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Board questions staff on roughly $1.4M and $4M change orders during contract reviews
Summary
Directors pressed staff for explanations of a $1.4 million change order on a Public Works complex contract and a roughly $4 million increase in on-call sewer and drainage work, with staff citing emergent conditions, design additions and procurement timing.
Board members at the Jan. 27 meeting questioned city staff about two large contract adjustments that raised fiscal concerns.
A director described Change Order No. 2 for the Dallas Construction contract (Public Works complex) as “about a $1,400,000 change order” and asked staff to distinguish unforeseeable emergent conditions from owner-requested scope changes. City staff said some costs resulted from emergent conditions tied to property acquisition and from work not fully designed in the…
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