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Board assesses $18,200 in liquidated damages to contractor over Bristol Street clearing delays
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved assessing $18,200 in liquidated damages against Homer Tree Services and reduced a pay item because tree-clearing and restoration work tied to the Bristol Street right-of-way was late or incomplete.
The Board of Public Works voted July 9 to assess $18,200 in liquidated damages against Homer Tree Services Inc. for delays and incomplete restoration related to tree clearing on the Bristol Street right-of-way project and to reduce pay item No. 4 by 50%, resulting in a net final contract price of $158,280.
The vote followed testimony from Jeff Schaeffer, engineering, who said the city had contracted for tree clearing before the prime contractor’s work began because of state restrictions tied to protections for the Indiana bat. "We did the clearing for the Bristol Street right of way before we had a prime contract,"…
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