2026-0174
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF Public Works)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of Amendment No. 1 to Ordinance 25-9-8, which approved the Professional Services Agreement with GIS Engineering, LLC, to perform additional engineering services for the Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), in the lump sum amount of $802,095.00, increasing the overall contract value to $1,411,180.50.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 25-9-8 adopted on September 22, 2025, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with GIS Engineering, LLC, to perform engineering services for the Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), in the not to exceed amount of $609,085.50; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 25-11-5 adopted on November 3, 2025, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with ELOS Environmental, LLC, to perform environmental services for the Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), in the not to exceed amount of $89,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, GIS Engineering, LLC, presented St. Charles Parish with three (3) alternatives in the Study & Report completed for the Turtle Pond Pump Station portion of the project, and St. Charles Parish has elected to proceed with a chosen alternative for full design; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and GIS Engineering, LLC, have mutually agreed on a lump sum price of $802,095.00 to complete the work, consisting of preliminary and final design, bidding and construction administration of the pump station, increasing the overall contract value to $1,411,180.50; and,
WHEREAS, details on the revised compensation are described in the attached Amendment No. 1.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement between St. Charles Parish and GIS Engineering, LLC, for Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), in the lump sum amount of $802,095.00, increasing the overall contract value to $1,411,180.50, is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Amendment on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of __________, 2026, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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