Forest Preserve board to weigh Nature Center change order up to $50,000
CHAMPAIGN - The Champaign County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners meets at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Champaign Public Library's Robeson Pavilion Room C to consider Nature Center Change Order 2 with Morton Buildings for a total not to exceed $50,000, according to the revised agenda and board packet.
The packet says the immediate total is expected to be closer to $30,000, leaving room for changes during construction. With Change Order 1's $35,926, the change-order table puts the design-build contract at a not-to-exceed $883,093; the packet lists two different original contract amounts.
A Nature Center budget table in the packet lists total funding of $2,175,000 against expenses of $2,231,873, a potential shortfall of $56,873.
Commissioners are also scheduled to take up Ordinance 2026-01, the tentative tax levy for 2026 taxes due in 2027. The packet gives no levy figure. The agenda also lists a closed session on the purchase or lease of real property and discussion of a draft FY27 budget.
Source: Champaign County Forest Preserve District revised Oct. 15, 2026 agenda and board packet.
Correction, Oct. 15, 2026: An earlier version of this story gave the original contract as $797,167. The board packet lists both $797,167 and $796,167 for that figure; the story no longer states it.