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Kodiak Island Borough approves $349,563 change order to ship PCB-contaminated demolition waste off island
Summary
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on March 13 approved a not-to-exceed $349,563.12 change order to contract FY2025-35 with Far North Services to separate and ship PCB-containing materials from the mental health buildings after testing found PCBs in most waste streams.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on March 13 authorized the borough manager to approve change order number 1 to contract FY2025-35, allowing the separation and off‑island shipment of PCB‑containing materials from the borough’s mental health buildings demolition and abatement project. The change order is not to exceed $349,563.12 and covers an estimated 24 containers at a per‑container price of $14,565.13; the contractor will be paid only for containers actually used.
The change order was proposed after third‑party testing and borough consultants found polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in “the majority of the materials,” borough manager Amy Williams said. Williams told the assembly that “the Kodiak Island Borough Landfill Permit does not allow for any PCB material to be disposed at the landfill,” so material must be separated and shipped off island for lawful disposal.
Project manager Cody Allen described the timeline…
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