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PUBLIC NOTICE - - - The following resolution was offered by Bobby Watts and seconded by Claudia Fisher: RESOLUTION A resolution giving preliminary approval to the issuance of not exceeding Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($215,000) of Revenue Bonds, Series 2025, of the Chaneyville Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana; making application to the State Bond Commission for consent and approval of the issuance of said Bonds; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. WHEREAS, the Chaneyville Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (the “District”), is a fire protection district validly organized and created in accordance with Article VI, Section 19 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended, and Part I of Chapter 7 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the “District Act”), and Ordinance 14022 adopted on May 16, 2007 by the Metropolitan Council of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and City of Baton Rouge; and WHEREAS, Section 1430 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the “Act”), authorizes the District to issue revenue bonds for any authorized purpose payable from any source whatsoever, including income, revenues and receipts derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities owned, maintained or operated by a public entity or received by a public entity from these properties and facilities, or from contracts or agreements relating to these properties and facilities; and WHEREAS, the Board of Advisors of the District, acting as governing authority thereof (the “Governing Authority”), desires to authorize the District to incur debt and issue its not exceeding Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($215,000) of Revenue Bonds (the “Bonds”), for the purpose of providing sufficient funds to (i) pay a portion of the costs associated with the construction of a new fire station in and for the District; and (ii) to pay the costs of issuance thereof; said Bonds to be secured by and payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the net avails of the District’s ten (10) mills ad valorem tax (the “Tax”) (such rate being subject to adjustment from time to time due to reassessment), after the reasonable and necessary cost of collection and administration thereof, levied and collected on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of the District as approved by the qualified voters of the District at an election held on November 18, 2023 (the “Election”), which Tax shall be levied and collected to and including the year 2033 in accordance with the provisions of the District Act and the Election, and other constitutional and statutory authority; and WHEREAS, the District has no outstanding bonds or other obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the Tax; and WHEREAS, the District desires to authorize the filing of an application with the Louisiana State Bond Commission (the “Commission”), requesting that the Commission grant approval to the issuance of the Bonds in accordance with the Act; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Advisors of the Chaneyville Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the District, that: SECTION 1. Preliminary Authorization of the Bond . Preliminary approval is hereby given to the issuance of not exceeding Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($215,000) of Revenue Bonds of the District pursuant to the Act, for the purposes of providing sufficient funds to (i) pay a portion of the costs associated with the construction of a new fire station in and for the District; and (ii) to pay the costs of issuance of the Bonds; said Bonds to be secured by and payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the net avails of the Tax, after the reasonable and necessary cost of collection and administration of the Tax, and shall not be a charge upon any other income or revenues of the District, nor shall such Bonds constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the District. The form and details of the Bonds, the exact principal amounts and interest rates thereof shall be established pursuant to a subsequent resolution of the District, provided that the interest rate on the Bonds shall not exceed seven percent (7.00%) per annum and having a final maturity not later than ten (10) years from the date of their issuance. SECTION 2. Authorized Officers . The President and/or the Vice President of this Governing Authority (the “Authorized Officers”, and each an “Authorized Officer”), are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute such documents, certificates and instruments on behalf of the District as they may deem necessary to effect the transactions contemplated hereby, and to take such further action as may be deemed appropriate or required by law in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, including, but not limited to the execution and delivery of a commitment letter or such other agreement or term sheet by and between District and one or more financial institutions to be selected by the Authorized Officers set forth hereinabove for the purchase of the Bonds. SECTION 3. Employment of Bond Counsel. A real necessity is hereby found for the employment of special counsel in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, and accordingly Butler Snow LLP, Bond Counsel, is hereby employed and requested to do and perform comprehensive legal and coordinate professional work with respect to the issuance of the aforesaid Bonds of the District for the purposes stated hereinabove. Said Bond Counsel shall prepare and submit to this Governing Authority for adoption all of the proceedings incidental to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, shall counsel and advise this Governing Authority as to the issuance and sale of the Bonds, and shall furnish their opinion covering the legality of the issuance thereof. The fee of special bond counsel in connection with the issuance of the Bonds is hereby fixed at a sum not to exceed the maximum fee allowed by the Attorney General’s fee guidelines for comprehensive legal and coordinate