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Cairo council approves Watkins & Associates as construction manager for rural workforce housing; council told to front $500K–$750K until state reimbursements
Summary
Council approved a 7% construction management contract with Watkins & Associates for the rural workforce housing initiative and was told the city must front construction payments of roughly $500,000–$750,000 while state reimbursements are processed quarterly.
The Cairo City Council voted to authorize the city manager to execute a construction management contract with Watkins and Associates LLC for the city60s rural workforce housing initiative, the council was told at the meeting.
The interim city manager said Watkins and Associates was the only qualified respondent to the April 18 request for proposals and recommended awarding the contract at a fee of 7% of estimated construction costs of $2,500,000, producing a management fee of $175,000. "As the only qualified respondent and given their familiarity with DCA programs, I…
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