On May 30th, we reported that South Dakota Governor Daugaard had called
for a special legislative session to amend a bill passed during the
regular session which approved building a 41.3 million dollar veterans
home in Hot Springs. The bids had come in at $10 million dollars over
that amount. The legislature had to approve the change in the amount
this month or the State stood to lose a significant federal grant that
would cover part of the cost of the home.
It was announced today that the Special Session has been canceled.
In a letter to members of the South Dakota legislature, Governor
Daugaard stated that the federal Veterans Administration had extended
the grant to build the home until February 2014. This extension will
give South Dakota officials time to revise the plans for the veterans
home and possibly rebid the project.
(This entry was originally written and posted by Marsha Stacey)
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