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Public Notices: Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Public Notices Published Thursday, November 29th, 2007PUBLIC NOTICE
1963 Chevy Covair
VIN 30967W280399
The above vehicle is stored at Plunk’s Wrecker Service, 108 Jonesboro Road, West Monroe, LA 71292. If all charges are not paid and vehicle claimed by owner by Dec. 13, 2007, a permit to sell or dismantle may be obtained.
11/22,11/29
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Adjustments of the City of West Monroe will meet in legal session on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers of West Monroe City Hall to review the following application(s):
APPLICATION NO: PASE-07-15000006
APPLICANT: JOHN HOPFINGER
LOCATION: 112 DRAGO STREET
REQUEST: LANNING APPROVAL / SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW GENERAL BODY WORK AND INSTALLATION OF A PAINT BOOTH.
LGL DESC: LOTS 2 & 3 ARENTS RESUB WALL TRACT. PROPERTY OWNER: JAMES R. MAYO
The public is invited to attend.
11/29,12/6,12/13
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PUBLIC NOTICES
I, Ervin Stricklin DOC# 381537, 5/23/1938, currently residing in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, have applied for clemency for my conviction of theft which occurred June 16, 1967 in Ouachita Parish. If you have any comments or wish to communicate with the Board of Pardons, please call (225) 342-5421.
11/22,11/29,12/6
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PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing on the 2008 proposed budget of the Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau of Ouachita Parish will be held at the office of the Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau located at 601 Constitution Drive, West Monroe , Louisiana , on December 17, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
Total Revenue: $6,022,258
Total Expenditure: 2,949,100
Fund Balance: $3,073,158
Budget proposed for adoption on file for the year 2008 at the office of the Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau, 601 Constitution Drive, West Monroe , Louisiana.
Immediately following the Public Hearing on the proposed budget, a regular meeting of the Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors will convene.
Alana Cooper,Executive Director
11/29,12/6
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of West Monroe will meet in legal session on Monday, December 3, 2007, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of West Monroe City Hall.
Application No: COA-07-70000004
Applicant: W. Decker Moore
Location: 206 Trenton Street – 212 Trenton Street
Legal description: LOT 9 AND N 6FT OF LOT 10 SQ A OF TOWN OF WEST MONROE.
Request: Certificate of appropriateness to replace existing awning with near identical fabric.
Application No.: COA-07-70000005
Applicant: Jerry Melton
Location: 110 Ludwig Avenue
Legal description: LOT IN LOT 1 SQ 7 A & E SO ADDN FRTG 50 FT ON NO SIDE LUDWIG AVE, DEPTH 90.42 FT ALONG E SIDE 2ND ST.
Request: Certificate of appropriateness to repaint home, porch and railing. The public is invited to attend this meeting.
11/15,11/22,11/29
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the Recording Secretary of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury in the Courthouse Building, Monroe, Louisiana, on or before ten (10:00) AM, Friday, December 14, 2007, and that the same will be opened, read aloud and tabulated in the office of Ouachita Parish Police Jury, at ten (10:00) o’clock AM, December 14, 2007, and submitted to the Ouachita Parish Police Jury at its next scheduled meeting, for the purpose of furnishing the following:
FOOD & FOOD PRODUCTS FOR GREEN OAKS’ DETENTION HOME
Complete specifications on the above item(s) are on file with and may be obtained from Frances B. Hunter, Purchasing Manager, Ouachita Parish Police Jury, Purchasing Department, 301 South Grand Street, Basement Floor, Monroe, LA. Bidders must note on the sealed envelope containing the bid: “SEALED BID” and the APPROPRIATE BID NUMBER.
THE OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.
OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY
11/29,12/6
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the Recording Secretary of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury in the Courthouse Building, Monroe, Louisiana, on or before ten (10:00) AM, Friday, December 14, 2007, and that the same will be opened, read aloud and tabulated in the office of Ouachita Parish Police Jury, at ten (10:00) o’clock AM, December 14, 2007, and submitted to the Ouachita Parish Police Jury at its next scheduled meeting, for the purpose of furnishing the following:
(2) AUTOMATIC AUDIO VIDEO MIXING SWITCHING AND DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEMS
for OUACHITA PARISH COURTHOUSE COURTROOMS
Complete specifications on the above item(s) are on file with and may be obtained from Frances B. Hunter, Purchasing Manager, Ouachita Parish Police Jury, Purchasing Department, 301 South Grand Street, Basement Floor, Monroe, LA. Bidders must note on the sealed envelope containing the bid: “SEALED BID” and the APPROPRIATE BID NUMBER.
THE OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.
OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY
11/29,12/6
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RISER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA SIDEWALK SHELTER:
Riser Elementary/Middle
100 Price Drive, West Monroe, Louisiana 71292
INVITATION TO BID
BID NUMBER 20-08
ISSUING AGENT:
David Lane Beaird and Associates, Inc.
Lane Beaird, Engineer
Suite 132
2106 North 7th Street
West Monroe, LA 71291
Telephone: (318) 388-3227
OWNER REPRESENTATIVE:
Ouachita Parish School System
100 Bry Street
Monroe, LA 71201
DOCUMENT DEPOSIT/CHARGE: $20.00
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2007
BID OPENING DATE: December 10, 2007
BID OPENING TIME: 2:30 P.M. C.S.T.
BID OPENING LOCATION:
Ouachita Parish School System
100 Bry Street
Monroe, LA 71201
PRE-BID CONFERENCE:
10:00AM C.S.T. Tuesday December 4, 2007 Riser Middle School
100 Price Drive
West Monroe, LA 71292
School Lobby
PRE-BID CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY FOR ALL PRIME CONTRACTORS. Bidders shall assemble at the location mentioned above.
Pre-bid conference representative is to be by a principal of the prime contractor submitting the bid or an individual of the company having authority to make financially binding decisions on behalf of the prime contractor.
11/15, 11/22,11/29
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed Bids will be received by the Ouachita Parish School Board, 100 Bry Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71210-1642 until 2:00 P.M., December 18, 2007.
For: West Ridge Middle School
6977 Cypress Street
West Monroe, Louisiana 71291
Ouachita Parish School Board
Bid Number: 32-08
Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without deposit from www.aeplans.com. Printed copies are not available from the Architect but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Architect at
TB Architecture
141 DeSiard Street, Suite 506
Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Telephone: (318) 340-1550
Facsimile: (318) 998-1315
E-Mail: bmcguire@tbarchitecture.com.
All bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to five (5%) of the base bid and all additive alternates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, countersigned by a person who is residing in this state. No Bid Bond indicating an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method in acceptable.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, and shall be countersigned by a person who is contracted with the surety company or bond issuer as agent of the company or issuer, and who is licensed as an insurance agent in this State, in an amount equal to the 100% of the contract amount.
No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of Act 111 of 1983.
A mandatory pre-bid conference will be Monday, December 10, 2007, at 9:00 A.M., at the job site on the West Ridge Middle School campus. Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who attend the Pre-bid Conference.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Ouachita Parish School board
Jack White, President
Attest: Dr. Robert Webber, ED.D, Secretary
11/15,11/29,12/6
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of West Monroe will meet in legal session on Monday, December 17, 2007, at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of West Monroe City Hall to review the following application(s):
APPLICATION NO: ZC-07-45000006
APPLICANT: CAROLYN SUE MARCUS
LOCATION: 500, 502, 504, 506, 508 & 510 BENSON STREET
1206 NORTH 7TH STREET
601 & 605 OAKLAND STREET
REQUEST: ZONING CHANGE FROM R-1 (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO B-1 (TRANSITION BUSINESS DISTRICT)
LGL DESC: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 BLK 2 TIPPITS QUARTERS SUB.
APPLICATION NO: ZC-07-45000007
APPLICANT: COMM CARE COPRORATION
LOCATION: DUE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF JANA DRIVE AND WELLERMAN ROAD
REQUEST: ZONING CHANGE FROM O-L (OPEN LAND ) TO B-1 (TRANSITION BUSINESS DISTRICT)
LGL DESC: 10.67 ACRES IN SW ¼ OF SE ¼ OF SW ¼ SECTION 21 T18N R3E.
APPLICATION NO: SUB-07-55000001
APPLICANT: COMM CARE CORPORATION
LOCATION: DUE NORTH OF INTERSECTION OF JANA DRIVE AND WELLERMAN ROAD
REQUEST: PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION REVIEW
LGL DESC: 10.67 ACRES IN SW ¼ OF SE ¼ OF SW ¼ SECTION 21 T18N R3E.
APPLICATION NO: PASE-07-15000006
APPLICANT: JOHN HOPFINGER
LOCATION: 112 DRAGO STREET
REQUEST: PLANNING APPROVAL / SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW GENERAL BODY WORK AND INSTALLATION OF A PAINT BOOTH.
LGL DESC: LOTS 2 & 3 ARENTS RESUB WALL TRACT. PROPERTY OWNER: JAMES R. MAYO
The public is invited to attend.
11/29,12/6,12/13
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NOTICE
The following ordinance was offered by Alice Pearson and seconded by James D. Brian:
ORDINANCE NO. 3707
An ordinance providing for the sale of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, prescribing the form, terms and conditions of such bonds and providing for the payment thereof; authorizing an agreement with the paying agent; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “Issuer”), is now levying and collecting a special one percent (1%) sales and use tax (the “Tax”) pursuant to an election held on November 16, 1991, at which election the following proposition was approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election, viz:
CITY OF WEST MONROE PROPOSITION
(SALES TAX RENEWAL)
Shall the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “City”), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one per cent (1%) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, and consumption and the storage for use and or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the City, all as defined in La. R.S. 47:301 to La. R. S. 47:317, inclusive, commencing December 1, 1991 (the expiration date of the current 1% sales and use tax originally authorized at an election held on October 2, 1976), with the proceeds of said tax, after payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the tax, to be dedicated and used for the purpose of constructing, acquiring and/or maintaining capital improvements and for paying the general operating expenses for the City, and shall the City be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds from time to time for the purpose of making capital improvements to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana, including particularly Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950?
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority of the aforesaid election, the Issuer adopted an ordinance on November 21, 1991 (the “Tax Ordinance”), providing for the levy and collection of the aforesaid Tax (the Tax); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Ordinance, the net avails or proceeds of the aforesaid Tax, after the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of the collection and administration thereof have been paid therefrom (the “Net Revenues of the Tax”) shall be available for appropriation and expenditure by the Issuer for the purposes designated in the propositions authorizing the levy of the aforesaid Tax, which includes the payment of bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with Louisiana law; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has no outstanding bonds or other obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the Net Revenues of the Tax herein pledged; and
WHEREAS, it is now the desire of this Mayor and Board of Aldermen to issue $4,500,000 of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the “Bonds”), secured by and payable from the Net Revenues of the Tax, for the purpose of making capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, the maturities of the hereinafter described Bonds have been arranged so that the total amount of principal and interest falling due in any year on the Bonds will never exceed 75% of the proceeds of the Tax estimated to be received by the Issuer in the year in which the Bonds are to be issued (which is hereby estimated to be at least $5,700,000); and
WHEREAS, it is now desired to fix the details necessary with respect to the issuance of the Bonds, and to provide for the authorization and issuance thereof, as hereinafter provided, said Bonds having been advertised for sale by virtue of an ordinance adopted by this governing authority on October 9, 2007;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the City, that:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Act” means Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
“Additional Parity Bonds” shall mean any additional pari passu bonds which may hereafter be issued pursuant to Section 16 hereof on a parity with the Bonds.
“Agreement” means the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and the Paying Agent pursuant to this Bond Ordinance.
“Bond” or “Bonds” means the Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007, of the Issuer issued by this Bond Ordinance in the total aggregate principal amount of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000), and any bond of said issue, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any previously issued.
“Bond Ordinance” means this ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bonds.
“Bond Register” means the registration books of the Paying Agent in which registration of the Bonds and transfers of the Bonds shall be made as provided herein.
“Bond Year” means the one year period ending on December 1 of each year, the principal payment date for the Bonds.
“Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks located in the cities in which the principal corporate trust offices of the Paying Agent are located are not required or authorized to remain closed and on which the New York Stock Exchange is not closed.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Executive Officers” means collectively the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana.
“Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month accounting period commencing on the first day of July or any other twelve-month accounting period determined by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer.
“Governing Authority” means the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana.
“Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations the timely payment of the principal of and interest on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, which are non‑callable prior to their maturity and may be United States Treasury Obligations such as the State and Local Government Series and may be in book‑entry form.
