Board considers change order and final payment for Liberty Water Relay project

The Board of Public Works and Capital Assets on Aug. 12 considered motions to authorize a change order and to approve final payment for the Liberty Water Relay project. The board addressed a $11,259.28 expense related to change order number 3 and a final payment request of $41,243.54 to the contractor identified in meeting materials as AW Oaks and Son.

The item on the change order asked the board to authorize the utility engineer to approve change order number 3 with AW Oaks and Son for the Liberty Water Relay project, in the amount of $11,259.28. A subsequent motion sought approval of the final payment of $41,243.54 for the same contractor and project.

Staff described earlier contract adjustments and the reasons they were made. According to the utility engineer, one earlier change order addressed filling an abandoned main to prevent a collapse that could cause road deterioration; another change order reduced contract cost to allow temporary construction restoration to align with an overlapping road project. The board record shows the third change order was the one under consideration at the meeting.

Motions on both the change order and the final payment were moved, seconded and followed by roll calls. The meeting transcript records the motions and roll-call action but does not show a detailed vote tally in the item text provided to the record.

The project record at the meeting referenced three total change orders; the third was the one specifically authorized during this session. The agenda item packet named the contractor as AW Oaks and Son and identified the work as part of the Liberty Water Relay project.

No additional contingency amounts or new scope items beyond those described in the meeting remarks were presented in the discussion.

The board moved to the next agenda items after the roll calls on these payments and change order requests.