Public Meeting

Rapides Parish Police Jury

Name: Rapides Parish Police Jury — June 8, 2026
Start: 2026-06-08T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-06-08T00:00:00Z
Location: Police Jury Room, Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, LA 71301

June 8, 2026 · 12:31 p.m. announced

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

Meeting documents

Jury Agenda agenda

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INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM

JURORS COMMENTS

Recognize Glenmora Baseball Team for winning the 2026 Clas s B LHSAA Baseball State Championship.

Recognize Alexandria Senior High School Track Team for winning the 2026 Class 5-A LHSAA Outdoor Track & Field State Championship.

Motion to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury he ld in Regular Session on May 11, 2026, as published in the Official Journal.
Motion that approved bills be paid.
Levy Millages
Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented on June 1, 2026. (Finance 06/01)

APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED ***Oscar Leon Coody on the Waterworks District No. 3 Board for a five ( 5) year term. Term will expire June 14, 2026. ***David Bates on the Waterworks District 11A for a five (5) year te rm. Term will expire July 8, 2026. REGULAR MEETING JUNE 8, 2026

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***June Arrington on the Library Board, representing District A, for a five (5) year term. Term will expire July 9, 2026. MUST BE NEW APPOINTMENT ***Morris Taft Thomas on the Library Board, representing Distri ct D, for a five

(5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2025. MUST BE NEW APPOINTMENT ***Lance Speer to the Buckeye Recreation District for a five (5) yea r term. Term expired April 12, 2025. ***Chris Lacombe on the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024. ***Mark Scarber on the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five (5) year term. Term expired October 11, 2024. ***Glen Peterson on the Gas Utility District No. 2 Board for a five ( 5) year term. Term expired April 10, 2026.

Motion to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 3 to purchase a Lifepak 15 cardiac monitor, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire D epartment of Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. (Finance 06/01)
Motion to approve Intent to Sell for the Abandoned/Adjudicated pro perty listed below:

TAX DEBTOR DESCRIPTION

106.66’ between Xavier & Ogden Assessment# 5018954424 Bearing the municipal address of:

Dianne Slatten Thomas Lot Twelve (12) and Fourteen (14) of the J. B. Lafargue Subdivision, as per plat by rion Lafargue, dated May 13, 1953 Bearing the municipal address: Alexandria Fred Howard A Lot fronting 100 feet on Sugar House Road by 200 feet and being more fully described as per plat attached to COB 0706, Page 0688, records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office Bearing the municipal address:

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Colonial Finance Service Inc. Lot Nine (9), J. B. Lafargue Subd. C/O Buffalo Savings Bank Having a front of Fifty Feet on Lafargue Street and running back a depth by 115.75 as described in COB 1068, Page 0355, records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office Bearing the municipal address: (Finance 06/01)

Motion to name "The Town Talk" as the Official Journal for a one (1) ye ar period ending June 30, 2027. (Finance 06/01)
Motion to adopt an ordinance to set the speed limit on Baywood Drive, Ward 10, District B, from 15 mph to 20 mph, and authorize the Publi c Works Department to erect speed limit signs. (Public Works 06/01)
Motion to authorize the Rapides Parish Public Works Depart ment to provide services under the annual Intergovernmental Agreement within t he city limits of Forest Hill for ten (10) hours of road grader work and ten (10) hours of boom truck work on C. Willis Road as requested by the Mayor. Project to be funded by the town’s portion of Road District 1A Maintenanc e Funds. (Public Works 06/01)
Motion to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quote s and award to the lowest bidder for a 24-foot, 12,000 lb equipment/car hauler trailer, to be used by the Rapides Parish Public Works Department. Cost not to exceed $10,000.00 and purchase to be funded by Rapides Parish Public Works Operating Fund. (Public Works 06/01)
Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris a t 6137 Isabella Drive, Alexandria, LA and authorize legal counsel to inv oice the property owner for cost of cleanup. Public Works Department to compl ete the job if a contractor is unable to complete the job in a tim ely manner or if it is cost prohibitive. (Public Works 06/01)

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Motion to authorize Pan American Engineers to advertise and re ceive bids Culvert Replacement, estimate cost of project $550,000.00, project t o be funded by remaining Capital Outlay Funds and local match from Road District 2B-1 Maintenance Funds. (Public Works 06/01)
Motion to approve a temporary increase in hourly rate of pay for the Workforce Professional Assistant part time position, from $13.61 to $15.00 per hour for up to sixty-four (64) hours per pay period due to increased workload, expanded job responsibilities, and more technical duties given the current staffing shortages, increased demands, and complexity of work being performed. (Workforce Development & Grants 06/01)
Motion to appoint Mr. John Lewis Vanmol Jr. to the Central Loui siana Regional Port Authority for a four (4) year term. Term to begin on J uly 21, 2026 and end on July 30, 2026. (Parochial & Municipal Liaison 06/01)
Motion to renew Polling Place Lease agreement for a three (3) year term, with an option to renew for a like term of one (1) year, at the same rental rate for Voting Precinct C23, located at River of Life Church, 7001 M asonic Louisiana Department of Elections and Registrar of Voters. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 06/01)
Motion to approve recommendation of Pan American Engineers and proceed with the condemnation of the following properties in accordance with the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances Section 8-1/4, as authorized by t he

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION &

SERVICE REPORT

Ricki Schneider Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated Section 21, 04N-01E, Ward 9, Rapides Parish

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OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION &

SERVICE REPORT

Ray A Fain Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated Section 26, 05N-01W, Ward 10, Rapides Parish

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION &

SERVICE REPORT

Danny Gene Rogers & Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 06/01)

Motion to acknowledge the appointment of Mr. Jeff Langston t o fill the expired term of Mr. Robert Bussey on the AICUZ (Air Installat ion Compatible Use Zone) Appeal Board, representing Central Louis iana Regional Chamber of Commerce. Term will expire May 13, 2028. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 06/01)
Motion to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 employ ees effective July 26, 2026, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 06/01)
Motion to grant a 2% pay increase for all full-time Rapi des Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 employees, in addition to any mandat ed raises, effective July 26, 2026, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 06/01)
Motion to designate and name the Secretary as the Records Ma nagement Officer Liaison to act as liaison between the Division of Arc hives, Records Management and History and the Rapides Parish Police Jury for t he period of July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027. (Personnel, Elections, Insurance & Legal 06/01)

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Motion to receive the required report from PAFFORD EMS under the Contract for April 2026 as reviewed by the Rapides Parish Ambulanc e Control Board: (Ambulance, Fire, Health, & Homeland 06/01)

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

Motion to authorize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 508 Redbird Drive, Alexandria, LA and authorize legal counsel to invoice t he property owner for cost of cleanup. Public Works Department to compl ete the job if a contractor is unable to complete the job in a tim ely manner or if it is cost prohibitive. (Mr. Scott)

Response Zone # of Resp’s Average Resp Time Contract % Goal No Exceptions With Contract Exceptions With Acadian Exceptions Zone 1 (Alexandria/Pineville)  8 Minute Zone Life Threatening 8:00 min 8:01-8:59 10 min 8:57 min Non-Life Threatening

6:05 min

7:23 min

90%

83.46% 90.08% 94.16% 90%

83.68% 90.19% 94.27%

95.15% 96.80% 97.79% Zone 2 (Outside Urban Area)  12 Minutes or Less Life Threatening 12:00 min 12:01-12:59 14 min 12:31 min Non-Life Threatening

7:58 min

9:11 min

90%

87.87% 91.18% 95.59% 90%

88.24% 91.54% 95.96%

97.43% 99.26% 99.26% Zone 3 (Rural Areas)  20 Minutes Less Life Threatening 20:00 min 20:01–20:59 22 min 21:43 min Non-Life Threatening

