At the regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Ward 3 Fire Protection District held on August 3rd at the Chatham Fire Station training room board members Freddy Tolar, Dwight Cooper, Wayne Whitman and Margaret Waggoner unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution to set millage rates for 2020 at 9.99 mils. James Mixon was absent.

In other action the board received a final update on the sale of a truck, discussed purchasing a new mower and heard the updated plans on the new training building which now has the road completed to it. Also a policy was adopted announcing that the district would no long fill in swimming pools.

Entire minutes of the meeting are shown in Classifieds section of the Jackson Parish Journal.