PUBLIC NOTICE - - - DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS PROCÈS VERBAL OF THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ON SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026. BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 4:30 p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Council Auditorium, 705 West University Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana, the Lafayette Parish Council (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), and being the authority ordering the special election held therein on Saturday, May 16, 2026, with a quorum being present, did examine the official certified tabulations of votes cast at the said election, and did examine and canvass the returns of said election, there having been submitted at said election the following proposition to wit: LIBRARY TAX CONTINUATION PROPOSITION Shall the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), continue to levy a special tax of 3.12 mills on all property subject to taxation in the Parish (an estimated $8,894,400 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2027 and ending with the year 2036, for the purpose of the maintenance and support of the public library of Lafayette Parish and its branches, said millage to represent a 0.21 mills increase (due to reappraisal) over the 2.91 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2026 pursuant to an election held on November 8, 2016? There was found by said count and canvass that there was a total of 16,750 votes cast IN FAVOR OF the Proposition and a total of 21,582 votes cast AGAINST the Proposition, as hereinabove set forth, and it was further found and determined that there was a majority of 4,832 votes cast AGAINST the Proposition as hereinabove set forth. Therefore, the Governing Authority did declare and proclaim and does hereby declare and proclaim in open and public session that the Proposition as hereinabove set forth was duly DEFEATED by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors voting at the said special election. Results by precinct are available from the Clerk of this Governing Authority during regular business hours or via the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website (voterportal.sos.la.gov). THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Lafayette, Louisiana, on this, the 16th day of June, 2026. /s/ Joseph Gordon-Wiltz JOSEPH GORDON-WILTZ LAFAYETTE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL 191706-JUN 19-1T