School board approves servitude agreement with City of Walker to connect South Walker Elementary to city sewer

The Livingston Parish School Board approved a servitude agreement with the City of Walker and authorized Superintendent Joe Purvis to sign a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement so South Walker Elementary can be connected to the city sewer system and the site's existing sewer plant can be removed. The board voted to approve the servitude by roll call; the motion carried.

Board members described the item as a servitude agreement and a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (CEA) that would grant the city access to part of district property at South Walker Elementary so the school can be tied into city sewer services and the on-site sewer plant removed. "This is just a servitude agreement and a CEA with the city of Walker where we would be granting access to part of our property by the South Walker Elementary and working with the town of Walker to go get on to the city sewer services, and they would be working with us to remove this current sewer plant that's on that site," Superintendent Joe Purvis said.

Jeff Cox moved to approve the servitude agreement and give the superintendent authority to sign the CEA; Caitlin Cockerham seconded. The board completed a roll-call vote and the presiding officer announced the motion carried.

The action authorizes district staff to finalize the legal agreements with the City of Walker; the transcript does not specify a construction schedule, funding source, or costs associated with the sewer tie-in. Next steps described by staff were completing the CEA and coordinating implementation with the city.

The approval was taken during the regular board meeting; no public comments on the item were recorded in the transcript.