Vinton, Louisiana

                                                                                                            December 18, 2008

 

                        The Mayor and Council of the Town of Vinton, Louisiana, met in special session at the regular meeting place of said Mayor and Council, in the Town Hall, Vinton, Louisiana, at 6:00 P.M., on the 18th day of December 2008, after full compliance with all requirements as to notice and otherwise in respect to convening of said meeting with the following members present:

 

                                                Kenneth O. Stinson, Mayor

                                                Bliss Bujard, Council Member

                                                Harold R. Douga, Council Member

                                                Kevin Merchant, Mayor-Pro-Tem

                                                                                                                                                                                    ABSENT:          William “BB” Loyd, Council Member

                                                Edward J. Vice, Council Member

 

            ALSO PRESENT:          Thad Minaldi, Town Attorney

 

                                                           

                        Kenneth Stinson, Mayor called the meeting to order and reported that the purposes of the meeting were as follows:

 

1.        To discuss and/or transact business pertinent to resolutions regarding Obama’s Economic Stimulus Bill.

 

RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS the Town of Vinton, Louisiana is in need of improvements to 1) water treatment plant, 2) water well, 3) elevated storage and 4) water distribution improvements whose PWS ID No. is 1019048 and,

 

WHEREAS loans for this project may be available through the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund program operated by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Vinton that:

 

Section 1.         Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is hereby authorized to submit a Loan Pre-Application Form 100A and accompanying documents to the Department of Health and Hospitals on behalf of the Town of Vinton for the purpose of placing this program on the Comprehensive Priority list for funding through the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund program; and,

 

Section 2.         Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is further authorized to furnish such additional information as may be reasonably be required in connection with the Loan Pre-Application; and,

 

Section 3.         Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is hereby designated as the Official Project Representative and is hereby given signature authority for all relative documents for the Town of Vinton for any project that may result from the submission of the Loan Pre-Application Form 100A and accompanying documents.  Furthermore, Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson representing Town of Vinton is hereby given the power and authority to do all things necessary to implement, maintain, amend, and renew such documents relative to any such project.

 

A MOTION TO ADOPT the above resolution was made by Council Member Douga, seconded by Council Member Merchant and resulted in the following vote:

 

YEAS:                          Council Members Bujard, Douga, & Merchant

NAYS:                          None

ABSENT:                      Council Members Loyd and Vice

ABSTAINING:                None

 

CERTIFICATE

 

We the undersigned do certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted at a meeting held on the 18th day of December, 2008, at which meeting a quorum was present and voting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ____________________________________

                                                                                    Kenneth O. Stinson, Mayor

ATTEST:

 

___________________________________

Mary O. Vice, Town Clerk

 

RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS the Town of Vinton, Louisiana is in need of wastewater system capital improvements including but not limited to 1) collection system rehabilitation; 2) collection system expansion; 3) transfer system rehabilitation and expansion; 4) upgrades and expansion to treatment facilities; and,

 

WHEREAS loans/grants for this project may be available through the State Revolving Fund loan program operated by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Vinton that:

 

Section 1.         Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is hereby authorized to submit a pre-application to the Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of the Town of Vinton for the purpose of placing this project on the Project Priority List for funding through the State Revolving Fund loan program; and,

 

Section 2.         Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is further authorized to furnish such additional information as may reasonably be requested in connection with the pre-application; and,

 

Section 3.         Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is hereby designated at the Official Project Representative for the Town of Vinton for any project that may result from the submission of the pre-application.

 

A MOTION TO ADOPT the above resolution was made by Council Member Merchant, seconded by Council Member Douga and resulted in the following vote:

 

YEAS:                          Council Members Bujard, Douga and Merchant

NAYS:                          None

ABSENT:                      Council Members Loyd and Vice

ABSTAINING:                None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE

 

We the undersigned do certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted at a meeting held on the 18th day of December, 2008, at which meeting a quorum was present and voting.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ____________________________________

                                                                                    Kenneth O. Stinson, Mayor

ATTEST:

 

___________________________________

Mary O. Vice, Town Clerk

 

 

                        There being no further business to come before the governing authority, it was moved by Council Member Douga that the meeting be adjourned.  The motion was seconded by Council Member Bujard and carried.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                _____________________________

                                                                                                Kenneth O. Stinson, Mayor

ATTEST:

 

____________________________

Mary O. Vice, City Clerk