Rapides Parish Police Jury

Posted May 9, 2025

REGULAR SESSION

MAY 12, 2025 3:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

JURORS COMMENTS

Recognize Secretary Charlton Meginley, Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs

1. Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Special Session on April 10, 2025 and Regular Session on April 14, 2025, as published in the Official Journal.
2. Motion that approved bills be paid.

APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED ***Vernon Creecy on the Communications District, representing Minority, for a four (4) year term. Term will expire June 8, 2025. ***John Turnage on the Communications District, representing Volunteer Fire Departments, for a four (4) year term. Term will expire June 8, 2025. ***Emile Williams, Jr. on the Gravity Drainage No. 2 Board for a two (2) year term. Term will expire June 12, 2025. ***Ronnie Venson on the Gravity Drainage No. 2 Board for a two (2) year term. Term will expire June 12, 2025. ***Jeff DeKeyzer on the Gravity Drainage No. 2 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire June 12, 2025. ***Michael Norwood on the Gravity Drainage No. 2 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire June 12, 2025. ***Peter DeKeyzer on the Gravity Drainage No. 2 Board for a four (4) year term. Term will expire June 12, 2025. ***Lance Speer to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) year term. Term REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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expired April 12, 2025. ***Brandon Lee Blaney to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) year term. Term will expired November 10, 2023. ***Ricky Roy on the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024. ***Mark Scarber on the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024. ***Chris LaCombe on the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024.

3. Motion to approve the Treasurer’ s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on May 5, 2025. (Finance 05/05)
4. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lots One (1) and Two (2) of a subd of Lot Forty-Six (46), Leland College Subdivision, Parcel ID No. 2400305745000101 , Assessment No. 5010845300 , Bearing the municipal address of 2304 Willow Glen River Road, Alexandria, LA, to Pleasant Green Baptist Church, for the consideration of $1,168.29 cash. (Finance (05/05)
5. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Nine (9), Square Five (5) of S. A.L. Co., ADDN; Less Rear Fifty (50)’ of Lot Nine (9), Parcel ID No. 2400708630003601 , Assessment No. 5010200001, Bearing the municipal address of 1804 Mason Street, Alexandria, LA, to Lee Hamilton, for the consideration of $3,800.00 cash. (Finance 05/05)
6. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Three (3) of Square One (1) Silver City Subd. , Parcel ID No. 2400408510000301 , Assessment No. 5010085075 Bearing the municipal address of 2928 Third Street, Alexandria, LA, to New Scott Olly Baptist Church, for the consideration of $1,507.73 cash. (Finance (05/05)
7. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Ten (10), Square Five (5), S.A.L Co., ADDN; Less Rear Fifty (50)’ of Lot Nine (9) , Parcel ID No. 24007086300003701 , Assessment No. 5010530185, Bearing the municipal address of 1824 Mason Street, Alexandria, LA, to Lee Hamilton, for the consideration of $3,800.00 cash. (Finance 05/05)

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MAY 12, 2025

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8. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot “G” of Lot Four (4) Square One (1) Shell Road, Parcel ID No. 2304408440001801, Assessment No. 501075700, Bearing the municipal address of 3830 Hudson Blvd, Alexandria, LA, to Kevrick Davis, for the consideration of $666.66 cash. (Finance 05/05)
9. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot “B” of Lot Four (4), Square One (1) Shell Road, Parcel ID No. 2304408440001701 , Assessment No. 5010758100 , Bearing Davis, for the consideration of $666.66 cash. (Finance 05/05)
10. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Three (3), Square Six (6), Willow Glen Plantation Subdivision, Parcel ID No. 2304109855006901 , Assessment No. Alexandria, LA , to Lucindy Alexander for the consideration of $3,333.33 cash. (Finance (05/05)
11. Motion to approve the Intent to Sell for the following Abandoned/Adjudicated Property: Tax Debtor Description Larwood Properties Lot Nine (9), Square Twenty (20), West Alexandria Addition Bearing the municipal address of: 215 16 th Street, Alexandria Parcel ID# 2404109580021801 Assessment # 4010337830 Misc-7086

Sheldon Antwine Lots two (2) of Block “A” Broadway Subd #2 Bearing the municipal address of: 1108 Broadway, Alexandria Parcel ID# 2400501310000201 Assessment # 5010040700 Misc-7049

Edward Kelly Lot Eight (8) A and Pt Lot Eight (8), Block Four (4), Home Acres Subdivision Bearing the municipal address of Parcel ID# 2304104320006801 REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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Assessment# 5010326000 Misc-7048

Henry Smith Jr. Lot Ten (10), Square Three (3) Samtown Subd. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2405608310003901 Assessment# 5010516000 Misc-7164

Neal Small Lot Four (4), Block Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630080901 Assessment # 5011261500 Misc – 7151 Esau Baldwin Lot Three (3), Square Fifty-Six, S. A. L. Co Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630080801 Assessment# 5010010250 Misc-7150

Jack R. Roy Lot Five (5), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630081001 Assessment# 5010468012 Misc-7158

Thurman Perry Lot Six (6), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630081101 Assessment# 5010420200, Misc – 7149 (Finance 05/05)

12. Motion to authorize the purchase of twelve (12) used portable radios and accessories by Fire District No. 2, in the amount of $28,800.00, to be paid by Fire District funding, as recommended by the Fire Chief. (Finance 05/05)

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13. Motion to amend a certain motion passed on April 10, 2025, to authorize Fire District No. 10 – Plainview VFD to piggyback on City of Alexandria Ordinance 109-2024, Contract No. 2480, to purchase a Dodge Durango, cost not to exceed $50,000.00, City of Alexandria has approved the request to piggyback on said contract, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Plainview Board of Directors. Motion passed by the Board on April 27, 2025. (Finance 05/05)
14. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Public Works Asset/Inventory Program as it is no longer suitable for public use by this department. This equipment is to be placed for auction on Gov Deals.

