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Commission briefed on design-phase contract for City Hall Annex renovation; commissioners raise long-term city hall concerns

3425683 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

Staff recommended approving a guaranteed-maximum-price (GMP) for the design and permitting phase for renovation of the City Hall Annex (old fire station) with Whitehead Construction not to exceed $355,930. Commissioners discussed the trade-off between renovating existing spaces and pursuing a single new city-hall campus.

City staff asked the Winter Haven City Commission to approve a design-phase guaranteed maximum price (GMP) not to exceed $355,930 for a design-build contract with Whitehead Construction to renovate the City Hall Annex (the former fire station) into expanded building-division administrative offices.

Staff said Whitehead was selected through RFQ 2438 in August 2024 and that the submitted GMP covers the design and permitting work only; a later addendum will present…

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