Lycoming County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a series of change orders for the commissioners’ building project, including multiple items carried by KeyStruck Construction and other subcontractors. Officials said some of the post-bid work was paid from allowance funds set aside in the original contract rather than by increasing the formal contract price.

County staff presented change orders for KeyStruck Construction totaling multiple line items (including $11,851.35, $16,620.77, $2,625 and $22,916.21 as listed in the meeting record) and described other change orders with Dixon Air Conditioning and Refrigeration and Silver Tip for the project. A county presenter explained that allowance funds established in the original agreement were used to cover unforeseen items. "They set aside so much allowance for each contractor... so if they had change orders or something come up that wasn't in the original plan, they were able to pull from that money," the presenter said.

Commissioners questioned language in the agenda that read "no price increase" on some change-order summaries. County staff clarified that the total contract price recorded at bid does not change because allowance or contingency funds were already included in the contract amount; however, the county still paid subcontractors from those allowance line items. A staff member said some unused allowance monies have been identified and will be returned to the county, estimating about $100,000 in funds that will not be used.

Several change orders were identified as covering already-completed work (installation of support members for wall panels, alternate split air-conditioning units, plumbing adjustments and similar items); the board approved the listed change orders by motion. Commissioners and staff discussed internal process changes intended to reduce after‑the‑fact approvals going forward.

All listed change orders for the commissioners’ building were approved during the meeting. The transcript shows motions and recorded "aye" responses for each item; specific recorded roll-call tallies were not provided in the agenda notes beyond the general assent recorded at the microphone.