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Lake Worth Beach approves payment to beach consultant, orders completion of Phase 1 and workshop with staff
Summary
After a consultant update on the Beach Municipal Complex, the commission approved payment of a Task 1 invoice and directed staff to complete Phase 1 deliverables and hold a commissioners/staff workshop; the commission also approved an appropriation up to $275,000 for remaining work.
Commissioners voted April 7 to pay an outstanding invoice to the consultant working on the Beach Municipal Complex and to authorize staff to finish the technical assessment in Phase 1 and run a workshop for commissioners and key staff.
The consultant, referred to in meeting materials and the record variously as Dziskovich (also appearing as Siskovich or Zizkovich), told the commission that roughly 65% of Task 1 and 20% of Task 2 had been completed before a pause in February. “We are basically we need to package everything together,” a consultant representative said, summarizing work completed: site visits, structural and MEP evaluations, traffic and environmental studies, and draft technical reports.
Commissioners split on whether to proceed to later phases after a recent referendum and community feedback. Vice Mayor Sarah Maliga urged paying the consultant promptly, stressing the city’s obligations to vendors: “If we want people to answer RFPs, if we want people to come work for the city of Lake Worth Beach, we have to pay our invoices,” she said.
The commission approved payment of the outstanding Task 1 invoice (recorded in staff backup as approximately $121,189.35) and then debated how much additional appropriation to authorize to finish the work the commission had endorsed. After amendments and discussion, the commission approved a budget appropriation cap of $275,000 to cover the approved scope (the vote was recorded on the floor). Commissioners also required staff to produce an itemized invoice and a spreadsheet summarizing completed deliverables before any further spending beyond the amounts approved.
Staff said draft reports exist from multiple subconsultants (structural, MEP, traffic) and that the next return to the commission will include packaged deliverables including a SWOT analysis and clear recommendations for decisions about the beach municipal complex.
The commission’s action funds completion of the assessment work for decision-ready materials and preserves the commission’s direction to review findings before approving any development options or later phases.
