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Council questions large project-cost figure on resurfacing amendment; administration calls item 'administrative cleanup'

Mobile City Council · January 6, 2026
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Summary

A council member questioned an apparent $2.2 trillion project-cost figure and whether engineering-service limits had been exceeded for a resurfacing contract amendment; staff said multiple streets were added and described the current amendment as administrative cleanup and agreed to provide detailed totals.

During the Jan. 6 pre-meeting a council member raised alarm at an apparent project-cost figure shown in the agenda materials for a resurfacing contract amendment, reading an estimated total as "$2,000,002,224,600." The council sought clarity on whether engineering-service cost limits would be exceeded by the proposed amendments.

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