Asset No. Description Disposal 10778 Excavator Auction

(Finance 05/05)

15. Motion to award contract for Project No. 3389 – Buckeye Recreation Restroom Upgrades to the low bidder Bayou Rapides Corporation, in the amount of $191,420.00, as recommended by Fontenot & Associates, LLC and Buckeye Recreation Board of Directors, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Finance 05/05)
16. Motion to award the contract for Project No. 3361 – Hay Lease Cutting to Landry Ducote, in the amount of $300.00 per year, for a period of three (3) years, beginning May 12, 2025 and ending May 11, 2028, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Finance 05/05)
17. Motion to amend certain motion passed on March 10, 2025 to authorize the purchase of electric gate arms for Cotile Recreation Area and a credit card payment machine for collection of after -hours entrance fee, cost not to exceed $40,000.00, to be funded by Cotile Improvement Fund. (Finance 05/05)
18. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment:

Asset No. Description Serial Number Disposal 10721 Radio – Portable 205CMD0057 Broken 11478 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47097 Broken – will be replaced 11479 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47178 Broken – will be replaced REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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11480 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47468 Broken – will be replaced 11488 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47764 Broken – will be replaced 11489 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA44540 Broken – will be replaced 11490 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47134 Broken – will be replaced 11665 Computer 2CTYA54336 Broken – will be replaced 11666 Computer 1LTYA33709 Broken – will be replaced 11667 Computer 1ITYA18107 Broken – will be replaced 11668 Computer 1ITYA17380 Broken – will be replaced 11669 Computer 1JTYA20952 Broken – will be replaced 11670 Computer 1ITYA18541 Broken – will be replaced 11671 Computer 1KTYA30714 Broken – will be replaced (Finance 05/05)

19. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment:

Asset No. Description Disposal 9081 Refrigerator Broken (Finance 05/05)

20. Motion to rescind a certain motion passed on March 10, 2025, to delete Asset No. 11428 - 2013 Kobelco SR140 Excavator and Asset No. 12348 – 2011 Ford F750 Dump Truck. The Public Works Department will place these two (2) pieces of equipment back in service. (Finance 05/05)
21. Motion to place a 1987 Chevy ( VIN #1GCGD34J1HF305524) from Fire District No. 10 up of public auction, as recommended by the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10 Board of Directors. This equipment is to be placed for auction on Gov Deals. (Finance 05/05)
22. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes on the construction of a building for the Public Works Department – Glenmora worksite, cost not to exceed $70,000.00, project to be funded by the Public Works Operating Fund. (Public Works 05/05)
23. Motion to award a forty -eight (48) month lease for three (3) trackhoes from John Deere, total cost to lease the equipment is $6,015.00 per month and authorize the Parish President to sign any necessary documents. (Public Works 05/05)

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24. Motion for the Workforce Operations Department to hire one (1) temporary part-time teacher, up to 32 hours per week, beginning May 13, 2025, until August 23, 2025, to facilitate the Summer Youth Employment Program, $25 hourly, to be paid out of WIOA funds. This instructor will also facilitate the academic component required by the program (Workforce & Grants 05/05)
25. Motion to approve the date change for CLEAN to host a boat racing event by Southern 3 Cylinder Outlaw Drag Club at Cotile Lake on June 28-29, 2025, instead of June 7 -8, 2025 as originally approved on September 10, 2024. Boat landing within the park to be closed on the event dates. Dates should be June 7 – 8, misunderstanding between CLEAN and Southern 3. (Tourism & Economic Planning 05/05)
26. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise to receive bids on the construction of Pickleball Courts at Ward 9 Recreation, as recommended by the Ward 9 Recreation Board of Directors and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Parochial & Municipal Liaison 05/05)
27. Motion to authorize entering into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of Pineville, Ward 9 Recreation and the Rapides Parish Police Jury for a joint project for the construction of Pickleball Courts at the Ward 9 Recreation, project to be funded by the City of Pineville and Ward 9 Recreation. (Parochial & Municipal Liaison 05/05)
28. Motion to accept the resignation of Ms. Alma Moore on the Housing Authority as tenant representative and appoint Ms. Keidra Smith to fill the unexpired term. Term will expire July 14, 2028. Send a thank you letter to Ms. Moore for her service. (Parochial & Municipal Liaison 05/05)
29. Motion to initiate the condemnation process of the following property and order the Parish Engineer of Record to inspect the properties and provide a report to the Jury: Property Locations: Ward 1, District F

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Ward 1, District F (Personnel, Elections & Legal 05/05)

30. Motion to request Rapides Parish Civil Service to conduct job evaluations for classified positions under Rapides Parish Civil Service in preparation for a compensation study. (Personnel, Elections & Legal 05/05)
31. Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for March 2025:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 629 80% 89.51% Pineville - 8 minute 223 80% 85.20% Rapides - 12 minute 278 80% 91.73% Rapides - 20 minute 170 80% 80.17% (Ambulance, Fire & Health 05/05)

32. Motion to adopt and follow Louisiana Revised Statue 40:1566 as policy for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 6, authorizing the Chief Officer to investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring within its jurisdiction. (Ambulance, Fire & Health 05/05)

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

33. Motion to proclaim the week of May 18-24, 2025, as Emergency Medical Services Week in Rapides Parish. (Mr. Harris)
34. Motion to approve the revised job description for the permanent Rapides Parish Civil Service, Office of Economic and Workforce Development MIS Manager position, to incorporate previously assigned duties from the Office Manager role; authorize the adjustment of the MIS Manager classification from Grade 19 to Grade 20 in the pay scale; and approve the revision of the REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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position qualifications to require either a bachelor’s degree OR high school diploma and five years of experience in related field. Funding for this position will be paid out of WIOA funds. Authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. (Mr. Wiggins)

35. Motion to receive report from the Engineer and set a public hearing for June 9, 2025, on proposed condemnation 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

Bakies Properties, LLC Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated P.O. Box 13313 structure located at 4907 Shreveport Section 26, 05N-01W, Ward 10, Rapides Parish (Mr. Moreau)

36. Motion to adopt a resolution to allow Capital Area Finance Authority (CAFA) to offer a bond program in addition to their current grant programs to citizens looking to purchase homes in Rapides Parish. CAFA is a Local Housing Finance Agency, not a state agency and has a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Rapides Finance Authority. (Mr. Overton)
37. Motion to declare public emergency at the Parish Courthouse Jail due to water intrusion into the jail facilities and to authorize the Parish Engineer to negotiate contracts with contractors, as necessary, to expeditiously move forward with waterproofing of exterior walls at the recreation area and the roofing system in the area of the recreation area to eliminate rainwater intrusion into jail security areas, offices, and mechanical rooms; which water intrusion is threatening the operational safety of the jail and is a threat to the health and safety to both jail staff and inmates. (Mr. Smith)
38. Motion to award proposal for electrical upgrades for Project No. 3350 – Public Records Storage Building (former Bumper to Bumper Building) to Gunn Electric Company, in the amount of $24,878.00, as recommended by the Project Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC., project to be funded under ARPA/LATCF funds and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)

