February 1, 2024
Lake Charles, Louisiana
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury met in Regular Session at 5:30 p.m. on February 1, 2024, at the Parish Government Building, 1015 Pithon Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana, with President Anthony L. Bartie presiding, and the following members present:
Ms. Mary Kaye Eason and Messrs. Brian Abshire, Judd Bares, Randy Burleigh, Ron Hayes, Tony Guillory, Chris Landry, Eddie Lewis, Jr., Darby Quinn, Mike Smith, and Tony Tramonte
ABSENT:
Messrs. Joe Andrepont, Roger Marcantel, and Tony Stelly
The meeting was called to order and the roll called with the above result.
The President of the Jury stated that one purpose of the meeting was for canvassing and tabulating the returns of an election held in Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the District), on November 18, 2023, on the question of the levy and collection of an ad valorem tax of 6.24-mill special tax on all properties subject to taxation within the boundaries of the District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2034, and thereupon presented the following proces verbal, which was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS:
Ms. Mary Kaye Eason and Messrs. Brian Abshire, Judd Bares, Randy Burleigh, Tony Guillory, Ron Hayes, Chris Landry, Eddie Lewis, Jr., Darby Quinn, Mike Smith, and Tony Tramonte
NAYS: None
ABSENT:
Messrs. Joe Andrepont, Roger Marcantel and Tony Stelly
NOT VOTING: President Anthony L. Bartie
PROCES VERBAL
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on this, the 1st day of February, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on June 6, 2023, and recorded in the records of said District, notice of which meeting was issued and published according to law, the undersigned members of the Jury, being a quorum thereof, met at the regular meeting place of the Jury, and according to law examined the tabulation blanks, certificates and statements which were received from the Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge of the election held in Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on November 18, 2023, in accordance with said resolution, together with the transcription of the totals made by the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Parish Custodian of Voting Machines in and for Calcasieu Parish to determine the following proposition:
WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 8 OF WARDS 3 AND 8
Shall Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the District) renew, levy and collect a special tax of six and twenty-four one-hundredths (6.24) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in the district, annually for the period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2025 and ending with the year 2034, with collections from the renewed levy estimated to be $154,915.00 for one entire year, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating the Districts waterworks system, a work of public improvement within said district?
The results of said election on the ad valorem tax proposition proved to be as follows:
PRECINCT
NUMBER OF VOTES IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION
NUMBER OF VOTES
AGAINST PROPOSITION
360 18 24
860N 66 78
860S 71 68
861E 11 8
861W 11 15
Absentees 116 44
TOTALS 293 237
We therefore ascertained that the majority of qualified electors of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana voting in said election in the District voted in favor of the Proposition.
At the same time and place, we did examine and canvass the returns as evidenced by said tabulation blanks, certificates, and statements received from the election Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge, the correctness of which were sworn to by the election Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners according to law, and our finding was that the returns indicated a majority voted in favor of said Proposition.
Therefore, we declare that the result of said election is in favor of the Proposition as stated above.
In accordance with law, a resolution promulgating the aforesaid results was adopted, and the Secretary of the Jury was ordered to have a copy of said resolution signed by the President and published in one issue of the American Press, a newspaper published in Calcasieu Parish and of general circulation in said Parish and the District.
We did, likewise, order that one copy of this proces verbal be sent to the Secretary of State to be recorded in the archives of the State of Louisiana, and that one copy be sent to the Clerk of the District Court of Calcasieu Parish to be recorded in the mortgage records of said Parish and that one copy be filed in the archives of this Jury.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in the presence of Mr. Jeffery J. Vander and Ms. Jessica D. Booth, competent witnesses and qualified voters of Calcasieu Parish on this, the 1st day of February, 2024, at a meeting of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury in Lake Charles, Louisiana, by the undersigned members of said Jury present and participating in the canvass of said election.
/s/ Brian Abshire Brian Abshire Joe Andrepont
/s/ Judd Bares Judd Bares /s/ Randy Burleigh Randy Burleigh
/s/ Mary Kaye Eason Mary Kaye Eason /s/ Tony Guillory Tony Guillory
/s/ Ron Hayes Ron Hayes /s/ Chris Landry Chris Landry /s/ Eddie Lewis, Jr. Eddie Lewis, Jr. Roger Marcantel
/s/ Darby Quinn Darby Quinn /s/ Mike Smith Mike Smith
/s/ Tony Tramonte Tony Tramonte
Tony Stelly WITNESSES: APPROVED:
/s/ Jeffery J. Vander Jeffery J. Vander /s/ Anthony L. Bartie
Anthony L. Bartie,
President
/s/ Jessica D. Booth Jessica D. Booth
The following resolution was thereupon introduced, and pursuant to a motion made by Mr. Judd Bares and seconded by Mr. Eddie Lewis, was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS:
Ms. Mary Kaye Eason and Messrs. Brian Abshire, Judd Bares, Randy Burleigh, Tony Guillory, Ron Hayes, Chris Landry, Eddie Lewis, Jr., Darby Quinn, Mike Smith, and Tony Tramonte
NAYS: None
ABSENT:
Messrs. Joe Andrepont, Roger Marcantel, and Tony Stelly
NOT VOTING: President Anthony L. Bartie
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION PROMULGATING THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 8 OF WARDS 3 AND 8 OF CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 18, 2023.
