Rapides Parish Police Jury

OF DECEMBER 7, 2020 3:00 P.M.

Posted December 10, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to JBE 168-2020 issued on November 25, 2020

PUBLIC GATHERINGS LIMITED

Public gatherings are restricted to 50% of the total occupancy of the State Fire Marshal, and requires a six (6) foot minimum of social distancing, limiting the public seating area for the Rapides Parish Police Jury meeting to 28 members of the public, on a first come basis, in accordance with Modified Phase 2 restrictions.

Face Masks and temperature checks are mandatory to enter Parish Courthouse

Craig Smith, President

Police Jury Meeting Room 2nd Floor, Parish Courthouse

Posted December 10, 2020

REGULAR SESSION

DECEMBER 14, 2020

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT

PUBLIC COMMENTS

ARE ONLY ALLOWED

ON AGENDA ITEMS

PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET AND PUT THE NUMBER OF THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THAT ITEM. THERE IS A THREE (3) MINUTE TIME LIMIT TO SPEAK PER PERSON

JUROR COMMENTS

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

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Presentation of Service Awards:

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 2

15 Years James Babb Jonathan Guillot Benjamin Holloway Justin Smith

10 years Travis Melder

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

15 Years Melissa Newcomb

10 Years Allen Hoyt

SALES TAX

15 Years Sherrie Newcomb

CIVIL SERVICE

15 Years Linda Sanders

RETIREMENT

Malcolm Brossett Charles Melton III Quincey Mills Dennis Woodward Robert B. Kelly Merritt Post Debra LeBlanc

1. Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on October 12, 2020, Special Session on October 26, 2020 and Regular Session on November 9, 2020 as published in the Official Journal.
2. Motion that approved bills be paid.

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3. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lots Six (6) and Seven (7) of Square Sixteen (16), Fair Grounds and Machine Shop Addition, bearing the municipal address of 3724 15th Street, Alexandria to Ursherell Lafa’nae’ Price for the consideration of $1,333.33 cash. (Finance 12/7)
4. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at Lot Eight (8), Square Eighteen (18), Broadmoore Place and ADJ Six (6) feet of Revoked Alley, bearing the municipal address of 1011 24th Street, Alexandria to Angela Eldridge for the consideration of $892.74 cash. (Finance 12/7)
5. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at Lot Ten (10) of Resubdivision of Part Square Twenty (20), Ariail Marye Addition, bearing the municipal address of 2303 Ninth Street, Alexandria to Marcus M. Taylor for the consideration of $1,666.66 cash. (Finance 12/7)
6. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located on Lot Thirteen (13) of Square Three (3) New Enterprise Alexandria, LA, to Ke’Yanna Brown for the consideration of $3,000.00 cash. (Finance 12/7)
7. Motion to adopt an ordinance adopting the operating budget and revenues and expenditures for certain funds for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2021 and ending with December 31, 2021, in accordance with LA R.S. 39:1309-1310, excluding the General Fund Budget, as recommended by the Treasurer. (Finance 12/7)
8. Motion to authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. (Finance 12/7)

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9. Motion to rescind a certain motion adopted October 14, 2019 to advertise cleaning the Dome of the Rapides Parish Coliseum. The dome was damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Laura. (Finance 12/7)
10. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Highway Department Asset/Inventory Program the below listed asset as it was destroyed in Tornado in 2019 and demolished in 2020 as recommended by the Purchasing Agent. Asset Number Description Disposal 4831 Highway Department Demolished Building Complex (Finance 12/7)
11. Motion to authorize to advertise for the removal of timber from the Pauper’s Field behind Buhlow Lake and declare the timber as surplus, as requested by the Public Works Director. (Finance 12/7)
12. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 14 the items listed below as they are no longer suitable for public use: Asset number Description Disposal 9275 Chainsaw Scrap–damaged in storm 20” Ventilation 9276 Chainsaw Scrap–damaged in storm 20” Ventilation (Finance 12/7)
13. Motion to purchase Ram Promaster Mini Cargo Van off State Contract, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds, as requested by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. (Finance 12/7)
14. Motion to award Contract “A” Asphaltic Concrete Reconstruction and Overlay Improvements 2021/2022 (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract) to the low Bidder, Gilchrist Construction Company, LLC of Alexandria, Louisiana and to authorize the Parish President to execute contracts, task orders, and change orders between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and Gilchrist Construction Company, LLC, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Finance 12/7) REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 14, 2020

