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Board recommends city commission approve roughly $318,000 change order for sewer/street project
Summary
Staff said unanticipated sewer services, deeper excavations and additional pavement replacement produced net contract increases; the board voted to recommend the change order payment to the city commission, with one recorded no vote.
City project staff presented a change-order request tied to the Avenue project (phases 2–3) and asked the utility board to recommend payment approval by the city commission. Staff said the work included unanticipated sewer service runs, deeper cuts requiring wider pavement replacement, driveway and intersection work and additional gas line runs. After adding and subtracting contingency items, staff reported net increases in the $311,000–$318,000 range.
Members questioned specific line items, asked why the architect certificate of payment did not bear a signature on the packet and sought confirmation that work had been inspected and approved by engineering. Project staff said some contingency items were not used, some savings occurred on rock excavation, and that the architect/engineer had signed the pay request though the packet copy lacked the signature.
The board moved to recommend that the city commission approve the change order payment to Boyd Construction (contractor listed in materials as Jim Boyd Construction; the packet also used the name Kim Boyd Construction in one place) for the net increased amount reported to the board ($318,402.60 as the final figure presented at the vote). The motion passed on a roll-call vote with one member recorded as voting no.
