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Committee flags low inspection fees and outdated pipeline bond amounts for ordinance rewrite
Summary
Committee reviewed administrative code language it said is inconsistent and outdated — notably a $150,000-per-road-mile bond figure for pipeline work and inspection fees that do not cover parish inspection costs — and tasked staff to draft updated fee and permit language.
During the Infrastructure Committee meeting, members flagged multiple inconsistencies in the parish code governing bonds, permitting and inspection fees for pipelines and utility work.
The presenter pointed to code sections (administrative section 2.54 and a cross-reference in section 58.331) and told the committee the ordinance currently references a surety amount of "$150,000 a road mile"…
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