Public Notices for March 21, 2024

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

ROCKET MORTGAGE LLC FKA QUICKEN LOANS LLC

VS NO 49,435 SECTION C

BRITTNEY FAITH CHENEVERT

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 3, 2024

the following property, to-wit

A certain tract or parcel of land containing 1.00 acres, more or less, situated in the Northwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 of NW 1/4) of Section 2, Township 19 North, Range 8 East, Parish of Richland, State of Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 19 North, Range 8 East, and the East right of way line of State Highway No. 585, run North 0 degrees 27 minutes East a distance of 665.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; Run (1) Thence continue North 0 degrees 27 minutes East (along said Hwy. Right of Way line) a distance of 175.0 feet (2) Thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes East a distance of 250.0 feet to the Northeast corner of said plot. (3) Thence South 0 degrees 27 minutes West a distance of 17 5. 0 feet to the Southeast corner of said plot. (4) Thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes West a distance of250.0 feet, back to the POINT OF BEGINNING; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITHOUT the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

2/29, 3/21

   

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

VS NO 48,986 SECTION C

CHERYL K STANLEY AKA CHERYL STANLEY, CHERYL K LITTLE

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 3, 2024

the following property, to-wit:

A tract of land in Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, of Section 8, Township 17 North, Range 8 East situated in the Southwest corner thereof: more particularly described as commencing at the point of intersection of the East right of way line of the public road running North and South along the West line of said Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter with the North right of way line of the public road running East and West along the South line of said Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter, thence run North 208.7 feet, thence East 208.7 feet, thence South 208.7 feet, thence West 208.7 feet to the point of beginning, and containing one acre, more or less. This being the same property acquired by Claude Cordell by deed filed September 2, 1967, Document No. 195788, in conveyance Book 216, records of Richland Parish, Louisiana.

Which has the address of 115 Mengel Road, Rayville, LA 71269

 

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITH the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

2/29, 3/21

   

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC

VS NO 49,026 SECTION A

BESSIE MARIE VASQUEZ

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 3, 2024

the following property, to-wit:

A 2.1324 acre tract of land located in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 36 of T18N-R9E of Richland Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana. Said tract of land is bounded on the east by the west right-of-way of La. Hwy. No. 17 and on the south by the north line of Subdivision of the Meta Wood Warden property (see plat recorded in plat cabinet A, slide 43, records of Richland Parish) and is more particularly described as follows: commencing at a point marked by a 1-1/4” iron pipe which locates the southeast corner of the NE 1/4 of the SW 114 of Section 36, T18N-R9E and run thence along the south line of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 36, T18 N, R9E, and run S 89°44’00” W, 460.59 feet to a point located on the west right-of-way line of La. Iiwy. No. 17 and the POINT OF BEGINNING; run thence along the west right-of-way line of La. Hwy. No. 17 the following two calls: (1) N 31°41’W, 130.32 feet to a point; (2) N 36°55’13” W 76.05 feet to a point; thence S 88°36’47” W, 493.97 feet to a point; thence S 00° 162.57’ to a point, thence N 89°44’E 607.21 feet to the point of beginning; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITHOUT the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

2/29, 3/21

   

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

VS NO 49,416 SECTION A

AMBER DAWN ARMFIELD STEWART WIFE OF/AND LOGAN HOWELL STEWART

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 3, 2024

the following property, to-wit:

A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, containing 0.12 acres, more or less 1 situated in Sections 14 and 15, Township 18 North, Range 8 East, Richland Parish1 Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the centerline of an East-West public road a distance of 2643.3 feet West of the centerline of the Holly Ridge - Epps Highway and the northwest corner of Lot 46 of the Chess-Wymond Subdivision as per plat on file in the records of Richland Parish, Louisiana; thence run southerly along the west line of Lot 46 and Lot 44 a distance of 2642.64 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 42; thence run easterly along the north line of Lot 42 a distance of 2658.0 feet to the centerline of Holly Ridge-Epps Highway; thence run southerly along the centerline of the Holly Ridge-Epps Highway a distance of 736.60 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

1. Thence continue in a southerly direction along the centerline of the Holly Ridge-Epps Highway a distance of 16.42 feet.

