June 2023

PROCEEDINGS OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE HELD AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING PLACE THE CITY HALL, 101 BERARD STREET, BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA AT 6:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023. Mayor Ricky Calais called the meeting to order, the Pledge of Allegiance and the Invocation were recited. Present: Scotty Borel, Albert Menard, Neil Melancon and Eddy LeBlanc Absent:  Ryan Breaux Upon motion of Albert Menard duly seconded by Scotty Borel and unanimously carried, Ordinance 2284 was adopted as submitted. (BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA, THAT THE MUNICPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAER ENDING JUNE 30, 2023 BE AMENDED ACCORDING TO TH ETERMS AND FIGURES CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT IDENTIFIED AS “EXHIBIT A”.)  ORDINANCE 2284 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA, THAT THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023 BE AMENDED ACCORDING TO THE TERMS AND FIGURES CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT IDENTIFIED AS “EXHIBIT A”. BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Aldermen for the City of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana duly convened in session on June __27__, 2023 that: The Municipal Budget for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023 be amended according to the terms and figures contained in the attached exhibit identified as “Exhibit A”. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board of Aldermen for the City of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, duly convened in session on the _27th  day of June, 2023, that this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon signature of the Mayor. Upon motion of Albert Menard___, seconded by Scotty Borel___, and upon verification and assurances that the foregoing ordinance was: Introduced on May 9, 2023 at the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the City of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana; Disseminated to the Mayor and all Aldermen; Published, by title, in the official journal of the City of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, together with notice of the time and place of its consideration for formal adoption; and Presented at a public hearing on the 13th of June, 2023. The Board of Aldermen, on June _27_, 2023 adopted Ordinance number 2284 by virtue of the following votes: Yeas:  Scotty Borel, Albert Menard, Neil Melancon, Eddy LeBlanc Nays:  None Absent:  Ryan Breaux Attest:  ___________________________________________ Kristi Leblanc, City Clerk ___________________________________________          _____________________ Ricky Calais, Mayor                                                               Date City of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana Fiscal Year June 30, 2023 Budget                  General Fund   Sales Tax Fund   Dist Sales Tax Fund   Utility     Fund  Revenues           Taxes       846,406     6,059,730     1,013,558                    –    Licenses & Permits       501,926                    –                     –                     –     Intergovernmental       766,931                    –                     –         115,674    Charges for Services       795,269                    –                     –      2,911,697    Fines & Forfeits         41,289                    –                     –                     –     Parks & Recreation         12,900          Miscellaneous       147,745            4,782                    –           47,527    Total Revenues    3,112,466     6,064,512     1,013,558     3,074,898              Expenditures           General Government    1,883,964          99,460          15,222                    –     Bridges & Streets    1,883,364                    –                     –                     –     Sanitation       795,269                    –                     –                     –     Police    2,627,435                    –                     –                     –     Fire                   –                     –                     –                     –     Parks & Recreation       360,924                    –                     –                     –     Utility Fund                   –                     –                     –      3,434,104  Transfers In:           Sales Tax Fund #1  (2,500,000)                   –                     –       (340,000)   Sales Tax Fund #2  (3,000,000)                   –                     –       (400,000)…

PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE HELD AT CITY HALL, 101 BERARD STREET, AT 6:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023. Mayor Ricky Calais called the meeting to order, the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance were recited. PRESENT:  Ryan Breaux, Scotty Borel, Albert Menard, Neil Melancon ABSENT:  Eddy LeBlanc Monthly budget-to-actual comparisons on the General Funds, Sales Tax Funds, Park and Recreation Fund, and Utility Funds were distributed to the councilmen and Mayor. Upon motion of Scotty Borel, duly seconded by Albert Menard and unanimously carried, the Board of Aldermen approved the deletion of the following item to the agenda: #12-Introduce an ordinance to amend Chapter 23 of Code of Ordinance, the Zoning              Ordinance, to require an application fee for all home occupation petitions. Upon motion of Scotty Borel, duly seconded by Albert Menard and unanimously carried, the Board of Aldermen approved the minutes of the May 9, 2023, City Council Meeting and the minutes of the May 15, 2023, City Council Special Meeting. Upon motion of Albert Menard, duly seconded by Neil Melancon and unanimously carried, the Board of Aldermen opened a public hearing for Ordinance #2287 (An ordinance providing for the incurring of debt and issuance of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2023 of the City of Breaux Bridge, State of Louisiana, and providing for other matters in connection therewith.). Upon motion of Albert Menard, duly seconded by Ryan Breaux and unanimously carried, and there being no further input, the Board of Aldermen closed the public hearing for Ordinance #2287. Upon motion of Albert Menard, duly seconded by Neil Melancon and unanimously carried, the Board of Aldermen adopted Ordinance #2287 (An ordinance providing for the incurring of debt and issuance of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2023 of the City of Breaux Bridge, State of Louisiana, and providing for other matters in connection therewith.). The following ordinance having been introduced at a special meeting on May 15, 2023, and notice of its introduction having been published in the official journal and a public hearing having been held in connection therewith on this date, was offered for final adoption by Albert Menard and seconded by Neil Melancon: ORDINANCE NO. 2287 An ordinance providing for the incurring of debt and issuance of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2023 of the City of Breaux Bridge, State of Louisiana, and providing for other matters in connection therewith.             WHEREAS, the City of Breaux Bridge, State of Louisiana (the “Issuer”) is now receiving revenues derived from the levy and collection of a special one percent (1%) sales and use tax (the “Tax”) being levied and collected by the Issuer, pursuant to an election held in the Issuer on November 16, 2019, at which election the following proposition was approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in such election, viz: PROPOSITION (SALES TAX) Shall the City of Breaux Bridge, State of Louisiana (the “City”), be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one percent (1%) (the “Tax”) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the City, all as defined by law, in perpetuity, beginning January 1, 2020 (an estimated $2,700,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used solely for the purposes of (i) acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating infrastructure, including public streets, sidewalks and rights-of-way, drainage, water works, parks and recreation facilities, and the purchasing and acquiring of necessary equipment, land and rights-of-way for any of the aforesaid public works, improvements and facilities, (ii) public safety, including police and fire operations, facilities and equipment and (iii) cultural and economic development?                   WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority of the aforesaid election, the Issuer adopted an ordinance providing for the levy and collection of the Tax beginning January 1, 2020 (the “Tax Ordinance”); and              WHEREAS, the Issuer now desires to incur debt and issue its Sales Tax Bonds, Series 2023, in the principal amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (the “Bonds”), pursuant to Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisi­ana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the “Act”), for the purpose of (i) acquiring, constructing and/or improving infrastructure, including public streets, sidewalks and rights-of-way, drainage, water works, parks and recreation facilities, and the purchasing and acquiring of necessary equipment, land and rights-of-way for any of the aforesaid public works, improvements and facilities; (ii) paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds; and             WHEREAS, the Bonds shall be secured by and payable out of the proceeds of the Tax after the payment by the Issuer of the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax (the “Net Revenues of the Tax”); and             WHEREAS, the Louisiana State Bond Commission approved the levy of the Tax at its meeting on September 19, 2019; and             WHEREAS, the maturities of the hereinafter described Bonds will be arranged so that the total amount of principal and interest falling due in any year on the Bonds will never exceed 75% of the revenues of the Tax estimated to be received by the Issuer in the year in which the Bonds are issued; and             WHEREAS, other than the Bonds herein authorized, the Issuer has no outstanding bonds or other obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the Tax herein pledged; and             WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Issuer to fix the details necessary with respect to the issuance of the Bonds and…