13:38 min

15:19 min

90%

85.07% 88.06% 90.55% 90%

85.07% 88.06% 90.55%

97.01% 97.51% 97.51% Emergency Hospital 30:00 min 30:00-30:59 33 min 28:31 min 90% 91.67% 95.83% 95.83% 90% 91.67% 95.83% 95.83% 100% 100% 100% Non-Emergency 90:00 min 1,241 16:38 90% 99.86%

99.86% 100% TOTAL 3,094 REGULAR MEETING JUNE 8, 2026

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Motion to set the annual salary of newly hired Public Works Direc tor, E. “Bama” Hinton, and a one (1) year probationary period. (Mr. Overton)
Motion to authorize the leasing of one (1) ½ ton truck for the Rapide s Parish Public Works Department thru Enterprise Fleet Management and autho rize the President to sign all necessary documents. (Mr. Giles)
Motion to accept Project No. 3155 – Work Order No. 2 – Courthouse HVAC Improvements, with the exception of punch list items and aut horize the Parish President to sign the Substantial Completion Certificate, as recommended by Pan American Engineers. (Mr. McGlothin)
Motion to award RFP No. 3558 – Substance Abuse Testing/Ph ysicals to Louisiana Occupational Health Services (LOHS) and Cenla Occ upational Medicine Services for a one (1) year term with the option to exte nd at for an additional two (2) years beginning July 1, 2026, as recommended by the Purchasing Agent. (Mr. Overton)
Motion to adopt a resolution providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the special elections held in (i) Fir e Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (ii) Fi re Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (iii) Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, St ate of Louisiana and (iv) Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana , on Saturday, May 16, 2026, to authorize the renewal and continuation of special taxes therein. (Mr. Overton)
Motion to adopt a resolution providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the special elections 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, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, to authorize the levy of special taxes therein. (Mr. Overton)

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Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of Nine Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($930,000) of Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, of Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish o f Rapides, State of Louisiana; and providing for other matters in connec tion therewith. (Mr. Smith)
Motion to approve the renewal for property insurance with Affil iated FM Insurance Company, effective July 1, 2026 – July 1, 2027 and authorize t he Parish President to sign all necessary documents.
Motion to initiate the condemnation process of the followin g property and order the Parish Engineer of Record to inspect the properties a nd provide a report to the Jury:

Property Locations: 555 Hwy 457 District H (Mr. Giles)

Motion to receive report from the Engineer and set a public he aring for August 10, 2026, on proposed condemnation of the following property in accordance with the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances Secti on 8-1/4, as authorized by the Rapides Parish Police Jury.

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION

& SERVICE REPORT

John A. Harrell, Jr ET AL c/o Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated Clara Wilson structure located at 3406 Shreveport District A Rapides Parish (Mr. Moreau)

ITEMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE

OF THE JURY AND WERE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA

BUT ARE NOW ADDED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

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ADJOURNMENT

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Minutes minutes

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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 Pari sh Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, on Monday, June 8, 2026, at thr ee (3:00) o'clock p.m. (Central Standard Time).

There were present: Davron “Bubba” Moreau, Randy Wiggins, Randy Harri s, Danny Bordelon, Oliver “Ollie” Overton, Jr., Sean McGlothlin, and Parrish Giles.

Absent: Craig Smith and Jay Scott.

Also present were: Ms. Theresa Pacholik, Secretary/Treasurer; Mr. Shane Trapp, Courthouse Building Superintendent; Mr. Ryan Elkins; Ms. Betty Jo Bourgeois; Ms. Sharon Neal; Ms. Angie Branton; Chief David Corley; Chief Joe Glorioso Judge Beard; Ms. Sarah Vidrine; Ms. Debra Wess; Ms. Devon Davis; Mayor David Butler; Mr. Rhett Desselle; Mr. Caleb Pope; Ms. Deborah Randolph; Mr. Jeff Langston; Ms. Jessica Trichel and Mr. Greg Jones, Legal Counsel.

The invocation was given by Mr. Randy Harris.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Bubba Moreau

The Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, was duly convened as the governing authority of said Parish by Hon. Ollie Overton, Vice-Pres ident, who welcomed all present and then stated that the Police Jury was ready for the first item of business.

Mr. Parrish Giles presented certificates to the Glenmora High School Baseball Team for winning the 2026 Class B LHSAA Baseball State Championship.

Mr. Sean McGlothlin presented certificates to the Alexandri a Senior High School Track Team for winning the Class 5A LHSAA Outdoor Track & Field State Championship.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to adopt the minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury held in Regular Session on May 11, 2026 as published in the Official Journal. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon that appro ved bills be paid. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon the foll owing resolution was unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following millage(s) are hereby levied on the 2026 tax roll on all property subject to taxation by the Rapides Parish Police Jury:

MILLAGE

Road District 7A 5.56 Fire Protection District No. 2 15.58 Fire Protection District No. 2, SA 1 16.31

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proper administrative offici als of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, be and they are hereby empowe red, authorized, and directed to spread said taxes, as hereinabove set for th, upon the assessment roll of said Parish for the year 2026, and to make the collection of the taxes imposed for and on behalf of the taxing authority, according to law , and that the taxes herein levied shall become a permanent lien and pri vilege on all property subject to taxation as herein set forth, and collection thereof shall be enforceable in the manner provided by law.

The foregoing resolution was read in full, the roll was called on the adoption thereof, and the resolution was adopted by the following votes:

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

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to appro ve the Treasurer’s report as presented in the Committee Meeting on Jun e 1, 2026. The report contained budget to actual revenue and expenses for all funds and status of

audit findings and an update on the FY 2024 & FY 2025 audit report. On v ote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton to reappoint Mr. David Bates to the Waterworks District No. 3 Board for a five (5) year term. Term will expire July 8, 2031. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Sean McGlothlin to ap point Coach Alfred Rachal on the Library Board, representing District D, for a five (5) year term. Term will expire October 11, 2030. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize Rapides Parish Fire District No. 3 to purchase a Lifepak 15 cardia c monitor, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department of Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau to approve Intent to Sell for the Abandoned/Adjudicated property listed below: TAX DEBTOR DESCRIPTION 106.66’ between Xavier & Ogden Assessment# 5018954424 Bearing the municipal address of: Dianne Slatten Thomas Lot Twelve (12) and Fourteen (14) of the J. B. Lafargue Subdivision, as per plat by rion Lafargue, dated May 13, 1953 Bearing the municipal address: Alexandria Fred Howard A Lot fronting 100 feet on Sugar House Road by 200 feet and being more fully described as per plat attached to COB 0706, Page 0688, records of the Rapides Parish Clerk of Courts Office Bearing the municipal address:

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to name "The Town Talk" as the Official Journal for a one (1) year period en ding June 30, 2027. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, the follow ing ordinance was presented and on vote unanimously adopted:

ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION 18-4.2 AND

(G) SPEED LIMITS SO AS TO SET A 20 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON BAYWOOD DRIVE, WARD 10, DISTRICT B

BE IT ORDAINED by the Rapides Parish Police Jury in Regular Session convened on this 8th day of June, 2026, that Section 18-4.2 (g) of the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended and reenacted to set a 20 mph sp eed limit on the following road as follows:

Chapter 18. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

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

(g) Twenty miles per hour. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon the following parish road in Rapides Parish in exces s of twenty (20) miles per hour. … Baywood Drive, Ward 10, District B …
(i) Fifteen miles per hour. It shall be unlawful for any person to dr ive or operate a vehicle upon the following parish road in Rapides Parish in exce ss of fifteen (15) miles per hour. … Baywood Drive …

