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City authorizes change orders totaling about $301,906 to close Oswego Riverwalk west-wall contract; FEMA hazard-mitigation application planned
Summary
The council authorized multiple change orders with JMT Inc. that adjust pay items and close out the Oswego Riverwalk west-wall reconstruction contract; the engineer said the project is listed on the county hazard mitigation plan and the city will pursue FEMA-related funding.
City engineers asked councilors to authorize several change orders with JMT Incorporated related to the Oswego Riverwalk west-wall reconstruction project, adjusting time-and-material (force-account) work, reconciling overruns and removing unused items to close the contract.
City Engineer Jeff Hinderliter described a series of force-account items after crews encountered unexpected materials and old repairs behind portions of the wall. He said one work area required scaffolding removal after an excavator fell into an unseen void, and other tasks exceeded original quantities when crews cleared brush and exposed gaps in the stone facing. The change orders include amounts of $68,918.85 (change order 6), $8,660.33 (change order 7), $52,581.26 (change order 8) and a deduct of $91,477.58 (change order 9). The total added by change orders is $301,906.22, bringing the contract total to $2,292,196.22, according to the engineer’s summary distributed to councilors.
Hinderliter said the contract will be closed with W.D. Malone (contractor) and retainage released, while keeping the issue open so the city can pursue hazard-mitigation funding through a county plan and FEMA application for related upland work. He cautioned that the hazard-mitigation process is an application-based program that can take time. Councilors moved and seconded motions to approve the change orders and recorded affirmative votes.
The engineer provided a pay-application summary and change-order spreadsheet to councilors; council discussion did not include a detailed schedule for remedial work or specific hazard-mitigation project timelines.
