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Council authorizes city manager to proceed with public safety facility despite cost concerns
Summary
The council adopted Order 10712012025 authorizing the city manager to proceed with construction of a public safety facility; no public comment was offered and the motion passed by a 6'0vote after councilors acknowledged the project's high cost.
On Dec. 1 the Auburn City Council voted to authorize the city manager to proceed with construction of a new public safety facility under Order 10712012025.
Councilor Rick Whiting moved to adopt the order; Councilor Leroy Walker seconded. The council opened public comment on the item and received none. During discussion, Walker said of the project costs, "The only discussion I really have is I wish it was half the price that it's costing us," and added that councilors and the community will bear the cost consequences.
The council voted by a show of hands; the meeting record shows "6 having voted in the affirmative and none in the negative," and the chair declared the motion adopted. No amendments or changes to the order were recorded at the workshop.
The adoption authorizes the city manager to proceed with the construction steps described in the order; the meeting record does not include a detailed project budget in the motion text shown at the workshop. Staff and councilors referenced prior design work and input from public-safety leadership during discussion but did not present a final construction contract at the Dec. 1 meeting.
