Ronan settles with PaveCo Contracting and Utilities
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RONAN — Ronan City Council voted to settle a payment dispute with PaveCo Contracting and Utilities of Kalispell at a Feb. 18 council meeting.
The payment dispute resulted from the construction of a walking path a couple of years ago that begins near Les Schwab, Mayor Kim Aipperspach said in an interview after the meeting. The contractor provided an estimate of how much materials would cost, but the actual amount needed to build the path was more than the estimate, Aipperspach said.
The $32,500 payment will require the city to re-work its current budget, which did not account for the amount.
“I don’t think we saved enough,” Aipperspach said of any extra budget money that might be used to pay the settlement. “We’ll probably have to borrow from one of our other accounts.”
City Clerk Kaylene Melton said the money might have to come from the city’s storm water account.
The amount has to be paid by March 1.
In other business:
• An open container permit for the Pheasants Forever Banquet to be held on March 1 at the Community Center was approved.
• Council approved a budget amendment that allows $17,586 raised by the city park board to be spent as a down payment for innovative and culturally relevant playground equipment.
• The city approved zoning changes for lots behind the White Elephant store and for the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ronan. The church property will be considered commercial property under the change. The lots behind White Elephant store will be considered mixed commercial and residential lots. The changes were sent to the state Board of Adjustments for input.
• Aipperspach said highway officials were not in favor of the city’s preferences for mitigation in the Highway 93 expansion set to begin 2015. The city intends to continue researching its options for mitigation.
