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Council approves contract amendment to secure July 7 finish for wastewater project despite $363,902.94 overrun
Summary
Council authorized a conditional contract amendment with Pool & Kent Company to secure a July 7 completion date for the Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant after engineers said the project is about 85% complete and staff reported a $363,902.94 budget overrun on the grant-funded project.
The Lake Placid Town Council authorized a construction contract amendment to secure a target completion date for the advanced wastewater treatment plant and adopt a negotiated approach to liquidated damages.
Town staff and project engineers from Pennoni updated the council that the new plant is taking all flow and work converting the old plant to a digester is underway. A project speaker said the overall project appeared to be approximately 85% complete and the contractor had given a target completion date of July 7.
Town staff reported the project is $363,902.94 over budget on the grant-funded work, citing unforeseen items and price increases. The town will provide a fuller financial update next month, staff said.
Council then considered Construction Contract Amendment No. 1 with Pool & Kent Company of Florida; the amendment as presented would secure a finish date and use a negotiated process for liquidated damages rather than continuing to deduct damages directly from contractor invoices. Town counsel and the project engineer described prior liquidated-damages notices (about $26,000) and explained the negotiated approach: the town would invoice the contractor and the contractor would reimburse that amount as part of a settlement process.
A motion to authorize execution substantially in the presented form, subject to contractor and surety acceptance and final town attorney review, was moved and seconded. The clerk took the roll and the mayor announced the motion passed.
Council members said the town will return next month with detailed financial reconciliation and the regulatory/grant framework; staff emphasized the amendment is conditional on contractor and surety acceptance and final attorney review.
What happens next: Staff will return with a formal award letter (if received), a statement on the grant/regulatory framework and updated financials; the contract amendment is subject to contractor/surety acceptance and attorney review before final execution.
