2019-0052
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY PREPARDENESS)
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Contract between Witt O’Brien’s, LLC and St. Charles Parish in the amount of $83,946.00 to update the St. Charles Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan, FEMA PDMC-PJ-06-LA-2017-002.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is in need of an update to the Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to review hazards, reprioritize mitigation activities, and as a requirement to receive Federal mitigation grants; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish has secured Federal funding through FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program, PDMC-PJ-06-LA-2017-002, in the amount of $63,450.00 for the plan update; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish has complied with Federal procurement regulations by conducting a qualifications based procurement process to select a qualified firm, including advertising a Request for Proposals and forming a selection committee to evaluate respondents’ qualifications to select the most qualified respondent; and,
WHEREAS, the results of the evaluation yielded Witt O’Brien’s, LLC, as the highest scoring respondent; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish and Witt O’Brien’s, LLC to enter into a Contract for said services.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Contract between St. Charles Parish and Witt O’Brien’s, LLC, in the amount of $83,946.00 to update the St. Charles Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan, FEMA PDMC-PJ-06-LA-2017-002, is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Contract on behalf of St. Charles Parish and to act on behalf of St. Charles Parish in all matters pertaining to this project.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2019, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:
SECRETARY:
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