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Council authorizes change order for Southern Pump Station; city adds nearly $3.0 million from wastewater fund
Summary
The council approved a change order and budget revision for the Southern Pump Station project that raises the revised phase estimate to about $15.0 million and requests roughly $2.95 million in additional wastewater working-capital funds. Staff cited value-engineering savings and federal tariff risk as reasons to proceed now; vote was 4-0.
The El Centro City Council on a 4-0 vote approved a change order and additional appropriation for the Southern Pump Station project, moving the revised Phase 1 estimate to about $15.0 million and asking the council to add $2,954,417.40 from the wastewater working-capital fund to complete the phase.
Abraham Campos, who presented the item for city staff, described the Southern Pump Station as a "generational project" intended to increase system reliability, expand capacity and enable new development connections in the Willow Bend area. Campos said prior…
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