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Council approves Ramsey campus pole building; police training facility discussion pushed to next meeting
Summary
Council approved $125,000 budget authority to build a pole barn for salt storage at the Ramsey campus and directed staff to return a police training-facility proposal for formal action at the next meeting after additional engineering and timing details are provided.
The Coeur d'Alene City Council on May 20 approved $125,000 in budget authority to purchase and site a pole building at the city's 3800 Ramsey Road campus for expanded salt storage and brine operations, while postponing a final decision on a proposed police training facility until the next council meeting.
Todd Fishner, the city's streets and engineering director, told the council the new 50-by-100-foot building would increase salt storage capacity from roughly three loads to about 17 and improve operations by making it easier to load salt into the brine system. Fishner said a contract with Steel Structures America for $113,310 had been identified; the council approved a $125,000 budget amount to cover the building plus associated site work and contingency.
Police Chief White and other staff described a plan to use the existing…
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