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15. Motion to award Contract “B” Concrete Pavement and Sidewalk Improvements 2021/2022 (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract) to the low Bidder, Progressive Construction Company, LLC of Alexandria, Louisiana and to authorize the Parish President to execute contracts, task orders, and change orders between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and Progressive Construction Company, LLC as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Finance 12/7)
16. Motion to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 5 to remove Asset# 10957 (2013 Ford Expedition – VIN# 1FMJU1G52DEF58923) from the Asset/Inventory Program and sell to Rapides Parish Fire District No. 11, for the amount of $12,000.00, as agreed upon by both boards and authorize the President to sign necessary documents. (Finance 12/7)
17. Motion to approve the amended budget for the calendar year 2020 and the proposed budget for calendar year 2021, as requested by the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory as recommended by the Treasurer. (Finance 12/7)
18. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Courthouse Parking Garage Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment as it is no longer suitable for public use: Asset Number Description Disposal 10108 Parking Gate System Scrap – to be auctioned 8416 Cash Register Scrap – to be auctioned (Finance 12/7)
19. Motion to accept the Public Works Director's Report. (Public Works 12/7)
20. Motion to authorize Ms. Lana Davis, 25 G. Davis Road, Glenmora, Louisiana, as a Hardship Case. (Pending proper certification). (Public Works 12/7)

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21. Motion to authorize the President to sign a contract between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA) as the One-Stop Operator in compliance with:

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sec. 121(d)(2)(A) which states “an entity shall be designated or certified as a one -stop operator through a competitive process;” and further defined in the Final Regulations at §678.605 on pages 55892 – 55896 of the Federal Register effective October 18, 2016, the Rapides Workforce Development Board is to follow local/state procureme nt policies, and/or Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR 200.318 – 200.326 to procure a One -Stop Operator for the Rapides One-Stop Center. The selected Contractor must be in place no later than January 1, 2021, in the amount of $24,000.00, to begin January 1, 202 1 and end on December 31, 2021, with option to renew for three (3) years and have Treasurer to amend the budget accordingly. The funding for this contract will come from WIOA grant funds. (Workforce 12/7)

22. Motion to ratify authorization for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14 to submit a grant application to the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program administered through the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and to accept the funds for purchasing Bunker Gear, etc., for new members, as requested by the Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors and authorize the President to sign necessary documents. This is a 50% matching fund program with a total award of $5,320.82. (Grants 12/7)
23. Motion to hold a public hearing January 11, 2021, on the demolition of the following property in accordance with the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances Section 8-1/4, as authorized by the Rapides Parish Police Jury.

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION & SERVICE REPORT

Mr. Faeq A. Gheith Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated structure located at Apartment 24 Section 4, T3N-R1W, Ward 1, Rapides Parish Alexandria LA 71301 (Parochial 12/7)

24. Motion to grant a moratorium on the prohibition of December 19, 2005 motion and allow a Permit to be issued for the placement of FEMA Manufactured Homes and Travel Trailers for temporary occupancy for residents displaced by Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Delta, for a period not to exceed six (6) months from date of permit, subject to all Louisiana REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 14, 2020

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Department of Health & Hospital rules, regulations, and Building Code inspections. Any extension of time must be approved by the Rapides Parish Police Jury. (Parochial 12/7)

25. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Eugene Jones to the Rapides Finance Authority Board for a six (6) year term. Term will expire December 8, 2026. (Personnel 12/7)
26. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and appoint Mr. Kenneth McNeely to the Ward 10 Recreation Board, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Kevin Vanek. Term will expire January 14, 2022. (Personnel 12/7)
27. Motion to create one additional fulltime Firefighter/Operator position for Fire Protection District No. 3, as requested by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, effective January 3, 2021. (Personnel 12/7)
28. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. John Bradas to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. (Personnel 12/7)
29. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Max Johnston to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. (Personnel 12/7)
30. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Don Holloway to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. (Personnel 12/7)

