2023-0292
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(BOND COUNSEL)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
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A resolution providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the special election held in Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana, on Saturday, October 14, 2023, to vote upon the adoption of amendments to the current St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter.
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BE IT RESOLVED by St. Charles Parish Council (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), that:
SECTION 1. Canvass. This Governing Authority does now proceed in open and public session to examine the official tabulations of votes cast at the special election held in Parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2023(the "Election"), to vote upon the adoption of amendments to the current St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter pursuant to the following propositions (the "Propositions"):
CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSITION NO. 1 OF 2
Shall Article III, Section A.2 of the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter be amended to read: The members of the parish council elected at large shall receive an annual salary of $24,000.00 and the members elected by districts shall receive an annual salary of $19,200.00, effective January 8, 2024. The annual salaries of the parish council, as established herein, shall be adjusted by the same percentage rate as the cost of living adjustment approved for civil service employees in 2025 and each succeeding year thereafter. Each member shall receive his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties, within limitations established by the parish council?
CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSITION NO. 2 OF 2
Shall Article III, Section B.2 of the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter be amended to read: The annual salary of the parish president shall be fixed at $175,000.00, effective January 8, 2024, and may be increased by ordinance of the parish council, provided that an ordinance increasing the president’s salary shall not be passed during the last year of a term and no salary increase shall become effective during the term in which the ordinance is adopted. The parish president shall be eligible for all benefits available to full-time employees of the Parish?
This Governing Authority does further proceed to examine and canvass the returns of the Election thereof.
SECTION 2. Election Results. According to the official certified tabulation of votes cast at said Election, (i) there was a total of 7,304 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Proposition No. 1 and a total of 5,960 votes cast AGAINST Proposition No. 1, resulting in a majority of 1,344 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Proposition No. 1; and (ii) there was a total of 7,874 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Proposition No. 2 and a total of 5,444 votes cast AGAINST Proposition No. 2, resulting in a majority of 2,430 votes cast IN FAVOR OF Proposition No. 2. The Propositions were therefore duly CARRIED by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors voting at the Election.
SECTION 3. Promulgation of Election Result. The results of said election shall be promulgated by publication in the manner provided by law, after receipt from the Secretary of State’s office of the actual costs of the election, as required by §18:1292 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.
SECTION 4. Declaration. The foregoing results of the Election are hereby declared by this Governing Authority and shall be published as required by law.
SECTION 5. Procès Verbal. A Procès Verbal of the canvass of the returns of the Election shall be made and a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who shall record the same in his office; another certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages in and for the Parish of St. Charles, who shall record the same in the Mortgage Records of said Parish; and another copy thereof shall be retained in the archives of this Governing Authority.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 6th day of November, 2023, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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