ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC HEARING
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT IT WILL HOLD A
PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025, AT OLD CITY
MARKET LOCATED AT 131 W. BELLEVUE STREET, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
THE HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS
FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING:
5:30 p.m.
ORDINANCE NO.2025-024
(Sponsored By: Councilman Dexter Brown)
AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON THE UNDEVELOPED PART OF GENUNG
AVENUE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS PECAN ROAD
WHEREAS, St. Landry Parish Government has decided to abandon Genung Avenue in
St. Landry Parish because Genung Avenue is undeveloped and was never needed nor used
for public purposes, as per Louisiana Revised Statute 48:701.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT that the undeveloped portion of Genung Avenue which runs
Southwest from Kolder Laneo formerly named Pine Street, and which measures 226
feet on its’ Northwest boundary and measures 317 feet on its’ Southeast boundary in
St. Landry Parish is hereby abandoned.
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-025
(Sponsored By: Councilwoman Mildred Thierry)
AN ORDINANCE TO SELL ADJUDICATED PROPERTY TO AN ADJOINING
LANDOWNER OF THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY AS PER LA R.5.47:2202 (B)
WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statute 47:2202 B. states that the governing authority of
each political subdivision may allow an adjoining landowner to purchase adjudicated
property for any price set by the governing authority without public bidding at a public
meeting of the governing authority; provided, that the governing authority determines that
the adjoining landowner has maintained the adjudicated property for a period of one ye4r
prior to the sale. Such a sale shall be deemed a public sale.
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WHEREAS, the St. Landry Parish Government has determined that Joseph J Darby
registered agent for Darby Properties,LLP, is the adjoining landowner of adjudicated
property and has maintained said adjudicated property for a period of one year or
more, and thus, Darby PropertiesrLLP, may purchase the adjudicated property
through a public sale without public bidding.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT that the following adjudicated property shall be sold by public sale to
Joseph J Darby registered agent for Darby Properties,LLP, an adjoining land owner
to the adjudicated property who maintained said adjudicated property for one year or
more, without public bidding, for a price set by St. Landry Parish Government of, as
per LA R.5.4722202B.., at the assessed value of $101300 and said adjudicated property
is described as follows:
I LOT (FRONTING r21’ON CANAL ST) (0.23 AC) LyrNG SOUTH OF CANAL ST
IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE ORIG TOWN OF ARNAUDVILLE
IN SEC 62 T-75 R-58 N CANAL ST S COULEE PARISH LINE & CORP LIMITS E
GUTDRY W DARBY 1628s0 (N-6-371) (REDESCRIBED 1992) 903450 (p-39-79s)
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This adjudicated property bearing parcel number 0300204950 in the St. Landry Parish
land records. Which adjoins the property bearing Parcel Number: 0300058000.
ORDINANCE NO 2025-026
(Sponsored By: Councilman Dexter Brown)
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ST. LANDRY PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES
SECTION 44-3 TO DESIGNATE A SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MPH FOR SIDNEY
CHARLES ROAD.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT THAT St. Landry Parish Code of Ordinances Section 44-3 will be
amended to designate a speed limit of 30 mph for Sidney Charles Road;
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY
PARISH GOVERNMENT THAT all other provisions of St. Landry Parish Code of
Ordinances Section 44-3 shall remain unchanged and have the full effect of law;
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-027
(Sponsored By: Councilman Jimmie Edwards)
AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON GRASSY LANE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH
WHEREAS, St. Landry Parish Government has decided to abandon Grassy Lane in
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St. Landry Parish because Grassy Lane is no longer needed for public purposes, as per
Louisiana Revised Statute 48:70L
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT that Grassy Lane in St. Landry Parish is hereby abandoned.
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-028
(Sponsored By: Councilman Faltery Jolivette)
An ordinance to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of a Revenue Anticipation
Note of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana, in an amount not to exceed Four
Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,600,000) and providing for other matters in
connection therewith.
