On Sept. 20, 2017, the Pensacola City Council approved a $8.25-million budget for a new Bayview Community Center. According to public records Inweekly received late last week, Caldwell Associates Architects gave the city a revised budget of nearly $8.4 million about a month later. City CFO Dick Barker did not share this new estimate with the Pensacola City Council when he made his presentation two weeks ago - Oct 2017 construction cost.
What else is the Hayward administration hiding from the taxpayers?
| 12/1/16 | 9/20/17 | 10/16/17 | |
| Construction | Â $Â Â Â Â 4,500,000.00 | Â $ 6,050,000.00 | Â $Â Â 6,292,320.83 |
| Furniture & Fixtures | Â $Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 279,000.00 | Â $Â Â Â 325,000.00 | Â $Â Â Â Â Â 325,000.00 |
| Design Fee – 7% | Â $Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 315,828.00 | Â $Â Â Â 437,586.00 | Â $Â Â Â Â Â 425,000.00 |
| Soft Costs | Â $Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 404,500.00 | Â $Â Â Â 395,000.00 | Â $Â Â Â Â Â 387,500.00 |
| Contigency | Â $Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 500,672.00 | Â $Â Â Â 467,051.57 | Â $Â Â Â Â Â 594,385.67 |
| Cost Escalation 1/2017 | Â $Â Â Â 576,606.88 | Â $Â Â Â Â Â 371,491.04 | |
| Â $Â Â Â Â 6,000,000.00 | Â $ 8,251,244.45 | Â $Â Â 8,395,697.54 |
