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Council splits on bypassing design-review checkpoint for public safety building; full package due March 15
Summary
Councilors debated whether to let the Public Safety Building Committee and architect proceed from design development directly into construction documents without a full-council interim review. The committee and manager said construction documents are due March 15; some councilors objected and asked for a formal interim review on March 4.
The Caribou City Council spent an extended portion of its Feb. 10 meeting debating oversight and review steps for the city’s Public Safety Building project after the Public Safety Building Committee and architect proposed moving from design development to construction documents with a March 15 delivery schedule.
Councilor (unnamed in the transcript) objected to skipping the formal design-development review, saying the review is “a key decision point for the city” and that the council’s charter and contract checkpoints required a full council review to avoid costly rework later. “I’m unhappy with the…
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