In a press conference on Jan. 25, Hall said other than Soltis' initial email to him on July 4, 2018, he had no further updates on the cost overruns on the parkade until a report came before council on Dec. 7, 2020. On Feb. 26, 2020, roughly nine months before the report was produced, Soltis used that authority to authorize $6.64 million in cost overruns associated to the parkade project from 2019, without requiring city council approval, documents obtained by The Citizen show. On the afternoon of July 4, 2018, A & T Project Developments Inc. president Jeff Arnold emailed the city an updated budget for the project, showing the estimated cost at $19.98 million – or $.738 million more than the city had budgeted.