Dallas City Council Questions $1B City Hall Repair Bill

It's March 31st.

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Dallas City Council is pushing back hard on a $329 million price tag to fix City Hall's

roof, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing.

That's just part of a whopping $1 billion total to modernize the whole building over 20

years.

Earlier this week, Councilman Paul Ridley called out the report for including a full

heater replacement.

Get this, the system's only two years old.

Ridley refreshed for $4.5 million with 23 years left on the warranty.

Ridley and others are fired up, saying it's straight negligence, or worse not, to notice

that during months of inspections.

They also pointed out asbestos was already removed years back while the building stayed

open.

No full vacate needed.

Then there's talk of conflicts who benefits from selling or scrapping the place.

Councilmember Bazaaldua, grilled staff on it, but the city manager backed the report

as objective.

Now, they're demanding a fresh assessment from an independent firm with no skin in the

game, just for the real must-do repairs.

City manager Kim Tolbert says her compliance plan drops this week, so stay tuned as this

shakes out.