Board directs RFP for courthouse design; members and residents warn about likely cost overruns
The board approved staff’s recommendation to issue an RFP to solicit firms for courthouse design services (design‑build approach). Speakers urged that the RFP is to gather cost estimates and not an authorization of funding; public commenters cautioned that courthouse projects often run over budget.
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County staff briefed the board on a courthouse needs assessment and recommended issuing an RFP to solicit a design firm and form a small stakeholder committee to guide selection. Staff stressed that the action the board was being asked to take was to proceed with the RFP process — not to appropriate construction funds.
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