The St. Petersburg City Council has approved two items expected to raise the total cost of repairs to Tropicana Field to $4 million above the city’s original estimated cost.

The vote was 7-1, with Council member Corey Givens Jr. voting “no.”

The latest funding items include $1.3 million for new turf and $14.4 million for certain architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, audio-visual and low-voltage data portions of non-roof repairs.

On the turf, the city has approved use of Turf Solutions, the same company that installed new turf at Tropicana Field last March. The surface was damaged by a storm only months later when Hurricane Milton struck in October.

Using the same company allows installation of the same turf and infield material “without the need to create new specifi

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