CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
MAY 2, 2000
THE ACADIA PARISH POLICE JURY met on the above date at 6:30 p.m., in
the Police Jury Meeting Room, Courthouse Building, Crowley,
Louisiana, in regular session with the Claude J. Courville,
presiding. At the request of the President, a moment of silence was
offered and the Pledge to the Flag was recited in unison. The roll
was called and final attendance was recorded as follows:
ALTON STEVENSON
CATHERINE LACOMBE
JOHN HUMBLE SR
CECELIA BROUSSARD
JIMMIE PELLERIN
JOHN BEARD
PAT DAIGLE
A motion was offered by Mr. John Humble, Sr., seconded by Mrs.
Cecelia Broussard, to revise the agenda and consider an address from
Mr. Buster Hardy, Candidate for Region 7 Director for the Police
Jury Association, Change Order #5 for the Tourist Welcome Center,
Speed limits on Canadian, Everest & St. Romans Roads and request
from TRIAD for temporary employment. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mr. Jimmie Pellerin, seconded by Mr. John
Beard, to approve the Minutes of the April 18, 2000, Regular Police
Jury Meeting. Motion carried.
Mr. Buster Hardy, Police Juror from Vermilion Parish, asked the Jury
to support his appointment as Executive Director from Region 7 to
the State Executive Board for the Police Jury Association. Mr. Hardy
expressed his gratitude for an opportunity to speak and gave a brief
history of his tenure in public service.
Mrs. Peggy Breaux, Director of TRIAD, submitted a written request
for temporary help to complete necessary work for the upcoming
conference.
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mr.
Alton Stevenson, to provide $3,300 of temporary help for the TRIAD
Program. Motion carried.
APPOINTMENTS
RESOLUTION
BY: MR JOHN HUMBLE SR AND MRS
CATHERINE LACOMBE
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia
Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 2nd day of
May, 2000, does hereby re-appoint MESSRS. EARL TOUPS and EDWIN SIMAR
to Bayou Des Cannes-Nezpique Drainage District for a four year term
effective May, 2000.
ADOPTED: MAY 2, 2000
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
RESOLUTION
BY: MR PAT DAIGLE AND MRS CATHERINE LACOMBE
WHEREAS, Bayou Mallet Gravity
Drainage District has received a letter of resignation from Mr. Lee
Augustine as a board member of Bayou Mallet Gravity Drainage
District.
WHEREAS, Bayou Mallet Gravity
Drainage District has placed in nomination the name of Mr. Bobby
Dupré to fill said vacancy.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by
the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this
2nd day of May, 2000, does hereby appoint MR. BOBBY DUPRÉ to the
Bayou Mallet Gravity Drainage District to fill the unexpired term of
Mr. Lee Augustine.
ADOPTED: MAY 2, 2000
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
ELECTIONS
The following Resolution was offered by Mr. John Humble, Sr. and
seconded by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe:
RESOLUTION
A resolution ordering and
calling a special election to be
held in the Parish of
Acadia, State of Louisiana, to
authorize the
rededication and extension of a special
tax now authorized to be
levied by the Parish; making
application to the State
Bond Commission in connection
therewith; and providing
for other matters in connection
therewith.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Governing
Authority”), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of
Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), that:
SECTION 1. Election Call.
Subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, and under the
authority conferred by Article VI, Sections 30 and 32 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, the applicable
provisions of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of
the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other
constitutional and statutory authority, a special election is hereby
called and ordered to be held in the Parish on SATURDAY, JULY
15, 2000, between the hours of six
o’clock (6:00) a.m., and eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance
with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, and at the said election
there shall be submitted to all registered voters qualified and
entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and
laws of this State and the Constitution of the United States, the
following proposition, to-wit:
PROPOSITION
(TAX REDEDICATION & CONTINUATION)
SUMMARY: AUTHORITY TO
REDEDICATE THE PROCEEDS
OF A 2.12 MILLS TAX
AUTHORIZED TO BE LEVIED IN THE
YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2003,
INCLUSIVE, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING,
IMPROVING, MAINTAINING
AND OPERATING THE
PARISH’S COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
SERVICE BUILDING AND
ACQUIRING EQUIPMENT AND
FURNISHINGS THEREFOR, TO
PROVIDE THAT SUCH TAX
PROCEEDS MAY ALSO BE USED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS
TO AND MAINTAINING
AND OPERATING THE
PARISH’S MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING
AND ARENA; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT AT LEAST 40%
OF THE ANNUAL TAX
PROCEEDS SHALL BE BUDGETED FOR
EACH OF SAID PURPOSES;
AND FOR FURTHER AUTHORITY
TO CONTINUE TO LEVY THE
TAX ON ALL PROPERTY
SUBJECT TO TAXATION
WITHIN THE PARISH FOR AN
ADDITIONAL SIX (6) YEARS
BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR
2004 AND ENDING WITH THE
YEAR 2009 AND USE THE
PROCEEDS THEREOF FOR THE
AFORESAID PUBLIC
BUILDING PURPOSES.
Shall the Parish of
Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”),
be authorized to
rededicate the proceeds heretofore or
hereafter received by the
Parish from the levy and
collection of a two and
twelve hundredths (2.12) mills tax
(the “Tax”), authorized
to be levied in the year 2000
through 2003, inclusive,
pursuant to an election held in the
Parish on January 15,
1994, so that such proceeds may be
used not only (i) for the
purpose of constructing, improving,
maintaining and operating
the Parish’s Cooperative
Extension Service
Building and acquiring equipment and
furnishings therefore,
but also (ii) for the purpose of
constructing improvements
to and maintaining and
operating the Parish’s
Multi-Purpose Building and Arena,
provided, however, that
at least 40% of the annual Tax
proceeds shall be
budgeted for each of said purposes and
further; shall the Parish
be authorized to continue to levy
the Tax on all property
subject to taxation within the Parish
for an additional six (6)
years beginning with the year 2004
and ending with the year
2009 and use the proceeds thereof
for the aforesaid public
building purposes?
SECTION 2. Publication of
Notice of Election. A Notice of Special Election shall be
published in the “Rayne Acadian Tribune,” a weekly (published on
Thursday) newspaper of general circulation within the Parish,
published in Rayne, Louisiana, and being the official journal of the
Parish, 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 prior to the date of the election, which
Notice shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
“Exhibit A” and incorporated herein by reference the same as if it
were set forth herein in full.
SECTION 3. Canvass.
This Governing Authority shall meet at its regular meeting place,
the Police Jury Room of the Courthouse, Crowley, Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2000, at SIX-THIRTY O’CLOCK (6:30) P.M., and shall
then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and
canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special
election.
SECTION 4. Polling Places.
The polling places set forth in the aforesaid Notice of Special
Election are hereby designated as the polling places at which to
hold the said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and
Commissioners, respectively, will be the same persons as those
designated in accordance with law.
SECTION 5. Election
Commissioners; Voting Machines. The officers designated to serve
as Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners pursuant to Section 4
hereof, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and
designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, shall hold the said
special election as herein provided, and shall make due returns of
said election for the meeting of the Governing Authority to be held
on Tuesday, July 18, 2000, as provided in Section 3 hereof. All
registered voters in the Parish will be entitled to vote at the
special election, and voting machines shall be used.
SECTION 6. Authorization of
Officers. The Secretary of the Governing Authority is hereby
empowered, authorized and directed to arrange for and to furnish to
said election officers in ample time for the holding of said
election, the necessary equipment, forms and other paraphernalia
essential to the proper holding of said election and the President
and/or Secretary of the Governing Authority are further authorized,
empowered and directed to take any and all further action required
by State and/or Federal law to arrange for the election, including
but not limited to, appropriate submission to the Federal Department
of Justice under Section 5 of the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965,
as amended.
