Temple awards $14.11 million contract for police training classroom and indoor range

The Temple City Council approved a construction contract with Cloud Construction Company of Temple for a police training classroom and an indoor shooting range complex in an estimated amount of $14,112,557. Council Member Kuykendahl moved the award and Council Member Grant seconded; the vote was unanimous, 5-0.

Presenter Maxwell reviewed the public safety campus planning timeline, referenced prior investments in training (including Fire Station 8 and a burn building), and showed renderings and floor plans. The project includes a classroom and office building and an indoor range of roughly 18,000 square feet configured as a 10-lane range with variable distances, a sally port for vehicle training, a K-9 area, a tactical training area, a break room and administrative spaces. Add-alternates include a plaza canopy, deceleration lane, monument sign, exterior building signage and range lighting controls. The base proposal and chosen add-alternates produced the council's recommended contract total of $14,112,557.

Staff said 2025 certificate of obligation bond funds are available to fund the project and estimated a 17-month construction timeline. Council members noted this is the first significant investment in police training facilities in decades and thanked staff for a procurement that came in $12.5 million under the original projection, which staff attributed to competitive bidding and project planning.

The motion approved the contract award as presented; staff will proceed with contract execution and construction scheduling. The project will be managed by the city's capital projects team with standard reporting to council during construction.