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39. Motion to authorize the President to sign and approve Revision No. 1 to the contract between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) for the PY2 4/FY25 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Program for the amount of $ 110,751.50 of Dislocated Worker Program Funds to transfer to FY25 Adult Program funds and authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary . The revision does not change the total contract amount. (Mr. Smith)
40. Motion to amend and reenact Chapter 6 - Animals and Fowl, Article V. – Beaver Control, Section 6-131 (b)(4) from $35.00 per tail to $50.00 per tail; and (c) Prior to payment of the beaver bounty, the trapper and landowner shall execute the following document and the original signed document must be sent in for processing of payment along with a date stamped picture of beaver tails. Photo to be taken by the Public Works D irector or Highway Superintendent. (Mr. Smith)
41. Motion to award repairs to the failed cross drain on Old River Road at Permission Bayou to River Runs Dirt Service, LLC, for the amount of $42,735.00, project to be funded by Road District 2C, District F, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Overton)
42. Motion to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 5 to purchase 5.00 acres of land from Martin Timberlands, LLC, property located at 0 Highway 121, Hineston, Louisiana, purchase prices of $25,000.00, as recommended by the Oakhill Fire Department Board of Directors and Fire Chief, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Giles)
43. 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, 202 5 to December 31, 2025 to provide support to the local Veterans’ Service Office, cost of $ 44,842.00, as recommended by the Treasurer and authorize the President to sign same. (Mr. Smith)
44. Motion to authorize the President to execute Change Order No. 4 for Work Order No. 6 – Courthouse Restroom Renovations under ARPA Grant, for the amount of $86,433.00 as recommended by the Project Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Mr. Smith) REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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45. Motion to authorize the Parish President to submit an application under the documents. (Mr. Smith)
46. Motion to obligate and commit to pay for all related grant administration, not to exceed $50,000.00 and engineering services for the Parish’s FY 2026/2027 LCDBG Application; and select Pan American Engineers, LLC to provide the required engineering services and administrative services. (Mr. Smith)
47. Receive and approve recommended Sole Provider Ambulance Contract language provisions from the Ambulance Advisory Board for the Sole Provider Contract awarded to Pafford EMS by majority vote on April 10, 2025, for signing by the President. (Mr. Smith)
48. Motion to remove Ryan E. Spiller as Ex -officio Notary from Rapides Fire District No. 2 and appoint Austin Vidrine, as recommended by Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Fire Chief. (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

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Posted: MAY 1, 2025

Notice of Regular Committee Meetings to be held on Monday, May 5, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in the Police Jury Meeting Room, 2nd Floor of Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Ste. 201, Alexandria.

“Craig Smith, President”

1. Finance Committee……………………………………….………….....3 Chairman: Davron “Bubba” Moreau
2. Public Works, Watershed and Agricultural Affairs Committee….....9 Chairman: Parrish W. Giles
3. Workforce Development and Grants Committee……………………10 Chairman: Randy Wiggins
4. Tourism and Economic Planning and Development Committee……11 Chairman: Jay Scott
5. Courthouse, Coliseum and Facilities Committee…………….………12 Chairman: Sean McGlothlin
6. Parochial Board Liaison and Municipal Liaison Committee…….…13 Chairman: Randy Harris
7. Personnel, Elections, Insurance and Legal Committee……………...14 Chairman: Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr.
8. Ambulance, Fire, Health and Homeland Security Committee.….…15 Chairman: Danny Bordelon

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CALL TO ORDER

STANDING COMMITTEE’S

MAY 5, 2025

WELCOME

ROLL CALL

IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA

ITEM IN THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE’S, PLEASE STAND

TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THAT ITEM

Recognize and present plaques to the 2024- 2025 Plainview Boys Basketball team for winning the LHSAA Class C State Championship. (Mr. Giles)

Recognize Mr. Ben Russo, Central Louisiana Regional Port and Mr. David Crutchfield, Red River Waterway for a Legislative Update. (Mr. McGlothlin)

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FINANCE COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 DAVRON “BUBBA” MOREAU, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Treasurer’s Report.
3. Motion to o pen for public auction and record Ordinance of Sale for the following Abandoned/Adjudicated Propert ies as presented by a private attorney:

TAX DEBTOR DESCRIPTION

Hattie Mae Linscomb et al Lots One (1) and Two (2) of a c/o Dorothy Dixon subd of Lot Forty-Six (46), Leland College Subdivision Parcel ID No. 2400305745000101 Assessment No. 5010845300 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

John Taylor Lot Nine (9), Square Five (5) of S. c/o Jamison Taylor A. L. Co., ADDN; Less Rear Fifty (50)’ of Lot Nine (9) Parcel ID No. 2400708630003601 Assessment No. 5010200001 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

Alice Hammond Lot Three (3) of Square One (1) Silver City Subd. Parcel ID No. 2400408510000301 Assessment No. 5010085075 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

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Jamison D. Taylor Lot Ten (10), Square Five (5), S. A. L Co., ADDN; Less Rear Fifty (50)’ of Lot Nine (9) Parcel ID No. 24007086300003701 Assessment No. 5010530185 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

Juanita B. Joshua et al Lot “G” of Lot Four (4) Square One (1) Shell Road Parcel ID No. 2304408440001801 Assessment No. 5010757000 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

Alice Hammond Lot “B” of Lot Four (4), Square One (1) Shell Road Parcel ID No. 2304408440001701 Assessment No. 5010758100 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

Liberty Loan Corporation Lot Three (3), Square Six (6), Willow Glen Plantation Subdivision Parcel ID No. 2304109855006901 Assessment No. 5010337015 Bearing the municipal address of: Alexandria, LA

(Mr. Moreau)

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4. Motion to approve the Intent to Sell for the following Abandoned/Adjudicated Property: Tax Debtor Description Larwood Properties Lot Nine (9), Square Twenty (20), West Alexandria Addition Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2404109580021801 Assessment # 4010337830 Misc-7086

Sheldon Antwine Lots two (2) of Block “A” Broadway Subd #2 Bearing the municipal address of: 1108 Broadway, Alexandria Parcel ID# 2400501310000201 Assessment # 5010040700 Misc-7049

Edward Kelly Lot Eight (8) A and Pt Lot Eight (8), Block Four (4), Home Acres Subdivision Bearing the municipal address of Parcel ID# 2304104320006801 Assessment# 5010326000 Misc-7048

Henry Smith Jr. Lot Ten (10), Square Three (3) Samtown Subd. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2405608310003901 Assessment# 5010516000 Misc-7164

Neal Small Lot Four (4), Block Fifty-Six (56), S. A.

• L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630080901 Assessment # 5011261500 Misc – 7151 Page | 6

Esau Baldwin Lot Three (3), Square Fifty-Six, S. A. L. Co Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630080801 Assessment# 5010010250 Misc-7150

Jack R. Roy Lot Five (5), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A.

• L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630081001 Assessment# 5010468012 Misc-7158

Thurman Perry Lot Six (6), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A.