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31. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Marion Chaney to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. (Personnel 12/7)
32. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Matt Johns to the Regional Steering Committees of Provisional Watersheds 1, 2, 4, and 5 for a one (1) year term. Term will expire December 31, 2021. (Personnel 12/7)
33. Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for October, 2020:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 498 80% 86.55 % Pineville - 8 minute 172 80% 83.72 % Rapides - 12 minute 204 80% 84.80 % Rapides- 20 minute 157 80% 82.80 % (Insurance 12/7)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE

OF THE JURY BUT WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA

AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEETING IN COMPLIANCE

WITH THE PUBLIC MEETINGS LAW AND ARE NOW

CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN INCLUDED IN THE

PUBLISHED AGENDA BY 2/3RD VOTE

34. Motion to authorize the renewal of the Rapides Parish Police Jury Worker’s Compensation Insurance for 2021 with PGRMA/CCMSI for $188,056 and authorize the President to sign the same. (Mr. Overton)
35. Motion to appoint Mr. Russell Flowers to fill the unexpired term of the late Mr. Otha Hailey on the Waterworks District No. 3 Board. Term will expire May 1, 2021 and waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Russell Flowers to Waterworks #3 for a five (5) year term. Term will begin May 1, 2021. (Mr. Moreau) REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 14, 2020

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36. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise for RFQ for Engineering Services and RFP for Project Management Services for the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Regional Capacity Building Grant Program. (10/14/2019 Jury approval) (Mr. Smith)
37. Motion to approve and pay $73,000 out of contract retainage to the contractor as Final Payment on Rapides Parish Project #2743 and approval of deduction of contractual delay penalties. (Mr. Smith)
38. Motion to declare the dates of Thursday, December 23 and Friday, December 24, 2021 as the dates to be taken for the holidays of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 2021 and the dates of Thursday, December 30 and Friday, December 31, 2021 as the dates to be taken for the holidays for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. (Mr. Smith)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE

OF THE JURY AND WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA

BUT ARE NOW ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

ADJOURNMENT

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

The Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of Monday, December 14, 2020, at three (3:00) o'clock p.m. (Central Standard Time).

There were present: Craig Smith, President, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr., Vice President and Police Jurors: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Joe Bishop, Rusty Wilder, Sean McGlothlin and David Johnson.

Absent: Theodore Fountaine, Jr. and Scott Perry, Jr.

Also present: Theresa Pacholik, Treasurer; Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Sonya Wiley-Gremillion, OHSEP Director; Chief Jody Glorioso, Fire District No. 2; Ms. Elaine Morace, WIA Operations Director; Ms. Linda Sanders, Civil Service Director; Greg Jones, Legal Counsel and Laurel Smith, Secretary.

The invocation was given by Mr. Ollie Overton.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Joe Bishop.

Mr. Craig Smith, President, ask for a moment of silence for Mr. Kendall Magee.

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

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

The next item on the agenda was to present Service Awards to the Rapides Parish Police Jury employees for their years of service. Mr. Craig Smith presented the awards to the employees present and gave the awards of the other employees to their department heads.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on October 12, 2020, Special Session on October 26, 2020 and Regular Session on November 9, 2020 as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, that approved bills be paid. On vote the motion carried.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

TO SELL

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $1,333.33 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, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being Lots 6 (Six) & 7 (Seven) of Square 16 (Sixteen) Fairground and Machine Shop Addition, 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 UrSherell Lafa’nae’ Price, to purchase said property for the consideration of $1,333.33 (One Thousand, Three 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 UrSherell Lafa’nae’ Price, 403 Ann

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 Lots 6 (Six) & 7 (Seven) of Square 16 (Sixteen) Fairground and Machine Shop Addition, in the City of Alexandria, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address of the Property: 3724 15 th Street, 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 months 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 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 this14th day of December, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

TO SELL

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $892.74 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 Lot 8 (Eight) of Square 18 (Eighteen) of Broadmoore Place and ADJ 6’ of Revoked Alley, 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 Angela Eldridge, to purchase said property for the consideration of $892.74 (Eight Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or twothirds (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 Angela Eldridge 1101 Ola Street, Alexandria, LA, 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 Lot 8 (Eight) of Square 18 (Eighteen) of Broadmoore Place and ADJ 6’ of Revoked Alley, 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 months 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 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 14th day of December, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

TO SELL

FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF $1,666.66 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 Lot 10 (Ten) of Resubdivision of Part Square 20 (Twenty) of Airial Marye Addition, in the City of Alexandria, Parish of Rapides.