“Insurer” means, with respect to the Bonds, CIFG Insurance, or any successor thereto or assignee thereof.
“Interest Payment Date” means June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1, 2008.
“Issuer” or “City” means the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana.
“Municipal Bond Insurance Policy” or “Insurance Policy” or APolicy” shall mean the municipal bond insurance policy issued by the Insurer guaranteeing the scheduled payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds when due as provided therein.
“Net Revenues of the Tax” shall mean the avails or proceeds of the Tax available to the Issuer after provision has been made for the payment therefrom of all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax.
“Outstanding” when used with respect to Bonds means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds theretofore issued and delivered under this Bond Ordinance, except:
(a) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;
(b) Bonds for whose payment or redemption sufficient funds have been theretofore deposited with the Paying Agent in trust for the Owners of such Bonds as provided in Section 23 provided that, if such Bonds are to be redeemed, irrevocable notice of such redemption has been duly given or provided for pursuant to this Bond Ordinance, to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent, or waived;
(c)Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Bond Ordinance; and
(d)Bonds alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen which have been paid as provided in this Bond Ordinance.
“Owner” or “Owners” when used with respect to any Bond means the Person in whose name such Bond is registered in the Bond Register.
“Parish” means the Parish of Ouachita, State of Louisiana.
“Paying Agent” means Argent Trust, a division of National Independent Trust Company, in the City of Ruston, Louisiana, until a successor Paying Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Bond Ordinance, and thereafter Paying Agent shall mean such successor Paying Agent.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint‑stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Purchaser” means Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, the original purchaser of the Bonds.
“Qualified Investments” shall mean the following, provided that the same are at the time legal for investment of the Issuer’s funds and, if required by law, are secured at all times by collateral described in clause (A) below:
(A) Government Securities, including obligations of any of the Federal agencies set forth in clause (B) below to the extent unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America and any certificates or any other evidences of an ownership interest in obligations or in specified portions thereof (which may consist of specified portions of the interest thereon) of the character described in this clause (A) such as those securities commonly known as CATS, TIGRS and/or STRIPS;
(B) bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Private Export Funding Corporation, Federal Home Loan Bank System, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association and Student Loan Marketing Association;
(C) certificates of deposit, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, issued by any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the State or any national banking association having its principal office in the State (including the Paying Agent) which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and which are secured at all times by collateral described in clause (A) above;
(D) certificates of deposit, savings accounts, deposit accounts or money market deposits of any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the State or any national banking association having its principal office in the State (including the Paying Agent) which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and
(E) the Louisiana Asset Management Pool (LAMP).
“Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day.
“Reimbursement Agreement” means the Debt Service Reserve Fund Surety Bond Reimbursement Agreement between the Issuer and the Reserve Insurer providing for reimbursement for any draws under the Surety Bond.
“Reserve Fund Alternative Investment” means a surety bond or insurance policy issued by an insurance company or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank meeting the requirements of Section 10 hereof.
“Reserve Fund Requirement” means, as of any date of calculation, a sum equal to the lesser of (i) 10% of the original proceeds of the Bonds, and any issue of additional pari passu bonds payable from the Net Revenues of the Tax, calculated in accordance with applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations, (ii) the maximum principal and interest requirements for any succeeding Bond Year (ending December 1) on the Bonds and any issue of pari passu bonds payable from the Net Revenues of the Tax, or (iii) 125% of the average annual principal and interest requirements on the Bonds and any issue of pari passu bonds payable from the Net Revenue of the Tax, subject in each case to the payment of the reasonable costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax; provided, however, that the Reserve Fund Requirement may be satisfied by cash or Reserve Fund Alternative Investment, or a combination of the foregoing.
“Reserve Insurer” means, with respect to the Bonds, CIFG Insurance, of New York, New York, or any successor thereto.
“Surety Bond” shall mean the Debt Service Reserve Fund Surety Bond and any endorsement thereto, issued by the Reserve Insurer, under which claims may be made in order to provide moneys in the Reserve Fund available for the purposes thereof.
“Tax” shall mean the one percent (1%) sales and use tax, which was approved at election held in the City on November 16, 1991 (the “Tax”), being levied and collected by the Issuer pursuant to said election and the Tax Ordinance.
“Tax Ordinance” means the ordinance adopted by the Governing Authority of the Issuer on November 21, 1991, providing for the levy and collection of the Tax.
SECTION LISTNUM 2. Authorization of Bonds. In compliance with and under the authority of the Act, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and having been authorized at election held within the corporate boundaries of the City on November 16, 1991, there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) for, on behalf of and in the name of the Issuer, for the purpose of making capital improvements, and to represent the said indebtedness, the Issuer does hereby authorize the issuance of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of its Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007. The Bonds shall be in fully registered form, shall be dated December1, 2007, shall be in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity, shall be numbered consecutively from R‑1 upward, shall bear interest from date thereof or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on June 1, 2008, and semiannually thereafter on June 1 and December 1 of each year, at the following rates of interest per annum, and shall become due and payable and mature serially on December 1 of each year as follows:
Year(December 1) / Principal (Maturing) / Interest Rate (Per Annum)
2008 / $145,000 / 5.000%
2009 / 150,000 / 5.000
2010 / 155,000 / 5.000
2011 / 165,000 / 5.000
2012 / 170,000 / 5.000
2013 / 180,000 / 4.000
2014 / 185,000 / 4.000
2015 / 195,000 / 4.000
2016 / 205,000 / 4.000
2017 / 215,000 / 4.000
2018 / 220,000 / 4.000
2019 / 230,000 / 4.100
2020 / 245,000 / 4.100
2021 / 255,000 / 4.150
2022 / 265,000 / 4.200
2023 / 280,000 / 4.250
2024 / 290,000 / 4.300
2025 / 305,000 / 4.300
2026 / 315,000 / 4.350
2027 / 330,000 / 4.375
The principal of the Bonds, upon maturity or redemption, shall be payable at the principal office of the Paying Agent, upon presentation and surrender thereof, and interest on the Bonds will be payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the Owner (determined as of the Record Date) at the address shown on the Bond Register. Each Bond delivered under this Bond Ordinance upon transfer or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond, and each such Bond shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution. No Bond shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Bond Ordinance, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate of registration, substantially in the form provided in this Bond Ordinance, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature.
The Issuer does hereby find that since substantial benefits will accrue from the insurance of the Bonds, the Bonds are being insured by the Insurer and an appropriate legend shall be printed on the Bonds as evidence of such insurance. The cost of the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy and the Reserve Fund Policy shall be paid from the proceeds of the Bonds. The Issuer does hereby further find that substantial benefits will occur by satisfying the Reserve Fund Requirement with respect to the Bonds through the purchase of the Surety Bond.
SECTION 3. Redemption of Bonds. The Bonds maturing December 1, 2018, and thereafter, will be callable for redemption by the Issuer in full or in part at any time on or after December 1, 2017, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, plus a premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal to be redeemed), as follows:
Redemption Period Redemption
(both dates inclusive) Premium
December 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018 1%
December 1, 2018 to November 30, 2019 2%
December 1, 2019 and thereafter 0%
In the event a Bond is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Official notice of such call of any of the Bonds for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date addressed to the registered owner of each bond to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.
SECTION 4. Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds. The Issuer shall cause the Bond Register to be kept at the principal office of the Paying Agent. The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Bond Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bonds or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Bond or Bonds will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bonds after receipt of the Bonds to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond or Bonds shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity. Neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange (i) any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on a Record Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Bond called for redemption prior to maturity, during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the date of mailing of a notice of redemption of such Bond and ending on the date of such redemption.
SECTION 5. Form of Bonds. The Bonds and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in substantially the following forms, respectively, to‑wit:
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NO. R-___________ PRINCIPAL AMOUNT $___________
Unless this Bond is presented by an authorized representative of the Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or their agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any Bond issued is registered in the name of CEDE & CO. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to CEDE & CO. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, CEDE & CO., has an interest herein.
As provided in the Bond Ordinance referred to herein, until the termination of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC and notwithstanding any other provision of the Bond Ordinance to the contrary, this Bond may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or a nominee of DTC, or by DTC or a nominee of DTC to any successor securities depository or any nominee thereof.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
SALES TAX BOND, SERIES 2007
OF
CITY OF WEST MONROE, STATE OF LOUISIANA
Bond Date/Maturity Date/ Interest Rate/ CUSIP Number
December 1, 2007 December 1, ____ _______% _________
The City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “Issuer”), promises to pay, but solely from the source and as hereinafter provided, to:
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO. (Tax Identification #13-2555119)
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ____________________________ DOLLARS
or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above, together with interest thereon from the Bond Date set forth above or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on June 1, 2008, and semiannually thereafter on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each an AInterest Payment Date”), at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above until said Principal Amount is paid, unless this Bond shall have been previously called for redemption and payment shall have been duly made or provided for. The principal of this Bond, upon maturity, is payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Argent Trust, a division of National Independent Trust Company, in the City of Ruston, Louisiana, or successor thereto (the APaying Agent”), upon presentation and surrender hereof. Interest on this Bond is payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the registered owner (determined as of the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding each Interest Payment Date) at the address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.
During any period after the initial delivery of the Bonds in book-entry-only form when the Bonds are delivered in multiple certificates form, upon request of a registered owner of at least $1,000,000 in principal amount of Bonds outstanding, all payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by such registered owner; CUSIP number identification with appropriate dollar amounts for each CUSIP number must accompany all payments of principal, premium, and interest, whether by check or by wire transfer.
This Bond is one of an authorized issue aggregating in principal the sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) (the “Bonds”), all of like tenor and effect except as to number, interest rate, denomination and maturity, said Bonds having been issued by the Issuer pursuant to an ordinance adopted on November 20, 2007 (the “Bond Ordinance”), for the purpose of making capital improvements and paying costs of issuance of the Bonds, under the authority conferred by Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, pursuant to all requirements therein specified.
Bonds of this issue maturing December 1, 2018 and thereafter, will be callable for redemption by the Issuer in full or in part at any time on or after December 1, 2017, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, plus a premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal to be redeemed), as follows:
Redemption Period Redemption
(both dates inclusive) Premium
December 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018 1%
December 1, 2018 to November 30, 2019 2%
December 1, 2019 and thereafter 0%
In the event a Bond is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Official notice of such call of any of the Bonds for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date addressed to the registered owner of each bond to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.
The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the registration books of the Paying Agent, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bonds or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Bond or Bonds will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new registered owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bonds after receipt of the Bonds to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond or Bonds shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity. Neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange (i) any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding an Interest Payment Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Bond called for redemption prior to maturity, during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the date of the mailing of a notice of redemption of such Bonds and ending on the date of such redemption.
This Bond and the issue of which it forms a part is payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the net avails or proceeds (the “Net Revenues of the Tax”) of the Issuer=s one percent (1%) sales and use tax approved at an election held on November 16, 1991 (the “Tax”), now being levied and collected by the Issuer, subject only to the prior payment of the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax. This Bond does not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the Issuer within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions relating to the incurring of indebtedness. The Issuer has covenanted and agreed and does hereby covenant and agree not to discontinue or decrease or permit to be discontinued or decreased the Tax in anticipation of the collection of which this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part have been issued, nor in any way make any change which would diminish the amount of said revenues of the Tax pledged to the payment of the Bonds, until all of the Bonds have been paid in principal and interest. For a complete statement of the revenues from which and conditions under which this Bond is issued, reference is hereby made to the Bond Ordinance.
This Bond and the issue of which it forms a part have been duly registered with the Secretary of State of Louisiana as provided by law.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Bond Ordinance until the Certificate of Registration hereon shall have been signed by the Paying Agent.
It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of this State. It is further certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part necessary to constitute the same legal, binding and valid obligations of the Issuer have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the indebtedness of the Issuer, including this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part, does not exceed any limitation prescribed by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana, and that said Bonds shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issuance and sale thereof and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or owners for value thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Issuer, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by the facsimile signatures of its Mayor and its City Clerk, and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
CITY OF WEST MONROE, STATE OF LOUISIANA
(facsimile) (facsimile)
______________________________ ______________________________
City Clerk Mayor
(SEAL)
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SECRETARY OF STATE ENDORSEMENT
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
BATON ROUGE
Incontestable. Secured by a pledge and dedication of proceeds of a sales and use tax in the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana. Registered this _____ day of December, 2007.
