LEGAL NOTICE
Hackberry, Louisiana
July 15, 2026
The Board of Commissioners, governing authority of Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, met in regular public session at 6:00 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the regular meeting place of said Board, Hackberry, Louisiana, pursuant to the provisions of written notice given to each and every member thereof and duly posted in the manner required by law.
The President called the meeting to order and on roll call, the following members were present: Randall McFatter, Lynn Griffith, Kathleen Simon, Terry Faulk, Calise Romero
ABSENT: Suzy Trahan
The meeting was called to order and the roll called with the above results.
The President of the Board stated that the purpose of the meeting was for canvassing and tabulating the returns of an election held in Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana (the “District”) on May 16, 2026, on the question of the levy and collection of a special ad valorem tax of 14.00 mills for a period of ten (10) years beginning January 1, 2027, upon all taxable property within the District, and thereupon presented the following proces verbal, which was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: 5
NAYS: 0
PROCES VERBAL
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on this 15th day of July, 2026, at 6:00 o’clock p.m., in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Commissioners (the “Board”), governing authority of Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, adopted on October 15, 2025, and recorded in the records of said Board, notice of which meeting was issued and published according to law, the undersigned members of the Board, being a quorum thereof, met at the regular meeting place of the Board, 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 Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana on May 16, 2026, 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 Cameron Parish to determine the following proposition:
MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSITION
Shall Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, be authorized to continue to levy and collect for a period of ten (10) years beginning January 1, 2027, a tax of fourteen (14.00) mills on the dollar of all property subject to taxation in the District with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $5,962,462.10 for one entire year, for the purpose of providing ambulance service within and for the District?
The results of said election proved to be as follows:
PRECINCT, NUMBER OF VOTES IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION, NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST PROPOSITION
01, 37, 12
04, 79, 25
05N, 37, 19
05S, 40, 16
08, 6, 4
09, 36, 4
16A, 59, 24
16B, 70, 29
13*, 0, 0
17*, 0, 0
EARLY VOTING, 200, 46
TOTALS, 564, 176
We therefore ascertained that the majority of qualified electors of Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron 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 Millage Renewal 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 the proposition.
Therefore, we declare that the result of said election is IN FAVOR of the Millage Renewal 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 said Ambulance Service District No. 2.
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 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.
Statement of actual cost: The actual cost of the election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, is $1,100.00.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in the presence of Troy Meaux and Jeena Watson, competent witnesses on this 15th day of July, 2026, at a meeting of the Board in Hackberry, Louisiana, by the undersigned members of said Board present and participating in the canvass of said election.
/s/ Calise Romero, President
Calise Romero
/s/ Terry Faulk ,
Vice President
Terry Faulk
/s/ Lynn Griffith, Member
Lynn Griffith
/s/ Randall McFatter, Member
Randall McFatter
/s/ Kathleen Simon, Member
Kathleen Simon
_________________, Member
Suzanne Trahan
WITNESSES:
/s/ Troy Meaux
Print Name: Troy Meaux
/s/ Jeena Watson
Print Name: Jeena Watson
The following resolution was thereupon introduced, and pursuant to a motion made by Kathleen Simon and seconded by Lynn Griffith, was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: 5
NAYS: 0
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION
PROMULGATING THE
RESULTS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN
AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 2 OF CAMERON PARISH, LOUISIANA ON
MAY 16, 2026.
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2026, an election was held in Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out;
WHEREAS, the returns of said election were canvassed by the Board according to law and notice duly given as provided by law, and the result of said election was declared to be in favor of the Millage Renewal Proposition;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners, the governing authority of Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, as follows:
SECTION 1. An election was held in Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on May 16, 2026, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out; that said election was duly and properly called by the Board by a resolution adopted on October 15, 2025, and recorded in the records of said Board, that notice of said election embracing all matters required by law to be contained therein was given by publication in the Cameron Pilot, a newspaper published in DeQuincy, Louisiana, and of general circulation in Ambulance Service District No. 2, on March 5, March 12, March 19, and March 26, 2026, 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 Board 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 Cameron 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 Cameron 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 Board on October 15, 2025, 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 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and a copy of the results of said election delivered to the Clerk of the District Court of Cameron Parish as required by Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1190 E; that on May 19, 2026, 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 28-A of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 33:9055, et seq.), and the general election laws of the State of Louisiana.
SECTION 2. In said election the following proposition was approved by a majority of the electors qualified to vote and voting in said election in Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana:
MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSITION
Shall Ambulance Service District No. 2 of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, be authorized to continue to levy and collect for a period of ten (10) years beginning January 1, 2027, a tax of fourteen (14.00) mills on the dollar of all property subject to taxation in the District with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $5,962,462.10 for one entire year, for the purpose of providing ambulance service within and for the District?
SECTION 3. The results of said election shall be promulgated by publication of this resolution of promulgation one time in the Cameron Pilot, a newspaper published in DeQuincy, Louisiana, the official journal of the Board and of general circulation in Ambulance Service District No. 2.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of July, 2026.
/s/ Calise Romero
CALISE ROMERO,
President
/s/ Rhonda Coleman
RHONDA COLEMAN, Recording Secretary
(Other business not pertinent to the present excerpt may be found of record in the official minute book.)
Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned.
/s/ Calise Romero
CALISE ROMERO,
President
/s/ Rhonda Coleman
RHONDA COLEMAN, Recording Secretary
RUN: July 30 (Jy 44)
Cost of Notice per run: $138.00