Council approves $132,101 in pay applications and change order for wastewater improvements

The Indiana Borough Council approved four payments and a change order tied to the borough’s wastewater-treatment-plant improvements project, recording unanimous roll-call approvals for each motion.

Public works (speaker 6) presented motions that the council approved on roll call: pay application No. 7 to Kirkland Contracting LLC for $25,987.50 for general work; pay application No. 7 to TP Electric LLC for $44,412.53 for electrical work; payout No. 8 to TP Electric LLC for $36,734.66 (reducing retainage ahead of final payment); and a change order No. 2 to Cochran Contracting LLC for $25,966.50 to cover general work including closeout items.

Each motion was followed by a roll-call vote with recorded results of eight yes, zero no. Council recorded that the pay applications and change order will move the improvements work forward and reduce contractor retainage ahead of final payments.

Contractors and amounts approved:

- Kirkland Contracting LLC — pay application No. 7 — $25,987.50
- TP Electric LLC — pay application No. 7 — $44,412.53
- TP Electric LLC — payout No. 8 (retainage reduction) — $36,734.66
- Cochran Contracting LLC — change order No. 2 — $25,966.50

Council members did not debate the technical merits at length during the meeting; members asked for clarification about retainage and were told the payout reduces the contractor’s retained amount prior to final payment.

Next steps: public works will continue project oversight and the borough will track retainage and closeout items as the wastewater project advances.