CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
APRIL 4, 2006
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 President, Cecelia B. Chambers, 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
A J BROUSSARD
JOHN HUMBLE SR
CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
JIMMIE PELLERIN
A J CREDEUR
CADE BENOIT
FELTON MOREAUA motion was offered by Mr. Cade Benoit, seconded by Mr. Alton Stevenson, to amend the agenda to consider a Resolution to request changes to the State Sanitary Policy and Procedures. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mr. Jimmie Pellerin, seconded by Mr. Felton Moreau, to approve the Minutes of the March 21, 2006, Regular Police Jury Meeting and the March 22, 2006, Special Police Jury Meeting. Motion carried.
FINANCE
RESOLUTION
BY MESSRS: ALTON STEVENSON AND JIMMIE PELLERIN
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 4th day of April, 2006, does hereby authorize the President and Secretary to advertise in the Official Journal of the Parish for the following purchases and/or services:
Gravel Lubricants
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that sealed bids will be received by the Administrative Office of the Acadia Parish Police Jury until 10:00 A.M., on Monday, May 8, 2006.
Grader Blades Lumber
Concrete Pipe Expanded Clay Aggregate
Cold Mix Emulsified Asphalt
Corrugated Metal Pipe Contract Labor
Herbicide Limestone
Sand Official Journal
White Goods Limestone/Asphalt Mix
Crushed Concrete Fuel
Mosquito Control Chemicals
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Police Jury reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept any bid(s) which in the opinion of the Jury will be to the best interest of the Parish of Acadia.
ADOPTED: APRIL 4, 2006
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
KATRY MARTIN CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
LEGISLATION
The following resolution was offered by Mr. A. J. Credeur and seconded by Mr. Cade Benoit:
RESOLUTION
A resolution creating a fire protection district within the
Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana, and defining and
describing the boundaries thereof.WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the "Police Jury"), held on January 17, 2006, the Police Jury, acting under the authority of Part I, Chapter 7, Title 40 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority, adopted a resolution giving notice of intention to create a fire protection district within the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), and described the territory of said proposed fire protection district, the boundaries thereof and all other matters required by law (which proposed fire protection district shall include the Town of Church Point, State of Louisiana), and provided that the Police Jury would meet in open and public session on Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at six-thirty (6:30) o'clock p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Courthouse, Crowley, Louisiana, to hear any and all objections thereon, and after hearing such objections proceed to create said fire protection district; and
WHEREAS, as required by the Act, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Church Point, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), have by resolutions adopted on February 6, 2006 and April 3, 2006, respectively, consented to the inclusion of the Town within the boundaries of the proposed fire protection district and have concurred in the proposed boundaries of said fire protection district; and
WHEREAS, following publication of the Notice of Intention, as required by law, this Police Jury did on February 21, 2006, hold a public hearing on the creation of the proposed fire protection district, and no objections were made to the creation thereof, the boundaries thereof or the property to be included therein; and
WHEREAS, the Police Jury has determined that the creation of said fire protection district would benefit and is to the best interests of the Parish and the inhabitants of the area affected;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the "Police Jury"), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), that:
SECTION 1. By virtue of the authority conferred by Part I, Chapter 7, Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority, a fire protection district is hereby created within the Parish, which fire protection district shall embrace all of that territory within the following described boundaries, which includes the Town of Church Point, State of Louisiana:
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
(Church Point - Grand Mariais - Jagneauxville Area)Beginning at the approximate southeast corner of Section 15 Township 7S R2E thence westerly along Parish Road 3-62 approximately 1 mile to the intersection of Parish Road 3-62 and LA 95 and/or the approximate southwest corner of Section 15 Township 7S R2E, thence southerly and southwesterly on LA 95 approximately 0.8 mile to the northernmost corner of Section 75 Township 7S R2E, thence southwesterly along north line of said Section 75 and/or public Parish road to Parish Road 3-36, thence southerly along Parish Road 3-36 approximately 0.5 mile to the intersection of Parish Road 3-36 and Parish Road 3-38, thence southwesterly, southeasterly, southwesterly northwesterly and southwesterly on Parish Road 3-38 approximately 1.6 mile to the intersection of LA 370 with Parish Road 3-38, thence northwesterly along LA 370 approximately 0.1 mile to the intersection of LA 370 with Parish Road 3-16, thence southwesterly along Parish Road 3-16 approximately 2.0 miles to its intersection with the centerline of Hazelwood Gully in Section 44 Township 8S R2E, thence southeasterly along the centerline of Hazelwood Gully to its intersection with the centerline of Bayou Plaquemine Brule in said Section 42, thence northeasterly along the centerline of Bayou Plaquemine Brule to its intersection with the centerline of Parish Road 3-18 and/or the northwest corner of Section 78 Township 8S R2E, thence southeasterly along the centerline of Parish Road 3-18 and/or the north line of said Section 78 to the centerline of LA Hwy. 35 or the north line of Section 78 Township 8S R2E and/or the centerline of Parish Road 3-82, thence northeast along the centerline of LA Hwy. 35 to its intersection with the centerline of Parish Road 3-29 in Section 77 Township 8S R2E, thence southeast along the centerline of Parish Road 3-29 to its intersection with the centerline of Bayou Wikoff in Section 47 Township 8S R3E and/or the westward projection of the north line of Section 17 Township 8S R3E, thence along said westward project of the north line of Section 17 to its intersection with the common boundary between Acadia Parish and St. Landry Parish in Township 8S R3E, thence generally northerly and westerly along the common boundary between Acadia Parish and St. Landry Parish to its point of origin.