SECTION 7. Furnishing
Election Call to Election Officials. Certified copies of this
resolution shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, the
Commissioner of Elections, the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Parish
Custodian of Voting Machines of Acadia Parish and the Registrar of
Voters of Acadia Parish, as notification of the special election, in
order that each may prepare for said election and perform their
respective functions as required by law.
SECTION 8. Application to
State Bond Commission. Application is made to the State Bond
Commission for consent and authority to hold the special election as
herein provided, and in the event said election carries for further
consent and authority to levy and collect the special tax provided
for therein. A certified copy of this resolution shall be forwarded
to the State Bond Commission on behalf of this Governing Authority,
together with a letter requesting the prompt consideration and
approval of this application.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon
was as follows:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson,
Catherine LaCombe, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie
Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 2nd day of May,
2000.
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
EXHIBIT “A”
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Governing
Authority”), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of
Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), on May 2, 2000, NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Parish
on SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2000,
and that at the said election there will be submitted to all
registered voters in the Parish qualified and entitled to vote at
the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of
Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following
proposition, to-wit:
PROPOSITION
(TAX REDEDICATION & CONTINUATION)
SUMMARY: AUTHORITY TO
REDEDICATE THE PROCEEDS
OF A 2.12 MILLS TAX
AUTHORIZED TO BE LEVIED IN
THE YEARS 2000 THROUGH
2003, INCLUSIVE, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING,
IMPROVING, MAINTAINING
AND OPERATING THE
PARISH’S COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION SERVICE
BUILDING AND ACQUIRING
EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS
THEREFOR, TO PROVIDE
THAT SUCH TAX PROCEEDS
MAY ALSO BE USED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING
IMPROVEMENTS TO AND
MAINTAINING AND OPERATING
THE PARISH’S MULTI-
PURPOSE BUILDING AND
ARENA; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT AT LEAST 40% OF THE
ANNUAL TAX PROCEEDS
SHALL BE BUDGETED FOR
EACH OF SAID PURPOSES; AND
FOR FURTHER AUTHORITY TO
CONTINUE TO LEVY THE
TAX ON ALL PROPERTY
SUBJECT TO TAXATION WITHIN
THE PARISH FOR AN
ADDITIONAL SIX (6) YEARS
BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR
2004 AND ENDING WITH THE
YEAR 2009 AND USE THE
PROCEEDS THEREOF FOR THE
AFORESAID PUBLIC BUILDING
PURPOSES.
Shall the Parish of
Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”),
be authorized to
rededicate the proceeds heretofore or
hereafter received by the
Parish from the levy and
collection of a two and
twelve hundredths (2.12) mills tax
(the “Tax”), authorized
to be levied in the years 2000
through 2003, inclusive,
pursuant to an election held in the
Parish on January 15,
1994, so that such proceeds may be
used not only (i) for the
purpose of constructing, improving,
maintaining and operating
the Parish’s Cooperative
Extension Service
Building and acquiring equipment and
furnishings therefor, but
also (ii) for the purpose of
constructing improvements
to and maintaining and operating
the Parish’s
Multi-Purpose Building and Arena, provided,
however, that at least
40% of the annual Tax proceeds shall
be budgeted for each of
said purposes and further; shall the
Parish be authorized to
continue to levy the Tax on all
property subject to
taxation within the Parish for an
additional six (6) years
beginning with the year 2004 and
ending with the year 2009
and use the proceeds thereof for
the aforesaid public
building purposes?
