Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Sewerage & Water Board agendas take up 2027 drainage millage, contract amendments; minutes not yet published

Four Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans meetings were scheduled between Oct. 13 and Oct. 21, including a full Board of Directors session whose agenda listed 2027 drainage millage rates alongside a set of contract amendments, awards and ratifications. Agendas for all four meetings are posted. Minutes have not yet been published for any of them, so the records supplied do not show what was voted on, what passed, or what any item will cost. No dollar figures appear in the materials reviewed.

2027 drainage millage rates

Resolution R-117-2026, concerning 2027 Drainage Millage Rates, appeared on the agenda of the Finance and Administration Committee on Oct. 15 and again on the Board of Directors agenda for Oct. 21. Millage rates set the property tax charged for drainage. The agendas list the resolution as an item to be considered; they do not state a proposed rate.

The Finance Committee agenda also listed review of the August 2026 financial summary and reports on delinquent accounts.

Contracts and construction

The Board agenda listed a contract award for IT professional services with Louisiana Technology Group, Inc. (R-095-2026), and an amendment to the Water Line Replacement Program agreement with N-Y Associates, Inc. (R-104-2026).

Also listed were an amendment to the West Power Complex Group 3 Projects agreement with WSP USA Inc (R-105-2026), and ratification of change orders for sanitary sewer restoration with CMG Pipelines, Inc. and Wallace C. Drenna, LLC.

The Finance Committee agenda for Oct. 15 carried the same water line, West Power Complex and change order items, plus an amendment for a Power Frequency Converter at the Carrollton Water Plant with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. It also listed final acceptance of the Carrollton Basin No. 20 and No. 5 Sewer Rehabilitation contracts with Hard Rock Construction, LLC.

Final acceptance is a contract closeout step; the agenda does not state the contract values or the scope of the change orders.

Customer Information System rebid

The Evaluation Selection Committee met Oct. 13 on Solicitation # 2026-SWB-39 for Customer Information System software and services. The agenda listed evaluation and rating of proposal responses, announcement of respondents' rankings, and a committee recommendation. The agenda does not name the respondents or the recommended vendor.

Public comment rules and by-laws

The Governance Committee met Oct. 15 to consider Resolution R-148-2026 to adopt rules for public participation and comment at meetings, and to discuss proposed new Board of Directors By-laws. Both were listed as items for consideration; the record does not show whether either advanced.

Coming up

The records provided list no upcoming Sewerage & Water Board meetings in the next 14 days. That reflects the supplied data only and does not establish that no meetings will be held. Residents who want to track the drainage millage resolution, the contract items or the public comment rules should watch for posted minutes of the Oct. 13–21 meetings, which would show what the board actually decided.

Sewerage & Water Board committees to take up 2027 drainage millage, public comment rules and software bids

Three Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans committees met during the week of Oct. 13–15, with agendas covering 2027 drainage millage rates, rules for public comment, new board by-laws and the ranking of vendors bidding on customer information system software. All three meetings are listed in the supplied records as agenda only — minutes have not yet been published — so no votes, rankings or outcomes are known at this point. What follows is what each body was scheduled to consider.

Finance Committee: 2027 drainage millage rates

The Finance Committee, described in the agenda summary as the Finance and Administration Committee, met Oct. 15. Its agenda listed Resolution R-117-2026 regarding 2027 Drainage Millage Rates, along with a review of the August 2026 financial summary and reports on delinquent accounts.

The same agenda listed several contract actions for water and sewer infrastructure: amendments for the Water Line Replacement project with N-Y Associates, Inc. and the West Power Complex Group 3 Projects with WSP USA Inc; an amendment for a Power Frequency Converter at the Carrollton Water Plant with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; ratification of change orders for sanitary sewer restoration with CMG Pipelines, Inc. and Wallace C. Drenna, LLC; and final acceptance of the Carrollton Basin No. 20 and No. 5 Sewer Rehabilitation contracts with Hard Rock Construction, LLC.

The agendas do not state dollar amounts for any of these items, and the records do not indicate whether any were approved.

Governance Committee: public comment rules and by-laws

The Governance Committee met Oct. 15 to consider Resolution R-148-2026, which would adopt rules for public participation and comment at meetings. The agenda also listed discussion of proposed new By-laws for the Board of Directors.

Both items concern how board meetings themselves are run — when and how residents may speak, and the rules the board operates under. Neither item is recorded as adopted.

Evaluation committee: Customer Information System software

On Oct. 13, the Evaluation Selection Committee was scheduled to discuss and rate proposal responses for Solicitation # 2026-SWB-39, covering Customer Information System software and services. The agenda listed evaluation and rating of the responses, announcement of respondents' rankings, and a committee recommendation.

The summary describes the committee's stated intent to rank respondents and make a recommendation; it does not identify the respondents or the recommended vendor.

What the records do not show

These summaries are drawn from agendas. They establish what each committee planned to take up, not what it did. No vote tallies, contract values, millage figures or vendor rankings appear in the supplied material, and none should be inferred from the absence of published minutes.

Coming up

The supplied records list no upcoming Sewerage & Water Board meetings for the next 14 days. Residents who want to follow the items above — particularly the 2027 drainage millage resolution and the public comment rules — should watch for posted minutes and future agendas from the board.