JONESBORO â After city engineers made revisions to reduce the cost, the Jonesboro City Council on Tuesday approved a change in a construction contract for the cityâs shooting sports complex.
Bill Campbell, the cityâs communications director, said the engineers eliminated an attached pavilion between the two restroom buildings, used a less expensive air cooling system and made other cost-cutting measures, to match the quality of similar buildings at Joe Mack Campbell Park.
Still, the restrooms mean a $498,312 increase to the value of the contract with Ramsonâs Inc. The current phase of the project will now cost $2,547,248.
Some candidates for council seats had questioned the need to spend that much money, but they were defeated in the election.
JONESBORO â Construction of restrooms at the Jonesboro shooting sports complex will be on the agenda Tuesday for the city council.
The councilâs finance and administration committee endorsed a change order last week to a contract with Ramsonâs Inc. to add the restrooms to the job assignment.
At the request of Mayor Harold Perrin and Police Chief Rick Elliott, the council agreed to add $500,000 to this yearâs capital improvement budget for the additional project. Elliott he wanted to avoid having to use portable toilets for the first events. Construction of the restrooms had initally been planned for a later stage of construction.