Caddo Parish

Shall North Caddo Hospital Service District of the Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana (the "District"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 30 and 32 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to renew the levy and collection of a tax of five (5) mills on all property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $490,500 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2017 and ending with the year 2026, with the avails or proceeds of the Tax (after first paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used for the purpose of continuing, maintaining and operating an emergency ambulance service for the residents of the North Caddo Hospital Service District, said ambulance service to be operated under the authority of the North Caddo Medical Center, and for maintaining, operating and improving the operating base of the North Caddo Hospital Service District Emergency Ambulance Service located at North Caddo Medical Center?

Shall Paragraph I of Section 3-07 of Article III of the Caddo Parish Home Rule Charter be amended to read as follows? Voting shall be by electronic, roll call or voice roll call on ordinances or upon motion of two (2) or more commissioners, and the ayes and nays shall be recorded in the minutes of the commission by the individual vote of each commissioner. Not less than a majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but if a quorum is lost during a meeting, a smaller number may recess from time to time and compel the attendance of absent commissioners in the manner and subject to the penalties prescribed by commission rules.

Shall Article V of the Caddo Parish Home Rule Charter be amended by deleting Section 5-05.2 pertaining to the department of fleet services?

Shall Section 6-10 of Article VI of the Caddo Parish Home Rule Charter be amended to read as follows? Facsimile signatures and electronic signatures are authorized for negotiable instruments and multiple certificates of indebtedness in those cases where an official is required by law to sign, and where applicable state and federal laws authorize such signatures.

Shall Paragraph D, Section 8-03 of Article VIII of the Caddo Parish Home Rule Charter be amended to read as follows? Proposals to amend or repeal this Charter shall be submitted for ratification to the qualified electors of the parish not less than sixty (60) days after the commission adopts the ordinance or the commission receives a properly certified petition, at the first election already authorized for other purposes or at a special election called for the purpose of considering proposed charter amendments. If a special election is called, it shall be held at the next available election date after the commission adopts the ordinance or receives a properly certified petition. The results shall be determined by a majority vote of the electors voting on any particular proposal.