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Fiscal Court approves design‑build approach for new Public Safety Building
Summary
The court voted to direct staff to reissue the Public Safety Building procurement as a design‑build project after staff advised the approach speeds delivery and provides earlier cost certainty; the motion passed on a voice vote.
Julie (staff member) told the court the Public Safety Building procurement is currently out to bid for architectural and engineering services and asked the court to consider an addendum to convert the procurement to a design‑build contract.
"I would like to, for you all to consider going with the design build," Julie said, explaining that design‑build generally establishes cost earlier, shortens timelines and shifts project management responsibilities to the contractor.
Magistrates and staff discussed competition, availability of contractors and budget expectations. Julie said five firms had indicated interest in the procurement process; one magistrate raised concern about the number of competitive responses. Magistrate Ellis urged the use of incentives to reward timely, on‑budget performance.
A motion to issue an addendum and proceed with a design‑build procurement was made by Magistrate Gay and seconded by Magistrate Bodner. The court approved the motion on a voice vote; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript.
During discussion a magistrate cited a project budget figure of about $5.7 million; participants discussed the figure but did not replace it with a definitive, court‑adopted budget during the meeting.
