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Council approves contracts, park completion and a series of budget amendments
Summary
At its February meeting the New Iberia City Council approved multiple resolutions and ordinances including a grant administration contract, park change orders and several American Rescue Plan amendments; it also set a special election to renew a public-works millage.
The New Iberia City Council voted on a package of contracts, budget amendments and project closeouts during its February meeting, approving grant administration and consulting contracts, park change orders and amendments using American Rescue Plan Act funds, and calling a special election to renew a public-works property tax.
The actions covered a range of projects: hiring a grant administrator for city grant work; approving the final change order and the certificate of substantial completion for Anne Street Park; amending design fees for the Steamboat Pavilion and community-center restroom projects using ARPA funds; and approving a contract to lease an automated field-marking machine for parks. The council also voted to place a property-tax renewal for public works on the ballot and accepted an estimate and schedule for repairs at a privately owned, blighted property at 626 East St. Peter Street, instructing staff to monitor progress.
Why it matters: the votes release funds or approve contracts that put construction and renovation projects into motion, resolve closeout steps for a…
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