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White House approves $1.015 million design contract for police department expansion
Summary
At its January meeting, the White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen authorized a $1,015,000 contract with Wold Architects and Engineers for schematic design through construction documents to expand and renovate the White House Police Department, citing evidence-storage, training and digital-evidence needs.
The White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen on a voice vote authorized City Administrator Gerald Herman to enter a $1,015,000 contract with Wold Architects and Engineers to produce schematic designs through construction documents for an expanded police facility.
Chief Brady of the White House Police Department presented the plan and described multiple operational needs driving the project: a much larger evidence room and adjacent processing center, expanded training and CID space, a larger armory, improved interview rooms and dedicated charging/storage for body cameras. "The Evidence Room... is absolutely critical," Brady said, adding that current storage and processing often occur in officer work areas. "You get a little bit of fentanyl on a desk and you touch that with your bare hands. You're very welcome to end up on the floor dead, you know, within 20 seconds," he said, arguing for safer, consolidated processing.
The schematic calls for a 14,000-square-foot addition and renovation of the existing facility. During discussion, council members questioned an overall construction estimate presented during the briefing — $17,400,000 — noting the per-square-foot math shown in the presentation did not appear to align with the stated square footage. Chief Brady and staff said the estimate includes renovation of the existing 8,900-square-foot building plus the new addition and other scope, and that final cost and unit pricing will be refined during the design phase.
Brady outlined operational impacts the project aims to correct: limited records and evidence storage, cramped training facilities, outdated interview room audio, insufficient CID workspace for digital-forensics equipment, and an undersized armory. He said a new evidence processing room would reduce the need to handle hazardous materials in shared officer spaces and create secure, controlled chains of custody.
Mayor John Corbett moved to approve the contract; a second was given and the motion carried by voice vote. The transcript records the outcome as an "Aye" voice approval; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
The board directed staff to proceed with the contract award to Wold Architects and Engineers for design services; construction cost estimates and financing strategies will be addressed during subsequent design and budgeting stages.
