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Select Board approves contractor and Haley Ward change orders; board keeps roughly $21,600 in retainage
Summary
The board approved a $27,072.06 contractor change order and a roughly $31,000 engineering change order from Haley Ward, while retaining about $21,578 in retainage; town staff said approximately $40,000 remains unclaimed in the grant account after these approvals.
Board members reviewed change orders and a pay application related to an ongoing town construction project and approved both the contractor change order (about $27,072.06) and an engineering change order from Haley Ward (about $31,000).
A town staff member explained the contractor change order stemmed from quantity increases observed in payout 3 and time-related costs such as police detail. The staff member also cited slow contractor performance, crew shortages and an incorrect hydrant delivery as contributors to additional costs. "Quantity increases in the field, which were triggered by payout 3,"…
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