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Brookings council approves contracts to build police storage and training building funded by private donation
Summary
The City of Brookings authorized agreements with three subcontractors to build a police storage and training building at the Public Works yard after receiving a donation earmarked for the project. Council voted unanimously to proceed.
The City Council of Brookings on Feb. 24 authorized the city manager to enter into agreements with three subcontractors to construct a police storage and training building at the Public Works upper yard at 715 Railroad Street, funded in part by a donation from the John G. Atkins Foundation.
Council action matters because the agreement moves a donated, earmarked contribution toward shore-up storage and training space for the police department and uses the city as the project general contractor after an earlier round of bids came in over budget.
Public Works staff said the new building will sit between two existing…
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