Kokomo Board approves $551,353.87 payment for Fire Station No. 6, OKs $40,915 change order

The Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety voted Jan. 14 to approve pay application number 5 for the Fire Station No. 6 reconstruction and to accept change order number 3.

Acting city engineer Carrie Stranahan recommended approval of pay application number 5 in the amount of $551,353.87, asked that $29,018.63 be placed in an escrow account for retainage, and recommended approval of change order number 3 for $40,915 to cover insulation, design modifications and an additional cost tied to an unmarked AT&T line. "I recommend the Board of Public Works and Safety approve pay application number 5 in the amount of $551,353.87," the staff recommendation stated.

The Board moved and seconded the recommendation and voted unanimously to carry the motion.

The action advances construction work that staff described as including apparatus and wall construction, structural steel fabrication, electrical rough-in, earthwork and water line installation. The change order covers insulation work, design modifications and costs associated with relocating or addressing an unmarked AT&T line, according to the staff report.

Because the Board approved placing a retainage amount in escrow, those funds will be held until project conditions for release are met; staff did not state a separate timeline for final completion during the item. The Board did not discuss changes to the project budget or funding source in detail at the Jan. 14 meeting.