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County architects pare police headquarters design; magistrates and staff debate deferred maintenance and long-term costs
Summary
JKS Architects presented a reduced-size, lower-cost design for a new police headquarters, trimming mechanical systems, floor area and planned renovations to the existing range building. Magistrates pushed back, asking for clearer costings on deferred maintenance and cautioning against cutting key operational spaces.
JKS Architects presented a fourth, reduced-cost iteration of a proposed police headquarters for Oldham County at the June 3 fiscal court meeting, telling magistrates the team had trimmed the program and simplified mechanical systems to bring the probable cost down by roughly $10 million from the previously presented figure.
Why it matters: The county has purchased a former shooting-range facility in Crestwood for use as a new law-enforcement complex. The court and the public are weighing whether to proceed with a larger new-build approach or to concentrate on repairing and using the existing building. The proposal includes a new addition and limited renovations to the existing structure.
Architects Keith Sharp and Josh Vernon said the current iteration reduces the new-construction footprint to 22,883 square feet, removes a previously planned geothermal mechanical systems attic…
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