______________________________
Secretary of State
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PAYING AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
This Bond is one of the Bonds referred to in the within mentioned Bond Ordinance.
ARGENT TRUST, A DIVISION OF
NATIONAL INDEPENDENT TRUST
COMPANY
Ruston, Louisiana
as Paying Agent
Date of
Registration: December 20, 2007 By:
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto {Please Insert Social Security or other Identifying Number of Assignee}
the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney or agent to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
LEGAL OPINION CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of the complete legal opinion of Foley & Judell, L.L.P., the original of which was manually executed, dated and issued as of the date of payment for and delivery of the original bonds of the issue described therein and was delivered to Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, the original purchaser thereof:
(LEGAL OPINION TO BE INSERTED)
I further certify that an executed copy of the above legal opinion is on file in my office, and that an executed copy thereof has been furnished to the Paying Agent for this Bond.
(facsimile)
______________________________
City Clerk
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CIFG Assurance North America, Inc. (“CIFG NA”), New York, New York, has delivered its financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Policy”) with respect to the scheduled payments of principal of and interest on this bond as described hereinbelow to Argent Trust, a division of National Independent Trust Company, or its successor, as trustee (the “Paying Agent”) for the $4,500,000 City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007. Said Policy is on file and available for inspection at the principal office of the Paying Agent and a copy thereof may be obtained from CIFG NA or the Paying Agent.
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SECTION 6. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of the Issuer and under the corporate seal of the Issuer, and the Legal Opinion Certificate shall be signed by the City Clerk, which signatures and seal may be either manual or facsimile.
SECTION 7. Registration of Bonds by Secretary of State. The Bonds shall be registered with the Secretary of State of Louisiana as provided by law and shall bear the endorsement of the Secretary of State of Louisiana in substantially the form set forth herein, provided such endorsement shall be manually signed only on the Bonds initially delivered to the Purchaser; any bonds subsequently exchanged therefor as permitted in this Bond Ordinance may bear the facsimile signature of said Secretary of State.
SECTION 8. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Authority, having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with this issue of Bonds, and having determined the same to be regular, the Bonds shall contain the following recital, to‑wit:
“It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of this State.”
SECTION 9. Pledge of Net Revenues of the Tax. The Bonds shall be secured by and payable in principal and interest solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the Net Revenues of the Tax. The Net Revenues of the Tax are hereby irrevocably and irrepealably pledged and dedicated in an amount sufficient for the payment of the Bonds in principal and interest and redemption premium, if any, as they shall respectively become due and payable, and for the other purposes hereinafter set forth in this Bond Ordinance. In compliance with the Tax Ordinance, all of the Net Revenues of the Tax shall be set aside in a separate fund, as herein provided and shall be and remain pledged for the security and payment of the Bonds in principal and interest and for all other payments provided for in this Bond Ordinance until the Bonds shall have been fully paid and discharged.
SECTION 10. Flow of Funds. The Issuer by proper resolutions and/or ordinances, hereby obligates itself to continue to levy and collect the Tax and not to discontinue or decrease or permit to be discontinued or decreased the Tax in anticipation of the collection of which the Bonds have been issued, nor in any way make any change which would diminish the amount of the Net Revenues of the Tax to be received by the Issuer until all of the Bonds have been paid as to both principal and interest and redemption premium, if any. In order that the principal of and the interest on the Bonds will be paid in accordance with their terms and for the other objects and purposes hereinafter provided, the Issuer further covenants as follows:
In compliance with the Tax Ordinance, all of the avails or proceeds derived from the levy and collection thereof shall be deposited daily as the same may be collected in a separate and special bank account maintained with the regularly designated fiscal agent of the Issuer and designated as the “Sales Tax Fund” (hereinafter called the “Sales Tax Fund”). The Sales Tax Fund shall constitute a dedicated fund of the Issuer, from which appropriations and expenditures by the Issuer shall be made solely for the purposes designated in the proposition authorizing the levy of the Tax, including the payment of the Bonds and any Additional Parity Bonds
Out of the funds on deposit in the Sales Tax Fund, the Issuer shall first pay all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collection and administration of the Tax. After payment of such costs and expenses, the remaining balance of the proceeds of the Tax shall be administered and used in the following order of priority and for the following express purposes:
(a) The establishment and maintenance of the “Sales Tax Bond Sinking Fund” (the “Sinking Fund”), with the regularly designated fiscal agent of the Issuer, sufficient in amount to pay promptly and fully the principal of and the interest on the Bonds and any additional pari passu bonds issued hereafter in the manner provided by this Bond Ordinance, as they severally become due and payable, by transferring from the Sales Tax Fund to the regularly designated fiscal agent of the Issuer, monthly in advance on or before the 20th day of each month of each year, a sum equal to the pro-rata amount of interest falling due on the Bonds and any Additional Parity Bonds on the next Interest Payment Date and the pro-rata amount of the principal falling due on the Bonds and any Additional Parity Bonds on the next principal payment date, together with such additional proportionate sum as may be required to pay said principal and interest as the same respectively become due. Said fiscal agent shall transfer from the Sinking Fund to the paying agent bank or banks for all bonds payable from the Sinking Fund, at least one (1) day in advance of the date on which payment of principal or interest falls due, immediately available funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest so falling due on such date.
(b) The establishment and maintenance of the “Sales Tax Bond Reserve Fund” (the “Reserve Fund”), with the regularly designated fiscal agent of the Issuer. On the date of issuance of the Bonds, the Issuer shall (i) deposit from the proceeds of the Bonds into the Reserve Fund an amount equal to the Reserve Fund Requirement or (ii) deposit to the credit of the Reserve Fund a surety bond, letter of credit or insurance policy equal to the Reserve Fund Requirement. The Issuer intends to meet this requirement with respect to the Bonds by so depositing to the credit of the Reserve Fund the Surety Bond issued by the Reserve Insurer. Moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be used solely for transfer to the Sinking Fund in amounts required to prevent any default in the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds and, at the option of the Issuer, for payment of the final principal and interest requirements of the Bonds.
Whenever the amount in the Reserve Fund, together with the amount in the Sinking Fund, is sufficient to pay in full all Outstanding Bonds in accordance with their terms (including principal or applicable premium and interest thereon), the funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Sinking Fund and shall be available to pay all Outstanding Bonds in accordance with their terms (including principal or applicable premium and interest thereon). Prior to said transfer, all investments held in the Reserve Fund shall be liquidated to the extent necessary in order to provide for the timely payment of principal and interest (or redemption premium) on the Bonds.
In lieu of the required transfers to the Reserve Fund or to provide for the removal of all or a portion of the amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund, the Issuer may cause to be deposited into the Reserve Fund a surety bond or an insurance policy for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds or a letter of credit in an amount equal to (i) the difference between the Reserve Fund Requirement and the sums then on deposit in the Reserve Fund, if any or (ii) the Reserve Fund Requirement. The surety bond, insurance policy or letter of credit shall, while the Bonds are Outstanding, be subject to the prior written consent of the Insurer, and shall be payable (upon the giving of notice as required thereunder) on any due date on which moneys will be required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund and applied to the payment of principal of or interest on any Bonds when such withdrawal cannot be met by amounts on deposit in the Sinking Fund or the Reserve Fund or provided from any other fund or account under this Bond Ordinance.
To the extent the Reserve Fund is funded in part with a surety bond or other credit facility issued by an entity other than the Insurer and in part with the Surety Bond, then, in the event of any draw upon the Reserve Fund, the Paying Agent must make claims pro rata (in the proportion which the maximum amount available under each surety bond or other credit facility bears to the total Reserve Fund Requirement) against the Surety Bond and all other surety bonds and other credit facilities on deposit in the Reserve Fund.
In the event of the refunding of any Bonds, the Issuer may withdraw from the Reserve Fund all, or any portion of, the amounts accumulated therein with respect to the Bonds being refunded and deposit such amounts to be held for the payment of the principal or redemption premium, if applicable and interest on the bonds being refunded; provided that such withdrawal shall not be made unless (i) immediately thereafter the Bonds being refunded shall be deemed to have been paid pursuant to Section 23 and (ii) the amount remaining in the Reserve Fund, after giving effect to the issuance of the Refunding Bonds and the disposition of the proceeds thereof, shall not be less than the Reserve Fund Requirement.
In the event that Additional Parity Bonds are issued hereafter in the manner provided by this Bond Ordinance, there shall be immediately transferred from the proceeds of such Additional Parity Bonds and/or from the Sales Tax Fund into the Reserve Fund such amount (as may be designated in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Additional Parity Bonds) as will increase the total amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund to a sum equal to the Reserve Fund Requirement for all outstanding bonds payable from the Sinking Fund and any such Additional Parity Bonds; provided, however, that in the event of the issuance of Additional Parity Bonds, the Reserve Fund Requirement may be satisfied by cash or Reserve Fund Alternative Investment, or any combination thereof (provided, however, while the Bonds are Outstanding, any such Reserve Fund Alternative Investment shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Insurer).
(c) All or any part of the moneys in the Sales Tax Fund, the Sinking Fund or the Reserve Fund shall at the written request of the Governing Authority be invested in Qualified Investments maturing in five (5) years or less, in which event all income derived from such investments shall be added to the Sales Tax Fund, with the exception that any interest earnings from invested funds of the Reserve Fund shall be retained therein until an amount equal to the Reserve Fund Requirement is on deposit therein, and such investments shall, to the extent at any time necessary, be liquidated and the proceeds thereof applied to the purposes for which the Sales Tax Fund has been created.
(d) Any moneys remaining in the Sales Tax Fund on the 20th day of each month in excess of all reasonable and necessary expenses of collection and administration of the Tax and after making the required payments into the Sinking Fund and Reserve Fund for the current month and for prior months during which the required payments may not have been made (including any amounts owed a provider of a Surety Bond), shall be considered as surplus. Such surplus may be used by the Issuer for any of the purposes for which the Tax is authorized, or for the purpose of retiring Bonds in advance of their maturities, either by purchase of Bonds then outstanding at prices not greater than the then redemption prices of said Bonds, or by redeeming such Bonds at the prices and in the manner set forth in this Bond Ordinance.
SECTION 11. Withdrawals from Reserve Fund. (a) If at any time it shall be necessary to use moneys in the Reserve Fund or to draw upon the Surety Bond for the purpose of paying principal or interest on bonds payable from the Sinking Fund as to which there would otherwise be default, then the moneys so used or drawn upon shall be replaced or reimbursed from the Net Revenues of the Tax first thereafter received, not hereinabove required for payments into the Sinking Fund, it being the intention hereof that there shall as nearly as possible be at all times in the Reserve Fund the Reserve Fund Requirement. The obligation of the Issuer to reimburse the Reserve Insurer in the manner more fully set forth in the Reimbursement Agreement on file with the Issuer shall enjoy the same priority as the obligation to replenish the Reserve Fund cash or investments.
(b) If on the third Business Day prior to any Interest Payment Date the Paying Agent shall not have received moneys sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the Bonds due on such Interest Payment Date, and shall have ascertained that the Issuer will be unable to provide such funds to the Paying Agent, then on or before 1:00 p.m. New York Time on such third Business Day the Paying Agent shall provide notice to the Reserve Insurer, and make a claim for payment on the Surety Bond, in accordance with the terms of the Surety Bond.
(c) If and to the extent that cash has also been deposited in the Reserve Fund, all such cash shall be used (or investments purchased with such cash shall be liquidated and the proceeds applied as required) prior to any drawing under the Surety Bond. If and to the extent that more than one credit facility is credited to the Reserve Fund in lieu of cash, drawings thereunder and the repayment of Policy Costs or reimbursement amounts with respect to such other credit facility shall be made on a pro-rata basis (calculated by reference to the Policy Limits available thereunder) after applying all available cash in the Reserve Fund.
(d) To the extent that proceeds of a payment under the Surety Bond are applied to the payment of principal or interest on the Bonds, the Reserve Insurer shall be deemed to be the Owner of such portion of the Bonds and the right to receive payment of such principal or interest, and shall be fully subrogated to all of the Owner’s rights to payment thereof. To evidence such subrogation (i) in the case of subrogation as to claims for interest, the Paying Agent shall note the Reserve Insurer’s rights as subrogee on the registration books maintained by the Paying Agent, and (ii) in the case of subrogation as to claims for principal, the Paying Agent shall note the Reserve Insurer’s rights as subrogee on the registration books maintained by the Paying Agent upon surrender of the certificate representing such principal by the Owner thereof to the Paying Agent.
