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Contractor selection advances for Legion Hall project; court asks for options to preserve four murals
Summary
A selection committee recommended Courtesy as architect for the Legion Hall project and the commissioners approved hiring the firm; court asked architects to propose alternate bids for preservation or reconstruction of four historic murals, with preliminary cost estimates in the tens of thousands.
The court approved hiring Courtesy (selected by a committee from RFQ responses) as the architect for the new Legion Hall project and discussed plans to document and, if possible, save four interior murals of historical interest.
County staff and committee members said several qualified architects responded to the RFQ and Courtesy was the committee’s top recommendation after interviews. Commissioners voted to approve the selection and to authorize contract negotiations or scoping with the chosen firm.
Separately, commissioners and staff discussed four murals on sheetrock in the existing building. County staff said experts estimate it could cost roughly $80,000 to $100,000 to preserve and implement the murals into a new design; architects advised the county they could recreate the murals as an alternate if physical preservation is impractical. The court asked staff to include alternate design and cost options in the architect’s scope so the decision about preservation can be made with costed alternatives.
Ending: Staff will negotiate the architect contract, include an alternate bid to document and, if feasible, preserve or recreate the murals, and return cost estimates to the court before construction procurement proceeds.
