The Hammond City Board of Public Works and Safety on April 17 approved change order number 2 for the Kennedy Avenue Road Diet project, covering soil testing for contaminated materials at select locations for $16,500.

Dean Button said the testing was part of the project specifications but there was no bid item for it; the sampling locations included areas near a Crane company site and the Sanitary District pump station. He told the board the project is being administered through the Indiana Department of Transportation and is an 80/20 match under INDOT rules, and that the change order "eats into the credit that we have." Button said INDOT approved the change order and asked the board to approve it.

The board approved the change order by voice. Staff characterized the action as aligning the contract to site realities and noted the funding impact is to reduce earlier credited amounts; no additional city appropriation was requested at the meeting.

No formal vote tally or statute was cited in the transcript.