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Council approves dozens of routine contracts, budget amendments and cultural resolutions
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Jefferson Parish Council unanimously approved multiple professional-services selections, budget and capital amendments, consent agendas, appointments and a resolution declaring the parish the 'King Cake Capital of the World.' A 'Votes at a glance' summary lists key items and outcomes.
The Jefferson Parish Council voted on a slate of routine and addendum items Feb. 4, approving selections for professional services, budget amendments and a series of resolutions and appointments. Many measures passed unanimously amid some electronic-voting technical difficulties noted by the clerk.
Votes at a glance:
- Item 5: Selected Meyer Engineering for architectural/engineering services for resilient community infrastructure (passed unanimously).
- Item 6: Selected Kyle and Associates for landscape-architect services for West Bank sewer-treatment-plant buffers (passed unanimously).
- Item 7: Selected Dana Brown and Associates for the Jesse Owens neighborhood study under RFP 0509 (passed unanimously).
- Item 8: Selected Avail Technologies for intelligent transportation system services (only eligible vendor; passed unanimously).
- Item 9: Selected Prime Controls LP for automation and industrial control services for drainage/Public Works (only responder; passed unanimously).
- Summary 26651 (item 11): Zoning map amendment for Oakwood Estates (approved unanimously after no public comment).
- Item 15: Ordinance amending principal offices to allow two COOs (approved after public hearing).
- Item 16: Operating budget amendments including district transfers (approved unanimously as amended).
- Item 17: Capital budget amendments, including transfers to pay a surveying invoice and street improvements (approved as amended).
- Item 22 (addendum): Second amendment to the cooperative endeavor agreement with the New Orleans Disc Golf Club increasing the maximum amount to $240,700 (approved as amended).
- Consent agendas: Items 19–66 and 67–119 passed en bloc; item 68 was canceled and item 71 was discussed separately.
- Item 71: Resolution supporting state designation of Jefferson Parish as the 'King Cake Capital of the World' (passed unanimously).
Council members noted some voting-machine glitches during roll call but recorded unanimous outcomes for the listed measures. Several items were deferred to the Feb. 25 East Bank meeting as announced earlier in the session.
