Rainbow MWD approves change order with Kennedy/Jenks

Tom Kennedy, general manager of Rainbow Municipal Water District, is not related to the principal with the Kennedy/Jenks consulting firm which has a contract with the district for the design of lift station projects. The contract had been for $1,434,485 and was scheduled to expire Dec. 31, but a 5-0 Rainbow board vote, Dec. 8, approved a change order increasing the contract to $1,674,108 while extending the contract until July 30, 2021.

“I’m looking forward to this now six, almost seven-year contract getting wrapped up,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants is based in San Francisco and has...