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County withholds $187,000 payment to Oak Rex, staff urges legal notice and liquidated damages over booking-room finish delays
Summary
Potter County is withholding $187,008.54 of a July pay request from general contractor Oak Rex for the county booking-room project because HVAC and plumbing work remain unfinished and because testing and certification are disputed.
Potter County staff told the commissioners' court they are withholding $187,008.54 from the July pay request submitted by general contractor Oak Rex for the county booking-room project, citing incomplete HVAC and plumbing punch-list items and disputed test-and-balance results.
County construction staff said the architect-certified pay application arrived filled out at 100 percent but lacked the required revisions and signatures after the county flagged outstanding HVAC work. The staff member said the contractor chose not to revise the request when asked and that the county is currently holding roughly $480,000 tied to the project. “I would not approve it,” the staff member told the court.
Why it matters: the booking-room project is funded with ARPA money, the staff member warned, and delays risk jeopardizing ARPA…
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