Rapides Parish Police Jury

Posted: OCTOBER 30, 2025 2:45 p.m.

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

“Craig Smith, President”

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

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CALL TO ORDER

STANDING COMMITTEE’S

NOVEMBER 3, 2025

WELCOME

ROLL CALL

IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA

ITEM IN THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE’S, PLEASE STAND

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FINANCE COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 DAVRON “BUBBA” MOREAU, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Treasurer’s Report.
3. Motion to open for Public Auction and Record Ordinance of Sale for the Adjudicated/Abandoned Property listed below:

Tax Debtor Description Shannon Casey Lot Six (6) of Square Six (6) of the Title Company Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat book 2, Page 124 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana Bearing the municipal address of: Misc-7152

Savannah T. Webber Lot Sixteen (16) of Square D of the Roy O. Martin Subdivision as per plat book 5 page 210 and 210A of the Records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Court Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7177

Taft Williams Lot 50’ x 200’ on Church Street, South Alexandria Bearing the Municipal address of: MISC-7073

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Ella Mae King Lot Fronting Church Street bd by Red Ditch & Mt. Triumph Baptist Church Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7071

Mary Newman Succession Lot 50’ x 30’ on Church Street (AKA Newman Street) Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7072 (Mr. Moreau)

4. Motion to approve the Intent to Sell for the following Abandoned/Adjudicated Property:

Tax Debtor Description Leroy Williams Lot twelve (12), Square Five (5), Shop C/O Leon Williams Addition Bearing the municipal address of:

Leon Hall Lot Ten (10), Square Eighteen (18), South Alexandria Land Co Addn. Bearing the municipal address of:

Sue M. Evans Lot Thirty-Six (36) feet on Water Street running back to Bayou Beouf Bearing no municipal address in Lecompte, LA

Sue M. Evans Lot Sixty-Nine (69) feet on water Street running back to Bayou Beouf Bearing no municipal address in Lecompte, LA (Mr. Moreau)

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5. Motion to call for a Public Hearing on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. to discuss the proposed Rapides Parish Police Jury 2026 Budget. (Mr. Moreau)
6. Motion to accept Project No. 3155 – Work Order No. 11 – Renovations to “Substantially Complete” and final payment to be made upon satisfactory completion of punch list items and presentation of Clear Lien Certificate and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Mr. McGlothlin)
7. Motion to purchase a custom pumper from U.S. Fire Apparatus, as recommend by the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. (Mr. Moreau)

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PUBLIC WORKS, WATERSHED & AGRICULTURAL

AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 PARRISH W. GILES, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Public Works Director's Report.
3. Motion to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Rapides Parish School Board for the Rapides Parish Police Jury Public Works Department to assist in parking lot repairs at Oak Hill High School, as requested and approved at their meeting held on October 7, 2025, cost of project to be billed to the Rapides Parish School Board upon completion and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Giles)
4. Motion to accept Project No. 3442 – Munson Road Shoulder Improvements as “Substantially Complete” and final payment to be made upon satisfactory completion of punch list items and presentation of Clear Lien Certificate and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Mr. Giles)
5. Motion to approve and authorize reimbursement of $70,000.00 from Road District 2C, District H, to the Town of Woodworth for various public works projects within the Town during 2025. (Mr. Giles)

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

& GRANTS COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 RANDY WIGGINS, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to ratify acceptance of a Volunteer Fire Assistance G rant, administered by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry for $2,736.45 for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10 – Plainview VFD, Matching funds to be paid from Fire District No. 1 0 funds. The purpose of this U.S. Forest Service grant is to assist rural fire departments in building firefighting capacities. (Mr. Giles)

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TOURISM AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 JAY SCOTT, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.

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COURTHOUSE, COLISEUM AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 SEAN McGLOTHLIN, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Receive an update on the Courthouse and Coliseum. (Mr. McGlothlin)
3. Motion to accept Project No. 3155 – Work Order No. 8 – AHU Replacement at the Coliseum as “Substantially Complete ” and final payment to be made upon satisfactory completion of punch list items and presentation of Clear Lien Certificate and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents, as recommended by Pan American Engineers, LLC. (Mr. McGlothlin)
4. Motion to approve required repairs to the shower walls, ceilings and walls in the jail. Quote received from Skip Converse, estimated cost for repairs is $50,000.00. (Mr. McGlothlin)

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PAROCHIAL BOARD LIAISON

& MUNICIPAL LIAISON COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 RANDY HARRIS, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to approve advertisement for sealed Bids for Sale of Parish Library Small Tract located at 5416 Provine Place, Alexandria, Louisiana, approval subject to approval by the Library Control Board. (Mr. McGlothlin)
3. Motion to authorize 911 Communications District to participate in the Rapides Parish Police Jury vehicle lease program thru Enterprise Fleet Management and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents, as recommended by the 911 Communication District Board. (Mr. Smith)

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PERSONNEL, ELECTIONS,

INSURANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 OLIVER “OLLIE” OVERTON, JR., CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to adopt the 202 6 Rapides Parish Police Jury Meeting and Holiday Schedule and request that Civil Service concur with the approved Holiday Schedule. (Mr. Smith)
3. Motion to appoint one (1) of the following nominees submitted by LSUA, to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Robert Wright. Term will expire July 29, 2028.

Willard Beard Marian Templeton

Dustin Matthews Dennie Williams

(Mr. Overton)

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AMBULANCE, FIRE, HEALTH & HOMELAND

SECURITY COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 DANNY BORDELON, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to receive the required report from PAFFORD EMS under the Contract for September 2025 as reviewed by the Rapides Parish Ambulance Control Board: Contract Exceptions Taken – 0 – Reasons Stated (For Transparency) = 0.00% of Response Calls Total (2,882) (not included in the Response time calculations above)

(Mr. Harris)

Response Zone # of Responses Average Response Time Contract % Goal Compliance Zone 1 (Alexandria/Pineville)

• • 8 Minute Zone Life Threatening 8:00 minutes 8:01 -8:59 10 minutes 1 1:11 minutes Non -Life Threatening

6:18 minutes

7:50 minutes

90%

71.65% 77.94% 85.98% 90% Zone 2 (Outside Urban Area)

• • 12 Minutes or Less Life Threatening 12:00 minutes 12:01- 12:59 14 minutes 15:08 minutes Non-Life Threatening

9:20 minutes

10:18 minutes

90%

76.05% 82.52% 88.35% 90%

Zone 3 (Rural Areas)

• • 20 Minutes Less Life Threatening 20:00 minutes 20:01 – 20:59 22 minutes 23:11 minutes Non-Life Threatening

13:49 minutes

13:05 minutes

90%

79.44% 81.11% 83.89% 90% Emergency Hospital 30:00 minutes 31 minutes 32 minutes 20:30 minutes 36 13:50 minutes 90% 98.44% 98.44% 98.44% 100% Non-Emergency 90:00 minutes 933 90% 99.53%

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3. Motion to establish Peak and Non-Peak hours requirements for ambulance services as per the recommendations of the Ambulance Control Board. (Mr. Harris)

The Control Board further recommends that the Police Jury authorize the service provider to allocate, review, and adjust the deployment of staffed ambulances across shifts based on real-time data, peak call volumes, and community demand. Requiring Pafford to keep additional statistics as prescribed by the Control Board concerning any adjusted staffing. (Mr. Harris)

4. Motion to approve the authorization of EMR utilization on ALS Units (Staffing Flexibility).

The Control Board recommends that Pafford EMS be authorized to utilize Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) in place of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) on up to twenty-five percent (25%) of its Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances. Each such unit will continue to be staffed with a licensed Paramedic, ensuring that every ALS vehicle maintains a paramedic-level provider on board at all times.

(Mr. Harris)

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INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

JURORS COMMENTS

Receive quarterly update from Rick Reno, Executive Director.

1. Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on September 8, 2025 and Special Session on September 15, 2025 as published in the Official Journal.
2. Motion that approved bills be paid.
3. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on October 6, 2025.

APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED ***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 expired April 12, 2025. ***Mark Scarber to the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024. ***Chris LaCombe to the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024. ***Les West on the Waterworks District 11A for a five (5) year term. Term expired July 12, 2025.

