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Wichita mayor says Eagle article revealed removal of waterworks contract penalty language; manager to investigate
Summary
Council members demanded answers after a Wichita Eagle story showed a September 2024 water-treatment contract amendment differed from the presentation to council, with Mayor (Speaker 1) saying liquidated-damage language may have been removed; the city manager scheduled an executive-session update Feb. 10 and pledged to find who made the change.
Speaker 1, identified in the transcript as the presiding official (Mayor), said she learned from a Wichita Eagle article that a September 2024 amendment to the city's water-treatment contract omitted language on liquidated damages and demanded to know who removed it and which department failed to notify council.
"I am very, very disappointed in not only finding out information as I'm driving up to Topeka from the Eagle asking me about a water treatment contract that was passed in September 2024," Speaker 1 said, adding that the council was not told the contract language had been changed. She said she…
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