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Commissioners place courthouse windows design‑build agreement on file after questions about price and phasing
Summary
A proposed design‑build agreement with Custom Construction for courthouse window work prompted questions about the contract's lack of an explicit dollar amount and phasing. Staff said the final price will be set later via amendment; the council concurred and placed Communication 2024‑600 on file 11‑0.
The council discussed Communication 2024‑600, a request from Building Manager John Sullivan to authorize Chief Executive Gallagher to sign an agreement with Custom Construction for courthouse window work.
Commissioner Fortune pressed staff on why the proposed agreement lacked a firm dollar amount. "We're accepting a contract that doesn't have any dollar amount — that doesn't seem right," Fortune said, asking whether the assumed figure of $500,000 was intended as a "do‑not‑exceed" number. Sullivan and Director Burns…
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