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4. Motion to approve the Intent to Sell the below listed adjudicated property as requested by the attorney hired through the City of Alexandria to help move blighted, abandoned, adjudicated property:

Tax Debtor Description

George Lee Estate Part Lot Nineteen (19), Block Two (2) of C/O Annie S. Shelton a Subd of Lots 11,12,13,15 & PT “D-E” Willow Glen Plant Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7165 (Finance 10/06)

5. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Seventy-One (71) George Moore Subdivision, Parcel ID No. 2304406410004101, Assessment No. 5010630200, MISC7114, Bearing the municipal address of: 3636 Vermont Street, Alexandria, LA, to Amy or Candice Cheney, for the consideration of $788.51 cash. (Finance 10/06)
6. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Six (6), Square Seventeen (17), South Alexandria Land Company Addition, Parcel ID No. 240708630022701, Assessment No. 5010923600, MISC-7138, Bearing the municipal address of: 2037 Overton Street, Alexandria, LA, to Rodney Williams for the consideration of $1,971.74 cash. (Finance 10/06)
7. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Lot Thirty-Nine (39) and ADJ 38.1’ of Lot Forty (40), Williamson Addition, Parcel ID No. 2400509830003701, Assessment No. 5010528125, MISC-7050, Bearing the municipal address of: 625 Williamson Street, Alexandria, LA, to Rhonda G. Johnson, for the consideration of $2,666.66 cash. (Finance 10/06)
8. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Five (5) Acres on Left Disc Bank of Red River at Confluence of Bay Marie, Parcel ID No. 0403547019001101, Assessment No. 3180000850, MISC-7120, Bearing No municipal address, to Shane Gremillion, for the consideration of $3,833.33 cash. (Finance 10/06)

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9. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Part Lot Eleven (11), Square Twenty-Four (24), South Alexandria Land Co., Addn. fronting Twenty-Eight (28) feet on Harris Street x One-Hundred and Fifty (150) ft. Parcel ID No. 2400708630034901 Assessment No. 5011538660, MISC-7121, Bearing the municipal address of 2134 Harris Street, to Landry Griffith, for the consideration of $1,877.36 cash. (Finance 10/06)
10. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Part of Lot Eleven (11), Square Twenty-Four (24), S.A.L. Co. Addn, Parcel ID No. 2400708630034801, Assessment No. 501050538, MISC-7077, Bearing the municipal address of: 2136 Harris Street, Alexandria, LA, to Linda G. Griffith, for the consideration of $1,666.66 cash. (Finance 10/06)
11. Motion to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of abandoned/adjudicated property located at: Part Lots 8,9 and 10, Square 22, West Alexandria Addition, fronting 71’ on 16th Street x 110’ and Part of Lot 8, Square 22, West Alexandria Addition, fronting 39’ on 16th Street x 121’Parcel ID No. 2404109580024001, Assessment No. 5010360000, MISC-7047, Bearing the municipal address of 61 & 63 Sixteenth Street, Alexandria, LA , to Aubreion Wright for the consideration of $5,333.33 cash. (Finance 10/06)
12. Motion to delete from the Rapides Fire District No. 7 (Ruby/Kolin) Asset Inventory Program the assets listed below as they are no longer suitable for use by the Department and authorize the following items be donated to Simmesport Fire Department, motion passed by the Ruby Kolin Fire Department Board on September 25, 2025 and recommended by the Fire Chief:

Asset Number Description Disposal 11199 Apple Ipad Air Donation 11200 Apple Ipad Air Donation 12372 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12377 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12381 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12382 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation (Finance 10/06)

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13. Motion to delete from the Rapides Fire District No. 7 (Ruby/Kolin) Asset Inventory Program the assets listed below are no longer suitable for use by the Department and authorize the following items be donated to Marksville Fire Department, motion passed by the Ruby Kolin Fire Department Board on September 25, 2025 and recommended by the Fire Chief:

Asset Number Description Disposal 12373 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12380 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12383 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation (Finance 10/06)

14. Motion to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Treasury related to Act 461 of 2025 Regular Legislative Session – State Aid to Local Government Entities State General Fund Direct for purpose outlined by HB 460 for the following fire departments: Rapides Fire District No. 8, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 15, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 16 and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Finance 10/06)
15. Motion to delete from Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment: Asset Number Description Disposal 10976 Refrigerator Scrap broken 10747 Computer – Server Scrap – on longer in use (Finance 10/06)
16. Motion to approve the proposal received from Gulf Engineers & Consultants and proceed with an environme ntal and public health risk assessment and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. (Public Works 10/06)
17. Motion to accept Project No. 3404 – West River Road Lane Widening 2025 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. (Public Works 10/06)

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18. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 387 Dupree Street, Pineville, LA 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. (Public Works 10/06)
19. Motion to approve Project No. 11599, W aters Bayou, as recommended by Pan American Engineers. (Public Works 10/06)
20. Motion to approve ditch cleaning and repairs to drainage easement at 409 E. Paul Road, Ward 11, District C. (Public Works 10/06)
21. Motion to add Asset No. 12641 – Dodge Ram 2500 back into the Rapides Parish Public Works Inventory. It was erroneously deleted by a certain motion passed on August 12, 2024. (Public Works 10/06)
22. Motion to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Treasury related to Act 461 of 2025 Regular Legislative Session – State Aid to Local Government Entities State General Fund Direct for road repairs to the following roads: Barron Chapel Road, Elmus Paul Road, Paul Road, Kastanek Road, Hooper Road, Hickory Hill Road, Oaklane Road, Hines Road, Baywood Drive, Palmer Chapel Road, Williams Lake Road, Fish Hatchery Road, and cleanup of Bayou Rapides and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Public Works 10/06)
23. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 4716 Sonnett Drive, Pineville, LA 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. (Public Works 10/06)

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24. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 406 & 408 Hines Lane, Pineville, LA 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. (Public Works 10/06)
25. Motion to authorize to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for various road repairs and overlays in Road District 1A, District H, project not to exceed $245,000.00. Project to be funded by Road District 1A, District H. (Public Works 10/06)
26. Motion to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Cheneyville for the Public Works Department to install a culvert at Cheneyville Town Hall, located at 201 Derboune Street, as requested by the Mayor. Project to be funded by Road District 3A, town’s portion. (Public Works 10/06)
27. Motion to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise for bids for various road improvement projects in District A, District B, District C and District H. (Public Works 10/06)
28. Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the allocation of funds from Road District 2B-1, District C, to cover construction costs, change order(s) and/or any other costs exceeding the 25% local match as required by FP&C Project No. 50-J40-22-02 for Philadelphia Road Street Improvements Capital Outlay appropriation. (Public Works 10/06)
29. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 6723 Isabella Drive, Alexandria, LA 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. (Public Works 10/06)
30. Motion to authorize the submission of a grant application to Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) for five (5) trash receptacles to be placed at Buckeye Recreation Area and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. (Workforce & Grants 10/06)

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31. Motion to ratify authorization for the President to sign Amendment No. 1 for the 9 th JDC Behavioral Health Court Grant, administered by the Louisiana Department of Health, Central Louisiana Human Services District (CLHSD), FY 2026, increase of $100,000.00 supported by State Grant Funds. (Workforce & Grants 10/06)
32. Motion to authorize the purchase of a 2023 Braun Voyager, VIN 2C4RC1CG7PR579450 from Calcasieu Parish Police Jury in the amount of 8,970.00 to be used by Rapides Senior Citizen Center for the LADOTD Rural Transportation Grant, purchase of van to be funded by Rapides Parish Senior Citizen Fund and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Workforce & Grants 10/06)
33. Motion to authorize the purchase of a 2023 Braun Voyager, VIN 2C4RC1CG7PR579405 from Rapides Area Planning Commission in the amount of 8,142.00 to be used by Rapides Senior Citizen Center for the LADOTD Rural Transportation Grant, purchase of van to be funded by Rapides Parish Senior Citizen Fund and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Workforce & Grants 10/06)
34. Motion to authorize the President to execute Beneficial Occupancy documents related to the Courthouse Restroom Renovation Project, construction by DSW Construction, for the second -floor woman’s restroom, as recommended by the Project Engineer and approved by Fire Marshal. The one -year warranty will begin today upon approval of beneficial occupancy. (Courthouse, Coliseum & Facilities 10/06)
35. Motion to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full -time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Lead Workforce Profession II in the OEWD/WOD office, pay classification Range 23, annual salary of $44,112.93. Funding for the position will be paid out of WIOA Grant funds and authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance 10/06)

