Tel: 337.441.0393, District IV Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. According to Cedars, LCG had initiated a study for a potential project that entailed the removal of the spoil banks in April 2021. 1844-1852: Principal, Adelphian Academy, North Bridgewater, MA: 1854-1855: Teacher, Dunbarton Academy, Washington, DC: 1855-1859: Principal, Western Academy . The Daily Iberian 124 E Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560 | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | The DAILY IBERIAN & ACADIANA LIFESTYLE are owned by Wick Communications. Mike Clay Cedars is accusing Lafayette Consolidated Government of removing spoil banks along the. Lafayette-based Rigid Constructors has been paid handsomely for its role in the blitz of detention projects. But rather than bid the markedly different contract, LCG accepted a single quote from Rigid valued at $3.7 million, the sole documentation for which appears to be a half-sheet of letter-sized paper with seven line items Rigid refers to as Bid Item(s) with an eighth line it calls Total Base Bid. To be clear, there was no advertised bid. Turnarounds of days, rather than weeks, is atypical, according to sources. The removal will allow the river to flow into the swamp during storms. "We need clean water, that's the very first thing we need because this is not a third-world country, this is America and we shouldn't have third-world water going through our pipes.". The attorney general can pursue that violation. St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars told News 10, "It just disrupts the ability of the public to feel comfortable utilizing our facilities." Close Thanks for signing up! Vital City-Parish Attorney Greg Logan confirmed in a phone interview that work on the St. Martin project started soon after the as-needed contract was awarded in December. 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One former public official is willing to give LCG the benefit of the doubt on the contract amendment. Dwayne Fatherree is the community editor for The Daily Iberian. We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Bayou Vermilion Flood Control alone was allocated $22 million from the states windfall of one-time money. You have permission to edit this article. 1059 Sonny Dr. (KLFY) An investigation has begun in the firings of many former employees in St. Landry Parish [] UPDATE, 3/3/2023: Milton-Fontenot said that Bellard gave her job back . Now, they might win it back. St. Martin Parish President has posted updates about the expected impacts for the parish from Hurricane Ida. Create a password that only you will remember. [1] At the 2020 census, the population was 51,767. While it may get around the bid law, it shouldnt get around the court of public opinion, he says. In February it was chosen over The Lemoine Company to negotiate pricing with LCG on the $60 million Homewood Detention Ponds project, the largest drainage undertaking in the parishs history. Contact her at (337) 207-4312 or [emailprotected]. Chester Cedars, the St. Martin Parish President, speaks at a Parish Council meeting, at which the council voted to pursue litigation against Lafayette Parish for the removal of a spoil bank. Vicknair also notes the original December bidders could go to court to enjoin the remainder of the as-needed contract, which has options to be extended another two years, if any of that work is out of scope of the original bid work. "When they were telling me about the project, I said, 'Wait a minute! Check out our map of Lafayette drainage projects here. We have one of the best procurement lawyers in the state that works for us out of New Orleans, attorney Logan says. St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars, who has disputed the merits and risks of removing the spoil banks, said Thursday he was given no advance notice of LCG's plans to "surreptitiously" remove the spoil banks. Log In / Sign Up. The maximum price of the projects first phase was negotiated at $30.6 million, but grew to $38 million when Rigid was forced to mobilize to another drainage project during litigation with the landowners. in Breaux Bridge, will host a groundbreaking ceremony today, Tuesday, July 30 at 11:00 a.m. to celebrate the start of an $11.2 million expansion and renovation project. He has also served as the Director of Planning and Zoning of St. Mary Parish. According to St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars October 19, 2021, President's report, Josh Guillory was no longer pursuing the spoil bank removal project. The Army Corps of Engineers did not require a permit for this, Guillory told News Ten. A combination of state dollars and ARPA funds, Cedars says even with the funding, it will take two to three months to get these consolidation efforts off the ground for three water systems in the parish so far: One in Catahoula, one in St. Martinville, and the St. Martin Parish water system. He was eventually taken into custody by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff . Vice President Lorem ipsum dolor consecteture adiciping. (AP) An off-duty St. Gabriel, Louisiana, police officer was arrested Thursday for the alleged murder of a 26-year-old man, authorities say. St. Martin Council on Aging, Inc. accepts applications from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. In all likelihood, St. Martin Parish would have gone to court to stop the work, and indeed Cedars has since threatened to sue everyone involved. Copyright 1997- If LCG was to successfully pull off its plan to go into the Cypress Island Swamp area without St. Martins knowledge or cooperation, it needed to move quickly and quietly. Box 993 St Martin parish, is the unreasonable neighbor here, not MP Guillory. St. Martin Parish ( French: Paroisse de Saint-Martin) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, founded in 1811. St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars said Tuesday evening that the administration is looking to fund several ambitious initiatives using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act: