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Plaquemines Port council approves lease and engineering task orders; suit-authorizing resolution passes
Summary
The Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District council approved a dock lease with Marine Spill Response Corporation, authorized a Lanier engineering task order for a new security dock and approved a resolution to pursue removal of a materialman's lien; several introductions were deferred.
The Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District council approved several ordinances and resolutions during the meeting and recorded the following outcomes.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance (6.e): Authorize Executive Director Charles T. Tillotson to enter a lease with Marine Spill Response Corporation for dock space at the Fort Jackson facility and amend the 2025 operating revenue budget. Motion offered by Commissioner Schultz; second by Miss McCarty. Vote recorded as 8–0 with one abstention from Mr. Kaganovich. Outcome: approved.
- Resolution (6.f): Authorize the executive director to issue task order number 12 to Lanier and Associates for engineering services related to detailed design of a new port security dock at the district’s facility in Belle Chasse. Motion offered by Commissioner Schultz; second by Reverend Edwards. Vote recorded as 9–0. Outcome: approved.
- Resolution (6.h): Authorize the executive director to file suit for removal of a materialman’s lien filed by WSP USA Inc. against Louisiana 23 Development Company LLC. Motion offered by Commissioner Schultz; second by Mr. Cockroach. Vote recorded as 9–0. Outcome: approved.
- Minutes approval: Approval of the Feb. 27, 2025, regular meeting minutes. Motion offered by Mr. Newsome; second by Reverend Edwards. Vote recorded as 9–0. Outcome: approved.
Items introduced, deferred or not voted
- Two ordinances were introduced earlier in the meeting (task order number 13 to Lanier and Associates for HVAC design related to the Popovich administration building renovation, and an ordinance to increase a contract amount with Dr. Lauren Scott for an economic impact analysis). Those items were in the introduction stage and no final vote is recorded in the transcript for them.
- Several agenda subitems (6.b, 6.c, 6.d and 6.g) were deferred; the transcript records that 6.c was deferred because the port had not received the CEA back from DOTD.
Context and process notes
Commissioner Schultz was listed as the sponsor for the ordinances and resolutions read under his name during introductions. The transcript records the tally results and named seconders for the main motions above. Where the transcript recorded an abstention or an absent/no vote, the article notes the council’s stated vote tally or the abstaining member by the name given in the record.
Ending: The meeting closed after approval of minutes and a motion to adjourn; the transcript records adjournment at 5:51 p.m.
