Brazos County commissioners table proposals regarding the construction of a new warehouse storage building

This podcast contains comments from the May 6, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.In November 2023, Brazos County commissioners approved the $850,000 dollar purchase of land in Bryan off Finfeather Road west of Midtown Park for the future construction of a warehouse storage building. At the last commission meeting (May 6), four members, including two new members who were not part of the land purchase...agreed to table action towards designing and construction of the building at the end of Ashford Hills Drive. One of the new members, Fred Brown, initiated the discussion by opposing a $715,000 dollar architect's contract before knowing if they will have the required money for construction. The county's purchasing director, Charles Wendt, said the reason for hiring an architect now was after failed attempts to reach a construction cost without an architect's design.Brown received support from county judge Duane Peters and commissioners Bentley Nettles and Chuck Konderla to first hold a workshop.The county's construction project manager, Trevor Lansdown, said he did not see an issue in the very short term of continuing to store election records in temporary climate-controlled spaces.