The Idaho Falls City Council unanimously approved the architectural design contract for the cityâs new police station Thursday night.
The contract with the Florida-based Architects Design Group is for $2.52 million. It will be paid for out of the same $30 million in certificates of participation that will fund the construction of the station.
Police operations are currently spread between eight different locations, with the main station being in space downtown the city rents from Bonneville County. City officials have been discussing building a new station for years and got serious about it last year when a citizensâ committee recommended it, buying the former Idaho Falls Livestock Auction property on Northgate Mile for a location and hiring architects to design a new station. Council members approved the stationâs funding two weeks ago.