Mount Juliet officials weigh roughly $800,000 gap to convert old police building into senior center

Senior center representatives asked the Mount Juliet Board of Commissioners during a workshop to consider covering about $800,000 of renovation costs so the city can convert the former police building into a new senior center.

Jeff Rowlett, senior citizen center board member, told the commission the project team has a preliminary cost estimate of $1,857,000 and an offer to buy the senior center’s current property for $1,100,000 ‘‘net to us approximately a million one,’’ leaving roughly $800,000 the group would seek from the city.

The request matters because the police department’s planned move to a new building sets a timetable: the project team is working from an October vacancy date for the police department and a six‑month demolition and build‑out estimate from a contractor, which would mean a target move‑in in spring 2026 if the schedule holds.

At the workshop, Rocky (no last name provided), who spoke for the project team, said the group…