Is a $4.6 million union-labor premium nominal?

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a council member And you heard that adding the PLA adds a nominal amount of money.

a council member Is 4,600,000 nominal in Jennifer Becker's eyes?

city staff That's a tough question.

city staff No, of course.

a council member I know I'm asking you.

a council member To me, it's a big number for...

a council member And how do you balance this now?

a council member Because now you've just been told this is going to be 4,600,000 more potentially.

a council member And what do you have to do on your end

city staff to Well, if I'm hearing correctly from the contractor, it sounds like the 3% would be our maximum exposure, right?

city staff They want to make sure that we're prepared for whatever comes.

city staff Will it end up being the 3%?

city staff Will it be closer to it?

city staff Sounds like the previous project that they're doing was more like in the neighborhood of one to two.

city staff You just don't know.

city staff But, yes, obviously, there's a value on that.

city staff Budgeting is values.

city staff Right?

city staff So everything is about what do we value more, having those extra funds available or having the union labor as part of this project.