Board approves $746,695 contract total for downtown pickleball courts after two change orders

The Lebanon Board of Works on Tuesday approved two change orders for the city’s downtown pickleball-court project that together raised the contract sum but kept it under the $805,000 budget allocated for the work.

Engineering director Kevin Kulek told the board change order No. 1 finalized quantities for undercutting and added court area and fencing; that change order was for $204,304. Change order No. 2 added an underdrain around the Memorial Park courts because of unsuitable soils ($27,560), electrostatic painting of eight light fixtures ($3,975) and a slip-sheet approach at Admiral Longley Park that reduced excavation costs (net negative $16,680). Change order No. 2’s net was $11,855.

Kulek said the combined changes bring the contract total to $746,695, “well below the $805,000 budget that we have for the project.” He said the larger scope in change order No. 1 was previously approved on a time-and-material basis and that the figures now presented are the final quantities.

The board voted to approve both change orders. During discussion, council members confirmed the city would be using contingency funds from the project budget; Kulek noted the larger grant and REDI funding context for related downtown projects when explaining certain contract limits. The board recorded the approvals and moved the project forward to construction and final testing phases.

The project timeline, as discussed in the meeting, anticipates the courts and associated site work to proceed this season; the board approved final quantities and authorized the change orders so contractors can complete the work and testing.