Council introduces Calcasieu Parish hazard-mitigation grant CEA and adopts federal grant manual for subrecipients

The Sulphur City Council on Oct. 14 introduced an ordinance to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (CPPJ) for a parishwide Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) emergency generator project and adopted a federal grant manual for HMGP subrecipients (Resolution 36-25).

Why it matters: The HMGP project would provide backup power to critical lift stations and other infrastructure, improving resilience during storms and outages. The grant requires a subrecipient agreement and guides for how federal funds are administered at the local level.

Grant details presented

A staff member who said they worked on the grant explained the city and parish were awarded roughly $1.7 million for generators to serve 16 lift stations (the staff speaker referenced 16 total lift stations). The project will be administered through the parish as the recipient with the city acting as a subrecipient; funds will flow from the parish to subrecipients for approved work under the HMGP rules. Staff said the CEA terms set the flow of funds and responsibilities and that the council needed to adopt the grant manual specific to the subrecipient role.

Council action

The council adopted the federal grant manual for subrecipients and introduced the CEA ordinance with the parish for final authorization at a later meeting. A resident asked about match requirements; staff said they would follow up with specific match information after the meeting.

Ending

Staff said the CEA and manual align project administration with FEMA/HMGP requirements and that the city will return with further detail on match and project timelines as needed for compliance and reimbursement.