(l). Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisoned in the Rapides Paris h Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

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

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

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Parish Public Works Department is hereby authorized to erect the speed limit signs on the Road and a copy o f this ordinance sent to the Rapides Parish Sheriff Office.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED on this 8th day of June, 2026.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to au thorize the Rapides Parish Public Works Department to provide services under the annual Intergovernmental Agreement within the city limits of Forest Hill for ten (10) hours of road grader work and ten (10) hours of boom truck work on C. Willis Roa d as requested by the Mayor. Project to be funded by the town’s portion of Road District 1A Maintenance Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize the Purchasing Agent to receive price quotes and award to the lowest bid der for a 24foot, 12,000 lb. equipment/car hauler trailer, to be used by the Rapides Parish Public Works Department. Cost not to exceed $10,000.00 and purchase to be fun ded by Rapides Parish Public Works Operating Fund. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to aut horize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 6137 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 Harris, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to author ize Pan American Engineers to advertise and receive bids for PAE Job No. 12622-Phase 2 Barron Chapel Road at Dyson Creek-Culvert Replacement, estimate cost of project $550,000.00, project to be funded by remaining Capital Outlay Funds and local match from Road District 2B-1 Maintenance Funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to approve a temporary increase in hourly rate of pay for the Workforce Profes sional Assistant part time position, from $13.61 to $15.00 per hour for up to sixty-four (64) hours per pay period due to increased workload, expanded job responsibilities , and more technical duties given the current staffing shortages, increased d emands, and complexity of work being performed. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to appo int Mr. John Lewis Vanmol Jr. to the Central Louisiana Regional Port A uthority for a four

(4) year term. Term to begin on July 21, 2026 and end on July 30, 2030. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to renew P olling Place Lease agreement for a three (3) year term, with an opti on to renew for a like term of one (1) year, at the same rental rate for Voting Precinct C23, located at River of Life Church, 7001 Masonic Drive, Alexandria, LA 71302, copy of this resolution to be sent to the Louisiana Department of Elections and Registrar of Voters. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris, the follow ing ordinance was presented and on vote unanimously adopted:

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

RESOLUTION OF CONDEMNATION DECISION

(CASE FILE NO. 2026-03)

WHEREAS, the Parish Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC, has made an inspection of the structure located at 387 Dupree Street, Pinevill e, LA described according to tax roll: Lot 7, Rod’s Hill of the City of Pineville , Louisiana, and has prepared a Report of Structure Inspection, which recommends that the R apides

Parish Police Jury demolish and/or remove the structure due to its di lapidated and dangerous condition which endangers the public welfare; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner, as shown in the records of the Rapi des Parish Assessor’s Office is Ricki Schneider, 387 Dupree Street, Pineville, LA 71360; and,

WHEREAS, a hearing was held at a meeting of the Rapides Parish Police Jury in legal session duly convened on the 1 st day June, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. (local time) for the property owner to appear and show cause why the Rapides Par ish Police Jury should not condemn said structure; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner was sent notification to appear at said hearing by U.S.P.S. certified mail and regular mail, which was un-delivered; and,

WHEREAS, a Public Notice of the Hearing for this property wa s published in The Town Talk; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner was not present at meeting.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by majority vote of the R apides Parish Police Jury, Louisiana, the vote thereon being duly recorded in the minutes of said meeting that the following Condemnation Decision was made, to wit:

Condemnation Decision (Case File 2026-03)

The structure or structures located at the municipal address o f Lot 7, Rod’s Hill of the City of Pineville, Louisiana (Parcel ID No. 4-21-8085-7) is hereby condemned; and
The property owner is hereby given sixty (60) days from the date of notification of this Condemnation Decision to voluntarily demolish or remove the structure or structures, cap all utilities, remove all deb ris, and grade the site for drainage; and
If the property owner fails to have the structure or structure s demolished or removed, utilities capped, debris removed and the site graded befo re the expiration of sixty (60) day deadline, the Rapides Parish Polic e Jury will proceed with securing Bids for said demolition work and proceed wi th said demolition work with the cost thereof being placed as a lien agai nst the property.

IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jury is hereby authorized to take any and all actions required to execute this Condemnation Decision without further Jury authorization; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is hereby authorized to notify the property owner or his representative of this Condemnation Decision with the notice thereof being mailed to the last known address of said property owner.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with R.S. 33:4764, th e owner, occupant, agent or other representative of the owner may appeal from this Condemnation Decision to the Ninth Judicial District Court for R apides Parish, Louisiana, by filing a suit as provided in said R.S. 33:4764.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jur y of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 8th day of June, 2026.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris, the follow ing ordinance was presented and on vote unanimously adopted:

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

RESOLUTION OF CONDEMNATION DECISION

(CASE FILE NO. 2026-01)

WHEREAS, the Parish Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC, has made an inspection of the structure located at 1811 Georgia Lane, Pineville , LA described according to tax roll: Lot 5, Square 4, North Highland Subdivision of the City of Pineville, Louisiana, and has prepared a Report of Structure Inspection, w hich recommends that the Rapides Parish Police Jury demolish and/or re move the structure due to its dilapidated and dangerous condition which endangers the public welfare; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner, as shown in the records of the Rapi des Parish Assessor’s Office is Ray A. Fain, 1811 Georgia Lane, Pineville, LA 71360; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner was sent notification to appear at said hearing by U.S.P.S. certified mail and regular mail, which was un-delivered; and,

WHEREAS, a Public Notice of the Hearing for this property wa s published in The Town Talk; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner was not present at meeting.

Condemnation Decision (Case File 2026-01)

The structure or structures located at the municipal address o f Lot 5, Square 4, North Highland Subdivision of the City of Pineville, Louisia na (Parcel ID No. 25-26-6940-22) is hereby condemned; and
The property owner is hereby given sixty (60) days from the date of notification of this Condemnation Decision to voluntarily demolish or remove the structure or structures, cap all utilities, remove all deb ris, and grade the site for drainage; and
If the property owner fails to have the structure or structure s demolished or removed, utilities capped, debris removed and the site graded befo re the expiration of sixty (60) day deadline, the Rapides Parish Polic e Jury will proceed with securing Bids for said demolition work and proceed wi th said demolition work with the cost thereof being placed as a lien agai nst the property.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jur y is hereby authorized to take any and all actions required to execute this Co ndemnation Decision without further Jury authorization; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with R.S. 33:4764, th e owner, occupant, agent or other representative of the owner may appeal from this

Condemnation Decision to the Ninth Judicial District Court for R apides Parish, Louisiana, by filing a suit as provided in said R.S. 33:4764.

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jur y of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 8th day of June, 2026.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris, the follow ing ordinance was presented and on vote unanimously adopted:

RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, LOUISIANA

RESOLUTION OF CONDEMNATION DECISION

(CASE FILE NO. 2026-02)

WHEREAS, the Parish Engineer, Pan American Engineers, LLC, has made an inspection of the structure located at 1813 Georgia Lane, Pineville , LA described according to tax roll: Lot 6, Block 4, North Highland Subdivisi on of the City of Pineville, Louisiana, and has prepared a Report of Structure Inspection, w hich recommends that the Rapides Parish Police Jury demolish and/or re move the structure due to its dilapidated and dangerous condition which endangers the public welfare; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner, as shown in the records of the Rapi des Parish Assessor’s Office is J.C. McCann, 1813 Georgia Lane, Pineville, LA 71360; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner was sent notification to appear at said hearing by U.S.P.S. certified mail and regular mail, which was un-delivered; and,

WHEREAS, a Public Notice of the Hearing for this property wa s published in The Town Talk; and,

WHEREAS, the property owner was not present at meeting.

