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City engineer: downtown utility tie-in change order needed; city projects moving forward
Summary
City engineer Josh Baxley told the commission a change order is required to tie a looped utility system behind downtown businesses into the new downtown phase 2 work; the change increases the contract by $16,800 but staff said the project remains more than $100,000 under the original contract price. Multiple other city projects were updated.
PORT ST. JOE, Fla. — City engineer Josh Baxley updated the Port St. Joe City Commission on June 3 about multiple public-works projects, including a contractor change order required to tie a looped utility line into downtown utilities phase 2.
Baxley said the previously unplanned loop line runs from Dockside Drive to Box Sale behind downtown businesses and ties in customers including a McDonald's and the boat barn. The change order adds roughly $16,800 to the job but, Baxley said, the contract remains more than $100,000 under the original price even after the increase.
Other updates included completion of Monument Avenue striping, nighttime work to make tie-ins between 98 and 3 on the downtown utilities phase 2 project, HMGP (Hazard Mitigation Grant Program) elevation work for 12 lift stations pending contractor contracts, and completed improvements at the Avenue City and Battle Creek intersection.
Commission action: The commission approved the change order during the consent or project-item sequence without a recorded roll-call breakdown; commissioners discussed timing and impacts but staff said the change was necessary to complete service loops.
Why it matters: The downtown phase 2 utility work involves direct service tie-ins for multiple businesses and correcting an omitted loop in original plans; staff argued addressing it now yields a lower unit cost than if performed as a separate change order later.
Public input and other items: Commissioners and residents also discussed a newly installed speed table on Seventh Street and noted limited public feedback so far. The city attorney presented an alley abandonment resolution for property behind former Half Hitch that the commission approved.
