2017-0081
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL SERVICES)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to authorize the Parish President to settle and obtain a full and final compromise with Royal St. Charles Sewerage, Co., Inc. through the payment of $32,500.00 in the matters entitled "Royal St. Charles Sewerage Co., Inc.", 29th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Charles, No. 38,150 and "Parish of St. Charles Versus Harold Falgout, Jr., Et AL", 29th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Charles, No. 36,793.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish entered into a contract with the predecessors of Royal St. Charles Sewerage, Co., Inc., regarding the wastewater treatment plant for Dianne Place Subdivision; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish later expropriated the wastewater treatment plant and land on which it sat for drainage pumps; and,
WHEREAS, a dispute arose and litigation commenced regarding the contractual obligations of the parties to each other and the value of the expropriated property; and,
WHEREAS, the parties have reached an agreement whereby St. Charles Parish will pay Royal St. Charles Sewerage, Co., Inc. the sum of $32,500 to settle and obtain the full and final compromise of all claims of Royal St. Charles Parish Sewerage Co., Inc., against St. Charles Parish.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to issue payment to Royal St. Charles Sewerage Co., Inc., in the amount of $32,500 and enter into a Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release and Indemnification Agreement to obtain the full and final compromise of all claims of Royal St. Charles Sewerage Co., Inc. against St. Charles Parish.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of ___________, 2017, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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