• L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630081101 Assessment# 5010420200 Misc – 7149 (Mr. Moreau)

5. Motion to authorize the purchase of twelve (12) used portable radios and accessories by Fire District No. 2, in the amount of $28,800.00, to be paid by Fire District funding, as recommended by the Fire Chief. (Mr. Overton)
6. Motion to amend a certain motion passed on April 10, 2025, to authorize Fire District No. 10 – Plainview VFD to piggyback on City of Alexandria Ordinance 109-2024, Contract No. 2480, to purchase a Dodge Durango, cost not to exceed $50,000.00, City of Alexandria has approved the request to piggyback on said contract, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Plainview Board of Directors. Motion passed by the Board on April 27, 2025. (Mr. Giles)

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7. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Public Works Asset/Inventory Program as it is no longer suitable for public use by this department. This equipment is to be placed for auction on Gov Deals.

Asset No. Description Disposal 10778 Excavator Auction (Mr. Giles)

8. Motion to award contract for Project No. 3389 – Buckeye Recreation Restroom Upgrades to the low bidder Bayou Rapides Corporation, in the amount of $191,420.00, as recommended by Fontenot & Associates, LLC and Buckeye Recreation Board of Directors, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)

9 Motion to award the contract for Project No. 3361 – Hay Lease Cutting to Landry Ducote, in the amount of $300.00 per year , for a period of three

• (3) years, beginning May 12, 2025 and ending May 11, 2028, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)

10. Motion to amend certain motion passed on March 10, 2025 to authorize the purchase of electric gate arms for Cotile Recreation Area and a credit card payment machine for collection of after -hours entrance fee, cost not to exceed $40,000.00, to be funded by Cotile Improvement Fund. (Mr. Bordelon)
11. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment:

Asset No. Description Serial Number Disposal 10721 Radio – Portable 205CMD0057 Broken 11478 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47097 Broken – will be replaced 11479 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47178 Broken – will be replaced 11480 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47468 Broken – will be replaced 11488 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47764 Broken – will be replaced 11489 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA44540 Broken – will be replaced 11490 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47134 Broken – will be replaced 11665 Computer 2CTYA54336 Broken – will be replaced Page | 8

11666 Computer 1LTYA33709 Broken – will be replaced 11667 Computer 1ITYA18107 Broken – will be replaced 11668 Computer 1ITYA17380 Broken – will be replaced 11669 Computer 1JTYA20952 Broken – will be replaced 11670 Computer 1ITYA18541 Broken – will be replaced 11671 Computer 1KTYA30714 Broken – will be replaced

(Mr. Moreau)

12. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 1 0 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment:

Asset No. Description Disposal 9081 Refrigerator Broken (Mr. Giles)

13. Motion to rescind a certain motion passed on March 10, 2025, to delete Asset No. 11428 - 2013 Kobelco SR140 Excavator and Asset No. 12348 – 2011 Ford F750 Dump Truck. The Public Works Department will place these two (2) pieces of equipment back in service. (Mr. Giles)
14. Motion to place a 1987 Chevy (VIN #1GCGD34J1HF305524) from Fire District No. 10 up of public auction, as recommended by the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10 Board of Directors. This equipment is to be placed for auction on Gov Deals. (Mr. Giles)

THESE ITEMS WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE

NOW ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT BY ROLL CALL

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PUBLIC WORKS, WATERSHED & AGRICULTURAL

AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 PARRISH W. GILES, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Public Works Director's Report.
3. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes on the construction of a building for the Public Works Department – Glenmora worksite, cost not to exceed $70,000.00, project to be funded by the Public Works Operating Fund. (Mr. Giles)
4. Motion to award a forty-eight -month lease for three (3) trackhoes from John Deere, total cost to lease the equipment is $6,015.00 per month and authorize the Parish President to sign any necessary documents. (Mr. Giles)
5. Discuss and approve the installation of fuel tanks for the Public Works Department at the Alexandria (8051 Highway 28 West) and Glenmora worksites. (Mr. Giles)

THESE ITEMS WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE

NOW ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT BY ROLL CALL

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

& GRANTS COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 RANDY WIGGINS, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion for the Workforce Operations Department to hire one (1) temporary part-time teacher, up to 32 hours per week, beginning May 13, 2025, until August 23, 2025, to facilitate the Summer Youth Employment Program, $25 hourly, to be paid out of WIOA funds. This instructor will also facilitate the academic component required by the program. (Mr. Wiggins)

THESE ITEMS WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE

NOW ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT BY ROLL CALL

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TOURISM AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 JAY SCOTT, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to approve the date change for CLEAN to host a boat racing event by Southern 3 Cylinder Outlaw Drag Club at Cotile Lake on June 28- 29, 2025, instead of June 7-8, 2025 as originally approved on September 10, 2024. Boat landing within the park to be closed on the event dates. (Mr. Bordelon)

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COURTHOUSE, COLISEUM AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 SEAN McGLOTHLIN, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Receive an update on the Courthouse & Coliseum. (Mr. McGlothlin)

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PAROCHIAL BOARD LIAISON

& MUNICIPAL LIAISON COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 RANDY HARRIS, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise to receive bids on the construction of Pickleball Courts at Ward 9 Recreation, as recommended by the Ward 9 Recreation Board of Directors and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Wiggins)
3. Motion to authorize entering into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of Pineville, Ward 9 Recreation and the Rapides Parish Police Jury for a joint project for the construction of Pickleball Courts at the Ward 9 Recreation, project to be funded by the City of Pineville and Ward 9 Recreation. (Mr. Wiggins)
4. Motion to accept the resignation of Ms. Alma Moore on the Housing Authority as tenant representative and appoint Ms. Keidra Smith to fill the unexpired term. Term will expire July 14, 2028. (Mr. Overton)

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PERSONNEL, ELECTIONS,

INSURANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 OLIVER “OLLIE” OVERTON, JR., CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to initiate the condemnation process of the following property and order the Parish Engineer of Record to inspect the properties and provide a report to the Jury: Property Locations: Ward 1, District F

Ward 1, District F (Mr. Overton)

3. Motion to request Rapides Parish Civil Service to conduct job evaluations for classified positions under Rapides Parish Civil Service in preparation for a compensation study. (Mr. Overton)

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AMBULANCE, FIRE, HEALTH & HOMELAND

SECURITY COMMITTEE

MAY 5, 2025 DANNY BORDELON, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for March 2025:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 629 80% 89.51% Pineville - 8 minute 223 80% 85.20% Rapides - 12 minute 278 80% 91.73% Rapides - 20 minute 170 80% 80.17% (Mr. Bordelon)

3. Motion to adopt and follow Louisiana Revised Statue 40:1566 as policy for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 6, authorizing the Chief Officer to investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring within its jurisdiction. (Mr. Smith)

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The Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, on Monday, May 12, 2025 , at three (3:00) o'clock p.m. (Central Standard Time).

