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Linton police show off new facility
By Halea Franklin, staff writer
Several members of the community, city officials, Greene County elected
officials and representatives of local police departments turned out Friday
afternoon for an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Linton Police
Department.
This is a structure we hope will stand for 100 years. With the foresight and
vision of many people, it's become a reality. I, personally as mayor, would like
to say thank you, Linton Mayor Tom Jones said prior to cutting the ribbon for
the police station's ribbon cutting ceremony. I want to thank the council for
their guidance and vision to make sure this building got done.
Chief Troy Jerrell also expressed thanks to the community, the council and Mayor
Jones.
I just want to thank the community, the council and the mayor for the new
building, Jerrell said. It's been a long time coming. I really appreciate it.
It'll be a lot nicer to work in. It's unbelievable to have this building.
The city used $352,000, which was set aside by the former administration of
Mayor Jimmie K. Wright, to purchase the former Ross's Floor Store building.
Through fiscal management and budgeting, Jones set back $412,000 and put
$128,000 in a capital improvements fund to cover the cost of renovating the
building.
It's been a budgeting process. It's actually been something about using
fiscal management so you can do things like this, Jones said. I'm very proud
of the fact that we had the vision to make sure something happened and get it
done.
If the building project were to have started from scratch, Jones said, it
would've cost more than $1 million. Public works projects, like police stations,
have more requirements, which would have resulted in more money.
We avoided about $500,000 in soft costs by doing it the way we did it and it's
actually an evaluated project for the city of Linton, Jones said.
Jones stressed that the building is paid for. He added that the renovation
process came in at seven percent under budget.