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Largo commission approves $500,000 contingency for Horizon project after fraught debate
Summary
After public criticism and repeated questions from commissioners about late‑stage life‑safety defects, the Largo City Commission voted 5–1 on March 3 to approve a $500,000 owner contingency change order to Biltmore Horizon Construction to complete permit corrections and obtain a certificate of occupancy; staff promised a formal audit and a post‑project accounting.
The Largo City Commission voted 5–1 on March 3 to approve Change Order No. 10 to the Horizon construction contract, adding an estimated $500,000 in owner contingency to complete items that staff said remain on the project’s critical path and are necessary to obtain a certificate of occupancy.
The motion followed extended public comment and a series of questions from commissioners about why code‑required items were discovered late in the project. Jamie Robinson, a resident who said she had supported the Horizon project, urged the commission not to approve the request without a full accounting: “At some point, we have to stop treating change orders as routine and start asking hard questions,” Robinson said, calling the listed items “basic code compliance issues” and urging a breakdown…
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