JP Council Meeting February 5 2025

At its February 5, 2025 meeting, the Jefferson Parish Council selected Inter Parish Security for a two-year security guard services contract at various parish locations under RFP 0494, citing its high score and low cost; the selection passed without objection. The council also selected Health Management Associates to conduct a senior citizen needs assessment survey. The 2025 operating and capital budget amendments were approved, but the transcript gives no amounts. The Parish President reported that Public Works replaced more than 500 I-10 lights with white LEDs for Super Bowl preparations, coordinated with the parish’s streetlight contractor, identified in the transcript as WJ Blaker. A resident also thanked the council for advancing a Jefferson Highway beautification project and asked that another section be included in the same bid; the transcript does not record a related vote.

The council approved increases to monthly fire-protection contract payments: Tarrytown Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department, $319,500 to $355,000; Herbert Wallace Memorial Volunteer Fire Company, $90,800 to $93,883.34; Live Oak Manor Volunteer Fire Department, $87,800 to $90,883.34; Nine Mile Point Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, $89,800 to $92,883.34; Avondale Volunteer Fire Company, $90,483.33 to $93,566.67; and Bridge City Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, $87,800 to $90,883.34. The council also approved donating a 1999 Ferrara fire apparatus from Fire Protection District No. 8 to District No. 4. These actions passed without objection. Other approved measures included restoration tax abatement-related actions and a change to the organization represented on the Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District commission; no additional procurement terms or amounts were stated.