Expenditure of $213,302.77 from the general fund in payment of a claim against the state made by JRT Top Notch Roofs, LLC. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill directs the expenditure of $213,302.77 from the general fund in payment of a claim against the Department of Administration by JRT Top Notch Roofs, LLC. The claimant entered into a contract with DOA to replace the roof of Esker Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. The claimant asserts that the bid documents stated that the project would begin “on or before” a date provided in the notice to proceed and that the notice to proceed stated that the project would begin “on or before” May 17, 2021. The claimant claims that the claimant submitted a tentative schedule with a start date of April 5, 2021, which was rejected by DOA.

The claimant asserts that the later start date affected its ability to acquire project materials in a timely manner and that DOA refused to negotiate the start date in good faith. The claimant claims that, despite its best efforts to meet DOA demands, DOA stopped communicating with the claimant and terminated the contract. The claimant asserts that the schedules it proposed were contractually compliant and that DOA had no right to terminate the contract. The claimant demands that DOA rescind the contract termination and reinstate the claimant on the project.

Who's behind it

Rob Brooks, a Republican, is its author⁠.