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Council waits on PD renovationThu, 03/06/2008 - 8:08pm
By: The Citizen
The Peachtree City Council took no action Thursday night on resolving whether or not to proceed with spending another $593,000 to renovate the city’s police headquarters. That money will include replacement of all exterior walls, which were deemed faulty and part of the reason for moisture entering the building and creating mold and mildew problems, according to an architectural analysis of the building. Council was presented with several other options including the purchase of the entire building the department is currently occupying off Commerce Drive near Ga. Highway 74. It would cost around $772,000 to renovate the facility, not including the addition of a backup electrical generator and possibly a wall to surround the facility securely instead of a fence, said City Engineer David Borkowski. Acquiring the entire building, including the space rented by several businesses on the other side, is tabbed at $4.15 million. Borkowski said the city also does not know the condition of the roof nor the air conditioning units, because when they visited the building there was no access to the roof. Councilwoman Cyndi Plunkett noted that she only got the updated options earlier in the day. She also said she felt the city could take action to avoid having to prepay the existing loan for the police headquarters, currently at $1.56 million including breakage fees. Another option presented to council was renovating and purchasing the current rental building for the police department and demolishing the current PD, which would be replaced with the city’s relocated recycling center. login to post comments |