← City Council · 2025-03-17 · City Council Regular Meeting
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▶ 45:34 Ward Hamilton: Thank you. Uh, on March 7th, the public, the Mayor's Public Safety Facilities Advisory Committee met and, uh, we are tracking right now for the new police station to go out to bid in October with a December construction start. Construction duration is estimated at 20 months. The West Side Fire Station, uh, we're tracking to go out to bid in July with a September start. Duration is estimated at 16 months. Uh, members of this body will recall on June 3rd of last year, we appropriated $5.5 million for the, uh, initial design phase to bring us right up to the point where we go out to bid. And as of today, uh, CFO Kerry Golden informed me that we have spent approximately 1.7 of that 5.5 with 3.8 remaining. And um, I think that's a testimony till, um, the good, good work that's taking place. We're in good shape. Thank you.
▶ 46:30 Speaker 11: Thank you. Thank you. Alright. Yes, councilor Romanul.
▶ 46:34 Devin Romanul: Um, I just wanted say I, um, was in Washington DC last week attending at the National League of Cities Conference as part of my day job, but obviously there's some connected tissue here. And, and one of the things that, uh, came up is there's, um, uh, some talk in Congress about potentially, um, as a pay for, uh, of a significant magnitude removing the tax exemption on municipal bonds that would obviously have some serious ramifications. I think it's a low probability, but high impact event. Just something to, uh, I spoke with members of our Congressional and Senatorial staff, uh, when I was in town, just to get a sense of, um, what the, um, you know, aperture, what the possibility might be. And, um, just wanted to you all to be aware that it was something that was being discussed and, and just to keep your eyes peeled, um, on the off chance that that chatter increases.
▶ 47:20 Speaker 11: Alright. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? All right.