There were present: Craig Smith , President and Police Jurors: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Randy Wiggins, Randy Harris, Danny Bordelon, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr., Parrish Giles and Jay Scott.

Absent: Sean McGlothlin.

Also present were: Ms. Theresa Pacholik, Secretary/Treasurer; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Mr. Cory Ashmore , Public Works Director; Ms. Sharon Neal, WOD/OEWD Director; Ms. Angie Branton, 911 Director; Ms. Sherry Ledington; Secretary Charlton Meginley, Department of Veterans Affairs ; Mr. Rhett Desselle; Chief David Corley; Judge Greg Beard; Judge Monique Rauls; Mr. Greg Pafford; Mr. Alex Pafford; Chief Sam Allen; and Mr. Greg Jones, Legal Counsel.

The invocation was given by Mr. Randy Harris.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Parrish Giles.

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.

Secretary Charlton Meginley, State of Louisiana Department of Veteran’s Affairs, thanked the Jury for the great working relationship and presented facts on the services offered to veterans in Rapides Parish.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Special Session on April 10, 2025 and Regular Session on April 14, 2025 , as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

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

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Vernon Creecy on the Communications District Board, representing Minority, for a four (4) year term. New term will expire June 8, 2029. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Jay Scott to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. John Turnage on the Communications District Board, representing Volunteer Fire Departments, for a four (4) year term. New term will expire June 8, 2029. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to waive the REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Emile Williams Jr. on the Gravity Drainage District No. 2 Board for a two (2) year term. New term will expire June 12, 2027. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Ronnie Venson on the Gravity Drainage District No. 2 Board for a two (2) year term. New term will expire June 12, 2027. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Jeff DeKeyzer on the Gravity Drainage District No. 2 Board for a four (4) year term. New term will expire June 12, 2029. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Michael Norwood on the Gravity Drainage District No. 2 Board for a four (4) year term. New term will expire June 12, 2029. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and reappoint Mr. Peter DeKeyzer on the Gravity Drainage District No. 2 Board for a four (4) year term. New term will expire June 12, 2029. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on May 5, 2025. The report contained budget to actual revenue and expenses for all funds and status of audit findings. On vote the motion carried.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: Pleasant Green Baptist Church FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $1,168.29 CASH

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

Lots One (1) and Two (2) of subd of lot Forty-Six (46) Leland College Subdivision

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2) OF SUBD OF LOT FORTY-SIX (46) LELAND COLLEGE SUBDIVISION REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

PARCEL ID# 2400305745000101

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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 purchase said property for the consideration of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND 29/100 ($1,168.29) Dollars 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 whose current mailing address is 286 Willow Glenn Road, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1.

Lots One (1) and Two (2) of subd of lot Forty-Six (46) Leland College Subdivision

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: L OTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2) OF SUBD OF LOT FORTY-SIX (46) LELAND COLLEGE SUBDIVISION

PARCEL ID# 2400305745000101

Postal Address:

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 i nterest in the property, or who have filed a request for notice as indicated in those records and has so examined:

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· 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 maintai ned by the purchaser as indicia of compliance with the notice requirements;

Section 4. The acquiring person shall send written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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 done 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 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 REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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 done 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 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 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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably 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, ma 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 property was obtained, REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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 of which the purchaser or done 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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa 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 damages 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 t he recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12 th day of May, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: Lee Hamilton FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $3,800.00 CASH

WHEREAS, the City of Alexandria and/or the City of Pineville and/or Parish of REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

Rapides owns property described as follows:

Lot Nine (9), Square Five (5) of S. A. L. Co. Addition less rear Fifty (50) feet of Lot Nine (9)

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Nine (9), Square Five (5) of

• S. A. L. Co. Addition less rear Fifty (50) feet of Lot Nine (9)

PARCEL ID# 2400708630003601

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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 Lee Hamelton purchase said property for the consideration of THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND ZERO CENTS ($3,800.00) Dollars 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 Lee Hamilton whose current mailing address is P. O. Box 13432 Alexandria, LA 71315 and physical address is 1417

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

Section 1.

Lot Nine (9), Square Five (5) of S. A. L. Co. Addition less rear Fifty (50) feet of Lot Nine (9)

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Nine (9), Square Five (5) of

• S. A. L. Co. Addition less rear Fifty (50) feet of Lot Nine (9)

PARCEL ID# 2400708630003601

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Postal Address:

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 i nterest 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 written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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 done 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 this Subsection.
• (b) The filing of the sale or donation transferring the property. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025
• (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 Ac t of Donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President that purchaser or done 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 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 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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably 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. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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, ma 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 property 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 of which the purchaser or done 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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa 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 damages 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 because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

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THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of May, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins, the following ordinance was presented and unanimously adopted:

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: New Scott Olly Baptist Church FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $1,501.73 CASH

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

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Three (3), Square One (1) Silver City Subdivision

PARCEL ID# 2400408510000301

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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 New Scott Olly Baptist Church purchase said property for the consideration of ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ONE DOLLAR AND 73/100 ($1,501.73) Dollars 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 New Scott Olly Baptist Church whose current mailing address is 2627 Willow Glen Road, Alexandria, LA 71302, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. Lot Three (3), Square One (1) Silver City Subdivision

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Three (3), Square One (1) Silver City Subdivision

PARCEL ID# 2400408510000301

Postal Address:

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 i nterest 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 written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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).

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the successful bidder or done 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 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 done 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 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 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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.

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• (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, ma 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 property 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 of which the purchaser or done 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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa 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.

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• (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 damages 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 t he recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12 th day of May, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: Lee Hamilton FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $3,800.00 CASH

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

Lot Ten (10) of Square Five (5) S. A. L. Co.

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Ten (10) of Square Five (5)

• S. A. L. Co

PARCEL ID# 2400708630003701

Postal Address:

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 Lee Hamilton purchase said property for the consideration of THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND ZERO CENTS ($3,800.00) Dollars 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,

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WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above -mentioned property to Lee Hamilton whose current mailing address is P. O. Box 13432, Alexandria, LA 71315 and physical address of 1417

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

Section 1. Lot Ten (10) of Square Five (5) S. A. L. Co.

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Ten (10) of Square Five (5)

• S. A. L. Co

PARCEL ID# 2400708630003701

Postal Address:

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 i nterest 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 written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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:

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• (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 done 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 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 Ac t of Donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President that purchaser or done 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 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 said property.