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36. Motion to renew the polling place lease for Voting Precinct S11, at the same terms and prices, with the correction of the name change from Crossroad Fellowship at Gardner to Gardner Baptist Church and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. A copy of this resolution be sent to the Registrar of Voters, Clerk of Court, and Secretary of State, Elections Division. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance 10/06)
37. Motion to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full -time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Operations Manager, pay classification Range 19, annual salary of $36,291.82. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance 10/06)
38. Motion to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full -time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Auditor III, Class A, pay classification Range 26, annual salary of $53,108.88. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance 10/06)
39. Motion to increase the starting base annual salary for a Firefighter at Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4 – Holiday Village VFD to $35,000.00 and any new hires not eligible for State Supplemental Pay during year one (1) of employment will receive an additional $600.00 per month, classified as firefighter recruit pay, annual cost not to exceed $7,200.00 per Firefighter, total cost of recruit pay to be reimbursed by Holiday Village VFD to Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Holiday Village VFD Board of Directors, increase to be effective 10/05/2025. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance 10/06)
40. Motion to increase current salary of Chief of Administration to $48,000.00 and current salary of Secretary to $41,000.00 for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4 – Holiday Village VFD, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Holiday Village VFD Board of Directors, to be effective 10/05/2025. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance 10/06)

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41. Motion for report from Rapides Parish Ambulance Services Sub-Committee Chairman Randy Harris: a) continued contract exceptions discussion and receive August 2025 compliance report of Pafford EMS (see “Attachment A” to agenda) b) Executive Session R.S. 42:17(2)&(4) – continued contract exceptions discussion, strategy, investigation, and possible action on contract exceptions issues; (Ambulance, Fire, Health 10/06)

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

42. Notice is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2nd 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) Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana and (ii) Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana to authorize the levy of ad valorem taxes therein. (Mr. Smith)
43. Motion to appoint Dr. Christine Hurd to the Rapides Parish Library Board for a five (5) year term, representing District I. Term will expire September 13, 2030. (Mr. Scott)
44. Motion to authorize the Parish President to proceed with negotiations and acceptance of a donation for a certain piece of property and rights of way to the property located in Ward 11, pending legal counsel approval. (Mr. Smith)
45. Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the Parish President to execute an agreement with LA DOTD, Division of Administration, to provide the necessary funding for constructing airport drainage/erosion control in work area 3 at Esler Regional Airport and reimburse the sponsor up to $89,567.00 of project cost, AIP No. 3-22-0002-037-205, and SPN H.016660. (Mr. Moreau)

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46. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to readvertise for qualifications for Engineering Services for DR-4559 – Hurricane Laura – Hazard Mitigation Funds for infrastructure project, Cloverdale Drainage. Only one

• (1) proposal was received on Friday, October 10, 2025. (Mr. Smith)

47. Motion to renew the FY 2026 Group Health Insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of LA and maintain the current plan offered with cost sharing of 88%/12% for active employees and 90%/10% cost sharing for retirees. Total overall increase of 5.5%. (Mr. Smith)
48. Motion to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise for bids for various road improvements in Holiday Estates, Road District 36A, District E, project cost estimated to be $1,008,113.00. Project to be funded by Road District 36A, District E. (Mr. Bordelon)
49. Motion to adopt a resolution to authorize the submission of the FY20262030 Capital Improvements Program Application for the Esler Field Regional Airport to LA DOTD and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)
50. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise for Request for Proposals for mowing services at the Coliseum, DMV, Health Unit, OEWD, Sales Tax Offices and ditches facing Highway 28 West, Alexandria, LA. (Mr. McGlothlin)
51. Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for various concrete panel replacements on Greenway Drive, Greenwood and Willowood Drive, project to be funded by Road District 1B, District F. (Mr. Overton)

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ATTACHMENT A

Contract Exceptions Taken – 0 – Reasons Stated (For Transparency) = 0.00% of Response Calls Total (2,900) (not included in the Response time calculations above)

Response Zone # of Responses Average Response Time Contract % Goal Compliance Zone 1 (Alexandria/Pineville)

• • 8 Minute Zone Life Threatening 8:00 minutes 8:01-8:59 10 minutes 11:11 minutes Non-Life Threatening

6:17 minutes

7:37 minutes

90%

72.26% 79.38% 84.48% 90% Zone 2 (Outside Urban Area)

• • 12 Minutes or Less Life Threatening 12:00 minutes 12:01-12:59 14 minutes 15:08 minutes Non-Life Threatening

9:27 minutes

11:11 minutes

90%

79.26% 82.10% 86.93% 90%

Zone 3 (Rural Areas)

• • 20 Minutes Less Life Threatening 20:00 minutes 20:01 – 20:59 22 minutes 23:11 minutes Non-Life Threatening

13:25 minutes

15:42 minutes

90%

82:93% 85:85% 88:29% 90% Emergency Hospital 30:00 minutes 31 minutes 32 minutes 20:30 minutes 35 20:30 minutes 90% 94.29% 94.29% 94.29% 100% Non-Emergency 90:00 minutes 887 90% 100%

TOTAL 2,900

Posted: OCTOBER 2, 2025

Notice of Regular Committee Meetings to be held on Monday, October 6, 202 5, at 3:00 p.m. in the Police Jury Meeting Room, 2nd Floor of Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Ste. 201, Alexandria.

“Craig Smith, President”

1. Finance Committee……………………………………….………….....3 Chairman: Davron “Bubba” Moreau
2. Public Works, Watershed and Agricultural Affairs Committee….....7 Chairman: Parrish W. Giles
3. Workforce Development and Grants Committee……………………10 Chairman: Daniel Lonsberry
4. Tourism and Economic Planning and Development Committee……12 Chairman: Jay Scott
5. Courthouse, Coliseum and Facilities Committee…………….………13 Chairman: Sean McGlothlin
6. Parochial Board Liaison and Municipal Liaison Committee…….…14 Chairman: Randy Harris
7. Personnel, Elections, Insurance and Legal Committee……………...15 Chairman: Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr.
8. Ambulance, Fire, Health and Homeland Security Committee.….…17 Chairman: Danny Bordelon

In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to attend this public meeting, please contact the Police Jury Office at (318) 473-6660, describing the assistance that is necessary. Page | 2

CALL TO ORDER

STANDING COMMITTEE’S

OCTOBER 6, 2025

WELCOME

ROLL CALL

IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA

ITEM IN THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE’S, PLEASE STAND

TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THAT ITEM

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FINANCE COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 DAVRON “BUBBA” MOREAU, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Treasurer’s Report.
3. Motion to approve the Intent to Sell the below listed adjudicated property as requested by the attorney hired through the City of Alexandria to help move blighted, abandoned, adjudicated property:

Tax Debtor Description

George Lee Estate Part Lot Nineteen (19), Block Two (2) of C/O Annie S. Shelton a Subd of Lots 11,12,13,15 & PT “D-E” Willow Glen Plant Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7165

(Mr. Moreau)

4. Motion to open for public auction and record Ordinance of Sale for the below listed adjudicated property as requested by the attorney hired through the City of Alexandria to help move blighted, abandoned, adjudicated property:

Tax Debtor Description Bertha Lee Henry, et al Lot Seventy-One (71) George Moore Subdivision Parcel ID No. 2304406410004101 Assessment No. 5010630200 Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7114

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Curtisteen R. Matthews, et al Lot Six (6), Square Seventeen (17), South Alexandria Land Company Addition Parcel ID No. 240708630022701 Assessment No. 5010923600 Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7138

Clifton S. Stewart Lot Thirty-Nine (39) and ADJ 38.1’ of Lot Forty (40), Williamson Addition Parcel ID No. 2400509830003701 Assessment No. 5010528125 Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7050

James A. Day Five (5) Acres on Left Disc Bank of Red River at Confluence of Bay Marie Parcel ID No. 0403547019001101 Assessment No. 3180000850 Bearing No municipal address MISC-7120

Katherine Young Part Lot Eleven (11), Square Twenty-Four (24), South Alexandria Land Co., Addn. fronting Twenty-Eight (28) feet on Harris Street x One-Hundred and Fifty (150) ft. Parcel ID No. 2400708630034901 Assessment No. 5011538660 Bearing the Municipal address of: MISC-7121

Charles E. Ewing III, et al Part of Lot Eleven (11), Square Twenty-Four (24), S. A. L. Co. Addn Parcel ID No. 2400708630034801 Assessment No. 501050538 Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7077 Page | 5

