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Atkins council approves pay application as new fire station nears completion
Summary
The Atkins City Council approved Pay Application No. 11 for the new fire station and authorized state-contract furniture purchases after City Administrator Scott Flory reported the project is about 85% complete and a payment of $269,325 is due.
The Atkins City Council on Jan. 9 approved Pay Application No. 11 for the city’s new fire station and authorized purchase of furniture and fixtures from a state contract, City Administrator Scott Flory said.
Flory told the council the project is roughly 85% complete. “So only 15% left,” he said as he walked members through line-item progress: general administration and construction services about 87% complete, East West Drive paving about 80%, drywall about 60% and canopy work about 70%. Flory said the current payment due under Pay Application No. 11 is $269,325.
The administrator summarized the contract accounting: an original contract sum of $3,376,000, net change orders of just under $11,000 and a contract-to-date total of $3,386,719.95. He said the city is holding a 5% retainage (about $143,363.27) until acceptance by the council.
Flory also reviewed furniture and fixture pricing. He said the vendor quotes total roughly $108,120.90 but that officials expect to trim 10–15% through scope adjustments; he added the fire chief requested using EMS-levy revenue and the city anticipates the levy will fund about 18% of the furniture cost.
The council voted by voice to approve the pay application and the furniture purchase from Duet Resource Group through the state bid. The motion in the record was made by Council member Derski; a second is recorded as present but not named in the meeting transcript. The council approved the action by voice vote; individual roll-call tallies do not appear in the record.
Notably, the meeting transcript contains inconsistent contractor names: in one place the contractor is referenced as “Bell Plane” and later the motion references “Garland Garland Construction.” The council record should be checked to confirm the contractor of record and ensure the payment is being issued to the correctly named firm.
Flory said a walkthrough and punch list are scheduled for next Friday, with apparatus moving-in and system setup (fire alarm and access codes) targeted around the 26th; he said the contractor is ahead of an earlier scheduled February completion date.
The approval lets the project move forward to final work and punch-list completion; the council did not set a final acceptance date at the meeting.
