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Punta Gorda council asks staff for budgetary rehab number for historic city hall
Summary
Councilors asked staff for a budget estimate focused on rehabilitating the 1978 addition and to return to a workshop with a narrower, quicker plan after reviewing a guaranteed maximum price that exceeded city funds.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Punta Gorda city councilors on Wednesday directed staff to return to a Jan. 21 workshop with a budgetary cost to rehabilitate the 1978 addition to historic City Hall and with options for limiting the project scope.
The vote followed a staff presentation of a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) from the contractor and architect showing two totals: $19,163,112 if a new third-floor shell is included and roughly $18,000,000 with the third-floor shell removed. Staff said the city currently has about $15.1 million in unencumbered funds.
City staff framed the question as a choice between moving forward…
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