The said special election will be held at the following polling
places situated within the Parish, which polls will open at six
o’clock (6:00) a.m., and close at eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in
accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to-wit:
POLLING PLACES
Ward Precinct Location
1 1
Mire Fire Station
1 2A
Rayne City Courtroom
1 2B
Rayne City Courtroom
1 3A
Rayne High School
1 3B
Rayne High School
1 4A
Martin Petitjean Elementary School
1 4B
Martin Petitjean Elementary School
1 5A
Southside Community Center
1 5B
Southside Community Center
1 6
Northside Community Center
1 7
Rayne Federal Housing
1 8
Rayne Jaycee Home
1 9
Martin Petitjean Elementary School
1 10
Martin Petitjean Elementary School
1 11
Martin Petitjean Elementary School
2 1
Mire Fire Station
2 2
Cramer Dryers
2 3
Branch Fire Station
2 4
Mowata Catholic Church Hall
2 5
Crowley High School Commons Area
3 1
VFW Home Post 9903
3 2
Richard Elementary School
3 3A
Church Point High School Gym
3 3B
Church Point High School Gym
3 4
Church Point Jr. High School Gym
3 5
Richard Elementary School
3 6
American Legion
3 7
Vautrots Store
4 1
Te-Mamou KC Council 4906
4 2
Iota High School (Town)
4 3
Crowley High School Commons Area
4 4
Egan Elementary School
4 5
Evangeline Elementary School
4 6
Iota High School (Rural)
5 1A
Mermentau Town Hall
5 1B
Mermentau Town Hall (Rural)
5 2A
Estherwood Town Hall (Town)
5 2B
Estherwood Town Hall (Rural)
5 3
Morse Elementary School (Rural)
5 4
Morse Elementary School (Town)
5 5
Midland Catholic Church Hall
5 6
Morse Elementary School (Rural)
6 1
North Crowley Middle School
6 2
Notre Dame High School
6 3A
North Crowley Kindergarten
6 3B
North Crowley Kindergarten
6 4
Courthouse Bldg., 1st Floor
6 5
Crowley City Hall
6 6
Old Ross High School
6 7
Rice Festival Building
6 8
Immaculate Heart of Mary Hall
6 9
South Crowley Elementary School
6 10
Lyons Point Community Center
6 11
Martin Luther King, Jr., Center
6 12
School Board Media Center (City)
6 13
School Board Media Center (Rural)
6 14
Acadia Animal Clinic
6 15
South Crowley Elementary School
6 16
LSU Rice Experimental Station
7 1
Mowata Catholic Church Hall
7 2
Tepetate Fire Station
7 3
LSU Eunice-Health & Physical Education Bldg., Left of
Hwy.
7 4
LSU Eunice-Health & Physical Education Bldg., Right of
Hwy.
The polling places set forth above are hereby designated as the
polling places at which to hold the said election, and the
Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be
those persons designated according to law.
The said special election will be held in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of
Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and
other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers
appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of
Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected
and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due
returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY
FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular
meeting place, the Police Jury Room of the Courthouse, Crowley,
Louisiana, on TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2000, at SIX-THIRTY O’CLOCK
(6:30) P.M., and shall then and there
in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the
returns and declare the result of the said special election. All
registered voters of the Parish are entitled to vote at said special
election and voting machines will be used.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at
Crowley, Louisiana, on this, the 2nd day of May, 2000.
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
INSURANCE
The President appointed an Insurance Committee consisting of the
following: John Beard, John Humble, Sr., Pat Daigle, Claude
Courville, Robert Bergeaux, Wayne Matlock and Katry Martin to study
the Police Jury health insurance program. A meeting would be
scheduled for the following Tuesday, May 9, 2000, at 6:30 p.m.
PUBLIC WORKS/ROADS & BRIDGES
ORDINANCE #803
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A
MOTOR VEHICLE UPON CANADIAN LANE (PARISH ROAD 2-19) IN ACADIA
PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF
FORTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR,
AND, PROVIDING FOR THE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by
the Police Jury of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, that it shall be
unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle in
excess of
forty-five miles per hour on
the following described Parish Road:
Canadian Lane (Parish Road 2-19)
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that any person found guilty of operating or driving a motor vehicle
in excess of
forty-five miles per hour on
the Parish road described above, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction therefore, shall be fined not more than Fifty
Dollars ($50) or be imprisoned not more than ten (10) days or both.
SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that any laws or parts of laws in conflict are hereby repealed.
The Ordinance was offered by Mr. John Beard, and seconded by Mrs.
Cecelia Broussard, and after being read and considered section by
section, was adopted as a whole by the following vote:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson,
Catherine LaCombe, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie
Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: MAY 2, 2000
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE #804
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A
MOTOR VEHICLE UPON EVEREST ROAD (PARISH ROAD 2-34 & 2-36) IN ACADIA
PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF
FORTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR,
AND, PROVIDING FOR THE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by
the Police Jury of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, that it shall be
unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle in
excess of
forty-five miles per hour on
the following described Parish Road:
Everest Road (Parish Road 2-34 & 2-36)
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that any person found guilty of operating or driving a motor vehicle
in excess of
forty-five miles per hour on
the Parish road described above, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction therefore, shall be fined not more than Fifty
Dollars ($50) or be imprisoned not more than ten (10) days or both.
SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that any laws or parts of laws in conflict are hereby repealed.
The Ordinance was offered by Mr. John Beard, and seconded by Mrs.
Cecelia Broussard, and after being read and considered section by
section, was adopted as a whole by the following vote:
YEAS:
Alton Stevenson, Catherine LaCombe,
John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie
Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS:
None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: MAY 2, 2000
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE #805
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A
MOTOR VEHICLE UPON ST ROMAIN LANE (PARISH ROAD 3-102) IN ACADIA
PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF
TEN MILES PER HOUR, AND,
PROVIDING FOR THE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by
the Police Jury of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, that it shall be
unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle in
excess of ten miles per hour on the following described Parish Road:
St. Romain Lane (Parish Road 3-102)
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that any person found guilty of operating or driving a motor vehicle
in excess of
ten miles per hour on the
Parish road described above, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction therefore, shall be fined not more than Fifty
Dollars ($50) or be imprisoned not more than ten (10) days or both.
SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that any laws or parts of laws in conflict are hereby repealed.
The Ordinance was offered by Mr. John Beard, and seconded by Mrs.
Cecelia Broussard, and after being read and considered section by
section, was adopted as a whole by the following vote:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson,
Catherine LaCombe, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie
Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: MAY 2, 2000
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
RESOLUTION
BY: MRS CECELIA BROUSSARD AND MR JOHN
HUMBLE SR
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia
Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 2nd day of
May, 2000, does hereby empower, authorize and direct the President
to execute Change Order #5 for the new Acadia Parish Tourist
Commission Welcome Center.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
said change order in the amount of Four Thousand Three Hundred
Seventy and 00/100 ($4,370.00) Dollars be added for a total contract
price of Two Hundred Forty-five Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-five
and 74/100 ($245,885.74) Dollars.
ADOPTED: MAY 2, 2000
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin
/s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN
CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER
PRESIDENT
SOLID WASTE/ENVIRONMENTAL
Bid tabulations were presented for the purchase of one new-non
reconditioned Landfill Compactor.
Representatives of Louisiana Machinery and Scott Construction were
in attendance at the meeting and requested the Jury take under
advisement the bids for the compactor because the low bidder had no
local dealer support.
A Representative from Norwel Equipment Co., pledged they would
provide warranty work and service on the machinery.
A motion was offered by Mr. John Humble, Sr., seconded by Mr. Pat
Daigle, to defer action until the next regular Police Jury Meeting
on the decision to purchase one new non-reconditioned landfill
compactor. Motion carried.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
The Jury reviewed the Solid Waste Pickup Compliance with no
objection.
Juror Catherine LaCombe indicated she attended meetings on a
hazardous waste pickup day for the Parish and the proposed business
incubator. She also stated that the clean sweep project was held in
the Egan area recently.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING,
THE MOTION WAS OFFERED DULY SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN UNTIL
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF MAY 16, 2000, AT THE HOUR OF
6:30 P.M.