County reviews emergency leach‑line repair change order; transcript amount appears garbled

The county engineer briefed the board on an emergency repair to a leach line carried out by Advanced Excavating Services (AES). What began as a suspected faulty air relief valve escalated into a more extensive repair requiring multiple excavations, added cleanouts and special couplers.

County staff said AES completed additional work beyond the initial expectation and presented a change‑order amount in the meeting record, but the figure in the transcript appears garbled (rendered as "$141,46547"). Staff clarified the change order is intended to cover AES’s additional time, labor and materials; staff also noted other contractors performed work on the site. Staff said plans remain to add permanent access vaults or manholes to improve future access once weather allows.

Commissioners acknowledged the unforeseen scope expansion and accepted staff’s explanation that the change order represents work already completed; the meeting did not include a final formal contract award or roll-call vote on the change order. County staff indicated they will return with final documentation and clarified costs.