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Redevelopment authority approves contractor change order, roundabout payment and $280,000 in claims
Summary
The Hobart RDC approved change order #9 for the Colorado tracking project, a $253,350 roundabout payment and the register of claims (about $280,409.46), noting the tracking project remains under budget by an amount the inspector cited.
The Hobart City Redevelopment Authority voted to approve a set of routine contract and payment items, including change order #9 for the Colorado tracking project, payment on a roundabout contract and the register of claims.
Project staff described change order #9 as necessary to complete a directional bore and junction-box electrical connection after Nipsco relocated a service pole; the change order amount was listed in meeting materials. Staff said the overall project remained under budget by roughly $64,000 even after the change order, and recommended approving the work so the contractor can continue.
The commission then considered payment number 1 on the roundabout project in the amount of $253,350 for completed work with some remaining punch-list items. Commissioners discussed minimizing landscape complexity to reduce long-term maintenance obligations, noting the RDC lacks a maintenance funding mechanism and such work could fall to the parks department.
The register of claims — presented as totaling approximately $280,409.46 and including items such as supplemental funding for filter station improvements, engineering support and an ALTA survey related to Greenwood parcels — was moved, seconded and approved.
All three actions were approved by voice vote. Staff said the Colorado tracking project remained under budget and that approving the change order would not create an immediate overage; remaining change-order items could still affect the final accounting if other pending claims are accepted or modified.