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 Marcus M. Taylor, to purchase said property for the consideration of $1,666.66 (One Thousand Six Hundred and SixtySix dollars and Sixty-Six 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 Marcus M. Taylor, P. O. Box 3044,

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 10 (Ten) of Resubdivision of Part Square 20 (Twenty) of Airial Marye Addition, in the City of Alexandria, Parish of Rapides.

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 months 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 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 14th day of December, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, the following ordinance was presented and on vote 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, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being Lot 13 of Square 3, New Enterprise Addition, in the City of Alexandria, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address of the Property: 1013 Railroad Avenue, 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 Stephen Good, to purchase said property for the consideration of $3,000.00 (Three Thousand dollars and zero 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 Ke’Yanna Brown, 291 Dupree 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 Lot 13 of Square 3, New Enterprise Addition, in the City of Alexandria, records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Municipal Address of the Property: 1013 Railroad Avenue, 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 months 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 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 14th day of December, 2020.

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

ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET AND

REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR CERTAIN FUNDS FOR

THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2021, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LA R.S. 39:1309-1310 EXCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TREASURER AS FOLLOWS:

BE IT ORDAINED by the Police Jury of Rapides Parish, in regular session convened that:

SECTION 1. The following estimate of revenues for certain funds for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, be and the same is hereby adopted to serve as an Operating budget of Revenues for these funds for the Police Jury of Rapides Parish, excluding the General Fund Budget, as recommended by the Treasurer, during the same period.

SECTION 2. The attached estimates of expenditures for certain funds is hereby adopted to serve as a budget of expenditures for these funds for the Police Jury of Rapides Parish during the same period.

SECTION 3. The adoption of this operating budget of expenditures be and the same is hereby declared to operate as an appropriation of the amount therein set forth within the terms of the budget classification.

SECTION 4. Amounts are available for expenditure only to the extent included within the 2021 budget, excluding the General Fund.

SECTION 5. The Treasurer shall have the authority to make any changes and amendments to any agencies, departments, functions, characters and funds within the adopted budget as he deems necessary provided that the provisions of LA R.S. 39:1310 (A) are followed.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at Alexandria, Louisiana, on this the 14th day of December, 2020.

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY BUDGET 2021

Below is a summarized copy of the adopted 2021 budget. A detailed copy of the 2021 budget is attached and may be reviewed at the Finance Department of the Rapides Parish Police Jury Office, 701 Murray Street, Suite 201, Alexandria, LA 71301.

SUMMARY OF ADOPTED 2021 BUDGET FUND BEG. BALANCE & REVENUE EXPENDITURES CONTINGENCIES

Admin Fund 1,070,512.82 1,070,512.82 Road & Bridge Fund 5,512,053.51 5,442,210.04 69,843.47 Road District 1-A Fund 975,485.49 975,485.49

