Completed: Jun 13, 2019
Emergency Operations Center/Town Hall
Funding
Jun 13 2019
Issue RFQ
Completed: Oct 31, 2019
Oct 31 2019
Pre Proposal Meeting
Completed: Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16 2019
Receive Proposals
Completed: Jan 21, 2020
Jan 21 2020
Review Proposals
Completed: Feb 24, 2020
Feb 24 2020
Presentations from Short Listed Firms
Completed: Apr 28, 2020
Mar 25, 2020
Council Award Contract
Completed: May 14, 2020
May 14 2020
Notice of Award
Completed: May 15, 2020
May 15 2020
2nd Notice of Award
Completed: Aug 13, 2020
August 13, 2020
Series of Meetings on Design
Completed: Oct 31, 2021
Oct 31 2021
Final Building Design
Completed: Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30 2021
Submit Proposal for CPST Funding
Completed: Jan 24, 2022
Jan 24 2022
CPST Commission Formed by Colleton County
Completed: Apr 6, 2021
Apr 6 2021
CPST Commission Ranked Projects
Completed: May 11, 2022
May 11 2022
Colleton County approved Ordinance 22-O-08
Completed: Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26 2022
Referendum
Nov 08 2022
Advertise for Bids
Jan 2025
Award Construction Contract
Feb 2025
Contractor NTP
Feb 2025
Substantial Completion
March 2026
Town Hall is located at 2414 Murray Street. The current Town Hall was built in 1985 on a 0.26-acre site as a one-story building with 2,491 square feet. In 2005 the building was renovated by Charleston Constructors for $148,000 and is currently 3,042 square feet. The construction is wood frame on a concrete slab (elevation 11.90'MSL) with brick and vinyl exterior walls.
The Fire Department was built in 1986. It is a metal building with 4,990 square feet at a slab elevation of 12.21' MSL. Most of this building is used for fire engine parking. The Police Department and Municipal Court are also housed in this building.
The retention building for storage of permanent records is 421 square feet.
In 2015, the Town purchased 2412 Murray Street for $96,500 for parking.
Thirty-three years later, the Town has 38 employees housed in a space constructed when there were 8-10 employees. The Police Department needs additional space for an evidence room, interrogation room, and more workspace for police officers. The Town is housing some staff at the Civic Center, but it is inefficient to house staff in different areas, particularly outside of the Town’s jurisdiction. Most importantly, the Town needs an Emergency Operations Center.
In August 2020, Rosenblum and Coe Architects (now known as Caplea Coe Architects) were retained for this project. The architects designed plans and a proposal for a new Emergency Operations Center/Town Hall, and these plans were presented to the Colleton County Capital Project Sales Tax Commission. On November 8, 2022, the Edisto Beach EOC/Town Hall project was included in a referendum placed before voters for the Capital Project Sales Tax in the amount of $10 million, and the voters approved this referendum.
During 2023 and 2024, the project’s architects, Caplea Coe Architects (formerly Rosenblum and Coe), presented designs and plans for the new Emergency Operations Center/Town Hall project. In July 2024, a construction project management company, Cumming Group, was retained, and on February 25, 2025, Town Council approved Monteith Construction Company to build the new facility.
Construction of the new facility began on March 17, 2025, and is expected to be completed in 53 weeks.
Project Management Team
Cumming Group (cumming-group.com)
Jeff Holstein - Executive Vice President
Richard Coppola - Senior Project Manager
Holly Brooke Stricker - Project Manager I
Project Management Budget: $230,548
Architectural Team
Caplea Coe Architects, Inc. (capleacoe.com)
Steve Coe - President, Principle In Charge
Nate Boykin - Project Manager and Architect
Design Budget: $900,216
Total Project Budget: $10,000,000
Documents
Project No. 2019-10 Documents
Rosenblum Coe Contract
Project No. 2019-10 Documents
Design Presentation
Amendment #1
Amendment #1 $6,908
Town Hall Complex Concept
Town Hall Complex Concept
Town Hall Complex Concept
Space needs
Estimated Cost Construction April 21, 2021
Estimated Cost of Construction April 21, 2021
Preliminary Design-8/31/2021
Preliminary Design August 31 2021
Conceptual Design Costs
Conceptual Design Costs September 23, 2021
Project Updates
Town Hall Redesign
Friday, October 22, 2021
Staff met with Rosenblum Coe to discuss plan redesign options after receiving the conceptual design cost estimates on September 23, 2021. These costs from the estimator were substantially higher than the April 2021 estimated costs. During the meeting options were discussed to lower the overall costs to around $10 Million. Options discussed were scaling sizes, alternative layouts, phasing, etc.
Plan Review Meeting
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Staff met with Rosenblum Coe to review plan options. These plan options resulted from a series of meetings with staff and comments provided to the Architect resulting in the final proposed plan.
Town Hall Design Committee Meeting
Thursday, April 22, 2021
The Town Hall Design Committee met to review the draft plans and estimated construction costs from April 21, 2021. The following notes were sent to the architect to be addressed
Notes
- Everyone seemed to really like the general look, design and layout of the buildings.
- General materials: metal roof, hardie board siding, masonry-type siding on bottom, horizontal wood louver design, storefront windows
- Does the cost estimation include site work (grading, site utilities, parking lot paving, landscaping, etc.)?
- Provide temporary office accommodations cost estimate on a monthly rental/square footage basis.
- Are there any additional project costs not listed, other than contingency?
- What is the general layout for entering the Town Hall Lobby (stairs and elevator only)?
- Can you provide an option for the Town Hall entrance with an exterior staircase.
- Will there need to be a retention pond on the site? Location?
- D-2 Seismic considerations?
- Will everything be sprinklered?
- What are the “inherently higher” fire department costs? Commercial kitchen with suppression requirements?
- Payment windows need to be consolidated and located at building entrance.
- General floor plan should feel open.
- Town Hall to have a section of office with glassed offices on perimeter with multipurpose work stations in the middle (similar to Kiawah Town Hall design)
- Discussion of housing the Chamber of Commerce in shared lobby space.
Town Hall Complex Design Committee Formed
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
During the annual Council retreat, Council formed a committee to provide input on the complex design.
Kick-off Meeting
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Meeting was held with Department Heads to determine space needs for the proposed new facility.
Council Award
Thursday, August 13, 2020
The Town failed to negotiate terms of the contract with the initial firm and withdrew award and Council awarded to second highest ranked firm.