Council approves SRF project, change order and pay requests as staff details wastewater equipment failure and construction progress

The Nevada City Council voted to accept a State Revolving Fund (SRF)–sponsored project and approved a reduction change order and several pay requests related to wastewater and SRF construction work.

Council approved resolution No. 100 accepting the SRF-sponsored project after a motion to approve; the council then approved change order No. 4 (a reduction) and passed pay requests including pay request No. 6 in the amount of $19,362.06 and pay request No. 37 for wastewater treatment improvements.

Why it matters: the SRF-funded work and related wastewater improvements involve capital construction, potential liquidated-damage calculations tied to substantial completion, and multi-month equipment lead times that affect when final payments and closeout decisions occur.

City staff said the project is near substantial completion but that a recent…