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Crowley approves partial payment to contractor for Parks & Pavilion despite council concerns over progress
Summary
The Crowley board approved partial payment No. 8 to Prestige Construction Group for the Parks and Pavilion project after the city engineer and architect recommended payment, while several aldermen criticized visible progress and raised contract and liquidated-damages concerns.
The Crowley Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved partial payment No. 8 for the Parks and Pavilion project to Prestige Construction Group during the July 8 meeting after the city engineer and the project's architect recommended the payment. Alderman Byron Willrich moved to approve the partial payment; Alderman Samuel Reggie seconded the motion and the council voted to carry it, with one recorded opposition. The payment was presented as $77,424.55 on the payment application submitted to the council. City Engineer Tim Mader and others explained the partial-payment process: the city previously approved the project and the architect reviews and certifies monthly payment applications. "If the architect says it's payable, then you must pay it," Mader told the council, citing a…
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