Water system consolidation $1 million Broadband expansion $3 million Water infrastructure in Water Works District 5 and along Highway 94 $3.8 million The spoil banks are makeshift dirt levees, nearly 4,000 feet long, that follow the river's southern bank around the Cypress Island Swamp in St. Martin Parish, isolating the river from the low-lying swampland and preventing floodwaters from dumping out of the river and into the swamp during storms. Bid law exists to protect against cost overruns and to keep negotiations honest. Why didnt you tell me? St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars said he asked Guillory when the two spoke after the operation was completed. "I have memories growing up, we'd drink out of the hose outside, could never do that anymore, and neither can our kids," 52-year-old Boudreaux says. Removing the spoil banks could help drainage throughout Lafayette by lowering water levels on the Vermilion by almost 8 inches in a 2- to 10-year storm, similar to the one in May 2014, and by a little over 2 inches in a storm similar to the August 2016 floods, according to a study by the University of Louisiana at Lafayettes Watershed Flood Center. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Tel: 337.342.2993 dwayne.fatherree@daily-iberian.com. Lafayettes spoil banks project in St. Martin Parish avoided public bid law and netted a contractor millions. document.write(year) The Corps added it would determine whether a permit for this work was required or not. The St. Martin Parish Council is the legislative and policy making body of the Parish. Let us know what's going on! The Guillory administration did not respond to requests for comment on this timeline. Angelle was elected at the age of twenty-five to the St. Martin Parish Police Jury, the local governing body known as the county commission in most other states. Andre Redditt, 27, was charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said in a press release. U.S. President; U.S. That would mean the public would have a right to access the lake even with the typical shoreline under private ownership. I dont see anything else MP Guillory could have done more reasonable to finally get something accomplished to protect the interest of Lafayette residents at risk of flooding, due to changes in the landscape, beyond their control. His statement reads, In order to successfully sue for damages in a plaintiffs case, you must show that there was harm created. Cameron P. O. St. Martin Parish has made a commitment to develop and maintain this medium so that the residents of our great parish can have full, open, and up-to-date access to the affairs of Parish Government. Our restaurants offer authentic, renowned, and award winning Cajun cuisine. The only jurisdiction the parish has is through zoning, and the right to legislate the use of the land around the lake.. St. Martin Parish Government (SMPG) District 6 Councilman Brook Champagne, speaking at the August 3, 2021, SMPG Council meeting, makes the emphatic statement that farmer and constituent Billy Broussard is "violating the zoning ordinance, and there's no doubt about it!" St. Martin Parish turned the tables on Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory's administration Wednesday with a new lawsuit asking a local judge to order Lafayette to rebuild the Cypress Island Swamp spoil banks. Should the Louisiana legislative auditor look into a municipalitys contracting practices, its role would only be to flag potential problems with contracts in an audit report, says Jenifer Schaye, general counsel for the legislative auditors office; violations can lead to restitution or, more rarely, criminal prosecution. ST. MARTINVILLE St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars said that efforts to negotiate a deal with landowners to allow public access to a. LWDB #40 is one of 15 local workforce development boards in the State of Louisiana and services . 'Did you remove them?' Email Davide Mamone at dmamone@theadvocate.com. DENHAM SPRINGS, La. St. Martin Parish Operations, Maintenance & Transportation 775 West Bridge Street, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 337-909-2990. Over the past several months, The Current has reviewed hundreds of of pages of court documents and records obtained from LCG related to its immense capital program for drainage. Cormier: "Starting in, I guess, 1990, the parish Police Jury had tried in three attempts to at least bring it to a study. Im not frustrated as much as Im disappointed. Recognizing the best in local architecture, planning and design, we are pleased to announce 12 winning projects for The Current In Design Awards 2023. Some members of the St. Landry Parish School Board say they are in favor of changes to the student dress code. You can experience nature at its finest and tour the Parishs natural gifts such as Bayou Teche, Lake Martin, and the Atchafalaya Basin. About Us. Flooding:Five years later, Lafayette is still defined by the catastrophic 2016 flood, "We bought the property, took the dirt off the spoil banks and put it on the Chappuis (Dentention Pond project) side," he said. 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On Feb. 18 LCG filed with the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court Amendment #1 to the as-needed contract, saying the parties desire to amend the agreement to add line items for additional services. The amendment was signed by Mayor-President Josh Guillory and Rigids Fortier. and last updated 8:09 PM, Feb 27, 2023. In the days and weeks before the contract was signed, Rigid CEO Cody Fortier, Rigid itself and Fortiers CF LLC each made $2,500 donations to the mayor-presidents campaign, as did another company associated with Fortier, Sunshine Homes LLC, for a total of $10,000, according to campaign finance records. This parish is not afraid to fight in the courts to protect the publics rights.. The St. Martin Parish facility will employ 976 direct employees with an annual salary of $38,000, plus benefits, and will result in 793 new indirect