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Council approves Whitman Park design contract after split vote
Summary
The Grand Junction City Council voted 4–3 to authorize a $231,000 design and engineering contract for Whitman Park revitalization, resolving a months‑long debate over timing and whether to delay design work until a newly seated council takes office.
The Grand Junction City Council on April 16 approved a contract to finish full design for the Whitman Park revitalization, authorizing roughly $231,000 for engineering work and moving the project from concept toward construction planning.
Councilmember Dennis Simpson, who asked that the item be removed from the consent agenda for discussion, urged delay. “This item calls for us to hire engineers for 200 and some thousand dollars to do preliminary work on Whitman Park redo,” Simpson said during the discussion, adding the council had not yet formally adopted the concept plans outside work sessions.
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