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Port approves roughly $3.9 million in April expenditures, forwards contracts and travel requests
Summary
The commission approved April payments—totaling about $3.9 million as presented by Finance Chair Rodney Jisclair—authorized various cooperative agreements and travel requests, and accepted a clearing certificate and change order for coastal projects.
The Greater Fushon Port Commission approved payment of April invoices and expenditures, totaling roughly $3.9 million as presented by Finance Chair Rodney Jisclair. The list included multiple contracts and payments over $25,000, most notably an item listed as Entro Materials LLC for approximately $1,584,698.62 for beach maintenance and restoration work.
Other large payments presented included Rigid Constructors LLC ($264,926.50) for the Flotation Canal shoreline protection and Grandal Shipyard ($161,726.15) for recreational/coastal wetlands work. The finance report also listed engineering and construction invoices for projects such as the FBO terminal, Bell Pass channel deepening and slip dredging, and disaster-grant management consultant fees for Hurricane Ida.
"I move that we accept these expenditures," Finance Chair Rodney Jisclair said before commissioners voted to accept the payments. The motion carried on voice vote after clarification of totals.
The commission also accepted a clearing certificate for the Pavilion Bulkhead project, approved change order number two from Grandal Shipyard for Coastal Wetlands Park improvements (the motion carried with an abstention recorded), and approved out-of-state travel for senior staff and officers to several conferences including a June Washington meeting and an August dredging meeting in Houston.
Staff additionally reported airport activity statistics—1,613 operations, 9,042 passengers and 21,123 vehicle visits for the prior month—and provided updates on current construction projects; staff said the airport connector bridge work remains on schedule for early July completion. Commissioners approved leases, cooperative agreements and summer-hire procedures elsewhere on the agenda.
What this means: The finance approvals clear payments for ongoing capital and maintenance projects and authorize staff travel and procurement steps that will keep several projects moving toward construction and completion.
