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Commissioners approve $160,000 amendment to Kimley-Horn UDO contract
Summary
The board approved Amendment No. 1 to the Unified Development Ordinance contract with Kimley-Horn, adding up to $160,000 for additional scope and public-engagement tasks; commissioners debated whether staff could complete remaining work in-house but concluded consultant expertise and continuity justified the cost.
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners voted June 1 to approve an amendment to the county's Unified Development Ordinance contract with Kimley-Horn not to exceed $160,000.
Staff reported the original contract totaled $263,000 and that $260,645 had already been expended. The requested amendment covers additional scope items, some of which have already been completed, and represents an as-needed not-to-exceed amount that staff said they would not surpass without board direction.
Commissioners discussed whether remaining tasks could be completed internally. One commissioner said staff could do the work but that doing so would affect day-to-day duties; another noted consultants provide specialized skills and outside perspective valuable for a document that will guide land-use decisions for years. "I don't know that we would get the outcome that we set out to achieve in the beginning when we hired the consultants," one commissioner said, arguing for continuity and specialist input.
Another commissioner asked for a clearer, line-item explanation of the amendment costs in follow-up; staff confirmed the Kimley-Horn rate schedule and scope breakdown are available and that the county can request additional detail.
A motion to approve the contract amendment with Kimley-Horn not to exceed $160,000 passed on a board vote.
The amendment allows Kimley-Horn to continue work on the UDO project and additional public-engagement and technical tasks identified during the extended public review process; staff said completing the UDO is essential to clarifying land-use rules that underpinned the evening's rezoning debate.
