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Commissioners approve several change orders, contingency drops for Public Health Emergency Operations Center
Summary
The court approved change orders 3–6 for the Comal County Public Health Emergency Operations Center, including restroom tile work ($17,000), millwork updates ($8,000), a refrigerant upgrade to R‑32, a $54,000 metal panel addition, and a contingency reduction from $1,000,000 to $856,000 as recorded in the presentation.
County staff presented four grouped change orders for the Comal County Public Health Emergency Operations Center and recommended approval.
The presenter described Change Order No. 3 as adding tile flooring in area C103 and "restroom flooring and wall clarifications, for $17,000" to match previous county facilities, and the refrigerant change from R‑410A to the newer standard R‑32. Change Order No. 4 included permit-driven door and firewall thickness changes, eyewash relocation, ventilation duct changes, and "millwork updates and clarifications" for indigent health areas ("$8,000"). The presenter said door and window treatment revisions produced a "credit of almost $10,000."
Change Order No. 5 reflected additional permit revisions (driveway approaches, dumpster enclosure adjustments, a metal panel articulation on the south wall facing Loop 337) and related site work; the presenter cited adding "this $54,000 base of, metal panel to provide the articulation." Change Order No. 6 was primarily cost escalation: staff said delays between the contractor's proposal and permit issuance caused price increases for flagpoles, flooring and Division 10 specialties, which the team found justified. The presenter summarized contingency effects, saying the contingency "started out at 1000000 dollars" and "at the end of change order number 4, our contingency, is at $856,000." Commissioner Webb moved to approve change orders A–D; the motion was seconded and carried.
The court approved the change orders and authorized the county administrator to sign where applicable. Staff indicated these modifications resulted from both owner-requested changes and city permitting requirements.
