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Washington Parish Council
Regular Meeting – 6:00 p.m.
Courthouse Bldg., Franklinton, LA
August 22, 2005
Minutes
Item No. 1 – Call to order – Chairman Darwin Sharp called the meeting to order.
Item No. 2 – Invocation – Councilman Wheat gave the invocation.
Item No.3 – Roll call – Clerk Sylvia Forbes called the roll. Present were Kenneth Wheat, Clinton Miley, Charles Nassauer, Rodney Brown, Relton Sumrall, Marvin Thomas and Darwin Sharp.
None were absent.
Item No. 4 – Approval of the minutes – Councilman Miley offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Brown to approve the minutes of the August 8, 2005 meeting. All in favor the motion carried.
Item No. 6 - Introduction of an ordinance – An ordinance authorizing the Parish President to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana regarding funding and construction of an animal shelter in Washington Parish. The ordinance was laid over for publication and a public hearing to be held on September 13, 2005.
Item No. 7 – Public hearing – Chairman Sharp opened the public hearing on an ordinance authorizing the Parish President at his discretion to sign Letters of Commitment, Third Party Agreements, Maintenance Agreements and required contract provisions for DBE Participation for Grant No. 03LRT-WSH-0001.
There were no comments during the public hearing.
Councilman Miley offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Sumrall to close the public hearing. All in favor, the motion carried.
Councilman Brown offered a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 05-361. Councilman Sumrall seconded a motion and a roll call vote was as follows:
YEAS: 7 (Thomas, Sharp, Wheat, Miley, Nassauer, Brown and Sumrall)
NAYS: 0 (None)
ABSENT: 0 (None)
Item No. 8 – Public hearing – Chairman Sharp opened the public hearing on an Ordinance authorizing the Parish President to enter into a contract(s) with Covington Paving on the Parishwide Road Rehabilitation Program.
There were no comments during the public hearing.
Councilman Miley offered a motion to close the public hearing. Councilman Sumrall seconded the motion and it carried.
Councilman Sumrall offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Miley to adopt Ordinance No. 05-362. A roll call vote resulted as follows:
YEAS: 7 (Thomas, Sharp, Wheat, Miley, Nassauer, Brown and Sumrall)
NAYS: 0 (None)
ABSENT: 0 (None)
Item No. 9 – Resolution – Prentiss Talley, Commander of VFW Post No. 7196 addressed the council requesting a resolution of support for the VFW to continue the same services as in the past including serving low content alcoholic beverages. Mr. Talley explained the VFW participates in many civic activities throughout the parish including sponsoring little league baseball teams, canoeing for the Boy Scouts and services for parish veterans of foreign wars.
Councilman Sumrall offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Nassauer to adopt Resolution No. 05-337 supporting the Franklinton/Kentwood Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7196 to continue the same services as in the past. All in favor the motion carried.
Chairman Sharp opened the meeting for public participation.
No one addressed the council during public participation.
Item No. 10 – Parish President’s report – President Taylor reported the LCDBG Grant was advancing for the parish road grant and water system grant. As in the past, the parish will pay the engineering and consultant cost in order to add to their grade points.
A pre-construction meeting will be held next week on the road rehabilitation program and the contract with Covington Paving will be signed at that time.
Six acres of timber have been cleared at the landfill for a debris disposal site. The parish has contacted the National Guard for assistance in removing the stumps from the site.
No date has been set for the pre-construction meeting for cell construction at the Choctaw Landfill, pending receipt of contract documents.
Bid opening for the Franklinton Health Unit parking lot will be held September 1st at 10:00 a.m.
Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. September 7 for the half mile walking trail for the Varnado/Angie Recreation Center, which is being funded by a grant through the Governor’s office of Rural Development.
President Taylor asked the council to ratify the appointment of Marilyn Bateman and Bob Bateman to the Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission. Ms. Bateman will serve as alternate and Mr. Bateman will replace Althea Magee who does not want to be reappointed.
Councilman Wheat offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Miley to appoint Marilyn Bateman and Bob Bateman to the ZTP Commission. All in favor, the motion carried.
President Taylor reported the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana on the Pearl River Navigational Canal has been signed. He said it is the intention of the parish to do something, possibly at the boat launch, to honor Corporal David Stewart who was killed in the Iraq war. Corp. Stewart grew up and lived on the waterway. He said he hoped to do something similar for each of the other parish residents who were killed in the war.
Commander Talley said the VFW would donate American Flags for the monuments.
Item No. 11 – Council discussion – Councilman Miley offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Sumrall to add Fleming Road (.2 of a mile) to the parish inventory. All in favor the motion carried.
Councilman Miley offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Brown to reduce the speed limit on Hollis Leslie and Thigpen roads from 30 MPH to 20 MPH. All in favor the motion carried.
Councilman Miley called for a Road Committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. on September 13, 2005.
Councilman Miley offered a motion, seconded by Councilman Sumrall to adopt a resolution of support for the Bouey Moore house to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. All in favor the motion carried.
Chairman Sharp asked the parish comptroller to publish a Request for Qualifications for an auditor and the Finance Committee will meet to review the applications in 30 days.
Chairman Sharp informed the council that Washington Parish Fire District #2 would be feeding the council Tuesday September 13th after the next council meeting.
Item No. 12 – Adjourn – Having no further business to come before the council, the meeting was adjourned on motion by Councilman Miley, seconded by Councilman Sumrall.
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Sylvia Forbes, Clerk of the Council Darwin Sharp, Chairman