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Council approves $672,000 Safe Routes professional-services contract after debate over soft costs
Summary
Council approved a professional services contract (work order 2524) to advance 19 Safe Routes to School projects using federal funds despite objections about high soft costs from some members; three council members voted against the contract while others argued delaying could risk federal funding.
Billings — After extended discussion over project scope and soft costs, the City Council approved a professional-services contract related to Safe Routes to School work order 2524.
Council member Aspen Leiter said the proposal appeared "overblown from an engineering perspective" and criticized the contract's soft-cost assumptions,…
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