PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISS
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2/18/2026
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE
NOT EXCEEDING $10,000,000
OF TAXABLE SEWER REVENUE BONDS (DEQ)
OF THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and/or other applicable laws (the “Act”), that the St. John the Baptist Parish Council (the “Parish Council”), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of St. John the Baptist, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), does hereby declare its intention to issue not exceeding Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of Taxable Sewer Revenue Bonds (DEQ) of the Parish, the proceeds of which will be used for the purpose of constructing and acquiring improvements, extensions, and replacements to the sewerage portion of the combined revenue-producing drinking water treatment and distribution system and wastewater collection, treatment and disposal system (the “System”), including equipment and fixtures therefor, and paying costs incurred in connection therewith.
The Bonds shall be limited and special revenue bonds of the Parish, secured by and payable in principal and interest solely from the income and revenues derived or to be derived by the Parish from the operation of the System after payment therefrom of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the System. The Bonds shall not be a charge on the other income and revenues of the Parish, nor shall they constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the Parish.
The Bonds will be authorized and issued by an ordinance to be adopted by the Parish Council. The Bonds shall mature at such time or times (not to exceed 22 years from their date of issuance), bear interest at such rate or rates (not exceeding 0.95% per annum, which includes any administrative fee on the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds), and carry such additional terms and provisions as such ordinance may provide.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Parish Council, acting as the governing authority of the Parish, will meet in open and public session on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 6:00 P.M., at the St. John the Baptist Parish Government Complex Chambers, 1811 W. Airline Highway, LaPlace, Louisiana, to hear any objections to the proposed issuance of the Bonds; provided, however, if at such hearing a petition duly signed by electors of the Parish in a number not less than five percent (5%) of the number of the electors of the Parish voting in the last election held in the Parish object to the issuance of the Bonds, then the Bonds shall not be issued until approved by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the Parish who vote at a special election held for that purpose in the manner provided by Chapter 6-A, Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Any such petition shall be accompanied by a certificate of the St. John the Baptist Parish Registrar of Voters certifying that the signers of the petition are registered electors of the Parish and the number of signers amounts to not less than five percent (5%) of the registered voters that voted in the last election held in the Parish, all as provided by the Act.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at LaPlace, Louisiana, on this, the 27th day of January 2026.
PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATE OF LOUISIANA
The cost of this notice is $129.18.
L’Observateur:
Feb. 18 and 25, 2026
INTENTION/BONDS
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE
NOT EXCEEDING $10,000,000
OF TAXABLE SEWER REVENUE BONDS (DEQ)
OF THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and/or other applicable laws (the “Act”), that the St. John the Baptist Parish Council (the “Parish Council”), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of St. John the Baptist, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), does hereby declare its intention to issue not exceeding Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of Taxable Sewer Revenue Bonds (DEQ) of the Parish, the proceeds of which will be used for the purpose of constructing and acquiring improvements, extensions, and replacements to the sewerage portion of the combined revenue-producing drinking water treatment and distribution system and wastewater collection, treatment and disposal system (the “System”), including equipment and fixtures therefor, and paying costs incurred in connection therewith.
The Bonds shall be limited and special revenue bonds of the Parish, secured by and payable in principal and interest solely from the income and revenues derived or to be derived by the Parish from the operation of the System after payment therefrom of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the System. The Bonds shall not be a charge on the other income and revenues of the Parish, nor shall they constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the Parish.
The Bonds will be authorized and issued by an ordinance to be adopted by the Parish Council. The Bonds shall mature at such time or times (not to exceed 22 years from their date of issuance), bear interest at such rate or rates (not exceeding 0.95% per annum, which includes any administrative fee on the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds), and carry such additional terms and provisions as such ordinance may provide.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Parish Council, acting as the governing authority of the Parish, will meet in open and public session on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 6:00 P.M., at the St. John the Baptist Parish Government Complex Chambers, 1811 W. Airline Highway, LaPlace, Louisiana, to hear any objections to the proposed issuance of the Bonds; provided, however, if at such hearing a petition duly signed by electors of the Parish in a number not less than five percent (5%) of the number of the electors of the Parish voting in the last election held in the Parish object to the issuance of the Bonds, then the Bonds shall not be issued until approved by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the Parish who vote at a special election held for that purpose in the manner provided by Chapter 6-A, Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Any such petition shall be accompanied by a certificate of the St. John the Baptist Parish Registrar of Voters certifying that the signers of the petition are registered electors of the Parish and the number of signers amounts to not less than five percent (5%) of the registered voters that voted in the last election held in the Parish, all as provided by the Act.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED at LaPlace, Louisiana, on this, the 27th day of January 2026.
PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATE OF LOUISIANA
The cost of this notice is $129.18.
L’Observateur:
Feb. 18 and 25, 2026
INTENTION/BONDS