Washington Parish Council

 

Ordinance No. 11- 561

 

Introduced on ___November 28, 2011            

 

Introduced by ___Aubrey Posey_______       

 

Public Hearing held on __December 12, 2011___       

 

AN ORDINANCE FOR AUTHORIZINGTHE PRESIDENT

TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH

CROSS & COMPANY MITIGATION BANK –

18083 S. HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70816

 

THE WASHINGTON PARISH COUNCIL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:

 

            SECTION I:  To enter into an agreement with Cross & Company – 18083 S. Harrell’s Ferry Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 represented by Thomas Cross, its President.

 

            SECTION II:  To authorize the Washington Parish President, Richard N. Thomas, Jr., to purchase from Cross & Company land mitigation credits.

 

            SECTION III:  Washington Parish desires to obtain a mitigation site which satisfies its obligation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE), the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Services (EWS) and others for wetland damages it has incurred or will incur elsewhere.

 

            SECTION IV:  For consideration of the providing of said land mitigation credits on certain property owned by Cross & Company located in the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana, and more particularly described as being located in sections 14 and 15, Township 4 North, Range 6 East, Washington Parish Agrees to pay $ 3,800.00 cash to Cross & Company for 1.00 credits of wetland mitigation.

 

            The above and foregoing having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereupon resulted as follows:

 

            YEAS:

 

            NAYS:

 

            ABSENT:

 

            ABSTAINED:

 

            The ordinance was declared adopted on the ____________________________, 2011.

 

 

 

_________________________________

Aubrey Posey

Washington Parish Council

 

 

Delivered to the Parish President on ____________________, 2011. 

 

 

 

___________________________________

Richard N. Thomas, Jr., Parish President

Washington Parish Government

 

 

Returned to the Clerk of Council on ______________________, 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy or the ordinance adopted at the regular meeting of the Washington Parish Council held on Monday, ____________________, 2011.

 

GIVEN UNDER MY OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this _______ day of ____________________, 2011, Franklinton, Louisiana.

 

 

______________________________

Sharon Lyons, Clerk to the Council

Washington Parish

 

                                                                                                            Ordinance No.10-561