Council authorizes parish president to sign CEA with Apex Oil and Gas for Oscar Veil Roads

At a council meeting, Speaker 2 introduced and the council approved a measure authorizing the parish president to sign all necessary paperwork to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA) with Apex Oil and Gas LLC to work on Oscar Veil Roads. Speaker 2 said the agenda item was the council-approved authorization and asked for action on the item.

The motion was put forward and Speaker 2 asked for a second; the transcript records affirmative responses when Mister Allen, Mister Carey, Mister Hall and Mister Cheatwood were each asked and replied "Yes." Speaker 2 declared the item passed. The transcript does not name who formally moved or seconded the motion, nor does it provide a complete numeric tally beyond the recorded yes responses.

Speaker 4 said the CEA "was sent the CEA over to our legal team, and I have not received it back from them, but I will, hopefully today." That legal review remained outstanding at the time the council declared the measure passed. Speaker 3 and others indicated they were ready to proceed once the legal team returned the document.

The action authorizes the parish president to complete and sign the paperwork necessary to implement the agreement; the transcript does not specify contract amounts, start dates, or funding sources. The CEA was described on the record only as an agreement with Apex Oil and Gas LLC to "work on Oscar Veil Roads." The transcript does not specify whether the work is maintenance, repair, resurfacing, or other services.

The council moved on after approving the authorization and later voted to adjourn. Next procedural steps noted on the record were return of the CEA from legal review and then routing the document for signature.

Speakers quoted in this report are identified only by the labels used in the transcript (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Speaker 3, Speaker 4).