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Wausau Board of Public Works approves contractors, payments and a change order at July 8 meeting
Summary
The Wausau Board of Public Works approved minutes, awarded a retaining-wall contract, authorized several pay estimates, accepted a deduct change order for a wastewater project and released a final retainage during a brief July 8 meeting.
The Wausau Board of Public Works on Tuesday, July 8 approved meeting minutes and a series of contracts, pay estimates and a change order, including an award for the Washington Street retaining-wall project and payments for street and trail work.
The actions approved by the board cover contractor selection and payments tied to public-works projects across the city, including a deductive change order to reduce costs at the wastewater treatment facility and a pay estimate for replacement of lead service lines.
Board members voted unanimously on each item in a meeting that included brief staff recommendations for each payment or contract. The board approved the June 24 meeting minutes before moving through open bids and pay-estimate approvals.
On the Washington Street retaining-wall project, the board accepted a low bid from Yankee General Contractors in the amount of $324,710.25. The other bid received was from 8 Pine Incorporated for $1,260,482.91. A board member moved to approve Yankee General Contractors’ bid and another board member seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.
The board approved pay estimate No. 13 for Community Infrastructure Partners for work on replacement lead service lines in the amount of $319,822.20. Meeting discussion indicated this payment covers engineering, construction management and design work; construction requests had not yet been received but were anticipated to begin in August.
For the wastewater treatment facility screening improvements, the board approved Change Order No. 1 for J.F. Ahern, a deduct of $180,014 related to bypass work the contractor and staff determined was less necessary than initially planned. The board approved the deduct by voice vote.
The board also approved pay estimate No. 2 for the Second Avenue Trail South Extension (PGA) in the total amount of $239,004.77 for work completed through mid-June. A separate pay estimate (No. 3) for the 2025 Street Construction Project A (Randolph Street and Cherry Street) for Hassons Incorporated in the amount of $393,294.69 was approved; that payment was presented as recommended by Kurt Semrow.
Finally, the board approved release of the final retainage for 2023 Street Construction Project B (North Tenth Avenue) to Steam Construction in the amount of $5,000, described in the meeting as the retainage release for the project’s final payment.
The meeting concluded after the board moved to adjourn.
