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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board WORK SESSION of July 19, 2010
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DATE: July 15, 2010.
FROM: Timm Schimke. Solid Waste 317-3177
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Consideration of authorization of County Administrator's signature to Cell 5 / Area A Closure contract
change order.
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Materials excavation for the Cell 5/ Area Closure project has revealed more rock than anticipated.
Contract has specification for crushing rock and bid prices are very competitive. We would like to take
advantage of these favorable prices by authorizing a change order to crush the extra rock. Crushed
materials will be used in landfill operations, and will also be at a specification that will be useful for the
Road Department as well.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
We are proposing to crush about 49,000 cubic yards of 3/4 minus general-purpose base rock. Contract
unit price for this material is $4.60 per cubic yard for a total cost of $225,000.00 for this change order.
This cost will be offset over time by avoiding the purchase of this material for Solid Waste and Road
Department uses in the future. The total project cost including all change orders remains well below
budgeted amounts. We expect all change orders to come in at less than 15% of the contract amount
which is typical for projects of this size.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
The contract price for crushed aggregate is very competitive. Funds spent on additional crushing will
be offset by avoided costs in the future. I recommend approval of authorization of the change order
ATTENDANCE: Timm Schimke.
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