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Hibbing council reviews conceptual plans for joint public safety center
Summary
City officials and project consultants presented conceptual designs, a refined 63,000-square-foot program and early cost and schedule guidance for a proposed joint Hibbing Public Safety Center; staff will continue costing and outreach before bringing formal proposals to the council.
Hibbing City officials and a team of architects and construction managers presented preliminary designs and site analyses July 31 for a proposed joint Hibbing Public Safety Center that would consolidate police, fire and EMS operations.
City Administrator Greg Praczynski opened the presentation, saying “the topic of the evening is our Hibbing Public Safety Center,” and introduced the consultant team from Brunton (architecture), Widseth (engineering), Adelson and Peterson (construction management), RAP Strategies (local sales-tax consulting) and city staff.
Ginny Schneider, architect and project manager with Brunton, summarized findings from a discovery period of interviews and facility tours. Schneider said the police facility’s building envelope is not the primary issue but that “the square footage we felt that, in our investigation, they required is about double what they currently have.” She listed specific deficiencies: evidence storage roughly one-third…
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