2019-0322
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
RESOLUTION NO.
Title
A resolution of the St. Charles Parish Council requesting that Parish Legal Advisor Robert Raymond acknowledge receipt of and responds in writing within five (5) days of the effective date of this resolution to the request for a legal opinion that was requested in a letter dated August 2, 2019, sent by Mr. Paul J. Hogan, Councilman-at-Large of Division B, having subsequently been resent thirty (30) times over the last three (3) months with no response or acknowledgement of receipt having ever being received, whether or not it is the duty and obligation of the Parish Legal Advisor to provide legal advice to Councilmembers when requested, relative to the wording of proposed ordinances so as to help produce draft ordinances, that if adopted, would be enforceable and able to withstand legal challenges if adopted.
Body
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, request that Parish Legal Advisor Robert Raymond acknowledge receipt of and responds in writing within five (5) days of the effective date of this resolution to the request for a legal opinion that was requested in a letter dated August 2, 2019, sent by Mr. Paul J. Hogan, Councilman-at-Large of Division B, having subsequently been resent thirty (30) times over the last three (3) months with no response or acknowledgement of receipt having ever being received, whether or not it is the duty and obligation of the Parish Legal Advisor to provide legal advice to Councilmembers when requested, relative to the wording of proposed ordinances so as to help produce draft ordinances, that if adopted, would be enforceable and able to withstand legal challenges if adopted.
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this day of , 2019, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2019-0322 RESO - RQST FOR RESPONSE TO LEGAL ADVISOR DUTIES AND OBLIG 26 times (11-22-19) (I_12-2-19).docx
CHAIRMAN:______________________________________________
SECRETARY:_____________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:__________________
PARISH PRESIDENT:______________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:_______________________________________
AT:_______________ RECD BY: _____________________________