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Public works body approves minutes, pay estimates and change orders for multiple city projects
Summary
The body approved the meeting minutes and a series of payments, pay estimates and a change order for downtown parking, street construction, lead service line replacements and a lift-station project; vote actions were by motion and voice vote with affirmative ‘Aye’ responses.
The City of Wausau public works body approved the minutes for the September 23 meeting and a package of construction payments, pay estimates and a change order covering several 2024–25 projects.
Approvals included two lead service line replacement payments to Community Infrastructure Partners (pay estimate 17: $800,464.64; pay estimate 18: $421,416.45). Staff said these are construction payments for 2025 lead service line replacement work and that the city will front the cost pending a loan closing on November 26; staff said reimbursement will follow loan closing.
A change order (Change Order No. 1) for downtown parking improvements by Hassons Incorporated was approved for $6,168 to cover contractor clearing work and the addition of a pull box to allow future corridor lighting. The body also approved Hassons’ pay estimate No. 1 for the same downtown parking project in the amount of $248,475.70.
Other approved pay estimates included:
- 2025 Street Construction Project A (Randolph Street, Cherry Street) — Hassons Incorporated — Pay estimate No. 6: $1,143,805.85 (recommended by staff and project inspector Kurt Semerill).
- 2025 Street Construction Project B (Fulton Street, First Street, Second Street) — Switlik and Sons — Pay estimate No. 6: $177,309.82 (recommended by staff and project inspector Kurt DeBoer).
- Cherry Street lift station replacement — Integrity Grading and Excavating — Pay estimate No. 1: $360,145. Staff noted consultant Clark Dietz inspected and approved work on site; a Clark Dietz representative (Diane) signaled approval.
For each item the motion was made by Speaker 1 and seconded by Speaker 2; the record shows a voice vote with “Aye” responses for approval.
The meeting closed with a motion to adjourn, which carried by voice vote.
Details on individual contract numbers, lien waivers, or final project retainage were not provided in the spoken record.