SECTION 12. Issuer Obligated to Continue to Collect Tax. The Issuer does hereby obligate itself and is bound under the terms and provisions of law to levy, impose, enforce and collect the Tax and to provide for all reasonable and necessary rules, regulations, procedures and penalties in connection therewith, including the proper application of the proceeds of the Tax, until all of the Bonds have been retired as to both principal and interest and all obligations to the provider of the Surety Bond have been paid. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the Issuer from altering, amending or repealing from time to time as may be necessary this Bond Ordinance or any subsequent Bond Ordinance providing with respect to the Tax, said alterations, amendments or repeals to be conditioned upon the continued preservation of the rights of the Owners and the provider of the Surety Bond with respect to the Net Revenues of the Tax. The Tax Ordinance imposing the Tax and pursuant to which the Tax is being levied, collected and allocated, and the obligations to continue to levy, collect and allocate the Tax and to apply the revenues therefrom in accordance with the provisions of this Bond Ordinance, shall be irrevocable for the full period of its authorization until the Bonds have been paid in full as to principal, premium, if any, and interest, and shall not be subject to amendment in any manner which would impair the rights of the Owners from time to time of the Bonds or which would in any way jeopardize the prompt payment of principal thereof and interest thereon. More specifically, neither the Legislature of Louisiana nor the Issuer may discontinue or decrease the Tax or permit to be discontinued or decreased the Tax in anticipation of the collection of which the Bonds have been issued, or in any way make any change which would diminish the amount of the Net Revenues of the Tax pledged to the payment of the Bonds and received by the Issuer, until all of such Bonds shall have been retired as to both principal and interest and all amounts payable hereunder have been paid.
The Owners of any of the Bonds may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, enforce and compel performance of all duties required to be performed as a result of issuing the Bonds and may similarly enforce the provisions of any ordinance imposing the Tax and the Bond Ordinance and proceedings authorizing the issuance of the Bonds.
SECTION 13. Covenants of the Issuer. In providing for the issuance of the Bonds, the Issuer does hereby covenant that it has a legal right to levy and collect the Tax, to issue the Bonds and to pledge the Net Revenues of the Tax as herein provided, and that the Bonds will have a lien and privilege on the Net Revenues of the Tax subject only to the prior payment of the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of administering and collecting the Tax.
The Issuer covenants that, to the extent there are no other available funds held under this Bond Ordinance to pay principal and interest on the Bonds in the event of a payment default, it will apply any remaining surplus Bond proceeds (not otherwise contractually encumbered) to the payment of such defaulted principal and interest. The Issuer further covenants that all conditions set forth in the Insurers Commitment for Municipal Bond Insurance in connection with the issuance of the Bonds have been met.
SECTION 14. Bond Ordinance a Contract. The provisions of this Bond Ordinance shall constitute a contract between the Issuer and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Bonds, and any Owner of any of the Bonds may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required to be performed by the Issuer as a result of issuing the Bonds, and may similarly enforce the provisions of the Tax Ordinance imposing the Tax and this Bond Ordinance.
SECTION 15.Records and Accounts Relating to Tax. So long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid in principal or interest, the Issuer shall maintain and keep proper books of records and accounts separate and apart from all other records and accounts in which shall be made full and correct entries of all transactions relating to the collection and expenditure of the Revenues of the Tax, including specifically but without limitation, all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collection.
Not later than three (3) months after the close of each Fiscal Year, the Issuer shall cause an audit of such books and accounts to be made by the Legislative Auditor of the State of Louisiana (or his successor) or by a recognized independent firm of certified public accountants showing the receipts of and disbursements made for the account of the Sales Tax Fund. Such audit shall be available for inspection upon request by the Owners of any of the Bonds. The Issuer further agrees that the Paying Agent and the Owners of any of the Bonds shall have at all reasonable times the right to inspect the records, accounts and data of the Issuer relating to the Tax.
SECTION 16. Issuance of Refunding and Additional Parity Bonds. All of the Bonds shall enjoy complete parity of lien on the Net Revenues of the Tax despite the fact that any of the Bonds may be delivered at an earlier date than any other of the Bonds. The Issuer, acting through its governing authority, hereby covenants that it will issue no other bonds or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the Net Revenues of the Tax. The Issuer further covenants that it will issue no other bonds or obligations having priority over or parity with the Bonds, except that bonds may hereafter be issued on a parity with the Bonds under the following conditions:
(a) The Bonds, or any part thereof, including interest and redemption premiums thereon, may be refunded and the refunding bonds so issued shall enjoy complete equality of lien with the portion of the Bonds which is not refunded, if there be any, provided, however, that if only a portion of the bonds outstanding is so refunded and if the refunding bonds require principal and interest payments during any Bond Year (ending December 1) in excess of the principal and interest which would have been required in such Bond Year to pay the bonds refunded thereby, then such bonds may not be refunded without the consent of the Owners of the unrefunded portion of the Bonds (provided such consent shall not be required if such refunding bonds meet the requirements set forth in clause (b) below).
(b) Additional parity bonds may also be issued, and such additional parity bonds shall be on a parity with the Bonds if all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The average annual revenues derived by the Issuer from the Tax when computed for the last two (2) completed calendar years immediately preceding the issuance of the Additional Parity Bonds must have been not less than 1.35 times the highest combined principal and interest requirements for any succeeding calendar year on all Bonds then outstanding, including any pari passu Additional Bonds theretofore issued and then outstanding, and any other bonds or other obligations whatsoever then outstanding which are payable from the Net Revenues of the Tax (but not including bonds which have been refunded or provision otherwise made for their full and complete payment and redemption) and the bonds so proposed to be issued;
(ii) The payments to be made into the various funds provided for in Section 10 hereof must be current;
(iii) The existence of the facts required by paragraphs (a) and (b) above must be confirmed by the City Clerk or by an independent certified public accountant;
(iv) The additional parity bonds must be payable as to principal on December 1st of each year in which principal falls due, beginning not later than three (3) years after the date of such bonds, and payable as to interest on June 1 and December 1 of each year;
(v) No additional parity bonds may be issued should any event of default under the Bond Ordinance have occurred and be continuing; and
(vi) No additional parity bonds may be issued without the Insurer=s prior written consent if any Policy Costs (as defined in Section 11 hereof) are past due and owing to the Insurer.
SECTION 17. Remedies on Default. If one or more of the following events (in this Bond Ordinance called “Events of Default”) shall happen, that is to say,
(i) if default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of the principal of any Bond when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or otherwise (in determining whether a principal payment default has occurred, no effect shall be given to payments made under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy); or
(ii) if default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of any installment of interest on any Bond when and as such interest installment shall become due and payable (in determining whether an interest payment default has occurred, no effect shall be given to payments made under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy); or
(iii) if default shall be made by the Issuer in the performance or observance of any other of the covenants, agreements or conditions on its part in the Bond Ordinance, any supplemental ordinance or in the Bonds, and such default shall continue for a period of forty‑five (45) days after written notice thereof to the Issuer by the Insurer or the Owners of not less than 25% of the Bond Obligation; or
(iv) if the Issuer shall file a petition or otherwise seek relief under any Federal or State bankruptcy law or similar law;
then, upon the happening and continuance of any Event of Default the Insurer and the Owners of the Bonds shall be entitled to exercise all rights and powers for which provision is made under Louisiana law; provided, however, that the exercise of remedies at the direction of the Owners is subject to the prior written consent of the Insurer, and the Insurer, acting alone, shall have the exclusive right to direct any action or remedy to be undertaken so long as it is not then in default of its payment obligations under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy. Under no circumstances may the principal or interest of any of the Bonds be accelerated. The Issuer shall notify the Insurer immediately upon the occurrence of any Event of Default. No Event of Default shall be waived without the consent of the Insurer. All remedies shall be cumulative with respect to the Paying Agent, the Owners and the Insurer; if any remedial action is discontinued or abandoned, the Paying Agent, the Owners and the Insurer shall be restored to the former positions.
The Paying Agent or Issuer shall provide the Insurer with immediate notice of any payment default, and notice of any other default known to the Paying Agent within thirty (30) days of the Paying Agents or Issuers knowledge thereof.
SECTION 18. Provisions Relating to Insurer. CIFG Assurance North America, Inc. (“CIFG NA”), New York, New York, has delivered its financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Policy”) with respect to the scheduled payments of principal of and interest on this bond as described hereinbelow to Argent Trust, a division of National Independent Trust Company, or its successor, as trustee (the “Paying Agent”) for the $4,500,000 City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007. Said Policy is on file and available for inspection at the principal office of the Paying Agent and a copy thereof may be obtained from CIFG NA or the Paying Agent.
tc l1 “The Paying Agent or Issuer shall provide the Insurer with immediate notice of any payment default, and notice of any other default known to the Paying Agent within thirty (30) days of the Paying Agents or Issuers knowledge thereof.
SECTION 19. Fidelity Bonds for Officers and Employees. So long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid, the Issuer shall require all of its officers and employees who may be in a position of authority or in possession of money derived from the collection of the Tax, to obtain or be covered by a blanket fidelity or faithful performance bond, or independent fidelity bonds written by a responsible indemnity company in amounts adequate to protect the Issuer from loss.
SECTION 20. Amendments to Bond Ordinance; Consent of Insurer. No material modification or amendment of this Bond Ordinance, or of any Bond Ordinance amendatory hereof or supplemental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment shall permit a change in the maturity of the Bonds or the redemption provisions thereof, or a reduction in the rate of interest thereon, or the promise of the Issuer to pay the principal of and the interest on the Bonds as the same shall come due from the Revenues of the Tax, or reduce the percentage of owners required to consent to any material modification or amendment of this Bond Ordinance, without the consent of all of the Owner or Owners of the Bonds. Any amendment or supplement to the Bond Ordinance shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Insurer. Any rating agency rating the Bonds must receive notice of each amendment and a copy thereof at least 15 days in advance of its execution or adoption. The Insurer shall be provided with a full transcript of all proceedings relating to the execution of any such amendment or supplement.
SECTION 21. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds. If (a) any mutilated Bond is surrendered to the Paying Agent, or the Issuer and the Paying Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss, or theft of any Bond, and (b) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Paying Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Paying Agent that such Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Paying Agent shall register and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond, a new Bond of the same maturity and of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Bond, pay such Bond. Upon the issuance of any new Bond under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith. Every new Bond issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Bond Ordinance equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Bonds. The procedures set forth in the Agreement authorized in this Bond Ordinance shall also be available with respect to mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds.
SECTION 22. Discharge of Bond Ordinance. If the Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall be paid to the Owners, the principal (and redemption price) of and interest on the Bonds, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Bond Ordinance, then the pledge of the Tax or any other money, securities, and funds pledged under this Bond Ordinance and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners of Bonds shall thereupon cease, terminate, and become void and be discharged and satisfied, and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver all money held by it under this Bond Ordinance to the Issuer.
SECTION 23. Bonds or interest installments for the payment or redemption of which money shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the Issuer of funds for such payment or redemption or otherwise) at the maturity or redemption date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section, if they have been defeased pursuant to Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto.
SECTION 24. Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement; Notice to Insurer. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifications hereinafter described for the performance of the duties hereunder for the Bonds. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Bond Ordinance is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of a Bond Ordinance giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Issuer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said officers on such Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder. No resignation or removal of the Paying Agent shall become effective until a successor has been appointed and has accepted the duties of Paying Agent. The Insurer shall be furnished with written notice of the resignation or removal of the Paying Agent and the appointment of any successor thereto.
SECTION 25. Effect of Registration. The Issuer, the Paying Agent, and any agent of either of them may treat the Owner in whose name any Bond is registered as the Owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal (and redemption price) of and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, and to the extent permitted by law, neither the Issuer, the Paying Agent, nor any agent of either of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 26. Notices to Owners. Wherever this Bond Ordinance provides for notice to Owners of Bonds of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first‑class postage prepaid, to each Owner of such Bonds, at the address of such Owner as it appears in the Bond Register. In any case where notice to Owners of Bonds is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice to any particular Owner of Bonds, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to all other Bonds. Where this Bond Ordinance provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Owner entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Paying Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 27. Cancellation of Bonds. All Bonds surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent, shall be promptly cancelled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Bonds previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. All cancelled Bonds held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer.
