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Council discusses Wagon Wheel deep‑foundation change order and $11,000 budget amendment request
Summary
City staff said soil studies require deep foundations on the Wagon Wheel project and requested a contract change order for Phoenix Fabricators; staff cited a revised project total of $1,710,053 and asked for about an $11,000 budget amendment. Motions were made but a recorded vote is not present in the excerpt.
City staff told the City of Freeport council that soil studies for the Wagon Wheel project show the work requires deep foundation support rather than the shallow foundation specified in the original contract.
Unidentified Speaker 6 said the change would require a contract change order to Phoenix Fabricators and a budget amendment. "The soil studies have shown that they need a deep foundation support versus the shallow that was in the originally in the contract," the speaker said. The transcript cites a revised project total of $1,710,053 and states a request for a budget amendment "rounded to $11,000." The change order amount in one line of the transcript appears garbled and should be verified in official contract documentation.
Unidentified Speaker 6 moved for the change order and moved for the budget amendment; the motions were seconded in the provided excerpt. The transcript does not include a recorded roll‑call vote on the motions in the excerpt shared here. Staff told council the $11,000 amendment would put the project slightly over the previously carried amount and indicated they would return with formal budget paperwork if the change order is awarded.
Next steps: city staff and public works will prepare formal change‑order paperwork and, if the council approves the change order in a later or separate recorded vote, a budget amendment ordinance will be presented for adoption.
