The Tipton City Board of Works approved two contract change orders for the city’s public safety building during its meeting. The board voted to accept a change adding speakers in the building’s restrooms for the fire department alerting system and to approve an additional trim change order costing $3,942.

The board’s chair introduced the items and said Toby Winegar of Etika has been managing the project. On change order number 1, the chair said the additional restroom speakers are “actually for the alerting system for the fire department,” and that Chief Bittner/Bitter covered the cost from his department budget rather than the public-safety building project funds. Unidentified Speaker 4 moved to approve change order number 1; a second was recorded and the chair announced the motion passed.

On change order number 2, the chair explained crews had to install extended fascia trim above the apparatus bay panels because the original side material did not rise high enough. The chair estimated the cost of that change order as $3,942 and stated that it falls within the project contingency. The board moved, seconded and approved the change order.

The chair also told the board to expect two potential additional change orders at a future meeting: snow guards for the apparatus roof to help protect gutters and a new drain requested by the fire chief. Etika will follow up with the chief to qualify the drain request before it returns to the board.

Actions and next steps recorded at the meeting indicate the approved change orders will be incorporated into project records and that contingency funds will cover the fascia trim item; the board did not direct additional city funding for the restroom speakers because the chair said the fire chief had already paid from his budget. The board moved on to department business after approving these items.