Company says water district owes it $95,000

Both parties understood the alterations would require additional work, and as a result the construction company was adequately paid for the work, attorneys for the water district claimed.

“[The district] made every effort to negotiate in good faith all change-order requests made by [the] plaintiffs,” according to the court filing.

Water district officials also claim the construction company failed to meet the conditions of an encroachment permit, which the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works issued for repaving the road.

The Crescenta Valley Water District Board of Directors has been discussing the lawsuit in closed session, but officials declined to comment beyond what was available in court records.

“We did file an answer to the complaint, and now the thing is going to move forward in whatever legal process is next,” said Dennis Erdman, the water district’s general manager.

The dispute over money will have to be handled through the court system, “and we will come out with some kind of solution on the back end,” Erdman said.