PUBLIC NOTICE
Bell City, Louisiana
April 19, 2021
The Board of Commissioners, serving as governing authority of Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, met in regular public session at its regular meeting place, 111 Dennis Lane, Bell City, Louisiana, at 6:00 o’clock p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021, pursuant to 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: Carl Granger, Grace Robideaux, Jerome Verzwyvelt
ABSENT: Wayne Hebert
The President stated that the purpose of the meeting was for canvassing and tabulating the returns of an election held in Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana (the “District”) on March 20, 2021, on the question of authorizing renewal of an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the District, and thereupon presented the following proces verbal, which was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Carl Granger, Grace Robideaux, Jerome Verzwyvelt
NAYS: None
PROCES VERBAL
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on this19th day of April, 2021, at 6:00 o’clock p.m., in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Commissioners (“the Board”), serving as governing authority of the District, adopted on October 16, 2020, 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 the District, on March 20, 2021, 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:
MAINTENANCE MILLAGE
RENEWAL PROPOSITION
Shall Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, be authorized to renew levy of a tax of five and seventy hundredths (5.70) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $212,062.71 reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of this tax per annum) for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2022, for the purpose of operating and maintaining said District’s water systems within and for said District?
The results of said election proved to be as follows:
PRECINCT; NUMBER OF VOTES IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION; NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST PROPOSITION
5N; 55; 12
5S (Part); 53; 14
8 (Part) (No Voters); 0; 0
12 (Part) (No Voters; 0; 0
13 (Part) (No Voters); 0; 0
16A; 89; 22
16B (Part); 80; 20
16C (Part); 19; 6
17 (Part) (No Voters); 0; 0
Absentees; 312; 73
TOTALS; 608; 147
We therefore ascertained that the majority of qualified electors of the District 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 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 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 District, and the official journal of the District.
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.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in the presence of Kaylan Picou and Jacob Nunex, competent witnesses on this 19th day of April, 2021, at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners, governing authority of Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, in Bell City, Louisiana, by the undersigned members of said Board present and participating in the canvass of said election.
/s/ Carl Granger, , President
/s/ GraceRobideaux, Member
/s/ Jerome Verzwyvelt, Member
WITNESSES:
/s/ Kaylan Picou
/s/ Jacob Nunez
The following resolution was thereupon introduced, and pursuant to a motion made by Jerome Verzwyvelt and seconded by Grace Robideaux, was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Carl Granger, Grace Robideaux, Jerome Verzwyvelt
NAYS: None
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION PROMULGATING THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 11 OF THE PARISH OF CAMERON, LOUISIANA ON MARCH 20, 2021.
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2021, an election was held in Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana (the “District”);
WHEREAS, the returns of said election were canvassed by the Board of Commissioners, governing authority of the District (the “Board” or the “Governing Authority”), 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 Proposition;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board, acting as governing authority of the District, as follows:
SECTION 1. The statements of fact expressly contained within the preamble to this Resolution have been specifically reviewed by the Governing Authority of the District and are found to be factually true and correct, and are made resolutions of the District.
SECTION 2. An election was held in the District on March 20, 2021, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out; that said election was duly and properly called by the Board by a resolution adopted on October 16, 2020, 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 the District on January 21, January 28, February 4, 2021; followed by additional publications on February 11, February 25, March 4, and March 11, 2021 due to a change in the location of voting precincts received from the Cameron Parish Registrar of Voters office due to damages incurred by Hurricanes Laura and Delta, 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 16, 2020, 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 March 23, 2021, 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 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and the general election laws of the State of Louisiana.
SECTION 3. In said election the following proposition was approved by a majority of the electors qualified to vote and voting in said election in the District:
MAINTENANCE MILLAGE
RENEWAL PROPOSITION
Shall Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, be authorized to renew levy of a tax of five and seventy hundredths (5.70) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $212,062.71 reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of this tax per annum) for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2022, for the purpose of operating and maintaining said District’s water systems within and for said District?
SECTION 4. 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 the District.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 19th day of April, 2021.
/s/ Carl Granger
CARL GRANGER, President
/s/ Helen M. Williams
HELEN M. WILLIAMS, 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/ Carl Granger
CARL GRANGER, President
/s/ Helen M. Williams
HELEN M. WILLIAMS, Secretary
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CAMERON
I, HELEN M. WILLIAMS, certify that I am the duly qualified and appointed Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, governing authority of Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana.
I further certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the minutes of a public meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana held on April 19, 2021, 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 Waterworks District No. 11 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, on this, the 19th day of April, 2021.
/s/ Helen M. Williams
HELEN M. WILLIAMS,
Secretary
The actual cost to conduct and canvass the returns of the election provided for herein is $3,641.56, as determined by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Exhibits to this resolution are available for inspection during regular business hours at the main office of the District, 111 Dennis Lane, Bell City, Louisiana.
RUN: May 27 (My 39)