Commission approves five change orders and first pay application for courthouse renovation

County project staff presented five change orders related to the courthouse addition and renovation and commissioners approved each separately. Change orders covered additional helical-pier underpinning ($5,213.40), load testing for piers ($9,731.74), a lease agreement for a contractor trailer ($16,888.89), inclusion of void forms under the basement slab for drainage ($28,741.45) and expanded hazardous-materials abatement after discovery of additional asbestos and lead paint (roughly $30,990.27). The board approved each change order by individual motion and voice vote.

Project staff also presented pay application No. 1 for Jackson Contracting in the amount of $31,389.40 and an architectural invoice for $17,000; commissioners approved payments and asked architectural billing to include more detailed line-item breakdowns in future invoices. On hazardous-materials abatement staff stated, "But it's all gone now and air clearance testing is done. So we are clean," reflecting completion of abatement and clearance testing.