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Council approves adaptive signal contract but rejects 15% contingency; debate opens change-order policy
Summary
Council approved the adaptive traffic-signal contract but declined the staff request to pre-authorize a 15% contingency. Members debated establishing a 5% cap on change orders and requested staff return with policy options; staff noted an existing code requirement that brings change orders above 10% to council review.
The Bakersfield City Council on Feb. 25 approved an adaptive-traffic-signal contract (item 7F3.1) but declined to pre-authorize a 15% change-order contingency (item 7F3.2), prompting discussion about formal limits on contractor change orders.
Council Member Basher Tash expressed concern about large post-award change orders and asked staff to prepare a city policy to cap change…
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