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City manager reports $625,000 in savings, DEP grant and lower-than-expected construction bids
Summary
City Manager reported results from a government-efficiency review that identified about $625,000 in savings, announced a $450,000 DEP grant for vulnerability assessments, said Crosstown Connector construction bids came in at roughly half the engineer's estimate, and proposed contracting a Tallahassee firm to run a public annexation survey for under $5,000.
City Manager provided a multi-topic briefing on operations, procurement and grants that the council received for information.
Manager said the Destin Optimization of Government Efficiencies (DOGE) effort identified roughly $625,000 in savings, including approximately $430,000 from renegotiated health insurance, about $125,000 from direct purchasing for…
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