2. Thence turn a right deflection angle of 89 degrees 50 minutes and run in a westerly direction a distance of 318.40 feet.

3. Thence turn a right deflection angle of 90 degrees 10 minutes and run in a northerly direction a distance of 16.42 feet.

4. Thence turn a right deflection angle of 89 degrees 50 minutes and run in an easterly direction a distance of 318.40 feet back to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, containing 0.88 acres, more or less, situated in Sections 14 and 15, Township 18 North, Range 8 East, Richland Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the centerline of an East-West public road a distance of 2643.3 feet West of the centerline of the Holly Ridge-Epps Highway and the northwest corner of Lot 46 of the Chess-Wymond Subdivision as per plat on file in the records of Richland Parish, Louisiana; thence run southerly along the west line of Lot 46 and Lot 44 a distance of 2642.64 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 42; thence run easterly along the north line of Lot 42 a distance of 2 658. 0 feet to the centerline of the Holly Ridge-Epps Highway; thence run southerly along the centerline of the Holly Ridge-Epps Highway a distance of 615.64 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

1. Thence continue in a southerly direction along the centerline of the Holly Ridge-Epps Highway a distance of 120.96 feet.

2. Thence turn a right deflection angle of 89 degrees 50 minutes, and run in a westerly direction a distance of 318.40 feet.

3. Thence turn a right deflection angle of 90 degrees 10 minutes and run in a northerly direction a distance of 120.96 feet.

4. Thence turn a right deflection angle of 89 degrees 50 minutes and run in an easterly direction a distance of 318.40 feet back to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITH the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

2/29, 3/21

   

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH

MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST F

VS NO 49,483 SECTION C

TONI POTTS

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 24, 2024

the following property, to-wit:

Lot 16 (less a strip 15 feet wide off the east side, book 142 page 392), and Lots 17 and 18, all in Block 19, Cook’s Third Addition to the Town of Rayville, Louisiana; (less a strip 52 feet north and south by 135 feet east and east off the north end of Lots 18 and 17, and the west 35 feet of Lot 16) (book 165, page 453).

And

A strip of land 52 feet north and south by 135 feet east and west off the entire north end of Lots 18 and 17, and off the west 35 feet of Lot 16, all in block 19, Cook’s Third Addition to the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, (book 208, page 75).

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITH the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

3/21, 4/11

   

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

VS NO 47,475 SECTION A

TAVIOUS V SHARP

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 24, 2024

the following property, to-wit:

1 ACRE OF LAND BEING A CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION NO 2, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGIN AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION NO. 2 AND THENCE RUN IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE CONTINUE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG SAID WEST BOUNDARY OF EAST 1/2 OF SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET; THENCE TURN A RIGHT DEFLECTION ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES AND RUN IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET; THENCE TURN A RIGHT DEFLECTION ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES AND RUN IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET;THENCE TURN A RIGHT DEFLECTION ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES, 00 MINUTES AND RUN IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET, BACK TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1 ACRE MORE OR LESS; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITH the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

3/21, 4/11

   

SHERIFF’S SALE

State of Louisiana, Parish of Richland-Fifth District Court

NEWREZ LLC DBA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING

VS NO 49,490 SECTION B

JERMAINE D ESTERS AKA JERMAINE ESTERS AND LORA ESTERS

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable FIFTH District Court in and for the Parish of RICHLAND, State of Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered cause and to me directed as Sheriff, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the courthouse in the Town of Rayville, Louisiana, within legal hours of sale, on

April 24, 2024

the following property, to-wit:

