I. Call Meeting to Order: Tim Larkin – President
II. Opening Prayer: Bill Alley – 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 utility servitudes 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. Elm Grove Aggregates, LLC is seeking authorization to construct a levee crossing and detention Pond within the BLD’s Control Area on Atkins Ditch. (PERMIT #2024 – 55)
C. Mr. Joseph Moore, homeowner of lot 405 within Lakewood Subdivision Unit No. 6, requests to construct a pool within the BLD’s Control Area on Willow Chute Bayou. (167 Lakewood Point Rd. - PERMIT #2024 – 59)
VII. OLD BUSINESS:
A. Marcus A. Long, Jr., Operations Coordinator, to update the Board on the results of the inspection of the high bank on Lateral B – 4 related to the request by Jordan Payne.
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. Operations Coordinator, Marcus A. Long, Jr., to request authorization to hire a contractor to perform levee surfacing work from Elm Grove to McDade Road (Levee Station 2131 + 75 to 2239 + 00).
C. Marcus A. Long, Jr., Operations Coordinator, to request authorization to hire a contractor to replace an existing 42” culvert on Ninock Ditch to Flat River Cutoff.
D. To adopt a “no roll forward” from the 2024 Rate adj. for reassessment @ 3.77 or a “roll forward” at the same 2023 millage rate of 4.17. (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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