Moore Engineering offers payment to settle Safe Routes to School overage, seeks five-year agreement

Mar 5, 2026

Moore Engineering told the Verndale City Council it will send a check of roughly $52,000 to cover an overage on the Safe Routes to School project but wants the city to sign a five-year agreement committing to stay with the firm or reimburse it if the city hires another firm. Council said it would continue to work with Moore Engineering while the firms prepare a pay estimate.

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Jon Pauna of Moore Engineering told the Verndale City Council on March 5 that Moore Engineering is willing to pay off Ideal Construction for an overage on the Safe Routes to School project but will request a multiyear commitment from the city in return. "I know that is what you’re saying now, it is not the way it was that night, I know that for a fact," Pauna said as he disputed the council's characterization of prior discussions.

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