A certain lot or parcel of land containing 0.77 acres, more or less, situated in SE/4 of NW/4, Section 19, T17N, R10E, Richland Parish, La. and being more particularly described as commencing at the Northeast corner of said SE/4 of NW/4, said point lying in the center of Cook Road; thence Southerly along the East line of said SE/4 ofNW/4 and along the center of Cook Road; a distance of 361.63 ft. to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence turning a deflection angle of 90 deg. 00’ right, continue Westerly, a distance of 235 ft.; thence turning a deflection angle of 93 deg. 55’05” left, continue Southerly a distance of 146.34 ft.; thence turning a deflection angle of 86 deg. 04’55” left, continue Easterly a distance of 225.0 ft. to the East line of said SE/4 ofNW/4 and the centerline of Cook Road; thence turning a deflection angle of 90 deg. 00’ 00” left, continue Northerly along the East line of the said SE/4 of NW/4 and along Cook Rd. a distance of 146.0 ft. to the POINT OF BEGINNING and being subject to the Right of Way of Cook Road and all other Rights of Way, Easements and Servitudes of Record or of use.

Seized as the property of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy said WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE and all costs. Terms of sale: Cash to the last and highest bidder, WITHOUT the benefit of appraisement.

GARY GILLEY

RICHLAND PARISH SHERIFF

3/21, 4/11

   

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The Richland Parish School Board will receive sealed bids until 2:00 p.m., CST, Friday, April 5, 2024, in the School Board complex, 411 Foster Street, Rayville, Louisiana, for lease of surface rights only for the property located in Ward 1 S16 NE4 T17N R9E lying north of U.S. Highway 80 containing approximately 5 acres.

The term of the lease shall be for five years commencing immediately upon award date.  Proof of general liability insurance is required to be provided at time of lease signing and each anniversary date thereafter for the term of the lease.  Bids shall be placed in a sealed envelope with the words “Land Lease Bid North” written on the envelope.

Lease shall be paid in advance by the year with the first year’s lease payment included in the bid envelope.  Improvements and maintenance to property will be agreed upon by both parties. 

Bids will be opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m., CST, Friday, April 5, 2024.  Only a bona fide, sealed proposal will be considered at opening time.  The public is invited to attend the bid opening.

Bids may be mailed to the Richland Parish School Board, P O Box 599, Rayville, LA 71269, or may be hand delivered and must be received prior to 2:00 p.m., on opening date at the School Board Business Office, 411 Foster Street, Rayville, LA.  Bids received after the opening time specified will be returned unopened.  The Richland Parish School Board reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

For further information contact the Richland Parish School Board Business Office at (318) 728-5964.

Bill Martin

Business Manager

RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

3/21, 3/28, 4/4

   

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The Richland Parish School Board will receive sealed bids until 2:00 p.m., CST, Friday, April 5, 2024, in the School Board complex, 411 Foster Street, Rayville, Louisiana, for lease of surface rights only for the property located in Ward 1 S16 T17N R9E lying south of U.S. Highway 80 containing approximately 383 acres.

The term of the lease shall be for five years commencing immediately upon award date.  Proof of general liability insurance is required to be provided at time of lease signing and each anniversary date thereafter for the term of the lease.  Bids shall be placed in a sealed envelope with the words “Land Lease Bid South” written on the envelope.

Lease shall be paid in advance by the year with the first year’s lease payment included in the bid envelope.  Improvements and maintenance to property will be agreed upon by both parties. 

Bids will be opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m., CST, Friday, April 5, 2024.  Only a bona fide, sealed proposal will be considered at opening time.  The public is invited to attend the bid opening.

Bids may be mailed to the Richland Parish School Board, P O Box 599, Rayville, LA 71269, or may be hand delivered and must be received prior to 2:00 p.m., on opening date at the School Board Business Office, 411 Foster Street, Rayville, LA.  Bids received after the opening time specified will be returned unopened.  The Richland Parish School Board reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

For further information contact the Richland Parish School Board Business Office at (318) 728-5964.

Bill Martin

Business Manager

RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

3/21, 3/28, 4/4

   

Town of Rayville Council Minutes 

Mayor- Board of Aldermen

Monday, March 11, 2024

The Town of Rayville held a Regular Council Meeting with Mayor - Board of Aldermen, Town of Rayville State of Louisiana, taken Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Town Hall 109 Benedette St. Rayville LA  71269 at 6:00 PM.  With a quorum present, Board received agenda, public notice posted on Friday, March  8, 2024, the meeting was called to order by  Mayor Pro Tem: Jerry Gordon at 6:00 p.m. Prayer was led by Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Gordon, and Pledge was led by Alderwoman Paula Cumpton.    