SECTION 28. Preparation of Bonds; Deposit of Bond Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance, to cause the necessary Bonds to be printed or lithographed, to issue, execute, seal and deliver the Bonds, to effect the delivery of the Bonds in accordance with the sale thereof, to collect the purchase price therefor, and to deposit the funds derived from the sale of the Bonds (except accrued interest, which shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund and proceeds of the Bonds, if any, to be deposited in the Reserve Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 hereof) in a special account with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank of the Issuer. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds shall constitute a trust fund to be used exclusively for the purposes for which the Bonds are herein authorized to be issued, but the Purchaser of the Bonds shall not be obliged to see to the application thereof.
SECTION 29. Arbitrage. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any amendment thereto (the “Code”) in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclusion from “gross income” of interest on the Bonds under the Code. The Issuer further covenants and agrees that it will not take any action, fail to take any action, or permit any action within its control to be taken, or permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indirectly in any manner, the effect of which would be to cause the Bonds to be “arbitrage bonds” or would result in the inclusion of the interest on any of the Bonds in gross income under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of Bond proceeds or (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of arbitrage earnings to the United States of America or (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Bonds in a manner which would cause the Bonds to be “private activity bonds”.
The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section.
SECTION 30. Bonds are “Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations”. The Bonds are designated as “qualified tax‑exempt obligations” within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In making this designation, the Issuer finds and determines that:
(a) the Bonds are not “private activity bonds” within the meaning of the Code; and
(b) the reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax‑exempt obligations which will be issued by the Issuer and all subordinate entities in calendar year 2007 does not exceed $10,000,000.
SECTION 31. Publication. A copy of this Bond Ordinance shall be published immediately after its adoption in one issue of the official journal of the Issuer.
SECTION 32. Recordation. A certified copy of this Bond Ordinance shall be filed and recorded as soon as possible in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of Ouachita, State of Louisiana.
SECTION 33. Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered and directed to execute an appropriate Continuing Disclosure Certificate (substantially in the form set forth in Appendix H of the official statement issued in connection with the sale and issuance of the Bonds) pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 15c2-12(b)(5).
SECTION 34. Section Headings. The headings of the various sections hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
SECTION 35. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds, but this Bond Ordinance and the Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutory provision enacted after the date of this Bond Ordinance which validates or makes legal any provision of this Bond Ordinance and/or the Bonds which would not otherwise be valid or legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Bond Ordinance and to the Bonds.
SECTION 36. Effective Date. This Bond Ordinance shall become effective immediately.
YEA: James Bennett, Alice Pearson, James D. Brian, Fred Ragland Jr.
NAY: None
ABSENT: L.O. Yeager
ABSTAINING: None
And the ordinance was declared adopted on this, the 20th day of November, 2007.
/s/ Benny Chelette, City Clerk
/s/ Dave Norris, Mayor
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NOTICE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007.
The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, met in special session at its regular meeting place, 2305 N. Seventh St., West Monroe, Louisiana, on Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at twelve o’clock (12:00) noon, Louisiana Time (Central Time), pursuant to the following notice given:
November 13, 2007
Monroe, Louisiana
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, has been ordered and called and will be held at its regular meeting place, 2305 N. Seventh St., West Monroe, Louisiana, on Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at twelve o’clock (12:00) noon, for the following purposes, to-wit:
To consider and take action with respect to adopting a resolution providing for the opening of the bids received for the purchase of $4,500,000 of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007, of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, approving the Official Notice of Bond Sale and Official Statement in connection therewith, and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of West Monroe to sign copies thereof as evidence of the approval thereof.
To consider and take action with respect to adopting a resolution accepting the best bid received for the purchase of $4,500,000 of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.
To consider and take action with respect to adopting an ordinance authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of $4,500,000 of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007, of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, prescribing the form, terms and conditions of such bonds and providing for the payment thereof; authorizing an agreement with the paying agent; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.
/s/ Benny Chelette
City Clerk, West Monroe
There were present: James Bennett, L. O. Yeager, Alice Pearson, James D. Brian,
Fred Ragland, Jr. ;
There were absent: None.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, was duly convened as the governing authority of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana.
The time having arrived for the sale of $4,500,000 of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the “Bonds”) of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, scheduled for twelve o’clock (12:00) noon, prior to the opening of bids, the Mayor called upon Mr. C. Grant Schlueter, of Foley & Judell, L.L.P., Bond Counsel, to advise the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, as to what action was necessary in order to proceed with the reception of bids and sale of the Bonds.
Mr. Schlueter then reported to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that the first order of business was to open the bids received and to formally approve the official Notice of Bond Sale and the Official Statement that were prepared and distributed to prospective purchasers in connection with the sale of the Bonds. He stated that the Official Statement had been prepared with the assistance of the officials and staff of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the Assessor’s office and other local public officials, and that the Mayor and all members of the Board of Aldermen had been furnished copies of the same for their review and approval.
The Mayor then announced that it was time to open the bids received for the purchase of the Bonds, said Bonds having been advertised for sale by virtue of resolution adopted on October 9, 2007. It was then stated that the Notice of Sale which had been issued as of October 9, 2007, calling for bids for the purchase of the Bonds had been published in “The Daily Journal of Commerce”, Metairie, Louisiana, and in the AOuachita Citizen@, West Monroe, Louisiana, in their issues of October 18, 2007.
Mr. Schlueter then confirmed that the Bonds had been assigned a rating of AA@ by Standard & Poor’s.
After calling for bids for the purchase of the Bonds, it was announced that three (3) bids had been received for the purchase of the Bonds.
The following resolution was offered by L. O. Yeager and seconded by James D. Brian:
RESOLUTION NO. 568
A resolution providing for the opening of the bids received for the purchase of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, approving the Official Notice of Bond Sale and Official Statement in connection therewith, and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of West Monroe to sign copies thereof as evidence of the approval thereof.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, that:
SECTION 1. This Mayor and Board of Aldermen does now proceed in open and public session to open the bids received for the purchase of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the “Bonds”) of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “Issuer”), authorized and duly advertised for sale by virtue of a resolution adopted on October 9, 2007.
SECTION 2. The official Notice of Bond Sale and Official Statement prepared in connection with the sale of the Bonds, and the information contained therein, are hereby approved by this Board of Aldermen and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of West Monroe are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to sign copies thereof as evidence of its approval.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
YEA: James Bennett, L.O. Yeager, Alice Pearson, James D. Brian, Fred Ragland Jr.
NAY: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINING: None
And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 20th day of November, 2007.
/s/ Benny Chelette, City Clerk
/s/ Dave Norris, Mayor
The bids received on November 20, 2007, for the purchase of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the “Bonds”) of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “Issuer”), were thereupon opened and read in public session of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, said bids being based upon the maturity schedule set out in the Official Notice of Bond Sale and hereinafter set out in these proceedings, said bids being as follows, to‑wit:
Bidder/TIC
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc./4.24%
Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc./4.43%
Capital One Bank/4.87%
The following resolution was offered by James Bennett and seconded by Alice Pearson:
RESOLUTION NO. 569
A resolution accepting the bid of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the purchase of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007, of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of a Notice of Bond Sale dated as of October 9, 2007, published in the manner required by law, and pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, (the “Issuer”) on October 9, 2007, bids were solicited for the purchase of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007, of the Issuer (the “Bonds”), on November 20, 2007; and
WHEREAS, three (3) bids were received for the purchase of the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”) has found and determined and does hereby find and determine that the bid submitted by Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana (the “Purchaser”), complies with all terms and conditions prescribed by the Notice of Bond Sale and Official Statement; and
WHEREAS, this Governing Authority desires to accept said bid and to take such action as may be necessary to accomplish the delivery of the Bonds to the Purchaser;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, that:
SECTION 1. The bid of the Purchaser for the purchase of the Bonds, a copy of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby accepted and the Bonds are hereby awarded in compliance with the terms of the bid.
SECTION 2. The good faith deposit in the amount of $45,000 accompanying said bid is hereby accepted in accordance with and subject to said Official Notice of Bond Sale. The amount of the good faith deposit shall be deposited and credited towards the purchase price of the Bonds without regard to any interest earnings thereon.
SECTION 3. When the Bonds have been properly prepared, the Governing Authority is hereby authorized to deliver the Bonds to the Purchaser upon the payment of the purchase price thereof and accrued interest to the date of delivery, less a credit of $45,000 for the amount of the good faith deposit described above.
SECTION 4. This Mayor and Board of Aldermen hereby finds that due diligence has been exercised in preparing the Bonds for sale and in preparing the Official Statement pertaining to the Bonds, and in view of that fact, the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of West Monroe are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the successful bidder, as set forth herein, at the time of closing, a certificate which shall be substantially in the form of the certificate annexed hereto as Exhibit B.
SECTION 5. The foregoing resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
YEA: James Bennett, Alice Pearson, James D. Brian, Fred Ragland Jr.
NAY: None
ABSENT: L.O. Yeager
ABSTAINING: None
And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 20th day of November, 2007.
/s/ Benny Chelette, City Clerk
/s/ Dave Norris, Mayor
EXHIBIT “A”
[A copy of the successful bid can be viewed at City Hall, West Monroe.]
EXHIBIT “B”
OFFICIAL STATEMENT CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana, with respect to the Official Statement (the “Official Statement”) issued regarding the sale of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the “Bonds”) of the City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana (the “Issuer”), DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
THAT, at the time of payment for and delivery of the Bonds and at the date hereof, (i) the descriptions and statements, including financial data, of or pertaining to the Issuer, on the date of the Preliminary Official Statement, on the date of the Official Statement, on the date of the sale of the Bonds and on the date of the delivery thereof, were and are true in all material respects, and, insofar as such matters are concerned, the Official Statement did not and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and (ii) insofar as the descriptions and statements, including financial data, of or pertaining to governmental and/or non‑governmental entities other than the Issuer and their activities, contained in the Official Statement are concerned, such descriptions, statements and data have been obtained from sources which the governing authority of the Issuer believes to be reliable and the said governing authority has no reason to believe that they are untrue or incomplete in any material respect, and (iii) there has been no adverse material change in the affairs of the Issuer between the date of the delivery of the Official Statement and the date of delivery of the Bonds.
CITY OF WEST MONROE, STATE OF LOUISIANA
By: City Clerk
Dated : December 20, 2007 (Date of Delivery)
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE WEST MONROE CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
There was a Regular Meeting of the West Monroe City Council held on Tuesday November 13, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. In the Council Chambers of the West Monroe City Hall.
Those present were Mayor Dave Norris, Aldermen L. O. Yeager, Alice Pearson, James Bennett, Fred Ragland and James Brian.
The invocation was offered by Dr. Jerry Edmonson.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to approve minutes of the October 9, 2007, regular Council Meeting.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to approve payment of the October, 2007, billings, subject to audit by the
Finance Committee.
There was a motion by Mr. Yeager, seconded by Mrs. Pearson and unanimously carried to approve an ordinance to amend Section 11-5021 of the Code of Ordinances, relating to the crime of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Ordinance 3701:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11-5021 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, RELATING TO THE CRIME OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to approve an ordinance to amend Section 4-2006 of the Code of Ordinances, relative to the qualifications of members of the West Monroe Fire Department.
Ordinance 3702:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4-2006 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, RELATIVE TO THE MEMBERS OF WEST MONROE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to approve a resolution authorizing application for a Louisiana Community Development Grant in order to make improvements to sewer collection system.
Resolution 567:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR A GRANT IN ORDER TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM UNDER THE FY 2008- FY 2009 PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA TO ACT IN ALL MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THAT GRANT; AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
There was a motion by Mr. Yeager, seconded by Mrs. Pearson and unanimously carried to approve an ordinance to amend Section 12-4019(a)(3) of the Code of Ordinances, relating to the calculation of building inspection fees. Ordinance 3703:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12-4019(a)(3) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to approve an ordinance to amend Section 12-5021(14)(h) of the Code of Ordinances, relating to the prohibition of permanent yard sales. Ordinance 3704:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12-5021(14)(h) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF PERMANENT YARD SALES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to authorize City Clerk to advertise for proposals for the installation of an ATM machine at the IKE.
There was a motion by Mrs. Pearson, seconded by Mr. Yeager and unanimously carried to add to the agenda an ordinance to annex property owned by the City of West Monroe.
