal counsel of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to order a title abstract of the property to be paid by the Rapides Parish Library. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to authorize the President to sign certifications to the Legislative Auditor certifying on behalf of the Governing Body that funds made available during the year from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 48:751-760 have been expended in accordance with the provisions of those statutes and other standards established by law. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to accept the Public Works Director's Report. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Tioga Heritage Museum Commission for Rapides Parish Highway Department to install a culvert for Parish servitude drainage improvements and authorize the President to sign necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to authorize renewal of Annual Intergovernmental Agreements with the following municipalities and authorize the President to sign same: Woodworth Road District 2C Cheneyville Road District 3A Ball Road District 10A Forest Hill Road District 1A Glenmora Road District 1A Lecompte Road District 3A Boyce Road District 7A On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to call for a public hearing to be held February 3, 2020 to amend the Parish’s Gustav/Ike CDBG-DR program. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs for the period of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 to provide support to the local Veterans’ Service Office, cost of $28,539.00, as recommended by the Treasurer and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, the following resolution was presented and unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION ENDORSING SEAN MCGLOTHLIN IN HIS

CANDIDACY FOR ELECTION AS EXECUTIVE BOARD

MEMBER-AT- LARGE ON THE LOUISIANA POLICE JURY

ASSOCIATION

WHEREAS, Mr. McGlothlin has been a member of the Rapides Parish Police Jury representing District G for eight (8) years; and

WHEREAS, Mr. McGlothlin has served on the Rapides Parish Area Planning Commission for the last eight (8) years; and

WHEREAS, Mr. McGlothlin has held committee chairmanships for the Coliseum Liaison and Grants, Economic Planning and Development Committee for 2019; and

WHEREAS, Mr. McGlothlin is a member of the Finance Committee; Workforce Development and Municipal Liaison Committee; Courthouse and Tourism Committee; and Ambulance, Fire and Homeland Security Committee of the Rapides Parish Police Jury; and

WHEREAS, Mr. McGlothlin is a member of the National Association of County Officials, where he currently serves on the Public Lands Steering Committee, a member of the Rural Action Caucus (RAC) and an active participant in the Safe and Secure Counties Program; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the members of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, in Regular Session convened on this 13th day of January, 2020, does hereby urge all Parishes endorse and support the election of Mr. Sean McGlothlin for Executive Board Member-At-Large of the Louisiana Police Jury Association;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be forwarded to all Police Juries of the Louisiana Police Jury Association requesting support for Mr. Sean McGlothlin in his candidacy for election as Executive Board Member-at-Large of the Louisiana Police Jury Association.

THUS PASSED AND APPROVED on the 13th day of January, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Scott Perry, to reappoint Mr. Darren Sigur to the Alexandria/Pineville Convention & Visitors Bureau for a 1 (one) year term. Term will expire February 8, 202 1. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to temporary appoint Mr. Cory Ashmore as the Parish Engineer Highway Department Supervisor, effective upon the retirement of Mr. Dennis Woodward, Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Joe Bishop and seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton: RESOLUTION A resolution approving the holding of an election in Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on Saturday, May 9, 2020, to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds and to authorize the levy of a special tax therein.

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), adopted a resolution on January 8, 2020, calling a special election in the District on Saturday, May 9, 2020, to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds and to authorize the levy of a special tax therein; and

WHEREAS, the Governing Authority has requested that this Police Jury, acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, give its consent and authority for the District to hold the aforesaid election, and in the event that the election carries to issue, sell and deliver the bonds and to levy and collect the special tax provided for therein; and

WHEREAS, as required by Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, it is now the desire of this Police Jury to approve the holding of said election and in the event that the election carries, to issue, sell and deliver the bonds and to levy and collect the special tax provided for therein;

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

SECTION 1. In compliance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and in accordance with the request of the Board of Commissioners of Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, this Police Jury hereby approves the holding of an election in the District, on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at which election there will be submitted the following propositions, to-wit:

PROPOSITION NO. 1 OF 2

(BOND)

Shall Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the “District”), incur debt and issue bonds in the amount of not exceeding $6,000,000, to run not exceeding 20 years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum, for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring, constructing and improving parks, playgrounds, recreation centers and other recreational facilities, together with the necessary furnishings and equipment therefor, title to which shall be in the public, which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with an estimated 5.5 mills to be levied in the first year of issue to pay general obligation bonds of the District?

PROPOSITION NO. 2 OF 2

(IN-LIEU MILLAGE)

Shall Ward 9 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a special tax of nine and one-half (9.5) mills on all property subject to taxation in said District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2020 and ending with the year 2029 (an estimated $763,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating the recreational facilities of the District, including necessary equipment in connection therewith, said tax to be in lieu of and replace an ad valorem tax of six and fourteen hundredths (6.14) mills authorized to be levied in the District through the year 2021 at an election held in said District on April 30, 2011?

SECTION 2. In the event the election carries, this Police Jury does hereby further consent to and authorize the District to issue, sell and deliver the bonds and to levy and collect the special tax provided for therein.

