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$12.9M projected as max building costs for new law enforcement center

By Thomas Nelson, tnelson@charlescitypress.com

The building costs alone of a unified law enforcement center in Charles City could be as much as $12,954,716, according to a study by Prochaska and Associates.

Estimates were presented at the Charles City-Floyd County Law Enforcement Committee meeting Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the Charles City Hall chambers. The committee discussed the proposed building plans with Prochaska and Associates.

The building would house the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, Charles City Police Department, Floyd County Emergency Management and the Floyd County Jail. As of right now it is projected to be built next to the Floyd County Courthouse, which currently houses the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department, emergency services and jail.

The maximum cost for building was predicted to be $12.9 million, with $9,214,191 predicted as medium cost. The lowest possible price prediction was not presented.

The predictive costs don’t include property acquisition, furnishings, utilities or moving, and it only reflects the cost to build. The number is expected to rise as the estimate was based on a 31,289 sq. ft. model, but the proposed building is presently estimated to be 32,752 sq. ft.

That $12.9 million is preliminary, said Curtis Field of Prochaska and Associates. The number is going to change.

Floyd County and Charles City are working with Prochaska and Associates on determining the costs and challenges of a unified law enforcement center.

Also during the meeting, the committee went over challenges to connect gas, electricity, and water to the new building.

Questions also came up about what would become of the current area that houses the Charles City Police Department.

Being in the same building is not something that is going to bother either departments.

“I have good feelings about it,” said Floyd County Sheriff Jeff Crooks. “My main focus is not combining, my main focus is the jail.”

The current Floyd County Jail has not passed it’s last three evaluations, but has been grandfathered in. The jail was built more than 70 years ago.

In attendance were City Councilmen Keith Starr and Delaine Freeseman, Charles City Administrator Steve Diers, Mayor James Erb, Floyd County Supervisor Linda Tjaden, County Auditor Gloria Carr, Charles City Police Chief Hugh Anderson, and Leslie Webber, director of Floyd County Emergency Management.

The next meeting was set for March 1 at 5 p.m.

 

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