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Lafayette approves sewer maintenance contracts, smoke testing and $4.53 million in claims
Summary
The board approved multiple task orders for sewer inflow investigations, smoke testing, pipe lining and a drainage study, and approved $4,527,454.96 in claims; two community event permits were also granted.
The Lafayette board on Aug. 27 approved several contracts and claims related to sewer system maintenance and city operations, including smoke testing, sewer lining and a drainage investigation, and approved claims totaling $4,527,454.96. Brad Talley of Lafayette Renew presented the items and recommended approval.
The approvals include Amendment No. 2 to Task Order No. 3 with Westler and Associates, extending sanitary inflow and infiltration field investigations through December under the umbrella agreement first executed in 2021, which Talley said was originally valued at $100,000. Talley told the board the work keeps groundwater and infiltration out of the sanitary system, similar to how water utilities try to limit water loss.
Talley also presented Task Order No. 8 with Westland Engineering for smoke testing of about 63,000 linear feet of sanitary sewers — a not-to-exceed amount of $58,000 — and Task Order No. 9, a cured-in-place pipe lining project covering an estimated 15,000 linear feet of 8- and 10-inch sewer, capped at $45,000. The board approved both task orders after motions and seconds.
Separately, the board approved a task order with Butler, Fairman & Seifert (BFNS) to investigate drainage near the old Durkee's Run and Durkin School, west of Eighteenth Street, including potential outfall and pond wall failures. That task order was not to exceed $23,700.
Jeremy Deal, city controller, asked the board to approve claims totaling $4,527,454.96; the board voted to approve that request. Talley and Jackie (city staff who reviewed the contracts) indicated the legal review had been completed for the listed task orders.
The board also approved two special-event requests: a ribbon-cutting for Isaiah 1:17 House at 2710 Bonnie Lane on Sept. 5, which will require a temporary closure of Bonnie Lane between Terry Court and Tarangah Terrace and an adjacent block for roughly an hour; and a press conference on Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. at Realey Plaza for the 2025 Hunger Hike coordinated by Lafayette Urban Ministry, Food Finders and the St. Thomas Aquinas Haiti Ministry.
Quotes from the meeting included Brad Talley saying he "recommend[ed] it for your approval" when introducing the sewer items and Jeremy Deal asking the board to approve the claims. Holly Hess, location leader for Isaiah 1:17 House, described the ribbon-cutting logistics and the request to close Bonnie Lane; Jen Bouchor Berry of Lafayette Urban Ministry asked for approval of the press conference and said organizers expected a small group at Realey Plaza.
The approvals are routine budgeted maintenance and event-permit items intended to keep the sewer collection system functioning and to allow community organizations to hold planned events. The board adjourned for an appeal hearing after handling the listed business.
