2025-0107
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Contract with Sealevel Construction, Inc., for Montz Pump Station No. 1 (Project No. P210301), La Gov. No. 2000777346, as part of the East Bank West Shore Hurricane Protection Levee system, in the amount of $13,479,955.00.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 21-4-7 adopted on April 19, 2021, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of an Agreement for Professional Services with GIS Engineering, LLC for providing all necessary services for a new Montz Pump Station (P210301); and,
WHEREAS, Ordinances No. 22-12-5 adopted on December 5, 2022, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of Amendment No. 1 to Ordinance No. 21-4-7 which approved the Professional Services Agreement with GIS Engineering, LLC, to perform engineering services for the Montz Pump Station (Parish Project No. P210301); and,
WHEREAS, Ordinances No. 25-2-15 adopted February 24, 2025, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of Amendment No. 2 to Ordinance No. 21-4-7, which approved a Professional Services Agreement with GIS Engineering, LLC, to perform engineering services for the Montz Pump Station No. 1 (Project No. P210301), in the amount not to exceed $797,379.50, which increases the overall contract value to $1,525,535.50; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 6706 adopted on July 10, 2023, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and St. Charles Parish Government regarding the construction of the Montz Pump Station No. 1 (PO-0200) project in Montz, to provide $10,000,000.00 in funding for construction costs for said project; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-8-6 adopted August 19, 2024, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Wetlands Mitigation Agreement by and between St. Charles Parish and Delta Land Services, L.L.C., for wetlands mitigation for the Montz Pump Station (Parish Project No. P210301), Montz Pump Station No. 2 (Parish Project No. P210806) and drainage improvements along Highway 61 permitted under the Montz Pump Stations and Drainage Improvement Project in the amount of $175,800.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Montz Pump Station No. 1, being part of the Spillway Levee and closure for the West Shore levee, will provide 267 cfs of pumping capacity and provide flood protection for 843 dwellings, 28 industrial buildings, electrical power plant, several industrial facilities, church, and fire station; and,
WHEREAS, the Montz Pump Station No. 1, includes four (4) 67cfs, pumps, (4) sets of automatic screen cleaners, associated 36” discharge piping, and a one (1) acre sump for rain water storage capacity; and,
WHEREAS, sealed bids were received by St. Charles Parish on March 18, 2025, for Montz Pump Station No. 1 (Project No. P210301), La Gov. No. 2000777346, as part of the East Bank Hurricane Protection Levee; and,
WHEREAS, GIS Engineering, LLC, Kyle Galloway, P.E., the Consulting Engineer for the Project, has reviewed the bids and recommends that the Contract be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Sealevel Construction, Inc., in the amount of $13,479,955.00.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the bid of Sealevel Construction, Inc. for the construction of Montz Pump Station No. 1 (Project No. P210301), La Gov. No. 2000777346, as part of the East Bank West Shore Hurricane Protection Levee system in the amount of $13,479,955.00 is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Contract on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
SECTION III. A final Notice of Contract shall be printed and filed in place of the contract documents with the St. Charles Parish Clerk of Court and in the records of the St. Charles Parish Council.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2025, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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