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Live Oak council approves amended lease term, awards finance audit and tables park design bids
Summary
The Live Oak City Council voted to approve an amended lease resolution that sets a longer initial term to protect city investments, awarded a $20,000–$25,000 finance audit contract to Baker Tilly, and tabled several Heritage Park bid items pending document confirmation.
The City of Live Oak City Council on May 11 debated terms of a proposed municipal lease for a relocated office, adopted an amended lease term intended to give the city time to recoup upfront improvements, awarded a contract to audit finance department procedures and tabled several park-design items while staff resolves paperwork discrepancies.
Council discussion focused first on facility and infrastructure needs for the leased building, including whether the adjacent parking lot must be refurbished, how electrical service would be routed and whether perimeter security (a privacy fence along U.S. 90) should be required. Staff told the council that firm cost estimates for electricity and renovations are not yet available because the final method of bringing power into the building is unresolved; members noted that vacating city-owned properties on Duvall Street would return those parcels to the tax roll when the properties are sold.
On the lease term,…
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