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Council presses Cleco on street-light outages and LED conversion; mayor to withhold funds pending camera completion
Summary
Councilmembers raised repeated outages and slow repairs to street lights under the Cleco contract; the mayor said he is holding $300,000 tied to camera deployment until remaining cameras are installed and will coordinate a schedule of Cleco patrols and LED replacements.
Councilmembers raised complaints about recurring outages and delayed repairs to street lights on streets including Hopkins, Jane Street and the Bank Avenue/park area. Members said outages reduce safety and limit the effectiveness of the city’s camera system.
The mayor responded that under the contract the city already has hundreds of LED…
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