Draft call for a builder to renovate the Indiana Theater gets board feedback; no vote yet
Who it touches
- Indiana Theater, downtown Terre Haute
Tracked in the archive
The Capital Improvement Board (CIB) reviewed a draft request for proposals and qualifications (a public call for firms to bid) for a construction manager as constructor, a firm that manages the renovation and later commits to a guaranteed maximum price, for the Indiana Theater (0:39:39,. 0:41:28 — open the recording, cued to 41 minutes 28 seconds
The draft timeline would issue the call in the third week of October and have proposals due the third week of November, and chair Brandon Sakbun asked for a first-week-of-December board meeting to select a firm and negotiate (0:42:52,. 0:43:23 — open the recording, cued to 43 minutes 23 seconds
Sakbun proposed re-forming the board's construction committee, naming himself, Karen Dyer and board member Brian Kooistra. 0:47:51 — open the recording, cued to 47 minutes 51 seconds
Board member Chris Switzer said the state grant money would fix the roof and some of the heating and cooling but probably not much electrical or plumbing, so the work is about getting people back inside. 0:49:31 — open the recording, cued to 49 minutes 31 seconds
A board member urged shortlisting and interviewing two or three firms, and the board was told that could be done in executive session (a closed meeting). 0:51:20 — open the recording, cued to 51 minutes 20 seconds
More from the record
- Item 6.1: draft RFQ introduced0:39:39 (39 minutes 39 seconds)
- Draft timeline0:42:52 (42 minutes 52 seconds)
- Next steps0:52:09 (52 minutes 9 seconds)
Outcome
No vote; draft to be revised and brought back at the October meeting
No vote was taken. Board members were asked to send edits by the second week of October, with an updated draft to come back at the October meeting (0:52:09).
This summary was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor against the recording and documents linked above. Nothing publishes without a resolvable source.