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Talbot County approves $427,992 in change orders for Mount Pleasant sewer extension
Summary
County engineers told the council the extra work was an omission in the project design; the council approved two change orders totaling $427,992.01 to be paid from the project contingency and authorized staff to pursue legal review of the engineering design omission.
Talbot County Council on Dec. 9 approved two change orders totaling $427,992.01 for a sewer extension project that will connect parts of Mount Pleasant, Bosman and Nevitt to the Regent/St. Michaels wastewater treatment plant.
County engineer Ray Clark told the council the project’s contractor did not bid on several areas because those areas were omitted from the final design package prepared by Century Engineering. Clark provided the line‑item amounts: “Change order number 1 is for $311,454.03. Change order number 2 is for $117,264.98. This comes to a total of $427,992.01,” and said the county will pay the amounts from the project contingency.
Clark said the project is roughly 80% complete and expected to be finished by February, and that available project contingency would be reduced but remain positive. He also said the county will ask its attorney to review whether the engineer carries any contractual obligation for the omission before seeking reimbursement: “If the council so desires, we could have Patrick take a look at this to make sure that, there isn't some sort of obligation that they have…”
A council member moved to approve the change orders and the motion carried on a recorded voice vote. Council discussion included confirmation that the original RFP was issued by the county, that Century Engineering designed the work, and that the county will seek environmental health documentation before extending service to individual parcels.
The county’s manager said the change orders would be charged to the project contingency; Clark summarized remaining contingency and schedule but several contingency figures in the record were approximated and staff said they will provide final accounting in follow‑up materials.
Next steps: the change orders will be executed and the county will pursue the legal and administrative follow‑up the council requested. The council recorded its approval during the meeting; no additional funding from general county revenues was requested at the meeting.
