NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION   Pursuant to the provisions of a Resolution adopted on July 2, 2025 by the Board of Commissioners of West Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of West Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana (the “District”), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held in the District on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025, and that at said election there will be submitted to all registered voters of the District, qualified in and entitled to vote at said election under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to wit:   PROPOSITION (TAX RENEWAL) Shall the West Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana (the “District”) be authorized to renew the levy and collection of a special ad valorem tax of 4.67 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of the District (the “Tax”) (an estimated $820,613.00 is 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 2026 and ending with the year 2035, and shall the proceeds of said Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) be used to provide funds to purchase necessary equipment, finance special projects and finance other capital expenditures of the District?   The special election will be held in at the following polling places situated in the District, and which polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025, in compliance with the provisions of Section 541 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 18:541). The Commissioners-in-Charge and the Commissioners authorized to be selected by the Parish Board of Election Supervisors at the special election on Saturday, November 15, 2025, are hereby designated as the Commissioners-in-Charge and the Commissioners to serve at the following described polling places designated for this election, to-wit:   WARD/PRECINCT PRECINCT LOCATION 00/45 Modeste Fire Station, 35176 Julien Lane, Donaldsonville 00/47 Ascension Parish Health Unit, 901 Catalpa Street, Donaldsonville 00/48 BC Alwes Building, 603 Lee Street, Donaldsonville 00/50 Donaldsonville Primary School, 38210 Highway 3089, Donaldsonville 00/51 Clerk of Court Elections Office, 300 Houmas Street, Donaldsonville 00/52 Donaldsonville High School, 100 Tiger Drive, Donaldsonville 00/53 Lowery Elementary School, 2389-A Highway 1 S, Donaldsonville 00/54 Donaldsonville Housing Authority, 1501 St. Patrick Street, Donaldsonville 00/55 Donaldsonville High School, 100 Tiger Drive, Donaldsonville 00/57 Donaldsonville Housing Authority, 1501 St. Patrick Street, Donaldsonville   The polling places set forth above and situated in the District, be and the same are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the special election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.   A portion of the monies collected from the Tax shall be remitted to certain State and statewide retirement systems in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle 1 of Title 11 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 11:82).   In accordance with La. R.S. 18:1285(A)(1)(a)(v), the estimated cost of holding the election will be $18,500.00. The special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority as applicable thereto, and the officers appointed to hold the election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in compliance with law, will make due returns thereof to the District, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Donaldsonville Courthouse, 300 Houmas Street, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and will then and there, in open and public session, proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the special election. All registered voters residing in the District are entitled to vote at the special election and voting machines will be used in connection therewith.   THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, on this, the 2nd of July, 2025. /s/ Oliver Joseph Oliver Joseph, Chairman 11617664 9/4 9/11 9/18 9/25/25 ($337.00)