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Sabine Parish jury authorizes bids for Subtitle D landfill liner, cites $6.3M worst‑case estimate
Summary
The Sabine Parish Police Jury on Sept. 18 authorized advertisement of bids to construct a Subtitle D liner for Sales 89 (cells 8–9). Engineers gave a construction estimate up to $6.3 million with testing/inspection costs near $700,000; the jury identified bond proceeds and landfill earnings as funding sources.
The Sabine Parish Police Jury voted Sept. 18 to advertise and receive bids for construction of a Subtitle D landfill liner at the Sales 89 cell, authorizing staff to publish a solicitation immediately and return with recommendations once bids are opened.
An engineering representative reviewed the project, saying the preferred work covers cells 8 and 9 on the Sales 89 northeast cell and estimated construction costs “more rumpled on the line of, $5.65700000.0 dollars” with a contingency number presented at about $6.3 million. He warned inspection and testing would be expensive, noting “inspection and testing is a a pretty big dollar amount... that's almost 700,000,” citing EPA and DEQ testing requirements for continuous moisture‑density checks during clay placement.
Treasurer and jurors discussed funding. One juror reported the parish has “$5,000,000 left in our bond that we got a year ago that's available for this, and we have over a million dollars in land available for this,” and staff noted landfill operating earnings could supply the remaining approximately $1.5 million over a two‑year period. The Solid Waste Committee recommended moving forward with advertisement so competitive bids could be solicited.
A motion to authorize the release of the bid advertisement was made, seconded and approved by the jury. Jurors expect to receive bids at a future meeting and the engineer said he will return with recommendations in roughly two months; construction was estimated to take 18 months to two years once a contractor is selected.
The jury separately authorized the president to execute a servitude agreement with Cleco Power LLC to provide electrical service to the landfill, a step staff said is needed to support the project’s operations.
Next steps: the parish will advertise the solicitation, accept sealed bids, and return to the jury with a recommendation after the public bid opening.