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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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably 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, ma 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 property 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 of which the purchaser or done 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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.

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• (d) With respect toa 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 damages 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 t he recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12 th day of May, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: Kevrick Davis FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $666.66 CASH

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

Lot G and A of the Re-Subdivision of Lot Four (4), Block One (1), Shell Road Subd

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot G and A of the Re - Subdivision of Lot Four (4), Block One (1), Shell Road Subd

PARCEL ID# 2304408440002101

Postal Address: REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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 Kevrick Davis purchase said property for the consideration of SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX DOLLARS AND 66/100 CENTS ($666.66) Dollars 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 Kevrick Davis whose current mailing address is 26 Mary Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1.

Lot G and A of the Re-Subdivision of Lot Four (4), Block One (1), Shell Road Subd

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot G and A of the Re - Subdivision of Lot Four (4), Block One (1), Shell Road Subd

PARCEL ID# 2304408440002101

Postal Address:

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 i nterest in the property, or who have filed a request for notice as indicated in those records and has so examined:

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

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Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit 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 written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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 done 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 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 Ac t of Donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President that purchaser or done has complied with the mandates of REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

this Ordinance. The sale price shall be paid by cashier’s check or money order at the time of 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 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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably 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, ma 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 property 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 of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa 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 damages 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 t he recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of May, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: Kevrick Davis FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $666.66 CASH

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

Lot “B” of Lot Four (4) Square 1, Shell Road Subdivision

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot “B” of Lot Four (4) Square 1 Shell Road Subdivision

PARCEL ID# 230448440001701

Postal Address:

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 Kevrick Davis purchase said property for the consideration of SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX DOLLARS AND 66/100 CENTS ($666.66) Dollars 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 Kevrick Davis whose current mailing address is 26 Mary Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1.

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot “B” of Lot Four (4) Square 1 Shell Road

PARCEL ID# 230448440001701 Postal Address:

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 REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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 written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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 done 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 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. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

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 Ac t of Donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President that purchaser or done 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 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 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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably 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, REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

ma 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 property 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 of which the purchaser or done 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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa 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 damages 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 t he recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12 th day of May, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: Lucindy Alexander REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $3,333.33 CASH

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

Lot Three (3), Square Six (6) Willow Glen Plantation Subd.

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Three (3), Square Six ( 6) Willow Glen Plantation Subd.

PARCEL ID# 2304109855006901

Postal Address:

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 Lucindy Alexander purchase said property for the consideration of THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 33/100 CENTS ($3,333.33) Dollar’s 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 Lucindy Alexander whose current mailing consideration.

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

Section 1. Lot Three (3), Square Six (6) Willow Glen Plantation Subd.

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO BELONGING, BEING, LYING AND SITUATED IN ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBER AS FOLLOWS: Lot Three (3), Square Six (6) Willow Glen Plantation Subd.

PARCEL ID# 2304109855006901 REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

Postal Address:

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 i nterest 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 written notice notifying any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or done 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 done 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 this Subsection.

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• (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 Ac t of Donation until the District Attorney’s office has certified in writing to the President that purchaser or done 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 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 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 exhibitory defects or vices and the warranty that the thing sold is reasonably 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.

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• (c) The writing constituting the sale shall be in the form as provided in R.S. 47:2207 B. and the writing constituting the donation shall be that which is included in R.S. 47:2207 C.

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

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

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, ma 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 property 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 of which the purchaser or done 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, an d of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa 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 damages 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 t he recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12 th day of May, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to approve the Intent to Sell for the following Abandoned/Adjudicated Property: Tax Debtor Description Larwood Properties Lot Nine (9), Square Twenty (20), West Alexandria Addition Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2404109580021801 Assessment # 4010337830 Misc-7086

Sheldon Antwine Lots two (2) of Block “A” Broadway Subd #2 Bearing the municipal address of: 1108 Broadway, Alexandria Parcel ID# 2400501310000201 Assessment # 5010040700 Misc-7049

Edward Kelly Lot Eight (8) A and Pt Lot Eight (8), Block Four (4), Home Acres Subdivision Bearing the municipal address of Parcel ID# 2304104320006801 Assessment# 5010326000 Misc-7048

Henry Smith Jr. Lot Ten (10), Square Three (3) Samtown Subd. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2405608310003901 Assessment# 5010516000 Misc-7164

Neal Small Lot Four (4), Block Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630080901 Assessment # 5011261500 Misc – 7151 Esau Baldwin Lot Three (3), Square Fifty-Six, S. A. L. Co Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630080801 REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

Assessment# 5010010250 Misc-7150

Jack R. Roy Lot Five (5), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630081001 Assessment# 5010468012 Misc-7158

Thurman Perry Lot Six (6), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID# 2400708630081101 Assessment# 5010420200, Misc – 7149 On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to authorize the purchase of twelve (12) used portable radios and accessories by Fire District No. 2, in the amount of $28,800.00, to be paid by Fire District funding, as recommended by the Fire Chief. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to amend a certain motion passed on April 10, 2025, to authorize Fire District No. 10 – Plainview VFD to piggyback on City of Alexandria Ordinance 109 -2024, Contract No. 2480, to purchase a Dodge Durango, cost not to exceed $50,000.00, City of Alexandria has approved the request to piggyback on said contract, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Plainview Board of Directors. Motion passed by the Board on April 27, 2025. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Jay Scott to delete from the Rapides Parish Public Works Asset/Inventory Program as it is no longer suitable for public use by this department. This equipment is to be placed for auction on Gov Deals. Asset No. Description Disposal 10778 Excavator Auction On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to award contract for Project No. 3389 – Buckeye Recreation Restroom Upgrades to the low bidder Bayou Rapides Corporation, in the amount of $191,420.00, as recommended by Fontenot & Associates, LLC and Buckeye Recreation Board of Directors, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to award the contract for Project No. 3361 – Hay Lease Cutting to Landry Ducote, in the amount of $300.00 per year, for a period of three (3) years, beginning May 12, 2025 and ending May 11, 2028, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

