Final balancing change order for Paul Hand and Graham Road roundabouts returns $173,504.80 to partners

Franklin City Redevelopment Commission members were told the two roundabout projects at Paul Hand and Graham Road closed out with a negative balancing change order, producing refunds to the county and the town of Whiteland.

Matt McElroy, city engineer, said the board of works approved a final balancing change order “for minus, $210,003.70. So overall a good project. The original contract price was $22,939,700.” McElroy said, after apportioning the final costs under existing cost-share agreements, the city will issue refunds: $80,555.80 to Johnson County and $92,949.00 to Whiteland. He added the city also realized the $92,949.00 in savings.

McElroy told the commission no formal action was required that day. He said he checked with the clerk’s office and “they said it could still be handled under the resolution. So I just submit I'll just create an invoice to pay the county and to pay Whiteland and, just attach the resolution. And then we have the inner interlocal agreements.” The commission did not vote on the refunds at the meeting.

The exchange resolves the final accounting for the two roundabout contracts and moves the administrative step of issuing invoices and attaching the governing resolution to city staff. The projects’ final negative change order and the original contract amount were provided to commissioners for their records.

Looking ahead, McElroy and staff will prepare and send the invoices and attach the previously adopted resolution and interlocal agreements to document the refunds; no further commission action was requested during the meeting.