Commissioners restore contingency and approve multiple change orders on courthouse roof project
After discovering contingency shortfalls, the board voted to add $150,000 from SPLOST to the courthouse project contingency and approved change orders for window recaulking and brick replacement to avoid additional overhead and profit markups.
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County Administrator John Gorton and Travis Evans of River City Contracting explained that earlier change orders had incorrectly reduced the contract amount instead of drawing from contingency, leaving the contingency approximately $31,746 overdrawn. Gorton recommended adding $150,000 to the contingency from SPLOST to prevent additional overhead and profit markups on pending change orders.
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