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North Port EOC funding and location draw scrutiny as commissioners weigh alternatives and budget risk
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to proceed with a planned Emergency Operations Center (EOC) next to Fire Station 81 or seek alternative sites and shared facilities after staff identified a funding gap and commissioners raised broader capital-priority concerns.
City staff and commissioners spent an extended portion of the Oct. 6 North Port City Commission workshop reviewing a planned Emergency Operations Center (EOC), funding shortfalls and whether to colocate the EOC with other city needs such as a future police headquarters.
City staff presented a project that has reached guaranteed maximum price (GMP) stage and described available funding and a remaining gap for fixtures, furnishings and equipment. Project manager testimony showed the city could cover the immediate construction deficit to break ground by reallocating building fund and surtax balances, but that an additional roughly $900,000 in FF&E…
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