Regular Meeting, Town of Addis, Wednesday, May 1, 1996

TOWN OF ADDIS MINUTES

The regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the Town of Addis was held at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 1, 1996 at the Addis Municipal Center. Mayor Pro-Tempore LeBlanc called the meeting to order and led the Pledge to the Flag.

Roll Call: Present: Mayor Pro-Temp LeBlanc; Aldermen Cazes; B. Landry; H. Landry; Parrish.

Absent: Mayor Bourgeois

The minutes of the regular meeting of April 3rd were approved, as mailed, on a motion by Alderman H. Landry, seconded by Alderman B. Landry and adopted.

Correspondence: A resolution from the Parish Council asking the State to install a left hand turn lane at LA 1 and Chris Drive was read. Mr. Berthelot advised that no answer was received on this request as yet.

Parish Council: Mr. Berthelot, Councilmember, advised that the Parish will try to finish the culverts in Myhand Ditch, west of the tracks, by the end of this year. He is trying to get Myhand Street on the agenda for next year's capital outlay budget.

Sewer Report: Mr. Artigue reported that he had four equipment failures; two jammed pumps; three leaks; one grease problem; and four miscellaneous calls. He asked that Mrs. Alexander be sent a bill for a broken tank top.

Mr. Larpenteur advised that the Cooperative Agreement with the Railroad should be signed sometime this week.

Police Report: The monthly report, given by Asst Chief Jones, included 71 citations issued; three vehicle accidents; eve misdemeanor arrests; one felony arrest and 86 total complaints answered. This month Cpl Rivet and Offc Gonzales attended the POST mandated school on use of force and Nell Pepitone attended a two day training seminar hosted by the LA Secretaries to Chiefs of Police. Chief Berthelot and Asst Chief Jones qualified New Roads police department for their annual firearms certification.

Planning & Zoning: A public hearing was held on a request by Mr. Walter Cain to rezone property owned by him on First Street. Following the public hearing, a motion was made by Alderman B. Landry, seconded by Alderman H. Landry to accept the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission and allow the rezoning of property owned by Mr. Walter Cain, being Lots 2, 3, and 4 of a subdivision of the Lousteau Property on First Street, from R-100b Residential to C-1, Commercial. The motion was adopted.

A public hearing was held on Ordinance 96-1 which allows a raise in the Aldermen's salary from $200.00

per month to $250.00 per month for the regular meeting. Following the public hearing at which the proposed

Ordinance was read in full by Mr. Larpenteur, a motion was made by Alderman B. Landry, seconded by

Alderman Parrish to adopt Ordinance 96-1- An Ordinance establishing the salaries for Aldermen, Board of Aldermen,

Town of Addis as follows: Each Alderman shall receive $250.00 per month salary, and shall receive an additional $200.00 for each special meeting duly called and convened by the Board of Aldermen. The motion was adopted on the following roll call vote:

Yeas: Cazes; B. Landry; LeBlanc; Parrish

Nays: None

Absent: None

Abstaining: H. Landry

This ordinance has been previously published.

A resolution congratulating and commending the Brusly High School Pantherettes Dance Team for winning a national championship title at the United States Dance/Drill team National Championships held in Nashville, Tennessee on March 1 and March 2, 1996, was offered by Alderman Cazes, seconded by Alderman H. Landry and adopted on the

following roll call vote:

Yeas: Cazes; B. Landry; H. Landry; LeBlanc; Parrish

Nays: None

Absent: None

Abstaining: None

A proclamation naming May 15, 1996 as Police Memorial Day in the Town of Addis, Louisiana was read. This day is set aside to honor all police officers and especially those from the local area, who have given their lives to keep our communities safe to live in. The flag will be flown at half-mast that day and a special time will be set out to remember those police officers who have died in the line of duty.

LCDBG: Proposals for an Administrative/Consultant firm and an Engineering firm to work on a proposed 1997 LCDBG grant were opened, with one quote received for each position:

Hannum & Fontenot - Administrative/Consultant

Environmental Engineering Services, Inc. - Engineering Services

These two quotes were taken under advisement until they could be graded by the Mayor and Alderman in accordance with regulations set out for the Community Development Block Grants on a motion by Alderman Cazes, seconded by Alderman H. Landry. The motion was adopted.

Committee Reports:

Finance: A motion to pay bills found to be in order was made by Alderman Parrish, seconded by Alderman Cazes and adopted.

Sewer: A motion was made by Alderman H. Landry, seconded by Alderman Cazes to approve membership in the Capital Region of the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Waste, Inc. with dues of $10.00 per year per person; and to approve the purchase of a pipe locator - Pipehorn 100 - at a cost of $620.00 plus freight.

The motion was adopted.

Emergency repairs to the heater coil on the pickup in the amount of $144.95 was ratified on a motion by Alderman Cazes, seconded by Alderman Parrish and adopted.

Police: None

Personnel: None

Drainage: None

Buildings: None

Streets, Roads, etc. Mr. Delapasse was asked to contact Clovis Hendry to check leaks found in the Municipal Building.

Mr. Delapasse advised that potholes on Myhand Street will be repaired Thursday.

Quotes will be received from tree service companies to check an oak tree back of the Municipal Building which appears to be dying.

A motion to temporarily adjourn the meeting in order to hold the Fire Sub-District meeting was made at 8:05 p.m. by Alderman Parrish, 2nd by Alderman B. Landry and adopted.

A motion to reconvene the meeting was made at 8:15 p.m. by Alderman B. Landry, seconded by Alderman Parrish and adopted.

Mayor Bourgeois arrived at 8:10 p.m.

The Board then rated the quotes received from Hannum & Fontana and EES, Inc. on the proposed 1997 LCDBG.

Following the grading, a motion was made by Alderman LeBlanc, seconded by Alderman Cazes to accept the proposal of Hannum & Fontana for Administrative Services. The motion was adopted.

A motion was made by Alderman Parrish, seconded by Alderman B. Landry to accept the proposal of EES, Inc. for Engineering Services. The motion was adopted.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m. on a motion by Alderman LeBlanc, seconded by Alderman Cazes and adopted.

Carroll P. Bourgeois, Mayor

Vera T. Lucus, Town Clerk