AB 482

This bill directs the expenditure of $563,557.14 from the general fund in

payment of a claim against the Department of Transportation by Payne and Dolan,

Inc. The claimant entered into a contract with DOT to perform work on a highway

resurfacing project in Racine and Kenosha Counties associated with DOT projects

2818-00-73, 3723-01-70, and 3765-04-70. The claimant asserted that it incurred

substantial additional expense by being required to transport asphalt and concrete

from the project site to a Kenosha County dump. The claimant claimed $563,557.14

for the cost of transporting the asphalt and concrete. DOT maintains that the

claimant was required to transport the asphalt and concrete under Article 34 of the

contract. On October 20, 2020, the claims board denied the claim because it

concluded that the claim required interpretation of the contract that would be more

appropriately evaluated by a court of law (see 2019

Senate Journal

, p. 911).