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Lakeview Park project moves forward after court approves multiple change orders
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Summary
Superintendent reported progress at Lakeview Park — dugouts and backstop work on upper fields, Romtek building plans submitted — and the court approved change orders that include a sewer replacement, a Musco lighting pricing adjustment and a $58,190 grounding credit; engineers approved the grounding reduction.
Frankfort — Franklin County Fiscal Court on Nov. 19 heard a project update on Lakeview Park and later approved change orders tied to the park's Phase 1 work.
Mason, the county's project superintendent, told magistrates the upper four fields are complete with dugouts poured, knee walls and tension posts for backstop netting in place, and that footers are under way on the lower three fields. Mason said the project received "sealed engineered plans" for Romtek buildings and had submitted those to the building inspector for review.
Mason described three change-order issues: a Musco lighting line-item that the contractor acknowledged and for which Musco agreed to split the difference (the previously reported $18,673 line was adjusted), an unexpected sanitary sewer problem that revealed an existing manhole with no concrete bottom and inadequate gasketing requiring a new manhole and roughly 350 feet of 4-inch pipe to be installed, and a fence-grounding plan revision that produced a credit of $58,190 after the grounding interval was increased from 50 feet to 200 feet. Mason said Markham Engineering had approved the grounding change.
Magistrates discussed budgetary implications and sought clarity on necessity and inspections. The judge told the court the contractor (Codell) and design team had worked cooperatively and that some extra costs were tied to conditions not revealed until work began; the judge also noted the project still stood to the court's credit position when factoring negotiated savings.
In the voting session later that evening the court authorized multiple change orders for Codell Construction/Blue Sky Electric related to Lakeview Park Phase 1; one motion recorded a single "nay" but the motions passed overall. The court also awarded a separate bid for a used excavator to the Frankfort Plant Board and authorized hires tied to road operations.
What happens next: Project teams will proceed with the approved changes, the building-inspection review will continue on the Romtek buildings, and the court will receive further cost reports and construction updates at upcoming meetings.
