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Edinburg council OKs $3.397 million change order to repair wastewater-plant equipment, extend timeline
Summary
Council approved Change Order No. 1 for JMJ Constructors to address deteriorated equipment, electrical repairs and piping at the city's wastewater treatment plant, increasing the contract by $3,397,168.86 and extending work by 180 days.
EDINBURG, Texas — The Edinburg City Council on Oct. 7 approved a change order adding $3,397,168.86 to a wastewater treatment plant upgrade contract to repair deteriorated equipment and address electrical and piping issues discovered after the original bid.
Gerardo Carmona, the city's director of utilities, told council the work is needed to replace failing components and to perform preemptive repairs "before we have an actual emergency," and that one objective is to reduce odors at the plant.
Carmona said funds will come in part from contingency in the Texas Water Development Board award (about $1,110,000) and the remainder from the city's utility fund derived from water and sewer rates. He said repairs identified after the original bid surfaced this year and that the change order will add about 180 days to the project's schedule.
Council members voted to approve the change order. No roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Carmona said the upgrades include electrical work, replacement of deteriorated piping and odor-control measures. "We are working on fixing some of the deteriorated equipment that has gone down, and to also address some of the issues that we're having on the electrical, and to replace some of the, piping that's already been deteriorated before we have a actual emergency, which eventually is gonna cost more for the city," he said.
The approval authorizes the city manager to execute related documents. City staff indicated existing bond funding and contingencies will cover the cost and that the remainder will come from operational utility funds.
