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Board votes to terminate Supervisor of Elections construction contract; Hayes to return with guaranteed maximum price
Summary
After months of planning, the Lake County Board voted to terminate the current architect/CM contracts for a two‑building Supervisor of Elections project and asked the supervisor to pursue a guaranteed maximum price or phased approach for construction.
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners voted Feb. 11 to terminate contracts tied to the Supervisor of Elections facilities project and directed the supervisor to come back with clearer guaranteed maximum price (GMP) options.
Supervisor of Elections Alan Hayes, who also has served in the Florida Senate, told the board the office needs more space for administrative and warehouse functions and asked to continue work toward a GMP. “All I'm asking for is time to get the bids in,” Hayes said, adding that his office’s needs study showed a 50,000‑square‑foot facility could meet projected growth for about 20 years.
Board action: A motion to terminate the existing agreement for final design of two proposed metal buildings carried after debate. The meeting record shows a formal motion and second, followed by an affirmative voice vote. Commissioners discussed breaking the project into two separately priced buildings — an administrative building and a warehouse — so the board could consider proceeding with one structure if full funding was not available.
Background and fiscal context: Hayes said earlier design options had produced widely differing cost estimates. He told the board that preliminary estimates ranged from about $14 million (for two metal buildings) up to $22 million for a larger tilt‑wall design; the supervisor asked for authority to continue preconstruction work and to return with a GMP. Commissioners expressed a preference for getting separate prices for the administrative and warehouse components before committing further county funds. Several commissioners also pointed to an existing off‑site warehouse contract (noted in the meeting) that they thought the county could terminate to reduce costs.
Next steps: The supervisor said he would continue preconstruction work, seek GMPs and report back with a composite price and a split price for administrative versus warehouse components. The board’s formal vote terminated the current agreement, freeing staff and the supervisor to pursue the revised procurement path.