Louisiana Tax 1, Inc. Part Lots 8,9 and 10, Square 22, West Alexandria Addition, fronting 71’ on 16th Street x 110’ and Part of Lot 8, Square 22, West Alexandria Addition, fronting 39’ on 16th Street x 121’Parcel ID No. 2404109580024001 Assessment No. 5010360000 Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7047 (Mr. Moreau)

5. Motion to delete from the Rapides Fire District No. 7 (Ruby/Kolin) Asset Inventory Program the assets listed below as they are no longer suitable for use by the Department and authorize the following items be donated to Simmesport Fire Department, motion passed by the Ruby Kolin Fire Department Board on September 25, 2025 and recommended by the Fire Chief:

Asset Number Description Disposal 11199 Apple Ipad Air Donation 11200 Apple Ipad Air Donation 12372 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12377 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12381 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12382 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation (Mr. Smith)

6. Motion to delete from the Rapides Fire District No. 7 (Ruby/Kolin) Asset Inventory Program the assets listed below are no longer suitable for use by the Department and authorize the following items be donated to Marksville Fire Department, motion passed by the Ruby Kolin Fire Department Board on September 25, 2025 and recommended by the Fire Chief:

Asset Number Description Disposal 12373 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12380 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12383 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation (Mr. Smith) Page | 6

7. Motion to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Treasury related to Act 461 of 2025 Regular Legislative Session – State Aid to Local Government Entities State General Fund Direct for purpose outlined by HB 460 for the following fire departments: Rapides Fire District No. 8, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 15, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 16 and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)
8. Motion to delete from Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment:

Asset Number Description Disposal 10976 Refrigerator Scrap broken 10747 Computer – Server Scrap – on longer in use (Mr. McGlothlin)

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PUBLIC WORKS, WATERSHED & AGRICULTURAL

AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 PARRISH W. GILES, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Public Works Director's Report.
3. Receive an update from Matt Johns on permits issued by RAPC.
4. Motion to discuss and possibly take action on proposal received from Gulf Engineers & Consultants to perform an environmental and public health risk assessment. (Tabled from 09/15/2025)
5. Motion to accept Project No. 3 404 – West River Road Lane Widening 2025 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. (Mr. Giles)
6. Motion to accept Mr. Watson Clifton at 877 B. Clifton Road, Clifton, LA 71447, District E, as a hardship. Proper certification has been received. (Mr. Bordelon)
7. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 387 Dupree Street, Pineville, LA 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. (Mr. Harris)

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8. Motion to approve Project No. 11599, Waters Bayou, as recommended by Pan American Engineers. (Mr. Smith)
9. Motion to approve ditch cleaning and repairs to drainage easement at 409

• E. Paul Road, Ward 11, District C. (Mr. Smith)

10. Motion to add Asset No. 12641 – Dodge Ram 2500 back into the Rapides Parish Public Works Inventory. It was erroneously deleted by a certain motion passed on August 12, 2024. (Mr. Giles)
11. Motion to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Treasury related to Act 461 of 2025 Regular Legislative Session – State Aid to Local Government Entities State General Fund Direct for road repairs to the following roads: Barron Chapel Road, Elmus Paul Road, Paul Road, Kastanek Road, Hooper Road, Hickory Hill Road, Oaklane Road, Hines Road, Baywood Drive, Palmer Chapel Road, Williams Lake Road, Fish Hatchery Road, and cleanup of Bayou Rapides and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)
12. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 4716 Sonnett Drive, Pineville, LA 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. (Mr. Moreau)
13. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 406 & 408 Hines Lane, Pineville, LA 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. (Mr. Moreau) Page | 9
14. Motion to authorize to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for various road repairs and overlays in Road District 1A, District H, project not to exceed $245,000.00. Project to be funded by Road District 1A, District H. (Mr. Giles)
15. Motion to e nter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Cheneyville for the Public Works Department to install a culvert at the Mayor. Project to be funded by Road District 3A, town’s portion. (Mr. Giles)
16. Motion to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise for bids for various road improvement projects in District A, District B, District C and District H. (Mr. Giles)
17. Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the a llocation of funds from Road District 2B -1, District C, to cover construction costs, change order(s) and/or any other costs exceeding the 25% local match as required Improvements Capital Outlay appropriation. (Mr. Smith)
18. Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 6723 Isabella Drive, Alexandria, LA 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. (Mr. McGlothlin)

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

& GRANTS COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 RANDY WIGGINS, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Receive an update from Ms. Kimberly Boyd on grants administered by RAPC.
3. Motion to authorize the submission of a grant application to Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) for five (5) trash receptacles to be placed at Buckeye Recreation Area and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)
4. Motion to ratify authorization for the President to sign Amendment No. 1 for the 9 th JDC Behavioral Health Court Grant, administered by the Louisiana Department of Health, Central Louisiana Human Services District (CLHSD), FY 2026 , increase of $100,000.00 supported by State Grant Funds. (Mr. Smith)
5. Motion to authorize the purchase of a 2023 Braun Voyager, VIN 2C4RC1CG7PR579450 from Calcasieu Parish Police Jury in the amount of 8,970.00 to be used by Rapides Senior Citizen Center for the LADOTD Rural Transportation Grant, purchase of van to be funded by Rapides Parish Senior Citizen Fund and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)
6. Motion to authorize the purchase of a 2023 Braun Voyager, VIN 2C4RC1CG7PR579405 from Rapides Area Planning Commission in the amount of 8,142.00 to be used by Rapides Senior Citizen Center for the LADOTD Rural Transportation Grant, purchase of van to be funded by Page | 11

Rapides Parish Senior Citizen Fund and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Smith)

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TOURISM AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 JAY SCOTT, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.

2.

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COURTHOUSE, COLISEUM AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 SEAN McGLOTHLIN, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Receive an update on the Courthouse & Coliseum. (Mr. McGlothlin)
3. Motion to authoriz e the President to execute Beneficial Occupancy documents related to the Courthouse Restroom Renovation Project, construction by DSW Construction, for the second- floor woman’s restroom, as recommended by the Project Engineer and approved by Fire Marshal. The one -year warranty will begin today upon approval of beneficial occupancy. (Mr. McGlothlin)

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PAROCHIAL BOARD LIAISON

& MUNICIPAL LIAISON COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 RANDY HARRIS, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Receive an update from Celise Reech-Harper on the Rapides Parish Library.

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PERSONNEL, ELECTIONS,

INSURANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 OLIVER “OLLIE” OVERTON, JR., CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Motion to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full -time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Lead Workforce Profession II in the OEWD/WOD office, pay classification Range 23, annual salary of $44,112.93. Funding for the position will be paid out of WIOA Grant funds and authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. (Mr. Wiggins)
3. Motion to renew the polling place lease for Voting Precinct S11, at the same terms and prices, with the correction of the name change from Crossroad Fellowship at Gardner to Gardner Baptist Church and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. A copy of this resolution be sent to the Registrar of Voters, Clerk of Court, and Secretary of State, Elections Division. (Mr. Bordelon)
4. Motion to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full -time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Operations Manager, pay classification Range 19, annual salary of $36,291.82. (Mr. Overton)
5. Motion to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full -time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Auditor III, Class A, pay classification Range 26, annual salary of $53,108.88. (Mr. Overton)
6. Motion to increase the starting base annual salary for a Firefighter at Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4 – Holiday Village VFD to $35,000.00 and any new hires not eligible for State Supplemental Pay during year one

• (1) of employment will receive an additional $600.00 per month, classified as firefighter recruit pay, annual cost not to exceed $7,200.00 Page | 16

per Firefighter, total cost of recruit pay to be reimbursed by Holiday Village VFD to Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Holiday Village VFD Board of Directors, increase to be effective 10/05/2025. (Mr. Wiggins)

7. Motion to increase current salary of Chief of Administration to $48,000.00 and current salary of Secretary to $41,000.00 for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4 – Holiday Village VFD, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Holiday Village VFD Board of Directors , to be effective 10/05/2025. (Mr. Wiggins)

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AMBULANCE, FIRE, HEALTH & HOMELAND

SECURITY COMMITTEE

OCTOBER 6, 2025 DANNY BORDELON, CHAIRMAN

1. Public comment on any agenda item upon which a vote is to be taken.
2. Receive report from Rapides Parish Ambulance Services Sub-Committee Chairman Randy Harris.
3. Motion to receive the required report from PAFFORD EMS under the Contract for August 2025 as reviewed by the Rapides Parish Ambulance Control Board: Contract Exceptions Taken – 0 – Reasons Stated (For Transparency) = 0.00% of Response Calls Total (2,900) (not included in the Response time calculations above) (Mr. Harris) Response Zone # of Responses Average Response Time Contract % Goal Compliance Zone 1 (Alexandria/Pineville)

