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Decatur council approves $15.1 million Option B to complete Sportsplex; second restroom added as alternate

Decatur City Council · December 16, 2025
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Summary

Council voted 4–0 to approve Resolution 25346 adopting Option B — a $15.1 million funding package (including an alternate bid item for a second restroom building) — to finish the Sportsplex. Council and staff emphasized the need to finish the project and recommended using professional construction management practices for future large projects.

The Decatur City Council voted on Dec. 1 to approve additional funding to complete the Sportsplex project, adopting Option B — a $15,100,000 funding option — and instructing staff to include an alternate bid for a second restroom building in the solicitation.

Council members and staff stressed that prior budgeting for similar large recreation projects had been optimistic and that engaging professional construction management early helps…

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