nebport5
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On Tuesday's City Council Agenda is the 2027 budget.

Page 140 of the draft states the plan is to renovate the existing fire station and include a new downtown police precinct. This wouldn't occur until after the completion of the public safety headquarters. The estimated cost is only 4 million, which sounds like not much of a renovation. New paint and signage?
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ita
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nebport5 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2026 6:17 pm On Tuesday's City Council Agenda is the 2027 budget.

Page 140 of the draft states the plan is to renovate the existing fire station and include a new downtown police precinct. This wouldn't occur until after the completion of the public safety headquarters. The estimated cost is only 4 million, which sounds like not much of a renovation. New paint and signage?
The page before has information about the future gun range and that will cost $16M and $181M for the future public safety HQ!
nebport5
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ita wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2026 4:38 pm
nebport5 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2026 6:17 pm On Tuesday's City Council Agenda is the 2027 budget.

Page 140 of the draft states the plan is to renovate the existing fire station and include a new downtown police precinct. This wouldn't occur until after the completion of the public safety headquarters. The estimated cost is only 4 million, which sounds like not much of a renovation. New paint and signage?
The page before has information about the future gun range and that will cost $16M and $181M for the future public safety HQ!
Yeah, how does a gun range cost 4 times the amount of a renovated and combined Police/Fire Station? Shouldn't that ratio be reversed!?

This just sounds like a band aid to kick the can down the road. But if this doesn't happen for another 4-5 years this "solution" I can't imagine would keep up with growth.
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mikey cee
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That's an easy one to answer. Lots of caution and safety stickers everywhere a lawyer and a compliance officer can get one placed!
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Big E wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2026 5:52 pm Freedom isn't free.

And very often isn't freedom, either.
Freedom is a very costly unfreedom