• • 8 Minute Zone Life Threatening 8:00 minutes 8:01 -8:59 10 minutes 1 1:11 minutes Non -Life Threatening

6:17 minutes

7:37 minutes

90%

72.26% 79.38% 84.48% 90% Zone 2 (Outside Urban Area)

• • 12 Minutes or Less Life Threatening 12:00 minutes 12:01- 12:59 14 minutes 15:08 minutes Non-Life Threatening

9:27 minutes

11:11 minutes

90%

79.26% 82.10% 86.93% 90%

Zone 3 (Rural Areas)

• • 20 Minutes Less Life Threatening 20:00 minutes 20:01 – 20:59 22 minutes 23:11 minutes Non-Life Threatening

13:25 minutes

15:42 minutes

90%

82:93% 85:85% 88:29% 90% Emergency Hospital 30:00 minutes 31 minutes 32 minutes 20:30 minutes 35 20:30 minutes 90% 94.29% 94.29% 94.29% 100% Non-Emergency 90:00 minutes 887 90% 100%

TOTAL 2,900 Page | 18

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The Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, on Monday, October 13, 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., Sean McGlothlin, Parrish Giles and Jay Scott.

Absent: None.

Also present were: Ms. Theresa Pacholik, Secretary/Treasurer; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Mr. Cory Ashmore, Public Works Director; Ms. Sharon Neal, OEWD Executive Director; Ms. Linda Sanders, Civil Service Director; Ms. Debra Wess; Ms. Betty Jo Bourgeois, Sales Tax Administrator; Chief Joe Glorioso, FD#2; Chief David Corley, FD#3; Mr. Rush Bolton, FD#14; Hon. Phillip Terrell; Ms. Sarah Vidrine; Ms. Devon Davis; Mr. Rhett Desselle; Ms. Jessica Trichel; Mr. Alex Pafford; Mr. Greg Pafford; Mayor David Butler; Mr. Rick Reno; Mr. Steven Maxwell; Mr. Morgan Briggs and Mr. Greg Jones, Legal Counsel.

The invocation was given by Mr. Randy Harris.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Ollie Overton.

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.

Mr. Rick Reno provided a quarterly update on the LaBorde Earles Coliseum.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris t o adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on September 8 , 2025 and Special Session on September15, 2025 as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

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

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on October 6, 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.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to approve the Intent to Sell the below listed adjudicated property as requested by the attorney hired through the City of Alexandria to help move blighted, abandoned, adjudicated property:

REGULAR MEETING

OCTOBER 13, 2025

Tax Debtor Description

George Lee Estate Part Lot Nineteen (19), Block Two (2) of C/O Annie S. Shelton a Subd of Lots 11,12,13,15 & PT “D-E” Willow Glen Plant Bearing the municipal address of: MISC-7165 On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, 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: AMY CHENEY FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $788.51 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 lot of ground, together with all rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

Lot Seventy-One (71) of George Moore Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 187 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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 Amy Cheney purchase said property for the consideration of Seven Hundred Eighty -Eight Dollars and 51/100 ($788.51) 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 Amy Cheney whose current mailing consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel or lot of ground, together with all rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows: REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

Lot Seventy-One (71) of George Moore Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 187 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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 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 year s 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 REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

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 reas onably 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 REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

regardless of whether they are brought to the attention of the acquiring person. This provision supersedes the requirements of any other law.

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

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

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

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, ma file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties whose interest the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, intends to be terminated were identified, how the address of each tax sale property was obtained, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication.

• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
• (f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any damages that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, 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: RODNEY WILLIAMS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $ 1,971.74 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 buildings and improvements located thereon, all rights, ways and privileges appertaining thereto, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows to-wit:

Lot Six (6) of Square Seventeen (17) of South Alexandria Land Company, Ltd’s Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 14 of the records of Rapides Parish 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 Rodney Williams purchase said property for the consideration of One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy -One dollars and 74/100 cents ( $1,971.74) 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 Rodney Williams whose current mailing address is 2043 Overton St., Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A certain piece, parcel or tract of land, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, all rights, ways and privileges appertaining thereto, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows to-wit: REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

Lot Six (6) of Square Seventeen (17) of South Alexandria Land Company, Ltd’s Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 14 of the records of Rapides Parish 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 year s 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 reas onably fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
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donation, and regardless of whether they are clear and unambiguous, and regardless of whether they are brought to the attention of the acquiring person. This provision supersedes the requirements of any other law.

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

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

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

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, ma file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties whose interest the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, intends to be terminated were identified, how the address of each tax sale property was obtained, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication.

• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
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they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity because of the cancellation, termination, release or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.

THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13 th day of October, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: RHONDA G. JOHNSON FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $2,666.66 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 tract of land, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, all rights, ways and privileges appertaining thereto, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows to-wit:

Lots Thirty -Nine (39) and Forty (40) of the Williamson Addition to the City of Alexandria, as per official plat of said addition recorded at Plat Book 1, Page 20, of the records of the Clerk of Court for Rapides Parish, Louisiana

LESS & EXCEPT: Part of Lot Thirty-Nine (39) of the Williamson Addition to the City of Alexandria, Louisiana as per official plat thereof recorded in Plat book 1, page 203, of the records of the Clerk of Court for Rapides Parish, Louisiana, having a frontage of 51.3 feet on Williamson Street and running back therefrom between parallel lines, one of which is the dividing line between Lots Thirty-eight (38) and Thirty-nine (39) of the Williamson Addition as distance of 108.5 feet to John Thomas Addition in the rear. 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 Rhonda G. Johnson purchase said property for the consideration of Two Thousand Six Hundred Sixty -Six Dollars and 66/100 Cents ($2,666.66) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

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WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above-mentioned property to Rhonda G. Johnson whose current mailing address is 1219 Beechwood Drive, Missouri City, TX 77489, for the offered consideration.

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

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

Lots Thirty -Nine (39) and Forty (40) of the Williamson Addition to the City of Alexandria, as per official plat of said addition recorded at Plat Book 1, Page 20, of the records of the Clerk of Court for Rapides Parish, Louisiana

LESS & EXCEPT: Part of Lot Thirty-Nine (39) of the Williamson Addition to the City of Alexandria, Louisiana as per official plat thereof recorded in Plat book 1, page 203, of the records of the Clerk of Court for Rapides Parish, Louisiana, having a frontage of 51.3 feet on Williamson Street and running back therefrom between parallel lines, one of which is the dividing line between Lots Thirty-eight (38) and Thirty-nine (39) of the Williamson Addition as distance of 108.5 feet to John Thomas Addition in the rear. 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 t he “green and white receipts” should be maintained by the purchaser as indicia of compliance with the notice requirements;

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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 year s 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 Act of Donati on 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.

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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 reas onably fit for its ordinary purpose or the acquiring person’s intended or particular purpose.
• (b) These waivers or exclusions of warranties shall be self -operative regardless of whether the waivers or exclusions are contained in the act of sale or donation, and regardless of whether they are clear and unambiguous, and regardless of whether they are brought to the attention of the acquiring person. This provision supersedes the requirements of any other law.
• (c) The writing constituting the sale shall be in the form as provided in R.S. 47:2207 B. and the writing constituting the donation shall be that which is included in R.S. 47:2207 C.

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

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

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, ma file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties whose interest the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, intends to be terminated were identified, how the address of each tax sale property was obtained, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication.

• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
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impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.

• (d) With respect toa donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
• (f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any damages that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the 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 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, 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: SHANE GREMILLION FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $3,833.33 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 buildings and improvements located thereon, all rights, ways and privileges appertaining thereto, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows to-wit:

Five (5) Acres, more or less, between Red River and Bayou Maria, bounded in from by Red River, above by Bayou Maria and being the property acquired by James A. Day from Barney Eugene Dunn I and Brenda K. Smith Dunn in Cash Sale Deed dated January 16, 1970, filed and recorded February 25, 1970 in Conveyance book 752, Page 568 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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The abstract company was unable to determine the exact location of the property. The Rapides Parish Tax Assessor places it in Section 35 T4NR1E. They reserve the right to amend their Abstract Certificate when furnished with a certificate showing the exact location of this property.

