Rapides Parish Police Jury

Posted July 3, 2025 12:15 pm

REGULAR SESSION

JULY 7, 2025 3:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

JURORS COMMENTS

Recognize and receive the annual report from Allison Elnaggar, LSU Ag Center.

1. Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on June 9, 2025 as published in the Official Journal.
2. Motion that approved bills be paid.
3. Motion to Open for Public Auction and record Ordinance of Sale for the following Abandoned/Adjudicated Properties as presented by private attorney: Tax Debtor Description Larwood Properties Lot Nine (9), Square Twenty (20), West Alexandria Addition Bearing the municipal Parcel ID No. 2404109580021801 Assessment No. 4010337830 Misc-7086

Sheldon Antwine Lots Three (3) and Four (4), Square “A” Broadway Subd No.2 Bearing the municipal address of: 1108 Broadway, Alexandria Parcel ID No. 2400501310000201 Assessment No. 5010040700 Misc-7049

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Edward Kelly Lot Eight (8) A and Part of Lot Eight (8), Block Four (4), Home Acres Subdivision Bearing the municipal address of 3215 Hudson Road, Alexandria Parcel ID No. 2304104320006801 Assessment No. 5010326000 Misc-7048

Henry Smith Jr. Lot Ten (10), Square Three (3) Samtown Subd. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID No. 2405608310003901 Assessment No. 5010516000 Misc-7164

Neal Small Lot Four (4), Block Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID No. 2400708630080901 Assessment No. 5011261500 Misc – 7151

Esau Baldwin Lot Three (3), Square Fifty-Six, S. A. L. Co Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID No. 2400708630080801 Assessment No. 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 No. 2400708630081001 Assessment No. 5010468012 Misc-7158

Thurman Perry Lot Six (6), Square Fifty-Six (56), S. A. L. Co. Addn. Bearing the municipal address of: Parcel ID No. 2400708630081101 Assessment No. 5010420200 Misc – 7149 (Mr. Moreau)

APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

***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. ***Brandon Lee Blaney to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) year term. Term expired November 10, 2023. ***Lance Speer to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) year term. Term REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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expired April 12, 2025. ***Les West on the Waterworks District 11A Board for a five (5) year term. Term will expire July 12, 2025.

4. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on June 9, 2025 and July 1, 2025. (Finance 07/01)
5. Motion to open a Public Hearing to discuss and take action to accept or deny the Industrial Tax Exemption Application: Plastipak Packaging, Inc., Industrial Tax Exemption Application No.20230163-ITE. (Finance 07/01)
6. Motion to open a Public Hearing to discuss and take action to accept or deny the Industrial Tax Exemption Application: Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, Industrial Tax Exemption Application No.20220075-B-ITE. (Finance 07/01)
7. Motion to reenact Chapter 23 – Taxation and License; Article III – Sales and Use Tax; Division 4 – Collection of tax by dealer, Section 23 -28 (4.10) – Compensation of dealers for accounting for and remitting tax ordinance that was adopted December 11, 2000, as recommended by the Sales Tax Administrator. (Finance 07/01)
8. Motion to authorize a lease agreement for one (1) Ford Explorer thru Enterprise Fleet Management for use by the Sales and Use Tax Department and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents, as recommended by the Sales Tax Administrator. (Finance 07/01)
9. Motion to authorize the transfer of responsibility of Asset No. 12881 – 2021 Ford Explorer, from Sales & Use Tax Department to the Office of Economic Workforce and Development, as recommended by the Sales Tax Administrator and OEWD Executive Director. (Finance 07/01)

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10. Motion to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 17 Asset/Inventory Listing the following equipment due to it no longer being suitable for public use and recommended by motion passed on June 3, 2025 by the Forest Hill Fire Department Board of Directors:

Asset No. Description Method of Disposal 12862 2007 Ferrara Engine public bid/where is/as is VIN No. 1F94042277H140505 (Finance 07/01)

11. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise to receive bids for Various Road Materials and award to the lowest bidder, to be paid from various funds, as recommended by the Public Works Director. (Public Works 07/01)
12. Motion to adopt an ordinance to change speed limit on E. Deville Road, Ward 11, District C from 35 mph to 20 mph, and authorize the Public Works Department to erect speed limit signs. (Public Works 07/01)
13. Motion to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise and receive bids for Cheneyville-Echo Road, to be paid out of Road District 3A, District H, cost not to exceed $1,250,000.00 (Public Works 07/01)
14. Motion to approve the transfer of responsibility of Asset No. 12990, Lazer E Series Mower; SN 411492592 from Cotile Recreation to Public Works Department, as recommended by the Public Works Director. (Public Works 07/01)
15. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for overlay on Sandy Lane, to be paid out of Road District 2C, District H, cost not to $160,000.00. (Public Works 07/01)
16. Motion to accept Project No. 3336 – Downs Lane Rehabilitation as “Substantially Complete” with exception of punch list items and authorize the Parish President to sign the Substantial Completion certificate, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Public Works 07/01)

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17. Motion to award to the lowest bidder for Project No. 3378 – ID/IQ Roadside Open Ditch and Culvert Maintenance – 2025, to the lowest bidder, Descant Excavating & Construction Services, LLC and to the second lowest bidder, Maverick Construction. (Public Works 07/01)
18. Motion to authorize Pan American Engineers to survey the unused portion of the rear section of tract area of Parish Library Branch located at Provine Place for possibility to explore options available with said portion of the tract. (Courthouse, Coliseum & Legal 07/01)
19. Motion to waive the thirty (30) day announcement rule and appoint Dr. Robert Wright , nominee by LSUA, to serve on the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term. New Term will expire July 29, 2028. (Parochial & Municipal Liaison 07/01)
20. Motion to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 2 employees effective July 27, 2025, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 2 funds. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)
21. Motion to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 employees effective July 27, 2025, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)
22. Motion to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 employees effective July 27, 2025, as recommended by Holiday Village Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 4 funds. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)
23. Motion to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 7 employees effective July 27, 2025, as recommended by Ruby Kolin Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 7 funds. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)

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24. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 425 Wilson Road, Alexandria, LA , OWNER: Fernandez Limited Partnership, Danny Fernandez, and authorize legal counsel to invoice the property owner for cost of cleanup. Public Works Department to complete the job if a contractor is unable to complete the job in a timely manner or if it is cost prohibitive. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)
25. Motion to approve the creation of a Mechanic position for Rapides Parish Fire District No.10, not exceed thirty-two (32) hours per week, rate of pay is set at $10.50 per hour, as recommended by the Plainview Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors and motion passed on June 8, 2025 by the Board. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)
26. Motion to grant a forty-five (45) day extension to the purchaser of property located at 1411 Singer Drive (LA 623 -old Maxey property), to clear the condemnation off the property. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)
27. Motion to amend a certain motion passed on June 9, 2025 to adopt the following salary pay plan to increase the hourly base rate of pay by 4%, for Fire District No. 6 – Deville VFD and allocate the increase to current employees, effective April 24, 2025, as approved by the Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board and recommend by the Fire Chief.

(Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)

28. Motion to amend a certain motion passed on June 9, 2025 to approve an increase in salary for working a twelve (12) hour shift for the Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief for Fire District No. 6 – Deville, as approved by Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board on May 22, 2025. The Fire Chief will receive $194.28 for each twelve (12) hour shift worked and the Assistant Chief will receive $168.72 for each twelve (12) hour shift worked. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01) Firefighter 1/EMT-P $17.31 Firefighter 1/Advance $16.22 Firefighter 1/EMT-B $15.14 Firefighter 1/EMR $14.06 EMR/EMT acquiring Firefighter 1 $13.52 Additional Certifications Firefighter 2/Instructor 1 $0.50 Driver Operator $0.50 Officer 1 $0.50 REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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29. Motion to set a public hearing for August 11, 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

Shirley Johnson LOT 76, SHERWOOD PARK No.3 (PB 7000 Hwy 1 N. 12-234)(CB 829-742 LIPSEY)(CB SALE) (CB 2037 -067 2015 3RD PARTY PARISH TAX SALE) (CB 2119 -913 2018 3RD PARTY PARISH TAX SALE) PARCEL I.D. No. 23-23-8490-76

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION &

SERVICE REPORT

Curtisteen T. Matthews, Et Al ---LOT 9, GREENWAY PARK ---(CB Ward 1, District F WEATHERFORD)(CB 1945 -74 JOP: A. MATTHEWS) (CB 2090 -628 2017 PARISH ADJUDICATION) PARCEL I.D. No. 23-23-3690-9 (2405 DOGWOOD LANE)

(Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 07/01)

30. Motion to receive the required report from Acadian Ambulance under the Contract for May 2025:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 563 80% 92.83% Pineville - 8 minute 221 80% 87.33% Rapides - 12 minute 251 80% 94.82% Rapides - 20 minute 143 80% 83.92%

(Ambulance, Fire, Health 07/01)

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ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE

OF THE JURY BUT WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA

AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEETING IN COMPLIANCE

WITH THE PUBLIC MEETINGS LAW AND ARE NOW

CONFIRMED AS HAVING BEEN INCLUDED IN THE

PUBLISHED AGENDA BY 2/3RD VOTE

31. Motion to authorize the President to execute a Change Order with ENFRA MCC, LLC (formerly Bernhard MCC, LLC) for the Courthouse HVAC Air Quality Improvements at the Rapides Parish Courthouse in an amount not - to-exceed $185,000 for the installation of a new transformer, structural rack, temporary generator and miscellaneous work elements and modifications to accommodate the installation; with funding approved under the American Rescue Plan Act Final Rule Funding Plan. (Mr. Smith)
32. Motion to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14 to submit application for the 202 5 Forestry Grant not to exceed $ 8,500.00, as requested by the Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department Board and Fire Chief and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Giles)
33. Notice is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Louisiana, the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, plans to consider adopting a resolution ordering and calling special elections to be held in (i) Fire Protection District No. 14 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana and (ii) Fire Protection District No. 16 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, to authorize the levy of ad valorem taxes therein. (Mr. Smith)
34. Motion to delete the following assets from Rapides Parish Fire District No. 7 – Ruby/Kolin and authorize the donation of the asset to the Winnsboro Fire Department and recommended by the Fire Chief and motion passed on June 23, 2025 by the Ruby/Kolin Fire Department Board of Directors.

Asset Number Description Disposal 12374 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12375 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12376 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12378 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12379 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation (Mr. Smith)

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35. Motion to accept Project No. 33 91 – Old River Road at Persimmon Bayou Cross Drain Replacement as “Substantially Complete” with exception of punch list items and authorize the Parish President to sign the Substantial Completion certificate, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Mr. Overton)
36. Motion to delete the following asset from the Transportation Grant Asset Inventory listing, as recommended by the Rapides Parish Senior Citizens Center.

Asset Number Description Disposal 12094 2017 Van Auction VIN No. 2C7WDGBG1HR562875 (Mr. Smith)

37. Motion to grant a 2% pay rate increase for one (1) full time firefighter at Rapides Parish Fire District No. 7 who does not meet the requirements for the state mandated annual 2% pay increase, as requested by the Ruby Kolin Volunteer Fire Department Board and Fire Chief , motion passed by the board on July 2, 2025. (Mr. Smith)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE

OF THE JURY AND WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA

BUT ARE NOW ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

ADJOURNMENT

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

The Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, on Monday, July 7 , 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., and Jay Scott.

Absent: Sean McGlothlin and Parrish Giles.

Also present were: Ms. Theresa Pacholik, Secretary/Treasurer; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Mr. Cory Ashmore, Public Works Director; Ms. Angie Branton, 911 Director; Ms. Debra Wess; Ms. Linda Sanders; Mr. Rhett Desselle; Ms. Jessica Trichel ; Mayor David Butler; Sen. Jay Luneau; Ms. Allison Elnaggar; Mr. Bob Bussey; Ms. Marla West; Mr. Kevin Hood, Proctor & Gamble; Ms. Michelle Johnson, Plastipak; and Mr. Greg Jones, Legal Counsel.

The invocation was given by Mr. Ollie Overton.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Jay Scott.

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.