There was a motion by Mr. Yeager, seconded by Mrs. Pearson and unanimously carried to approve an ordinance to annex property owned by the City of West Monroe,
Louisiana. Ordinance 3705:
AN ORDINANCE TO ENLARGE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, PURSUANT TO R.S. 33:171 ET SEQ., AND PARTICULARLY R.S. 33:180, BY ANNEXING TERRITORY BELONGING TO THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, SAID PROPERTIES BEING ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA.
Opportunity for public comment.
There being no further business, there was a motion by Mr. Yeager, seconded by Mrs. Pearson and unanimously carried to adjourn.
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED: Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1
PARISH OF OUACHITA, STATE OF LOUISIANA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007
CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of Ouachita, State of Louisiana was called to order at 1:00 p.m. at The West Monroe/West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce, 112 Professional Drive, West Monroe, Louisiana, by Violet Liner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
INVOCATION
Mrs. Pat Thompson gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Violet Liner, Chairman; Steve Hall, Vice Chairman; W.B. Nelson, Jr.; and Pat Spencer
ABSENT: Mike Mulhearn
OTHERS PRESENT: Mike Landry, regular counsel for the Hospital Service District No. 1, via telephone; Tommy & Jason Smith, the MAC; Chris Pealer, YMCA Executive Director; Tommy Canterbury, President SportsCare USA, Inc.; Chad Canterbury, Vice President SportsCare USA, Inc.; Craig Brooks, Chief Financial Officer SportsCare USA, Inc.; and Dave Norris, Chairman of Ward Five Healthcare Foundation
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no comments from the public.
PRESENTATION OF PROPOSALS TO LEASE OR MANAGE THE WELLNESS CENTER
Mr. Tommy Smith and Mr. Jason Smith, representing the Monroe Athletic Club, made a presentation to the Commissioners in the interest of entering into a lease of the Wellness Center from the District.
Mr. Chris Pealer, Executive Director of YMCA of Northeast Louisiana, presented a proposal to the Commissioners for an arrangement amounting to a lease of the Wellness Center from the District.
Mr. Tommy Canterbury, President of SportsCare USA, Inc., Mr. Chad Canterbury, Vice President of SportsCare USA, Inc., and Mr. Craig Brooks, Chief Financial Officer of SportsCare USA, Inc. presented a proposal to provide certain management services for the Wellness Center, and also discussed various other services SportsCare could provide.
All three presentations were thoughtful, far-sighted, well-received, and much appreciated.
REMARKS BY DAVE NORRIS
Mr. Norris, Chairman of the Ward Five Healthcare Foundation, expressed his desire to see the Foundation work closely with the Wellness Center. He noted that the upcoming Community Needs Assessment would be helpful in this regard. Mr. Norris expressed the view that the mission of the Wellness Center should be to improve the health and well being of the community. Ms. Liner likewise expressed similar views.
REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT
Ms. Liner simply referred to her remarks made earlier during Mr. Norris’ discussion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF THE IASIS TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS, FUTURE OPERATION OF THE WELLNESS CENTER, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT, AND OVERSIGHT OF WARD FIVE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
No Executive Session was held.
REVIEW OF HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financials were not available, but are forthcoming.
REVIEW OF HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT’S INVESTMENTS
The Commissioners reviewed the existing amounts and placements of the District’s investments and discussed various options for future investments. The District’s future uses of funds are currently somewhat uncertain in light of contemplated possible Wellness Center renovations, property acquisitions, and various other program expenses. It was suggested that a comparison will be made of alternative rates before moving any investments.
As for checking and other local banking needs of the District, including the Wellness Center, Mr. Spencer will be developing a request for proposals.
REVIEW OF SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 MINUTES OF WARD FIVE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION BOARD
The Board of Commissioners reviewed the September 4, 2007 minutes of the board of directors of Ward Five Healthcare Foundation.
Mr. Spencer reported on his attendance to the October 2nd meeting of the Ward Five Healthcare Foundation. Several issues were discussed and he felt that the meeting was very productive.
TRANSACTION OF ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING
It was noted that the next regular meeting of the Hospital Service District has been rescheduled from Friday, October 26th, to Thursday, October 25, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. at the West Monroe Convention Center.
Mr. Hall stated that the opening of bids for the Wellness Center’s pool repair is to be held on November 12th at the Wellness Center.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to discuss, Ms. Liner declared the meeting adjourned.
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1
PARISH OF OUACHITA, STATE OF LOUISIANA
OCTOBER 25, 2007
CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of Ouachita, State of Louisiana was called to order at 4:00 p.m. in The West Monroe Convention Center Board Room, 901 Ridge Avenue, West Monroe, Louisiana, by Violet Liner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
INVOCATION
Ms. Liner gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Violet Liner, Chairman; Steve Hall, Vice Chairman; W.B. Nelson, Jr.; Mike Mulhearn; and Pat Spencer
ABSENT: None
OTHERS PRESENT: Mike Landry, regular counsel for the Hospital Service District No. 1; Amanda Adcock, Interim Executive Director of the Wellness Center; and Pat Thompson, HSD Recording Secretary.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no comments from the public.
AMENDMENT OF THE AGENDA
Mr. Nelson moved, Mr. Mulhearn seconded, and the Board unanimously approved amending the agenda to add the following agenda item:
“APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETINGS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28 AND OCTOBER 16, 2007”
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28 AND OCTOBER 16, 2007
A motion was made by Mr. Spencer and seconded by Mr. Hall to approve the minutes of September 28 and October 16, 2007. The motion unanimously carried.
REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT
None.
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF THE IASIS TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS, FUTURE OPERATION OF THE WELLNESS CENTER, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT, AND OVERSIGHT OF WARD FIVE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
A motion was made by Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Nelson, and unanimously approved for the Board of Commissioners to go into executive session for the purpose of strategic planning, including discussion of the IASIS transaction and related matters, future operation of The Wellness Center, implementation of the Lease Termination Agreement, and oversight of Ward Five Healthcare Foundation.
All present were allowed to remain.
A motion was made by Mr. Mulhearn seconded by Mr. Hall and unanimously approved for the Board of Commissioners to go back into regular session.
UPDATE ON RECOMMENDATION TO OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY FOR REPLACEMENT FOR MR. W. B. NELSON, JR.
The search for a new commissioner will continue and an update will be made at the next meeting.
UPDATE ON PROPOSALS FOR LEASE OR MANAGEMENT OF THE WELLNESS CENTER
No decision was made on the lease or management proposals as The Wellness Center financials were not yet ready for review. Further discussions will be held at a later date.
UPDATE ON WELLNESS CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOB APPLICATIONS
No decision was made on the Wellness Center executive director job applications as The Wellness Center financials were not yet ready for review. Further discussions will be held at a later date.
AMENDMENT OF THE AGENDA
Mr. Hall moved, Mr. Nelson seconded, and the Board unanimously approved amending the agenda to add the following agenda item:
“UPDATE ON REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO LOCAL BANKS”
UPDATE ON REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO LOCAL BANKS
After due discussion, Mr. Hall made a motion, Mr. Nelson seconded, and the Board unanimously authorized Mr. Patrick Spencer to prepare and issue a Request for Proposals to local banks soliciting proposals for local banking services for the Hospital Service District (including The Wellness Center) pursuant to the Local Depositories Law.
The meeting of the Commissioners paused briefly for a reception honoring Mr. W.B. Nelson, Jr. as he retires from the Board effective November 6, 2007. Mr. Nelson was presented a plaque of appreciation, noting his twelve years of service from November 6, 1995 through November 6, 2007.
TRANSACTION OF ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING
It was noted that the next special meeting of the Hospital Service District is scheduled for Monday, November 12, 2007, at 12:00 Noon at the The Wellness Center.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to discuss, Mr. Nelson made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Mr. Mulhearn and unanimously approved by the Commissioners.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
BE IT KNOWN that on this TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007, pursuant to an order of the Court dated NOVEMBER 16, 2007, we the undersigned members of the Jury Commission in and for the said Parish and State, namely, Sydney Cameron, Sharon Taylor, Pamela Higgins Saulsberry, E.J. Sievers
Duly and legally appointed and sworn to law, a quorum being present, assembled at the Clerk’s Office in the Courthouse, at Monroe, Louisiana, together with W.J. Bill Hodge, Clerk of Court and a member of said Commission, and did then and there perform the duties prescribed by law in the manner following to wit: The Court ordered the drawing of 175 jurors to serve as Petit Jurors for the term of Court beginning Monday, January 7, 2008. The names having been drawn by a Computer indiscriminately and by lots as provided for by C.Cr.P.Art.416.1, are as follows:
Abbott, Donald Edgar; 11 Willow Dr Monroe
Adkerson, Darrell Tennyson; 708 Lakeshore Dr Monroe
Ambrose, Johnny R; 510 Lamy Ln Monroe
Amos, Author L; 614 Zoe Cir Monroe
Anderson, Roger D; 2300 Garrett Rd 70 Monroe
Bacle, Ricky F; 2501 Jersey St West Monroe
Barbour, Frenchie G; 110 Somerset Dr West Monroe