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 Shane Gremillion purchase said property for the consideration of Three Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty -Three and 33/100 ($3,833.33) 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 Shane Gremillion whose current mailing address is 5918 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, LA 71303, for the offered consideration.

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

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

Five (5) Acres, more or less, between Red River and Bayou Maria, bounded in from by Red River, above by Bayou Maria and being the property acquired by James A. Day from Barney Eugene Dunn I and Brenda K. Smith Dunn in Cash Sale Deed dated January 16, 1970, filed and recorded February 25, 1970 in Conveyance book 752, Page 568 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana

The abstract company was unable to determine the exact location of the property. The Rapides Parish Tax Assessor places it in Section 35 T4NR1E. They reserve the right to amend their Abstract Certificate when furnished with a certificate showing the exact location of this property.

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,

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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 year s 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 REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

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 reas onably 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.

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• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
• (f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any damages that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the 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 13 th day of October, 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: LANDRY GRIFFITH FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $1,877.36 CASH

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

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

Part of Lot Eleven (11) of Square Twenty-Four (24) of South Alexandria Land Company Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 55 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana fronting 44 1/3 feet on Harris Street and extending back therefrom between parallel lines, one of which is a division line between Lots Ten (10) and Eleven (11) a distance of 150 feet, being more particularly described in Conveyance Book 1577, Page 46 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

LESS AND EXCEPT: Part sold by Theus Shevnin to Charles E. Ewing III et al in Act of Sale & Mortgage dated May 29, 1979 and recorded May 30, 1979, Conveyance Book 965, Page 363 (Corrected on July 2, 1981 in Conveyance Book 1037, Page 351) of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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 Landry Griffith purchase said property for the consideration of One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy -Seven Dollars and 36/100 cents ($1,877.36) 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 Landry Griffith whose current mailing address is P. O Box 6233, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. Part of Lot Eleven (11) of Square Twenty-Four (24) of South Alexandria Land Company Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 55 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana fronting 44 1/3 feet on Harris Street and extending back therefrom between parallel lines, one of which is a division line between Lots Ten (10) and Eleven (11) a distance of 150 feet, being more particularly described in Conveyance Book 1577, Page 46 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

LESS AND EXCEPT: Part sold by Theus Shevnin to Charles E. Ewing III et al in Act of Sale & Mortgage dated May 29, 1979 and recorded May 30, 1979, Conveyance Book 965, Page 363 (Corrected on July 2, 1981 in Conveyance Book 1037, Page 351) 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 year s 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 reas onably 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 done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
• (f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any 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.

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THUS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of October, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: LINDA G. GRIFFITH 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 lot of ground, together with all rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging, being, lying and situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

A part of Lot Eleven (11) of Square Twenty-Four (24) of the South Alexandria Land Company, Ltd’s Addition to the City of Alexandria as described in COB 965, Page 363, records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

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 Linda G. Griffith purchase said property for the consideration of One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty -Six dollars and 66/100 cents ( $1,666.66) cash, at the time of sale, said consideration representing the total of the statutory impositions, governmental liens, and costs of sale or two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the property; and,

WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above -mentioned property to Linda G. Griffith whose current mailing address is 2124 Harris Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

Section 1. A part of Lot Eleven (11) of Square Twenty-Four (24) of the South Alexandria Land Company, Ltd’s Addition to the City of Alexandria as described in COB 965, Page 363, records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office.

Postal Address:

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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 year s 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).

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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.

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

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

Section 12. Contemporaneously with or subsequent to the filing of the sale or donation of adjudicated property, the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, ma file with the recorder of mortgages an affidavit indicating how the tax sale parties whose interest the acquiring person, his/her successors or assigns, intends to be terminated were identified, how the address of each tax sale property was obtained, how the written notice was sent, the results of sending the written notice, and the dates of publication.

• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect toa donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
• (f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any damages that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release or erase any interest listed in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the 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 13 th day of October, 2025.

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

Sale of Adjudicated Property ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY TO SELL TO: LINDA G. GRIFFITH FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $5,333.33 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 buildings and improvements located thereon, all rights, ways and privileges appertaining thereto, being, lying and situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows to-wit:

Parts of Lots Eight 8), Nine (9) and Ten (10) of Square Twenty- Two (22) of West Alexandria Addition fronting 71 feet on Sixteenth Street and running back between parallel lines 110 feet to an alley in rear; bounded in front by Sixteenth Street, on the left by property conveyed by Amelia J. Porterie to Floring Ponthieux on September 8, 1919 and in the rear by an alley

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

Part of Lot Eight (8) of Square Twenty-Two (22) of Alexandria Land Improvement Company West Alexandria Addition to the City of Alexandria, more particularly describer as follows:

Fronting 39 feet on Sixteenth Street and running back between parallel lines a distance of 121 feet to an alley in the rear, bounded on the front by Sixteenth Street, in the rear by an alley, on the right or toward Levin Street by property of Mrs. E. S. Firmin and on the left or toward Kelly Street by property of Dr. C. L. Porterie, all as per plat thereof recorded in Conveyance Book Y, Page 430 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana 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 Linda G. Griffith purchase said property for the consideration of Five Thousand Three Hundred Thirty -Three Dollars and 33/100 cents (5,333.33) 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, REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

WHEREAS, this Jury is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to convey the above -mentioned property to Linda G. Griffith whose current mailing address is 2124 Harris Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, for the offered consideration.

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

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

Parts of Lots Eight 8), Nine (9) and Ten (10) of Square Twenty- Two (22) of West Alexandria Addition fronting 71 feet on Sixteenth Street and running back between parallel lines 110 feet to an alley in rear; bounded in front by Sixteenth Street, on the left by property conveyed by Amelia J. Porterie to Floring Ponthieux on September 8, 1919 and in the rear by an alley

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

Part of Lot Eight (8) of Square Twenty-Two (22) of Alexandria Land Improvement Company West Alexandria Addition to the City of Alexandria, more particularly describer as follows:

Fronting 39 feet on Sixteenth Street and running back between parallel lines a distance of 121 feet to an alley in the rear, bounded on the front by Sixteenth Street, in the rear by an alley, on the right or toward Levin Street by property of Mrs. E. S. Firmin and on the left or toward Kelly Street by property of Dr. C. L. Porterie, all as per plat thereof recorded in Conveyance Book Y, Page 430 of the records of Rapides Parish, Louisiana 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,

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the records of the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Secretary of States set forth by the names of identified entities

Section 3. The acquiring person shall submit the required notifications (R.S. 47:2206 A and B) to the Civil Sheriff for his/her signature, and then notify those persons identified via regular mail, certified mail*, publication and/or service of process. *Copies of the “green and white receipts” 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 year s 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 OCTOBER 13, 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 reas onably 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 OCTOBER 13, 2025

• (a) The affidavit may also contain a statement of the interest of which the purchaser or done takes subject. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the owner filing the affidavit and the tax debtor, as mortgagors.
• (b) The affidavit described herein shall be sufficient if it follows the form articulated in R.S. 47:2208.
• (c) With respect to a sale, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (d) With respect to a donation, the filing of the affidavit provided herein shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and of all interests, liens, mortgages, privileges, and other encumbrances recorded against the property sold and listed in the affidavit.
• (e) Upon filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased, all those liens, privileges, mortgages or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released or erased under subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, only insofar as they affect the property.
• (f) The owner filing the affidavit shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any 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 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to delete from the Rapides Fire District No. 7 (Ruby/Kolin) Asset Inventory Program the assets listed below as they are no longer suitable for use by the Department and authorize the following items be donated to Simmesport Fire Department, motion passed by the Ruby Kolin Fire Department Board on September 25, 2025 and recommended by the Fire Chief:

Asset Number Description Disposal 11199 Apple Ipad Air Donation 11200 Apple Ipad Air Donation 12372 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12377 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12381 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

12382 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to delete from the Rapides Fire District No. 7 (Ruby/Kolin) Asset Inventory Program the assets listed below are no longer suitable for use by the Department and authorize the following items be donated to Marksville Fire Department, motion passed by the Ruby Kolin Fire Department Board on September 25, 2025 and recommended by the Fire Chief:

