November 18, 2025
1. Meeting called to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. Invocation – Council Member Eric Runge
3. Pledge of Allegiance - Council Member Don Crosslin
4. Roll Call:
5. Addition/Deletion:
6. Public Comment:
7. Minutes: October 14, 2025, Regular Meeting
8. Reports:
(A) Roads:
(B) Budget Comparison: July 1, 2025, through October 31, 2025, Budget Comparison.
(C) Other:
(D) Grants:
(E) Park:
(F) Reimbursements:
(G) Legal Report:
9. Old Business: None
10. New Business:
A) Adoption of Ordinance Number 155-2025: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF STONEWALL, DESOTO PARISH, LOUISIANA.
B) Adoption of Ordinance Number 156-2025: AN ORDINANCE, GRANTING UNTO SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, ERECT, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCT, REMOVE AND OPERATE A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC POWER LINES, WIRES, TRANSFORMERS, COMMUNICATION CABLES AND OTHER RELATED AND NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE APPURTENANCES IN, UNDER, OVER, ACROSS, THROUGH AND ALONG ANY AND ALL OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, THOROUGHFARES, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES AND PUBLIC GROUNDS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE TOWN OF STONEWALL, LOUISIANA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER TO THE TOWN AND ITS INHABITANTS AND ANY OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS FOR A TERM OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS; REGULATING THE USE OF STREETS BY THE COMPANY AND REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE STREETS DISTURBED BY CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO THE TOWN; PROVIDING THAT THIS FRANCHISE SHALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE; PROVIDING THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS TO FURNISH EFFICIENT SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR INDEMNITY BY THE COMPANY TO THE TOWN; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONAL FORFEITURE IN EVENT OF DEFAULT BY THE COMPANY; MAKING MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THIS GRANT OF FRANCHISE; PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE BY COMPANY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
C) Introduction to Ordinance Number 157-2025: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF STONEWALL REGULATING OFF PREMISES ADVERTISING.
D) Recommend approving an agreement with Beast Engineering for consulting fees for the Stanley Road Project Plans.
E) Recommend approving a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the DeSoto Parsh Police Jury to perform work on Stanley Road that is in the Parish.
F) Recommend approving a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the DeSoto Parish Police Jury to replace a culvert on Dalton Road.
G) Make a motion to authorize the Stonewall Christmas Parade to proceed through subdivisions within the town limits in the event that the original parade date is postponed due to inclement weather.
11. Adjourn.
Signature on file
Ken Kaffka, Mayor