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Eunice approves $23.24 million contract to rebuild wastewater plant, contingent on state funding
Summary
Eunice’s board voted to award demolition and reconstruction of the city’s wastewater treatment facility to Tullier Services, LLC for $23,240,000 and adopted Resolution 0925; the award is contingent on LDEQ CWSRF authorization and a signed Amendment No. 1 to the Cooperative Endeavor Funding Agreement from the State.
The Eunice Board of Aldermen and Alderwomen voted Sept. 9 to award a $23,240,000 contract to Tullier Services, LLC for demolition and reconstruction of the city’s wastewater treatment facility and adopted Resolution 0925 to formalize the award.
The vote followed a request from the mayor to add the contract award to the agenda; Alderwoman Connie Thibodeaux moved to award the contract, Alderman Randall Reed seconded, and the motion carried. Separately, Alderman at Large Marion “Nootsie” Sattler moved and Alderman Randall Reed seconded adoption of Resolution 0925, which the board carried. The resolution makes the award contingent on authorization from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program and on the city’s receipt of a fully executed Amendment No. 1 to the Cooperative Endeavor Funding Agreement from the State of Louisiana Water Sector.
Why it matters: the project is the largest single contract approved by the board at this meeting and is intended to replace and modernize the city’s wastewater treatment capacity. The board recorded the contract amount in the motion as $23,240,000.
The resolution’s contingency language means work cannot proceed until the LDEQ CWSRF program authorizes the award and the state and city complete the required funding amendment. The board noted those authorizations as preconditions when it adopted Resolution 0925.
The motion and the resolution were recorded as carried; no dissenting votes were noted in the minutes. The board did not provide additional detail in the minutes about project timeline, payment schedule, or how the city will structure any required local match or debt service if those details are dependent on the state’s amendment.
