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Council presses administration on change orders, contaminated soil and audit repeat findings

Edison Township Council Work Session · October 21, 2024
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Councilors questioned a $61,000 change order for court resurfacing, repeated audit recommendations about benefits funding and ledger postings, and asked for chain-of-custody detail after soil moved to Kilmer fields; administration said testing, CME reports and reserves work are in progress and that some equipment purchases are grant-funded.

Edison councilors used Tuesday—s work session to press administration for more documentation on a string of infrastructure and fiscal issues, from change orders on recreational courts to contaminated-soil sampling and audit recommendations.

Council members asked why a change order of roughly $61,000 was required for resurfacing at municipal courts and whether geotechnical test pits should have been done before the project began. Ray (DPW/Facilities) said the contractor encountered clay substrate that required remediation after work had started: "They provided a very detailed proposal on how to…

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