WHEREAS, the Parish Council of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana, acting as
the governing authority of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), desires to
authorize the Parish to incur debt and issue its not to exceed Four Million Six Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($4,600,000) Revenue Anticipation Note, Series 2025 (the “Note”) in the manner
authorized and provided by Section 1430 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority (the “Act”), for the purpose of (i)
paying current expenses of the Parish during the term of the Note and (ii) paying the costs of
issuance of the Note; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Parish Council of the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana (the “Parish Council”), acting, acting as the governing authority thereo{ that:
SECTION 1. Authorization of Revenue Anticipation Note. Under the terms of the Act, the
Parish is hereby authorized to incur debt for the purpose of paying current expenses of the Parish
during the term of the Note, in anticipation of the revenues accruing to the Parish during the term
of the Note, and to represent said indebtedness, the Parish shall issue its Four Million Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,600,000) Revenue Anticipation Note, Series 2025 (the “Note”).
The Note shall mature on the date and bear interest at the rate as set forth in the Note, which
interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 3O-day months.
The Note shall be issued in the form of a single fully registered note, dated the date of delivery
thereof to the Lender (as defined below) and numbered R-1. The principal of the Note shall be
subject to prepayment at any time, in whole or in part at the option of the Parish upon five (5)
Business Days’ notice to the Lender (as defined below), at’h price of par plus accrued interest to
the date of prepayment. The purchase price of the Note shall be advanced to the Parish by the
Lender as installments, and interest shall accrue from the date of the receipt of each such
installment and not prepaid by the Parish.
SECTION 2. Form and Execution of Note. The Note shall be in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A, with such additions, omissions and changes as may be necessary, and the
Clerk of the Parish Council and the Parish President (the “Authorized Officers”) are each
authorized and directed on behalf of the Parish to execute, seal and deliver the Note to the
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Lender (as defined below)
SECTION 3. Security for Note. The Note will be secured by and payable from a pledge of all
revenues accruing to the Parish during the term of the Note, until the Note is paid in full in
accordance with its terms, all in accordance with the provisions of the Act and other
constitutional and statutory authority.
SECTION 4. Award of Note. The Parish hereby authorizes the Chairman of the Parish Council
to accept the offer to purchase (the “Term Sheet”) submitted by Washington State Bank, in
Washington, Louisiana (the “Lender”), attached as Exhibit B hereto (all the terms and provisions
of which shall be incorporated herein by reference). Terms of the Term Sheet not expressly
stated in this Ordinance are hereby approved and adopted as if fully set forth herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as a condition to the delivery of the Note to the Lender, the
Lender will execute a standard letter, acceptable to it and the Parish, indicating (i) it has
conducted its own analysis with respect to the Note, (ii) it is extending credit in the form of the
Note as a vehicle for making a commercial loan to the Parish, and (iii) it intends to hold the Note
until maturity, provided that the Lender retains the right at any time to dispose of the Note or any
interest therein or portion thereof, but agrees that any such sale, transfer or distribution by the
Lender shall be made in accordance with applicable law and only to (a) an affiliate of the
Lender; or (b) one or more banks, entities directly or indirectly controlled by a bank or under
common control with a bank, other than a broker dealer or municipal securities dealer, which
certifies that it is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule l44A of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
SECTION 5. Authorization of Officers. The Parish President and the Chairman and Clerk of
the Parish Council are each hereby further authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the
Parish, to accept, receive, execute, seal, attest and deliver all such documents, certificates and
other instruments as are required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery
of the Note and to take such further action as may be appropriate or required by law or advised
by bond counsel or the municipal advisor in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and
delivery of the Note.
SECTION 6. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Ordinance or of the
Note shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not
affect any other provisions of this Ordinance or of the Note, but this Ordinance and the Note
shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained
therein. Any constitutional or statutory provisions enacted after the date of this Ordinance which
validate or make legal any provision of the Ordinance andlor the Note which would not
otherwise be valid or legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Ordinance and to the Note.
SECTION 7. Disclosure Under SEC Rule l5c 2-12. The Parish will not be required to comply
with the continuing disclosure requirements described in Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission [17 CFR 240.15c2-12].
SECTION 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
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BY ORDER OF ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
/s/ Jody White, Chairman
Sherell Jordan, Council Clerk
St. Landry Parish Council
P.O. Drawer 100, Opelousas, LA 70570
Telephone Number: 337 -9 42-6863
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact
Sherell Jordan or Karen Barlow at337-942-6863 describing the assistance that is necessary.
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