jobs. I know it took a month, and equipment came from all over the country. Attached to it was Rigids half page invoice. The engineering is clear.. He says it will benefit the entire region. "That doesn't preclude any other type of actions which may occur.". St. Martin Hospital (SMH), located at 210 Champagne Blvd. In May, Cedars wrote in another memorandum that he prepared and submitted a position paper in response to LCG application for a permit from the Corps of Engineers. I did see something that it was done in two days, but the equipment that was brought in from as far as Idaho, and a lot of that Rigid had to pre-pay I remember was going on. Rather, it seems we are more interested in protecting and advocating our individual ideologue rather than adhering to the advice of medical science and thus protecting our fellow citizens, our businesses, our employers/employees, our healthcare system, and our children.. All rights reserved. Very little of what Rigid charged on the spoil banks project is related to excavation. St. Martin Parish Federal Programs & Technology Annex 625 Corporate Boulevard, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 337.332.3388. The losses could substantially burden both city and parish finances. Over the last 25+ years various government agencies have spent many hundreds of millions of dollars on flooded homes, many of which could have been avoided by simply restoring the spoil banks to its original level, along with spot dredging and maintaining the required natural depth of the river. St. Martinville, LA 70582 "I can give you 14.3 million additional reasons it's not just talk, and that's the $14.3 million we've committed to making this consolidation work. ST. MARTINVILLE Parish President Chester Cedars said that he expects the parish should be getting an appellate ruling soon on its lawsuit against a business owner on Lake Martin. "We had requested, and were told, that we would get a chance to review all of LCG's models upon which this proposed project was going to be based. Interim St. Martin Parish Chester Cedars won the president seat with 73 percent of the vote tonight. Dwayne Fatherree / The Daily Iberian Buy Now Bruce Emley, division vice president for Waste Connections Bayou LLC, speaks at Tuesday's St. Martin Parish Council meeting. [citation needed] From 2000 to 2004, Angelle was the first parish president of St. Martin Parish and the vice president from 1998 to 2000 of the Huval Companies in Lafayette, Louisiana. On Friday, St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars levied the allegations against LCG. Nobody is going to block Rookery Road without a visit to the courthouse, Cedars said. St. Martin Parish turned the tables on Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory 's administration Wednesday with a new lawsuit asking a local judge to order Lafayette to rebuild the Cypress. Their clandestine removal has led to a firestorm of accusations between Lafayette and St. Martin parishes. Waiting for a judge to be assigned to the suit, according to public records at last check on Friday. Guillory has made clear hell do whatever it takes to push projects through faster. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. And why are Lafayette and St. Martin Parish fighting over them? Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, Workday sued on suspicion of discriminatory hiring, 86-year-old woman honored for years of community, Attic Trash and Treasure organization hosts three-day, Scary video: North Carolina kids nearly hit at bus, Southern University experiences power outage across, No. Guillory, Nepveaux, Logan, and Fortier, in my view are all heros. Site Map; Accessibility; Facebook (opens in new window/tab) Website The high water mark is at Rookery Road, where the levee used to be, Cedars said. Army Corps inspection finds no permit was needed for Lafayette spoil banks removal, removed a March lawsuit by LCG against St. Martin Parish, St. Martin Parish wants Lafayettes lawsuit thrown out for being in Lafayette, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 500 Henry C. 'Bo' LaGrange Chief Administrative Officer Henry C. 'Bo' LaGrange, is currently the Chief Administrative Officer of St. Mary Parish Government, a position he has held since 1996. Cedars said he continued with a second question: 'Why didnt you tell me?' Those spoils banks were keeping areas in St. Martin Parish from flooding, parish leaders say. St. Martin Parish Parish President. 'I guess I should have,' he said to me.. On Aug. 30, according to Cedars reports, the Corps advised that LCG had requested the proposed project be divided into two parts. Receive the digital, interactive PDF of the newspaper in your inbox. You had a 12 feet levee, and youre reducing it to 6 feet. Follow Andrew Capps on Twitter or send an email to acapps@theadvertiser.com. 600 Corporate Blvd Louisiana, 70517 Breaux Bridge - USA. In the midst of French culture, exploration, and settlement during the late eighteenth century, St. Mary bears the distinction of being a primarily Anglo-Protestant settlement in the midst of French-Catholic Acadiana. LCGs drainage program is itself unusually massive in scope and speed. Joyce Haynes is the president of the school . Cedars accused the parish government of removing spoil banks along the Vermilion River in St.. He can be reached at dwayne.fatherree@daily-iberian.com. He has been Departments Read More And the peculiar vehicle for awarding such a large contract, in effect side-stepping the transparency and cost controls required of public contracting, may itself have violated public bid law, according to interviews with a dozen contractors, engineers, lawyers and former LCG employees. Guillory, says, however, a permit was not necessary. The $3.7 million project, now the subject of a barbed lawsuit with St. Martin Parish in federal court, was top secret and never competitively bid. var year = today.getFullYear() var today = new Date() The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is investigating LCG's decision to do the St. Martin Parish work without a federal permit, and the Corps has also asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate "flagrant, willful violations" associated with the project.Shortly after being made aware of the levee removal, the Corps told LCG to stop all activity on the project (with the . Lafayette Consolidated Government removed spoil banks along the Vermilion River last week. