Rockingham County commissioners approve multiple facilities contracts and transfer opioid-abatement funds to cover construction overages

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.H. — The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 18 approved a series of facilities and equipment contracts and authorized using opioid-abatement settlement money to cover projected cost overruns on the county's Community Corrections building project.

The board voted to transfer funds from the county's opioid-abatement resources to the capital fund to cover an estimated share of construction change-order overages, and approved an accounts-payable warrant to Harvey Construction Corporation for $1,328,930.14.

Commissioners said the Community Corrections project has remained within its guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for the original scope but had incurred additional legitimate change orders and related costs outside that GMP. County staff and commissioners discussed using allowable opioid-abatement categories that include construction for mental health and substance-use services to cover part of the overage. During the meeting a county official described a proposal to cover 50% of the project overage and identified the transfer amount discussed as about $1,700,000; the motion on the agenda asked for an operating transfer as recommended by the director of finance.

Votes and routine procurement

At the same meeting the board approved multiple procurement awards recommended by the senior director of facilities, planning, and IT, including: - Atrium recoat and exterior panels: awarded to Structures Unlimited for an amount not to exceed $44,670. - Chiller condenser replacement…