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Carencro council approves designer contract cap, forms employee committee and tables shared‑cost flood analysis
Summary
The Carencro City Council on July 15 approved a contract with Lynn Guidry Designer with a 5% cap on change orders and established an employee committee, then tabled a proposed shared‑cost Repetitive Loss Area Analysis after split votes and additional floodplain information.
The Carencro City Council on July 15 approved a contract allowing the mayor to work with Lynn Guidry Designer with an amendment limiting change orders to 5 percent.
The action came after Councilmember Alfred Sinegal moved to add a 5% cap on all change orders; Councilmember Jordan Arceneaux seconded the amendment and, after the amendment was adopted, the council approved Resolution No. 2024‑030 as amended. The measure authorizes the mayor to enter into the designer contract; the resolution text and final contract details were not specified in the meeting record.
Why it matters: the cap narrows the scope for unanticipated contractor costs on a city capital project and was the subject of brief council debate prior to approval.
In other business the council approved Resolution No. 2024‑031 to establish an employee committee to address topics including salaries and benefits. Councilmember Jordan Arceneaux moved the resolution, Councilmember Taylor James seconded it, and the measure passed; Councilmembers Alfred Sinegal and Danielle Capritto volunteered to serve on the committee.
The council then took up Resolution No. 2024‑032, a shared‑cost agreement with Lafayette Consolidated Government for a Repetitive Loss Area Analysis (RLAA). Councilmember Antoine Babineaux moved to approve the shared‑cost agreement and Councilmember Taylor James seconded; Councilmembers Jordan Arceneaux and Alfred Sinegal recorded nay votes during that initial consideration. Certified Flood Plain Manager Claire Richard provided additional information to the council. Following further discussion, Councilmember Arceneaux moved to table Resolution No. 2024‑032 for one month; Councilmember Danielle Capritto seconded, and the motion to table was approved.
Council actions and next steps: the designer contract proceeds with the change‑order cap; the employee committee is formed and will convene as members determine; the RLAA agreement was explicitly tabled for one month, leaving the shared‑cost decision for a later meeting.
Votes and record: where the transcript records individual nay votes it lists Councilmembers Arceneaux and Sinegal opposing the initial motion on Resolution 2024‑032; several other motions were recorded simply as "motion approved" in the meeting minutes and the transcript did not list a full roll‑call tally for those items.
The council adjourned at 7:26 p.m.
