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Jury approves $2,495 change order for North Cameron EOC after brief dissent
Summary
After an unsuccessful motion to reject it, the Cameron Parish Police Jury approved a $2,495.07 change order for the North Cameron Emergency Operations Center and recorded a cost‑sharing allocation (parish/architect/contractor each one‑third). One juror registered opposition on the record.
The Cameron Parish Police Jury approved a change order on Aug. 5, 2024, increasing the North Cameron Emergency Operations Center contract by $2,495.07 to convert paving from construction joints to expansion joints.
During discussion a juror moved that the jury not accept the change order. That motion failed to carry. A subsequent motion proposed splitting the additional cost so that the parish would pay one‑third, the architect one‑third and the contractor one‑third; the jury approved that cost‑sharing arrangement. A juror asked that opposition be recorded — "let the record show I'm not in favor of this" — but the motion carried.
The change order will be implemented by Public Works and recorded in contract accounting; staff indicated the adjustment was to paving joints and the dollar increase of $2,495.07 was the amount before the jury-approved allocation plan. No further public details of contract negotiation were discussed during the public session.
The action was recorded in the public minutes; follow-up will include processing the contract amendment and updating project accounting.