Road District 1-B Fund 992,759.76 992,759.76 Road District 2-B Fund - Sub Dist 2 703,060.50 703,060.50 Road District 2-C Fund 4,809,888.17 4,809,888.17 Road District 3-A Fund 4,871,148.92 4,871,148.92 Road District 5-A Fund 120,000.00 120,000.00 Road District 6-A Fund 602,281.67 602,281.67 Road District 7-A Fund 519,095.19 519,095.19 Road District 9-B Fund 932,695.81 932,695.81 Road District 10-A Fund 3,030,746.57 3,030,746.57 Road District 36-A Fund 3,979,210.64 3,979,210.64 Fire District #2 Fund 8,706,433.80 6,052,949.34 2,653,484.46 Fire District #3 Fund 2,600,693.60 1,844,891.98 755,801.62 Fire District #4 Fund 1,163,199.42 1,036,650.58 126,548.84 Fire District #5 Fund 1,074,320.99 542,866.14 531,454.85 Fire District #6 Fund 777,415.65 685,127.05 92,288.60 Fire District #7 Fund 1,156,850.15 1,102,446.10 54,404.05 Fire District #8 Fund 888,011.40 625,471.69 262,539.71 Fire District #9 Fund 158,788.28 155,103.00 3,685.28 Fire District #10 Fund 646,237.48 139,589.08 506,648.40 Fire District #11 Fund 470,678.58 456,025.31 14,653.27 Fire District #14 Fund 385,792.74 195,439.56 190,353.18 Fire District #15 Fund 568,964.83 318,410.90 250,553.93 Fire District #16 Fund 253,803.56 81,482.00 172,321.56 Fire District #17 Fund 635,733.52 79,789.00 555,944.52 Fire District #18 Fund 731,217.53 379,648.00 351,569.53 Fire District #19 Fund 132,842.52 132,842.52 Criminal Court Fund 2,129,686.65 2,129,686.65 Civil Service Fund 130,219.12 130,219.12 Watershed Fund 292,075.85 292,075.85 Litter Court 2,583.60 2,583.60 Capital Improvement Fund 180,851.25 180,851.25 RSCC Transportation Grant 75,000.00 75,000.00 State Adult Drug Court 360,000.00 360,000.00 Ward 9 Recreation Fund 569,288.06 492,037.67 77,250.39 Title IV Juvenile Grant Fund 240,000.00 23,909.51 216,090.49 RAPC Building 51,110.00 51,110.00 Behavioral Health Court 327,500.00 327,500.00 Renaissance Home Fund 1,753,224.78 1,753,224.78 9th Judicial District Court Non-Support Fund 229,094.96 229,094.96 Courthouse Parking Fund 36,768.00 36,768.00 Juvenile Bonds & Fines 10,785.89 10,785.89 9th JDC Juvenile Expense Fund 7,615.81 7,615.81 Coliseum Office Complex Fund 677,000.00 677,000.00 Drug Court Bonds & Fines Fund 60,000.00 60,000.00 0.00 Court Reporter Fund 135,000.00 135,000.00 911 Communication District Fund 6,805,030.00 5,749,297.48 1,055,732.52 Buckeye Recreation District Fund 141,014.46 110,798.00 30,216.46 Senior Citizen Fund 903,090.93 903,090.93 Esler Field Grant 261,500.00 261,500.00 Mosquito Grant Fund 7,200.00 7,200.00 Civil Defense Fund 367,779.55 125,625.52 242,154.03 Louisiana Recovery Grant Fund 320,000.00 320,000.00 Health Unit Fund 3,119,890.93 1,193,797.73 1,926,093.20 Motor Vehicle Fund 420,000.00 181,110.00 238,890.00 Public Safety Fund 5,500.00 5,500.00 SAMSA Adult Drug Court Fund 400,000.00 400,000.00 Sales Tax & Bond Fund 2,513,117.78 2,513,117.78 Sales Tax & Bond Sinking Fund 102,530.00 102,530.00 Sales Tax Reserve Fund 30,248.21 0.00 30,248.21 Ward 9 Recreation Bond Fund 467,783.33 467,783.33 Sales Tax Fund 147,987,056.48 147,987,056.48 Hotel-Motel Tax Fund 1,638,816.94 1,638,816.94 Unemployment Trust Fund 701,500.00 701,500.00 Greenway Park Grant Fund 9,151.00 9,151.00 Coliseum Sinking Fund 1,922,630.83 1,599,250.00 323,380.83 OEWD-WIOA Program 1,362,946.00 1,362,946.00 OEWD-DWG 771,871.00 771,871.00 TOTAL 225,996,384.51 215,264,233.11 10,732,151.40

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to rescind a certain motion adopted October 14, 2019 to advertise cleaning the Dome of the Rapides Parish Coliseum. The dome was damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Laura. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to delete from the Rapides Parish Highway Department Asset/Inventory Program the below listed asset as it was destroyed in Tornado in 2019 and demolished in 2020 as recommended by the Purchasing Agent. Asset Number Description Disposal 4831 Highway Department Demolished Building Complex On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to authorize to advertise for the removal of timber from the Pauper’s Field behind Buhlow Lake and declare the timber as surplus, as requested by the Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 14 the items listed below as they are no longer suitable for public use: Asset number Description Disposal 9275 Chainsaw Scrap–damaged in storm 20” Ventilation 9276 Chainsaw Scrap–damaged in storm 20” Ventilation On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to purchase Ram Promaster Mini Cargo Van off State Contract, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds, as requested by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. On vote the motion carried.

