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Council delays decision on ballistic panels for public safety building, requests three cost options
Summary
Councilors deferred a proposed $18,866 change order to add ballistic sheathing at the city’s new public safety building and directed staff to obtain three separate cost estimates and design visuals.
The Josephine City Council deferred a vote on a proposed change order to add ballistic sheathing at the new public safety building and asked staff to return with additional estimates and drawings.
The change order presented would add ballistic panels to several office spaces at an estimated cost of $18,866, to be paid from the project owner’s contingency fund. Project manager Ethel Hudgins (AGCM) and staff described the scope and the contingency funding option; council members and the police chief debated whether the added panels were necessary given portions of the structure are poured concrete with rebar.
Multiple council members and departmental representatives questioned the…
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