?LEGAL NOTICE
The South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One (“District”) formerly known as Waterworks District No. 7 governed by the Board of said District, of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana (the “Board”), will meet in regular public session at its regular meeting place, 3151 Trosclair Road Creole, Louisiana, at four thirty (4:30) o’clock p.m. on April 22, 2024, according to written notice given to 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:
ABSENT:
Thereupon, the following resolution was then introduced, and according to a motion made by ___ and seconded by _____, was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
NOT VOTING:
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE FORMER WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 7 (“Former District No. 7”), WHICH IS NOW PART OF THE SOUTH CAMERON CONSOLIDATED WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. ONE OF CAMERON PARISH, LOUISIANA, ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AUTHORIZING TAX CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A TAX IN THE DISTRICT; AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, the Board deems it necessary and desirable that the electorate of the former Waterworks District No. 7 (“Former District No. 7”), which is now part of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One, Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, consider, at an election called for such purpose, a proposition authorizing Tax Continuation of the levy and collection of an ad valorem tax of fifteen and thirty-three hundredths (15.33) mills for a period of ten (10) years beginning January 1, 2025, upon all taxable property within the Former District No. 7, for the purpose of operating and maintaining said Former District No. 7’s water system within and for the Former District No. 7 formerly known as Waterworks District No. 7, said millage to represent eight and sixty-five hundredths (8.65) mills increase over the 6.68 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2024 pursuant to an election held on May 3, 2014; and
WHEREAS, authority for the imposition of the ad valorem tax within the Former District No. 7 for such purpose is granted by Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974 of the State of Louisiana, and Part V of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended La. R.S. 33:1236(7), and La. R.S.33:3821; Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of Revised Statutes and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, provided the levy of such tax is first authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of the Former District No. 7 voting thereon at an election held for such purpose; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with La. R.S. 42:19.1, notice of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One (obo Waterworks District No. 7) intention to call the election for the submittal of a proposition for Tax Continuation of the levy and collection of an ad valorem property tax for the purposes of operating and maintaining said District’s water system within and for the District formerly known as Waterworks District No. 7 was announced to the public during the course of the March 18, 2024, public meeting, was published on February 22, 2024, and will meet on April 22, 2024, public meeting, was published on March 28, 2024, in the Cameron Pilot, the official journal of the District and Cameron Parish, and additional notice was emailed on January 19, 2024, to each state senator and representative in whose district all or a portion of Cameron Parish is located; and
WHEREAS, the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One desires to provide for holding an election in District at which the proposition for levy of the continuation of an ad valorem tax may be submitted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One of Cameron Parish, Louisiana:
SECTION 1. The statements of fact expressly contained within the preamble to this Resolution have been specifically reviewed by the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One and are found to be factually true and correct, and are made resolutions of the District.
SECTION 2. Subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, and under the authority conferred by Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974 of the State of Louisiana, La. R.S. 33:3821; Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of Revised Statutes, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, an election be and is hereby called and ordered to be held in South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One (obo Waterworks District No. 7) (“District”) Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on Tuesday, the 5th day of November 2024, between the hours of six (6:00) o’clock a.m. and eight (8:00) o’clock p.m., in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and that at said election there be submitted to all the qualified electors of the Former District No. 7 entitled and qualified to vote at said election under the Constitution and laws of the United States, the following proposition:
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?
SECTION 3. There shall be published notice of said election in the Cameron Pilot, a weekly newspaper of general circulation within Cameron Parish, published in DeQuincy, Louisiana, and being the official journal of the District, once a week for four consecutive weeks, with the first publication to be made not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than ninety (90) days before the date fixed for the election, which notice shall be substantially in accordance with the Notice of Tax Election annexed hereto as “Exhibit A” and incorporated herein by reference, the same as if it were set forth herein in full.
SECTION 4. Officers designated or such substitutes as may be selected, designated, and sworn in compliance with Sections 1286 through 1289 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, shall hold the election substantially under the general election laws of the State of Louisiana, except that the election is called and shall be conducted, canvassed, and promulgated, and notice thereof given under the procedures outlined in Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Said election officers shall make due returns of said election at a regular meeting of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks No. One to be held at its regular meeting place, 3151 Trosclair Road, Creole, Louisiana, on Monday, the 16th day of December 2024, at four thirty (4:30) o’clock p.m., at which time said South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One will, then and there, in open and public session, examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election. The compensation of election officials be and the same is hereby fixed at the sum as specified in Section 426.1 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Assessed valuations shall not be voted in this election, and all qualified electors of the Former District No. 7 are entitled to vote therein. Voting machines shall be used in this election, and voters shall not be required to sign a ballot or vote assessed valuation of property. The permanent registration law of the State of Louisiana is in force in South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One of Cameron Parish, said election shall be conducted by applicable provisions thereof.
