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Council actions: budget amendments, contracts, and project approvals at New Iberia meeting
Summary
Council approved a package of routine and project items including budget amendments, change orders, contracts for drainage and asbestos abatement, a substantial completion certificate for the Jean Street pump station, and authorized further action on several capital projects.
At its regular meeting the New Iberia City Council approved a series of routine and project items across finance, public works and community development.
Votes taken included: acceptance of the Dec. 2 meeting minutes; special budget amendments to account for group health insurance increases and to allocate funds for the local government assistance program; change orders for the LCDG clearance work and Cross Street Repair (one increase noted near $38,000 to address drainage issues); award of contracts including Pelican Environmental Services Inc. for ARPA-funded asbestos abatement (Resolution 25164), Southern Constructors LLC for Charles and Anne Street drainage improvements (Resolution 25166), and a certificate of substantial completion for the Jean Street pump station upgrade (Resolution 25165). In several instances staff noted projects uncovered additional work (drainage culverts, pipe repairs) and that contingency funds and further change orders may be necessary.
Most items were moved, seconded and voted using the council's voting machines; the transcript records motions, seconds and machine-vote calls without publishing roll-call tallies in the supplied record.
Why it matters: the actions move multiple capital and remediation projects forward—drainage, pump station upgrades, and blight-removal demos paid in part with ARPA funds—while budget amendments and change orders adjust project scopes and funding.
