2000-0189
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER)
ORDINANCE NO. ______
Title
An Emergency Ordinance to approve a professional services contract with Citywide Testing and Inspections, Inc for a not-to-exceed sum of $100,000.
Body
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works/Wastewater has authorized Citywide Testing and Inspections, Inc. to provide material testing services for the Hahnville Wastewater Treatment Plant in a letter dated April 9, 1999 for a not-to-exceed sum of $120,000.00 and has been invoiced $48,534.94 to date, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works/Wastewater has authorized Citywide Testing and Inspections, Inc. to provide material testing services for the Bayou Gauche Pump Station and Force Main Project in a letter dated December 13, 1999 for a not-to-exceed sum of $35,240.00 and has been invoiced $171.25 to date, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works/Wastewater has authorized Citywide Testing and Inspections, Inc. to perform work on the Hahnville Effluent Force Main Project, the Paradis/J.B. Green Force Main Project, and the Killona Pump Station Project, in addition to those listed above, and has been invoiced $2,850.45, $633.00, and $805.75, respectively, to date, and
WHEREAS, the contract was not approved by the Parish Council, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish Council and the Parish President to ensure the quality of work performed by the Parish's contractors on the Wastewater Regionalization Program construction projects which are in progress, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of St. Charles Parish that the ongoing work be tested to insure its having been properly completed, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-12(IV)(d) of the St. Charles Parish Code an Emergency Ordinance is the appropriate method to approve an emergency contract for materials testing services,
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the adoption of this Ordinance is an emergency action taken in accordance with Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-12(IV)(d) of the St. Charles Parish Code.
SECTION II. That the contract for materials testing services, attached hereto as Exhibit A, by and between Citywide Testing and Inspections, Inc. and the St. Charles Parish is hereby approved
SECTION III. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said contract on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as
follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this 20th day of March, 2000, to become effective immediately upon adoption.
CHAIRMAN:______________________________________________
SECRETARY:_____________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:__________________
PARISH PRESIDENT:______________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:_______________________________________
AT:_______________RECD BY: _____________________________