DATE, TIME, PLACE OF MEETING

 

The Calcasieu Parish School Board met in the Board Room of the Calcasieu Parish School Board, located at 3310 Broad Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 70615, on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting was called to order by Joe Andrepont, Vice President. The prayer was led by Bryan LaRocque. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chad Guidry.

 

ROLL CALL

 

The roll was called and the following members were present: Joe Andrepont, Annette Ballard, Dale Bernard, Billy Breaux, Randy Burleigh, Mack Dellafosse, Clara Duhon, Chad Guidry, Fred Hardy, James Karr, Bryan LaRocque, and R.L. Webb.

 

Bill Jongbloed, James Pitre, Elray Victorian were absent.

 

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION

 

Attorney Jay Delafield presented the following:

 

A. Supplemental Bond Resolution/District 23

 SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1                                                                                                                                                Lake Charles, Louisiana

                                                                                                                                                December 17, 2009

 

The Calcasieu Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, met in special session at its regular meeting place in the Calcasieu Parish School Board Office, 3310 Broad Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on December 17, 2009, pursuant to written notice given to each and every member thereof and duly posted in the manner required by law.

 

Vice President, Joe A. Andrepont, called the meeting to order and on roll call, the following members were present:

 

Joe A. Andrepont, Annette Ballard, Dale B. Bernard, Billy Breaux, Randall Burleigh, Mack Dellafosse, Clara Duhon, Chad Guidry, Fredman Hardy, James W. Karr, Sr., Bryan LaRocque, and R. L. Webb

 

ABSENT:               Bill Jongbloed, James W. Pitre, and Elray Victorian

 

 

Wayne R. Savoy, Board Secretary, also attended.  The meeting was called to order and the roll called with the above results.

 

Thereupon, the following resolution was then introduced, and pursuant to motion made by Mr. Breaux and seconded by Mrs. Duhon, was adopted by the following vote:

 

 

YEAS:     Mrs. Ballard, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Burleigh, Mr. Dellafosse, Mrs. Duhon, Mr. Guidry, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Karr, Mr. LaRocque, and Mr. Webb

 

NAYS:    None

 

 

ABSENT:               Mr. Jongbloed, Mr. Pitre, and Mr. Victorian

 

NOT VOTING:      Mr. Andrepont

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL BOND RESOLUTION

 

SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009; AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($6,815,000) DOLLARS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 23 OF CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA, 2009 SERIES B, PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNERS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

 

                                WHEREAS, School District No. 23 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the “Issuer”) adopted a resolution on November 3, 2009 (the “Bond Resolution”), authorizing issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of the Issuer to advance refund its outstanding General Obligation Public School Improvement Bonds, 2001 Series, dated August 15, 2001 on original issue (the “Outstanding Bonds”); and

 

                                WHEREAS, on December 1, 2009, the Issuer authorized the Chief Financial Officer of the Calcasieu Parish School Board to negotiate the sale of the Bonds at interest rates and terms most advantageous to the Issuer, and to execute a Bond Purchase Agreement with Stephens Inc., under such terms; and

 

                                WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes by this Supplemental Bond Resolution to authorize issuance of SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($6,815,000) DOLLARS principal amount of its General Obligation Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series B (the “Bonds”), and to approve and ratify the actions of the Chief Financial Officer in negotiating the interest rates and terms of the Bonds issued under the Bond Resolution and hereunder, and to specify the terms and conditions of the Bonds;

 

                                NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Calcasieu Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of School District No. 23 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, that:

 

                                SECTION 1.  The actions of the Chief Financial Officer of the Calcasieu Parish School Board in negotiating the terms of the Bonds are hereby in all respects ratified, approved  and confirmed.

 

                                SECTION 2.  There is hereby authorized issuance of SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($6,815,000) principal amount of Bonds to be designated “General Obligation Refunding Bonds of School District No. 23 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 2009 Series B,” for the purpose of advance refunding the Outstanding Bonds.

 

                                SECTION 3.  The Bonds shall be dated December 31, 2009, the date of delivery thereof, shall bear interest payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing August 15, 2010, and shall mature on August 15 in the years and in the principal amounts set forth below:

 

            DATE                PRINCIPAL             INTEREST                       DATE                     PRINCIPAL        INTEREST

          (Aug. 15)             PAYMENT                 RATE   (Aug. 15)                                        PAYMENT           RATE                                                        

                2010                         145,000                    2.00%                              2016                         640,000              4.00%

                2011                           50,000                    2.00%                              2017                         670,000              4.00%

                2012                         540,000                    3.00%                              2018                         705,000              4.00%

                2013                         560,000                    3.00%                              2019                         730,000              4.00%

                2014                         590,000                    3.00%                              2020                         770,000              4.00%

                2015                         605,000                    4.00%                              2021                         810,000              4.00%

 

 

                                SECTION 4.  Those Bonds maturing August 15, 2020 and thereafter, shall be callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer prior to their stated maturities, in full at any time on or after August 15, 2019, or in part, in the inverse order of their maturities, and if less than a full maturity then by lot within such maturity, on any Interest Payment Date on or after August 15, 2019, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of each Bond redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

 

                                In the event a Bond to be redeemed is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed.  Any Bond which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent and there shall be delivered to the Owner of such Bond, a Bond or Bonds of the same maturity and of any authorized denomination or denominations as requested by such Owner in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered.