Asset Number Description Disposal 12373 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12380 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation 12383 Apple Ipad 6th gen Donation On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Treasury related to Act 461 of 2025 Regular Legislative Session – State Aid to Local Government Entities State General Fund Direct for purpose outlined by HB 460 for the following fire departments: Rapides Fire District No. 8, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 10, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 14, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 15, Rapides Parish Fire District No. 16 and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to delete from Rapides Parish Fire District No. 2 Asset/Inventory Program the following equipment: Asset Number Description Disposal 10976 Refrigerator Scrap broken 10747 Computer – Server Scrap – on longer in use On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to approve the proposal received from Gulf Engineers & Consultants and proceed with an environmental and public health risk assessment and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLUTION

BY

WHEREAS, TL Construction, LLC , the Contractor for the project entitled , RPPJ District H - West River Road Lane Widening 2025 has “Substantially Completed” the work under the Contract as recommended by the Engineer;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contract of TL Construction, LLC , the Contractor for said work, is hereby accepted as REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

“Substantially Complete” with the understanding that the final payment will be made upon satisfactory completion of any Punch List items and presentation of the Clear Lien Certificate as required by law; and,

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

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

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 387 Dupree Street, Pineville, LA 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.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to approve Project No. 11599, Waters Bayou, as recommended by Pan American Engineers. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to approve ditch cleaning and repairs to drainage easement at 409 E. Paul Road, Ward 11, District C. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to add Asset No. 12641 – Dodge Ram 2500 back into the Rapides Parish Public Works Inventory. It was erroneously deleted by a certain motion passed on August 12, 2024. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Department of Treasury related to Act 461 of 2025 Regular Legislative Session – State Aid to Local Government Entities State General Fund Direct for road repairs to the following roads: Barron Chapel Road, Elmus Paul Road, Paul Road, Kastanek Road, Hooper Road, Hickory Hill Road, Oaklane Road, Hines Road, Baywood Drive, Palmer Chapel Road, Wil liams Lake Road, Fish Hatchery Road, and cleanup of Bayou Rapides and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 4716 Sonnett Drive, Pineville, LA 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.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 406 & 408 Hines Lane, Pineville, LA REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

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.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for various road repairs and overlays in Road District 1A, District H, project not to exceed $245,000.00. Project to be funded by Road District 1A, District H. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Cheneyville for the Public Works Department to install a culvert at Cheneyville Town Hall, located at 201 Derboune Street, as requested by the Mayor. Project to be funded by Road District 3A, town’s portion. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise for bids for various road improvement projects in District A, District B, District C and District H. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLUTION

BY THE

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury (RPPJ) has entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Facility Planning and Control (FP&C) for Philadelphia Road Street Improvements, Planning, and Construction, and;

WHEREAS, if construction, change order, or other costs exceeds the amount of the 25% local match and the Capital Outlay appropriation, the RPPJ shall budget as required sufficient funds to complete the project;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the RPPJ shall be responsible for any cost exceeding funding as secured from the Louisiana Capital Outlay program for this project.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 6723 Isabella Drive, Alexandria, LA 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.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize the submission of a grant application to Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) for five (5) REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

trash receptacles to be placed at Buckeye Recreation Area and authorize the President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to ratify authorization for the President to sign Amendment No. 1 for the 9 th JDC Behavioral Health Court Grant, administered by the Louisiana Department of Health, Central Louisiana Human Services District (CLHSD) , FY 2026, increase of $100,000.00 supported by State Grant Funds. Discussion ensued. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to authorize the purchase of a 2023 Braun Voyager, VIN 2C4RC1CG7PR579450 from Calcasieu Parish Police Jury in the amount of 8,970.00 to be used by Rapides Senior Citizen Center for the LADOTD Rural Transportation Grant, purchase of van to be funded by Rapides Parish Senior Citizen Fund 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 authorize the purchase of a 2023 Braun Voyager, VIN 2C4RC1CG7PR579405 from Rapides Area Planning Commission in the amount of 8,142.00 to be used by Rapides Senior Citizen Center for the LADOTD Rural Transportation Grant, purchase of van to be funded by Rapides Parish Senior Citizen Fund and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to authorize the President to execute Beneficial Occupancy documents related to the Courthouse Restroom Renovation Project, construction by DSW Construction, for the secondfloor woman’s restroom, as recommended by the Project Engineer and approved by Fire Marshal. The one-year warranty will begin today upon approval of beneficial occupancy. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full-time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Lead Workforce Professional II in the OEWD/WOD office, pay classification Range 23, annual salary of $44,112.93. Funding for the position will be paid out of WIOA Grant funds and authorize the Treasurer to amend the budget as necessary. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to renew the polling place lease for Voting Precinct S11 , at the same terms and prices, with the correction of the name change from Crossroad Fellowship at Gardner to Gardner Baptist Church and authorize the President to sign any necessary documents. A copy of this resolution be sent to the Registrar of Voters, Clerk of Court, and Secretary of State, Elections Division. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full-time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Operations Manager, pay classification Range 19, annual salary of $36,291.82. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to approve the creation of one (1) new permanent full-time Rapides Parish Civil Service position, Auditor III, Class A, pay classification Range 26, annual salary of $53,108.88. On REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to increase the starting base annual salary for a Firefighter at Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4 – Holiday Village VFD to $35,000.00 and any new hires not eligible for State Supplemental Pay during year one (1) of employment will receive an additional $600.00 per month, classified as firefighter recruit pay, annual cost not to exceed $7,200.00 per Firefighter, total cost of recruit pay to be reimbursed by Holiday Village VFD to Rapides Parish F ire District No. 4, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Holiday Village VFD Board of Directors, increase to be effective 10/05/2025. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to increase current salary of Chief of Administration to $48,000.00 and current salary of Secretary to $41,000.00 for Rapides Parish Fire District No. 4 – Holiday Village VFD, as recommended by the Fire Chief and Holiday Village VFD Board of Directors, to be effective October 5, 2025. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton , 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 2/3 rd vote:

YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris, Parrish Giles, Sean McGlothlin and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 9-0.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon a n otice is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2nd 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) Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana and (ii) Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana to authorize the levy of ad valorem taxes therein. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Jay Scott, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin t o appoint Dr. Christina Hurd to the Rapides Parish Library Board for a five (5) year term, representing District I. Term will expire September 13, 2030. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to authorize the Parish President to proceed with negotiations and acceptance of a donation for a certain piece of property and rights of way to the property located in Ward 11, pending legal counsel approval. On vote the motion carried.

REGULAR MEETING

OCTOBER 13, 2025

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon the following Resolution was offered and unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION

A resolution authorizing the President to execute an Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD) for improvements at the Esler Regional Airport.

WHEREAS, Act 451 of 1989 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature authorized the financing of certain airport improvements from funds appropriated from the Transportation Trust Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury has requested funding assistance from the LA DOTD to/construct airport drainage/erosion control in work area 3; and

WHEREAS, the stated project has been approved by the Louisiana Legislature and the LA DOTD is agreeable to the implementation of this project and desires to cooperate with the Rapides Parish Police Jury according to the terms and conditions identified in the attached Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the LA DOTD will provide the necessary funding for the constructing airport drainage/erosion control in work area 3; and reimburse the sponsor up to $89,567.00 of project cost.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury that it does hereby authorize the President to execute an Agreement for the project identified as AIP No. 3-22 -0002-037-2025, and SPN H.016660, more fully identified in the Agreement attached her eto, and to execute any subsequent related documents, including, but not limited to, amendments to said agreement.

This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption.

The aforesaid Resolution, having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris, Parrish Giles, Sean McGlothlin and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: None On roll call vote the motion carried 9-0.

WHEREUPON, the Resolution was declared adopted on this 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin to authorize the Purchasing Agent to readvertise for qualifications for Engineering Services for DR4559 – Hurricane Laura – Hazard Mitigation Funds for infrastructure project, Cloverdale Drainage. Only one (1) proposal was received on Friday, October 10, 2025. On vote the motion carried.

