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Minutes of June 15, 1994 Page 4 need to sell the facility as one integrated facility with three police agencies working together. People won't believe money savings. The public needs to see this as working together. OSP and MCSO could look at re-adjusting their schedules. If MCSO has a section covered, then OSP could cover elsewhere. This could be savings in positions. We could show that inatead of OSP needing 3 people and MCSO needing 2 1/2, we could cut down and wouldn't have to expand (maybe not too quickly). Captain Hingston stated that OSP might be able to equip/install our ten new cars and could do it for less and quicker becauae of their facility and we wouldn't have to go all over town to get this accomplished. MCSO is negotiating this right now and maybe we can exchange services such as training, firing range. This should also work at the new facility. It was stated that the cost associated right now for space might not go up. It was stated that the Civic Center was funded through a 30- year bond issue. The money is not allocated to the users of the space. It is a property tax. If SPD had not been considering•the tri-agency facility, the City would be looking at building anyway. Enterprise funds are not allocated to the space. The construction of the center was approved by voters, but not the utilities. Section A Captain Hingston stated that reading the Project Background would answer some of the questions asked above. Possibly the consultant could show deferred costs. There has to be savings in building costs, not just savings from all three agencies being located in the facility. If you said that Marion County is going to build a facility for a specific amount, SPD is going to build for a specific amount, and the same for OSP, the total of all three facilities would be more than one facility. The "things" that overlap, maybe, would comprise of only 10~ of total space (conference rooms, briefing rooms, etc.) The emergency power system and computers will also be shared. Will the money be collectively or individually spent7 Collectively. Let's spend smart. Are these facilities needed,_ and if so, we need to show this. The Committee needs to show the facility is needed and to show the one-stop shopping. This is the keystone for the County - building (tri-agency facility) and should be placed above all of the other county buildings being asked for. We need to show that the county isn't payinq for al~ of it. if the City of Salem citizens don't receive the services of the County, will they want to pay7 Section B Captain Hingston informed the Committee that the Marion County ~ Sheriff's Office budget is now up to $7.4 million. It was stated that the population projections are not what was to be expected. The consultant needs to explain how this was calculated, etc. The i