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Board approves debris removal and monitoring contracts and names architects for Ida recovery
Summary
The board approved nine-month contracts for debris removal and debris-monitoring services and approved a slate of architects to work on Hurricane Ida recovery projects, with several local firms introduced at the meeting.
The board on Jan. 18 approved a nine-month debris-removal contract with Ceres Environmental and a nine-month debris-monitoring contract with Metric Consulting, and it approved the list of architect assignments for Hurricane Ida recovery projects. Both procurement actions were described as responses to RFPs and were presented as part of the superintendent's agenda.
Why it matters: Debris removal and monitoring are critical, near-term steps in hurricane recovery; the architect assignments will guide design and repair decisions on damaged school facilities.
Details and board discussion: The debris-removal recommendation read in the meeting named Ceres Environmental and set a nine-month service period beginning Jan. 19, 2022. The subsequent recommendation named Metric Consulting for debris-monitoring services (Meeting record shows an address for Metric Consulting as Commercial Drive, Harvey, Louisiana) also for nine months. A board member asked whether other vendors had competed for these contracts; staff said there were competing vendors but did not provide counts in the transcript.
Architect assignments: The board approved the list of architects for Hurricane Ida recovery projects "as presented." Several architects were introduced to the room by the board president; those named in the meeting included Daniel Bruce, Mr. Abare, Mr. Learette, Miss Shelley and Mr. Lee Rhett. Board member DeHart commented that he was pleased to see many local architects on the list and thanked them for helping expedite repairs. "I'm so happy that we've got enough architecture in this area to do all of this work, and I see a lot of local people over here," DeHart said.
What the board decided: The board voted to accept the debris-removal and debris-monitoring proposals and approved the architects list; motions were described in the transcript as having unanimous seconds and passing. The transcript does not include contract dollar amounts or a complete tally of competing proposals.
