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Council moves to executive session after engineer flags deficiencies in $13M parking-deck project

2381778 · February 24, 2025
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Councilors voted to hold an executive session after city engineering field reports identified welds and other inconsistencies in the precast erection of a $13 million parking-deck project and requested additional engineering oversight, which increased inspection costs from roughly $74,000 to about $160,000.

The City of Passaic City Council voted on Feb. 20 to enter executive session after city engineers reported critical deficiencies and inconsistencies in the precast erection of a $13 million parking-deck project. The council discussed an engineering contract whose oversight cost had grown from roughly $74,000 to about $160,000 as a result of additional inspections and reporting.

Council members and staff reviewed a memorandum from the city engineer that said daily field reports identified welds that did not conform to contract…

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