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Council tables Union Pacific crossing supplement after staff explains railroad-driven cost overrun
Summary
Council tabled consideration of a supplement to the Union Pacific at-grade crossing agreement for the Keller Hicks Road improvements after staff explained that subsurface conditions and Union Pacific procedures raised an estimated contractor cost from roughly $54,000 to about $104,000 and that the railroad’s cost-setting limits the city’s leverage.
City staff presented a capital-improvements update April 21 and explained why a payment supplement tied to Union Pacific’s work on the Keller Hicks Road project was on the agenda. Staff described the railroad’s estimating and billing process and said subsurface conditions required additional conduit and conductors, producing a cost increase staff illustrated with an example that rose from about $54,000 to roughly $104,000 for the work that…
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