WHEREAS, on November 18, 2023, an election was held in Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out;
WHEREAS, the returns of said election were canvassed by the Police Jury according to law and notice duly given as provided by law, and the result of said election was declared to be in favor of said proposition.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish and of Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, as follows:
SECTION 1. An election was held in the District, on November 18, 2023, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out; that said election was duly and properly called by the District by a resolution adopted on June 6, 2023, and recorded in the records of said District, that notice of said election embracing all matters required by law to be contained therein was given by publication in the American Press, a newspaper published in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and of general circulation in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, once a week for four consecutive weeks, the first of said publications being not less than 45 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date set for said election; that this Police Jury did in said resolution designate the polling places for said election and did provide for the use of voting machines in the conduct of said election; that election officials were duly selected; that each election official received the certificate of instruction of the use of the voting machines and his duties in connection therewith as required by law; that the State Custodian of Voting Machines and the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Parish Custodian of Voting Machines of Calcasieu Parish made available on the day of the election at the polling places designated for the conduct of said election the necessary voting machines and all necessary equipment and paraphernalia required by law in connection with the use of voting machines at elections; that the Registrar of Voters and the Clerk of Court of Calcasieu Parish furnished to the election Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge copies of the precinct registers for each precinct or ward entitled to vote at such polling places; that the Louisiana Secretary of State prepared and certified the ballot used in the voting machines as required by law; that the proposition voted on in said election and as it appeared in said voting machine was in due form provided by law and the resolution adopted by this District on June 6, 2023, calling said special election; that the results of said election were written on a large sheet of paper at said polling places, which sheet of paper was signed by each of the election officials designated to conduct such election at said polling places and which sheet was thereupon posted in public view at the polling places in accordance with law; that only qualified electors under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana voted at said election; that the officials who served at said election were duly and properly appointed; that the places of all absent election officials were properly filled in accordance with law; that before opening the polls all election officials were properly sworn in accordance with law; that the polls at the voting places were opened at 7:00 a.m. and remained open and until not later than 8:00 p.m.; that after the closing of the polls the votes for and against the proposition were properly counted and tallied and the necessary tabulation blanks, certificates and statements were made by the election officials in accordance with law and the voting machines delivered to the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Custodian of Voting Machines in and for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, and a copy of the results of said election delivered to the Clerk of the District Court of Calcasieu Parish as required by Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:571; that on November 21, 2023, that being the third day after said election the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Custodian of Voting Machines, after breaking the seals and opening the voting machines used in said election did transcript the totals for the proposition voted upon at said election; and that all things whatsoever required by law to be done in connection with the holding of said election were properly and duly performed in manner and form as required by Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and the general election laws of the State of Louisiana.
SECTION 2. In said election the following Ad Valorem Tax Proposition was approved by a majority of the electors qualified to vote and voting in said election in the District:
WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 8 OF WARDS 3 AND 8
Shall Waterworks District No. 8 of Wards 3 and 8 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the District) renew, levy and collect a special tax of six and twenty-four one-hundredths (6.24) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in the district, annually for the period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2025 and ending with the year 2034, with collections from the renewed levy estimated to be $154,915.00 for one entire year, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating the Districts waterworks system, a work of public improvement within said district?
SECTION 3. The results of said election shall be promulgated by publication of this resolution of promulgation one time in the American Press, a newspaper published in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the official journal of the District and of general circulation in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
SECTION 4. The costs to conduct and canvass the returns of the election provided for herein by the Louisiana Secretary of State is $268.04.
THUS PASSED AND ADOPTED on this, the 1st day of February, 2024.
/s/ Anthony L. Bartie ANTHONY L. BARTIE, President
ATTEST:
/s/ Jennifer R. Wallace
JENNIFER R. WALLACE, Recording Secretary
(Other business not pertinent to the within excerpt may be found of record in the official minutes.)
Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned.
/s/ Anthony L. Bartie ANTHONY L. BARTIE, President
ATTEST:
/s/ Jennifer R. Wallace
JENNIFER R. WALLACE, Recording Secretary
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF
CALCASIEU
I, JENNIFER R. WALLACE, certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Recording Secretary of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of said Calcasieu Parish Police Jury held on February 1, 2024, and of the resolution adopted at said meeting, as said minutes and resolution appear officially of record in my possession.
IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature on this, the 2nd day of February, 2024.
JENNIFER R.
WALLACE,
Recording Secretary
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