Natchitoches City Council will have a pre-council meeting on Monday, Feb. 13 beginning at 5 p.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. to discuss non-agenda items. The City Council meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month and will be reserved to only items on the Agenda. The public is invited to both the pre-council meetings and council meetings with the understanding that items not on the agenda will not be discussed at the scheduled council meetings, but the public is welcome to discuss any topic at the pre-council meetings. The City Council Meetings are held at the Natchitoches City Council Chambers located at 716 Second Street, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
AGENDA:
PROCLAMATIONS:
#016 Smith Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of February 2023 As African American History Month In The City Of Natchitoches.
JESSICA BROADWAY: Audit Presentation
ORDINANCES – FINAL:
#005 Smith Ordinance, Upon The Recommendations Of The Finance Department, That The City Of Natchitoches Enter Into A Lease Of A 29.7 Acre Tract In The Industrial Park For Hay Operations With M & M Farms Of Cane River, L.L.C., And Authorizing The Mayor, Ronnie Williams, Jr., To Execute Said Lease On Behalf Of The City Of Natchitoches, And To Provide For Advertising.
#007 Petite Ordinance, Upon The Recommendations Of The Finance Department, That The City Of Natchitoches Enter Into A Lease Of A 25 Acre Tract In The Industrial Park For Hay Operations With James R. Stacy, And Authorizing The Mayor, Ronnie Williams, Jr., To Execute Said Lease On Behalf Of The City Of Natchitoches, And To Provide For Advertising.
#008 Elie Ordinance, Upon The Recommendations Of The Finance Department And The Airport Commission, That The City Council Of The City Of Natchitoches Authorize A Lease Of That Area Under Fence At The Natchitoches Regional Airport For Hay Operations With James Russell Stacy, And Authorizing The Mayor, Ronnie Williams, Jr., To Execute Said Lease On Behalf Of The City Of Natchitoches, And To Provide For Advertising.
#009 Harrington Ordinance Authorizing The Mayor Of The City Of Natchitoches, Ronnie Williams, To Execute An Agricultural Lease From The City Of Natchitoches In Favor Of John Danley And Sally Danley Of That Property Located Between The South Louisiana Highway 1 By-Pass And Waterwell Road Being Tracts “B” And “D” As Shown On A Survey By Glen L. Cannon, Dated October 2005 And Recorded At Map Slide 569-B Of The Records Of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, And Further Consenting To A Sublease From Pilgrim’s Pride To Russell Stacy Of Tract “B” As Shown On A Survey By Glen L. Cannon, Dated October 2005 And Recorded At Map Slide 569-B Of The Records Of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, And Further Providing For Advertising Of The Lease, A Public Hearing And An Effective Date.
#010 Smith Ordinance To Designate Funds From The American Rescue Plan To Assist With The Water Treatment Project In The City Of Natchitoches That Are Essential To Public Health And Welfare And To Otherwise Provide With Respect Thereto.
ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION:
#011 Nielsen Ordinance Approving The Acquisition Of A Water Fountain For Placement In Cane River Lake, And Further Authorizing The Mayor Of The City Of Natchitoches, Louisiana, To Enter Into A Cooperative Agreement With The Cane River Waterway District Related To The Acquisition Of The Water Fountain, And To Execute Any And All Other Related Documents That Might Be Necessary And Proper, To Provide For Advertising, And A Savings Clause
#012 Harrington Ordinance Approving A Memorandum Of Cooperative Endeavor Between The City Of Natchitoches, The Red River Waterway Commission And The Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau To Promote The Use Of The Red River For The 2023 Mr. Crappie Invitational Qualifier
#013 Nielsen Ordinance Authorizing The Mayor Of The City Of Natchitoches To Award The Bid For A Bucket Truck (Used) For The City Of Natchitoches Utility Department (Bid No. 0656)
#014 Smith Ordinance To Amend Section 16.1-1 Of The Code Of Ordinance Of The City Of Natchitoches, To Provide For An Enlarged “Local Natchitoches Historic District”, Which Section Is Located In Chapter 16.1 Of The Code Of Ordinances, Entitled Historic District, Providing For Advertising, Further Providing For Severability, And Further Providing For A Repealer And Effective Date Of Ordinance.
#015 Harrington Ordinance Of The Natchitoches City Council Creating An Economic Development District Within The City Of Natchitoches To Be Named The “Natchitoches Economic Development District F, State Of Louisiana” (The “District”); Defining The Boundaries Thereof From Which Certain Area Local And Potentially State Sales And Use Tax Increments Will Be Determined And Used To Finance Economic Development Projects Within The District, All As Authorized By Part II Of Chapter 27 Of Title 33 Of The Louisiana Revised Statutes Of 1950, As Amended (The “Act”); And Providing For Other Matters In Connection With The Foregoing.
RESOLUTIONS:
#010 Petite Resolution To Adopt Bayou State Trail Infrastructure Initiative With Its Boundaries In Collaboration With The BSTA (Bayou State Trail Association)
#011 Elie Resolution Authorizing The Mayor To Enter Into A Contract With Travelers Casualty And Surety Company Of America For The Public Official Schedule Bond For The City Of Natchitoches.
#012 Harrington Resolution Authorizing The Mayor To Advertise And Accept Bids For The Purchase Of A Bucket Truck For The City Of Natchitoches Utility Department (Bid No. 0657)
#013 Elie Resolution Authorizing The Mayor To Execute Change Order No. 1 For West Natchitoches Water Main Replacement, Phase I (Bid No. 0648)
#014 Nielsen Resolution Authorizing The Mayor To Execute A Certificate Of Substantial Completion To The Contract Between The City Of Natchitoches And Pulley Construction, Inc., For West Natchitoches Water Main Replacement, Phase I (Bid No. 0648)
#015 Petite Resolution Authorizing The Mayor To Execute An Agreement With The Louisiana Department Of Transportation And Development (LA DOTD) For Improvements At The Natchitoches Regional Airport. Rehabilitate Airfield Drainage – Phase IV (Construction)
#017 Nielsen Resolution Authorizing Mayor Ronnie Williams, Jr., To Execute An Agreement With The Louisiana Office Of Community Development For The 2021 – 2022 Community Water Enrichment Fund Grant Application (CWEF) For Improvements To The Natchitoches Water System
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The next scheduled City Council meeting will be February 27, 2023.
The offices of the City of Natchitoches will be closed Monday, February 20, 2023 in honor of President’s Day.
