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Votes at a glance: Kenner council approves multiple procurement and infrastructure items
Summary
The council approved a bundle of procurement and public-works measures including debris-management contracts, Waste Pro weekend drop-off operations, street maintenance funding increases, and federal-aid resurfacing projects; several votes were unanimous.
At its March meeting the Kenner City Council approved a series of procurement, maintenance and infrastructure measures across departments.
Key approvals included multiple post-disaster debris agreements (Sears Environmental Services, Debris Tech LLC, SLSCO Ltd.), a purchase of 20 OPS-Core ballistic helmets for the police SWAT team, and a two-year Waste Pro contract to operate weekend drop-off sites (not to exceed $24,000 annually). Council also increased the annual cap on the Fleming Construction concrete maintenance contract by $500,000 to allow completion of pending work and accepted federal-aid contracts for resurfacing projects including Lyola Drive and Veterans Memorial Boulevard (construction contracts and engineering services were amended and approved with noted 80/20 federal-local splits where applicable).
Most procurement and project votes passed unanimously after brief staff explanations; the council read amended account numbers into the record where required for federal grant matches. Council members asked for greater advance notice on some contracts and for careful coordination with parish agencies on regionally funded projects.
