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Board questions costly change orders on police station pay application; approves vouchers
Summary
Staff recommended denying multiple change orders tied to the police station pay application — including a $61,000 site logistics proposal — and trustees approved the vouchers while declining the higher‑cost change order items as staff recommendations. Board said timeline should not be materially affected.
Trustees reviewed the bills list and a summary of pay requests and change orders tied to the police station project at the April 20 meeting.
Staff described three change orders included at the bottom of the pay‑app summary and said they had denied two of them; the largest contested item involved site logistics and a $61,000 price to keep construction traffic off a newly paved section of Bonnie Road. "At that price tag, that slight change was not worth it," a staff member said, and trustees supported the staff recommendation to decline the costly request in favor of cheaper patching and repairs.
The staff presentation emphasized that denying one of the requests would not materially affect the project schedule given recent dry conditions. A trustee thanked staff for scrutinizing the change orders and said the board should continue questioning high cost items. Trustees then moved to approve the vouchers and bills list; the motion passed on a voice vote.
The board did not adopt new construction scope or a change‑order approval policy at the meeting; staff said they would keep trustees updated on any timeline impacts and follow up on questions that arrived with the bills list.