Condemnation Decision (Case File 2026-02)

The structure or structures located at the municipal address o f Lot 6, Block 4, North Highland Subdivision of the City of Pineville, L ouisiana (Parcel ID No. 25-26-6940-23) is hereby condemned; and
The property owner is hereby given sixty (60) days from the date of notification of this Condemnation Decision to voluntarily demolish or remove the structure or structures, cap all utilities, remove all deb ris, and grade the site for drainage; and
If the property owner fails to have the structure or structure s demolished or removed, utilities capped, debris removed and the site graded befo re the expiration of sixty (60) day deadline, the Rapides Parish Polic e Jury will proceed with securing Bids for said demolition work and proceed wi th said demolition work with the cost thereof being placed as a lien agai nst the property.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Rapides Parish Police Jur y is hereby authorized to take any and all actions required to execute this Co ndemnation Decision without further Jury authorization; and

Passed, approved and adopted by the President and Police Jur y of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on this 8th day of June, 2026.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to acknowledge the appointment of Mr. Jeff Langston to fill the expired term of Mr. Robe rt Bussey on the AICUZ (Air Installation Compatible Use Zone) Appeal B oard, representing Central Louisiana Regional Chamber of Commerce. Term will expire May 13, 2028. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to grant 2% annual longevity pay increase mandated by the State for eligible Rapide s Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 employees effective July 26, 2026, as recomm ended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out o f Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to gran t a 2% pay increase for all full-time Rapides Parish Fire Protection District No. 3 employees, in addition to any mandated raises, effective July 26, 2026, as recommended by Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors, to be paid out of Fire Protection District No. 3 funds. On vote the motion carried

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to des ignate and name the Secretary as the Records Management Officer Liaiso n to act as liaison between the Division of Archives, Records Management and History and the Rapides Parish Police Jury for the period of July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to rec eive the required report from PAFFORD EMS under the Contract for April 2026 as reviewed by the Rapides Parish Ambulance Control Board: Response Zone # of Resp’s Average Resp Time Contract % Goal No Exceptions With Contract Exceptions With Acadian Exceptions Zone 1 (Alexandria/Pineville)  8 Minute Zone Life Threatening 8:00 min 8:01-8:59 10 min 8:57 min Non-Life Threatening

6:05 min

7:23 min

90%

83.46% 90.08% 94.16% 90%

83.68% 90.19% 94.27%

95.15% 96.80% 97.79% Zone 2 (Outside Urban Area)  12 Minutes or Less Life Threatening 12:00 min 12:01-12:59 14 min 12:31 min Non-Life Threatening

7:58 min

9:11 min

90%

87.87% 91.18% 95.59% 90%

88.24% 91.54% 95.96%

97.43% 99.26% 99.26% Zone 3 (Rural Areas)  20 Minutes Less Life Threatening 20:00 min 20:01–20:59 22 min 21:43 min Non-Life Threatening

13:38 min

15:19 min

90%

85.07% 88.06% 90.55% 90%

85.07% 88.06% 90.55%

97.01% 97.51% 97.51%

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

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to author ize cleanup of garbage, trash, weeds and debris at 508 Redbird 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. Sean McGlothlin t o set the annual salary of newly hired Public Works Director, E. “Bama ” Hinton at $90,000.00 and a one (1) year probationary period. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon to authorize the leasing of one (1) ½ ton truck for the Rapides Parish Public Works Department thru Enterprise Fleet Management and authorize the President t o sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Sean McGlothlin, seconded by Mr. Bubba Moreau, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION BY Emergency Hospital 30:00 min 30:00-30:59 33 min 28:31 min 90% 91.67% 95.83% 95.83% 90% 91.67% 95.83% 95.83% 100% 100% 100% Non-Emergency 90:00 min 1,241 16:38 90% 99.86%

99.86% 100% TOTAL 3,094

THE PRESIDENT AND POLICE JURORS

WHEREAS, ENFRA MCC, LLC (Formerly Bernhard MCC, LLC), the Contractor for the Courthouse Air Quality Improvements at the Rapides Pari sh Courthouse project has “Substantially Completed” the work under the Contract as recommended by the Engineer.

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

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

It is HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is aut horized to sign a Final Recap Change Order adjusting the final contract quantities and time period as necessary.

Passed and adopted by the President and Police Jurors of the Rapide s Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana, on this 8th day of June, 2026.

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Parrish Giles to award RFP No. 3558 – Substance Abuse Testing/Physicals to Louisiana Occupationa l Health Services (LOHS) and Cenla Occupational Medicine Services for a one (1) year term with the option to extend at for an additional two (2) years beginni ng July 1, 2026, as recommended by the Purchasing Agent. On vote the motion carried.

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

A resolution providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the special elections held in (i) Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (ii) Fire Protectio n District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (iii) Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana

and (iv) Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, to authorize the renewal and continuation of special taxes therein . BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of (i) Fir e Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louis iana, (ii) Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (iii) Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana and (iv) Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana (the "Districts"), that:

SECTION 1. Canvass. This Governing Authority does now proceed in open and public session to examine the official tabulations of votes cast at the special elections held in the Districts on SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026 (the "Elections"), to authorize the renewal and continuation of special taxes therein pursuant to the following propositions (the "Propositions"):

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

RENEWAL)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a 15.34 mills tax (the "Tax") on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $1,342,800 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equipme nt, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 7

PROPOSITION

(MILLAGE RENEWAL)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a 14.26 mills tax (the "Tax") on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $338,600 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equi pment, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 19

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

CONTINUATION)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a 26.48 mills tax (the "Tax") on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $160,600 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and/or operating fire protection and emergency medical service fac ilities, vehicles and equipment, including both movable and immovable property, including paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, said millage to represent a 1.48 mills i ncrease (due to reappraisal) over the 25 mills tax authorized to be levie d through the year 2027 pursuant to an election held on November 18, 2017, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

ROAD DISTRICT NO. 2C

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

RENEWAL)

Shall Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a tax of up to 54.49 mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District (a n estimated $2,837,200 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year if levied at such rate), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, draini ng and keeping in repair the public roads, highways, and bridges within the District?

This Governing Authority does further proceed to examine and canvass the returns of the Elections thereof.

SECTION 2. Election Results. According to the official certified tabulation of votes cast at said Elections,

(i) there was a total of 1,834 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 4 Proposition and a total of 806 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 4 Proposition, resulting in a majority of 1,028 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 4 Proposition;

(ii) there was a total of 418 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 7 Proposition and a total of 208 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 7 Proposition, resulting in a majority of 210 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 7 Proposition;

(iii) there was a total of 44 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 19 Proposition and a total of 45 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 19 Proposition, resulting in a majority of 1 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 19 Proposition; and

(iv) there was a total of 482 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Road District No. 2C Proposition, resulting in a majority of 110 votes cast AGAINST Road District No. 2C Proposition.

SECTION 3. Promulgation of Election Result. The results of said elections shall be promulgated by publication in the manner provided by law, after recei pt from the Secretary of State’s office of the actual costs of the elections, as required by §18:1292 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

SECTION 4. Declaration. The foregoing results of the Elections are hereby declared by this Governing Authority and shall be published as required by law.

SECTION 5. Procès Verbal. A Procès Verbal of the canvass of the returns of the Elections shall be made and a certified copy thereof shall be forw arded to the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who shall record the same in her office; another certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages in and for the Parish of Rapides, who shall record the same in the Mortgage Records of said Parish; and another copy thereof shall be retained in the archives of this Governing Authority.

