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Public Service committee authorizes contracts for gas-line work, cooperative-use agreements, ambulance services and an AI road study
Summary
The Public Service Committee awarded a gas-line construction contract, approved cooperative-use agreements for the parish tennis complex, approved a master ambulance agreement with Acadian Ambulance for prisoner transport at reduced Medicaid-based rates, and authorized a road-study services agreement with Violletics (an AI-enabled pavement data vendor financed by a grant).
The Terrebonne Parish Public Service Committee approved several contracts and cooperative agreements affecting infrastructure, recreation and emergency services.
The committee awarded the construction contract for Parish Project No. 25‑GAS‑22 (South Down Subdivision gas line improvements, Phase 1) and authorized the parish president or his designee to execute contract documents, with the motion passing unanimously.
Members approved cooperative-use agreements allowing Vanderbilt Catholic High School and Living Word Church (owner/operator of Houma Christian School) to use the Terrebonne Parish Tennis Complex under terms to be executed by the parish president or designee. The committee also authorized a master agreement for ground ambulance services with Acadian Ambulance Service Inc., specifying that ambulance responses for jail inmates will be billed at Medicaid‑based discounted rates where applicable; parish staff said those rates result in reduced charges that are often billed to Medicaid.
The committee approved a road study service agreement with Violletics America Inc., funded in part by a DRA grant, to mount data‑collection equipment on parish vehicles and use AI to identify pavement defects and prioritize repairs. Public works staff described the effort as producing a video record and a priority list of roads by condition and said it will take several months to capture baseline data across the parish.
Several construction change orders and amendments were approved for projects including the Bayou Country Sports Park turf work and tower first floor build‑out; members discussed price increases tied to higher turf costs and discovered field conditions requiring additional work. Votes recorded in the transcript are shown as unanimous where indicated.