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

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury received the following Bids on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 for the Contract “A” Asphaltic Concrete Reconstruction & Overlay Improvements 2021/2022 (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract); and,

CONTRACTOR BASE BID

Construction Company, LLC $2,839,500.00 Diamond B Construction Company, LLC $3,774,490.00

WHEREAS, the Bids have been checked and tabulated by Pan American Engineers, LLC, with a recommendation of award being made to the low Bidder;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the contract for said indefinite delivery/indefinite quality contract is hereby awarded to the low Bidder, Gilchrist Construction Company, LLC of Alexandria, Louisiana whose Base Bid totals $2,839,500.00, and;

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

Passed and adopted by the President and Police Jurors of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana, on this 14th day of December, 2020.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, the following resolution was presented and duly adopted:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury received the following Bids on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 for the Contract “B” Concrete Pavement & Sidewalk Improvements 2021/2022 (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract); and,

CONTRACTOR BASE BID

Progressive Construction Company, LLC $1,282,060.00 Turner & Turner Contracting, LLC $1,395,423.76 Rylee Contracting, Inc. $1,535,288.00 Merrick, LLC $1,609,942.00

WHEREAS, the Bids have been checked and tabulated by Pan American Engineers, LLC, with a recommendation of award being made to the low Bidder;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the contract for said indefinite delivery/indefinite quality contract is hereby awarded to the low Bidder, Progressive Construction Company, LLC of Alexandria, Louisiana whose Base Bid totals $1,282,060.00, and;

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

Passed and adopted by the President and Police Jurors of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana, on this 14th day of December, 2020.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 5 to remove Asset# 10957 (2013 Ford Expedition – VIN# 1FMJU1G52DEF58923) from the Asset/Inventory Program and sell to Rapides Parish Fire District No. 11, for the amount of $12,000.00, as agreed upon by both boards and authorize the President to sign necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to approve the amended budget for the calendar year 2020 and the proposed budget for calendar year 2021, as requested by the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory as recommended by the Treasurer. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to delete from the Rapides Parish Courthouse Parking Garage Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment as it is no longer suitable for public use: Asset Number Description Disposal 10108 Parking Gate System Scrap – to be auctioned 8416 Cash Register Scrap – to be auctioned 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. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to authorize Ms. Lana Davis, 25 G. Davis Road, Glenmora, Louisiana, as a Hardship Case. (Pending proper certification). On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to authorize the President to sign a contract between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA) as the One-Stop Operator in compliance with:

