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Council selects Western Builders as construction manager at risk for City Hall, up to $28 million, 3-1
The council approved Western Builders, Inc. as construction manager at risk for renovating the Amarillo Hardware building as the new City Hall and authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute a final construction agreement at a price not to exceed $28,000,000. The vote was 3-1: Councilmember Cole Stanley voted no and Councilmember Howard Smith was absent.[1][2]
Ginger NelsonFreda PowellEddy SauerCole StanleyHoward SmithJerry DanforthWestern Builders of Amarillo
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
On October 25, 2022, after a presentation by Facilities Director Jerry Danforth, the council approved Western Builders, Inc. as construction manager at risk for the renovation of the Amarillo Hardware building for the new City Hall and authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute a final construction agreement "with a price not to exceed $28,000,000.00." Mayor Ginger Nelson, Mayor Pro Tem Freda Powell and Councilmember Eddy Sauer voted yes; Councilmember Cole Stanley voted no; Councilmember Howard Smith was absent. [1]
- Price cap
- $28,000,000
- ✓ Verified
The Amarillo Pioneer reported before the vote that Western Builders was one of two bidders, the other being Adolfson & Peterson Construction, and that the City's evaluation rated Adolfson & Peterson better on the proposed fee for pre-construction services and Western Builders higher on other metrics. The article gave no fee amounts. [2]
- Unverified
A text search of the council minutes posted on the City's meeting portal from October 2022 through August 2026 found no separate council vote approving a guaranteed maximum price for the City Hall construction contract; the October 25, 2022 motion authorized the City Manager to execute the final agreement within the $28,000,000 cap. No fetched source states the final contract price. [1][3]