City Commission Meeting

The September 29, 2026, Coral Gables City Commission meeting included several significant procurement and development actions. The commission approved the City Hall renovation construction-management-at-risk agreement with Thornton Construction under RFQ 20531, for an amount not to exceed $39,977,989 or the budgeted amount, and authorized construction to proceed. In a separate audit-services procurement, after commissioners asked the second-ranked proposer to beat the leading price, staff reported that Centur reduced its five-year price to $850,000—about $11,000 below CBIZ’s proposal—and the commission approved the revised selection. The commission also unanimously approved related University of Miami campus plan, land-use, zoning, and development-agreement measures. The package includes a 30-year agreement extension and conveyance of park property restricted to public park use; it supports campus development, including a health center, subject to the approved terms.

The commission also approved a one-year funding arrangement for the Underline, with the amount left to the budget hearing and funding conditioned on the city securing a board seat whose representative it selects. The terms discussed include audited financial statements, quarterly budget-to-actual reporting, review of operations and maintenance, and an annual meeting before budget season. The discussion emphasized transparent procurement and vendor oversight. No other specific contract award was identified in the remaining discussion; the superintendent’s comments on school funding referendum 268 were advocacy for a ballot measure, not a commission spending award.