Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has issued a new call for a sanitation provider in the French Quarter and Downtown Development District, potentially reviving a controversy that has engulfed City Hall for nearly a year as New Orleans transitions to a new mayoral administration.
The new “request for proposals,” released on Oct. 10, calls for a six-month service term to begin on Dec. 23, when an existing one-year contract with IV Waste expires. The start date is three weeks before the inauguration of Mayor-Elect Helena Moreno, who avoided a runoff with an outright victory in the Oct. 11 primary election.
The solicitation marks yet another chapter in an ongoing, explosive saga that has already seen several court rulings, last-minute maneuvers to avoid service disruptions and Cantrell administration officials publicly accusing the mayor of blindsiding them…