Present: Mayor Pro Tem: Jerry Gordon Town Attorney: Damon Kervin, Chief of Police: Markus Turner, and; Town Clerk: Deborah T. Nealon; Alderwomen: Paula Cumpton, Consuela Hunter and Debra James; Alderman:  Joseph Fletcher, Assistant Chief of Police Czyz Williams.

Absent: Mayor Harry Lewis

Approval of the Minutes & Bills

Upon a motion by Alderwoman James, seconded by Alderman Fletcher, the Board agreed to approve last month minutes and bills from regular Council meeting.

Yeas: Cumpton, Fletcher, Hunter, James 

Nays: None

Absent: None

With a unanimous vote and consent from the Board, Mayor Harry Lewis declared the motion carried.

Financial Reports

Upon a motion by Alderwoman James, seconded by Alderman Fletcher, the Board agreed to approve last month minutes and bills from regular Council meeting.

Yeas: Cumpton, Fletcher, Hunter, James

Nays: None

Absent: None

With a unanimous vote and consent from the Board, Mayor Harry Lewis declared the motion carried.

Chief of Police Report

Chief Turner stated fines collected for the month of February $7,290.50

Upon a motion by Alderman Gordon, seconded by Alderwoman Hunter, the Board agreed to adopt Resolution 2024-2; A resolution to authorize  Cenla Environmental Science to submit (MWPP) Municipal Pollution Prevention Environmental DEQ Audit report from January – December 2023.      

Yeas: Cumpton, Fletcher, Hunter, James

Nays: None

Absent: None

With a unanimous vote and consent from the Board, Mayor Harry Lewis declared the motion carried.

Upon a motion by Alderman Fletcher, seconded by Alderwoman James, the Board agreed to adopt Resolution 2024-3; A resolution stating the Town of Rayville is agreeable to accept ownership of whatever rights the state of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development may own in Christian Drive, subject to written signed transfer agreement.

Yeas: Cumpton, Fletcher, Hunter, James

Nays: None

Absent: None

With a unanimous vote and consent from the Board, Mayor Harry Lewis declared the motion carried.

Attorney’s Report

Clerk’s Report

Town Clerk Deborah T. Nealon stated that Sales Tax Collections for December $29,847.49

Mayor’s Report

•Each Ordinance and Resolution was read aloud separately by the clerk Deborah T. Nealon with a request for any comments from the public; the following were discussed and passed.

Adjournment 

Upon a motion by Alderman Fletcher seconded by Alderwoman James the Board agreed to adjourn regular council meeting.

Yeas: Cumpton, Fletcher, Hunter, James 

Nays: None

Absent: None

With a unanimous vote and consent from the Board, Mayor Harry Lewis declared the motion carried

Harry Lewis, Mayor

Deborah T. Nealon, Clerk

3/21

 

PUBLIC  NOTICE

RICHLAND PARISH

POLICE JURY

The April 2024 meeting for the Richland Parish Police Jury will be held on Monday, April 8th due to the Easter holiday:

BY ORDER OF RICHLAND PARISH POLICE JURY

LAURA MULHERN, SECRETARY-TREASURER

3/21, 3/38

 

Public Notice

Richland Parish advises students, parents, employees, and the general public that all career and technical education opportunities will be offered regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. Richland Parish School System offers career and technical education programs that include, but are not limited to Manufacturing, Health Sciences, and Architecture/Construction. Admission is open to all students. 