Ms. Allison Elnaggar with LSU Ag Center presented the annual report.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on June 9 , 2025 as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

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

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: ANGELA BROWN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $316.67 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel or track of land, together will all building and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Lot Nine (9) of Square Twenty (20) of the West Alexandria Addition to the City of Alexandria, said lot having a front of Fifty -Five (55) feet on Monroe Street and extending back between parallel lines, one of which is 16th Street, a distance of One Hundred Eleven and 16/100 (111.16’) feet bounded one side by Lot Ten (10) of said Square twenty (20) and bounded in the rear by Lot Eight (8) of said Square Twenty (20) and bounded on the other side by the said 16th Street; all as is more particularly on a Plat of Survey by Meeker Engineering Company dated May 17th, 1946 attached to a deed from Carlton L. Allen and Champ L. Baker, recorded in Conveyance Book 383, Page 533 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

PARCEL ID No. 2404109580021801 ASSESSMENT No. 4010337830 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 Angela Brown to purchase property for the consideration of Three Hundred and Sixteen Dollars and 67/100 ($316.67) 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 Angela Brown whose current mailing address is 404 23rd 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 track of land, together will all building and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Lot Nine (9) of Square Twenty (20) of the West Alexandria Addition to the City of Alexandria, said lot having a front of Fifty -Five (55) feet on Monroe Street and extending back between parallel lines, one of which is 16th Street, a distance of One Hundred Eleven and 16/100 (111.16’) feet bounded one side by Lot Ten (10) of said Square twenty (20) and bounded in the rear by Lot Eight (8) of said Square Twenty (20) and bounded on the other side by the said 16th Street; all as is more particularly on a Plat of Survey by Meeker Engineering Company dated May 17th, 1946 attached to a deed from Carlton L. Allen and Champ L. Baker, recorded in Conveyance Book 383, Page 533 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

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

Section 2. The acquiring person shall certify, in writing, to the Purchasing Department that he/she or his/her agent has searched for all names and last known addresses of all owners, mortgages, and any other person(s) who may have a vested or contingent interest in the property, or who have filed a request for notice as indicated in those records and has so examined:

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

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

Section 4. The acquiring person shall send 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.

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

Section 6. The acquiring person may file with the recorder of mortgages a copy of one of the notices that was sent to the tax debtor or the current 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.

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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 doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 7th day of July, 2025. REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 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: Tammy Braziel FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $2,114.61 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 track of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit; Lot Two (2), Block A of Broadway Subd No. 2, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book Seven (7), Page Fifty -Six (56) of the Records of Rapides Parish Louisiana.

PARCEL ID No. 2400501310000201 ASSESSMENT No. 5010040700 Postal Address: 1108 Broadway

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 Tammy Braziel purchase said property for the consideration of TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND 61/100 CENTS ($2,114.61) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statu tory 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 Tammy Braziel whose current mailing address is 4255 Kittridge Street, Apt 316, Denver Colorado 80239, 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 track of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit; Lot Two (2), Block A of Broadway Subd No. 2, as per plat thereof recorded REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

in Plat Book Seven (7), Page Fifty -Six (56) of the Records of Rapides Parish Louisiana.

PARCEL ID No. 2400501310000201 ASSESSMENT No. 5010040700 Postal Address: 1108 Broadway

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

Section 2. The acquiring person shall certify, in writing, to the Purchasing Department that he/she or his/her agent has searched for all names and last known addresses of all owners, mortgages, and any other person(s) who may have a vested or contingent interest in the property, or who have filed a request for notice as indicated in those records and has so examined:

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

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

Section 4. The acquiring person shall send 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:

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• (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.

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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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 doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of July, 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: Jasmine Swain FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $2,333.33 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcels or lot of ground, together will all rights, way and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana, and being more particularly as follows: Lots Eight (8) and Lot Eight (8) “A” of Block Number Four (4) of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised), as per plat recorded in Plat Book Eight (8) Page 125 of the records of Rapides Parish. Less & Except: Part of Lot Eight (8) sold by Doris Kelley to Annie Pearl Kelly in Cash Sale Deed dated February 28, 1986, filed and recorded March 24, 1986 in Conveyance Book 1173, Page 500 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

PARCEL ID No. 2304104320006801 ASSESSMENT No. 5010326000 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 Jasmine Swain purchase said property for the consideration of TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 33/100 CENTS ($2,333.33) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above -mentioned property to Jasmine Swain whose current mailing address is 3420 Felker Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

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DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A certain piece, parcels or lot of ground, together will all rights, way and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana, and being more particularly as follows: Lots Eight (8) and Lot Eight “A” (8) of Block Number Four (4) of Home Acres Subdivision (Revised), as per plat recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 125 of the records of Rapides Parish. Less & Except: Part of Lot Eight (8) sold by Doris Kelley to Annie Pearl Kelly in Cash Sale De ed dated February 28, 1986, filed and recorded March 24, 1986 in Conveyance Book 1173, Page 500 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

PARCEL ID No. 2304104320006801 ASSESSMENT No. 5010326000

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 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”);
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• (c) The written notice required by this Section shall be that which is included in R.S.47:2206 A. (2).

