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Hazen council approves deduct change order for development, awards sewer contract after updated televising lowers cost
Summary
City engineers recommended removing one private parcel from an alley project and approving a $119,956.23 payout; council approved a sanitary‑sewer contract after additional televising reduced estimated unknown repairs and cut the project’s post‑bid estimate by roughly $500,000.
Hazen City Council approved a deduct change order for a local development project and moved forward on a sanitary‑sewer construction contract after updated televising reduced the project’s estimated unknowns.
Grant, the city engineer, told the council that Expedition Estates and the alley work are substantially complete but that one private business will be removed from the city contract under a deduct change order of $23,615.73. He recommended approval of the change order and a second payout to the contractor of $119,956.23 for work performed to date; the council approved both measures on voice vote.
On the sewer project, Grant said the city commissioned additional pipeline televising to resolve previously unknown conditions. The televising cost about $25,000, he said, versus the $50,000 allowance included in the bid because the televising was done outside the SRF procurement (and therefore without federal wage‑rate requirements). That work showed far fewer spot repairs than originally estimated—about three in the reviewed area—bringing the updated post‑bid estimate to roughly $2,784,000, compared with the engineer’s earlier post‑bid statement of $3,200,000 and an original pre‑bid estimate of $2,643,000.
Grant outlined options: award to the low bidder (CC Steel), rebid, split the work into multiple contracts or reduce scope. He told the council CC Steel indicated it would honor its bid. Council members debated risk, contingency (a 10% contingency was included in the project budget), and enforcement of federal funding conditions; the motion to award the project to CC Steel passed on a roll call in which one named member voted No.
The council did not set a construction start date that night; Grant told members the contractor will not begin major work until conditions improve in spring due to winter work limitations. Council members also discussed the remaining private‑parcel punch list that will be finished during the next construction season.
The council’s action preserves the updated cost estimate and authorizes the payout and contract award; staff said they will return with scheduling details and any additional contract documents required for SRF financing or permit compliance.
