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Council approves land purchase and design contract to build new police substation and evidence facility
Summary
Prescott council authorized purchase of about 7.48 acres from Yavapai County and awarded a design contract to Arrington Watkins Architects funded by Proposition 478, intended to house a climate-controlled evidence storage facility and police substation.
The Prescott City Council on Oct. 14 approved two linked actions to advance a new police substation and property-evidence facility: adoption of ordinance No. 2025-1906 to authorize City Contract No. 2025-100 (the purchase of approximately 7.483 acres from Yavapai County) and a separate professional-services contract, City Contract No. 2026-099, with Arrington Watkins Architects for design services. Both measures passed by 5-0.
Brian Sparks, the city’s real estate administrator, said the parcel is adjacent to the Yavapai County Criminal Justice Center along Prescott Lakes Parkway and that the city negotiated a joint appraisal and agreed a purchase…
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