Section 5. The acquiring person shall cause to be published in the official journal of this parish (currently the Town Talk) a notice that any tax sale party whose interest the successful bidder or 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.

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.

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• (a) All sales and donations shall be without warranty, either expressed or implied, even as to return or reduction of the purchase price, including without limitation the warranty against 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 doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.

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• (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 su bsections (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 7th day of July, 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: Robert Gaston Jr. FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $1,666.66 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel or track of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows:

Lot Ten (10) of Square Three (3) of Samtown Subdivision as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book Five (5), Page One -hundred Fifty-Nine (159) of the records of Rapides Parish Louisiana

Parcel ID No. 2405608310003901 Assessment No. 5010516000 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 Robert Gaston Jr. purchased property for the consideration of One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty -Six Dollars and 66/100 ($1,666.66) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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 Robert Gaston Jr. whose current mailing address is 3624 Bloch Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

A certain piece, parcel or track of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows:

Lot Ten (10) of Square Three (3) of Samtown Subdivision as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book Five (5), Page One -hundred Fifty-Nine (159) of the records of Rapides Parish Louisiana

PARCEL ID No. 2405608310003901 ASSESSMENT No. 5010516000 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 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:

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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 doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f 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 to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 7th day of July, 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 $2,333.33 CASH

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

A certain piece, parcel or track of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit; Lot Four (4) of Block Fifty-Six (56) of South Alexandria Land Co. Addition to the City of Alexandria, and being more fully described as per Conveyance Book Five Hundred Twenty-Four (524), Page Five Hundred Sixty-Four (564), records the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630080901 ASSESSMENT No. 5011261500

Postal Address:

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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 Hamilton purchase said property for the consideration of TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 33/100 CENTS ($2,333.33) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

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

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

Section 1.

A certain piece, parcel or track of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways and privileges thereunto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit; Lot Four (4) of Block Fifty-Six (56) of South Alexandria Land Co. Addition to the City of Alexandria, and being more fully described as per Conveyance Book Five Hundred Twenty-Four (524), Page Five Hundred Sixty-Four (564), records the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630080901 ASSESSMENT No. 5011261500

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 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; REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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 this Ordinance. The sale price shall be paid by cashier’s check or money order at the time of sale.

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

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

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• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 7th day of July, 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 $2,333.33 CASH

WHEREAS, the City of Alexandria and/or the City of Pineville and/or Parish of Rapides owns property 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 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Lot Three (3), Square Fifty -Six

• (56) S. A. L. Co. ADDN. REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630080801 ASSESSMENT No. 5010010250 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 TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 33/100 CENTS ($2,333.33) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

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

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

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 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Lot Three (3), Square Fifty -Six

• (56) S. A. L. Co. ADDN.

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630080801 ASSESSMENT No. 5010010250 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 interest in the property, or who have filed a request for notice as indicated in those records and has so examined:

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

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Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit 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 JULY 7, 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 doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 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, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 r ecorder 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 7th day of July, 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 $2,333.33 CASH

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

A certain tract or parcel of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and being more fully described as follows: REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

Lot Five (5) of Block Fifty -Six (56) of South Alexandria Land Co. Addition to the City of Alexandria and being more fully described as per Conveyance Book Number 499, Page 0634 records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630081001 ASSESSMENT No. 5010468012 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 TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 33/100 CENTS ($2,333.33) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

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

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

A certain tract or parcel of land, together will all buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, way and privileges thereto appertaining, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and being more fully described as follows:

Lot Five (5) of Block Fifty -Six (56) of South Alexandria Land Co. Addition to the City of Alexandria and being more fully described as per Conveyance Book Number 499, Page 0634 records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630081001 ASSESSMENT No. 5010468012

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 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, REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

· 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 t he “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 REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication. REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 7th day of July, 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 $2,333.33 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: REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 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 Six (6), Square Fifty-Six (56)

• S. A. L. Co. Addn. as per plat book Two (2), Pages 149 & 150 records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Court