On m otion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to amend certain motion passed on March 10, 2025 to authorize the purchase of electric gate arms for Cotile Recreation Area and a credit card payment machine for collection of after-hours entrance fee, cost not to exceed $40,000.00, to be funded by Cotile Improvement Fund. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Jay Scott, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment: Asset No. Description Serial Number Disposal 10721 Radio – Portable 205CMD0057 Broken 11478 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47097 Broken – will be replaced 11479 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47178 Broken – will be replaced 11480 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47468 Broken – will be replaced 11488 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47764 Broken – will be replaced 11489 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA44540 Broken – will be replaced 11490 Laptop – Notebook 2BTYA47134 Broken – will be replaced 11665 Computer 2CTYA54336 Broken – will be replaced 11666 Computer 1LTYA33709 Broken – will be replaced 11667 Computer 1ITYA18107 Broken – will be replaced 11668 Computer 1ITYA17380 Broken – will be replaced 11669 Computer 1JTYA20952 Broken – will be replaced 11670 Computer 1ITYA18541 Broken – will be replaced 11671 Computer 1KTYA30714 Broken – will be replaced On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment: Asset No. Description Disposal 9081 Refrigerator Broken On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to rescind a certain motion passed on March 10, 2025, to delete Asset No. 11428 - 2013 Kobelco SR140 Excavator and Asset No. 12348 – 2011 Ford F750 Dump Truck. The Public Works Department will place these two (2) pieces of equipment back in service. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Jay Scott to place a 1987 Chevy (VIN #1GCGD34J1HF305524) from Fire District No. 10 up for public auction, as recommended by the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10 Board of Directors. This equipment is to be placed for auction on Gov Deals. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes on the construction of a building for the Public Works Department – Glenmora worksite, cost not to exceed $70,000.00, project to be funded by the Public Works Operating Fund. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to award a fortyeight (48) month lease for three (3) trackhoes from John Deere, total cost to lease the equipment is $6,015.00 per month and authorize the Parish President to sign any necessary documents. Discussion ensued. REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

On amended motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to award a forty-eight (48) month lease for three (3) trackhoes from John Deere, total cost to lease the equipment is $6, 600.00 per month and authorize the Parish President to sign any necessary documents. On vote the amended motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon for the Workforce Operations Department to hire one (1) temporary part-time teacher, up to 32 hours per week, beginning May 13, 2025, until August 23, 2025, to facilitate the Summer Youth Employment Program, $25 hourly, to be paid out of WIOA funds. This instructor will also facilitate the academic component required by the program. On vote the motion carried.

OMIT motion to approve the date change for CLEAN to host a boat racing event by Southern 3 Cylinder Outlaw Drag Club at Cotile Lake on June 28-29, 2025, instead of June 7-8, 2025 as originally approved on September 10, 2024. Boat landing within the park to be closed on the event dates. Dates should be June 7 – 8, misunderstanding between CLEAN and Southern 3.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise to receive bids on the construction of Pickleball Courts at Ward 9 Recreation, as recommended by the Ward 9 Recreation Board of Directors and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize entering into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of Pineville, Ward 9 Recreation and the Rapides Parish Police Jury for a joint project for the construction of Pickleball Courts at the Ward 9 Recreation, project to be funded by the City of Pineville and Ward 9 Recreation. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to accept the resignation of Ms. Alma Moore on the Housing Authority as tenant representative and appoint Ms. Keidra Smith to fill the unexpired term. Term will expire July 14, 2028. Send a thank you letter to Ms. Moore for her service. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to initiate the condemnation process of the following property and order the Parish Engineer of Record to inspect the properties and provide a report to the Jury: Property Locations: Ward 1, District F

Ward 1, District F On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Jay Scott to request Rapides Parish Civil Service to conduct job evaluations for classified positions under Rapides Parish REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

Civil Service in preparation for a compensation study. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for March 2025:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 629 80% 89.51% Pineville - 8 minute 223 80% 85.20% Rapides - 12 minute 278 80% 91.73% Rapides - 20 minute 170 80% 80.17% On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Jay Scott, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to adopt and follow Louisiana Revised Statue 40:1566 as policy for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 6, authorizing the Chief Officer to investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring within its jurisdiction. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton the following item(s) were placed on the Jury meeting after the agenda was posted and are now being added in compliance with the Public Meetings Law and are confirmed as having been added to the agenda by unanimous vote:

YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Bubba Moreau, Ollie Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris, Parrish Giles, and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 8-0.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Jay Scott the following proclamation was unanimously adopted:

EMS PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury does hereby designate the Week of May 18-24, 2025, as Emergency Medical Services Week (EMS Week).

WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services is a vital public service; and

WHEREAS, the members of Emergency Medical Services teams are ready to provide lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and

WHEREAS, access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury; and

WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services fill healthcare gaps by providing important, out of hospital care, including preventative medicine, follow-up care, and access to telemedicine; and

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WHEREAS, the Emergency Medical Services system consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police officers, educators, administrators, pre -hospital nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, trained members of the public, and other out of hospital medical care providers; and

WHEREAS, the members of Emergency Medical Services teams, whether career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the value and the accomplishments of Emergency Medical Services providers by designating the Emergency Medical Services Week; now

THEREFORE, The Rapides Parish Police Jury in recognition of this event do hereby proclaim the week of May 18 - 24, 2025, as

“EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK”

Presented this 12 th day of May, 2025 to MedExpress, Pafford EMS, and Acadian Ambulance.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to approve the revised job description for the permanent Rapides Parish Civil Service, Office of Economic and Workforce Development MIS Manager position, to incorporate previously assigned duties from the Office Manager role; authorize the adjustment of the MIS Manager classification from Grade 19 to Grade 20 in the pay scale; and approve the revision of the position qualifications to require either a bachelor’s degree OR high school diploma and five years of experience in related field. Funding for this position will be paid out of WIOA funds. Authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau to receive report from the Engineer and set a public hearing for June 9, 2025, on proposed condemnation 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

Bakies Properties, LLC Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated P.O. Box 13313 structure located at 4907 Shreveport Section 26, 05N-01W, Ward 10, Rapides Parish

Discussion ensued.

Mr. Rhett Desselle presented the Engineer’s report, and it is the recommendation of the Engineer to proceed with condemnation address listed above. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to adopt a REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

resolution to allow Capital Area Finance Authority (CAFA) to offer a bond program in addition to their current grant programs to citizens looking to purchase homes in Rapides Parish. CAFA is a Local Housing Finance Agency, not a state agency and has a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Rapides Finance Authority. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to declare public emergency at the Parish Courthouse Jail due to water intrusion into the jail facilities and to authorize the Parish Engineer to negotiate contracts with contractors, as necessary, to expeditiously move forward with waterproofing of exterior walls at the recreation area and the roofing system in the area of the recreation area to eliminate rainwater intrusion into jail security areas, offices, and mechanical rooms; which water intrusion is threatening the operational safety of the jail and is a threat to the health and safety to both jail staff and inmates. Discussion ensued. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Jay Scott, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to award proposal for electrical upgrades for Project No. 3350 – Public Records Storage Building (former Bumper to Bumper Building) to Gunn Electric Company, in the amount of $24,878.00, as recommended by the Project Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC., project to be funded under ARPA/LATCF funds and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to authorize the President to sign and approve Revision No. 1 to the contract between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) for the PY24/FY25 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Program for the amount of $110, 751.50 of Dislocated Worker Program Funds to transfer to FY25 Adult Program funds and authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. The revision does not change the total contract amount. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles the following ordinance was adopted:

