Lincoln Panel Rejects $1,331 Partition Credit, OKs $30,000 Bridge Fix

Community Center Building Committee · Meeting of July 22, 2026

Lincoln building panel rejects contractor's partition credit, presses ahead on $30,000 bridge fix. The Community Center Building Committee voted 2-5 against accepting a $1,331.16 credit from general contractor Hutter Construction to switch bathroom partition supports, with member Todd Staples saying, "for a thousand dollars, no, do your job." The panel separately approved, 7-0 with one abstention, a not-to-exceed $30,000 change order to realign a pedestrian bridge. Project managers reported the contractor's substantial-completion date has stayed pinned at December 16 for three straight monthly updates, with cumulative spending near $10 million against a roughly $12 million shortfall versus early projections — a gap that could push real completion into February.

Contingency funds sit at 71 percent remaining, or 60 percent after accounting for about $198,000 in known risks.

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Source: the Community Center Building Committee meeting of July 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.