?Hackberry, Louisiana
December 19, 2024
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CAMERON
Pursuant to its Resolution adopted and published notices of an election in Cameron Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 9, the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 9 did meet in regular session on the 19th day of December 2024 at the Hackberry Waterworks 1190 Main Street, in the village of Hackberry, Louisiana to examine, tabulate, and canvass the results of the election held on November 5, 2024, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
PRESENT: Wesley Hardin, Jared Desormeaux, Will Aucoin, Bobby Stansel, Gordon Gremillion
ABSENT: None
It was moved by Will Aucoin, seconded by Gordon Gremillion, and duly carried that the returns be examined, tabulated, and canvassed. As well as the results announced and duly carried that a Proces Verbal be made of these proceedings and that a certified copy of same be published to give public notice of the results of the election held on November 5, 2024 regarding Gravity Drainage District No. 9 which motion was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Wesley Hardin, Jared Desormeaux, Will Aucoin, Bobby Stansel, Gordon Gremillion
NAYS: None
PROCES VERBAL OF THE
GRAVITY DRAINAGE
DISTRICT NO. NINE
BE IT KNOWN that the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 9, the governing authority of Cameron Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 9, convened in regular session at the Hackberry Waterworks in the village of Hackberry, Louisiana, as advertised in the election notice of an election in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
PRESENT: Wesley Hardin, Jared Desormeaux, Will Aucoin, Bobby Stansel, Gordon Gremillion
ABSENT: None
The said Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 9 in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, and members of the public present, did proceed to examine, tabulated, and canvass the returns and declare the results of said election, upon the following proposition and submitted thereat:
PROPOSITION
(Millage Renewal)
Shall Gravity Drainage District No. Nine of the Cameron Parish, Louisiana (“District”), be authorized to renew a levied tax of four and fifty hundredths (4.50) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in said District, for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2025 and ending with the year 2034, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $581,509 for one entire year, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining the district’s drainage systems within and for said After such examination, it was found that the total of said election on the Proposition (Millage Renewal) was 589 votes in number.
455 Votes FOR the Proposition
134 Votes AGAINST the Proposition
It appears that said Renewal Proposition had carried by a majority in the number of votes cast at said election; the said Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 9 did publicly announce and proclaim and does hereby proclaim that the aforesaid Renewal Proposition was duly carried for said purposes and said period duly authorized in the form and manner provided by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana.
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 the 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 Board was ordered to have a copy of said resolution signed by the President and published in one issue of the Cameron Pilot, a newspaper published in DeQuincy, Louisiana, and of general circulation in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 18:1293, a copy of the Notice of Election is attached hereto as Exhibit A. An affidavit showing proof of publication of said notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 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 Court of the District Court of Cameron parish to be recorded in the mortgage records of said Parish and that one copy be filed in the archives of this Board.
The actual Cost of the Election was $251.94.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in the presence of the witnesses who sign hereto, as well as in the presence of the members of the said Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. 9 after causing the tabulation to be filed in the archives of its office in the village of Cameron, Louisiana, this 19th day of December 2024.
/s/ Wesley Hardin
Wesley Hardin,
President
/s/ Jared Desormeaux
Jared Desormeaux,
Vice-President
/s/ Will Aucoin
Will Aucoin
/s/ Bobby Stansel
Bobby Stansel
/s/ Gordan Gremillion
Gordan Gremillion
Witnesses:
/s/ Shaun Kyle
Shaun Kyle
/s/ Julie Trahan
Julie Trahan
RUN: Jan. 30 (J 29)
Cost of Notice: $78.00