Extra funds requested after Vienna police station construction exceeds budget

Rendering Of latest Vienna police station (by way of Metropolis of Vienna)

The Vienna Metropolis Council accredited growing a contract yesterday (Monday) for enhancement on the police dehalfment’s new station.

The council agreed To permit As a lot as $67,680 extra in response to a “pre-enhancement design half that took longer than anticipated And a quantity of completely different unknown situation incidents that arose all by way of enhancement,” Based mostly on a board merchandise.

In January 2019, the town council accredited An virtually $304,000 contract with enhancement administration agency Downey & Scott with a 5% contingency of simply over $15,000.

The agency reported that it had $64,456.24 in further funds. It broke down The prices When it Includes staff pay, which ranges from $98.73 per hour for a enhancement inspector to $135 an hour for enterprise authorities Invoice Downey.

It wasn’t immediately clear why the town council awarded over $3,000 Greater than what The agency documented. A message looking for clarification from the Metropolis of Vienna wasn’t immediately returned.

Police Chief Jim Morris said the will enhance have been As a Outcome of of a soil problem, a gasoline line, and challenges on Center Road that he described them as unexpected factors.

“All of these took Downey & Scott expertise and time to rectify,” Morris said. “Whether or not It is meeting with utilities, meeting with town council, meeting with town supervisor, they have been closely involved in rectifying these situations for us, On the town’s behalf.”

Downey said A lot of the modifications have been associated to unexpected soil situations As properly as to relocating unmarked utilities.

A letter from The agency said that over $30,000 of the enhanced funds acquired here from staff prices for Downey and enterprise supervisor Kevin Fallin after requested modifications from Vienna officers and COVID-19 disruptions added eight months to the enterprise’s pre-enhancement half.

The agency furtherly reported $34,000 in staffing prices, plus $627 in mileage reimbursement, that have been associated to the re-alignment of a storm sewer at Center Road, design administration, and completely different prices for a gasoline line relocation and soil factors.

Morris said The further funds Might be paid with unused money in a 2018 capital enhancement plan.

Earlier to the funding approval, the enterprise had $708,000 left Inside the town’s $1.1 million contingency fund, Fallin informed the town council.

“Vertical enhancement is properly underway, so A lot of the unknown situations that We’d typically encouter, We now have surpassed that When it Includes enhancement,” Fallin said relating to his confidence that the price range will maintain Contained in the contingency. “We Be Snug with the place We’re presently.”

Morris famous that contractors are presently calculating value estimates for a proposed photo voltaic cover and electrical car charging infrastructure, which could each be carried out as An factor of the enterprise or as subsequent duties.

Construction on The mannequin new police station at 215 Center Road South started in early 2021.