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Hot Springs council approves settlement with ISG and $37,176 contract to extend suspended sidewalk
Summary
Council authorized a settlement with ISG that will reimburse the city $27,138.65 toward finishing a suspended sidewalk and approved a $37,176 contract with Core Construction to extend the sidewalk 10 feet to the north; the city’s net cost was stated as $10,037.35. Completion timing will be set after the contractor is given a start date.
Hot Springs council voted to authorize a settlement with engineering firm ISG and to award a contract to Core Construction to complete a problematic suspended sidewalk at the north end of the structure.
Council discussed the issue at length and approved a settlement release and waiver that, as described in the meeting packet, requires ISG to reimburse the city $27,138.65 toward the work. Council then authorized the mayor to sign a contract with Core Construction for $37,176 to extend the suspended sidewalk 10 feet to the north and tie it into the retaining wall; officials said the city’s net cost after the ISG reimbursement would be $10,037.35.
An unidentified council speaker explained how the numbers were calculated: “ISG will pay the city $27,138.65 toward that $37,176 for the completion of the work, leaving a cost to the city of $10,037.35.” The speaker told council the additional construction includes cutting back about 10 feet of the retaining wall and extending and tying the sidewalk into the new wall.
The packet lists a contract completion date of “08/15/1926,” which city staff acknowledged as an error in the document; council members were told the contractor has indicated work will begin in spring and staff expects a confirmed start month or date once the contract is fully executed. The council approved both the settlement and the contract by voice vote.
The council credited its attorneys, Core Construction and ISG for working toward the resolution; staff said ISG will reimburse the city when the work is completed. The council did not specify a funding source for the city’s net share of approximately $10,037.35 in the public discussion recorded in the meeting.
Next procedural steps: staff will sign the contract, obtain a firm start date from Core Construction and oversee the work through completion. The meeting record shows council approval but does not include a formal, itemized payment schedule or a confirmed contractor start date.
