2000-0121
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER)
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
Title
An Emergency Ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a contract with Hartman Engineering Inc., for Program Management Services for the Wastewater Regionalization Program.
Body
WHEREAS, the Parish is in the process of constructing a $41 Million Dollar Wastewater Regionalization Program to comply with an Administrative Order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Docket No. VI-99-1211); and,
WHEREAS, the overall project is behind schedule due to construction delays as a result of incomplete servitude and permit acquisition; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish is subject to fines of $27,500.00 per day for each day the project is delayed beyond August 1, 2000; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish Council and the Parish President to expedite the completion of these projects as soon as possible with the assistance of Program Management Services; 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 Program Management 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, Section 2-12(IV)(d) of the St. Charles Parish Code.
SECTION II. That the contract for Wastewater Regionalization Program Management Services, attached hereto as Exhibit A, by and between Hartman Engineering, Inc. and 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 for a period of 40 days and a cap of $20,000.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this 28th day of February, 2000, to be...
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