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Police chief proposes firearms range near sewer lagoons; council asks for cost estimate
Summary
Chief Mathies proposed building a rifle-and-pistol qualification range near the city sewer lagoons and was asked by council to return with cost estimates; no decision was made at the meeting.
Police Chief Zachary Mathies presented a proposal to locate a firearms qualification range near the city sewer lagoons, suggesting two possible sites—east or west of the lagoons—and confirming the range would be for both rifle and pistol qualifications.
Chief Mathies said the facility would support required annual firearms qualifications for La Cygne officers and would be available to other law-enforcement agencies by request. Council Member David Brenneman asked about shooting direction and costs; Mathies said shooters would fire to the south and that a cost estimate had not yet been prepared. The council directed the chief to produce a cost proposal and did not take formal action at the meeting.
The council did not discuss environmental review, buffer zones or a written operations plan during this session; Chief Mathies will present cost and operational details at a future meeting.
