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Jury approves $100,000 debris-monitoring order, rejects high fuel bid and okays emergency mosquito sprays
Summary
At its Sept. 25 meetings the Assumption Parish Police Jury approved a $100,000 task order for debris-monitoring services, rejected a high fleet-fuel bid as unreasonable, and authorized two emergency aerial mosquito spray missions subject to landing-rate counts.
The Assumption Parish Police Jury on Sept. 25 approved a string of finance and emergency items related to post‑storm recovery.
The finance committee approved payment of bills and August budget comparison statements, and the jury agreed to pay an engineering invoice of $104,303.58 tied to storm‑response work. After reviewing a single fleet-fuel bid that exceeded the current supplier’s rates, jurors voted to reject the bid as unreasonable.
The jury approved Task Order No. 1 for Rossign (monitoring services related to storm debris operations) not to exceed $100,000 and authorized the parish president to sign the task order. Rossign’s vice president, Travis Mays, told jurors that monitoring costs were expected to run about $4,000–$5,000 per day and that the firm would provide documentation to support state and federal reimbursement claims.
Separately, the jury revoked a previously authorized aerial-mosquito contract because of a 60-day signature timing requirement, solicited quotes, and then accepted the lowest responsive proposal (Vector Disease Control International) for up to two completed aerial spray missions. The authorization is constrained by landing-rate counts and operational thresholds; staff will start landing-rate counts immediately and schedule spray missions if thresholds are met.
Other votes included a one‑week extension of waived electrical permit fees for storm-related reconnections and a nonprofit rental-rate reduction for a community gym fundraiser.
Staff said many of these emergency and monitoring costs are being documented for FEMA and state reimbursement; jurors emphasized the need for clear invoices and documentation to support future claims.