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630081101 ASSESSMENT No. 5010420200 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 TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 33/100 CENTS ($2,333.33) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

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

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

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 Six (6), Square Fifty-Six (56)

• S. A. L. Co. Addition as per plat book two (2) pages 149 & 150, records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Court

PARCEL ID No. 2400708630081101 ASSESSMENT No. 5010420200 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 JULY 7, 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 JULY 7, 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, ma file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

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 doner takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and o f all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interes ts, 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 su bsections (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 7th day of July, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon the public auction on adjudicated properties was closed. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on June 9, 2025 and July 1, 2025. The report contained budget to actual revenue and expenses for all funds and status of audit findings and an update on the FY 2024 audit report. On vote the motion carried.

REGULAR MEETING

JULY 7, 2025

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to open a public hearing to discuss and take action to accept or deny the Industrial Tax Exemption Application: Plastipak Packaging, Inc., Industrial Tax Exemption Application No.20230163-ITE. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to adopt the following notice: NOTICE

Rapides Parish Police Jury conducted a public meeting on Industrial Tax Exemption Application No. 20230163-ITE and voted to APPROVE the application of Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Company.

Thus, signed and unanimously adopted this 7th day of July, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to open a Public Hearing to discuss and take action to accept or deny the Industrial Tax Exemption Application: Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, Industrial Tax Exemption Application No.20220075-B-ITE. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to adopt the following notice: NOTICE

Rapides Parish Police Jury conducted a public meeting on Industrial Tax Exemption Application No. 20220075-B-ITE and voted to APPROVE the application of Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Company.

Thus, signed and unanimously adopted this 7th day of July, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, the public hearing was closed. On vote the motion carried.

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

ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT CHAPTER 23 – TAXATION AND LICENSE; ARTICLE III – SALES AND USE TAX; DIVISION 4 – COLLECTION OF TAX BY DEALER, SECTION 23 -28 (4.10) – COMPENSATION OF DEALERS FOR ACCOUNTING FOR AND REMITTING TAX.

Chapter 23 – Taxation and License Article III – Sales Tax Division 4 – Collection of Tax by Dealer Section 23-28 (4.10) Compensation of Dealers for Accounting For and Remitting Tax. REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

For the purpose of compensating the dealer in accounting for and remitting the tax levied by this article, each dealer shall be allowed one (1) per cent of the amount of tax due and accounted for and remitted to the collector in the form of a deduction in submitting his report and paying the amount due by him if the amount due was not delinquent at the time of payment.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance is to be effective July 1, 2025, and shall be applicable to taxable periods beginning on and after July 1, 2025.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED in all other respects Section 23 -25 (10.9) of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances shall remain unchanged.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to authorize a lease agreement for one (1) Ford Explorer thru Enterprise Fleet Management for use by the Sales and Use Tax Department and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents, as recommended by the Sales Tax Administrator. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize the transfer of responsibility of Asset No. 12881 – 2021 Ford Explorer, from Sales & Use Tax Department to the Office of Economic Workforce and Development, as recommended by the Sales Tax Administrator and OEWD Executive Director. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to delete from the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 17 Asset/Inventory Listing the following equipment due to it no longer being suitable for public use and recommended by motion passed on June 3, 2025 by the Forest Hill Fire Department Board of Directors:

Asset No. Description Method of Disposal 12862 2007 Ferrara Engine public bid/where is/as is VIN No. 1F94042277H140505 On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise to receive bids for Various Road Materials and award to the lowest bidder, to be paid from various funds, as recommended by the Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

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

ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION 18-4.2 (E) AND (H) SPEED LIMITS SO AS TO REDUCE THE 35 MPH SPEED LIMIT TO 20 MPH ON E. DEVILLE ROAD, WARD 11

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury desires to reduce the speed limit on E. Deville Road, Ward 11; and,

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury in Regular REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

Session convened on this 7th day of July, 2025, that Section 18-4.2 (E) of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended and reenacted to remove 35 mph speed limit on E. Deville Road, as follows:

Chapter 18. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

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

• (e) Thirty-five miles per hour. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon the following parish roads in Rapides Parish in excess of thirty -five
• (35) miles per hour. ...
• E. Deville Road ... BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury that Section 18 - 4.2 (h) of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended and reenacted to amend the limits of the 20 mph speed limit E. Deville Road, Ward 11, as follows:
• (h) Twenty miles per hour. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon the following parish roads in Rapides Parish in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour. ...
• E. Deville Road, Ward 11 ... (l). Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisoned in the Rapides Parish Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

