Lafourche Parish School Board approves multiple multi-year service agreements, extends emergency contracts
Summary
During its meeting the board approved several three-year service agreements and extensions for emergency architecture, disaster restoration, debris management and radios leasing; it also authorized the district president and superintendent to sign the Louisiana compliance questionnaire.
The Lafourche Parish School Board approved a slate of business committee recommendations covering districtwide service agreements, emergency contracts and administrative compliance measures.
On motions recorded under the business committee, the board approved a three-year service agreement with District Electronic Repairs and Services; a three-year agreement for districtwide fire alarm inspections, monitoring and repairs with AAR Electronics; and a three-year equipment lease through AAR for two-way radios at a monthly cost of $4,175. The meeting record shows motions and seconds for these items and indicates the motions carried, but it does not include individual roll-call vote tallies in the provided transcript.
The board also approved extensions of emergency architect and engineering services contracts with NY Associates, Fusion Architects, and Grove Flores Positary through Sept. 7, 2027, "as stated within the original request for proposal terms and conditions." The board extended emergency disaster restoration and maintenance services with Guaranteed Restoration Services, LLC, and extended emergency debris monitoring and management with Metrc Consulting, LLC, and emergency debris removal services with ERC Emergency Services, LLC, through the same Sept. 7, 2027 date referenced for other emergency contracts.
Board President Marion Petita and Superintendent Derek Martin were authorized to sign the district's 2024–25 Louisiana compliance questionnaire; the board adopted a resolution to submit a copy of that questionnaire to the district's independent auditors. The transcript identifies the auditors as EisnerAmper (the meeting record said "Eisner, Amber" which the board's minutes identify as EisnerAmper, the independent audit firm).
Where seconds or movers are recorded in the meeting excerpt: Item A (three-year service agreement with District Electronic Repairs and Services) was moved by Mr. Duplantis and seconded by Mr. Wright. The fire-alarm item was seconded in the record by Mr. Trope (transcript shows "So Second by mister Trope"); the extension for architect/engineering services was seconded by Ms. Bourgeois. Several motions were described in summary as "motion carries" or "any motion carries" in the provided transcript; no roll-call tallies were included in the excerpt.
The approved extensions and agreements are recorded as being consistent with the original request-for-proposal terms and conditions where applicable. The meeting record did not include contract dollar totals for most items beyond the monthly radios lease cost, nor did it include staffing or operational impacts beyond the contracts themselves.
The board moved on after approving the business committee recommendations.
