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Belgrade outlines $1.6M plan to convert Heck Elementary into Justice Center
Summary
City staff described extensive asbestos abatement and a roughly $1.6 million renovation plan to reuse Heck Elementary as a Justice Center and police facilities, including courtroom layout, evidence storage and phased work driven by abatement costs.
City Manager Cardwell presented details of the planned Justice Center renovation at the former Heck Elementary school, saying asbestos and hazardous-material abatement proved more extensive than early reports and that staff re‑scoped the project to fit available funds.
“The initial report showed that only about 60% of the drywall of the building needed to be removed. In reality it was probably closer to 85, 90% when everything was all said and done,” Cardwell said, describing additional demolition and removal…
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