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Local donor offers up to $300,000 for downtown carillon bell tower; city to negotiate MOU and procurement

2714837 · March 20, 2025
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Summary

Local resident Tom Olt offered to donate up to $300,000 to commission and install a carillon bell tower in South Central Park. Staff recommended authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the donor and initiating procurement through a specified vendor; no final agreement was executed at agenda review.

A Winter Haven resident, Tom Olt, approached city staff proposing to fund a permanent public artwork — a carillon bell tower — to be installed in South Central Park.

City staff presented a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the donor and the city that would limit the donor’s contribution to an amount not to…

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