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Based on draft methodology, below is the estimated contract range. This is updated from the previous estimate based on 2025 budgeted costs that include the upward pressure on wages for sworn officers. Numbers are rounded for clarity and accelerated by a 4% inflation assumption for 2026: Additional personnel, operating and equipment costs $1,615,500 Shared Fixed costs and capital contribution $263,700 Approximate contract price in 2026 $1,879,200 CONTRACT APPROACH AND PRICE (FULL SERVICE SCOPE) Staff has in process of determining a contract price for the phase beginning March 1, 2025 until full staffing is reached. This will be provided for the Council for the partnership decision meeting. FACILITY UPGRADES NEEDS Police Department leadership have been able to review the draft concepts that Oertel Architects offered to City staff in the Spring of 2023. To review, the architects discussed the Police Department facility with staff about short term and long-term needs for the department and how that relates to the building and space usage. Staff highlighted a need for a professional work environment to draw recruits to a changing police department, including: Repurpose existing spaces to be more useable Need for training and meeting space Larger secure evidence storage Improve daylight access Add additional equipment storage Rework locker rooms Improve reception area Larger garage and secured storage The architect’s estimation for renovations/expansion of the existing facility to address all needs would be in the range of $1,800,000 - $2,200,000, in 2025 dollars. Staff was not proposing that an entirely new police station be constructed. This review took place before the topic of a renewed partnership was in front of the City to consider, and the direction given to Oertel Architects was to reconfigure to address needs as best as possible without expanding the existing footprint. Staff re-engaged with Oertel Architects to review how to renovate and expand the department’s facility to address current and future needs in the optimal manner as a result of the exploration of a renewed partnership with the City of Falcon Heights, which introduced a possible funding source. Staff also toured other, newer public safety facilities to see current design trends so that any expansion would address needs effectively. From that, the scope asked of Oertel Architects was modified to include the following in addition to the previous stated needs: Indoor garage for all department vehicles Expansion of evidence processing and storage space beyond previous scope Addition of officer workstations and offices Dedicated spaces for classroom style training and tactical style training and related storage These desired attributes expands the scope considerably, and integrating them into the existing footprint of the building without significant concessions is not possible. Oertel Architects engaged with a structural engineer to assess to feasibility of adding a second level to the existing building as an option to consider. From that assessment it was confirmed that adding a second level to the Community Center would require reinforcing each roof truss one by one to accept the greater load. The current structure was designed to utilize all bricked walls as load bearing, thus the smallest roof trusses possible were used. Or, the entire roof structure would need to be removed and replaced with a new structure designed to accept the weight load and allow for more reconfiguration options. As a result, Oertel Architects proposed two preliminary concepts to add space to the existing building, one to the south and east as single level, and one as a partial two-level. The estimated cost of this in the $8,000,000 to