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

And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 8th day of June, 2026.

/s/ Theresa Pacholik /s/ Craig Smith Secretary-Treasurer President

PROCÈS VERBAL OF THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT THE SPECIAL ELECTIONS HELD IN (I) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 OF THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA, (II) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 7 OF THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA, (III) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 19 OF THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, STATE OF LOUISIANA AND (IV) ROAD DISTRICT NO. 2C OF RAPIDES PARISH, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ON SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026.

BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on Monday, June 8, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of t he Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2nd Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana, the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of (i) Fire Protection District No. 4 of t he Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (ii) Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (iii) Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana and (iv) Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana (the "Districts"), and being the authority ordering the special elections held therein on Saturday, May 16, 2026, with a quorum being present did, in open and public session, examine the official certified tabulations of votes cast at the said elections, and did examine and canvass the returns of the said elections, there having been submitted at said elections the following propositions, to wit:

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

RENEWAL)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a 15.34 mills tax (the "Tax") on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $1,342,800 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equip ment, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 7

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE RENEWAL)

from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equipme nt, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 19

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

CONTINUATION)

ROAD DISTRICT NO. 2C

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

RENEWAL)

of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, draini ng and keeping in repair the public roads, highways, and bridges within the District?

There was found by said count and canvass that (i) there was a total of 1,834 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 4 Proposition and a total of 8 06 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 4 Proposition, as hereinabove set f orth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of1,028 vote s cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 4 Proposition as hereinabove set forth, (ii) there was a total of 418 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 7 Proposition and a total of 208 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 7 Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of 210 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District No. 7 Proposition as hereinabove se t forth, (iii) there was a total of 44 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire District N o. 19 Proposition and a total of 45 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 19 Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of 1 votes cast AGAINST Fire District No. 19 Proposition as hereinabove s et forth and (iv) there was a total of 482 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Road District No. 2C Proposition and a total of 592 votes cast AGAINST Road District No. 2C Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of 110 votes cast AGAINST Road District No. 2C Propos ition as hereinabove set forth.

Therefore, the Governing Authority did declare and proclaim and does hereby declare and proclaim in open and public session that Fire District No. 4 Proposition and Fire District No. 7 Proposition as hereinabove set forth were duly CARRIED and Fire District No. 19 Proposition and Road District No. 2C Propo sition as hereinabove set forth were duly DEFEATED by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors voting at the said special elections hel d in the Districts on Saturday, May 16, 2026.

Results by precinct are available from the Secretary-Treasurer of this Governing Authority during regular business hours or via the Louisiana Sec retary of State’s

Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part of this Procès Verbal is a copy of the Notice of Special Elections and proof of publication thereof.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Alexandria, Louisiana, on this, the 8th day of June, 2026.

ATTEST: /s/ Craig Smith

President

/s/ Theresa Pacholik Secretary-Treasurer EXHIBIT "A"

NOTICE OF SPECIAL

ELECTIONS

Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as t he governing authority of (i) Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (ii) Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (iii) Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana and (iv) Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana (the "Districts"), on December 8, 2025, and Act No. 1 of the 2025 First Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV EN that special elections will be held within the Districts on SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026, and that at the said elections there will be submitted to all registere d voters in the Districts qualified and entitled to vote at the said elections under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United Sta tes, the following propositions, to-wit:

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE RENEWAL)

provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 7

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE RENEWAL)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a 14.26 mills tax (the "Tax") on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $338,600 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equipme nt, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 19

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

CONTINUATION)

contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

ROAD DISTRICT NO. 2C

PROPOSITION (MILLAGE

RENEWAL)

The said special election for Fire Protection District No. 4 will be held at the polling places at the following precincts which polls will open at seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit:

PRECINCTS

N03(PART)

N04(PART)

N07(PART)

N08AK(PART)

N08LZ(PART)

N09(PART)

N10AK(PART)

N10LZ(PART)

N11(PART)

N12(PART)

N13A(PART)

N13B(PART)

N14A

N14B

N16

N17(PART)

N18A(PART)

N18B(PART)

N22(PART)

N26AK(PART)

N26LZ(PART)

N27(PART)

The said special election for Fire Protection District No. 7 will be held at the polling places at the following precincts which polls will open at seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit:

PRECINCTS

N10AK(PART)

N10LZ(PART)

N27(PART)

N28

N29

The said special election for Fire Protection District No. 19 will be held at the polling places at the following precincts which polls will open at seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance wit h the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit:

PRECINCTS

C22(PART)

C23(PART)

C37A(PART)

C37B(PART)

S07(PART)

S14(PART)

S21(PART)

S22(PART)

The said special election for Road District No. 2C will be held a t the polling places at the following precincts which polls will open at seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit:

PRECINCTS

C22(PART)

C23(PART)

S07(PART)

S13

S14(PART)

S15(PART)

S16

S17(PART)

S19(PART)

S21(PART)

S22(PART)

The polling places at the precincts in the Districts are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the said elections, and the Co mmissioners-inCharge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons de signated according to law.

The estimated cost of Fire Protection District No. 4 election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $2,900.

The estimated cost of Fire Protection District No. 7 election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $700.

The estimated cost of Fire Protection District No. 19 election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $1,100.

The estimated cost of Road District No. 2C election as determi ned by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $1,500.

Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the taxes described in the Propositions shall be remitted to certain s tate and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.

The said special elections will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisi ana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said elections, as provided in this Notice of Special Elections, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated

in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that t he Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Rapides Parish Courthouse, 701 Murray Street, 2 nd Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2026, at 3:00 P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special elections. All registered vote rs of the Districts are entitled to vote at said special elections and voting machines will be used.

PROCLAMATION

I, the undersigned President of the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of (i) Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (ii) Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, (iii) Fire Protection District No. 19 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana and (iv)

Road District No. 2C of Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana (the " Districts"), do hereby declare, proclaim and announce that Fire District No. 4 Pr oposition and Fire District No. 7 Proposition submitted at the special elec tions held in the Districts on Saturday, May 16, 2026, were CARRIED a nd Fire District No. 19 Proposition and Road District No. 2C Proposition submitted at the special elections held in the Districts on Saturday, May 16, 2026, were DEFEATED by a majority of the votes cast at the said special elections and, all as described and set out in the above Procès Verbal.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Alexandria, Louisiana, on this, the 8th day of June, 2026.

/s/ Craig Smith President

/s/ Theresa Pacholik Secretary-Treasurer

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles and seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION A resolution providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the special elections held in (i) Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana and (ii) Fire Protecti on District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, to authorize the levy of special taxes therein.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of (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 (the "Districts"), that:

SECTION 1. Canvass. This Governing Authority does now proceed in open and public session to examine the official tabulations of votes c ast at the special elections held in the Districts on Saturday, May 16, 2026, to a uthorize the levy of special taxes therein, and said Governing Authority does further proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the special elections.

SECTION 2. Election Results. According to the official certified tabulation of votes cast at said Elections, (i) there was a total of 2,491 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition and a total of 3,177 votes cast AGAINST Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection D istrict No. 2 Proposition, resulting in a majority of 686 votes cast AGAINST Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition and (ii) there was a total of 383 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition and a tota l of 412 votes cast AGAINST Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition, result ing in a majority of 29 votes cast AGAINST Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition. The Propositions were therefore duly DEFEATED by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors voting at the Elections.

SECTION 3. Promulgation of Election Result. The results of said election shall be promulgated by publication in the manner provided by law, after receipt from the Secretary of State’s office of the actual costs of the election, as required by §18:1292 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

SECTION 4. Declaration. The foregoing results of the Election are hereby declared by this Governing Authority and shall be published as required by law.

