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Council approves change order, hears updates on wastewater plant, inflow investigations

5582073 · August 12, 2025
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Summary

The City Council approved a $337,526 change order for Phase 2 of the wastewater treatment plant and accepted the project as substantially complete while hearing staff and consultants outline continuing collection-system inflow issues, a planned fall smoke-testing campaign, and a near-term startup of the digester complex.

The City Council approved Change Order No. 6 for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Phase 2 from Williams Brothers Construction for $337,526 and later adopted a resolution declaring the plant construction project substantially complete, while staff described ongoing collection-system inflow concerns and planned investigations.

City Engineer Derek Thomas said the project team has a punch list of remaining items and that start-up of the digester complex is slated for next week. "They're progressing on that punch list…there's a start up on the Digester complex slated for next week," Thomas said. Council voted to approve the change order and the resolution accepting the improvements.

Why it matters: The approvals advance the plant toward operation while the council and staff described new…

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