 

                                SECTION 5.           The Issuer has determined, and the Bonds are hereby designated as “qualified tax-exempt obligations” within the meaning of section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

                                SECTION 6.  The sale of the Bonds to Stephens Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, at a price of $7,060,197.30, representing $6,815,000 par amount, plus $292,902.30 of Reoffering Premium, less $47,7405.00 Underwriters’s Discount, and under the terms and conditions set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement dated December 14, 2009, is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

                                SECTION 7.  A copy of this Supplemental Resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in the Lake Charles American Press, a newspaper published daily in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and of general circulation in the Issuer, being the official journal of the Issuer.

 

                                SECTION 8.  This Supplemental Resolution shall take effect immediately.  All resolutions in conflict herewith be, to the extent of such conflict, and the same are hereby repealed.

 

                                ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this 17th day of December, 2009.

 

                                                                                                                /s/ Elray Victorian                                  

                                                                                                                Elray Victorian,  President

 

/s/ Wayne R. Savoy                    

WAYNE R. SAVOY, Secretary

 

 

 

                                (Other business not pertinent to the present excerpt may be found of record in the official minute book.)

 

                                Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

                                                                                                                /s/Elray Victorian                                 

                                                                                                                Elray Victorian,  President

 

 

/s/ Wayne R. Savoy                      

WAYNE R. SAVOY, Secretary

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA

 

PARISH OF CALCASIEU

 

 

                                I, WAYNE R. SAVOY, certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Superintendent of Public Schools for the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana, and as such, Ex-Officio  Secretary of the Calcasieu Parish School Board, governing authority of School District No. 23 of Calcasieu Parish,

 

                                I further certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the minutes of a public meeting of the Calcasieu Parish School Board, held on December 17, 2009, and of a resolution adopted at said meeting, as said minutes and resolution appear officially of record in my possession.

 

                                IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal of School District No. 23 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on this, the 17th day of December, 2009.

 

 

 

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                                                                                                                WAYNE R. SAVOY, Secretary

 

On a motion to approve by Mr. Breaux and a second by Mrs. Duhon, the motion carried.

                                                                 

B. Supplemental Bond Resolution/District 34

 

 SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1                                                                                                                                                Lake Charles, Louisiana

                                                                                                                                                December 17, 2009

 

The Calcasieu Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, met in special session at its regular meeting place in the Calcasieu Parish School Board Office, 3310 Broad Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on December 17, 2009, pursuant to written notice given to each and every member thereof and duly posted in the manner required by law.

 

Vice President, Joe A. Andrepont, called the meeting to order and on roll call, the following members were present:

 

Joe A. Andrepont, Annette Ballard, Dale B. Bernard, Billy Breaux, Randall Burleigh, Mack Dellafosse, Clara Duhon, Chad Guidry, Fredman Hardy, James W. Karr, Sr., Bryan LaRocque, and R. L. Webb

 

ABSENT:               Bill Jongbloed, James W. Pitre, and Elray Victorian

 

 

Wayne R. Savoy, Board Secretary, also attended.  The meeting was called to order and the roll called with the above results.

 

Thereupon, the following resolution was then introduced, and pursuant to motion made by Mr. Breaux and seconded by Mrs. Duhon, was adopted by the following vote:

 

 

YEAS:     Mrs. Ballard, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Burleigh, Mr. Dellafosse, Mrs. Duhon, Mr. Guidry, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Karr, Mr. LaRocque, and Mr. Webb

 

NAYS:    None

 

 

ABSENT:               Mr. Jongbloed, Mr. Pite, and Mr. Victorian

 

NOT VOTING:      Mr. Andrepont

 

SUPPLEMENTAL BOND RESOLUTION

 

SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009; AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF ELEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($11,725,000) DOLLARS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 34 OF CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA, 2009 SERIES B, PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNERS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

 

                                WHEREAS, School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the “Issuer”) adopted a resolution on November 3, 2009 (the “Bond Resolution”), authorizing issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of the Issuer to currently refund its outstanding General Obligation Public School Improvement Bonds, 2005 Series, dated January 15, 2005 on original issue (the “Outstanding Bonds”); and

 

                                WHEREAS, on December 1, 2009, the Issuer authorized the Chief Financial Officer of the Calcasieu Parish School Board to negotiate the sale of the Bonds at interest rates and terms most advantageous to the Issuer, and to execute a Bond Purchase Agreement with Stephens Inc., under such terms; and

 

                                WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes by this Supplemental Bond Resolution to ratify and approve issuance of ELEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($11,725,000) DOLLARS principal amount of its General Obligation Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series B (the “Bonds”), and to approve and ratify the actions of the Chief Financial Officer in negotiating the interest rates and terms of the Bonds issued under the Bond Resolution and hereunder, and to specify the terms and conditions of the Bonds;

 

                                NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Calcasieu Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, that:

 

                                SECTION 1.  The actions of the Chief Financial Officer of the Calcasieu Parish School Board in negotiating the terms of the Bonds are hereby in all respects ratified, approved  and confirmed.