SECTION 5. Procès Verbal. A Procès Verbal of the canvass of the returns of said election shall be made and a certified copy thereof shall be fo rwarded to the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who shall record the same in her office; and another copy thereof shall be retained in the archives of this G overning Authority.

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

/s/ Theresa Pacholik /s/ Craig Smith Secretary-Treasurer President

PROCÈS VERBAL OF THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT T HE SPECIAL ELECTIONS HELD IN (I) SERVICE AREA NO. 1 OF FI RE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 OF RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA AND (II) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 OF RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA, ON SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026. BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on Tuesday, June 8, 2026, at 3:0 0 p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Rapides Parish nd Floor, Alexandria, Louisiana, the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Aut hority"), acting as the governing authority of (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 (the "Districts"), and being the authority ordering the special elections held therein on Saturday, May 16, 2026, with a quorum being present, did examine the official certified tabulations of votes cast at the said e lections, and did examine and canvass the returns of said elections, there having been subm itted at said elections the following propositions to wit:

SERVICE AREA NO. 1 OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

NO. 2 PROPOSITION (IN-LIEU MILLAGE)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a special tax of 25 mills (the "Tax") on all the property subject to taxation within the confines of Servi ce Area No. 1 of the District, for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2026 and ending with the year 2035 (an estimated $1,200,600 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year) for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating fire protection and emergency medical service facilities , vehicles, and equipment, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fir e protection and medical services, said Tax to be in lieu of and replace a tax of 16.31 mills authorized to be levied through the year 2030 pursuant to an election held on August 15, 2020, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2

PROPOSITION (IN-LIEU MILLAGE)

Shall Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a special tax of 20 mills (the "Tax") on all the property subject to taxation in the District, for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2026 and ending with the year 2035 (an estimated $7,867,300 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year) for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles, and equipme nt, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District, said Tax to be in lieu of and replace a tax of 15.58 mills authorized to be levied through the year 2031 pursuant to an election held on December 5, 2020, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as p rovided in R.S. 11:82?

There was found by said count and canvass that (i) there was a total of 2,491 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition and a total of 3,177 votes cast AGAINST Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of 686 votes cast AGAINST Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition as hereinabove set forth and (ii) there was a total of 383 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Fire Protection D istrict No. 2 Proposition and a total of 412 votes cast AGAINST Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of 29 votes cast AGAINST Fire Protect ion District No. 2 Proposition as hereinabove set forth. Therefore, the Governing Authority did declare and procla im and does hereby declare and proclaim in open and public session that the Propositions as hereinabove set forth were duly DEFEATED by a majority of the votes cast b y the qualified electors voting at the said special elections.

Results by precinct are available from the Secretary-Treasurer of this Governing Authority during regular business hours or via the Louisiana Secretary of State’s

THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Alexandria, Louisiana, on this, the 8th day of June, 2026.

ATTEST: /s/ Craig Smith President /s/ Theresa Pacholik Secretary-Treasurer

On motion by Mr. Randy Wiggins and seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLUTION

A resolution authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of Nine Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($930,000) of Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, of Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

WHEREAS, Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), is authorized to levy and collect (i) a special ad valorem tax of 14.26 mills (such rate being subject to adjustment from time t o time due to reassessment) authorized at elections held on October 14, 2017, and May 16, 2026, which the Issuer is authorized to impose and collect each year through 2037, and (ii) a special ad valorem tax of 26.04 mills (such rate being subject to adjustment from time to time due to reassessment) authorized at an election held on April 30, 2022, which the Issuer is authorized to impose and collect each year through 2034 (collectively, the "Tax"); and

WHEREAS, the Issuer now desires to incur debt and issue its Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, in the principal amount of $930,000 (the "Bonds"), pursuant to Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, for the purpose of (i) constructing and acquiring fire protection facilities, vehicles, and equipment necessary for the provision of fire protection in the Issuer, and (ii) paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds; and

WHEREAS, the Bonds will be payable as to principal and interest from the proceeds of the Tax as set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer has no outstanding indebtedness of any kind payable from a pledge or dedication of the proceeds of the Tax; and

WHEREAS, the maximum amount of principal and interest due in any year on the Bonds will not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the income estimated to be realized from the Tax in 2026; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Issuer to fix the details necessary with respect to the issuance of the Bonds and to provide for the authorization and issuance thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, that:

Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means, collectively, Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other applicable constitutional and statutory authority.

"Additional Parity Bonds" means any pari passu additional obligations hereafter issued by the Issuer on a parity with the Bonds with respect to the Tax, all as provided herein.

"Agreement" means the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and the Paying Agent pursuant to this Resolution, if required.

"Bond" or "Bonds" means any or all of the Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026 of the Issuer, issued pursuant to this Resolution, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any previously issued Bond.

"Bond Register" means the records kept by the appropriate Paying Agent at its designated office in which registration and transfers of the Bonds shall be made as provided herein.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Executive Officers" means, collectively, the President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Governing Authority.

"Fiscal Year" means the Issuer's one-year accounting period determined from time to time by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer, currently being the year ending each December 31st.

"Governing Authority" means the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana.

"Interest Payment Date" means March 1 and September 1 of each year in which the Bonds are Outstanding, commencing September 1, 2026.

"Issuer" means Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana.

"Outstanding" when used with respect to Bonds means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds theretofore issued and delivered under this Resolution, except:

Bonds theretofore canceled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;
Bonds for which payment sufficient funds have been theretofore paid to or deposited in trust for the owners of such Bonds;
Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Resolution; and
Bonds alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen which have been paid as provided in this Resolution or by law.

"Owner" or "Owners" when used with respect to any Bond means the Person in whose name such Bond is registered in the Bond Register. "Paying Agent" means Patterson State Bank, in Patterson, Louisiana, for the Bond purchased by said Bank, and the Secretary-Treasurer for the Bond purchased by the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, or such successor Paying Agents which may be named by this Governing Authority.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

"Purchaser" or "Purchasers" means Patterson State Bank, in Patterson, Louisiana, for Bond R-1, and the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Bond R-2.

"Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Resolution" means this resolution authorizing the issuance of the Bonds, as it may be supplemented and amended.

"Tax" means the special ad valorem tax of (i) 14.26 mills (such rate being subject to adjustment from time to time due to reassessment) authorized at elections held on October 14, 2017, and May 16, 2026, which the Issuer is authorized to impose and collect each year through 2037, and (ii) 26.04 mills (such rate being subject to adjustment from time to time due to reassessment) authorized at an election held on April 30, 2022, which the Issuer is authorized to impose and collect each year through 2034.

SECTION 2. Authorization of Bonds; Maturities. In compliance with th e terms and provisions of the Act, there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of Nine Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($930,000) for, on behalf of, and in the name of the Issuer, for the purpose of (i) constructing and acquiring fire protection facilities, vehicles, and equipment necessary for the provision of fire protection in the Issuer, and (ii) paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds, and to represent said indebtedness, this Governing Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of Nine Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($930,000) of Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, of the Issuer.

The Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of two, fully registered term bonds numbered R-1 and R-2 and shall be dated the date of delivery thereof. The unpaid principal of the Bonds shall bear interest from the date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2026, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Bond R-1 shall bear interest at the rate of 4.95% per annum, shall be in the denomination of $697,500, and shall mature in installments on March 1 of each year as follows:

Year (March 1) Principal Amount 2027 $55,500 2028 59,000 2029 61,000 2030 65,000 2031 67,000 2032 71,000 2033 74,000 2034 78,000 2035 82,000 2036* 85,000 *Final Maturity

Bond R-2 shall bear interest at the rate of 2.475% per annum, shall be in the denomination of $232,500, and shall mature in installments on March 1 of each year as follows:

Year (March 1) Principal Amount 2027 $20,500 2028 21,000 2029 22,000 2030 22,000 2031 23,000 2032 23,000 2033 24,000 2034 25,000 2035 25,000 2036* 27,000 *Final Maturity The installments of principal of the Bonds, as they fall due, and interest on the Bonds shall be payable by check of the appropriate Paying Agent or the Issuer mailed to the Owner (determined as of the close of business on the Record Date) at the address shown on the appropriate Bond Register or, in the discretion of the Paying Agent, by wire from the Paying Agent or the Issuer delivered to the Owner

(determined as of the close of business on the Record Date) in accordance with wiring instructions provided by the Owner, provided, however, that principal of the Bonds at final maturity or upon earlier prepayment in full shall be payable at the designated office of the Paying Agent upon presentation and surrender thereof. Each Bond delivered under this Resolution upon transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of any other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond, and each such Bond shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution.

No Bond shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Resolution, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate of registration, substantially in the form provided in this Resolution, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature.

SECTION 3. Prepayment Provisions. Installments of principal of the Bonds are callable for prepayment at the option of the Issuer in full or in part at any time on or after March 1, 2031, at the principal amount to be prepaid, plus accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The Issuer may designate the principal installments to be prepaid in the event of prepayment of less than all of the Outstanding principal of the Bonds. Any Bond which is to be prepaid only in part shall be surrendered at the designated office of the Paying Agent and such prepayment shall be noted on the prepayment schedule attached thereto.

Official notice of such call of any portion of the Bonds for prepayment shall be given by means of first-class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails or via acceptable means of electronic communication not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the redemption date, addressed to the Owner of such Bond to be prepaid at their address as shown on the Bond Register.

SECTION 4. Registration and Transfer. The Issuer shall cause a Bond Register to be kept by each Paying Agent. The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the appropriate Bond Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bond. A new Bond will be delivered by the appropriate Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bond after receipt of the Bond to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond shall be in proper denomination. The Paying Agent shall not be required to issue, register, transfer or exchange any Bond during a

period beginning (i) at the opening of business on a Record Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date or (ii) with respect to Bonds to be prepaid, at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the date of the mailing of a notice of prepayment of such Bonds and ending on the date of such prepayment.

SECTION 5. Form of Bonds. The Bonds and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in the form acceptable to the Executive Officers , upon advice of bond counsel, and the Purchasers.

SECTION 6. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of and under the corporate seal of the Issuer, which signatures and corporate seal may be either manual or facsimile.

SECTION 7. Pledge and Dedication of Revenues. The Bonds shall be secured by and payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedica tion of the proceeds of the Tax. This Governing Authority does hereby obliga te itself and its successors in office to impose and collect the Tax in each year, a nd does hereby irrevocably and irrepealably dedicate, appropriate and pledge th e annual income to be derived from the assessment, levy and collection of the T ax in each year to the payment of the Bonds, so long as the Bonds are Outstanding. Th e Issuer further covenants that it shall not lower the Tax rate to result i n lower Tax revenues than were collected in the year prior to the proposed adjustment.

SECTION 8. Additional Parity Bonds. The Issuer shall issue no other Bonds or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the proceeds of the Tax having priority over or parity with the Bonds, except that Additional Parity Bonds may hereafter be issued on a parity with the Bonds under the following conditions:

(a) The Bonds herein authorized, or any part thereof, including the interest thereon, may be refunded and the refunding Bonds so issued shall enjoy complete equality of lien with the portion of the Bonds which is not refunded, if there be any, and the refunding Bonds shall continue to enjoy whatever priority of lien over subsequent issues may have been enjoyed by the Bonds refunded; provided, however, that if only a portion of the Bonds Outstanding is so refunded and the refunding Bonds require total principal and interest payments during any year in excess of the principal and interest which would have been required in such year to pay the Bonds refunded thereby, then such Bonds may not be refunded without the consent of the Owner of the unrefunded portion of the Bonds issued hereunder

(provided such consent shall not be required if such refunding Bonds meet the requirements set forth in clause (b) of this Section).

(b) Additional Parity Bonds may be issued on and enjoy a full and complete parity with the Bonds with respect to the Tax, provided that the highest amount of the combined principal and interest requirements for any future year on the Bonds and the said Additional Parity Bonds does not exceed 75% of the revenues estimated to be realized by the Issuer from the levy of the Tax in the year in which such Additional Parity Bonds are issued.

As a condition to the issuance of Additional Parity Bonds pursuant to this Section 8, the Issuer must be in full compliance with all covenants and undertakings in connection with the Bonds and there must be no delinquencies in payments required to be made in connection therewith.

SECTION 9. Sinking Fund. (a) There is hereby created a special fund known as "Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026 Sinking Fund" (the "Sinking Fund") said Sinking Fund to be maintained with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank of the Issuer. The Issuer shall deposit in the Sinking Fund from the first revenues of the Tax received in any calendar year, a sum equal to the principal and/or interest falling due on the Bonds in that calendar year. The depository for the Sinking Fund shall transfer from the Sinking Fund to the Paying Agent at least two

(2) days in advance of each payment date funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest falling due on such date.
(b) It shall be specifically understood and agreed, however, and this provi sion shall be a part of this contract, that after the funds have actually been set aside out of the revenues of the Tax for any year sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the Bonds for that year, and all required amounts have been deposited in the aforesaid Sinking Fund established for the Bonds, then any annual revenues of the Tax remaining in that year shall be free for expenditure by the Issuer for the purposes for which the Tax is authorized.
(c) All moneys deposited with the regularly designated fiscal agent ban k or banks of the Issuer or the Paying Agent under the terms of this Resolution shall constitute sacred funds for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds and shall be

secured by said fiduciaries at all times to the full extent thereof in the manner required by law for the securing of deposits of public funds.

(d) All or any part of the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall, at the written request of the Issuer, be invested in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Louisiana.

SECTION 10. Budget; Annual Financial Statements. As long as any of the Bonds are Outstanding, the Issuer shall prepare and adopt a budget prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year and shall furnish a copy of such budget to any Owner upon request. While any portion of the Bonds is Outstanding, the Issuer shall make available to any Owner, upon request, its annual audited financial statements no later than 180 days after the end of the applicable Fiscal Year of the Issuer.

SECTION 11. Application of Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necess ary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Resolution, to cause the necessary Bonds to be printed, to issue, execute and seal the Bonds, and to effe ct delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. The proceeds derived from the sale o f the Bonds shall be deposited by the Issuer with its fiscal agent bank or banks in a special fund entitled "Fire Protection District No. 7 Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2026 - Construction Fund" to be used only for the purpose for which the Bonds are issued, including paying any and all costs of issuance incurred in connection w ith the issuance of the Bonds.

SECTION 12. Bonds Legal Obligations. The Bonds shall constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and shall be the only representat ions of the indebtedness as herein authorized and created.

SECTION 13. Resolution a Contract. The provisions of this Resolution shall constitute a contract between the Issuer and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Bonds, and any such Owner or Owners may at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required to be performed by this Governing Authority or the Issuer as a res ult of issuing the Bonds.

No material modification or amendment of this Resolution, or of any resolution amendatory hereof or supplemental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate principal amount of the

Bonds then outstanding; provided, however, that no modification or amendment shall permit a change in the maturity provisions of the Bonds or the rate of interest thereon, or in the amount of the principal obligation thereof, or affecting the obligation of the Issuer to pay the principal of and the interest on the Bonds as the same shall come due from the revenues appropriated, pledged and dedicated to the payment thereof by this Resolution, or reduce the percentage of the Owners required to consent to any material modification or amendment of this Resolution, without the consent of the Owners of all of the Outstanding Bonds.

