?Creole, Louisiana
December 16, 2024
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CAMERON
Pursuant to its Resolution adopted and published notices of an election in Cameron Parish South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1, the Board of Commissioners of South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1 did meet in regular session on the 16th day of December 2024 at 3151 Trosclair Road, in the village of Creole, Louisiana to examine, tabulate, and canvass the results of the election held on November 5, 2024, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
PRESENT: Joseph “JC” Baccigalopi, Tammy Vincent, Vickie Kiffe, Michelle Trahan
ABSENT: Todd Conner, Joseph Broussard
It was moved by Michelle Trahan, seconded by Tammy Vincent, 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 05, 2024, regarding South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1, which motion was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Joseph “JC” Baccigalopi, Tammy Vincent, Vickie Kiffe, Michelle Trahan
NAYS: None
PROCES VERBAL OF
THE SOUTH CAMERON
CONSOLIDATED
WATERWORKS
DISTRICT NO. 1
BE IT KNOWN that the Board of Commissioners of South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1, the governing authority of Cameron Parish Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1, convened in regular session at 3151 Trosclair Road, in the village of Creole, Louisiana, as advertised in the election notice of an election in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
PRESENT: Joseph “JC” Baccigalopi, Tammy Vincent, Vickie Kiffe, Michelle Trahan
ABSENT: Todd Conner, Joseph Broussard
The said Board of Commissioners of South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses and members of the public present, did proceed to examine, tabulate, and canvass the returns and declare the results of said election upon the following proposition and submitted thereat:
PROPOSITION
(TAX CONTINUATION)
Shall the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy a special tax continuation of fifteen and thirty-three hundredths (15.33) mills on all of the property subject to taxation in the District formerly known as Waterworks District No. Seven, (an estimated $219,755.10 expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for an additional period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2025 and ending with the year 2034, for the purposes of operating and maintaining the District’s water system within and for the District formerly known as Waterworks District No. Seven, said millage to represent an eight and sixty-five hundredths mills (8.65) increase over the 6.68 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2024 pursuant to an election held on May 3, 2014?
After such examination, it was found that the total of said election on the Proposition (Tax Continuation) was 135 votes in number.
93 Votes FOR the Proposition
42 Votes AGAINST the Proposition
It appears that said Tax Continuation Proposition had carried by a majority in the number of votes cast at said election; the said Board of Commissioners of South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1 did publicly announce and proclaim and does hereby proclaim that the aforesaid Tax Continuation 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 examined and canvassed the returns as evidenced by the tabulation blanks, certificates, and statements received from the election Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge, the correctness of which was sworn to by the election Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners according to law. 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 this Election was $793.90.
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 South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1 after causing the tabulation to be filed in the archives of its office in the village of Cameron, Louisiana, this 16th day of December 2024.
/s/ Joseph Baccigalopi
Joseph Baccigalopi,
President
/s/ Vickie Kiffe
Vickie Kiffe
/s/ Michelle Trahan
Michelle Trahan
/s/ Tammy Vincent
Tammy Vincent
Witnesses:
/s/ Kim Murphy
Kim Murphy
/s/ Haley Baccigalopi
Haley Baccigalopi
RUN: Jan. 30 (J 30)
Cost of Notice: $84.00