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Solon council approves $700,000 change order for Community Park Phase 2, declaring emergency
Summary
The Solon City Council approved Ordinance 202555, a change order to the Mammoth Sports Construction contract for phase 2 task 5 of the Solon Community Park improvements, after staff explained scope changes and councilors debated the cost and rationale.
The Solon City Council voted to approve Ordinance 202555, authorizing Change Order No. 1 to the agreement with Mammoth Sports Construction for construction changes to phase 2 task 5 of the Solon Community Park improvements and declaring an emergency.
Council members spent the bulk of discussion probing why the change order—described in debate as a large item roughly characterized in the meeting as “about $700,000”—was needed after the project was bid. City staff said the primary driver was removal of a planned retention/detention pond from the construction plans, which required importing 6,600 cubic yards of material and additional sewer work instead of using excavated soil. Staff also said the change removed several water vaults (credited back about $11,000) and added three hydrodynamic separators (about $78,000 total),…
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