PUBLIC NOTICE

ORDINANCE

NO. 2371

AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ST. MARY PARISH HOME RULE CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION PER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE VI, SECTION 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE UNIFORM GUIDELINES FOR ALL CHARTER COMMISSIONS: PARISH, MUNICIPAL, ELECTED, AND APPOINTED ACT, LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33:1395 ET SEQ.: TO FIX THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS, AND APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE LIMITATIONS THEREON; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS BY THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED CHARTER AND ELECTORS OF THE PARISH; AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE AMENDED HOME RULE CHARTER TO BE PREPARED BY IT.

BE IT OR- DAINED, by the St. Mary Parish Council convened in Regular Session on June 12, 2024, that:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to Article V, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, and the Uniform Guidelines for All Charter Commissions: Parish, Municipal, Elected, and Ap- pointed Act, Louisiana Revised Statute 33:1395 et seq., the St. Mary Parish Home Rule Charter Revision Commission (“Commission”) is created to review the Parish’s present home rule charter and recommend amendments thereto.

SECTION 2. The commission shall be composed of eleven (11) members. Appointments to the Commission shall be as follows: Each single-member Council District shall nominate one person to be a member of the Commission; said nominee shall be a qualified elector and resident of the respective Council District from which nominated. Each appointment to the commission shall reflect the demographics of the geographic area of each re- spective council district and be directly proportionate to the racial/ethnic demographics based upon the most recent census data(2020). Each At Large-Council Council member (District 9, 10, and 11) shall nominate one person to be a member of the Commission; said nominee shall be a qualified elector and resident of the geographic area of the respective Council District (District 9, 10, and 11) from which nominated.

a. Each nomination shall be confirmed when ap- proved by a majority vote of the Council. If a nomination is not confirmed, the nominating authority shall submit a new nomination at a time certain fixed by the Council. The unconfirmed nominee shall not be eligible to be re-nominated.

b. All Commission members shall serve without pay and shall not be reimbursed for any expenses incurred for at- tending the business of the Commission.

c. The terms of office of the Commissioners shall expire one year after they take office, or with either the adoption or rejection of the charter by the voters, whichever occurs first.

SECTION 3. The confirmed members of the Commission shall meet in the Council’s Meeting Room in the St. Mary Parish Courthouse in Franklin, Louisiana at 6:00 p.m. on the 12th Day of June 2024. The Parish President, or, in his absence, his designee, shall attend the meeting and preside over the meeting until the Commission elects a Chair. The Parish President shall call the meeting to order, call the roll of the members of the Commission, and cause them to be sworn in as Commission members under the oath required by the constitution and laws of Louisiana. Thereafter, the Parish President, or his designee, shall conduct an election for the position of Chair of the Commission.

a. Upon the election of the Commission’s Chair, he or she shall preside over the meeting and conduct the election of a Vice-Chair and such other officers as the Commission deems necessary.

b. No member of the Commission shall be qualified to serve in office unless, and until, he or she has taken and subscribed to the oath of office.

c. Commission Members shall conduct public meetings no less than monthly for a duration of nine (9) months, but no longer than 12 months.

SECTION 4. The Commission is granted the right and authority to exercise any power and perform any function necessary, requisite, or proper for managing its affairs that is not denied by this ordinance, the present home rule charter, state law, or the Louisiana Constitution.

a. The Commission may adopt procedure rules and act as necessary to affect its permanent organization.

b. The Commission shall have authority to use the facilities and services of the Parish, or any political subdivision, necessary to carry out its mission of preparing and submitting an amended home rule charter or alternative proposals.

SECTION 5. The Clerk of the Council, or designee selected by the administration, shall have a mandatory duty to provide the necessary logistical services to the Commission so that it will always be in complete compliance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Law, Louisiana Revised Statute 42:4.1 et seq.

SECTION 6. After the Commission has completed preparing an amended home rule charter, it shall submit its proposal to the Council.

a. In its sole discretion, the Commission may submit alternative proposals that it determines are appropriate.

b. The proposed amended charter, and any alternative proposals, shall be submitted by the Council to the qualified electors of the Parish for their adoption or rejection per applicable state law, not later than 12 (twelve) months following submission of said proposed amended charter, and any alternative proposals by the Commission to the Council per LA. R.S. 18:1285.

SECTION 7. Suppose any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid. In that case, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items, or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared severable.

SECTION 8. All Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, by the St. Mary Parish Council conflicting or in- consistent with the provisions of these regulations are hereby repealed.

SECTION 9. This Ordinance shall be published in the Official Journal of the St. Mary Parish Council in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 10. This Ordinance shall become effective on the tenth day after final publication.

This ordinance having been of- fered and read on this 22nd day of May 2024; having been published in accordance with law; having been heard in a public hearing held at Franklin, Louisiana on the 12th day of June 2024; was adopted by the following vote on the 12th day of June 2024.

AYES: Leslie Rulf, Jr., Patrick J. Hebert, James Davis, Jr., Mark A. Duhon, Dean S. Adams, Dr. Kristi P. Rink, Gwendolyn L. Hidalgo, Rev. Craig Mathews, J Ina. Rodney Olander, and David Hill,

NAYS: None.

ABSTAIN: None.

ABSENT: None.

APPROVED:

s/g Kristi P. Rink, M.D.

KRISTI P. RINK, M.D.,

VICE-CHAIR

ST. MARY PARISH COUNCIL

ATTEST:

s/g Lisa C.

Morgan

LISA C.

MORGAN,

CLERK

ST. MARY PARISH COUNCIL

This Ordinance was submitted to the President of St. Mary Parish on this the 18th day of June 2024 at the hour of 5:46p.m.

