Gonzales debris pickup nears end
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GONZALES — Debris pickup from Hurricane Gustav is almost complete, Mayor Johnny Berthelot said during Monday’s City Council meeting.
About 17,000 cubic yards of debris has been removed from inside the city limits and the private contractor handling the task, Unified Recovery Group LLC, of Baton Rouge, should be finished in the city on Wednesday or Thursday, Berthelot said.
The city council formally ratified an intergovernmental agreement Monday with Ascension Parish government for the debris removal.
The parish contracted with Unified Recovery Group at a rate of $6.50 per cubic yard of vegetative debris collected.
Sorrento and Donaldsonville also have signed intergovernmental agreements with the parish government.
Berthelot reminded the council members the state is responsible for picking up debris along state highways.
The council also formally entered into a mutual aid agreement with Orange Beach, Ala., to provide assistance when the other is affected by a hurricane.
Berthelot said the two cities have been assisting each other for some time without a formal arrangement.
During Hurricane Gustav, five police officers and two emergency medical personnel with an ambulance from Orange Beach arrived in Gonzales to help, the mayor said.
In other action, council members approved the purchase of vehicles for the Fire Department.
One vehicle will be used primarily as a mobile command post and the other is an ambulance, interim Fire Chief Tracey Normand said.
The ambulance will be the second in the department’s fleet that is less than two years old, Normand said.
The vehicles will cost about $280,000, less than the amount budgeted, the chief said.
About 17,000 cubic yards of debris has been removed from inside the city limits and the private contractor handling the task, Unified Recovery Group LLC, of Baton Rouge, should be finished in the city on Wednesday or Thursday, Berthelot said.
The city council formally ratified an intergovernmental agreement Monday with Ascension Parish government for the debris removal.
The parish contracted with Unified Recovery Group at a rate of $6.50 per cubic yard of vegetative debris collected.
Sorrento and Donaldsonville also have signed intergovernmental agreements with the parish government.
Berthelot reminded the council members the state is responsible for picking up debris along state highways.
The council also formally entered into a mutual aid agreement with Orange Beach, Ala., to provide assistance when the other is affected by a hurricane.
Berthelot said the two cities have been assisting each other for some time without a formal arrangement.
During Hurricane Gustav, five police officers and two emergency medical personnel with an ambulance from Orange Beach arrived in Gonzales to help, the mayor said.
In other action, council members approved the purchase of vehicles for the Fire Department.
One vehicle will be used primarily as a mobile command post and the other is an ambulance, interim Fire Chief Tracey Normand said.
The ambulance will be the second in the department’s fleet that is less than two years old, Normand said.
The vehicles will cost about $280,000, less than the amount budgeted, the chief said.
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