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sec. 121(d)(2)(A) which states “an entity shall be designated or certified as a one-stop operator through a competitive process;” and further defined in the Final Regulations at §678.605 on pages 55892 – 55896 of the Federal Register effective October 18, 2016, the Rapides Workforce Development Board is to follow local/state procurement policies, and/or Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR 200.318 – 200.326 to procure a One-Stop Operator for the Rapides One-Stop Center. The selected Contractor must be in place no later than January 1, 2021, in the amount of $24,000.00, to begin January 1, 2021 and end on December 31, 2021, with option to renew for three (3) years and have Treasurer to amend the budget accordingly. The funding for this contract will come from WIOA grant funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to ratify authorization for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14 to submit a grant application to the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program administered through the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and to accept the funds for purchasing Bunker Gear, etc., for new members, as requested by the Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors and authorize the President to sign necessary documents. This is a 50% matching fund program with a total award of $5,320.82. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to hold a public hearing January 11, 2021, on the demolition of the following property in accordance with the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances Section 8-1/4, as authorized by the Rapides Parish Police Jury. OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION & SERVICE REPORT Mr. Faeq A. Gheith Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated structure located at Apartment 24 Section 4, T3N-R1W, Ward 1, Rapides Parish Alexandria LA 71301 On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, to grant a moratorium on the prohibition of December 19, 2005 motion and allow a Permit to be issued for the placement of FEMA Manufactured Homes and Travel Trailers for temporary occupancy for residents displaced by Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Delta, for a period not to exceed six (6) months from date of permit, subject to all Louisiana Department of Health & Hospital rules, regulations, and Building Code inspections. Any extension of time must be approved by the Rapides Parish Police Jury. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Eugene Jones to the Rapides Finance Authority Board for a six (6) year term. Term will expire December 8, 2026. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and appoint Mr. Kenneth McNeely to the Ward 10 Recreation Board, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Kevin Vanek. Term will expire January 14, 2022. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to create one additional fulltime Firefighter/Operator position for Fire Protection District No. 3, as requested by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, effective January 3, 2021. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. John Bradas to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Max Johnston to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Don Holloway to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Marion Chaney to the Gravity Drainage District No. 1 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire December 12, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Matt Johns to the Regional Steering Committees of Provisional Watersheds 1, 2, 4, and 5 for a one

• (1) year term. Term will expire December 31, 2021. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for October, 2020: Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 498 80% 86.55 % Pineville - 8 minute 172 80% 83.72 % Rapides - 12 minute 204 80% 84.80 % Rapides- 20 minute 157 80% 82.80 % On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, 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: David Johnson, Sean McGlothlin, Rusty Wilder, Joe Bishop, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr. and Craig Smith NAYS: none ABSTAINED: none ABSENT: Theodore Fountaine, Jr. and Scott Perry, Jr. On roll call vote the motion carried 7-0.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to authorize the renewal of the Rapides Parish Police Jury Worker’s Compensation Insurance for 2021 with PGRMA/CCMSI for $188,056 and authorize the President to sign the same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, to appoint Mr. Russell Flowers to fill the unexpired term of the late Mr. Otha Hailey on the Waterworks District No. 3 Board. Term will expire May 1, 2021 and waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Russell Flowers to Waterworks #3 for a five (5) year term. Term will expire May 1, 2026. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise for RFQ for Engineering Services and RFP for Project Management Services for the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Round One

• (1) Grant Program. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Joe Bishop, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to approve and pay $73,000 out of contract retainage to the contractor as Final Payment on Rapides Parish Project #2743 and approval of deduction of contractual delay penalties. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Rusty Wilder, to declare the dates of Thursday, December 23 and Friday, December 24, 2021 as the dates to be taken for the holidays of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 2021 and the dates of Thursday, December 30 and Friday, December 31, 2021 as the dates to be taken for the holidays for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. On vote the motion carried.

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

On motion by Mr. Rusty Wilder, seconded by Mr. David Johnson, to grant approval to Bayou Homes Estates, Cooper Road and Highway 496, Alexandria, as recommended by the Rapides Area Planning Commission, Pan American Engineers, pending Legal Counsel approval. After approval from Legal Counsel, authorize signing of the plat. On vote the motion carried.

The next item on the agenda was the announcement of a $500,000 home repair grant for Senior Homeowners living in a USDA Rural Development District in Rapides Parish.

Mr. Joe Bishop introduced Mr. Willie Spears, Executive Director of the GAEDA Revitalization Corporation to announce a home repair grant for seniors in Rapides Parish. Mr. Spears stated that approval was received for a $500,000 grant from the Federal Home Program to assist senior homeowners living in a USDA Rural Development District in Rapides Parish with home repairs. The requirements for the grant are that they cannot live in the corporate limits of Alexandria or Pineville, must be 55 or older, provide proof of ownership, proof of occupancy and meet income requirements. They will be required to attend two seminars, one on Home Maintenance and the other on How to Protect Yourself from Fraud and Cybercrime. Mr. Spears stated that these are just a few of the requirements and more details will be provided when the grant is announced publicly in January 2021.

There being no further business, motion by Mr. David Johnson, seconded by Mr. Joe Bishop, the meeting was adjourned at 3:29 p.m.