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General manager says master-planning contract verbally awarded to consultant Barry Dunn; board seeks transparency on process

Sun City West Governing Board · November 21, 2025
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General Manager Steven reported awarding the master planning contract to consultant Barry Dunn and said a kickoff and public engagement are pending; directors urged more transparency, with some asking for finalist presentations for a contract that could cost in the low hundreds of thousands.

General Manager Steven told the Sun City West Governing Board on Nov. 20 that the organization had verbally awarded the master planning contract to a consultant named Barry Dunn and that internal and public kickoffs will follow.

Director John Chatton asked where the board was in the process of hiring a master planning group and requested that, for large contracts, finalist firms be given an opportunity to make…

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