People are asking ... what will the KCB City Commission do at the Special Meeting on October 24?
The city commission will hold a special meeting in Marble Hall and on Zoom to award the city hall contract on Friday, October 24, at 9:30 a.m.
The commission will review the recommendations of the bid review committee, discuss the Bid pricing and deducts as well as Keystar Inc's bid document checklist and they will award ITB 2025-06 based on the bid review committee's recommend of the Keystar Inc bid of $5,831,428.09.
Worth noting: In the August commission meeting, Commissioner Harding said he had planned $5.3 million for the city hall project cost (confirming KCBers' expectations of $5-6 million total cost). That set the "street price" or floor for the bids. In that meeting, DeCaro had estimated a $3.9 million building cost alone plus all the furnishings, gingerbread, and other costs which were not included in the final request for quote and without any consideration of change orders or cost overruns. Mayor Foster futher said he "can support a $4.5M" because some of the costs won't be paid in 2026. The commission approved putting $4.5M in the budget as the total cost of the city hall project next year.
Note that the restriction on public commentary continues for the special meeting; "Members of the Public may speak for three minutes and may only speak once unless waived by a majority vote of the commission."
