?STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CALCASIEU
I, Ivan J. Tarou, certify that I am the duly qualified and acting President of the Board of Commissioners of Waterworks District No. Seven of Wards Four and Six of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. In my capacity as such I am the custodian of records for the District.
I certify that the attached document is a true copy of an excerpt from the minutes and of a proces verbal of a meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on February 6, 2024, showing that the Board canvassed the returns of the election, preserved a proces verbal of the canvass and adopted a resolution promulgating the results of the election.
IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature on this 6TH day of February, 2024. /s/IVAN J. TAROU
President
DeQuincy, Louisiana
February 6, 2024
EXCERPT OF MINUTES, PROCES VERBAL,
AND RESOLUTION
The Board of Commissioners of Waterworks District No. Seven of Wards Four and Six, Calcasieu Parish, State of Louisiana, met at its regular meeting place located at Waterworks District No. 7 Office, 1270 Rigmaiden Cemetary Road., DeQuincy, Louisiana, on Tuesday, the 6TH day of February, 2024, at 7:00 o’clock P.M., with the following members present:
Ivan Tarou
Ted Chapman
Brock Peterson
Donna Gayle
Jim Gentry
Absent were: None
The meeting was called to order and the roll called with the above result.
The President stated that the purpose of the meeting was to examine and canvass the returns of the election held on November 18, 2023 in the District; to preserve a proces verbal of the canvass and to promulgate the result of the election.
The Board of Commissioners canvassed the returns of the election and after receiving the compiled statement of votes and results of the voting machines from the Clerk of Court attached to and made part hereof as Exhibit A. On the motion of Jim Gentry , seconded by Donna Gayle , the board presented the following Proces Verbal, which was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS:5
NAYS:0
ABSENT:0
NOT VOTING:0
PROCES VERBAL
On this 6th day of February, 2024, at 7:00 o’clock P.M., the Board of Commissioners met at it’s regular meeting place located at Waterworks District No. 7 Office,1270 Rigmaiden Cemetary Road., DeQuincy, Louisiana. The Board received the compiled statement of votes and results of the voting machines from the Clerk of Court for the election held in the District on November 18, 2023, and canvassed the votes on the following proposition:
WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. SEVEN OF
WARDS FOUR AND SIX
Shall Waterworks District No. Seven of Wards Four and Six of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the “District”) be authorized to renew, levy and collect an ad valorem property tax of six (6) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the District for a period of ten (10) years beginning on January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2034, with collections from the renewed levy estimated to be $479,238.00 for one entire year, for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining or operating waterworks facilities in the District?
Upon the examination and canvass of the returns it was determined that the election result was as follows:
YES NO
Absentee Votes: 88 31
GRAND TOTAL: 252 106
It was therefore ascertained that the majority of the electors voting at the election in the Waterworks District No. Seven of Wards Four and Six on the Proposition voted for the Proposition. Therefore the Board of Commissioners of the District declared that the result of the election is for the proposition.
The Actual cost of the election as determined by the Secretary of State is $424.02.
A resolution promulgating the election results was adopted, and the President was ordered to have the resolution distributed, published and recorded according to law. The motion to adopt this resolution was made by Ted Chapman and seconded by Brock Peterson. It was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: 5
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
NOT VOTING: 0
Louisiana Secretary of State
Election Returns
For Election 11/18/2023
and
Parish Calcasieu-10
OFFICE: Waterworks Dist. No. Seven of Wards Four and 6 Mills Renewal-BOC-10Yrs.
Six
PARISH: CALCASIEU
Parish: CALCASIEU
CANDIDATE
1 2
YES NO
Precinct Number
00 461 0 2
00 463 3 1
00 660 0 0
00 661 40 27
00 662 41 13
00 663 24 10
00 664 56 22
Group Subtotal: 164 75
*ABS 88 31
Parish Total 252 106
Parish Percentage
Grand Total: 252 106
Percentage 70.39% 29.61%
PARISH: CALCASIEU
We, the Parish Board of Election Supervisors, certify this compiled statement shows correct number of macine votes for the above listed precincts, total absentee vote count and total votes for each candidate and/or proposition shown.
In witness whereof, we have signed our names.
/s/Kim Fontenot
/s/Paul McKnight
/s/Dan R. Denison
/s/Janice Ackley
/s/H. Lynn Jones I
Run: Feb. 28, 2024 (F-3)
