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Cedar City Council approves conditional change order to advance deposit for wastewater filtration amid debate over lead times
Summary
After a lengthy debate about supplier lead times and precedent, the council approved change order #2 to advance contract payments for a wastewater filtration component, subject to state approval and contractual protections to offset the city's financing costs.
Cedar City Council approved a conditional change order on Feb. 12 to advance supplier payments for a wastewater filtration component after extended debate about long lead times and who should bear financing risk.
City engineer Jonathan Stathis told the council that approval of change order #2 would be contingent upon the Utah Division of Water Quality also signing off. He said the state contribution to the project totals about $2,100,000 and the full project cost is roughly $4,600,000, meaning state funding would cover a little less than half of the total project cost.
Council debate focused on a supplier request for large upfront deposits because of long manufacturing lead times. Councilman Melling moved to approve the change order as an advance to the…
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