It appears McMinnville officials are going with AEI Architects, Engineers and Planners to generate a full set of drawings for Blue Building renovation and produce documents needed by the city to bid out the project.Meeting Tuesday night were Building and Grounds Committee members Aldermen Ben Newman, chairman, Ken Smith and Jimmy Bonner. The three voted unanimously to begin negotiations with AEI on cost, but not before discussing the option of bidding the work out to other companies.The city had two choices: 1) Hire AEI to generate final drawings and documents. Because that company generated the preliminary set of drawings to renovate the building for use by the city’s police department, negotiating the cost could take a few days.
AEI to generate Blue Building plans