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COUNTY COMMISSION LOOKS TO CONTROL BENGALS' STADIUM COSTS

          Amid rising costs associated with the construction of
     the Bengals' Paul Brown Stadium, Hamilton County and its
     stadium project team "took unprecedented steps" yesterday to
     bring the stadium's price tag "under control," according to
     the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.  At a meeting yesterday, county
     commissioners voted to: pay $14.3M to cover immediate cost
     overruns; hire a "construction project executive" to protect
     the interests of taxpayers; extend the contract of
     construction auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers until the
     project is finished; "eliminate" changes to contracts
     "unless they are vital to finishing the stadium"; and adopt
     nine recommendations "which will allow the county to keep
     closer tabs on the scope, cost and nature of work being
     done."  In addition, NBBJ Architects "agreed to put three
     additional architects on the job," and Project Manager
     Turner Barton Mallow DAG will "increase staff by
     approximately 15 people and bring in two senior executives
     to help expedite trade contractor work."  Although the added
     employees will boost the stadium price, which is "already
     expected to jump" $45M due to the overruns, the county's
     financial consultant said that "there will be enough money"
     from the county-wide sales-tax increase to complete the
     stadium.  Hamilton County Administrator Dave Krings, on new
     staff: "We were just operating too thin" (CINCY ENQUIRER,
     2/17). County Budget Dir Suzanne Burke said that the total
     cost of the Bengals' stadium and Reds' ballpark and related
     development would be more than $900M (CINCY POST, 2/17).
          ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: In Cincinnati, Tim Sullivan calls
     Paul Brown Stadium an "ever-widening money pit" and writes
     that "it is destined to be remembered as the most feckless
     use of public funds since the $400 toilet seat."  Sullivan
     wonders how elected officials in OH "could have made a
     sweetheart deal with the Bengals and then made matters worse
     through inattention to detail" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 2/17). 
     Also in Cincinnati, Laura Pulfer calls on Bengals President
     Mike Brown to drop the clause that calls for county to pay
     the Bengals $2M for each preseason game not played in the
     new stadium.  Bengals Dir of Community Affairs Jeff Berding
     said that the payment was "not punitive," but to "reimburse"
     the team for the costs of selling tickets, sponsorships and
     club seats at the stadium (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 2/17). 

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