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Oakdale council approves architect contract amendment for city hall/police expansion; fee percentage adjusted
Summary
Council approved Amendment No. 1 to the BKV Group professional services contract related to the city hall remodel and police expansion. The amendment was read in the meeting as '$86,10' (amount in the transcript is unclear); staff said the architect fee percentage decreased from about 5.9% to 4.68% of the project cost and characterized the change as saving roughly $100,000 relative to a higher potential fee.
The Oakdale City Council on March 10 approved Amendment No. 1 to the professional services contract with BKV Group for the city hall remodel and police expansion project.
Acting City Administrator Mr. Wald introduced Don Tyson, the owner’s representative, who explained the project scope expanded beyond an initial light remodel to include a larger renovation and new council chambers. Tyson said the amendment was read in the meeting as "$86,10" (the spoken amount in the transcript is garbled). He said that, measured as a percentage of estimated construction cost, the architect’s fee with the amendment would be about 4.68 percent (down from an earlier figure around 5.9 percent) and that the overall result represented about $100,000 less in fees than it might have been without negotiated adjustments.
Tyson recommended approval; the council moved and seconded a motion to approve the amendment and authorize the city administrator to sign it. The motion was approved by voice vote; a numerical tally was not specified in the meeting record.
Council did not provide a line‑item project budget or a corrected, unambiguous dollar amount for the amendment during the meeting; staff and Tyson stated the percentage figures on the record and characterized the amendment as reducing the architect fee relative to an earlier estimate. City staff will complete contract execution and proceed toward the design‑development and bidding phases.