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

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED in all other respects Section 18 -4.2 of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances shall remain unchanged.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Parish Public Works Department is hereby authorized to erect speed limit street signs.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED on this 7th day of July, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise and receive bids for Cheneyville-Echo Road, to be paid out of Road District 3A, District H, cost not to exceed $1,250,000.00. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to approve the transfer of responsibility of Asset No. 12990, Lazer E Series Mower; SN 411492592 from Cotile Recreation to Public Works Department, as recommended by the Public Works Director. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for overlay on Sandy Lane, to be paid out of Road District 2C, District H, cost not to REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

exceed$160,000.00. On vote the motion carried.

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

RESOLUTION

BY

WHEREAS, Apeck Construction, LLC, the Contractor for the project entitled, Down’s Lane Rehabilitation has “Substantially Completed” the work under the Contract as recommended by the Engineer;

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

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

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

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 7th day of July, 2025.

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

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury received the following Bids on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 for ID/IQ Roadside Open Ditch and Culvert Maintenance Annual Contract (2025 Procurement). CONTRACTOR BASE BID

1. Descant's Excavating & Construction Services, LLC $199,975.00
2. Maverick Construction, LLC $211,635.00
3. River Runs Dirt Service, LLC $245,300.00
4. Lowes Construction, LLC $442,025.00

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

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the primary contract for said service is hereby awarded to the low Bidder, Descant’s Excavating & Construction Services, REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

LLC, contingent upon receipt of required insurance and other contract documents.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that secondary contracts for said service are hereby awarded to the second lowest Bidder, Maverick Construction, LLC, contingent upon receipt of required insurance and other contract documents.

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

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 7th day of July, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize Pan American Engineers to survey the unused portion of the rear section of tract area of Parish Library Branch located at Provine Place for possibility to explore options available with said portion of the tract. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to waive the thirty

• (30) day announcement rule and appoint Dr. Robert Wright, nominee by LSUA, to serve on the Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Civil Service Board for a three (3) year term. New Term will expire July 29, 2028. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 2 employees effective July 27, 2025, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 2 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 employees effective July 27, 2025, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On m otion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 employees effective July 27, 2025, as recommended by Holiday Village Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 4 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 7 employees effective July 27, 2025, as recommended by Ruby Kolin Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 7 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 425 Wilson Road, Alexandria, LA, OWNER: Fernandez Limited Partnership, Danny Fernandez, and authorize legal counsel to invoice the property owner for cost of cleanup. Public Works Department to complete the job if a contractor is unable to complete the job in a timely manner or if it is cost prohibitive. On vote the motion carried.

REGULAR MEETING

JULY 7, 2025

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to approve the creation of a Mechanic position for Rapides Parish Fire District No.10, not to exceed thirty-two (32) hours per week, rate of pay is set at $10.50 per hour, as recommended by the Plainview Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors and motion passed on June 8, 2025 by the Board. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to grant a fortyfive (45) day extension to the purchaser of property located at 1411 Singer Drive (LA 623-old Maxey property), to clear the condemnation off the property. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to amend a certain motion passed on June 9, 2025 to adopt the following salary pay plan to increase the hourly base rate of pay by 4%, for Fire District No. 6 – Deville VFD and allocate the increase to current employees, effective April 24, 2025, as appro ved by the Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board and recommend by the Fire Chief.

On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to amend a certain motion passed on June 9, 2025 to approve an increase in salary for working a twelve (12) hour shift for the Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief for Fire District No. 6 – Deville, as approved by Deville Volunteer Fire Department Board on May 22, 2025. The Fire Chief will receive $194.28 for each twelve (12) hour shift worked and the Assistant Chief will receive $168.72 for each twelve (12) hour shift worked. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to set a public hearing for August 11, 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

Shirley Johnson LOT 76, SHERWOOD PARK No.3 (PB 7000 Hwy 1 N. 12-234)(CB 829-742 LIPSEY)(CB SALE) (CB 2037 -067 2015 3RD PARTY PARISH TAX SALE) (CB 2119 -913 2018 3RD PARTY PARISH TAX SALE) PARCEL I.D. No. 23 -23-8490-76

