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System-Wide Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 7

At a glance

  • What: KRG Utility, Inc.'s System-Wide Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 7 contract, awarded November 10, 2025 at $5,689,690.
  • Where it stands: staff asked on October 12, 2026 for another $750,000 change order; the outcome is not in the packet.
  • Next: the money would cover emergency repairs until a new infrastructure improvement contract is in place later in the year.

Change order history

  • July 13, 2026: the commission approved a $1.6 million change order for work coordinated with resurfacing and for "red flag" defects.
  • About $1.1 million was used and $500,000 was set aside for complex emergency repairs Utilities Field Operations cannot perform.
  • That money has been used up, mainly on an unanticipated emergency repair of a 30-inch aerial sewer line.

Status

  • October 12, 2026: further $750,000 change order requested. The outcome is not in the packet.

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