St. Charles Parish - File #: 2000-0285

• File #: 2000-0285
• Version: 3
• Name: Amend Code - change fee limit on projects requiring QBS Review Panel approval from $20,000 to $10,000; require notice to the PC within (5) days of award of any administrative contract
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed
• File created: 8/7/2000
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 8/21/2000
• Title: An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles, providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Section 2-12 to change the fee limit on projects requiring Qualification Based Selection Review Panel approval from $20,000 to $10,000.
• Sponsors: 'Ram' Ramchandran, Barry Minnich
• Indexes: QBS
• Code sections: Ch. 2. Art. I. Sec. 2-12. - Procedures for the procurement of architects and engineers
• Related files: 2008-0237, 2012-0232, 2001-0076, 2008-0269, 2010-0275

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/21/2000	3	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
8/21/2000	3	Parish Council	Approved	Fail
8/7/2000	3	Council Member(s)	Introduced
8/7/2000	3	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
7/25/2000	2	Contract/Finance and Administrative Committee	Motion	Pass
7/25/2000	2	Contract/Finance and Administrative Committee	Discussed.
6/26/2000	3	Operations, Maintenance and Construction Management Committee	Tabled.	Pass
6/19/2000	1	Parish Council	Motion	Pass
6/19/2000	2	Parish Council	Removed and Referred	Pass
6/5/2000	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced
6/5/2000	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing

2000-0285
INTRODUCED BY: 'RAM' RAMCHANDRAN, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION A
BARRY MINNICH, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VII
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles, providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Section 2-12 to change the fee limit on projects requiring Qualification Based Selection Review Panel approval from $20,000 to $10,000.
Body
WHEREAS, on February 15, 1993 the members of the St. Charles Parish Council adopted Ordinance 93-2-20 establishing the Qualification Based Selection procedures for the procurement of architects and engineers; and,
WHEREAS, the procedure originally required that projects resulting in an engineering or architectural fee of $10,000 or more be awarded based on recommendations of the Review Panel and projects of less than $10,000 should be handled administratively; and,
WHEREAS, subsequently on April 6, 1998, Ordinance 98-4-3 amended Ordinance 93-2-20 to provide that projects less than $20,000 would be handled administratively; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish Council to return to the original fee limit of $10,000.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish Code Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-12, IV is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (a), as written, and replacing it with the following:
(a) Any contract for consulting engineers or architectural services involving the public works, sewerage, or waterworks department of any St. Charles Parish government office, agency, commission or special district which would result in a fee in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more shall be awarded based on the recommendation of the Review Panel. Any such project resulting in a fee of less than the ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) threshold shall be handled administratively by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion, from utilizing this selection process ...