On Sept. 17, at the regular Durango City Council meeting, there was an item at the end of the Amendment to the City Budget (expense item 21-5204-31499 Project #0013) for the Schneider Park Restroom Replacement Design only of $400,000. One City Council person, Olivier Bosmans, questioned the amount for the design only of the restrooms. I am heartened that at least one of the five City Council members was fiscally responsible enough to question this ridiculous amount for designing a public restroom. I wonder why the other four council people did not question this outrageous amount. In my 55 years of building houses I have never had a design cost come anywhere near this amount for a house design. In fact, the most I ever spent was $25,000. I would be glad to offer my services gratis to help the planning department end up with a reasonable cost for designing the Schneider Park Restrooms.
Gerald Weis
Durango
Editor’s note: The cost was originally $400,000 and it was Bosmans’ question that revealed staff had reduced it to $100,000.