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BUUSD facilities committee will add explicit contract procedures after stormwater-project overage
Summary
Committee members agreed to draft procedural language to require attorney review and earlier board notification for contract change orders after a community complaint about a large stormwater project overage; staff will return recommended wording at the Dec. 8 meeting.
Barre Unified Union School District #97's Facilities Committee agreed to draft clearer procedures to make explicit how the district handles contract change orders and budget overages after members said a recent stormwater project produced "sticker shock" for some community members.
"Number 1, what I heard was that a community member felt that the board needed to be more involved if we were gonna go over budget," said the committee member who opened the agenda item, urging the committee to consider formal steps for notification and attorney review. Jamie, who led the facilities presentation, told the committee that "any contract that the board signs ... has…
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