2025-0339
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
Title
An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of Change Order No. 1 for the Montz Pump Station No. 1 (Project No. P210301), to increase the contract amount by $111,702.07.
Body
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), not to exceed $688,156.00; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 22-12-5 adopted on December 5, 2022, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of an 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), to increase the fee by $40,000.00, for an overall not to exceed fee of $728,156.00; 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, Ordinance No. 25-2-15 adopted on 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, Ordinance No. 25-4-13 adopted April 21, 2025, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized 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; and,
WHEREAS, Change Order No.1 is a result of changes within the scope of the Contract to increase the unit price amount of Bid Item No. 02065-01: Concrete Piles - 18” Square by $70,400.00, to add four (4) - eighteen (18) inch concrete batter piles (320 total linear feet) unaccounted for in the bid form quantity; to increase the lump sum amount of Bid Item No. 02066-01: Test Pile by $4,056.98 to account for the increased reaction piles length for a total static load test to 329 kips (GIS Engineering, LLC to reimburse $4,056.98 to the Parish via a decrease in a future invoice); to increase the lump sum amount of Bid Item No. 16000-01: Electrical Power Supply, Gear & Lighting by $13,859.31 to account for the required breakers from M-frame to L-frame breakers (total of (4) four) arising from the electrical coordination study between all components; and to add a new Contract Work Item No. CO1-001: Capping and Removal of Unforeseen Abandoned Gas Line, in the amount of $23,385.78, due to an abandoned line not listed with agencies, pipeline owners, or on current statewide pipeline mapping; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and Sealevel Construction, Inc. have mutually agreed to increase the contract amount of $111,702.07.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Change Order No. 1 for the Montz Pump Station No. 1 (Project No. P210301), to increase the contract amount by $111,702.07 is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Change Order 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 ____________, 2025, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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