 

                SECTION 2.  There is hereby authorized issuance of ELEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($11,725,000) principal amount of Bonds to be designated “General Obligation Refunding Bonds of School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 2009 Series B,” for the purpose of advance refunding the Outstanding Bonds.

 

                                SECTION 3.  The Bonds shall be dated December 31, 2009, the date of delivery thereof, shall bear interest payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2010, and shall mature on the dates, in the years and in the principal amounts set forth below:

 

            DATE               PRINCIPAL                 INTEREST                   DATE                        PRINCIPAL        INTEREST

                                      PAYMENT                       RATE                                                        PAYMENT         RATE  

                07/15/2010               205,000                    2.00%                            01/15/2018                 760,000              4.00%

                01/15/2011               565,000                    2.00%                            01/15/2019                 790,000              4.00%

                01/15/2012               580,000                    3.00%                            01/15/2020                 825,000              4.00%

                01/15/2013               605,000                    3.00%                            01/15/2021                 865,000              4.00%

                01/15/2014               630,000                    3.00%                            01/15/2022                 895,000              4.00%

                01/15/2015               660,000                    4.00%                            01/15/2023                 940,000              4.00%

                01/15/2016               690,000                    4.00%                            01/15/2024                 975,000              4.00%

                01/15/2017               725,000                    4.00%                            01/15/2025              1,015,000              4.00%

 

 

                                SECTION 4.  Those Bonds maturing January 15, 2021 and thereafter, shall be callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer prior to their stated maturities, in full at any time on or after January 15, 2019, or in part, in the inverse order of their maturities, and if less than a full maturity then by lot within such maturity, on any Interest Payment Date on or after January 15, 2019, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of each Bond redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

                                In the event a Bond to be redeemed is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed.  Any Bond which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent and there shall be delivered to the Owner of such Bond, a Bond or Bonds of the same maturity and of any authorized denomination or denominations as requested by such Owner in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered.

 

                                SECTION 5.           The Issuer has determined, and the Bonds are hereby designated as “qualified tax-exempt obligations” within the meaning of section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

                                SECTION 6.  The sale of the Bonds to Stephens Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, at a price of $11,984,325.20, representing $11,725,000 par amount, plus $341,400.20 of Reoffering Premium, less $82,075.00 Underwriters’s Discount, and under the terms and conditions set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement dated December 14, 2009, is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

                                SECTION 7.  A copy of this Supplemental Resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in the Lake Charles American Press, a newspaper published daily in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and of general circulation in the Issuer, being the official journal of the Issuer.

 

                                SECTION 8.  This Supplemental Resolution shall take effect immediately.  All resolutions in conflict herewith be, to the extent of such conflict, and the same are hereby repealed.

 

                                ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this 17th day of December, 2009.

 

                                                                                                                /s/ Elray Victorian                                    

                                                                                                                Elray Victorian, President

 

/s/ Wayne R. Savoy                     

WAYNE R. SAVOY, Secretary

 

 

 

(Other business not pertinent to the present excerpt may be found of record in the official minute book.)

 

Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

                                                                                                                /s/ Elray Victorian                                   

                                                                                                                Elray Victorian,  President

 

 

/s/ Wayne R. Savoy                      

WAYNE R. SAVOY, Secretary

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA

 

PARISH OF CALCASIEU

 

 

                                I, WAYNE R. SAVOY, certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Superintendent of Public Schools for the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana, and as such, Ex-Officio  Secretary of the Calcasieu Parish School Board, governing authority of School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish,

 

                                I further certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the minutes of a public meeting of the Calcasieu Parish School Board, held on December 17, 2009, and of a resolution adopted at said meeting, as said minutes and resolution appear officially of record in my possession.

 

                                IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal of School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on this, the 17th day of December, 2009.

 

 

 

_________________________________

                                                                                                                WAYNE R. SAVOY, Secretary

                                                                                                  

 

On a motion to approve by Mr. Breaux and seconded by Mrs. Duhon, the motion carried.

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

 

Mr. Savoy gave a brief report to the Board regarding proposed participation in the State Department of Education’s plan, Race to the Top. More information will come before the Board at a later date.

 

He reported that bus drivers and bus aides collected over $1100 for the KPLC Community Christmas.

 

Reverend J.L. Franklin spoke in favor of CPSB’s proposed involvement in Race to the Top.

 

On a motion to adjourn by Mr. Hardy and seconded by Mrs. Duhon, the meeting adjourned at 10:28 a.m.

 

 

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Elray Victorian, President                            Wayne Savoy, Secretary