For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact:

Christy Hendrix

Title IX Supervisor

411 Foster Street, Rayville, Louisiana 71269

phone: (318) 728-5964 email: chendrix@richland.k12.la.us

or

Joyce Smith 

Section 504 Supervisor

411 Foster Street, Rayville, Louisiana 71269

Phone: (318) 728-5964 email: joysmith@richland.k12.la.us

3/21

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Richland, State of Louisiana (the “School Board”), acting as the governing authority for the Parish of Richland, State of Louisiana on February 13, 2024, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Parish on SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024, and that at said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the Parish qualified and entitled to vote at said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:

PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OF THE PARISH OF RICHLAND,

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PROPOSITION 

(Sales & Use Tax)

Shall the Richland Parish School Board, State of Louisiana (the “School Board”) be authorized, to levy and collect a sales and use tax of one quarter of one percent (1/4%) on sales at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales and services, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq, within the Parish of Richland, (the “Sales Tax”) (an estimated $1,032,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Sales Tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, commencing effective July 1, 2024, and shall the proceeds of said Sales Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collection and administration) be dedicated and used to provide additional funds for school safety operations including, but not limited to, funding school resource officer positions at all elementary and secondary schools within the Parish in existence on April 27, 2024, to the extent legally capable?

The said special election will be held at the following polling places situated within the Parish, which polls will open at seven o’clock (7:00) a.m., and close at eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to-wit:

PRECINCT POLL PLACE NAME POLL PLACE LOCATION CITY

00/01 Mangham Fire Station #3 3237 Hwy 132 Mangham

00/02 Mangham Comm. Center 602 Broadway St Mangham

00/03 Mangham Comm. Center 602 Broadway St Mangham

00/04 Archibald School Bldg 3768 Hwy 15 Archibald

00/08 Archibald Alto Fire Station 2737 Hwy 135 Archibald

00/10 Rhymes Office 328 Rhymes Rd Rhymes Community

00/11 Start Elementary School Gym 883 Charleston Dr Start

00/12 Start Elementary School Gym 883 Charleston Dr Start

00/12B Start Elementary School Gym 883 Charleston Dr Start

00/13 Eugene Street Comm. Center 317 Eugene St Rayville

00/17 Parish Courthouse (Basement) 708 Julia St Rayville

00/18 Rayville High Gym Lobby 193 Hwy 3048 Rayville

00/23 Eugene Street Comm Center 317 Eugene St Rayville

00/25 Holly Ridge School Gym 2306 Hwy 183 Rayville

00/26 Holly Ridge School Gym 2306 Hwy 183 Rayville

00/27 Thompson’s Store 963 Hwy 183 Rayville

00/28 Ward One Fire Prot Dist Bldg 342 Hwy 609 Delhi

00/30 Ward One Fire Prot Dist Bldg 342 Hwy 609 Delhi

00/31 Ward One Rural Fire Station 465 Hwy 855 Delhi

00/32 Delhi Civic Center 231 Denver St Delhi

00/33 Delhi City Hall 209 Broadway St Delhi

00/34 Delhi Civic Center 231 Denver St Delhi

00/35 Parish Highway Barn 1190 Hwy 80 Delhi

The polling places set forth above are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those designated according to law.

Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.

The special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitute therefor, as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns  thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the School Board will meet at its regular meeting place, School Board Office, 411 Foster Street, Rayville, Louisiana, on May 14, 2024, at SIX O’CLOCK (6:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the results of said special election.  The School Board reserves the right to postpone the date and time set forth above for the canvass of the returns (without any further publication of notice of the change in the date, time and/or location).  All registered voters of the Parish are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used thereat.

The estimated cost of the election as determined by the Louisiana Secretary of State is $47,000. 

THUS DONE AND SIGNED, at Rayville, Louisiana, on this, the 13th day of February, 2024.

/s/ Dr. Georgia Ineichen,

President

/s/ Sheldon Jones, 

Secretary-Treasurer- Superintendent

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF RICHLAND

I, the undersigned Secretary-Treasurer- Superintendent of the School Board of the Parish of Richland, State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of:   

A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD BY THE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OF THE PARISH OF RICHLAND, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TO AUTHORIZE THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A SPECIAL SALES AND USE TAX THEREIN FOR SCHOOL SAFETY PURPOSES; MAKING APPLICATION TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature on this, the 13th day of February, 2024.

/s/ Sheldon Jones,

Secretary-Treasurer-Superintendent

3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28

Richland Today

603 Louisa Street
Rayville, LA 71269
Phone: (318) 728-6467
Fax: (318) 728-5991