I. Call meeting to Order: Tim Larkin – President
II. Opening Prayer: Mike Montgomery – Commissioner
III. Pledge of Allegiance: Tim Larkin – President
IV. Roll Call: Deanna Rabb, Secretary
V. Reading of the minutes: Deanna Rabb, Secretary
VI. REQUESTS BY VISITORS
A. Comcast of LA, MS, TX, LLC requests the following permits: Request to directionally bore and place conduits for fiber optic cable within existing utility servitudes within the
BLD’s Control Area along Mack’s Bayou and Mack’s Bayou Lateral. (PERMIT #2024 – 54) Request to directionally bore and place conduits for fiber optic cable within existing utility servitudes within the BLD’s Control Area along Mack’s Bayou Lateral. (PERMIT #2024 – 60) Requests to directionally bore for conduits and run an aerial fiber optic within existing utilityservitudes within the BLD’s Control Area along Flat River and Mack’s Bayou east of Bayou Drive and west of Kristen Avenue. (PERMIT #2024 – 61)
B. Cypress Baptist Church, represented by Mr. Bobby Masters, is requesting to construct a 5 foot wide and approximately 700 feet long sidewalk that would connect their recently completed field house to a new parking lot and a dumpster pad within the BLD Control Area on Flat River to Willow Chute Cutoff drainage channel. (PERMIT #2024 – 42)
C. Mr. Jordan Payne is requesting the Board to consider his concept drawing of a proposed development located in Bannockburn Subdivision, Lot #004B1 that will encroach 70’ into the BLD’s Control Area on Lateral B-4, north of Crowing Lane.
VII. OLD BUSINESS:
A. Kurt Nixon with Nixon Engineering will provide the Board with an update on the Lateral B-1 project.
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
A. Review of any submitted plats received from the MPC for review, approval, and or authorization of No Objection Letters from the Bossier Levee District.
B. Resolution for the Engagement Letter, Investment Confirmation Letter, Legal Letter, Bank Confirmation and the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire to be signed by President Tim Larkin, and then subsequent letters letters be emailed to Huddleston Smith (Attn: Mr. Brad Smith), Blanchard, Walker, O’Quin and Roberts (Attn: Mr. Daniel Baker) and returned completed to Griffin & Furman as adopted for the 2023 - 2024 fiscal year audit.
C. Radify Corporate Resolution, Advantage Account Agreement, and Certification regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers paperwork signed by Tim Larkin on behalf of LPL/ Huddleston Smith Investments.
D. The Board to establish the Investments by local Political Subdivisions and Municipalities R.S. 33:2955 as the official Investment Policy for the Bossier Levee District.
E. To adopt the CURRENT 2023 millage rate @ 4.17 mills for the 2024 year and the passage of the resolution - NO ROLL FORWARD from the 2024 Rate adj for reassess @ 3.77. (Tax roll is: $964,101,610 from last years which was 848,170,889.)
F. Resolution authorizing the Secretary to transfer $350,000.00 from Huddleston/Smith Investments to the BLD operating checking account at Bonvenu Bank for upcoming projects and future expenditures.
IX. LEVEE AND DRAINAGE REPORT
X. APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES
XI. ADJOURNMENT
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