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Council approves change order with acceptance contingent on staff verification
Summary
Council approved a contractor change order and made project acceptance contingent on staff verification that the change-work was satisfactorily completed; the mayor and city attorney confirmed the contingent acceptance process and the motion carried unanimously.
Council debated whether to approve a small change order and simultaneously accept the project as complete. Councilmember Weinberg argued that approving both actions at once could lock the city into payment before staff verified the change-order work was completed to satisfaction.
City staff said there was no urgency to accepting the project and that consolidation had been proposed because the change order was small, but staff and the city attorney confirmed the council could make acceptance of completion contingent on staff verification of satisfactory completion of the change order. Council approved the motion using contingency language; roll-call voting recorded the motion as carried unanimously.
Outcome: Council approved the change order and directed staff that final acceptance and filing of the notice of completion be contingent on staff verification of satisfactory completion under the change order.
