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Resident questions documentation, costs and ethics tied to recreation-center and Point Mallard construction work
Summary
During public comment a resident raised concerns about construction change-order approvals, perceived conflicts and missing approvals in the change-order packet; staff explained feeder repairs at Point Mallard and said recreation-center increases remain within contingency.
A resident speaker raised ethics and contract-management concerns about ongoing construction at the Decatur Recreation Center and related facilities and questioned whether change-order documents had the city’s required approvals.
Mike Sobol, a public commenter, told the council he had reviewed a 284-page change-order and coordination packet and identified parties listed there, saying ‘‘GMC LLC is the architect...’’ and linking entries in the packet to campaign contributions. Sobol said he found the engineer listed as the city contact on only two emails and asserted that a construction manager and others had responsibility for project oversight. He told the council, ‘‘Not 1 of those change documents is…
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