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Council delays major police facility decision; directs staff to return in May with design options and $42,000 budget amendment
Summary
After extensive debate over short-term renovations versus a new facility or a build-on-parking-structure option, the council voted unanimously to revisit the police facility study in May and requested staff include the quoted design-fee amount (the meeting record referenced $42,000) as a budget amendment.
The Minot City Council on Feb. 18 declined to approve immediate studies of certain police facility options and instead directed staff to return in May with further analysis and a budget amendment. The council voted unanimously to revisit the issue after extended debate over short-term renovations, long-term replacement, and a developer-built parking-structure option.
Why it matters: Councilmembers and staff debated trade-offs between a short-term, low-cost retrofit of the existing police facility (including relocating functions into vacant city space), a mid-range renovation…
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