SECTION 2. The fire protection district hereby created shall be known and designated as "Fire Protection District No. 10 of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana" (the "District"), and as thus created shall constitute a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and shall have all rights, powers and privileges granted by and conferred by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Louisiana to such corporations, including the authority to incur debt, issue bonds and levy taxes and parcel fees.
SECTION 3. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Police Jury hereby appoints Todd Bourgeois and Rodney Daugereaux, as resident property taxpayers of the District, to serve as the Police Jury appointees to the Board of Commissioners (the "Board"), which shall be the governing authority of the District. The Town of Church Point, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), shall appoint two (2) resident property taxpayers of the Town to serve as the Town’s appointees to the Board. At the organizational meeting of the Board, the members appointed to the Board by the Police Jury and the Town shall designate the fifth member of the Board who shall serve as the initial Chairman of the Board. Also, at the organizational meeting, the members of the Board shall by lot determine their terms of office as follows: Two (2) members of the Board shall hold office until one (1) year from the January first immediately succeeding their appointment, and three (3) members shall hold office until two (2) years from the January 1st immediately succeeding their appointment. All members subsequently appointed to the Board shall serve for a period of two (2) years.
SECTION 4. The domicile of the District is hereby designated as the Church Point Fire Station, 111 South Broadway, Church Point, Louisiana, and such domicile is within the corporate limits of the District, and the above named members of the Board shall meet at said domicile on Thursday, April 20, 2006, at five-thirty (5:30) o'clock p.m., and shall then and there proceed to organize and elect their officers, all in the manner and form provided by law.
SECTION 5. Due notice of the formation and creation of the District hereby created, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", shall be published in accordance with law and the President of this Police Jury is hereby instructed and ordered to issue notice of the formation and creation of the District and to cause publication thereof to be made in compliance with the provisions of the Act.
SECTION 6. This resolution shall become effective immediately.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
Police
Juror Yeas Nays Absent Abstaining
Cecelia B. Chambers x
Alton Stevenson x
A. J. Broussard x
John W. Humble, Sr. x
Jimmie Pellerin x
A. J. Credeur x
Thomas Benoit x
Felton Moreau x
And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 4th day of April, 2006./s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
Secretary-Treasurer PresidentEXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF CREATION
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 10
OF THE PARISH OF ACADIA, STATE OF LOUISIANAPursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana, on April 4, 2006, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the provisions of Part I, Chapter 7, Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority, of the formation and creation of Fire Protection District No. 10 of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the "District"), which District shall comprise and embrace all of that territory contained within the following described boundaries (including the Town of Church Point, State of Louisiana):
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
(Church Point - Grand Mariais - Jagneauxville Area)Beginning at the approximate southeast corner of Section 15 Township 7S R2E thence westerly along Parish Road 3-62 approximately 1 mile to the intersection of Parish Road 3-62 and LA 95 and/or the approximate southwest corner of Section 15 Township 7S R2E, thence southerly and southwesterly on LA 95 approximately 0.8 mile to the northernmost corner of Section 75 Township 7S R2E, thence southwesterly along north line of said Section 75 and/or public Parish road to Parish Road 3-36, thence southerly along Parish Road 3-36 approximately 0.5 mile to the intersection of Parish Road 3-36 and Parish Road 3-38, thence southwesterly, southeasterly, southwesterly northwesterly and southwesterly on Parish Road 3-38 approximately 1.6 mile to the intersection of LA 370 with Parish Road 3-38, thence northwesterly along LA 370 approximately 0.1 mile to the intersection of LA370 with Parish Road 3-16, thence southwesterly along Parish Road 3-16 approximately 2.0 miles to its intersection with the centerline of Hazelwood Gully in Section 44 Township 8S R2E, thence southeasterly along the centerline of Hazelwood Gully to its intersection with the centerline of Bayou Plaquemine Brule in said Section 42, thence northeasterly along the centerline of Bayou Plaquemine Brule to its intersection with the centerline of Parish Road 3-18 and/or the northwest corner of Section 78 Township 8S R2E, thence southeasterly along the centerline of Parish Road 3-18 and/or the north line of said Section 78 to the centerline of LA Hwy. 35 or the north line of Section 78 Township 8S R2E and/or the centerline of Parish Road 3-82, thence northeast along the centerline of LA Hwy. 35 to its intersection with the centerline of Parish Road 3-29 in Section 77 Township 8S R2E, thence southeast along the centerline of Parish Road 3-29 to its intersection with the centerline of Bayou Wikoff in Section 47 Township 8S R3E and/or the westward projection of the north line of Section 17 Township 8S R3E, thence along said westward project of the north line of Section 17 to its intersection with the common boundary between Acadia Parish and St. Landry Parish in Township 8S R3E, thence generally northerly and westerly along the common boundary between Acadia Parish and St. Landry Parish to its point of origin.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Crowley, Louisiana, on this the 4th day of April, 2006.
