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New center for MFPD and court in sight

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Glynis Crawford Smith/The Highlander

Shane Stewart, center, local State Farm Insurance Agent, presents Marble Falls Fire Chief Russell Sander, left, and Mayor John Packer, right, with a check for a $10,000 grant from his parent company to provide a fire extinguisher simulator. The presentation was made at the meeting of the Marble Falls City Council Tuesday, Oct. 18.

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

Construction on the new Marble Falls Public Safety Center (PSC) is set to begin next month, following action by the city council Tuesday, Oct. 18, to approve a construction contract.

A contract was approved with STR Constructors, LTD, for $3,482,635 for the new center to house the Marble Falls Police Department and Municipal Court on Avenue N.

“We had six builders submit sealed competitive bids, one of the qualified being the low bidder,” said City Manager Mike Hodge. “The official submitted total $3,725,000 and we were able to negotiate that down.”

Jettisoned from the initial plans prepared by architects for the project, R. Gill Architects of Horseshoe Bay, were such items as copper pipe in favor of synthetic plumbing materials and alternate bids for a sally port (controlled entrance) and some covered parking.

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