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Council approves sending $1.35 million Lawrence Acres drainage contract to finance; $100,000 later appropriated
Summary
City engineer recommended awarding the Lawrence Acres drainage contract to CoD Construction (low bid $1,348,677.19). Council referred the award to Revenue & Finance for additional appropriation; Revenue & Finance later approved a $100,000 infrastructure appropriation tied to the project.
City officials recommended awarding a construction contract for the Lawrence Acres drainage improvements project to CoD Construction of Louisiana LLC, the low bidder at $1,348,677.19, and the Crowley council voted to refer the contract and related funding request to the Revenue & Finance committee for appropriation.
City Engineer Tim Mader presented a letter of recommendation and a bid tabulation during the Zoning & Annexation committee on March 10. Mader told the committee the city had budgeted $1.9 million across three related projects (sewer infrastructure extension on VFW Drive, Louisiana 13 median improvements, and drainage outfall improvements). He said the drainage outfall project cost rose because the scope changed to subsurface pipe along part of Carmichael Acres' south property line and because of unforeseen utility conflicts, and that total costs for the three projects could reach about $1.9 to $2.0 million'roughly $100,000 above the originally approved $1.9 million budget.
Mader recommended awarding the drainage contract to the low bidder "in accordance with the city engineer's letter of recommendation." The zoning committee voted to refer the award to Revenue & Finance; Revenue & Finance later appropriated $100,000 from the city's infrastructure fund for the Lawrence Acres drainage improvement project.
During committee discussion, Mader explained schedule and design complications, including coordination for five underground pipelines owned by a private company and the decision to use subsurface pipe instead of an open ditch for aesthetic and maintenance reasons. The engineers' office estimated the drainage outfall project cost excluding legal fees could be about $1.6 million and that the combined cost of the three projects would be near $1.9 to $2.0 million.
The council and staff agreed to refer the matter to finance for final appropriation and legal review; the Revenue & Finance committee later approved the additional $100,000 appropriation from the infrastructure fund. The contract award remains subject to city attorney review and confirmation that the apparent low bidder submitted a bona fide, responsive bid as required by city procurement procedures.