Beard, Jeromy Chisun; 114 Sunshine Ave West Monroe
Bennett, Connie C; 302 Lakeshore Dr Monroe
Bolen, Roy G; 233 S Grand St Monroe
Bourgeois, Patrick Anthony; 248 Prairie Road Monroe
Boyd, Holly Shaw; 231 Boll Weevil Blvd
Bracken, Kenny C; 18 W Elmwood Dr Monroe
Breard, Hypolite Filhiol III; 2905 Cuba Blvd Monroe
Brooks, Joshua Gordon; 4505 Churchill Cir Monroe
Broom, Joyce D; 212 Keller St West Monroe
Brown, Warren E; 5115 Brown St Monroe
Brown, Willie James Jr; 2929 Anne Dr Monroe
Bryant, Michelle Rene; 68 Colonial Dr A Monroe
Bryant, William; 155 Azalea Ln West Monroe
Byrd, Tammy Alisa; 1102 S 10th St Monroe
Cain, Kennan Detron; 2821 Gay Dr Monroe
Cann, Katrina Denise; 511 Shady Ln Monroe
Caples, Jack R Jr; 400 Herman St West Monroe
Cardin, Timothy Lamon; 28 Northgate Dr 32 Monroe
Carter, Dominique Vuntae; 2940 Lynn Dr Monroe
Cascio, Corey D; 200 Rock Hill Dr West Monroe
Claunch, Diana C; 1530 Cedar St West Monroe
Coleman, Janet M; 1807 University Pl Monroe
Conti, Joseph Mrs; 174 Rader Dr Monroe
Corprue, Dorothy M; PO Box 473 Calhoun
Cox, Tammie Gay; 115 Briarcliff Dr West Monroe
Cruse, Wilbur C; 106 Camp Dr West Monroe
Davis, Aaron Lamar; 1607 N McGuire Ave Monroe
Davis, Oaadrick T; 510 Linderman Ave West Monroe
Davis, Myeashia Sharday; 907 S 9th St Monroe
Davis, Richard W Jr; 164 M Bunn Rd West Monroe
Davis, Vanessa L; 204 Tripp St Monroe
Dawkins, Howell L; 5527 Whites Ferry Rd West Monroe
Day, Ethel Eleen Carr; 125 Daywood Dr Monroe
Day, William T; 735 Bayou Shores Dr Monroe
Dayton, Christina Brooke; 4113 Woodway Dr Monroe
Depoe, Marie J; 100 Curve Dr Monroe
Dizer, Kimberly L; 509 W Bayou Dr Sterlington
Dunn, Tammy Marie; 4329 Jonesboro Rd West Monroe
Dyer, Petrena N; 241 Blanchard St 5206 West Monroe
Edwards, Sadie L; 104 N Ironwood Dr West Monroe
Elam, Christopher W; 200 Hilton St West Monroe
Eppinette, Shirley W; 4345 Winnsboro Rd Monroe
Farmer, Steven L; 2307 DeBastrop Dr Monroe
Fitch, Maudie B; 1625 S 8th St Monroe
Flanagan, Jeffery S; 18 Luray Dr Monroe
Florita, Islay Michelle; 3702 Cypress St 129 West Monroe
Fordham, Kent O; 235 Saterfield Rd West Monroe
Forsmark, Eugene M; 217 Emerson St Monroe
French, Chasity Ann; 146 Wright Rd West Monroe
Gayden, Billy Ray; 129 Fairway Ave Monroe
Gill, Michael G; 220 Lakewood Dr West Monroe
Gordon, Tina Michelle; 223 Muscadine Ln West Monroe
Grace, Montrell L; 4400 Lee Ave Monroe
Grant, Patricia; 520 Brown St West Monroe
Gray, Talia Kay; 309 Lashay Dr West Monroe
Greer, Darrel Bernard; 913 Wilson St Monroe
Greer, Ila C; 1601 McKeen Pl 1114 Monroe
Haik, Karen A; 724 Richardson Rd Calhoun
Hale, Susan T; 218 Ponderosa Trl West Monroe
Hall, Judy Carol; 105 Eagle Lake Dr West Monroe
Hamilton, Linda W; 1601 S 4th St Monroe
Harpe, Steven S; 994 William Harris Rd West Monroe
Harris, Barney F; 139 Sam Head Rd West Monroe
Harria, Wynona; 3304 Church St Monroe
Helmer, Bennie Lee; 1050 Ervin Cotton Rd Eros
Hemperley, Ruby W; 118 Lake Dr West Monroe
Holland, Hattie Mae; 4100 Gaston St Monroe
Hollingsworth, CA Jr; 233 Henderson Rd West Monroe
Holloway, John David; 3841 Old Sterlington Rd Monroe
Holt, Steven Grant; 2703 Forsythe Ave Monroe
Hopkins, Tommy Wayne; 129 Liner Dr Monroe
Hudson, Gene Kevin; 2703 Marquette St Monroe
Jackson, Lillian A; 4109 Ponder St Monroe
James, Makeithian D; 334 Timber Way Monroe
Jarrell, Troy Oneal; 124 Cedarbrook Dr Monroe
Jenson, Kimberley A; 706 Harris St Monroe
Johnson, Cherry Gail; 4205 Elm St 60 Monroe
Johnson, Shirley A; PO Box 562 West Monroe
Johnston, Mary Ann; PO Box 625 Sterlington
Jones, Jewel J; 109 Mt Vernon Church Rd West Monroe
Jordan, Angela L; 4509 Reddix Ln Monroe
Jordan, Lori Evette; 1030 Inabnet Blvd 808 Monroe
Kennedy, Betty C; 1810 S Grand St Monroe
Kinard, Thomas L; 110 Topic St Monroe
Kramer, Jeffrey Neil; 104 W Westridge F West Monroe
Laborde, Ronnie F; 115 Dumas Rd West Monroe
Leblanc, Mona Lee D; 5008 Bon Aire Dr Monroe
Lee, Ralph W; 290 Pace Rd West Monroe
Lenard, Lynn Edward; 197 Myers Rd West Monroe
Littleton, Tony Dwayne; 461 Zodie Sims Rd Calhoun
Lumpkin, Sharon Ann; 115 Pargoud Dr Monroe
Maye, Joe W; 1405 S 6th St Monroe
Mazzanti, Nadine Y; 324 Shady Oaks Dr West Monroe
McCarty, Linda D; 167 Jim Arrant Rd West Monroe
McClendon, John W Jr; 111 Alexander Rd 26 West Monroe
McCloud, Steven Christopher S; 114 N Stewart St West Monroe
McDaniel, Deborah Suzzane; 5602 Desiard St 49 Monroe
McKinzie, Agnes H; 117 Twin Oaks Dr West Monroe
McManus, Sue P; 133 Dumas Rd West Monroe
McMillian, Deniyel Ann; 4005 Standard Dr Monroe
McNew, Vonnell G; 10 Elmwood Dr Monroe
Merchant, Harold Eugene; 281 M Bunn Rd West Monroe
Miller, Patsy C; 115 Wolf Lair West Monroe
Mitchell, Deatrick Darnell; 1502 Oaklawn Dr Monroe
Mosley, Brandon Scott; 131 Swartz School Rd Monroe
Murphy, Tiffanie Dawn; 1043 Park Ave Monroe
Myshrall, John J; 511 Brian Dr West Monroe
Newhouser, Richard C; 3501 Bon Aire Dr 273 Monroe
Nobles, Kristen Renae Hensley; 2803 Fort Miro Ave Monroe
Nolen, Timothy J; 2207 Kentwood Dr Monroe
Owens, Darrell Thomas; 119 Lynette Dr West Monroe
Owens, Reggie D; 146 Waggoner Rd West Monroe
Pennington, Carroll D; 1520 Willis St West Monroe
Pentico, Christy Lynn; 1002 Park Ave 4B Monroe
Pieroni, Paul A; 206 Stonecliff Dr West Monroe
Pleasant, Janie; 1813 Bonner Dr Monroe
Pogue, James B; PO Box 7101 Monroe
Preble, Nancy Kay; 124 Western Ave West Monroe
Quinn, Deette M; 1504 Riverside Dr Monroe
Rasco, Matthew Winters; 1809 Emerson St Monroe
Reed, Dennis; 1404 S 3rd St Monroe
Richard, Michael J; 1307 Ben Franklin Dr Monroe
Risher, Jason Daniel; 118 Jerry St West Monroe
Rockhold, Jackson Blair; 1348 Leckie Rd Eros
Rogers, Charlotte Mae; 314 Standard Reed Rd West Monroe
Salinas, Sharon Marie; Hugo de Grootkade 7 II Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schuster, Richard L; 220 Sussex Dr Monroe
Scogin, Katherine S; 2299 Sterlington Rd B1 Monroe
Scott, Phyllis Shantell Sande; PO Box 9008 Monroe
Seward, Joe N; 110 Cooley Cut-Off Rd West Monroe
Shivers, Sybil Mae; 112 Rowland Dr Monroe
Simpson, Marin L; 1904 Cagle Dr Monroe
Sims, Beverly J; 1612 Florida St Monroe
Sivils, Leon; 210 Pickett Ln Monroe
Smith, Ardella Denise; 412 Parker St Monroe
Smith, Jimmie Ray; 2601 May St Monroe
Smith, Ted; 2707 Blue Water Ln Monroe
Staggs, Jacob William; 807 Wall Williams Rd West Monroe
Staples, Betty J; 100 Arapaho Cir West Monroe
Starr, Timothy Wayne; 134 Wedgewood Dr Monroe
Stovall, Tony Duane; 2984 Hwy 80 W 67 Calhoun
Stover, Sylvia B; 450 Sam Head Rd West Monroe
Sutton, Octavia M Washington; 1824 Spyker Dr Monroe
Sweet, Gloria McElroy; 2123 McClain Ave Monroe
Taylor, Lou Nell; 104 Steeplechase Cir West Monroe
Thompson, Lester C; 230 Risher Rd West Monroe
Toney, Lori B; PO Box 13 Sterlington
Ultzsch, Linda D; 168 Carter Ln Monroe
Varner, Denise Raychelle; 794 Miller Rd
Waddell, Dennis Alan; 216 Velma Dr West Monroe
Walker, Dennis L; 112 White Rd West Monroe
Ward, Ingrid Vernae; 1407 S 12th St Monroe
Washington, Bessie; 1601 S 6th St Monroe
Weaks, Nancy H; 2215 Valencia St Monroe
Welborn, James Daniel; 108 Brown Funderburk Rd Calhoun
West, Paula E; 2408 Pargoud Blvd Monroe
Wiggins, Charlotte H; 124 Lisa Dr Monroe
Wiley, Welton M; 189 Oscar Rd West Monroe
Wilhite, Dorothy Lynn; 22 Paige Dr Monroe
Williams, Bryant C; 6518 Cypress Point Dr Monroe
Williams, Mary D; 117 Althea Dr Monroe
Wilson, Abe; 1607 S 9th St Monroe
Wilson, Fred E; 1524 Dawnview Ln Monroe
Wilson, Mark J; PO Box 2645 Monroe
Wise, Kourtney Nicole; 168 Three Lakes Rd West Monroe
Woolridge, James Ernest; 125 Bayou Bend Rd Monroe
Wooley, Luther J Jr; 124 Caldwell Rd West Monroe
Wylie Tommy L; 2300 Garrett Rd 48 Monroe
The slips containing the names of persons listed were then places in a separate envelope, which was then sealed and the words JURY NUMBER ONE written thereon and placed in said box labeled “JURY BOX”. The Jury Box and the General Venire Box were then locked and sealed and delivered to the custody of the Clerk of said Court, subject to the orders of Court.
In testimony all of which we hereunto subscribe our names on this the 20th day of November, 2007 at Monroe, Louisiana.
I, W.J. Bill Hodge, Clerk of Court, hereby certify that all of the members of the Jury Commission were duly summoned to attend this meeting as will appear from the Sheriff’s returns endorsed on said summons, as on file in my office.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
BE IT KNOWN that on this Tuesday, November 20, 2007, pursuant to an order of the Court dated November 16, 2007, we the undersigned members of the Jury Commission in and for the said Parish and State, namely, Sydney Cameron, Sharon Taylor, Pamela Higgins Saulsberry, E.J. Sievers
Duly and legally appointed and sworn to law, a quorum being present, assembled at the Clerk’s Office in the Courthouse, at Monroe, Louisiana, together with W.J. Bill Hodge, Clerk of Court and a member of said Commission, and did then and there perform the duties prescribed by law in the manner following to wit: The Court ordered the drawing of 175 jurors to serve as Petit Jurors for the term of Court beginning Monday, January 14, 2007. The names having been drawn by a Computer indiscriminately and by lots as provided for by C.Cr.P.Art .416.1 are as follows:
Alexander, James H; 126 Warwick Dr Monroe
Alford, Tracee Marie; 2321 Liberty Dr West Monroe
Allbritton, Timothy Dean; 115 Ridge Grove Dr West Monroe
Anderson, Todd D; 99 Birchwood Dr Monroe
Baidy, Joseph Forrest; 317 Woodale Dr 20 Monroe
Balch, Chad Joseph; 5313 Hwy 139 Monroe
Blackwell, R M Mrs; 1408 Elizabeth St West Monroe
Bouie, Mary D; 913 S 16th St Monroe
Bowie, Rhonda Gail; 127 Sibley Rd Choudrant
Brass, Reese; 3001 S Grand St Monroe
Braun, Kevin James; 103 Tamarack Cir West Monroe
Bridges, Linda B; 300 Warren Dr 203 West Monroe
Brown, Loretta W; 210 Ruby Rd Monroe
Burch, Florence S; 501 S Grand St 338 Monroe
Burns, Tammie Williams; 507 Mitchell Ln West Monroe
Butler, Virginia F; 908 Strozier Rd West Monroe
Camp, Karen S; 148 Twin Oaks Dr West Monroe
Carlton, Martha B; PO Box 2255 West Monroe
Carroll, Lonnie David; 1402 Hwy 554 Monroe
Carter, Rosie B; 2940 Lynn Dr Monroe
Chappell, Neil Ryan; 2729 Bayou Ln Monroe
Chatman, Dorthy Marie; 4110 Barlow St Monroe
Chisley, Robert D; 3412 Owl St Monroe
Cichocki, James Scott; 102 Arapho Dr Monroe
Clanton, Courtenay Leigh; 575 Rowland Rd Monroe
Cobb, Kelly Gene; 5204 DeSiard St 2 Monroe
Conley, Kerry D; 2305 Georgia St Monroe
Cook, Judy P; PO Box 294 West Monroe
Criner, Raven Nicole; 3213 Dick Taylor St Monroe
Cross, Robert; 116 Althea Dr Monroe
Daggs, Joseph Ray; 2601 Wood St Monroe
Dahm, Chad Michael; 3980 Old Sterlington Rd Monroe
Denton, Michael Rodney; 602 Wilmuth St Monroe
Doney, Ruth C; 2208 Emerson St Monroe
Dorsey, Shaymekia Shunta; 4216 Pippin St Monroe
Dupar, Reginald Deshawn; 1611 S 7th St Monroe
Eich, Janice H; 1012 Milton St Monroe
Etherton, Christopher Lynn; 106 Parkwest Dr 11C West Monroe
Evans, Rhonda Lynn; 113 Canyon Rd West Monroe
Filhiol, Delores Ann; 1940 Samuel Dr Monroe
Finley, James Andrew; 1001 New Chapel Hill Rd Calhoun
Finley, Shawn Michael; 112 Jennifer Ln C Monroe