SECTION 5. The Secretary of the District be and she is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to arrange for furnishing said election officers, in ample time for the holding of said election the necessary equipment, forms, and other election paraphernalia essential to the proper holding of said election.
SECTION 6. Application is hereby formally made to the State Bond Commission, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 2, Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and in compliance with Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974 of the State of Louisiana, and Part V of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 33:1236(7)); La. R.S.33:3821 and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, for consent, approval, and authority to hold the aforesaid election in South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and in the event such election carries, for consent and authority to levy and collect the ad valorem tax therein provided. The Secretary is empowered, authorized, and requested to forward to the State Bond Commission a certified copy of this resolution which shall constitute a formal application to said Commission as herein provided.
SECTION 7. Certified copies of this resolution shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, the Clerk of Court, and the Ex-Officio Custodian of Voting Machines in and for the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One of Parish of Cameron, and the Registrar of Voters, as notification of the election herein called so that each may prepare for said election and perform their respective functions as authorized and required by law.
SECTION 8. The cost to conduct and canvass the returns of the election provided for herein is estimated to be $1,300.00 by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
SECTION 9. All resolutions, ordinances, or orders in conflict herewith, be, to the extent of such conflict, and they are hereby repealed.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of April, 2024.
J. C. BACCIGALOPI,
President
HALEY BACCIGALOPI,
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.
J. C. BACCIGALOPI,
President
HALEY BACCIGALOPI,
Secretary
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CAMERON
I, HALEY BACCIGALOPI, certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Secretary of the South Cameron Waterworks District No. One, of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana.
I further certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the minutes of a public meeting of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One held on April 22, 2024, and of a resolution adopted at said meeting, as said minutes and resolution appear officially of record in my possession.
IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature on behalf of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One on this 22nd day of April, 2024.
HALEY BACCIGALOPI,
Secretary
Exhibit A
NOTICE TO VOTERS
OF TAX ELECTION
To the qualified electors of South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One (“District”) of Cameron Parish, State of Louisiana:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 22nd day of April 2024, the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana (“District”), ordered that an election be held in Former Waterworks District No. 7 which is now a part of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One on Tuesday, the 5th day of November 2024, for the purpose of submitting to all qualified electors of the District the following proposition:
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?
A portion of the monies collected shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.
Said election will be held at all polling place which is situated within the boundaries of the District of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. All registered voters in each of the following precincts shall be eligible to vote on the proposition:
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE
13 (Part) South Cameron High School 753 Oak Grove Hwy. Grand Chenier
15 (Part) South Cameron High School 753 Oak Grove Hwy. Grand Chenier
16B (Part) Grand Lake High School Gym 1039 Hwy. 384 Grand Lake
The polls will be open at six (6:00) o’clock a.m. and shall remain open until not later than eight (8:00) o’clock p.m. The said election will be held substantially by the general election laws of the State of Louisiana, except that the election is called and shall be conducted, canvassed, and promulgated, and notice thereof given in accordance with the procedures outlined in Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. The officials appointed to hold the election or such substitutes therefor as may be selected, designated, and sworn in compliance with Sections 1286 through 1289 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, will make due returns thereof to the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One. Voting machines will be used in the conduct of the election. All qualified electors of the District will be entitled to vote. No voter shall be required to sign a ballot or vote assessed valuation of property.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the 16th of December, 2024 at four thirty (4:30) o’clock p.m., the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One will meet in open and public session at the regular meeting place of the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District No. One, 3151 Trosclair Road, Creole, Louisiana, and will, then and there, examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election.
The cost to conduct and canvass the returns of the election provided for herein is estimated to be $1,300.00 by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Cameron, Louisiana, by authority of a resolution adopted by the South Cameron Consolidated Waterworks District One on the 22nd day of April 2024.
ATTEST:
J. C. BACCIGALOPI,
President
HALEY BACCIGALOPI,
Secretary
RUN: Mar. 28 (M 53)