APPROVED:

s/g Sam Jones

SAM JONES,

PRESIDENT

ST. MARY PARISH

This Ordinance was returned to the Clerk of the Council on this the 18th day of June 2024 at the hour 5:53 p.m.

Adv. June 28, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the following proposed ordinance has been submitted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Patterson, Louisiana on the 4th day of June 2024.

ORDINANCE

NO. 2024 - 06

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RATES FOR WATER

SERVICE

BE IT ORDAIN-ED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Patterson, Louisiana in session assembled, that the charges to be paid by consumers for water service from the municipal water system shall be as follows:

RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS

Within Municipal Boundaries

A. 2024 - $22.13 flat rate and $9.23 per 1000 gallons after first 2000 gallons;

B. Commencing August 1, 2025, and on the same day of each successive year thereafter, the rates in effect on that date shall automatically be increased annually by the amount which the Consumer Price Index CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor has increased from July 1 of the applicable previous year to July 1 of the applicable present year. All flat rate increase provisions in effect at the time of the introduction of this ordinance shall remain in effect until August 1, 2024.

Outside Municipal Boundaries

A. 2024 - $25.50 flat rate and $9.54 per 1000 gallons after first 2000 gallons;

B. Commencing August 1, 2025, and on the same day of each successive year thereafter, the flat rate shall automatically be increased annually by the amount which the Consumer Price Index CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor has increased from August 1 of the applicable previous year to July 1 of the applicable present year. All flat rate increase provisions in effect at the time of the introduction of this ordinance shall remain in effect until August 1, 2024.

COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS

Within Municipal Boundaries

A. 2024 - $42.28 flat rate and $12.57 per 1000 gallons after first 4000 gallons;

B. Commencing August 1, 2025, and on the same day of each successive year thereafter, the rates in effect on that date rate shall automatically be in- creased annually by the amount which the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) has increased from August 1 of the applicable previous year to July 1 of the applicable present year. All flat rate increase provisions in effect at the time of the introduction of this ordinance shall remain in effect until August 1, 2024.

Outside Municipal Boundaries

A. 2024 - $49.01 flat rate and $13.25 per 1000 gallons after first 4000 gallons;

B. Commencing August 1, 2025, and on the same day of each successive year thereafter, the rates in effect on that date shall automatically be increased annually by the amount which the Consumer Price Index CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor has increased from August 1 of the applicable previous year to July 1 of the applicable present year. All flat rate increase provisions in effect at the time of the introduction of this ordinance shall remain in effect until August 1, 2024.

This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon publication.

The foregoing was introduced by Councilmember Mamie Perry and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Lee Condolle, at the regular monthly meeting of the Patterson City Council on June 4, 2024.

The foregoing was offered for adoption by Councilman ————————, who moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman ————————, and being read and considered section by section, the Ordinance was submitted to vote with the results as follows:

YEAS: ————

NAYS: ————

ABSENT: ———

WHEREUPON, the Ordinance was declared adopted on this ——— day of ———————, 2024.

———————

RODNEY A.

GROGAN,

MAYOR

ATTEST:

———————

CITY CLERK

Notice is further given that a public hearing on the aforesaid proposed ordinance is set for 6:00 p.m. on the 2nd day of July 2024, during the regular meeting of the Patterson City Council to be held at the City Hall in Patterson, 1314 Main Street, Patterson, Louisiana, on that date and at that time, and final action on said proposed ordinance shall be taken at said meeting.

———————

MIDGE

BOURGEOIS,

CITY CLERK

Adv. June 21, 26 and 28, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the following proposed ordinance has been submitted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Patterson, Louisiana on the 4th day of June 2024.

ORDINANCE

NO. 2024 – 06A

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE

BE IT ORDAIN-ED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Patterson, Louisiana, in regular session assembled that the charges to be paid by consumers for sewer service from the municipal sewer system shall be as follows:

RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS

A. 2024- $14.83 flat rate and $7.97 per 1000 gallons after first 2000 gallons;

B. Commencing August 1, 2025, and on the same day of each successive year thereafter, the rate in effect on that date shall automatically be increased annually by the amount which the Consumer Price Index CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor has increased from July 1 of the applicable previous year to July 1 of the applicable present year. All flat rate increase provisions in effect at the time of the introduction of this ordinance shall remain in effect until August 1, 2024.

COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS

A. 2024- $20.76 flat rate and $10.34 per 1000 gallons after first 2000 gallons;

B. Commencing August 1, 2025, and on the same day of each successive year thereafter, the rate in effect on that date shall automatically be increased annually by the amount which the Consumer Price Index CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor has increased from July 1 of the applicable previous year to July 1 of the applicable present year. All flat rate increase provisions in effect at the time of the introduction of this ordinance shall remain in effect until August 1, 2024.

This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon publication.

The foregoing Ordinance was introduced by Councilmember Miranda Weinbach and seconded by Councilmember DeMale Bowden, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council of the City of Patterson on the 4th day of June, 2024.

The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Councilman ———————, who moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman ———————, and being read and considered section by section, the Ordinance was submitted to vote with the results as follows:

YEAS: ————

NAYS: ————

ABSENT: ———

WHEREUPON, the Ordinance was declared adopted on this ——— day of ———————, 2024.

———————

RODNEY A.

GROGAN,

MAYOR

ATTEST:

———————

CITY CLERK

* * * * * * * * * *

Notice is further given that a public hearing on the aforesaid proposed ordinance is set for 6:00 p.m. on the 2nd day of July 2024, during the regular meeting of the Patterson City Council to be held at the City Hall in Patterson, 1314 Main Street, Patterson, Louisiana, on that date and at that time, and final action on said proposed ordinance shall be taken at said meeting.

———————

MIDGE

BOURGEOIS,

CITY CLERK

Adv. June 21, 26 and 28, 2024