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Oak Ridge budgets design funds for animal shelter; staff aims to bid construction soon

3623379 · May 20, 2025
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City budget includes design funding and a design-to-bid timeline for a new animal shelter; staff said it will hire a construction manager, move to design now and that debt service was modeled as about $600,000 per year over 10 years.

City staff included funding to begin design of a new animal shelter and said they plan to hire a construction manager and move the project to bid in the near term.

Staff told council the design contract is budgeted in the current proposal and that work should begin within…

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