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT CHAPTER 6 – ANIMAL AND FOWL, ARTICLE V . – BEA VER CONTROL, SECTION 6 -131. – BEA VER CONTROL PROGRAM

Article V . – BEA VER CONTROL

Sec. 6-131. – Beaver control program. …

• (b) (4) Only beavers taken legally by a registered licensed trapper in areas designated by the parish public works director during the period set by the parish public works director shall be paid the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) fifty dollars ($50.00) per tail. …
• (c) Prior to payment of the beaver bounty, the trapper and landowner shall execute the following document, and the original signed document must be sent in for processing of payment, along with a date stamped picture of beaver tails. Photo to be taken by the Public Works Director or Highway Superintendent: "BEA VER BOUNTY RECEIPT/RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

Trapper's Name Address Phone License/Permit No. Number of Tails Location where Trapped Property Owner Address Phone

The undersigned affirm that this information is true and correct and I/we certify that the beaver(s) were trapped in compliance with the laws of the State of Louisiana and the ordinances of the Parish of Rapides, this _____ day of ___, 20. Signature of Trapper and Printed Name Signature of Landowner and Printed Name Amount of Bounty Approved Date of Approval Signature of Public Works Director or Highway Superintendent"

BE IT ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury in Regular Session convened on this 12 th day of May, 2025, that Section 6- 131 of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended and reenacted.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION BY

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury received the following Bids on Thursday, May 8, 2025 for RPPJ District F Old River Road Over Persimmon Bayou Cross Drain Replacement.

CONTRACTOR BASE BID

1. River Runs Dirt Service, LLC $42,735.00
2. Lowes Construction, LLC $46,984.00
3. Descant's Excavating & Construction Services, LLC $48,300.00
4. Clark Land Development, LLC $70,000.00
5. TL Construction, LLC $72,400.00 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 construction project is hereby awarded to River Runs Dirt Service, LLC, the low Bidder, for the Base Bid in the amount of $42,735.00.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is hereby authorized to execute contracts, change orders and other documents related to the project between the REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

Rapides Parish Police Jury and the successful Bidder.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 12th day of May, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 5 to purchase 5.00 acres of land from Martin Timberlands, LLC, property located at 0 Highway 121, Hineston, Louisiana, purchase price of $25,000.00, as recommended by the Oakhill Fire Department Board of Directors and Fire Chief, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Jay Scott, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau 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, 2025 to December 31, 2025 to provide support to the local Veterans’ Service Office, cost of $44,842.00, as recommended by the Treasurer and authorize the President to sign same. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to authorize the President to execute Change Order No. 4 for Work Order No. 6 – Courthouse Restroom Renovations under ARPA Grant, for the amount of $86,433.00 as recommended by the Project Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris the following resolution was presented and unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION

BY

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury has been informed that the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, CDBG Section will be accepting applications for FY 2026/2027 Louisiana Community Development Block Grants; and,

WHEREAS, the Parish has held a public hearing to provide information on the application process and to obtain public input on potential projects;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President is hereby authorized to submit an LCDBG application for Street Improvements including all understandings and assurances contained therein, and is directed and authorized to act as the official representative of the Rapides Parish Police Jury in connection with the application and to provide such additional information as may be required.

Passed, approved and adopted this 12 th day of May, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton the following resolution was presented and unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION

BY

REGULAR MEETING

MAY 12, 2025

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury intends to submit an FY 2026/2027 Application for funding under the LCDBG Program for Public Facilities; and,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jury hereby commits a sum, not to exceed $50,000, for technical assistance, administration and grant application fees, if funded; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Pan American Engineers, LLC is hereby selected to provide the required technical assistance, administration and grant application services for fees in accordance with LCDBG guidelines; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is hereby directed to include a copy of this resolution in the project file related to the LCDBG application to serve as documentation as to the Parish’s commitment to obligate itself to pay for all technical assistance, administration and grant application services, etc. utilizing local funds, when and if the LCDBG Grant Application is awarded.

Passed, approved and adopted this 12 th day of May, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton the following resolution was presented and unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION

BY

THE PRESIDENT AND JURY

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury intends to submit an FY 2026/2027 Application for funding under the LCDBG Program for Public Facilities; and,

WHEREAS, the LCDBG regulations provide that the “cost effectiveness” ranking item can be improved if an applicant agrees to pay for all related non -construction fees; including topographical surveys, geotechnical investigations, engineering services, observation of construction, etc.; and,

WHEREAS, because of the competitive nature of the LCDBG Program, it is believed that, as a strategy to improve the Jury’s rating for Rapides funds, it is advisable to make the financial commitment to locally provide the funds for these costs and thereby utilizing LCDBG Rapides funds, if awarded, only for construction costs; and,

WHEREAS, it is estimated that the expenses that are non-construction and related to the technical services required for a LCDBG Rapides would total approximately 15% of the amount of Rapides funds awarded; excluding Rapides administration and technical ass istance services, which are considered as a separate category in the LCDBG Program.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Jury hereby obligates and commits, as part of the LCDBG application process, to pay for engineering, observation of construction, topographic survey, geotechnical investigations, and REGULAR MEETING MAY 12, 2025

miscellaneous related costs, all in an effort to raise the competitiveness of the Jury’s LCDBG application by improving the Application’s cost effectiveness; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Pan American Engineers, LLC is hereby selected to provide the required engineering services for fees in accordance with LCDBG guidelines; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is hereby directed to include a copy of this resolution in the project file related to the LCDBG application to serve as documentation as to the Jury’s commitment to obligate itself to pay for all related non-construction fees; including topographical surveys, geotechnical investigations, engineering services, observation of construction, etc. utilizing local funds, when and if the LCDBG Rapides Application is awarded.

Passed, approved and adopted this 12 th day of May, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Jay Scott, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to receive and approve recommended Sole Provider Ambulance Contract language provisions from the Ambulance Advisory Board for the Sole Provider Contract awarded to Pafford EMS by majority vote on April 10, 2025, for signing by the President. Discussion ensued. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to remove Ryan E. Spiller as Ex -officio Notary from Rapides Fire District No. 2 and appoint Austin Vidrine, as recommended by Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Fire Chief. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to adopt a resolution in support of HLS25RS -199; House Concurrent Resolution No. 11 and send a copy of the Resolution to the local delegation. On vote the motion carried.

There being no further business, motion by Mr. Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton the meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.