Fontenot, Odis Samuel Jr; 1665 Comanche Trl West Monroe
Ford, Constance Collins; 301 Tanglewood Dr Monroe
Ford, Robert S; 1804 University Pl Monroe
Foster, Johnny Calvin; 131 Lou Dr West Monroe
Freeman, Alisha Diane; 4211 Booker St Monroe
Freemont, Orlando A; 6427 Cypress Point Dr Monroe
Fryday, Michael D; 4393 Hwy 80 W Calhoun
Gannaway, Robert T; PO Box 15044 Monroe
Gilbert, Katherine Kincaid; 1407 Speed Ave Monroe
Goldman, Joshua Elias; 302 Lincoln St West Monroe
Gray, Johnathan B; 3413 Church St Monroe
Greer, James Kevin; 107 Maridale Dr West Monroe
Gunn, Carry Jane; 104 Fleur De Lis Cir West Monroe
Gwin, Charles E Jr; 440 Joe White Rd Monroe
Hampton, Myrtle Elaine; 5505 Conrad Dr Monroe
Hankins, Huey P; 1099 Belle Cote Rd Columbia
Hart, Haley H; 101 Dianna Dr Monroe
Hawkshead, Adrian Phillip; 704 Camellia Dr Monroe
Hawthorne, Virginia L Whitefie; 1130 Wallace Dean Rd 2 West Monroe
Herrington, Joyce R; 320 New Natchitoches Rd West Monroe
Heyl, Jason Dwayne; 1602 Evergreen St West Monroe
Hill, Alvie J; 352 Joseph Thomas Rd Calhoun
Hinton, Brandy Lynn; 119 Francis Rd Downsville
Hinunangan, Jennifer C; 417 Wood St Monroe
Hodge, Valarie B; 1431 Frenchman’s Bend Monroe
Holmes, Bertha L; 5107 Goins Dr Monroe
Hunt, Kelli Deenese; 74 Magnolia Dr Monroe
Hunt, William Russell; 435 Old Jonesboro Rd West Monroe
Jackson, Reola; 1206 Joe Bill St West Monroe
Jackson, Robbie White; 2309 Short Washington Monroe
Jackson, Sophia Evonn; 3803 Gayton St Monroe
Jackson, Wilbur L; 632 Tom Sturdivant Rd Eros
Jacobs, Metra Denee; 2814 Dick Taylor St Monroe
Jefferson, Cleo; 1423 Sycamore St Monroe
Johnikin, Charles H; 24 Briarwood Cir Monroe
Johnson, Janice Denise; 1711 S 7th St Monroe
Johnston, Evelyn; 4201 S Grand St Monroe
Jones, Clifton Lee; 2000 Peach St 29 Monroe
Kouns, Lisa A; 109 Forty Oaks Farm Rd West Monroe
Kuschel, Geoffrey Philip; 105 hart St Monroe
Kyles, Samuel James; 713 N 6th St West Monroe
Lamkin, Hillyer Speed; 2299 Sterlington Rd C2 Monroe
Lawson, Alma H; 1714 S 8th St Monroe
Lee, James T Jr; 101 Lakefront Dr West Monroe
Lee, Shan Yuan; 1505 University Ave Monroe
Logan, Cheryl A; 207 Columbia Ave Monroe
Lowery, Steve Leroy; 439 Kincaid Rd Monroe
Madison, Terry L; 51054 Brown St Monroe
Maine, Suszanne Denis; 22 Lock Dr A Monroe
Maldonado, Roxie Ann; 1603 Filhoil Ave Monroe
Marshall, Betty; 2299 Sterlington Rd B1 Monroe
Marshall, David Lee; 1709 Booth St Monroe
Martin, Tammy P; 957 Angus Rd Monroe
Mattingly, Ernest L; 100 Hickory Ln Monroe
McClendon, Roy Patrick Jr; 1204 Fern St West Monroe
McCourt, Karen H; 2613 Birchwood Dr Monroe
McIntosh, Dana C; 2500 N 8th St West Monroe
McKeithen, Thomas Brooks; 152 T P Beard Rd West Monroe
McMurray, Carolyn Bee; 1956 Samuel Dr Monroe
McNeal, Kinyada Latrice; 323 Nevada Dr Monroe
Miller, Judy Carolyn; PO Box 1248 West Monroe
Miller, Kyle P; 2605 Chatwood Dr Monroe
Miller, Sherry Green; 137 W Highland Ave West Monroe
Millien, Crystal Anne; 125 Pine Ridge Rd West Monroe
Moore, Christopher Ryan; 105 Lake Village Cir West Monroe
Morse, Stuart Adam; 176 Rolling Hills Rd Calhoun
Mosher, Merlin Anthony; 2087 Hwy 557 West Monroe
Moy, Katrina Hearns; 1502 S 9th St Monroe
Mudgett, Larry L; 102 Lakefront Cir West Monroe
Myers, John W Jr; 1401 Erin St 199 Monroe
Norris, Mark I; PO Box 131 West Monroe
Owen, Frank M; 999 Tidwell Rd West Monroe
Parker, Sarah Marcilynn; 113 Warwick Dr Monroe
Patrick, David L; 114 Huntington Dr Monroe
Pauley, Dewayne Allen; 187 Puckett Lake Rd West Monroe
Pierce, Cynthia T; 411 Somerset Dr Monroe
Powell, Carrie J; 813 Standifier Ave A Monroe
Powell, Talmadge W; PO Box 1902 West Monroe
Purvis, Gwendolyn; 412 Malvern St Monroe
Quinn, John P; 101 W Standard Reed Rd West Monroe
Ralph, Eddie Lee Jr; 3913 Halsell St Monroe
Ray, Kerry Melvin; 1103 N 2nd St West Monroe
Rickett, Lynn Moore; PO Box 4931 Monroe
Roach, Elizabeth H; 335 Lea Dr West Monroe
Roberson, Teresa Brown; 709 Victoria St Monroe
Roberts, Gary L; 2804 Cuba Blvd Monroe
Rose, Derrick; ULM Box 3061 Sherrouse Monroe
Ross, Michael T; PO Box 177 Fairbanks
Rountree, Sheryl Qualls; 817 Florence St West Monroe
Rushing, Delta Lee; 1103 Warren Dr 17 West Monroe
Sanders, Margaret A; 1604 Oaklawn Dr Monroe
Sandlin,. Margaret A; 708 Tidwell Rd West Monroe
Shell, Charles E; 905 S 17th St Monroe
Sherman, Carroll Ray Jr; 414 Hodge Watson Rd Calhoun
Shlosman, Stanley D Jr; PO Box 2371 Monroe
Shultz, Sharolyn O; 205 Comanche Trl West Monroe
Smith, Charlotte L; 146 Cowboy Ln Calhoun
Smith, Donald C; 416 Somerset Dr Monroe
Smith, Fredrick C; 102 Stonegate Dr Monroe
Smith, Hazel; 116 R L Smith Rd Monroe
Strickland, Lakasha N; 615 Travis St West Monroe
Strobel, Denise K; 3980 Old Sterlington Rd Monroe
Stuart, Carol J; 128 Reagan St West Monroe
Summerhill, Robert J; 318 Woodland Rd Monroe
Takewell, Jessica Nicole; 424 Nick Spillers Rd Downsville
Tarver, Cary D; 2758 Britton Rd West Monroe
Tennis, Paul R; 1202 Island Dr Monroe
Thomas, Cleta Faye; 813 S 5th St Monroe
Thomas, Sharron M; 2901 River Oaks Dr Monroe
Thompson, Charles Coleman Jr; 261 Batson Rd Monroe
Thompson, Jodi Michelle; 1503 Joe Bill St West Monroe
Ticheli, Christy Marie; 300 Caldwell Rd 1 West Monroe
Tidwell, Glenda S; 2800 Breville St Monroe
Turner, Addie lee; 4200 Pippin St Monroe
Turner, Doris B; 39 Forest Dr Monroe
Valentine, Janie A; 114 Lynette Dr West Monroe
Waite, David L; 102 Patton Dr West Monroe
Waldon, Willie C; 205 Jack McEnery Ave Monroe
Wallace, Ernest Lamont; 3103 Lee Ave Monroe
Wallace, Gregory L; 3308 Owl St Monroe
Walsworth, Susan Lynn; 510 Finks Hideaway Rd Monroe
Ward, Karen Griffin; PO Box 222 West Monroe
Welch, Norma C; 44 Jana Dr Monroe
White, Donna P; 111 ½ Grape St West Monroe
White, Pearl Quillens; 3012 Church St Monroe
Williams, Johnnie R; 211 Cedar St Monroe
Williams, Jonathan Ray; 410 Brown St West Monroe
Wilson, Christie L; 620 Splane Dr West Monroe
Wilson, Robert L; 305 Tennessee St Monroe
Wilson, Tyson Donnell; 1709 University Ave F Monroe
Womack, Michael S; 2109 Rainbow Dr West Monroe
Woods, Daphyne Denise; 1701 Hickory St Monroe
Yorgey, Dorothy Virginia; 907 Comanche Trl West Monroe
The slips containing the names of persons listed were then places in a separate envelope, which was then sealed and the words JURY NUMBER ONE written thereon and placed in said box labeled “JURY BOX.” The Jury Box and the General Venire Box were then locked and sealed and delivered to the custody of the Clerk of said Court, subject to the orders of Court.
In testimony all of which we hereunto subscribe our names on this the 20th day of November, 2007 at Monroe, Louisiana.
I, W.J. Bill Hodge, Clerk of Court, hereby certify that all of the members of the Jury Commission were duly summoned to attend this meeting as will appear from the Sheriff’s returns endorsed on said summons, as on file in my office.
W.J. "Bill" Hodge, Clerk of Court
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PUBLIC NOTICE
LCDBG APPLICATION AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
The Town of Sterlington announces that an application for the FY 2008 – FY 2009 Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (LCDBG) will be submitted for the following:
ACTIVITY: Sewer Collection System Improvements
OBJECTIVE: To provide an adequate sewer collection system for low-moderate income residents of the Town of Sterlington.
LOCATION: Town of Sterlington, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
AMOUNT: LCDBG Funds – (Sewer - Construction) - $800,000.00Local Funds – (Administrative, Engineer & Construction) - 103,900.00
Total Funds:$903,900.00
The application will be submitted to the Division of Administration, Office of Community Development on or about December 17, 2007. A copy of the application is available for review at the Town Hall, 503 Hwy. 2, Sterlington, Louisiana, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00p.m., Monday through Friday.
All citizens, particularly persons of low and moderate income and residents of blighted areas, are encouraged to submit their views and proposals by December 10, 2007 to the Mayor at the following address:
Vern Breland, Mayor
Town of Sterlington
Post Office Box 1000
Sterlington, Louisiana 71280
(318) 665-2157
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Request for Proposal (RFP)
November 21, 2007
Ouachita Parish Police Jury invites experienced companies interested in administering and enforcing building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes to respond to this RFP. Ouachita Parish currently enforces the building codes for all of the un-incorporated areas of the Parish.
Interested companies would be expected to provide commercial and residential plan reviews, permit approval, inspections, issuance of final structure approval, authorization to issue the certificate of occupancy, identification and resolution of code violations, issuance of stop work orders, assist the Parish with grant administration and grant writing, represent the Parish at the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council hearings, and otherwise operate the Ouachita Building Code Department under the Public Works Director.
Organizations interested should deliver their sealed response to the RFP no later than 4:00 pm Wednesday, December 05, 2007. Any response received after this date will be disqualified. Faxed or emailed submissions will also be disqualified.
At a minimum, sealed responses should include the required information in the Request for Proposal which is available through our offices by calling (318) 327-1340 or by requesting an electronic copy at (email or website address).
Please submit 3, signed original copies of your response to the RFP Coordinator:
Ouachita Parish Police Jury
Bradley N. Cammack, Treasurer
301 South Grand, Suite 201
Monroe, LA 71201
Thank you for your submission, and we look forward to reviewing your sealed proposal and the requested company information. Should Ouachita Parish Police Jury find your proposal desirable, we will contact you to present further information, as necessary, to discuss a contractual agreement. You will be notified of any future developments.
Thank you for responding to this request and for your interest in Ouachita Parish Police Jury.
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TOWN OF STERLINGTON
BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING
2007 AMENDEMENTS AND 2008 PROPOSED BUDGETS
This is notice that the 2007 Proposed Amended Budget and the 2008 Proposed Budget for the Town of Sterlington is available for public viewing, during regular business hours; and will hold its public hearing for budget discussions on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sterlington Town Hall, 503 Highway 2, Sterlington, Louisiana. Possible adoption of the budgets will be held Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the scheduled town meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sterlington Town Hall, 503 Highway 2, Sterlington, Louisiana. For any questions contact Town Hall at 318-665-2157.
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