NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Pursuant to the provisions of a Resolution adopted on January 9, 2024, by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana (the Governing Authority), acting as the governing authority of Parish-Wide School District of Ascension Parish, Louisiana (the District), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held in the District on Saturday, April 27, 2024, and that at said election there will be submitted to all registered voters of the District, qualified in and entitled to vote at said election under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to wit:
PROPOSITION
(BOND)
Shall the Parish-Wide School District of Ascension Parish, Louisiana (the District), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding One Hundred Ten Million Dollars ($110,000,000), in one or more series, to run not exceeding twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate or rates not exceeding seven per centum (7%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with no estimated increase in the millage rate to be levied in the first year of issue above the 15.08 mills currently being levied to pay General Obligation Bonds of the District?
The special election will be held in at the following polling places situated in the District, and which polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in compliance with the provisions of Section 541 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 18:541), to wit:
WARD/PRECINCT
POLLING PLACE
LOCATION
00/01A Bullion Primary School, 17005 Sills Drive, Prairieville
00/01B Bullion Primary School, 17005 Sills Drive, Prairieville
00/02 Oak Grove Primary School, 17550 Old Jefferson Highway, Prairieville
00/03 Prairieville Primary School, 40228 Parker Road, Prairieville
00/04 Galvez Middle School, 42018 Highway 933, Prairieville
00/05 Galvez Middle School, 42018 Highway 933, Prairieville
00/06 Spanish Lake Primary School, 13323 Bluff Road, Geismar
00/07 Bluff Middle School, 15464 Bluff Road, Prairieville
00/08A Oak Grove Community Center, 37433 Highway 42, Prairieville
00/08B Oak Grove Community Center, 37433 Highway 42, Prairieville
00/09 Prairieville Middle School, 16200 Highway 930, Prairieville
00/10 Prairieville Primary School, 40228 Parker Road, Prairieville
00/11A Sugar Mill Primary School, 39319 Germany Road, Prairieville
00/11B Sugar Mill Primary School, 39319 Germany Road, Prairieville
00/12 Central Middle School, 14101 Roddy Road, Gonzales
00/13 Galvez Primary School, 16093 Henderson Bayou Road, Prairieville
00/14 Lake Elementary School, 14185 Highway 431, St. Amant
00/15 Lakeside Primary School, 16500 La Highway 431, Prairieville
00/16 Bluff Ridge Primary School, 14193 La 73, Prairieville
00/17 Duplessis Primary School, 38101 Highway 621, Gonzales
00/18 Central Primary School, 41469 La Highway 621, Gonzales
00/19 Prairieville Middle School, 16200 Highway 930, Prairieville
00/20 Fire District No. 1 Training Facility, 13192 Airline Highway, Gonzales
00/21 Central Primary School, 41469 La Highway 621, Gonzales
00/22 St. Amant High School Freshman Academy, 12035 Highway 431, St. Amant
00/23 GW Carver Primary School, 11310 Legacy Oaks Lane, Gonzales
00/24 Fire District No. 1 Training Facility, 13192 Airline Highway, Gonzales
00/25 Department of Public Works Auditorium, 42077 Churchpoint Road, Gonzales
00/26A St. Amant High School Freshman Academy, 12035 Highway 431, St. Amant
00/26B St. Amant High School Freshman Academy, 12035 Highway 431, St. Amant
00/27 St. Amant Middle School, 44317 Highway 429, St. Amant
00/28 GW Carver Primary School, 11310 Legacy Oaks Lane, Gonzales
00/30 Gonzales Primary School, 521 North Burnside, Gonzales
00/31 East Ascension High School, 612 East Worthey Street, Gonzales
00/32 East Ascension High School, 612 East Worthey Street, Gonzales
00/33 St. Amant Primary School, 44365 Highway 429, St. Amant
00/34 Sorrento Community Center, 7471 Main Street, Sorrento
00/35 St. Amant Middle School, 44317 Highway 429, St. Amant
00/36 Gonzales Middle School, 1502 W Orice Roth Road, Gonzales
00/37 Gonzales Middle School, 1502 W Orice Roth Road, Gonzales
00/38 Gonzales Middle School, 1502 W Orice Roth Road, Gonzales
00/39 Darrow Community Center, 37112 Martin Luther King Street, Darrow
00/40 5th Ward Fire Department, 5473 Highway 44, Gonzales
00/41 Lake Elementary School, 14185 Highway 431, St. Amant
00/42 Ascension Christian Academy School, 10469 Airline Highway, Gonzales
00/43 Pecan Grove Primary School, 1712 South Pecan Grove Avenue, Gonzales
00/44 Old APPLe Digital Academy, 38608 Highway 22, Darrow
00/45 Modeste Fire Station, 7139 Highway 405, Donaldsonville
00/47 Ascension Parish Health Unit, 901 Catalpa Street, Donaldsonville
00/48 BC Alwes Building, 603 Lee Avenue, Donaldsonville
00/50 Donaldsonville Primary School, 38210 Highway 3089, Donaldsonville
00/51 Clerk of Court Elections Office, 300 Houmas Street, Donaldsonville
00/52 Donaldsonville High School, 100 Tiger Drive, Donaldsonville
00/53 Lowery Elementary School, 2389-A Highway 1 S, Donaldsonville
00/54 Donaldsonville Housing Authority, 1501 St. Patrick Street, Donaldsonville
00/55 Donaldsonville High School, 100 Tiger Drive, Donaldsonville
00/57 Donaldsonville Housing Authority, 1501 St. Patrick Street, Donaldsonville
00/58 Gonzales City Hall, 120 S Irma Blvd., Gonzales
00/61 Oak Grove Primary School, 17550 Old Jefferson Highway, Prairieville
00/62 Spanish Lake Primary School, 13323 Bluff Road, Geismar
00/63 Spanish Lake Primary School, 13323 Bluff Road, Geismar
00/64 Bluff Middle School, 15464 Bluff Road, Prairieville
00/65 River Parishes Community College, 925 W. Edenborne Parkway., Gonzales
00/66 River Parishes Community College, 925 W. Edenborne Parkway, Gonzales
00/68 Prairieville Primary School, 40228 Parker Road, Prairieville
00/69 St. Amant Middle School, 44317 Highway 429, St. Amant
00/71 Dutchtown High School Cafeteria, 13165 Highway 73, Geismar
00/72 Dutchtown Middle School, 13078 Highway 73, Geismar
00/73 Dutchtown Middle School, 13078 Highway 73, Geismar
00/76 Galvez Primary School, 16093 Henderson Bayou Road, Prairieville
00/77 Dutchtown High School Cafeteria, 13165 Highway 73, Geismar
00/78 Dutchtown Middle School, 13078 Highway 73, Geismar
The polling places set forth above and situated in the District, be and the same are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the special election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.
A portion of the monies collected from the tax shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle 1 of Title 11 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 11:82).
In accordance with La. R.S. 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v), the estimated cost of holding the election will be $97,400.00.
The special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority as applicable thereto, and the officers appointed to hold the election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in compliance with La. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to the Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the location designated on the official agenda for the May 21, 2024 meeting, and will then and there, in open and public session, proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the special election. All registered voters residing in the Parish are entitled to vote at the special election and voting machines will be used in connection therewith.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, on this the 9th day of January, 2024.
/s/ Taft Kleinpeter
Taft Kleinpeter, President
ATTEST:
/s/ Edith Walker
Edith Walker, Secretary-Superintendent
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