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Council reconsiders youth recreation center design contract, postpones decision to March 4
Summary
Pontiac City Council voted to reconsider a failed amendment to Racer MRSA’s design contract for the Youth Recreation Center and postponed further action until the March 4 meeting after questions about costs and authority to bind the city.
The Pontiac City Council voted to reconsider a failed amendment to the design contract for the Youth Recreation Center and then voted to postpone further action until the council’s March 4 meeting.
Council members said they want clearer legal and fiscal information before approving an amendment that staff says would increase the architect/engineer design fee by roughly $500,000–$600,000 and reflects council guidance to design a $37,000,000 project (about $32,000,000 for building construction plus $5,000,000 for architecture, design and ancillary work).
A city staff member explained that the original design contract for Racer MRSA was structured as a percentage of construction cost and that early cost estimates used a $25,000,000 construction assumption. The staff member said the firm began designing to the higher $37,000,000 scope…
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