2016-0137
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
ORDINANCE NO. __________
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An ordinance to provide for the reestablishment of the Board of Commissioners of the Sunset Drainage District to serve as the governing authority of the said District as previously existed prior to the St. Charles Parish Council becoming the governing authority.
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WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Police Jury created the Sunset Drainage District as a reorganization of the St. Charles Municipal Drainage District, on May 6, 1924 as per Ordinance No. 4-17-24, and provided for said District to be governed by a Board of Commissioners; and,
WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:1607 (c) provided a means for the St. Charles Parish Council to replace the Board of Commissioners of the Sunset Drainage District as the governing authority of the District by adopting an ordinance appointing and designating the St. Charles Parish Council as the governing authority of the District; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council adopted Ordinance No. 13-8-5 which replaced the Board of Commissioners of the Sunset Drainage District with the St. Charles Parish Council as the governing authority; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council failed in its duties and obligations as the governing authority of the District since the time it became the governing authority of the District; and,
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Attorney General Opinion No. 14-0087 advised the St. Charles Parish Council that it acquired all the functions and responsibilities previously performed by the Board of Commissioners of the Sunset Drainage District; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council has failed and continues to fail in a number of its duties and obligations as the governing authority of the District and has done so since the time it became the governing authority of the District; and,
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Attorney General Opinion No. 15-0164 advised the St. Charles Parish Council that it as...
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