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Council questions repeated change orders on force main project after multiple additions pushed costs past procurement threshold
Summary
Council members pressed staff about repeated change orders on the force main that extended from the intermediate school toward the Publix/Planters Point area, saying multiple add-ons raised the contract beyond the 10% threshold and asking staff to tighten oversight of low bids followed by large additions.
Council members pressed staff about multiple change orders on a force main extension project that runs from the intermediate school to the Publix at Planters Point, saying the work has produced several additions that together pushed the total above the city’s 10% change‑order threshold.
Daryl (staff member) told the council the contractor had added more fittings and materials than were in the original bid quantities and that change orders were necessary to finish the work. A councilmember raised the scale of the add-ons and said it “was like the 4th change order on this…
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