SECTION 3. Neither the Parish nor this Police Jury shall be liable in any manner for the payment of the bonds.

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

YEAS: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Joe Bishop, Craig Smith, Theodore Fountaine, Jr., Rusty Wilder, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, David Johnson and Scott Perry, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 13th day of January, 2020.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Ollie Overton and seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop: RESOLUTION

A resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to authorize the renewal 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. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), that:

SECTION 1. Election Call. Subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission and under the authority conferred by the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, including Article VI, Section 32 thereof, the applicable provisions 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, MAY 9, 2020, 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:

PROPOSITION

(MILLAGE RENEWAL)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of sixteen and thirty-one hundredths (16.31) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the confines of Service Area No. 1 of the District for a period of ten years, beginning with the year 2021 and ending with the year 2030 (an estimated $640,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating fire protection and emergency medical service facilities and other firefighting or emergency medical service equipment?

SECTION 2. Publication of Notice of Election. A Notice of Special Election shall be published in the Town Talk, a newspaper of general circulation within the District, published in Alexandria, Louisiana, and being the official journal of the District, once a week for four consecutive weeks, with the first publication to 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.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the publication of the Notice of Election, the President is authorized and directed to make any amendments to the foregoing proposition that may be required to comply with any state or federal regulatory agencies.

SECTION 3. Canvass. This Governing Authority shall meet at its regular meeting place, the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020, 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 Places. The polling places for the precincts set forth in the aforesaid Notice of Special Election are hereby designated as the polling places 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 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 continue 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.

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

YEAS: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Joe Bishop, Craig Smith, Theodore Fountaine, Jr., Rusty Wilder, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, David Johnson and Scott Perry, Jr. NAYS: None ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 13th day of January, 2020.

/s/ Laurel Smith /s/ Craig Smith Secretary President

EXHIBIT "A"

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

PROPOSITION

(MILLAGE RENEWAL)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of sixteen and thirty-one hundredths (16.31) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the confines of Service Area No. 1 of the District for a period of ten years, beginning with the year 2021 and ending with the year 2030 (an estimated $640,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating fire protection and emergency medical service facilities and other fire fighting or emergency medical service equipment?

The said special election will be held at the polling places for the following precincts, which polls 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, to-wit:

PRECINCTS

00-C13AK(PART)

00-C13LZ(PART)

00-C22(PART)

00-C23(PART)

00-C34(PART)

00-C37AK(PART)

00-C37LZ(PART)

00-C38B(PART)

00-C41(PART)

00-S05(PART)

00-S06A(PART)

00-S06B(PART)

00-S07(PART)

00-S08(PART)

00-S11(PART)

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

The estimated cost of this election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $21,500.

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, Alexandria, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020, 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 13th day of January, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for November, 2019:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 508 80% 86.61 % Pineville - 8 minute 170 80% 87.06 % Rapides - 12 minute 212 80% 93.87 % Rapides- 20 minute 208 80% 87.98 % On vote the motion carried.

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

YEAS: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Joe Bishop, Craig Smith, Theodore Fountaine, Jr., Rusty Wilder, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, David Johnson and Scott Perry, Jr,. NAYS: none ABSTAINED: none ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin On roll call vote the motion carried 8-0.

On motion by Mr. Rusty Wilder, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to enter into an agreement with the Alexandria Lions Club to conduct Cotile Trade Days on March 28 and March 29, 2020 and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to accept the resignation of Ms. Melanie Norris on the Fire District No. 18 Board and appoint Mr. Ronnie Roberts to fill the unexpired two (2) year term. Term will expire January 1, 2022. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to discuss and award Request for Qualifications No. 2787 - Engineering Services for Esler Regional Airport.

Mr. Greg Jones stated this is a Federal Grant for improvements for our property at Esler Field Airport. It requires a professional services engineering contract to be awarded. We will need to entertain a motion to appoint a particular engineering firm to service that grant.

Motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to award the Request for Qualifications No. 2787 to Pan American Engineering and authorize the President to sign any necessary paperwork. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to acknowledge the election of Ms. Marla West, employee elected, to fill the unexpired term of Ms. Angelique Francisco on the Rapides Parish Civil Service Board. Term will ex pire August 17, 2023. On vot e the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to add the following motion to the agenda, received after the Jury Meeting agenda was posted in compliance with the Public Meetings Law and are now confirmed as having been added to the agenda by unanimous vote:

YEAS: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Joe Bishop, Craig Smith, Theodore Fountaine, Jr., Rusty Wilder, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, David Johnson and Scott Perry, Jr,. NAYS: none ABSTAINED: none ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin On roll call vote the motion carried unanimously to add the following motions to the agenda.

On motion Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to accept and approve the written lease agreement with England Economic & Industrial Development District for a temporary Highway Department facility, pending Legal Counsels review and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by, seconded by, there being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:43 p.m. On vote the motion carried.

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