October 14, 2025

1. Meeting called to order at 6:30 p.m.

2. Invocation – Council Member Don Crosslin

3. Pledge of Allegiance - Council Member Margaret Dickerson

4. Roll Call:

5. Addition/Deletion:

6. Public Comment:

7. Minutes: September 9, 2025, Regular Meeting

8. Reports:

 (A) Roads:

 (B) Budget Comparison: July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, Budget Comparison.

 (C) Other:

 (D) Grants:

 (E) Park:

 (F) Reimbursements:

 (G) Legal Report:

9. Old Business:

A) Recommend ratifying the approval of the sound study being conducted by ALTEC Environmental Consulting and the estimated cost.

10. New Business:

A) Introduction to Ordinance Number 155-2025: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF STONEWALL, DESOTO PARISH, LOUISIANA.

B) Introduction to 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) Recommend approving the lowest responsive bid for the Stanley Road Project.

D) Recommend approving the updated Policy & Procedure for Driving Record, Motor Vehicle Insurance, & Automobile Use Policy.

E) Recommend rescheduling November’s regular Council meeting to another day due to the meeting falling on a Holiday.

11. Adjourn.                           

Signature on file                           

Ken Kaffka, Mayor