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Council reviews $55 million new police facility estimate, requests formal needs assessment
Summary
Gap Strategies and staff presented a possible $55 million estimate for a new police headquarters, council members urged a formal facility needs assessment, and bond counsel and consultants discussed build-versus-renovate tradeoffs and delivery methods.
Beaumont councilors spent part of their bond workshop discussing the police department's facility needs and a consultant estimate that a new station could be built for roughly $55 million, pending a formal space and site assessment. Consultants and police staff said the city's current police operations occupy multiple older facilities and that a consolidated, modern station could improve efficiency and long-term operating costs. Jeff Barton and other presenters said staff and police leaders had described target building sizes in the 90,000–100,000 square-foot range, and consultants used industry square-foot cost assumptions to estimate a construction-price range. Why it matters: Council members and staff framed…
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