professional services in the issuance of bonds, based on the amount of Bonds actually issued, sold, delivered and paid for, plus “out-of-pocket” expenses. Bond Counsel fees may be paid from the proceeds of the Bonds and shall be contingent upon the issuance, sale and delivery of said Bonds. A certified copy of this resolution shall be submitted to the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana for her written approval of said employment and of the fee herein designated. No compensation will be due unless and until the Bonds are delivered. SECTION 4. Employment of Independent Registered Municipal Advisor . A real necessity is hereby found for the employment of an Independent Registered Municipal Advisor to the Governing Authority in connection with the issuance of the aforesaid Bonds and therefore the District hereby retains Government Consultants, Inc., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to act as its Independent Registered Municipal Advisor (the “MA”) pursuant to the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The District hereby acknowledges that it is represented by the MA and will rely upon the advice of the MA with respect to the Bonds. The fee to be paid the MA shall be payable solely from the proceeds of the Bonds when and if issued, and the amount thereof shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. No compensation will be due unless and until the Bonds are delivered. SECTION 5. State Bond Commission. Application is hereby made to the State Bond Commission, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for approval of the issuance and sale of the Bonds and for consent and authority to proceed with the issuance and sale of the Bonds as provided above, and Bond Counsel is directed to make application to the State Bond Commission in accordance with the foregoing on behalf of the District. By virtue of District’s application for, acceptance and utilization of the benefits of the Louisiana State Bond Commission’s approval resolved and set forth herein, it resolves that it understands and agrees that such approval is expressly conditioned upon, and it further resolves that it understands, agrees and binds itself, its successors and assigns to, full and continuing compliance with the “State Bond Commission Policy on Approval of Proposed Use of Swaps, or other forms of Derivative Products Hedges, Etc.,” adapted by the Commission on July 20, 2006 (the “Policy”), as to the borrowing and other matters subject to the approval, including subsequent application and approval under said Policy of the implementation or use of any swap or other products or enhancements covered thereby. SECTION 6. Payment of Cost(s) of Issuance. The payment of all cost(s) of issuance of the Bonds, including, but not limited to, the services rendered by Bond Counsel, any and all advisory fees and expenses, the fees and expenses of the MA, all publication and/or printing expenses and fees, and any and all other miscellaneous fees and/or expenses relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds are hereby authorized to be paid from the proceeds of the Bonds. SECTION 7. Reimbursement. Prior to the issuance of the Bonds, the District anticipates that it may pay a portion of the costs authorized to be paid from the proceeds of the Bonds from its available funds. Upon issuance of the Bonds, the District reasonably expects to reimburse said expenditures from the proceeds of the Bonds. Any such allocation of the proceeds of the Bonds for reimbursement will be with respect to capital expenditures as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.150-1(b) and will be made upon the delivery of the Bonds and not later than eighteen (18) months after the later of (i) the date such expenditure was paid or (ii) the date the improvements are placed in service or abandoned, but in no event more than three (3) years after such expenditure was paid. This resolution is intended to be a declaration of intent to reimburse in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation 1.150-2. SECTION 8. Prescriptive Period. A copy of this resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in one (1) issue of the official journal of the District. For thirty (30) days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of this resolution, any provision of the Bonds, the provisions herein made for the security and payment of the Bonds and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of the Bonds. After the said thirty (30) days, no person shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of this resolution, and the provisions hereof, for any cause whatever. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the issuance of the Bonds has been compiled with. No court shall have the authority to inquire into any of these matters after the said thirty (30) days. SECTION 9. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately. This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: David Metcalfe, Bobby Watts, Claudia Fisher, and Robert Curtis NAYS: None. ABSENT: Harold Kirby WHEREUPON, this resolution was declared to be adopted by the Board of Advisors of the Chaneyville Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on this, the 25th day of August, 2025. /s/ David Metcalfe President STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE I, the undersigned President of the Board of Advisors of the Chaneyville Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (the “District”), do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of a resolution giving preliminary approval to the issuance of not exceeding Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($215,000) of Revenue Bonds, Series 2025, of the Chaneyville Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana; making application to the State Bond Commission for approval of said Bonds; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. I further certify that this resolution has not been amended or rescinded. IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal of said District in Zachary, Louisiana on this 25th day of August, 2025. /s/ David Metcalfe Name: David Metcalfe Title: President 156773 Sept. 5, 1t $222.47