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Board of Works approves zero-dollar reclassification for South Main Street change order
Summary
Franklin City Board of Works approved Change Order No. 10 for the South Main Street project that reclassifies a previously charged $5,300 utility-delay cost as nonparticipating with no net change to the contract price; staff said they may pursue reimbursement from the utility company.
The Franklin City Board of Works on Feb. 5 approved Change Order No. 10 for the South Main Street reconstruction project, a net $0 change that reclassifies about $5,300 in utility-delay charges as nonparticipating with the Indiana Department of Transportation (NDOT).
The action, presented by Assistant City Engineer Matt McElroy, corrects paperwork so federal NDOT funds are not billed for utility delay costs that NDOT does not cover. "NDOT does not participate in utility delays with federal money, so this was basically a change order to reduce NDOT's participating in that change order," McElroy said.
Why it matters: the reclassification does not change the amount already paid on the project but affects which party bears the cost. Staff and elected officials discussed pursuing reimbursement from the utility they identified as responsible for the delay.
McElroy said the delay arose from a conflict between a utility and the city's sanitary sewer and that the cost was primarily supervisor time. Another staff member noted CenturyLink as the utility involved; Mayor (unnamed) and staff discussed prior recoveries from CenturyLink on a different project and asked the city attorney to pursue reimbursement. "We can do that," the staff member said. City Attorney Lynn Gray confirmed the commission certification item later in the meeting but did not characterize legal strategy on reimbursement in the discussion on this change order.
The board approved the presented change order by voice vote. The motion to approve was made from the floor and seconded; the board answered "Aye."
