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Iowa City, Johnson County approve shared study to explore joint law enforcement facility
Summary
The Iowa City Council approved a cost-sharing agreement with Johnson County to study the feasibility of a joint law enforcement facility. The study will examine program needs, potential efficiencies and an initial site (the former public works corner at Riverside Drive and Highway 6); it is non‑committal and estimated to take five to six months.
Iowa City and Johnson County will jointly fund a study to explore whether the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa City Police Department can share a single law enforcement facility.
The City Council on Feb. 4 approved a cost‑sharing agreement to pay half of an initial $63,800 plus expenses proposal for the study; the county will hold the consultant contract. City Manager Jeff Run told the council the work would explore “the efficiencies, cost savings, benefits, etcetera, of pursuing a joint law enforcement center,” and emphasized that “this is really just the study to explore the efficiencies of working together on the facility.”
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