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Board debates Law and Justice Center overruns and approves new animal control facility selection
Summary
Board members discussed cost overruns on the new Law and Justice Center and later approved moving forward with a new animal control building recommendation after a design-build review and selection process; members also reviewed implications for the CIP fund.
Tazewell County board members spent substantial time discussing budget increases tied to the county’s Law and Justice Center and then approved a recommended vendor for a replacement animal control facility amid debate about procurement scope and capital improvement plan funding.
During discussion of the Law and Justice Center, Board member Steve Stahl (identified in the transcript) told colleagues that the project had gone over budget and over contingency and that constituents had expressed concern as tax bills arrived. "Tax bills have gone out. And as I look further down the budget... we have to have conversations with the vendors about…
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