Opelousas Daily World
November 1, 2026
RESOLUTION NO. -2026
A RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR THE TOWN OFSUNSET PROVIDNG FOR CANVASSmG RETURNS AND DECLARINGTHE RESULT OF THE ELECTION HELD m THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ON JUNE 27, 2026, TO AUTHORIZE TUE LEVY OF AD VALOREM TAX FOR FIRE PROTECTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen for the Town of Sunset (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the Town of Sunset, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), 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 election held in the Town of Sunset, State of Louisiana, (the "Town"), on June 27, 2026, to submit to electors a proposal to authorize the levy of ad valorem tax for fire protection, and said Governing Authority does further proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election.
SECTION 2. Procs Verbal. A Procs Verbal of the canvass of the returns of said election shall be made and a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who shall record the same in his 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 St. Landry, 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.
SECTION 3. Promulgation of Election Result. The result of said election shall be promulgated by publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 4. All resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, and the resolution was declared adopted on the 9th day of July, 2026.
/s/Tanya Amos
TANYA AMOS, CLERK
TOWN OF SUNSET
PROCES VERBAL AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT ELECTION IN THE TOWN OF SUNSET, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ON JUNE 27, 2026.
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on Thursday, July 9, 2026 at six o'clock (6:00) p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Community Center, 108 Leo Richard Lane, Sunset, Louisiana, the Board ofAldermen for the Town of Sunset (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the Town of Sunset, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), and being the authority ordering the election held therein on June 27, 2026, with the following members present:
There being absent:
did, in open and public session, examine the official certified tabulations of votes cast at the said election, and did examine and canvass the returns ofthe said election, there having been submitted at said election the following proposition, to wit:
PROPOSITION FOR LEVY
OF AD VALOREM TAX FOR
FIRE PROTECTION
Shall the Town of Sunset, Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), be authorized to levy and collect a special tax of 10 mills (an estimated $343,900.60 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy ofthe tax for an entire year) on all the property subject to taxation in the Town for a period of 20 years, beginning with the year 2026 and ending with the year 2045, for the purpose of maintaining, operating, and improving the Town's fire protection services, for the purchasing of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment and emergency rescue equipment; paying the cost of obtaining water, acquiring fire protection equipment and facilities for the Town, including specialized rescue tools and life saving equipment, and funding salaries and benefits of full time, part-time, and volunteer firefighters for the Town?
There was found by said count and canvass that the following votes had been cast at the said election IN FAVOR OF and AGAINST, respectively, the proposition as hereinabove set forth at the following polling places, to-wit:
POLLNG PLACES
Precinct 35
Location Sunset Community Center
VOTE TABULATION
FOR 193
AGAINST 110
EARLY VOTING
FOR 56
AGAINST 31
TOTALS
FOR 249
AGAINST 141
MAJORY FOR 108
The polling place above specified being the only polling place designated at which to hold the said election, it was therefore shown that there was a total of 249 votes cast IN FAVOR OF the Proposition and a total of 141 votes cast AGAINST the Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and that there was a majority of 108 votes cast FAVOR OF the Proposition as hereinabove set forth.
Therefore, the Governing Authority did declare and proclaim and does hereby declare and proclaim in open and public session that the Proposition as hereinabove set forth was duly APPROVED by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors voting at the said election held in the Town on June 27, 2026.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Sunset, Louisiana, on the, the 9th day of July, 20
/s/Charles A. James
Chairman
ATTEST:
/s/Tanya Amos
Clerk of the Council
PROCLAMATION
I, the undersigned Chairman ofthe Board ofAldermen for the Town of Sunset, the governing authority of the Town of Sunset, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), do hereby declare, proclaim and announce that the proposition submitted at the election held in the Town on June 27, 2026, was APPROVED by a majority of the votes cast at the said special election, all as described and set out in the above Procs Verbal.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Sunset, Louisiana, on the, the 9th day of July, 2026.
/s/Charles A. James
Chairman
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
I, the undersigned Clerk of the Board of Alderman for the Town of Sunset (the. "Governing Authority"), the governing authority of the Town of Sunset, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), do hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of the proceedings and Procs Verbal made by said Governing Authority on Thursday, July 9, 2026, providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the result of the election held in the Town on June 27, 2026, to submit to electors a proposal to authorize the levy of ad valorem tax for fire protection.
FAITH WHEREOF, witness my omcial signature and the impress of the official seal of the Town of Sunset, Louisiana, on the, the 9th day of July, 2026.
/s/Tanya Amos
Clerk of the Council
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