Commissioners approve small net decrease on Freedom Life housing change order
Oct 20, 2026
A change order for the Freedom Life housing project eliminated two retaining walls and added other work, producing a credit of $992,500 and additional work of $483,003.56, resulting in a net project decrease of $5,091.44; the board approved the change order by voice vote.
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County staff presented a change order for the Freedom Life (Freedom Drive) housing project that resulted in a small net reduction in the contract price. Staff said elimination of two retaining walls produced a construction credit of $992,500 while proposed additional work — demolition of an abandoned house, grading, and stabilization stone — was estimated at $483,003.56, producing a net project decrease of $5,091.44. "So what you have is a net project decrease of $5,091.44," staff stated to the board.
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