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Aberdeen council approves multiple pay requests for water, roads, streets and bridge work
Summary
The City of Aberdeen council approved pay requests for several ongoing capital and maintenance projects, including work on the water tower transmission line and tank, North Dakota roadway improvements (plus a dust-control change order), street concrete repairs, and final payments for the 10th Avenue bridge. A liquidated-damages figure of $87,000 for the bridge appears in the record; other dollar amounts in the transcript were unclear.
The City of Aberdeen council on Monday approved a series of pay requests for ongoing construction and maintenance projects across the city, moving the water, road and bridge work closer to completion.
Joe from the city engineering department presented four pay requests and recommended approval of each. He told the council the requests covered installation of the water tower transmission line and steel tank fabrication, contract mobilization and roadway work on North Dakota Avenue (with a change order for dust control), street maintenance concrete repairs including additional curb and gutter, and final pay items for the 10th Avenue bridge replacement.
“Staff recommends approval,” Joe said, and council members made and seconded motions for each item. Roll-call votes were held and the council carried each motion.
The transcript records a liquidated-damages amount of $87,000 in connection with the 10th Avenue bridge, and Joe said the project is in its final stages but has not been fully accepted pending a few inspection notes. For the roadway change order, Joe said the dust-control product is magnesium chloride and its effective lifespan depends on rainfall and traffic; he estimated it may need reapplication roughly monthly but noted rainfall could reduce that frequency.
Several council members asked about timelines. Joe said the North Dakota improvements have an anticipated completion date in September but that the schedule might move earlier depending on conditions. On the bridge project, council members confirmed that retainage remains and that final acceptance had not yet occurred.
The transcript’s printed dollar figures for some pay requests are not consistently legible; the council’s motions and roll-call approvals are recorded, but precise payment amounts for certain items were unclear in the record. The council did not withhold approval pending additional itemized documentation during the meeting.
Next steps: staff will proceed with payments as approved and follow up with remaining inspection items on the bridge before formal acceptance.
