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Commissioners approve $103,254 contractor payout and change order for library renovation
Summary
Howard County Commissioners approved a contractor payout of $103,254.37, an architect invoice and a small state asbestos-notification fee, and authorized a change order to rebuild an unstable wall and lower two rooms to 7 feet as part of the library renovation.
The Howard County Commissioners Court approved a progress payment of $103,254.37 to Roland McCrory Construction for ongoing library renovation work and also approved related invoices and a change order for structural remediation.
The Chair read the contractor payout and an architect invoice for $5,552.60 and explained the need to pay a separate asbestos abatement notification fee — $57 — to the Texas Department of State Health Services for required state reporting. The court discussed a change order related to two rooms formerly used as storage that will be converted to quiet/study rooms; work includes removing an unstable center wall, installing a metal stud wall, and reducing room height from 8 feet to 7 feet to accommodate HVAC venting. The Chair told the public the building will be closed briefly for safety while heavy shelving is moved. Commissioner Long moved to pay the invoices as presented and the court approved the motion by voice vote.
Why it matters: the transcript notes the project is funded by donations and at least one grant rather than by general tax revenue. The action advances construction work and safety remediation at a county-owned public library.
