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Commissioners debate $30,000 annex painting change order; consult attorney and table decision
Summary
The court heard extended discussion about unapproved work on annex painting and texturing, including conflicting walkthroughs and multiple change orders. Commissioners entered executive session for legal advice and returned to take no action and table the item pending counsel review.
A contentious change order for annex painting and texturing that added work not clearly covered in the original bid dominated discussion at Hutchinson County’s meeting. Commissioners and staff debated whether the county must pay contractors for roughly $30,000 in additional painting and texturing work after apparent misunderstandings during the bid and walkthrough process.
The discussion focused on three issues: whether the extra work was authorized before it was done, which contract(s) the additional charges should be applied to, and whether the…
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