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
KATRY MARTIN CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
PUBLIC WORKS/ROAD & BRIDGE
Engineer Fred Trahan, representing Southwest Acadia Rural Water Corporation, presented details of the upcoming Phase II expansion and requested the fees be waived for the construction.
A motion was offered by Mr. John Humble, Sr., seconded by Mr. Jimmie Pellerin, to waive permit fees for Southwest Water Corporation Phase II expansion. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mr. John Humble, Sr., seconded by Mr. Cade Benoit, to limit roadside drainage improvements to $50,000. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION
BY MESSRS: ALTON STEVENSON AND A J CREDEUR
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 4th day of April, 2006, does hereby authorize the purchase and installation of embankment improvements by Mid-South Erosion Control, LLC, as part of Drainage Project 2006-6 at an estimated cost of $18,000.
ADOPTED: APRIL 4, 2006
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
KATRY MARTIN CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENTORDINANCE #908
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON EASTLAND LANE IN ACADIA PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF TWENTY 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 twenty miles per hour on the following described Parish Road
:Eastland Lane
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that any person found guilty of operating or driving a motor vehicle in excess of twenty 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. A. J. Credeur, and seconded by Mr. Alton Stevenson, after being read and considered section by section, was adopted as a whole by the following vote:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson, A. J. Broussard, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia B.
Chambers, Jimmie Pellerin, A. J. Credeur, Cade Benoit and Felton
Moreau.NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: APRIL 4, 2006
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
KATRY MARTIN CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENTORDINANCE #909
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON VIRGINIA ROAD IN ACADIA PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-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 twenty-five miles per hour on the following described Parish Road:
Virginia Road
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that any person found guilty of operating or driving a motor vehicle in excess of twenty-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. A. J. Credeur, and seconded by Mr. Jimmie Pellerin, after being read and considered section by section, was adopted as a whole by the following vote:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson, A. J. Broussard, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia B.
Chambers, Jimmie Pellerin, A. J. Credeur, Cade Benoit and Felton
Moreau.NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: APRIL 4, 2006
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
KATRY MARTIN CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENTRESOLUTION
BY MESSRS: CADE BENOIT AND FELTON MOREAU
WHEREAS, the LA Department of Health and Hospitals (LA DHH) is charged with regulating waste water treatment and effluent discharges in Acadia Parish, and
WHEREAS, the LA DHH investigates complaints involving public health matters in Acadia Parish as well as participates in the permitting and inspection of treatment systems required to be installed pursuant to the Acadia Parish Ordinance resulting from either new construction or changes in ownership for residential and commercial facilities, and
WHEREAS, the Acadia Parish Ordinance provides that properties be grandfathered in unless one of the two aforementioned conditions exist, and
WHEREAS, the LA DHH in Acadia Parish advises that the policy of investigating community health complaints is not limited only to the subject of the complaint but to any and all public health regulations.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened on this the 4th day of April, 2006, does hereby strongly urge that LA DHH limit public health complaint investigations in Acadia Parish to issues specifically defined in each complaint such that enforcement of other public health regulations related to sewer disposal systems follow the procedures set forth in the Acadia Parish Ordinance where only new construction or change of ownership occurs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to LA Department of Health and Hospital Officials, the Louisiana Legislative Delegation and the Police Jury Association for support.
ADOPTED: APRIL 4, 2006
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Cecelia B. Chambers
KATRY MARTIN CECELIA B. CHAMBERS
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
A request was made to fund the MDA Telethon.
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 APRIL 18, 2006, AT THE HOUR OF 6:30 P.M.
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