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This story has been edited to include Fortier's $10,000 in donations to Mayor-President Josh Guillory's campaign and to note that the original as-needed contract was limited to work "throughout the Lafayette City-Parish." Lafayette Mayor President Josh Guillory says LCG removed the spoil banks to help flash flooding and drainage. (BRPROUD) - St. Martin Parish President Chester R. Cedars wrote a message addressing the community on the "stark reality" of this fourth surge of COVID-19. Public Works Committee @ 4:30 on the 3rd Tuesday; Administrative Committee Meeting follows Parish President. four other contractors sent bids that ranged from $568,000 to $1.1 million. "With so much of our daily life revolving around internet connectivity, we are making fiber infrastructure modernization a priority for our parish. Its parish seat is St. Martinville, and the largest city is Breaux Bridge. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, contact the Council on Aging at 337-332-3063. Invalid password or account does not exist. And surreptitiously LCG went out and removed those spoil banks and, in our opinion, has put our citizens at peril, contrary to what they may postulate.". Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population.This encompasses all city, county, and special district elections appearing on the ballot within those cities. STAFF PHOTO BY LESLIE WESTBROOK The Corps of Engineers in New Orleans said through a spokesperson that it opened an investigation into the spoil banks' removal. "Not . The current modeling of the spoil bank removal project shows that there is no threat of harm to St. Martin Parish.. Edna M. Johnson After rain storms in May 2021, Guillory advocated using an emergency ordinance to appropriate $20 million for city drainage projects, cutting red tape in part by bypassing bid requirements for a raft a projects. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Make a Donation . Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. 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The contract was awarded for one year, with options to renew for two additional one-year terms. Rigid played a limited role in the Lake Farm Road detention project that first landed LCG in court over property rights, having been paid $61,000 to clear and burn trees on the Randol family land near Costco in May 2021. We don't want anyone to be harmed, and therefore we believe that the way to mitigate that is to restore the property to its state before the removal of the spoil banks," he added. Lafayette Parish residents deserve to know and understand this issue. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. Records from LCG and Open Book reveal that Rigids invoices are typically paid within days, with one for $9.3 million for the Bayou Vermilion Flood Control project paid via wire transfer to Rigid on May 9, one working day after it was submitted. . Want to see more results ? Why would you do that? Lafayette Consolidated Government may be drawing itself into a lawsuit with St. Martin Parish after quietly removingspoil banks, or makeshift levees,along the Vermilion River without St. Martin Parish's approval. St. Martinville, LA 70582 St. Martin Parish School Board. Spoil banks:St. Martin Parish wants Lafayettes lawsuit thrown out for being in Lafayette. 0:36. St. Martin Parish Federal Programs & Technology Annex 625 Corporate Boulevard, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 337.332.3388. His response was, 'Yes I did,' Cedars said. But I did get an email response Sunday night thanking me for the proposal and saying they hope to speak again soon.. St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars said it seems to him that "There is a large number of our citizens who are not participating in the mandatory waste program." Lafayette organization. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. View the job description, responsibilities and qualifications for this position. I look forward to continuing our work with all of our neighbors, including St. Martin Parish, to combat flooding on a regional scale. Thats our job, Cedars said. Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 "Our interest is to ensure that the citizens of St. Martin Parish are protected from enhanced flooding risks that we believe the removal of the spoil banks creates," he told the Daily Advertiser. Tel: 318.906.0582, District V "I want to give a full report to the council to the public at one time," he said. Cedars would not say exactly what St. Martin Parish's plan is to address LCG's removal of the spoil banks but did say that he plans to give a full report on the situation at the St. Martin Parish Council's next meeting on Tuesday, March 15. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. . If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. He also addressed rumors that some landowners might try to block Rookery Road around the lake. This Tuesday (March 7th) is ACT Testing Day on our high school campuses. Im just so happy were able to help both Lafayette Parish and St. Martin Parish, Guillory added. It is likely a court would find, based on the facts specific to this project, how it was bid, and the quick resulting change order which appears to have changed the scope of work that LCG did not comply with Louisianas public bid law, says David Vicknair, an experienced public bid law attorney with the firm Scott Vicknair LLC in New Orleans. There were some models that were given to us, and we looked at it and weren't satisfied with the conclusions of those 'models,'" Cedars said Thursday. 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