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BARTON HILLS WATER & WASTEWATER PIPELINE RENEWA

JKB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC
Needs a closer lookComplete — fully paid
Construction

This is a construction contract with JKB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC to deliver “BARTON HILLS WATER & WASTEWATER PIPELINE RENEWA”. The city authorized spending up to $4,849,895, and $5,182,364 has been paid so far (107% of the ceiling).

Authorized (spending ceiling)
$4,849,895
Ordered / committed
$4,849,895 (100%)
Actually paid
$5,182,364 (107%)
from 30 checks in the city checkbook
Contract record lists $1,927,742 in its delivery-order field — understates actual checks.
Timeline
Mar 21, 2023 → —
Kicked off May 8, 2023 · last check May 6, 2025

Why this status?

  • Payments ($5,182,364) exceed the authorized ceiling ($4,849,895) — worth a closer look.
  • No expiration date on record — timeline signals can't be computed.

These are transparent signals, not judgments. A large unspent balance may be a legitimate multi-year ceiling or indefinite-delivery contract.

Payments on this contract

30 checkbook lines totaling $5,182,364 are booked directly against this contract — this is the amount actually paid.
The contract’s own record lists $1,927,742 in its “delivery-order referenced” field — a $3,254,622 understatement. That field only counts payments made through delivery orders, so we treat the checkbook total above as the real amount paid.
Where the money came fromEnterprise (fee-supported) · 100%
Enterprise (fee-supported) · S-Wastewater Improvements, W-Water Improvements$5,182,364 (100%)

Funding source is read from the fund each check was drawn on. It tells you who is accountable: voters & Council for bond/general-capital money, ratepayers & utility commissions for enterprise money, Council for the General Fund.

What the money paid for
Construction, Water System, Main and Service Line$5,182,364 (100%)

Grouped from the city’s own line-item descriptions. Vague or generic labels are themselves a transparency signal worth questioning.

See all 30 individual checks
DateAmountProject / fundWhat forStatus
May 6, 2025$56,273Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 6, 2025$222,667Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Oct 22, 2024$80,770Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Oct 22, 2024$335,917Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 13, 2024$10,919Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 13, 2024$54,072Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 4, 2024$29,450Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 4, 2024$98,592Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Apr 18, 2024$151,897Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Apr 18, 2024$490,743Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Mar 5, 2024$30,094Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Mar 5, 2024$339,688Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Feb 6, 2024$62,670Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Feb 6, 2024$355,098Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jan 4, 2024$333,012Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jan 4, 2024$49,960Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Dec 7, 2023$445,181Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Dec 7, 2023$107,618Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Nov 6, 2023$198,379Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Nov 6, 2023$46,954Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Oct 5, 2023$384,456Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Oct 5, 2023$106,388Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Sep 5, 2023$275,670Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Sep 5, 2023$21,254Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jul 24, 2023$201,593Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jul 24, 2023$166,499Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 8, 2023$148,995Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 8, 2023$158,272Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 8, 2023$154,427Barton Hills Water Pipeline Renewal: Horseshoe Bend AreaW-Water ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 8, 2023$64,854Barton Hills Wastewater Pipeline Renewal: HorseshoeS-Wastewater ImprovementsConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid

Linked via the contract number appearing as a payment’s source document (rf_doc_id = 22122700147) in the Austin checkbook. See all payments to this vendor →

Accountability

Administered by
Contract and Land Management Department
Delivered by (1 firm)
JKB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC

We couldn’t automatically match this contract to a City Council vote (the voting-record dataset starts in 2023, and older or consent-agenda items may not match by name). Most contracts are approved collectively on the Council consent agenda — so accountability runs through the managing department above and the Council vote on the award date, not an individual sponsor.

Documents & oversight

Contract type
Direct contract — billed against this contract number.
Find the solicitation package on Austin Finance Online →

Search solicitation CLMC937 (IFB) to open the original scope of work, bid documents, and the executed contract.

Assessing delivery vs. commitment: Austin doesn’t publish structured project milestones, so we can’t auto-verify that the work matches the contract. What we can do is show what the money was invoiced for (above) and link the approved scope — then, where it matters, dispatch a Spotter to confirm the work on the ground. Contracts whose purpose is well-documented vs. vague is exactly the signal that tells us where to look first.

Source & provenance

Contract number 22122700147 (CT) · Department 6100 · Managed by Contract and Land Management Department · Competitive Acquisition
From snapshot 2026-07-28.

Austin Active Contracts dataset (84ih-p28j) →