REGULAR MEETING

OCTOBER 13, 2025

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to renew the FY 2026 Group Health Insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of LA and maintain the current plan offered with cost sharing of 88%/12% for active employees and 90%/10% cost sharing for retirees. Total overall increase of 5.5%. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Danny Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise for bids for various road improvements in Holiday Estates, Road District 36A, District E, project cost estimated to be $1,008,113.00. Project to be funded by Road District 36A, District E. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT FY 2026-2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR THE ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT BY THE RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

WHEREAS, Title 2 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 provides that cities, towns, parishes, and other political subdivisions of this State may separately or jointly acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police airports and landing fields for the use of aircraft; and,

WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, Division of Aviation (formerly the LA DOTD-OAPT) is charged by Title 2 with the responsibility for the development of aviation facilities within the State to foster air commerce and to safeguard the interests of those engaged in all phases of the aviation industry and of the general public; and,

WHEREAS, the Rapides Parish Police Jury hereinafter referred to as “Sponsor”, has completed an FAA and DOTD approved Master Plan, Action Plan, and/or Airport Layout Plan which outlines the specific future development of the Esler Regional Airport; and, the Sponsor is desirous of implementing a portion of the approved Plan recommendations which provide for the critically needed improvements as stated below to substantially improve the safety and usability of the Airport, but does not have sufficient funds of its own required for completing the needed improvements; and,

WHEREAS, the LA DOTD, Division of Aviation is authorized by Title 2 to expend funds for the construction or enlargement of airports for the safety and advancement of aeronautics;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

SECTION I

That the Sponsor does hereby formally request that the LA DOTD, Division of Aviation provide funds required to complete the airport improvements at the Esler REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

Regional Airport specifically as described in the Capital Improvement Program Application for State Financial Assistance to be dated October 2025.

SECTION II

That the said LA DOTD, Division of Aviation be and is hereby assured that all necessary servitudes, rights-of-way, rights of ingress and egress and means thereof will be furnished by the Sponsor and the titles thereto will be valid and indefeasible, and th at the Sponsor will assume ownership, financial reporting, and complete responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of the airport after completion of said improvement. SECTION III

That the Sponsor will save and hold the said LA DOTD, Division of Aviation, its officers, agents, and employees harmless from any liability or claim for damages arising out of the project, including death or injuries to third parties including, but not limited to, liability or claim for damages out of the negligence of said LA DOTD, Division of Aviation, its officers, agents, or employees, and expressly agrees to defend any suit of any nature brought against the LA DOTD, Division of Aviation as a result of this project. SECTION IV

That the President of the Sponsor be and is hereby authorized and directed to evidence this agreement by affixing his signature at the place provided therefore on this resolution and on subsequent related documents/agreements as required by the rules and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration and the State of Louisiana and the Clerk is hereby authorized to attest said execution.

SECTION V

That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption.

A MOTION TO ADOPT the above resolution was made by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins, and resulted in the following vote:

The aforesaid Resolution, having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris, Parrish Giles, Sean McGlothlin and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 9-0.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 13 th day of October, 2025.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Jay Scott to authorize the Purchasing Agent to advertise for Request for Proposals for mowing services at the Coliseum, DMV, Health Unit, OEWD, Sales Tax Offices and ditches facing Highway 28 West, Alexandria, LA. On vote the motion carried. REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for various concrete panel replacements on Greenway Drive, Greenwood and Willo wwood Drive, project to be funded by Road District 1B, District F. On vote the motion carried.

On motion Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bidder for Soil Pak-250 material, up to 25 0 gallons, to be used on various roads within District C cost of material to be allocated to the corresponding Road District Fund for quantity used. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to receive the for report from Rapides Parish Ambulance Services Sub-Committee Chairman Randy Harris: a) continued contract exceptions discussion and receive August 2025 compliance report of Pafford EMS (see “Attachment A” to agenda) b) Executive Session R.S. 42:17(2)&(4) – continued contract exceptions discussion, strategy, investigation, and possible action on contract exceptions issues;

Contract Exceptions Taken – 0 – Reasons Stated (For Transparency) = 0.00% of Response Calls Total (2,900) (not included in the Response time calculations above)

On motion by Mr. Ollie Overton , seconded by Mr. Craig Smith to enter into Executive Session to discuss Executive Session R.S. 42:17(2)&(4) – continued contract exceptions discussion, strategy, investigation, and possible action on contract exceptions issues. On vote the matter carried unanimously at 3:59 p.m.

Response Zone # of Responses Average Response Time Contract % Goal Compliance Zone 1 (Alexandria/Pineville)

• • 8 Minute Zone Life Threatening 8:00 minutes 8:01-8:59 10 minutes 11:11 minutes Non-Life Threatening

6:17 minutes

7:37 minutes

90%

72.26% 79.38% 84.48% 90% Zone 2 (Outside Urban Area)

• • 12 Minutes or Less Life Threatening 12:00 minutes 12:01-12:59 14 minutes 15:08 minutes Non-Life Threatening

9:27 minutes

11:11 minutes

90%

79.26% 82.10% 86.93% 90%

Zone 3 (Rural Areas)

• • 20 Minutes Less Life Threatening 20:00 minutes 20:01 – 20:59 22 minutes 23:11 minutes Non-Life Threatening

13:25 minutes

15:42 minutes

90%

82:93% 85:85% 88:29% 90% Emergency Hospital 30:00 minutes 31 minutes 32 minutes 20:30 minutes 35 20:30 minutes 90% 94.29% 94.29% 94.29% 100% Non-Emergency 90:00 minutes 887 90% 100%

TOTAL 2,900 REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

Roll call vote was as followed:

YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Bubba Moreau, Ollie Overton, Danny Bordelon, Jay Scott, Randy Harris, Parrish Giles, Sean McGlothlin and Craig Smith. NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 9-0.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Craig Smith to come out of Executive Session at 4:54 p.m and called the meeting back into Open Session.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to retain the Gold Law Firm to represent the Parish and the Rapides Parish Police Jury on the contract issues matter with Acadian Ambulance and recover any public funds that may be owed to the Parish and designate the Parish President as the point of contact. On vote the motion carried and the following resolution was presented and adopted:

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to adopt the following Resolution and fee schedule;

Resolution

WHEREAS, general legal counsel, Gregory L. Jones, has dealt with Acadian Ambulance Inc when they held the contract with the Parish, and may have to deal with them again if they hold the contract with the Parish in the future, and is in need of the expertise of Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, herein “The Gold Firm” and attorney Morgan Briggs in the area of corporate services litigation; and

WHEREAS, there is a civil claim and potential lawsuit that is being filed against Acadian Ambulance; and

WHEREAS, The Gold Firm and attorney Morgan Briggs , has the knowledge of these suits and the Police Jury request that services be for one (1) year to assist the Police Jury in this claim; and

WHEREAS, The Gold Firm and attorney Morgan Briggs, be hereby retained as cocounsel for the Rapides Parish Police Jury; at the compensation schedule published and approved by the attorney general not to exceed the attached fee schedule and total estimated annual cost of $90,000.00, together with incurred expenses for court cost advances, subpoena and deposition fees, and other like out- of-pocket expenditures, subject however to the approval of the Louisiana Attorney General pursuant to R.S. 42:263; and

WHEREAS, The Gold Firm and attorney Morgan Briggs, is hereby retained for a term of one (1) year beginning October 13, 2025 and ending October 12, 2026; and

WHEREAS, in the event of claims brought in court seeking equitable relief, these claims may implicate the interests of the State of Louisiana, and so the Rapides REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2025

Parish Police Jury agrees to provide advance written notice to the Louisiana Attorney General ten (10) business days before the next meeting and an opportunity for the Attorney General to express concerns directly to the Board in writing or in executive session before the Board:

• (1) proposes a settlement, accepts a proposed settlement, agrees to a consent decree, or enters any other agreement with any party in any federal action for declaratory or injunctive relief that is going to be or has been filed; or
• (2) files any document in any federal case in which(a) declaratory or injunctive relief has been granted against the Board, (b) final judgement dismissing the case has not been entered, and (c) at least 3 years have passed since any party seeking relief, including the USDOJ in an amicus capacity, filed any document in the case.

Accordingly, the Rapides Parish Police Jury authorizes and directs The Gold Firm and attorney Morgan Briggs, to provide the required notice to the Attorney General, release such information and documentation as the Attorney General may request in response to the notice, and generally cooperate with the Attorney General in regard to the notice

WHEREAS, this resolution shall take effect immediately; and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jury, pursuant to La. R.S. 42:262, does hereby retain and employ The Gold Firm and attorney Morgan Briggs, as special counsel; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution and proposed contract described herein be submitted to the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana for approval.

The resolution having been submitted to a vote; the vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Danny Bordelon, Randy Harris , Parrish Giles, Sean McGlothlin and Craig Smith. NAYS: Jay Scott ABSENT: None ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 8-1.

Whereupon the Resolution was declared adopted by the Rapides Parish Police Jury on the 13 th day of October, 2025.

There being no further business on motion by President Craig Smith, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton the meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.