Last month, Regional Radio brought you the news that the City of Clinton will be pursuing a new City Hall building that will house City administration, police, and fire.
Tuesday night at the Clinton City Council meeting, the Council heard from the construction and engineering group that will lead the project. Tim Erickson from CORE Construction and John Bishop with the Farnsworth Group presented their intent for the project. City Administrator Taylor Baxter (left) reminds of the challenges the City faces in its current facility.
Erickson worked 25-plus years ago on the DeWitt County Building. While they have turned into a top-five builder in the country, he touts the company's ability to keep things local.
Erickson (pictured left) also points out CORE Construction and the Farnsworth Group are not strangers - they have worked extensively together over the years.
Bishop (pictured right) stressed the outlook to give the Fire Department the ability to handle the ever-growing fire trucks to avoid the problem of today, where the City's facility is barely able to accommodate the larger modern fire engines.
The $64,000 question is what is the roadmap to completion and the completion date itself. The pair gave an outlook of roughly three years once all the plans have been put into place and everyone has signed off.
Also at the Tuesday night Clinton City Council meeting, the Council approved the engineering contract with Cummins Engineering for the upcoming South Jackson Street Project at a cost of just short of $105,000.
