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Council hears update on Fire Station 1 delays; change orders under review, liquidated damages expected to reduce net cost
Summary
Chief Bentley told council the Station 1 project is 60'90 days behind schedule and that, after change orders, the contract is currently about $26,890 over a $5.2 million contract; staff said daily $500 liquidated-damage charges have been applied and are expected to reduce final net cost.
Chief Bentley updated the council on progress at Fire Station 1 and sought approval to accept pending change orders while clarifying the budget implications.
Bentley said the contractor was "about 60 to 90 days behind" and that some change-order work is coming at the end of the project. He told council there was contingency money set aside earlier for change orders and that, based on current calculations, the contract would be about $26,890 over the $5,200,000 contract price. Bentley said the city expects liquidated damages to reduce that overage.
A council member asked whether delays were weather-related; Bentley said the contractor had already taken weather days and that the fines of $500 per day were being applied for the mobilization/pace issues. He described the slow mobilization early in the project as the principal cause of the delay.
Staff requested council approval to accept the work associated with the change orders; the transcript does not include a recorded roll-call vote or motion text in the provided excerpt.
