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Cut Bank council moves to seek firms for police building; members debate fees, garage and impound security
Summary
Council voted to approve routine consent items and discussed a motion to proceed with an RFQ for a police building. Debate focused on advertising and consultant fees, whether to re-bid work already done by an engineering firm, inclusion of a garage, and security at the impound yard.
Council members opened a meeting that included a motion to begin a request-for-qualifications process for a proposed police department building and discussion of the expected costs of advertising and consultant fees. The council recorded routine consent approvals for minutes and warrants before taking up the building discussion.
The presiding speaker outlined the procurement approach, saying the city would increase advertising exposure to attract firms and avoid the six-month delay experienced previously. “So the plan would be to put it out to as many newspapers as possible. Multiple weeks would be ideal for capturing firms,” the presiding speaker said during discussion of the RFQ approach. Staff also…
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