SECTION 14. Severability; Application of Subsequently Enacted Laws. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Resolution or of th e Bonds shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this Resolution or of the Bonds, but this Resolution and the Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutor y provisions enacted after the date of this Resolution which validate or make legal an y provision of this Resolution and/or the Bonds which would not otherwise be valid o r legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Resolution and to the Bonds.

SECTION 15. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Authority having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with the Bonds and having determined the same to be regular, the Bonds shall contai n the following recital, to-wit:

"It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of Louisiana."

SECTION 16. Effect of Registration. The Issuer, the Paying Agent, and any agent of either of them may treat the Owner in whose name any Bond is registered as the Owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, and to the extent permitted by law, neither the Issuer, the Paying Agent, nor any agent of either of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 17. Notices to Owners. Wherever this Resolution provides for notice to Owners of Bonds of any event, such notice shall be suffi ciently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and delivered via accepted means of electronic communication or mailed, first-class post age prepaid, to each Owner of such Bonds, at the address of such Owner as it appears in t he Bond

Register. In any case where notice to Owners of Bonds is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice to any particular Owner of Bonds, nor any defec t in any notice so mailed, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to all other Bonds. Where this Resolution provides for notice in any manner, such not ice may be waived in writing by the Owner or Owners entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivale nt of such notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Paying A gent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

SECTION 18. Cancellation of Bonds. All Bonds surrendered for payment, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying A gent, shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall b e delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Bonds previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. All canceled Bonds held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer.

SECTION 19. Bonds Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost. If (1) any mutilated Bond is surrendered to the Paying Agent, or the Issuer and the Paying Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Bond, and (2) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Paying Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Paying Agent that such Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Paying Agent shall register and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond, a new Bond of the same maturity and of like tenor, interest rate and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Bond, pay such Bond. Upon the issuance of any new Bond under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith. Every new Bond issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen bond shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall be at any time enforceable by

anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Resolution. Any additional procedures set forth in the Agreement authorized in this Resolution, shall also be available with respect to mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds.

SECTION 20. Discharge of Resolution; Defeasance. If the Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid to the Owners of all of the Outstanding Bonds, the principal of and interest on the Bonds, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Resolution, then the pledge of the money, securities, and funds pledged under this Resolution and all covenants, agr eements, and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners shall thereupon cease, terminate, and become void and be discharged and satisfied, and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver all money held by it under this Resolution to the Issuer.

Bonds or interest installments for the payment of which money shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the Issuer of funds for such payment or otherwise) at the maturity date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section if they are defeased in the manner provided by Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

SECTION 21. Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement, if required. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent mee ting the qualifications hereinafter described for the performance of the duties he reunder for the Bonds. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Res olution is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of a resolution or Resolution giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to ea ch Owner. Any successor Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all tim es be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the Unite d States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State author ity. If required, the Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to ex ecute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Iss uer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said o fficers on such Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of t he authority granted hereunder.

SECTION 22. Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12. The Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR 240.15c2-12].

SECTION 23. Arbitrage. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Code in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclus ion from "gross income" of interest on the Bonds under the Code. The Issuer further covena nts and agrees that it will not take any action, fail to take any action , or permit any action within its control to be taken, or permit at any time or times a ny of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indire ctly in any manner, the effect of which would be to cause the Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" or would result in the inclusion of the interest on any of the Bonds in gross income under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) the failure t o comply with the limitation on investment of Bond proceeds or (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of arbitrage earnings to the United States of America o r (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Bonds in a manner which would cause the Bonds to be "private activity bonds".

The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section.

SECTION 24. Designation as "Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligation". The Bonds are designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3)(B) of the Code. In making this designation, the Issuer finds and determines that:

(a) the Bonds are not "private activity bonds" within the mea ning of the Code; and
(b) the reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax-exempt obligations which will be issued by the Issuer and all subordinate entities in calendar year 2026 does not exceed $10,000,000. SECTION 25. Award of Bonds . The Issuer hereby accepts the offers of the Purchasers, which offers are attached as Exhibit A-1 and A-2 hereto, and any Executive Officer is hereby authorized to execute said offers on behalf of the Issuer. As a condition to the delivery of the Bonds to the Purchasers , the Purchasers will execute a standard letter, acceptable to them and the Issue r, indicating they have

conducted their own analysis with respect to the Bonds and are extending credit in the form of the Bonds as a vehicle for making a commercial loan to the Issuer.

SECTION 26. Publication. A copy of this Resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in one issue of the official journal of the Issuer. It shall not be necessary to publish the exhibits to this Resolution but such exhibits shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of the Governing Authority at reasonable times and such fact must be stated in the publication within the official journal.

SECTION 27. Post-Issuance Compliance. The Executive Officers and/or their designees are directed to establish, continue, and/or amend, as applicable, written procedures to assist the Issuer in complying with various State and Federal statutes, rules and regulations applicable to the Bond and are further authorized to take any and all actions as may be required by said written procedures to ensure continued compliance with such statutes, rules and regulations throughout the term of the Bonds.

SECTION 28. Headings. The headings of the various sections hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 29. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.

This Resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: Randy Wiggins, Bubba Moreau, Sean McGlothlin, Danny Bordelon, Randy Harris, Parrish Giles and Ollie Overton. NAYS: None ABSENT: Jay Scott and Craig Smith ABSTAINING: None On roll call vote the motion carried 7-0.

And the Resolution was declared adopted on this, the 8th day of June, 2026. /s/ Theresa Pacholik /s/ Craig Smith Secretary-Treasurer President

Exhibit A-1 COMMITMENT LETTER OF THE BANK

EXHIBIT A-2

COMMITMENT LETTER OF LPFA

On motion by Mr. Randy Harris, seconded by Mr. Randy Wiggins to approve the renewal for property insurance with Affiliated FM Insurance Company, effective July 1, 2026 – July 1, 2027 and authorize the Parish President to sign all necessary documents. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to initiat e the condemnation process of the following property and order the P arish Engineer of Record to inspect the properties and provide a report to the Jury:

REGULAR MEETING

JUNE 8, 2026

Property Locations: 555 Hwy 457 District H On vote the motion carried. On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to rec eive report from the Engineer and set a public hearing for August 10, 2026, on propo sed condemnation of the following property in accordance with the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances Section 8-1/4, as authorized by the Rapides Parish Police Jury.

OWNER LOCATION, DESCRIPTION

& SERVICE REPORT

John A. Harrell, Jr ET AL c/o Unsafe, unsanitary and dilapidated Clara Wilson structure located at 3406 Shreveport District A Rapides Parish

On motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Ollie Overton, to acce pt the Engineer’s report and set a public hearing for August 10, 2026, on proposed condemnation of the following property in accordance with the Rapides Parish Code of Ordinances Section 8-1/4, as authorized by the Rapides Parish Police Jury. On vote the motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Parrish Giles, seconded by Mr. Randy Harris to authorize the Rapides Parish Public Works Department to provide services under the annual Intergovernmental Agreement within the city limits of Glenmora for culvert replacement on 6th Avenue at Baillio Loop as requested by the Mayor. Project to be funded by the town’s portion of Road District 1A Maintenance Funds. On vote the motion carried.

There being no further business, motion by Mr. Bubba Moreau, seconded by Mr. Danny Bordelon the meeting was adjourned at 3:36 p.m.

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