Firefighter 1/EMT-P $17.31 Firefighter 1/Advance $16.22 Firefighter 1/EMT-B $15.14 Firefighter 1/EMR $14.06 EMR/EMT acquiring Firefighter 1 $13.52 Additional Certifications Firefighter 2/Instructor 1 $0.50 Driver Operator $0.50 Officer 1 $0.50 REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION &

SERVICE REPORT

Curtisteen T. Matthews, Et Al ---LOT 9, GREENWAY PARK ---(CB Ward 1, District F WEATHERFORD)(CB 1945 -74 JOP: A. ADJUDICATION) PARCEL I.D. No. 23-23-3690-9 (2405 DOGWOOD LANE)

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 May 2025:

Response Number of Required Compliance Zone Responses % % Alexandria - 8 minute 563 80% 92.83% Pineville - 8 minute 221 80% 87.33% Rapides - 12 minute 251 80% 94.82% Rapides - 20 minute 143 80% 83.92% On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins 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, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin and Parrish Giles ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 7-0.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to authorize the President to execute a Change Order with ENFRA MCC, LLC (formerly Bernhard MCC, LLC) for the Courthouse HVAC Air Quality Improvements at the Rapides Parish Courthouse in an amount not-to-exceed $185,000 for the installation of a new transformer, structural rack, temporary generator and miscellaneous work elements and modifications to accommodate the installation; with funding approved under the American Rescue Plan Act Final Rule Funding Plan. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14 to submit application for the 2025 Forestry Grant not to exceed $8,500.00, as requested by the Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department Board and Fire Chief and authorize the President to sign all necessary docum ents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris that notice is hereby REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

given that at its meeting to be held on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2 nd Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana, the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, plans to consider adopting a resolution ordering and calling special elections to be held in (i) Fire Protection District No. 14 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana and (ii) Fire Protection District No. 16 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, to authorize the levy of ad valorem taxes therein. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to delete the following assets from Rapides Parish Fire District No. 7 – Ruby/Kolin and authorize the donation of the asset to the Winnsboro Fire Department and recommended by the Fire Chief and motion passed on June 23, 2025 by the Ruby/Kolin Fire Department Board of Directors.

Asset Number Description Disposal 12374 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12375 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12376 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12378 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation 12379 Apple Ipad – 6th generation Donation On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLUTION

BY

WHEREAS, River Runs Dirt Service, LLC, the Contractor for the project entitled, Old River Road at Persimmon Bayou Cross Drain Replacement has “Substantially Completed” the work under the Contract as recommended by the Engineer;

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

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

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

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 7th day of July, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to delete the following asset from the Transportation Grant Asset Inventory listing, as REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

recommended by the Rapides Parish Senior Citizens Center.

Asset Number Description Disposal 12094 2017 Van Auction VIN No. 2C7WDGBG1HR562875 On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to grant a 2% pay rate increase for one (1) full time firefighter at Rapides Parish Fire District No. 7 who does not meet the requirements for the state mandated annual 2% pay increase, as requested by the Ruby Kolin Volunteer Fire Department Board and Fi re Chief, motion passed by the board on July 2, 2025. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for asphalt overlay on Derboune Street, Town of Cheneyville, cost not to exceed $30,000.00, project to be funded by Road District 3A, District H. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to award Bid No. 3422 – Liquid Asphalt – CRS-2, to the lowest bidder, ERGON, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to award Bid No. 3440 – Auction 1987 Chevy Truck – FD#10, to JJ Merchant, for the amount of $457.77, and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to enter into Executive Session to discuss the ongoing Opioid Litigation . On vote the matter carried unanimously at 3:44 p.m.

Roll call vote was as followed:

YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: Sean McGlothlin and Parrish Giles ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 7-0.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon, to come out of Executive Session. On vote the motion carried unanimously at 4:08 p.m.

The President called the meeting back into Open Session at 4:08 p.m.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to receive the recommendation of legal representation and adopt a resolution for the President, and/or Legal Counsel, and/or Legal Representation to approve participation and opt into the upcoming Opioid Settlement and sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried. REGULAR MEETING JULY 7, 2025

There being no further business on motion by P resident Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton the meeting was adjourned at 4:09 p.m.