Council approves final pay requests and change order to close ball field project

The City Council approved a series of pay requests and a change order that finalize the new ball field complex contract and advance other public-works projects.

Council moved to approve pay requests that were on the agenda: First Rate (Seventh Street utility extension) pay request No. 4 for $243,244.69; Site Works (Sager/SAGGER system) pay request No. 17 for $145,294.08; Munson Brothers pay request No. 2 for $474,396.98; Metro Construction pay request No. 3 for $62,207.64; and Parkway Construction final pay request No. 7 for $18,524.04. The council also approved Change Order No. 1 to reconcile prior additions and deductions on the Parkway ball-field contract, bringing the contract total into final alignment.

Discussion around the Parkway change order clarified that the package consolidated previously incorporated items (seeding, backstop bracing, dugout roof upgrades, irrigation extensions, shade structures and sodding near the storage shed) and reflected a $1,475.96 deduct for electric-department repairs. Banner staff explained the accounting on the change order: the net additions and the bid-quantity overs/unders produced the $122,042.83 total reconciliation number.

Mayor Sealy called the motions and the council voted to approve each pay request and the change order.

Why it matters: Approving final pay applications and resolving the Parkway change order closes out the city’s largest recent capital recreational project and updates contract records and retainage accounting. The approvals also move multiple utility and infrastructure contracts forward under established budgets.

What’s next: Staff will complete final documentation and continue punch-list coordination for Seventh Street and other active projects as Banner and contractors complete outstanding items.

Sources: Council meeting proceedings; Banner engineering and staff remarks.