Harahan council signs off on sewer project commitments and accepts Lift Station 6 work as complete

Harahan — The City Council on Dec. 18 approved infrastructure resolutions aimed at moving several sewer and wastewater items toward closeout.

The council voted to accept the engineer’s certification that Tomahawk Construction LLC’s work on Lift Station 6 is substantially complete and directed staff to file the certificate with FP&C/JeffNet. During discussion council members asked for the project engineer's documentation and confirmation there were no open punch list items; staff confirmed the engineer recommended acceptance.

In a separate, related vote the council adopted a resolution that formally records Harahan’s commitment to cover design costs and any change orders that exceed state FP&C grant funding for the Wilson Street sewer overhaul (project FP&C 50‑MC1‑21‑01, phase 4). Council members cautioned that underground work frequently produces justified change orders and emphasized that any appropriation of additional city funds for those overruns should return to council for explicit approval.

Attribution: The resolutions were offered by Councilman Chatelaine and discussed by several council members and by city staff. Council recorded approvals by roll call; lift‑station acceptance and the overrun resolution both passed unanimously (5–0).