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Council approves $51,492 change order for Waterloo Fiber backbone
Summary
Council approved change order CR2026-0058 with Entrust Solutions Group for $51,492.51 as part of the Waterloo Fiber Backbone Project; staff said the change incorporates additional sections and accounts for overlap with previously contracted work.
The council approved change order CR2026-0058 with Entrust Solutions Group (Lisle, Ill.) for $51,492.51 to add design and construction elements to the Waterloo Fiber Backbone Project.
Public Works division manager Randy Bennett explained the change order covers additional sections — including a portion added in the Eanesborough area — and reflects work needed as the project reaches completion. Bennett said some route overlap existed with earlier K & W contracts and that the change order shifts which contractor handles specific segments: "As we're getting down to the end of the project, we just have some loose ends as we're adding to it," he said.
Council members asked whether further change orders were likely; Bennett said he anticipated a net reduction in future change orders but that additional, smaller amendments could still arrive as the project wraps up. The motion passed by roll call.
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