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Commission urges deeper review of CIP change‑order practices ahead of $93M bond planning
Summary
A CIP subcommittee member told the commission that change orders and outdated procedures have driven cost growth on capital projects, and commissioners asked staff for additional analysis and recommended considering an outside consultant to review procurement and bidding practices before major bond spending.
Commissioners spent a large portion of their March 12 meeting pressing for more transparency and analysis of capital improvement processes after a subcommittee review flagged heavy reliance on change orders and dated procedures.
A member of the CIP subcommittee told the commission the subcommittee reviewed completed projects and found change orders accounted for the lion’s share of spending in some cases and that the council’s administrative change‑order policy (cited in the presentation as created in 1993) has not been updated. The committee member singled out two projects—Anita Street at…
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