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Council actions: contracts, change orders and drainage work advance; some outcomes not specified in transcript
Summary
At its meeting the New Iberia City Council recorded motions, contract awards and project approvals on multiple infrastructure and administrative items; the transcript records motions and requests to vote but does not list final tallies for many items.
The City Council considered a slate of administrative and infrastructure items including budget amendments, professional services agreements, contract awards and change orders. The transcript records motions, seconds and calls to “vote your machines” for many items; in several cases the record does not include a roll-call tally or a formal stated outcome.
Key items addressed or introduced at the meeting (motions and who spoke to move/second them are noted when recorded in the meeting record):
- Budget amendment (Special Ordinance 2024–2025–17): amend FY budget to reflect additional funds received from LWCC; mayor asked for a motion to open the public hearing and later asked the council to vote. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Appointment (Resolution 25-68): appointment of Wyatt Collins to the Fire and Police Civil Service Board for a three-year term. The resolution sponsor asked for a motion to appoint; supporters and comments were recorded. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Change order — ARPA community centers and restroom upgrades (Resolution 25-70): council considered and discussed change order No. 2 to address sewer issues at MLK Center and related scope of work (pipe descaling, jetting, polymer lining and localized excavation). Council members asked technical questions about life expectancy and whether tunneling would be required; staff explained contingency planning. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Certificate of substantial completion — Sierra Gates sprinkler system (Resolution 25-71): staff reported that the contractor completed work, the State Fire Marshal inspected the building and testing was performed; staff will pursue an official occupancy-capacity review with the fire marshal. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Park splash pad professional fee (Resolution 25-72): approval of a fee proposal for splash pad improvements adjacent to the new skate park; staff said this is smaller-scale work compared with larger, more expensive splash-pad projects. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Pollard Street Sewer Replacement (Resolutions 25-73 and later amendment/award language): the council initially read a resolution rejecting bids, then motioned and amended to award a contract to Triumph Construction LLC for the Pollard Street Sewer Replacement Project (including authorization for change order No. 1). Council discussion summarized prior bid history and engineering adjustments; staff described coordination between sewer and road contractors. (Motion to amend and motion to award recorded; resolution text read aloud; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Asphalt overlay and road construction contracts: the council opened bids and discussed awarding the City of New Iberia 2024 asphalt overlay project; Triumph Construction was the low bidder at $6,455,166.24 and staff described sequencing with other reconstruction and concrete projects. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
- Professional-services increases and small change orders (Resolutions 25-74–25-76, 25-78, 25-79): council approved or considered smaller professional-service adjustments including general engineering service increases, ARPA drainage project change orders, and a traffic-signal analysis proposal for a Lewis Street intersection. (Motions and seconds recorded in the transcript; outcomes not specified in the transcript.)
- Drainage and maintenance contracts (Resolutions 25-77 and 25-79): the council discussed awarding a camera-and-GIS contract for storm-drain evaluation (noted as a $78,000 contract covering multiple neighborhoods) and contracting with a new local firm to provide drain-cleaning services; staff emphasized prioritizing flood-prone areas and integrating camera results with GIS mapping. (Motions and seconds recorded; outcomes not specified in the transcript.)
- Sewer flow reroute financing (Resolution 25-81): staff described intent to submit application materials to the state Department of Environmental Quality to secure a $4.5 million low-interest loan for a sewer flow reroute project intended to relieve pressure on lines serving Acadian Acres, Highland and adjoining neighborhoods. Council discussed prior state program conditions that would have required user-rate increases; staff said the city has identified alternative financing to proceed without raising the sewer user fee. (Motion and second recorded; outcome not specified in the transcript.)
Two items were explicitly deferred: a personnel/agendized item (5b) was deferred to the next meeting by motion and recorded as deferred to the next meeting.
The transcript documents motions, seconds and multiple staff technical briefings; it does not include explicit roll-call tallies or a spoken “approved/failed” statement for many of the individual items. Where motions to adopt, award or amend were read and put to the vote, this summary records the motion language and the fact that the meeting record called for votes, but the transcript as provided here does not contain the vote counts or explicit pass/fail statements for most items.
