Arcata City Council approved two more spending items tied to the city’s wastewater treatment facilities upgrade during its Aug. 5 meeting: a $1.5 million amendment with Wahlund Construction for additional Phase 1 work and a separate $240,135 amendment with Carollo Engineers for engineering services.
The construction amendment and engineering add-on were both tied to the same capital project, according to the council’s meeting minutes and the Aug. 5 agenda packet. The agenda materials identify Carollo Engineers as the firm receiving the $240,135 amendment and Wahlund Construction as the contractor receiving the $1.5 million change order-style amendment.
The votes add to a string of wastewater-related approvals as the project continues through construction and design work. The supporting materials provided in the packet do not state a revised total project cost, and they do not explain in detail what prompted the additional expenses.
Sourcing notes: The story is grounded in primary-source city records: the Aug. 5 meeting minutes and agenda packet/staff reports. The public narrative should attribute the two dollar figures directly to those records and avoid implying a new overall project total, since the materials provided here do not establish that figure. No vote tally was included in the available source text.
